Battlelords After Action Report

It Ain't Over 'til the Paperwork's Done!

 
This file includes a format for After Action Reports in Battlelords.  It adds a little touch of realism and makes it that much easier for the BM to keep a mission history.  Included are:

Basic AAR Format

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[Company]
[Merc team designation]
[Homebase, city, planet]

[(company)-(MD = merc dept)-(team #)-(mission #)]     [date of filing]
TCI-MD-7750-001                                              04JUL2279
SUBJECT: After Action Report 

1. TEAM INFORMATION

[by unit, give full rank and name]

2. RELEVANT DATES

[e.g. 03JUL2279 1000 Mission briefing]

3. MISSION

Employer: [the company hiring the team for this mission]

Mission Statement: [e.g. capture Boris Calvert]

Terms: [payment terms and amounts, e.g. 25,000 dead, 50,000 alive]

4. CORPORATE COORDINATOR

[The suit that catches the heat if you screw up]

5. PRIMARY SUPERVISOR

[Rank & name]
[Title of position, if any]
[Department]
[Corporation/Army]

6. ACTIONS

[Describe actions taken.  Generally times, dates, locations, ranks, names, and materiel are good things to specify.]

7. COMMENTS

[Generally, for a small unit like a merc team, comments on subordinates are approriate. This includes good and bad performance, questionable actions, discipline issues, recommendations for awards and raises, etc.  It can also include suggested changes in company policy or really anything that the submitter wants the chain-of-command to know about.  However, touchy or dangerous subjects would usually be handled personally and not in a report like this]
 

Encls                                            [name of submitter]
[list enclosed documents, if any]                [Rank, comany]
                                                 [job title]
                                                 [unit designation]

DISTRIBUTION:
[Typically the next two or three people up the chain-of-command]

Completed Sample Form

Tollier Combat Industries
Crimson Blade (#7750)
TCI, Conquest Tower, Hell's Point, Harper's World

TCI-MD-7750-001                                              04JUL2279 
SUBJECT: After Action Report 

1. TEAM INFORMATION

Crimson Blade (#7750)

Private 2nd Class Valdorn Zy-Koldren
Private Dakru-idan
Ensign Ba'Bracas
Ensign Sa'sha
Ensign Mark-1701
Intern Saalish

Transport Crew

Corporal Larry Colgo, TCI Hopper 19

2. RELEVANT DATES

03JUL2279 1000 Mission briefing
03JUL2279 1110 Team assembly and orientation
03JUL2279 1430 Arrival at Krovis Hopper LZ, Garrison Forest
04JUL2279 0200 Boris Calvert captured
04JUL2279 0330 Mission dustoff
04JUL2279 0700 Mission completed, return to Conquest Tower

3. MISSION

Employer: Krovis Enterprises

Mission Statement: Recover Captain Boris Calvert, security officer with Krovis Enterprises, dead or alive.

Terms: 24,000 Cr for the team for completion.  8,000 if Boris is not recovered.

4. CORPORATE COORDINATOR

Malivent Orionus, Mercenary Department

5. PRIMARY SUPERVISOR

Lt. Col. Brock-RIP090
Liaison Officer
Mercenary Department
TCI

6. ACTIONS

TACTICAL ASSEMBLY AREA - AVERON LAUNCH FACILITY

03JUL2279 1110: We assembled at the launch facility.  PSC Valdorn Zy-Koldren checked on the status of our hopper while the rest of the team waited in a side room.  He informed us that we were going to have a short wait while the hopper was prepped.

03JUL2279 1130: a humanoid (Rebel #1, or R1 for short) armored in Bear armor walked up to the facility attendant, exchanged some words, appeared to get annoyed, and then shot the attendant in the face with a pistol-sized plasma cannon.  An apparent comrade (Rebel #2, or R2 for short), a Ram Python, also in Bear armor, incapacitated or perhaps killed, the other one or two guards in the room while R1 leapt over the controls and did something to the console.

In the hangar, the rebel hopper (RH for short) revealed an anti-personnel plasma cannon which was disguised as a refueling pod and opened fire on security personnel and the security tower in the center of the hangar.

