Hey, let's raid Isere

[Kastrenzo]

Previously: https://brikwars.com/forums/viewtopic.p ... 91#p359291

Dozens of random attackers are swarming Isere, There's no time to figure out who or why, because they're coming right at the base!



20190716_231726 by Matt Ryan, on Flickr

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It's not known who has organized the zerg, there are uniforms of several different armies present. A number of strange characters seem to be leading the charge though

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Vaclav and one of his Officers, Moskal are in command of the base, with only a skeleton crew manning the training camp, they have to do their best to prevent damage to the base and keep their heads.

20190626_003928 by Matt Ryan, on Flickr

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Room for two players, I won't be reserving slots, the slots will be rotating, meaning anyone who's around when I'm doing turns is fair game.

Discord only for orders.

[Kastrenzo]

Sorry I took forever to post this, I got a new computer and then went vegetative while I toiled away on it for like 3 weeks. The pictures have been on my phone for weeks and just never got around to posting this.

Falk is playing the defenders
Hatknight is playing the attackers

Turn 1

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The guards outside the base flee into the compound

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Soldier gets into a gun truck

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personnel inside the base take control of the base defenses...

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By closing the gate..

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and using the turrets on the roof


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Troops across the base take defensive positions,

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Vehicle and several troops block the gate

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Vaclav and Moskal take position on the frontline

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the trainees are told to stay out of the way, until they've finished training, they're considered civilians and can't be trusted....
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Mercenaries and other raiders run through the woods

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The Macho Man picks up a ladder all by himself

Macho Man: YEAH!

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Attackers use the Insurgent tank as cover and advance

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A Syndikat operative and some other random grab the other ladder

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more goons rush the other flank

End of Turn 1
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No bloodshed yet.

[Kastrenzo]

Turn 2

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20190808_231807 by John Thumb, on Flickr

Bratva officer orders the trainees to proceed into the basement with an unlucky private.

Officer: Recruits! Follow Private Schultz into the basement and stay out of the way! Do not attempt to intervene or arm yourselves, or you'll be thrown in the brig!

Private: Awww... I wanted to go fight, not babysit!

20190808_231855 by John Thumb, on Flickr

The Trainees follow him inside while Bratva Storm Troopers rush with the officer to the frontline

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Troops man the decrepit bunkers on the hills

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A ladder is pulled out of the alley and set up to allow troops on the roof of the Commissary Shop

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They enter Overwatch and may interrupt the enemy's turn should they move into view

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The Officer's group hide behind the Radio station, ready to respond to whichever position needs support
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Mercs break cover through the woods on the east flank

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they're interrupted by a hail of bullets

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Somehow they only tag one guy..

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Echelon Sharpshooters counter fire...

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But miss...

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On the left flank, more mercs run through the clear cut towards the low wall

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Moskal: Shit! Did no one think to guard the left flank?! HQ, Fire the turrets!

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The turret powers up a blast

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Critfail
The gunner gets distracted by anime on his computer, and he undershoots the target, blowing a small hole in the defenses

Gun Controller: Kurva!
Moskal: YOU MISSED!!!

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A vehichle from the Insurgent Clan tries to bumrush the gate, but the stop sticks are dropped before it can cross

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It fires it's automatic weapon instead, at the front gate.. but it misses all the targets

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Ladders are being snuck through the woods on both flanks

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More mercs and randoms flood the main gate, shooting their weapons at the Bratva lines

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They find a little more success and kill a guy, those on the front gate including the truck return fire

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Killing 2 of them

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A Merc boosts a Razor PMC soldier onto the elevated terrain

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Right into the path of a camper in the bunker, who immediately shoots him.

