Story Market Day
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ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Spent far too many days sleeping in them. low level 141 got a bit tough to nap in .
Griz3752
Retired, practising Curmudgeon
Grunt 101 - Task complete?
1. Repair, replace, rearm.
2. Eat
3. SLEEP
Repeat if possible before the next task.
I'm sure the same applies to all branches of service and it's a good routine anywhere, anytime.
Part of the Mercenary code: Secure payment in advance. If there is food, you eat. If there is time, you rest. You don't know when you will chance for either again. Don't walk when you can ride.
ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
The woods were quiet as Zed and Jesse moved up into position. They had about an hour before the sky would lighten with its predawn glow. The plan was solid, well reviewed and probably would go to shit at the first shot fired.
Jesse had a radio earpiece in connecting him to the other team down south. He had just enough radios to make this work. Emilia was a good student when he walked her through using them. He could talk to Emilia, Emilia could talk to him. He had a couple of short range radios for Doug and Heidi to use. Emilia could talk to them, but their radios were too weak to talk all the way to Jesse. This terrain was unforgiving for weaker radios. That is why the park relied on the network of repeater towers. With those down, it made things much more difficult.
Jesse and Zed embraced before they split up and moved towards their two objectives
“Zed, you be careful. These ****ers mean business. I don’t want to explain to Marta how I got you killed.”
“It would be me explaining it to her, but I get the sentiment. You watch your own ass and don’t worry about mine. Remember, all I have to do is kill the helicopter. That’s what you told me.” Jesse saw the grin and wasn’t buying it.
“So, when you are done with that, and you head towards me, don’t go on the other side of the walkway. I would really hate to tell her I was the one who shot you to get you to her.”
“It’s ok, Jesse. By the time I get there, you will be inside. I will make sure no one other than you exits the building. You run into trouble, back out and we will keep them pinned there and work plan ‘B’.”
“Sounds good. I’ll drop the duffel bags by the trail sign for the after party. I’m relying on you to help me on that one. You have worked that end of this more.” Jesse’s voice was wavering a bit.
“Don’t worry, Jesse. That part is a cinch. You just worry about part one, let me worry about part two.” Zeds reassuring voice was just that; reassuring to Jesse, right up to the point he remembered what part two entailed.
Jesse had a radio earpiece in connecting him to the other team down south. He had just enough radios to make this work. Emilia was a good student when he walked her through using them. He could talk to Emilia, Emilia could talk to him. He had a couple of short range radios for Doug and Heidi to use. Emilia could talk to them, but their radios were too weak to talk all the way to Jesse. This terrain was unforgiving for weaker radios. That is why the park relied on the network of repeater towers. With those down, it made things much more difficult.
Jesse and Zed embraced before they split up and moved towards their two objectives
“Zed, you be careful. These ****ers mean business. I don’t want to explain to Marta how I got you killed.”
“It would be me explaining it to her, but I get the sentiment. You watch your own ass and don’t worry about mine. Remember, all I have to do is kill the helicopter. That’s what you told me.” Jesse saw the grin and wasn’t buying it.
“So, when you are done with that, and you head towards me, don’t go on the other side of the walkway. I would really hate to tell her I was the one who shot you to get you to her.”
“It’s ok, Jesse. By the time I get there, you will be inside. I will make sure no one other than you exits the building. You run into trouble, back out and we will keep them pinned there and work plan ‘B’.”
“Sounds good. I’ll drop the duffel bags by the trail sign for the after party. I’m relying on you to help me on that one. You have worked that end of this more.” Jesse’s voice was wavering a bit.
“Don’t worry, Jesse. That part is a cinch. You just worry about part one, let me worry about part two.” Zeds reassuring voice was just that; reassuring to Jesse, right up to the point he remembered what part two entailed.
ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Heidi was creeping along down near the buildings. She had a decent feel for the layout between Doug’s diagrams and now what she could see for herself. She knew where she would be, and where Doug should be. She also was not disappointed in the line of sight from Emilia’s position. The area was fairly quiet. She could see which buildings had activity. These were her concern, especially the ones with some of the bad guys. They figured there would be up to as many as a dozen. The hope was they could drop most if not all with rifle fire. The problem was Murphy and his infamous axiom. They probably won’t get them to all come out and line up for them. This meant hunting them down, room by room, building by building, until they were sure.
She was rethinking the decision she made to switch pistols. The 45 had a tactical light mounted on it. The one she had now did not. She didn’t have any night vision goggles or other wonder tools to see in the darkened buildings either. Shooting fast and straight is easier if you can see your opponent. If it came to rooting them out and it gets prolonged, she might have to swap with Doug again.
