Date: September 1, 109 P.A.
Time: 1900
Conditions: 82 degrees outside and the sun is almost down. The shadows are long and in the shadow of buildings it is dark. When looking west, there is a good chance at accidentally looking right into the sun. Because of this there is a consistent -2 to all visual based rolls. Your optics will negate this (for as long as they work).
Weather: Clear, with fog over downtown in the distance.
Ley Line info: Old Chicago is rife with ley lines, but Fort Resilience is one of the few areas with none within a mile of the base.
Location: Ruins of Old Chicago, Grid Reference 4C Mark 8B
As everyone gathers together again, both transports land in some large open field. While overgrown and full of all kinds of vegetation, it has few trees and no buildings. It must have been some sort of park or recreation area pre-rifts. Regardless, the two squads gather there and Freeman gets everyone's attention.
"Captain got wounded in the last mission, so I'm taking point from here on. He's mobile and pissed off, but not in any shape to go stomping around in Fed controlled war zones. He's running the op from the drop ship, so if you get redirect orders, listen up. Now for us. We've got four teams, four objectives. So listen up. Bear-2 ground team, you will push through this region, find the object on this tablet and take posession. Anything that stands in your way, eliminate it. Engage at your discretion, and don't forget we have priority tasking on the artillery. But we absolutely need the target intact. Only if it is immovable are you cleared to destroy it, but we need video footage and close ups of its innards. Wright should be able to either remove it or get us the intel we need - details are on the tablet. RCSG wants to build something to counteract it in the future. By the way, it destroys electronics if it gets charged enough. It just went off and downed another transport - not ours thankfully. We estimate 30 minutes to full charge. Ford, I need you with me though. I brought the hoverbike for you. Split your explosives with Bear-2's ground elements. You guys can keep the hovercraft for now."
He goes over the objectives for his own squads, which includes eliminating an armored company and reinforcing and extracting the bulk of Dearborn Company, and then turns to Bear-2's power armor team. "Your task is to capture an enemy tactician. Goes by Killian Lee. Cocky bastard, but a veritable genius by all accounts. He needs to be alive, he does not need to be conscious. He is a mage, so take appropriate precautions. There's a gag and hand restraints in the drop ship if you don't have any. First we need to find them though."
"Command just moved new intel drones into our AO. They will take 10 minutes to get into position and then 10 minutes to get back out. At fifteen minutes from just a few moments ago, they will evac the zone leaving us with zero extra intel. You have a short time to get it done, so get it done. Dansk will rejoin Bear-2 now that I have Ford back, so good luck everyone! Rendezvous is here in 25 minutes. If Bear-2's ground team takes out their target in that time we'll push it to 45 minutes, mostly to give them time to get it back to the AO. Work together folks! Let's get it done!"