You are DAVID LISTER an MS pilot for what's left of MASTODON BATTALION.
Which is commanded by Captain Dirk Fontaine from the Gallop Land Cruiser MSV called the Prancer.

The Prancer WAS fitted with an experimental Minovsky emitter known as the Loki, right up until it went up in a giant thermonuclear fireball at the climax of Part 5.

Climb out of our Zaku, open a can of beer and look around, in cautious celebration.

Now that the orbital drops have commenced and the primary Federal forces (who were about to crush you like a bug) are retreating back to try and rescue California and New York, your orders are as follows.

Travel back up north through Mexico and into the USA.
Rendevouz with allied forces.

The rest of the Battalion is still all around the town, and all parts of the unit are in need of repair and reloading.

>>6510117

Goddamn I want that jacket.

>>6510145
well we can have a relaxed gait right? Last thread you said we shouldn't make north at high speed or we might run into the Feddies headed the same way in front of us.

So lets move slowly but surely, making sure we refit and repair while we go

To conclude:

You are currently piloting
MS-06J Zaku II (Ground type configuration)
+ 120mm MG (35 Shells remaining, no reloads)
+ 0 Cracker Grenades
+ 2 Three-Tube Missile launchers, leg mounted (Empty)
+ Heat Hawk

ZOLOMON RINGO
MS-06F Zaku II
+ 120mm Machine Gun (60 Shells, no reloads)
+ 1 Heat Hawk

WOLFGANG STRAUSS
MS-06S (Commander type)
+ 120mm Machine Gun (15 Shells remaining, 1 drum reload)
+ 0 Cracker Grenades
+ 1 Heat Hawk

Your orders?

>>6510182
>>6510117

Make our way north looting what federation supplies we can. might as well take some of their tech and information as to get a better understanding of federation defensive tactics. If we can try to capture the big tray that fled.

Stand on our Zaku and taunt the fleeing Feddies.

>>6510233
>If we can try to capture the big tray that fled.

fuck no, that thing is part of an entire fucking DIVISION, we did our job. lets follow them slowly licking your wounds and let the feds keep their eyes solely on Zabi's forces. That was after all the plan

>>6510117

You open up the hatch and cautiously look around. You don't see any hostiles. You have the Zaku stand up and right itself, and then put it in park and shut down.
It's probably going to be a while before you have to move it into the Prancer for repairs.

There is a billowing cloud of dust and the roar of fanjets as the Prancer extricates itself from the buildings it had collided with. After moving away from the debris and settling on a space of open clearing, it shuts the fans down, and then hits the wide area floodlights.
You sigh, reactivate the Zaku and walk over to the lit area.
You then park up again and disembark.

>>6510271

It might get bogged down like the first one we killed.

Start heading north. Repair up at the first opportunity.

Report to Strauss and salute, and brofist Zolomon for that Anti-air heat hawk kill. Ask if anything's been heard about the real invasion and what our plans are now. Hang out for a bit with our squad, we could do with some R&R.

You meet up with Zolomon and Strauss.

Zolomon has apparently obtained a six-pack of beer from somewhere.

"What? What else are you supposed to use that minifridge in there for?"

You were unaware that there was a fridge in your cockpit. This is irritating.

In any case, you all sit on the grass, with a drink talking to each other. Watching the rest of the Battalion trickle in, or be dragged back by the Zaku Tanks, who are now on salvage duty.

At some point a deck of cards are produced.

Comments are also made on some of Wolfgangs campaigns medals, as well as speculation on whether or not this little excursion to middle america will get one.

(IF SOMEONE CAN TRANSLATE THESE IT WOULD BE GREAT.)

>>6510349
Find out what people think of Garma rolling in after our hard work and probably claiming all the glory due to being the cute youngest son of your Great Leader.

>>6510349

Bottom left medal appears to be an invasion veteran medal, the one with the hand holding a colony looks to be a medal for Operation British, and i'd say the one with the crossed knife and grenade is for a Panzergrenadier, or Tank battalion infantry medal.

Really went for the Wehrmacht decor.

After teaching the other two how to play Gin-Rummy as a side to playing poker variants all the time, the three of you see a Zaku tank drag pack a Zaku wreck. Behind it is a Magella bottom that has survived the carnage.