Her thought processes were broken by a high pitched electronic ringing sound from one of the staff quarters buildings. Predawn light was still thirty minutes away when the area lights snapped on, illuminating the main camp, and with it, Heidi.
She was rethinking the decision she made to switch pistols. The 45 had a tactical light mounted on it. The one she had now did not. She didn’t have any night vision goggles or other wonder tools to see in the darkened buildings either. Shooting fast and straight is easier if you can see your opponent. If it came to rooting them out and it gets prolonged, she might have to swap with Doug again.
Her thought processes were broken by a high pitched electronic ringing sound from one of the staff quarters buildings. Predawn light was still thirty minutes away when the area lights snapped on, illuminating the main camp, and with it, Heidi.
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ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Zed was at the edge of the clearing when he saw the lights come on in the cabin. There seemed to be a great deal of activity all at once. Zed kept moving slow and steady towards his objective. He had watched far too many times the older lions walk slowly up to the herds while the young ones tried to be stealthy. The stealthy ones usually tipped off the heard faster than the slow and steady ones. It was like the old joke about the two bulls on the hill. The young one said ‘let’s run down there and get with one of them cows’ and the old one says ‘no, let’s walk down there and get them all.’ Zed knew rapid movement caught the eye, especially in the dark. Slow and steady escaped detection longer. He was in a crouch now, still moving forward when three guys came out of the cabin, headed towards the helicopter.
ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Jesse was near the cabin when he heard an electronic warble go off one, twice, then stop. Moments later there was shouting and banging on doors. He had no idea what was going on, but this didn’t sound normal. He got on the radio.
“Pencil! Pencil! They started early! Go! Go! Go!” He hoped Emilia heard him. Three guys ran out of the cabin towards the helicopter as more frantic movement continued inside the cabin.
“Pencil! Pencil! They started early! Go! Go! Go!” He hoped Emilia heard him. Three guys ran out of the cabin towards the helicopter as more frantic movement continued inside the cabin.
sssarawolf
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Thank you sir, 
ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
The guys headed to the helicopter were obviously in a hurry, they ran past where Zed was, never noticing him. They last guy in line was carrying a long heavy object. Zed watched them get to the helicopter. One guy jumped in the right seat in the cockpit and began flipping switches. Another started walking around, pulling covers and plugs as he walked around the exterior. The slow one in back was working on something in the open back seat. He was intently working on the long object he had on the seat. He was also pulling the cover off of a large box bolted to the floor. Zed could recognize the sounds as a metallic rippling and clinking coming from where he was working. This was instantly drowned by the high pitched whine coming from the engine as the main rotor began to move. Everyone was so task focused, they never saw Zed step up within ten feet of the front of the helicopter.
ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Jesse heard the distinctive whine of the helicopter starting up. He hoped Zed had gotten there but it was too late to do anything about it now if he didn’t. He had his own mission. He was trying to see into the cabin. He needed to see how many left and where they were. He thought he could see at least four, but they were scrambling back and forth. He knew he could wait for them to come out but he also knew they could maybe get a warning out as well. He heard several resounding booms from over by the helicopter. He couldn’t see what was going on. The cabin was between him and the pad, but it seems Zed was there.
ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Zed knew the guy flipping switches had to be the pilot. He could solve some of their problems right here. His main concern was three guys, and only two barrels in his rifle. Better chose well, he thought.
His first round went straight through center of mass on the pilot. The sound was deafening. The pilot was caught completely by surprise. The second round went through the shoulder and chest of the guy by the back of the helicopter. Like a puppet tossed to the ground, he jerked sideways and sprawled in a broken heap. Zed already had the action open, dropping in the next two rounds. He was concerned about the third guy, and rightly so. He could hear a handgun being fired dimly against the damage done by the wall of noise put forth by the double gun. He swung his rifle towards the noise, but the guy ducked back behind the fuselage. Zed figured to give him a lesson in the difference between cover and concealment. He dropped his aim lower, aiming at the floor of the helicopter approximately where he anticipated the guy’s legs to be. He didn’t have to hit him. Just the huge hole ripped through the fuselage and the big bullet bouncing away into the night should be enough to shock him into movement. Then he could use the other barrel on him.
His first round went straight through center of mass on the pilot. The sound was deafening. The pilot was caught completely by surprise. The second round went through the shoulder and chest of the guy by the back of the helicopter. Like a puppet tossed to the ground, he jerked sideways and sprawled in a broken heap. Zed already had the action open, dropping in the next two rounds. He was concerned about the third guy, and rightly so. He could hear a handgun being fired dimly against the damage done by the wall of noise put forth by the double gun. He swung his rifle towards the noise, but the guy ducked back behind the fuselage. Zed figured to give him a lesson in the difference between cover and concealment. He dropped his aim lower, aiming at the floor of the helicopter approximately where he anticipated the guy’s legs to be. He didn’t have to hit him. Just the huge hole ripped through the fuselage and the big bullet bouncing away into the night should be enough to shock him into movement. Then he could use the other barrel on him.
sssarawolf
Has No Life - Lives on TB
OH, Oh nice. Get'um Zed.
ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Emilia was still getting set when Jesse’s radio call came in. She wasn’t ready! Doug was still moving into position! She went to key the mic and pass the message when the entire scene in front of her lit up. She could see her mother, in between two of the buildings out in the open in the full glare of the stadium lighting. Emilia didn’t know what to do. Her heart leapt in her throat when she saw her mom do the one thing she didn’t expect, but should have. Heidi ran forward, towards the buildings instead of to cover.
ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Doug was working his way to the small hillock that was to be his firing point when the lights came on. He saw Heidi, all alone, out in the open. She looked so small. He had to help her. He threw the rifle to his shoulder to cover her retreat to her intended first firing point. He was ready for anyone who poked their head out. He kept waiting for her to get to the firing point but he didn’t see any movement that direction. He lowered the muzzle slightly to avoid flagging her with the rifle and scanned. Where did she go? DAMN! Finally he picked her up much further away than he was looking earlier. She was running forward towards the buildings, moving with a speed he could barely believe. She was right, she could run quick.
ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Heidi was a sitting duck out here in the open. She briefly looked back to her projected start point. She would be exposed for a long way and then just have to cover the ground again the other way. She was already over half way to the end point. She had to get out of the middle of all these light though. What’s the last thing they would expect? Shit! She took off at a dead run. She had spent years on the treadmill pounding out her fury, wearing herself down to exhaustion. All of this meant she sure could run. She was looking forward to find a spot to hole up and get a good crossfire with Doug. She wondered why she didn’t hear Emilia on the radio by now. She would ask when she got out of sight. She saw what she could use, off to one side, in the middle of the main buildings was a flagpole surrounded by a low circular stone wall. Growing in the middle of the circle was a bunch of planted shrubs. She leaped into the shrubs, dropping to her belly once she landed. Wiggling around, she could orient herself to look at the main door of the building with the prisoners. Off to her right was the main administrative building the pirates seemed to be operating out of. Doug had a good line of sight on that building from his vantage point she knew. That left the prisoner building for her. Any moment now the pirates should be coming out. Heidi drew a bead on the door and waited.
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steamroller
Contributing Member
Going to get real pretty soon.
Kiwibutterfly
Contributing Member
OMG...I didn't know I could hold my breathe that long and read at the same time. Great reading, thank you!!!!
sssarawolf
Has No Life - Lives on TB
OK the cliff is real.
Texican
Live Free & Die Free.... God Freedom Country....
ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Jesse was ready when three guys burst out of the cabin headed for the helicopter. They seemed to be still trying to get dressed as they ran. Evidently the gunfire disrupted their already disrupted sleep. They were carrying some AK variant s and looking to take care of this surprise. With them in such a hurry, they didn’t pay attention to the side of the trail, nor take a good look at the trail itself. The man in the lead went down hard, tripped by the fine cord strung across the trail at about ankle height. As he sprawled, his finger tightened on the trigger of his weapon. A long burst of fire spat forth as he fell and landed on the hard packed ground.
Jesse took this opportunity to shoot the third guy several times from behind. He had watched Gary Cooper in Sgt. York many times as a kid. He knew you take out the back ones so the others don’t see them go down and realize how bad it is until they get theirs. Jesse’s first three rounds were square in the middle of the back. He was paying particular attention to how he reacted. Jesse wasn’t sure if these guys had body armor or not. He moved his sights up to the middle guy. He evidently didn’t hear Jesse’s shots over the other guys full auto burst. Jesse tried the same trick; four or five bullets into the center of the guy’s back. Ten rounds expended from his rifle, twenty five to go. A few steps forward and he dumped five rounds into the guy who tripped over the cord. He checked his work. The next part wasn’t quite as quick. Moving up on the still moving guys, he put a single well placed round at the juncture of the neck to the shoulders, breaking several vertebra in the spine and disrupting the spinal cord. He didn’t want them moving on him. He turned and jogged towards the cabin. As he did so, he loaded a new magazine into his Galil. The partially full mag he dropped into a pocket in his jacket in case he needed those fifteen or so rounds. He wanted a full fresh mag in place for checking the cabin.
