Fort Irwin V The Mallers!!!

[reaper239]

Here's what I think a Maller VS Fort Irwin battle will look like. The Mallers would be the G.I. Joes and Calvin/Fumbles is one Marine/Army sniper.

that was a sweet jeebus moment

[reaper239]

Here's another taste of what the Mallers, or the Zombies might find waiting for them; video of tank gunnery training at Fort Irwin.

those things are so advanced that they can track a moving target, while moving, fire while moving, and hit the target dead center. if you think you can take on a tank battalion with two rpgs and a handful of small arms, then let me buy you a plane ticket to afghanistan, you can go try your luck. the impressive thing is, even with rpgs, you can't kill an abrams. the most you can do is disable it and ring the crews bell, but they will remain safe and sound inside. the insurgents started doing this thing where they bury mortar shells and detonate them when a tank rolls over it. it flips the tank, but when they bring out a recovery vehicle to reflip it, in most cases they can drive it home. the crew btw is fine, some sprains, maybe a broken arm or two, but no dead.

[reaper239]

[GeneTwo]

Maller = Mario
Scratch = King Kong
Princess = Lizzy

Yellow Spartan = Saul (color of the air tanks. ha)
Blue Spartan = Victor
Grey Spartan = CJ

[reaper239]

Maller = Mario
Scratch = King Kong
Princess = Lizzy

Yellow Spartan = Saul (color of the air tanks. ha)
Blue Spartan = Victor
Grey Spartan = CJ

ah lol.

[AdrianHD]

I used to be all for this idea, but can they really do it? Maybe if they had the Colony on their side there's like a slim, slim chance, but eh.

[Nitara]

I have a feeling that the mallers will eventually find out where they went. All they have to do is torture Angel and Bert to get the answers.

Even so, I doubt that the mallers would be able to make it to Fort Irwin, let alone take over. Besides, I seriously doubt Durai would allow it. Hmm, I wonder if Scratch is going to turn on Durai at some point.

[Red Shirt]

I have a feeling that the mallers will eventually find out where they went. All they have to do is torture Angel and Bert to get the answers.

Even so, I doubt that the mallers would be able to make it to Fort Irwin, let alone take over. Besides, I seriously doubt Durai would allow it. Hmm, I wonder if Scratch is going to turn on Durai at some point.

I guarantee that she will. She is insane and he is, despite having been a convict, seems to be reasonable and level headed.

SPOILER 

We now know that Scratch is going behind Durai's back to set things up, particularly with Kolani, both towers and setting up the shooting incident. One way or another, this info is going to make it's way back to Durai and she is going to have to answer to him for it.

This has the possibility of splitting the Mallers, one group led by Scratch (If she doesn't and up dead.) the other led by Durai.

My bet is that the Scratch/Durai dynamic is going to come to a head and Scratch is going to end up with the short end of the stick, or dead. I further wager that Durai and his remnants may even join the remnants of both towers, or at least exist under a truce with them.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to add:

SPOILER 

There is a LOT more left to Ft Irwin than we thought. Additionally, the Colonel's command center to me implies that they just might be in contact with other military remnants as well. Not to mention what the Corporal said. They were between rotations, but an Infantry Brigade was due to rotate in and their equipment was sent ahead.

Depending on the specific type of brigade, this could be:

• One Battalion of Armor, or 40-50 M1A2 Abrams MBTs
• Two to Four Battalions of Mechanized Infantry or 48 to 64 Bradley APCs PER Battalion
• One Battalion of Artillery about 30-40 guns, 109A6 Paladins more specifically
• One company of ADA Bradleys, probably 10 to 15.
• Some ammo for all of it.
• All the support equipment for it as well.

Also, if their equipment is on the ground, then it is highly likely that the Advance Party from that Brigade is there too. Some of them will know how to use it.

Long story short, if the Mallers, even allied with the Colony try to pull something, they are going to get their asses handed to them.

[Osiris]

Interesting thoughts, Red Shirt.

I would be inclined to think that the Scratch/Durai arc is far from coming to a head, considering that we have no back story or real interactions between the two in order to determine how their dynamic truly works. It's possible that Durai simply allows Scratch to do as she needs, believing that it will benefit his own interests. I simply don't feel as though we have enough information about either of them to witness a falling out at this time. I would think there would be at least one episode dealing with their history, otherwise the characters are simply marionettes that pose no threat or significance to the story on the whole. That doesn't fit at all with the way the story has come together thus far. As for Scratch ending up dead? I have to disagree. Scratch has a bigger part to play and will likely survive longer than Durai or any of his men.

As for the likelihood of any sort of backup arriving... well, it would stand to reason that, in order to keep morale high, in a situation with a bleak a horizon as this one, it would make sense that the commander may lie about the possibilities of help. While it may be better to be honest and let his troops know what was really going on, the truth may work against him. Dissension in the ranks is always possible in dire situations--as we have seen in the Tower's history, even though they were not military, they're still humans and as we know, humans have strange reactions to stress and bad news.

Great post.

[reaper239]

i kind of have to agree with osiris here. we don't have any real evidence that she went behind durais back on anything but the final assault on the tower. while we suspect that she went behind durais back to start the war, we don't have any real solid evidence. also, while i hate scratch, she is too good of a villain (much as she causes her own problems and then blames them on others (pokes osiris )) to kill off at this point. durai seems more like the CEO of bad guys while scratch is like freddy krueger in alcatraz, you don't want to meet any of those guys but she's definitely the worst of them.