Operation: Meltdown / 4-9-06

[Viper]

What: Op : Meltdown

Where : Dragon's Lair, Fort Atkinson

When : April 9th, 2006

Time : 09:00 - ?

Gear Up: 08:00 - 09:00

Game: (Ripped from the headlines, no political stand is intended. ;) )
The small county of Kreplakistan has decided to produce nuclear fuel for a new, highly criticized reactor. The reactor is claimed to be for "peaceful" intents, but the UN believes otherwise. Recent information dictates that the Kreplakistani government has aquired plans for a nuclear bomb, and intends to use them. The UN needs answers and all diplomatic routes have failed. A small force is needed to penetrate Kreplakistan and discover the truth. The Kreplakistani people believe their government is right and don't want to see hostilities, but they will defend their country. The UN security council has made it clear to keep civilian casualties to a extreme minimum. Actually the exact words were "Zero civilian casualties".

Special Ops.
Uniform : Black or OD

Kreplakistani Army
Uniform : Woodland

Phase 1
Spec. Ops: Penetrate the border of Kreplakistan.
Krep Army: Defend your homeland.
Phase Reward: 5 extra Medic Cards to which ever side wins.

Phase 2
?

Phase 3
?

Phase 4
?

Hit Rules:
Arm/Leg - Loss of use until "Carded" by medic
Torso/Head - Dead. Can regen twice per phase after "Carded" by Medic

Medic Rules:
Medic : Will carry 10 Medic cards per phase unless rewarded with more per phase completed. One person per squad must be Medic. If the Medic dies, team loses 2 cards for next phase.

Medic Cards : If phase lost, your number of medic cards goes down 2 at start of next phase. If your medic dies,your number of medic cards goes down 2 at start of next phase. If Phase completed, get 10 + Reward cards to add to whatever you have left.

Rules:
*Full seal goggles or mesh required.
*Players under 18 must have both parents sign waiver and have completed the AEC.
* Players 18 and older must sign waiver prior to, or at the field prior to playing.
* Player must have weapon chrono'd prior to game start.
* Weapon up to 399 Standard class weapon. Do not engage under 10'
* Weapon 400+ Sniper Class Weapon. Do not engage under 100'
* Dead men do not talk.

Dragon's Lair Waiver: Waiver (http://dragon-lair.net/waiver.htm)
Dragon's Lair Emergency Data Card (EDC) : Card (http://dragon-lair.net/data_card.htm)

[Vigilante]

I might be able to hit this up.

Also, I hope you notice you put 3-9, not 4-9. Just a little reminder as I was like, what, this happened already!

[Downslide]

This sounds pretty slick.

BUT, you put 3-9, instead of 5-9...the 5 being for MAY, not the 4, which would be for April... ;)

[Dark Knight]

Glad I have my flack jacket on..... It's April 9th give viper a break....

[Downslide]

Wait a minute, is it April 9? Or May 9? Cuz he says May 9 in the description. April 9 would make way more sense, seeing as its a Sunday....

Seriously, no flaming intended, I just wanna clear it up....

[Dark Knight]

Here are the dates at Dragon's Lair for the Skirmishs

Open dates at Dragon's Lair are April 9th ,23rd, May 7th on the 28th is Last line.

I'm 100% sure it the 9th of April.

[Viper]

Date fixed, posted kinda early this morning.

[Maple]

Come on now Viper. Geez, you build me up for May and then you break my heart and change it to april. ;)
I'll mark the game down on my calendar and do my best to make it out.
-mat

[Viper]

Have to keep you guessing Maple. Anyways, if I get too predictable, it's not as fun. ;)

[Beasthunter33]

Kreplakistan, seriuosly is that the best you could think of, why not just crapistan. LOL j/k ;)

I'll be there.

[Professor]

And just where does DPM fit in, eh ole chap?

[Viper]

I'll fit it into the Kreplakistan Forces Prof. I'm figuring that I want a small force for the SF to make it more interesting. Plus, with most of the more seasoned players being Kreplakistani, should make for an interesting game and decent opposition for the SF.

