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The Dictionary Example of Insomnia
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Operation Endurance was only hours away from the beginning of its execution. At midnight on a cool October night, a hidden air base in a liberated section of Britain buzzed with suppressed action. A large collection of small, sleek planes had assembled on the tarmac and were being fueled and started in a hurry. Groups of three operators boarded each plane, each one outfitted with a parachute and a smaller jump-bag holding other necessities. These men and women were the Allies's best, drawn from various forces and tasked with turning the tides of the war. Among the commotion a thin officer silently led two others onto a plane, each of them sliding into their seats and preparing for ordeal yet to come.
Major Marcin Renat silently bounced his foot against the floor as he went over the mission details for the next twenty four hours in his head. This wasn't the first odd mission he'd overseen, but it was definitely the most critical one yet. After all, the momentum of the war would be determined by the outcome of this prolonged operation. As the soldiers strapped in for take-off, the young officer decided it would only be detrimental to let his nerves build up before dropping behind enemy lines, so he resorted to taking in his surroundings. Among the poorly lit cabin he could scarcely make out the rising value of the altimeter on his wrist or the slow ticking of his watch, but amidst the faint red light he could make out the stitched name tag on the jumpsuit of one of his fellow passengers: Kochenkov. Marcin figured this was as good a time as any to get some semblance of comradery going between this group, and spoke up to the woman.
"I don't believe we've had a formal introduction aside from possibly seeing each other's files, Miss Kochenkov. I'm Major Renat, your CO for this extended vacation we're going on, and you can thank me later for the first class seats I got us" he said in a comedic manner.
In the fall of 1949, the Second World War had been raging for a full decade.
The Allied and Axis forces each had their respective gains and losses, but ultimately had reached stalemate. An early defeat at Dunkirk in the spring of 1940 resulted in a significant blow to the British forces by Nazi Germany, essentially eliminating their offensive capabilities. A few short years later, a subsequent invasion resulted in their surrender in 1942. However, there was still hope for the Allied cause. Before the fall of the British, the Japanese Empire provoked the United States at Pearl Harbor, resulting in a swift offensive that quickly eliminated the Japanese threat. Due to the United States’ alliance with the Soviet Union and the transition of Italy from an Axis power to an Allied one, the Allied cause showed much promise in this instance. However, with the fall of Britain and a crippling Soviet defeat at Stalingrad that left the USSR severely weakened, the scales of power had once again balanced. By 1945, a stalemate had clearly been reached, as Allied forces could no longer maintain a western offensive on Germany from the Soviet Union, resulting predominantly in a naval war in the Atlantic between the Americans and Germans. Italian offensives were common, but were easily fended off.
The majority of each nation’s military aged personnel had become casualties of war by ‘47, and their governments needed to find a way to keep their armies properly manned. In the U.S., bills were quickly passed that required the enlistment of every able-bodied person at or above the age of 16, including university students who had previously been excluded from the draft. Germany began putting children as young as fourteen years of age into combat.
Public support for the war began to dwindle in the United States as people’s children were now being sent to their deaths. As a result, the military’s top brass needed to devise a plan that would turn the war back in their favor. Their answer to this challenge was Operation Endurance, a long term, three phase mission that would consist of a small squad being air dropped in rural Germany disguised as civilians. Phase one would consist of the initial drop and a period of time in which the team would eliminate strategically important infrastructure and individuals to weaken the German government and military high command and productivity. The second phase consists of westward movement towards to Atlantic in which the team will weaken coastal defenses to prepare for an invasion, as well as training indigenous resistance groups in former Allied nations which had fallen to the Nazis. The third phase will be assisting the final invasion as a traditional combat unit. Due to the nature of the first two phases, only a select few individuals who speak multiple languages and have the necessary skills could be chosen.
