Post by Antonus on Mar 20, 2008 12:59:14 GMT -5
It was dead night the pitch black almost made it impossible to see, but the night vision goggles made it easier to see. Lucent sat next to his friend Odin White a friend of his since they where young. This was there first real mission. It was no longer a training exercise Lucent was a little nervous about the mission since they were on Muunilist, a planet he heard about from his father when he was growing up.
The HTT-26 heavy troop transport slowly creped through the jungle of Muunilist. Their republic cruiser had dropped them from 57 meters in the atmosphere. Fully armored and ready for combat Lucent clinched on to his blaster rifle and began to think about the mission ahead. The comm link began to beep Lucent opened the channel to speak to his commander.
"Alright Sergeant we've got Intel from scouts in the area. These terrorists have been plaguing civilians in the mountain regions, they've finally taken things to the next level. Intel suggests we move from the rear, now we will provide you with minimal air support other then that you guys are on your own. We've also had confirmed reports of Massive bounty hunter and pirate dealings within the vicinity, if things gets to hot you guys get your buts out of there. There is no use in getting yourselves killed for a lost cause,"
"sir may I ask do they have hostages?"
"Yes in fact they've taken a whole village under their control, but we Believe the town was evacuated. Now we have reason to believe senator Banks of the republic was taken hostage. He his our main priority and objective of this mission failure cannot be an option. Your secondary objective is to collect any evidence of anyone who caused this kidnapping there. You know your orders soldier carry on over and out!" The transmission had immediately ended.
The combat transport unit had come to a complete halt and the driver let them know that they were in position. Lucent stood up before his men to give a pre-mission speech for inspiration.
"Alright men this is it. It's the real thing now no more play time with training. Senator Banks is in need of our help that is our main objective, but I'm changing out main objective a little bit. Along with senator Banks we will recover any evidence of anyone who's responsible for this. Our second Objective is our lives men now we have a job to do lets get to it. Let me get a hoorah!"
The other men shouted along with Lucent. The back of the transport unit's back ramp opened and Lucent and his men stormed out guns blazing. Lucent signaled to Odin to take the right side while he took the left. They split into groups of three moving up the side of the mountain. They stood low as if they were duck walking across from bolder to bolder taking cover and scouting for any signs of the enemy.
After about a mile and a half of walking they finally reached an abandoned out post which meant the Village probably wasn't to far from were they where. Lucent retrieved his data pad from his side pouch to check on the coordinates. They were definitely on track or at least what it said on the data pad. Lucent pressed a button on his helmet to activate the comm which allowed him to speak to other members on the team.
"Alright team bravo this is team alpha were moving into position 1 was your six?" Asked Lucent.
"Team Alpha we are in position ready when you are." Lucent nodded and signaled for them to move. They moved through the outpost quickly and quietly. Reaching a slope to the hill that lead to the village. Lucent took cover by ducking behind the tree and pulling out his binoculars to get a better view of the area. Scouting the area he counted about twenty men or so. Lucent made yet another hand jester that told his men to hold.
Lucent moved slowly down the hill, sliding right behind some barrels. He shifted over to his left and rowdy ran toward the nearest house. When he reached the wall several men walked out of the house and Lucent tuned into their conversation.
"I hope Gendared Isn't trying to trick us, you know how sneaky he can be."
"Johnny trust me once we deliver the package he'll pay us up front."
"You better be right." The men continued walking in the opposite direction from Lucent. He stood close to the wall until reaching the end and peering his head out to see if anyone was there. He made his way toward a the village generators.
"Ok guys I'm in position. When I cut the power Team Bravo you guys take out the two men in the tower. Team Alpha will storm the first house on the left, Bravo make sure you guys give us cover fire. Sergeant Keiser out!"
Lucent pulled out a emp charge device and planted it on the generators. He set the timer for ten seconds then moved back over to the house and waited for the power to go out.
***
Odin took a deep breath before glancing through his scope. The invisible laser targeted on the back of one of the terrorist’s skull. Then the lights went out and there was no hesitation when it came to firing on the assailants. Down they went like rag dolls being tossed around now the real fun was about to begin.
Odin always was the support guy he’d always keep his distance from the battle field, but if it was necessary he would jump in like in this specific battle. “Let’s go guys Lucent needs cover fire!” Odin and his men deviated from their current position moving to the ground level of the battle zone. They began firing at any target that moved. Odin would hold his position, while Lucent began searching the two houses on the right side.
