OPERATION LOSECOAT FIELD

CON-72 Chain of Command

CON-72 Roster

CON-72 Mission Log

Mission 1

Intelligence Summary: Standard arborial world, wooded with small, apparently uninhabited village. 3 contacts found, engaged and brought back for transferral to Porton Down along with 1 canteen containing Tequila (see DSTL report).

Mission Brief: Brief given but not submitted.

Mission Debrief: Conducted by Gen Courtney.

There was another gate activation at this point, possibly 10 mins later, not sure, and a further 2 contacts appeared. They were shouting with lights on and seemed to be looking for someone. First one had a rifle or carbine. Squads were on the tree line. The 2 contacts seemed to respond to the captured contact on the ground. Sackville-West engaged the second 2 contacts with white light at 2 – 3 mtrs and challenges were issued. Sackville-West states that they ‘twitched’ their weapons so he opened fire. Frost, Ward and Lee also fired. Both contacts went down but Lee sustained an injury, could have been a blue on blue ricochet as no one was standing behind private Lee. At this point someone shot the first prisoner, unknown who. She was making lots of noise. No one asked the prisoners any questions. The 2 new contacts were searched by Ward and Lee whilst Frost provided over-watch. All round defence was maintained. The first contact had a carbine and the second had an assault rifle. Sackville-West stated that if they had put their guns down at the point he challenged them then he would not have fired on them. All in the room are satisfied that they were given ample warning. Well seems to think that these second 2 may have been slightly inebriated too, this cannot be verified at this time, as they were acting like they were looking for a friend on a Saturday night. No other equipment, just NBC suites and rifles. First captive had only a canteen and a pistol. Well advises that this seems like they were lost people who turn up occasionally and get infected through being left on world. The female had badges on her uniform.

One everyone had settled down they had 3 prisoners. Sackville-West did not want to spilt up as they needed people to bring back the prisoners. Samples were taken, water, soil and vegetation.  Well was on perimeter and saw some buildings. Seemed to be a village, 10 +buildings with no roofs, made of a corrugated material in bad condition. Sackville-West did not allow the prisoners to be revived as he was worried about manpower and Kelley was worried that they were reanimating quicker than normal. The female seemed to be trying to get to the bottle hat she had stated contained Teuila and all seemed to reanimate in sequence, female first – possibly in the order they were shot. Kelley and King watched the prisoners whilst the others scouted. Squads thought they heard something in the woods but nothing found. Frost states he heard something heavy hitting one of the buildings and some oil drums being hit, possibly another contact, Ward also heard this but no one saw anything. Frost also heard a single shot fired and King also thought she heard this. No tracer or muzzle flash seen but Frost states he heard gun and projectile hit also, King things she may have heard both these also but isn’t sure. Frost states this did not sound like an AEG, maybe a sniper or single action gun.

Squads now moved back to the gate with Ward and Frost at the head of the teams.  Prisoners were unconscious but Sackville-West states there was a lot of background noise. At 15 mins to gate time personel were organised so that Frost and Ward were first. 1 person was allocated per prisoner and everyone moved to the Gate area. No contact at gate. Gate opened and all personnel enter transit. During transit a prisoner was lost and Frost, who was last through the gate, ended up in the place of the lost prisoner, second in line. King states that she does not think she ever lost her grip on her prisoner. All present agree that this seems like a fair summary of the mission.

Conclusions: Well suspects that the contacts were ‘lost sheep’. They have met drunk people before (French and Americans). As if they are trying to fend off the effects of the ‘taint’. Interesting the prisoner trying to go towards the bottle of tequila, Possibly. Casualties did not seem to be as badly affected by the mk7 ammo as previous casualties. Could be due to blood alcohol level. Note: for observations on future missions, behaviour of enemy.

After Action Reports:

MAJ FROST J.

