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COunterattack? Time to use subterfuge. Disguise our tank as a harmless Nazi tank. Make liberal use of my gently used Nazi Uniform in this task.

"Hey~~~~ Simon! Welcome home. I blew up a building. Did you see? You probably saw. I almost ran over a Satanist. Can you believe it? A Satanist? Here? In Nazi occupied territory? I think he's still being dragged along by the train. Seems like he never made up his mind whether to get on or off. Well, that's a Satanist for you, I suppose."

Spoiler: Edward Bohring (click to show/hide)

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

Stats:
2 Dexterity
2 Will
1 Senses

Skills:
3 mechanic
2 tank
2 trap
2 demolitions
1 camouflage
1 operator
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(8/9) +1 being smoked
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
2 Satchel Charges (Risk 7)
1 gas grenade

3/3 Building Killer Bombs

Knife (Risk 2)

Gewehr (10 ammo) (looted from Organ transport truck)
nazi talisman (looted from Organ transport truck)
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 (0  GLORY)

105 GLORY (505 pre-mission, +300 for personal achievements in the latest mission, +100 general mission success, -600 for promotion, -200 for skill up)

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. 

Spoiler: Briefing (click to show/hide)

"Welcome back. We've got new orders. I'm not certain how much you all are aware but we have got reports of work camps and prison camps in German where the 'undesirables' are being taken enmasse. We don't know much about the details of them  but what we do know is not good. So we're gonna try and stop anyone else from being sent there.  Thats our mission today. There are 6 trains coming from various locations to the camp in Germany.   Up until now they've been on separate tracks and coming from all over but soon they will reach a switching station that will put them all on one track into Germany.  Thats when we want to hit them. Of course taking over a train filled with hostages without injuring the hostages is too easy so we're adding  a little something more fun to the mix: Once you have the trains we're going to have you drive them back out of occupied territory. We can't exactly get 14 thousand prisoners out of enemy territory on foot so this is basically the only option we have. The plan is this:

First, we drop you ahead of the trains so that you can ambush them and take control. Once you have them under your control, you need to stop them and unhook the engines. From there, we're going to bring you some Engines of our own which will attach to the opposite side of the trains and allow you to drive them back out of occupied territory. We don't expect that the Germans will give you to hard of a time since all you're doing is stealing civilian prisoners, but you never know.  We've plotted a route for you to take that should avoid any highly militarized zone...or at least as many of them as possible.

[/quote]
[4] Edward leaves the driving to simon for a moment and climbs out onto the still moving tank. Using some spraypaint that I'm sure someone still has and probably could have thrown to him, he sprays on a reasonable approximation of an Iron Cross on both sides and the front. It won't fool from close but at a distance it should look alright.

"It's probably still mostly full!" Bob shrugs unconcerned.

Bob will try to get up to a point where he can look out for attacks, specifically from the air.

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 -1
Life: +2 (Iron Heart Medal.) +1
Glory: 260

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 (replenishing):
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Rations (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
Browning Auto Rifle (20 shot, risk 3, +1 risk for every 3 shots fired in a burst)
2 BAR magazines
1 BAR mag with incendiary rounds.
M1910 pistol (9 shot, risk 2)
Supressor (makes pistol risk 8 if unnoticed)
2 pistol magazines (One full, other 8/9)
1 first aid kit
1 trench knife
1 smoke grenade
1 Iron Heart Medal
1 Cowboy Hat

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

Non Replenishing:
MP-34 (2 risk, +1 for every seven shots)
1x 34 round ammo box
1 radio (Unbroken)
3 german medals
1 strange medallion.
1 Flare gun
1 Box of flares


Survived Injuries+Missions+Accomplishments:
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.
Road the crazy tank ride of death.
Gave Franek a medal when he needed it most

Bob climbs up on top of one of the train cars and sits down, scanning for any sort of attacks.

Try and attach my trench knife as a bayonet.

Spoiler: Finalized Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Franek Kimono

GLORY: 150 (50 own + 100 common) - 70 = 80

Physical: -2
Mental:
Life:

Stats:
 Strength: +3
 Dexterity: +1

Skills:
 Hand to Hand: +3
 Melee: +2
 Exotic Melee: +2
 Shotgun: +1
 Camouflage: +1
 Pistol: +1

Inventory:
1* Helmet
2* Fancy Hats
1* Gasmask
1 Ration
1 First Aid Pouch
1 Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
1 Clicker
1 L type Flashlight
1 Mirror
1 razor set
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
Winchester model 12 Shotgun (6 shot, 6 risk at close range, 2 at longer range)
15 shotgun shells
Trench Knife (risk 3)

Sadly the trench knife doesn't have the sort of handle deal needed to mount it as a bayonet. At least not without modification.

((I'm fine with just powering towards mission completion, really.  Additional raids won't add much, and could jeopardize our primary mission.  Simon's always up for additional murder, though!))

"Haha, nice, Ed!  I knew Isabella would be safe in your hands!  I've been busy too, shot up a good bunch of the Nazi bastards in that base, though the damn train kinda stole my thunder.  I could've taken 'em myself, they shouldn't have wasted the ammo!  Ah well."

Take over the commander position in the tank, and peek out the open hatch, watching for enemies.  If there's any Nazi infantry still in range, snipe them!
 

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

Name: Simon Smith
Description: A short and somewhat stocky man with a thick beard and a bulky gasmask.  His looks are deceptive, as he's actually quite agile.  He has ten firearms chained to him, along with an assortment of knives, grenades, and a sniper rifle he's always carrying around.
Physical: +0
Mental: +0
Life: +0
Stats:
Strength: +1
Dexterity:+2
Sense:+2
Medals:

Berserker: You cannot be injured on turns where you kill an enemy with a melee weapon.
Skills:
Sniper Rifle:+3
Camouflage:+3
Melee:+3
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 [0/5] (5 shot, risk 5 at long range, risk 3 at medium, risk 2 at close, Sniper Rifle) (JAMMED)
  
• 1/2 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 [7/11] (silent, Sniper Rifle)
• A mag of incendiary ammo for the De Lisle [11/11]
• Trench Knife (Risk 3, melee)
• Gas mask (Not worn, but ready)
• 3/3 CS gas grenades.
• Helmet (+1 Life)
  
• Enough paint to cover Isabella.

