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The silence is unbearable, flying over a mile high in the sky with the door open, and not a sound, not even the whisper of a breeze, though Thunderchild appears a bit strained from the spell of silence. Lt Douglas gives a hand signal and each of you jump from the plane in perfect unison, directly over the lights of a huge metropolis. Silently you plummet downward, not a word being said as each of you begin count down. After 20 seconds the string is pulled and the plummet minimizes with a rough jerk on your shoulders as your chute catches the sky in its grasp. Within 2 minutes you land a bit north of the metropolis, right next to a huge body of water within what appears to have been an old power plant. In silence you quickly wrap the chutes back into their holding bag and pull on a 2nd string which creates a slight hissing sound as the contents of the bags are disentegrated, allowing you to toss them into the river nearby. Without a word, Lt Douglas gives the sign for A, and points to the large overhead doors that are about 20 meters from you, currently empty. Then the letter B is made in sign language, and he points to the roofs.

Sgt Beck is the first to react, pulling his team towards the overhead doors, each staying behind cover as they zigzag up to the entrance. Frost sits down against a barrel as Leslie stands over him, gazing into the area and the rooftop. Within a breath, Frost is over the building in Astral Form, counting and then returning to his Body. Back of his hand with 3 fingers raised followed by the front of his hand with 2 fingers raised indicates to his team that there are 32 spirits or other form of Astral Guardians patrolling the area. He then makes a silent sign that isn't recognized as military protocol sign, fingers poking out of his head like antenaes, and a quizzical frown on his face.

Sgt Beck with Rupert, Terrance, Kan'Gi and O'Malley stop about 3 meters from the closest door as Beck signals back that he's ready. Frost and Leslie nod and look upward. On the Astral Plane 8 Force 5 Air Elementals appear directly above the building. Immediately they are attacked by the spirits in the area, and although they do sufficient damage, the Elementals are quickly overcomed and wasted before killing any of the strange looking spirits, but not before Leslie performs the real attack, by surrounding them in a Globe on the Astral Plane, then sustaining it through a focus, thus clearing the way for an assault without spirits warning anyone. With a nod Leslie sends Lt Douglas forward to join Sgt Beck, leaving the Globe hovering above the site.

Kan'Gi is the first to the door as the others take a position with guns raised upwards. After quite a difficult struggle, more difficult than expected, Kan'Gi has the door open with some tools from his kit. Rupert follows begind Sgt Beck, a huge black box strapped over his back as Beck enters the warehouse first, rolling to the side in preperation for an attack. Below the surface can be heard the strange sound of chanting, alot of chanting, as if there were a huge congregation of people below who were in some form of a prayer. Beck gives the signal, and the rest of the team rushes in, taking positions behind various covers as Leslie and Frost run forward to join the rest. As soon as everyone is in position, the doors are closed, and Kan'Gi then also joins the rest of the team in position behind some other cover.

Quickly the team follows Lt Doughas through a couple of corridors as he looks periodically at his Tactical Computer which has a map displayed on it. After a bit he points to a grate on the wall behind some heavy machinery. Again Kan'gi comes forward and removes the plate easily, lowering it to the ground before placing the Electronic Kit back in Lt Douglas bag. Kan'gi then takes 2 grappling hooks and rope and drops the rope down the shaft which falls directly beneath the grate opening. Latching the hooks onto the sides, he points to Sgt Beck and gives the thumbs up. Beck points to Terrance and O'Malley who immediately sling their weapon and grab the ropes, lowering themselves into the darkness. 2 by 2 the team heads down until only Ruper, Leslie and Frost are still topside. Ruper goes down alone, edging his way quietly with the 2 meter long black box strapped to his back, holding both ropes to drop. The 2 mages remaining above as those below disappear from view.

Rupert is the first to act, removing the Box from his back, and lowering it gently to the ground as Lt, Sgt and Kan'gi get to work setting it up. Rupert then immediately starts climbing back up the rope. By the time he reaches the top, 2 flashes of light from below reveal the preperations are complete. He grabs the 2 ropes and starts pulling them up quickly, revealing Sgt and Lt as the first up. Dropping the ropes back down the chute, the process is repeated to get the rest of the team up. A loud buzzing sound is heard below over the sounds of the chanting which have gotten progressively louder, like some sort of orgy of flesh and bad techno music. Quickly the team departs as they entered, with Frost stopping a moment at the door to analyze a white powdery substance which could be barely seen on the ground surrounding the walls of the building. Some sort of ritual component material it seems, but a flash of a light from the Lt sends him quickly scurrying toward the rest of the team which has taken up a position behind a large cargo container at the water front.

Opening the container, the team finds a small 4 man boat to climb into. Pushing it out to the water, Rupert, O'Malley and Kan'gi hang on the sides as it silently rushes through the water towards the center of the lake. Behind the boat, a rumbling is heard as an explosion takes out the building you were just in. Looking back, a small mushroom cloud is seen rising from the non-remains of the old factory. Seconds later the boat begins to rock uncontrollably as the water gets violent. The water calms down, and Lt gets on the Comm, "Tango two niner, Hornet's nest is down, Operation Windy City completed, over."

Lt points over to the shore viewable from land, "Lets land there, They want an analysis of the situation, and info on any possible fallout as well as recon to see how the job went.", looking at Leslie and Frost, "You're recon, as soon as we get on land which should be alot safer than this rough water."

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Game begins with Recon. I want posts the same way I post. Story (IC) first, seperated with some sort of line, OOC stuff, like what actions you'd like to do. Do not show dice results here please. See OOC board for other instructions. ;)