B.R.A.S.S. has added three new members to its roster! Join us in welcoming Hammer, Sgt T, and Eric to our ranks! All three have shown the honor and integrity and teamwork needed to be included in the B.R.A.S.S. family! Congratulations guys!!

Games were held at the Liberty Field. Sealed Card Medic System was in place. Present at todays game were:

Itsahak, Stealth, Skibum, Chemdog, Sgt T (first game as an official B.R.A.S.S. member!), and Bart.

Games started with a 3 on 3 elimination match. Teams were Skibum, Chemdog and Bart (Team SCB)vs. Itsahak, Stealth, and Sgt T (Team ISS). ISS moved to the roadway and proceeded toward the staging area. Before they had gone 20 yards, they began to experience comm troubles. They decided to try and sneak to the staging area and replace the messed up ear pieces. While sneaking their way down, they actually found the SCB team. ISS bellied down and waited for SCB to pass by. Unfortunately, SCB began to swing their way. ‘Hak finally could wait no longer, with both Bart and Chem bearing down on him. He opened fire on Bart, but Bart had seen him a split second earlier and was taking cover. ‘Hak got out of there quickly while Stealth covered the six and Sgt T set up on the far side of the road. Intent on keeping the SCB teams attention, ‘Hak began a leap frog and fire action up the far side of the road and to the edge of the staging area. Making it to the debris on the edge of the staging area, ‘Hak continued to engage all three SCB members. Sgt T and Stealth attempted to reinforce from the side, but were to late, with ‘Hak getting hit. As ‘Hak settled back for his respawn time, the collective of SCB move across the small valley to engage Stealth and Sgt. T. ‘Hak respawned and was able to eliminate Bart before they realized he was back up. However, both Skibum and Chem turned their attention to him and he had to scoot on! ‘Hak rejoined his team on the far side of the road. Stealth had been hit at this point and was waiting to respawn. The remaining members of ISS kept the two SCB members across the road briefly before they began to move in. ‘Hak noticed Bart slipping up the side of the staging area and took him out again. Sgt T took a hit shortly thereafter, and having issues with his replica went out. Stealth respawned, and he and ‘Hak continued to sling plastic wrath with Skibum and Chemdog. After a short foot race for cover against Chemdog, ‘Hak soon took his last hit and went out. With both Chemdog and Skibum after him, Stealth was soon out for good as well.

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B.R.A.S.S. held a day of games today. Present were

Itsahak, Stealth, Skibum, Chemdog, Sgt T, Eric, Berkelsk and Ryan.

The day started with a scenario written up by Chemdog. Here is the basics breifing

Oil Refinery Defend & Assault

Operation:Pipeline Defense

Squads:

Terrorists: 4-8 members

Marines: 2-4 members

Blackhawk Security Team: 2-4 members

Briefing:

There is an oil refinery that is a hub for distribution of oil to several American oil companies and vital to oil importing for the US. A unit of terrorists have been sent out to place a timed bomb at the refinery to destroy a section of the pipeline to disrupt production and spike oil prices to the US. They must retrieve the bomb first from a bunker, then proceed to the refinery target. They have also been instructed to kill all American personnel including a Blackhawk Security Force that has been contracted to provide additional support to the Marines. They have also been instructed to kidnap one of the Blackhawk SF and take him back to be executed live on Al-Jazeera.

Objectives:

Terrorists:

1. Retrieve bomb to be place at refinery

2. Place bomb at designated location on pipeline

3. Eliminate as many American personnel as possible

4. Kidnap Blackhawk contractor

5. Extract with kidnapped contractor

Marines:

1. Defend pipeline

2. Prevent placement of bomb/ Secure bomb if possible

3. Eliminate all terrorists

4. Prevent kidnapping of contractor

Blackhawk

1. Eliminate terrorists

2. Defend Pipeline

3. Attempt to locate bomb at bunker before the terrorists

4. Prevent kidnapping of contractor

Time: 1 hour

Respawn rules:

Terrorists: 4 medic cards

Marines: 2 medic cards

Blackhawk: 2 medic cards

Scenario Completion: The scenario is complete either when time expires or when the terrorists complete all their objectives. Marines/ Blackhawk must defend the pipeline until time expires to win the scenario

The teams were Itsahak, Skibum, Chemdog and Eric as the terrorists, Stealth and Sgt T as the Marines, and Berkelsk and Ryan as the Blackhawk operatives. Chemdog lead the terrorist group up the side of the ridge towards the pipeline. Shortly before encountering the pipeline itself he spotted Stealth defending the pipeline. Skibum sent Itsahak and Eric to the right flank to draw attention. Soon, ‘Hak and Eric were engaged with Stealth and Sgt T.

Skibum and Chemdog were engaged with Berkelsk an Ryan on the other side, and after taking them out, began to engage Sgt. T at the pipeline. They were able to eliminate him, allowing ‘Hak and Eric to double team Stealth. During that time, Ryan had respawned and showed up to support Stealth. Suddenly, Ryan moved out behind Stealth, just about the time Stealth and Eric were both hit. ‘Hak moved up and shot Ryan between the trees only to find out that Ryan was having trouble with his AEG. ‘Hak was able to plant the bomb, called for the extract over the radio and then ran for his life as fast as his stubby legs could carry him! Unfortunately, he forgot they had to secure a hostage.

Thankfully Chemdog and Skibum remembered and zeroed in on Stealth. With Chem, Ski, and ‘Hak moving in on him, Stealth put up a valiant effort, actually taking out ‘Hak in a blazing rush forward. Soon, Eric respawned as did ‘Hak, and Stealth found himself facing all 4 terrorists. Shortly he was taken hostage, and as he was “wounded” ‘Hak threw him over a shoulder and took off for the extraction point. Stealth decided he’d had enough bouncing around and decided to walk, about the time the terrorists encountered the rest of Stealth’s group. They had all expended their respawns, so the game was called.

This was Chemdog’s first foray into scenario writing. He did a good job of keeping the game rules interesting and on point. B.R.A.S.S. looks forward to more good things in the future from his efforts!

Next a “Capture The Flag” game was played. The flag was placed in the bottom of the small valley just off of the staging area. Skibum, Chemdog, Berkelsk, and Ryan started off on the staging area side, and ‘Hak, Stealth and Eric began on the far side. Sgt T had already left for home, as his WIFCOM is due to give birth any day (Congrats to Sgt T!!!). This game lasted all of eight minutes with so much action it is impossible to recall it all. Suffice it to say that Skibum and Ryan set up on their top side and provided cover fire while Berkelsk and Chemdog maneuvered in to grab the flag and bring it back to their AO for the win. It was noticed after the game that almost every player had expended at least a high caps worth of bb’s! Not something B.R.A.S.S. does very often, but it was fun!

After this Skibum had to leave, as he was still feeling the effects of his bout with the flu from last week. Chemdog and ‘Hak decided to take on Stealth, Eric, Berkelsk, and Ryan. Chem and ‘Hak started out down the road and the others started at the staging area. The two man team soon found the larger group moving through the woods. They dropped flat to the road and watched as the foursome moved past. They briefly shadowed the larger group until they moved up toward the top of the ridge. Chem and ‘Hak moved out down the road toward the staging area. Half way to the berm, they heard Stealth and crew moving through the woods up front and to the right of them. They also heard Stealth’s allergy issues as he began to sneeze several times! Attempts to find and engage them were unsuccessful though. Chem and ‘Hak were all the way at the top of the ridge when Stealth began to talk “poo-poo” over the common radio channel. They moved back down the trail and finally encountered the 4 man assault crew on the main road. After several minutes of intense firefighting, that resulted in one of the larger group being eliminated completely, Chem was hit, and ‘Haks battery died. As the other three combatants were moving in, that was the game!

Overall it was a great day of games! B.R.A.S.S. is on the verge of becoming the main force for Southwest Virginia airsoft!

