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Final Flight?

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Word got through to Johnny Platypus that Lady Elaine and the Germans had been spotted heading towards the local airport. The Platypus team decided to stake out the airport and attempt to rescue Lady Elaine from the German team. Both sides had to be careful though, the local Constabulary were on patrol and would take a dim view of any gunfire. Turn 1 Moses spotted Séraphine escorting towards the waiting plane. He whistled for his team to join him. Johnny Platypus taking the opportunity to take down a patrolling German soldier. Turn 2 Digger Bob spotted Leutnant Heidrich and decided to engage him in a fight. Unfortunately for the 'Old Timer', Leutnant Heidrich knocked him to the ground. Laney leapt to his rescue,but only succeeded in annoying the German officer. The German soldiers (D8 Grunts) took to the high ground. This gave them a full view across the airport. Turn 3 Moses tried to snatch Lady Elaine away from Séraphine and Oberst Freudenbe

You’re my only hope!

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Having safely made it to Karachi, the US Expedition led by Johnny Platypus boarded a tramp steamer heading to British Trans Jordan. Upon arriving at Basra, the expedition took the train to Jerusalem, before boarding another tramp steamer sailing from Jaffa. Whilst sailing across the Mediterranean, Dr Laney Chadwick received a telegram from an old university friend - Lady Elaine Darrow. Apparently, she is quite distraught over her missing father, and she requests our help. She awaits our assistance in French North Africa. Fortunately, the tramp steamer is able to make an unscheduled stop in Algiers.  After asking around, it was established that Lady Elaine had been seen in a particular suburb of Algiers. As we had four ladies walking about the marketplace, either side had to identify which one was Lady Elaine. For the purposes of the game, we agreed that identifying Lady Elaine would be a hard task. However, as Laney and Séraphine were old University classmates,