Report from 08/01/2008
Outbound gate to G1444 
Outbound exit 22:07, arrival 22:19
Outbound exit 23:13, arrival 23:24
Inbound exit 23:46, arrival 23:59
Inbound exit 00:12, arrival 00:26
Outbound exit 00:47, arrival 00:57
Inbound exit 01:20, arrival 01:29

Alpha team
M Sgt Well
Major Sackville West
1st Sgt Kelly

Bravo team
Major Frost
2nd Lt King
Ward
Private Lee

The exit from the gate was interrupted with an injury to King, myself and Ward scouted down from the Star-gate to locate an area for king to get proper treatment. We found an entrance into some woods and formed a perimeter whilst Kelly treated Kings injury. The Star-gate activated and a figure started down the track, the figure appeared to be inebriated and was singing (off key). We allowed the person to approach within approx 3 meters and she was challenged, after the challenge she seemed confused and was waving a pistol and a canteen around (this was apparently filled with Tequila.  She was disarmed and tied up but was still singing, at this point the star-gate again activated and 2 people began moving down the hill These were shouting a name and searching for someone, they again moved within 3 meters and were challenged. The point mans M4 was seen to rise after  the challenge and at that point we opened fire and subdued them both, the female was also shot during the engagement. The bodies were policed and I scouted a small village, the bodies were then moved to a secured building. During and after the move several large impacts were heard on the wall of a building approx 20 meters up from our location. As we were ex-filtrating I heard an impact at a set of oil drums 5 meters from our location, shortly after I heard a single shot and impact. We then moved to the gate and waited for activation. The return trip was difficult and we lost a prisoner in the mix as bodies were knocked around.

***NEXT REPORT***

1SGT KELLEY G. MO

MISSION   1 VXC055A    G-1444
ALPHA SQUAD                                                                                          BRAVO SQUAD
2lt king—Broken nose     (administered morphine)                                          MS G Well               no injury
Maj  Frost                         no injury                                                               Maj Sackvile-west    no injury                                                                      
Pvt   Lee                           right leg level 1 wound                                           FSG  Kelly               no injury
SFC Ward                        no injury

***NEXT REPORT***

2LT King

Mission 1, 01/08/08 to vxc055A, Recon

Alpha                                                   Beta
Major Sackville-west                            Major Frost
Master Sergeant Well                           2nd Lt King
First Sergeant Kelley                            Sergeant First Class Ward
                                                            Private Lee

Gate out: 22:07 zulu       Transit time: 12 mins                 Landing time: 22:19 zulu
Gate in: 23:46 zulu         Transit time: 13 mins                 Landing time: 00:13 zulu

Target Gate ID#: G-1444

Attended the mission briefing where we found out which team we would be on, what the mission was and the gate outbound and inbound.

When we starbursted from the gate, we were in a different order of March, also I had banged into something and had broken my nose.  Luckily Kelly was on hand to sort me out.  After a 5 minute break, we made our way to the rv point, by this time the gate had reactivated and we had to find cover fast.

Unfortunately due to my injury, I didn’t take part as fully as I should, so only heard bits and pieces, what I did see and hear was somebody singing off key as if drunk.  By the time the person got to us, we were all quiet, then somebody said "unsgc, identify yourself", they didn't answer after the 5,4,3,2, they put their weapons down.  Then the gate went again and 2 more people came through, they made their way down to us.

Next thing I know, they were not putting there weapons down and everyone opened fire and there were injuries and Kelly was needed.  I was then put on perimeter check, where I stayed until requested to do prisoner watch with Kelly.

By the time we returned, we had 3 prisoners, when we came out of the wormhole I had lost my prisoner.

Mission 2

Intelligence Summary:C Gate on site know formerly as the New Greenham Common base. Flight scrambled troop order and was rough. 2 bunker/trench complexes found and multiple contacts made and engaged. 1 prisoner sucessfully retrieved and sent to Porton Down for further tests (see DSTL report).

Mission Brief: Brief given but not submitted.

