OPERATION WINCHESTER

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Mission Brief:

Briefing.

1. Mission. Recon mission to do the following:

A. Observe any sign of enemy activity

B. Retrieve hostile contacts, where possible only if enemy initiates hositlities and safe to do so.

2. Situation.

On the previous occasions that teams have visited this VCX075B they met McMurray, who was after Type II ICD, in exchange for Parker.
A. Possible trading encounter.
B. Non-combatants. No civilians, or non-combatants expected.
C. Friendly forces. There will be none.
D. Attachments, detachments. None.

3. Execution.
A. Deploy onworld stealthy infiltration.
B. Look & listen. Identify location of hostiles.
C. Examine and observe the enemy.

4. Service & Support.
A. Equipment.
i. Recon kit
ii. Medical kit.
B. Casualties; to be placed under the care of the medic who will take command of their treatment.
D. Evacuation of captured personnel & equipment.
i. All captured equipment to be taken off enemy personnel and distributed amongst our team.
ii. All prisoners must be disarmed and bound to prevent escape.

5. Chain-of-Command.

            A. Mission, squad & fire-team leaders.
iv. Lt Sackville West mission commander & squad leader (1IC) B.
v. Alpha fire team: Sgt. Carter 2IC, Kelly, Brannigin, Petrov.
vi. Bravo fire team: Sackville West(1IC), Pvt. Barbison, Pvt Standford.
            B. Radio holders; Carter, Petrov, Standford, Brannigan, Kelly.
i. Frequency band 5, sub channel 5.
            C. Password & call signs.Amazon
iii. Number called, add 4 to reply, change number each time.

Mission Debrief: Debrief completed but not yet submitted

After Action Reports:

1LT Sackville-West

Personal Report
We deployed through the gate after a rough trip out, with some reordering of the line of march. Carter’s squad took point, and we advanced.

After less than 30m some structures became visible in the woods, along with several lights. Carter took his squad into the wood, while we remained slightly behind. On further analysis, Carter took his squad with white light, and moved through the suspect area, with my squad providing flank support slightly higher up the hill.

The lights were dead man’s beacons, with an additional white light on a box in the hollow. There were 2 bodies in a hollow, with a third one on the upper edge. The figure out of the hollow had killed himself with a grenade launcher to the neck/face, and had a support weapon by his side. One of the figures in the hollow had tied feet, and the other had a gun. Adjacent was a box with a light on top, plus a document.

Brannigan went into the hollow, and collapsed, falling unconscious within seconds. After a minute or so Petrov managed to pull Brannigan out using webbing, but did pass out. I left my team to guard my 180 degree arc facing further into the woods. Petrov then retrieved the document.

I lassoed the box with some rope, and managed to turn it over, revealing it was full of gloop, and had a loose lid. I abandoned any further attempt to retrieve the box.

Carter had set up the defensive perimeter in his arc, which I had checked. It proved to provided inadequate warning, when without warning a support weapon opened up from behind us, along with the assailant saying “get off our world, and I won’t kill you all. Kelley, and several others were hit in the initial assault, and went down. The assailant’s firing was not of the finest quality, allowing me to get to Kelley, and pull her back. I directed Standford to patch her up and get her on her feet. Under further poorly directed support weapon fire, I moved left, and fell to a flanking assault from in front of me. I was briefly roused by Kelley, albeit with extreme pain from two unpatched extremities, when another burst ended my involvement for the mission. I was revived kicking and screaming in medbay.

In the confusion of the battle, the sheet of information I had stowed in one of my pouches was lost.

I read the first paragraph before deciding that I had little time there and then for further reading. My memory of it is that it was a type I post action report from the previous mission cycle, commenting on how their intelligence was a little out, but still very useful.

Mission 2

Intelligence Summary: No intelligence summery possible due to lack of data.

Mission Brief: No Mission brief submitted.

Mission Debrief: Debrief completed but not yet submitted.

After Action Reports: No reports submitted for this Mission.