Looted Inventory:

• Two spare First Aid Kits.
• MG 15 [75/75] (Machine Gun)
• A spare box of ammo for the MG 15.
• Scoped Gewehr 43 [10/10] (Risk 3, Sniper Rifle)
• Two Gewehr Magazines
• Four Mauser C96s [10/10]*4 (Risk 2, Pistol)
• Four Mauser C96 mags
• MP 40 [32/32] (Risk 2, SMG)
• Angular Nazi Lightning Rifle [10/10] (Risk 4, hopefully silent, Rifle)
• A spare Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5] (Loaded with incendiaries, Sniper Rifle)
• Three spare Springfield "magazines"
• Six spare knives (risk 2, melee)
• A collection of "Chains, rope, small knives, and other things" looted from a Nazi supply depot.
• Five grenades (Risk 7?)
• Handaxe, looted off the side of a german tank.  (Risk 2, melee)
• A copy of a German tanker's diary, perfectly translated into Latin.
• "Isabella Hate-Tread", a A FRIGGING PANZER IV TANK!
  

GLORY: 230!

Mission achievements:

• Supplied the tank which destroyed both enemy tanks, killed many infantry, and provided a, uh, "method" of "boarding" the train.
• Came up with the GENIUS plan to get all his allies killed so that he could hoard all the GLORY jump from a moving tank onto a moving train in order to hijack said train.
  
• Managed to not only stay on top of the tank while it fired a cannon shell point blank into the ground underneath him, but also managed to snipe a Nazi machine gunner, through a firing slit, while standing atop the slaloming and exploding tank.  Then he screwed up his jump to the train and ate dirt....
• "You spit some blood and rise up onto one knee, shouldering your rifle and looking through the sight with the eye that isn't already swelling shut. You sight in on the periscope or whatever it is that they're using to aim the main cannon and put a round straight through it, despite the range, the movement, and the fact that you're pretty sure your arm is broken." ((This apparently disabled the cannon, because it never fired on anyone.))
  
• Actually managed to heal himself up completely from the above injuries.
• Killed six Nazis at the switching station, plus several wounding hits, distracting them from Franek and the incoming hijacked train.
• Saved Franek by dragging him into the tank, so that he wasn't left alone in a base full of angry Nazis.

The train yard seems to have been left in enough chaos as to be unable to send forces out after you. They may be able to radio in about the events but...hard to say. Just have to keep an eye out. For now, nothing.

Wait for more Nazis, then respond appropriately.

Spoiler: Carolina (click to show/hide)

Name: Carolina Oliveira
Description:
An average sized woman with an athletic build.
She comes from Brazil, where she was secretly trained as a spy. Despite her training, she took up more combat skills than she did stealth and espionage. She was deployed with the Brazilian Navy in the Atlantic for some time before being sent on reconnaissance in Italy, from there she somehow ended up here.
She wears a grey knitted wool cap. It has ear flaps that dangle down several inches, in the style of many South American knitted hats. It is formed to look like it has cat ears, and it has two larger buttons fastened to look like the eyes. When she has her combat helmet on, the cap is worn underneath as a helmet liner.
GLORY: 150
(335 GLORY spent)
Physical:0
Mental:0
Life:0
Ammo in current magazine:3
Magazines remaining:4
Grenades:2
Stats:
Strength +2
Dexterity +2
Knowledge +1

Skills:
Rifle +3
Melee +2
Explosives +3
Language +1
Interrogation +1
Pistol +1
Inventory:
Nazi medal
Knitted wool cap
Gas mask
Luger 8/8 (2 magazines, risk 2)
Gewehr 10/10 (2 magazines risk 3)(loaned out)
Rifleman Equipment
Helmet (1 life)(bought with GLORY)
M1 Garand (8 shot, Risk 3)
5 M1 round clips
Bayonet (risk 3)
2 Frag Grenades (Risk 7)

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
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

Wait for an attack.

Spoiler: Gwen Howell (click to show/hide)

Name: Gwen Howell
Description: Gwen is a tallish woman with long black hair, she was a civilian pilot before the normandy landings, and she enlisted shortly after.

Physical: 0
Mental: 0
Life: -1

Stats:
Dexterity +2
Speed +1
Senses +2

Skills:
Plane +3
Rifle +2
Explosive +2
First Aid +2
Operator +1
Melee +1

Inventory:
Rifleman Equipment:
Helmet and flack vest (+1 life)
M1 Garand [7/8] (Risk 3)
5 M1 round clips
Bayonet (risk 3)
2 Frag Grenades (Risk 7)

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
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

Requisitioned Equipment:
Spare First Aid Pouch

Looted Inventory
2 Lugers [8/8] (risk 2)
3 Luger magazines.
4 knives (risk ?)

Glory:0

Waiting.

Is driving a train towards glorious freedom filled with GLORY?

I don't know, but that's what we're doing! ALL ABOARD!

Spoiler: Radioman (click to show/hide)

Name: Radioman

Description: A radioman.

Physical: -1
Mental: -1
Life: 0

480 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

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

Radio manages to, through clever use of a switching station and the help of a few of his less occupied teammates. get the train turned around so that its pulling instead of pushing. Thus arranged, he continues to drive forward.



A hour or two passes. There are some planes that pass overhead and the train goes past a few towns, but no one stops them or seems to guess that things aren't normal. Eventually the train pulls into some more forested territory and the trees quickly obscure absolutely everything around them save for the sky. The track leads onward, mostly straight with a few gentle bends around hills or large rock formations. And then something odd happens. The sky starts to get dark, far too early for night, and the clouds seem to roll in with alarming speed and thickness. Rain starts to fall and lightning crackles through the clouds overhead. With one flash of lightning something becomes visible in the distance; the great shadowy outline of a tower. Its impossibly tall considering the distance and shaped almost exactly like the Rook piece from a chess set.

[SaberToothTiger]

I put on my knit wizard hat.

