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Initial Rush

Mercenaries rush south Chance and the flexible turn order initially allowed the SWAT team to seize the initiative. The main body of the force ran for the central complex of buildings while two more squads fanned out through the bushes on either side. Meanwhile the mercenaries were slower to take up positions - their advance west from their initial deployment point soon ground to a halt when they ame under fire from the swat team's point men. One of the mercenary squads had better luck as they filed south, rushing between the large pillars of rock, which dotted that area of the battlefield. One of three SWAT troopers who had entered the central brick hut began firing on this group from the window but was rapidly suppressed by the heavier fire of the mercenaries.

First Contact

The leading members of the swat squad making its way along the south edge of the battlefield, reached a massive rock outcrop, where they took up defensive positions to stop the the southward mercenary advance. Rather than advance into contact the mercenaries squad consolidated their position among the rock pillars. One of them in heavy armour and toting a formidable rocket launcher, began firing through the window of the brick hut. The first rocket wounded one and stunned the other two, but the swat team were unwilling to relinquish their position at the heart of the field , so they decided to sit tight while reinforcements advanced along a line of palm trees at the southern end of the compound, attempting to engage and take the heat off.

A rocket is lined up on the hut window

Pinned down

The Sarge bites the dust - (the minigun is behind the bush) Many of the mercenaries had gone to ground in the long grass and mounds adjacent to the compound that they initially spilled out of. A fierce exchange of fire developed between them and the swat team in the central compound, with both sides taking a couple of casualties. Four of the swat team including the semiautomatic grenade launcher were working their way deep around the flank. Anxious to avoid being pinned down and cooped up, a mercenary sergeant led a rush to attempt to get beyond the line of a fence and into the undergrowth beyond, but in spite of his covering fire took a fatal shot before he was even halfway.

SWAT flanking team including grenade launcher

Partially surrounded and beleaguered, the mercenaries mustered around their heaviest weapon, a mini gun fed by a belt feed from a backpack. A SWAT machine gunner attempted to use his own firepower in retaliation but a burst from the mini gun at 6000 rpm blew him away. Fortunately for the SWAT team the mini gun was unsuitable for going on the offensive as the mini-gunner would probably be shot first if he attempted to move out on anyone with the heavy and cumbersome gun.

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