Mission Debrief: Conducted by Cpt Aitken

Alpha Team: Maj Sackville-West, 1st Sgt Kelly, Pvt Ray, Msgt Well.
Bravo team: SFC Ward, 2Lt King, Pvt Tuma, Pvt Lee, Maj Frost.

Flight conditions rough, arrival was in a slightly different order to take off but no injuries during flight. Planet normal Arborial world with light rain. No science kit deployed as designated combat mission. Not a perfect deployment, possibly due to the gate travel mix up. Transit ended at the bottom of a low hill and the squads moved up to the top of the hill in a skirmish line. A bunker complex was visible on the skyline and Alpha was assigned to bunker clearance with Bravo for support. The bunker was found empty and an all round defence was set up.

As the squads were moving out to the bottom of the hill they heard ‘tango’ followed by weapons fire in their direction, King was injured in the arm. Squads identified themselves but were still fired at so both squads moved out of sight and had a discussion. Bravo squad moved off to the bottom of the hill whilst Alpha stayed at the top of the hill out of sight and then moved forward to support the Bravo squad.

All both squads could see of the enemy were a couple of hats over a parapet. Bravo swept in and the targets seemed to be firing less and less. They then moved up, took out one hostile and then put a grenade into the room, this delt with the remaining hostiles. Contacts had no distinguishing markings,  one of them was not wearing camouflage pants but was wearing a desert camo jacket. Once contacts were secure they were tied up by Lee and the second bunker was cleared, Kit bag with lots of ammo found. No challenges issues during this as both squads were being fired upon. Some of Bravo did a reconnaissance of the forest around but no other signs of human life. There were signs of animal life.

Prisoners were taken to the top of the hill and then all moved back to the Gate. All personel moved through the gate at activation with 2 people on point and 2 at the rear with the prisoners in the middle. Deployment re arranged during transit again with 2 bodies successfully brought back. The last reanimated and escaped back through the gate upon re entry.

After Action Reports:

1SGT KELLEY G. MO

MISSION 2      VXC105C    G-0002
ALPHA SQUAD                                                                                                         BRAVO SQUAD
MSG Well                     No injury                                                                                 Maj Frost         No injury
Maj Sackville-West       No injury                                                                                 2LT King          L 1 Wrist
FSG Kelley                   No injury                                                                                 SFC Ward        No injury
Pvt  Fox                        No injury                                                                                 Pvt Mc ‘reedy   No injury

***NEXT REPORT***

2LT King

Mission 2 to VXC105C, combat.

Alpha                                                    Beta
Major Sackville-West                            Major Frost
Master Sergeant Well                            2nd Lt King
First Sergeant Kelley                             Sergeant First Class Ward
Private Fox                                           Private Lee

Gate out: 10:27 zulu       Transit time: 17 mins                 Landing time: 10:44 zulu
Gate in: 11:31 zulu         Transit time: 17 mins                 Landing time: 11:48 zulu

Target Gate ID#: G-0002

We gated out with beta in the lead, unfortunately the gate travel jumbled us up again!  I was at the back when we got out (3rd from the front when entering the gate).

We starbursted with alpha to the right and beta to the left.  Once the gate was secure, beta took point with alpha bringing up the rear.  About 10 mins into the mission Frost and Lee came upon a bunker defence system. 

After clearing the bunker, frost noticed another bunker system further down and saw 2 heads peeking out of the top.  We heard what sounded like tango being shouted, we then returned with unsgc.  This brought on gun fire, where once again I got shot in the wrist!

Once the gun fire stopped well and Sackville west decided that beta would take the left flank keeping to the trees and alpha would be the targets.  This worked fine, until we came upon yet another trench system, this time Frost and Lee cleared the trench, then frost carried on with me behind going to the main trench.  By this time ward and lee had got the prisoner secured.

Once the trench was secure, we set up an all round defence, it was then decided to move all the prisoners up to the top trench, once this was done and everyone had rv'ed.  Ward and I were given the order to take point back to the gate, with the prisoners had 3 escorts.  Once back at the gate an all round defence was taken until the gate opened.