Mission 3

Intelligence Summary: Standard Arborial world. Site of Fort Bifrost. Multiple (type 1) contacts engaged and enemy bodies returned for processing at Porton down (see DSTL report). Intel seemed to indicate that the Type 1's are making conventional ammunition off world for unknown use.

Mission Brief:

CON-068-W03: mission to G-0799.
1st gate out 20.00 hundred hours.
Return gate back at 23.30 hundred hours.

Briefing.

1. Mission. Combat patrol mission to do the following:
A. Fort Bifrost must be reconnoitered, and the work of the Engineers assessed for the purposes of developing the base in future cycles.
B. Kill, capture any hostiles we meet.
C. Retrieve hostile contacts, whether dead or alive.

2. Situation.
UN Star Gate Command deployed the 51st UNMC Engineer Company to dig out the main defences of Fort Bifrost, Construction of base Bifrost delayed by time anomalies. Intel retrieved indicating that our communications have been hacked and that the Type 1s were going to stage an assault on our team when it went to take possession of base Bifrost that they planned to assault our position to deny us this valuable asset.

A. Enemy expected to attempt an ambush of our team.
B. Non-combatants. No civilians, or non-combatants expected.
C. Friendly forces. There will be none.
D. Attachments, detachments. None.

3. Execution.
A. Deploy onworld stealthy infiltration.
B. Look & listen. Identify location of base Bifrost.
C. Kill and capture the enemy with due prejudice.

4. Service & Support.
A. Equipment.
i. Arm for bear, every bear.
ii. Medical kit.
B. Casualties; to be placed under the care of the medic who will take command of their treatment.
A. Evacuation of captured personnel & equipment.
i. All captured equipment to be taken off enemy personnel and distributed amongst our team.
ii. All prisoners must be disarmed and bound to prevent escape.

5. Chain-of-Command.
A. Mission, squad & fire-team leaders.
i. Col. Rhys mission commander & squad leader (1IC).
ii. Alpha fire team: Col. Rhys (1IC), 1Sgt. Kelley, SSgt. Ward, Pvt.
Barbison, Stanford.
iii. Bravo fire team: Lt.Col. Tachikoma (2IC), S.Sgt. Newman, Petrov, Sgt. Carter, Brannigan.
B. Radio holders; Col. Rhys, Lt.Col. Tachikoma, 1Sgt. Kelley.
i. Frequency band 5, sub channel 5.
B. Password & call signs.
i. Number called, add 13? to reply, change number each time.

Mission Debrief: Debrief completed but not yet submitted.

After Action Reports:

Lt.Col. Lara Atsuko Tachikoma United Nations Marine Corps

Arrived onworld and we split into two teams. Col. Rhys elected to stay by the gate to defend our rear, while I took Bravo fire team to find our base. We only had a general description of where the engineers had dug it and command had told us it was imperative we confirm its location and readiness. Being that it was night and all, this was easier said and done, and we had failed to find base after two sweeps through the area. At this point we heard a truck coming towards the area, and elements of my team thought they had spotted movement in the woods adjacent to where we were.

In desperation I made a third sweep of the general location and I was able to locate the trenches that the engineers had dug using my tactical torch to illuminate the area. We called Alpha and told them where we were, and guided them in using lights. We then saw more lights and this signaled the beginning of an assault on our base by what appeared to be Type 1 forces.

An exchange of opinions took place between the machine gunners. I took a sortie out to challenge hostiles who were trying to infiltrate our defences, which resulted in both Petrov and Newman being wounded, but the enemy were unwilling to engage up close and personal, and withdrew. Had they known that my gun had jammed no doubt they would have made us their bitches. Various explosions occurred during the assault, but I took Bravo team and sallied over the top of our defenses to sweep the area, securing the enemy bodies and retrieving their weapons and explosives. We came home without further untoward incidents.

XO Summary.
We went, we killed, we returned with the bodies of our enemies (see DSTL Report). We discovered that they are making conventional explosives and manufacturing ammunition for their weapons. We hate them.

