Ashington Plains, United Mercantile Federation, Terra Nova
TIME OF DAY
Morning
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BRIEFING
During the last cycle, a group of bandits known as The Jackals has been raiding civilian transport vehicles. These raids have increased in frequency over the last few months, resulting in supply shortages throughout many of the northern city-states. The Jackals' stronghold is located in a small valley in the Ashington Plains.
Your squad will be inserted to the south of this valley, near one of their refueling stations. Your objective is to enter the valley and destroy the backbone of the Jackals' raiding vehicles, the Sagittarius-class Striders.
It is imperative that you penetrate their perimeter undetected and destroy the vehicles before their pilots are alerted to your presence. Your stealth Gears are seriously outgunned. If you engage the enemy directly, your chances are not good. Intelligence has downloaded suspected enemy positions into your Gear's neural net. They will show up on your HUD as NAV points.
As a potential candidate for 01st Strike Recon Black Talons you have been selected to lead two of our highest ranking officers on this sortie.
In transit, you will receive updated trideo intel as it becomes available."
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dbrf_success {
"CONGRATULATIONS
You have proven yourself worthy to command the Black Talons. Should you decide to accept this commission, you will be expected to lead an off-world strike team to the Gateworld of Caprice.
After the recent atrocity in the Badlands, it is evident that Earth is once again mustering for an attack. These are desperate times and desperate measures are in order.
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dbrf_fail {
"GENERAL AUSCHENBACH TO WESTPHALIA CABINET
I regret to inform you that the bandit encampment is still at full operational capacity. The raiders were not unprepared as our intelligence group reported, but instead were fully armed and expecting our attack.
This grievous intelligence failure has resulted in a great loss of personnel and equipment and has dealt us a severe blow in our preparations against Earth."