You spend the next two hours helping them to convert the two into a new Zaku Tank.
By this time more of your support trucks and infantry have returned, and several tent, huts and a triage are set up.
It looks like you'll be sleeping here for the night.
It's not thought that were going to get problems with raiders or angry refugees due to the close proximity of the site to ground zero for a massive nuclear detonation.

The fact that there's zero radiation about due to superheavy minovsky densities isn't something your average refugee is going to remember.

>>6510415
see if the pilot is ok

You take the time to clean yourself up with some bottled water, and find yourself a bidet for the night. You set the alarm for 8:00 am as ordered.

The next morning, you wake up with a good six hours sleep. Most of the severely wounded have been moved to inside the Prancer and the tents are packing up.

You have one full company plus and extra squad of combat capable Mobile suits, supported by four Zaku Tanks for engineering works.

The Dopp squadrons has been reduced to 3 planes, and has been permanently taken off the patrol roster.

A third of the Mechanized Infantry survived, they are currently assisting your mobile suit forces.

You have 5 AA Tanks remaining.

Your plan is to move south to Escobar, and then from there across country back into Costa Rica, where we'll see about dropping off our seriously wounded maybe getting some basic supplies.

Two squads on reserve, two squads on patrol, assisted by Mechanised Infantry and with all three Lugguns acting as AWAC's.

By 10:00am you are on the move, at a cautious pace.

See what we know about Garma. We need to protect the little bastard, remember?

>>6510550

Common knowledge would probably be:

a) No experience
b) Naive
c) Probable upper-class twit

>>6510579

He's also the only way we'll stop Zeon from losing this war hard and keeping Degwin at the head.

>>6510579
so were serving a politician... fuck me

Just out of curiosity, we were originally heading to Panama as a diversion, right? I can't remember much about Gundam, but wasn't there some sort of strategic target there like an elevator? Or was that a different series, or am I just completely off? If so, any reason we aren't just continuing on there? We're only one battalion, and in Latin America, so we can't be overwhelmingly useful to the two divisions currently landing in America, can we?

>>6510597
But he's handsome.

fuk yea! zeon quest!

>>6510611
>so we can't be overwhelmingly useful to the two divisions currently landing in America, can we?

You're not aware of our kill tally, are you?

>>6510653
I am. But we're in Panama, and what, a week away from America?

You reach Escobar fairly quickly, you skirt around the shanty town, simply on the grounds of not risking damage to the Prancers hovercraft systems. Also, there's no need to needlessly terrify some refugees with your colour scheme.

An hour later you reach the border of Costa Rica with no problems, not even a probing Fly Manta raid.

You make for San Jose. You should make it by one, at which point you're squad should be going on reserve, and you can take a more leisurely look around the city should you want to.

>>6510687
look for a feddy supply dump or anything we can use

>>6510687

I suggest we try to get in contact with Incognito again and ask his help.

We need to root out potential feddy spies in our ranks and who better than a calm psychopath with a handcannon to help?

The future holds a DIFFERENT fate for Garma

Pretty much exactly on time, you reach the Costa Rican capital. After checking for unpleasant suprises, you are put onto reserve to do what you want for three hours, whilst Captain Fontaine wrangles with the gorvernment he in part helped to create.

Is there anything in particular you would like to do in Costa Rica?

>>6510729
Perhaps something about a mass-produced "Big Zam" as well. Whatever that is.

>>6510733
WOMEN AND BOOZE

>>6510719

Interrogate anyone acting suspicious and give them a quick beating. Zolomon should probably know some good methods if we can't get Icognito, and Strauss can watch the door.

What the hell does this have to do with /tg/?

>>6510746
Second

>>6510777
Are you shitting me?

>>6510769

You DO realise that Incognito WASN'T his real name right?
And that technically, every time you say you are looking for him you are actually saying that you are looking for 'nobody' right?

That's how Odysseus/Ulysses blinded the Cyclops and got away with it.

>>6510746

Strauss politely refuses your offer of a quick trip to a nearby bar, he has a small shopping list of things he want's to buy before leaving the city. He goes with a couple of soldiers who are also going to the shopping district.
(You are advised not to travel alone, even though Costa Rica is technically neutral, you WERE flopping giant space dildos onto the earth a couple of months ago, people remember that kind of shit.)

You arrive at the smoky bar and begin ordering drinks. In the corner you see your old pal Mauser, a guy with his arm in a sling and one other person.
You're pretty sure he's another MS pilot like yourselves.

