The four members of M Squad arrived at the harbor to find a series of buildings on both sides of the dock (I used an old Cities of Mystery map from Dungeons and Dragons), with a few troops guarding it (1 PEF between us and the dock and the other 2 in buildings).
Objective: Scout the area and return to the Commander with info.
Vyper: "Hey, isn't that the guy who shot Grin?"
Bugs looked and sure enough, the man who had shot Grin dead and escaped in the last encounter was not promoted and leaving in one of the boats.
New Objective: Steal a boat and go after the ****!
The group (starting in Section 9) scouted those guarding the docks (Section 2) and saw three Rep 5's and three Rep 3's.
We won In Sight and Bugs used the opportunity to drop one of the Rep 5's dead, missing the other. Doc covered for him though, dropping the other two. Vyper took out one of the Rep 3's but missed the others.
Although they stood over their fallen teammates with bullets flying by their heads, the remaining troops held their ground (Passing 2d6 on both the Man Down and Received Fire tests). Returning fire (They won Activation), they shot Doc in the leg (OOF) while a series of bullets narrowly missed Bugs (Star Power).
Vyper and Bugs returning fire and took out the rest. After helping Doc recover (Passed 2d6 on Recovery test), they continued.
They then heard shouting in German and spun around, preparing for reinforcements (2nd PEF passed 1d6 after exiting the building to the dock's left). To the dock's right, two Rep 4 troops appeared (doubles in Activation became PEF #4), but again Bugs' group won In Sight and opened fire, taking out the opponents. The remaining PEF stayed in the building to the dock's right.
The group raced over to the dock and the boat without resistance (Again, no movement by the other PEF) and Doc got to work on getting the boat started.
(I rolled randomly to see how long it would take for doc to get the boating working and got a result of 5 successful Savvy rolls). Depending on the size of the PEF's and the chance for more to appear, this could be rather challenging.)
The PEF finally emerged from the building and revealed to be three Rep 3 troops. They won In Sight but missed all of their shots. Doc, Nerd, and Vyper stood their ground (passed 2d6 on RF) and fired back, though Bugs scored the only hits. Winning Activation, Bugs dropped the last guy.
3 Savvy rolls down, 2 to go. (No Sweat!)
Doc failed his next few rolls. (I know, I need to shut up!)
PEF #5 then appeared and immediately exited the building. Four Rep 5's and two Rep 4's.
Again, we won In Sight, and Vyper(who was using Grin's grenade launcher-attached shotgun) took out two of the Rep 5's (scoring knockdowns on the rest but nothing lethal), while Bugs shot another, along with Rep 4. The remaining two slipped behind the building (Pass 1d6 on Man Down) and returned fire from behind cover. Unfortunately, Nerd took a direct hit to the chest and was dead before he hit the ground (rolled 1 on damage). Bugs took a hit to the shoulder but rolled enough that it only grazed him (Star Power again). Both Vyper and Doc passed 2d6 on MD and continued.
Vyper then dropped the shotgun, pulled out his SMG's (I allowed that on the fly since he only moved 2") and opened fire, dropping all but the last Rep 5. He turned and disappeared completely (Hunker Down result).
Finally, Doc got the boat working and everyone jumped in, just as another PEF appeared at Section 6. The last guy then reappeared (having passed the HD test) and won In Sight. He opened fire but missed. Bugs returned fire but missed as well. Doc fired as well but struck the trooper (OOF).
(Yes, we're done! All we have to do is drive the boat away from the dock and we're clear.)
Then the last PEF was rolled. A Tank. Rep 5. And it won In Sight.
(You'd think I'd learn by now!)
Luckily, it missed by a mile. Vyper returned fire with his grenade launcher but missed as well. However, he must've done something to scare the driver because the tank then backed behind the building again (Passed 0d6 on Received Fire). M Squad then bolted out of the harbor.
After giving Nerd a burial at sea, the checked the radio to see if they could contact Base (Replacements Test). (Pass 1d6 American).
Doc: "Sorry, boss, I got nothing."
Bugs: "Great, we're on our own then."
Vyper: "So our squad, which is now down to three, is going in to German-occupied France with no one in our group who speaks either German or France?"
Bugs: "Or we could return to base, once we got past that tank, of course."
Vyper: "France, it is!"
(Afterward, Bugs failed his roll to improve, but Vyper improved to Rep 5, a scary thought since it now means he hits with all weapons on a 4, 5, or 6!)
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