Wild Geese - The last flight

Club day and the opportunity to play a game which has been long on the wish list - A recreation of the classic - Wild Geese movie.

Colonel Faulkner's Briefing

The mercenary force has suffered a major setback. The vehicle convoy intended to carry them to safety has been destroyed at a river crossing, leaving the surviving troops stranded deep in hostile territory. Communications are intermittent, ammunition is running low, and enemy forces now know their approximate location.

The only chance of escape is a remote airfield 25 miles away where a transport aircraft is scheduled to make a brief landing at dawn. Between the survivors and their escape lies rough terrain, hostile villages, roadblocks, and an increasingly determined government army.

To be read to the assembled mercenary force shortly after the destruction of the lorries at the bridge.

"Gentlemen, listen in.

The good news is we're still alive.

The bad news is that every man in this country now knows roughly where we are, and they know exactly where we're heading.

The bridge is gone. The transport is gone. What should have been a fast run to the airfield has turned into a twenty-five-mile march through hostile territory. We're carrying our wounded, we're short of ammunition, and we're going to be hunted every step of the way.

So let's be clear about our situation.

Nobody is coming to rescue us.

We are the rescue.

 

Ahead of us is an airfield. At dawn tomorrow a pilot brave enough or crazy enough to keep his word will attempt to put an aircraft down on that strip. If we're there, we go home. If we're not, we're left behind. 

In a running battle, against more than 4 times their number the Mercs would have a job on there hands but they were professionals and training should get them through this.

Played using Force on Force, with the mercs with always on initiative they were able to supress multiple fire teams that popped up as Faulkner and his men ran the length of the table.

With the Heavy Machine Gun sweeping the open ground the majority of the mercs made the runway.

As the local militia started to fill the runway the last of the Merc's piled on to the plane.

A great game and mission accomplished for the raiders.

Julius Limbani was on the plane all for the loss of 2 dead and 3 wounded.

Next up some alternative scenario's in Zembala and the government of General Ndofa.

Operation Iron First.

Following the escape of the Wild Geese, General Ndofa launches a brutal purge. Intelligence indicates that loyalists of Julius Limbani are gathering in the northern highlands. Ndofa sends an elite battalion to eliminate the rebels before an uprising can begin.

The Diamond Convoy.

A convoy carrying Zembala's diamond reserves is travelling to the capital to finance Ndofa's regime.

The Battle of Mamba Airfield.

Months after the failed rescue operation, foreign governments secretly back a second attempt to overthrow Ndofa.

The Presidential Return.

Rumours spread that Julius Limbani survived and has secretly returned to Zembala. Escort Limbani through hostile territory to a major town where he can rally supporters.

Operation Cobra Strike.

The only thing keeping Ndofa in power is a sophisticated communications centre coordinating his forces.