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Brian Swartz · 01-21-2013, 01:19 PM

OPERATION DRIVING APOLLO
Somewhere in Germany
June 25, 10:21 PM

Who's Apollo. Driving him where? Sigh ... I digress.

We're on a dry riverbed, right and left seem to provide better cover and definitely a bit better elevation. We choose the right side for now, Nova in command of course. We fan out that way and soon hear the enemy up ahead. Snow moves forward into a gully and spots a pair of Mutons to the left, guarding the front door of the ship.

Almost everyone's in secure cover, but we can't flank them ... we decide we have the firepower to shoot it out with them. Kodos moves up, and almost takes one of them out with a low-percentage shot, and McCloud finishes it off! Some lucky shooting there, and one is down. Snow retreats to try to goad the other into advancing, while the others spread out to limit potential grenade damage.

The plot stinkens. We have three floaters to the left, the muton appearing to have withdrawn. A reaction shot by David Gonzalez only wounds one of them. McCloud wounds another, neither is down. What crap. The others retreat to support positions.

Most of the floaters hold position, one teleports ... and we have a cyberdisc off to the right at the edge of the ship! Well now, isn't this fun. Two drones, a cyberdisc, 3 floaters, and a muton still out there somewhere. 7 at once. Flash O'Peake is closest, retreating to better cover and and destroying a log in front of a floater. Ah well. Kodos tags a drone, but it's still up. Snow takes out the closest floater, so we at least have another one down but still a lot of them out there. Support positions for the others, and Gonzalez uses a smoke grenade.

A drone fires and misses, floaters approach from the left again and McCloud misses a reaction shot, one of them flanks Kodos who is hurt badly. McCloud again, takes one of them down, the last one being still wounded ... nobody can get to it without exposing themselves. Nova has the best chance ... he misses! Well, Kodos still has a shot ... misses as well!!

Snow moves out that way ... and spots three more Mutons! We're in a world of hurt now! Retreat is the only choice. O'Peake launches a rocket at the muton group, injuring only one. Bastards. He then panics as the muton screams. Wrong time for that, pal. A brilliant shot by Gonzalez takes out the closest muton ...

The disc flanks and critically injures Kodos, while a drone flanks and hits Nova Silvers. The floater suppresses Nova also.

Our only chance is to abandon Kodos and withdraw. Silvers takes out the floater and injures a muton by it with a rocket, while McCloud covers herself and Nova with a grenade. Might not be enough. Snow retreats, Gonzalez finds better cover and takes out a drone. Still a crap-ton of enemies out there.

The cyberdisc fires ... Nova is hit again, and he's dead!! Flash unloads on that thing, which is almost on top of him ... good grief, he almost took it out singlehanded with his bullet swarm there! McCloud moves up, and the metallic menace is history! That's a big kill there. Snow hits a Muton, it's still up, but we're at least fighting back a bit here.

Two mutons go for O'Peake, one hits him but he's still alive. We retreat as one to try and thin them out and make a stand.

They hit Flash in cover -- he's dead. McCloud fires back, missing ... a muton retaliates and now he's critically wounded. The two operatives remaining have no contacts and reload ... this just went south in a right big hurry.

One of the Mutons moves to flank, Snow and McCloud adjust positions and prep for defensive fire. They fire at McCloud but hit snow's tree instead, then McCloud is critically wounded .... this is over, time to run for it!

DRIVING APOLLO is a failure, 7 aliens killed, 4 operatives lost. Clearly our 'fight or flight' response to shoot it out was the wrong one.

Cpl. Ren Snow II -- promoted to Sgt., nicknamed 'Spike'!
Sq. Fox McCloud III -- promoted to Corporal, gravely wounded(14 days)
Sgt. Ches 'Flash' O'Peake -- 6 kills in 6 missions, KIA.
Sq. David Gonzalez II -- 7 kills in 2 missions, KIA.
Cpt. Sterling 'Nova' Silvers IV -- 2 kills in 2 missions, KIA.
Rk. Kodos II -- 0 kills in 2 missions, KIA.