They moved swiftly, silently, with purpose not wanting to blow their cover and reveal their position. Under the star-filled crystalline in Muunilist blaster fire became heavy. Their enemies where a little more prepared for the surprise attack, some of these men must have been in the military at one point. “We’ve got a couple of tanks on our six.”
“Alright move, get our launchers out take that thing down immediately.” Odin grabbed the launcher from Becord’s back and began loading it. He placed the launcher on this shoulder and targeted one of the few on coming tanks. He heard a beeping sound to let him know he had the tank was targeted, launching the PLX-1 missile launcher. The missile was heat sensor based so it wouldn’t fail to meet its mark.
Odin pulled out his binoculars to get a view on the tank, no doubt the tank was destroyed but it didn’t stop the halt the enemy march. There was a battalion of troops heading their way. “You got to be kidding me. You've got heavy battalion infantry squadrons moving in on your location. You guys better get you asses out of there.”
***
Lucent swung around the corner aiming at the first target he saw and shot him in the chest twice. He switched his mask to night vision then kicked in the door to the first house. Briskly moving through the house finding no signs of life. "Clear!" that was shouted throughout the house.
"Lucent you've got enemies inbound on your position." he heard over the radio.
"Odin get in contact with air support, striking positions will be marked by green smoke. Over and out!" Lucent moved toward the window to get a better view of the oncoming men. He lowered his body in a crutching position. One one knee he peered up aiming his weapon at the first target he saw. "Alright boys on my mark fire...Hold, Fire!" A barrage of blaster bolts carved through each of the criminals chests and they dropped. "Lets keep moving men!"
They exited the back way of the house making their way to the next house. When they reached the door Lucent stood on one side and his two comrades stood on the other. He nodded and then kicked the door open. Sending a smoke grenade to blind their enemies and to by enough time to take refuge behind something before the smoke cleared. Lucent separated from his men and moved forward very cautiously.
While moving forward he could make out two silhouettes he quickly raised his rifle and shot at the chest area of both silhouettes, both dropped to the floor. "Alright move, move, move!" Shouted Lucent. They made their way up the stairs, but Lucent froze up and stopped nearly at the top. He heard two voices speaking at the top.
"Get that Radio up were under attack!"
"Sir I'm trying, but the enemy seems to be scrambling our signals!"
"Hurry up, We need to get Banks out of here fast."
Lucent continued moving up the stairs, he threw himself against the wall. Placing his hand on the door nob and crept inward, scanning the perimeter with his weapon for any signs of life. Spotting slight movement in the far corner of the room, Lucent continued to press forward knowing that the moving target appeared to be unarmed. "Hold your fire boys." he said pushing other teammates rifle down.
"Senator Banks?" he asked. The Senator looked scared out of his mind shaking while trying to hid behind a bed post.
"Stay away you bastards!"
"Whoa, hold on were here to get you out of here were from the republic, now we have no time to explain let move," he then spoke through the comm link. "Odin get that air support now we have the package rendezvous 2 miles, over and out! Now Senator I've got one question who is involved?" Before the Senator could answer the question he was hit in the back of the skull the bolt tore right threw his skull almost leaving him with no head or face for that matter.
"Holy nuts!"
"Get Down!" they all dropped to their bellies. "This is Sergeant Keiser abort mission i repeat abort mission. Senator Banks has been killed mission is a failure."
"You gotta be kidding me. You've got heavy battalion infantry squadrons moving in on your location. You guys better get you asses out of there."
"Alright forget the marked signals we need air coverage now!" Lucent rose to his feet and moved out into the hallway "let move men we can't waste time now." They stormed down the stairwell.
Outside they heard heavy blaster fire and sounds of explosions going off. This was the big time they had failed their mission and the Senator was now dead, that meant there was going to be tons of angry republic politicians tomorrow morning. Right now their main priority was to get out alive.
Lucent moved outside gracefully and quickly, with many blaster bolts zipping by his helmet. Now he could hear the sound of engines could it be? It was exactly what he expected. Two attack gunships rising above the tree line firing behind were Lucent and his men.
