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[Stabsgefreiter F. Blutstein]

Um...why does Owen get next post?

From my understanding, the posting order is as follows:

Felix
Patterson
Blutstein
Baker
Owen (reinforcements)

You and Felix both missed your turns. So seeing as it was Baker who posted last, it is now Owen's turn.

[Nathan Whyte]

Jan 18, 2010 4:50:11 GMT Stabsgefreiter F. Blutstein said:

Um...why does Owen get next post?

From my understanding, the posting order is as follows:

Felix
Patterson
Blutstein
Baker
Owen (reinforcements)

You and Felix both missed your turns. So seeing as it was Baker who posted last, it is now Owen's turn.

Exactly, Erik. JT/Will requested your turn skipped, I gave you 1 week to post, you didn't, therefore your turn was skipped..

And Owen, there is no formal time limit, but would you mind getting a post up soon-ish, before your turn is requested to be skipped...

[Stabsgefreiter F. Blutstein]

I see. I was looking at the last mod-mark to see if I was next earlier on in the week and there was nothing saying I was next, but since I have already been skipped go ahead and proceed.

[⊕ Owen Pearson]

[OOC:] Sorry it's taken so long. My apologies. Here is the post, I'll get the map up tomorrow morning for you all.

[IC:] It was not long till a familiar face peeked out through the doorway in front of Owen. Captain Patterson gave him an excited greeting, nearly yelling out Owen’s last name in appreciation, to which Owen responded with a short, “Good to see you again, sir.” Patterson continued on into orders obviously feeling like it was important to get back to his position, obviously so, and was only slightly interrupted by the sounds of the battlefield behind him.

The orders were given; Owen was to take his group out to a flanking position. They were to be quiet and swift but still willing to take a shot if the time called for it. Patterson also made the choice to send one of his men with Owen and called out to a man by the name of Morrison, who was assumably a radio operator, as he had set a radio apparatus down before making his way out of the building. The man looked confident as he spoke to his commanding officer for orders.

As soon as Morrison had joined them, Owen turned to his men and said with a slightly commanding tone, ”Well, you heard the man, let’s go.” Making a hand motion for them to come, he led the men towards the nearby building and they followed him North, moving quickly.

They neared the first foxholes, and Owen told them their positioning. Pointing to the four that had roughly organized into an inner group, he said, “You four, head up to the inside of the building there and watch those buildings to the west. Let me know if anything moves in them. Also, make sure to be careful in there as it has been through some damage.” The four moved ahead faster to get to their post just as Owen gave the orders for the other three, Morrison and two of his own men, “You two,” in addressing his own men with a hand gesture, “go to the foxhole near the corner of the building and for now, keep watch on the area. And you, Morrison it is? You will be joining me in this near foxhole.”

As his men into position, so did Owen. He took a position towards the western side of the foxhole, while Morrison took a position in the South of the crevasse. Owen looked through the scope of his gun and surveyed the area to the south of the road as the gun rested on the ground in front of the hole. He was ready to fire if the need came from here, but it was only a mere rest as part of their larger trek to follow and they would not stay in their current position for long.

[EDIT:] MAP- img697.imageshack.us/img697/89/corneroffice3k.png

[Nathan Whyte]

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Just a quicky to say that Owen was succesful, and it's Felix's turn next, but yet again as he sort of hasn't been around in ages, he has a week, unless anybody objects.

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[Nathan Whyte]

Well, he's had his time. JT, your post

[MAJ Patterson]

Patterson looked out toward the building the enemy forces were last spotted for a few moments before he scanned the remainder of the road in front of him. It seemed a bit to quiet, at least when it came to return fire, which worried him a bit, What are they waiting for? he thought to himself as he reached down to grab his binoculars. With a short but slow scan he peered down the cratered road to see if anything out of the ordinary was further back, to his liking he couldn’t see anything, but then again that could be the worst sign ever. He was confident still though, with Pearson and his men showing up to cover the Captain’s open flank at least one of his worries could be set aside for the moment. Henry lowered his binoculars to rest around his neck and turned his gaze to the southern building and waited to see when Giles would come back with more information, this time it was a lot less than normal. After a few moments the Sergeant reappeared and all he had for his commander was a shrug. Patterson closed his eyes tightly, his face crinkling a bit, no news was almost as frustrating as bad news, only difference being is that you still had the same about of man power to work with as you did before, always a plus. The Captain nodded in an overly exaggerated fashion so that his movement could be seen before he relayed his information. With the same movements as Giles had relayed ‘man down’ Patterson passed on that reinforcements had arrived. He held up his hand with all his fingers extended but connected as if one would use in a salute, his palm facing Giles, this signaled ‘squad’ he followed it up with a single extended finger before he patted his own shoulder a couple of times finishing up with a thumbs up signifying that they were friendlies, he pointed to his left flank a couple of times so Giles would know their location. With a slight pause Henry pondered on the next move and just held his arm out, rotating his hand a few times.

Repeat, will do. The Sergeant thought before he nodded in the same over done manner his commander had done before turning inward to issue the orders. ”Listen up! We have an extra squad with us now, they are on the left flank, should make things easier for us once they get in the battle! Moon head out back and hit them again, the more problems we cause for them the better, see if you can’t put one a little further inside this time! Connery, you go with him, last thing we need is a casualty due to carelessness! Don’t stand behind him either! We aren’t out of the woods yet guys! Baker, grab Moon’s shotgun, he set it right over there, watch the West door, take the other Private with you, have him at the window, but not with his face pressed against it this time! I’ll keep watching the street and trying to keep their heads down! You know what to do gentlemen, snap to!” Giles commanded with high volume, with all the commotion and fire he didn’t want any confusion of what needed to happen. He looked on as the men set about their actions to be sure they really had understood him before he turned his gaze back to his task at hand, he would need to know if the enemy started to shift in another direction so he could make sure the rest of the guys could know about it.