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One of the Mercs has an RPG, and fires it at the bunker

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Critical Success
The RPG causes much more damage than expected, the small bunker is obliterated, and the two guys inside get waxed

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It's not a pretty sight, as body parts fly out into the compound

END OF TURN 2

Bratva Kills: 4
Mercenary Kills: 3

Base Condition. 1 Bunker totally destroyed, left flank damaged. Gates are up, Right flank Secure. Main base unscratched

[Cakeman]

Pictures and posing are really good, fits well with the narrative. Looking forward to the next installments

[Kastrenzo]

Turn 2

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On the right flank, Bratva soldiers fire into the woods at the attackers

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Double Overskill, two headshots , the third misses

On the left flank, the truck tries to fire into the treeline too, but suffers a critical fail malfunction, and the gun jams... and explodes

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The right turret fires at the Insurgent tank, but misses.



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Seeing an approaching vehicle, the Shield and the other soldier take what cover they can at the gate

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The left flank is wide open.

Vaclav: left flank, there's no one there!
Moskal: Send reinforcements to the left wall!

CAMERA MALFUNCTION, PICTURE DIDNT TAKE

Moskal stands atop the rubble and fires his machineguns at the attackers

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Kills one, and another is critically wounded

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Cronies fire back, but miss

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CRITICAL FAIL
A trooper in the bunker goes to shoot... rolls a 1, and then a divine power reminds him that he doesn't actually have line of sight on enemies.... So his action is retconned... and he falls out of the tower and stuns himself.

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Reinforcements from the yard start to arrive

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[Kastrenzo]

SECRET FACTION!

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Spies!
Two of the trainees slip away from supervision, and raid the armory

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Bratva really should do a better job at vetting it's recruits.

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Right flank, Echelon sharpshooters take aim

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This time they pulverize the defenses, their guns shred the plate armor on the wall and someone's head gets exploded by a gauss rifle dart

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Macho Man: ERE WE GO.... YEAH!!

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CRITICAL FAIL.
The Macho Man successfully deploys the ladder... but ends up falling right through it and getting his fat muscled head in the steps

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Bratva Corporal: LADDERS! LADDERS!

Mercs in the woods charge the ladder, a fury of gunfire is exchanged but somehow no one on either side gets shot in the burst.

20190820_212705 by John Thumb, on Flickr
A Jump Jetter hits the wall

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And casually domes a guy like a tryhard badass

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The tank crashes the gate with ease and mercs flood behind it

It takes reaction fire from the left turret.. and several other guys back at the fort

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It's too much. armor is cleaved through in a short burst and then something blows up, demolishing it

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The Shield at the gate screams for the attention of allies, directing it toward the swarm charging the gate behind the tank.

Bratva Shield Bearer: FIGHT! FIGHT!!!!

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An iceworlder merc gets shot in the face.. and a stray round hits the gatorman behind him who takes cover

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Mercs rush to cover the gatorman, almost as if he's their leader...

Mission Intelligence gained: Macho Man, Gatorman and Big Choppah are leading their respective fronts, Kill them to force a temporary retreat on that flank

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Another Bratva soldier gets hit in the exchange

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Reinforcements arrive, and a machine gunner unloads the pig on them

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Surprisingly, the three of them only manage to kill the weird tentacle mutant, he bleeds orange and dies.

Not Squidward: WIOAJWIOJAIOJOJJJJJJ!......

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They return fire, and Overkill wastes two of them and another is critically injured

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Seeing as the left wall is already down, the left ladder team puts it up the hill instead

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Big Choppah pushes through his men and screams at the wall, seeing Vaclav defending it

Big Choppah: EY CAPE BOY. COME OUT ERE AND GET YER EAD CHOPPED BY BIG CHOPPAH

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Vaclav: Try not to bleed on me when I kill you, please?

Duel entered



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Vaclav attacks him.


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CRIT FAIL
Choppah drops his Choppah....

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Vaclav stabs him straight through the chest with the laser sword
Choppah screams in agony and thinks he's tough enough to keep fighting

Choppah: RRRRAAAAHHH.. GONNA TAKE MORE DEN DAT TO STOP BIG CHOPPAH

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Vaclav pulls the sword out

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Spins...

