>>5812811Maybe Zavrazin’s impulsiveness was rubbing off on you, but the more you thought about it, the more you felt that securing the airfield was the right idea. Assaulting Zivograd was just a bridge too far and even if you secured the overland supply route re-enforcements might come too late. If the Major was right, maybe you couldn’t afford to play the long game. You needed an advantage <span class="mu-i">now</span>.
At the end of the day the airfield was the obvious choice, it was closer, air power was more responsive and it was also a line of retreat… for certain high ranking officers anyway.
>Main System entering Skirmish ModeWire Man: “Listen up everyone, our recent successes have bought the NOAF some breathing room. That means supply lines are open again. Our boss’s boss is being cagey about what kind of support they’ll be giving him, but I know some guys that can give us access to better gear. Some of you might have already gotten the chance to peruse the catalogue, and I bet a few of you have questions, so let’s start with the most obvious ones:”
“’Why do I have to pay money to unlock access to gear so I can pay even more money to buy the gear itself?’ I hear you ask. It’s not just about the gear, it’s about everything you need to use it: tech manuals so your support crews know how to mount and maintain it, spare parts, ammo shipments for the stuff the NOAF can’t supply. That unlock fee is for all the trouble the arms supplier must go through to get us these things. Gear is expensive and you’ll likely have to save up before you can start using the fancy stuff. Word of warning: the more expensive your final loadout the higher the maintenance fees. There’s a reason most people just use crocs and tegus when there are better models on the market: The good shit is <span class="mu-i">expensive</span> to maintain.”
“’If we can buy better gear can our employers do it too?’ In theory: yes, in practice: no. General Kovalev has to supply forces on a battalion level and up; the guys I know are independent dealers and smugglers, they don’t have the stock to kit out a national army. Besides there’s all sorts of regulations and treaties about arms dealing and our employer is probably already blowing all the cash he can spare on us.”
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