Wing and Sword: Chat et Souris (Prologue)

[The Shaman]

Surprise round: Sgt, Duval, the hiding stranger, and Vidal may act – no one else located the stranger. Regular initiative order follows. Remember that a character gets an attack action or a move action in the surprise round.

Initiative order:
Normand (18)
Sgt. Duval (15)
NCOs (Neumann, Lavareaux, Martinez) (11)
Hiding stranger (9)
Marcel (9)
Vidal (8)
Legionnaires (Berg, Dinter, Gonzalez) (7)
Pyotr (5)

Sgt. Duval steps carefully, picking his footing among the rocks and bushes as the legionnaires advance. Suddenly he stops, then raises his hand and drops to one knee, the extended folding stock of his submachine gun pressed tightly against his shoulder, his eyes searching the brush ahead of the line of legionnaires.

Vidal sees the figure in front of him, rifle in hand. It’s a man, dressed in a simple gray tunic and loose-fitting tan trousers, like a farmhand or a laborer. His hair and full mustache are dark, and even in the pre-dawn light Vidal can see his features are clearly Arabic. Vidal glances toward the sergent-chef to his left as Duval’s eyes scan the brush, then back to the stranger as the Arab raises his rifle and fires.

The flash and report of the gun shatter the stillness. The bullet passes Vidal with a loud CRACK! as the radioman sees the Arab frantically working the bolt of the rifle to chamber another round.

Remember, Vidal gets to either move or attack and then we begin regular combat rounds starting with Normand. This is a good time to go back and fill in your descriptive text from earlier.

The Arab is out-of-view unless your character makes a successful Spot check to locate him - add a +2 circumstance bonus due to the muzzle flash.

 

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Vidal

Vidal raises his pistol and takes aim at the figure in the brush. Any doubts he had about what action to take in this situation were now clearly discountable. He had worried about acting too quickly in case this were some kind of test as part of their training, but hearing that bullet whiz by him had made his decision thoughtless.

"SUPPRESSION!"

Attack Roll: 10 + AP 2 = 12 http://krisinchico.brinkster.net/searchroll.asp?username=Vidal#143359

As he nervously squeezes the trigger, he knows his life has definitively changed its course.

 

[The Shaman]

The pistol shot rings out.

Without a sound, the Arab collapses to the ground and lies motionless, slumped over his rifle, almost in an attitude of prayer.

Damage: 9 - I rolled Vidal's damage this time, but in the future, go ahead and roll damage anytime you take a shot, just in case it hits.

 

[Barak]

Normand can see and hear shots ring out, even though he haven't even spotted anyone to fire at as of yet.

Merde, merde, merde! What in the heavens is going on?

He quickly scans around him, straining to hear anything out of the ordinary, while readying his rifle.


OOC delay action until -something- happen, while doing a spot/listen check.

spot=7
listen= 17

 

[The Shaman]

Sgt. Duval trains the MAT-49 on the still figure slumped on the ground. “Hold your position!” he calls down the line as he rises from one knee. “Radio, follow me,” he continues, softly. The jumpmaster jogs forward toward the Arab, torso held low to the ground. With a violent kick he knocks the body onto its back, the barrel of the submachine gun never losing its bead.

The Arab lies supine on the sand, arms akimbo, mouth slack, eyes open and unmoving, staring into the sky. Blood stains the front of his tunic. Beside him lies a brown knit kufi and the rifle.

From the north the voice of Cpl. Lavareaux floats down the line of soldiers. “Légionnaires, stay down and hold your positions. Keep alert.” Sgt. Neumann echoes the order to his men. “Stay down. Watch cross-fire,” the German mutters, pointing in the general direction of the rest of the section.

Suddenly another figure is running across the desert, directly in front of Cpl. Martinez, about 30m away, traveling due east. Martinez gives a shout, fires a burst from his submachine gun, the gout of flame bright in the fading twilight. Sand sprays around the running man, but he doesn’t stop.

Neumann grunts and points at the figure. “Get him,” he growls.

Revised initiative order:
Normand (18)
Sgt. Duval (15)
Running Arab (12) - added to initiative order
NCOs (Neumann, Lavareaux, Martinez) (11)
Hiding Arab (9)
Marcel (9)
Vidal (8)
Legionnaires (Berg, Dinter, Gonzalez) (7)
Pyotr (5)

The running figure is roughly 140’ from Sgt. Neumann’s group, 150’ from Cpl. Lavareaux’s line – that’s second range interval for the MAS-49/56 or -2 to hit. The target is running (+2 to Defense - no change to the attack roll). Roll damage with your attack rolls, just in case.

Normand gets to use his held action, then we resume normal initiative order – Marcel, Vidal, the legionnaires, and Pyotr.

 

[Barak]

Seeing the other unknown man step up, Normand lines up his shot.

Well here we go, you bastard!


OOC: Shoot at running dude, -2 for range
attack roll = 13
damage (if hit)= 6

 

[The Shaman]

Beyond the running man Normand's bullet causes a rock outcrop to disintegrate in a cloud of fragments - the figure doesn't slow his pace across the sand...

 

[Bobitron]

Marcel drops to his knee and raises his rifle, aiming carefully at the running figure. He squeezes the trigger soon after he hears Normand's shot.

OOC: Attack roll: 13 Damage: 12

 

[The Shaman]

...Marcel, Dinter, and Berg fire almost as one man. Sand spurts around the running figure, but to no avail...

...Gonzalez trains his rifle on the figure, but does not fire...

 

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Vidal moves quickly to stay at Sergeant Duval's side. He now notices the morning breeze cooling the sweat that has coated his skin. Taking a knee, he begins scanning the brush for more threats of any kind. Surprised at his success at eliminating that one, he reminds himself not to get too confident.

Listen: 20
Spot: 8 http://krisinchico.brinkster.net/searchroll.asp?username=Vidal#143546