”Private, take up position here for a moment, I’m gonna check on the men to the north! Keep up some light cover fire men!” Captain Patterson called out and stepped away from his position for the moment and scurried through the narrow hallway and poked his head out the back door, waving his hand in front of his face a few times to grab someone’s attention, the adrenaline must have still been pumping a bit having entered a combat area, because it took a moment for one of the men to notice. Patterson decisively snapped his arm out in front of him pointing directly at the squad to the north, then jerked it up to his face, pointed a pair of fingers at his eyes before a slight shrug, asking if they had seen anything. He could tell that Morrison hadn’t been around sniper’s much, they aren’t gonna take their eyes off the scope if they have an idea where the enemy is, after it seemed like he asked a few times of asking he turned back to the Captain and shrugged. Patterson smirked for a brief instant before heading back inside. Least that guy has focus. he thought to himself referencing Corporal Pearson. ”I’m back, good job!” he said as almost an automated response, before he carefully laid his light machine gun back out onto the window seal and hunkered in behind it, only slightly against the wall behind him. BOOM! rang out once more, this almost brought laughter to the Captain, they may not be hitting anything, but at least they were letting the Axis forces know that they were there and were gonna put up one heck of a fight. ”Give ‘em a bit of hell boys!!” he yelled out before he layed on the trigger. The way the Captain saw it, if they kept hitting them with the AT weapon on the left they would either movre right into the heavy fire, or backward to avoid both all together, time would tell, but they’d be foolish to move forward.


img192.imageshack.us/i/corneroffice4a.png/ - battle map

img526.imageshack.us/i/corneroffice4.png/ - clean map

[Nathan Whyte]

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As I said earlier, Axis morale is minimal. As such, this post was fairly destructive.

• The usual suppressing fire yet again kept the enemy suppressed because of sheer American firepower. However, the enemy did stay down out of fear, and nobody got hit.
  
  
• The AT round had a devastating effect. Although nobody else was around to get it, the morale stretched so thin snapped. The Axis Cpl Homrighausen took charge, rallying his men out of the building. They grabbed the shell-shocked Blustein and dragged him out of the building.
  
  
• As they stood to drag Blustein, one soldier took a round to the head from Patterson’s MG, dropping to the ground. However, apart from that the retreat outside was a success.
  
  
• The CPL is on the edge of calling a full retreat. He appears to be the only NCO with any sense on the Axis side, and as such full responsibility of the Axis side of things has fallen on him.
  
  Morale
  
  Blustein's Building
  - No morale. On the edge of running.
  
  Felix and co.
  - No morale. On the edge of running.
  
  MAP
  
  I thoroughly reccomend retreat for the Axis forces at this point. From now on, Felix shall be removed from the posting order and treated as an NPC under Friedrich's control
  
  NEXT POST:

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[Stabsgefreiter F. Blutstein]

The blast and heavy fire left Freidrich in a daze. He heard things that sounded very distant. He was sitting down where he looked at his hands and stared. One of the younger men of his squad ran up to him. "What do we do? What do we do, Blutstein?" Freidrich looked back at the boy blankly. He then saw something in his eyes that made him realize what was going on...it was fear.

Freidrich got to his feet in a crouch so he was still behind cover. He picked up his rifle that had dropped when the wall was blown out. Everyone was in cover either cryig or wimpering like children. "Everybody listen up!" Freidrich said in a loud voice. "Anyone who's not dead, get outside behind the building. Stay in cover!" The men did as they were told. Freidrich saw the wounded man on his way out. He jogged to the man who was bleeding and grabbed his collar. "You'll be fine." He pulled him outside and ordered one of the others to tend to him.

Freidrich saw Felix. He wasn't moving, just standing there. The privates next to him were holding his arm trying to snap him out of it. "You men, get yourselves together and come over here!" They cam and held next to Freidrich. He could also see the two men that were pinned. He signaled to them and told them to hold tight. His next move was toward the k-9 unit. He signaled them to get into the building they were closest to and wait for the enemy to come past. If they did they would ambush them.

"Everyone! We are soldiers of Germany! See the faces of your mothers! If you want to see them again in person, you do as I say!"

(Clean map/ no shooting taken place) s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc234/halohawk2/?action=view¤t=corneroffice4-1.png

[Nathan Whyte]

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Basically, Freidrich has gone unlistened to. The NPC CPL Homrighausen is the center of attention because, as I said earlier, he is the only NCO who seems to be with his senses.

Because of this, some soldiers have deserted. Whilst nobody was looking, the K9 unit and his assistant has dissapeared, and one Private in the main group has made a runner.

WARNING: Friedrich, if in your next post you have something as disastorous as this, your entire force will retreat. Consider this your final warning.


MAP
NEXT POST: Baker[/color]

[Nathan Whyte]

Baker, you've had 3 weeks. You have abother 3 days before your turn is skipped and it's Owen's.

[Nathan Whyte]

Whoops, let this slip. Owen, your post.

[MAJ Patterson]

As much as I'm thuroughly enjoying the fact that my teammates like to take their time [/sarcasm] I'd like to keep this moving if that's alright.

-JT

[Nathan Whyte]

Mod.

Yep, I understand. As Owen has been around, I'll give him 48 hours, then it's your post, JT.

[Nathan Whyte]

Owen, time's up.

JT, would you mind posting?