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Raven Hawk · 11-05-2020, 01:58 PM

Operation Storm King

Reward: Scientist – Dr. Man Shik Hong
Objective: Destroy Alien Transmitter

As we’re low on operatives we give the lead to a Squaddie who has only on mission under his belt. Chesapeake will be leading this mission and he’s bringing along Suarez as well as the two newbies we just picked up from HQ – Rk. Greco and Rk. Willis. Chesapeake keeps the Bolt Caster – in fact, he’s been caught sleeping with it under his pillow. We’ve outfitted Suarez’s sniper rifle with the Superior Scope and given him the Shadowkeeper. He also still has the Flashbang. Willis has the incendiary bomb and we fitted his rifle with the Hair Trigger. Greco has the Frost Bomb.

As this is a covert op, we drop in concealed, which should give us the ability to close a little more ground to the transmitter quicker. There is bakery right in front of us. We all head up to the roof and get a good sight line on a Sectoid and a Clacker. AG chucks the Frost Bomb at them and freezes them both. It is now easy pickings. Willis takes out the Clacker with one shot. It takes shots from both Suarez and Chesapeake to take down the Sectoid, but there wasn’t any risk.

We move to the other end of the roof and don’t see any hostiles. Greco and Willis get down on the ground and spot and Officer and a 2 Clackers. Greco fires and hits the Officer. All other cover fire misses, but we hear the Officer call for backup. The party is about to get bigger.

Willis flanks the Officer, but misses his shot. Grego takes a shot at the Officer and also misses. Suarez snipes a Clacker from distance and behind cover. Chesapeake reloads and covers. The reinforcements arrive – they drop in out of site behind us - another unit with an Officer and 2 Clackers. The injured Officer moves, but gets picked off by Chesapeake. Bradford comes over the comms and tells us that we are running out of time to drop the transmitter. We look at the timer counting down and panic. We have got to move to the objective. Now! The rookies get ready to make a break for it.

Suarez sets them up by sniping the remaining Clacker that positioned itself between Greco and Willis and the transmitter building. They make a break, sprinting hard, to try to get to the transmitter. Greco pops in the door to the building where transmitter is. When he kicks in the door, he sees a Sectoid and 2 Clackers . . . and he’s standing completely out in the open. Decision time. The objective is expiring soon.

Greco turns and fires on the transmitter. He’s damaged it, but it’s still transmitting. It will take another shot to take it out. Willis comes sprinting in behind Greco, but finds full cover and tosses the incendiary grenade through a window at the Sectoid. The Sectoid is on fire. The Sectoid screams in pain, but still manages to fire his plasma rifle at Greco . . .

The plasma bolt hits Greco in the side of the head. Greco’s body goes limp as it drops to the floor.

Chesapeake and Suarez are so far off that they can’t help the rookies. But, they have their own problems as the reinforcements wander up on their position and spot them. Chesapeake drops the Officer as it tries to get cover. The two Clackers are able to get behind some half cover. Suarez reloads his sniper rifle and tosses the Flashbang at the Clackers. Chesapeake drops another Clacker with the Bolt Caster from his elevated position. The remaining Clacker takes a shot at Chesapeake, but its disorientation causes it to shoot wide. Chesapeake reloads the Bolt Caster and ends the Clacker.
Back by the transmitter, Willis now has a decision – move to fire on the Sectoid, move on either of the Clackers, or destroy the transmitter. As he consider his decision, he hears the hiss of a bullet scream past his head. The hiss is followed by a thud and a scream as a Clacker's chest explodes and it falls to the ground. What a shot by Suarez! That had to come from about 70 meters! Willis steels himself and turns to fire on the transmitter. He destroys it just in time. Objective complete. Now we just need to finish off the Sectoid and one Clacker and we can get out of here.

The Sectoid, still on fire, moves in on Willis and starts summoning the psionic juice. We suddenly lose comms with Willis.

“Rookie, do you read me!” Chesapeake yells into the comms. Silence. “Shit.”

Chesapeake and Suarez fix their sights on the corner of the building where they last saw Willis. Suddenly, Willis comes charging around the corner . . . eyes glowing purple. Chesapeake pulls the trigger and drops Willis. Suarez looks over at Chesapeake with jaw dropped. Chesapeake doesn’t even look over at Suarez, he just reloads the Bolt Caster.

