Murder in the Midlands (Across the Dead Earth Tournament)

Well this Sunday see's the first Across the Dead Earth tournament. Being held in Stourbridge in the West Midlands. Its going to be a day full of post apocalyptic fun. At the moment we have 12 players signed up for the day and possibly a few more turning up on the day its going to be a hoot!

My Gang for the day has been finished off this week.

Alpha Squad

Hidden in the foothills of Rowley Regis deep is an old abandoned quarry hidden inside a top secret long forgotten pre-war military facility suddenly shows signs of life as its electrical systems wurr and thrum as aged generators comes online. Long dusty corridors that had been sat in pitch blackness for decades are now illuminated once more in cold stark clinical light. 

In the heart of the facility the command room consoles all flicker as systems come online. This only lasts a brief short time as suddenly the all begin displaying warning messages and errors. The consoles begin to go dark one by one shut down by the master system in order to conserve the remaining power. A warning klaxon suddenly blares and the bright light becomes a dull red as the power switches over to emergency power.

Deep in the facility behind a large steel door opens on well oiled pistons a mechanical thrumming sound begins from within. Inside the room are six glass covered capsules with a deep coating of frost. LED's burst into life on the HUD of each capsule condensation quickly forming as warm air begins to enter the frosty chamber. 

A nearby console blinks on. Telemetry and other burst across the screen to fast to follow until finally stopping on a single line of glowing text. 

EMERGENCY THAW PROTOCOL ALPHA INITIATED.

Twelve hours later and the thick frost covering the capsules has all but melted away. The cold silence of the room replaced with a steady drip drip drip of water as it falls away from the capsules and drains away into channels in the floor. One by one with a hiss of escaping air the six capsules open revealing the once slumbering occupants. Each occupant is male and completely naked apart from a pair of dog tag worn around the each of there necks. 

The man in capsules one his eyes flickering open as his as his senses begin to awaken. Sitting slowly up with a smile he looks about the room taking in his surroundings as if waking up in such a strange place is an everyday occurrence. The others also begin to wake up each rising and looking about themselves yawning and stretching. 

The first man now up and about concern and puzzlement shown on his face at the lack of technician's or medics you would normal expect to see buzzing about after coming out of cryo-stasis. The man moves over to the loan console and logs in typing in his access credentials as if it was yesterday and not the 75 years it actually was. The data begins to flow thick and fast and the man's face becomes grimmer and grimmer as his worst fears become reality.

 'Yo' the man says to his now awoken fellow's 'Up and at em soldiers looks like we have woken up to the end of times' the five answering 'Ooorah' all he needed to hear as confirmation and reassurance.

'Time to saddle up boys this place is going offline in 2hrs we need to get in touch with the Pit for orders and we will see what the outside world is now like'

'Ooorah' the 5 men responded. 

All six men moved out into the corridor and into the living quarters directly opposite. Inside the room were six beds and six lockers each with the man's codename above.  

Sgt Slaughter.

Gung Ho.

Spirit.

Stalker.

Shockwave.

Beachhead.

The men all rapidly got dressed into there familiar uniforms and made there way to the armoury. Equipping themselves with their personal weapons and as many MRE's and ammunition as each man could carry.

The six men headed for the facility exit.

'Lets go explore the new world gentlemen'

'Yo Joe' the six men said in chorus.

I'll upload more pics next week when I get chance to take some more individual pics. I was very fortunate to acquire some castings from a personal commision they are fabulous miniatures.

For more gang stories of those that are attending check out.
http://lostlandsgames.co.uk/blog/4589059971