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Warthur posted:Jackson reaches into the Peacekeeper and turns on the Geiger counter he left in there, before loading his stuff on there. "Everyone better pick up a rifle and pistol and ammo for them from here if you don't already have your preferred kit", he said. "Don't want to have to distribute these in the middle of an ambush on the road, after all." You power on the Geiger counter and it faintly begins clicking. The needle bounces lightly, the levels are minimal but present. It's nothing compared to a lot of the places you've been, but you wouldn't want to settle down and raise a family here... JcDent posted:Should I not which of my poo poo goes into which vehicle? Assume everything that you didn't carry on your person is loaded into the truck with the still or the armored car, I'm keeping track just to make sure the trucks don't go over their carry load.
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"I'll drive the fuel truck." Erik says, and takes his stuff over to it. He'll also take a .45 auto for the glove box, and an M16EZ to secure behind or between the seats. Two mags for each. I assume we're unloading a motorcycle for Pasternak. Should we unload another one for Cohen (MCY60), Mors Rattus?
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JcDent posted:Should I not which of my poo poo goes into which vehicle? I've been doing that myself, except for my armour which I'm wearing.
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Lachlann already has his survival knife on his webbing and the stiletto in a boot shealth. He affixes his starlight scope to his L42. He loads his personal med kit, an atropine injector and a mag each for the L42 and the MP5 on his webbing. He clips his NVGs to his helmet. He stashes binoculars, a gas mask, his lockpick set, two more mags for each gun, and two frag grenades in his rucksack and loads it along with the guns in the cab of the truck towing the fuel. "I'll ride with you" he says to Erik. "And you can borrow my NVGs while you drive if you want them." How closely do we need to track our group ammo stores? Down to the bullet? i know this system is all about realism.
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Cheek checks his webbing and armor, already mostly adjusted from years in Europe, and then does a quick weapons check on the CAWS and his pistol before putting them in the Peacekeeper. "Robotron, Jackson, either of you want to drive? Otherwise I'll do it. We have another set of NVGs handy?" All gear aside from the CAWS + 5 magazines, pistol + 1 magazine, combat webbing and armor go in the ruck which goes in the truck with the trailer, since it looks like that's the least loaded.
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Jackson says "I'm good to drive. Now we've got secure radios on all the vehicles I suggest we keep those on one frequency and use them to co-ordinate the convoy and use the 2km hand radios intermittently to listen out for local transmissions". He holsters one of the .45 pistols and a couple of magazines for it from the Peacekeeper and stows one of the M16EZs and a couple of magazines for it in easy reach under the driver's seat in the Peacekeeper.
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"Works for me. I'll take the M60 then, and that leaves one seat open if Robo's riding with us." I've got the best CRM out of everyone left besides the captain, as far as I can tell.
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I think I'll hold off on biking until needed - we're not splitting up right now so no sense wasting fuel. "Good call on the radios. I'd say we leave the bikes until we're going to split up - it might give fewer eyes on the road, but we'll save fuel. This convoy's going to draw attention as it is. I brought toolkits, so we'll be able to sell our services to the locals, too - beyond just guns, I mean. Fixing poo poo's cheaper for us and does more for the folks that live around here."
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mkultra419 posted:"I'll ride with you" he says to Erik. "And you can borrow my NVGs while you drive if you want them." "Welcome aboard. Seems good to have a sniper riding shotgun. Don't worry about NVGs I've got some already." Erik dons the body armor and webbing. Four pairs of G3 mags sit in a bulky row of pouches across his chest, each with a grenade under. He shoves the rucksack with the gas mask and medkit under the seat, and straps on his helmet with the NVG clipped on. "I guess I'll be following behind the armored car. Lieutenant Cheek was the one looking at the map, I'm sure he knows where we're headed." Erik's doesn't have any extra equipment that needs stowing. I got IR Goggles and an Image Intensifier, I'm not sure how that translates to real world things, but I am imagining the IR goggles are the helmet mounted NVGs, and the intensifier is like a bulky pair of binoculars worn around the neck? If it was a dumb move to buy both of these things, like they're both helmet mounted, I can lend one of them out.
