The Art of Warfare Blogs: TAW Blogs

Hello,

Call of Duty releases this Friday, November 3rd, we will be having a stream for the release of the game on TawTV, we are scheduled from 1900 (7 PM EST) - 2100 (9 PM EST). Feel free to drop in as we are excited in Vanguard for the release of this game. Hope to see ya there!

Hello,

Empyrion Spin-Up Meeting is scheduled this Saturday 11/4/2017 @ 1300 EST. They will be going over a general overview of the game and how they plan to run their unit in TAW. Feel free to drop in for more information regarding the game and staff in place. See ya there!

NA Mandatory: Sunday - 8 PM EST

Hello,

Call of Duty will be having their Spin-Up meeting Sunday November 5th, at 1400 EST. We look forward to the Call of Duty release which is scheduled to release Friday, November 3rd. If you wish to drop in the Spin-Up meeting, all are welcome to attend to here what Call of Duty Staff have to say about their game and their ambitions in Vanguard. 

NA Mandatory: Monday - 9 PM EST

                        Tuesday - 9 PM EST

Hello,

We will be having the Spin-up Meeting for Fortnite Saturday 11/4/2017 @ 1500 EST. Feel free to drop in the Spin Up meeting channel under Vanguard Command. We will be having a general overview of the game and how Fortnite staff will run mandatory events and when those events will be.

See ya there!

Introducing the TAW Private Server - BETA Test

The long awaited TAW Ark Server is ready to be introduced and a lot of you probably have a strange look on your face when you read “BETA Test.”  The reason for the test is the full server will not be here until about a month’s time, we are hoping around mid November, and we are releasing a “test” server so that we can see what sort of Mods the server needs and will be capable of running.  This server is a personal test from my own private PC and will only be capable of handling around 15 TAW members and if need be can be brought up to around 30 members.  I am opening the server for general feedback, gameplay issues, any bugs, and overall difficulty of the server as it is going to be strictly a group effort based PVE server.

Server information:

Ragnarok Map

30xs tame, 5xs gathering, 2xs experience (Trust me there will be enough for you to gain experience quickly) Faster breeding times for those of use that like to breed, and faster maturation for those of us that don’t like to stare at dinosaurs growing for 8 days.

Current Mods:

Annunaki Genesis: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=538986229

Structures Plus: Building Mod that allows you to be able to stack foundations together and pick up and replace foundations and other building materials.

GlassMetal: Adds a new metal look to the game mixed with the glass version.

Stairs with Rounded Walls:  Allows you to add onto the stone structures in the game and give it more of a realistic castle look.

Reusable Plus: Makes certain items in the game reusable, ie spears, grappling hooks, etc.

ECO Mods - Adds a bit of RP to the game. Has premade houses, decor, furniture, shops, etc.  For those of us that like to spice up the building a bit in ARK.

Spoiler: Helps with spoiling meat faster.

Egg incubator: Adds an electric egg incubator to the game to help with hatching.

Refer to TeamSpeak Channel [Ark Private Server - BETA] for information on the Server.

Ark Survival Evolved half off

Ark Survival Evolved is on a half off sale until October 30th.Its a survival game with dinosaurs!!!!

I personally have logged over 2000 thousands hours in this game and still counting. You don't have to play that many to have a good time. We currently have 2 groups one of server 62 Ragnarock and the other on crossark server 9 The Center. Plans currently in the works to get up a private server, and once that is up and running I will put out another post. You are all invited to come play with us on either server or both.

Here is a link to the store page.

ABOUT THE GAME:

As a man or woman stranded naked, freezing and starving on the shores of a mysterious island called ARK, you must hunt, harvest resources, craft items, grow crops, research technologies, and build shelters to withstand the elements. Use your cunning and resources to kill or tame & breed the leviathan dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the land, and team up with or prey on hundreds of other players to survive, dominate... and escape!



Dinosaurs, Creatures, & Breeding! -- over 100+ creatures can be tamed using a challenging capture-&-affinity process, involving weakening a feral creature to knock it unconscious, and then nursing it back to health with appropriate food. Once tamed, you can issue commands to your tames, which it may follow depending on how well you’ve tamed and trained it. Tames, which can continue to level-up and consume food, can also carry Inventory and Equipment such as Armor, carry prey back to your settlement depending on their strength, and larger tames can be ridden and directly controlled! Fly a Pterodactyl over the snow-capped mountains, lift allies over enemy walls, race through the jungle with a pack of Raptors, tromp through an enemy base along a gigantic brontosaurus, or chase down prey on the back of a raging T-Rex! Take part in a dynamic ecosystem life-cycle with its own predator & prey hierarchies, where you are just one creature among many species struggling for dominance and survival. Tames can also be mated with the opposite gender, to selectively breed successive generations using a trait system based on recombinant genetic inheritance. This process includes both egg-based incubation and mammalian gestation lifecycles! Or put more simply, raise babies!



You must eat and drink to survive, with different kinds of plants & meat having different nutritional properties, including human meat. Ensuring a supply of fresh water to your home and inventory is a pressing concern. All physical actions come at a cost of food and water, long-distance travel is fraught with subsistence peril! Inventory weight makes you move slower, and the day/night cycle along with randomized weather patterns add another layer of challenge by altering the temperature of the environment, causing you to hunger or thirst more quickly. Build a fire or shelter, and craft a large variety of customizable clothing & armors, to help protect yourself against locational damage & extreme temperatures using the dynamic indoor/outdoor insulation calculation system!



By chopping down forests full of trees and mining metal and other precious resources, you can craft the parts to build massive multi-leveled structures composed of complex snap-linked parts, including ramps, beams, pillars, windows, doors, gates, remote gates, trapdoors, water pipes, faucets, generators, wires and all manner of electrical devices, and ladders among many other types. Structures have a load system to fall apart if enough support has been destroyed, so reinforcing your buildings is important. All structures and items can be painted to customize the look of your home, as well as placing dynamically per-pixel paintable signs, textual billboards, and other decorative objects. Shelter reduces the extremes of weather and provides security for yourself and your stash! Weapons, clothing & armor gear can also be painted to express your own visual style.



Pick seeds from the wild vegetation around you, plant them in plots that you lay down, water them and nurture them with fertilizer (everything poops after consuming calories, which can then be composted, and some fertilizer is better than others). Tend to your crops and they will grow to produce delicious and rare fruits, which can also be used to cook a plethora of logical recipes and make useful tonics! Explore to find the rarest of plant seeds that have the most powerful properties! Vegetarians & vegans can flourish, and it will be possible to master and conquer the ARK in a non-violent manner!



By bringing sufficient rare sacrificial items to special Summon locations, you can capture the attention of the one of the ARK’s god-like mythical creatures, who will arrive for battle. These gargantuan monstrosities provide an end-game goal for the most experienced groups of players and their armies of tames, and will yield extremely valuable progression items if they are defeated.



