[Twilight2k] Valedictions Brave Antoine

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The Raid Upon The Baron Czarny's Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac
Kultury i Nauki) begin with the party travelling through what remained of
the sewers of Warsaw through the suburb of of Powisle and into Mirow,
exiting from the remains of an old fountain in the croplands on the west
of the Palace, near a monument to Korczak.

Realising that the Palace was heavily patrolled and defended Nikolai,
Antoine, and Gernut went north through the fields until they were near the
former carpark, where around a dozen military vehicles were placed.
Although there were two machine gun emplacements and at least two
additional foot patrols in the area, Antoine decided to attempt to reach
the self-propelled artillery piece and destroy it with their explosives.

Despite being usually a stealthy character Antoine had only travelled
several metres, before a guard dog and patrol noticed. On that moment, he
opened fire, with supporting fire coming from Gernut. The initial patrol
of four of the Baron's men and the dog were taken down almost immediately.
Dodging between four-wheeled drive vehicles, and armoured personal
carries, and avoiding another patrol and a upper-floor sniper, he made it
to the Akatsiya just as the machine gun emplacements move the PKs to face
him, whilst Gernut attempted to provide covering fire.

With extraordinary bravery, staring at a machine-gun emplacement less than
thirty meters away, Antoine shove the explosives down the barrell, as they
opened fire on him. Taking two direct bursts to his body, including head
hits, the Frenchman fell to his knees, still not unconscious, as the short
fuse reached its explosive ending, utterly ruining the Akatsiya, and any
chance of it firing bio-weapons upon the people of Sielce.

Making a hurried exit, the party realised there was no chance of Antoine
surviving such a blast, and escaped through the sewers. At Sielce, they
have begun preparations for the inevitable attack that Baron promised if
they did not submit.


Location
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.231667,21.006389&q=loc:52.231667,21.006389&hl=en&t=h&z=18

Contemporary View from Park (remove trees, take away half the building)
https://www.warsawtour.pl/sites/default/files/imagecache/atrakcja_big/repozytorium/zdjecia/ciekawe_miejsca/pkin_-_piotr_wierzbowski_7_small.jpg

Monument
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Korczak
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Janusz_Korczak_monument_Warsaw_02.jpg

2S3 Akatsiya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO-152

Machine Gun Which Antoine Faced
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PK_Machine_Gun