Operation: Eagle Dawn

[tanyadams]

It is winter in Colorado: six inches of snow on the ground, and more falling still, snowflakes swirling with gusts of wind. The peaceful scenario of the suburban area is ruined by the sound of fighting in the distance as the small group steps in from the End of the Universe.

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[tanyadams]

The place is a garage, probably an abandoned house: the rolling door is nailed down, a crude but semi-effective barrier against stray soviet patrols.

"You two can sit and relax a bit; I will call General Carville and give him the bad news, check what forces we have in the area."

[aeons_crackshot]

Annabelle nods in agreement. "It will be easier to carry this off if we know what we've got to work with," she replies with a sharp grin.

Annabelle will be checking her equipment again while they wait, just in case.

[ostro_goth]

Teja puts his rocket launcher down by his feet, but remains standing. "How many do we need to kill?" he asks.

[tanyadams]

"A lot... or at least cause enough damage. We are fighting on the defensive, and that is never good."

Tanya picks up the vidcomm, and enters the proper codes. "Special Agent Tanya Adams, priority call to General Carville."

There is a pause before the call is connected; Carville seems to be talking with someone else, unaware of Tanya.

"Romanov is sending in his bulldog General Vladimir for our airbases. His forces are roaming through the country like an angry bull at a Texas rodeo. At 0500 this morning, we've detected a large force of Soviet Tanks assembled to strike at Colorado Springs."

Lt. Eva Lee speaks up, coming in on screen "Sir, an urgent message from Special agent Tanya on the field." Tanya shakes head and speaks up. "It appears the Commies have already captured the academy and the air base, General."

Gen. Carville's voice carries a lot of annoyance and a hint of true anger. "But, why the devil you wait 'till now to contact us? We can't let Vladimir take that air base." Tanya frowns. "With all due respect General, we've

[tanyadams]

The base is, indeed, not situated far. During the trip Tanya mentioned the kind of technology that rose during WWII, and a purely soviet invention the allies adopted in short order: the Mobile Construction Vehicle.

An MCV is a massive truck, loaded with construction equipment and materiel, painfully slow on itself, but making up for its vulnerability in usefulness, since an MCV can deploy and set up a combat base in a matter of hours, and basic defensive positions in a matter of minutes.

Indeed, they are facing the former type right now: ten foot high concrete walls surrounding buildings. While they move into position, facing the south-east wall, the commando points out the two power plants. "Those are yours, Teja." And he indicates the six national guard troops following. "They will follow your lead; try to hit them dead center, if it takes damage enough, the systems shut down to prevent an explosion." It is a long shot, but the woman trusts the dead king to be able to make it

[aeons_crackshot]

Annabelle nods in agreement. "It sounds simple enough." Annabelle checks her rifle one final time time before combat begins again.

[ostro_goth]

Teja takes quite a long time to aim for the first power plant; then he shoots, and hits it dead centre.

It is quite a large explosion, and it seems to worry the enemy. A lot.

[tanyadams]

A large and beautiful explosion, since cracking the main generator causes bolts of lightning to arc and strike around. The Guardsmen add a few rockets to the mess, and the power plant shudders to a full halt, off the grid. The base's lights flicker a moment, but do not fail yet.

Tanya starts doing her job, shooting a couple sentinels on the walls and waiting for more to come up while Teja prepares to blow up the second plant.