The Scandinavian base has been cleansed by holy Promethium. But the sebilian base in Greenland taunts us with its presence.
A lot of our Kool Krew is still recovering from injuries however. Fresh blood is required, as well as a reshuffling of equipment to fill vacant roles.
Although she protests, it is decided that CIS Sis sits this one out.
Commanding the raid in her place will be Major
Scrooge. For the occasion, Scrooge has borrowed the chapters most holy relic: The Murdershotgun +4 of Xenobane
Her gear, in turn, is lent to Sergeant
Kipeci. He kept remarking on how his pants "smelled nice" during the flight. Best not to wonder too much about that.
Corporals
Nevill and
The_scorpion, having survived their tenure as Shieldmaidens are given proper rifles
Meet the new recruits:
First up, hailing from glorious mother Russia is
Commissar Draco. Having previous combat experience against the chinese, he will carry an assault shield into combat and promise glory for the first man to die
Joining him in the front is private
Aeschylus. A fellow potato from Czechoslovakia, who received citations for courage against American Pig-dogz in Afghanistan
Getting off easy, since we only need 2 shieldmaidens, is private
MicoSelva. Hailing from the Kontinent of Kawaii, she scored extremely well on all of our initial tests. Seriously. Just look at those übermensch stats for a private.
Rounding out the Rookie train is private
Imperator. He's a bit sluggish, but signed away a lifetime contract to escape cribbling debts in his homeland.
On Feb 4th, 3 days after the cleansing of Sweden, the Steve Irwin sets out. The foul Xenos will not defile the corpses of our fallen battlebros any longer.
It is immediately apparent that things have changed drastically in the alien base. No signs of our previous brave struggle remains. since we expect the aliens to respond to our intrusion, fire corridors are set up to repel the first wave of foul xenos.
Threat spotted.
LundB lets loose a blast from his Lascannon. Amazingly, the foul reptile appears unfazed.
A second blast is loosed. This time, the alien turns into chunky salsa.
More defenders rush to the sound of disturbance.
And are dealt with by Brother LundB in his venerable dreadnought.
Chrysalids approach from the other direction. fortunately for us, they have to navigate a long corridor while we get reaction fire. Unfortunately for us, reaction fire keeps missing and the xeno reaches the sanctuary of an alcove!
Meanwhile, brother LundB continues the cleansing of the alien warehouse. Scrooge orders the rookies to prepare for advance.
the Chrysalid poked its head out to make a dash for us and was cut down by Sergeant Kipeci
While Aeschylus proves he belongs amongst us by killing the reptilian that followed in its wake
Scrooge, Hellraiser, Comte, Aeschylus, Draco and Mico follow in LundBs wake as he eliminates the xenos with extreme prejudice.
While a rearguard makes sure we don't get cut off from our exit.
The corridors are too narrow for the xenonauts to fight effectively alongside LundB's massive chassis. Scrooge notices a vent like those we encountered in the andron base and kicks down the door.
While the footsoldiers prepares to storm what lies beyond the vent, Nevill and Lund keep the corridor safe. Nevill picks up a kill for Terra
The room beyond is empty. The radar array inside of it is marked as high priority for recovery by our techpriests. We are fortunate we don't need to have a shootout in here.
LundB advances up the corridor to guard our rear, while the storming party will continue ahead.
Resistence is met seconds later.
A 12% chance of accidentally hitting Commissar Draco is deemed an acceptable risk. How can he inspire the men to bravery if he's not willing to duck under a lascannon?
The Emperor rewards his faith. The lascannon fires true, but the lizard is still standing.
The spirit of the Shotgun Murderswede takes hold of Scrooge, and she decides to rush forward to kill the lizard.
More chrysalids rush down the corridor, hoping to sink their talons into Scrooge's juicy flesh and fill her with their larvae.
But she rebuffs their advances with point blank shotgun reaction fire.
Our final reserved TUs are spent however, and another lizard steps out and shoots Commissar Draco in the back!
Damn, girl... Leave some for the newbies.
Since everything is quiet at the entrance, the back-up squad is ordered to join up with the rest of the troops and lend their firepower to the cause.
More lizards are trying to sandwich us in. One of them bursts through the door, levels a plasma cannon at LundB and blows him to pieces!
RIP LundB
You were a true battlebrother. But your remains are too broken to reintegrate into a dreadnought if we could afford its production.
Imperator kills a lizard and Nevill staunches the bleeding wounds of the commissar.
The alien fires another plasma cannon shot at the clustered Xenonauts. The smoking remains of LundB blocks his shot however, buying us a round of respite.
We avenge our fallen brother.
More chrysalids emerge from the room beyond. Reaction fire cuts it down before it gets close enough to impregnate the commissar.
While waiting for the back-up crew to arrive, Scrooge kicks down another vent cover.
Another chrysalid bursts through the door as we prepare to breach. Fortunately for us, Lt. Hellraiser had enough TUs left over to fire a full auto scatter laser salvo into its face. Major comte breathes a sigh of relief.
The room at the end of the vent turns out to be a teleportation chamber. The door to the southwest is sealed, so an advance is ordered.
The next room looks distinctly like the HQ of the andron base. The first guard is taken out, then people hug the wall inside the room and prepare reaction fire.
The remaining lizard gets reaction fire off in the process. Micoselva is clipped and begins bleeding profusely.
But private Imperator is quick to come to her rescue.
Commissar Draco peeks around the corner and spots the alien leader. Scrooge orders peoplr to fire controlled single shots and emp grenades only. Last base raid destroyed mission critical technology located in this room.
Alien reaction fire melts the remainder of the commissars assault shield.
Hellraiser steps forward to deliver a salvo of laser, suppressing and injuring the xeno.
But even with 3 more xenonauts following up, it still lives long enough to toss a grenade at us.
It is finally downed. Everyone prepares an EMP grenade before rushing into the room. The first grenade suppresses both the lizards
While the fifth knocks them unconscious... Tough motherfuckers.
With the HQ secured, the Kool Krew moves out to sweep for stragglers.
The teleportation pads lead to an egg chamber. Not for the first time do the men express a desire for flamethrowers.
Draco spots another chrysalid within charging distance. His shots go wide!
But Scrooge will have none of it! No surprise buttsecks on her watch!
The chrysalid seems to be the only defender in the egg chamber. But as the team moves up, a lizard burst through the door. It levels a plasma cannon, and a lout
*SKOOM* echoes through the chamber. A burnt stain on the ground is all that remains of Commissar Draco.
RIP Commissar Draco
You did your duty to the Emprah, fearless until your sudden and premature end.
Hellraiser avenges the fallen.
The remainder of the mop-up goes without incident.
Scrooge picks up both the Military Cross and a Service Medal. She does the legacy of the Shotgun Murderswede proud. We may have to reconsider her spot in the sniper corps.
Hellraiser joins the Brotherhood of Bros with 10+ kills and Nevill manages to pick up his fifth.
Finally, all the new guys get a Citation for Valor for participating in a successful base raid. Even if Commissar Draco recieves his posthumously.
. Any chance of getting a summary?