[SuperGnome]

Hmmm, I'll see if I can make it. Short journey for me (which is nice). I'd be with the Kreps.

-Gnome

[Professor]

With an event name of Meltdown...does that mean Scrat will be there? I luv Scrat :]

[Guerilla Dan]

"Why not crapistan, LOL"
-_- Sigh....

ANYWAY, me and some of the other delta boys are going to try to make it. We'll try to drag Archos along, as well.

[Viper]

Looking forward to it GD. Always happy to see the Delta Boys out and about.

"Meltdown" has a number of meanings in this case. 1.) The temps are warming up and the snow is melting. 2.) Nuclear + Disaster = Meltdown. Duality makes things more interesting.

[Maple]

Viper, got the game marked down and am ready to shoot. I'll bring along uniforms for either team, so i can help fill out which ever side is in need of players.

[Viper]

Glad to hear it Maple. I look forward to shooting at you. ;)

[Dark Knight]

Sounds like friendly fire.

[SigPro552]

I'm just praying that Maple won't be a hostage.

[Viper]

Who would pay the ransom ? :o

[SigPro552]

Nobody; that's why he always gets shot insead of rescued.

[sloppy joe]

ill be there if i get my gun fixed in time.

[Maple]

Who would pay the ransom ? :o
Nobody.... :cry:

[Vigilante]

I would gladly pay the ransom....

[Maple]

I would gladly pay the ransom....
Where did you get $1.27 from????

[Vigilante]

Thats what I had left after going to Arbys.

[Timmay]

Ill bring granola for you Maple butternut.

[Beasthunter33]

I don't know if you want Vigilante to pay the ransom, he might ask for you to pay it back. :o

[Vigilante]

I don't know if you want Vigilante to pay the ransom, he might ask for you to pay it back. :o

He can pay it back, money or other ways.... :]

[Maple]

He can pay it back, money or other ways.... :]
Like matzo ball soup???

[Beasthunter33]

no comment.

[Professor]

So far the Echo count is six....

[Downslide]

I would have paid the $1.27, Maple. Maybe could have even scrounged up $2.00 in change...

Once again, I PLAN on attending. With the way reality has been hitting me lately, I fear to commit to it, but I should be okay with this one.

Put me down for the US.

[Scratchy]

I'm coming. Since this one is close to me. I'm going to be in the Kreplakistani??(sp???)

[Guerilla Dan]

He can pay it back, money or other ways.... :]

Cmon..just a bit more...!!!!!

[Dark Knight]

The 9th is right around the corner, if you havent sent in the data for the Field Access / Med card please do so.
http://dragon-lair.net/data_card.htm This is a requirement for entering the field.

You can check and see if I received the info at http://dragon-lair.net/field_access.htm

Waiver can be turned at the field.
See you all on the 9th.

[Beasthunter33]

Oh Dark Knight Just saw that you have a one, N Miller on your list and me (beasthunter). Unless there is someone else out there by the name of N Miller I am pretty sure that is me that sent in that health waiver.

Sorry about the confusion,

Nick

[Kerrik13]

Wolf Recon will be bringing a handful with us. Field Access Cards will be signed in the next day or two and all the correct waivers will be brought with us.

Cya on Sunday!

[Vigilante]

Cmon..just a bit more...!!!!!

Oh, you know I dast not sayeth ist.


When you mean ect. does that include multi cam?

[Scratchy]

Ok.. I just filled out the form.. Since I'm new and all your probably don't have anything on me..

[Viper]

When you mean ect. does that include multi cam?

It means any other camo not covered by the Spec. Force. Which if it isn't OD or Black (And I mean Jacket, Pants or the whole uniform), then it is good.

[Vigilante]

Ah, ok, well, I will be on special forces wearing OD lol...

[Derfleiger]

=D wolf recon is on the on way. Count us in. Im sure we're thinking of going US Spec Ops.

[Beasthunter33]

You guys are woodland right. so you will be Kerplakistani with me. :D

[Beasthunter33]

No they would be Kerplakistani. They wear woodland.

