Episode 6
 

Is scheduled @ Friday the 13th of August and the upcoming weekend....Maybe we shall start thirsday the 12th.? hehe
Well my lucky number is 13 so any of the dates are good.

THE SITUATION.

After a hefty escape from the Mental institution in Texas in last episode, all of the characters are slightly wounded physically and severly wounded mentally some more than others, you know who I'm talking about...MAO. But you all managed to leave the US with loads of intel and equipment. The boat which was aranged by a team-effort of Mao's next in command and the south-american smuggler in the group.

For the moment you have no new mission as you travel southbound out of US waters.

Pix of the boat will be posted soon.

-General out.

The SHIP
 

Well this is the ship that Mao's nex in command bought from a museum, promising to give it a new home as a museum in Tokyo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LSM-45

Equipment on ship will lbe revealed later.

Crew is a mixture of Japanese loyal to Mao.
And some Loyal to (Peter) the south-american smuggler.

Just as u know it's built in the 40s and it smells and sounds just like that ;)

Ship ohoy.

Immediate actions
 

1) offer medical assistance to anyone in need then find and make ready best lifeboat and instruct party of this .

2) stack said lifeboat with cash ,drinking water ,survival gear ,rations and a medpack.

3) try to get a full sweep of vessel regarding hidden transmitters,explosive devices etc etc

4) carefully gage the crew so that no one is left alone at the comms or engines from either party ( south americans/japanese)

5) continue learning about operating captured gear and do maintenance on all gear -

6) open a can of beer,light smokes and do someline fishing .. ( is it all full of oil and are there us coast guard in the area ..Oilrig Explosion remember ?)

Ship Equipment
 

Weapon Systems:

1 x 40mm Bofors AA Gun - 2000 rounds
4 x 20mm Oerlikon AA Guns - 40 x 60 drums
10 x Mark 56 Naval Mine (info at the BBoW)
5 x Blowpipe – Man-portable SAM with 25 rounds
2 x Flamethrowers
50 x AK-47 w/BG1 - 25000 rounds (in ready loaded C-mags)
50 x various handguns
20 x various shotguns
2 x whaling harpoons (front/back)
5 x cheytak w/250 rounds
100 x frags
150 x various other frags (no nervegass) (smoke,illum,cs,flash)
20 various scopes

CREW
Captain Stavros Vilankopolous (58)
Sgt. Chen Laou (44)
Sgt. Dimitri Vollkyankov (39)
25 Sailors/shipmates/cooks/radio-operators etc
Major Smith (50)
Lt. Morris (32)
20 soldiers
5 doctors
The ship has also:

2 electric mini subs with capacity of 20 men each - can be launced from inside the ship
1 x full operating / medical center
5 x black SUVs
2 x 5t trucks
1 x LAV-25
1 x small fueling station
Radio Room,Radar Room,Sonar Room,Bridge,cantine,sleeping quarters,storage
2 huge cranes on each side of the ship.

great - a super villain vessel
 

the crew- can they be trusted ? have they ALL been checked out by their handlers? if not we need to start secret surveillance of them..
mao-florentino-please report!

Communicatons - new job leads
 

Can we safely communicate from the ship using onboard equipment /Mao phones or will this leave a trace for the FBI /NSA?

If we can - can I start work on getting a new contract or getting further leads on the whereabouts of a certain Russian crime kingpin ?( Any major operation of his that we can hurt is also of interest).

Since we are so well armed I look to the corporate sector : any major corporation that have a mining license in the jungles of south America but have pesky left wing narco guerillas that slow down the money making ? We can clear the area of undesirables ! For a small fee / stake in the minig operation ;)

Any billionaire heirs gone missing ?

Any civil wars going on that needs escalation ?

Anyone have a research station that have reported ...anomalies ?

Any corrupt Mexican Federalpolice that want a certain top level drug cartel meeting rudely interrupted ?

- ALLWAYS, but is rather public mission

Apart from that you have possibilities in th Canadian forrests, kaukasus,egypt,syria,iraq,germany.italia,france,UK

The Ships Airpower.
 

For the moment u have 2 helicopters on the ship.

1 x Piasecki H-21 “ Workhorse ” - 1952
1 x Mil Mi-18 "Hip" - 1979

there is full tanks + 2 extra refills of fuel for both.

No weapons

Just assuming ..
 

that everybody starts doing check ups,diagnostics and maintenance on all gear -including choppers,ship,weapons and ammo to ensure full battle preparedness ASAP.

Start going into arming said birds pronto .

If possible - try to fish some more.

I believe half of the crew is loyal to me, and should be good ol' boys, from my trafficking days. I know them all personally, and if I don't, we don't need to have them onboard.

Heading south from Texas, we should be able to hack onto Intelsat-9. Maybe disguise our communications as live broadcast opera (Faust, of course). Or we could rent a cheap uplink from a semi-rogue Brazillian sat-com reseller. As long as we use 2056-bit Blowfish encryption, we should be good.

