out_of_time: Jack has his shirt unbuttoned with guns blazing (Rampage)
Jack Bauer ([personal profile] out_of_time) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2012-08-01 09:30 pm

Here We Stand or Here we Fall, History Won't Care at All

WHO: The Dependables
WHERE: Iron Crown, North Pacific.
WHEN: Midnight August 1st [Dolvanian time].
WARNINGS: Absolute mayhem. Also violence.
SUMMARY: The raid on the terrorist gulag.
FORMAT: Paragraph to start, whatever works in the threads. Threads are posted for each objective, but the structure within them is completely open.

This year was the tenth anniversary of the terrible plague that had created Zero' Children in their hatred and anger. Within the Iron Crown fortress, it was another grim night. The prisoners moaned and wept within the dark, cold dungeon deep beneath the Earth. Above them, the day shift of their captors slept much more soundly. Outside, the soldiers currently on duty patrolled the ramparts with grim faces behind balaclavas. Searchlights swept the ground around the walls. To the north, below the castle, freezing men did the same on the decks of the big cargo ships that kept this place running.

The attack helicopter's rotors spun on its pad, warming up for night patrol. The armoured personnel carrier lurked in the vehicle depot like a guard dog waiting in a kennel. In the command centre at the top of the gulag's keep, the hardened older men who ran this base shuffled reports back and forth as they coordinated the group's global evildoing, counting narcotics trafficked, dissidents silenced, enemies crushed.

Whether hostage or terrorist, no one in the fortress suspected that they were in the crosshairs of the Dependables.

"We go loud when Seras drops the searchlights," Jack growled. He lowered his binoculars and stood up, machine gun slung across his shoulders. With his helmet, goggles, and black tactical gear, he looked downright sinister. "She'll engage the shooters on the wall while we get inside the base. Get past the wall any way you can, then split up and head for your objectives." It was a long, exposed run from the jumble of icy rocks that were the nearest concealment to the fortress. If they made it without getting shot, they would have to breach the gulag's outer defenses in their own ways: climbing over the wall, blasting a hole, or just old-fashioned trickery. After that, it would be into the maelstrom of the courtyard, the inevitable mayhem of crossfire and explosions.

Jack's own plan involved plastic explosives and the front gate. Once the alarms started to sound, the time for subtlety would be over. He could picture it now- all hell breaking loose with running guards, chattering machine guns, that helicopter lifting into the sky to rain death from above. No matter how much they could accomplish through stealth, he knew the team wouldn’t be getting through this without one hell of a fight.

"Hit your objectives, then push through the base to the far side. We rendezvous at the docks, then get us and the hostages out of there on a ship. Remember the lives of the people depending on you. Move fast, hit hard, stay focused, work together."

There was the click of his safety flipping off, and then there was nothing left to say. “Let’s do this.”
newbvampire: (Someone call for backup?)

[personal profile] newbvampire 2012-08-04 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Roger." Seras took a few more shots before she reloaded and packed up her rifle. Running through the breach, into the courtyard, she headed for the first tower entrance she could find. As she went up the stairs one of the Children's guards charged her with a bayonet. Stumbling back she managed to pull her pistol in time and gunned him down, before jumping over his body and kicking open the door to the roof.

"Sniper in second position, setting up now."
newbvampire: (Fire support)

[personal profile] newbvampire 2012-08-04 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"On it!" This time Seras took careful aim. She'd brought plenty of ammo, but still she couldn't keep burning through it at the rate she had so far. This wasn't the Harkonnen with a two thousand round ammo pack on her back after all.
newbvampire: (let's move)

[personal profile] newbvampire 2012-08-04 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't think that's going to be a problem." Some of the guards had finally figured out where so many of those bullets were coming from and they were starting to pour fire onto Seras' position. There wasn't much she could do, but take cover and pop out briefly to fire back.
newbvampire: (I fear nothing now)

[personal profile] newbvampire 2012-08-05 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Seras took advantage of the explosion and dropped the last couple of guards on the walls before replying. "All clear here. Everyone should move in now."