Create a Tribe and add your friends to it, and all your tames can be commanded by and allied to anyone in your Tribe. Your Tribe will also be able to respawn at any of your home spawn points. Promote members to Tribe Admins to reduce the burden of management. Distribute key items and pass-codes to provide access your shared village!



All items are crafted from Blueprints that have variable statistics and qualities, and require corresponding resources. More remote and harsh locales across the ARK tend to have better resources, including the tallest mountains, darkest caves, and depths of the ocean! Level-Up your player character by gaining experience through performance actions, Level-Up your tames, and learn new "Engrams" to be able to craft Items from memory without the use of blueprints, even if you die! Customize the underlying physical look of your character with hair, eye, and skin tones, along with an array of body proportion modifiers. As you explore the vast ARK, you'll find clues left by other Survivors who have made the ARK their home in ages past, in the form of collectible detailed 3D "Explorer Notes". By uncovering all of these, you can begin to piece together the true nature of the ARK, and discover its purpose!



Everything you craft has durability and will wear-out from extended use if not repaired, and when you leave the game, your character remains sleeping in the persistent world. Your inventory physically exists in boxes or on your character in the world. Everything can be looted & stolen, so to achieve security you must build-up, team-up, or have tames to guard your stash. Death is permanent, and you can even knock out, capture, and force-feed other players to use them for your own purposes, such as extracting their blood to for transfusions, harvesting their fecal matter to use as fertilizer, or using them as food for your carnivorous tames!



The mysterious ARK is a formidable and imposing environment, composed of many natural and unnatural structures, above-ground, below-ground, and underwater. By fully exploring its secrets, you’ll find the most exotic procedurally randomized creatures and rare blueprints. Also to be found are Explorer Notes that are dynamically updated into the game, written by previous human denizens of the ARK from across the millennia, creatively detailing the creatures and backstory of the ARK and its creatures. Fully develop your in-game ARK-map through exploration, write custom points of interest onto it, and craft a Compass or GPS coordinates to aid exploring with other players, whom you can communicate with via proximity text & voice chat, or long-distance radio. Construct & draw in-game signs for other players to help them or lead them astray... And yet.. how do you ultimately challenge the Creators and Conquer the ARK? A definitive end-game is planned.



On the 100+ player servers, your character, everything you built, and your tames, stay in-game even when you leave. You can even physically travel your character and items between the network of ARK's by accessing the Obelisks and uploading (or downloading) your data from the Steam Economy! A galaxy of ARKs, each slightly different than the previous, to leave your mark on and conquer, one at a time -- special official ARKs will be unveiled on the World-map for limited times in singular themed events with corresponding limited-run items! Furthermore, you can now design or randomize your own unique 'Procedurally Generated ARKs', for infinite replayability and endless surprises.



You can play single-player local games, and bring your character and items between unofficial player-hosted servers, back and forth from singleplayer to multiplayer. Mod the game, with full Steam Workshop support and customized Unreal Engine 4 editor. See how we built our ARK using our maps and assets as an example. Host your own server and configure your ARK precisely to your liking. We want to see what you create!



The over-the-top hyper real imagery of the ARK its creatures is brought to expressive life using a highly-customized Unreal Engine 4, with fully dynamic lighting & global illumination, weather systems (rain, fog, snow, etc) & true-to-life volumetric cloud simulation, and the latest in advanced DirectX11 and DirectX12 rendering techniques. Music by award-winning composer of "Ori and the Blind Forest", Gareth Coker!

Blackwake Sale and Recruitment Drive

Ahoy, bluejackets and buccaneers! The Blackwake Division would like to invite you to join them on the seven dastardly seas. TAW's Blackwake community is looking to bolster their ranks, with honorable sailors and scurvy pirates alike!

Blackwake the game:

Blackwake is a first person, 16^th century, naval game with one main focus: teamwork. A fully manned ship will have a captain, a crew, a battery of cannons and an array deterrence weapons, working in unison. The aforementioned, coupled with the plethora of personal armaments, for solo endeavors meets the expectations of avid FPS players and strategists alike. Captaining focuses heavily on communication, both with your crew and the allied ships. While most of the crew is loading cannons, and focusing on offensive procedures, others are repairing damage, and climbing the rigging actively scouting enemy vessels for the captain. Dynamic weather patterns and natural disasters, make the experience even more fun as you change from a volcanic to Arctic straits with damaging ice packs.

The Blackwake Division:

As all units in TAW, the Blackwake Division has their own wiki containing a multitude of helpful points and strategies for novice sailors and the experienced alike. After these basics are out of the way, there are many dedicated captains and crew that are willing to help take your play to the next level. Through training events and group exercises, the division grows stronger and more team oriented. Then comes the true test of meddle: competing against other gaming communities with TAW teamwork and unity in game.

Our recruitment drive and Blackwake steam sale

The Blackwake Division is looking for more members to join in on the teamwork and events. We are coupling this drive with the coming Halloween sale on Steam, the Blackwake developers have assured the game will be available at a discount to hesitant purchasers until November 1, 2017. But wait, there's more! To the top three recruiters, there will be booty! The participant with the highest recruitment score will be rewarded with a $25 Steam credit. Second and third place will take in a $10 Steam credit, each. This is of course open for ALL TAW members. For more information check out our wiki.

Come join us on the seven seas, and get your slice of the booty!

For any questions regarding Blackwake get in touch with TCael.

 Ark: Survival Evolved

In  the early days it was just a few, but slowly the TAW tribe grew.

As it grew so began the building of a base, a stronghold, a place the tribe could all call home and a place where they could be safe.

Soon word spread of this new tribe. Others looked to join and whilst some wanted to make a contribution and be part of something good, some that we called nomads were only out for themselves and were only intent on mischief, theft and looking out for themselves.

After various issues including instances of dinos being let loose, the decision was made get rid of the nomads and to close the gates.

Those left were now able to focus on farming resources, the taming of dinosaurs and development of the stronghold.

Whilst everything seemed to be finally working, another storm cloud was on the horizon that would test the resolve of the Ark TAW tribe…..

Kingcheese had heard the reports but he needed to know himself.

Therefore it was a damp early morning when he finally arrived at the entrance of the camp.

A few moments of confusion while he was identified as a friend or foe by the guard on the wall before Zenmire was sent out to greet him.

As he was led through the main gate he could see the camp was a hive of activity.

“So Zen, what has been going on here?” asked Kingcheese.

Zenmire followed Kingcheese’s gaze as he was taking in the scene before him. Wagons and sledges that were being loaded, dinos being fed and saddled.  It appeared anyone not on the wall was here helping to pack.

“It has been a tough few months KC,” replies zen.  “It was all so promising to start with.  We found a good spot to settle.  We all got to work farming resources and taming dinos, then the issue with the nomads put us back but we got that fixed.”

