Snippet #2269094

"Alright people let's move we're burning daylight", said the squad leader. Robert's squad begins their journey north east to ranger station bravo. Other then the occasional Gecko, the journey is uneventful. Ranger station Bravo's purpose was to guard the NCR's flank should the Legion decide to make another push north of Lake Mead. The station is built inside of an abandoned Daiyokai settlement and, as such, most of the area around it is booby trapped.

"Well we finally made it." The Sergeant takes out a pair of binoculars and takes a look over the station. "No sign of the super mutants from that report. This whole place looks deserted. Alright lets move in and see what we can find soldiers."

As the squad approaches a shot is fired landing very close to one of the soldier's feet and a voice calls out. "Hold it right there!" Everyone jumps up and aims their weapons towards the shot...well most of them do at least. A woman wearing a ranger duster slowly walks towards the squad in an arcing path.

The Sergeant speaks up. "What the hell was that? Who are you?"

"Im Ranger Ericson and that was me saving your ass from being blown off by the rigged explosives buried all over the place out here. Now are you going to tell me what you are doing out here in the middle of nowhere?"

"Im Sergeant Jackson, now where is the super mutant assault force you reported in? My men were assigned to deal with them."

"Super mutant-," She sighs. "There is no Super mutant assault force. Their is a small mutant hold out north of here but they-"

"Well then north we go. Can you-"

"That would be suicide."

"I think you are underestimating my men's ability to-"

"Their camp is in the crater of an undetonated nuclear bomb. So unless they figured out a way to make Ghouls not look fuck ugly your entire squad is going to get killed by the radiation. The super mutants havent even come within one hundred yards of the minefield."

He goes silent for a moment. "So what did you call reinforcements in for?!"

"I didn't call in reinforcements jackass! Neither did I call in the forty crates of ammunition sitting at my station." She shakes her head. "Look maybe its fortunate that you guys were called out here by whatever idiot of a comm officer keeps switching up the reports. I have a situation that your squad could help us with. Ill fill you in at the station now-"

"Now hold on if the mission report was wrong then we need to report back to Camp McCarran immediately."

"You were stationed at Ranger Station Bravo. And thus report to the head ranger of that station. That ranger being me. See where Im going with this? And dont give me any lip about radioing command for new orders. McCarran and Camp Golf havent been able to tell heads or tails out of our radio messages for months now so move out and follow exactly where I step."

"...Yes Ma'am."