Army of the Southern Cross

[Silanon]

Only a couple years ago, Fia would have simply continued to film, a neutral observer if you will. But since then, things have slowly changed - and thus she takes what she can get right now to document the team's precise work, and then puts away both camera and mic, changing her usual, fingerless gloves for a spare pair of white ones; joining the group of older women to divide the average age of those present in half. "Can't really stand there and simply stare four hours, can I? Things are progressing outside as well, sarge - everything according the plan, for now. Adrian even got himself his own fanbase - might need another trailer for the junior scouts."

 

[Orikanyo]

"Ah, sounds- Stop squirming please young man!- Wonderful, it'll give him something else to talk about other than the jungle." the doctor tried to settle a currently rather squirmy little paitent that was sitting across from him. "One little prick, thats all, be tough for alright? Ladies present." he smirked towards Fia before jabbing the needle into the young boy's shoulder. "And... there, all done-" and with that, the child was already off running. "Well then, he atleast beats the man who fainted earlier. I know the zentraedi are a strong people, but seeing the man faint makes me think we're not to different... I wonder how Moira feels about needles... Wait, how long has it been since their shots? Fia? Do you have yours?"

A evil glint appeared in the man's eye, it seems he enjoyed sticking people with needles more than one expected. "Don't lie or I'll bring up your medical record."

 

[Silanon]

"Knowing my overly precautious sergeant, it's probably only been a week since I got my last treatment - could find a photo of the records, but I'm certain I'm fine for now. Moira, on the other hand - no idea to be perfectly honest. Wouldn't expect her to be due already, but you never know. Not that she'd be too prone to that, she'd rather choke those germs to death before they get any chance to let her sneeze."

 

[Psychie]

Since the Good Doctor seems to have his work under control, Moira will roll up her sleeves and go help Eric with the heavy lifting on the water purifier. Between the two of them, they are the strongest members of the team, so there should be no trouble getting the equipment moved to where it needs to be.

As they work, she pauses to wipe the sweat away from her forehead. "Damn, this is hot. I'm sweating like a green skinned Verkat out here. At least when we are done we'll all be able to get a cool drink of clean water."

 

[Sherwood]

Everyone is settling into a routine of work; some with the water pump, others with the inoculations, when Adrian gets the sensor pod up and running, sending its data to your Myrmidon. You have barely enough time to take a drink out of your canteen when the computer lets out a chirp that it has detected something. Going to investigate, you can see that the pod has detected a group o twenty ground targets about ten miles out, moving through the trees and brush at 50 miles per hour. They are not broadcasting any IFF codes, and as far as you know, there are not any allied units in the area. If you want to try to identify them, give me a percentile roll under your Sensory Equipment skill.

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

Upon seeing blimps pop up in the scanners, Adrian's eyes narrowed dangerously. "Well, looks like command didn't tell us that they'd send some people to help us or we're going to be in one hell of a shit storm. No IFF ids too, fuck. Why make my bloody job harder," he grumbled as he tapped away in hopes that he could properly identify the approaching group.

 

[Psychie]

Moira hears the grumbling from her squadmate and goes over to investigate. "What's up?" She cranes her neck up to get a look at the screens showing the incoming targets. With a frown, she calls out, "Sergeant? We have some company. Let me take a look. Maybe I can identify them."

 

[Sherwood]

It seems that there is too much interference to get a good read on what the targets are, at least from this point of view. The targets are not actively emitting any radar, trying to be stealthy, so you can't identify them by their electronic signature that way.

Eric shrugs. "I don't know; they look like dots on a radar display to me. But I gotta think that if there was a allied force in the area, we'd know about it. I say we suit up and go take a closer look."

Anyone else wish to make a Sensory Equipment roll?

 

[Orikanyo]

Heinrich rose up suddenly before heading out towards his hover tank.

"Suit up and get ready, we should be careful not to involve the civilians if they are hostiles." the man stated as he plopped inside to check his own scanners. "prepare and get ready to move, now lets see if I can spot them..." he began his run of his equipment... hoping he could get a good lead on whats out there.

 

[Silanon]

"Think we'd better try to engage them before they get any closer to the village - don't want anyone to get harmed in the process." Fia as well leaves the locals behind, perhaps the older women can finish the work - if not, they will seemingly have to wait till the hussars have secured the nearby area once more. "Sarge, do you want anyone to stay behind, just in case they try to be sneaky again? Certainly don't want them to get away with any of the trailers."

 

[Sherwood]

Eric climbs up into his tank with a quickness. "Sarge, those targets are running quiet, and according to the map, there is a small river that they are following. If they keep on their current path, there may be a spot to get a visual on them from a few miles out, where we can use our sabot rounds and not get hit in return. If it is Zentraedi, we can't afford to let twenty some-odd targets run around without doing something about it."

