Midnight Express to Z'bosia
An OV-10D Bronco slips in quietly over the coast on a reconnaissance flight over the newly established Peoples Republic of Z'bosia following the latest of a series of military coups. The mission was to confirm HUMINT reports of Russian inluence spreading into the area. Five minutes over the border and a burst of red tracers erupt from the jungle ripping through the port nacelle destroying the engine. William "Bronco Billy" Haydn pulled back on the yoke, struggling to get the aircraft to 500 feet AGL the minimum safe altitude for ejection. He punched the send button on the burst satcom to data dump all the imagery he'd collected since crossing the border then yanked the eject ring sending him into the night sky. At an undisclosed location in the forest of the west african People's Republic of Z'bosia, a Russian advisory compound has received news of a downed observation aircraft. Two FSB officers have dispatched from the capital city to take control of the pilo...