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Originally Posted by Crazyboy
"Roger that Foehammer. Manscuro, West, Tekka, Thompson, Jiles, Tali (Art), Garrad, Hazzal, Mike and Jenkins (Regs). Drop outside the enemy base. Set yourselves up in artillery range. Keep yourselves hidden. We'll send you targeting information when we arrive.
Nightshade, Schatten and Sombra. I want you to drop with the artillery. Make your way towards the base. Support the artillery until you get within sight of the base. I want you to head in from behind and to take out as much of the enemy command as you can. Shoot only officers. Give any other information you can to the artillery. We want them to hit the infantry hard.
The rest of you. Get ready to land. They'll probably spot us heading in, so expect a hot landing. Once we land, our primary targets are the enemy artillery. Capture them if you can. But don't risk anything if you can't. Destroy them if they are a risk.
Donovon, Helski and Remmington, stay with the transport.
Little Susi, when we land, I want you to take out the AA emplacements. Tank and Earz will cover you. The rest of you, have a turkey shoot. Kill anything that moves and looks hostile."
*Crazy turned, facing away from his men, and watched out of the forward windows as the landscape shot below him. He heard the low whine of the rear doors opening, as the first of his Helljumper's squad disembarked their transport. The artillery would take a while to arrive and get in place, but it should provide some good covering fire once it was there. The transport continued on, racing as low as the pilots skill would allow. The whine of the rear door once again sounded in Crazy's ears, although muffled slightly. He turned, and walked past his men, towards the exit. He glannced back. All his men were lined up ready behind him. Foehammers voice came through the comms.*
"Dropzone dead ahead. Looks like we're coming in hot. Jump jump jump!"
*Before Foehammer had even finished speaking the first 'jump', Crazy was out of the transport and decending towards the target airfield, surveying it as he went.
His squad was dropping in behind the artillery emplacements, meaning they would have to turn to target them, and in an area mostly void of infantry defences. The satelite photo's had been very useful.*
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The mortar crews jump first, dissapearing from site as they tumble through the air toward the ground, bright white light flaring out as their jump burners fire. The regulars you ordered to drop with them follow. At that moment, your hear a loud explosion and the aircraft jolts violently.
Foehammer:
"Taking fire here..."
Since you decided to drop in the centre of the airfield, 'behind' the AA guns, Foehammer has the task of flying the cumbersome Wellard Arms transport right through the centre of the base, in plain view of all the AA guns, which, being AA guns, have a 360 degree field of fire. The aircraft gives another jolt, then, thankfully, Foehammer orders the rest of you to jump. You leap out of the plane along with the remainder of the combat personnel, landing on the ground just as you hear a report from the gunners.
Manscuro:
"Mortar crew awaiting orders."
Thompson:
"Mortar assembled, awaiting orders."
Jenkins:
"Regulars awaiting orders."
Nightshade:
"Myself and the others are on the ground, moving toward the base."
But you have other things on your mind. Having landed in the middle of the base away from the infantry defenses, you now find yourselves in the open and completely devoid of cover. This situation is worsened by the fact that you are completely surrounded by the enemy, though thankfully the AA gunners are still concentrating on the Wellard Arms transport, which is now trailing smoke from one wing.
Foehammer:
"We're hit! Engine fire!"
AWOL:
"Firing the extinguishers...phew, it's out."
Foehammer:
"We're down to 80% engine power sir."
Meanwhile, your two NCOs have ordered everyone down onto the ground, and are despartely trying to drive them toward carrying out your orders. You spot Sergeant Miles bawling orders at Tank and Earz, who pull themselves into crouching positions and start letting off EAC rounds while Susi crawls up toward it, inching her way forward, time charge in hand. Meanwhile, Sergeant Stone has managed to organise the rest of your forces into returning fire at the infantry swarming out of the barracks.
Stone:
"Sir, we have to find cover or else we're all gonna' end up dead."
Now on the ground, you can see six AA batteries, each with a light AAA gun manned by three crewmen, in a ring that surrounds you. They are connected by trenches to eachother and to the cluster of buildings about 200 metres to the east. Each artillery emplacement is dug in to the ground and fortified with sandbags. The gunners are armed and, seeing as these are guerillas with limited manpower, probably regulars drafted into artillery rather than anything else.