Spoiler: Finalized Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Franek Kimono

GLORY: 150 (50 own + 100 common) - 70 = 80

Physical: -2
Mental:
Life:

Stats:
 Strength: +3
 Dexterity: +1

Skills:
 Hand to Hand: +3
 Melee: +2
 Exotic Melee: +2
 Shotgun: +1
 Camouflage: +1
 Pistol: +1

Inventory:
1* Helmet
2* Fancy Hats
1* Gasmask
1 Ration
1 First Aid Pouch
1 Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
1 Clicker
1 L type Flashlight
1 Mirror
1 razor set
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
Winchester model 12 Shotgun (6 shot, 6 risk at close range, 2 at longer range)
15 shotgun shells
Trench Knife (risk 3)

[syvarris]

"Again with the storm clouds and weird lightning bullshit?  This is so obviously dangerous, it's stupid.  If you want to set a trap, you should disguise it with sunshine and rainbows, nobody expects psychotic madmen to come charging at them out of a giant pink unicorn!  But nooo, the Nazis always gotta announce how obviously evil they are... Idiots."

Simon will inspect the tower with his binoculars.  If he spots anything which seems eminently shootable, he'll do so, otherwise he'll button up the tank and take over driving for Ed.

"Eh.  Whatever.  Ed?  I think it'd be prudent to shoot the tower.  Try not to hit the ground this time, yeah?"
 

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

Name: Simon Smith
Description: A short and somewhat stocky man with a thick beard and a bulky gasmask.  His looks are deceptive, as he's actually quite agile.  He has ten firearms chained to him, along with an assortment of knives, grenades, and a sniper rifle he's always carrying around.
Physical: +0
Mental: +0
Life: +0
Stats:
Strength: +1
Dexterity:+2
Sense:+2
Medals:

Berserker: You cannot be injured on turns where you kill an enemy with a melee weapon.
Skills:
Sniper Rifle:+3
Camouflage:+3
Melee:+3
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 [0/5] (5 shot, risk 5 at long range, risk 3 at medium, risk 2 at close, Sniper Rifle) (JAMMED)
  
• 1/2 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 [7/11] (silent, Sniper Rifle)
• A mag of incendiary ammo for the De Lisle [11/11]
• Trench Knife (Risk 3, melee)
• Gas mask (Not worn, but ready)
• 3/3 CS gas grenades.
• Helmet (+1 Life)
  
• Enough paint to cover Isabella.

Looted Inventory:

• Two spare First Aid Kits.
• MG 15 [75/75] (Machine Gun)
• A spare box of ammo for the MG 15.
• Scoped Gewehr 43 [10/10] (Risk 3, Sniper Rifle)
• Two Gewehr Magazines
• Four Mauser C96s [10/10]*4 (Risk 2, Pistol)
• Four Mauser C96 mags
• MP 40 [32/32] (Risk 2, SMG)
• Angular Nazi Lightning Rifle [10/10] (Risk 4, hopefully silent, Rifle)
• A spare Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5] (Loaded with incendiaries, Sniper Rifle)
• Three spare Springfield "magazines"
• Six spare knives (risk 2, melee)
• A collection of "Chains, rope, small knives, and other things" looted from a Nazi supply depot.
• Five grenades (Risk 7?)
• Handaxe, looted off the side of a german tank.  (Risk 2, melee)
• A copy of a German tanker's diary, perfectly translated into Latin.
• "Isabella Hate-Tread", a A FRIGGING PANZER IV TANK!
  

GLORY: 230!

Mission achievements:

• Supplied the tank which destroyed both enemy tanks, killed many infantry, and provided a, uh, "method" of "boarding" the train.
• Came up with the GENIUS plan to get all his allies killed so that he could hoard all the GLORY jump from a moving tank onto a moving train in order to hijack said train.
  
• Managed to not only stay on top of the tank while it fired a cannon shell point blank into the ground underneath him, but also managed to snipe a Nazi machine gunner, through a firing slit, while standing atop the slaloming and exploding tank.  Then he screwed up his jump to the train and ate dirt....
• "You spit some blood and rise up onto one knee, shouldering your rifle and looking through the sight with the eye that isn't already swelling shut. You sight in on the periscope or whatever it is that they're using to aim the main cannon and put a round straight through it, despite the range, the movement, and the fact that you're pretty sure your arm is broken." ((This apparently disabled the cannon, because it never fired on anyone.))
  
• Actually managed to heal himself up completely from the above injuries.
• Killed six Nazis at the switching station, plus several wounding hits, distracting them from Franek and the incoming hijacked train.
• Saved Franek by dragging him into the tank, so that he wasn't left alone in a base full of angry Nazis.
• Probably supplied Ed with the paint used to disguise Isabella as a Nazi tank, since Simon's the only person who bought paint.

[Strider03]

"Ahhh shit! And here I was just getting in some nice sunbathing."

Bob climbs down from the roof into one of the engine cars, and tells Radioman about the huge tower and the weather.

"We got lightning and rain, I dunno if I'm being superstitious, but it could be the same lightning that keeps attacking us! Also there's a chess piece ahead, maybe on the tracks or something."

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 -1
Life: +2 (Iron Heart Medal.) +1
Glory: 260

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 (replenishing):
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Rations (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
Browning Auto Rifle (20 shot, risk 3, +1 risk for every 3 shots fired in a burst)
2 BAR magazines
1 BAR mag with incendiary rounds.
M1910 pistol (9 shot, risk 2)
Supressor (makes pistol risk 8 if unnoticed)
2 pistol magazines (One full, other 8/9)
1 first aid kit
1 trench knife
1 smoke grenade
1 Iron Heart Medal
1 Cowboy Hat

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

Non Replenishing:
MP-34 (2 risk, +1 for every seven shots)
1x 34 round ammo box
1 radio (Unbroken)
3 german medals
1 strange medallion.
1 Flare gun
1 Box of flares


Survived Injuries+Missions+Accomplishments:
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.
Road the crazy tank ride of death.
Gave Franek a medal when he needed it most

[Tiruin]

Retroactive action: Ensure the civilians are alright--try and establish some order by getting interpreters in case of warnings or danger so that people won't be caught unawares when we're ordering them to do stuff or do take cover.

