Field Guide — Firepower
Artillery & Weapons
Heavy weaponry and artillery support for black-ops deployments: the specialists who carry the weight, the hardware they were trained on, and the tactics they use to put it to work.
Conrad Stonebanks
Stonebanks brings field artillery and weapons training in the Australian Special Forces. Where other team members work at knife range, he covers the distance with heavy firepower.
Working alongside Barney Ross, he helps form the EXPENDABLES, the special black-ops team sent on missions by the CIA that are too dangerous for any other team.
Heavy firepower is only half the deployment. The rest is timing, position, and a trigger pulled at the right moment.
Deployment Notes
- Position artillery and support elements before the strike team closes distance.
- Use cover and dispersion so suppression does not cost the element mobility.
- Keep fallback routes clear for the team once the target area is neutralised.
Field notes from the guide. Close-quarters techniques are covered separately under the chokehold material.
Weapons at a Glance
A quick register of the firepower categories covered in this section of the field guide.
| Category | Specialist | Role in the field |
|---|---|---|
| Field artillery | Conrad Stonebanks | Long-range suppression and area denial ahead of the push. |
| Heavy weapons | Conrad Stonebanks | Weapons training in the Australian Special Forces, carried into every deployment. |
| Blades | Doc | Master of knives — the quiet option when reach beats firepower. |
| Air and field strikes | Barney Ross | US Army missions with training in field and air strikes. |
Suppression
Pin the target area with artillery while the strike team works the edges.
Firepower
Heavy weapons deployment, used only when the target cannot be reached quietly.
Blades
Knife work remains the fallback when ammunition or access runs short.