NR - Gulf Wars Stories

[Burke McCrory]

At 03:53 PM 3/19/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Wow!  I figured that the lists would be inundated by now of stories from
>Gulf Wars.  Did it actually happen, or did they call it off and tell
>everyone to go home again?   :)
>
>Just curious,
>Gilyan

Sorry,  I have been a bit busy drying out my house from the water leak that 
happened while I was away.

Gulf Wars X was a blast.  Speaking strictly from the Battle point of view 
it was great fun.

The Great Northern Army numbering 30 fighters at one point was in the thick 
of it all the way.

In the Resurrection Battle we were assigned to support the right side of 
the ravine and even though we bent we never broke.

During the Field battles we were combined with Calontir's army, on it's 
left side, and were assigned to stop any charge that came down the treeline 
side of the field (which was like an Irish peat bog because they had been 
mucking the horse stables there).  As it turned out in each of the three 
battles the Great Army of the Kingdom of Atlantia was on that side.  They 
were stopped dead in their tracks all three times.  His Majesty Anton of 
Atlantia said that no one had handled one of their charges like that in 
over 5 years.

Lastly the fort.  First we defended the fort with the Northern Army 
assigned to the units that would guard the main gate.  As the battle wore 
on many Ansteorran's fell victim to the missile fire from Trimaris.  When 
the charge finally came our numbers were very thin but those members of the 
Northern Army still left jumped in and took the Charge that was lead by the 
army of the Midrealm.  We and Calontir stopped the charge at the gate and 
held it until forces overwhelmed the sally port and attacked us from 
behind.  Then it was our turn to attack and take the fort.  The Northern 
Army was given the task of being the second unit in through the main 
gate.  We were to support Calontir's charge and begin clearing out the fort 
as soon as we got inside.  When the time came to charge the gate Calontir's 
unit was stopped just inside the gate.  After a few minutes of fierce 
combat, NR Warlord Viggen (who had commanded our forces all week long) 
ordered the Northern Army to break through.  I had been involved with a 
group that had just broken through the sally port and was privileged to be 
just inside the fort and witness Viggen lead the charge that broke through 
the main gate and released the Northern Army to wreck havoc inside the 
Fort.  It was glorious.

One last thing.  To open the gates of the fort required a battering 
Ram.  Oxlade and the Lion Dragon Engineering unit had built us two Rams for 
the job.  The first worked so well that on the first strike the gates were 
blown asunder.  The only trouble was you are suppose to tap the gates six 
times to open them with a battering ram.  Then, in the confusion, Trimaris 
dropped a massive bolder on the Ram rendering it destroyed.  But all was 
not lost because Ox had built TWO rams, so the second ram was immediately 
run out and it succeeded in striking the doors six times and the gate were 
open.

ViVat the Great Northern Army
Sir Burke



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