The sudden roar of jets and sudden shaking of the landing craft snap you back to the present. Looking up you quickly notice Sergeant Vanburen walking towards the exit ramp as he starts to yell over the comms at your unit.
"Alright, listen up Maggots! We're coming in hot on our target so be prepared for heavy resistance, and a hell of a lot of incoming fire meant to kill your lazy asses before they can find some cover. Our objective is simple, our division is the spearhead to crack the enemy defenses and form a foothold in the city to clear the way for the main assault. A lot of you will die, but let me warn you now, if a single one of you tries to flee I'll put a bullet in the back of your skull. NOW UP, AND AT IT MAGGOTS! WE GOT A WAR TO FIGHT!"As soon as Vanburen finishes your unit starts to unbuckle themselves and grab their gear to get ready for disembarkation. You feel nervous, and a sense of fear as you finally pull yourself to your feet and pick up the rifle that had been slotted into its holster next to your seat. Its quite a piece if you do say so, a sleek full size assault rifle with selective fire, reflex sight, and an attachment rail at the front for your combat knife in the case of close quarters combat. Exhaling you quickly check the clip and flip the safety off before stepping into line behind two other soldiers, and grabbing one of the straps hanging down from above.
It takes only a moment for you to notice a change as several new sounds start resound into the compartment, and within moments you recognize the sound of gunfire followed by a sudden low thud that turns into a roar as something close by explodes. Out of the corner of your eye you notice Vanburen reach up to his comm-piece before suddenly frowning.
"This is it, the second that ramps drop haul your asses out of this drop ship, and make for cover. Our first goal is to force our way into the building straight across from where we're being dropped off."In sync with Vanburen's words the ship shakes one last time as it drops to the ground, and then the exit ramp drops with a thud revealing a street straight ahead with buildings on the far side.
You take notice of several cars abandoned along the road that could act as plentiful cover heading towards the skyscraper up ahead, and lines of tracer are clearly visible a few stories up as heavy weapons spew fire into the air above. Within moments your unit starts to rush out into the street heading for the scarce cover provided by the cars ahead, and just in time to as moments after Vanburen follows the last man off you watch as a rockets screams its way into the dropship bay.
You watch on in horror as the dropship goes up in flames, and shards of shrapnel fly everywhere barely missing several of your squad-members as they rush into cover. Seeing you staring at the flaming remains of the dropship Vanburen clasps you on the shoulder, and asks,
"What's your name soldier?"Condition: Perfect
Equipment:
KS-Var 73 [Selective Fire: Single Shot(), Burst Fire(✔), Fully-Automatic() | Ammo: 30/30 | Reflex Sight | Bayonet Lug()]
- 4 Magazines (30/30)
Union Army Combat Knife
Union Army Ballistic Armor [Decent Ballistic Defense, Poor Piercing Defense]
I'm trying something slightly different here, it's going to be a suggestion based RTD without any set in stone stats or anything like that. Results of actions will be based on the roll, my judgement, and any applicable factors taken into account (the weapon, the armor, etc.).
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Topic: Roll to Survive a War (Read 1852 times)