In the meantime, ensure that everyone is alright, and tend to the most wounded of the civilians. Ask the rest to re-position themselves in the safer and more enclosed train sections rather than the pretty open civilian ones. (Depending on everyone else's combined common sense, make this happen or not)

Tala stepped up to Radiobuddy and asked him a very pointed question.

"Are you feeling static once more? Are our radios being cut off? Because this feels like another case of us being used as a test subject again, and meeting those grunts on the ship. The ones that Ed blew up with traps? I feel like they'll be aiming at the civilians here. And we are a VERY predictable target given our rails.

"Try and contact Alice please? I'll scope out ahead."

Any turret nearest to the driver-Radioman to man? Do so. Otherwise, try and binoculars or sniperscope the surroundings.

Spoiler: My Sheet (click to show/hide)

Glory: 340
Weapons:
(E) Scoped Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5]; [5/10 ammunition total]
Silenced Pistol [5/8]; [5/8 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: - {+2; Helmet/Armored Jacket}
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 (1/1) [Used once]
*Helmet {+1 Life}
*Armored Jacket {+1 Life}
*Silenced Pistol [8/8]
*Smoke Grenades (2) [1/2]
*Military Beret
*Customized Gasmask
*CS Gas Grenades (2)

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

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

[The Lupanian]

“Fuck- Godamn! Not this again!”
Get my head down. Try not to be conductive.

Spoiler: Carolina (click to show/hide)

Name: Carolina Oliveira
Description:
An average sized woman with an athletic build.
She comes from Brazil, where she was secretly trained as a spy. Despite her training, she took up more combat skills than she did stealth and espionage. She was deployed with the Brazilian Navy in the Atlantic for some time before being sent on reconnaissance in Italy, from there she somehow ended up here.
She wears a grey knitted wool cap. It has ear flaps that dangle down several inches, in the style of many South American knitted hats. It is formed to look like it has cat ears, and it has two larger buttons fastened to look like the eyes. When she has her combat helmet on, the cap is worn underneath as a helmet liner.
GLORY: 150
(335 GLORY spent)
Physical:0
Mental:0
Life:0
Ammo in current magazine:3
Magazines remaining:4
Grenades:2
Stats:
Strength +2
Dexterity +2
Knowledge +1

Skills:
Rifle +3
Melee +2
Explosives +3
Language +1
Interrogation +1
Pistol +1
Inventory:
Nazi medal
Knitted wool cap
Gas mask
Luger 8/8 (2 magazines, risk 2)
Gewehr 10/10 (2 magazines risk 3)(loaned out)
Rifleman Equipment
Helmet (1 life)(bought with GLORY)
M1 Garand (8 shot, Risk 3)
5 M1 round clips
Bayonet (risk 3)
2 Frag Grenades (Risk 7)

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
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

[Egan_BW]

Think insulative thoughts~

[Ozarck]

Move one space forward and one diagonal, then fire the tank's main cannon at the sky castle. Try not to hit any non-Nazi villages or woodland critters in the process.

"King me! Ahahahahah!"

Spoiler: Edward Bohring (click to show/hide)

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

Stats:
2 Dexterity
2 Will
1 Senses

Skills:
3 mechanic
2 tank
2 trap
2 demolitions
1 camouflage
1 operator
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(8/9) +1 being smoked
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
2 Satchel Charges (Risk 7)
1 gas grenade

3/3 Building Killer Bombs

Knife (Risk 2)

Gewehr (10 ammo) (looted from Organ transport truck)
nazi talisman (looted from Organ transport truck)
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 (0  GLORY)

105 GLORY (505 pre-mission, +300 for personal achievements in the latest mission, +100 general mission success, -600 for promotion, -200 for skill up)

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. 

Spoiler: Briefing (click to show/hide)

"Welcome back. We've got new orders. I'm not certain how much you all are aware but we have got reports of work camps and prison camps in German where the 'undesirables' are being taken enmasse. We don't know much about the details of them  but what we do know is not good. So we're gonna try and stop anyone else from being sent there.  Thats our mission today. There are 6 trains coming from various locations to the camp in Germany.   Up until now they've been on separate tracks and coming from all over but soon they will reach a switching station that will put them all on one track into Germany.  Thats when we want to hit them. Of course taking over a train filled with hostages without injuring the hostages is too easy so we're adding  a little something more fun to the mix: Once you have the trains we're going to have you drive them back out of occupied territory. We can't exactly get 14 thousand prisoners out of enemy territory on foot so this is basically the only option we have. The plan is this:

First, we drop you ahead of the trains so that you can ambush them and take control. Once you have them under your control, you need to stop them and unhook the engines. From there, we're going to bring you some Engines of our own which will attach to the opposite side of the trains and allow you to drive them back out of occupied territory. We don't expect that the Germans will give you to hard of a time since all you're doing is stealing civilian prisoners, but you never know.  We've plotted a route for you to take that should avoid any highly militarized zone...or at least as many of them as possible.

[Hotfire90]

Get away from the machine gun.

Spoiler: Gwen Howell (click to show/hide)

Name: Gwen Howell
Description: Gwen is a tallish woman with long black hair, she was a civilian pilot before the normandy landings, and she enlisted shortly after.

Physical: 0
Mental: 0
Life: -1

Stats:
Dexterity +2
Speed +1
Senses +2

Skills:
Plane +3
Rifle +2
Explosive +2
First Aid +2
Operator +1
Melee +1

Inventory:
Rifleman Equipment:
Helmet and flack vest (+1 life)
M1 Garand [7/8] (Risk 3)
5 M1 round clips
Bayonet (risk 3)
2 Frag Grenades (Risk 7)

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
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

Requisitioned Equipment:
Spare First Aid Pouch

Looted Inventory
2 Lugers [8/8] (risk 2)
3 Luger magazines.
4 knives (risk ?)

Glory:0

[Radio Controlled]

Tala stepped up to Radiobuddy and asked him a very pointed question.

