Adventure 10 - The Prince and I

The Prince and I

Heroes: Jag, Zeke, Atobe Keigo, Dust, Pacci and Balarai Snowe
Enemies: Stone Cold Steve Austin, the Real Ghostbusters and Prince Aeolus of Stormwind

Jag – Officer’s Dispatch 9
Recent Duties: Some people around you seemed quite impressed with all those ninjas. You, however, see them solely for what they are: illegal foreign immigrants. As far as you’re concerned, this base would be a lot better off without their kind, and you intend to see to it that this sort of thing doesn’t happen again.
Troop Status
Supplies: Schmitzer SMGs, Armored Flak Vests, Deluxe Laywers’ suits, and briefcases full of legal documents. The silly martial arts of those ninjas was simply no match for the persuasive power of a blazing Schmitzer muzzel.
Morale: You don’t know about most of your men, but Mattar’s morale is running a little low. After thwarting his prosecution of Dust, you’ve heard his business has been way down. Which is perfectly fine, as far as you’re concerned.
Health: With so many foreigners around, your men are concerned that some of them might be bringing in all sorts of foreign diseases. The last thing this base needs is a SARS outbreak right about now!
Military Communiques
None.
Personal Notes
Quite frankly, you’re rather worried with the way some of your fellow soldiers have become enamored with this ninjitsu business. The way they’re embracing this East Asian culture, you wouldn’t be surprised if they soon fell into the dark world of opium. Someone has to put a stop to this and re-instate some good old Electran military values!
Along those lines, you consider it extremely sloppy that those ninjas and their cheap Mexican counterparts were able to get onto the base to begin with. Clearly, Front Base is in need of better immigration control. It’s high time all these foreigners on the base were investigated to see if their immigration papers are in order. You’ve got a sneaking suspicion that many of them are not, and if that’s the case, those foreign aliens will be getting a court order from you shortly!
The number of wild animal attacks around the base only seems to be increasing. Your men are working around the clock to deal with all the injury complaints brought to them. They can help injured soldiers get money for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering. No one seems to know what might be making the local wildlife so aggressive.
Mini-Objective
Investigate as many foreigners as possible for proper immigration documentation.
Foreigners Investigated:

Balarai Snowe – Officer’s Report 8

Recent Duties: You’re glad that those ninjas have finally been taken care of. Ninjas may be cool after all, but nowhere near as cool as Kupp’s war stories. Which is what you’ve spent the vast majority of your time listening to lately.
Troop Status
Supplies: Heavy Field Mortars, 2 Remote Mines, Combat Daggers, ratched-up winter parkas and snowshoes, and several barrels of oil for your Gas-Station. Cetina came by earlier and purchased all your remaining Keigo-Brock photos for a price of 20 marks. Which is far more than they were worth, in your opinion.
Morale: Your men have spent so much time listening to Kupp that nobody’s been around manning the gas station. As such, business is down lately. If Kupp wasn’t telling his Ikyak story right now, you might actually go do something about it.
Health: Kupp was a little mystified at first by the methods of that Dr. Rumak, but he claims that his shoulder now feels good as new.
Military Communiques
None.
Personal Notes
Business at Snowe’s Gas Station has recently been way down. The fact that all of your men have been inside at Kupp’s Korner probably isn’t helping. As usual, it looks like it’s up to you to get business back on track. Surely there have got to be some vehicles around in need of a fill-up, and if not, they haven’t been burning gas like they should be.
Cetina is really going all-out with those pictures you gave her. She must have even found someone to blow them up and make some posters for her, because you saw one such gigantic poster in Brock’s tent when you were stopping by for some seconds of lasagna. At this rate, that Keigo girl is going to be the laughing stock of the base. Not that you have a problem with that, mind you.
Zeke’s men have been doing an awful lot of bragging to your men about their flashy new biker-jackets. This hasn’t been sitting too well with them. In fact, Jack Frost has been threatening to put them ‘on ice’ if this keeps up too long.
Mini-Objective
Bring as many vehicles as possible to get a fill-up at your gas station.
List of Vehicles Filled:

Zeke – Officer’s Report 13

Recent Duties: Fortunately, unlike certain parrots and your own real-life player, you are neither weak nor stupid. Not only did you manage to get some free booze and food at that Officer’s party without swallowing any sort of key, but you also got a captive audience for your chilling Ghost Stories. On the other hand, facing more wild animals put a bit of a damper on the whole thing. You can only be thankful that this time, there weren’t any lions.
Troop Status
Supplies: Hacksaw Shotguns, Combat Helms, Steel Breastplates, Republic Sabres which you have no idea how to use, brand new leather Wheel jackets, and a shiny new motorbike. Sadly, Zeke’s famous Haunted Tent of Horror no longer makes this list.
Morale: Once again, your tent has disappeared, and your men aren’t very happy about it. Fortunately, their new Deluxe Jackets are much warmer than their ratty old ones, but it still didn’t do much to put them in good spirits.
Health: Several of your men are still suffering from ninjitsu related injuries. As far as you’re concerned, it’s high time they forgot that silly stuff and focused on good ol' street brawl instead. You’ve been trying to remind them of such by regailing them with stories of your amazing wrestling victory over Stone Cold Steve Austin. Clearly, that’s more than enough that you and your brawl really are the bottom line.
Military Communiques
None.
Personal Notes
You have to say, you’re rather upset over the disappearance of your tent yet again. It must have happened while you were out fighting those crazy ninjas last night. Last time, you were just able to get a brand new one, but your famous Haunted Tent has built up so much character that that just isn’t an option this time. One way or another, you’re going to get it back.
Speaking of disappearances, you haven’t seen Hermione Grainger around lately either. What is it with these sergeants of yours running off on you? You’re starting to see why Snowe likes this Kupp so much, at least if he tries to run off, he doesn’t get very far.
You bumped into your old Special Forces pals, Suki and Anton, out on the Training Grounds this morning. Aside from the usual topic of the difficulty of Suki’s Rubix Cube, the big talk was about Brock and Atobe Keigo’s budding relationship. Anton was quick to point out that at least this Brock has his priorities straight when it comes to what is really important: girls. Of course, given his ridiculous accent, that’s about the only thing he said that you understood.
Mini-Objective
Find and reclaim Zeke’s famous Haunted Tent of Horror.

Atobe Keigo – Officer’s Report 8

Recent Duties: Hwwwooooaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!! That’s about the only word you’ve been hearing from your men lately. You have to admit, even if some of them were just cheap Mexican immitations, fighting those ninjas was the most exciting thing you’ve done since Stratholme burned down. It’s almost enough to make you want to take up ninjisu on the side along with your tennis.
Troop Status
Supplies: FLAME-THROWERS, Deluxe uniforms and kamikaze headbands. These latter items seem to have convinced your men that they are in fact ninjas, often with less than desirable results.
Morale: When they’re not busy making ninja-noises and injuring themselves trying to do backflips, your men have been pestering you about your relationship with Brock. This seems to be awfully good for their morale, but not nearly so much for yours.
Health: Ninjitsu-related injuries continue to plague your unit, almost in equal quantity to the injuries caused by you whenever someone mentions Brock’s name.
Military Communiques
None.
Personal Notes
Special Forces lieutenant Cetina has apparently decided that the two of you are at war. In particular, those pictures of you and Brock together from the Soirée seem to have been circulated all around the base, and you suspect her to be the culprit. This makes you so furious that you’re not going to be able to resist the urge to BURN! something for very much longer...
The number of foreigners on this base is really getting out of hand. What’s worse, it seems many of them are so incompetent they can’t even speak proper Electran. Why, just earlier in the mess hall, you saw this one guy in a trench-coat trying to order a tok tok tok. Naturally, neither the chefs nor anyone else had any idea what he meant.
Mini-Objective
Find and BURN! all of the proliferated pictures of yourself and Brock.