“Yeah, heard about that.  Some people are just buttheads and not cut out for what we have to offer” said Kingcheese.

Zen nodded in agreement.

Kingcheese followed Zen as he walked over to the dino pens.  Anything that could be salvaged was being gathered up.

As he got closer to another couple of the pens Kingcheese exclaimed “Holy cow, what is that smell?”

Zen chuckled.  “A couple of the baby dinos have not been well recently, but they are on the med now.

“I am not surprised, smells like they left the bad stuff here” answered Kingcheese trying not to gag. “Jezz, that is really rough.”

Zen and Kingcheese walked past more pens which had already been cleaned out. Ahead of them was a large fire which looked like it had burned most of the night.  Next to the fire were a couple of long tables.  

“So,” said Kingcheese.  “What’s this I hear about a council of war?”

“Zenmire sighed.  “Yes…. you hungry?” he asked and motioned him to  the table nearest the fire.

Kingcheese sat down at the centre of the table and Zenmire did likewise on the opposite side.

“Some food would be good, maybe some hot water and dash of milk as well if you have it ” replied Kingcheese taking out a pouch with some tea leaves in it.

“Really?” said Zen grinning.

“Oh yes, helps me reflect and think” answered Kingcheese.

“Well, we have water,” said Zenmire. “but may be out of milk unless you want to…. ”

“Milk a dino.” said Kingcheese finishing the sentence.  “ Noooo thank you.  You see how big those things are?  I mean, that sits on me and you can rename me  squishedcheese.  Hell, probably deadcheese.  Tell you what, safer all round if I just take it black.”

“Ivleth,” called out Zenmire to a man overseeing the packing. “Come and join us.”

The young man in his late twenties, early thirties acknowledged Zen as he  spoke to a couple of other members of the tribe giving out instructions.  

There seems to be some urgency here thought Kingcheese to himself.

As Ivleth walked over, a platter of cold meats, bread, cheese and fruit was brought out.

“This is the leftovers from our War council” stated Zenmire as Ivleth sat next to Zen opposite Kingcheese.

“Ah yes, the War council” said Kingcheese as he put some tea leaves in small cloth which he tied and left to stew in the hot water.

He looked to Zen and then Ivtleth expectantly as he took a couple pieces of meat.

“Well Kingcheese” said Ivleth.  “It’s like this, another tribe has told us to leave or they will make us leave.   Therefore last night we had our little war council to discuss our options.”

“And the outcome of that was?” asked Kingcheese as he finished off the pieces of meat.

“Some wanted to fight” replied Ivleth.  It was agreed however that this was not viable. The rival tribe is big, lots of numbers and much more technically advanced.  If we fought we would be wiped out and lose all we have now. As such we have another plan which is a multi migration to different worlds.

Kingcheese stood up reaching for his tea as he did so.  

“Okay, I think it is time to talk to the tribe” said Kingcheese sipping his tea.

“Whilst is has been a tough time I think what has happened has been a reality check and has focused everyone's mind.” stated Zenmire.  “They know we have to work together for the benefit of the TAW tribe.”

Kingcheese nodded in agreement as he reached for another piece of cheese.

Zenmire and Ivleth both stood and together the three men  walked towards the main gate.

As they did, both Zenmire and Ivleth motioned for everyone to gather round.

“Ladies, gentlemen,” said Kingcheese.  “I won’t take up much of your time as I know the urgency of your task.   Zen and Ivleth have informed me on the current predicament that we find ourselves in.  Despite any setbacks we as a tribe have suffered, together we have dealt with them and become stronger for it.  I am proud to call you brothers and sisters and proud to be part of the TAW tribe.  Now is the time of the migration, go forth, do what needs to be done and be proud and resolute in the task that is before you.”

The small gathered crowd cheered as Kingcheese then stepped away.  He drained the rest of the tea and wandered over to a nearby brazier.  His fingers were tingling from the increasing cold and it had actually started to snow. As he warmed them by the brazier, his mind wandered and for a second he thought he saw a ship in the flames….

Blackwake

The latest  battle with the DDOS had decimated the Blackwake.    

Fires were still raging across the ship, the sails had been shredded, the mast toppled and most of the cannon damaged or toppled from their trucks. Bodies of dead and dieing crewmen lay strewn across the upper and lower decks.   If this was not bad enough the Blackwake had been holed so badly that she was taking in water and sitting deeper in the sea by the minute.

It was only the thick mist that had stealthly crept across the two ships during the battle that saved the Blackwake from total obliteration.

The Vanguard was closing on the Blackwake’s starboard  side ready to offer support as TCael observed the destruction done to his ship.  

As the damage reports came in, he knew that the Blackwake was fatally injured and that he should give the order to abandon ship.

This was not the outcome he had hoped for when he was stepped up as the Captain.  The Blackwake crew were his family and the ship herself, she was their home. Therefore it felt wrong, so very wrong  when with a heavy heart TCael finally gave the order to abandon ship.

TCael shuddered and it was not from the cold.  The Blackwake was dieing and he as the Captain was betraying her by deserting her in her hour of need.

As the order was passed around, Zuki could be heard calling for TCael.

“Captain,” he shouted running across deck jumping over debris as he went. “Captain”

“What’s the problem Zuki?” asked TCael concerned as he approached.

“You can’t abandon the Blackwake” he answered leaning forward, hands on his legs  trying to catch his breath.

Before TCael could reply Xxylox had joined them.

“Captain, you can't do this, you just can't” he stated matter of fact.

“But she is sinking” said TCael. “It’s not an order I wanted to give but you both are aware of the damage she has taken.”

“We do but maybe we can still save her” said Zuki almost pleading, looking to Xxylox for support.

“And if it turns out we can’t then we stay till the end but we have to try” said Xxylox passionately.

“Are you both sure?” asked TCael. “What about the rest of the crew? You know we can’t do this on our own?

Both Zuki and Xxylox nodded.

So engrossed were these three on their discussion that they did not register the silence on the ship as the crew stopped what they were doing and gathered to listen.

“Captain,” called out HafniumG.  “I agree with Zuki and Xxylox.  “The Vanguard is here so we take what we need and we try to make repairs needed to get us to safe harbour.

He then turned to face the rest of the crew.  “Everyone agrees don’t they?  The Blackwake has been there for us and so now we will be there for her... whatever the outcome. ”

There were murmurs of agreement and then a chant which was led by Brocken which got louder and louder.

“Blackwake, Blackwake, Blackwake, Blackwake.”

TCael could not help himself but smile as he looked up to the darkening sky.

“Blessed am I for such a crew but then cursed with such bad luck that our voyage has been tough..”

