October 6 - 2016(Pacific Ocean)
Me, Falcon, Joker, Ninja, Fireman, Snake, Werewolf and Devil, were now a permanent team. It was almost midnight and we were riding our Zodiac to the large cargo ship. After the WMD attacks that had hit Europe, the British government were desperate to prevent any follow up attacks. MI6 had apparently been having conversations with our bosses at Poole. Now the majority of the SBS is out raiding ships to check for any signs that the "Fregata" company have something on board. The SAS are still making sure that nothing has gotten into the UK undetected.
Tonight was particularly cold and we were suffering quite heavy rainfall. The boat was already starting to fill with water. Due to the nature of the operation we were wearing drysuits instead of regular MTP. On top of that we had black bodyarmour and assault vests. As far as gear went we had HKMP5 submachine guns and S10 Respirators. And plenty of explosives. Falcon started laughing, his voice was distorted by the Ressie, "Whos up for a bet? £100 says this boat is full by the time we get back!". Devil nodded "I'll take that bet". Werewolf cut the engine as we got alongside the ship. He threw a grappling hook over the rail and tugged on it to check it was secure. He then tied the loose end to the Zodiac. I stood up and looked around at the team "Lets go team. Remember, don't shoot less you see a weapon". I hauled myself up the rope, thankful that my gloves were sturdy due to the weight of my gear which without gloves would have torn my hands apart. As we all reached the top we checked the surroundings. The crew must have been inside because the place appeared deserted. "Okay team, we need to get below deck and check for Fregata shipping containers". Falcon, you take Joker, Ninja and Fireman, and search the front end of the ship. You find anything call it out. Snake, Werewolf, Devil, you're on me". Falcon nodded and took his fireteam to the front of the ship and began their search.
My team manouvered to the back of the ship where there was the Superstructure. I walked up to the door and tested the handle, it was unlocked. I pushed the door open slowly, inside it was dark, however I could faintly hear people talking behind a door with a sign saying "ACCOMADATION". I made the hand signal for 'Stackup'. Me and Snake stood on one side, with Devil and Werewolf on the other. Devil placed small explosives on the door hinges and the lock. He held the detonator ready. I held my hand up to show three fingers. Then 2, then 1, then I clenched my hand into fist. Devil activated the explosives causing a loud "crack" noise like thunder. I quickly kicked the door down and we filed into the room making a line against the near wall aiming our weapons at the people inside. There was 4 bunkbeds which were pushed against the left and right wall, with a small table inbetween. At the table 6 of them sat playing cards while the other two were sat in their beds reading. Or atleast they had been. Now they looked in terror at the 4 Special Forces operators who had blown up the door and stormed in. "Hands behind your heads. Right, go on Snake cuff 'em". Snake walked over to them and restrained them with his plasticuffs. As we made our way to exit the room Snake paused to look back in "We'll be back in a sec and we'll take them cuffs off. But if you try and leave this room, I'll fucking shoot you".
We slowly made our way down the stairs to the cargo hold. It was just one huge room which stretch the length of the ship. We could even see Falcons team checking the containers. Devil tapped on my shoulder, "Mate I think I spotted one of the containers, there ya see" he said indicating with his hand towards a large grey shipping container with "Fregata" wrote on the side. "Nice one mate". "OI FALCON! Devils seen one, it's there!" I shouted pointing at it. "Got it!" he yelled. We made our way over to him. He nodded at us "Any trouble?". "Nah mate, just a few crew members scared shitless". "Alright, Fireman crack her open". "On it mate". He placed a small charge on the lock and stood back a little. As the lock was blown apart the doors swung open to reveal a large set of steel containers and Semtex. Fireman walked in and inspected the various components. Werewolf chuckled at his predictable behaviour. Anything to do with explosives and Fireman was interested. Falcon clapped his hands to get his attention, "What d'you reckon pal, you reckon that we brought enough explosive to destroy it?". He turned and stood up straight laughed, "Destroying it is no problem, destroying it without sinking the ship? Well that is a whole different story".
Fireman walked out of the container "There is enough Semtex there to blow a hole in the ship, and that still wouldn't be enough to change up the chemical compounds enough to make 'em safe". Falcon was growing impatient, he knew that the longer an operation went on the more time there is for something to go wrong. "Well do you have a solution?" He asked, a slight bit of irritation working its way into his voice. "Be patient man, I'm working on it". "Fine, Werewolf and Snake, release the crew, if any of them want to leave the sleeping area radio me or Tyr". They nodded began to leave but as they did so I said "Wait up, search them first. If they have anything on them you know what to do". "No worries Tyr". After they left those of us who remained sat on top of the shipping containers while Fireman stared at the bomb. After what felt like an age, but in reality couldn't have been longer than ten minutes, Fireman clicked his fingers "That's it!". I turned to him my bored tone evident even through the respirator "What is it?". "Well you see, explosions underwater have a smaller range than ones above water right?". I nodded "Right?". "Well if we blow up the chemicals underwater then there's no chance of damaging the ship!" he said proudly.
Ninja was the first to answer "You fucking moron, this shit is too big and too heavy for us to get out!". I laughed at Ninja, his banter could easily be mistaken by outsiders as insulting but it was simply the way he was. Fireman responded quickly "Well we take the canisters individually?". Falcon looked over at me "Your call boss". "Well there's 4 containers, that means you 4 can take the chemical canisters up top, me and Falcon will grab the Semtex". Ninja was about to protest but then he just looked away and kicked the door of the container in frustration "Fucks sake". We took the items on to the deck and stood waiting for the next part of the plan. Fireman then said "Alright strap all your PE4 and that Semtex on to the canisters". We did so and soon the canisters were covered in plastic explosives. He placed detonators into them all, 2 for each one. "Always good to have a backup" he said to himself as he worked. "Okay, we still want to throw these things as far away as possible so get Werewolf and Snake". I nodded andmade my way over to the Accomadation, as I walked in I had to rub the lenses in my ressie. There sat with the 6 of the crew members playing poker was two of my operators. They had their Respirators and helmets hung from the bunkbeds where two of the crew were still sat reading. Their HKMP5s were slung behind their backs and their gloves were on the floor. "Hey Tyr" Werewolf said chuckling. "You are fucking kidding me right? We're in the middle of an operation and you're playing Poker?". Snake stood up a little embaressed "Sorry Sgt". Werewolf got up aswell and they both began to gear up. As they finally got out they shouted back to the crew "Take care guys!".
When we got back to the rest of the unit Falcon said "What took you so long?". "These two were playing poker with the fucking crew". The group burst out laughing, once they had stopped Fireman pointed to the canisters and said "Alright guys lets throw 'em over board". We grabbed one between a pair of us and got ready to throw them into ocean. "1, 2 ,3!". Once we threw them Fireman grabbed his detonater and waited till they had gone under for 30 seconds then activated the explosives. Even that deep under water we heard the loud explosion and the ship rocked with the shockwave. We made our way back to our Zodiac to see it had indeed filled with water. Falcon cheered "Yeah! You owe me 100 when we get back to base!"