Mission 5: Royal Seas
Last updated: 3/07/01
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Submitted by: Dino Virgilio G. Monzon / Colonel BlackjackMission Members:
- Scarlett: Given her expertise in counterintelligence, she would be a natural choice to go undercover on board the Prometheus, as well as to command the mission.
- Snake-Eyes: As both a Commando and Ninja, he would be the perfect choice as the Joe Team's 'Ace in the Hole'.
- Shipwreck: As a sailor, his presence aboard the Prometheus wouldn't call undue attention.
- Torpedo: U.S. Navy SEALs are the best of the best, and he'd be a good choice to back-up Snake-Eyes when the fireworks begin.
- Gung-Ho: His 'never give up' attitude and Marine aggressiveness may come in handy....just in case big trouble comes calling.
Mission Results: The Joes are already in place by the time the Prince boards the Prometheus. Scarlett is covered as a prominent model returning from a stint in Italy. Her beauty catches the Prince's attention, and she thus has an excuse to accompany him during the voyage. Snake-Eyes accompanies her as her valet. Shipwreck's covered as a ship's machinist, and his presence in the engine room raises no eyebrows. Torpedo poses as a millionaire businessman who establishes a rep as a daredevil card player. Gung-Ho is in place as a waiter in the ship's dining area. The trip goes smoothly until the ship begins to enter the Atlantic. Here, the terrorists start their play as we learn that the Prince's principal aide is actually the leader the terrorist group NightShade. Noting the Prince's attentions towards Scarlett, the aide's henchmen attempt to capture her and use her to lure the Prince into an ambush. The first attempt fails, but the next strike's a well planned trap at a 'dinner' with the Prince, where Scarlett's tricked into drinking a drugged glass of wine. She passes out as she learns the identity of the traitor in the Prince's Staff, who happens to be his Chief of Staff. Before the aide could kill Scarlett---after planning to violate her first---Snake-Eyes and Gung-Ho reveal themselves; they quickly rescue Scarlett and revive her. Scarlett thanks them and, ignoring the drug's aftereffects, leads Snake-Eyes and Gung-Ho to head off the Chief Of Staff and his aides; she also alerts Torpedo to get the Prince to safety. Torpedo intercepts the Prince, who's lured to a false meeting with Scarlett. The SEAL reaches him barely in time as the assassins make their play. Torpedo manages to hold them off long enough for Scarlett to arrive and lend a hand. As the surviving terrorists attempt to escape, they run into Shipwreck who---alerted by Gung-Ho---routs them. The Nightshade terrorists are taken into custody, and the ship docks on schedule in Florida, where the President, the Secretary of State, and Hawk are waiting. The Prince thanks the Joes for their help, and bids Scarlett farewell, promising to never forget her.
Submitted by: Break-AwayMission Members:
- Wild Bill
- Shipwreck
- Salvo
Mission Results: Break-Away is one of the Prince's soldiers. Wild Bill is the assistant captain. Shipwreck is one of the crew. Salvo is one of the cooks. Everything is fine until about 70 miles off the shore. In the dead of night, Shipwreck sees a few people scampering around the deck. He identifies them as Night Creepers and alerts Salvo, whose kitchen is right in front of the Prince's cabin, and Break-Away, who is a fake personal guard. As soon as they enter, Salvo takes out an Uzi and rips all but three Night Creepers apart. Salvo then falls off the side of the ship. Break-Away is waiting as they enter; he shoots two of them and interrogates the other. The captured Night Creeper says they were paid by a small republic to wipe out the Prince. Then he dies. The Joes and the Prince get to the conference safely, and all is well. The Joes search for Salvo's body, but they come up empty. Could he have survived the ordeal?
