The night was clear, cold and still. The stars, like diamonds, glittered in the moonless sky. The only other light came from the few windows in the remote mountain village hundreds of meters below him.
The ground was frozen solid. The early spring sun did not have the power to wake it up just yet, but he knew that his winter recon gear would keep him warm in all but the harshest of winters – and that wasn’t the case down here. He shuddered, remembering the polar circle training, the frost and the frostbites of men less careful than he was. Compared to the icy forests of Finland, this was a piece of cake.
His radio clicked once and he activated the headset, realizing that it was time for another regular check.
“Mauler 1, this is Sentry 1. All clear up here. No movement.”
“Roger that, Sentry 1,” a deep male voice with distinctive German accent responded.
He switched the radio to a different channel.
“Sentry 2, this is Sentry 1. Anything to report? Did you change your position?”
The man on the other end took a few seconds to respond.
“Affirmative. We’re now holed up in the barn at the end of the village. No contact yet. Four men standing by. No dogs.”
He almost laughed out loud at that last remark even though he knew that it was actually no laughing matter. In the last two weeks, Lodestar negotiators tried their best to get the local villagers to support them, only to be rebuffed by superstitious nonsense – an old local priest accused them of being werewolves or some other mystical evil.
While the negotiators tried their best to calm down the priest, a squad from one of the recon K-9 units thought it would be a really fun idea to paint one of their war dogs black, attach a set of night vision lenses that happened to glow red when activated to his head and let the dog run through the village at night. In the incident that followed, the dog almost got shot and the negotiators got chased out of the village by an angry mob.
As a result of this action, all Deathwalker units were ordered to steer clear of the village and only enter it under the cover of night in order to stage the ambush.
The radio clicked again.
“Sentry 1, this is Sentry 2. We’re seeing some activity at the other end of the village. Looks like the relief trucks arrived after all.”
Under the skull-shaped mask, Sentry 1 was smiling as he cocked his rifle.
“It’s showtime.”
繁星如钻石般在宁静清澈的夜空中闪耀。而地面上唯一的光源，则是几百米外的偏远山村中尚未熄灭的灯火。
地面早已冻结，初春的微弱阳光不足以将其融化。他认为自己的冬季装备能让他在寒冬中保持温暖，但事实并非如此。他颤抖着，回想起以前的极地训练，以及那些因为不够谨慎而冻僵的倒霉蛋。与冰结的芬兰森林相比，现在的状况根本算不上什么。
这时，无线电响了。他激活了耳机，意识到是时候进行下一次检查了。
“暴徒1号，这里是哨兵1号，没有发现异常。”
“收到。”回应他的是一个声音低沉的男人，带有明显的德国口音。
他切换了无线电的频道。
“哨兵2号，这里是哨兵1号，有没有什么异常？你们转移了吗？”
对方过了几秒后才回应。
“是的，我们在村子尽头的谷仓里，尚未接敌。四人小组待机中，没有狗。”
尽管毫无笑点，但他在听到最后一句话时差点笑出声。在这两个星期里，北极星公司派出的谈判砖家为了争取村民们的支持而跑断了腿，但却因对方的迷信而被拒绝 - 一个当地的老祭司说了他们是狼人之类的鬼话。
当谈判人员试图让那个祭司冷静下来的时候，K-9侦察单位的一个小队却起了恶作剧的念头。他们将一只军犬涂成黑色，在它的头上戴了一个在运作时会发出红光的夜视镜，然后在夜里放狗进村。狗差点在事件中被射杀，而谈判人员也被愤怒的村民赶走了。
结果，所有“死亡行者”被命令绕开村庄，并在夜色的掩护下发动突袭。
无线电再次响起。
“哨兵1号，这里是哨兵2号。我们发现村子的另一端有动静，似乎是援助车辆到了。”
在骷髅状的面具下，哨兵1号微笑着并扣动了步枪的扳机。
“It’s SHOWTIME.”

11TH LODESTAR COMBAT GROUP – “DEATHWALKERS”
Before the Bordeaux Treaty, Lodestar GmbH was amongst the largest logistics companies in the world. Based in Cologne, it was built from nothing by Reiner Schepke, a self-made businessman who ran it right until his untimely death. The control of the company then passed to his only child, Erika Schepke. Erika was a shrewd businesswoman and saw an opportunity in the increasingly deteriorating state of the world.
Lodestar’s security division, responsible for the protection of the cargo, was effectively transformed into a private army with much of its personnel and equipment coming from the chronically underfunded and practically defunct Bundeswehr. Their ruthlessness as well as their Bear-shaped logo earned them the nickname the Lodestar forces are currently generally known under – the Maulers.
But while the company prospered, Erika Schepke was no military commander, a fact that was proven by the first and – to date – only large engagement in Austria and Bavaria, where the numerous but poorly led company forces were defeated by an experienced group of mercenaries, who not only managed to capture valuable equipment under their nose, but also escaped in the process.
Following this failure, Erika Schepke removed herself from direct command of the company’s military operation and appointed a new military commander, a grizzly veteran by the name of Dieter Pannwitz, who immediately started re-organizing the Mauler forces. All the vestiges of the former company security department were removed in favor of pure military structure. In a series of small-scale skirmishes along the former German-Czech borders, the rebuilt forces gradually re-gained their confidence.
