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Private Requiem
Training; Heavy Weapons
Level Two: Cover tactics
Story Two: Indirect Fire Operations

Requiem woke up with a large yawn, he pulled the cover's from over his body and stood up. He began to rub his forehead and than started to drag his feet against his floor’s towards the bathroom. Soon enough later Requiem finished putting on his Stormtrooper armor and than walked towards his bedside. Requiem had studied the night before for approximately 4 hour’s on different subject’s.

Requiem traveled to the landing bay and walked towards his LAAT Requiem marveled at the huge mass of Durasteel and than slowly lowered its large ramp. requiem walked down the large corridor and stepped toward its cockpit, he than slid back the door and than stepped toward the chair in front of the control’s good thing I got those lessons. . . took me a while to get the hang of it though . He lifted the landing gear with a push of a button and than activated the thrusters he traveled back to his main destination. Requiem saw the large Facility and than lowered his LAAT onto a small walkway leading toward the building.

Requiem lowered the ship’s ramp and than jumped from his current spot at its beginning, he landed on his knee in his attempt and than got up facing forward looking into the eyes of a large man with black Shocktrooper armor. he must be my instructor for today Requiem saluted with a certain vigor. The instructor turned on the spot and than walked towards the building's front, clearly it was a gesture for Requiem to follow him.

“ so you’re my student today ?. . . your early, there is another student waiting for the course to begin he will be assisting you, follow me. “ The instructor began to step towards a large room door and than stepped through, Requiem followed him and saw another student writing something down on at his desk. He seemed highly unresponsive fine. . . don’t get up , Requiem than walked towards a seat beside the boy and than placed his equipment down.

“ Okay, now who can tell me what a Merr-sonn MobileMortar-3 can be used for remember this training course is for artillery use and how to activate artillery. “

Requiem looked to his right as the boy seemed to raise his hand into the air, Requiem was eager to get his answer out and watched as the boy blurted out the answer before the instructor could call out his name or look to Requiem in the seat to his right.

“mortars are for close and medium range infantry support, as well as to bombard artillery at short to medium range, maximum line of sight 1 kilometre. “ the boy continued to keep his head down after his answer and seemed satisfied with himself.

“Well Done, now when would this be used ? “ Requiem raised his hand to the instructor’s question and the instructor glanced at the other boy and than faced towards him.

“This would be used if any enemies were to try a proximity attack  or if there is a large group of rebel soldier’s approaching in the weapon’s range, it would also be excellent for an army or exceedingly large group of enemies were to approach in the direction of the weapon. seems the studying helped to after all. . .

“Good . . . now let’s go on to towed guns. “ the Instructor nodded his head and  than continued.

“Okay the first is the Golan Arms DF9 (at right) and the Atgar P-Tower. Both pieces appear to be immobile powered turrets, although they are able to quickly be deployed and can instantly engage the area, so there is presumably some method of moving them now what is that? “Requiem than raised his hand into the air as the instructor looked to his student’s for the day waiting for someone to answer it correctly.

“most likely. . . it uses small repulsorlift units which can be bolted to it's underside so that it can be towed around. “The unknown boy said out loud to the instructor and he nodded. The Instructor smiled and than motioned his hands towards a section of the classroom with a line of simulator's.  “Please seat yourself accordingly. “ Requiem followed his order’s and than sat into one the Simulators. Requiem grazed to the simulator beside him and watched as the other boy got ready for the next task.

“ Now during this simulator you will be working with Mechanized Infantry Weapon’s alike the Self-Propelled Medium Artillery (SPMA) and the Unstable Terrain Artillery Transport (UT-AT) also known as “ Trident “. . . you will be using these pieces of machinery today in an educational experience the least we want you to do is learn how to actually activate the machinery and your squad leader’s or assistant squad leader’s will help direct you with the rest.

He began to stray his eye’s towards the instructor as the machine turned on and the simulator began with him and the other boy in a large machine that seemed stationery. Requiem looked around and began to get curious and escaped from its main hatch.

