Operation Crystal Justice
Date: 06/09/2015
Location: Birmingham, UK
Objective: Sweep and neutralize hostiles
| Assault Team | Rank | Specialty | Missions | Kills | Gear |
| Coffee Warlord | Captain | Heavy | 9 | 18 | Nano-Fiber Vest |
| Poli Rules | Captain | Sniper | 8 | 10 | Scope |
| Da Law II | Sergeant | Assault | 4 | 10 | Nano-Fiber Vest |
| David Gonzalez | Sergeant | Support | 4 | 3 | Medikit |
| Fox McCloud | Corporal | Support | 3 | 3 | Medikit |
| Shane Sexton | Corporal | Sniper | 3 | 2 | Scope |
Wish the SHIV was ready, but alas it is not. We touch down in a dark commercial district and disembark with caution. As soon as Law moves he spots 3 thin men and is caught in the open unable to fire. Warlord moves to cover and misses, so Gonzalez creeps behind a truck and drops smoke in front of Law.
The thin men go on the attack and one fires wildly missing everybody, but the other two shoot poison and both CW and Warlord take a dose. Sexton misses a head shot and Coffee Warlord has already seen enough, spitting poison and cursing he unloads the rocket and all three thin men go to pieces.
Next we see something new, appears to be an machine type apparatus and both Law and Poli miss reaction shots. The poison cloud clears and Sexton takes a crack at the new beastie, blowing it to pieces. From further examination CW proclaims it a drone beam, though half the squad thinks she is just making shit up.
Something big and powerful looking is lurking in the darkness and it appears to be a large disc and very well put together. Sexton is hurting so Gonzalez moves up to heal him. Poli moves up on top of the building the thin men came from and everyone else goes to overwatch and waits.
Poli moves to the edge of the roof and spots 2 mutons, it’s about to get good! Sexton misses again and Warlord lays down suppression fire. Fox McCloud wounds one and instead of dropping he gets pissed and tosses a grenade, wounding Poli badly. The other fires at Warlord, but misses. Now our turn as Poli, despite being exposed lines up the wound muton and dispatches it. Sexton misses and Gonzalez takes a huge chance, running into the open and also missing. Law now has a choice, does he run and gun to save Gonzalez, knowing he is likely dead if he doesn’t kill the muton, or take a shot and hope the muton comes back at him instead of Gonzalez. He does what he does and runs at the creature blasting it in the face, but it does not die!!!
The creature opens up on Law at close range and scores a direct hit, but the carapace armor saves his ass, YES!! Law falls back, lines the muton up and finishes the job. Nicely done, now time to heal. Gonzalez (that X3 medikit is really coming in handy!!) heals some of Law’s wounds while McCloud gives Sexton another dose of medicine. Poli moves up along the roof, but she is badly wounded and has to be careful!
It sounds like something is behind the video store and that large metallic freaky thing is still out there, so we have to be careful. As we move through and around a bookstore we spot the large disc like being and it is intimidating. Poli has a shot, but no support, so I move her back to full cover. As we work to get position three floaters appear and Gonzalez and McCloud open up. One falls and McCloud is credited with the kill.
McCloud and Gonzalez both miss a second shot at one and Law sprints to flank them. Sexton slips out a back door, flanks the floater and also misses, this damn thing is a cat!! Warlord lays down suppression fire and they shoot back, but nobody is hit.
Gonzalez fires again and clips one, but it remains in play. Sexton has to retreat and Warlord needs to reload so McCloud finishes the wounded floater. The floater hunkers down, so Sexton goes to join Poli on the roof and ends up in the line of sight of the disc, oh no. Warlord and McCloud take pops at the third floater but both miss again. This is getting intense.
The disc drops down and takes cover by the floater, bullet dodged. Gonzalez wounds the floater with a quick burst. Poli moves to the edge of the building and hunkers down as Warlord pins the aliens down with suppression fire. The floater gets off a blast of plasma, missing Warlord and McCloud, but taking out a piece of the wall right behind where Gonzalez is positioned. Law is in a bad spot, he has both creatures flanked if they advance, but to charge would be suicide, he has to stand down.
Gonzalez fails to connect again, but Poli does not, blasting the disc from the roof top dead on, but it appears to do little damage. Sexton moves to the edge of the roof and takes down the last floater, now just the big guy left, we hope. McCloud lays down smoke to make the remaining foes job tougher and instead of attacking it slips back into the night.
As we move up the disc comes back and Sexton wounds it again, in response it unleashes a fusillade of projectiles that miss him. Warlord moves up and suppresses, McCloud moves forward and hits it again, it still doesn’t go down. Law, feeling held down, finally goes John Wayne again, once again tagging the disc, but it is still up. Poli puts an end to the nonsense and takes careful aim for the edge of the roof and puts it away at last. As it goes into its death throes it explodes in a bright flash, but luckily we are all at a safe distance, even that maniac Law. Mission over!!
Summary
Operation Crystal Justice - Success
Aliens killed: 10 – Excellent
Operatives lost: 0 – Excellent
Artifacts recovered
3 thin man corpses, 3 floater corpses, 2 muton corpses, 1 cyberdisc wreck and 1 drone wreck. In addition we get 20 weapon fragments, 6 elerium and 12 alloys. We can also ‘autopsy’ the two new additions to our most wanted list.
Promotions:
Da Law II – Lieutenant, trains in rapid fire, giving him two shots at an enemy at a aim penalty. I also forgot to mention he has been christened ‘Chops’ by his teammates.
Shane Sexton – Sergeant, trains in damn high ground getting a +10 aim and defense against enemies at a lower elevation, will go good with snap shot. He is also given the nickname ‘Pharaoh’
Fox McCloud – Sergeant, trains in field medic, so like Gonzalez he has 3 medikits to use. The team dubs him ‘Missionary’ on the flight home.
Our most intense mission yet, despite the success, it was grueling and we avoided some tight spots. Coffee Warlord earns 3 kills form her early fireworks display while Sexton, Poli and McCloud all tally 2. Law II checks in with our final kill giving him a total of 11 after 5 sorties. We do take some damage on this one as Law will be down 4 days, Poli 6 days and Sexton 7 days as they recover from their wounds. We get further bad news on the way back as panic increases to critical levels in both Australia and South Africa, but fortunately it goes down to 1 in the UK as we are sent 4 engineers in appreciation.