I was the second group through with a prisoner partnered with Lee.  Unfortunately once back on the other side of the gate the order of March was changed yet again.

Mission 3

Intelligence Summary: Standard arborial world designated unexplored ex-colony. No previous details. Gate site by an abandoned village like area. Multiple contacts made and engaged, possibly Type 1's and 2's. 3 bodies retrieved along with an aluminium case later found to contain Uranium slugs of the type previously retrieved from offworld see DSTL report and Other Related Documents section at the bottom of this page for images of the case and contents. Type 2 prisoner killed using On-world weapon upon return to base. gravatometer readings and samples taken (see DSTL report).

Mission Brief: Brief given but not submitted.

Mission Debrief: Debrief performed by Cpt Aitken.

Recon mission. Flight conditions were very good and all squads arrived together and in the right order. Gate was in front of a ditch, rough terrain with piles of wood in front of the gate. Squads proceeded with all round defence.

Alpha – Sackville-West, Kelly, Well

Bravo – Frost, Fox, Ray, McReady

Not a perfect dispersal. Gate located with a bridge across a small stream just in front. Up a slope there were lots of structures with no roofs, possibly abandoned or a training facility of some kind. Slope went down to a small stream and then back up into woods. Squads crossed the stream and swept up the woods in a full diamond formation. No incidents and personel were eventually stopped by impenetrable undergrowth. Gravatometer was deployed and Science kit was taken on mission.

Squads turned and went back to where they began. Upon arrival they heard a gate activation and a lone figure seen 30 – 40 mtrs away moving through the woods, carrying a silver case. After a while he was challenged by Bravo squad and there was an exchange of fire. Bravo then withdrew and the case was taken. When both squads regrouped they decided to take the body too. Alpha retrieved the body which was dressed in northern european camo with an assault rifle but had no patches, logo’s  or spare ammo. No intel retrienved from the body. The case was not opened at this time. Approx 10 mins later another person came through the Gate shouting ‘Alberto’. This contact was more military in appearance than the first, wearing a desert top and non uniform pants. There was a dialogue and a challenge was given followed by an exchange of fire. Frost and Fox were there but do not know who fired first, believe that it was the hostile. Hostile was neutralised, searched and then placed with the first hostile.

A short while later here was another gate activation and the contact that emerged engaged the squads straight away.  There were casualties in the party and this individual was a lot more feisty and was wearing British pattern camouflage. This seemed to be a type 2 as it was not behaving as though the MK 7 ammo was having an effect. Frost was injured during the exchange of fire before this third hostile was incapacitated and tied up and hands and feet. A guard was posted. The squads were tactically stretched having personnel over a large area and Frost did not get immediate medical attention. Squads did not have radios. Frost was eventually patched up and all bodies were moved to nearer the gate inside a structure. All round defence was taken up and squads waited for Gate time. The type 2 seemed to be trying to look at people’s wrists, possibly trying to rupture the NBC suites.

Travel back was not good, very rough. Sackville-West’s weapon discharged during transit and there were injuries. One of the  type 1’s reanimated and the type 2 reanimated upon return to base and was killed using an on world weapon.  

After Action Reports:

1SGT KELLEY G. MO

MISSION 6  UXCO42C   G-0734
ALPHA SQUAD                                                                                                         BRAVO SQUAD
MSG  Well                    No injury                                                                                  PVT Lee             L1 Arm Wound
Maj   Sackville-West     No injury                                                                                  PVT Mc’reedy    No injury
FSG Kelley                   No injury                                                                                  PVT Fox             No injury
                                                                                                                                     Maj Frost            L1 chest/leg/arm   
 

Mission 4

Intelligence Summary: Standard arborial world designated visited ex-colony. See CON's 60.4, 33.5 and 21.1 for previous visits. Multple contacts found and engaged. No casualties and no prisoners taken.

