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After a hasty retreat to the safehouse, the team is shuttled back to the same bunker they were originally briefed in. There they find a much improved looking Bones, sitting on the desk with a half dozen soldiers standing around him. He's got a cigarette in his mouth and its hard not to notice the fact that he's missing the tips of several of his fingers as he stubs the cigarette out in an ashtray.

"Welcome back" He says, standing as you walk into the room. "I've heard a great deal about your work, most of it second hand through police reports. The good news is that despite the havoc you caused, we were able to keep the truth under wraps. London is no stranger to bombings; writing this off as a failed attempt at one was easy enough. Powers that be say its easier for people to accept german mad bombers in their midst than german spies. The press was extracted intact under the guise of military secrets and, despite the commotion, it seems that all this has only increased the patriotism of the British people. All and all it was a successful mission, if not a tidy one."

Bones closes his eyes and rubs the bridge of his nose.

"If course there is the matter of those civilian casualties, The social unrest, the panic in the streets, the public nudity and the damage to the cafe.  Some...members of the government have also pushed for charges of..."

He pulls a notepad out of his breast pocket and flips a few pages before holding it a bit further from his face to read it.

"Treason, Endangering the commonwealth, Destruction of property, reckless discharge of a firearm, a few counts of murder, stalking, unlawful detainment, kidnapping, impersonation of a government official, forgery..." He pauses a moment, squinting, "Homosexual acts?" he glances up from the list at Bob with a raised eyebrow before shrugging and closing the book. "Basically, you really scuffed the top hats of a few hard-ass bureaucrats and they're waving their unmentionables about to show that this is 'bloody well their territory and they don't need any yanks coming in and mucking everything up.' And so on and so forth. Never mind they're the ones who called us in first."

He straightens up and tucks the notebook away.

"You lot certainly could have handled this better but I'll be damned if I'll let some 4-F, draft dodging, gray haired, cowardly bureaucrat deprive me of even a single man. There are three dead nazis, one prisoner, and a whole load of intel they got out of this and to my mind that is success by any metric."

He motions to the guards and starts walking for the door.

"Come on, we've got places to be. Unless you'd prefer a British cell to my unit?" He smiles a wide, wicked grin.





Next mission possibilities

1. Assault a V-2 launch base in France: Bomb it by plane and then infiltrate the ruins, steal anything of value, destroy any remaining war machinery.
2. Participate in the Battle of Cherbourg, urban combat taking heavily fortified areas
3. Retake  la Londe and la Landel, two 18th century homes and the surrounding countryside in france.

200 GLORY for this mission to all participants

[Egan_BW]

Spoiler: Alice! (click to show/hide)

Name: Alice Gwerhierhwaer
Description: Short blue dyed hair, shiny orange eyes. Tallish, and not thin. Hairy.
Physical: +0
Mental: +0
Life: +0

Stats:
Speed 1
Dexterity 2
Will 1
Knowledge 1
Senses 1

Skills:
Plane 3
Operator 2
Mechanic 2
Melee 1
Pistol 1
First Aid 1

GLORY: 260

Inventory:
Fancy Hat
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
Mechanic’s tools
Flare Gun (1 shot, risk 2)
Knife (Risk 2)
Silenced pistol (2 risk normally, but 8 if unnoticed. Does not draw attention by sound. 8/8 shot)

2 pistol magazines
Joan's Radio
Binoculars
Police baton

[The Lupanian]

I vote for 1 and 3

[Tiruin]

The press was extracted intact under the guise of military secrets

I am the happiest mouse.
But wait :I

"If course there is the matter of those civilian casualties, The social unrest, the panic in the streets, the public nudity and the damage to the cafe.  Some...members of the government have also pushed for charges of..."

He pulls a notepad out of his breast pocket and flips a few pages before holding it a bit further from his face to read it.

"Treason, Endangering the commonwealth, Destruction of property, reckless discharge of a firearm, a few counts of murder

Honestly I will stick to it being the Nazi's fault -.- It's not me who killed them! >_< Nobody knew someone of us killed anyone!
...It would've killed people either way.

Also I forgot homosexuality was seen in the stupid eye as really bluh stuff. Goodness Bob, Bones made it sound like you did more damage than the grenades did.

3. Retake  la Londe and la Landel, two 18th century homes and the surrounding countryside in france.

Scouting and sniper funtime! ...but then 1 means combat and combat commonly means Glory.
1
Obviously the mission glory rises as the missions progress because this is XCOM because of progression of everything...but I am sad that requisitioned items do not carry over between people if one of us dies.

