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== Game Notes ==

=== Intelligence And Mission Brief, TOG Team "Dragon Slayer", 12 July 1942, Pearl Harbor ===
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 FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS, MISSION OBJECTIVE, AND TEAM ORDERS ARE DESIGNATED
 <u>TOP SECRET: EYES ONLY</u>. DO NOT CONVEY OR REVEAL TO ANYONE INCLUDING ALLIED PERSONNEL
 EXCEPT ON A NEED TO KNOW BASIS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE MISSION OBJECTIVE.
 
 ORDERS
 
 Subjects Agent Iris, Macht, Night Haunt, Rocky, Velvet to report after briefing to U.S.
 Brigadier General Rupertus aboard USS Neville marshaling Operation Watchtower forces near
 Fiji by no later than 21 July 1942. Attached to 1st Raider Battalion, Marines, on or about
 7 August 1942, commence invasion of Tulagi. Secure target location designated HOTEL (see
 below). Destroy Talent manufacturing facility located in or near designate HOTEL, Tulagi
 island. Secure Axis Talent and Occult Scientists designated KAGUTSUCHI (see below) and
 SEIOMENN (see below) alive and return to Pearl Harbor for questioning. Secure scientific
 notes, experimental notes, research plans, blueprints, et. al. produced by same to Pearl
 Harbor for analysis. If unable to secure targets or documentation, destroy same.
 
 BRIEFS
 
 <u>December 1941</u>
 
 Matsumi Tomio (designate KAGUTSUCHI), mastermind of Watatsumi No Sen-Ri No Musuko
 ("Thousand Dragon Sons"), arrived Tulagi island, Pacific. He arrived with five IJN
 uniformed Talents, capabilities unknown.
 
 Subsequent aerial recon showed construction of large two story concrete bunker (designate
 HOTEL) near Tulagi IJN anchorage. Analysis of material shipping manifests and equipment
 noted on site suggest possibility of subterranean levels beneath HOTEL.
 
 <u>February 1942</u>
 
 Designate KAGUTSUCHI makes direct contact with Reichsführer-SS Himmler. Code breaking
 designate Bletchley indicates message requested urgent Black Sun consult.
 
 <u>March 1942</u>
 
 Designate KAGUTSUCHI contacts IJN Pacific Command. Designate Bletchley indicates message
 confirms operational status of new Thousand Dragon Sons manufacturing facility, located
 Tulagi island.
 
 <u>April 1942</u>
 
 Krafft Heimburg (designate SEIOMENN), Black Sun occultist and Nachtwölfe chief occult
 scientist sets sail aboard U-113 from La Pallice accompanied by Übermenschen designates
 Gungnir and Grabstein as bodyguards. Arrives Tulagi Island July 1942.
 
 <u>July 1942</u>
 
 Office of Reichsführer-SS Himmler contacts designate KAGUTSUCHI directly. Designate
 Bletchley indicates message urgently requesting status U113 and SEIOMENN. KAGUTSUCHI reply
 indicates U113 and SEIOMENN departed Tulagi as scheduled, no further updates.
 
 Aerial and submarine reconnaissance indicates U113 still anchored Tulagi island. Listing
 to port indicates severe battle damage. Unknown source.
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=== USS Neville (Underway) Briefing Room, 0600 Local, 6 August 1942 ===

U.S. Brigadier General Rupertus approaches the podium. The mission commanders stand and salute as he enters the room. General Rupertus returns the salute as he's walks, "At ease!" he barks.

He settles in behind the podium.

"Gentlemen. And lady." He says, nodding to Agent Iris.

"You've all been given tactical maps, with objectives marked for your units."

He checks to see head nods from a few folks in the crowd.

"Here's the overall strategic situation. Our intel tells us our ground forces will outnumber IJA forces two to one. Our current submarine and aerial recon suggest no INJ naval forces within striking distance of our objective, importantly including aircraft carrier groups. We have been given 48 hours to achieve our goals of capturing Tulagi and Gavutu.

