19 August, 1942; Dieppe, France
-ORANGE BEACH: Chisolm & Nado with Commando No. 4:
Tom kept his Fog Bank where it was and aimed at the German soldier moving into position behind the MG 34, but was distracted by the yelling of the trio of Nazi soldiers as they rushed out of the Fog and the shot from his M1 Garand was a bit high and missed its target.....
Next to Tom, SGT Nahum Chisholm suddenly felt something switch ON inside and in a LITERAL blur of motion, he cut loose the last 5 rounds from his Tommy Gun, riddling the MG 34 gunner; ejected the clip, rapidly slapped another one into his weapon and spun to put a second 5 round burst straight into the chest of one of the 3 Germans emerging from the fog bank; dropping him as well. As he did so, both Nado and Chisholm could suddenly both feel/smell/hear the unique 'signal' of the others Talent Powers and they both just KNEW on a subconscious level that they were both now members of he exclusive 'Talents' club.....
The British Commandoes nearby quickly dealt with the remaining two German troops that had rushed out of the Fog Bank and for a long moment everyone just kinda stared at the two American Rangers who had just Manifested Superpowers.....then SGT Hollis snapped them out of it with a; "RIGHT THEN lads....quit gawking; we got an AA tower to take out, let's move!"
They moved closer to the sound of the quadruple 20mm Flak Gun pounding away at the planes above them. As they watched, they saw a British Hurricane get shredded to pieces by the weapons deadly shells....
The Tower was only about 10 feet higher than the ground around it; but the problem was that it was protected by a bunker with an MG 34 AND a squad of Germans in a trench who had an MG and an SMG of their own; and they were not about to give it up without a fight. Quickly the two Americans were asked if they could utilize their new gifts to help out; but both were unable to do so.....leading to doing this the old fashioned way.....
Hollis and a British solider named Smythe joined with Nado and Chisholm and they quickly determined that Nado was the best grenade thrower of the lot. So the plan was that when Lord Lovat and Company suppressed and charged the trench with his men; they would take out the bunker. Chisholm, Smythe and Hollis would provide covering fire while Nado rushed close and tossed a grenade towards the narrow slit that the enemy used as a firing port**.....
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BLUE/RED AND WHITE BEACH: Koda with the Royal Regiment of Canada:
Koda reached inside himself and he seemed to hear his ancestors whispering to him in his ear and suddenly time itself seemed to slow down. He could see things in crystal clarity and in what seemed like slow motion....he 'saw' the German aiming his Rifle, working the bolt action, bringing the weapon to bear on him but he was moving so slowly....
Koda just took a step to the side, crouched down and as the enemy bullet flew high and to his left, right where he had been standing a moment ago, Koda took aim, took a deep breath....let it go and then fired himself. His round took the German soldier through the torso and dropped him to the ground.....and then time seemed to revert to normal. A long moment later, Koda realized time hadn't slowed down at all.....his sense where just so attuned, he could sense things happening at a level beyond normal human ability. The Spirits had TRULY spoken to him. Right now though, he was hearing the mumbled, pain-filled voice of PVT Dawes. Moving over the man, he saw that the wound was a bad one....but one with a bit of a luck and some good care, he might recover from. Slipping one of Dawe's arms over his shoulder, Koda got the big man to his feet and slowly, the pair moved down the beach; dismayed at the sight that greeted them. Several Churchill tanks were knocked out; a Landing ship was beached with smoke billowing out of its ruing.....dozens of dead Canadian soldiers were laying unmoving on the sand.....
Koda saw that the Casino building was in Canadian hands....for the moment anyway and he shuffled of that way, grateful to find an aid station, overflowing with wounded troops, being seen to by Medics. Dropping Dawes off, he wasn't sure what to say to his fellow soldier, but he found that Dawes had drifted of into unconsciousness, so it wouldn't matter anyway. Trying to find orders, he was able to talk briefly to an Officer, a Captain and learned that the Raid was an unmitigated disaster....at least Blue, Red and White Beaches anyway. Contradictory orders were going out; 'Advance', 'Retreat', etc., etc. The tanks were almost all knocked out as they had been unable to get anywhere due to the soft shingle beaches not allowing the treads of the vehicles to get any traction. On top of THAT, due to the staggered times of landing; many of the troops had landed right in the face of devastating fire from a semi-circle of German positions on higher ground pouring fire down on them. It was an absolute sh#t show....
