Asteroid Blues

-Pops Boss! I want to report *hic* a cheating bastards! – an alguacille lieutenant staggered in to the room. Base Operation Officer turned head sharply, as the O12 investigator. The new comer tried to focus eyes on the O12 badge, and went a bit paler. She straighten up, tried to stand to attention.
– Lieutenant Sarah “Spark” Bolaro reporting suspected cheating, by the Sand Rats…. I mean Haqqislam forces, Sir! – O12 officer eyebrow rise up. Base Commander looked at O12, at Base Operation Officer, nodded to him and tilted his head to the door. – Well, she probably lost a game or something, if you wouldn’t mind sir, please look here, this is our estimate on the local network and here….
Base Operation Officer quickly moved towards lieutenant, grab her by the shoulder and pushed trough the door to the briefing room. When the door shut behind them he pressed the silencer button, cutting off the room from outside. He sighed and looked at the junior officer. – Ok, what the hell you did, this time…
– Not our fault, Sand Boys wanted our stuff, but they got chit for it, we had chit for it, but there was only one.
– Ekhem. Full report.
– Well yeah, soooo…. I got me boys and we moved to Blues port for the fun cargo, sa sa? Yeah, so we there and then Blue boys point us to landing pad, container is there, all fine and swell. Then Sand Boys come in and say it is their fun stuff. They have paper for the cargo, we have paper for same cargo. So we said, let’s fight for it. They said fine, so we split and setup and go. That is when all went to shit.

I put our Moran with his koalas on left flank, then it was me, I send Lunokhod in the middle with his koalas. Intruder went forward and decided he need some hight for his HMG, I told him he is stupid, but he have idea. He got the Morlock frogface with him and tell him to drop smoke on him so he can pop the Sanders out and laugh. I thing, not a bad plan. Then “Blacker” our hacker hide in the middle as well. On the right I placed “Ghost” our Zero and he put his mine, so it looked as another guy.
Here is the scan from a hacked drone. Those are Sanders here. There is their Red Turban guy with spitfire, then Ghulam dr, Zhayedan, Ghovad with HMG and The Poncho Man (Ayaar) and another doctor.

We charged first. I mean the Morlock run forward and throws the smoke grenade but then this bloody sniper pop out from her TO and put two holes in his head, before he even get the pin out. So the whole plan went to shit. Now we have a Intruder on the boxes, yeah he can shoot their sniper to bits but he will need to pop out and now, no smoke. Then Zero has decided to go forward, he moves and moves, Ayaar tried to discover him but then decided to wait so Zero goes forward hoping to get in to cover. He did, then he pushed his luck. He moved forward, Ghovad tried to disover him, while Ayaar tries to shoot. Zero decided to pop some wholes in that Ayaar. Good call as it was his boss. He even hit him once. Then he decided not to push his luck and go for suppresive fire mode. Intruder decided that he need to take the sniper off, so he goes with his HMG, he fires 3 shots in to her and 1 in to Ghulam dr. Now the cheating started. He hit her 3 times, and bullets just bounced off from her!! He missed the dr. He tried again, another 3 hits on her and one got her. Dr again was fine. So he went in to suppressive mode as well. That was our turn. They moved now.
His Khawariji jumps on the roof firing at the Intruder, he fires back. That was his last decision, as his unconscious body hit the containers. Khawariji landed happily and proceed to kill one of the Morans koalas. Ghovad puts 4 shots in to poor Zero, he tried to shoot back, but you can’t win if they crit. So he died. Then his dr decided to heal the Poncho Man. So I think “Cool, knowing how deadly daktaris are he just going to kill him” but Sand Boys have really good doctors and Ayaar is back in action and restored his holograms.
That was our turn now. I got a local Gecko and told him to come and help. He came in all like “Ha! So Sand boys kick your arses! I’ll show you how it is done!” and he lands just behind the Ayaar who moved a bit forward. Poncho Man turnes surprised, so I coordinate the team, Moran, me, hacker and Lunokhod move forward, Khawariji tries to shoot Moran, and Ayaar tries to shoot one of the koalas. Moran got hit but shrugged it off, koala died, but we have advanced. Our hacker set the remote in to assissted fire mode. Then we coordinated again. Moran, Lunokhod, hacker and Gecko, all move and then shoot at the Poncho Man. Khawariji shot Moran, and kill him, Ghulam dr, hit Lunokhod and put him out of action, but Ayaar tried to hit Gecko. I don’t know what he was wearing, but it is some magic shit! He shrugs off fire, got 3 bullets from combis, and just shrug them off. Not even a scratch. On top of that Ghovad managed to hit the Gecko. Khawariji tried but hi missed. Then gecko goes on his own, he put 2 shots in to Poncho Man, 1 in to Ghovad, and 1 in to Khawariji, trough a whole of the space port. Ayaar got hit once, and got wounded again, Ghovad hit Gecko, and then Khawariji rolled 1, HAHAHAaaaaa he had leathality LVL 2, so that was crit, and that was one Gecko out of action. His pilot got mad. He jumped out and with last order he charged Ayaar with his assault pistols, 4 shots from close range, and…. he got a bullet between his eyes for the trouble. That was it. Just me and the hacker. They charged us, healed their Poncho Hero again, hacker tried to hack him, but got 3 bullets for his trouble. At this moment I just came back… I’m telling you, they got some magical bloody blanket on that Ayaar. This is not a normal stuff!
– So… what you are trying to tell me, is that no beer, no drugs and new porn?
She nodded sadly
– F*ck! You are on a latrine duty for a week! Can’t even pick up delivery! Dismissed!