Hello TAW,

I have recently been selected as the new Public Information Administrator(PIA) in Vanguard and felt I would write a small introduction for those that have not yet met me. My In game name is Dr Fajitas, I'm 27 years old and currently live in South Carolina. I'm engaged to be married next month (oh boy) and work in telecommunications. I've been an avid PC gamer for the last 15 years dating back to Delta Force 2. I've been in the clan scene for a while, I joined my first clan back in 2003 in Delta Force Black Hawk Down upon it's release. I've played mostly Delta Force/Call of Duty/Battlefield franchises for majority of those last 15 years with a little Overwatch and League of Legends on the side as well. I enjoy streaming as well when I have the spare time to do so.

I joined TAW on July 15th, 2016 in the Overwatch Division. I loved Overwatch upon release and played it quite heavily for the first 3 seasons. I started out as a Training Instructor (TI), then Training Specialist (TS), eventually going through the rest of the ranks until I moved into Division Command as a Division Officer (DO) being mentored by my Division Commander (DC) MaximusSC at the time. Maximus taught me quite a bit on the Division Command level which helped me eventually become the Division Commander (DC) of Overwatch. After approximately six months, I got pretty burnt out on Overwatch and decided I'd like to try and contribute in another way to the community by helping former News DC Albenji with the monthly Newsletter for TAW. Unfortunately, after a short time there I had to request a discharge due to personal reasons mainly consisting of time constraints. I recently requested reinstatement into Star Wars Battlefront 2 for it's release next month, a few weeks later the position for PIA had become available in Vanguard in which I was offered and gladly accepted to help out the staff here.

I mainly accepted the role here because I enjoy publishing post, helping teams in Vanguard and jumping around to multiple games as I play quite a few and tend to bounce around different genres. If you see me in teamspeak, by all means drop in and say hello. I mainly play the following, but have many more titles.

• Battlefield 1
• Player Unknowns Battlegrounds
• Battlefront 2 (When it's released)
• League of Legends
• Warface
• Crossout
• Black Squad

Ark Survival Evolved

Vanguard is proud to announce that Ark has hit tier 2.

With this, they are open for internal transfers. If you would like to transfer to Ark or attend events with the team, feel free to join them in their channels in Vanguard. The team has plans for EU and OC events in the future once membership for those areas grow.

Current event days and times are:

Mandatory events times

NA Sunday 21:00 - 22:00 EST

Greetings TAW,

Greetings TAW,

With the recent launch of Crossout and Elder Scrolls Online, and regretfully the closure of Foxhole and Albion Online we are very light on new teams in Vanguard.

Therefore if there are any games you are interested in or would like to see in TAW, we would like to know.  

You can do this by speaking with the VG staff or by completing the interest form linked below:-

VG Interest Form

We are already bringing in Call of Duty WWII and are looking to see if a Fortnite team is viable.

Other games that have been suggested are listed below (although there was not enough interest to take further).

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Greetings all,

When I rejoined Vanguard to work with Eifer as his VLC back in 2015, I started submitting monthly reports to Army Command and the CIC.

As writing and reading reports could be a little monotonous, I decided to make it a bit more fun by adding a story mode detailing the events of the month just past.  

Although I was unable to find the first story I thought I would share the rest with the community.  

To comply with policy I have replaced some questionable words with the word bleep.  Additionally I do ask for your understanding in advance for poor English etc..

Anyhow I hope you all enjoy these as much as I did writing and rereading them.

Kingcheese

MAY 2015 - Battlefield

Somewhere on the western front………

As the bombardment that had pounded the german lines started to peter out Eifer and Kingcheese looked intently at the the battle map.

Launch hill was not going to be easy to take. It was a tough objective as the Evolve division had found out.  Remnants of that unit were still falling back in disarray.

A nearby explosion made the officers duck low  as they turned to see the last few stragglers fall into the trench called Spin up.  They were in a sorry state. Their numbers had been decimated, most of their officers and staff had gone.  Despite all this, despite the tiredness, there was still a look of defiance on their faces.  They had been beaten but they were not yet out.

Eifer took his binoculars and looked to Launch hill before panning back to the Insurgency Division which was now advancing on it.  They were ready. Both Kingcheese and he knew it. This division would stake their claim.

As Eifer watched on Kingcheese looked to the rear, to the horizon trench. Reserves needed to be brought up but which units?

Payday 2, GTA V, Elite Dangerous and even WWS were divisions in name only.  They were still very new units,  still being formed and in urgent need of personnel.

StarCitizen has been around for a while but still did not have the numbers. That only leaves  the Homeworld and Guildwars2 divisions. Maybe it was time to bring them forward.

Overhead the steady drone of engines announced the arrival a squadron of Gotha bombers. Kingcheese followed their flight as they slowly banked lining up with the horizon trench.

Parcels of death fell from the sky with the Guildwars2 division taking the brunt of the attack.

Could this be the Germans trying to stop support for the Insurgency division? Maybe it was the beginning of a counter offensive.

Even if Homeworld was brought forward, would it be enough?The VG division officer Nightshaper was dispatched post haste to ensure that despite the attack the Guildwars2 division would be ready when it was called upon.

German artillery now started to shell the front line including the spin up trench.

The signs were starting to look very ominous.  Mixed in with HE shells were smoke.

It was time to call in reinforcements.  They would take time to get here but hopefully would arrive when needed.

Instructions were hurriedly set to the rear requesting the Killing Floor and Heroes of the Storm division be brought up to the horizon trench.

The smoke now engulfed the Spinup trench and as the German artillery turned turned the battlefield into hell on earth.

JUNE 2015 - City Under Siege

The city of TAW was a city under siege.  It was a city full of fear, a city where the gangs ruled and where the policemen were either paid off or dead.

Commissioner Doc had had enough.  He wanted his city back and when he wanted something, generally he got it.

Not being sure who to trust he had turned to outside help and appointed Eifer as his new chief of police.

Eifer wasted no time and reorganised the police department so it was better trained to deal with the days ahead.

His biggest concerns were the rumours that the SUK (spin up killers) had consolidated all the gangs which could lead to open warfare on the streets…..

Eifer slammed the phone down.  Not a good day.  First Commissioner Doc and now his aide Stealth had both called and bawled him out over the progress being made.

He stood, unclenched his fists and slowly paced his small office.  He paced from his desk to the door and back again.  He was angry and bleeped off but needed to calm down to focus.

Over the last few days the SUK had started pushing back. The police arrested a SUK member.  The SUK shot a policeman. The police seized an arms cache.  The SUK ambushed a SWAT team.  It was tit for tat. The gang thought they were untouchable.  Whatever Eifer’s police force did they would match and some.  It was building up.  Something big was brewing he knew it, something big that would decide the fate of the city TAW.

In anger and frustration, Eifer screamed out loud as he swiped everything off his desk.

He looked up to the ceiling as if for inspiration and could still see the faint outline of the blood splatter from his predecessor.

“Like I needed reminding” he muttered to himself.

The door to his office then burst open.

