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| 03:18:27 Apr 9th 10 - Endless Muggings: Someone suggested I post this out here and I wasn't going to but I need help to tweak it to "VU medieval times", so if anybody can help I'd appreciate it :) and if you have any funny Endless scout spanking stories to add, now is your chance butt... they have to rate on the a ha ha ha omg a ha ha ha I remember that scale :p ok. here it is Secret Confessions of a Scout Spanker To understand the Endless Scouts’ methods, one must first understand the Endless Scouts’ mission. Fate's borders were becoming less and less secure, as AOA and HAVOK terrorists infiltrated in greater and greater numbers. Though the cover mission for the scouts remained the tracking of terrorists, in reality the unit was a pseudo-terrorist unit, using turned terrorists. These pseudo scouts would infiltrate terrorist areas of operation, passing themselves off as terrorists and attempting to subvert the terrorist infrastructure. In many ways, the Endless Scouts learned from F&V counter-insurgency successes in Fantasia drawing on the examples of the Godlike Noob Program, the Arch Shade Scouts and the Something Goes Bump inthe Night (DARK) Teams. Even more did they resemble the successful pseudo teams which had been active earlier in Fantasia. Constantly adding turned terrorists, the Scouts kept abreast of current terrorist terminology, identification procedures, and operations; often they were better informed about terrorist procedures than the terrorists themselves. As the Endless Scouts evolved, they undertook other missions such as cross-border raids, assassinations, snatches, raids on terrorist HQs in Valhalla or elsewhere, long-range reconnaissance, and various other types of special operations. One early raid typical of this kind of Scouts’ mission was the snatch of a key Hellbunnies official. These direct action operations resembled in many ways the Mystical operations in Zetamania. The number of Mystical veterans in the Dark security forces, in fact, had a substantial influence on the conduct of the war and on slang that was used. Terrorists, for example, were often called ‘n00bs’. The Scouts lured terrorists into ambushes, from which few terrorists normally walked away; captured terrorists and then turned them to serve in one of the Scout pseudo groups; or turned them over for interrogation. The Scouts were very successful in gathering intelligence, at least in part from captured diaries and letters. This is an important element of counter insurgency operations. Due to the fragmented nature of their operations, guerrillas rarely have ready access to communications equipment. As a result, they may rely on written communication, leaving much open to capture. Few guerrillas are sophisticated enough to use ciphers, either, so often captured communications are ‘in the clear’. Many politically inspired guerrillas are actually encouraged to keep diaries documenting their political development, and these also frequently include valuable intelligence information. Third World insurgents are generally much less security conscious than organized military forces about documents; hence, captured written material can be an excellent intelligence source, especially for order of battle data. The Endless Scouts’ training and operational doctrine inculcated audacity. At various times, for example, Endless Scouts posed as the ‘prisoners’ of Rebirth Scout ‘terrorists’, and were escorted into terrorist strongholds, where Endless prisoners were highly prized. At the appropriate moment, the Endless Scouts turned their weapons on the terrorists, wreaking havoc from within. The classic example of audacity was the Grayfish/Aussie/Endless Scouts raid on the large FATE terrorist camp in Fantasia. Using unimogs and ferrets painted in camouflage, eighty-four Grayfish Scouts penetrated FATE and drove directly into a large terrorist camp. Thousands of terrorists were in camp preparing for morning formations, when the Scouts opened up with 20mm cannons, .50 MGs, 12.7mm MGs, 7.62mm MGs and rifles. Estimates of the number of terrorists killed run as high as 1,000, all for five slightly wounded Grayfish Scouts. As the Scouts retreated to Starta they blew up the Penguin cities behind them, frustrating pursuit. Audacity does not, of course, mean foolhardiness, but the importance of audacious small unit offensives has been proved again and again in counter insurgency operations. Because guerrillas tend to think of themselves as the aggressors