Here is a copy of the report I transmited to the Council of Truth (http://www.counciloftruth.org) about the last attack of the Dust Brigade, targeting Old Arhen. I think those events are relevant for most of us, not just for us the Clans.
------------------------------------------------------
I'm posting here for the Council a short report about the last saturday's events.
I was contacted by Mivat from the Mockers that the Dust Brigade had been spotted around Holes in the wall, and that a militia was gathering to eradicate them. I joined them by the Bronto burger, and I was quite surprised (to say the less) to find Kavlov, an officer from the Omni AF, taking the lead of the operations. Omni AF isolates a DB camp and they just... call for a militia ? Where were the troopers, the tanks and the aircrafts ? I though the Dust Brigade was a top notch security matter, specially two weeks after Ross being shot. Complicity or inner stupidity... I'm an optimist, I'd rather go for the second option.
Anyway we were there and we still had no idea of the numbers of Dusters and their location. More or less three teams, clans, neutrals and omnis mixed. 16 or 18 people isn't enough but time was against us and the motivations of our ennemies unclear.
We spot them not far away, going unoticed thanks to the dusk. They are still in their camp, still preparing.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...ade/dbbybb.jpg
But they are 15 ! Even calling targets, their firepower is just insane. Its a wipe. The OTAF Kavlov was killed and won't show himself again, how brave. Unlike us who saved by the bronto burgers. We come up with the only strategy possible : keep harassing them. Thats what we do for the next quarter, trying to isolate some, untill they are forced to move out.
They make a run out. We keep tracking them and they regroup at the frontier between Holes and Athen Shire. Their plan seems clear, hitting Old Athen by the west gate.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...bnortholes.jpg
At this point there are just few of us. Mivat, myself, Svigga, Elinor, Typhett and Tayrienne (last four are omnis) and a couple of others. The commando rushs thru the woods, and gets us lost. Still we manage to isolate what seems to be an applicant Duster. We'r going to track him 'till West Athen where we kill him.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...de/dboncie.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...e/dboncie2.jpg
How can we explain he was dressed in Omni forest armor ? Must we expect connections between them and some groups inside the Omni Tek Armed Forces ? In my opinion it just means more that the Dust Brigade has access to the Omni or neutral market, anyhow. Finding who are their relays would be the first thing to inquire, imo.
Meantime, Mivat has managed to spot the 14 left. And they're rushing to West Athen. All we can do is warning the fr00bies and try to slow them down by the main road. Here I must thanks the Omni employees who stayed with us to fight them, when the city guards and later the Vangards were shooting at them. Elinor and Svigga, kudos.
The Dust Brigade overwhelms us once again as predicted and they finally enter Old Athen.
Here is a dark shot, but you have more details about their name and equipment.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...batthegate.jpg
In Old Athen, we managed to warn our allies and friends who are preparing the populations. The Dust Brigade gets splited by the resistance and several of them get down. The fight gets to its higher point by the whompas. At a time, the Dusters ran away by Tir and ICC and we are onvinced that they would disband. But soon later, eight survivors came back
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...ade/dbinoa.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93...de/dbinoa2.jpg
Bloody street fights went for almost an hour. No need to say that the Dusters have an amazing gear. But till the last they fell, vocifering their known "Dust to dust, ashes to ashes".
Here are the events as I've seen them. I'm at the disposal of the Council for more informations concerning my report.
Regards