The last Clacker comes out into view and we see the Sectoid hiding around the corner where Willis came charging at us. The Sectoid decides to animate a Zombie from an Officers corpse. At this point, we’re just happy the Sectoid didn’t reanimate Willis. Chesapeake stuns the Zombie with the a shot from the Bolt Caster as he doesn’t have a shot on any other hostiles. Suarez goes to overwatch. The Sectoid leaves cover and Suarez drops him mid-stride. The Zombie goes down when Sectoid falls. The Sectoid drops some loot. The last Clacker charges out and takes a shot at Chesapeake, missing horribly. Chesapeake reloads the Bolt Caster and puts the last Clacker down.

All hostiles are down in the AO.

The mission was a success, but it cost us 2 rookies. Yet, it was the rookies that were able to win the objective for us. It’s too bad that they had to sacrifice themselves to do it.

Operation: Steel Strike
Enemies Killed: 11
Soldiers Wounded: 0
Soldiers Killed: 2 Greco and Willis
Rating: Fair
Loot: Elerium Core, Alien Data Cache, Corpses
Award: Dr. Man Shik Hong - Scientist

AAR: We were rocking until I got notice that we were running out of time. Had to get the transmitter down. I know the consequences of failing a mission and just didn’t want to take the hit when working on Legendary difficulty. Greco and Willis sacrificed themselves for XCOM. Suarez and Chesapeake were ruthlessly efficient. With the reinforcements coming in behind us, there wasn’t much they could do to support the rookies until they took care of their own threat. The only other thing I could have done was fire on a propane tank next to the wall that would have opened up the wall for an easier shot at the transmitter for Suarez instead of having Greco kick in the front door.

Casualties
Rk. Greco: KIA – Sectoid Plasma Bolt
Rk. Willis: KIA – Chesapeake’s Bolt Caster

Promotions
Chesapeake: Squaddie > Corporal SPECIALIST (Medical Protocol)
Suarez: Squaddie > Corporal SHARPSHOOTER (Long Watch)