“Chief,” said the young officer known as Nightshaper slightly out of breath. “You need to come quick.  Kingcheese is in trouble.  The protest has turned ugly.”

Earlier that morning Kingcheese had taken Evolve and Homeworld units to Spin up street to police a protest.

Maybe this is that something big thought Eifer as he hurried after Nightshaper.

The comms room was a hive of activity when Eifer got there.

“Get this on speaker now,” he said grabbing as headset. “Which channel?”

“Channel 2 Sir”, came back the reply.

“KC, sitrep” he said.

Nothing but static.  He tried again but still nothing.

“You sure this is right?” asked Eifer.

Nightshaper checked and adjusted the channel.

“Getting something now chief.  Maybe be some jamming.”

“KC, you there?” asked Eifer as the comms room starting filling up with more officers.

News was getting round that something bad was going down.

This time there was a reply.

“Chief, not good here.”

This was was followed by an explosion that resonated in the comms room along with the sounds of small arms fire.

“Holy crap, they got heavy weapons.  This party keeps getting better.  Hold 5 chief. PWRR, pull your team in. Tighten the perimeter” shouted Kingcheese as he could be heard running hard.

This was followed by more gunfire and explosions.

“Nightshaper,” said Eifer. “Get the TV on, news channel.”

Nightshaper did so.

The TV showed a bird’s eye view of a street in chaos.  Vehicles smoking and on fire, lots of bodies, make shift barricades.

Eifer shook his head.

“Chief, am back, had to move position.  Sit rep is we got bleeped over.  The protest was a setup. My Evolve unit is dead.  Everyone has gone …… whooo.   PWRR, get  him damn it.  These guys don’t’ bugger about.   Evolve is gone.  Word is it is the SUK.  That being the case now looking at doing same for homeworld but officers have got the rookies motivated well.  Think we can hold Spin up street but we cannot clear it or push on Launch Street. Only way to get reinforcements is through horizon but that is blocked also. Oh crap, PWRR, you need to nail the guys with the heavies damn it.  Got to go chief, need to consolidate here or it could get bad quick.”

The radio went quiet.

“Chief?” asked Nightshaper questioningly.

Eifer put his hand up to silence Nightshaper and everyone in the room.  He needed to think.

Everyone in the room waited with bated breath.

“Right, get all the staff in briefing room now” said Eifer.

“What about the scratch battalions?” asked Nightshaper.

Eifer noded.  “We need them all. Get the specials as well. They need to find out what it is really all about being part of the VG police force.

As everyone assembled in the briefing room Eifer was on the phone to Stealth, the commissioner’s aide.

“Stealth, please don’t bugger me about on this.  I have to have those army units out and covering the south side to streets. Without them we will lose more than we already have.”

“Okay bro, I will get it done but if you don’t get a result there will be hell to pay with Doc” said Stealth.

Eifer said his thanks and hung up. It was time to address his staff.

“Okay people, shut up and listen up. Time is of the essence.  Kingcheese has walked into a war zone. His Evolve unit is gone. Wiped out by the SUK.  Currently he is holed up with the Homeworld unit at Spin up street.” briefed Eifer.

There were a few gasps as this information sank it.

Eifer continued. “Therefore we are going to hit the SUK with everything we have. “

He looked to Nightshaper.

“You I want to lead Guildwars unit and seize Horizon Street.  You can’t do it on your own.   Time to get the specials involved in on the action so I want Talisac’s Destiny unit with you also.  Where is he?”

A hand went up at the back of the room.

“Well don’t stand there, get going now.” He hollered.

“Elite Dangerous, GTA V, Payday2, World of Warships.  You are scratch units.  You don’t have the equipment or manpower to get sucked into this.  Therefore I want you creating an outer ring to keep civilians away and be visible as reassurance.  I have buddied you up into twos of which details will be put on the the board.  Get your assignments and get out there.”

The leaders of these units hurried out the door.

“Star Citizen and the second new special unit Halo.  You guys are the reserve.  Get to the marker on the map which is south of horizon and spin up.  Be set ready to go, full riot kit.”

Zoloft and Materbuckle both acknowledged with a nod and left.

“Chief, what about us?” asked DoctorKajita and Jernstople.

Eifer looked to the new guys who had only joined the day before.

“Sorry, I can’t let you go out.  Your units exist on paper only. You have no tactical force that could be of use.  For now hold the fort and liaise with Doc and Stealth.”

Both Doctorkajita and Jernstople looked disappointed.

“I understand guys but you have to learn from somewhere and it starts here at the bottom.” said Eifer watching the news channel.

It appeared that the SUK were mutilating some of the police dead.

Eifer un holstered his pistol, checked the magazine before reloading.

“These bleeps wanted a war.  Well, damn it I am going to bring the peace.”

JULY 2015 - TAW NAS Cars

CARS – Yellow 10

DS – White 9

ED – Orange 8

GW2 – pink 1

HALO – White  7

HOTS – Red 2

HW – Purple 3

PD2 – dark Blue 4

SC – Green 5

WWS – light blue 6

“What a day, what excitement and anticipation as we welcome you all to the 2015 TAW Nascar Launch Cup” announced Cherry over the PR system. “We are fortunate to have the organisers of the Launch cup here today in the commentary box so without further ado. Doc, Stealth, welcome and thank for joining us.”

“Cherry” replied Doc. “It’s always a pleasure and never a chore.  Expectations are running high for this race.  While we have the favourites such as the HW team in the purple car number 3, there are also some good prospects with DS in white car number 9 and HOTS in red car number two.  In practice even WWS in light blue car 6 is looking good.  We do have a couple of rookie teams out there today which are worth watching. You have ED in orange car number 8 and the CARS team who joined as a late entry in the yellow car number 10. It’s going to be interesting and I just can’t wait.”

“That’s great Doc, very informative” said Cherry turning to Stealth. “So Stealth what are your views as a Brit from across the pond?” asked Cherry.

“Well Bro, got to be honest which means I am going to be controversial here.  Nascar with the oval circuit for me is repetitive and does not get the blood running quicker.  The few times I have watched there seemed to be something missing.  With that in mind Doc and I have spiced things up and are giving you and the fans here something that is going to have you gasping for breath.  All I can say is remember this is TAW Nascar racing” replied Stealth looking knowingly at Doc.

Doc chuckled before raising his glass of Jim Beam.

“Well that is very intriguing” said Cherry holding a hand to his earpiece.  “Hold on, yep, the drivers are now buckling up up.”

Cherry, Doc and Stealth all look out the window to the pit lane as the pace car leads the procession out of the pits.

The cars following the pace car zig zag to ensure tire are up to temperate.  One circuit done, then another   and now the pace car turns into the pits and the race is on.

