Thread: In the Mojave [Lady Grimoire x rskde]

Even though the five man patrol carried NCR service rifles, they were dressed like normal civilians with some light armor pieces on them, particularly chest, shoulder, and knee plates to keep them safe from incoming fire that they might receive. Each of them wore a backpack with slightly purified water in it, small tubes reaching from their packs and ending at the shoulder pads of the packs, so that the carrier can easily turn their head to take a drink without stopping their hike through the Mojave. It was supposed to be a scouting party through Nipton, make sure everything was doing okay before the real party was to begin the NCR planned to retake Nipton and restore order. Hopefully this time there would be a bigger garrison. Things had been hard for them out here in the Mojave, after all it was always hot and the team was almost always under attack from mutants and raiders, though today seemed like it wouldn't be one of those days, considering that they had moved towards Nipton with relatively no resistance whatsoever, which made the team very complacent. Maybe it would be different today. With high hopes and plenty of supplies to last them until they got back to HQ, the recon team progresses with their primary mission. So far the goal of the NCR was to retake the parts of the region that had been lost to Caesar's war machine, the fighting had been going on between the two factions for what felt like years now with little to no progress on either side, other than the fact that the NCR now fully controlled New Vegas, as the ex-owner of the casino that had been in power all of these years was finally gone, as the Courier had taken him down. With more recruits and much more money to back them, the NCR found it appropriate to begin the reclamation of the Mojave Wastes. This patrol was apart of that, highly trained NCR Rangers who were well known through the ranks of the NCR were perfect for this mission, as it would require a lot of time out in the field, and a lot of time in combat. Luckily none of them had perished yet, they were the best of the best after all. It would take a lot more than Raiders and Mutants to bring down even a single member of the team, though Raiders and Mutants never really had formal training. Really at the end of the day, the only skill this team had was a knack for survival, knowing when to retreat and knowing more than the most common enemy out in the Wastes. They had been going according to plan, walking along the major roads in Nipton, clearing out any raiders or mutants that stood in their way. They were on their way back into the city after a brief pause in their trip, having to take some time to secure the outskirts of the city before they could progress along the main mission route, when very suddenly a shot echoes in the near distance, the bullet landing near the pointman's feet, causing the whole group of five to jump into cover. Almost immediately their rifles were firing in the direction of the shooter, who was beginning to fall back into the city now. They were probably a raider who had gotten wise, or maybe even a Legion assassin.. Either way they couldn't allow this one to stay alive, so they continued pushing in an attempt to corner their assailant. The pointman who had originally been shot at, Ryan, takes cover behind one of the small buildings in Nipton, the streets now clear as the gunfight progresses. He wears a dark leather jacket, a t-shirt underneath of it that had the front and back covered by an armor plate, his shoulder pads on top of his jacket. He wears jeans with armored knee pads and a pair of NCR-issued boots. On his head he wears sunglasses and an unmarked helmet with a pair of covered goggles secured to the front of it, the straps tightened under his chin to keep him protected. On the lower half of his face he wears a black bandana in order to keep his identity hidden, much like the rest of the recon team. The patrol pushes up through the street, taking cover quickly to observe the area.. It was practically a perfect sniper alley. Ryan uses his rifle to break a piece of glass from a window, taking the glass and using it to look around the corner of the building that he was hiding behind. Rolling 10d, over 5 He sees the barrel of her rifle, 5 and under he doesn't, rolled a 5 he doesn't see anything out of the ordinary about the street, maybe they were just being too cautious. After all, the majority of raiders would rather save their own skin than go down fighting, so he gives the all clear to his team, he doesn't take point this time as they start moving into the sniper alley.