The Trip Down is No Laughing Matter
Once on site a near rain proof command tent is set up
Hammer Begins setting up his gear
Hammer and Marus chat for a bit
Admiral Nick gets things organized and gets radios issued
Iron will gets his gear set up for the day
Hammer tinkers with his marker
Admiral Nick and Hammer think for a bit on how to keep the tent from blowing away
William Loads up his ordinance
Waiting for the pre-game briefing
The Admiral gets Hammer set up with his radio
Hammer, Admiral and Mike from PCP paintball
A quick fix and Hammers radio is good to go
Marcus, Dakota and Party wait for Fury to get ready
William Continues to load Pods
Tizzy gets his pod pack ready
Players begin to mass at the staging area
Fury members move up and await the pregame breifing
Refs hand out player tape and divide up the armies
Spartan gives someone the assist with there player tape
The Admiral continues with radio checks
Spartan gets in tune with our radio channel
Polymer Arrives on the scene and takes up the mantle of Martain Commander
Selino is ready to go!
Players continue to wait for the pregame briefing
Hammer poses for a nice portrait
Gaurdian completes his radio check
Sammie explains how the martains are going to loose
With Radio checks complete, the Admiral gears up
Sets up the radio
and gets everything just right
The Martains recieve there orders from there overlord
The Human team gets ready to kill some martain invaders
Sammie gets the team movtivated and ready to stomp the OpFor
Hammer explains the starting locations to the rookies
Our camera lady
Up in town, Fury and Forces prepare themselves for the break
Admiral Nick shows up at the last moment to get things co-ordinated
Fire teams are assigned, last minute radio checks are finished and orders are given out
The army comes together and gets the strategy together for the first mission
The town is quite
Then the game is off!!!
Players rush the field
Spartan heads down to cut off the martain advance
Human forces follow suit
Players post up and get ready to repell the first wave of martains
Spartan is quick to offer some resistance to our "would be invaders"
Humans Lock down town, but are trapped in like rats!
Selino is ready for some more!
Players take in the action and plan there next move
Our Human Commander "Hammer" moves out of town with his body gaurds and make there way to there metting place
With the martain forces pushed back, human military forces press onward
Humans break out of town and resecure the west rocket ridge
Martains sneek up and get in positions to frag some humies
Players continue to engage in open combat across the field
Meanwhile, up at Castle the Admiral and Players from PCP defend the Castle from an incomming Martain Advance
BUT THE MARTAINS JUST KEEP COMING!!!
The humans set up to counter a martain onslaught
Back in the rocket field, Hammer moves in with his delegation to begin peice talks with the martain leaders
Behind him, human forces set up to keep any martians from getting to close
Spartan and Tizzy spare no time getting tactics together and moblizing there assets
PCP links up with them and they press forward
Hammer reaches the meeting place and pulls out the white flag of piece
Human Forces move up to take control of stronghold
Spartan falls in and covers the 6
Hammer fails to make piece and is blown into a thousand pieces, but respawning solves alot of problems
Back at stronghold, Spartan and Iron will, return fire as martains move up and threaten the base
Back on the field Hammer checks in with the Admiral
Spartan moves on up and takes up the high ground offer by strongholds fort
Tizzy follows suit and gets ready for the enemy assualt to begin
Iron will cover the other angles
Tizzy waits paciently for the martains to come into range
Spartan and william stay frosty as targets grow in numbers
Tizzy digs in as his position comes under fire
Iron Will returns fire
Down the ridge from stronghold, human forces move in to keep the martains contained in the rocket field
Hammer continues to try to raise the Admiral on the radio
Iron will holds in as martain invaders pour in from every angle
Martain forces finnally overwhelm the position and send Spartan and his fire team to the dead box
A player takes up an interesting firing position
Back in town, the plot thickens as the martains aggressivly sweep in
Back on the field, Spartan digs in to counter the martain onslaught
Meanwhile, the martains set up and prepare for there main offensive against the town's defenses
Team STAG advances down "speedball road"
Tizzy watches for the martains to make there move
Iron will, Spartan and Tizzy take up a strong defense against anyone coming up into the town
More human military forces lie in wait for a martain incursion
Martian forces begin hording out of the woods
Spartan looks for his next target
Military foces patrol the streets
Spartan checks for the flank
Human forces post up along the towns streets
Selino sweeps threw the forrest in search of would be Martain Flankers
Gaurdian Digs in and sets up "D" against martains coming down the ridge
Matador is taken out
Selino is taken out
Selino unvails his excitement for the game!