Mission Brief: Brief given but not submitted.

Mission Debrief:
Alpha squad – Sackville-West, Lewis, Law, King
Bravo squad – Frost, Kelley, Johanssen, Ward.

Conducted by Cpt Aitken.

Flight conditions very good. Squads exited the gate in the order they entered, deployed left and right.  No scientific equip taken. Standard Arborial world with the Gate by a stream at the bottom of the slope. A number of barricades seen in the woods, very crude in appearance. Frost did a quick sweep and the squads moved into the woods for about 30 – 40 mtrs. Frost Spotted a red light in the woods, to the left flank, at a distance and reported it over the radio. Light seemed to be moving generally towards the squads but erratically. This was then confirmed by other members of Bravo squad along with other white lights. Time was about 10 mins to Gate departure. Squads pulled back. Red light was a gate walker that seemed to be moving back and forth looking at the ground. Didn’t head straight for the gate but squads did not engage as it walked through our position with approx 3 mins to go till gate time. Wearing camo gear. Weapon hung round its neck.

More movement seen up the hill coming in to the right flank. Some small fire from hostiles in the distance and possibly shouting from them, could not tell what was said.

Both squads formed a defensive perimeter around the gate. Movement and noise to the top of the hill showed that squads were being flanked. Just before the Gate opened, 2 contacts moving down the hill from the right flank opened fire. Believe that one of them may have been hit during return fire. Squads fell back tactically and were right on top of the gate. Suppression continued whilst gate egress took place. Gate travel was smooth, no turbulence, exited the gate in the same order we entered it. No casualties, no prisoners.

Frost did engage the white lights during the original contact. No challenge was issued and it is possible the second engagement was caused by this.

After Action Reports:

1SGT KELLEY G. MO

Mission 9   VXC126A   G-01112
ALPHA  SQUAD                                                                                                       BRAVO SQUAD
Maj Sackville-West          no injury                                                                              Maj  Frost           no injury
Ltcol Law                         no injury                                                                              FSG Kelley         no injury
2LT King                         no injury                                                                              SFC Ward           no injury
Maj Lewis                        no injury                                                                              SFC Johanson     no injury        
    

***NEXT REPORT***

Lieutenant-Colonel Law, James T.

1iC: Major Sackville-West
2iC: Major Frost
TEAMS: Alpha and Bravo
BUDDY: Lewis, support gunner

Outbound Gate: smooth, no re-arrangement of entry order.

Terrain: wooded gully, stream with bridge, some dilapidated structures, missing walls and roofs

Entered through GATE, took up ARD.
Moved up and to left, Alpha went ARD in and around structures, Bravo went on patrol
Radio reports of contact, red light moving,
Patrol came back, red light continued to approach.
Second contact, multiple unknowns, uphill and to right, appeared to be flanking ARD
First contact was single person, poss. type one or two, appeared to be searching for something, no action was taken Sackville-West ordered observation kept.
Second contact, confirmed two unknowns, continued to flank and then opened fire.
Lewis, myself, and several others returned fire downing at least one hostile, forcing second to retreat.
Both teams pulled back to GATE, assumed ARD.
Gate activated, both teams through in good order, no further action.

Inbound Gate: smooth, no re-arrangement of entry order.

COMMENTS:

Overall mission performance good, clear direction and leadership. Excellent fulfilment of assigned roles.
Review and reinforce radio procedure and Rules of Engagement

Abbreviations.
ARD. All Round Defence
GATE. Star Gate

Lieutenant-Colonel Law, James T.

