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Apologies to all, but I got delayed at the absolute worst possible time, so I'll have to delay any fanciful storytelling and get things out right away-
And give you the chance for your first move, in case you wanted to change it around. Upon deployment, enemies have been spotted- two platoons of cannon-armed T-8s. They have not spotted you, and it is uncertain whether the village itself is occupied.
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Lieutenant Hugo Bereiter only has the company of his platoon, amongst the abandoned and broken concrete and brick. The fortress that was the centerpiece of the strongpoint has a deflated look to it- its ceiling had been collapsed by an aerial bomb. Somewhere off to the flank was Lieutenant Von Eschenz- some fresh-faced noble of the same ilk that brought down the law on your head and got you stuck over here, though he was at least roughing it up front with the rest of the Recon.
“All clear, nothing but the birds and rats,” one of his men reports after a brisk investigation. This part of the defense line was supposed to have mines in the event of a conflict, but either nobody had time, or nobody bothered to even set any aside to be ready. A little trick he knew well, taking an unlikely pile of gear and turning it into money- gambling on nobody that couldn’t be bribed caring, or the stuff actually being needed. At least it meant he had no chance of blowing himself up, since the old garrison here had forgotten their charts in a panic.
In better times, he’d be seeing something like this as tourism near Sosaldt, where old Imperial forts shadowed the landscape yet had little chance of coming under the thread of modern war. Here he was, though, a grim sight only made brighter by the fact that no foe was close by. Maybe this whole war would pass on by like a bad morning hangover, and he could return back west, without the world trying to get involved any further.
Suddenly, though, a crackle on the command net. An unpleasant announcement asking for confirmation. Eschenz had spotted something at the very edge of where the eye and telescope could see from here…
<span class="mu-s">Turn One, Start</span>