But the opportunity to test their mettle came with the 2038 collapse of the Balkans and the subsequent power grab by another massive company, Clayburn Industries. While Lodestar was not directly interested in the region, weakening Clayburn Industries would provide a welcome opportunity for Lodestar during the planned Ruhr expansion where Clayburn Industries was considered a direct competitor.
Lodestar’s military command was acutely aware that Clayburn’s resources dwarfed those of Lodestar. While a direct military confrontation would weaken Clayburn expeditionary forces, it would also be devastating to Lodestar’s interests. A strategy was therefore devised for the elite Lodestar units to be sent to the Balkans in secret to contact and provide military expertise to a large number of local military warbands, militias and terror groups, left from the collapse of local military units. With the expert Lodestar leadership, these units would wreak havoc on local Clayburn units, perhaps forcing them to withdraw in the region, effectively turning it into Badlands.
At least that was the Lodestar advisors told the locals. Erika Schepke knew that “Old Man” Clayburn would never let go willingly and cut the losses – that was not his style. Instead, he’d send the Crimson Reavers in, the Clayburn elite that would deploy extreme measures against civilians in their effort to root out the insurgency. Their famed brutality would ensure that the region would remain unstable for years to come, turning into a giant resource sink. To accomplish this goal, it was decided to send the best of the best – the 11th Lodestar Combat Group, known as the “Deathwalkers.”
Compared to regular Mauler units, the Deathwalkers are only equipped with lighter weaponry of German origin, preferring instead to supplement their infantry forces with the hired remnants of local armor units. They prefer to ambush their enemies and, if things get hairy, to call upon the local support commanded by Lodestar military advisors. As a result, Lodestar has a considerable number of Soviet era tanks in the region at their disposal with several Leopard 2 tanks ready for rapid deployment, waiting outside of the theater.
It is the spring of 2039 and the Deathwalkers are operating deep in the Balkans. After months of preparations, it’s finally the time to for larger operations to begin.
北极星第11战斗团 - “死亡行者”
在波尔多条约签署之前，北极星有限公司是世界上最大的物流公司之一。北极星的总部在科隆，它是由一位白手起家的商人Reiner Schepke一手建立并运作的，直至他去世。之后，公司的控制权落入了他的独生女Erika Schepke的手中。她是一位精明的女强人，并在日益崩溃的世界中看到了机会。
原本负责保护货物的北极星安保部门被转换成了私人军队，其人员和装备则来自因缺乏资金而停止运作的联邦国防军。他们的无情和熊型标志广为人知，并为他们赢得了“暴徒”的绰号。
尽管公司的业务蒸蒸日上，但事实证明Erika Schepke并不是一名合格的军事指挥官。在奥地利和巴伐利亚的大规模交战中，人数众多但指挥失当的北极星部队被一群经验丰富的佣兵击败。他们不仅在北极星的眼皮底下夺走了价值连城的设备，而且还顺利逃脱了。
在这次失败后，Erika Schepke不再直接指挥公司的军事行动，而是钦点了Dieter Pannwitz为新任的军事指挥官，一位已经满头银丝的老兵。他开始重组“暴徒”，并彻底移除了前公司安保部门的残余部分，使之变成一个纯粹的军事组织。在德国 - 捷克边界的一系列小规模冲突中，北极星开始重拾信心。
2038年，巴尔干地区崩溃。当另一家大型公司，Clayburn工业夺得这些地区的实际控制权后，北极星迎来了考验。尽管北极星对这些地区并不感兴趣，但削弱Clayburn将会为自己带来优势 - 北极星公司打算在鲁尔地区扩张，而Clayburn工业是他们将会面临的竞争对手。
北极星的指挥层清楚自己的实力难以与Clayburn正面抗衡，直接的军事冲突虽然可以达到削弱Clayburn的目的，但也会对自己造成沉重的打击。为此，他们策略是将自己的精锐部队秘密派遣到巴尔干地区，为当地军队瓦解后形成的残余部队，民兵以及恐怖组织提供专业的军事知识。在北极星专家的带领下，这些部队将会对当地的Clayburn驻军造成严重破坏，甚至可能迫使对方撤军，使这些地方变成荒地 - 至少北极星的顾问是这样对当地人说的。
Erika Schepke深知Clayburn那个老家伙是不会就此为了减少损失而收手的，那不是他的风格。相反，他会派出Clayburn的精锐部队 - 赤色掠夺者，对当地平民采取极端措施，以根除叛乱。他们的暴行将确保这些地区陷入持续数年的不稳定状态，大量消耗Clayburn的资源。为了达成这个目的，北极星决定派出最精锐的部队 - 北极星第11战斗团，名为“死亡行者”。
与普通的“暴徒”单位相比，“死亡行者”只装备了一些德制轻武器，雇佣当地装甲部队的残兵来辅助自己。他们喜欢伏击对手，如果事情变得复杂的话，他们就会呼叫由北极星军事顾问率领的当地部队来收拾烂摊子。北极星公司在当地拥有不少苏联时期的坦克，还有少数用于快速部署的喵2，随时准备加入战局。
现在是2039年春天，“死亡行者”正在巴尔干地区的腹地活动着。在经过数月的准备工作后，他们很快就会展开更大规模的行动。
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