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Old 12-01-2012, 10:46 AM   #68
BYU 14
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
Base operations
First thing when we get back is to sell the muton corpses to the USA, and the damages flight computers and power source, 130 credits go into the coffers. Next up, production ordered on a light plasma rifle.

The SHIV is now finished as well, which will help a great deal as we continue to run into more volatile situations.

June 18th, 2015
Our second terror mission as Beijing is under attack, this will be a tough one and luckily everyone is back to full health. I will be debuting the plasma rifle, but won’t take the SHIV, saving it for downed UFO, so off we go!!

Operation Crystal Shroud
Date: 06/18/2015
Location: Beijing, China – Terror mission
Objective: Evacuate civilians and neutralize hostiles

Assault Team Rank Specialty Missions Kills Gear
Coffee Warlord Captain Heavy 10 21 Nano-Fiber Vest
Poli Rules Captain Sniper 9 12 Scope
Da Law II Lieutenant Assault 6 13 Nano-Fiber Vest
David Gonzalez Sergeant Support 5 3 Medikit
Fox McCloud Sergeant Support 4 5 Medikit
Shane Sexton Sergeant Sniper 4 4 Scope

Total carnage where we land and within moments of disembarking 2 civilians are gone, we have no time to play it safe and go slow here, a recipe for disaster. As we run up and get into place 2 chryssalids appear, welcome back old friends as Law wounds one with a reaction shot and Warlord finishes it. McCloud gets off a reaction shot on the other and wounds it as well, but another civilian bites the dust.

Rules fires at the second and hits it again, it is barely clinging to life, which McCloud remedies with a well placed burst. Law moves to direct the nearest civilian to the exit craft and hits the chryssalid jackpot, five of the bastards appear and four are in his line of sight. Discretion equals valor and Law uses run and gun to drop back and fire, wounding 1.

Gonzalez lays down smoke and we hope for the best as they advance, two taking out more civilians and a third gravely wounding Sexton. Shane goes to the pistol and dispatches the wounded chryssalid before he can end his life. Law hits rapid fire on the chryssalid standing over him and annihilates it in a flash of plasma.

Gonzalez moves up and gives first aid to Sexton, while Warlord moves to flank another chryssalid and wounds it. It moves and takes out another civilian as 3 more dead ones become zombies. One is able to reach McCloud and takes him to deaths doorstep, the stakes are now raised.

McCloud has to pull back and heal or he is dead, so I get him out of there. Warlord has a tough choice, fire a rocket and maybe take out 2 chryssalids, 2-3 civilians and maybe himself or pull back, he pulls back. Gonzalez backs up and hits a zombie, but only for light damage, while Poli takes out a chryssalid. We are still in big trouble!! Sexton hits the same zombie as Gonzalez, but it still stands and Law will have to make something big happen. He finishes off the stubborn Zombie, but two are still close enough to hit us.

One of the zombies advances on Sexton and delivers a lethal blow, we have lost our first soldier in nearly three months. As if this was not bad enough a disc and two drones appear, we are screwed!!! We are in all out retreat mode to get out of harms way, everyone but Warlord who knows the last chryssalid has to die so he takes it out with the rocket and manages to wound a zombie.

Things are now spiraling out of control as zombies advance on CW and would her, she is also out of ammo and will have to run. A chryssalid sprouts from a zombie and advances with one of the undead on Law. He has no chance as both hit him ending his life, meanwhile Gonzalez and McCloud panic, it can’t get any worse.

Poli takes aim at the closest zombie and dispatches it, but will it be enough? Poli take egregious damage from a chryssalid and a zombie Law, while Gonzalez is wounded by a projectile from the disc. He falls back and fires on the chryssalid, missing it and most likely dooming Poli, who now sprints for cover. McCloud drops back a lays down smoke, a desperate attempt to shield the retreat, while Warlord falls back and reloads.

Another chryssalid sprouts and charges McCloud killing him, Warlord panics and wounds the chryssalid, but it still stands. Gonzalez falls to another chryssalid and Poli is now face to face with the zombie of Law. She panics, misses and goes down critically wounded and there is no way to save her. Warlord is surrounded and decides to go out in a blaze of glory, taking out the chryssalid standing over Poli. Another Chryssalid moves in behind Warlord and she never sees the limb that penetrates her back and ends her life.

Summary
Operation Crystal Shroud - Failure
Aliens killed: 9 – Poor
Operatives lost: 6 – Poor
Civilians saved: 0 – Terrible

Artifacts recovered
None

Promotions:
None

Our biggest disaster yet, 6 seasoned operatives lost, China withdraws from the council (doom tracker 2 of 8) and panic in Japan and India hits 5. I can’t believe we lost everyone, including two captains, this really hurts as flags are already half mast when the Skyranger lands at base.
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