On March 4, 2007 B.R.A.S.S. held a day of games. Present were -

Itsahak, SA, Stealth, Skibum, Chemdog,Hammer, Sgt T, Eric, Berkelsk, Bart

As everyone was gearing up, it was announced that Skibum would be serving as the new Squad Leader for Raptor, effective immediatly. Congrats Skibum!!

To start the day, a re-running of Operation: Pick Up was done. In this version, a Minnesota militia group had stolen several components to a single use, mobile missile launcher system. The pieces were spread out over a 25 acre area to ensure that the nearby nuclear plants advanced warning systems could not detect them. The militia’s stated target was a local political/religious figure and his university. Playing the part of a Private Military Contractor group, Skibum lead the Raptor squad and its additions of Sgt T, Eric, and Bart into battle against Itsahak, Stealth, Hammer and Berkelsk. Being a PMC, Skibum and the boys hired SA when he showed up late.

Pieces to be collected were a computer keyboard, a guidance piece, a power source, an ignition solicitor and the missile itself. Any intel units found at the sites were also to be collected and turned over to the proper authorities.

The group approached Objective 1 with ease, finding no resistance. Within 10 yards of leaving Obj. 1, they were assaulted, but were able to throw off the group. They found themselves assaulted again within another 100 yards, and lost several of their members. Ultimately the PMC group found and collected Obj 1.

The PMC group split into two sections and hit Objective 2 hard! They virtually destroyed the Militia defenders, showing a group effort, and team work that was second to none.

On the way to Objective 3, the PMC group actually ambushed the ambushers, pushing them back to the objective itself. After a short but fierce firefight, they were able to obtain the objective. (It must be mentioned here that Itsahak successfully shot SA, sending him back to a short respawn!)

At Objective 4, the PMC group again split up and engaged the Militia. The group led by SA was able to hold the Militia’s attention and Skibum and Chemdog walked right up the back door and eliminated them.

Objective 5 would prove to be a hard sell, as Stealth led Hammer and Berkelsk in a great holding effort, keeping the PMC from crossing the dam. Itsahak was able to slide around the lake and come up behind the PMC group, however just as he was about to play the ultimate hero and commit mass slaughter he ran into SA watching their six. ‘Hak and SA exchanged shots and eliminated each other. The PMC group was able to obtain the missile and make it to the extraction point, winning the game.

It was a great effort on both squads parts and showed great leadership ability on the part of Raptor’s new leader!

Next the Deathmatch, with the Ghost team option was run. Teams were Itsahak and SA starting at the pond, Skibum and Berkelsk, starting at the Tree Stand, Stealth and Bart starting at the Staging Area, and Chemdog volunteering to Lone Wolf it, beginning at the Ridgetop. At the go code, SA and ‘Hak charged in hard, quickly encountering Skibum and Berkelsk. ‘Hak lined up Skibum in his scope, and squeezed the trigger. Only to find that he had committed the most cardinal of airsoft sins. His safety was still on!!!!!!! SA engaged but was quickly taken out by the two on one situation. ‘Hak made himself scarce, running into Chemdog coming off of the ridge. After a brief exchange of fire, ‘Hak and ‘Chem teamed up. At the top of the ridge, they ran into Stealth and Bart. Chem was eliminated and ‘Hak again made tracks. Attempting to double back and surprise the aforementioned groups, ‘Hak was taken out by Stealth. As ‘Hak was the third person eliminated, the Ghost Squad was up! SA, Chem and ‘Hak headed back into the fray, only to witness an interesting event. Stealth and Bart, and Skibum and Berkelsk had engaged each other. The end result was Bart being eliminated by Skibum, and Stealth and Berkelsk eliminating each other. Suddenly it was 6 on one and poor Skibum was on the move! Never being one to run away from a fracas, Skibum bedded down behind cover and engaged the Ghost Squad! However the Ghosties were able to flank him from both sides and get the “kill”.

Overall it was a great day with good sportsmanship, and safe airsoft play being shown by all!