| Washing of The Spears |
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The dashing brothers Kane have learned of a ceremony in Africa where natives wash their spears. Arriving at the village where this cleansing is supposed to occur it dawns on the stout fellows that the liquid to be used in the process is the blood of the local friendly natives - and perhaps their own! (Historicon '05). |
| Facing southwest: The local natives learning that hostile neighbors were going to raid them rush to their posts at several openings into the village. The famed explorer / archeologist Robert Kane of the Museum of Natural History in the United States and the other Nigel Kane, a famous surveyor for the National Geographic Society, hurriedly unpack some "special equipment" - a Maxim machinegun. Robert stands at the center of the defenses and Nigel mans the machinegun at left. |
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| Facing southwest: One of two large bands of hostile natives appears from the brush chanting their war cries. |
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| Facing south: The group to the north attacks first and covers the open ground with lightening speed! Robert rushes to the gap and calls Nigel over with the machinegun! |
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| Facing north: As Nigel makes his way to the north end of the village his brother Robert realizes that the southern group is advancing as well and moves to meet them! |
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| Facing west: The hostile natives and friendly natives clash at the south gate! The attackers are repelled but at a cost! Robert watches from the side lines as more friendly natives move to meet the second wave! |
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| Facing west: At the eastern gate a flank attack is detected and the villagers prepare a sharp welcome! |
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| Facing west: At the east gate the clash is brutal and quick! The villagers appear to be on the run! |
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| Facing southeast: After prolonged fighting the western gate falls to the enemy! The surviving villagers at the south gate pull back towards the eastern gate where Robert is attempting to organize a defense! |
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| Facing south: What is this!? It's a patrol! Or what is left of one! A local British patrol which has fallen on hard times enters to field thinking they might find a bit of food and rest with friendly natives. It is not to be! As they hostiles charge down on them the soldiers of the Queen take up a three man square and go down blazing! |
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| Facing south: There is great commotion at the north gate! Nigel has fallen and the machinegun goes silent! |
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| Facing southwest: The remaining villagers attempt to hold back the enemy from the gun but are jumped from behind as well! |
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| Facing south: The remainder of the hostile natives fresh from dispatching the Brits rush to join in the "washing"! |
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| Facing southeast: Kane forms the center of a circle of villagers and bangs away with his trusty Colt revolver! If only he could reach his brother and the silent machinegun now! |
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| Facing west: The villagers tighten in. Kane realizes that his only chance is to get the gun working again! Quickly he organizes his trusty friends and they make a grab for the gun! |
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| Facing east: Success! But at great cost! There are only two villagers left! Can Kane get the gun working in time to cut down his attackers!?! |
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| Facing southeast: And what is this? A friednly hunting party hurrying home! Oh blessed help is in sight! Why isn't that machinegun firing yet?! |
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| Facing west: The villagers realize that all the defenders have fallen and form a tight group hoping their attackers are too spent to fight any longer. |
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| Facing west: After several hours of chanting and pillaging the hostiles leave the village in several groups carrying all that they can with them. Behind them they leave the silent machinegun - and brothers Kane! |
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Hostile Natives - Major Victory - WINNER! |