CLAN BRENNER – GETTING SHIT DONE
This After Action Report is submitted for record by Major Elwood Brenner.
Following the Councils resolution to bring the people of bunker Fortitude the choice to be out from under the foot of the military dictatorship they were living under. Myself and the rest of the surface active Brenner contingent (Foreman Jacob Brenner, Paramedic Napoleon Brenner and Corporal Heinrich M Brenner) reported the Forward Operating Base in a Former nanite pumping station in former Bunker Fortitude (BF) controlled territory to Rendezvous’ with other FEF forces. Plans had been made to meet with some members of the Bunker Fortitude Resistance (BFR).
Upon arrival we headed to the meet point to find that the journey by the resistance had been noticed by BF who had followed them to the Meet to ambush us and the Resistance. Taking heavy fire we neutralised the threat and escorted the resistance members to the FOB. I would like to Commend FEF Captain Tower Hill for conspicuous bravery under intense fire at this point.
Discussions followed in which we agreed to supply much needed help in the form of Weapons, medical aid and most importantly a portable C7 Generator.
We learned the following –
BF commander in chief – General Frost had stepped up his reign of terror and had now placed explosive collars not just on the tribals under their control but on BF citizens too. Reports of mass killings of Women, Children and anyone not productive abound.
Also that they were suffering much more than us from Hive Vulcan and an entire section of the bunker had been locked down due to Hive incursion.
They also reported that they had an item of tech which would be of much value to us to hand over but that we would have to run a mission deep into BF territory to collect it and would need a C7 generator to power it (some sort of weapon or vehicle I assume).
8/4/2522 – Night mission – Operation drop off.
Myself, Jacob, some members of recon and a tribal named Cass travelled deep into enemy territory avoiding numerous enemy patrols to the drop off point where we hid the supplies needed by BFR. This mission was a success and went off with no engagement with BF Patrols – This was of utmost importance as any missing patrols would result in increased scrutiny of the drop of area and the likely hood of BF discovering the supplies. A thank you for the stellar work by FEF drone control for valuable site assessment during this mission.
9/4/2522 – Operation Shopping Spree.
Myself, Tower and other FEF forces formed an escort for Chief Jacob Brenner and the portable C7 Generator to strike into BF territory and retrieve the valuable Tech promised by BFR.
With minimal problem we move into the OA . Things of note. We find a suspected BFR member who has been tortured to death and his tongue has been cut out. A clear message from BF.
Moving on we find a BF specialist engineer who has been crushed to death in some sort of press. Jacob and the medic present examine closer and realise the likelihood is that he has been crushed to death by power armour. Searching the area Jacob found a satchel with some notes and tech schematics of power armour nature.
Moving through and neutralising enemy patrols we made it to the Rendezvous point. Upon arrival we find numerous resistance members with some barrels and crates of tech. Jacob identifies it as cobbled together parts of a power armour suit. The BFR members explain that its from multiple sites and suits and that it will be too heavy to carry it out. I ask Jacob if he can fit it on someone. He says he will investigate and we then come under heavy fire. Tower and myself deploy smokes to protect the engineer and tech and take the fight to BF. During a Lull we discuss who’s to wear it as no one has the requisite skill and the BFR engineer explains he has a hypnovid to implant the skill temporarily into a soldiers brain. It is decided I will wear it as Tower already has an LMG (this suits primary weapon system and the training to use it. Now we have a power armour suit and 2 Lmgs with which to fight our way back to the FOB with.
Fights of note were another Ironclad which we defeated.
09/04/2522 – Operation Breakaway Submission.
Councillor RAZE has previously asked for our help in dealing with a breakaway tribe that he wished an example made of. He told us that there had been rumours of a new tribe on the edge of his lands. He had sent his bloodsworn brothers to investigate they had returned stating it was nothing to worry about but that night had left stealing valuable supplies and armaments.
A team including councillors Vasili, Ivan and myself. Medic Micheal Shannon and Charli from the bunker. The tribals Raven and Shadowfang were with us as well.
We journeyed through tribal lands and came across a dead body it had been decapitated with extreme force and the skin had been flayed from the skull. The medic and Ivan did some investigation and it was determined a psychic force had been used to explode his heart and pop his head off.
Moving on we are approached by some tribals with their hands out showing no weapons. It seems we were expected and they asked us to meet the preacher. They have a funny symbol kinda like the eye of warding that Raze’s Soul had painted on the mission board but with hands around it. Whilst in conversation we are attacked by two tribals who are killed and the two people who approached us are stun batoned. We collect some symbols for evidence. Ivan and Vasilli say something about psychic shit happening on comms so we turn off radios. We continue on and some of the team start to have things happen to them. Tripped up by nothing or scratched underneath armour.
Everything went weird from there. Strange noises and loud heartbeats in our heads. I even heard wailing and voices saying JOOOIIIIINNNNN UUUUSSSSSS. We came across this preacher and other members of this new tribe drinking from some sort of spring and doing weird gyrating and tribal dances importing us to drink. Despite my normal instincts I had no desire to hurt the preacher, the rest of them I didn’t care about but being armed with an LMG there was no way I could kill them without hitting the preacher. He mentioned a LADY IN WHITE. Just then his staff started glowing and we decided to leave. Some members in the team starting experiencing an increase in their heartbeat and were worried their head was gonna explode. Just after this the desire to bring no harm to the preacher faded and seized with anger we raced back to the tribe and slaughtered them. Taking a sample of the water we booked coming under fire from not just tribals but members of the 500 and even a bunker ascendant member.
10/4/2522 – The battle.
It appears all our propaganda, missions and victories have finally stirred the BF General into action he is apparently heading to the FOB with the intent of crushing us once and for all.
Not long after the mortars start dropping and the RAD alarms go off from the clouds of gas coming from the shells. We mask up and hunker down till the mortar team can be located then we run for it and after a firefight the mortar team is killed. Commendation for PRIVATE DANCER for stealthing up to the team through difficult terrain and killing them whilst they were distracted by us. Jacob checks out the mortar and finding it still operational radios in for a team from the base to assume control over it.
Returning to the Base to await the attack we receive a radio request for support from Vasili, Ivan and Charli who had left to support the resistance that they were under sustained attack by a gun emplacement. We mounted an attack on said emplacement and neutralized the threat. Freeing the resistance to do whatever it is they were doing.
Again we head back to base as work has reached us that the BF forces are close. We set ourselves up in position and our scouts watch the perimeter. We hear vehicles approaching and music starts playing. Seems the general is here.
The shots start firing and BF start dying. We take out the medic first denying them the chance to get up and back into the fight. One BF member is behind a building causing some trouble. I move up in the power armour and when he drops back out of sight I charge LMG in one hand combat knife in the other firing as I go and finishing him off by cutting him in half with the knife.
They make repeated sorties which we repel and eventually after some taunting the general makes an appearance. He cuts an impressive figure at over 7ft tall hulking in emblazoned power armour with some sort of chainsword as well as an LMG. Its less Impressive when we concentrate fire and numerous small arms as well as two LMGs make a mess of him. He retreats and we mop up the rest. Expecting him to reappear any moment. Eventually we decide to chase him down. But find that he is already dead seems our firing did its job.
A BF representative rescued by another mission team (a castellan or something) explains he intends to return to BF and that we have shown him that Might isn’t Right. He intends to establish a democratic regime there. They will hold a referendum as to whether they join the ascendancy or not.