Mission 4

Intelligence Summary: Standard Arborial world. 1 squad member sufferred delayed insertion onto world but was unharmed. Multiple contacts found and engaged. 1 prisoner returned (type 2?). Sounds of Worm activity in the distance but not directly observed. Gravatometer deployed and returned. Samples returned: water and soil (see DSTL Report).

Mission Brief:

CON-068-W04: mission to G1398.
1st gate out 10.54 hundred hours.

1st gate back at 12.03 hundred hours.
2nd gate back at 12.32 hundred hours.

Briefing.

1. Mission. Pathfinder mission to do the following:
A. Collect samples; soil, water & vegetation.
B. Take gravity wave readings.

2. Situation.
A. Enemy. None known, but highly likely.
B. Non-combatants. None expected.
C. Friendly forces. None expected.
D. Attachments, detachments. None.

3. Execution.
A. Deploy onworld to do a recon patrol to monitor and identify any activity.
B. Collect samples and return them to Porton Down.
C. Take gravity wave detector and return it with its readings.

4. Service & Support.
A. Equipment.
i. Science kit. Gravity
ii. Wave Detector.
iii. Medical kit.
B. Casualties; to be placed under the care of the medic who will take command of their treatment.
C. Evacuation of captured personnel & equipment.
i. All captured equipment to be taken off enemy personnel and distributed amongst our team.
ii. All prisoners must be disarmed and bound to prevent escape.

5. Chain-of-Command.
A. Mission, squad & fire-team leaders.
i. Lt.Col. Tachikoma mission commander & squad commander (1IC).
ii. Alpha fire team: 1Lt. Sackville-West (2IC), Pfc. Brannigan, Pvt.
Stanford.
iii. Bravo fire team: 2.Lt. Church (3IC), S.Sgt. Newman, Sgt. Carter.
B. Radio holders; Lt.Col. Tachikoma, S.Sgt. Newman.
i. Frequency band 5, sub channel 5.
C. Password & call signs.
i. Number called, add seven to reply, change number each time.

Mission Debrief: Debrief completed but not yet submitted.

After Action Reports:

1LT Sackville-West

Personnel

1LT Sackville-West M. A 2IC
PFC Brannigan J. A
PVT Standford A. A
LT Church D. B 3IC
SGT Carter G. B
SSGT Numan J. B
Col Tachikoma L.C 1IC

Winchester
18/11/07 10:54
OUTBOUND
1398
Mission X/Y Pathfinder
18/11/07 11:19
4
1277

Winchester
18/11/07 12:32
INBOUND
1398
Return From Missions X & Y
18/11/07 12:59
4
1277

Specialist equipment deployed - the gravitometer. the Stargazer was not deployed owing to the short on world duration.

We arrived on world, to find the standard world type, with woods all around. After a quick rollcall Brannigan was found to be missing. After a brief conference with Col Tachikoma, we moved off on our recon mission, with Bravo leading, alpha bring up the rear with me as tail end charlie. We made a brisk sweep approx 1.5km deep into the woods in a valley, following a small stream in the bottom down stream. At the furthest penetration, I collected water and soil samples (see DSTL Report).

On our return on the other side of the valley and after hearing a gate activation, contact was made with an unknown, who after following standard procedures, was determined to be Brannigan. He was none the worse for his brief subjective time loss experience of approx 30 mins in the gate system.

We turned away from the main valley, and made our way up a side valley, and around to some marginally higher ground. After some reports from my squad of sporadic weapon discharges contact was made in the side valley. Tachikoma, and bravo moved to intercept and assault, whilst I move Bravo to a blocking and flanking position on the higher ground. Some more reports of poorly directed incoming fire were made at this time. Bravo and Tachikoma dealt with the hostiles in summary fashion, without alpha being needed for additional support. Determination of hostiles type II or III nature wasn't absolute, but the suspicion was of type IIs.

