OPERATION BLOODY MOTHER - AFTER ACTION REPORT
PREPARED BY: LT Jared Houston
SITUATION
o Enemy Forces:
- 5x Seekers, 3x Floaters, 1x Thin Man
o Friendly Forces
- LT Jared "Mercury" Houston (United States)
- SGT Svetlana "Eclipse" Petukhova (Russia)
- SGT Monica "Alpha" de Matos (Brazil)
- SGT Leigh "Beacon" Fahey (United States)
- CPL Sa'idah "Wing" Ramli (Egypt)
- CPL Rhys "Blizzard" Waddell (Canada)
- SPC Caio de Abreu (Brazil)
- PFC Mahjoub Benhassi (Algeria)
MISSION
o Strike Team deploys to Boston, Massachusetts, 07 AUG 2016 @ 1508 hrs, IOT disrupt an Abduction in Progress.
EXECUTION NARRATIVE
The Mission Alert came in at 1425 hrs. The Skyranger was wheels up by 1448, with boots down in Boston by 1508 hrs. We approached the office building cautiously, but met no immediate resistance. Once the squad was positioned inside, I sent CPL Waddell up to open the door that lead deeper into the building. Immediately, a pod of Seekers swarmed through the door. PFC Benhassi had a rocket readied, so Waddell and SGT de Matos scrambled back as he fired, severely damaging the Seekers and most of the nearby walls. Before the smoke even cleared, Alpha snapped a shot off, and de Abreu followed up with an AP grenade, destroying most the original Seekers just in time for another to come into view, as well as a pod of Floaters entering the back room.
Waddell was completely exposed, his cover having been blown in the rocket blast, so I yelled at him to get to cover, as Ramli and I finished off the last of the Seekers. Before he moved, he reported a Thin Man in the back; Eclipse said she had him, and a long moment later I hear the sizzle of her rifle and the gaseous detonation of a dying Thin Man in the distance.
Rather than advancing into the unknown, I order the squad to stay put, and let the Floaters come to us. They jet into range, and Alpha is the first to fire, putting down the first of the monstrosities. Beacon dives through the window and blasts the second Floater that was moving directly for Benhassi. A few tense moments pass, and just as I'm about to order the squad forward, a Seeker comes in on our rear flank, and goes down in a hail of laser fire.
Another minute of silence, and Waddell reports that he believes he heard the sound of a Meld canister from the back, so I direct the squad to move that way. No sooner than we start our advance than a final Floater blasts into view on our right flank. Petukhova cripples it as soon as it comes into sight, and I execute the severely damaged wretch with a quick burst.
We continued our careful advance through the building, managing to recover the Meld, and encountering no further resistance.
LESSONS LEARNED
o Sustain:
- Explosives to deal with clustered threats
- Massing fires to quickly remove threats
o Improve:
- Flank awareness
- Don't count on cover to survive an explosion
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