HW is in the lead, DS and HOTS having a nudge as WWS tries to push up on the inside. Talisac spots the danger closes door forcing Shmee back.  That move allows Jernstolpe in HOTs to push on ahead in to second place.  Behind those cars we have a right battle kicking off between GW2, SC and Halo.  Zooloft is all over the back of the Armony’s  GW2 car and clips it a couple of times as he tries to force a gap.  Matarbuckle closes up then goes wide to the wall and slams it.  Zooloft drops to the inside looking to gain an advantage as Armony tries to hold Matarbuckle back.  Zooloft is now along side. Both cars touch as Armony tries to hold him.  Meanwhile Matarbuckle edges forward.  Himscar in the dark blue PD2 sees a chance and rolls in behind Matarbuckle using him as the ram.

“Wow, what a start” saids Cherry excitedly.

Doc shakes his head and looks at Stealth. “And you are telling me it is not exciting”

Stealth just puts his hands up in defeat.

The rookie drivers in the yellow and orange cars trail at the end of the pack as the laps now start to rack up.

Stealth grabs a beer as Cherry excited voice calls out the positions for the cars as lap 10 get completed.

“Doc,” said Stealth “Can we now?”

“Stealth, always so enthusiastic. Go on then. Make the call to the chief for the green light on this” answers Doc.

Stealth gets up and walks away from Cherry and the mic.

“Brave, need to your approval now.  Is it on? Can we unleash them?” he asks. There is a moment's silence and then Stealth smiles.  “Thanks bro.”

Stealth sits back down and gives Doc the nod.

Doc then grabs his phone, dials and the saids “Unleash the reapers.”

Stealth now has his face against the window and is looking down the pit lane.

On the big displays the screen splits with left half continuing to show the race with the right displaying first Reaper 1, driven by Eifer and then Reaper 2 driven by Kingcheese.

Funeral music then starts to play.

Stealth has his flat face against the window.

“They are buckling up” he says  excitedly.

Doc shakes his head at Stealth. “Oh brother.”

Lap 11 is completed as two black cars emblazoned  with Reaper 1 and Reaper 2 respectively leave the pits and very quickly pick up speed.

Cherry looks at Doc questioningly.

Doc chuckles, sips his drink before explaining these the reapers are to ensure that only the best of the best get the chance to win the launch cup.

The tail enders of the race ED and CARS are so wrapped up in their own battle that they don't realise the reapers are upon them.

CARS get advantage and pulls away a little from ED as Reaper 2 driven by Kingcheese slams into the back of the ED car.

In the meantime Reaper 1 driven by Eifer takes the inside, accelerates and then turns his car in and slams the rear left side of the ED car.  Metzger tries to correct but loses control.  The car flips  into the air, spinning and then smashing into the wall before sliding down the track.

As this happens Reaper 2 slams on the breaks, picks his moment and then accelerates again through the smoke.

After the impact Reaper 1 accelerated straight away to avoid the carnage he had caused.

The crowd are have been stunned into silence with what they have witnessed and watch as the ED car slides down the track.

Marshals are straight on it  to douse it down and get the driver free.  Thankfully although shaken and very unsteady on his feet Metzger half waves to the crowd before being lead away.

The pace  car is straight out.

“Bloody hell man, bloody hell” saids Stealth.

“Well, the Reapers have made an impact” replies Doc still in awe.

“I can’t believe what I just saw.” states Cherry.

Doc continues to drink from his glass not even realising it is empty.

The pace car remains out for a couple of laps as marshals ensure everything is safe.

The Reapers are now at the back of the pack.

Word has got out to the drivers and you can see some nerves, especially with the remaining rookie team of CARs driven by DoctorKajita.

As another lap is completed the pace car turns back into the pit lane and the race is on again.

The Reapers both accelerate, CARS goes wide to allow them through. Next up is SC who is battling with GW2.  Zoofloft gets the message from his pit team and backs off of GW2 and pulls tight to the inside.

Reaper one and the Reaper 2 buzz by.  The GW2 driven by Armony decides she won’t let them pass.

Therefore both Reapers both start using the GW2 for a game of tag taking turns to nudge and bash it. Eventually there is a bang and sparks as a tire explodes.    The Reapers roll on as GW2 has to pit with SC passing by as well.

“What are they up to now then?” asks Cherry. “Have they been told to calm it down abit?”

Doc chuckles. “you can’t stop these guys once they have a plan.”

Stealth pipes in.  “ I think they are going for the leader.”

“You might be right” replies Doc.

“Yeah, I know KC. You have to be worthy.  These reapers are like that shell in that Mario Kart game.  You fire the shell it and it takes out the leader.”

“Well, that be the case then PWRR who is driving the HW car had better be on his game” said Doc.

The Reapers were quickly moving through the field having passed by CARS,  SC, WWS, PD2,  with GW2 and now HALO being made to pit.

Next up were the trio of teams battling for pole.  Currently HW was leading with DS and HOTS close behind.

As the Reapers approach the HOTS car, the driver Jernstolpe decides might be a good time  to pit

Talisac in the DS car decides may as well let the Reapers do his work and goes wide to allow both Reapers through.

A couple of nudges to let PWRR know the Reapers are there and then some manoeuvring.

Reaper 1 goes to the inside, gets alongside and starts pulling into the HW car.  Meantime Reaper 2 sits behinds HW awaiting his moment.

As they come out of turn two and are heading down the straight PWRR his holding his line and not being bullied towards the wall. Reaper 2 is still sitting behind.

As they close on turn 3, Reaper 1 is not letting the HW turn. Now Reaper 2 attacks and slams with as much force as he can muster into the back of the HW which still cannot turn.

“Oh my god, he is going to smash into the wall .” shouts Cherry.

Reaper 1 tries to turn at the last moment but does not quite make it and hits the wall.

The HW which could not turn at all hits the wall head on.  The car crumples and there is an explosion.

“Bugger me” shouts Stealth.

Yellow flags and Pace car is back out.

Stunned silence in the commentary box.  Dead air on the PR system.

Marshals react quickly, put fire out, and pull a body from the smoldering car.

“He’s alive.” comes message on the radio “but has broken bones and  is unconcious.”

PWRR is stretchered to a waiting helicopter and taken straight to hospital.

Meanwhile Reaper 1 which also took a hit limps  towards the pit lanes and stops short.

Marshals rush to move the car out of danger as Eifer tries to climb out but collapses to the floor.

A stretcher is brought and he is also rushed to hospital.

The pace car continues to lead the field as Reaper 2 now pits.

Stealth’s face is still to the glass.

“Wow, KC looks bleeped” he saids.

Cherry and Doc look to the pits to see KC has got out of his car and is having a discussion with his team.

His helmet comes off and is thrown on the floor.  Lots of arm waving then then his pit crew are walking.

“Has he  bleeped them off out of it?” questions Stealth.

“Hey Redsword, what is going on in the pits?” asks Cherry on his radio.

“Okay, Kingcheese lost it and fired his whole team. Apparently was a fault in Eifer’s car so he could not turn properly but they would not pit him” explains Cherry.  “He is now trying to fix the car himself to  get it back out there.”