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Most of Robotron's stuff is not exactly quick action ready, so everything not on him - M203 included - will be stashed in the bikeless truck "Well, genosse, I'm ready to roll." Jannik takes the passenger seat in the Peacekeeper "More room than in a BRDM, it seems," he mutters.
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Te Ariki thumbs the radio button and utters out a test message, "T-Bag to all units, confirm radios working, over" Waiting for response from each vehicle, Te Ariki stows two mags for the M16 into his vest pockets, leaving one loaded into receiver, he lays it across his lap and stows his bow and quiver between the two seats. Once all radios have confirmed in, he looks to Jackson, "Alright, let's roll out". So we're heading to Crystal first yea? According to google maps its 130 miles +/- Spiteski fucked around with this message at 22:54 on May 24, 2019 |
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Jackson starts the engine on the Peacekeeper, gives a quick look at the dashboard to make sure everything's good, and turns on the Peacekeeper's headlights. "If anyone's out there they'll see the lights from miles off, but driving straight into a swamp would be a bad start. OK, Cheek, you call the directions and I'll follow 'em."
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"Well, if we head up off the beach, we should hit A1A. From there, we'll just need to figure out whether we need to go north or south to reach the 206. Assuming that bridge is intact and passable, we can head due west along that for a while. If it's not, well, poo poo gets dicey. North is quicker but more likely that the rads are going to bounce on us. South is a fair drive before the next crossing out of the coastal area, and there's a couple of places where there's a good chance the road's gone. For now, looks like it's hit the A1A and then look for signs to try and figure out where we are. Work for you, skipper?" Cheek keeps an eye out the window of the Peacekeeper, the armored hatch to the M60 turret open above him.
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"Right, A1A it is." The Peacekeeper starts moving up the beach.
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"Guess we'll take Lucky Pierre." Sgt Leonard starts up the M880, flicks on the headlights, and eases up to speed to follow the Peacekeeper.
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The headlights illuminate the ruined houses around you, but more importantly reveal what's left of the A1A road. Not much, it was less a road and more of a suggestion of one between two rows of destroyed buildings, but nevertheless it served its intended purpose. It didn't take long to reach the bridge connecting the A1A to the 206, you couldn't believe your luck when the headlights lit up a tiny green rectangle sticking out of the sand at an intersection. The little green rectangle read "SR 206", jackpot. Jackshit, more like. When you pull up to the bridge you can tell its been through more than one bad storm, there are gaping potholes and cracked asphalt on top but the concrete pillars supporting the thing look sturdy, but it will take careful driving to get across. Will Sgt Leonard (Sax Solo), 1Lt Jackson (Warthur), and JcDent (Spec Robotron) roll 1d100 each for their respective driving checks. I know Rock hasn't posted yet but from what I've gathered it's okay to keep things moving a bit within reason Punkinhead fucked around with this message at 14:22 on May 25, 2019 |
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That's a 27 from me. Woah, that's a heck of a bridge.