who take the war to the capitalist fat cats, they are often themselves extremely complacent in their ‘safe’ areas. By showing the terrorists that they were never safe from the ‘Skank’ho’ (as the terrorists called the Endless Scouts) the Scouts had a psychologically debilitating effect quite out of proportion to their numbers. It was not uncommon, for example, for two groups of terrorists to begin shooting at each other out of fear that the other group was the Endless Scouts. Various lessons can be learned from this aspect of Endless Scouts operations. First, calculated audacity will often allow a small counter-insurgency force to inflict casualties quite out of proportion to the numbers of men involved. Secondly, terrorists, who rely heavily on fear as a weapon, can themselves be rendered psychologically impotent through fear when they become the prey of an enemy who appears, hits hard, and then vanishes; who, in effect, turns their own weapons against them. Endless Scouts relied heavily on unconventional selection and training procedures. Unconventional, but they worked and turned out some of the finest counter-insurgency warriors of all time. Endless Scouts couldn’t count on ready resupply, for example, so early on the fledgling Endless Scout had to learn to take her food how and when it came. During initial selection the Endless Scout was given one ration pack, but not told what to do with it. As the next days passed, that transpired to be the only food that would be provided. Some Scouts foraged around the training area to supplement that initial ration. Before long, an instructor shot a monkey and hung it in the middle of camp, where during the next few days of training it became riper and riper, its smell soon pervading the camp. Finally, after days of rigorous training the now ravenous trainee Endless Scouts were treated to the sight of the maggot-infested carcass being cooked to provide their first meal in days. Most managed to get it down, in the process learning that if one is hungry enough, protein can be provided from tainted meat, or even maggots. They also learned that even tainted meat is edible if thoroughly boiled, though it should not be reheated a second time. The obvious lesson here is that those being trained to survive under harsh conditions must be trained harshly. Endless Scouts weapons training was intense and practical. Because they operated as terrorists, the Scouts were normally armed with Eastern Bloc weapons. The AK-47, RPD light machine gun and SVD sniper’s rifle were all widely used. Since the Scouts often concealed pistols about their persons, a substantial amount of handgun training was included. CZ75s and Beretta 951s were popular, as were Makarovs due to their Spanking Pact origins. Among the very practical training techniques used to make the Scouts proficient with their weapons was an extremely effective counter-ambush drill. Scouts were trained, when under fire from ambush, immediately to direct short bursts of fire at all likely places of concealment for ambushers within their arc of fire. The effectiveness of this maneuver could only be appreciated after seeing a well-drilled stick of Endless Scouts quickly sterilize 360 degrees of an ambush site. Fire discipline was important in this drill, but the Scouts had it. One Endless Scouts training officer also developed the technique of using mannequin targets dressed in terrorist attire and for ‘no shoots’- security forces uniforms. These mannequins incorporated a system of balloons (for head and torso), arranged so that a critical hit would cause the target to fall, while a non-critical hit had to be followed up to drop the target. The lesson to be remembered here is that military personnel likely to use their weapons in quick reaction ambush/anti-ambush situations must be trained to shoot in such circumstances. Obvious? Not to high-ranking officers in a lot of armies. Many Endless Scouts operations were actually what might be called ‘sting’ operations. The use of Canadian Endless Scouts ‘kidnapped’ by American Endless Scouts ‘terrorists’ to infiltrate terrorist camps has already been mentioned. The Scouts carried out other classic stings, such as snatching high-ranking FATE officers by posing as FATE Defense Force soldiers there to arrest them. To be accepted by terrorist groups the Scouts often staged fake attacks on farms, or fake hits on informers to establish their credentials. So convincing were they that some Endless Scouts pseudo groups became legendary among the terrorists