“He is not on his own now as someone has jumped the fence to help” said Stealth.

“Redsword is advising me that is Vampmeep who was part of the WP team” said Cherry.

Meanwhile on the track, the DS car driven by Talisac has been black flagged and is heading to the pits as more volunteers rush to help Kingcheese as he gets back in and re buckles up.

Kingcheese’s car has been relabeled as Reaper 1.  Tap on the car’s roof by Vampmeep as Kingcheese in Reaper 1 leaves the pits.

DS enters the pit lane  but stops at the reaper pits rather than DS as the new team.

“He’s having some work done down there.” states Stealth.  

“Is that right?  Part black, part DS?” asks Cherry.

“I think they have just made Talisac a half reaper” saids Stealth as the car passes underneath them towards the pit lane entrance.

Out on the track, the pace car is still out.  Reaper 1 trailing far behind the pack but accelerating.

As Talisac leaves the pits, Kingcheese in Reaper 1 slows and pulls behind.

He then accelerates again and slams into the back of the half reaper/ds car before pulling inside and drawing alongside Talisc’s car.

“What’s going on?” Cherry asks Redword on the radio.

The big screens are split with race shown on the left side and right showing close up of the reaper cars.

First the hit, then KC pulling along side.

“Hehe, Talisac gave KC a one finger salute.” laughs Doc.

“Yeah and do you see that?” chuckles Stealth.  “He returned a two finger salute.  Just letting him know the score”

“Now if I were one of them drivers, “ said Stealth “I would be be more scared to see two black cars approaching than 10 Nascars.”

“Too true my friend” agreed Doc.

AUGUST 2015 - The Raid

It was still dark when the VG team jumped from the Hercules.  

The wind buffeted the team as they started their descent towards area delta in the territory referred to as the Bad Lands.

As he was rushing towards the ground Kingcheese had flashbacks of the meeting with AC which set the operation into action.  It had been a small office with poor lighting and stale smoke where the approval had finally been given.  There had been many concerns including the high risk of a HALO insertion in the dark with the monsoon season close approaching.  Grudgingly however, still with a forbidding of the outcome Doc had given the green light.  Stealth agreed with him but was still jittery and could not sit still.

In contrast once the decision has been made, Doc was quite calm despite his career and position resting on the outcome.  

In a rare appearance, the CIC Bravehardt joined them in the office.  A quick nod from Doc to Bravehardt confirmed the operation was a go.

Doc then took a bottle of Jim bean whiskey from a draw along with four dusty glasses.  Kingcheese smiled as he recalled generous measures were poured, a clinking of glasses and then they were downed with only Kingcheese spluttering afterwards.

As Kingcheese was leaving the office to go brief his team Doc handed him the rest of the bottle and wished him luck. It was these small gestures that showed underneath the tough demeanor there was someone that cared about his men and women.

With only minor bruises and scratches the VG team quickly assembled on the ground. After thoroughly checking all the kit which they set off in a northerly direction.  The promised monsoon finally hit soaking clothes and equipment.  The ground beneath became very wet and slippery.  It made the going slow and tiring work. In places, taking it in turns the team had to hack a path through the undergrowth. It appeared along with the weather that the  jungle was conspiring with the enemy as branches clawed and tripped them.  It pulled and snagged their  their equipment and packs whilst insects buzzed and attacked them biting incessantly at any exposed skin. Despite the conditions they pushed on. A couple of times the undergrowth was just too thick forcing the team to retrace their steps and find another way. These delays meant despite tiring limbs the team had to step up the pace and push on harder. They should of been in place by firstlight  but that was not looking likely now.

Kingcheese cursed their luck and hoped it would not delay the rescue mission.

The Sun was already high in the sky by the time they reached the jungle perimeter in front of Camp Shutdown.  Kingcheese was already thinking about delaying the raid till the following evening.

Even so as the team slumped down tired and hungry, Kingcheese already had the binoculars out and was surveying the camp.  

The camp was a square with the back being formed by a cliff face. The left and right sides had high barbed wire fence that joined to two watchtowers. From these towers more high barbed wire along the front from theses towers to a central main gate. The main gates faced the jungle where the the VG were currently hunkered down.  To the left of the camp was a small clearing which showed signs of recent activity such as disturbed earth and piled wood.

Inside the camp to the left of the main gate were parked four  heavy trucks, a couple of jeeps, a motorcycle and a large hand cart.  From seeing these vehicles alone, Kingcheese estimated at least 60 SUK soldiers.  Behind the parked vehicles was a two story wooden structure of which soldiers were seen  entering and leaving.  Behind this building near the cliff face was a small single story building with a veranda and guard. On the right side of the camp there were six single story concrete looking building with guards patrolling in between them.

That has to be where they are thought Kingcheese.

A little smoke from cliff face diverted Kingcheese’s attention.  Closer inspection revealed a gun nest which dominated the camp.

“Damn!” cursed Kingcheese. “That needs to go.”

After monitoring for another ten minutes Kingcheese was about to join the others as they  ate their cold C-rations when some activity in the camp perked his interest.

Ten guards with an assortment of small arms was forming up by one of the cell blocks. From the small building with the veranda strutted a slightly plump man with short greasy looking hair and a mustache.

Kingcheese motioned the others to come and see. Carefully they crawled forward.

“What’s going on?” whispered Talisac as he crawled along side.

“I have a bad feeling about this” replied Kingcheese.

The cell block door was opened and disheveled forms were ushered out.  Those too slow were encouraged with rifle butts.  Any that fell were kicked.  A couple of the prisoners that did fall tried to stand but collapsed again and then appeared to be beaten unconscious.  The remaining prisoners which numbered about 20 were lined up and marched towards the main gate.

Vamp looked across to Kingcheese questioningly who just shook his head.

As the prisoners were led out of the gate Jordon whispered “I know that face. I think this is what is left of the GW2 guys.”

Everyone looked more intently to see if they had friends down there.   They all watched as the group turned right and were led to the clearing Kingcheese saw earlier.

The prisoners were then made to sit on their hands with five guards watching over them.

Meanwhile the remaining guards removed some wood and foliage from the ground.

This revealed a large pit to which the prisoners were then lined up.

“No, they can’t” said Vamp disbelieving the scene that that was unfolding.

Talisac stayed Vamp’s hand as it moved to his Colt M4.

“We got to do something” pleaded Vamp.

“Vamp, we can’t help them but we can help the others” said Kingcheese glancing at Jordon and Redsword as the first in a series of shots rang out.

“Two are running” called out Redsword.

“Shh guys, control” whispered  Kingcheese as he saw the guards spray the two fleeing prisoners.

Vamp, Jordon and Redsword all  turned away. They had seen enough.  Jordon could then be heard vomiting.

The remaining prisoners were butchered and thrown into the pit.  