He jumped down from his spot on top of the machinery and landed on the ground below he rotated the large UT-AT and saw the 16 low-power repulsorlift skis that would shift to properly balance the vehicle depending on the terrain. this would be good for some  of my mission’s Requiem climbed back up the machine and than re-entered the main cockpit only to hear the instructor speaking to the group.

“–As one of you already know this is a UT-AT this machine was made to be piloted by 6 people but you can handle it. . .we know that specialists of your level probably wont be using machine’s of this caliber but it is good to learn ahead . . . your mission for the UT-AT is to use it’s weapon’s to destroy the fighter’s Cannon's currently traveling to your direction, this will help you figure out what and when to use a certain machine depending on terrain and range, the first challenge is to activate the machinery. “.

He listened to his instructor as his voice faded to static, Requiem looked to the control panel in front of him filled with large blinking lights. okay, large red button Requiem looked around his person and found a large red button. Requiem pressed it firmly as the machine than raised itself from the ground.

Requiem than placed his hands onto the control panel and moved his right hand to the far-right lever that had the longest length. Requiem slowly pushed it to max as the machine slowly started to warm up checking its balance to suit itself best for the rough terrain, Requiem checked his left side and saw a smaller lever he  placed his hand on it and than pushed it forward, The UT-AT began to glide forward.

“Hey I need some assistance “the young boy yelled to the front of the cockpit he was currently checking the dial’s and support’s for any problem’s.

“What? Anything wrong? “Requiem finally answered to his yell’s with a certain eagerness to get this finished.

“The 3 TIE fighter’s are getting here faster than usual . “Requiem’s face darkened as they began to they began to fire from a distance. The UT-AT shook in its place and than continued to travel on. Requiem than jumped from his seat at the control’s and beckoned to the boy to take his spot. He ran forward’s from the back and sat himself into the control’s.

“My name’s Ranot by the way “

“Not the best of time's but mines Requiem. ”The UT-AT shook once more, Requiem than ran to the right of the hull and than sat down into the 1st Gunner Control panel. Requiem looked to the top of the panel and saw large blueprints, he than raised his hand and pressed 3 button’s on the UT-AT simultaneously green, white and dark red The Monitor opened up after the last Press and it than showed a large black and blue monitor screen. Requiem than slowly pressed his hand to the screen and scrolled down to the Anti-Infantry Laser Turret and firmly pressed the activate, he jumped out of his seat and than slide to the next one.

“ Could you Hurry up ? “Ranot yelled back as the UT-AT’s shields were down by 25 %. Ranot continued on and than pressed a small black button in front of him as the machine began to charge up it’s Anti-Infantry weapon’s. Requiem than smiled and than jumped to the last chair missing the one before checking for weapon's countdown, he had always taken a liking to this part of his courses and than rotated the large machine’s gun’s and aimed them towards the Fighter’s, this seemed hard enough because of the Fighter's large evasive maneuver's but they seemed to calm down after a couple of seconds. Here goes nothing Requiem fired and on a slim chance aiming for their blaster cannon’s, the UT-AT rocked the moment after the shot had hit its mark. Requiem cheered to himself and than continued on.

okay one more to go. . . Requiem than aimed the other cannon directly to the Small TIE Fighter's Cannons and fired another, he smiled as the laser slammed into cannon of the ship as it than sputtered out. The ship’s pilot panicked as the ship rocked out of proportion and than capsized towards the ground in a certain barrel roll.

“ Job well done “ The instructor yelled through the ComLink as the simulator fazed out of their eyes. Requiem looked around him as he saw that Ranot had exited his seat and walked toward the instructor.

“-done well. . . here is your pass “ he handed Ranot a small hologram message and than gestured to the door, Ranot looked behind him and said his good byes to Requiem and than left.

“Ahh, Requiem over here please. . .“ Requiem walked over to hear the lecture.

“ You have done well. Since you are In a squad who specializes in Mechanized Infantry you will probably be using the UT-AT in the future. . . but any who, you have done well and your pass is well earned, remember what you have learned today it will be Monumental information in the future. “

Requiem nodded to the his instructions and took the small holodisk off the table.

“ Thank you for this information “ I’m definitely going to need it Requiem smiled and saluted and began to exit the room the instructor smiled and did the same, Requiem than grabbed his pack and walked out of the small simulator room.