YOUR ORDERS?

(Incidentially, you are now hearing the Bar Theme from Front Mission 1. Manually.)

Is Zolomon with us? If so, talk to Mauser. I don't trust that guy without someone watching our back.

>>6510893
TIME TO CAROUSE, MAI BOIZ.

Pay for the blonde guy's drink at the bar, the one with the sunglasses.

>>6510954

You sit down in the corner table alcove with the other men, who warmly welcome you.

The man in the sling introduces himself as Hans Blitzen, one of the three remaining Dopp pilots left in the Battalion.
The other man does indeed turn out to be another MS pilot called Konson Dogatie. It transpires that he was one of the pilots who helped you take down that immobolised big tray a couple of days ago.

The five of you get to talking.

You profess your worries about federation spies, Karl Mauser has a somewhat unorthodox view.

"Well? So what if there are, as of now, THEY know more about what's going on tactically than WE do! What are they going to do? Ask us where the 2nd division is going next? We were literally never told what 2nd and 3rd would be doing beyond "Landing on the East and West coast" which I *think*, I *think* they *may* have worked out by now. Seriously, I wouldn't worry about it. We are so not a threat to anyone right now it's not even funny."

After your second round of drinks, you bring out the deck of cards, daddy needs to make some money, and with Strauss gone you've actually got a chance of winning something...

>>6511109
...not much for us to do except win at cards, I guess.

>>6511161

You manage to curb your drinking and play cards. You manage to do okay, Zolomon loses heavily as usual, and Mauser proves to be very good at the game, if a bit of an arse.
About half an hour before recall, you begin travelling back towards the Prancer.
You stagger a somewhat erratic path to Mauser's truck, with Dogatie as the dedicated driver.

"Wierd. I thought I locked this door. Doesn't look like anything was stolen though..."

YOUR ORDERS?

>>6511226
make shure that nothing was stolen... and see if we have a stow-away...also check if the designated driver is intoxicated!

>>6511226

sober the fuck up through sheer force of will.
run from truck and call everyone to follow you, Feddy spies do exists and want to kill us

>>6511226
CAR BOMB, GET THE FUCK INTO COVER

JESUS CHRIST ITS A BOMB GET OUT OF THE CAR

>>6511266
>>6511247

You lean to the left, and then to the right. You then crouch down low and reach forward and grab Dogatie by his belt.

"What!? What? Dave, let go."

"You know..." you posit
"Back when I was living on Side 6, during the 77 revolution, my parents used to make IED's like that..."

You point at the highly suspicious brown paper box with a pair of yellow wires leading from it into the steering column.

"Of course, they eventually managed to blow our house up... left a timer on by mistake. Not that any of us were in it at the time, luckily. But that's not important right now, what's important is you doing the following for me..."

YOUR ORDERS?

>>6511226
holy shit! bail out!

OH MY GOD JC A BOMB

>>6511355

Back away and radio the prancer letting them know feddy sympathizers or spies are in the town

This is the army, don't we have explosives experts we can call? Post a few guys to watch the truck to make sure no stupid idiot tries to steal it and blows the fuck up and make a call back to base camp and get the bomb techs.

I FUCKING KNEW IT

FEDDY SPIES

START THE INQUISITION

ZOLOMON GETS THE COOL HAT

>>6511374
>>6511379
>>6511390


"Firstly, here are our options. We COULD just walk away, hijack a car and escape, but that would still leave this truck, with that bomb. And even if we lock it, sooner or later SOMEBODY, probably some kid, is going to break in and try to take it for a joyride. Now I know it's perhaps a little late in the day for us to start worrying about this, but nevertheless, I DO worry about that."

"Secondly, we could call for a demolitions specialist who we may or may not still have back at the prancer, that will require us to split up and find a land-line or radio. And it would also call more people into the area."

"...then there's the option I'm going with. I *know* this kind of explosive. I can totally defuse it. You got a toolbox in this truck?"

Mauser nods.

"Good, go get it."

"What! I'm not getting into that truck!" He loudly protests. You assure him that if this was a motion sensitive bomb then it would have exploded when Dogatie stepped up to open the door.
Mauser retrieves the toolbox gingerly.

defuse that bitch...post everyone looking for any suspicious lookin ppl!

