Buzz "Yes, Star Colonel?" "Have all the Star Captains called together at 1300 for the next bidding session." "Aff, colonel, anything else?" "Aff, get me a report on how the Vipers are doing in their assaults."
"Here is the current situation. As of 1200 hours, we have taken three of our goals on this continent. Thanks to records from the castle assault, we now have information that the next target we are hitting might be a little more valuable than we thought. The building is being defended with somewhere between 8 and 12 mechs. It seems the Fedcom forces have been using their communications building as a prison for captured mechwarriors. The objective of this mission has changed from the one held in your earlier packets. Instead of just going in to capture their communications center, our forces will have to challenge the defending forces to a trial of possession for the building and all of the captured mechwarriors. We do not think the defending forces will stand by and allow their communications base to be taken, so we have to get in and out very quickly. After you have identified, the prisoners and made all the necessary checks of intelligence form the building, a dropship will land about 100 meters to the north to pick up any survivors." "Now that you have all the information available, the bidding should start. The cutdown is set at 3 points. Ortca will go first, then Trako, Elke, and David." "I, Ortca of the house Malthus bid 6 mechs with their pilots." "Trako from house Hazen bids 5 mechs and an aerofighter point." "I, Elke do honor my trinary by bidding 4 mechs and nothing else. David, dare you go lower?" "Elke, I can go no lower, but my bid is 4 mechs and a point of elementals. Bring honor to your trinary with the victory." "Aff, honor it will be. As scorn to our enemy I will include in my bid forces the young warrior from within the Inner Sphere."