"Are you feeling static once more? Are our radios being cut off? Because this feels like another case of us being used as a test subject again, and meeting those grunts on the ship. The ones that Ed blew up with traps? I feel like they'll be aiming at the civilians here. And we are a VERY predictable target given our rails.

"Try and contact Alice please? I'll scope out ahead."

Any turret nearest to the driver-Radioman to man? Do so. Otherwise, try and binoculars or sniperscope the surroundings.

"Yes ma'm, I'll get right on that."

Stop the train for now, don't wanna run our passengers into danger. See if the static etc. is back again. And can I contact Alice dearest?

Spoiler: Radioman (click to show/hide)

Name: Radioman

Description: A radioman.

Physical: -1
Mental: -1
Life: 0

480 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

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

[piecewise]

Post soon.

[Doomblade187]

Keep and eye on the surroundings, arrange the civvies into a makeshift relay message chain should my radio cut out.

Denver narrows his eyes in concern.

Spoiler: Denver Gaunt (click to show/hide)

Name: Denver Gaunt
Description: Denver Gaunt is an average man of average build from New York. His family ran a small bakery, but Denver was disenchanted with the working class life and took up boxing. After joining up into the army, he discovered a newfound love of war and was quite overeager, eventually being transferred into the 888th for insubordination after several men were killed due to his rashness.

Physical: 0
Mental: 0
Life: -1
Stats:
    Speed +1
    Dexterity +1
    Will +1
    Senses +2
Skills:
    Melee +3
    First Aid +2
    Camouflage +2
    Traps +1
    SMG +1
    Operator +1

Medals:
    Beserker Medal

Inventory:
    Helmet
    First Aid Kit (extra)
    SCR 300 Radio Transceiver and Handset
    Thompson SMG (25/25, Risk 2+1 for every five rounds in
    burst )
    Spare Magazine [25/25]
    German SMG, 15 bullets
    Binoculars
    Flares (Red, Green, Black, Blue, and Yellow smoke)
    Flare Gun
    Trench Knife (Risk 3)
    Smoke Grenade
    Universal Kit

GLORY: 100

Achievements:
Killed a few nazis pre train arrival, helped clear the first engine
Served as backup camera.

[piecewise]

I put on my knit wizard hat.

Spoiler: Finalized Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Franek Kimono

GLORY: 150 (50 own + 100 common) - 70 = 80

Physical: -2
Mental:
Life:

Stats:
 Strength: +3
 Dexterity: +1

Skills:
 Hand to Hand: +3
 Melee: +2
 Exotic Melee: +2
 Shotgun: +1
 Camouflage: +1
 Pistol: +1

Inventory:
1* Helmet
2* Fancy Hats
1* Gasmask
1 Ration
1 First Aid Pouch
1 Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
1 Clicker
1 L type Flashlight
1 Mirror
1 razor set
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
Winchester model 12 Shotgun (6 shot, 6 risk at close range, 2 at longer range)
15 shotgun shells
Trench Knife (risk 3)

You pull out your particularly pointy knitted cap and pull it down over your ears.

"Again with the storm clouds and weird lightning bullshit?  This is so obviously dangerous, it's stupid.  If you want to set a trap, you should disguise it with sunshine and rainbows, nobody expects psychotic madmen to come charging at them out of a giant pink unicorn!  But nooo, the Nazis always gotta announce how obviously evil they are... Idiots."

Simon will inspect the tower with his binoculars.  If he spots anything which seems eminently shootable, he'll do so, otherwise he'll button up the tank and take over driving for Ed.

"Eh.  Whatever.  Ed?  I think it'd be prudent to shoot the tower.  Try not to hit the ground this time, yeah?"
 

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

Name: Simon Smith
Description: A short and somewhat stocky man with a thick beard and a bulky gasmask.  His looks are deceptive, as he's actually quite agile.  He has ten firearms chained to him, along with an assortment of knives, grenades, and a sniper rifle he's always carrying around.
Physical: +0
Mental: +0
Life: +0
Stats:
Strength: +1
Dexterity:+2
Sense:+2
Medals:

Berserker: You cannot be injured on turns where you kill an enemy with a melee weapon.
Skills:
Sniper Rifle:+3
Camouflage:+3
Melee:+3
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 [0/5] (5 shot, risk 5 at long range, risk 3 at medium, risk 2 at close, Sniper Rifle) (JAMMED)
  
• 1/2 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 [7/11] (silent, Sniper Rifle)
• A mag of incendiary ammo for the De Lisle [11/11]
• Trench Knife (Risk 3, melee)
• Gas mask (Not worn, but ready)
• 3/3 CS gas grenades.
• Helmet (+1 Life)
  
• Enough paint to cover Isabella.

Looted Inventory:

• Two spare First Aid Kits.
• MG 15 [75/75] (Machine Gun)
• A spare box of ammo for the MG 15.
• Scoped Gewehr 43 [10/10] (Risk 3, Sniper Rifle)
• Two Gewehr Magazines
• Four Mauser C96s [10/10]*4 (Risk 2, Pistol)
• Four Mauser C96 mags
• MP 40 [32/32] (Risk 2, SMG)
• Angular Nazi Lightning Rifle [10/10] (Risk 4, hopefully silent, Rifle)
• A spare Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5] (Loaded with incendiaries, Sniper Rifle)
• Three spare Springfield "magazines"
• Six spare knives (risk 2, melee)
• A collection of "Chains, rope, small knives, and other things" looted from a Nazi supply depot.
• Five grenades (Risk 7?)
• Handaxe, looted off the side of a german tank.  (Risk 2, melee)
• A copy of a German tanker's diary, perfectly translated into Latin.
• "Isabella Hate-Tread", a A FRIGGING PANZER IV TANK!
  

GLORY: 230!

Mission achievements:

• Supplied the tank which destroyed both enemy tanks, killed many infantry, and provided a, uh, "method" of "boarding" the train.
• Came up with the GENIUS plan to get all his allies killed so that he could hoard all the GLORY jump from a moving tank onto a moving train in order to hijack said train.
  