***NEXT REPORT***

2LT King

Mission 4, 01/08/08 to VXC126A, Recon

Alpha                                                    Beta
Major Sackville-west                             Major Frost
Lt Colonel Law                                      Sergeant First Class Johanson
Major Lewis                                          Sergeant First Class Ward
2nd Lt King                                           First Sergeant Kelley

Gate out: 20:33 zulu       Transit time: 21 mins                 Landing time: 20:54 zulu
Gate in: 23:04 zulu         Transit time: 21 mins                 Landing time: 23:25 zulu

Target Gate ID#: G-0112

Starburst from the gate with Alpha going left and Beta going right, Lt Col Law and Maj Lewis took up a defensive position against a wall of trees, while Maj Sackville-West & I covered the bottom area near the gate.  Meanwhile Beta led by Frost done a circuit working their way to the top of the ridge.

While Beta where looking they spotted a light that kept flashing, Alpha was informed and we kept an eye out.  About 2/3rds of the mission Sackville-West spotted a light coming from the left of our position, Beta had reached our point and a shot was heard.  Beta tried to make contact with the approaching hostiles but with no success, they still kept coming.

One hostile started to approach mine and Sackville-West’s position, the major told me to keep an eye on the hostile but not to fire as it appeared to be a type 3 as it was looking on the ground taking no notice of us, he was also talking to himself.  By this time, it was time to make our way back to the gate, we had Lewis and Law laying down covering fire, which worked, the rest of us took up a defensive position while keeping an eye on the hostile near the gate.  As soon as the gate opened we dived through.

Mission 5

Intelligence Summary: Standard arborial world. 2 contacts found and spoken to. No prisoners taken. Contacts looking for a person named Vosloo lost in an engagement with a type 3 and agreed to further amicable discussion with Sg teams if encountered again. Password set up. Samples returned – flint pieces, soil, air, water (see DSTL report).

Mission Brief: Brief given but not submitted.

Mission Debrief: Performed by Cpt Aitken.

Pathfinder mission. Gate out was smooth and dispersal was good, personel arrived in the same order they left. Gate was situated in a rocky area by a low field with underbrush to the left and a forest. LtCol Law took his squad and patrolled, samples were taken using all round defence for protection. Squads moved in a line down a game trail and followed the paths down a stream about 10 mtrs to the left. Terrain was a small valley in open woods, undergrowth, not heavily forested with signs of small animals. Once at the top of the rise the squads turned and began to move back but not along the same path.

Approx 20 – 30 mtrs on a contact was sighted up ahead. Squads move nearer the Gate and mounted all round defence with the gate as a base. LtCol Law’s squad went to investigate and another 2 contacts were spotted to the 9 o’clock of the Gate. All squads pulled back to the gate. LtCol Law was closest to the contacts but Sackville-West heard a voice that seemed to contain the word ‘fire’ - as there were incoming rounds he fired back and the targets may have been hit. The contacts were 5 – 10 mtrs down slope and were asked to identify themselves, they asked the same back. Law advised his squad not to fire and he went to meet one of the contacts on neutral ground. Contacts colleague was wounded and more understandably more hostile but stated that they had no problem with the squads. Both contacts were wearing camo, the first was UK pattern and was carrying a short G36, the other unidenfitied camo and was wounded in the leg and bandaged. Law identified himself by name but not rank an the first contact gave his name as Jones. He seemed to know the squads were SGC and asked what we were doing on the world.

He seemed interested that this was a pathfinder mission to us and identified himself and his colleague as belonging to an ‘Independent organisation based off world’. He stated that they were looking for a person called ‘Vosloo’ in an SG team and that this person went missing off world, was recovered and then went missing again. They were apparently ‘bounced’ by a type 3 2 nights previous and it was during this time that the lost contact with Vosloo. The first contact seemed to have no problem with the Sg team being on world and when asked if they would speak to us again the second hostile was not happy but the first one stated that this was not his decision and that the request would be passed down the line. Law stated that he would do the same, password set up: Identifier word batwing, reply hamster.

After this it was agreed that all would call it a day and that our personel would retreat to the Gate and mount a defence, if the contacts engaged the SG team then they would be fired upon. The contacts stated that they were moving away in the opposite direction, all shook hands and parted company though the contacts did not move far away, they were not hostile. Gate time was reached and as the squads were making their way through the gate Ward thinks she heard gunfire.