>>6511460

Time for us to defuse this bomb using our plot dropped History expander

>>6511503
Its Gundam, I'm sure we read "the manual" as a kid

"Okay, in terms of defusing here's our options. Now this bomb appears to be wired when the key is put into the ignition and turned. This either means that the bomb will detonate when these two yellow wires make a connection, or when a connection is broken by turning the key.
Now, that latter type, is harder and more complicated to make, so I give it 70 - 30 odds are I can defuse this just by cutting these wires."

"Option 2: I carefully start cutting through this paper, and see if I can defuse it from there."

"Now the good news. This isn't a big bomb, it's would be sufficient to kill us if we were all inside the truck, but otuside, I'd give even old muggins here good odds of survivng if I get half a second warning."

WHICH OPTION DO YOU CHOOSE?

>>6511528

I just wish we knew what our parents did for glorious ZEON when we were kids

Now to defuse the bomb and for someone to see the culprit and then get shot so we can chase after them only to find its a small kid who wants his parents back

>>6511601
Go for the wires.

so the toolbox does it have a multimeter in it or not?

if so, strip a bit of the insulation off the yellow wires going to the ignition and test for current. If no current cut and gently move bomb out of truck. If current well then its surgery time on the box.

>>6511741

ask around for a fluke, or any other type of multimeter

ZOLOMON + AXE

= SOLVES EVERYTHING

>>6511741

You check the toolbox, if there isn't a multimeter then you might have to try and start cutting holes in the plastic frame of the column with a pair of bolt-cutters.

Luckily, you find one. You pull out your small wire clippers and move towards the wires...

Have I reminded you that you are still somewhat drunk at the moment?

piss on the bomb, that's sure to defuse it

>>6511835
Pfft. Drunk or not it's not like we can miss cutting two immobile bright yellow wires.

>>6511835

that's why we feel no fear in this situation, but your right.

Lets back off for a while and wait to sober up a bit more, don't want to slip cutting wires and miss our chance to kill gundam.

Sieg Zeon

Zeon's might power will guide us to the right wire.

>>6511835

Also lets take it easy, the touhous can't be wrong here.

>>6511835
drunk or not we have to do this. CAREFULLY strip the insulation from the yellow wires in a small section one wire at a time (so as to not accidentally connect the circuit) and test with meter.

>>6511946

You stop, and then pull back for a second.

"What's the matter?" ask's Zolomon.

"I've just realised that I'm a lot more dunk than I thought I was. Can two of you please get me, a strong black cofee?"

A couple of minutes later they return with a steaming cup of black coffee and you sip from it whilst you stare imperiously at the brown paper box, whilst you wait to sober up sufficiently.

After couple of minutes you return to the wires, cutters in hand. You carefully strip the plastic from the wiring. You then check the wiring on the multimeter, you then clip the wire.

"Done. Now let's go home."

>>6512107

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED

You return to the Prancer with no further incident, unless you count Strauss handing out dodgy Souviners as gifts.

You quickly make your report to the Captain, who then belays all further shoreleave in the city, as well as giving everyone warning to look out for IEDs.

Shortly afterwards, all of the MS pilots as well as squad leaders for the infantry are called into the briefing room.

>>6512183
>No, Not a b. A bomb.

Why does that sound so familiar?

>>6512252
>Why does that sound so familiar?

Maybe you heard it somewhere?

Over Macho Grande perhaps?

>>6512183

Ask Strauss for some rock candy and report to briefing. Crunch loudly during briefing.

C'MON LADS WE GOT US A MEETIN' TA GO TO

>>6512289

You all shuffle into the breifing room. Captain fontain appears and a map showing your current position appears on the projector screen.

"Our current situation is this. All North American Federal forces are currently heading north to engage the second and third divisions commanded by Captain Za...

[crunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunch]

"... Captain Zabi. We couldn't engage them even if we wanted to. All that's left are the local under equipped and badly trained garrisons in the region. Of which Nicuragua, Honduras and Guatemala have been lar..."

[crunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunch]

"Have been largely dpeleted, and will not engage us if we do not engage them. The Federal forces stationed in Mexico howe..."

[crunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunch]

"MEXICO'S FORCES HOWEVER, ahem, however, is still largely untouched, and will be facing us once we cross the border. That is expected to be the last major battle for us before linking back up with the Attack force and if I find who was doing that I will personally return him to side three in a mail rocket you bastard."