They were in the clear one of the gunships lowed enough so that Lucent and his men could enter. Once aboard they sat in their seat sighing in relief knowing they had lived to see another day. They meet up with Odin and the others at the extraction point. Once they retrieved the others they returned back to base.
The HTT-26 heavy troop transport slowly creped through the jungle of Muunilist. Their republic cruiser had dropped them from 57 meters in the atmosphere. Fully armored and ready for combat Lucent clinched on to his blaster rifle and began to think about the mission ahead. The comm link began to beep Lucent opened the channel to speak to his commander.
"Alright Sergeant we've got Intel from scouts in the area. These terrorists have been plaguing civilians in the mountain regions, they've finally taken things to the next level. Intel suggests we move from the rear, now we will provide you with minimal air support other then that you guys are on your own. We've also had confirmed reports of Massive bounty hunter and pirate dealings within the vicinity, if things gets to hot you guys get your buts out of there. There is no use in getting yourselves killed for a lost cause,"
"sir may I ask do they have hostages?"
"Yes in fact they've taken a whole village under their control, but we Believe the town was evacuated. Now we have reason to believe senator Banks of the republic was taken hostage. He his our main priority and objective of this mission failure cannot be an option. Your secondary objective is to collect any evidence of anyone who caused this kidnapping there. You know your orders soldier carry on over and out!" The transmission had immediately ended.
The combat transport unit had come to a complete halt and the driver let them know that they were in position. Lucent stood up before his men to give a pre-mission speech for inspiration.
"Alright men this is it. It's the real thing now no more play time with training. Senator Banks is in need of our help that is our main objective, but I'm changing out main objective a little bit. Along with senator Banks we will recover any evidence of anyone who's responsible for this. Our second Objective is our lives men now we have a job to do lets get to it. Let me get a hoorah!"
The other men shouted along with Lucent. The back of the transport unit's back ramp opened and Lucent and his men stormed out guns blazing. Lucent signaled to Odin to take the right side while he took the left. They split into groups of three moving up the side of the mountain. They stood low as if they were duck walking across from bolder to bolder taking cover and scouting for any signs of the enemy.
After about a mile and a half of walking they finally reached an abandoned out post which meant the Village probably wasn't to far from were they where. Lucent retrieved his data pad from his side pouch to check on the coordinates. They were definitely on track or at least what it said on the data pad. Lucent pressed a button on his helmet to activate the comm which allowed him to speak to other members on the team.
"Alright team bravo this is team alpha were moving into position 1 was your six?" Asked Lucent.
"Team Alpha we are in position ready when you are." Lucent nodded and signaled for them to move. They moved through the outpost quickly and quietly. Reaching a slope to the hill that lead to the village. Lucent took cover by ducking behind the tree and pulling out his binoculars to get a better view of the area. Scouting the area he counted about twenty men or so. Lucent made yet another hand jester that told his men to hold.
Lucent moved slowly down the hill, sliding right behind some barrels. He shifted over to his left and rowdy ran toward the nearest house. When he reached the wall several men walked out of the house and Lucent tuned into their conversation.
"I hope Gendared Isn't trying to trick us, you know how sneaky he can be."
"Johnny trust me once we deliver the package he'll pay us up front."
"You better be right." The men continued walking in the opposite direction from Lucent. He stood close to the wall until reaching the end and peering his head out to see if anyone was there. He made his way toward a the village generators.
"Ok guys I'm in position. When I cut the power Team Bravo you guys take out the two men in the tower. Team Alpha will storm the first house on the left, Bravo make sure you guys give us cover fire. Sergeant Keiser out!"
Lucent pulled out a emp charge device and planted it on the generators. He set the timer for ten seconds then moved back over to the house and waited for the power to go out.
***
Odin took a deep breath before glancing through his scope. The invisible laser targeted on the back of one of the terrorist’s skull. Then the lights went out and there was no hesitation when it came to firing on the assailants. Down they went like rag dolls being tossed around now the real fun was about to begin.
Odin always was the support guy he’d always keep his distance from the battle field, but if it was necessary he would jump in like in this specific battle. “Let’s go guys Lucent needs cover fire!” Odin and his men deviated from their current position moving to the ground level of the battle zone. They began firing at any target that moved. Odin would hold his position, while Lucent began searching the two houses on the right side.
