AMBUSHING

The success of the ambush (the surprise part of the ambush) is determined by an opposite RECON roll, as described in the Player’s Manual at pages 60-61. The ambusher needs to roll more successes than the enemy to remain hidden until he wants to spring its ambush.

The 1/116^th Cav is waylaying in ambush, and has spent a stretch preparing its position which grants it a +2 on its RECON roll. The distance at which they intend to attack the enemy is roughly 50 meters, and a distance of 2-5 hexes doesn’t add any modifier to the roll (see table on page 61 of the Player’s Manual).

For a group ambush, the person with the lowest RECON skill rolls for the group setting the ambush, and the person with the highest RECON skill rolls for the group being ambushed. According to the Referee’s Manual, page 37, an average US soldier has INT C and RECON C:

• 1/116^th Cav rolls RECON: roll[D10+D10] = 1 SUCCESS (rolled 6 and 2)

In the interest of the story, I’ll make a separate roll for the players (LED, NASCAR and DONNA). They also have spent a stretch preparing the ambush (+2 to the RECON roll). DONNA has the lowest RECON skill (she doesn’t have any level in it) therefore she rolls for the group:

• DONNA rolls RECON [D12] = 0 SUCCESSES (rolled 1…)

She obviously does not (and cannot) push it…

When in sight, the players will immediately be spotted by the Flock force, and 1 or more successes on the Flock’s RECON roll will mean they spot the 116^th Cav as well. Odds are not good…

THE FLOCK

As seen by team CALDWELL, the Flock has dispatched 10 men to find and destroy the mortar. In the course of their movement, they’re joined by a patrol that was coming back to the town after hearing the shelling. The total number of Flock’s soldiers is increased to 14, divided as follows:

• 3 four-men groups armed with light weapons
• 1 two-men team of SCOUTS

I’ll house-rule one of the four-men groups will be of Polish soldiers and so will be the SCOUTS. They’re all wearing steel helmets; SCOUTS are armed with Hunting Rifles and GROUP 1 (Polish) with AKMs.

For the other two groups: roll[D6] 1-2 Polish, 3-4 Russian, 5-6 US. There’s a 50% chance they will have helmets (6-10 on a D10):

• GROUP 2: roll[D6] = 5 -> Americans – Helmets roll [D10] = 4 -> no helmets
• GROUP 3: roll[D6] = 4 -> Russian – Helmets roll [D10] = 5 -> no helmets

GROUP 2 will be armed with M16A1s and GROUP 3 will be armed with AK-74s (using the same weaponry within each group allows me to use the simplified rules for groups of NPCs, meaning less bookkeeping).

The SCOUTS will precede the main force by an average of 4-5 hexes (40-50 meters), not more as the Flock’s force is in a hurry.

I’m assuming the Flock’s SCOUTS cannot see REDWING or CALDWELL retreating on account of the forest they’re traversing.

SURRENDERING

The Flock’s core is made of former Polish soldiers and they will not surrender nor let anyone else surrender. If the Polish elements are dealt with, then the remaining groups will have a 50% of surrendering once they have suffered at least 50% of casualties.

RENDEZ VOUS

Teams REDWING and CALDWELL join the main force. They know where the kill zone of the ambush has been set up, and they will move on its side, joining the rest of the 116^th Cav on the flanks.

REDWING and CALDWELL have a 10 rounds advantage over the Flock’s force, which is enough to get in position as the Flock’s SCOUTS enter the area (see preparations map for Round 00).

BLUEFOR WEAPONRY

TEAMS 1-3 have soldiers with M16A2s, LMG TEAM has a gunner with an M249 while the other soldier carries an M16A1, team CALDWELL’s shooter has an M21 and his comrade an M16A1.

All 1/116^th Cav soldiers have flak jackets and Kevlar helmets.

TAKING RISKS

As discussed in Dobrodzień (and in Praszka before that), the players don’t want to take any unnecessary risks. They have agreed to participate in the attack on the Flock and will do their part, but they expect the 1/116^th Cav to carry the brunt of the operation.