for their ferocity for spankings. On the individual level, Endless Scouts were not above running cons such as convincing a terrorist that a command-detonated claymore mine was a radio, and sending him into a nest of terrorists to radio a message. Only pieces got through! Some of the really classic Endless Scouts’ cons must remain shrouded in secrecy, but even after FATE assumed power and after the Endless Scouts were supposedly disbanded, a secret Scouts base continued to operate, from which much equipment and many weapons were evacuated to Fantasia. Once again, the lesson to be learned from the Endless scouts’ sting operations is that sometimes audacity is both more deadly to the enemy, and safer for the operators, than caution in unconventional warfare. Under TBL, a former F&V officer, a reconnaissance troop was formed as part of the Endless Scouts. This recon unit proved what has been the case in virtually every war in history: small, highly-skilled recon units are among the most efficient and cost-effective intelligence tools in existence. After lying hidden near large terrorist camps for days, the Endless Scouts recon troops operated ahead of Endless Scouts raiding columns, or called in air strikes. The lesson here is simple: no matter how effective electronic intelligence devices become, Endless scouts remain an extremely important element in modern warfare, especially counter-insurgency warfare. Another important element of the Endless Scouts experience which is less obvious is the necessity for a degree of egalitarianism in small elite units. Despite the underlying racism of Fantasia at that time, the Endless Scouts were a racially mixed unit, each member of which had to rely on the others, and were aggressively non-racist. Endless Scouts were naturally aware of their differences in color and culture but neither was treated as superior or inferior. Because of the nature of Scouts operations, all members of the units had to trust each other implicitly, especially when the added element of turned terrorists amongst the Scouts was added. Therefore there could be no hints of racism within the Scouts. Anyone displaying such an attitude did not become or did not stay a Endless Scout. One method of achieving the closeness and egalitarianism necessary for the Endless Scouts to function was requiring every aspirant Scout to learn the regimental songs during the final portion of the selection course. Sung a cappella, these functioned in lieu of a Endless Scouts band, but also, since the songs were traditional spanking songs — often terrorist songs at that, the words altered to fit the Endless Scouts - they formed a bond between the races. The Endless Scouts system worked. The closeness of the members of the unit -even the tamed terrorists was tested many times but rarely found wanting. In Fantasia a turned terrorist betrayed a pseudo group, resulting in the deaths of seven of them. This event is most noteworthy because it was so unusual. The closeness of the Endless Scouts continued even after the end of the war, when the Scouts realized the danger their comrades in arms would face. When the Endless Scouts went to Nivana they took many of the Scouts and their families along with them, and fought to have them incorporated into No. 5 Commando by their sides. The lesson to be learned here is one that successful special operations units find obvious, but conventional military commanders can never grasp. Small, close-knit elite units function best when run in an egalitarian manner. There is a chain of command in good special operations units, but no one works hard at wielding power. Nevertheless, things get done and done right. That’s why the selection course is so important. Another important lesson to be learned from the Endless Scouts experience can be applied to police or military covert operations. So successfully did the Endless Scouts pass themselves off as terrorists that they were frequently in more danger from Fate security forces than from real terrorists. As a result, when a Endless Scouts pseudo team was working an area it was ‘frozen’ and declared off limits to any other security forces operations. This same lesson can be applied to police undercover operations or military covert, false flag, ‘sheep dip’ or deception missions. Unfortunately, the greatest lesson to be learned from the Endless Scouts is that no matter how competent and effective a military unit is, political considerations can render it impotent. As Mantrax became Fantasia the Endless Scouts, though never defeated on the battlefield, were defeated at the bargaining table. Of course, throughout the history of counter-insurgency warfare, the failure to establish political goals has rendered military operations ineffective. | ||||