Kingcheese and Talisac continued to watch as the officer and guards walked back into camp. Most of the guards walked into the building which appeared to be the barracks. A couple of guards took the large hand cart from the vehicle area whilst the the officer walked up to the two prisoners that were still laying on the floor.  He appeared to be waiting.  As the two prisoners stirred and looked at him, he un holstered his pistol and shot them both in the head before walking off.

Two soldiers picked the lifeless bodies up and put them on the cart.

“He is mine” hissed Kingcheese.

Talisac nodded.

Talisac and Kingcheese then rejoined the others and sat in silence trying to comprehend what they had just witnessed.

Later that afternoon Kingcheese had drawn a layout of the camp in the dirt which all the team were looking at.  

“Redsword. We need you in place here” he said pointing to the cliff face gun nest. “Without it we are screwed.”

Redsword acknowledged with a nod.

“Right, next Talisac and I will then take a watch tower each.  Vamp and Jordon can then infiltrate the camp and secure the cell blocks.

“What about the guards?” asked Jordon.

“Kill them quickly and quietly” replied Kingcheese. “If Redsword, Talisac and I have done our jobs they should not be missed.

“Once we are all in position and ready, Redsword, Talisac and I to  to bring the rain to the barracks with law rockets.  After that Redsword can use the heavy machine gun whilst Talisac and I pick off any strays.”

“Any questions so far?” asked Kingcheese.

Silence.

“Good, we hit them at first light so get some sleep now as you will need to get moving to jump off position when it is dark” said Kingcheese.

A nudge from Talisac was enough to stir Kingcheese from his slumber.

Kingcheese sat up rubbing the sleep from his eyes. “Ah, I’d murder for a brew right now.”

“Brits” chuckled Talisac lightly. “So Redsword has control of the gun nest. After taking down the guy manning the gun he also had to take down his replacement too.

A flicker of concern went over Kingcheese’s face.  “Everything okay?”

“Yeah he is good. As crazy as he is he knows his stuff” answered Talisac.  “Vamp and Jordon are ready to go once we have done our bit.”

Kingcheese poured some water over his face and before taking a swig from the bottle.

“Right, lets go to work before the sun comes up.”

Stealthily both Talisac and Kingcheese worked their way towards their respective towers.  After working under the wire, they slowly started to climb the ladders.

Talisac reached the platform first and quickly overpowered his  guard.  For Kingcheese it did not go so well.  As he reached the ladder the guard turned, surprise in his eyes as he saw this form appear before him. Kingcheese leapt at him and pushed him to the side of the tower.  The guard however was strong and landed a couple of heavy punches to the Kingcheese’s head. Kingcheese stumbled,  was losing control of the situation and was dazed from the blows.  Therefore twisted the guard so his back was facing the other tower. Talisac had seen the the problem and already had a silenced pistol ready.  As the opportunity arose he fire a couple of shots in quick succession. The guard’s back arched as the bullets hit.  He still thrashed but his strength started to ebb away.  Kingcheese gently let him drop to the floor and gestured a quick thanks  and apology to Talisac.

As Talisac and Kingcheese dealt with the tower guard,  Vamp and Jordon were already on the move. It would be light in less than an hour so they needed to hurry.  They skirted to the right of the camp and went under the fence by the cell blocks.  

After subduing the guards patrolling cell blocks they positioned themselves in between the cells blocks facing the barracks.  They were ready.

Redsword aimed his law rocket through upper window and fired.  The resulting explosion ripped out the upper right side of the building.  Within moments two more explosions from Talisac and Kingcheese’s rockets hit the left  side. The ceiling creaked and then collapsed onto the upper floor as Redsword started putting rounds in from the heavy machine.   

Vamp and Jordon were kneeling, looking down the sights of their M4s as guards started to tumble out of the barracks in confusion. With clinical precision they were all taken down.  The bodies piled up.

Within minutes it was all over.  Redsword stopped firing and they all waited. Another  couple of guards ran out of the barracks and were shot down.  Again they waited.  With no further signs of life Talisac and Kingcheese climbed down from the towers and motioned for Redsword to join them.

Together they started to open the cell block doors.

“TAW is here guys, this is a rescue” they called out.

Tentatively the prisoners started  to appear.  

“Fox, that you?” asked Kingcheese seeing a man looking tired but standing tall as he led his group out which turned out to be the the SWBF team.  

The man nodded and said thanks as Kingcheese threw him his M4.

“Get the guys on the truck, we need to be gone quickly” advised Kingcheese.

After Fox was another familiar face.  Doctor Kajita with the CARS team.

Kingcheese watched as Talisac and Redsword helped the prisoners to the trucks.  More familiar faces appeared. Jernstolphe from HOTS, Shmeecow from WWS, Himscar from PD2.

Kingcheese turned to Vamp as Glengis brought his GTA team out.  “Find me their officer.”

Vamp with Jordon ran over to the officer’s hut which they had avoided in the brief one sided firefight.

A single shot rang out before the officer was dragged from the building between Vamp and Jordon. His face looked red and bruised.

“Had to encourage him” said Vamp by way of explanation.

Kingcheese looked at the officer and told him to stand up.

“You are Brit,” said the officer.  “You won’t shoot me, an unarmed person.”

“True enough” said Kingcheese.

The officer then seemed to shake as Kingcheese took his pistol out. He ejected the magazine and took away some of the bullets before ramming it back in.

Still looking at the officer, Kingcheese pointed the pistol to the floor and fired three bullets before then offering it to him.

The officer looked confused.

Vamp asked “Wwhat are you doing Kingcheese?”

Kingcheese ignored him and continued to stare as the officer.   “Your only chance to live is to shoot me.”

“But they will kill me” whined the officer.

“No, they will let you go as they respect my orders should you kill me.”

“Kingcheese?” questioned Talisac.

Everyone was now watching as tentatively the officer took the pistol.

“You let me go, your men let me live if I shoot you?” asked the officer.

Kingcheese nodded yes.

The officer raised the pistol looking first at Vamp, Jordon, then Talisac and Redsword in turn before pulling the trigger.

Click.

Concern appeared on his face as again he pulled the trigger. Click….. click, click, click.

Kingcheese held his arm out opened handed towards Vamp who was nearest.

Vamp tossed his M4 to him.

Kingcheese cocked it and shot the officer in the stomach.

The shot pierced the air and birds which had quietened started to screech again.

The officer doubled up, dropped the pistol and held his stomach as blood seeped between his fingers.

He looked questioningly at Kingcheese.

“No longer unarmed but no bullets…. but still I gave you hope which is more than you did for GW2” said Kingcheese using the muzzle  against the officers forehead to push him over.

He looked at officer on the floor for a moment longer before pulling the trigger again.

“Burn it all down” said Kingcheese through gritted teeth as he threw the M4 back to Vamp.

Testing