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57 I'm certain I said that Robotron is riding shotgun in Peacekeeper
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JcDent posted:57 Yeah you did, sorry, I somehow skimmed over that and assumed when you said "ready to drive" earlier that meant drive one of the trucks, but you definitely specified passenger after that so disregard that roll request, my bad We'll assume since Rock has a WVD of 80 he'd drive the other truck unless he has any objections. New post coming shortly
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Sergeant Leonard slowly but expertly drove the large truck over the bridge, weaving between potholes and disabled vehicles. The fuel trailer bumped along behind, but even with the added bulk he crossed the bridge without incident. First Lieutenant Jackson followed closely behind in the Peacekeeper, with Specialist Pasternak not far behind driving the second truck. Despite one or two close calls they also made it over the bridge, perfectly fine besides some increased heart rates. Once the bridge was crossed it becomes apparent that the roads are barely usable. Years of neglect in the swampy coasts of Florida, under the weight of countless decaying husks of cars, has left the 206 full of cracks and potholes. It may be partially ruined but it's drivable and marginally preferable to driving in the swamp. As you slowly drive over the ruined and overgrown road one thing becomes apparent. There is a lot of wildlife left in Florida. More than you've seen since the war ended. Hell, for some of you this is the most "nature" you've ever seen. In all directions there is healthy green vegetation, all sorts of healthy looking game and fowl can be spotted as you drive West and dawn begins to break. Eventually the trees and giant bushes give way and reveal large overgrown fields. You wonder what they used to grow here... Then you see a large sign, the bold words still visible "WELCOME TO PALATKA" Shortly the convoy comes to a stop at a fork in the road. The fork splits into West and South. To the West lies a river, and across the river is the majority of the town of Palatka. The bridge across this river looks worse than the last bridge you crossed, and that's saying something. There are certainly less disabled vehicles in that direction, and the roads might be better on the other side. But still, the cracks in the concrete columns make you nervous... To the South is the 17, a road very similar to the one you've just trekked across for four hours. It appears to be almost overgrown and packed with cars, but the chances of it collapsing out from under you plunging you to your death are almost certainly 0 percent. Around you are ruined buildings, but slightly less ruined than near the coast. Some even have their roofs on them, you've noticed. The sound of birds can be heard in the early morning sky. It is now 4:00 AM March 1st, 2001
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Jannik expresses worry over the peacemaker not being at the front of the column. "And once we take point, let's not drive over the bridge that's even more anxious to collapse, ya?"
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Cheek looks over the map, worrying his lip. "Sir, if we go south on 17, we can cut across the Ocala National Forest or keep going south to DeLand and pick up 44, which takes us right into Crystal River. Given the wrecks, it's likely going to be a bit slower, though I don't think we're on a tight timetable, so that might not matter. There's basically no other route across until the middle of the forest besides the bridge, which doesn't give me a lot of confidence. The forest is likely to be even more overgrown, and I would be surprised if there's people hiding out in there. Going 17 avoids Gainesville, though, so if we're looking for survivors there we'll need to cut across the forest and head back north."
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JcDent posted:Jannik expresses worry over the peacemaker not being at the front of the column. I thought we were - we were the first to pull out at the beach. Jackson looked to Captain Te, "Sir, before we move on, do you think it's worth seeing if anyone's at home? This could be the closest we get to Palatka for a while and we'd be kicking ourselves if it turned out later on it was the hub of resistance to New America." three questions: a) How are the readings on the Geiger counter? b) Since it looks like we are here, is there still a gas station here? c) Is there an sign of life coming from the town?
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"Give me a second to take a look at the bridge" Riley mutters as she picks up a flashlight and approaches the structure, giving it a standard safety inspection but keeping her feet off it for now. Civil Engineering roll: 44/80 https://orokos.com/roll/729217
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being in charge in game and out of game are different things. As players, if we want to go check out Palatka, I'm keen so I cast my vote for that. When we decide, I'll do the IC stuff for Te saying yay or nay.
