CAMPAIGN RECORD
PART 1- SUNSA
7212.08.24
SECOND BATTLE OF SUNSA (Game 3)
Squad Gilcut is assigned to patrol
duties in a local village. Instead, three
members of
the squad (Dackras, Quey, and Chet) set out in an AT trailer to
investigate rumours of a Balarant Jijirium mining operation
nearby.
Chet, caught on foot when Balarant soldiers attack the AT trailer,
manages to blast his way into the turret tower instead, turning the
weapon against its former owners. The other pilots make it into
their ATs and attempt to protect the truck...
As the Melkians destroy the turrets and ground troops surrounding them,
Balarant ATs come out of the mines and do some real damage!
Fortunately, Quey's Barking Turtle is sturdy enough to survive the hail
of bullets this lucky Fatty Custom managed to get on target...
After clearing out the Balarant forces on the surface, Squad Gilcut
descends into the mines to search for more enemies that might hamper
their efforts. Brutal tunnel fighting breaks out. Mine
carts are blasted down into the mines, crushing foot soldiers, who
retaliate with flamethrowers deadly in a confined space. Dackras
and Chet even unleash their rocket pods in the mines, shaking the very
earth with explosions of dust and terror.
The last of the mine tunnels cleared by Dackras and a well placed hand
grenade, Quey spots the hiding place of the Jijirium they came for at
the bottom of the reservoir. But two more Fatty ATs lie in
ambush, but their attempts to protect the precious Jijirium are met
with coordinated fire from the team. Loading the AT trailer with
the Jijirium, Ducras squad leaves before reinforcements arrive.
But on returning to the village, they find it razed to
the
ground, 90% of the civilian population killed by the Red
Shoulders.
Squad Gilcut agree to share a portioin of the Jijirium with the
suvivors- there's little else they can do to help. They bury the
rest of the Jijirium until they can return to collect it unhindered by
the military...
7213.02.11
THIRD BATTLE OF SUNSA (Game 4)
In the final battle for Sunsa, the Gilgamesh army sends Red Shoulders
and other forces into one of the most brutal battles of the
war...
Squad Gilcut is sent back to Sunsa
to protect the drop site in static defenses while MDSF troops destroy
all remaining Balarant resistance.
Squad Gilcut takes up positions in the trenches that protect the drop
site. Melkian infantry bolster the defenses, until attacking
Balarant tanks and infantry break through with flamethrowers and
inflict horrible casualties.
Quey puts his mortars to good use clearing out the attacking Balarant
infantry squads. The Melkian infantry commander even manages to
stun one of the Balarant Fatty ATs by swinging his disabled
artillery piece into it!
Unfortunately, just as the Balarant attack is repulsed, Gilgamesh ships
in orbit rain an atmosphere-destroying bombardment onto the surface of
Sunsa!
A squad of Red Shoulders return from the front lines and demand access
to the remaining Escape Shuttle. Realizing there isn't enough
room for everyone on board, the Red Shoulders attack!
Even as his AT is destroyed, Chet Gilcut remains behind to cover the
retreat of his comrades, before he is cut down by merciless fire from
the Red Shoulders. The shuttle lifts off, leaving the dying
planet Sunsa behind, and Chet Gilcut's fate unknown (and presumed
lost). The loss weighs heavily
on Chet's father Dackras, and also on younger brother Pent, who had
stowed away in the shuttle at the time. The planet, now an
airless wasteland, still holds their hidden Jijirium cache, unclaimed
until another time.
On
to Part 2!
Back to Necromundicon