>>6512473
David Lister: Ace Zaku pilot, Master Troll

rolled 4 = 4

This needs to be a symbol slapped on our next MS.

>>6512473

"Anyway, the plan is this. Using our emergency gold reserves given to us by high command, we have purchased several large boats that will meet us at the city of Nosara. From there we will travel up the coast, and make an amphibious landing, back in Salina Cruz. If the option to escape the Mexican forces arises, I plan to take it. Otherwise, at least in Salina Cruz we know the layout, and that it's a defendable position. To your stations gentlemen."

You are then dismissed.

>>6512612

I dunno, I think it might clash with your paint job. I was sort of thinking of using this:

>>6512637
I approve.

>>6512637
use that one

I like the skull as well.

>>6512473
Continue [crunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunchcrunch]

>>6512637
I couldn't find my black & white version.

Anyway, what sort of loadout would you like this time around?

>>6512751
Standard load out has been working well. Triple foot rockets, MG, couple of reloads, cracker nades.

Make sure Zoloman gets his dual Heat Hawks.

I want a dom cannon

Machine gun, spare ammo, a hawk, leg mounted launchers. That sounds good. Kinda iffy on any 'nades, though.

For defense I would take a Megellan Top Cannon if one is avaliable.

>>6512786

Not until June at the earliest. Where you'll probably be getting a Dom with it.

You all opt for a standard loadout and make for the coast. You make good time and reach the village of nosara.

It's little more than collection of water damaged villa's once popular with tourists.
The water damage seems to have destroyed several of the wooden buildings, but some have survived.

It is five in the afternoon when you see the boats intended to carry you. Like in Limon they are in disrepair, and have seen better days. It takes an hour for the boats to land and for you to all board. What few vehicles are left are kept docked inside the Prancers, along with the planes.

At 6:00pm you begin your return to Salina Cruz.

Can't we get reserves from the orbital fleet?

I mean, honestly, the only use we are right now is ambushes, hitting rear-line units and supply convoys. We'd be fucked in direct engagement at this point.

God damn I hate being late to the party.

I think that we ARE the reserves. Besides, allies coming in from orbit is bound to draw unwanted attention.

It's okay, Mr. Murray.

Go around the Prancer on our R&R and look for spies.

Interrogate anyone acting suspicious.

>>6512963

>I mean, honestly, the only use we are right now is ambushes, hitting rear-line units and supply convoys. We'd be fucked in direct engagement at this point.

Well, I don't know about that, you guys DID manage to take out an entire Federation Mixed Division yesterday, as a single Battalion.
And we already know we won't be seeing anywhere near those numbers.

Don't underestimate the power of 12 Mobile Suits all piloted by ground warfare aces.

During the trip ask Zolomon for some tips on Heat Hawk usage.

Indeed, let's pick Zoloman's brain for Hawk tips.

>>6513060
This.

We must always endeavor to improve our already MAD skills. Learning to casually disregard physics & probability could be handy.

Once again you take to the coastal seas, the trip is likely to be a long one, as you will be travelling through the coastal waters of three whole countries before reaching your destination.

You just hope that this rustbucket you bought won't spring a leak on the way there. Luckily, unlike last time however, you don't have to worry about the heat. Strauss handily provided everyone with battery powered hand-fans. You keep your motion warning sensors on, and try to catch some sleep. It's going to be a long trip, you don't expect to make the landing until 4 in the morning.

>>6513125
>hand-fans
Strauss is now your new favourite person.

Of course, being rested is never a bad thing.

A three hours tour.

A THREEEEEEEEEEE HOOOOOOOOOUR TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUR!

>>6513141

SIEG STRAUSS

We need to acquire beer and soda for our mini fridge. Letting it go to waste is almost criminal.

>>6513171
And not just any beer either.

GERMAN BEER

>>6513171
We need to acquire some RAMBO gear for when we inevitably have to evacuate our suit during a battle.

You ask Zolomon about Heat Hawks, you get probably the most verbose reply you've ever seen him give to anything.

Apparently a heat hawk has some pretty interesting aerodynamic qualities due to the blade producing large amounts of heat. Then there's the sheer amount of programming know how you need to programme the Zaku to throw the thing in JUST the right way depending on the situation, and knowing which is best for which.