• Managed to not only stay on top of the tank while it fired a cannon shell point blank into the ground underneath him, but also managed to snipe a Nazi machine gunner, through a firing slit, while standing atop the slaloming and exploding tank.  Then he screwed up his jump to the train and ate dirt....
• "You spit some blood and rise up onto one knee, shouldering your rifle and looking through the sight with the eye that isn't already swelling shut. You sight in on the periscope or whatever it is that they're using to aim the main cannon and put a round straight through it, despite the range, the movement, and the fact that you're pretty sure your arm is broken." ((This apparently disabled the cannon, because it never fired on anyone.))
  
• Actually managed to heal himself up completely from the above injuries.
• Killed six Nazis at the switching station, plus several wounding hits, distracting them from Franek and the incoming hijacked train.
• Saved Franek by dragging him into the tank, so that he wasn't left alone in a base full of angry Nazis.
• Probably supplied Ed with the paint used to disguise Isabella as a Nazi tank, since Simon's the only person who bought paint.

The tower is an impossibly big thing, judging by its relation to the clouds and the world around it. Taller than any mountain Simon has ever seen, just a huge black pillar stretching from the ground to the vaults of heaven.  However, beyond its thick and crenulated outline and general structure you can tell little of it. It is a massive looming shadow occasionally vaguely lit by lightning but never really clear.  You cannot see if there is anything to shoot, you cannot even tell how far or near it is.  You give up on it  for the moment and get back into the tank with Ed, sealing the hatch as you do so.

"Ahhh shit! And here I was just getting in some nice sunbathing."

Bob climbs down from the roof into one of the engine cars, and tells Radioman about the huge tower and the weather.

"We got lightning and rain, I dunno if I'm being superstitious, but it could be the same lightning that keeps attacking us! Also there's a chess piece ahead, maybe on the tracks or something."

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 -1
Life: +2 (Iron Heart Medal.) +1
Glory: 260

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 (replenishing):
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Rations (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
Browning Auto Rifle (20 shot, risk 3, +1 risk for every 3 shots fired in a burst)
2 BAR magazines
1 BAR mag with incendiary rounds.
M1910 pistol (9 shot, risk 2)
Supressor (makes pistol risk 8 if unnoticed)
2 pistol magazines (One full, other 8/9)
1 first aid kit
1 trench knife
1 smoke grenade
1 Iron Heart Medal
1 Cowboy Hat

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

Non Replenishing:
MP-34 (2 risk, +1 for every seven shots)
1x 34 round ammo box
1 radio (Unbroken)
3 german medals
1 strange medallion.
1 Flare gun
1 Box of flares


Survived Injuries+Missions+Accomplishments:
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.
Road the crazy tank ride of death.
Gave Franek a medal when he needed it most

You clamber down and into the armored train sections, running to the front car and shouting at Radio about the weather and the Tower.

"Yes bob, thank you. But as you can clearly see we got the train right ways round a while back. Perhaps you should read the whole turn next time."

"Do what?"

"What?"

Bob and Radio both look at the camera for a minute in a comedic fashion before going back to what they were doing.

Retroactive action: Ensure the civilians are alright--try and establish some order by getting interpreters in case of warnings or danger so that people won't be caught unawares when we're ordering them to do stuff or do take cover.

In the meantime, ensure that everyone is alright, and tend to the most wounded of the civilians. Ask the rest to re-position themselves in the safer and more enclosed train sections rather than the pretty open civilian ones. (Depending on everyone else's combined common sense, make this happen or not)

Tala stepped up to Radiobuddy and asked him a very pointed question.

"Are you feeling static once more? Are our radios being cut off? Because this feels like another case of us being used as a test subject again, and meeting those grunts on the ship. The ones that Ed blew up with traps? I feel like they'll be aiming at the civilians here. And we are a VERY predictable target given our rails.

"Try and contact Alice please? I'll scope out ahead."

Any turret nearest to the driver-Radioman to man? Do so. Otherwise, try and binoculars or sniperscope the surroundings.

Spoiler: My Sheet (click to show/hide)

Glory: 340
Weapons:
(E) Scoped Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5]; [5/10 ammunition total]
Silenced Pistol [5/8]; [5/8 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: - {+2; Helmet/Armored Jacket}
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 (1/1) [Used once]
*Helmet {+1 Life}
*Armored Jacket {+1 Life}
*Silenced Pistol [8/8]
*Smoke Grenades (2) [1/2]
*Military Beret
*Customized Gasmask
*CS Gas Grenades (2)

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

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

The civilians seem somewhat optimistic, though still scared.  You do your best to treat the injured, though as previously mentioned there's no real injuries beyond minor ones, and cannot really move people to other train cars without stopping the train.

Then you head to the turret nearest radio and get in.

“Fuck- Godamn! Not this again!”
Get my head down. Try not to be conductive.

Spoiler: Carolina (click to show/hide)

Name: Carolina Oliveira
Description:
An average sized woman with an athletic build.
She comes from Brazil, where she was secretly trained as a spy. Despite her training, she took up more combat skills than she did stealth and espionage. She was deployed with the Brazilian Navy in the Atlantic for some time before being sent on reconnaissance in Italy, from there she somehow ended up here.
She wears a grey knitted wool cap. It has ear flaps that dangle down several inches, in the style of many South American knitted hats. It is formed to look like it has cat ears, and it has two larger buttons fastened to look like the eyes. When she has her combat helmet on, the cap is worn underneath as a helmet liner.
GLORY: 150
(335 GLORY spent)
Physical:0
Mental:0
Life:0
Ammo in current magazine:3
Magazines remaining:4
Grenades:2
Stats:
Strength +2
Dexterity +2
Knowledge +1

Skills:
Rifle +3
Melee +2
Explosives +3
Language +1
Interrogation +1
Pistol +1
Inventory:
Nazi medal
Knitted wool cap
Gas mask
Luger 8/8 (2 magazines, risk 2)
Gewehr 10/10 (2 magazines risk 3)(loaned out)
Rifleman Equipment
Helmet (1 life)(bought with GLORY)
M1 Garand (8 shot, Risk 3)
5 M1 round clips
Bayonet (risk 3)
2 Frag Grenades (Risk 7)

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
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

You get into the armored section of the train and try to think non-conductive thoughts.