We then carried on the higher land on the other side of the valley until we reached the gate area again. we moved out to patrol between the two previous routes further down the valley. With about 10 minutes to gate out, and with some evidence of movement and sporadic firing from near the gate, I was ordered to aggressively patrol back to the gates, with Bravo and Tachikoma taking the high route.

Contact was made approximately half way back to the gate, with hostiles up the far side of the valley. I crossed the stream with my squad, and evaded towards the gate. This appeared to cause some equally rapid movement on the enemies part, and from our position approx 100m from the gate, 3 hostiles were seem taking position near the gate. I determined that my force was insufficient for the an assault, and awaited the reappearance on the opposite of bravo squad. When they appeared on the skyline, 2 of the hostiles moved out from the gate area to intercept.

I took this unexpected movement, and the sound of some action from across the stream as a signal to prosecute my orders against the remaining hostile on my side of the stream. With able support from my squad the hostile was supressed, and I managed to execute a successful assault and moved through the position. Given the proximity to gate out time I ordered Brannigan to maintain a type III suppression strategy until the gate cycled. I wheeled to check whether our support was required to assist Bravo, but they seemed to have events under control.

We exited the gate, with one hostile not neutralised, but the incoming fire caused no casualties. We arrived back at base, with one type II prisoner. Carter acquired a minor arm wound from a still live M60 (it was being used to suppress the enemy during our exfiltration).

Enemy strength - 2 x type IIs - 1 captured
c. 3 - 4 type Is - 3 neutralised, but will
probably gate walk in time + 1 still active

Tactical analysis - there was no cooperation between the type Is and IIs.
The Type I group was possibly split into a 3 and 1 acting more indepently.
The type I plan seemed somewhat disjointed, and was defeated in detail by UNSGC squads. The support gun was especially useful in changing the force ratios when 2+ type Is were engaged by Bravo and Tachikoma.

Strategic analysis - There was the ominous sound of fully fledged worm action in the distance. We must presume that this world has been or is in the process of being wormed.

Additional information sought - Did the gravitometer register any abnormal gravity reading not consistent with a gate opening in the time before the gate opened?

Lt Sackville West

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Lt.Col. Lara Atsuko Tachikoma United Nations Marine Corps

After Action Report.
The team arrived onworld without the presence of Pfc. Brannigan to grace our mission, but we commenced a sweep of the area without him. I took the squad on a sweep of the area, and we found a spot that was good for taking samples. We heard the gate activate in the distance and Pfc.
Brannigan then turned up. Afterwards we met two Type 2s, one of whom we toasted with a T23-ID, while capturing the other for processing. Then we ran into three Type 1s while extracting ourselves off planet during our final gate activation. We toasted the enemy in the process of exfiltrating through the gate, but were unable to retrieve the enemy Type 1s that we had pacified due to incoming fire from the third hostile.

XO Summary.
World being eaten by worms. Type 2s hunting, Type 1s fleeing and screaming like girls they were.

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Copy of email sent to Cpt Lewis from (DSTL) Porton Down

FROM: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), Porton Down.
TO: RGHQ-51Contact transe
DATE: 11/16/2007 @12:56GMT
SUBJECT: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SLUGS RETRIEVED DURING CON-67

This is a note to advise that the Urainium 235 "slugs" recovered during CON-67 are not quite what they appear to be. They are perfect "replicas" of the kind of U235 slug required for a cannon style nuclear weapon. Externally they are the precise size as specified by the T1 engineers, unlike one of the captured batches which was under sized. These are to an initial examination pure HEWG U235, demonstrating excellent workmanship. However, upon detailed examination the neutron emitions were felt to be a little below what we would expect for the mass. The slugs were dissected, and we discovered that the inner core was made of lead. Although with basic equipment it is impossible to distinguish these from the "real" thing, these slugs are incapable of achieving a critical mass when combined with their core counterpart within the weapon casing.

We can only conclude that the manufacturer was engaged in subterfuge, by deceiving their client with the submission of these fake munitions. Purpose and motives unknown.

A full report is to follow.

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