Requiem used the direction’s he remembered from the countless times he had been through the facility and for some entertainment went through the same hallway filled with large poster’s and large plaques and artworks. He began to look at a large painting of a stormtrooper firing off at a large droid army. what I wouldn’t give. . . Requiem walked toward's the large door's or the entrance/exit of the building. He exited the building and walked down the step’s leading towards his ship, he walked towards his new LAAT and lowered its durasteel ramp, Requiem laughed and than continued on trying to get his ship ready for take-off.

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PVT Requiem Shizoa
Paladin Squad
Level Two: Precision Marksmanship
Story 2: Range Finding & Advanced Vector Calculation
Course Type: Practical/Lecture
GRADE: PASS (Angel, 12/19/2008)

Requiem placed his back along the metal headrest connecting from his bed, he crossed his arms behind his head and than rested it on the hard drywall beside his Bed side window Range Finding & Advanced Vector Calculation. . . His brain was stuck on the thought of his next Course, he was somehow calm that it was a lecture but he knew from the Course name that there was going to be hands on training on the subject itself. Requiem forgot about the Course and tried to relax;  I really need to get out more Requiem got up from his spot and than spanned to his left as his leg’s rested on the floor below him and he faced forward, Requiem got on a small suit and than exited the base to do some lap's. Requiem entered back in sweating.

Damn. . . Requiem cursed as he saw the time, he hobbled over to his pack and slowly assembled his 18-piece Stormtrooper armor and placed it onto his body. Requiem tripped over him applying his leg armor and fell to the floor in a clatter. Requiem cursed once more and ran out his room door with his armor assembled and slammed it shut as he ran towards the main loading bay to find a ship.

“Come on. . . Come on. . . “Requiem ran towards the far end of the large docking bay and saw the large Black and White colored LAAT. Requiem admired the large ship and than focused he back into reality. not that much time Requiem dashed from his current spot to the Ship’s ramp as it lowered itself to welcome him aboard. He climbed the ship’s hull in haste and threw his pack to his side as he waited for the Pilot to reach their destination in due time so that he wouldn't be penalized.

Requiem listened as the pilot raised the landing gear from the ground below, the pilot began to activate the thruster’s and entered into the sky as he flew towards his destination. Time to recap on my studying he looked around the ship eager to get to his destination and opened up his Black large knapsack and grabbed a small book with: A Guide to Range Finding & Advanced Vector Calculation inscribed on the front.

Requiem placed the book back down in his pack after he had reviewed most of the basics and thought he was ready for the Course. To his surprise the ship had already began to land and was at its destination, he ran to the ramp of the ship as the ship degraded its thrusters and than landed onto the ground below with a loud thump and the wheel's began to move forward and stay stationery, good I'm on time Requiem bundled off the ship's ramp.

Almost their He ran to the doorway of the Training facility and climbed its step’s and began to trot through the fabled hall of memoirs near the beginning of the Training facility. Okay I’m safe Requiem the rest of the time knowing he could make it to his destination and stopped as the large classroom door husked in front of him, he sighed and went through the doorway to see the Instructor in his service duty uniform behind a desk scribbling something down on a clear blanched piece of paper.

Requiem saluted on the spot as the Instructor looked up from his work to see where the commotion was coming from.

“Hello Sir. . . “The Instructor gave him a weary look and than motion for him to sit down, Requiem followed his orders and positioned himself in front of the instructor eager to begin his class.

“This segment of the course is Minor but is here to inform you on the task that you will partake on if you have not studied on the course before hand. After this their will be a sort of practical exam on what we learn not let us continue, what is Range finding? “

Requiem’s face changed to surprise at how quickly the subject had changed to the task at hand but he remained calm and thought quickly but effectively to answer his question.

“Well. . . I would think that Range Finding is discovering the distance between you and something else or an object between an object without an inanimate object to check your calculations. “Requiem spoke this as if he was reading from his guide book and he searched for it while he was speaking, he felt reassured as he felt the guide book on the side of the pack and than patted it twice.