Spoiler: My Sheet (click to show/hide)

Glory: 260
Weapons:
(E) Scoped Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5]; [5/15 ammunition total]
Silenced Pistol [8/8]; [8/8 ammunition total]

Equipped Weapon Skill: +3 [+0 if used in Melee/+0 in HtH]

Name: Tala Agata
Description: Tala was enlisted alongside her kin, for their renown in sharpshooting and rugged terrain survival. Being the one who had taught Joan how to shoot, she was only a year her senior before they had been separated in different brigades. She was recently transferred to the 888th after the Normandy landings.
Physical: -
Mental: -
Life: - {+Helmet}
Stats:
Speed: +1
Dexterity: +1
Will: +1
Knowledge: +1
Senses: +1

Skills:
+3 Sniper rifle
+2 First Aid
+2 Medical Training
+1 Camouflage
+1 Pistol
+1 Languages

Inventory:

Scoped Springfield M1903 A4 (5 shot, risk 5 at long range, risk 3 at medium, risk 2 at close)
2 springfield magazines
Binoculars

*Medic Bag
*Helmet {+1 Life}
*Silenced Pistol [8/8]
*Smoke grenades (2)
*Military Beret

Probably a lot of tinfoil
2 Medic Bags {3 total}
Mundane Journalism Uniform
A few pens, which can be used as lockpicks

1 First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid. Single use)
1 Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
1 Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
1 Clicker
1 L type Flashlight
1 Sewing kit
1 Mirror
1 razor set
1 Bar of soap
1 Toothpaste and toothbrush set
1 compressed TP roll
1 Pack of Chesterfield Cigarettes
1 Lighter
1 Mess kit
1 Knit cap
1 Notepad and Pen
1 Haversack
1 Gunbelt with Magazine pouches
1 Canteen and Cup
1 Compass

[Doomblade187]

1, then 3 if not.

[Ozarck]

Ed Votes 2.

"Just once, I'd like to go on a mission that doesn't involve exploding. For the novelty. Let's go to Cherbourg."

((1 is too similar to our assault of the secret German base, and 3 has the near guaranteed result of "someone blowing up those 18th c. homes." Though, 3 has the highest likelihood of Weird Stuff^TM, and 1 seems to have the highest likelihood of Loot^TM. I just wanna do some urban combat and explodings. But I am good with whichever, really.))

Spoiler: Edward Bohring (click to show/hide)

Description: average height, average build, brown hair, brown eyes, plain face.
0   Physical
0   Mental
0   Life

Stats:
2 Dexterity
2 Will
1 Senses
Skills:
3 mechanic
2 tank
2 trap
1 camouflage
1 operator
1 demolitions
Inventory:

Universal Equipment:
1 First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid. Single use)
1 Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
1 Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
1 Clicker
2 L type Flashlights
1 Sewing kit
1 Mirror
1 razor set
1 Bar of soap
1 Toothpaste and toothbrush set
1 compressed TP roll
1 Pack of Chesterfield Cigarettes(9/9) + 1 additional cig
1 Lighter
1 Mess kit
1 Knit cap
1 Notepad and Pen
1 Haversack
1 Gunbelt with Magazine pouches
1 Canteen and Cup
1 Compass
1 pair spare socks, wool, warm

Engineer’s Equipment
Mechanic’s tools
Trap making Kit
3 Satchel Charges (Risk 7)

Knife (Risk 2)

Nazi Commander Luger  7/8 ammo (Risk 2)
One of the Nazi angular guns that Simon looted (I believe this is in use by Radio at this time)
Nazi Officer's Uniform, gently used
One fancy (Nylon!) hat with ear flaps
1 comically oversized rubber ducky

505 (290 saved + 15 + 200 for this mission) GLORY

One fully autonomous Radio:

Pretty sure I gave it to Oz since he was the first to answer.  Not that he can't be used by multiple people. 

[syvarris]

Voting for 2, and preferably not 3, despite the fact that it's apparently an actual part of history called "Operation Mitten"

Also, before anything else gets stated, I want to buy a magazine of incendiary ammo for the De Lisle--I assume it's the same price as the springfield's incendiary, which costs 15 GLORY--and a risk 3 trench knife which is listed as 60 GLORY.

