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Well this was hilarious, looking forward to die again for Mr. Clarke
Heyo fellow owls
For those who weren’t able to attend the operation or who may have missed some crucial plot points during firefights, here’s a summary of the events that took place in Takistan yesterday.
Prelude
Mr. Clarke arranged to meet several contacts of the Silver Moon Militia to arrange a series of exchanges where he would hand them crates of advanced rocket launchers in exchange for something Mr. Clarke described as "tremendously valuable".
Operation
The Crimson Talon PMCs geared up and rolled out in armoured SUVs with Platoon, Alpha, Bravo and Nightbird with the Grenade Launcher Team sitting on the skids. Though a bit overzealous at times Mr. Clarke’s hand-picked personal bodyguards (Seb & Garf) ensured that none of the filthy no-good ruffians of the recently hired Crimson Talon PMC got too close to their precious HVT.
After a short back and forth over sat phone Mr. Clarke agreed to meet his first Silver Moon contact in the town of Sakhe where the militia has seized control from Takistani government forces not too long ago. Shortly after arrival Crimson Talon PMCs realised that the Silver Moon are anything but the friendly neighbourhood freedom fighters Mr. Clarke made them out to be. The only road into town was beset by corpses hung from street lamps with militia members dancing below with glee. When Mr. Clarke approached the local militia leader he was perturbed that contrary to their agreement the Silver Moon has decided to withhold their end of the bargain. He sternly informed Mr. Clarke that the Silver Moon will pay their debts during the following exchanges, one third at a neutral UN-controlled location and the remaining two thirds deep in militia held territory - they will hold on to one crate of launchers now as gesture of good will due to Mr. Clarke’s less than stellar reputation. Some heated words were exchanged but begrudgingly Mr. Clarke relented and drove off to Garmsar, a town under the protection of a small UN Outpost.
On their way to Garmsar the SUV convoy was ambushed by the Black Moon Militia, a fiercely independent group which aims to drive out all foreign occupation forces. Nightbird dispatched of them with ease but it was a stark reminder that Takistan is anything but safe to travel. At the outskirts of Garmsar Mr. Clarke met a small cell of Silver Moon members, they greeted him heartily and invited Mr. Clarke to join them in a celebration of their beloved Moon Goddess - a traditional Takistani Karaoke session. As a keen master of the Art of the Deal Mr. Clarke knew it to be unwise to potentially offend these savages and thus joined in with his angelic, serene and definitely never off-key voice.
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However, Mr. Clarke and his bodyguards were interrupted in their glorious singing by a daring raid of the Black Moon Militia attacking the local UN Outpost in force. A vicious battle ensued where Mr. Clarke and the Crimson Talon PMC were caught in the middle. Mortar rounds hammered the town, civilians and UN Soldiers alike were blasted to bits - Blue Helmets and Crimson Talon fought bravely against a seemingly endless horde. Nightbird flew in under heavy fire, dropping reinforcements right into the thick of the action but shortly after lifting off again was shot down and crashed into the mountain side. When the dust settled the Black Moon had retreated, half of the Blue Helmets were dead or wounded and Crimson Talon had sufferred several casualties. However, the local Silver Moon cell remained largely unscathed and thus the deal was able to conclude successfully. Mr. Clarke held a rousing speech congratulating his contractors on their valour and deigned to clued them in to what treasures he had just acquired: limited edition 1992 Hello Kitty plugs. These babies can be sold in "specialised markets" for up to a million a pop - and he just managed to convince the Takistani peasant fools to hand over an entire crate for a few rocket launchers. Magnanimous in victory Mr. Clarke gifted one plug to the Platoon Leader and another one to a bold contractor who correctly pointed out that Mr. Clarke "was dripping".
As the dusk darkened the skies Crimson Talon sped off to their final destination: Karachinar - deep in the heartland of the Silver Moon Militia. Mr. Clarke was instructed to have his people park their vehicles in the neighbouring village in a dedicated compound to keep them safe from any further Black Moon assaults. A single vehicle was allowed by the militia to be used for Mr. Clarke’s personal comfort and so Crimson Talon proceeded on foot to the meeting point in Karachinar, guarding his SUV on all sides. To his utter surprise the militia leader turned out to be a gruff Scotsman who proceeded to berate Mr. Clarke - very quickly a heated argument broke out between the two. Apparently fellow Garmsar Silver Moon comrades had relayed how Mr. Clarke boasted loudly how valuable these goods actually are and he demands to renegotiate terms. Mr. Clarke pulled his revolver from the holster and bellowed "negotiate this" before pulling the trigger over and over until only the clicking sounds of the hammer could be heard through the night.
All hell broke lose. Militias and PMCs who just moments before shared cigarettes and some laughs suddenly fell upon each other. A ferocious firefight in the dark ensued. Both sides took heavy casualties and the PMC command structure broke down temporarily. Mr. Clarke’s personal bodyguards grabbed the last limited edition crate and urged him to get out of dodge immediately. He was ushered among gunfire into the only armoured SUV in Karachinar and his personal bodyguards put the pedal to the metal leaving Crimson Talon PMCs to fend for themselves. Just before the SUV would have been in the clear it was ambushed by a militia technical, unloading DShK fire into the vehicle, shattering the reinforced windows. The driver was shot unconscious and Mr. Clarke was severely wounded but he could have been killed outright if it wasn’t for the heroic actions of his personal bodyguard - he threw himself on top of Mr. Clarke and saved his life at the cost of his own. After regaining consciousness the remaining bodyguard managed to drive both Mr. Clarke and the body of his fallen brother back to base where Mr. Clarke’s plastic surgeons were able to reconstruct his impeccable physique. The surviving PMCs managed to fight their way back to their vehicles and escaped with the majority of our SUVs, thus protecting their highest priority: the Crimson Talon balance sheet.
Aftermath
Expenses
PMC Salaries: 520’000.- USD
1x MH-9 Hummingbird: 1.9 million USD
2x Armoured SUVs: 750’000.- USD per vehicle
1x Wild Card Reinforcement Team: 340’000.- USD
1x Emergency Trauma Surgery Team: 1.47 million USD
1x Plastic surgery to restore Mr. Clarke’s natural beauty: 2.84 million USD
Income
298x limited edition Hello Kitty Plugs: ca. 280 million USD
(accounted for daily market value fluctuations)
Mission Rating: critical success