The instructor nodded and opened his mouth to continue “Nicely done you have studied on the subject, now what is Vector calculation? “ The instructor said this eager to get an answer and move on with the next step of the course.

“Well I didn’t really get to that part in my studying. . .” Requiem confessed and placed his head down in shame.

“ Well that is why we are here, Vector calculation is calculating the range, angle of descent, wind speed, and other factors that apply to weapon’s fire, you follow ? “ The instructor said this with an unusual ease and Requiem had noticed that he had been informed on the prospect before and he had to know it efficiently without error, Requiem nodded and waited to continue.

“Now when would Vector Calculation be needed? “

Requiem smiled and than replied in haste to get the lecture part of his course finished and said “when you don’t have a range finder or an advanced scope when you are using a long Range weapon. “

The Instructor nodded and walked around his desk he motioned for Requiem to follow and he led him to the far right of the room. A large slab of the wall slid out of place when the instructor stepped closer to reveal a large metallic room with various firing range’s aligned connecting to each other to stay in place. Requiem smiled and nodded as he stepped forward he turned back to ask for more information only to reveal that the entrance was gone and the instructor was nowhere to be found what? Requiem looked around the large storage bay and continued towards one of the ranges.

“Okay im supposed to do something. . . “ Requiem looked to his left as a StA-52 SLAR (Sniper_Light Assault Rifle) rested on a small platform beside him ready for use. That’s convenient he grasped the weapon as a beeping was heard and an odd green aura began to glow from the platform after the equipment was taken. Okay? Requiem glanced down the firing range as he saw minuet figure’s floating ominously in dead space. Requiem looked down the lane and placed the weapon over his forearm to restrict recoil lets start. . . Wait Wha' ? .

Requiem grimaced as he finally surveyed the entire weapon and saw that the Weapon's advanced scope was gone and he had to use his own techniques to finish his Course. Soon enough he remembered what the instructor had taught him and began to use it to his advantage on the course itself and than began to survey the lane's length and its angle towards the targets.

“ Please Calculate the range or distance from you to the target’s down range. “ Requiem nodded and tried to word out the Instructor's teachings beforehand.

okay Requiem glanced around the room and estimated that the space round him was 120m by 35m Requiem checked this by remembering that his squad mate had shown him a large room that was 122m by 29m and this room's size wasn't that far off. Requiem nodded from his calculations and than spoke over the Comlink to have them connected to the Instructor.

" 120m by 35m ? "Requiem said into the ComLink to get back his answer.

" Close enough. . . .you may begin to use the Range " The Comlink repeated back with an unusual sadness in his voice.

here goes He waited as the weapon was fully activated from the Instructor's request and it could be used. He placed his eye in the same position even though it lacked the usual material. He fired into the range and smiled as his calculations had worked to a small extent as the target's arm had a singed hole through it. Okay lets try on the 2nd Requiem continued with his Range calculations and changed them to his liking and fired down range. Requiem raised his vision from its place as the blaster had hit just outside of the border or the center target not bad. . . he picked up his weapon in anxiety as the last of the target was already hit.

“We will begin the last segment of our Practical exam please follow towards the elevator and precede to the last level “Requiem listened to the familiar female voice and than followed orders. He stepped towards a large metal cylinder with a door like opening extending through the ceiling; Requiem walked through it and watched as the doors closed behind him. He slowly looked to the ceiling and than looked back around as music began to fill the elevator as it began its decent to the upper levels.

Requiem turned around in haste as he saw the elevator open behind him, Requiem felt a harsh breeze hit him in his face and he grimaced from its ferosity he exited the elevator and walked toward the cliff edge. A small target could be seen in the distance but was too hard to make out and Requiem thought that this was another segment of the rigorous test.

“ God. . . what to do “ Requiem reached to his back and grabbed the StA-52 SLAR (Sniper_Light Assault Rifle) he was given earlier at the beginning of the test. Requiem fell to the ground below him and than lowered the weapon's mounts as he got ready to fire with precision, he grimaced and than began to remember the instruction’s given by the instructor range, angle of descent, wind speed, and other factors. . . Requiem began to focus on the range from him and his target, Requiem knew that the distance was under 300m and he presumed that the height he was and the scale down the summit would have been 160m Range, done

Requiem noticed that the target was on its left side facing into the wind, he aimed it down to the target and tried his best to stray away from the wind, he angled it more towards the target when he had enough room to stay close enough to hit the target Okay, Wind Speed Requiem smiled as how he had finished most of the points of Vector Calculation and how much it helped him with his precision.

