[OOC : Warmup post ]

Hashi fondled the big gun in his hand lovingly, running his hand over the smooth metal. Patting the butt of his new sniper rifle, he chortled happily. Oh, she had costed him a fair sum of his salary, but it was damn well worth it. He continued caressing the rifle as if it was his wife and would have probably made love to it if Merrick's soft snoring hadn't distracted him.

"Oh I love you darling," he mumbled softly.

He sighed and carefully set the LJ-90 on the empty seat next to him. He reached out for the black bag on the floor and unzipped it. Rummaging through the contents he smiled as he pulled out an identical pair of D-18s and and a gleaming knife. He playfully spinned the two light blaster pistols in his hands for a minute before stripping them down to check if they were in working order. They were in perfect condition.

Setting down the pistols, he turned his attention to the last weapon in his chosen arsenal, the Hieb and Stich Knife. He gently poked his finger with the sharp edge of the knife and drew a little blood. Twas perfectly sharpened.

"I can't wait to try you babies out on some Rebels," he murmured. The LJ-90, DL-18s and H&S Knife were all freshly bought from the Imperial Center and he had yet to use them in combat.

He finally set his toys aside and pulled out a databank, flicking through the briefing summaries casually and quickly. After a minute of skimming the datapad, he put it away and got up to stretch his legs and take a walk around the corvette.

Boy, it sure felt good to be going back into action again.
 
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TRP/CPL Hashi Shiyun/1SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR]

Afyon called over his men to one side of the shuttle and gave them a little briefing and discussed equipment arrangements.  It was first agreed that Mars would man the rear gun of the sled which would also make him responsible for ensuring that the equipment bay remained secure and undamaged.  After agreeing that, Afyon went over what each man had for equipment so that he could determine what they needed to look for once they got into one of the vehicle bays inside the outer perimeter of the rebel base.

Afyon then got the men to open up their bags of equipment and had each pair of men pack their stuff together so that it could be put in whatever vehicle they managed to take.  Afyon and Slash would go in one vehicle together while Dark Rogue and Mars would take the other.  Afyon motioned to Slash to bring his stuff over to the farside.  Afyon left the field packs as they were, and made sure that the heavy weaponry was packed in a nice strong bag.  He then packed the small amount of explosives in one bag and put the detonator caps with the extra thermal detonators in another bag.  They also had a small bag of extra water and one of extra weapons, Afyon had an automatic rifle and a sniper rifle in there and Slash added in his special weaponry.

When that was all done and the packs were complete, they left them in the corner and went back over to the other two who had completed their equipment arrangements.


"Alright men, the hardest part of this mission at the beginning will be getting inside of the hanger, preferably without being noticed from the outside.  That will mean very quick and quiet movements.  I dont want you to fire unless aboslutely necessary, use a knife or silenced weapon if you have it.  If you use a knife to kill an enemy, make sure you dont let him scream.

Once inside, we will quickly neutralise any of the mechanics and troops inside and find what vehicles we want to take.  We will then load our equipment into them but will not leave quite yet.  First we will find any tools, extra ammunition, or extra rounds for an heavy guns the vehicles might have.  We are going to load these babies to their ultimate capacity.  When we have done that, and it should not take very long at all, we will then try and cut down some of the smaller blasters from other nearby vehicles and load them and their ammunition into our vehicles.  That way if something happens or we need to leave the vehicle to set up a blockade, we have some very heavy weaponry.  One final point, we will put the explosives inside the ammunitions racks in the other vehicles.  once outside the hanger I will detonate them with a remote trigger."

Afyon looked at the men who were taking this all in.

"It is a simple mission if we are fast and quiet, trigger happiness and nerves will ruin this so make sure you dont shoot until once we are inside the building."

Afyon waited for the men to take this important point in.

"When we are ready to the leave the building, we are going to leave it in style.  We will blow open the main doors of the hanger and crash through, guns blazing at everything near by.  By that time, the vehicles inside that hanger will blow up and will cause enough mayhem that wraiths should be able to get through.  We will then race off in our own way.
 
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ASL/SST_Afyon/Dark Dragoon Squad/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/[LoC][IH]

Afyon stood up and stretched before sitting back down with his squadmates.  He was glad to see most of them seemed to be relatively calm and under control.  There was no continual fidgeting, sweating, or nervous pacing.  All in all, Afyon was very impressed by the training of this squad and knew they had a good chance of pulling this off.

Afyon walked over to Kairo and the two went over again how the infiltration of the hanger was going to work.  Kairo indicated that his men had enough explosives to ensure that every vehicle would be destroyed before they raced away from the hanger.  The two men also made sure to remind the squad again to not fire until inside the hanger.  Giving themselves away too early would be disasterous.

After a few more minutes of discussion, Afyon went back to sit down, he began to finally strap on his stormtrooper armor and took out two warm face masks.  One had the entire face exposed while one covered everything except the eyes and mouth.  He would wear the first one under his helmet and if need be, if he had to take off his helmet, he would put the other one on.

Afyon then sat back and tried to clear his mind before the mission, he was excited to see how his new squad would do.
 
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ASL/SST_Afyon/Dark Dragoon Squad/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/[LoC][IH]

D-13 swiveled around in his turret not liking the rotation. He took his own repeater and placed it on his lap, in the extremely unlikely chance they had to bail out. Those cyan eyes of his wandered behind the polarized lenses at Angel, who seemed so relaxed about the mission. The red glow of the aiming grid hit his helmet and reflected off, showing any threats in the way. The trooper turned the little annoying display off and took one more look at his squadmates.

He reminded himself again that this was his first time in battle since coming back, so he needed to make a good showing and maybe score several kills, an easy feat for a heavy weapons specialist.