Spartan finishes up a hasty reload
Humna forces engage an incomming wave of invaders
Hammer arrives on scene and gets the party started
Hammer continues to march threw the town and gets people in positions
Spartan engages invaders approaching from the speedball road
Hammer checks his hopper and gets ready for some payback!
Payback begins
Tizzy and Iron will take the fight back to the martains
Hammer angles in for that perfect APEX kill
Spartan gets a resupply from Hammer
Iron will Motions for the advance
Tizzy rolls up and post up at the next building
Spartan re-engages the OpFor
Near by players follow suit and begin to push the martains back
Tizzy awaits a real fight
A speedy reload under fire
The main Martain Assualt forces moves in and pushes the humans back
At there secondary lines, humans wait for clean shots on the martain aggressors
Fire team Echo prepares for the next wave of attackers
Gaurdian engages targets trying to outflank our position
Human forces continue to try to shoot out martains taking up defense in stronghold
Iron will takes the time to build up some muscle
Spartan and Tizzy watch and wait for william to finish his workout
The martains end Matadors killing spree
Iron will tucks in and engages the OpFor
One target after another is taken out of the picture
The Martains continue to pour in the town
We continue to eliminate them
Human Forces retake rear stronghold hill
Players continue to engage in skirmishes across the front lines
Gaurdain moves up to retake stronghold
Gaurdian gets in positon and begins to rain paint on the martains in stronghold
Selino gets into position to ambush our wanna-be invaders
Polymer sweeps into town and breaks through the battered human defenders
Admiral Nick shows up at town and rallies the team back together
Just then the remote line fails and explodes into a massive air leak
After a matter of seconds the Admiral disconnets the remote like and goes to tank on gun
And resumes taking out martains
Low on air the Admiral Waits for the martains to close in
More human defenders defend a building further up
Just thn, CNTRMASS paves his way into town, leaving quite the human body count behind
Once targets are within range, the Admiral swoops out and adds a few more bodies to the tally
Out of options, the Admiral falls back to the grand hotel and prepares for the final defense of town
Out numbered and awaiting reinforcements the Admiral continues to hold back a massive martain assualt force
With reinforcements now entering and Dangerously low on air, the Admiral Disengages and heads down to resupply
Human reinfocements depoly and start down the long road of pushing the enemy back
CNTRMASS however has other plans for the town
But human players refuse to lie down on this one
Once back on the field, the Admiral Decides to spicen up the battle a bit
Back in with the Admiral, Hammer moves in and co-ordinates suppressive fire
Admiral Nick gets into position to take out the "grand hotel"
Spartan however is already on the job
Along with PCP players
Martain forces fallback and the town is resecured.
With that over, Admiral Nick decides its payback time
Spartan and the Admiral Clear out the rest of town and its time to Move up
Martains may have left the town, but they decided they liked stronghold
Spartan and the Admiral continue to move up under fire
Admiral Nick scopes out the stronghold fort and watchs to see what allied forces are going to do first
The Admiral and Spartan watch as Hammer leads an attack force up threw the center of town
Admiral Nick points out a prime spot to get to
Human players force there way up the field and begin a direct coordinated assault on stronghold
Spartan radios in enemy positons to Hammer as he moves up
Hammer Sweeps in and eliminiates the remaining OpFor in the Town
Hammer and Matador begin there assualt on Stronghold
Matador covers Hammer as he bolts accross an open street
Felipe watches as Hammer scales the far end of stronghold
Admiral Nick attempts to distract martain forces more while Hammer sneeks up
The Admiral contines to draw martain focus
IT was alot of fun shooting there little ray gun
Alot of fun
It was almost just as kewl as our rocket launcher...almost
Back in the serious world, Fire team Echo prepares for a quick assualt
Tizzy and Spartan wait for an opening
Admiral Nick pushes up to stronghold, followed by some reinforcements
We didnt really want piece, but its kewl to show a camera good intentions
Forces successfully move up the stronghill road and clear the area
The last of the martains are either dead or gone and we move up to retake our fort
On the far side of stronghold Selino creeps up on a group of martains
And takes the shot
Once stronghold is clear, human forces push there way to castle
Admiral, Matador and Selino wait for the all clear
Aaron, our REF
We knew the martains were shape shifters, but we would have never imagined they would resort to banana warfare
Admiral Nick post up, with the LAW launcher at the ready