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And slices his dumb head off, it goes airbourne.

The last thing Choppah sees is his own decapitated fat ass hitting the ground before expiring. His troops flee in panic

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Left Flank troops retreat back to the edge of the map

[Kastrenzo]

I haven't bothered to take tally of how many kills, its easier to see what's still left .
The perimeter has fallen on all three flanks.
Base Defenses are still active


Right flank - Being overrun
Center - Contested
Left Flank - Secure for the moment.

Both sides have taken heavy casualties.

The Base itself remains untouched, but it's security has been compromised.

Attackers are losing morale, At the start of next turn, all of the retreating troops will roll a skill check of 50/50, if they fail it, the troops runs home to mommy and leaves the battlefield

[Kastrenzo]

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Moskal and Vaclav chase down the retreating mercs, shooting at them

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Vaclav doesn't have a gun, so he grabs Choppah's axe and hurls it

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BRUTALIZED

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Bratva reinforcements come from the inside

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They attack down the center lane

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Mercs die

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Turrets fire

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The Gatorman gets exploded, his squad is wiped out

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On the other flank, a lone soldier climbs the ladder and caps the jetpacker

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Those left on the roof try to repel the ladders

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CRITICAL HIT

Stuck in the ladder, a Bratva soldier gets a series of lucky hits, and Macho man is killed

Macho ManOH. NO...... YEAH@!

[Kastrenzo]

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Syndikat Operative: Why are we running? We can dunk Vaclav right here! Prepare an ambush!

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All but one of them misses.. and he barely damages the armor...

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Elsewhere, the double agents try to attack the back door of the base.. but they roll snake eyes... shit


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The lone guard notices them and gets a free attack... then he critrolls and gets a shot at both of them

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1 dead

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On the other flank, attackers keep clambering the walls and firing at the Bratva troops, but they miss again. The Echelon troops with the long guns also miss.. again

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Critfail!

Two of the soldiers start bitching about their KDR being threatened... and they fall back.

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Bratva NPC'd due to me wanting to wind this down.

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Bratva troops from the courtyard reposition to back up Vaclav when they push on the forest

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It's a massacre. 3 shot by the troopers

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Vaclav swings his sword overhead

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And cuts off a mutie head... that's two today!

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The second double agent falls dead next to his partner. They didnt get far.

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One of the guys on the roof shoots at the hooded figure and misses so spectacularly that he decides to just give himself a free attack, and he shoots him in the face.

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A guard on the bastion with a long range weapon sees him up there

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and picks him off
--Decided to call it game. it was over at this point.---

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The remainder of the attackers, Just Syndikat and First Echelon goons that were tagging along with the zerg decide to pack up and leave. This fight can't be won, and they've already caused a lot of damage. This was a disaster, but it wasn't a complete failure.

[Kastrenzo]

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Vaclav gives a speech to the surviving defenders

Vaclav: What a show!, so many dead assholes! The perimeter is wrecked though... Good job on holding the line. Besides that rampaging tank not a single mook stepped foot in the compound... Well, except for those traitor recruits.. We're going to have to start vetting our recruitment better... Take 20.. and then start cleaning the bodies out of the road and compound..

We gotta get this place defensible incase someone else shows up... Engineers will be here shortly to start repairs.. and Intelligence will look into who the hell put that raging horde onto us.. I saw at least 5 different uniforms out there.. No idea wtf that was all about. You're dismissed!

20190904_235215 by John Thumb, on Flickr

Final Kill count
Bratva (Falk) - 27, plus 1 vehicle
Attackers (Hatknight) - 11, plus 1 vehicle and base defenses almost completely destroyed

Story Consequence: The next attack on Isere will not be as damaging as it would have been if the compound was wrecked. Isere may survive the chapter when it concludes, unlike Basil

[Falk]

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