Dust – Officer’s Report 7
Recent Duties: Fortunately, even fighting ninja isn’t nearly so frightening as fighting snakes. You’ve really got to watch out for those things. Nevertheless, your Boyos are rather afraid of both, and all the ninja-screaming that seems to be coming from the Special Forces camp recently hasn’t helped matters. You’re really starting to think some extra firepower might be needed to deal with the situation.
Troop Status
Supplies: SIR Rifles, Republic Sabres, Deluxe Scout Uniforms, and a Spheran ‘Highwind’ Light Infantry Rifle.
Morale: As usual, the Boyos have been hesitant to leave their tent. They also haven’t been able to sleep at night either, due to what sounds like the Special Forces running around and screaming like ninjas. Don’t those snotty Electrans have any degree of decency around here?
Health: Their lack of sleep has made your Boyos even more jittery and nervous than usual, if indeed that were even possible.
Military Communiques
None.
Personal Notes
Although you managed to defeat El Ninja Mexicano, such recent battles have convinced you that your current firepower just isn’t making the cut. And with no Mark 3 ammo in sight, you’re going to have to improvise. You’ve decided to try and refit your rifle to use the much more common SIR rounds that are available at the base. To do this, the first thing you need is a field-stripped SIR chamber. Although most people aren’t likely to be too fond of you taking their weapons to dismantle them, there’s got to be some way to get one on this base.
From what you can tell, the level of animal aggression around the base seems to be on the rise. While out on your usual wilderness patrols, you’ve nearly been attacked a good three or four times. It seems that even the wildlife on this planet is more aggressive than their placid Denchulli counterparts!
This base is turning into a veritable soap opera! Everywhere you look, people are talking about the torrid love affair taking place between Special Forces officers Atobe Keigo and Brock. You’ve even seen some guys walking around with pictures of the base’s latest two ‘lovebirds’ on their t-shirts. Really, can’t the Special Forces brat have the decency to keep her personal affairs to herself?
Mini-Objective
Obtain a proper SIR chamber to use for your own rifle.
Condemn Atobe Keigo’s public love affair as vocally as possible.

Pacci – Officer’s Report 5

Recent Duties: You don’t quite remember everything that happened the previous day. What you do remember, though, is that you don’t think you want to see another beverage for days. Your whole body feels soggy and water-logged, and it could take days for you to dry out.
Troop Status
Supplies: PK-33 Handguns, SIR Rifles, Bright Yellow Deluxe Uniforms, plenty of fruit and pretzels, and a fashionable European carry-all. Sadly, your pretzels have gotten rather soggy from an encounter with the Front Base water supply. There’s just nothing worse than soggy pretzels!
Morale: Although the Pac is normally in good humor, lately they’ve been living in fear of their own sergeant: Stone Cold Steve Austin. He’s been raving about taking over and leading those jackasses against the Spherans right here, right now.
Health: Several of your men are suffering from minor lacerations caused by broken beer bottles. Apparently, Steven has been trying to teach them to drink beer ‘like a man.’
Military Communiques
None.
Personal Notes
Stone Cold Steve Austin is out of control! Apparently, he wasn’t too impressed with the way you stomached (or rather, couldn’t stomach) his patented Steveweiser Beer, and by God, he has gone absolutely berzerk! In fact, he’s of half a mind to march your troops straight to Spheran HQ right now and show those jackasses the bottom line. Clearly, you’ve got to do something to gain his respect before anything terrible happens.
It seems that the Real Ghostbusters are here at Front Base! You saw them driving out of the base towards the Refugee Camp late last night in their way-cool car, Ecto-1. You wonder whether they’ve caught any spooky ghosts recently? Because that would be just so cool.
The news of Keigo finally getting together with Brock is all over the base. Why, just this morning, you saw a glowing green plane fly over-head pulling a banner with the two of them standing together at some sort of party. You have to admit, they sure do make a great couple.
Mini-Objective
Find a way to deal with the situation with Steven and regain some amount of respect and authority.

Adventure Summary

Our heroes had just repulsed the ninja invasion of the R&D centre and stand victorious over their foe, El Ninja Mexicano. The Egg comes rushing up, panting that their security sensors had mistaken the intruders for armadillos. He asks for "it" back, but nobody seems to know quite what he's talking about.

Night passes, and our heroes report for lunch the next day. Vidal Sassoon and Dust forge an unlikely alliance in mocking Keigo over her public soap-operettic relationship with Brock, while Sgt. Slaughter mocks all that 'unElectran' ninjitsu. Zeke, meanwhile, complains bitterly about the disappearance of his tent for a second time.

Jag accosts Zeke and Dust for their immigration papers as foreigners on the base. Both invent rather lame excuses and repeatedly flash their base-admission security papers. Jag just nods grimly and jots down their names, likely for future deportation.

