Sunday, September 28, 2008

Propaganda No More

Sergeant Michael "Psycho" Sykes had cleared the path in the valley and was given orders to take-out a tower station located on top of a peninsula about 500 yards away. That station was causing radio chatter that was keeping him in contact with both JSOC and the air strike team led by former Delta Force member Sam O'Neill. The chatter basically shut down radio communications.

The propaganda from the tower needed to be stopped as soon as possible. Use of the Nanosuit in Speed mode was an option, using a Hummer was another. Psycho opted for the Hummer option.



The guns on the Hummer proved to be most useful, as Psycho was able to eliminate all but one soldier while making the drive up the hill. Unfortunately, his rage also left the stationed KPA (Korean People's Army) Hummer out of use too - in the event he wanted a backup vehicle.



Psycho quickly sprung around the Hummer and toward the East side of the hill. Using stealth, he walked up to the lone KPA soldier and took him down with a quick move using his wrist and some Nanosuit strength. While the soldier was probably not 100% dead, he was not going anywhere quickly.

Psycho then collected more ammo from the site and took a look around for any additional intel they might need on the mission. At that point, he stopped and wondered about the remaining members of our Delta Team. He wondered about Jester, Prophet, Aztec and Nomad. He recollected four years earlier, when O'Neill was on the team as well.

He was quite certain Aztec and Jester were both gone now ... at the time, he was not sure about Prophet and had no idea what fate I (Nomad) had against the KPA tank assault. He hoped for the best ... the best that is, this could end.

With all the fire power and KPA troop support on the island, this was a BIG deal. It was only a matter of time before more forces converged on this island. That is, unless what ever IT is becomes a global threat.

Psycho then dropped some explosives onto the radio equipment, gave himself some space, then pulled the detonator.



The radio equipment was blown to smithereens, as was the remains of that lone KPA soldier resting a few feet away. The propaganda chatter had stopped and communications with our team resumed.



Taking a quick look around, Psycho saw no KPA activity heading in his direction. Obviously, this was simply an attempt to slow us down. This cause MUST be worth protecting, evidently. Certainly, more troops were waiting down below.



O'Neill flew by toward the actual beach resort below. That Lagoon beach side lounge was just on the outskirts of the real beach resort. My expectation is that more than ten soldiers would be guarding the resort at the center of his next way point.

Psycho heard O'Neill drop a few thousand pound bombs on the area, then heard JSOC to tell him to get moving in that direction.

Different way point, same mission - take care of the bad guys.

For now, the propaganda is no more.

Neutralize the KPA Base

The bombs from the Sierra air strike team continued to shake the beach resort while Psycho moved into position. Along the sands, stood more beach side huts which were fetching in the hundreds of dollars per day, just for a place to bunk down. Now the Korean People's Army (KPA) were staying there free of charge.



Of course, the bombs being dropped by the Delta Force were free for the KPA soldiers too - not to mention the several hundred rounds of lead and planned to be delivered by Sergeant Sykes in his effort to clear the zone.

The sound of the bombs brought more heavy armor and troops into the area, both by air and by land. An Armored Scout Vehicle (ASV) was at the site now as well - which Psycho realized he did not have the fire power to destroy at this point. The key was to focus on the troops for now and stay out of site of the ASV.



Of course, I then realized that we were talking about Psycho. Psycho wasn't me. He was no Nomad - one who would take his time and sneak into position to pick off the KPA one by one. No, he wanted to go in with guns firing.

So, he hijacked one of the KPA Hummers and raced toward the center of the hot zone. He made the turn and dodged rockets launched by the ASV. That dude is plain nuts!



Once he eliminated the troops near the sand, he received intel that more ammo was located in a hut at the center of the area. Of course, reality set in and Psycho realized he had to be a bit stealthy to make it to this area without being force fed rockets from the ASV.

After a few minutes, Psycho made it inside the hut and remained hidden from the rocket-loaded vehicle patrolling the area. Inside, he found a rocket launcher, which was was the perfect item to eliminate the final hot target in the zone.



Using stealth, Psycho was able to sneak out of the hut, then wait to take up the perfect position against the ASV. When the ASV came into view, Psycho began to fire three rockets directly at the ASV.



By the time the driver realized Psycho had appeared out of Stealth mode, the rockets were already penetrating his protection.

The area was clear, the KPA base had been neutralized.

He then began to hear radio communication from the Sierra team. Looks like a battle in the air was starting to emerge.