War Stories - Part One - The Alamo
1. The Alamo.
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Paulus "So where are we going?"
Lu points to a heavily painted barricade.
Paulus "Gotcha"
Go!
Lu finds himself alone at the Alamo.
Support can be seen behind him and to his right. Chi, Paulus and QuangStar hiding behind the same tree.
Lu sighs. "Watch my Right!!!" He says to QuangStar. Acknowledgement arrives.
Peering through the barricade he sees the Mexicans swarming. He can see a barricade directly infront of him, about 10m away. Mexicans by the hundreds can be glimpsed behind that single barricade. More were joining them by the second. On his left is a pathway up the hill, along the boundary line. The Mexicans will want to climb this hill to gain the high ground and flank. His barricade has an excellent field of fire to cover any such attempts.
On his right he can see another barricade, covered by an ally. The situation is tense but all is in order. The Mexicans would have to make a move...
And then they did. Two Mexican senoritas made a dash up the hill! Taking aim, Lu waited until they came into his field of fire...
pop, pop, popopeoepepeeopwiadioaoiadofiadf. The senoritas were no more. Lu experienced a slight pang of remorse, but it quickly passed. There were no innocents in this conflict.
Suddenly he noticed the barricade on his right was no longer covered by allied forces! In fact two of the Mexicans had control of the barricade! Leaning out he let loose a volley of paint that scored direct hits on one of the Mexicans. The other Mexican managed to slither behind cover.
With Mexicans directly in front and on his right flank, Lu's position was looking decidedly shaky. If another man had been with him, his position could have been held indefinitely! But with only one set of eyes Lu had to focus on controlling access to the high ground, which left him dangerously exposed on his right.
"Watch my right!!!!!"
QuangStar screamed something back but it was indecipherable amongst the whistling of projectiles and screams of agony.
Two more senoritas made a dash up the hill! POP POP POPWEROAO#@$@#O#!$QEO. One was down but the other dived behind a twig and returned fire. POP pop POP PWEROWEO. Two more senoritas down. Why were the Mexicans sending their women folk to their doom?!?!? Monsters!!!!
"I'm HIT! I'm HIT!"
"ARARHGHG! ARHFHGH! me too!"
A girly shriek!
Chi, Paulus, QuangStar, gone just like that. Things were looking grim. There were now several hundred Mexicans in front of him as well as to his right. If both attacked at once there was nothing he would be able to do. For a moment he thought of retreating. But no, his being in this precise spot was holding up over a thousand Mexicans. Thousands that would otherwise be ravaging through the country side looting and pillaging. He had no choice but to hold.
A lull came over the battlefield. The calm before the storm. Lu could now see the two enemy forces communicating frantically. It was about to happen. A two pronged assault on the Alamo was only moments away.
"Torm stand with me now, my hour has come! Your cleric beseeches you!!!"
SILVERSTAR MY CHILD. KNOW THAT I AM HERE. FEAR NOT THE HORDES OF YONDER MEXICANS. YOU WILL KNOW PEACE AT THIS YOUR FINAL HOUR
SilverStar felt a surge of Holy Might, followed by Righteous Fury. A Blade Barrier sprang up around him.
With a hideous war cry the mexicans surged forward. Millions ran up the hill, some breaking off to charge down at SilverStar's position. Millions more ran straight at his barricade, getting ready to crush it in a mindless stampede. Yet billions more could be heard rushing up on his right, but at these he did not look.
Pop pop
Pop pop
Pop pop
thud
His left hand was numb.
Pop pop
pop
thud thud THUD!
Time seemed to have slowed beyond all measure. SilverStar/Lu noticed that the paint spray was now so thick that it seemed he was in a deep mist of pink, yellow and purple. It was beautiful.
At that moment he noticed one particular paint ball headed his way. It was pink.
thud.
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Paulus "So where are we going?"
Lu points to a heavily painted barricade.
Paulus "Gotcha"
Go!
Lu finds himself alone at the Alamo.
Support can be seen behind him and to his right. Chi, Paulus and QuangStar hiding behind the same tree.
Lu sighs. "Watch my Right!!!" He says to QuangStar. Acknowledgement arrives.
Peering through the barricade he sees the Mexicans swarming. He can see a barricade directly infront of him, about 10m away. Mexicans by the hundreds can be glimpsed behind that single barricade. More were joining them by the second. On his left is a pathway up the hill, along the boundary line. The Mexicans will want to climb this hill to gain the high ground and flank. His barricade has an excellent field of fire to cover any such attempts.
On his right he can see another barricade, covered by an ally. The situation is tense but all is in order. The Mexicans would have to make a move...
And then they did. Two Mexican senoritas made a dash up the hill! Taking aim, Lu waited until they came into his field of fire...
pop, pop, popopeoepepeeopwiadioaoiadofiadf. The senoritas were no more. Lu experienced a slight pang of remorse, but it quickly passed. There were no innocents in this conflict.
Suddenly he noticed the barricade on his right was no longer covered by allied forces! In fact two of the Mexicans had control of the barricade! Leaning out he let loose a volley of paint that scored direct hits on one of the Mexicans. The other Mexican managed to slither behind cover.
With Mexicans directly in front and on his right flank, Lu's position was looking decidedly shaky. If another man had been with him, his position could have been held indefinitely! But with only one set of eyes Lu had to focus on controlling access to the high ground, which left him dangerously exposed on his right.
"Watch my right!!!!!"
QuangStar screamed something back but it was indecipherable amongst the whistling of projectiles and screams of agony.
Two more senoritas made a dash up the hill! POP POP POPWEROAO#@$@#O#!$QEO. One was down but the other dived behind a twig and returned fire. POP pop POP PWEROWEO. Two more senoritas down. Why were the Mexicans sending their women folk to their doom?!?!? Monsters!!!!
"I'm HIT! I'm HIT!"
"ARARHGHG! ARHFHGH! me too!"
A girly shriek!
Chi, Paulus, QuangStar, gone just like that. Things were looking grim. There were now several hundred Mexicans in front of him as well as to his right. If both attacked at once there was nothing he would be able to do. For a moment he thought of retreating. But no, his being in this precise spot was holding up over a thousand Mexicans. Thousands that would otherwise be ravaging through the country side looting and pillaging. He had no choice but to hold.
A lull came over the battlefield. The calm before the storm. Lu could now see the two enemy forces communicating frantically. It was about to happen. A two pronged assault on the Alamo was only moments away.
"Torm stand with me now, my hour has come! Your cleric beseeches you!!!"
SILVERSTAR MY CHILD. KNOW THAT I AM HERE. FEAR NOT THE HORDES OF YONDER MEXICANS. YOU WILL KNOW PEACE AT THIS YOUR FINAL HOUR
SilverStar felt a surge of Holy Might, followed by Righteous Fury. A Blade Barrier sprang up around him.
With a hideous war cry the mexicans surged forward. Millions ran up the hill, some breaking off to charge down at SilverStar's position. Millions more ran straight at his barricade, getting ready to crush it in a mindless stampede. Yet billions more could be heard rushing up on his right, but at these he did not look.
Pop pop
Pop pop
Pop pop
thud
His left hand was numb.
Pop pop
pop
thud thud THUD!
Time seemed to have slowed beyond all measure. SilverStar/Lu noticed that the paint spray was now so thick that it seemed he was in a deep mist of pink, yellow and purple. It was beautiful.
At that moment he noticed one particular paint ball headed his way. It was pink.
thud.
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