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[Bill Chompski]

"Yup."
Danh begins scrolling through the options, searching for a resupply, and flashbangs for the squad.

[Maegil]

Nodding at Ratodx as they finish, Danh finishes up the final few edits suggested, and sends the transcript off, available in both it's original audio form (with certain comments redacted), or the audio in word form.

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<RECORDING STARTED>
[21:11] “This is Danh Loi, Squad Leader of Auxiliary Gate Team zero zero four seven. Today was a fuck-up. Not a terrible one though. The VTOL touched down, and all was alright. We approached the town in a trike, my 5.56 Stormtrooper LMG mounted on it. Oh, right, “we”. Mako, that new girl, droner, she was driving. Knew how, apparently. Amadou, wanted to parley or something, talk, I think is what he meant. There was a white flag in the back, and all he had was an SMG. Meanwhile, back at the VTOL, we had the necromancer, Khaiden. Erugh. Dexter, another elf, and...a third elf. Forgot his name. Oh, right, Melnakos. Finally, one of those dog-lizard type guys, Vhan. Our objective for today was to make contact with the primitives, tell them they’re Akras’s now, all that. That’s secondary, though. Primary goal is to get a vampire to join up with Akras. Or kill it. But that’s gonna be for tomorrow.”
*It sounds like he's walking in some sort of forest, and continues to do so as he clears his throat.*
[21:13] “Should also say what the others were doing. Reserti, elf-kid, he rode some big bird over the place, watched from above. Wielding a bow, of fucking course. The others stayed back, keeping a perimeter on the VTOL. Orc cut his hands open at one point, probably for some magic bullshit. Only thing that's gonna do is make it harder to use anything.”
*Annoyed grunt.*
[21:15] “Anyway, we rode up. There were...jeez, I don't know...nine, ten of the guys? Had shit armor. Leather and iron. Had some flags, looked kinda weird. Anyway, guy in the middle, obviously the head honcho, had some solid looking armor. Well, as solid as these primates could make armor. Riding a...y’know....”
*Short pause. The walking stops.*
[21:17] “Fuck, I forgot what they're called. Those weird horses or whatever. He was one on of those. So, Amadou gives the whole shtick about how Akras is the boss now, etc etc, got real preachy with it, kinda pompous about it-”
*A new voice begins speaking, young, Elven.*
[21:17] “Hey there, new boss!”
*That is followed by brief rustling, and the sound of something, presumably the new voice, hitting the ground next to Danh, with a small grunt before the voice continues speaking.*
[21:17] “What's up?”
<RECORDING PAUSED>
<RECORDING RESUMED>
*Clears his throat again.*
[21:31] “Pause was for another squadmember. We had a small chat. Where was I? Right, Amadou making a scene. So, knight man accuses Amadou of being unhonorable, hiding behind his helmet, blah blah blah. Deciding that'd it be a smart idea to remove the thing protecting his head, y’know, the thing that keeps your head safe on the battlefield, he lifts his visor up. Then, knight in shitty armor pulls a pistol; not a modern one though, old. REAL old. Looked like it kicked like a mule, and spewed more smoke than a Danang gambling house. I didn’t see the initial damage, but I saw chunks of Amadou’s head splatter around him, so, it hit him hard.”
[21:33] “And then, they charged me and Mako. Girl got it good, tackled right off the trike, dunno what happened with her next. I remember hearing a lot of screaming and gunshots, guys up at the VTOL were providing covering fire. Being the only person able to actually fight at the trike, I did, using the Axon Flamethrower.”
*Long pause. When he starts talking again, he sounds uncomfortable, agitated.*
[21:34] “It was effective, is all I’m gonna say.”
*There’s another long pause, finally interrupted but Danh coughing a bit.*
[21:35] “The orc started fighting the knight, had some sort of weird sword and armor, maybe magical, I dunno. Impressive, none the less. And I do wanna point out that good ol Radon cut the goddamn horse thing in half. Horizontally. And then it reformed. I'm liking Gaia less and less every day. Moving on..covering fire is what took the knight down. Bullets went right through the armor. Once we took down enough of them, we dragged the knight and Amadou back to the VTOL, where the orc managed to bring the knight back to life. Or back from the brink of life. I don’t know. Reserti got more fighty with the knight, and eventually Ratodx, who had been in command, kinda, called him off. Dunno what set the elf off, but whatever. His life. And, uh, a note on the VTOL. That's really what ended any more attempts at fighting. So I personally suggest destroying shit, AND THEN making direct contact, so we don't have another Amadou. New note, Ratodx. He’s my number two at the moment, and despite being green and all, he’s a damn good strategist. So, he and the knight talk, about how so long as the knight and his people are compliant and give info on this thing we're hunting, they continue living in relative luxury, and their dead come back to life. No doubt as the normal looking undead corpses that magi resurrect, [QUOTE REDACTED]. Anyway.Lo and behold, the drones and VTOLs start coming in. You know what happens then, natives get cleaned, place gets taken down, rebuilt, you know, all that. New VTOL touches down, and…”
*His voice gets gruffer, obviously agitated, but angry as well as uncomfortable.*
[21:39] [QUOTE REDACTED]
*As the man yells, he grunts loudly and slams his fist into something solid. After a long pause, he seems to have calmed down, somewhat.*
[21:40] “She...informed me...that I was in command now...I took the PDA, and went into out housing unit. Not much happened. I went to bed. We all went to bed. Ate. Amadou seemed angry. Still does. I just saw him wander off into our unit, drunk as hell.”
*A sigh.*
[21:42] “That’s all. At 0800 we search for the vampire. [QUOTE REDACTED]. This is Danh Loi, signing off.”
<RECORDING ENDED>

((Just gonna say that the orc healed the Knight who murdered Amadou then let him go free after admitting he was going to organize a counterattack. The orc let the knight go. In full view of everyone. So Reserti gave chase. The report made it look like Reserti just went ham on a prisoner.))

