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Star Grunt II Battle Report - Brilliant victory in Ghamal!

Brilliant victory in Ghamal! Terrorist stronghold in Capital of Edalla province smashed by armed forces!



At 0500 hrs this morning, elements of the 27th Naval Scout Regiment, 345th tactical surveillance squadron and the 9th Orion Army’s famous 32nd Mechanized Brigade began the first stage of an operation to attack a terrorist stronghold. The Naval Scouts infiltrated the old town in central Ghamal just before dawn. Their mission was to contact local informants to find the exact location of the stronghold. After conducting a low altitude pass to confirm the intel, an aircraft from the 345th was shot down but conducted an emergency landing in the vicinity of the terrorist hideout, a highwalled compound in the heart of Ghamal’s old town. 

Despite the original plan calling for the 32nd mechanized to prepare an attack at dawn the next day, the decision was made to commit an all out assault at 0945hrs, mere minutes after aircraft was downed. The bravery of our soldiers in conducting a hasty attack without waiting for logistics and fire support demonstrates the resolve and patriotism that we as citizens should all expect from one another. 

The attack went in with such speed and aggression that casualties were extremely light for the 32nd. The insurgents were caught completely by surprise before they even had time to capture the downed pilots. By 1500hrs a mop up operation had begun to sweep the insurgents entirely out of oldtown. In the end over 400 small arms were policed, the equivalent of 4 kilotons of TNT in explosives were found and disposed of and more than 75 insurgents were killed or captured. 

Glory to the union! Forward the mandate of citizen rule!


20th of April, 2179 press release from Naval Office of Public Affairs, Edrasus II correspondent. 2100hrs.



Hello dear listener. The above was the report I wrote about one of our Stargrunt II games from earlier in the year. Morgan, Darko and I mention this scenario in this week’s podcast about narrative games. I’m hoping to make these press releases an ongoing feature for the blog, highlighting the ups and downs of the war for control of Edrasus II that is currently being fought between the Federal Stats Europa and the Eurasian Solar Union. I wrote a summary of the situation that coincides with our university club trying to run a campaign about 7 years ago, which attempts to explain the military and political situation on the planet. Once I’m happy with the editing for that I’ll post that as well.




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