THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE HAMMER’S SLAMMERS THE CRUCIBLE RULES SYSTEM HANDBOOK

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A final Irish fly in the ointment... The latest intel had revealed, however, that Colonel Hammer’s forces had to move fast – the TAS ship, the Liberty, had already entered the system. That intel also told him that the radar bunkers were protected by detachments of Guardforce O’Higgins: an Irish unit with a history of problems ranging from drunk and disorderly behaviour while on liberty to a complete collapse of morale – virtual mutiny – during a campaign on Rhynn. So they shouldn’t be a problem: their motley collection of light tanks and APCs were no more than upgraded farm tractors compared to an M2. The satellite surveillance network had been down for several days, temporarily knocked out by a magnetic storm, but the last sitrep showed that the nearest decent forces, a Zaporiskiye  composite battalion group, were miles away. A small ship had somehow managed to land at the port two days ago but was thought to be carrying nothing more than humanitarian aid and food supplies for the suffering populace, which had been whisked off to the NBU capital, Nye Oslo, by the monorail that served the starport. Hammer gathered his senior staff and went through the plan. Time was of the essence if they were to get off this damn rock with their reputations – and bank balances – intact…

Hammering Roche’s World