Eventually, the Captain, whose name was Remmington, got the word that a 'Retreat' was definitely being called and he ordered Koda and a group of Canadian troops who were ambulatory and strong enough to make the attempt to head down to the beach when one of the British landing ships braved the incoming fire and came right up to the beach to evacuate troops. Remmington was going to stay with the wounded and Medics and hope that the Germans would provide good care for them....
Koda along with dozens of others, raced down to the ship in shallow water; hearing rounds zip past him and kick up sand all along the way, and he was soon wading out into the ocean, getting close enough to the ship to try and make a grab for the cargo-netting the sailors had thrown over the side to act as a make shift ladder....
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YELLOW BEACH II: Porcupine and Campbell with No. 3 Commando
Campbell let out a shout as he cut loose a pair of shots at the German Sniper, pinning him down for a moment at the British troops continued to crawl closer and then pull the pins on their grenades and hurl them. As they did so, the German MG 34 gunner cut loose a burst that JUST flashed over the heads of Campbell and Porcupine; but the latter was able to keep his aim on this target and he stroked his M1's trigger and put a heavy .30-06 round though the toros of the MG gunner and leave him slumped over the weapon, face down and never to look up again....
A moment later, the two British Commandos' grenades landed perfectly in the MG nest and with a twin BOOM, they took out the German Scoped Mauser trooper and wrecked the weapons. With that, the four moved to get into position to rake the Artillery Battery crews and it was only at the last second that they suddenly saw the German NCO with his MP 40 and 3 other Rifleman running parallel to them and for a long moment, both sides just stared at each other in shock....
Then the German NCO reacted and moved to spray them with his Submachinegun and something ACTIVATED inside of John Porcupine and he suddenly raised a wall of earth that provided a shield from the hail of 9mm bullets and it left the Germans staring slack-jawed at the sudden manifestation of a super power!
Caruthers was the first to yell out; "Quit gawking and take out those Jerries!"
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GREEN BEACH; Heuron with 'special Radar group' of South Saskatchewan Regiment:
Phil Heuron stretched out his hands and with snowflakes swirling around him, despite the fact that it was August in France; he directed a blue-white ray of ice directly into a pair of German soldiers firing at him and the two were turned into statues that fell over and shattered into an icy, gory mess....
Nest to him, SGT Hawkins took out the last German soldier and a long moment later, Jack Nissenthal crawled over to them and let them know; "I think I've done it lads!" The three of them moved cautiously back to the front and saw that the rest of the 'bodyguard' detachment had been killed and a platoon's worth of Germans were still out there. Hawkins took the lead and said; "This way...stay low and stay QUIET!" and soon they were sneaking their way to a gulley that led down to the beach.
There they saw a landing craft, but the crew were engaged in a fire fight with half-a-dozen Germans, of whom four were pinning them down with Rifle Fire while the other two were brining up an MG 34 with a tripod to really cut down the brave British Sailors. They were about 50 yards away and CLEARLY had no idea that Hawkins, Heuron and Nissenthal were there. Hawkins said, "I'm out of grenades....do you think you can do that Ice thing again Phil?" Heuron attempted too, but found that he couldn't. "Oh well, we're gonna have to do this the hard way then....I suggest racing foward and throwing a grenade while Nissenthal and I shoot a few with our Rifles".....
OOC: Okay, for everyone whose power had manifested last turn (i.e. Koda, Heuron and Nado....basically, you're 'OUT' of Willpower to be able to activate your Powers for the rest of of this Adventure...don't worry, this Adventure is almost over, it's mostly just an 'intro session'.......
For those whose powers are just manifesting; i.e. Chisholm and Porcupine; you've got a few rounds. Campbell's time is coming...don't worry!
Nado and Chisholm are about 30 yards form the bunker.....You can attempt to throw the 'name from here....but it'd be almost impossible to get it inside the firing port. You can move about 10 yards and throw it.....I'd recommend a Luck Point here....but it's your call.
Heuron is about 50 yards form his opponents....he can move 10 yards and hurl a grenade at Long Range....again, I'd recommend a Luck Point if that's your choice......or you can probably close to 25 yards while doing nothing else....or shoot....or whatever....
Koda, getting onto that cargo netting on a moving ship while in chest high ocean water is NOT easy.....probably a Difficulty 15 Climbing/Jumping roll
Porcupine and Campbell are about 20 yards from the 4 Germans and have 2 British Commandoes with them.
Please let me know if anyone has any questions/concerns, thanks!