Castle is deemed "Clear" and Admiral Nick moves up and gets the next part of the game plan accross to Spartan
Fury's forces continue to pave through martain lines and march on toward EWOK
Our advance is haulted by aggressors in EWOK
We dig in and dish it right back at them
Admiral Nick sizes up the area and prepares to take a shot with the LAW
Players in the area take to the ground to aviod incomming fire
Everyone on the ridge prepare for the long haul
Spartan and Admiral Nick move in and take the shot on EWOK, scoring a nice hit with the LAW
Spartan continues the suppressive fire
And Admiral Nick readys for a second shot
Spartan watches as the second LAW round smacks off a tree just fee in front of them
Admiral Nick takes a random round and leaves the area, but Iron will stands ready to continue the fight
Human forces begin to shift right
Once a nice soft spot is found human forces push there way into the rocket field
Fire Team Echo regroups with Alpha and its game time
Hammer looks to cover the north end of Rocket
While Fire team Echo covers the East Side
enemy forces are spotted and Tizzy Goes to work
Human reinforcements push up and join in on the fight
Iron will gets ready to "pop another mag"
Spartan provides cover fire
PCP forces arrive on scene and dig in to support the action
Moments later "half-time" is called
And we chill out for a few and swap some war stories with our good friends in STAGs ranks
By this time we already had alot of war stories
Players return to the staging area and await the lunch battle
Sammie describes the objectives for the lunch battle
Admiral Nick clarifies a few of the rules of enagement
The Lunch battle begins
Players post up and provide cover fire for the envelope runner
The envelope is returned within seconds and the lunch battle is won!!!
Players however are instructed to continue the fight
STAGs forces continue to press in and hammer our bunkers
Admiral nick and Spartan coordinate a countering maneuver
Spartan covers as the Admiral Pushes up into the thick of it
Lunch battle ends, yep it was that quick
Players leave the field and get ready for normal play to resume
Back on the field, Avalon's Fury gets ready for part 2 of the day
Hammer dazed by the carnaged...he may never be the same
Selino's close up
2nd half of the day starts and human forces run to the castle for the first mission
Spartan moves up a bit to far and gets into a whole world of trouble
PCP's finest enage martain forces above EWOK
Back in castle defenders ensure martains do not out-flank us
A hasty advance
Human forces sneek thru the forrest
Martain players taking it easy
Admiral Nick moves up to take command over stronghold fort
Hammer takes point and holds off the martian advance on stronghold
Aaron "REF" counts down our remaining hold time-to-win
Selino holds the ridge below stronghold
Parker advances below stronghold
Admiral Nick gives a motivational speach
Allied forces report alot of hostle movement to the North of our Fire Teams position
Admiral Nick waits as the Time to Hold Timer runs down
Spartan takes up defense against this illeged attack force coming from the north
After the objective is completed, the Admiral Sounds the next advance "TO CASTLE, HUMANS!"
Pulling out of stronghold we check to make sure we didnt leave anything behind
Human forces spot martain interlopers in the forrest and warn there president
A really kewl picture
Once in castle, its only a short 10 minute wait until vicotry is achieved
But we have to hold out that long
Admiral Nick and Matador get reports of martain skirmishers moving in and around the area
Gaurdain is sent out to scout the area around castle to ensures no aggressors pass into our AO
Selino Mirrors his postion
Players continue to enage on all fronts
Selino moves down and around castle to get a better angle
Players cross the bridge down to EWOK
Selino continues to slink thru the forrest
Once an angle is achieved, selino take the perfect shot
and out comes the martain
Players dig in
Gaurdian looks for his next victum
Selino and Gaurdain take it all in
Back in town, Hammer and Iron will link up and work on fending off some problems the martains had caused with respawning
Hammer takes to one side, Iron will takes to the other
The Martains stand little chance as there evil plans for spawn raping are put to a hault
Meanwhile, The Admiral lays down the Air Strike and clears out all of Rocket
Allowing for unrestricted movement thru the Rocket to nap up some mission goodies
We score the Props and regroup
The refs tell us there is 5 minutes left in the game, so we decide there is only one thing left to go for
The Admiral sounds the charge and we storm towards the Martain Base
Martains run in fear as Fury pounds onto the sumit of the martain Hill
Someone had there watch off though, and our five minutes turned into a few mear seconds of carnage
One big human assault force!
- Final Battle -
The battle is over, humans win by points, but loose the scenario line
Shake and Bake
With a touch of fried
Our RAP 4 T-shirt and hat winners