Submitted by: LaimbeerMission Members:
Undercover Team
- Ace: undercover in casino & intelligence
- Quick Kick: undercover as assistant entertainment director & covert operations
- Roadblock: undercover in kitchen & artillery backup
- Clutch: undercover as prince's bodyguard & infantry backup
- Shipwreck: undercover as captains mate & naval operations
- Lady Jaye: undercover as passenger & covert operations
- Scarlett: undercover in fitness and spa & intelligence
Backup Team:
- Wild Bill: air support
- Airborne : air support
- Cutter: sea support
- Torpedo: sea support
- Deep Six: deep-sea support
- Admiral Keel-Haul: U.S.S. Flagg commander (the backup team uses the Flagg as its mobile base of operations)
Mission Results: The undercover team members are placed aboard the ship in their various locations. Clutch is assigned as a special bodyguard to the prince (much to his highness's chagrin). The backup team stands ready, patrolling the sea and ocean in the area near the ship. For the first few days, everything goes smoothly; on the third day, however, Shipwreck overhears three men sitting at the bar discussing a murder attempt on Prince Vakuu. With Roadblock's help, the terrorists are escorted to a "private tour" of the kitchen. On the fourth day, Scarlet and Lady Jaye intercept a group of terrorists trying to scale the side of the Prometheus. Later that day, Ace and Quick Kick prevent another assassination attempt in the theater (Quick Kick passes it off as "part of the show" to the crowd, and they buy into it.) As the fifth and final day of the cruise approaches, the Joes begin to breath easy....until Clutch happens to spy a suspicious-looking waiter. He follows the waiter to his room, where he discovers a Cobra Viper uniform! Clutch immediately alerts his fellow Joes; the backup team soon discovers a Cobra sub waiting off the coast of Florida and engage it. The undercover team makes short work of the Vipers on the Prometheus, and the ship arrives on time. The Joes give a sigh of relief as the prince leaves, commenting as he departs on what a nice, uneventful trip it was.
Submitted by: MuttMission Members:
- Flint: Leader...this is right up his alley.
- Cover Girl: She needs to earn her money, Jaye went on the last mission.
- Mutt & Junkyard: Any time your wanting to "sniff" out someone, Mutt and his pal are the ones you'll want.
- Chuckles: It's his speciality.
- Shipwreck: We're on water; we may need him..
Mission Results: It was day three an no sign of cobra or any other group of rebellions..They had gotten almost to Jamaica when Chuckles spotted Torch from the Dreadnoks. Not far behind him was Ripper, who had survived his gunshot wound from the last mission inside the volcano.Chuckles notified the others and the game was on.Mutt took Junkyard and went looking for others. Shipwreck figured the Dreadnoks would not only steal the Prince, but blow up the ship as well..He went and got a count on the number of passengers and prepared the small escape boats. (He's seen Titanic one too many times). Cover Girl and Flint followed closely behind. Chuckles found them and told them that the Prince was to give a speech that night regarding his business on the American ship. Flint decided to lay low and wait until all of the Dreadnoks came out of the woodwork and then bag them all at once. Shipwreck passed a guy who tipped his hat.. It wasn't until later that he discovered that it was Buzzer who had tipped his hat. Lucky for him. Buzzer didn't recognize him as well. That night, the Prince was preparing to give his speech. Ripper and Torch crept to his room. They were about to open the door when Flint appeared and cracked each goons skull. They got Torch to talk and he said that Buzzer, Zarana and Zartan were there as well. Cover Girl took them to her room and tied them up. She stood guard outside. It was time for the speech and the Prince came to top deck. The captain got the attention of the boat and Prince gave his speech. The captain put his arm around the Prince and invited him to his room. Chuckles came around the corner and put his pistol to the captains head. The Prince dropped to the ground. Zartan uppercutted Chuckles and grabbed the Prince. Zarana came up on the boat and found herself face to face with Shipwreck. "Hello, Zarana! Let me give you a hand!" Shippy told her. He picked her up and slung her into the cabin wall. She pulled a knife on him and went after him. She stabbed at him and missed, cutting a support rope and a large sandbag dumped on her head. Shipwreck took her Cover Girl's room. Chuckles came to and told the others Zartan had the Prince and was on his way out. Zartan thought he was getting away, even if it was just him and the Prince. Zartan was wrong. He ran straight into Mutt and Junkyard and Mutts big MP5. "Howdy, Zartan!" Mutt said to him. Zartan dropped the Prince just as Buzzer came around the corner and pulled a 9mm from his pocket, showering Mutt with lead. Zartan was ready to make his move when he found himself under attack from 162 lbs. of Rotweiler. Mutt told Buzzer to drop his weapon and surrender or he would feed Zartan to Junkyard. Flint appeared and took Buzzer and Zartan to where the others were being held. After radioing headquarters. Chuckles came back in with the real captain who had a sore noggin. He was just happy not to be dead. The Prince put his arms around the Joes. "OK! More oil to the Americas! Yes! Very Good!" Flint put his arm around the Prince and said, "Mission complete, Joes.Good Job!"
Gen. Hawk
Commander in Chief of the United States Army
06/23/01
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