Wombat News
04-11-2003, 11:17
Two Army Men Missing After “Friendly” War Games
Deep in the Garden, Wombat News
Two army men are missing after Operation Typhoon Lawn , a war game involving close to two dozen troops from the specialised "lean green war machine" troop. Those missing men are model soldiers, and everyone is praying for their safe return. (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88857)
"When I started playing, there were twenty-one soldiers," stated Pablicosta, 14, the young owner of the plastic platoon. "Now, there are only nineteen. This is a truly sad day in suburban military playfare."
Pablicosta is hoping for the best, but is steeling himself for the worst. He has already lost three men over the last two months during similar exercises. Two were never recovered, and the third was in a serious state of disintegration.
"He got chewed up pretty bad ... the dog got him," said Pablicosta, biting his lip. "I keep him as a casualty piece now - but in a separate box. I don't want the other soldiers to lose their morale."
Pablicosta blames himself for the garden blunder. He trusts that the missing men will be able to extrude themselves from their situation, but he realises that they aren't very experienced.
"It's true these soldiers are green," admitted Pablicosta. "But then so is the grass ... and it's really long."
The young military commander noticed the two army men were missing just before lunch when he was re-assembling the troop at the rendezvous point, on top of the picnic table under the apple tree at the bottom of the garden. Pablicosta's not sure, but he thinks at least one was carrying a machine gun. The two missing men, part of a specially moulded team, were trained in plastic explosives. Pablicosta believes their mobility may have been affected - probably because their feet are mounted on flat pedestal bases.
Operation Typhoon Lawn started after Pablicosta's elite squad of moulded-plastic military men were knocked down conducting exercises near the garden shed. Realising more training in guerrilla warfare was needed, Pablicosta took them off the exposed tarmac and camouflaged them in the grass. In several mock skirmishes, the soldiers were able to effectively harass the front lines of the enemy and secure the jungle.
"Pablicosta's operational tactics were sound," said his friend Chao Master. "He had the army men arranged in a classic skirmish line. Near the shed they had no chance against the football, the Highland terrier, or the flaming aerosol can but, once out in the lawn, they were able to blend into the landscape and retaliate unseen."
Although Pablicosta is hoping dad may recruit some extra soldiers - from the local shop - to replace the missing units, he fears that there is little hope in recovering the toy troopers that are missing in action.
"Dad's going to be mowing the lawn this weekend," said Pablicosta regretfully. "That only leaves me 72 hours for any possible search and rescue operation."
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Deep in the Garden, Wombat News
Two army men are missing after Operation Typhoon Lawn , a war game involving close to two dozen troops from the specialised "lean green war machine" troop. Those missing men are model soldiers, and everyone is praying for their safe return. (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88857)
"When I started playing, there were twenty-one soldiers," stated Pablicosta, 14, the young owner of the plastic platoon. "Now, there are only nineteen. This is a truly sad day in suburban military playfare."
Pablicosta is hoping for the best, but is steeling himself for the worst. He has already lost three men over the last two months during similar exercises. Two were never recovered, and the third was in a serious state of disintegration.
"He got chewed up pretty bad ... the dog got him," said Pablicosta, biting his lip. "I keep him as a casualty piece now - but in a separate box. I don't want the other soldiers to lose their morale."
Pablicosta blames himself for the garden blunder. He trusts that the missing men will be able to extrude themselves from their situation, but he realises that they aren't very experienced.
"It's true these soldiers are green," admitted Pablicosta. "But then so is the grass ... and it's really long."
The young military commander noticed the two army men were missing just before lunch when he was re-assembling the troop at the rendezvous point, on top of the picnic table under the apple tree at the bottom of the garden. Pablicosta's not sure, but he thinks at least one was carrying a machine gun. The two missing men, part of a specially moulded team, were trained in plastic explosives. Pablicosta believes their mobility may have been affected - probably because their feet are mounted on flat pedestal bases.
Operation Typhoon Lawn started after Pablicosta's elite squad of moulded-plastic military men were knocked down conducting exercises near the garden shed. Realising more training in guerrilla warfare was needed, Pablicosta took them off the exposed tarmac and camouflaged them in the grass. In several mock skirmishes, the soldiers were able to effectively harass the front lines of the enemy and secure the jungle.
"Pablicosta's operational tactics were sound," said his friend Chao Master. "He had the army men arranged in a classic skirmish line. Near the shed they had no chance against the football, the Highland terrier, or the flaming aerosol can but, once out in the lawn, they were able to blend into the landscape and retaliate unseen."
Although Pablicosta is hoping dad may recruit some extra soldiers - from the local shop - to replace the missing units, he fears that there is little hope in recovering the toy troopers that are missing in action.
"Dad's going to be mowing the lawn this weekend," said Pablicosta regretfully. "That only leaves me 72 hours for any possible search and rescue operation."
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