I am willing to help with mission three, but I have several problems.
I lack the armor. I don’t see any armor upgrades on stretche’s list. I know someone had some extra armor upthread – is that spoken for? can I bargain for it?
I have a foreign car, so I can only repair to 75% before paying Stretch’s exorbitant rates.
I am going to wimp out and take 2Aa unless someone can suggest a way I can survive MIssion 3.
Thanks.
Bubba Zanetti. Scout.
Nummy.
Then you’ll also have my axe. And my bow. 2Aa is covered with 3 fine playaz and 2Ab has at least one, I think 2 overall is in fine shape.
There’s a phrase I like to use when it looks like someone is going to have to do something noble and foolish against impossible odds. Hell to the no and fuck that noise. We’ll bring our own noise.
Looks like someone let those old dogs of war slip. Good thing I just got that subwoofer installed in the trunk, we’re going to need it.
Eh? Wassat? Had a snooze, bloody comfy in here.
I was 2Aa unless something important came up. I think Larsson (@tetrix) was the same.
S’cool Major, we got this. Enjoy your nap.
Taking Mission 2Aa.
My Lotus is the most maneuverable car here – so it’s the natural choice.
I wish I had the stats to join Mission 3. This is the most important mission, and definitely the highest -risk mission. But with only 29 armor, it’s a suicide run for me. We’re going to get attacked from above, and I’m a convertible. I’d buy an armored roof, but I don’t see where to buy one at this late hour.
So my heart goes out the ballsy bastards going on Mission three. As the sky darkens above you, remember the immortal words of the Spartan Dienekes:
“η θα πολεμήσουμε στη σκιά”
Yes, 2Aa for me too, with The Major and Baltar and the gang.
Fortunately, Mission 3 scales to the number of Drivers. Although a high-FP Escort would be quite useful to fend off the Raiders.
Most likely, those attempting it this round won’t get through many lanes of the overpass. And, you know, hopefully won’t be killed. I wouldn’t blame anyone at this point wanting to switch to Mission 2, though it does seem like there are enough people to fill out both missions…
In any case, we’re going to have to return - in greater numbers.
Nervous Mike - Stretching his trigger fingers
(@bizmail_public) Bubba, don’t forget me! I’m on mission 2Ab 
Alright, I’ll get a better gearbox from Stretch and then we are ready to go right?
Shopping list
Repair kit -8LP > Full HP
High-speed Gearbox -10LP > +15SP
2x .50 cal left over from last mission > +10FP
Mission Choice: 2Ab
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3 LP left
Can’t wait to test out these new blasters!
Haha! Right in the guts, the bloodthirsty vagabonds!
Took me back to '09, meant to be a quiet thing for once. Hired on the QT to interfere with the flow of a nasty export operation out of Jalalabad that old Karzai wouldn’t take care of - “poppies for Africa” it was, aim being to get the local kids in the NE of the continent to replace chewing Qat with injecting heroin. Rotten fella running the shop, pegged it for a growth market.
Did a Pollock on his compound from a bit of a distance, nice shade of red it was, and what was left of him flopped down like a tin of baked beans on the morning toast. We scarpered - Asaf, DuVal, Akshaya and I, to get to our RV. Our pickup was stuck though, so we thought it best to yomp to Qasim base over the border and borrow something there. A quiet stroll it was. Always surprises people, that, just how quiet and peaceful most time in the field is.
Akshaya insisted he was the one who’d blend in best, would pick up a ride for us. We watched him from the fence. AC/DC was blaring over the PA, made us laugh! You used to get that about the world, odd things happening in places you wouldn’t expect.
In he gets, thinks he’s done all the training, spent years working oil platforms, gets spotted eventually, fusses and rattles around the cockpit with the rest of us laughing and wondering what the bloody hell he was up to, base personnel looking a bit agitated and forming up, moving in, he’s jumping around like snakes are chasing him, until he radios us -
Where are the fucking keys? The keys, where the fuck are they? Keys?!!
Haha Asaf answers - look under the visor!
He pulls it down, and -
RPG turns him into pork scratchings.
Silly sod.
Right-o, I’ve done my forms, all set for 2Aa, bloody good fun it’s going to be too.
Larsson (@Tetrix), I’ve +1 LP to you.
Generous donors (@kingannoy, @davide405, @daneel, @gwwar, @SteampunkBanana, @funruly, and anyone else I’ve omitted with due apologies) - no individual need for LPs as I’ve maxed SP, MV and nearly LK for this mission, but if useful to the team or for future enterprises, could max on the EN and LK, plus a bit of FP wouldn’t go amiss.
But you will all be needing as much as you can get, and I wouldn’t want to simply bank donation LPs.
So unless you have some important consideration, please feel relaxed about holding onto those valuable items. Perky’s happy, and Pinkie’s resting peacefully.
Calling all mechs - much obliged if and when you ah … succeed in your mission … you could pick up something useful for working on Perky. Stretch is lovely and all, I’d like to … er … help the marketplace a little.
Bean(@beanbreath), Sponge(@blckjckdavey), Clank(@davide405), Jacky(@Mister44),BUM(@webiii1976), Morton(@William_Holz),Mad Dog(@xdjio)
Nervous Mike - Pre-game meditation jitters
Good to hear your doing so well (@peregrinus_bis) Major! If you say you don’t need the plates I say leave them in the donation box for the next time one of our comrades is in need (might just be me sometime…)
I say anyone that does not have the plates available to go for a full HP refill should be able to use some plates from our communal bin. We could call it something like Universal HP care?
Major (@peregrinus_bis), you could very well turn out to be a lifesaver. In my book, though, you already are. I owe you! …3 LP.
Stretch (@JonasEggeater): An overhaul, please!
Now I am ready to face any dangers that might hit us. Wasteland, beware!
Sir G - just a thought - frog in your throat? Got all sorts for that.
Hey pal, if’n you gots any extras LP from when we passed the bucket on account of pinkie kicking the bucket (pauses to redneck genuflect), then I’d be fine if you put it in the general fund for the mechanics and/or folks that will lose their rides this round.
Because some will lose their rides.
So, if you want to establish an ongoing charity bucket and call it “Benefiting Revived Brethren” (BRB), then you’ll get no rise outta me. I’m sure you can get an accountant-type like Wash @JonasEggeater to keep the ledger straight.
Roger that (I’ll roger anything, just about! haha). No idea where things are currently, Wash has been looking after affairs, so I limited myself to the 25 LP insurance payout on Pinkie.
Wash (@jonaseggeater), can we set up a residuals fund for the bereaved servicepeople?? Or indeed, if we feel a vehicle needs an upgrade that the driver can’t support?
I’ve got a trunk of C4 that disagrees with this line of thinking.
Oho! Toys, eh!? I know how to play with those!
A lot of people I talk to believe I should only use them as shaped charges and stop making little animal sculptures out of the C4 before I deploy it, but where’s the fun in that?
Mine is a real Cinderella story.