Spoiler: Simon Smith, luckiest sniper (click to show/hide)

Name: Simon Smith
Description: A short and somewhat stocky man with a thick beard.  His looks are deceptive, as he's actually quite agile.  He has six firearms chained to his back, along with an assortment of knives and a sniper rifle he's always carrying around.
Physical: +0
Mental: +0
Life: +1
Stats:
Strength: +1
Dexterity:+2
Sense:+2
Skills:
Sniper Rifle:+3
Camouflage:+3
Melee:+2
First Aid:+1
Traps:+1
Demolitions:+1
Class Inventory:

• First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
• Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
• Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
• A bunch of useful bits and bobs
  
• Scoped Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5] (5 shot, risk 5 at long range, risk 3 at medium, risk 2 at close)
• 2/2 Springfield "magazines"
• Binoculars
• Spare Scope (Mounted on Gewehr)
• 2/2 Smoke grenades
• A "mag" of incendiary rounds for the Springfield (loaded in spare Springfield)
• Scoped De Lisle carbine [11/11] (silent)

Looted Inventory:

• Helmet (+1 Life bonus, Single Use)
• MG 15 [37/75]
• Scoped Gewehr 43 [10/10] (Risk 3)
• Two Gewehr Magazines
• Mauser C96 [10/10]
• Angular Nazi Lightning Rifle [10/10] (Risk 4, hopefully silent)
• A spare Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5] (Loaded with incendiaries)
• Three spare Springfield "magazines"
• Knife (risk 2)
• A collection of "Chains, rope, small knives, and other things" looted from a Nazi supply depot.

GLORY: 210!

[Tiruin]

Voting for 2, and preferably not 3, despite the fact that it's apparently an actual part of history called "Operation Mitten"

Also, before anything else gets stated, I want to buy a magazine of incendiary ammo for the De Lisle--I assume it's the same price as the springfield's incendiary, which costs 15 GLORY--and a risk 3 trench knife which is listed as 60 GLORY.

Voting 3 because history!
Also how much are stun grenades? I know the timeline and have mentioned it on discord but awaiting GM response--I'm still going to buy 1x of them requisitioned.

[Leodanny]

I tentatively say... 2?
Also I will requisition a stiletto knife, a nail, and some wood Also a pistol.
Also Ed/Ozarck can I borrow your tools?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Jimmy Grouse
Description:
A sniper. He was in percussion,(in school), drafted as the drummer boy. His long hours of B.B. shooting worked out when he made a long shot with a rifle, hitting a general and winning a battle. He was drafted into sniper school, became a HOG(hunter of gunmen), but then, when he needed to relieve himself, he revealed his bases position to the enemy, which was then stormed. He was then demoted, but kept his favorite butterfly knife(I’ll get it later).
Physical:0
Mental:0
Life:0
Stats:
+1 strength
+1 speed
+1 Dexterity
+1 will
+1 knowledge
Skills:
+3 sniper rifle
+ 2 combat
+2 first aid
+1 hand to hand
+1 car
+1 traps
Inventory:
Scoped Springfield M1903 A4 (5 shots, risk 5 at long range, risk 3 at medium, risk 2 at close)(3/5)
2 springfield magazines(5/5, 5/5)
Binoculars
1 First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid. Single use)
1 Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
1 Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
1 Clicker
1 L type Flashlight(taped to Springfield)
1 Sewing kit
1 Mirror
1 razor set
1 Bar of soap
1 Toothpaste and toothbrush set
1 compressed TP roll
1 Pack of Chesterfield Cigarettes
1 Lighter
1 Mess kit
1 Knit cap(with razor inside)
1 Notepad and Pen
1 Haversack
1 Gunbelt with Magazine pouches
1 Canteen and cup
1 compass
GLORY: 225

[Ozarck]

eeeehhhhhh? My MECHANIC'S tools? But, in this game, they are priceless, one of a kind artifacts!

you know, since the Engineer class is obsolete and all.

Though, I guess PW would probably make mechanic's tools available for a certain amount of GLORY.

anyway, what do you want them for?

[Leodanny]

I’ll change my stiletto into another kinda stabby thing

[Strider03]

"Ah, you know how it is General, sometimes you gotta scare some people to get them moving. And if that means you gotta give them a bit of the ol' razzle dazzle, well then, that's what's gotta happen." Bob shrugged and smiled, before saluting as the General left.

Voting 2 or 3. 2 works well for Bob's skill set and suppressive fire and the like, and urban combat is always fun, and 3 sounds like a good choice for insanity and good old fashioned weirdness. Gonna wait to requisition stuff till we know what mission we're taking.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Robert McKinley
Description: McKinley was about ten years old when WWI ended, and his brother returned with innumerable stories of gore and glory. Robert desired to fight for his country in the same way. There was, however, no immediate war in which he could partake. He considered himself to be one of the few to hate the Roaring Twenties. They were a time when the people wallowed in extravagance and purposely forgot the horrors, but also the sacrifices and heroism of the great war. And then came the depression. He found himself liking the depression, though of course, he didn't admit that. Mainly because it seemed like fitting retribution for the excess of the previous years. it might have also had to do with the fact that he managed to retain his job and keep up a standard of living. In any case, 1939 was a year almost of rejoicing, and after he had settled his affairs, he signed up for the battle which he had lusted for.
He's a tall, blondish man who fancies himself to have a certain rakish look. His eyes are deep set under a heavy brow, but full of disturbing light. Call him Bob.
Physical: 0
Mental: 0
Life: 0
Glory: 355

