The Shadow Wars Part Two. Operation Bangers
In August, 1944, the Allies were advancing through Belgium on their way to lay siege to Aachen.
Allied Intelligence needed a field location, and a small village was located. Ostensibly in a relatively safe position, but close enough to the front to be able to process information quickly. The local inhabitants had all been driven out by the Germans months earlier, thus making it a simple matter of moving in.
However, things went wrong quite quickly. A limited German advance by a small company made the location a bit more tenuous. The fact that they occupied a small chemical factory just a few miles away made people nervous. It was decided an air strike was the best response and the factory was duly bombed.
However, what the Allies were unaware of was that this small company had turned zombie some days earlier. Their unexpected advance a product of their worsening condition. What they could not have known in advance is what effect, if any, exposure to exotic chemicals may have on those afflicted with the terrible disease.
Mere hours after the air strike, the Germans attacked the small village. Almost all the Intelligence personnel there was killed. Only one survivor made it back to report.
The news was grim. These agents had been in possession of very sensitive information regarding the upcoming advance into Germany. Information that, under no circumstances, could be allowed into enemy hands. Problem is, the lone survivor did not know where it had been stored. It was in one of several safes dotted throughout the village. It had to be destroyed before it fell into enemy hands.
A task force was quickly formed to enter the village and destroy all the safes with explosives. Intelligence, such as it was under the circumstances, suggested the Germans had no vehicles and so the task force set off in two transport trucks to execute their orders.
This Sunday, as it is the day when Americans celebrate their Superb Owl, we are taking a break from season two to reenact Operation Bangers.
As ever, all you need is a copy of the game and a willingness to have your arm gnawed off at the neck in a good cause.
This sunday, Feb 12th, 6pm PST
Be there, or forever hold your piece. Or something else appropriately Shakespearean.
Re: The Shadow Wars Part Two. Operation Bangers
The plucky task force assembled for Operation Bangers were crippled by poor intelligence, the zombies did have tanks. Furthermore, the chemicals they'd been exposed to appeared to make them faster and more resilient.
Consequently, they were all lost before destroying all the safes. However, as it turned out, the sensitive information was in the very first safe they destroyed. The task force was lost, but the operation was a success.
In a couple of weeks or so we will be hosting part three of the Shadow Wars, and we will be moving on from WW2.
It took scientists many decades to understand how the chemicals had their effect on the zombies during Operation Bangers and that information, of course, could be devastating in the wrong hands....