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report covers 18 September 2140 to 23 September 2140
Sunday, 18 September 2140
weather: cool and overcast, winds from the east.
The team contacted the Kaskaskian assault force by radio about dawn, and told them to head south from Pittsburgh. MSG Jefferson told Jeff that they were going to charge the Morrow Project $40 for the cost of transport; Jeff agreed.
R36 then drove north towards Pittwburgh, and found a camp.
Monday, 19 September 2140
weather: cool, fog until mid-morning, overcast the rest of the day.
The team remained in camp. They decided not to mess with, or even contact, the rather "mountain man" -ish locals. Booth put up his antennas and monitored the radio most of the day ... nothing very new.
Tuesday, 20 September 2140
weather: cool, fog until mid-morning, scattered clouds the rest of the day.
The forty Kaskaskian soldiers arrived late in the day. The unit was carried on four "army trucks" (kind of varied) and a "jeep" (formerly a 1982 Jeep Cherokee Chief SJ, now hard to recognize). They were led by Master Sergeant Samson Jefferson, the Project Firebird operations NCO:
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MSG Sam Jefferson
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He's a 5' 4" tall black man (5' tall was the minimum height accepted at that time), and weighs 120 pounds, dripping wet. Born in 1947, as of 2140 he is age 58. He wears thick Army-issue glasses, and is bald as an egg. No tattoos or piercings.
Raised in the east side ghettos of Detroit, he had plenty of combat experience before he joined the Army in 1966. He was a Sergeant and part of a Special Forces team by 1968, and served several tours in Vietnam with 5th SFG. In the 1970s and the early 1980s he saw action in Central America, while based at Fort Bragg.
The Army is his family; Special Forces is his religion. He can do any SF job better than the men whose job it is. He can make and use nearly any weapon, but is something of an artist with a knife.
He's married to a Kaskaskian woman a few years ago, and has two young children. Only three things can make him angry: a threat to Captain Bauer, his family, or his community. It is not wise to make him angry; MSG Jefferson has no living enemies.
His normal weapons are an M14 rifle, an M1911A1 pistol, a bayonet, and a fighting knife.
In game terms, MSG Jefferson is 85% with First Aid, Unarmed Combat, Melee Weapons, Throw, Full Auto, Rifle, Flamethrower, and Grenade Launcher. He's 60% with Handgun, Direct Fire Weapon, and Indirect Fire Weapon. He's 75% with Climb, Craft Firearm, Demolitions, Electrical Repair, Fieldcraft, Mechanical Repair, Metalworking, Military Science, Operate Heavy Machinery, Parachute, Sneak, Spot Hidden, Swim, Tradecraft, and Woodworking. He knows Vietnamese, Laotian (spoken only), Hmong (spoken only), French and (Central American) Spanish pretty well; his German, Korean (spoken only), and Egyptian Arabic (spoken only) are only passable for simple conversation.
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Staff Sergeant Arnold "Gomer" Pyle, a medical NCO, was the other Firebird member with the force from Kaskaskia. He had a rural Arkansas accent; alas (hence the nickname -- used only by his Firebird comrades until very recently). He was loud and boisterous, prone to telling jokes, drinking, and "rassling". His First Aid skill was 90%, and his Medicine skill was 50%.
Wednesday, 21 September 2140
weather: nice temperature, fog till mid-morning, mostly cloudy the rest of the day.
The Kaskaskians and the Morrow team spent the day reviewing the recon data, and planning the raid on Mont Chateau. Master Sergeant Jefferson was actually very good at making suggestions for Jeff Benefiel to pick up on and look good with.
Thursday, 22 September 2140
weather: nice temperatures, overcast until 1 p.m., light rain ending about midnight.
The convoy (four Kaskaskian trucks, a Kaskaskian jeep, and the Morrow truck) drove south towards West Virginia. They stopped a few miles north of the border.to wait for nightfall.
Friday, 23 September 2140
weather: cool, windy from the WNW, overcast or mostly cloudy the rest of the day.
After midnight, the assault force had infiltrated to a point several miles north of the Mont Chateau lodge. A five-man team was sent to cut the telephone wires at the first signs of combat; another five-man team was sent to secure and slightly sabotage the ferry.
John Booth and Eric Turner stole a small rowboat, crossed the lake, hid the boat in White's Run, and took up positions opposite the lodge.
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