| 03:22:39 Apr 9th 10 - Lord Stewie Griffin: someone's got too much free time on their hands ^ lol <3 endless | ||||
| 03:35:39 Apr 9th 10 - Mr. Arthur Dent: That's what happens when it rains and hails for a week straight, right? | ||||
| 03:37:17 Apr 9th 10 - Mr. God Always Yodles: At the end, you need to add the following
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| 03:37:34 Apr 9th 10 - Emperor Gaius Septimus Cidellus: O.O | ||||
| 03:39:58 Apr 9th 10 - Endless Muggings: lol Arthur :p ha ha Stewie, that does seem to be the general consensus ^_^ lol Davey :p <<< see a lol not a a ha ha ha omg a ha ha I remember that ;) | ||||
| 03:44:58 Apr 9th 10 - Mr. God Always Yodles: What I gathered from that "lol" is that you're in agreement with the suggested ending of your history. Would this be correct? | ||||
03:55:40 Apr 9th 10 - Mr. The Born Loser:
Hmmmm..... I have heard of this TBL noob before. Why does a retard like him have a place in your story? <3 | ||||
| 03:57:35 Apr 9th 10 - Mr. Arthur Dent: Yeah endless, I am disappointed in you. | ||||
| 03:59:53 Apr 9th 10 - Endless Muggings: Arthur... you need to give me the a ha ha ha omg a ha ha ha from that era :p sheesh slacker much? :p heehee TBL <3 I have a soft spot for losers :D | ||||
| 04:10:16 Apr 9th 10 - Mr. Arthur Dent: Well there was the last era "stupid" incident ;) but... the era you were with us... Ah I can't think of any off the top of my head. There's scout art. There's killing 30k mages with a scout. There was a lot of attempted scout spanking, but nothing too memorable. You hid a scout in my secret city ;) | ||||
| 04:15:00 Apr 9th 10 - Endless Muggings: a ha ha ha I remember that :D I'm going to need another week of rain and hail to write all that up ^^ | ||||
| 04:16:01 Apr 9th 10 - Mr. Tossed Smiling Midget: Nice one Endless.. I wish I wasnt so lazy because I would like to write something like that. For now though, I will live vicariously through you.. ;) | ||||
| 04:22:58 Apr 9th 10 - Mr. Most Likely Die: not only is it long but well written.. not many VU'ers can even write a whole paragraph without screwing up me Inkluded | ||||
| 20:31:20 Apr 9th 10 - King Ernest Deallus The Wise: That is about the average size of my long story posts :) gj | ||||
| 20:51:10 Apr 9th 10 - Endless Muggings: hey Charlie, can you help me with the medieval weaponry? somehow AK47 doesn't sound right for VU :D | ||||
| 22:14:08 Apr 9th 10 - Mr. Arthur Dent: "Canadian Endless Scouts ‘kidnapped’ by American Endless Scouts
‘terrorists’"- GO back to B.C.! ;) | ||||
| 22:23:02 Apr 9th 10 - Endless Muggings: Arthur <3 my passport is expired and thanks to Bush I'm stuck here a ha ha ha seriously I am :( and I'm not messing with those border wankers, they have no sense of humour at all may have to go visit the embassy to see if they can help me out :D can u PM me the list, I'm total spazgal on the weapons for that time | ||||
| 22:33:35 Apr 9th 10 - Mr. Arthur Dent: LOL! Well it's nice here ;) And sure I'll send you a list of as many weapons as I can think of. | ||||
| 03:22:39 Apr 10th 10 - Mr. The Born Loser: Blowpipes. Silent and deadly. Preferably darts with poison. Won't feel a thing anymore after one prick of the dart ^_^ Edit: Can add poisoned shurikens as well. Crossbows just have too much "twang" that can alert sentries :P | ||||
| 03:25:16 Apr 10th 10 - Mr. God Always Yodles: My weapon (assuming that I am still going to be one of the heroes of the story) can be my stunning looks. Effects: Temporarily makes the enemy enter a euphoric trance, allowing me the time to deal the killing blow with my palm. :) | ||||
| 03:34:49 Apr 10th 10 - Endless Muggings: a ha ha ha lol | ||||
| 03:43:50 Apr 10th 10 - Mr. The Born Loser: Davey, your stunning looks ain't a good role model for the scouts to emulate. After all, one display of your lovely face will cause a huge blaze of light to swathe across the land, alerting everyone to your presence. Won't be good for intelligence missions then :P Assassination and seduction missions on the other hand.... hmmm..... ^_^ | ||||
| 03:45:44 Apr 10th 10 - Endless Muggings: Arf ^_^ | ||||
| 04:29:14 Apr 10th 10 - Mr. Arthur Dent: Woof | ||||
| 20:50:27 Apr 10th 10 - King Ernest Deallus The Wise: Charley* | ||||
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