The Allied and Axis forces each had their respective gains and losses, but ultimately had reached stalemate. An early defeat at Dunkirk in the spring of 1940 resulted in a significant blow to the British forces by Nazi Germany, essentially eliminating their offensive capabilities. A few short years later, a subsequent invasion resulted in their surrender in 1942. However, there was still hope for the Allied cause. Before the fall of the British, the Japanese Empire provoked the United States at Pearl Harbor, resulting in a swift offensive that quickly eliminated the Japanese threat. Due to the United States’ alliance with the Soviet Union and the transition of Italy from an Axis power to an Allied one, the Allied cause showed much promise in this instance. However, with the fall of Britain and a crippling Soviet defeat at Stalingrad that left the USSR severely weakened, the scales of power had once again balanced. By 1945, a stalemate had clearly been reached, as Allied forces could no longer maintain a western offensive on Germany from the Soviet Union, resulting predominantly in a naval war in the Atlantic between the Americans and Germans. Italian offensives were common, but were easily fended off.
The majority of each nation’s military aged personnel had become casualties of war by ‘47, and their governments needed to find a way to keep their armies properly manned. In the U.S., bills were quickly passed that required the enlistment of every able-bodied person at or above the age of 16, including university students who had previously been excluded from the draft. Germany began putting children as young as fourteen years of age into combat.
Public support for the war began to dwindle in the United States as people’s children were now being sent to their deaths. As a result, the military’s top brass needed to devise a plan that would turn the war back in their favor. Their answer to this challenge was Operation Endurance, a long term, three phase mission that would consist of a small squad being air dropped in rural Germany disguised as civilians. Phase one would consist of the initial drop and a period of time in which the team would eliminate strategically important infrastructure and individuals to weaken the German government and military high command and productivity. The second phase consists of westward movement towards to Atlantic in which the team will weaken coastal defenses to prepare for an invasion, as well as training indigenous resistance groups in former Allied nations which had fallen to the Nazis. The third phase will be assisting the final invasion as a traditional combat unit. Due to the nature of the first two phases, only a select few individuals who speak multiple languages and have the necessary skills could be chosen.
1. No godmodding
2. There will be an overarching plot, but I encourage players to make choices that will affect how the group goes about and certain outcomes (If it will result in a major alteration or is a very serious action, please consult me first)
3. If possible, post at least every 48 hours to keep things rolling, if you can't then just let us know in the OOC thread
4. Obey all universal site rule
2. There will be an overarching plot, but I encourage players to make choices that will affect how the group goes about and certain outcomes (If it will result in a major alteration or is a very serious action, please consult me first)
3. If possible, post at least every 48 hours to keep things rolling, if you can't then just let us know in the OOC thread
4. Obey all universal site rule
Operation Endurance was only hours away from the beginning of its execution. At midnight on a cool October night, a hidden air base in a liberated section of Britain buzzed with suppressed action. A large collection of small, sleek planes had assembled on the tarmac and were being fueled and started in a hurry. Groups of three operators boarded each plane, each one outfitted with a parachute and a smaller jump-bag holding other necessities. These men and women were the Allies's best, drawn from various forces and tasked with turning the tides of the war. Among the commotion a thin officer silently led two others onto a plane, each of them sliding into their seats and preparing for ordeal yet to come.
Major Marcin Renat silently bounced his foot against the floor as he went over the mission details for the next twenty four hours in his head. This wasn't the first odd mission he'd overseen, but it was definitely the most critical one yet. After all, the momentum of the war would be determined by the outcome of this prolonged operation. As the soldiers strapped in for take-off, the young officer decided it would only be detrimental to let his nerves build up before dropping behind enemy lines, so he resorted to taking in his surroundings. Among the poorly lit cabin he could scarcely make out the rising value of the altimeter on his wrist or the slow ticking of his watch, but amidst the faint red light he could make out the stitched name tag on the jumpsuit of one of his fellow passengers: Kochenkov. Marcin figured this was as good a time as any to get some semblance of comradery going between this group, and spoke up to the woman.
"I don't believe we've had a formal introduction aside from possibly seeing each other's files, Miss Kochenkov. I'm Major Renat, your CO for this extended vacation we're going on, and you can thank me later for the first class seats I got us" he said in a comedic manner.
