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[alamoes]

Do we have conventional forces surrounding the perimeter? 

[GreatWyrmGold]

"...Ah...question, sir. How much value are we supposed to put in these peoples' lives?"

[Parsely]

Crew Chief Raulins
No, sir. We don't work with standard military forces, even our own. Its a matter of confidentiality. People are better off not knowing about this sort of thing. Perhaps if this were a larger operation we may enlist the National Guard to cordon off the area but this particular mission doesn't require such measures.

None whatsoever. Preventing knowledge of Exotics from spreading is more important than sparing human lives. Tie them up or shoot them, it doesn't matter. If you're going to leave them alive then be sure you call it in. Makes it much simpler for the collection. That being said, if you manage to secure the area then there's no need to collect any artifacts you find, as we have a research team prepared for this op. If you're forced to retreat then we'll only be able to look over whatever you have on your person.

[Parsely]

How do you guys like the game so far? PM your thoughts please.

[GreatWyrmGold]

"Um...pardon me, sir, it's my first time, but why is concealing knowledge of these 'exotics' so important? And aren't you--your leaders, the head honchos, whomever--concerned that there will be a slip eventually?"

[Parsely]

Crew Chief Raulins
Of course there are slips. There always are, and we're always there to clean them up. Does that mean that we should allow them to happen? No, of course not. Whether or not its important is a much tougher question. One that I can't answer. Sorry kid.

[GreatWyrmGold]

"Yes, yes, but why is it more important than human lives? Sir?"

[Parsely]

Crew Chief Raulins
I've seen what these bastards can do firsthand, I've seen what they've built. If even one piece of tech fell into the hands of the wrong person, someone who would use it publicly, what do you think would happen? Someone, at some point would make another one. And another one. Mass production. Now imagine that everyone has one. Think of it. Are you really that naive? Just look at atomic weaponry. It took about ten years to proliferate. It would happen again.

[Parsely]

All I need is the pilot's choice of vehicle to start the mission. Sheets can wait if you guys don't care. You'll all just have your profession bonuses and no other modifiers.

[alamoes]

I see, well, in that case, who offers to meet the enemy first?  I guess it is my choice as to who leads point.  I'm not going to be as effective at far range, so we need a volunteer of someone to exits first, preferably not our radioman or shotgun man, who should probably go with our machine gunner or anyone else who has special stuff.  Who wants to go out first?

[Gotdamnmiracle]

"I assume load out was determined by past training and histories, Commander. So what exatly are we expecting to be up against? I mean I notice we are riding slick, no flak or anything so they must have pretty nasty weapons. What should we expect, sir?"

[Parsely]

Crew Chief Raulins
A large part of this job is never knowing what to expect, and learning as much as you can during a first encounter so there are fewer casualties next time. Fortunately this is not a first encounter. We've been seeing these fellas for about 50 years now. Normally we would have briefed you on this sort of thing but this was short notice and we wanted to give the newbies a chance to get blooded. Unfortunately I'm under orders not to give you any information regarding any hostile forces you may run into, in order to simulate a first encounter experience.

[Parsely]

Crew Chief Raulins
If I may, sir, normally we have a submachinegunner take point, with the riflemen just behind him, the radioman and CO in the middle, and our remainders taking up the rear. Its standard operating procedure, but you can always change your formation to whatever suits the situation. Since you'll be dropping into a rural area there will be lots of open ground, so normally you'll have rifles up front to give the others in your squad cover to either advance to get in range or set up heavy weapons to eliminate the threat. That MMG there has to be deployed in order to use, but it has much more firepower than a light machine gun could ever provide. Its got slightly better range than your rifles so you can always leapfrog it from cover to cover.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

"I see. I can see how that makes sense. we always hat the SMG gunner at point when clearing rooms but, I think the army guys may do a better job of setting us up. Generally, from what I remember would be leapfrogging with a bunch of communication, so we can pick up suppression when the machine gunner is reloading. And if we keep our spacing and leap frog we can maintain suppression while moving up and not cutting off fire. That being said... Force count and terrain dictates... The SEALs I worked with taught a lot of these tactics to groups that were fighting in our interests. Seemed to work okay, flexible too. Let's try and run a recon out if we can't see them though, just for flexibilities sake."

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Also, I coined the term. All credit taken. Why should I forget ever saying it?

[scapheap]

All I need is the pilot's choice of vehicle to start the mission. Sheets can wait if you guys don't care. You'll all just have your profession bonuses and no other modifiers.

((Which sheet? I filled out the one in the OP, was there a second I miss?))

"Leave no survivor? Seem a little extreme, but you lot are the experts. Aside from 'rural zone', what are we looking at? Dry and rocky? Wet and marshy? Several towns and villages or just some farmhouses?