Requiem condensed on his finger and raised it into the air, the wind was fast and Requiem thought it to be 6 km an hour he than measured wind direction at the same point and angled his Weapon accordingly, at last Requiem remembered the weapons range of 250m and knew that they were in its parameters and fired, The wind blew into his eyes as a loud crack was heard.

Requiem waited for the smoke to clear as he saw the target stationery with no physical attributes he winced as he saw that his shot had hit beside the overall target, Requiem knew that in other conditions the risks would be greater and he placed himself into his normal position, he was eager to get the right calculations and moved to the correct place, he shivered from the cold after he fired his 2nd shot at the target and saw that he had hit the target in arm and got up not so good. . . I need to work on that . Requiem walked over to the side of the cliff face and saw a small door appear. He walked towards it and than stepped through into a small room with the instructor facing towards the door with his hands behind his back.

“ You have done mediocre but have passed for today you need to remember what you have learned because it can be needed at any point in time when sniper fire is needed . “ Requiem smiled from the instructor’s words, the instructor looked to him and nodded he than directed back to the elevator and followed Requiem as he walked to it. Requiem watched as he pressed the metal above the button's and smiled as the door closed shut and the metal glowed a yellow and than disappeared.

He stood in the elevator and continued to wonder on why the instructor had done what he had done to the elevator. To his surprise he saw Pick-up ship in front of him. Requiem escaped the elevator and rotated around it's base noticing that it extended out of the ground itself so that's what it was for. . . Requiem laughed and entered the ships hull as it lowered itself to the ground floor, he threw his pack on to a seat and than sat beside it eager to get to the Storm Platoon Base.

Angel wrote:COMMENTS 1:

Ok. Not bad. I won't pass you quite yet, however.

- Starting out with a bunch of filler gets you used to writing it. We don't need to know about the painting on your ceiling to see if you understand your story
- These stories are meant to be during your time in the academy. - Therefore you won't have your own ship. Training is done in service duty uniforms (armor is for battle only)
- In the field you can't pace off distances for range finding.
- What is the green field?
- Weapons don't appear on walls
- Chances are using your thumb and estimation from 250m won't get you a perfect hit on your first try. Don't be afraid to make your character struggle on these. It makes it more realistic.
- Watch your spelling, punctuation and grammar. Capital letters on proper nouns. Capital letters on every new sentence.
- Commas are used to pause thoughts, periods to end sentences. Copy every post into Word and spellcheck/grammar check. Some of the stuff (clauses and the like, can be ignored)
- Finally. Proofread, Proofread, Proofread. Read it out loud. You'll find all your mistakes that way.

Angel wrote:COMMENTS 2:

Much better than the previous version. Two more things to watch out for: 1) Watch your use of "there" (shows position) "their" (shows posession) and "they're" (shows status). 2) Periods follow all internal thoughts. If you notice, anytime you italicized an internal thought, there were no periods.

Grade:PASS

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Private Requiem
Paladin Squad
Level three: Weapons and Electronic Repair
Story 2: Armament Maintenance and Repair
Course Type: Practical

Requiem woke up with his eyes darting back and forth, Requiem closed them and than stretched his arms. He than hesitated and began to get scared when he couldn’t see anything when he woke up but than calmed down when he sat himself up and a book rolled off his line of vision. wow . . . Requiem shuffled under his bed sheet and got up.

He moved the sheet’s from on top of his body to his right as he than placed the sole’s of his feet onto the cold tiled floor. Requiem rubbed his eye’s as he checked the time good Requiem than looked back to his bed and wondered, he looked at it to figure out if it was presentable and tried to fix it. It didn’t work as well as he planned and just left the sheet.

