Up The Junction

Paul Unishment stood to attention in his CO’s office, and stared fixedly at a point just over Major Zaster’s head while he waited to hear what ‘exciting’ detail he’d been assigned today. Yesterday he’d had to guard a bunch of Portaloos to prevent them from being stolen; the day before he’d been on traffic duty because of the power cuts, and the local police couldn’t spare anyone. The whole country was going to the dogs, and no-one seemed to care – so long as the cars kept moving, and there was somewhere to shit.

“The police are concerned, Corporal”, said Major Zaster. “There’s a lot of anti-immigrant feeling in Badford at the moment. Shops have been looted, houses set on fire, and people badly beaten. The police are spread too thin to do anything about it. They’ve heard rumours that local gangs are getting their hands on guns and intend to use them. I’m sending out patrols to police the streets and protect the peace. The sight of you and your men should act to deter the violence. Current rules of engagement apply – you’re to shoot only to prevent loss of life. Oh, while you’re out there, check out the mosque; footage from the police drone shows a truck delivering several dozen boxes. If they are weapons, confiscate them”.

TQ/Morale D8/D8; Body Armour 1D

Section 1 - Warrior IFV with driver and commander

Fireteam Charlie1

1x Squad Leader with SA80

1x Gunner with SAW (Lt. AP:1/AT:0)

1x Grenadier with SA80 + UGL + Shotgun

1x Marksman with L129

Fireteam Delta1

1x Assistant Squad Leader with SA80

1x Gunner with SAW (Lt. AP:1/AT:0)

1x Grenadier with SA80 + UGL

1x Gunner with GPMG (Med. AP:2/AT:0) 

Section 2 - Warrior IFV with driver and commander

Fireteam Charlie2

1x Squad Leader with SA80

1x Gunner with SAW (Lt. AP:1/AT:0)

1x Grenadier with SA80 + UGL + Shotgun

1x Marksman with L129

Fireteam Delta2

1x Assistant Squad Leader with SA80

1x Gunner with SAW (Lt. AP:1/AT:0)

1x Grenadier with SA80 + UGL

1x Gunner with GPMG (Med. AP:2/AT:0) 

Mission - protect civilians, search the mosque.

Each turn your forces remain on table (max 6)                          10 points

Each civilian casualty suffered                                                 -1 point

Each casualty suffered by your force                                        -2 points

Search the mosque for weapons                                             20 points

Dave ’Nobby’ Mosley had grown up on the streets of Badford in West Orkshire, and, since he was old enough to remember, things had only got worse over time. Nobby’s Dad had worked in the town steelworks, like his father before him. Unlike him, when they closed it down, he’d never found work again. When Nobby left school, they were still no jobs for him or his mates either, and no future. It only made it worse that there appeared to be an endless stream of ‘f***ing foreigners’ moving to Badford, taking the few local jobs at rates that were worse than the dole, and living three or four families to a house. Nobby couldn’t even get work in the portable toilet factory – ‘a real shit job’, as his mate said; Thommo reckoned it was because it was owned by one of those ‘Hotaki c**ts’, and they didn’t want ‘real Brexitians’ working there. They ‘ought to go back where they came from’.

Thommo knew a lot of people who felt the same way as Nobby – bitter and angry, and feeling in need of taking action. The ‘Young Orkshire Brigade’ had started by beating up the occasional ‘Hotaki’, throwing rocks through shop windows, and setting fire to houses, but this had led to a tit-for-tat escalation. Knives and baseball bats were now the norm, and some of Nobby’s mates had been seriously hurt or killed. There also seemed to be more of the ‘Hotakis’ than locals. So when Thommo said he knew a man who could get them some guns, Nobby jumped at the chance (he’d been quite good on the rifle ranges at the fairs he’d been to…). A couple of ex-Army guys called Ron and Reg had driven up from somewhere down south with a truck full of AK74’s, loads of ammo, and three RPGs; they’d even been taught how to use them. (Better than that, Thommo said that it had all been paid for by a ‘well-wisher’). They decided to test their new strength by marching on the mosque, and destroying it – ‘That would teach those Hotakis whose town it was !’

TQ/Morale D6/D10 Irregulars

Team 1

1x Leader with AK74

8x YOB’s with AK74

1x Gunner with AK74 and RPG

Team 2

1x Leader with AK74

8x YOB’s with AK74

1x Gunner with AK74 and RPG

Team 3

1x Leader with AK74

8x YOB’s with AK74

1x Gunner with AK74 and RPG

Mission

Each ‘Hotaki’ wounded or otherwise incapacitated                     1 point

Enter the mosque and destroy it                                                 10 points

Abdul al Maliki had not had an easy life. Growing up in a small village in Malikastan, he had seen many of his friends and family killed there in the ‘peace-keeping’ operation, and the Hotaki invasion that followed. There had been a point where he – or, rather, his mother – had wanted him to become a martyr (Malikastan Week 10 – Save the Day), but God had spared him, and given him a chance to marry and start a family. His wife’s father, Uncle Rafi, had advised him to get out of Malikastan and go somewhere safer (his mother’s ‘life insurance policy’ on him hadn’t yet paid out…), so he decided to go to the West. After all, from what he had seen of their soldiers, if they could give away so many bullets and bombs, they must be rich, and wouldn’t mind giving him some of their wealth. It would be better than herding goats…

It took months to walk to the sea – through several other war zones – and a long wait in a refugee camp. Finally, someone took pity on him and his family, and put them on a plane. He ended up in Badford, just in time to see Grande Brexitia disintegrate, and law and order break down. However, for many like Abdul, this was ‘life as usual’, and they knew that security only came from the barrel of a gun; the Brexitian Islamic Front found many recruits from former refugees, keen to protect their families and new lives from violent thugs. Abdul had fought the Americans, Brexitians and the Hotakis, and was respected by his peers. When he heard that ‘infidels’ were on their way to destroy the mosque, and burn the holy books, he knew that he had to prevent it. Calling his brothers to arms, he led them down the street…

TQ/Morale D6/D10 Irregulars

Team 1

1x Leader with AK74

8x ‘Holy Warriors’ with AK74

1x Gunner with AK74 and RPG

Team 2

1x Leader with AK74

8x ‘Holy Warriors’ with AK74

1x Gunner with AK74 and RPG

Team 3

1x Leader with AK74

8x ‘Holy Warriors’ with AK74

1x Gunner with AK74 and RPG

Mission

Each unbeliever wounded or otherwise incapacitated                  1 point

Prevent unbelievers from desecrating (entering) the mosque     10 points