 

[Psychie]

Moira puts her helmet on and climbs up into her tank. "He's right. That many troops, even if they are only Battle Pods, can cause a lot of trouble. What's the good word, Top?" She is almost quivering in anticipation of another fight, and this time, she plans on bringing her tank back home in one piece.

 

[Orikanyo]

"Right. It is time then. is the equipment set up for the villagers? We should do our best to tail these hostiles and report on our findings as soon as possible, if we are given the go ahead." the man took to his comms and began to speak to command "Command this is Sgt. Heinrich Schneider of the Winged hussars come in. We have several unidentified targets found on the sensors we are unable to identify. What is our roders?"

 

[Sherwood]

The radio response to Sgt. Schneider's call is quick. "This is Tiger Eye 05. Identify the targets, and engage if necessary. We are going to vector over a squad of Logans that are in the area. ETA to target area is five minutes. Keep in contact, and good hunting, Winged Hussars."

The squad moves out, heading towards the river to try to identify the targets. As you travel, Eric comments, "I would think that the only other people out here would be the Brazilian army regulars, but they don't have mecha, so traveling in force in the river wouldn't be possible with APCs and tanks. It's got to be Zentraedi."

At this point, you make your way to a rise that overlooks the river, roughly three miles away. It takes the unknown targets about another minute to come around the bend. As you watch, you can see a Glaug Officers Battle Pod walking in the river, with multiple Regult Pods following behind, along with six Female Powered Armor suits.

What do you do?

 

[Psychie]

Moira calls out, "Tallyho! I have multiple Zentraedi targets in visual. One Glaug, at least six FPAs, and about a dozen Regult Pods. Of all of the targets down there, the FPAs are arguably the most dangerous and should be taken out first. I recommend that we hit them as hard and as fast as we can from range before they have a chance to close into range to engage us in return." As she talks, Moira loads a sabot round into the chamber of her main gun and waits for the order to fire.

 

[Orikanyo]

"Understood command, enroute now." He gave the go ahead to head on their hunt, and off they went...

Upon seeing the enemy, they had the element of surprise still on their side. "Noted Moira, my other worry is that glaug, it's particle cannon has us within it's range still.. But perhaps it is best we take down as many FPA as possible. Keep an eye on the glaug, it is likely going to return fire upon us as soon as the shock wears off, or immedately, if their on watch.. And be certain to keep an eye out for additional hostiles. We don't want to be flanked." he relayed the information before loading in a sabot round.

"Everyone, choose your target amongst those FPAs, once largely dealt with, fire upon the Glaug. the pods we can deal with as they come, we need to send those heavy hitters to hell before the devil knows they're there."

 

[Sherwood]

Eric calls out, "Copy that, sergeant. Lining up a shot."

Initiative rolls, please. It is a d20 roll plus any initiative bonuses you have.

 

[Psychie]

Moira transforms her mecha into Guardian mode to unleash the main gun. "Targets locked. Ready to engage."

 

[Orikanyo]

"Everyone, on my mark." the sergeant ordered, peering down the sights.. they would need to hit fast and hard... "Lets make a battle Fia would be proud to write about.. if.. Allowed of course."

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Better get this over with. Don't want to worry the people now..." Adrian said seriously as all systems were operational for the upcoming battle...

 

[Sherwood]

Initiative Order
23 - Adrian
20 - Heinrich
10 - Moira
7 - Eric

Just waiting on Silanon and Fia, then I'll fill in the bad guys.

 

[Silanon]

"Just make sure to not get hit, don't want to publish photos of gravesites. Ready to open fire, sarge."

 

[Sherwood]

Since the Zentraedi units are in silent running mode, the members of the Winged Hussars have a free action of attacks in a surprise round. Once everyone has had their surprise shot/action, we'll move into the standard melee order.

AldarisLordOfLight is up first. Your weapon pods are out of range of the Zentraedi, but you can begin to use your EW pods to disrupt the enemy units from here.

Initiative Order
23 - Adrian <====
20 - Heinrich
17 - Glaug Officer Pod
15 - FPA 1-3
14 - Artillery Pods 1-2
12 - FPA 4-6
10 - Moira
8 - Regult 1-4
7 - Eric
5 - Regult 5-8
4 - Fia
3 - Regult 9-12

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"It seems they thought they could get the jump on us. Let's give them a warm welcome Sarge." Adrian said pulling down a terminal connected to his Myrmidon's EW pods seeing as the enemy was a bit out of range for his guns to be effective. "Let's give you a bad day..."

 

[Sherwood]

Adrian fires up his EW Pods, but at this extreme range, you are not sure just how well the electronic attack is working.

Orikanyo is up next

Initiative Order
23 - Adrian
20 - Heinrich <====
17 - Glaug Officer Pod
15 - FPA 1-3
14 - Artillery Pods 1-2
12 - FPA 4-6
10 - Moira <====
8 - Regult 1-4
7 - Eric
5 - Regult 5-8
4 - Fia <====
3 - Regult 9-12