Samples returned – flint pieces, soil, air, water.

After Action Reports:

Lieutenant-Colonel Law, James T.

1iC: Major Sackville-West
2iC: Lieutenant-Colonel Law
TEAMS: Alpha and Bravo
BUDDY: Ward

Outbound Gate: smooth, no re-arrangement of entry order.

Terrain: shallow valley, lightly wooded, stream running through.

Entered through GATE, took up ARD.
Proceeded to stream to collect samples, then crossed over the stream to far side of valley. Patrolled in a circular route. 
As we closed on the gate we spotted one unknown heading away from us, we were not seen.
Proceeded with caution to gate, Alpha team secured gate and Bravo team set out to locate unknown.
Located two unknowns, Bravo returned to the GATE. Challenged unknowns to identify themselves and took incoming fire as a response.

After several attempts achieved a cease fire and opened a dialogue with unknowns.
They were not overly hostile, both in camo with SMG/ assault rifles. One had a leg wound.
They said they worked for an independent off world organisation and were looking for a colleague who had become separated from them two or three nights before during a type three attack. They named him as Vosloo. They also recognised the term ‘Pathfinder’.
We left them on good terms due to imminent departure time with a challenge and response for any future meetings. Due to elapsed time I cannot remember either.

COMMENTS:

Overall mission performance good, clear direction and leadership. Excellent fulfilment of assigned roles.
Review and reinforce hand signals, chain of command and Rules of Engagement

Abbreviations.
ARD. All Round Defence
GATE. Star Gate

Lieutenant-Colonel Law, James T.

***NEXT REPORT***

2LT King

Mission 5, 01/08/08 to UP117C, Pathfinder

Alpha                                                    Beta
Major Sackville-west                             Lt Colonel Law
2nd Lt King                                           Sergeant First Class Ward

Gate out: 10:33 zulu       Transit time: 17 mins                 Landing time: 10:50 zulu
Gate in: 11:40 zulu         Transit time: 18 mins                 Landing time: 11:58 zulu

Target Gate ID#: G-0404

Starbursted from the gate with Alpha going right and Beta going left, when all was secure Beta went first in a single line Law, Ward, Sackville-West and me watching our six.  Halfway down the slope we found a stream and as per instructions Ward took samples with the rest of us taking a defensive position.  Once we had collected the samples we carried on.

The terrain was almost earth like with hills and dips, we climbed one such hill full of vegetation and at the top waited to see if we could see anything, nothing, so continued on.  Unfortunately due to the vegetation shadows were spotted and it wasn’t until we were closer that we realised it was a shadow!

As we made our way back to the gate, Lt Col Law spotted someone in the trees, we then hurried to find cover, Law and Ward made there way down to try and communicate with the hostiles, in the meantime Sackville-West and I were further up the hill keeping a bead on the other hostile standing by the tree.  For some reason only known to himself Sackville-West opened fire, the hostiles then retaliated thankfully nobody was injured on our side!  There was one casualty on the other side though.  In the lull Law was calling for a cease fire to they could talk and Sackville-West was calling as well so it was chaos, Law then ordered Sackville-West to shut-up, which he did.  Lt Col Law then met one of the hostiles in the middle.

The Lt Col was given a time check and he concluded his talks with the hostiles, he then rejoined us and we made our way back to the gate where we took up a defensive position, while waiting he gave has bits of an important message to relay back at HQ if he was captured.  Unfortunately due to the lateness of this report I am unable to remember what the sentence was.

Once the gate was opened we gated back, with no injuries and no prisoners.

Other Related Documents

Below are photographes taken of the case and contents retrieved during Mission 3. Case contents: 2 empty foil sleeves, 1 pack latex examination gloves, 1 radioactive slug approx same dimensions as those retreived on previous missions. Slug detected as radioactive, pls see DSTL Report for full analysis.

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