[quote=Pepperm1nts]A few things: 1) The eastern bridge had already been taken by the 1st Mechanized. All you needed to do was cross it, head down the road west, and cross the bridge behind the airfield to hit them from behind.[/quote]
That may have just been a lack of communication as for the bridge, my orders seemed to imply it was still being heavily overseen if not directly controlled by the township. So I went ahead an took it (or maybe retook it).

[quote=Pepperm1nts]2) I'm going to try to get a post out, and I'm probably going to have some of it take place prior to this whole leadership takedown thing, since I'm going to be assuming the 1st Mechanized was already engaging the forces at the airport before the arrival of Darcs' guys. And also because I feel Darcs made it seem a bit easier than it should have been, and I don't really want to make a post about how my guys just rolled in almost completely unopposed. No offense, or anything. I know you said you had to rush your post. I'd just prefer to have something good to post about. You seemed to have wrapped it up a bit too early.[/quote]
As far as the actual battle, no yeah, I'm actually glad it was harsher for Hathaway than Aesir anticipated. She took out the leadership based on knowledge of the rigid NCR structure, and the theory that the mercs would be just a crippled as NCR troops. They may have been slightly hindered, but probably nowhere near as much as NCR proper would have been. Spies and soldiers ALWAYS have different outlooks on battle. For 8th Recon it was a simple Trojan horse operation with 6 spies a few days before the big battle, nothing but placing a few mines and stabbing important people in their sleep-- for 1st Mechanized it was a god damn battlefield, filled with all the trauma and death that brings. 

I wholeheartedly support the interaction between the generals for this specific reason. We'll greater outline differences between characters like Aesir and Hathaway-- one is actually trained and experienced as a soldier and a general, maybe even knows some NCR strategy. The other is just a sneaky wastelander mutie with a following and a mostly aesthetic title.