Move one space forward and one diagonal, then fire the tank's main cannon at the sky castle. Try not to hit any non-Nazi villages or woodland critters in the process.

"King me! Ahahahahah!"

Spoiler: Edward Bohring (click to show/hide)

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

Stats:
2 Dexterity
2 Will
1 Senses

Skills:
3 mechanic
2 tank
2 trap
2 demolitions
1 camouflage
1 operator
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(8/9) +1 being smoked
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
2 Satchel Charges (Risk 7)
1 gas grenade

3/3 Building Killer Bombs

Knife (Risk 2)

Gewehr (10 ammo) (looted from Organ transport truck)
nazi talisman (looted from Organ transport truck)
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 (0  GLORY)

105 GLORY (505 pre-mission, +300 for personal achievements in the latest mission, +100 general mission success, -600 for promotion, -200 for skill up)

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. 

Spoiler: Briefing (click to show/hide)

"Welcome back. We've got new orders. I'm not certain how much you all are aware but we have got reports of work camps and prison camps in German where the 'undesirables' are being taken enmasse. We don't know much about the details of them  but what we do know is not good. So we're gonna try and stop anyone else from being sent there.  Thats our mission today. There are 6 trains coming from various locations to the camp in Germany.   Up until now they've been on separate tracks and coming from all over but soon they will reach a switching station that will put them all on one track into Germany.  Thats when we want to hit them. Of course taking over a train filled with hostages without injuring the hostages is too easy so we're adding  a little something more fun to the mix: Once you have the trains we're going to have you drive them back out of occupied territory. We can't exactly get 14 thousand prisoners out of enemy territory on foot so this is basically the only option we have. The plan is this:

First, we drop you ahead of the trains so that you can ambush them and take control. Once you have them under your control, you need to stop them and unhook the engines. From there, we're going to bring you some Engines of our own which will attach to the opposite side of the trains and allow you to drive them back out of occupied territory. We don't expect that the Germans will give you to hard of a time since all you're doing is stealing civilian prisoners, but you never know.  We've plotted a route for you to take that should avoid any highly militarized zone...or at least as many of them as possible.

[2]
The shot arcs off, a fiery comet through gray skies, but if it hits you cannot tell. It just vanishes into the darkness.

Get away from the machine gun.

Spoiler: Gwen Howell (click to show/hide)

Name: Gwen Howell
Description: Gwen is a tallish woman with long black hair, she was a civilian pilot before the normandy landings, and she enlisted shortly after.

Physical: 0
Mental: 0
Life: -1

Stats:
Dexterity +2
Speed +1
Senses +2

Skills:
Plane +3
Rifle +2
Explosive +2
First Aid +2
Operator +1
Melee +1

Inventory:
Rifleman Equipment:
Helmet and flack vest (+1 life)
M1 Garand [7/8] (Risk 3)
5 M1 round clips
Bayonet (risk 3)
2 Frag Grenades (Risk 7)

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
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

Requisitioned Equipment:
Spare First Aid Pouch

Looted Inventory
2 Lugers [8/8] (risk 2)
3 Luger magazines.
4 knives (risk ?)

Glory:0

You carefully back up away from everything and try not to look very grounded. Electrically speaking.

Tala stepped up to Radiobuddy and asked him a very pointed question.

"Are you feeling static once more? Are our radios being cut off? Because this feels like another case of us being used as a test subject again, and meeting those grunts on the ship. The ones that Ed blew up with traps? I feel like they'll be aiming at the civilians here. And we are a VERY predictable target given our rails.

"Try and contact Alice please? I'll scope out ahead."

Any turret nearest to the driver-Radioman to man? Do so. Otherwise, try and binoculars or sniperscope the surroundings.

"Yes ma'm, I'll get right on that."

Stop the train for now, don't wanna run our passengers into danger. See if the static etc. is back again. And can I contact Alice dearest?

Spoiler: Radioman (click to show/hide)

Name: Radioman

Description: A radioman.

Physical: -1
Mental: -1
Life: 0

480 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

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

[1]
Radio pulls on the throttle, trying to slow the train to a stop. As he pulls something in the machinery gives way and the throttle drops limply. Radio tilts his head -or what passes for it -to the side and jerks the throttle up and down a few times, to no avail. 

"That is unfortunate."

Keep and eye on the surroundings, arrange the civvies into a makeshift relay message chain should my radio cut out.

Denver narrows his eyes in concern.

Spoiler: Denver Gaunt (click to show/hide)

Name: Denver Gaunt
Description: Denver Gaunt is an average man of average build from New York. His family ran a small bakery, but Denver was disenchanted with the working class life and took up boxing. After joining up into the army, he discovered a newfound love of war and was quite overeager, eventually being transferred into the 888th for insubordination after several men were killed due to his rashness.

Physical: 0
Mental: 0
Life: -1
Stats:
    Speed +1
    Dexterity +1
    Will +1
    Senses +2
Skills:
    Melee +3
    First Aid +2
    Camouflage +2
    Traps +1
    SMG +1
    Operator +1

Medals:
    Beserker Medal

Inventory:
    Helmet
    First Aid Kit (extra)
    SCR 300 Radio Transceiver and Handset
    Thompson SMG (25/25, Risk 2+1 for every five rounds in
    burst )
    Spare Magazine [25/25]
    German SMG, 15 bullets
    Binoculars
    Flares (Red, Green, Black, Blue, and Yellow smoke)
    Flare Gun
    Trench Knife (Risk 3)
    Smoke Grenade
    Universal Kit

GLORY: 100

Achievements:
Killed a few nazis pre train arrival, helped clear the first engine
Served as backup camera.

Denver crawls down between two train cars, somewhat sheltered but still with a good view of the sky and the area around the train.




The world around the train becomes ever harder to see. Somehow the plains and hills have given way to snowy stone and pine forest, the horizon completely vanishing and the great tower looming ever higher.  Rain begins to fall in sheets and lighting crackles out across the sky.  In the lightning torn clouds something can be seen, long and sinuous, winding around like a tapeworm.