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Spiteski posted:being in charge in game and out of game are different things. As players, if we want to go check out Palatka, I'm keen so I cast my vote for that. When we decide, I'll do the IC stuff for Te saying yay or nay. I suspect the bridge is going to be marginal at best, so we'll either be risking the vehicles or detouring south. I'm tentatively voting go south unless the bridge is solid, let's get through Crystal River and figure out where we want to set up Basecamp. at that point we can start feeling out the populations outside of New America
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Warthur posted:I thought we were - we were the first to pull out at the beach. Jackson thumbs on the Geiger counter, it slowly ticks to life but levels are lower than they were on the beach. Satisfied, he stows it and looks around. He hopes to see a gas station, no such luck. However there is a CVS on one side of the street and an auto-parts store on the other. The glass is shattered from both but they appear to be in one piece otherwise. It's odd seeing such a large town with no people left. Back in Europe most towns were bombed out, conventionally or otherwise, but this was just a ghost town. Not a single sign of life, save for the singing of the birds. Hostile V posted:"Give me a second to take a look at the bridge" Riley mutters as she picks up a flashlight and approaches the structure, giving it a standard safety inspection but keeping her feet off it for now. Riley doesn't waste time, the Army trained her to do this and she was drat good at it. She walked right up to the bridge and began a mental checklist, calculating the general condition ratings according to the National Bridge Inspection Standards, NBIS. It didn't take a professional to tell you the bridge was structurally deficient, anyone could see that. But only a professional like Riley could tell that the bridge was a lot better off than it looked. Adding up the different conditions of the different parts of the bridge, and even walking up it a short length to get a better look, Riley can safely conclude the bridge is safe for most vehicles. Tanks and semi trucks? Certainly not, but a few trucks and an armored car don't seem like a problem. Punkinhead fucked around with this message at 17:58 on May 27, 2019 |
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"Well." Riley mutters as she tucks the light back away. "It'll hold us. One at a time would be safest, and we don't want to race across it, but it'll work if we want to go take a look around. My two cents? If we push through the cars, we pick through the wrecks and look for poo poo. If we cross the bridge, I don't care how quiet it is, we should be prepared for people to be suspicious of a line of military vehicles moving around at 4 AM."
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Whilst Riley checks out the bridge, Jackson steps down from the Peacekeeper, withdrawing his M16EZ from behind the driver's seat and slinging it across his back, and approaches the CVS. "I'm going to stick my head in there," he said to the Captain, "and see if there's any useful intel. Even if it's the last newspaper printed before things went to poo poo, it'll help us piece together the timeline of how things went down here - and if there was an actual evacuation, that might be just the place to find the instructions given to civilians."
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Cheek looks up from his map. "If we cross the bridge, should probably have a ground guide out front and maybe some scouts moving ahead of everything to make sure we can make it across. We've still got a bit of dark left, should be enough to get across and in cover before daylight hits."
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Te Ariki nods towards the CVS, "I'll come with you Jackson, two sets of eyes are better'n one". He grabs his own M16EZ and walks with Jackson towards the dilapidated building. He calls in a slightly-raised voice back to the other trucks "Two volunteers to check out that autoparts store, check for anything of use, information, signs of life. Be quick about it, rolling on in 5." We have a tiny bit of a time crunch to get this convoy off the main road before daytime hits, but we could find something of use. Also, I completely misread before and thought Te was shotgun in the Peacekeeper, so when we get rolling again just to clarify, I'll be in the third seat. I'm not sure on the layout of the Peacekeeper, but I assume third seat has standing access to the turret gun?
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Smith raised his hand. "Sure I'll go."He hops out of the back of the truck, and slings the A1M16 to his hands. "I've never been very mechanically minded, so if we find useful parts worth keeping, I wouldn't recognize it."
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"Yessir." Fletcher straps her own M16 on her back and gets her lock kit. "I'll go with Smith, see if we can't find something fun."
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"Well, Smith, I may not have been an American grease-monkey, but I am a grease-monkey. I should probably go instead," Jannik says and points to his NVG. "Besides, I have a pair of eyes to help me." I forward the motion for Pinhead to have a vehicle seating plan so that we could see who's where at what times
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Smith shrugs. "Knock your self out then. If we happen to see a radio shack, that'll be mine."
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"Requesting y'all pick up any maps you can find.. And let's douse vehicle lights," Erik says over the radio while killing his own. Erik takes a moment to look out at the dark, empty town that could be any American town, and mutters, "Things were supposed to get better." He then says to Lachlann, "I'm going to patrol around the vehicles, you might want to get up in back with that scope." He hops out with his G3 and walks around the vehicles keeping a lookout with NVG. When he gets a long view down a side street or the road behind he'll switch to II binoculars and take a longer look.
