Wing and Sword: a d20 Modern military campaign [METAGAME]

[The Shaman]

They move to flee into town, but the gendarmes happen to be inbound at the same time, and a skirmish breaks out.

FYI: the truck was heading away from town when the gendarmes and then the paras encountered it.

 

[The Shaman]

One more clue for your recap list...

• You found the Rubiera's truck, but not the Citroen.

Happy hunting!

 

[Barak]

Alright.

-Of course Ferhaz was in town with the truck at the same time as Rubiera. Rubiera was dropping off the car to have it repaired, but was back at the farm. They drove into town in separate vehicles, one was left in town, and Rubiera bought supplies.. He went back in the truck with Ferhaz, his son and the supplies.

I'll have to think more on the rest of the stuff. One question... In the original "clue" post, you said

The truck was driving away from the farm when the gendarmes were encountered.

But then later you said..

FYI: the truck was heading away from town when the gendarmes and then the paras encountered it.

Was one of the two a mistake, or are both correct?

 

[The Shaman]

Was one of the two a mistake, or are both correct?

Both are correct.

 

[Barak]

So.. The truck was headed away from the farm, and ran into the gendarmes (I assume that is when the firefight occured? Else why would the gendarmes -still- be there). Then Ferhaz came into town. Picked up Rubiera and his son and the supplies, and drove back -toward- the farm. Stopped at the site of the earlier ambush (since the truck was found there). Somehow Rubiera and his son were brought to the farm and killed, we happened upon the scene..

No. That makes no sense.

Ok, Rubiera and family were killed earlier in the day. Afterwards, Ferhaz drove into town for some reason, ambushed the gendarmes on the way, went to town for some reason, then drove back to the site of the ambush, left the truck there, and made his way to the farm on foot (not that far, we did it too). We came upon the site of the ambush, we know what happened then...

We need access to that prisoner, nothing makes sense to me.

 

[The Shaman]

-Of course Ferhaz was in town with the truck at the same time as Rubiera. Rubiera was dropping off the car to have it repaired, but was back at the farm. They drove into town in separate vehicles, one was left in town, and Rubiera bought supplies.. He went back in the truck with Ferhaz, his son and the supplies.

*PING!*

Bridge? Sonar. We have contact...

Where did the fifth man come from?

 

[Barak]

Well he could have come from a few places. The garage (but why would they bring back a mechanic with them?), the store where Rubiera bought stuff (same question), or just.. The side of the road. Could have been a friend of Ferhaz, even. Or a "new employee" Rubiera picked up. Really, for all we know, the gendarmes could have been transporting him when they got ambushed. But you'd think the living gendarme would have told us that.

 

[The Shaman]

Well he could have come from a few places. The garage (but why would they bring back a mechanic with them?), the store where Rubiera bought stuff (same question), or just.. The side of the road.

You have the garage run by "the Moroccan." You have the feed and supply store run by the head of the home guard unit for Portemonte. And of course there is the side of the road.

Question: could a man be on the truck and Rubiera not know it?

Could have been a friend of Ferhaz, even. Or a "new employee" Rubiera picked up.

Pauline and Dr. Bruzzi are still available to answer questions...

Really, for all we know, the gendarmes could have been transporting him when they got ambushed. But you'd think the living gendarme would have told us that.

An interesting idea...the gendarmes lose a prisoner in an ambush, and the survivor attempts to cover up their misconduct...hrrrmmm...

Okay, I may steal this for another engagement later on (thanks, Barak! ), but for now you can rule this one out - the surviving gendarme is clumsy, but neither dishonest nor incompetent, at least no more so than the rest of his colleagues.

 

[Barak]

Well yeah, the obvious next step is to go to that garage run by the moroccan.

Here's a question for you, Shaman. How likely would legionnaires be to involve themselves in something that -obviously- belong to the realm of the gendarmes? It's a big part of why Normand shut the heck up.

 

[The Shaman]

Here's a question for you, Shaman. How likely would legionnaires be to involve themselves in something that -obviously- belong to the realm of the gendarmes? It's a big part of why Normand shut the heck up.

It's quite likely if you suspect insurgent activity - that is your mission.

Have you seen the movie Gunner Palace? It's a documentary about U.S. soldiers on peacekeeping and counterinsurgency operations near Baghdad. As I watched the movie, I realized how much it sounded like accounts of operations the French were conducting in Algeria fifty years earlier.

Normand's thinking reflects metropolitan France, not Algeria...