Jesse took this opportunity to shoot the third guy several times from behind. He had watched Gary Cooper in Sgt. York many times as a kid. He knew you take out the back ones so the others don’t see them go down and realize how bad it is until they get theirs. Jesse’s first three rounds were square in the middle of the back. He was paying particular attention to how he reacted. Jesse wasn’t sure if these guys had body armor or not. He moved his sights up to the middle guy. He evidently didn’t hear Jesse’s shots over the other guys full auto burst. Jesse tried the same trick; four or five bullets into the center of the guy’s back. Ten rounds expended from his rifle, twenty five to go. A few steps forward and he dumped five rounds into the guy who tripped over the cord. He checked his work. The next part wasn’t quite as quick. Moving up on the still moving guys, he put a single well placed round at the juncture of the neck to the shoulders, breaking several vertebra in the spine and disrupting the spinal cord. He didn’t want them moving on him. He turned and jogged towards the cabin. As he did so, he loaded a new magazine into his Galil. The partially full mag he dropped into a pocket in his jacket in case he needed those fifteen or so rounds. He wanted a full fresh mag in place for checking the cabin.
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ComCamGuy
Remote Paramedical pain in the ass
Zed got impatient when he didn’t flush the guy with the first round through the body of the aircraft. He pulled two more rounds from the loops on his jacket and tucked them between his fingers. Once they were set, Zed took careful aim and fired at the top of the tail boom where the drive shaft for the tail rotor is and the junction in the tail where the tail rotor gearbox should be. As soon as the round left the rifle, Zed had it open and was dropping the next two rounds into the rifle. Zed closed the rifle and dropped to the ground. He wanted to see where this guy was. He figured he could blow off a foot at the ankle or take out a knee which would drop him to the deck for the follow up shot. What he saw was neither.
He saw movement out in the meadow. The guy was running for the trees. Zed knew his rifle, while capable of decent distance shots, not so much in this environment. The sights were small and his distance vision in the dark wasn’t as good as it once was. He had to go get him.
Zed knew the helicopter and the guys at the bird were his responsibility. If it had gone to plan, he would have just dumped two sets of rounds into the engine and raced to help Jesse. With the change in plan necessitated by the enemy, he knew he had to take these guys out to prevent them circling back around to hit Jesse from behind. Zed took off in a loping jog at a ninety degree angle from the direction the last guy ran. He held this for around fifty yard, then he turned and sprinted the best he could parallel to the guy’s path.
Zed had watched many times on the plains when the prey was being chased, they would look behind them. As long as they saw the pursuer, they would keep running. The faster predators like the leopard and the cheetah would still chase from behind, knowing they would catch them eventually. Others like the jackals and the hyenas would chase beside them or off at an angle where the prey could lose sight of them and slow down, thinking they were safe. Then they had them.
Zed knew this guy was looking over his shoulder as he ran. Most people will look over their dominant shoulder. With most people, that meant the right shoulder. Zed was offset to the guy’s left and behind where it would take a serious effort to see him. Zed knew this guy was faster than him. He needed him to think he was safe enough to slow down. This guy would be looking for movement between himself and the helicopter. He had positioned himself to use it as a shield from Zed. Zed was counting on the tunnel vision of the adrenaline dump and lack of movement in the perceived path of danger to build a false sense of escape and safety. Zed was also running low and hunched over to minimize the distinctive shape of a person. He just had to gain enough ground to get a good shot. One was all he needed.
He saw movement out in the meadow. The guy was running for the trees. Zed knew his rifle, while capable of decent distance shots, not so much in this environment. The sights were small and his distance vision in the dark wasn’t as good as it once was. He had to go get him.
Zed knew the helicopter and the guys at the bird were his responsibility. If it had gone to plan, he would have just dumped two sets of rounds into the engine and raced to help Jesse. With the change in plan necessitated by the enemy, he knew he had to take these guys out to prevent them circling back around to hit Jesse from behind. Zed took off in a loping jog at a ninety degree angle from the direction the last guy ran. He held this for around fifty yard, then he turned and sprinted the best he could parallel to the guy’s path.
Zed had watched many times on the plains when the prey was being chased, they would look behind them. As long as they saw the pursuer, they would keep running. The faster predators like the leopard and the cheetah would still chase from behind, knowing they would catch them eventually. Others like the jackals and the hyenas would chase beside them or off at an angle where the prey could lose sight of them and slow down, thinking they were safe. Then they had them.
Zed knew this guy was looking over his shoulder as he ran. Most people will look over their dominant shoulder. With most people, that meant the right shoulder. Zed was offset to the guy’s left and behind where it would take a serious effort to see him. Zed knew this guy was faster than him. He needed him to think he was safe enough to slow down. This guy would be looking for movement between himself and the helicopter. He had positioned himself to use it as a shield from Zed. Zed was counting on the tunnel vision of the adrenaline dump and lack of movement in the perceived path of danger to build a false sense of escape and safety. Zed was also running low and hunched over to minimize the distinctive shape of a person. He just had to gain enough ground to get a good shot. One was all he needed.
