| From: | ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.Colorado.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Cairo |
| Date: | Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:50:41 -0700 (MST) |
>>>>>[ Sorry this was so long in coming, but I've been busy making sure
that
my team exfiltrated cleanly. At my employer's request, I've compiled an
informal after-action report for your enjoyment.
-----
I approached with Static from the eastern side of the complex. As Overwatch
reported the security systems had been looped in an all-clear state, we
quickly cut through the fence and made for the Weapon storage warehouse. It
was the more heavily guarded of the two, and seemed to be the likely location
of the nukes. So much for that theory, but I'll get to that in a minute.
We made it to the building, and Static covered me set a ribbon charge to blow
the door so that we could make our search. It took me about five seconds to
set the charge, then we moved around the corner so I could blow them. It was
time for a visit from the omnipresent Mr. Murphy. You know the one .. he's
famous for Murphy's Law. Well, just as we made it around the corner, we
spotted a patrol of three guards. I gave Static the signal, and opened up on
the guards with my suppressed MP5. I took the first with a three round burst
that hit torso/torso/head and he dropped like a stone. Simultaneously, Static
hit the one on the other end with a burst that dropped him, and before the
third could react I hit him with a burst similar to the first.
Figuring that the guards are going to show up like a fraggin' beacon on
someone's security display when they fell over dead, I let bravo team know
that we'd been comprimised, and told them to hurry it up. I also ordered
some fire support from our rigger to be directed at the northern side of
the complex to hopefully draw attention away from our positions.
"Bravo leader, blow charges on my mark. 3 .. 2 .. 1 .. mark!"
Fall-Out and I blew our charges so close to one another that without enhanced
hearing, it sounded like a single explosion. I pulled down my gas mask, and
tossed two tear-gas grenades, followed by a flash-bang grenade through the door
I had just opened. As soon as the flash bang detonated I went through the door
and covered the left field of fire, with Static right on my heels covering the
right side. I dropped a guard with a burst to the chest, and began scanning
for other hostiles.
Just as we were about to start our search I got a message from Snarl. They'd
met minimal resistance, and their geiger counter was going off. That was good
news, because I didn't know how many guards were in the warehouse, and I didn't
know how much longer they'd be disoriented. We took this opportunity to leave
the way we had come in, but not before setting a small charge on a crate of
ammunition. That should give them something to think about.
As we covered the distance to the next warehouse as fast as we could, I could
still hear the sounds of gunfire coming from our diversion to the north.
Thunder was keeping them busy, but I didn't know how long that would hold,
so I hit the detonator for the charge in the weapons warehouse, and was
greeted by a satisfying "KABOOM!" The charge and the crate weren't large
enough to bring the building down, but they were bad enough that Maxim
will be cleaing up for a while to get the Warehouse back into shape.
Security at this place had certainly gone downhill since Patty Winters
stopped running the show. Our matrix recon gave us some background about
the place to showed that she fought of an Ares attack that should have
overtaken the place easily. They transferred her out to Denver after that,
and it looks like whoever they put in charge of security after that didn't
pay a whole lot of attention to their Security 101 class. Nearly all of
the defenders were off chasing our drones. But I'm digressing here.
We hit the warehouse and located the nuke's crate in just about 45 seconds.
It took Fall-Out another 45 seconds to rig the charge, using the rest of the
explosives that we'd brought with us. I think that boy's a genius sometimes,
because the setup that he rigged was nothing short of amazing. He set one
charge to take out the nukes themselves, and set a few more at stratgic points
in the building to bring the whole thing down around the crates about a second
before the first charge went off. It was beautiful. Almost brought a tear
to my eye.
We hauled our hoops out through the southern fence that Snarl and Fall-Out
had come in and got picked up by Thunder in the van that he'd been using
as the command center for his drones. About four blocks from the site, we
blew the charges, while watching through the 'eyes' of one of the roto-drones
that Thunder had up.
+++++include: explosion.clip
A moderately sized warehouse is centered in the frame, and suddenly explosive
charges take out each of the corners, and the building begins to collapse on
itself. A second later, a large explosion erups from the center of the
building, blowing the whole structure back upwards before it comes crashing
back down again.
+++++end of video
Pretty, huh?
I'll save you the gory details on how we exfiltrated from Cairo, but
suffice it to say that we got out completely undetected, after doing some
follow-up intel to make sure that the mission was a complete success.
It was.
Thunder says we lost a few drones, but it was worth it. The security on
that installation was _very_ lax. The guards were poorly trained, and
had absolutely no unit integrity. They were falling all over one another
when they engaged the drones. Oh well, I've never been one to look a gift
horse in the mouth. Altogether, I was pretty pleased with the Op. Please
feel free to comment on my choice of tactics .. I always like to take apart
my missions afterward and see how they could have gone more smoothly.
]<<<<<
-- Tangent <17:26:12/03-18-57>
*****PRIVATE: Nicole Velli
>>>>>[ Ms. Velli, I hope that you don't take my mission as a personal
attack
against you or Maxim. My motives are simple. I'm a paid mercenary. If you
ever have need of my services or the services of my team, feel free to contact
me. I've included a general assessment of the Cairo facility's security
procedures and performance for your perusal. You may want to be more careful
where you store your thermonuclear devices in the future.
+++++include: cairo.notes
]<<<<<
-- Tangent <17:31:40/03-18-57>
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