Ensign Mark-1701 called the authorities.  Ensign Ba'Bracas left the team on his own initiative, running out into the hangar towards the RH.  The team took cover and prepared for action.  Rebel propaganda began issuing over the facility's address system.  PSC Valdorn Zy-Koldren exposed himself and shot R2 in the head with a pistol-sized flamethrower.  R2 ripped Valdorn Zy-Koldren's right leg off, and then backed up and threatened the rest of the team if they acted further.  R2 agreed to allow our medic, Intern Saalish, to tend to PSC Valdorn Zy-Koldren and the team stood down during that time.  While we waited, Ensign Mark-1701 contacted our hopper pilot, CPL Larry Colgo.

By the time Ensign Saalish had finished, R1 had finished on the console and leapt back over it.  Ensign Ba'Bracas closed on the RH and tried to disable the turret.  He did not succeed and entered the hopper.  The gunner repelled him with laser rifle fire.  Ensign Ba'Bracas withdrew from the RH and jumped off the RH's lift pad as another rebel fireteam positioned itself on the pad.

R1 and R2 withdrew to the RH and Ensign Sa'sha fired upon them with laser and slugthrower fire.  I managed to critically wound R2, causing him to stop in the crossing fields of fire of our team and the facility's security.  He was quickly terminated, but R1 escaped to the RH's lift pad.

With the team leader recovering from his wounds, I called for the team to move to our assigned transport craft, TCI Hopper 19, crewed by CPL Larry Colgo.  We got our people and gear into there as quickly as possible and lifted off from the facility.  As we cleared the facility, we saw the RH leave and quickly get shot down by police forces.

KROVIS HOPPER LANDING SITE - GARRISON FOREST

03JUL2279 1430: Team arrived at mission site.  Corporal Larry Colgo left the site in Hopper 19, awaiting our call for pickup.  We secured the hopper and LZ.  We found evidence of a firefight in the hopper.  The two remaining crew were dead from laser blasts and a bullet was found lodged in the console.  The cargo of medical supplies had been rummaged through.  We found a case of Crystal Red, a controlled substance.  PSC Valdorn Zy-Koldren and I agreed to destroy it immediately.  A standard fire pit was made, personnel were cleared from the area down wind of the fire, and the drugs were burned.  The hopper was set on autopilot and allowed to return to Krovis per the mission parameters.

Ensign Ba'Bracas discovered tracks and was dispatched as an advance scout to follow the tracks after most of his combat load was distributed among the rest of the team.  Radio traffic was kept to a minimum.

CONTACT WITH TARGET

03JUL2279 2400: Ensign Ba'Bracas made contact with the target and watched over him until the rest of the team arrived.

04JUL2279 0200: the rest of the team arrived.  We talked to the target.  He was edgy, but I managed to convince him to surrender peacefully.  We bound the target and called for dust off.

Due to the damage to Averon, we headed to an alternate launch facility, Southridge Platform, Hell's Point.

REMANDING CUSTODY OF TARGET - SOUTHRIDGE PLATFORM, HELL'S POINT

We were met there by Amel Tapani, Section Administrator of Krovis Enterprises, and remanded custody to him.  We then obtained public transportation back to Conquest Tower and were debriefed by our primary supervisor, Lt. Col. Brock-RIP090, Liaison Officer with the Mercenary Department.

7. COMMENTS

Ensign Ba'Bracas is a very capable scout and performed his duties well.  He follows orders, but his attitude is somewhat abrasive.

Intern Saalish is an excellent healer and performed well under duress.

Ensign Sa'Sha performed acceptably on this mission, but she may have some problems with restraint under pressure.  PSC Valdorn Zy-Koldren and myself will have to keep an eye on her.

Ensign Mark-1701 is a competent technician and performed well under duress.

Corporal Larry Colgo is a professional soldier and handled our crew well.
 

Encls                                            DAKRU-IDAN 
Receipt of prisoner transfer, Boris Calvert      PRIVATE, TCI
                                                 Combat Specialist 
                                                 Crimson Blade (#7750)

DISTRIBUTION:
Malivent Orionus, Mercenary Department
Lt. Col. Brock-RIP090, Liaison Officer, Mercenary Department