Balarai Snowe tries to convince Zeke to fill up his bike at his gas-station to no avail.

An angry Keigo begins scouring the base for pictures of herself and Brock. She first heads to investigate her own men, where she finds a giant poster on the front of her own tent. After burning it down, she proceeds to Brock's tent and finds the walls of his tent covered with posters. This results in the complete burnination of his tent as well. She then sees some soldiers wearing t-shirts with the picture printed on the front, and discovers their source at Mahmood's Acquisitions tent.

Pacci confronts Stone Cold, but is cowed by Steven's red-hot attitude. Fortunately, he is saved by Snowe's arrival, who convinces Stone Cold to fill up his Monster Truck at the gas-station. Snowe then proceeds to the base Airfield, where Kal Meecham is attaching a Brock-and-Keigo banner to his plane. He convinces both Kal and the Red Baron to bring in their planes for a fill-up. Next Snowe hits the prison, and receives money from both Arch Hall Jr. and Axen Dredd for ostensibly filling up their vehicles in anticipation of their release.

Jag makes the rounds of the base, searching for foreigners. This list includes Mahmood, Axen Dredd, Anton and Suki (who are of course French and Japanese respectively), Captains Dolg and Rodric, and Dutch Detective Klogg.

Dust heads to Mahmood's for a SIR chamber, but finds himself unable to obtain a 'partial' SIR. He eventually heads to the Exercise Field, where Sgt. Slaughter is directing a field-stripping exercise and manages to make off with a chamber.

Zeke meets up with Pacci and agrees to help deal with Stone Cold as soon as he finds his tent. Pacci alerts him to the presence of the Real Ghostbusters, who have set up shop in the refugee camp outside of town. Zeke learns that Mahmood, being so scared of his Ghost Story at the Officer's Soiree, had hired the Ghostbusters to investigate his tent. He recovers the tent from their highly professional 'containment vault,' and recovers Hermione from Peter Venckman's equally professional psychic experiments. Snowe then arrives to convince the Ghostbusters to fill up Ecto-1 at his gas-station.

Keigo arrives at the airfield and after a brief 'humorous' encounter with the clowns, burns the banners on their ships. She then proceeds to the tower's dark-room, where Airforce Surveyor Van Gogh is producing all the blow-up posters and obtains his originals for destruction.

Zeke returns to the base and challenges Stone Cold Steve Austin to a wrestling re-match. Stone Cold accepts, and in a 'dramatic' display involving numerous instances of the Finger, Zeke brings Stone Cold down to defeat a second time on Pacci's behalf. Pacci chides Stone Cold and says that he hopes he's learned his lesson.

Our heroes are summoned to the Deployment Zone, where they are given a sensitive mission by Commander Kilant. A small Spheran contingent has been sighted in the nearby mountains, with none other than Aeolus, the Prince of Stormwind, among them. They are to ambush the contingent and capture the Prince.

The troops proceed along a mountain ridge, where they witness an animal stampede in the valley below them. A mysterious figure in a dramatic black coat stands watching the same stampede from an opposite peak.

The Republic troops engage the Prince's entourage in a mountain valley. Although the Electran soldiers press the attack, the Prince and his bodyguards manage to cut a path and escape into the mountains.

All seems lost until Zeke ramps his motorbike into gear, grabs Keigo and pursues the Prince up the mountain, leaving Desrae in charge of his troops. Jag collects Pacci and Dust on the Sidehack, while Snowe disappears in his usual fashion. Keigo and Zeke engage Aeolus' bodyguards, inflicting heavy damage with fist and flame-thrower, but eventually go down to their blades. Snowe attacks the Prince from behind from behind, but finds himself badly outmatched. Fortunately, Zeke manages to sneak in some beef while Jag, Pacci and Dust peg off the remaining guards from the sidehack. Surrounded by the Republic officers, the Prince lays down his blade and surrenders.

The Prince is escorted back to the base in triumph, as most of the Republic Army watches on solemnly at this capture of an enemy leader. Upon seeing a wolf-skin cloaked figure in the crowd, the Prince is intrigued that 'Rodric Omega is still alive.' And with that cryptic remark, Kilant accepts the Prince as a POW, marking our heroes' first victory over a major enemy leader and a fitting end to the 10th session of the Res Publica Campaign.

Major Characters this Session
None.

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