My War: A PR diary. - Page 2

BlackwaterEddie · 06-09-2007, 08:02 AM

He walked up to the gun and got in behind it. Oh, no, don't you dare... Don't you do it

Thats a line from Black Hawk Down isnt it? :P

Good writing mate, enjoying it muchly

[R-MOD]KP · 06-09-2007, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackwaterEddie

He walked up to the gun and got in behind it. Oh, no, don't you dare... Don't you do it

Thats a line from Black Hawk Down isnt it? :P

Good writing mate, enjoying it muchly

No, it wasn't, actually. But now that I think back, it reminded me a lot of that scene...

And thanks!

[R-MOD]KP · 07-02-2007, 03:33 PM

The oil was heavy in the air. It formed a sticky layer on my skin. It traveled into my lungs and stung in my chest. Even my teeth were covered in the sticky, smelling black stuff. It mixed with the sweat on my skin and made my MARPAT desert uniform a dirty mix of khaki, brown and black blotches and spots. Well, I thought, guess it's not all that bad. At least I'd blend in well with the oil-stained sand of the Al Kufrah desert.

My squad had just been dropped off from an MH-6 helicopter near a shot-down cargo plane that would serve as a shelter for our rally point. If it even worked. This mission had gone to heck from the very beginning. We had no AT kits with us in an area swarming with enemy armour. We had no real plan. No immediate actions that everybody knew. We were just hastily thrown together for this mission. And most importantly: we had no comms. It seemed everyone in the area had lost all radio contact with each other. That meant we had no way of communicating with each other without shouting. And that was bad.

We made our way underneath the cargo plane, and stopped to set up a rally point. It would have to do for now. There wasn't much cover in this desert, and the wreck stood out like a sore thumb, but it was all we had at the moment.

As the squad gathered around the squad leader, there was a new sound in the air. Christ. It was a tank. Not an Abrams. A MEC T-90, and by the sound of it, heading straight for us. We spread out, most of the squad heading for the high ground above the plane. I knew that was a bad move, but without comms, I couldn't tell them. The tank was sure to head for the high ground to get a clear view of our advancing forces. I legged it, taking cover behind the plane's tail as the tank pulled up on the high ground, right where my squad was trying to find cover. The coaxial gun sparked up, and I could picture all my squadmates getting shot to pieces. There wasn't a damn thing I could do about it, and neither could they. So I just sat there, in the shadow of the enormous cargo plane, listening to the carnage. A few more bursts, and the firing died down. I checked my GPS. No friendly markers. They were all dead. I swallowed. Now what?

To be continued...

[R-DEV]Outlawz7 · 07-02-2007, 07:04 PM

Does it have a happy ending with swarm of Abrams advancing and Heavy AT having T90 for lunch?

If so, I hate happy endings, war never has happy endings....

[R-DEV]Spearhead · 07-02-2007, 07:24 PM

You're doing a great job writing. Good style and pacing. Wish some of the stories were a bit longer

daranz · 07-04-2007, 10:11 PM

I love how you're adapting all the gamey things in the game and describing them in-character.

youm0nt · 07-04-2007, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by KP

To be continued...

He obviously lived to tell the story. He's having a flashback, so I guess it's a happy ending, well, to him that he's still alive...

eddie · 07-04-2007, 11:14 PM

Or he's in a bunker, alone, starving, cold, and going a bit nerr.

benjaminosauras · 07-05-2007, 05:48 PM

Quote:

a bit nerr.

a nerr means?

06-09-2007, 08:02 AM	#11
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07-02-2007, 03:33 PM	#13
[R-MOD]KP Forum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Norway Location: Kristiansand Posts: 7,860	The oil was heavy in the air. It formed a sticky layer on my skin. It traveled into my lungs and stung in my chest. Even my teeth were covered in the sticky, smelling black stuff. It mixed with the sweat on my skin and made my MARPAT desert uniform a dirty mix of khaki, brown and black blotches and spots. Well, I thought, guess it's not all that bad. At least I'd blend in well with the oil-stained sand of the Al Kufrah desert. My squad had just been dropped off from an MH-6 helicopter near a shot-down cargo plane that would serve as a shelter for our rally point. If it even worked. This mission had gone to heck from the very beginning. We had no AT kits with us in an area swarming with enemy armour. We had no real plan. No immediate actions that everybody knew. We were just hastily thrown together for this mission. And most importantly: we had no comms. It seemed everyone in the area had lost all radio contact with each other. That meant we had no way of communicating with each other without shouting. And that was bad. We made our way underneath the cargo plane, and stopped to set up a rally point. It would have to do for now. There wasn't much cover in this desert, and the wreck stood out like a sore thumb, but it was all we had at the moment. As the squad gathered around the squad leader, there was a new sound in the air. Christ. It was a tank. Not an Abrams. A MEC T-90, and by the sound of it, heading straight for us. We spread out, most of the squad heading for the high ground above the plane. I knew that was a bad move, but without comms, I couldn't tell them. The tank was sure to head for the high ground to get a clear view of our advancing forces. I legged it, taking cover behind the plane's tail as the tank pulled up on the high ground, right where my squad was trying to find cover. The coaxial gun sparked up, and I could picture all my squadmates getting shot to pieces. There wasn't a damn thing I could do about it, and neither could they. So I just sat there, in the shadow of the enormous cargo plane, listening to the carnage. A few more bursts, and the firing died down. I checked my GPS. No friendly markers. They were all dead. I swallowed. Now what? To be continued...
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07-02-2007, 07:04 PM	#14
[R-DEV]Outlawz7 PR:BF2 Developer Join Date: Feb 2007 Slovenia Location: Styria, Maribor Posts: 14,228 Blog Entries: 5	Does it have a happy ending with swarm of Abrams advancing and Heavy AT having T90 for lunch? If so, I hate happy endings, war never has happy endings....
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07-02-2007, 07:24 PM	#15
[R-DEV]Spearhead PR Documentation Manager Join Date: May 2007 Germany Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,630	You're doing a great job writing. Good style and pacing. Wish some of the stories were a bit longer
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07-04-2007, 11:14 PM	#18
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