Operation Nostromo

Background: The Republic of Costaguana is a tiny Central American nation currently ruled by a military junta. A native insurgent group, the Cordilleristas, has been active in the country for many years. Government agents have been tipped off that a group of gringo gun-runners will be attempting to deliver a substantial cache of arms to the rebels, and that the delivery is scheduled to be made on 24 September on the Isle de Isabel just off the Costaguana coast. The insurgents are said to have fortified the abandoned beach defenses on the island, which overlook the Isle de Isabel’s only safe landing spot. In response, the government has dispatched the entire Costaguana Navy, which consists of a WWI-vintage German Coastal Defense gunboat and two British-made landing craft quietly swiped from the beaches of the Falklands in the 80s. Equipped with an amphibious assault force, the Comandante of the expedition has orders to destroy the Cordillerista rebel force on the island, arrest the smugglers, and confiscate the cache of arms for the use of the Costaguana Defense Forces (CDF.) For their part, the Cordilleristas desperately need to obtain this shipment of arms in order to continue their resistance, while the smugglers just want to deliver the goods and get paid without getting killed or captured.

RESULTS

The Costaguanan Defense Forces won with 14,330 points (that's two
captures of the Cordillerista Command Vehicle, two radio transmitters
confiscated, one rocket launcher confiscated, and $7,330 in the treasury at
game's end.) I unfortunately don't know the name of the CDF MVP, but the
CDF Commander won the award for the Best Looter, which bodes well for
his future in Costaguanan politics.

The Cordillerista Resistance Fighters finished with 9,081 points
(that's one CDF landing craft stolen off the beach by the Cordillerista
Commander in the final minutes of the game, and one arms cache salvaged from
the foot of a cliff Nick the Cordy MVP and Brendan the Smuggler bravely
- if accidentally - plunged over while carrying a crateful of weapons,
plus $2,081 in the treasury at game's end.)

The Smugglers, brilliantly played by Brendan and Cerys Jenks, finished
with $5,600 in cash and both players alive/active at the end of the
scenario.

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Gryphon/Posted by Armsdealer