01-21-2013, 01:19 PM	#101
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	OPERATION DRIVING APOLLO Somewhere in Germany June 25, 10:21 PM Who's Apollo. Driving him where? Sigh ... I digress. We're on a dry riverbed, right and left seem to provide better cover and definitely a bit better elevation. We choose the right side for now, Nova in command of course. We fan out that way and soon hear the enemy up ahead. Snow moves forward into a gully and spots a pair of Mutons to the left, guarding the front door of the ship. Almost everyone's in secure cover, but we can't flank them ... we decide we have the firepower to shoot it out with them. Kodos moves up, and almost takes one of them out with a low-percentage shot, and McCloud finishes it off! Some lucky shooting there, and one is down. Snow retreats to try to goad the other into advancing, while the others spread out to limit potential grenade damage. The plot stinkens. We have three floaters to the left, the muton appearing to have withdrawn. A reaction shot by David Gonzalez only wounds one of them. McCloud wounds another, neither is down. What crap. The others retreat to support positions. Most of the floaters hold position, one teleports ... and we have a cyberdisc off to the right at the edge of the ship! Well now, isn't this fun. Two drones, a cyberdisc, 3 floaters, and a muton still out there somewhere. 7 at once. Flash O'Peake is closest, retreating to better cover and and destroying a log in front of a floater. Ah well. Kodos tags a drone, but it's still up. Snow takes out the closest floater, so we at least have another one down but still a lot of them out there. Support positions for the others, and Gonzalez uses a smoke grenade. A drone fires and misses, floaters approach from the left again and McCloud misses a reaction shot, one of them flanks Kodos who is hurt badly. McCloud again, takes one of them down, the last one being still wounded ... nobody can get to it without exposing themselves. Nova has the best chance ... he misses! Well, Kodos still has a shot ... misses as well!! Snow moves out that way ... and spots three more Mutons! We're in a world of hurt now! Retreat is the only choice. O'Peake launches a rocket at the muton group, injuring only one. Bastards. He then panics as the muton screams. Wrong time for that, pal. A brilliant shot by Gonzalez takes out the closest muton ... The disc flanks and critically injures Kodos, while a drone flanks and hits Nova Silvers. The floater suppresses Nova also. Our only chance is to abandon Kodos and withdraw. Silvers takes out the floater and injures a muton by it with a rocket, while McCloud covers herself and Nova with a grenade. Might not be enough. Snow retreats, Gonzalez finds better cover and takes out a drone. Still a crap-ton of enemies out there. The cyberdisc fires ... Nova is hit again, and he's dead!! Flash unloads on that thing, which is almost on top of him ... good grief, he almost took it out singlehanded with his bullet swarm there! McCloud moves up, and the metallic menace is history! That's a big kill there. Snow hits a Muton, it's still up, but we're at least fighting back a bit here. Two mutons go for O'Peake, one hits him but he's still alive. We retreat as one to try and thin them out and make a stand. They hit Flash in cover -- he's dead. McCloud fires back, missing ... a muton retaliates and now he's critically wounded. The two operatives remaining have no contacts and reload ... this just went south in a right big hurry. One of the Mutons moves to flank, Snow and McCloud adjust positions and prep for defensive fire. They fire at McCloud but hit snow's tree instead, then McCloud is critically wounded .... this is over, time to run for it! DRIVING APOLLO is a failure, 7 aliens killed, 4 operatives lost. Clearly our 'fight or flight' response to shoot it out was the wrong one. Cpl. Ren Snow II -- promoted to Sgt., nicknamed 'Spike'! Sq. Fox McCloud III -- promoted to Corporal, gravely wounded(14 days) Sgt. Ches 'Flash' O'Peake -- 6 kills in 6 missions, KIA. Sq. David Gonzalez II -- 7 kills in 2 missions, KIA. Cpt. Sterling 'Nova' Silvers IV -- 2 kills in 2 missions, KIA. Rk. Kodos II -- 0 kills in 2 missions, KIA.