MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries/Doughboy

Federated Commonwealth Contract – Reconnaissance

The Commonwealth is in need of a small, lightly armed mercenary unit to perform vital recon and garrison duties on the world of Bryceland. Contract pays 350,000 C-Bills, unit to provide its own transport. The Commonwealth will pay for all reasonable ammunition expenses.

ComStar Contract Evalutaion:

• World: Bryceland
• Duty: Reconnaissance
• Begin Date: May 1, 3045
• End Date: June 1, 3045
• Maximum Pay: 350,000 C-Bills plus bounty and bonus
• Minimum Pay: Bounty

Doughboy

MechWarrior’s Campaign Journal

May 29, 3045

Arrived in Bryceland today. The Fed. Comm. still isn’t sure whether or not this is a real invasion. That’s where I come in. I’ve never really been trained for recon work, but how hard can it be? People have told me to search, move, and don’t stay in one place long enough to get caught. And, when you do get caught, shoot for the legs to slow the other guy down. No problem.

June 2, 3045

It looks like the DC force is just a probe, a hit and run raid to keep the Fed. Comm. off-balance. Naturally, the Commonwealth may have trouble proving that the Combine was even here, so they send me in. Me, against hundreds of tons of DC ‘Mechs, not to mention the firepower those DropShips are packing. When I really think about this, it sounds a lot tougher than I’d expected. I’m not sure it’s really worth the money.

Briefing

Tamara Dougherty, FC Dept. of Mercenary Relations: We have recently detected several Draconis DropShips in Bryceland’s orbit. Before we deploy a large force there, we want you to scout the planet to make sure that the DC are mounting a real invasion. In past, the Combine has often used such tactics as a decoy, waiting for us to commit troops, while fielding a large-scale attack elsewhere.

• Codename: Doughboy
• Planet: Bryceland
• Terrain: Desert
• Time: Night
• Expected Resistance: Draconis Combine
• Your Call-Sign: Scout

Dougherty: Go to NAV ALPHA and identify the enemy DropShips. Then return to NAV BETA.

Objectives

• Target: Identify all enemy DropShips.
• Target: Return to dustoff NAV BETA

Your target: Scan enemy DropShips for number and type of enemy ‘Mechs.

Aftermath

Tamara Dougherty, FC Dept. of Mercenary Relations: As we suspected, this was just a decoy invasion. After you transmitted your report, we left our troops on high alert. Before the Combine could see that we weren’t taking the bait, they hit Milligan, a nearby planet, with a major force. We were able to follow them in and pick them off as they put down.