[Maple]

Hey Viper, is there a map of the field? I know it is probably on the Lair's website, but I am not finding one. Just wondering, since it has been awhile since i last played there and I don't want to be the guy lost, crying for his momma.
-mat

[Downslide]

Yes, a map of the field would be great. Especially since the last time I played there was...well...never.

[Dark Knight]

Maps....
Hmmmmmmm yep there is a map. I'll have some available for anyone who needs one. As alway if anyone want to come 30 min early to a walk around for a look see that ok just let me know.

[Downslide]

30min early? Why sure, that sounds like just the right amount of time to set some trip wires...and mines...and -oops, that was out loud, wasnt it?

[Beasthunter33]

I like the sound of this. I'll bring a couple along for some fun. :)

[Dark Knight]

No problem just make sure you clean up your mess before you leave. Don't want any of the wild life getting tangled up in the wire.

[Viper]

Can anyone say 3 to 1 odds. Spec Forces are going to have their hands full. Then again Timmay likes being outnumbered, keeps him on edge.

[Beasthunter33]

That is why they are special forces. They are supposed to be outnumbered. ;)

If Dark Knight allows my flamethrower, then I will feel really bad for them. Last weekend I went through almost 40,000 BBs..... :cry:

[Maple]

Can anyone say 3 to 1 odds. Spec Forces are going to have their hands full. Then again Timmay likes being outnumbered, keeps him on edge.
That's good for the Spec Ops guys. Especially since they have to infiltrate the area on the first mission. It'll help them be sneaky.

[Maple]

That is why they are special forces. They are always outnumbered. If Dark Knight allows my flamethrower, then I will feel really bad for them. Last weekend I went through almost 40,000 BBs..... :cry:

What is the range and the FPS of the "flame thrower"? If it shoots more than 60 feet or so, it is not very realistic and personally, if people are getting pelted by 200 bb's at a time, I foresee some pissed off people, especially if it is at 200fps+.
-mat

[Beasthunter33]

It shoots stock AEG range about 100-120 ft. The real ones shoot 150ft so it is plenty realistic. I am also using .12g BB's traveling at less then 350 FPS. The thing relies on the number of BBs hitting a person for them to realize they are out. I have shot myself with it at 10ft, it just feels like a bunch of BBs being thrown at you.

I also just don't go spraying the field down like you guys are probably thinking. This thing requires you to be very conservative, as the hopper is only good for a minute of solid firing, and carrying bags of ammo with you gets to be quite bulky. Hence I usually fill it up, and when I am out go back and refill it back at the safe zone. This levels the playing field a bit.

Also, the FPS and range are adjustable, it is using CO2 through a regulator so I can set it to w/e I want (or am restricted to ;) ).

[Kerrik13]

Beasthunter came out to our practice last weekend and I was on the receiving end of his flamethrower. It's shorter range than most AEGs but deadly at close range. It is not overpowered (in my opinion) and I think it works rather well.

It wouldn't be dangerous, if that's what you are concerned about.

Wolf Recon is also going to bring a claymore or two, which I would like to show to Dark Knight in order to get the approval.

[Beasthunter33]

Thanks Ryan, I was just gonna ask if you could chime in here for me.

[Maple]

I'm not concerned about it being dangerous, just rather excessive. Personally, I think it sucks when somebody stitches you with 10 bb's before you can raise a kill flag or they hear your "Hit!" called out. Now it may be under powered, but having 200 rounds light up my chest and head probably would be just as bad, if not worse.
I will save any further opinions for Sunday when i can actually see it in action.
-mat

[Beasthunter33]

Thank you for at least giving me a chance Maple, it means alot to me.

[Maple]

Thank you for at least giving me a chance Maple, it means alot to me.
No problem, just want to make sure it is not only safe, but also won't start any arguements on the field.

[Kerrik13]

Does anyone have a downloadable map of the Dragon's Lair field? I'd like to either make one quick for this weekend or find one that has already been made.


