How are the Growling Bears going, ovKhan? Have they had their first trial by fire?
Unfortunately, no, but we have gotten to the point of finalizing the unit to where it is ready to run that, now they just need to jump from Alshain to Stanzach (Which is gonna be awhile, IIRC). Don't give up hope, though, we're still plugging along on this.
However, I do have some fun news. One of our MechWarriors, Star Commander Matthias, played in a game of football with some Elementals, then got tackled by one when he grabbed the ball. :)) Squiiish... >:D
The unit has also obtained their initial DropShip, a Union-C class named the
Aletha's Legacy, chosen because it was the last Ghost Bear Union built with a Tactical Operations Room, or TOR, seeing as Star Captain Cade wanted to have a proper, non-makeshift command post. He has decided to lead the unit from there, allowing him to better coordinate combat, though that will probably result in some charges of cowardice coming from other warriors. }:)
While I can't say that we will get to the mission really soon, I can give an in-character schedule.
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1. We'll be leaving Alshain on the 30th of July,
arrive: Kaesong on 7 August,
arrive: Radstadt 13 August,
arrive: Stanzach 16 August
Make planetfall: 24 August
Once on Stanzach, we'll begin a heavy training schedule as the unit works to come together. There can also be post of simulator training during the trip, and even some tensions between new warriors serving together for the first time. Try not to kill the NPCs though.
Some of our training will be against the second line force there - the Second Kavallari Cluster of Polar Galaxy, part of the Kungsarme. We'll stage some mock battles against them as we bring the unit together.
On 20 September, the Wolves will arrive. A day later, they will issue their batchall and begin their burn in. They'll be moving in eagerly, so going above a standard Gee. They'll make planetfall in five days, on 26 Sept.
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So, you can probably expect a report on our first 'trial by fire' sometime around March 1st. Yeah, I know that's a while to wait, but we actually play on a time system of '2 days IC = 1 day real life'. It makes things take some time, but it works really well for us.
So, sorry to give you the news on how long it will take before an after-action-report comes out, but I will try to keep you guys updated on anything that's important or just plain funny during the meantime. Just please bear with me (pun intended :D ), and I'll have something to report eventually, Trothkin.