“Back to life. . . “Requiem walked over to his cabinet and opened it in a feeble attempt, it creaked in protest and than stood in place, Requiem grabbed a small hologram projector from inside of it and than produced it in front of him.

“Hello, private Requiem . . . your course today will be based on armament maintenance and repair. . .of course this includes weapons ranging from an E-11 Blaster Rifle to a DC-17M Interchangeable Combat System if wished you can bring your own neglected weapons, the courses base is the same as last but we will be speaking about how often to maintenance your weapon’s. Time is of the essence and tardiness will not be tolerated “Requiem yawned as he heard the message and he stuffed it back into his cabinet.

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Requiem had gotten ready in under half and hour and was ready for his training course, his memory was thinning and he listened to the message again  and wondered if he wanted to bring his own weapon, he chose his own DC-17M Interchangeable Combat System and than packed it as well. Requiem smiled as he exited from his room, he walked through the Storm Platoon base eager to get to the landing bay to board his usual ship.

Requiem walked through the large bay door’s and ran towards the usual spot for the LAAT, he looked around his person only to see that the ship was nowhere to be seen I’m not that early am I ? he felt a sudden wind push him back.

“Trooper Move back from the LZ “Requiem followed order’s and moved back.

He than raised his hand and covered his eye’s as he looked up to see the morning sun and the LAAT slowly floating down to its normal position just on time Requiem watched as it lowered is landing gear and than rested down upon its haunches almost eager to get going.

The ship’s ramps lowered to show the large hull of ship and Requiem gracefully stepped onto the treads of the ramp and than slowly walked up into its hull. He placed his weapon to his left and organized his duty uniform. Requiem was trying to stay awake so that he wasn’t late for his next course, he had a bad strife with being late and he didn’t want to find out the consequences for being late 3 times in a row. Requiem sat down and looked around him as he heard the large machine he was flying in begin to make noises he had never heard before. Requiem frowned as he heard the Pilot yelling into the hull as other member’s of the crew on the ship ran to their separate duties.

Requiem slowly shook as the Pilot than spoke through the ship in an angry sort of tone “Okay. . . We have reached our destination “Requiem gracefully picked up his equipment and than walked to the ship’s ramp.

The ramp lowered as Requiem saw leaves being blown back with a harsh force which was obviously from the ship’s thrusters. Requiem watched as the ship didn’t land but stayed in a hover, he than jumped down from the ramp and landed on his feet as he than turned around to see the LAAT than lift back into the sky.

“Now off to class. . . “Requiem than grasped the handles on his equipment and than walked towards the building’s steps. Requiem walked through the large double door’s and continued on the usual route to the classroom. Requiem walked through into the usual classroom and glanced around to see the instructor from the day before in his service duty uniform.

“Ahh . . . the tardiest student . . . but today the first trooper to be here, seems I don’t have to doubt you anymore. Shall we begin? “

Requiem nodded and than sat down, he than reached into his pack and grabbed his own Repair kit he had bought the day before and rested it on the desk. He than proceeded to grab the DC-17M Interchangeable Combat System from his pack and placed it gently onto his desk. Requiem examined the weapon and sucked his teeth since even he noticed that the weapon heavily needed some dusting and some attention of its own.

“Since you are currently the only trooper here this early we’ll start your course now. “

Requiem nodded as he than opened his repair kit and than placed the tool’s down in a row beside him on the table. The instructor continued to speak while he began to repair his armament.

“Now . . . when should you maintenance your weapon? “The instructor asked with an eager tone to get this part of the course finished, Requiem noticed the large pile of paper’s on his desk which he believed to be something that he did for a living probably categorizing reports and such.

“Before a mission, or before you use it for anything else? Maybe practice or at a range? “Requiem replied still looking down at his weapon, he brushed some dust off a small opening on the weapon and coughed as he inhaled it into his system.

