MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries/Eyeball

Federated Commonwealth Contract – Deep Strike

The Commonwealth requires a medium sized, well equipped, reliable mercenary unit to perform a top-secret strike mission. More details available upon acceptance of contract. Job pays 500,000 C-Bills for this extremely short term contract. The Commonwealth will pay for all reasonable ammunition expenses.

ComStar Contract Evaluation

• World: Unknown
• Duty: Deep-Strike
• Begin Date: June 1, 3046
• End Date: Sept 5, 3046
• Maximum Pay: 500,000 C-Bills plus bounty and bonus
• Minimum Pay: 150,000 C-Bills plus bounty

Eyeball

MechWarrior’s Campaign Journal

September 12, 3046

Another in-and-out mission, this time with a camera strapped to my back. Well, it sounds like they don’t expect too much resistance, so I should be back on Outreach with another fat paycheck soon. Maybe I should take a vacation. I don’t think I’ve ever had one before.

September 13, 3046

So, the Fed. Comm. doesn’t trust the FRR. Dougherty told me that if I’m captured, under no circumstances am I to tell them who hired me. Yeah, right. If they’ll cough up for the information, I’ll give it to them, simple as that. I’m surprised she even bothered to ask.

Mercenary Briefing – Federated Commonwealth

Tamara Dougherty, FC Dept. of Mercenary Relations: The Free Rasalhague Republic has resumed the production of ‘Mechs on Rasalhague. We have reason to believe that the Draconis Combine may be funding these FRR factories, and that this may be the beginnings of a Draconis-Rasalhague alliance, or at least a dangerous exchange of technology.

Dougherty: We have located an assembly plant far from any cities or military outposts. Penetrate its perimeter defenses using stealth and quick-strike tactics. Once inside the base, an automatic camera affixed to your ‘Mech will photograph the plant for our analysts. While the camera is recording the contents of the base, destroy any and all ‘Mechs you find.

• Codename: Eyeball
• Planet: Rasalhague
• Terrain: Stony Wastes
• Time: Morning
• Expected Resistance: FRR Guards
• Your Call-Sign: Fenris

Dougherty: Go to NAV ALPHA. Identify the warehouses and then destroy all inactive ‘Mechs.

Objectives

• Target: Recon 'Mech warehouse
• Target: Destroy all 'Mechs

Aftermath

Debriefing

Tamara Dougherty, FC Dept. of Mercenary Relations: It appears that we were correct in guessing that the Rasalhague Republic had allied with the Combine. We won’t know for sure until the analysts check out those photographs, but some of the ‘Mechs you destroyed had DC insignia on them. Since we discovered this now, we can challenge this alliance before it is fully formed.

ComStar Information Service – September 27, 3046

Prince Hanse Davion of the Federated Commonwealth traveled to Rasalhague today for an emergency meeting with his FRR counterpart, Prince Haakon Magnusson. Neither would announce the purpose of the meeting, but sources close to Magnusson said that he appeared “shaken” after his closed-door meeting with the FC monarch.

The ‘Mech Honor Guard that accompanied Prince Davion to Rasalhague remained behind when Davion returned.