While we are at it, if someone could PM me any links to other field maps, that would be great.

[Viper]

I beleive DK has something at the EDS site, check there. Or, if I find one I'll E-Mail it to you.

[Vigilante]

Oh hey Jackal, you are going? Then you can pay me back the 10 bucks you owe me! :D

[Vigilante]

Well, I am 100% on going, I am hyped.

I just hope
A) I won't get lost
B) I won't lock my keys in my car again(don't touch my car hans..)

Hope to see you there, if I am not there, that means I probably got wicked lost, or my car broke down or something bad of that sort.

[Beasthunter33]

Hye stupid question. Anyone got a beer keg they run. I need a CO2 tank for my flamethrower for the game. My mom was gonna drop it off for me to get filled on thursday, but she did it yesterday. And they are closed on weekends. :( grrrrrrr.......

So if anybody has a 5lb CO2 tank or less they can let me borrow for tomorrow I would REALLY appreciate it. I will even pay for the fill.

Unless I can get one, I am just not gonna deal with it this game, I was looking forward to it to.....

Come on, anybody, there is money in it for you.........

[DKruse]

I'm not concerned about it being dangerous, just rather excessive. Personally, I think it sucks when somebody stitches you with 10 bb's before you can raise a kill flag or they hear your "Hit!" called out. Now it may be under powered, but having 200 rounds light up my chest and head probably would be just as bad, if not worse.
I will save any further opinions for Sunday when i can actually see it in action.
-mat

Hide behind a tree... the BBs aren't even really noticeable sometimes... it's strange... so many and it's just... nothing, I can't explain it. But hey, tomorrow will be fun, so all you gals get your beauty sleep (you are looking a little manly :P )

[Beasthunter33]

Grrrrrr, you should have just called yourself out you bastard. :D You know there was no way you were gonna walk away from that one without a killrag on your head. I went though 2,000 BBs shooting at you. :cry:

[Vigilante]

Yay, well I am all ready, and will be leaving shortly, hope to see you all there.

[Downslide]

Okay! I'm actually getting to GO!!!!!!

Course, I went to let the doggies out this morning and there's frost on the ground....brrrrrrrr...

[Beasthunter33]

Great game everyone. Thank you Dark Knight for letting us muddie up our boots in your wonderful swamp ;) , Viper for the awesome game idea (despite the crazy one-sided team, only two special forces guys, they must be good ;) ).

Hope to come out again for a game, and anytime4 you need an extra set of hands working on stuff feel free to let me know.

-Nick

[Fish]

Quick everyone that didn't vote yet vote for special forces so that they can't claim the spanking they took was because of unfair teams.

[Vigilante]

hahaha, funny.

Anyway, great game even though you thought we were special, even though we were pretty much the other kind of special, as Maple said, at least we made it 6 feet past the border.

Good game all, hope to make it out soon.

Thanks for the use of the land as well DK.

[Dark Knight]

Donations received $42.00 tanks this helps.

Now for some good stuff, pictures are posed on Dragon's Lair photo gallery.

Hope everyone had a great time, Some new faces today hope your time was enjoyable.

Viper you need to stick to the main roads, or move your team closer to the Lair. :]

It did turn out to be a nice day the sun sure helped. See you all again soon.

[Viper]

A special thanks to everyone that made it out and made the game possible. Even though we had a delay in starting, and the game didn't quite go as i had hoped, it was a fun day.

As always it was a pleasure to hit the field with DK and the rest of our team, it was also great seeing Echo, Wolf Recon, and as always Maple, and Razor. It was also great meeting and talking to Vigilante, Raspootin, and Beasthunter and anyone else I may have forgotten to mention.

I do apologize for the way the game went, like I said, "I planned for success on the part of SF". Thanks again everyone and I look forward to seeing you all on the field again.

[Beasthunter33]

There is a reason they call them special, you shouldn't have gotten your hopes up. :D ;)

[Scratchy]

Thanks Dark Knight for letting us use the field and thank you Viper for organizing this. I had a great time. And thank you guys from Wolf-Recon for letting me tag along :D

[Fish]

I had a great time as well. Best part was PWNing Element in a pistol dual. Next time though, when you guys are using the shop vac to dry the field try to get a little more of it, ok?