[syvarris]

Said over the radio: "Umm.  So, I gave that giant rook a good look, and I saw, well, nothing.  It kinda just looks like God grabbed a bigass sword and just cut a long strip out of reality.  Also, Ed shot it with the tank cannon, and it didn't even flinch, so it's either tough as balls, or a portal to Hell.  Or an illusion, I guess?"

"...But don't worry guys!  Thry were just shipping all these civvies off to murder them, right?  Well, if they could just summon a giant deathpillar of doom that kills everything, they would have just summoned it to kill the civvies already!  So, since they didn't, it won't kill us.  Just, keep watch in case Satan climbs out or something."

...Keep driving alongside the train, I guess, unless Ed wants to take over again.  If so, be happy that we can so easily swap seats in a cramped tank, and keep watch for Satan climbing out of the possible portal to Hell.  If Satan is seen, shoot him with the main gun.  Failing Satan, shoot the sky snake thing.
 

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

Name: Simon Smith
Description: A short and somewhat stocky man with a thick beard and a bulky gasmask.  His looks are deceptive, as he's actually quite agile.  He has ten firearms chained to him, along with an assortment of knives, grenades, and a sniper rifle he's always carrying around.
Physical: +0
Mental: +0
Life: +0
Stats:
Strength: +1
Dexterity:+2
Sense:+2
Medals:

Berserker: You cannot be injured on turns where you kill an enemy with a melee weapon.
Skills:
Sniper Rifle:+3
Camouflage:+3
Melee:+3
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 [0/5] (5 shot, risk 5 at long range, risk 3 at medium, risk 2 at close, Sniper Rifle) (JAMMED)
  
• 1/2 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 [7/11] (silent, Sniper Rifle)
• A mag of incendiary ammo for the De Lisle [11/11]
• Trench Knife (Risk 3, melee)
• Gas mask (Not worn, but ready)
• 3/3 CS gas grenades.
• Helmet (+1 Life)
  
• Enough paint to cover Isabella.

Looted Inventory:

• Two spare First Aid Kits.
• MG 15 [75/75] (Machine Gun)
• A spare box of ammo for the MG 15.
• Scoped Gewehr 43 [10/10] (Risk 3, Sniper Rifle)
• Two Gewehr Magazines
• Four Mauser C96s [10/10]*4 (Risk 2, Pistol)
• Four Mauser C96 mags
• MP 40 [32/32] (Risk 2, SMG)
• Angular Nazi Lightning Rifle [10/10] (Risk 4, hopefully silent, Rifle)
• A spare Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5] (Loaded with incendiaries, Sniper Rifle)
• Three spare Springfield "magazines"
• Six spare knives (risk 2, melee)
• A collection of "Chains, rope, small knives, and other things" looted from a Nazi supply depot.
• Five grenades (Risk 7?)
• Handaxe, looted off the side of a german tank.  (Risk 2, melee)
• A copy of a German tanker's diary, perfectly translated into Latin.
• "Isabella Hate-Tread", a A FRIGGING PANZER IV TANK!
  

GLORY: 230!

Mission achievements:

• Supplied the tank which destroyed both enemy tanks, killed many infantry, and provided a, uh, "method" of "boarding" the train.
• Came up with the GENIUS plan to get all his allies killed so that he could hoard all the GLORY jump from a moving tank onto a moving train in order to hijack said train.
  
• Managed to not only stay on top of the tank while it fired a cannon shell point blank into the ground underneath him, but also managed to snipe a Nazi machine gunner, through a firing slit, while standing atop the slaloming and exploding tank.  Then he screwed up his jump to the train and ate dirt....
• "You spit some blood and rise up onto one knee, shouldering your rifle and looking through the sight with the eye that isn't already swelling shut. You sight in on the periscope or whatever it is that they're using to aim the main cannon and put a round straight through it, despite the range, the movement, and the fact that you're pretty sure your arm is broken." ((This apparently disabled the cannon, because it never fired on anyone.))
  
• Actually managed to heal himself up completely from the above injuries.
• Killed six Nazis at the switching station, plus several wounding hits, distracting them from Franek and the incoming hijacked train.
• Saved Franek by dragging him into the tank, so that he wasn't left alone in a base full of angry Nazis.
• Probably supplied Ed with the paint used to disguise Isabella as a Nazi tank, since Simon's the only person who bought paint.

[Tiruin]

Said over the radio: "Umm.  So, I gave that giant rook a good look, and I saw, well, nothing.  It kinda just looks like God grabbed a bigass sword and just cut a long strip out of reality.  Also, Ed shot it with the tank cannon, and it didn't even flinch, so it's either tough as balls, or a portal to Hell.  Or an illusion, I guess?"

"...But don't worry guys!  Thry were just shipping all these civvies off to murder them, right?  Well, if they could just summon a giant deathpillar of doom that kills everything, they would have just summoned it to kill the civvies already!  So, since they didn't, it won't kill us.  Just, keep watch in case Satan climbs out or something."

Tala used Radioman's radio to communicate.

"Problem is, is that the destination or not? Because we're experiencing quite the mirage! It doesn't feel cold though so there's that! I'll station myself amongst the civilians and dress appropriately too. I forgot I stuffed that one journalist package in my bag; it seems to fit the setting. They'd also be unloading their folks and we're pretty much in front. I'll go guard the rear. Can someone fire a single round into the snow to check if it's real? Never seen snow in my life. Accidental discharge is a good reason. Where's our tank?!"

Get to a suitable location I can easily move to a turret for, and somewhere that can easily reach the civilian train cars' point of entry. Get looking like a stuffy civilian because I'm blending in at a distance from them.

Spoiler: My Sheet (click to show/hide)

Glory: 340
Weapons:
(E) Scoped Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5]; [5/10 ammunition total]
Silenced Pistol [5/8]; [5/8 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: - {+2; Helmet/Armored Jacket}
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 (1/1) [Used once]
*Helmet {+1 Life}
*Armored Jacket {+1 Life}
*Silenced Pistol [8/8]
*Smoke Grenades (2) [1/2]
*Military Beret
*Customized Gasmask
*CS Gas Grenades (2)

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

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