Stats:
Strength: +1
Dexterity: +1
Will: +1
Senses: +2

Skills:
Hand to Hand: +1
Exotic Melee: +1
Machinegun +3
Pistol: +1
Car: +2
Camouflage:+1
Language: +2 (Fluent in french, small amount of Italian)

Inventory:
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Rations (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
MP-34
1x 34 round ammo box
Browning Auto Rifle (20 shot, risk 3, +1 risk for every 3 shots fired in a burst)
5 BAR magazines (Should I get rid of some of these? Because I had five from back when the BAR got five, and I was just assuming my character held onto them)
1 BAR mag with incendiary rounds.
M1910 pistol (9 shot, risk 2)
Supressor (makes pistol risk 8 if unnoticed)
2 pistol magazines
1 first aid kit
1 trench knife
1 radio (Unbroken)
3 german medals
1 strange medallion.
1 Clicker
1 L type Flashlight
1 sewing kit
1 Mirror
1 razor set
1 Bar of soap
1 Toothpaste and toothbrush set
1 compressed TP roll
1 Pack of Chesterfield Cigarettes
1 Lighter
1 Mess kit
1 Knit cap
1 Notepad and Pen
1 Haversack
1 Gunbelt with Magazine pouches
1 Canteen and Cup
1 Compass


Survived Injuries+Missions:
Hit in the forehead with machinegun fire on D-Day, helmet broke his nose, but saved his life.
Clipped by machinegun fire from main bunker on D-Day.
Caught in part of the fuel explosion in Poland: Large burns on exposed skin, but survived.
Survived the attack on the USS St. Elijah.
Proudly displayed his nude form in the Park Crescent Hotel Lobby, and acted as an excellent getaway driver.

[Radio Controlled]

I'd just like to requisition a knife knoife (60 GLORY).

Other than that, have a votebox:

mission 1 (2): Lupanian, Doomblade
mission 2 (4): Ozarck, syvarris, Leodanny, Strider
mission 3 (4): Lupanian, Tiruin, Doomblade, Strider

Spoiler: Radioman (click to show/hide)

Name: Radioman

Description: A radioman.

Physical: -2
Mental: 0
Life: -2

280 GLORY

Stats:
Strength: 0
Speed: 2
Dexterity: 2
Will: 0
Knowledge: 0
Senses: 1

Skills:
Operator: +3
Rifle: +2
Camouflage: +2
Mechanic: +1
Melee: +1
Language: +1


Inventory:
1 First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid. Single use)
1 Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
1 Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
1 Clicker
1 L type Flashlight
1 Sewing kit
1 Mirror
1 razor set
1 Bar of soap
1 Toothpaste and toothbrush set
1 compressed TP roll
1 Pack of Chesterfield Cigarettes
13 individual cigs
1 Lighter
1 Mess kit
1 Knit cap
1 Notepad and Pen
1 Haversack
1 Gunbelt with Magazine pouches
1 Canteen and Cup
1 Compass

2 grenades
1 blowtorch
flyzapper gun (risk: ??)
trench knife (risk-3)

[Egan_BW]

I vote for all three, accomplishing nothing!

[Yottawhat]

Posting to play on the next mission.

Edit: Also, voting for mission 2

Spoiler: Darlington Darfter (click to show/hide)

Name: Darlington Dafter
Description: Tall, blond, handsome, and eyes that wouldn't look out of place on a corpse.
Physical: +0
Mental: +0
Life: +0
Stats:
Dexterity:+2
Knowledge:+2
Sense:+1
Skills:
Medical Training:+3
First Aid:+2
Cars:+2
Interrogation:+1
Pistol:+1
Language:+1
Inventory:

Medic Equipment

• Medic’s Bag (restores up to -3 on life dice. Usable repeatedly till failure)
• M1910 pistol (9 shot, risk 2)
• 2 pistol magazines

Universal Equipment

• First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid. Single use)
• Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
• Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
• Clicker
• L type Flashlight
• Sewing kit
• Mirror
• Razor set
• Bar of soap
• Toothpaste and toothbrush set
• Compressed TP roll
• Pack of Chesterfield Cigarettes
• Lighter
• Mess kit
• Knit cap
• Notepad and Pen
• Haversack
• Gunbelt with Magazine pouches
• Canteen and Cup
• Compass

GLORY: 0

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