Twilight 2000 - The Modern Dark Ages : The Abridged Version Chapters 4
GM - Fusilier
Chapter 4 - Gdansk - Excursion Into Hell : July 30, 2000
Summary: The team explores and gets to know Gdansk. PACT forces are preparing a major attack against the city. The team meets a spook. McCarthy convinces the leaders of Gdansk to fight back. The team then moves out of Gdansk, and secure a Polish defector. The team then attacks an artillery battalion.

Unit Roster:
John Jameson McCarthy - player
Helmut Meyer - player
Varis Babicevs - player
Paul Boswell - NPC
Kurt Weiss - player
Marc St. Gil - player
Ben Jagelis - player
Stone - player
Henry Jordan - NPC
Arthur Fox - player (turns NPC this chapter)
Tom Handley - player
Oskar Friedmann - player
Krzysztof Kaminski - player
Andrew Rooke - player (now an NPC)

Unit assets:
M2 Bradley AFV
M113
Humvee (worn with some Metallica stenciling)
Motorcycle



Recce group (Jagelis, Friedmann, Stone and St. Gil)


Hospital group (Rawlinson, Meyer, Handley)
  • The Hospital Group heads to St. Mary’s to learn about their wounded. While there, they meet with a local doctor named Dr. Ruit.
  • They hear some rumors about nearby medical supply caches as well.
  • They then meet with Captain Webb from the IB, who based on a request from Dr. Ruit, says the IB will no longer charge the party with tolls when travelling through their territory.
  • The Hospital group then goes to an eatery. Francis "Frank" Benucci joins the PCs and the group heads back to the hotel.


Intel group (Babicevs, Young, and Kaminski)


(Continued)
  • The Recce Group and Hospital Groups arrive back at the hotel.
  • The fuel and food shipment arrives. A local gang (Anjo) joins the fuel convoy as “escorts”. When they arrive at the hotel, a fight almost breaks out between the gang and the merchants bringing the goods, but is averted when an M-24 Hind flies overhead. The merchants stand down and go home.
  • The Intel Group returns to the hotel.
  • Once all reunited, the party decides to find a new base of operations outside of the city. They head east toward primary school #29 and start setting up shop. Kaminski stays at the hotel.
  • Strategic Update - Things are revealed to be heating up in Gdansk with a lot of social unrest. Lots of people are getting arrested under suspicion of being KGB, in response to increased pressure from the soviets. Word has it that there’s a major Russian attack coming, and soon. PACT forces clearly want to bring Gdansk back into the fold.
  • McCarthy wants to set up a meeting with the pro-independence militia heads at St. Mary’s to talk through options for defending the city.
  • Meanwhile, reports from the hospital are that Paul Boswell has up and disappeared (turns out Wright picked him up and hid him at a safe house). It’s also learned that Matt Doyle has been arrested under suspicion of being KGB.
  • Babicevs, Rawlinson and Handley visit a local man named Aurek in the community outside of the school, and reassures the man that the unit won't be staying in the area for long.
  • Kaminski shows at primary school #29 with Vincent Wright, who gives information about the coming Soviet attack. The soviets are going to be attacking with at least 4 battalions (up to 8 maximum), along with at least 4 MBTs and 2 Artillery batteries. He also tasks the group with picking up a man named Kulinski, a Polish artillery officer who is defecting and has info about the location of the artillery batteries. The PCs will get a 60mm mortar as a reward for their effort. Wright also provides an 81mm mortar crewed by his own British men (callsign Slingshot) The PC team arranged their new plan, splitting up yet again and heading out. Rooke, Weiss, Fox, St. Gil, Handley and Jordan will stay at the new base for security. As for the others:


Church meeting (McCarthy and Rawlinson)
  • McCarthy and Pastor Rawlinson head to the church.
  • There, the major successfully convinces the various militia leaders to join forces to throw off the inevitable assault. Gang Anjo (Anjo himself) agrees to donate men to be dismounts for McCarthy’s unit.
  • Lt. Col Hawthorne (leader of the IB) informs McCarthy that he’ll be sending a liaison back with him to help coordinate communication with the PC unit.
  • Before leaving, 2nd Lt. Pearce joins McCarthy and Rawlinson and informs them that he will be acting as their liaison.
  • On the way back to the school, a large blast rocks one of the smaller markets (Long Market). Schweppenburg is seen briefly running away by McCarthy, and looks to be the likely culprit.
  • The church meeting team makes it back to the school.


Kulinski recovery (Jagelis, Meyer, Young, Friedmann, Stone, and Babicevs)


(Continued)


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