I'll get onto checking the choppers, and arming them if at all possible. Maybe we can stop by my crib and pick up some gear.

The Mi-8 is a proper workhorse, and could probably be fitted with anything we can think of, like the Oerlikon 20mm

Roger
 

Good Job .

Well - since our group has sorted it self out I try to go deep - sending a reinforced line down hundreds of feet with a bloody mesh bag of fish and meat on the massive and hand-sharpened hook.

I want something big . ( Knowing the Gods of this world to be ..unpredictable I keep a few handgrenades and an AK with grenade launcher close.):D

the Workhorse
 

I need a clarification.
There were only built 32 H-21A choppers for the USAF, hardly any of them built in 1952, all intended for a SAR role. Some of them were later upgraded.
There were built 163 H-21B in the same period, and later in 1962 after being redesignated CH-21C 334 more were built for U.S. forces. 32 built under licence by Weser Flugzeugbau for the West German Army. 98 built for the French Air Force and French Army Aviation.

My question is: could it be that we misinterpreted the model and make of the chopper, and that what we have sitting aboard our proud ship is really a H-21B or CH-21C? I could easily see this happen if it in fact is an upgraded version of the orginal 32 H-21A, and it is not unplausible that an untrained eye (unlike my own) could miss telltale signs of the later models.

It is what it is hehe...Incidently I think I remember you skilled in the arts of Aircraft Mechanics...

UPGRADES ARE POSSIBLE OFFCOURSE.

Or you keep them and buy new ones..

TIME
 

As time is running out until our next episode/session/massacre I'd prefer you please make up you mind of what heading or plan you'd want to choose.

plan
 

what about heading for Florentinos coastal hideout and staging a coup in a small african country ?

sponsored by Big Oil or whatever

;)

Civil war missions - what are the missions ? How much does it pay ?
Iranian research facility - what does it pay ?

The Missions
 

Missions for Episode 6

TYPE LOCATION PAY Start time.

01. Rescue mission - Argentina - 250.000$ - 1 week
02. Assasination - Mexico - 1.000.000$ - 4 weeks
03. Protection Mission - USA - 50.000$ pr week - 5 weeks
04. Rescue/inte Mission - Russia - 600.000$ + bonus - 1 week
05. Rescue mission - Brasil - 250.000$+bonus - 2 weeks
06. Assasination - Japan - 640.000$ - 3 weeks
07. Coup d'état - ASIA - 10.000.000$ - 3 months
08. Coup d'état - AFRICA - 18.000.000$ - 4 months
09. Coup d'état - Middle East - 25.000.000$ - 7 months
10. Assasination - Israel - 12.000.000$ - 1 month
11. Assasination - USA - 32.000.000$ - 2 months
12. Assasination - NORWAY - 2.000.000$ - 4 weeks

I propose..
 

04, 06, 12, 10, 11, 07, 08, 09 in quick progression


Should be doable .. hahaha

If these are original helis, I think we can just drop them in the harbour. Material wear will have dealt death blows to these girls long time ago. There will be no end to the work to have them in operable state. Much easier to purchase a used, modern chopper that fits our needs. A 60 year old 1100hp single engine chopper = garbage. The strain on the engine was enormous, especially in the earliest models (H-21a), some would say it was under-powered, and that's why it was upgraded before it was put into proper production.
Upgrading these choppers is just plain dumb.

session-wise 1 or 2 missions (max)

I was - of course - kidding. I think we hardly EVER finished even ONE mission during a single session.

05-Brazil?
 

How about 05 - Brazil - rescue ,jungle,patrols,head hunters,the Amazon basin....

better start a Portuguese class on board .

I second that motion
 

I think this would be a swell choice, even though the pay is not out of this world, I guess pay is matched by perceived danger?

the thrills
 

Most people pay to base jump - I am in it for the ride.

Plus this is a big op with the possibility to recruit a company of mercs and try them out in combat operations for the big one - coup d`etat at 32 mill dollars in Corruptistan or whereever :D

Ah, this is why you are big massa, and I'm grease monkey! Great plan.

BTW: Has it been decided whether your wife is gonna play with us or not? ;)

huh?
 

You mean GPs wife ?

Mine will not be let near our gaming session by far . :rolleyes:

Yes, I meant GPs "wife"..

My x-wife wil most defenantly NOT be joining us, as for my girlfriend, she'll prolly be suntanning while we're playin'

These are great news, general!
Suntanning ladies will definately be a step up from last year.

regarding additional equipment
 

Please have a list over equipment you would like to add before the session.

Electronics:
Can be shipped from Japan via MAO corp.

Weapons and vehicles/boats:
Can be fixed by rupert willies contacts in south america.

Other:
Pleace specify

The Mi-18 is equipped with state of the art equipment a la http://nightflightconcepts.com/

The workhorse is however best use as a workhorse, but after recent inspection it appears newly renovated and refurbished.

Weapon Systems for the Mil18 should be ordered ASAP.
The workhorse has mounts for MGs/HMGs

More details if asked for.