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Tgunner22 Oct 2011 6:30 p.m. PST

Hi all,

I have decided, just in case I'm called before a congressional hearing to explain my actions today, to release to the public mission critical imagery taken by USCMC recce drones. These pictures were the ones that me and my command staff used to give the go ahead to OPLAN Happy Birthday Echo: the direct action strike intended to capture the notorious Bongolesian dictator P'hat Daddee.

It is my hope that a public release of this imagery will shed light on my controversial decision to launch a strike against this very annoying power:

P'hat Daddee's (?) personal security detail

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USCMC Strike Team Delta

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Palace: Code named Xanadu North

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Some pretty hot body guards

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Command Staff gives "thumbs up" signal approving OPLAN HB Echo

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Hopefully my photographic skills have improved over the last few months. I'll have the AAR posted tomorrow if time permits.

Here's a link to my blog so you can see the other pregame pictures.

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T

Personal logo Murphy Sponsoring Member of TMP22 Oct 2011 7:39 p.m. PST

Coolness! Naturally though you can tell that the "Presidential Palace" photos are a fake…Clever, but still a fake…the REAL presidential palace is pink and there's a cement pond in the back….

Mako1122 Oct 2011 10:29 p.m. PST

Sounds and looks like fun.

I imagine the 100% identification of P'fat Daddee is a bit off though, since rumor has it he's a lot fatter than shown.

Perhaps they are targeting an imposter, one of many, merely claiming to be P'fat, in order to sow confusion in the ranks of his enemies……

john lacour23 Oct 2011 12:31 a.m. PST

what rules are you using? looks like alot of fun!

Tgunner23 Oct 2011 3:34 a.m. PST

Yes, sadly, this person was an imposter. Apparently Mr. Daddee maintains a stable of these idiots to keep himself safe. He also has several of these "amazon" security details to lend authenticity to these fakes.

Worst still, the planet Liberty mercs, who were used as additional security, were also members of a janitorial/clean-up company hired by P'hat Daddee to clean up this palace complex after his Independence Day gala from the previous night. The drone pictures above showing "P'hat Daddee" were actually of the imposter giving instructions to the "Plunger" regarding clean-up proceedures and how to get the Bongolesian Sanitary Department to dispatch dump trucks to carry off trash.

Indeed, my marines found evidence of a massive scale party including literally thousands of beer cans/plastic cups, literally tons of chips crushed into the carpets, some drunk girls/dudes who had slipped off during the night, and, finally, a pair Britney Spears' vaunted knickers! Or were they Madonna's ???

My marines had to dress in full HAZMAT gear to retrieve them for DNA testing which should determine who's knickers they are. Indeed if they are Ms. Spear's undies then we may have grounds to approach the ICC and have P'hat Daddee declared a war criminal because of this vile attempted use of biological warfare against my marines.

And yes, the intel staff fully admits that they did make a serious mistake in thinking that this was the main presidential palace . However, in their defense, if you pick at the siding of the palace's HQ building you DO find evidence of a pink paint job (this is no joke: one of my students started coloring this building pink before I corrected her!) AND, just off picture, is a fully functional swimming pool.

Thankfully, no critters were spotted. (shudders!) However all marines were in MOPP gear just in case.

Finally, and more seriously, I used "Tomorrow's War" as my rule set. As noted previously, my lovely wife picked up this book for me Thursday just so I could use them in yesterday's game. It's a nice rules set but it did take me a while to get through the game. I've played Force on Force but it's been a while (June!). So I had a lot of rust to bang off. Some of the special rules can make fairly ordinary units really scary! My tank was a knock off on the Tech 2 DPRG Type 80 "Fighting Boar". It quite easily shredded my Tech 1 M2A2 Bradley! It's scary how technological differences can bend the game. I kept the game pretty basic and didn't use Fog of War cards. I don't have them printed and I'm NOT cutting up the deck in the book.

I could have easily done this scenario as a Force on Force game, but I wanted to play with my 15mm sci-fi toys!

Anyway, I'll post an AAR when I finish playing with the pictures.

Redroom23 Oct 2011 6:06 a.m. PST

nice work

Personal logo Murphy Sponsoring Member of TMP23 Oct 2011 7:58 p.m. PST

The sad thing is that NOW "P'hat" knows that you are gunning for him…so be prepared for him to make the next unexpected move…muah hah hah…

Grand Duke Natokina24 Oct 2011 10:58 a.m. PST

I have operatives for hire.

SheriffLee24 Oct 2011 12:33 p.m. PST

I Love thee
"Command Staff gives "thumbs up" signal approving OPLAN HB Echo"

Keep it up you have a great wzrgamer partner

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