[youth in asia]

yea, thanks again for the great game. i LOVE playing at your field. i would also be willing to come down and help make the field even better, just let me know. also, can you post a link to the pics you took? i have been looking all over the Dragon's Lair website since i got home, but cant find the ones from today. thanks!

[Vigilante]

You have to be a member of the site to get access to it.

[Dark Knight]

Upper left hand cornner click on register sine up, the you can post comments on pic, send ecards etc and even you owne privite picture gallery.

Here the link for the special event pic.

http://dragon-lair.net/airsoft/index.php?cat=6

Need a long coard for a wet vac to clear up some of the puddles hmmmm, maby C-Bass had something to do with water. lol.
Come the dry season well be takeing care of that problem too if we have time.

[DKruse]

Thanks Dark Knight for letting us use the field and thank you Viper for organizing this. I had a great time. And thank you guys from Wolf-Recon for letting me tag along :D


No problem, we love it when we get some new additions :)

Thanks darknight, love the field still :) (And I appologize for the you-know-what that you-know-who did.)

[Downslide]

Glad I fianlly got out for a game! DK, thanks for the hosting, It was a BLAST! Plus, you helped me find out that my boots ARE waterproof! :D

Yeah yeah, blah blah, "short bus" Forces, what ever....

Viper, thanks for the planning, and it was good to meet ya.

[Professor]

Thanks DK. Had a good time. Viper, get a map ;) Thanks for putting the game together, but they're obviously not that special :o (just kiddn) It helps to be outnumbered by at least 3 to 1.

[Kerrik13]

We had some problems with two guys we brought with us being immature yesterday and if they said anything or did anything then I would like to apologize. Thanks to Frank for letting us play on his field, it was really appreciated!

The game was really fun yesterday! The first mission we didn't even fire a single shot, but it was interesting because it presented a situation we had to adapt to... there are enemies, we can hear gunfire, but we have not shot at anyone. It was kind of nervewracking, and we had to change our tactics a few time. The second mission was fun and turned into a bloody standoff in the middle of the thickets. The mission ended when about 7 guys from my team had one Echo guy surrounded in the bush, but no one went in the take him out. I was dead, waiting for the medic and just watched this one guy hold off 7 other people. It was kind of funny to watch. The third mission was probably one of the funnest games I've ever played in airsoft. A 2 and a half hour game of constant fire fights, ambushes, flanking, counter flanking, defending, casualty extraction... it was awesome! We were constantly bringing the wounded back for revival and players that were on their last life were kept back for defense. There were a few times when I thought our little corner was going to be taken by Echo. You guys are pretty good! I remember once when Professor (I think it was Professor) charged our base from our left with guns blazing. Two guys got hit during that charge before he took off. Echo came back later with an awesome attack that wounded a few of us and almost took our base. I emerged from the thicket with a shot arm and a shot leg... but it was a blast!

All in all, a pretty fun day! We look forward to attending future games and we will be attending the AEC.

[Maple]

Thanks Frank for the field use and Viper for the general invite.
I had a good time hitting the field and shwoing off my super l33t (tromping around making more noise than a bear in heat) skills after my winter hiatus. :D
Always nice to see the Wolves, MERT, Dragons, Echo, etc. etc. and meet some folks I haven't met before.
Maybe next time I'll remember how to move quietly and efficently, but i tend to doubt it.
See you all at the AEC on the 30th.
-mat

[Dark Knight]

FYI: My Ehostig provider server had a glitch on 4-10.
It will be awile before everything back up and running.
Photo galler - msg boad - need to be rebuild that will take awile.
I'll get the last skirmish pic up first.
DK

[DKruse]

ah that stinks, thanks for working hard for us to get it back up and running right away DK, it's greatly appreciated :)

[Guerilla Dan]

sorry we couldn't make it, guys. team meeting. :P