Are you going to change it as requested or is it ready to be copied to the wiki?

[Bill Chompski]

((Shoot it onto the wiki!))

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Thats one of the reasons I decided to cook. I figured food would help too.

"It should help some ya."

"Yup."
Danh begins scrolling through the options, searching for a resupply, and flashbangs for the squad.

"While I think of it, do you have any orders for over night? Should we use the VTOL to approach in the night and try to observe some data before 0800? Or are we going to wait for daybreak to ship out?"

"Yeah. I don't see any storm brewing anywhere else, which is suspicious because the storm I found would be strong enough to take down a plane..."

"Interesting. Good job on isolating where the target is, that'll save us a fair amount of time. Opinions on how the VTOL would manage in there?"

[hops]

"Beats me, boss. I didn't get close enough to take wind speed readings, and I have no idea about the model's capability. I'd say with a glance that it should be able to fly in there. Won't be a smooth ride, though."

[Bill Chompski]

Plopping his helmet on, Danh says onto comms, so that the VTOL crew will hear, "Loi here. Requesting VTOL transport to the general area of the manor. We can provide directions and all that."

[~Neri]

Data from observation of storm is as follows:

The storm blocks fullspectrum visual observation, similar to Imp interference but a wider range of interference.
It's a Very turbulant storm.
There is visible lightning. It is the normal color of lightning.
Perimeter trees show signs of heavy water saturation.
It is likely Very dark under the cloud cover due to the full spectrum disruption.
It is unlikely that a VTOL capable aircraft or drone would be capable of flying within the storm, there are gale force winds, it's almost like a eyeless, miniature hurricane.
It appears to be constantly raining within the perimeter.
Frankly the storm is probably unnatural. No storm should reasonably exist like that.

[Bill Chompski]

Eurgh. Well at least the VTOL could take them close with all the blood. Then they'd take it along with them.

[Bill Chompski]

Having sent the requisition for an ammo restock, as well as flashbangs for the squad, along with his report, in order to get the credits to do so. If there is enough credits left, Danh spends the rest on a gauss rifle.

[Kuma]

Vhan walks back into the barracks after a long walk in the forest. Looking quite tired, Vhan takes a quick shower and heads to bed.

[KaineFisher]

Khaiden walks in:

"Since we agreed to interview villagers, who do you think should do it? It should be a human since that's what they'll be comfortable with, but I'd have to take myself out of the candidate list due to them grouping Necromancers into 'non-human.'"

[~Neri]

Relevant Intelligence recovered by Trained Operatives includes:

-That vampire's lived there since before the village was founded.
-That storm's been there since before the village was founded.
-There are several groups of sketchy robed people who regularly venture into the storm and leave without a scratch.
-Of the few adventurers who returned after venturing in, most were horribly maimed and had "NS" carved on their foreheads.
-Occasionally the storm decides to have green lightning. It's pretty rare but the village tends to see it as a good sign. It means there will be rainfall for the crops within the week.
-The Village has been around for 83 Terran Years.
-They don't have any specific calender system. They have a vague one based on the orbit of the moon and the general ambiant temperature.
Usually the most common green lightning is during the hot period.


Other, less related but potentially relevent data includes:
-On average, 1-2 children vanish from their beds per decade. No culprits have been found despite townwide, house to house searches.
-Bats are a common sight during the hot months.
-The graveyard is regularly pilfered by unknown groups. People stopped caring after it happened the first six times.
-Kelpie do not want anything to do with the forest the storm is covering.
-Oddly, there is far less swampland then would be expected in the local area from constant localized rainfall.
-One particularly intelligent troll passed through the town three decades ago. It mentioned it had an appointment at the Manor. However it apparently did not mean the town's Manor.
-There is a small black cat that has been around as long as anyone can remember. It tends to give the perception that it knows far more than it should.

[KaineFisher]

"How hard do you think it would be to disguise Vhan as a child? With his knowledge of traps, he'd make good bait."

[Bill Chompski]

Danh shakes his head.
"Intelligence already got us covered. Sent over a bunch of info. Current plan is to wait for our supplies to drop, restock, get on the VTOL, and hoof it to the mansion, blood bribe in tow. And we're not gonna try tricks, we're gonna blow something up, inform this thing of it's options, and either take it back to the VTOL, or kill it. "

[KaineFisher]

"Wait, maybe the Vampire has accomplices. Or there's more than one. I'd advise we make absolutely sure we can't be flanked or otherwise caught off guard. Possibly by flattening the surrounding terrain."