It's probably a bit too technical for you at the moment. But it certainly makes you think.
You resolve to actually read the manual for the Zaku at some point.

It would have made things a lot easier if you had some sort of computer that could make things up on the fly...

Pic related.

>>6513218
Speaking of programming. Our next opportunity, let's program some moves in.

Victory dances, bitches.

>>6513218
LOL! the self learning computer on the first gundam....it took me a moment to think

A question of strategy.

First off, where is our final goal? America? What part of America? California? What part of California? LA? Sand Diego? San Fran? If not California, Texas? NM? Arizona?

Depending on where we're going, do we even have to go through mainland Mexico and encounter enemy forces?

Let's actually READ the operating manual when we can, alright?

Yeah, where are we supposed to be going?

>>6513233

I hope you are all beginning to be aware of just how goddamn dangerous the RX-78-2 is now.

You catch some sleep before your watch alarm wakes you up at 3:30 in the morning. Honestly, your sleeping patterns have fucked about all over the place these past few days.

You check and double check your Zaku and it's equipment. You switch the IR scope on and prepare to stand up.

At 3:58, the Prancer begins emitting Minovsky particles.
That's the 'go' sign.

You leap up off of the boat and onto the shore of Salina Cruz.

Strauss does the same and Zolomon leaps up, once again wearing a tarp like a cloak about himself.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>6513343
>>6513354

Our main goal is to protect Garma Zabi as he is the lynch pin to Zeon staying together. To do just that we need to distinguish our self and squad to be assigned such a grand duty.

Right now we have to link up with invading forces IN AMERICA!

>>6513378
>wearing a tarp like a cloak about himself.
Goddamn, we're not going to let him get away with that!

Quickly! Outcloak him with your own tarp!

Let's check the town for enemies I guess? The situation is kind of vague.

>>6513397
Make sure you have dramatic billowing at all times!

>>6513378
dude i know evey thing about it like there are 7 versions of it!!!!

Let's at least see where the enemy is first, then secure the town.

>>6513424

Eight actually.

Your forces begin to filter into the town. Carefully checking the area for enemies, and staying in close formation.
The Naval landing doesn't take quite so long this time, as the Prancer is carrying all of the vehicles and planes.

You clear the Docks and begin to move inwards. The Lugguns are beginning to launch. You wait a few minutes to allow the supporting Mech Inf to catch up and then you advance into the town.
Everything seems quiet, the street lights are still on and the only signs of warfare you can see are ones that you're pretty sure you left here four days ago.

Which reminds me, you were asking about the HLV's in thread 5. Do you want to break off and investigate the former landing site?

Invstigating sounds good.

>>6513478

This is probably a good idea

We can get more ammo.

Also petitioning after our amazing crunching we start making bird noises every time someone mentions Gaws.

>>6513502
>>6513530

You send a Jeep back to command with the message that you're breaking off to invesitgate the old landing zone.
You quickly reach the old ridge where you took out your first tanks. Their wrecks have been pushed aside. A check of the road reveals that further Armour has been though here since.

You follow the route you once took on the 8th, carefully crossing the ridge, keeping an eye out for ambushing infantry. You cross the ridge to discover a company of tanks and several support vehicles in the process of trying to strip and dismantle your HLV's.

They haven't yet seen you.

YOUR ORDERS?

>>6513591
Is the rest of our squad with us. If so , attack while the enemy is distracted. if not, let's get some back up first.

>>6513591
So exactly how many enemies are there?

>>6513600
Attacking them does sound pretty badass.

But there's the risk of them being part of a larger contingent that we simply can't see.

Sure, we could take these guys out, but then maybe a hundred planes fill the sky.

Unlikely, because yeah, I'm in favor of taking these guys. After reporting them to command of course.

>>6513604

One Company of tanks is 15. They're also intermingled with fuel tenders carrying highly explosive rocket fuel, as they try to siphon it from your HLV's.

All three of you and two APC's containing Infantry are present.

>>6513621

I concur. Call in the situation, and barring any glaring reason not to, we ambush the salvage team. Maybe get some practise in with the 'hawk, apply the theory that Zolomon taught us.

>>6513676

Snipe the fuel tanks. Seriously.

Boom time.

>>6513676
Well then let's radio in the situation if we can.

If that is going to get picked up the enemy, then fuck it. Aim for the fuel and fuck their shit up.