They moved swiftly, silently, with purpose not wanting to blow their cover and reveal their position. Under the star-filled crystalline in Muunilist blaster fire became heavy. Their enemies where a little more prepared for the surprise attack, some of these men must have been in the military at one point. “We’ve got a couple of tanks on our six.”
“Alright move, get our launchers out take that thing down immediately.” Odin grabbed the launcher from Becord’s back and began loading it. He placed the launcher on this shoulder and targeted one of the few on coming tanks. He heard a beeping sound to let him know he had the tank was targeted, launching the PLX-1 missile launcher. The missile was heat sensor based so it wouldn’t fail to meet its mark.
Odin pulled out his binoculars to get a view on the tank, no doubt the tank was destroyed but it didn’t stop the halt the enemy march. There was a battalion of troops heading their way. “You got to be kidding me. You've got heavy battalion infantry squadrons moving in on your location. You guys better get you asses out of there.”
***
Lucent swung around the corner aiming at the first target he saw and shot him in the chest twice. He switched his mask to night vision then kicked in the door to the first house. Briskly moving through the house finding no signs of life. "Clear!" that was shouted throughout the house.
"Lucent you've got enemies inbound on your position." he heard over the radio.
"Odin get in contact with air support, striking positions will be marked by green smoke. Over and out!" Lucent moved toward the window to get a better view of the oncoming men. He lowered his body in a crutching position. One one knee he peered up aiming his weapon at the first target he saw. "Alright boys on my mark fire...Hold, Fire!" A barrage of blaster bolts carved through each of the criminals chests and they dropped. "Lets keep moving men!"
They exited the back way of the house making their way to the next house. When they reached the door Lucent stood on one side and his two comrades stood on the other. He nodded and then kicked the door open. Sending a smoke grenade to blind their enemies and to by enough time to take refuge behind something before the smoke cleared. Lucent separated from his men and moved forward very cautiously.
While moving forward he could make out two silhouettes he quickly raised his rifle and shot at the chest area of both silhouettes, both dropped to the floor. "Alright move, move, move!" Shouted Lucent. They made their way up the stairs, but Lucent froze up and stopped nearly at the top. He heard two voices speaking at the top.
"Get that Radio up were under attack!"
"Sir I'm trying, but the enemy seems to be scrambling our signals!"
"Hurry up, We need to get Banks out of here fast."
Lucent continued moving up the stairs, he threw himself against the wall. Placing his hand on the door nob and crept inward, scanning the perimeter with his weapon for any signs of life. Spotting slight movement in the far corner of the room, Lucent continued to press forward knowing that the moving target appeared to be unarmed. "Hold your fire boys." he said pushing other teammates rifle down.
"Senator Banks?" he asked. The Senator looked scared out of his mind shaking while trying to hid behind a bed post.
"Stay away you bastards!"
"Whoa, hold on were here to get you out of here were from the republic, now we have no time to explain let move," he then spoke through the comm link. "Odin get that air support now we have the package rendezvous 2 miles, over and out! Now Senator I've got one question who is involved?" Before the Senator could answer the question he was hit in the back of the skull the bolt tore right threw his skull almost leaving him with no head or face for that matter.
"Holy nuts!"
"Get Down!" they all dropped to their bellies. "This is Sergeant Keiser abort mission i repeat abort mission. Senator Banks has been killed mission is a failure."
"You gotta be kidding me. You've got heavy battalion infantry squadrons moving in on your location. You guys better get you asses out of there."
"Alright forget the marked signals we need air coverage now!" Lucent rose to his feet and moved out into the hallway "let move men we can't waste time now." They stormed down the stairwell.
Outside they heard heavy blaster fire and sounds of explosions going off. This was the big time they had failed their mission and the Senator was now dead, that meant there was going to be tons of angry republic politicians tomorrow morning. Right now their main priority was to get out alive.
Lucent moved outside gracefully and quickly, with many blaster bolts zipping by his helmet. Now he could hear the sound of engines could it be? It was exactly what he expected. Two attack gunships rising above the tree line firing behind were Lucent and his men.
They were in the clear one of the gunships lowed enough so that Lucent and his men could enter. Once aboard they sat in their seat sighing in relief knowing they had lived to see another day. They meet up with Odin and the others at the extraction point. Once they retrieved the others they returned back to base.