At 0330, three ad-hoc under water demolition platoons will insert into our two landing areas. These teams have been drawn, as we've been doing, from volunteers out of Navy Construction Battalions. Teams Seabee Alpha and Seabee Beta will set explosives on coral formations blocking clear access to our primary landing site. They will recon the site, and report back to USS Neville by 0500.

Seabee Charlie will insert with Dragon Slayers, our Talent Operations Group team, near target location Hotel. Seabee Charlie will set explosive charges on the fuel depot and ammo depot in the IJA camp while Dragon Slayers take up hidden positions in the jungle.

At 0600, carrier flight operations from the USS Wasp will commence. Bombing runs on noted defensive hard points, especially the numerous pillboxes located along the main ridge line of the island from our primary landing site to the IJA HQ to the southeast.

Our landing will be timed to hit the beach at 0800 hours. We will attempt to draw out the two known Thousand Dragon Son fire teams on the island - and as many IJA assets from their primary HQ and Hotel as possible

At 0830, Seabee Charlie and the Dragon Slayers will set off their explosives, and draw out and defeat the remaining IJA defenders still on site at HQ and Hotel.

From there, Second Battalion of the 5th will proceed to capture the northwest portion of the Tulagi, while First Raiders Battalion will proceed along four avenues of attack, to meet at IJA HQ and Hotel within our operational window.

USS Wasp carrier air support will then turn their attention to Gavutu. At 1100 hours, they will being flying sorties to attack hard point defenses of the IJN seaplane base contained there. At 1200 hours 1st Parachute Battalion will drop onto the island at begin their capture of it. 

The USS Neville battlegroup, after dropping of the 2/5 and the 1st Raiders, will move to a position near Gavutu to provide direct fire support.

Your unit commanders can provide additional details, and answer any remaining questions you have. Good morning, and good hunting!"

As he leaves the podium, all in the room stand and salute him. He returns the salute, and exits the room.

A young man with a round face and a beaming ready smile approaches the Talents in the room. He holds out his hand, and says, "Hello. I'm Ensign Lewis F. Luehrs - I'll be commanding the underwater demo team taking you into the lions' den tomorrow."

=== Marine Gear Issued to Characters ===

Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife

Bowie knife

Two Mk II "Pineapple" fragmentation grenades

Your choice of:

* M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle and bayonet, and an M1923 Cartridge Belt with 88 rounds of .30-06 ammo in eleven 8-round clips (1 in gun, 10 on belt), ''or''
* M3 "Grease Gun" submachine gun, and an M1923 Cartridge Belt with 180 rounds of .45 ACP ammo in six 30-round magazines (1 in gun, 5 on belt)

Boondocker suede “low top” boots

US Army reversible brown/green herringbone twill camo two-piece uniform

US Army M1 helmet with jungle camo cloth cover

US Army rucksack containing:

* Lightweight jungle hammock and mosquito netting
* Rain poncho
* Jungle first aid kit
* Canteen

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|- style="background-color:#dddddd;"
! Weapon || Range || Damage || AP || RoF || Shots || Min. Str || Weight || Special
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
| Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife || 3/6/12 || Str+d4 || 1 || - || - || d4 || 1 || -
|- style="background-color:#dddddd;" 
| Bowie knife || - || Str+d6 || - || - || - || d6 || 2 || -
|- style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
| Mk II grenade || 4/8/16 || 3d6 || - || - || - || - || 1 || Medium Blast
|-  style="background-color:#dddddd;"
| M3 "Grease Gun" SMG || 12/24/48 || 2d6+1 || 1 || 3 || 30 || d6 || 8 || Auto
|-  style="background-color:#eeeeee;"
| M1 Garand rifle || 24/48/96 || 2d8 || 2 || 1 || 8 || d6 || 10 || Semi-Auto
|}