[SG] After Action Report

OK, I'll post a longer version tomorrow, or maybe Don will post something a
little more objective. Short
version--3-sided bug hunt, overwhelming NRE victory
due to devious (deviant?) Byzantine Treachery [tm]

TO: Captain Michael Stratelates, Commanding Officer,
Imperial Battlecruiser Jan Sobieski

FROM: Lietenant (JG) Basil Romanides

RE: After Action Report 29 APR 82 Hunter's World

1.   Insertion via shuttle performed uneventfully in
accordance with OPORD 21-04 (Appendix A).  Landing pad
secured with no sighting of station population.  A/1st
Squad, Assault Walker 1, 1 Technician, and 2 Power Armored Marines ordered to
secure security station.
A/2nd Squad, 2 Marines, and Assault Walker 2 sent to
security power plant.  B/1st Squad secured landing
pad.  Walker 3, 1 Marine, and B/2nd Squad held back as
reserve. 1 Marine and a medic were detailed as medevac team. Walker 4, demo
team, and 1 tech held back in reserve as well.

2.    Upon entering the power plant, A/2nd was engaged
by numerous xenomorphs. The entire fire team as well as 1 marine were killed.
Walker 2 and Walker 3 were
committed to clear the power plant and B/2nd was moved
up to secure the hallway next to the power plant. The walkers were extremely
sucessful, killing approx 20 xenomorphs with their flamers and destroying
large quantities of eggs. Remaining xenomorphs fled.

3.    A/1st secured the security station with no
resistance. Internal surveillance was still operational and floor plans were
passed to platoon leader (Appendix B). It was also noted that two other human
forces had entered the compound. One was identified as Imperial Japanese Naval
personell. The other was a previously unknown human force (MW1202 First
Contact Report included) which identified themselves as the Commonwealth Union
of Northern Territories.

4.    Contact was made with the Union forces on a
peaceful basis. Union forces proved susceptible to field disinformation
efforts and were redirected away from the area of the compound in which
Imperial forces were operating. Union commander was encouraged to engage
Japanese forces as apparently the Commonwealth Union barbarians cannot
recognize IJN uniforms and were misled into believing the IJN detachment were
pirates.

5.    Based on floor plans recovered, the technician
operating with A/1st as well as 2 Marines and a walker
moved to secure the backup control facility and perform a complete download of
the primary computer system. In addition, stasis tubes containing the station
director and his immediate family were located and secured. Power was shut off
to the half of the station where IJN forces were operating.

6.  B/2nd, Walker 3, and 3 Marines continued to move
down the corridor adjacent to the power plant until they encountered a large
Japanese force across a large storage bay. They took position but did not
initiate hostilities. The Japanese forces did this as well, pinning down half
their troops.

7. At some point the Japanese had determined the majority of the xenomorphs
were operating in the sublevels of the facility, as had I. Walkers 1 and 2
were sealing off any openings to get from the sublevels to the main level in
the Roman sector. The Japanese took a more proactive approach. They rigged a
barrel of explosive and toxic chemicals with a detonator and hurled it down a
manhole cover. The resulting explosion detonated an oil pumping station which
caused a blast through the entire facility, destroying Walkers 1 and 2 which
were near vents sealing them off. The blast also killed at least 4 Japanese
soldiers.

8.    Walker 3 began exploring the area between the
power plant and the main Union concentration and located a number of
xenomorphs. With judicious use of the flamer, it was discovered to be possible
to 'herd' the xenomorphs and Walker 3 began herding them into the intersection
between the IJN and the Union.

9.   The Union forces, believing the IJN to be
pirates, encountered an IJN squad in a storage room. In the ensuing firefight,
the IJN lost approx 5 infantry, 2 suits powered armor, and a walker. Caught
inbetween the Union forces, our troops in the storage room, and two sizable
xenomorph concentrations the IJN chose to withdraw.

10.   The Commonwealth Union commander was bought off
with the station's rations, survival supplies, extra mopheads, and some bleach
from the cleaning closet. Apparently they are really badly off and are cheaply
bribed.

11.   Having secured 1 ton of gold bullion, 500 kg of
platinum, complete computer files of the station from both executive and
scientific computers, and the project director and family, it is the
recommendation of this officer that the Hunter's World bioresearch facility
can be secured with a relatively low cost in life since the IJN destroyed the
largest concentration of the xenomorphs. However, we require a larger troop
investment than a single naval infantry platoon.

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Lieutenant(JG) Basil Romanides Commanding Officer Naval Infantry Detachment
Imperial Battlecruiser Jan Sobieski