Kill Count
Chesapeake - 7
Suarez - 4
Greco - 0
Willis - 1

11-05-2020, 01:58 PM	#19
Raven Hawk College Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Thunderdome	Operation Storm King Operation Storm King Reward: Scientist – Dr. Man Shik Hong Objective: Destroy Alien Transmitter As we’re low on operatives we give the lead to a Squaddie who has only on mission under his belt. Chesapeake will be leading this mission and he’s bringing along Suarez as well as the two newbies we just picked up from HQ – Rk. Greco and Rk. Willis. Chesapeake keeps the Bolt Caster – in fact, he’s been caught sleeping with it under his pillow. We’ve outfitted Suarez’s sniper rifle with the Superior Scope and given him the Shadowkeeper. He also still has the Flashbang. Willis has the incendiary bomb and we fitted his rifle with the Hair Trigger. Greco has the Frost Bomb. As this is a covert op, we drop in concealed, which should give us the ability to close a little more ground to the transmitter quicker. There is bakery right in front of us. We all head up to the roof and get a good sight line on a Sectoid and a Clacker. AG chucks the Frost Bomb at them and freezes them both. It is now easy pickings. Willis takes out the Clacker with one shot. It takes shots from both Suarez and Chesapeake to take down the Sectoid, but there wasn’t any risk. We move to the other end of the roof and don’t see any hostiles. Greco and Willis get down on the ground and spot and Officer and a 2 Clackers. Greco fires and hits the Officer. All other cover fire misses, but we hear the Officer call for backup. The party is about to get bigger. Willis flanks the Officer, but misses his shot. Grego takes a shot at the Officer and also misses. Suarez snipes a Clacker from distance and behind cover. Chesapeake reloads and covers. The reinforcements arrive – they drop in out of site behind us - another unit with an Officer and 2 Clackers. The injured Officer moves, but gets picked off by Chesapeake. Bradford comes over the comms and tells us that we are running out of time to drop the transmitter. We look at the timer counting down and panic. We have got to move to the objective. Now! The rookies get ready to make a break for it. Suarez sets them up by sniping the remaining Clacker that positioned itself between Greco and Willis and the transmitter building. They make a break, sprinting hard, to try to get to the transmitter. Greco pops in the door to the building where transmitter is. When he kicks in the door, he sees a Sectoid and 2 Clackers . . . and he’s standing completely out in the open. Decision time. The objective is expiring soon. Greco turns and fires on the transmitter. He’s damaged it, but it’s still transmitting. It will take another shot to take it out. Willis comes sprinting in behind Greco, but finds full cover and tosses the incendiary grenade through a window at the Sectoid. The Sectoid is on fire. The Sectoid screams in pain, but still manages to fire his plasma rifle at Greco . . . The plasma bolt hits Greco in the side of the head. Greco’s body goes limp as it drops to the floor. Chesapeake and Suarez are so far off that they can’t help the rookies. But, they have their own problems as the reinforcements wander up on their position and spot them. Chesapeake drops the Officer as it tries to get cover. The two Clackers are able to get behind some half cover. Suarez reloads his sniper rifle and tosses the Flashbang at the Clackers. Chesapeake drops another Clacker with the Bolt Caster from his elevated position. The remaining Clacker takes a shot at Chesapeake, but its disorientation causes it to shoot wide. Chesapeake reloads the Bolt Caster and ends the Clacker. Back by the transmitter, Willis now has a decision – move to fire on the Sectoid, move on either of the Clackers, or destroy the transmitter. As he consider his decision, he hears the hiss of a bullet scream past his head. The hiss is followed by a thud and a scream as a Clacker's chest explodes and it falls to the ground. What a shot by Suarez! That had to come from about 70 meters! Willis steels himself and turns to fire on the transmitter. He destroys it just in time. Objective complete. Now we just need to finish off the Sectoid and one Clacker and we can get out of here. The Sectoid, still on fire, moves in on Willis and starts summoning the psionic juice. We suddenly lose comms with Willis. “Rookie, do you read me!” Chesapeake yells into the comms. Silence. “Shit.” Chesapeake and Suarez fix their sights on the corner of the building where they last saw Willis. Suddenly, Willis comes charging around the corner . . . eyes glowing purple. Chesapeake pulls the trigger and drops Willis. Suarez looks over at Chesapeake with jaw dropped. Chesapeake doesn’t even look over at Suarez, he just reloads the Bolt Caster. The last Clacker comes out into view and we see the Sectoid hiding around the corner where Willis came charging at us. The Sectoid decides to animate a Zombie from an Officers corpse. At this point, we’re just happy the Sectoid didn’t reanimate Willis. Chesapeake stuns the Zombie with the a shot from the Bolt Caster as he doesn’t have a shot on any other hostiles. Suarez goes to overwatch. The Sectoid leaves cover and Suarez drops him mid-stride. The Zombie goes down when Sectoid falls. The Sectoid drops some loot. The last Clacker charges out and takes a shot at Chesapeake, missing horribly. Chesapeake reloads the Bolt Caster and puts the last Clacker down. All hostiles are down in the AO. The mission was a success, but it cost us 2 rookies. Yet, it was the rookies that were able to win the objective for us. It’s too bad that they had to sacrifice themselves to do it. Operation: Steel Strike Enemies Killed: 11 Soldiers Wounded: 0 Soldiers Killed: 2 Greco and Willis Rating: Fair Loot: Elerium Core, Alien Data Cache, Corpses Award: Dr. Man Shik Hong - Scientist AAR: We were rocking until I got notice that we were running out of time. Had to get the transmitter down. I know the consequences of failing a mission and just didn’t want to take the hit when working on Legendary difficulty. Greco and Willis sacrificed themselves for XCOM. Suarez and Chesapeake were ruthlessly efficient. With the reinforcements coming in behind us, there wasn’t much they could do to support the rookies until they took care of their own threat. The only other thing I could have done was fire on a propane tank next to the wall that would have opened up the wall for an easier shot at the transmitter for Suarez instead of having Greco kick in the front door. Casualties Rk. Greco: KIA – Sectoid Plasma Bolt Rk. Willis: KIA – Chesapeake’s Bolt Caster Promotions Chesapeake: Squaddie > Corporal SPECIALIST (Medical Protocol) Suarez: Squaddie > Corporal SHARPSHOOTER (Long Watch) Kill Count Chesapeake - 7 Suarez - 4 Greco - 0 Willis - 1 __________________ Owner of The Shreveport Pride in The CFL Last edited by Raven Hawk : 11-05-2020 at 01:59 PM.