[Old Appaloosa]

The party moves out......


Old Appaloosa is a shadow of its pre-war self. Once a thriving trade hub and agricultural center, it is now naught more than ruins and a few dilapidated structures.

The railroad runs through the center of town. There are two large multi-level warehouses and a few storage sheds on the left side. On the right side, there's an old grain silo sporting a blanket-covered hole in the top, another large one-floor warehouse (the armory), and a large two-floor railway depot. Most of the other buildings in the town are burnt husks or collapsed piles of rubble. On the far side of town beyond the warehouses, though, are two small structures, probably once houses or stores. According to Lamianos, the slaves are held here...

The town looks almost deserted. Near the front of the town, a hundred feet or so in front of the warehouses, are bodies. Lots of bodies. Bullet-riddled and burnt corpses, as well as the rotting hulks of two dead brahmin - the remnants of the Legion caravan, and probably other unlucky souls. Thousands of shell casings litter the earth, and several craters are still smouldering - a testament to the intensity of last night's battle.

And a testament to the victory is also clearly visible. Several slavers are sprawled out near the entrances of the buildings, apparently asleep or in a drunken stupor. Empty alcohol bottles and drug containers are scattered and strewn everywhere. It seems they had quite the party. Drunken laughter can be heard coming from the open windows of the rail depot, and the warehouses on the left - as well as the occasional scream of a terrified or agonized mare. However, there do not appear to be any patrols, guards, or snipers in position...

A large number of boulders, fallen trees, hunks of wreckage, old craters, and ditches are scattered in and around the town, providing possible cover. Unfortunately, there are no hills, ridges, knolls, or other terrain features of note - just flat land for several hundred yards.

Night Jewel manages to avoid detection as she enters the outskirts of the ruined town and nears the warehouses. She's almost to the pile of bodies.



A few hundred feet away from the warehouses, the rest of the group is approaching the far outskirts of town, using the boulders and ditches and wrecked vehicles to cover their approach. Shadow Stride jumps into one of these ditches as the near the outskirts of the town, and motions for Eledwhen to join her where they'll be safe. For everypony else... it's show time.



((Ebon and Elestre have yet to move into position since there is no hill to the west. I wasn't sure if that would effect your plans or not, so I didn't move you out there.))


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