“ There are other examples but yes you have the jest of it, now if you were in battle. . .your repair kit was gone and a large group of trooper’s were advancing on your position and your only assistance was your weapon when would you maintenance it ? After the battle or just do a quick run through of the weapon to make sure it was functional. ? “

Requiem rubbed his chin slowly and than spoke out as he looked directly at the instructor “I would say do a quick run through of the weapon . . . not only is it the most logical choice but if your about to enter a battle the smartest thing to do was to make sure it was functional, since it could cost you your life if you didn’t. “

The Instructor walked back to the front of the room and circled around his desk and sat down leisurely. “A good answer to an easy question, you may proceed to finishing your repairs. “

Requiem nodded and than finally looked to the clean spectacle of his DC-17M Interchangeable Combat System it had some mediocre repairs to make but he accepted the choice that he had to do it. Requiem than slowly changed the weapon to its Sniper setting and watched as the barrel of the weapon flipped over to reveal a hinge twice its size and a glowing blue orb at its end. seam’s to be fine Requiem than closed it back as he than looked to its normal setting. Requiem changed to the anti-armor section and noticed the weapon was jammed in place by a single anti-armor capsule. 

Requiem picked up a small tool and inserted it into the magazine as he than clenched the tool gently as it gripped onto the capsule. Requiem slightly shifted the tool as the capsule fell out and stayed motionless. that was close Requiem sighed and than placed the weapon under his arm, it was fully fixed and ready for use by a trooper. Requiem walked up to the front desk and placed the DC-17M Interchangeable Combat System on top of the instructor’s tall pile of work. He checked it slowly and than whistled in a melodious tune.

“Nice work Trooper . . . you have passed for today Tomorrow’s course will be based on hands on work. Do not bring any equipment except for your armor that is all that is needed and I will be seeing you tomorrow morning at 6:00 sharp “

Requiem nodded and than preceded to the entrance of the facility with his pack under his arm and his Interchangeable combat system snuggled safely inside. Requiem walked back outside as he saw the LAAT landing and lowering its ramp eager to get back on its main route. Requiem clambered aboard and threw his pack to the side he than slowly rested his head and than took some heavily needed rest.

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Private Requiem
Paladin Squad
Level Four: Weapons System's
Story 1: Weapons Emplacement
Course Type: Lecture

Requiem slowly packed up his things for his next Training Course, Requiem was excited for this one, more than others because it was his first course lecture. Requiem wasn't only happy about not losing a lot of energy but also he was able to learn in a classroom a like back in the academy which he excelled at doing. Requiem grabbed his pack and than walked to the Loading Dock. Requiem climbed aboard the ship and than seated himself into the ship's loading bay and waited for the Ship to reach their LZ.

Requiem Looked around the ship and saw 6 other troopers sitting down talking to each other on the other side. Requiem slowly tried to listen in but only heard muffles voices. Requiem slowly shrugged his shoulders and than slowly got from his seat and walked over to the Ramp. Requiem stood in front of it and looked down through the window planted inside of the metal, Requiem admired the clouds and the large open spaces they passed along the way, Requiem would of given anything to be their one day.

The ship began to rock and than stabilize itself out as it than began to land onto the landing pad. Requiem smiled and than rested his back on the large durasteel post connected to the Ramp, which let it elevate down and up in the same formation. Requiem walked back over to his seat and grabbed his bag, Requiem looked down and than waited for the hip to fully rest upon the pad so that they could safely land the vessel.

The long white ramp slowly made a loud whirring noise as it lowered itself down. The troopers than exited and than walked up to the facility. Requiem slowly followed into the middle of the pack as they all than entered a large classroom. Requiem took a seat at the front so that he got all of the information given. Requiem slowly placed his book at his side as he than reached down and picked up a writing utensil. He placed it over his ear for easy access as a Instructor entered the room slowly.

" Hello Trooper's, Today we will be talking about where to place heavy and squad weaponry along with artillery. As a squad's Heavy Weapons Specialist it is key to understand how weapons work on a battlefield, and the flux and change of where weapons and artillery are needed most. Now it seems that some of you have already placed your equipment in this room, that is fine but we will be moving on to another room, may leave your thing's here. "

Requiem wondered what he had said by " moving on to another room " and than picked up his things. Requiem slowly followed the instructor towards a small door at the far left side of the large classroom. The Door than slide to the side as a Large White room was produced. Small machines stood in the middle of the room as Requiem saw that the machines were Simulator's.

