Recon Mission - solo adventure

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Turn 4

Night time silence returns. However, some peoples ears are still ringing more than most.

Geddes is laying down on the outside of the dam wall, some 20m away from where the soldiers took defensive fire. He is unaware of the condition of the group of men they are facing. He remembers knifing one badly, then allowing a hand grenade to roll down to the group of men before exploding, and then finally as he broke contact he heard Diesel open up on full auto, with perhaps a final single shot before the silence returned.

Diesel is laying in a field of short crops, having fired his last round and saw the soldier disappear below the dam wall. His ears are ringing from emptying his magazine.

3 wounded soldiers are crying in pain on the ground, with 3 other soldiers huddled on the downside of the dam wall. The hand grenade almost burst their ear drums, and then they took full automatic fire as they crested the dam wall, with one or two of their number going down injured. How many men were they confronted with here?

Geddes is slightly off to the side of where he expects the enemy to be, and decides to peak over the edge of the dam to see what he is faced with.

Diesel chooses to reload.

The remaining unhurt soldiers gather their wits, and look for their leader for direction.



Turn 5

Geddes is 20m away and can see 3 soldiers just below the lip of the dam who are not injured, but not co-ordinated either. He draws his 45 and calls out for them to stay laying down, and not to move! Geddes raises to his haunches and takes aim with his 45 (overwatch).

The soldiers share panicked looks, as they realise the voice has come from the side of them, not from the direction the sustained gun fire had came from. Are they surrounded? How many are they up against? Amongst the wails of the injured, what should they do?

I decide to test the morale of the group to see what the remaining soldiers will do. CUF is C but I reduce it to D due to the confusion and taking 50% casualties. I roll a D6 and roll a 6! They want to continue the fight!

The soldiers do not comply with Geddes calls to stay laying down. And variously make their weapons ready, and prepare to move over the dam wall.

Diesel remains prone 200m away with Geddes FN FAL readied with a full magazine, unable to see anyone.



Turn 6

Geddes fires at soldier 3 whom is the first to move against his shouted orders. Distance is 20m/short. A+A -1 dim light = A+B with 2 ammo dice. Rolls are 2,6,6,3. Geddes empties his magazine which results in one hit plus one hit on an ammo dice. Geddes hits two soldiers for 2pts of damage each. Soldier 3 and 4 are hit and take CUF checks (D8). Rolls are 8 and 3.

Soldier 3 passes his CUF after being hit in the torso. He stands defiantly as the bullet passes through his lower gut.

Soldier 4 slumps down, after taking a hit in the torso also.

Soldier 3 puts a hand over where his new pain point is, looks around himself at the other 5 soldiers wounded or cowering on the ground, and decides that even he has had enough. He raises one arm in surrender, while the other hand covers his seeping wound.