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Lachlann grabs his L42 and three spare mags from his ruck (now has 4 on his webbing) and climbs up onto the top of the truck. He crouches low and flips on the starlight scope of the rifle and begins scanning around the area maintaining an overwatch of the teams that dismounted. I'm going to be on the road IRL for most of the morning and early afternoon but will check in when I can. In case you need an immediate reaction from him: due to us not knowing who may be around if he sees anyone he will alert the rest of the team that they are there first before taking any aggressive action. The only exception is if he sees omeone unambiguously about to attack a member of the team with a weapon, in which case he will open fire.
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Warthur posted:Whilst Riley checks out the bridge, Jackson steps down from the Peacekeeper, withdrawing his M16EZ from behind the driver's seat and slinging it across his back, and approaches the CVS. Spiteski posted:Te Ariki nods towards the CVS, "I'll come with you Jackson, two sets of eyes are better'n one". He grabs his own M16EZ and walks with Jackson towards the dilapidated building. He calls in a slightly-raised voice back to the other trucks "Two volunteers to check out that autoparts store, check for anything of use, information, signs of life. Be quick about it, rolling on in 5." It feels good walking on asphalt again, after spending so much time on a boat then right back into a truck. It almost felt normal, which was a rare feeling as of late. As you approach the CVS you're careful to avoid stepping on what's left of the stores windows all over the ground, there's still a surprising amount of glass on the ground here. From here the store looks fairly empty, but that may change when you enter. Lt Jackson make a Recon (RCN) check, and Captain T please make a Scrounge (SCR) check. Hostile V posted:"Yessir." Fletcher straps her own M16 on her back and gets her lock kit. "I'll go with Smith, see if we can't find something fun." JcDent posted:"Well, Smith, I may not have been an American grease-monkey, but I am a grease-monkey. I should probably go instead," Jannik says and points to his NVG. "Besides, I have a pair of eyes to help me." Riley and Jannik quickly checked their equipment and walked across the street to what used to be an Advanced Auto Parts. You think even before the war this might not have been the most successful store in town. Rotting signs read "BUY ONE GET ONE FIFTY PERCENT OFF!" and "FREE! FREE! FREE!". The concrete/brick structure didn't have many windows, so it's hard to see if its empty but at least there's no glass to worry about. Will both Riley and Jannik please make a Scrounge (SCR) check Sax Solo posted:He hops out with his G3 and walks around the vehicles keeping a lookout with NVG. When he gets a long view down a side street or the road behind he'll switch to II binoculars and take a longer look. Sergeant Leonard weighed his options. To the West and South was the bridge and river, they just came from the North, so that leaves the East to check out. What Leonard finds paints a sort of picture of this funny little town. A ruined boat store, minus the boats. A shriners club, with a sign that still read, "PUTNAM CO NTY SHRINE CL B FRIDAY N GHT STEAK DI NER PUBL C WELC ME" That put a little smile on Leonards face, but that fades a little when he looks to his side. Down the road is a very imposing all black sign, all the letters were still in that one. "PUTNAM CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION" Will Sgt Leonard please make a Recon (RCN) check mkultra419 posted:Lachlann grabs his L42 and three spare mags from his ruck (now has 4 on his webbing) and climbs up onto the top of the truck. He crouches low and flips on the starlight scope of the rifle and begins scanning around the area maintaining an overwatch of the teams that dismounted. So far so good, you split your attention between the dismounted members of your group and don't see anything so far, but you're ready in case you do. JcDent posted:I forward the motion for Pinhead to have a vehicle seating plan so that we could see who's where at what times I will begin working on this right after I submit this post! Punkinhead fucked around with this message at 19:11 on May 27, 2019 |
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