I thought this was a lecture ? Requiem slowly looked to the instructor as he had seen Requiem's response and than slowly waved his hand in a certain welcome gesture at the machines. Requiem smiled and than placed his bag to the left of him on the far left side of the machines. He than seated himself down and than slowly placed his body into the simulator. The Simulator activated it self as the Instructor began to speak.

" This is a large simulation we have put together for all of the aspect's of this Lesson. It seemed easier to do than the large 2 hour or more Lesson's we usually give, so please listen attentively, the 1st aspect we are taking is we will be talking about where to place heavy and squad weaponry along with the artillery along the front lines and other spots along ground zero now. . . lets begin. "

Requiem eyes dilated to the rooms brightness as the machine than activated itself to the Instructor's press of a button. Requiem's vision changed as he slowly stood in his StormTrooper armor in a battlefield with the other members of the troop. He began to hear the Instructor through his ComLink in his helmet.

" Now, lets begin- "  A small sound was heard as blaster fire was seen and other troopers stood by turrets and Other squad weapons and were firing off at an army of Rebel's. " Now your mission is to Make sure everything is in order to your understanding of the Objective- " The Instructor began to reinforce his idea and continue to tell the Troopers of how to do most of the course.

During the end of his speech the trooper's dispersed and than looked to the Equipment and began to make their changes. okay down here look's good Requiem saw a small cliff to his Right, he looked up the small escarpment to see that it was far enough and long enough to place a weapon and be able to fire at the exit of the canyon they were placed. Requiem began to run towards the escarpment and found footholds in its place. Requiem scaled it slowly and reached the top.

Requiem slowly reached to the end of the cliff and saw a small crate behind him. Requiem ran towards the Crate and saw a EAW-25/4 Chimera Heavy Weapons Platform, Requiem smiled as the Instructor slowly spoke into his ComLink. " seems you found the bonus, Let's see what you do with it " Requiem nodded from his information and than slowly lifted the weapon from its Casing.

Requiem kicked it closed and than wandered the cliff edge. Requiem placed the weapon at the far edge of the cliff and slowly began to Set it up. Requiem placed the weapon down and than began to placed the weapon in his desired place, He began to fully control the weapon and made sure it was functional and used the principles he learned from his last training course.

" Hmm good enough position, seems your making sure that if they retreat, you can take out a good enough of their number, smart. Your also making sure of thinking ahead since they probably wont retreat now but its good that you set it up so that time isnt wasted before hand. " Requiem slowly left the escarpment and walked to the edge of the cliff and climbed down slowly. Requiem landed on his feet, and began walking toward the Front Lines. Requiem saw that the rebel's began to back away but broke from the side and than extended out, and began to see a small forested area at the right of the Army.

That could be used Requiem ran over to the spot and saw a large metal crate, 2 weapon's were inside to be used Requiem regarded the other and Grabbed a small crate with the name ESPO Grenade Launcher inscribed on the top of the weapon. Requiem placed it into Cover and hid it so that the Army could not see it. Requiem began to set-up the Machine and than placed it so that it could Fire when ready. Requiem reloaded the Machine and than positioned it into the side of the army.

Requiem slowly walked along the front Lines but crouched to keep away from Rebel Fire. Requiem began to run as he saw an empty turret spot. Requiem looked to the right and positioned it into the front of the Rebel's and than set the EHWB-10 Heavy Repeating Blaster up. Requiem fully set up the machine and stood their admiring his work as he Fully remembered the Instructor's Speaking and followed his words to a T. The Simulation began to go towards an end when the other trooper's had finished their work and responded to the Instructor's words at the beginning of the course.

" Sir, I'm done " Requiem spoke into his Comlink.

" Good you,ll be out in a second. " Requiem soon began to wander as his vision changed back to the large white room and saw the other troopers slowly beginning to exit their Simulator's Requiem did the same and picked up his things. He walked over to the Instructor and was given a small Holo-gram message. The Instructor began handing them out as the trooper's began to leave the room and he yelled after them.

" We will be contacting you through those don't forget them " Requiem placed the Message into his pack and walked back to the ship and climbed aboard.