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| - Log Title: To Catch A Prince Characters: Artemis, Baroness, Interrogator, Major Bludd, Over Kill Location: Al-Alawi, Middle East Date: 25 July 2011 Summary: Artemis takes a team of Alley-Vipers into Crown City to capture Al-Alawi's prince. Artemis is in the Crown City, in a small building on the grounds of one of the many palaces. She radios into the Major, than waits for a response, while idly munching on some of the local cuisine, goat's meat on flat bread, with some kind of sauce that smells as repugnant as the goat the meat originally came from. The Alley-Vipers with her exchange glances wondering how she can stomach such food. Major Bludd flips open his tent door and stomps out into the camp. His helmet tucked under his arm, he flips through the available air units listing on his handheld. Artemis looks at the Alley-Vipers, "Allright, you get your wish. We go full Offensive in 5 minutes. Red Leader, take Red 2 though 4 behind the Building, and get into position, on my mark, assault the building, taking down the guards, Red 5 will take the rest of Red team and assault this side. Gold Team will hold this position for Exfiltration, while I take Green Team into the building to find the Prince. Anyone but the Prince is expendable." The Alley-Vipers salute, and move out. When they are in position, they signal Artemis. Major Bludd heads for the camp's makeshift airfield and climbs aboard a Rattler jet. He gives the pilot orders and coordinates, then calls orders into his radio. Artemis nods slightly to Green Team, the team with the best sneaky Alley Vipers, although they really are not all that sneaky. They begin to move forward. She speaks softly into her radio.... ... And shots ring out in Crown City. At the Harem Palace, Guards fall, and some return fire, wildly. Mamba #726> Interrogator radios the other Mambas and they fly off to Crown City to assist with the misson. The Head Body Guard hears the shots, and frowns. In Arabic, he shouts, "Cobra is here for the Prince. Defend him with your life. We have no way out!" Bludd's Rattler lifts off and also heads for Crown City. Artemis leads her team into the Palace, methodically clearing the rooms. One of the vectors hovers over crown city, just above the cloudline. It tries to stay out of sight, following Artemis as she works. It's not long before the Rattler arrives on the outskirts of Crown City. The pilot follows Artemis' signal, flying low over the tops of buildings. Mamba #726> Interrogator leads the Mambas over the city, following the faster Rattler at a distance. Artemis is in the process of gutting a tall, half-naked woman with her Cybernetic claws as she is speaking over her radio. She tosses the dying woman aside. She looks around, and frowns. "He must be on a lower floor. This floor is clear." She motions to the stairs, and leads Green Team down them.... The Rattler swings around the eastern side of the palace, ignoring the small-arms fire coming up from the guards stationed on the ground below. Mamba #726> Interrogator fires his machine guns at the building, and the other Mambas do likewise, filling the sky with lead. As Artemis' team moves down the stairs a hail of small arms fire greets them. Luckily she is short, and the Alley-Vipers have armor. Most rounds pass right over her, or bounce off the Alley-Vipers. Fire is returned and the begin to clear the Basement, slowly, only firing when they have a clear, identified target. Major Bludd has the pilot set the Rattler down on the roof of the building next door. A man stands up, and yells out, "Enough! I surrender. No more of my people need to die!" A short argument between this man and his bodyguard ensues, and eventually the Crown prince steps forward, hands high, to Artemis. "Let them live, and you can take me to your Commander." Artemis grins, and punches the Prince in the stomach, bowling him over, "Bow to me when you say that." She turns to her Alley-Vipers, "Execute them." She cuffs the Prince, and pulls him up the stairs to the sounds of full Automatic gun fire ripping the guards apart. Over Kill has landed a Vector next to the palace, as ordered. The cockpit opens, as well as the cargo bays. "Enter." it states quietly. Artemis pulls the Prince, who is now trying to pull away, but after hearing his guards executed, who blames him, towards the Vector. She flings him to the ground, and moves to cover the Vipers running for the Vector, "Someone push Porkins!" The Rattler's engines whine loudly, even at idle speed, as Bludd waits for confirmation of Artemis' team's secure arrival on the Vector. The Alley-Viper in question would glare at Artemis, but his mask prevents it, "Hey! I've seen Star Wars, Ma'am!" He runs a little faster, as the rest of Red Team laughs. The last Alley Viper gets aboard, finally, and Artemis calls out to Over Kill, "Take off... You can drop the Alley-Vipers off at the Edge of the City, at Grid Coordinates Alpha One Echo One, and they can pick up the Rages, and use them to Return to Base." At Bludd's command, the Rattler lifts off and moves into formation with the Vector. Mamba #726> Interrogator and the rest of the Mambas get into position and escort the Vector back to base. Over Kill nods. "Confirmed." he orders the Vectors to lift off. "taking the vipers back to base." As the Rattler flies along with the group, Bludd makes a note on his handheld. "Have the techos check the new Over Kill unit's info processors," he taps. "Misses details sometimes." Artemis waits for the ride to be over. She stares at the Prince, an evil glint in her eye. It doesn't take long for the air group to reach Cobra's camp. With local air power and ground-to-air threats neutralised, the journey is a quiet one. Artemis stares at the Prince, "So, Princey, want to pray for your life to be over, or would you like to live a little longer?" Her words are in Arabic. The Prince makes no response. He just looks at the woman as if she is beneath him. Over Kill looks to the Prince. "He's not going to speak to us directly. He'll need someone with a more.. gentle touch." Artemis grins, "He'll speak to me.... He just needs convincing, Over Kill. I know Muslim men... they all need convincing to speak to infidels, especially women." She grabs the Prince's arm, and pulls him off the Vector, pulling him to the TerrorDrome. Major Bludd's Rattler sets down at the airfield, kicking up plumes of desert sand. Bludd climbs down from the craft and heads for the Terror Drome. Over Kill tilts his head. "I am neither man or woman. Maybe he'd talk to me." He chuckles, moving in closer. Scarlett is once again on her hill top, this time, she decides it is time to cause a little trouble for Cobra. Just a snipe and run. Mamba #726> Interrogator watches as the other Mambas land and stays in the air. He begins flying a search pattern near the TerrorDrome. Major Bludd stalks across the sand and enters the Terror Drome.
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