>>6513676
This should be easy then. Send one APC back to notify HQ. Attack, targeting the fuel carriers first, then afterwards send in the infantry to locate any surviving crew for interrogation

>>6513702

>This should be easy then. Send one APC back to notify HQ. Attack, targeting the fuel carriers first, then afterwards send in the infantry to locate any surviving crew for interrogation

You take carefully aim and fire at a fuel tender which is currently siphoning fuel away from an HLV. The 120mm shell ruptures the tank dead on.

It goes up.
The HLV goes up
Several other Tankers go up
A few more HLV's may go up.
This makes it the second time you've a mushroom cloud at night in the last 48 hours.

Kills
You: 15 Tanks, 4 HLV's

>>6513752

Awww YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

*sunglasses*

Wait for the explosion to die down, then take the survivors.

>>6513752
my god whats with us and large explosons!

Once thing've died down, send the infantry in to sweep the remains. The MS squad provides cover and lookout against any surprises.

>>6513805
This.

Look for any survivors. If we bring in prisoners, we're big shots. Well, bigger shots.

>>6513831
I concur. Why are we so goddamn badass?

>>6513831

Also we should probably do so /quickly/. Our little fireworks show will almost certainly have attracted attention.

>>6513844
i do but if we keep doing this we will get bored if a nuke goes off :P

>>6513850
Added haste noted and seconded.

>>6513783

Survivors? What survivors?

The flames will take some time to die down. Though the explosion didn't take all of the HLV's out. Furthermore, it's unlikely that the head will cause the others to explode, since they're fitted to handle atmospheric re-entry.

A few minutes of watching the fires (and the skies) the other squads begin to arrive, drawn by the light of the fires.
Strauss confers with them.

"Well, the Lugguns report no signs of incoming fighters or enemy troops. Signs are good that we took them out here so fast that they never got a squawk out. Orders are to put out these fires, and then set up in ambush positions around this area in case they send someone to investigate..."

>>6513952

Looks like it's time to start stomping on burny-things and pushing tanks into barricades.

We should use the HLV's as cover, too.

Let's follow orders, then.

im surprised that we havent had reports of stolen zaku's yet XD

>>6513988
We already stole one back.

>>6513996
ya i just rembered that a moment ago >.<

>>6513979
As we just demonstrated how explosive the HLVs' fuel can be I think it would be a good idea to not use them as cover.

>>6513988

We're one of the first ground engagments they've had, and we're in a realtive shit-hole anyway - they probably haven't had the chance to nick any yet, or if they have they're busy being used to try and repel the big drop operations up north.

>>6514006

The fuel's already mostly gone, and the ambient heat is unlikely to set them off. It's still a marginally better option than sitting in the open.

You all assemble on the high ground flanking the valley, which makes an ideal ambush spot, waiting to see if the flames draw any enemy out.

After an hour, you recieve a radio signal from the Prancer, the Minovsky particle density has dropped to low levels and the Prancer has turned it's emitter off.

"Squads 1 and 2 stand down, Squads 3 and 4 remain on patrol. Atmospheric and battlefield conditions finally allowed us to get a stable lasercomm message off to Zeonic Central command. The situation is like this..."

TO BE CONTINUED

C'mon Apologized, don't leave us hanging here.

>>6514081
QUITE THE CLIFFHANGER

I CONCUR, MR. MURRAY.

>>6514139

Look, I'm tired okay? It's like 1:00 at night here.

Besides, I'll be starting up again tommorow at the same time, don't worry about it.

Hey, no problem. Sorry if I came across as pushy.

>>6514208
Excellent

It's not a problem, it's just these threads tend to go on right into the night. So if I haven't been having decent nights sleep in the week, I'm not going to be at my best.

Oh, thread archived at: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/6510065/

Man, Halloween films are beginning to kick in over here. A Halloween Marathon on one channel, an Old Skool version of Frankestein on another, and The Host on channel 4.

>>6514306
>Man, Halloween films are beginning to kick in over here. A Halloween Marathon on one channel, an Old Skool version of Frankestein on another, and The Host on channel 4.

And on BBC1? A repeat of tonight with Jonathon Ross IT'S WALL TO WALL HORROR HERE RIGHT NOW.

>>6514332
It's times like this I don't regret not having a television.

>>6514356

Eh, it's not like I don't have an off switch for the thing.