Dee's eyes stung a bit at not being able to handle the E-WEB in battle but supposed that it was all for the best. Excess weight never really was good for vehicles anyway.

His black-gloved hands unconciously reached for a small pack and pulled out a ration. Nervousness for him was always solved by a small bite. No matter what the situation, a little bite of food served to calm the trooper down some. D-13 looked down at his hands and found that he'd been eating some fish crackers. Bleh.

His eyes caught Angel looking toward Cosmic's sled and overheard his little comment. The trooper silently wished everyone to return safely and checked his guns one last time.
As Fallen said, he thought, do your jobs, Wraiths...








 
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TRP/SGT D-13/3SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1REG/VEA/VE
I love this symbol>
"Warfare is the way of deception"-Sun Tzu

When the shuttles reverted to sublight speed, Kairo and Afyon stood up and ordered the squad to bring their gear to the sleds and to prepare to stand by for a landing.

Afyon and his group dragged the bags over to their sled.  Afyon activated the covering to raise and when it was up, they proceeded to pack the gear into the cargo bay.  Afyon instructed his men to take out their e-11s and keep them with them inside the sled in the event that they had to bail.  The last thing they needed was to be weaponless.

Once the cargo bay was packed, Afyon sat down in the front and examined the controls more closely.  he realised that the front turret rotated and wondered who the hell had designed it.  How was the front person supposed to drive and fire the guns at the same time.  Afyon asked Mars to grab him an equipment box and he proceeded to fix the turret direectly in front of him.  After a little bit of work, the gun was fixed in front of the sled and could be fired from the trigger which had been fixed to the steering controls.

When he was done, Afyon got out of the sled and instructed his men to stand by for the order to land.  He also told them to ensure they had all of their armor on snug and extra gloves to put under their standard stormtrooper hand guards.  It was time to relax and wait.
 
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ASL/SST_Afyon/Dark Dragoon Squad/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/[LoC][IH]

Frog stood on the bridge of the Messanger as it came in to land, Sokudo spoke by his side, "Why are we here? Shouldn't we be down by the ramp with the others?"

Frog shook his head slightly, "I want a look at the hanger before we go charging out. Besides, I don't want to be anywhere near Dragoon, now that Ma's let him off his collar."

Sokudo chuckled slightly, and stopped, as soon as the interior of the hanger bay came into sight. The bay was pretty standard, a large rectangle big enough to fit probably 5 corvettes across, side to side, and just enough room up the back for utility vehicles to run about. There was two large plexiglass windows infront of the 2nd and 4th landing bays, which Frog could only assume were control rooms. There was also another Corvette in the bay, docked in the 4th spot, to the right of where where the Messanger would be landing. There was only one obvious exit from the hanger bay, large double doors on the back wall in front of the 1st landing bay. Finally there was a small enclove on the wall next to the 5th bay where the utility vehicles were stored.

Frog turned to Kuroishi, who was beginning the final landing sequence, "There seems to be a decided lack of equipment here for the Dragoons to hijack, the Corvette would be useful if they can get into it, though it wouldn't surprise me if that utility bay lead through to their tank armoury. My main worry is those panels there," Frog said, pointing to two large odd looking panels on the back wall, to the left and right of the 2nd and 4th bays respectively, "I'd place bets that their recessed turbolasers, useless against us, but they'll cause havoc for the shuttles if we don't get them disabled quickly."

Kuroishi nodded slightly, "I'm sure Wraith can manage to storm the control rooms, assuming Jester can provide a suitable distraction?"

Frog smiled, "Logic says you'll get to the left hand control room first, so just hold that one, I think we can take care of the other. Be ready though, if we fail, you might have to make a rush for the right hand one."

Kuroishi nodded again, and exchanged salutes with Frog and Sokudo, as the three headed down to the ramp where the rest of their squads were waiting.

Frog whispered to Dragoon, "Concentrate you're destruction on the left hand side of the hanger please, try to draw the assault vehicles over that way. I'm sure Merrick and her firesquad can help you there, Sokudo and I are gonna go pay that other corvette a little visit."

Dragoon grinned and nodded, just as the Messanger touched down with a decided clang.


[OOC: Just in case theirs any confusion about my description of the hanger bay, heres a quick diagram that should clear it up, good luck all ]


 
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Corporal Thomas "Firefrog" Phennir

TRP/CPL Firefrog/1SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR]

Jester++

The stupider people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them.

"Well it looks like we are lucky to only have three people. This think would be kinda cramped with four" commented Rema.

"That could be good or bad Rema" said Kairo. "We have more room and can carry more equipment, but if we get into action before we arrive at the base, we will be down a gunner."

"Hmm, point taken." Rema took his bag of which only held his Flechette Launcher, and opened it up. Since the space he was in was still small without the fourth person, he had to take a few of his weapons off him. He stuck his DL-54 blaster pistols in the bag and a few grenades he had on his belt. He thought about putting the vibroblade away, but thought it would come in handy if they had to ditch the sled.

Rema stuffed his bag in the storage unit in the back, and plopped down in the sled. He played around with the gun configuration to familiarize himself. As he fiddled with it he began to hum a familiar tune.....

 
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"Only Trust your Allies as much as you can Predict your Enemies."

"We need Boots! Good Boots! The kind of Boots your mother used to make!"

"Luke, I am your Fasha."

TRP/LCPRema/3SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[LoR][OPE] [AM-B][AM-S][AM-P]

Afyon stared at the controls and began to picture multiple approaches in his mind.  He hoped for the best case scenario in which they would be approaching from behind a number of hills and would be out of visiblility range until the last possible moment.  He also realised that they had to watch out for sensors and outpost guns.

Suddenly this mission didnt seem all that easy.  He hoped for the best though, things never were as bad as he though they were going to be.  Afyon looked back and saw the rest of the squad fidgeting in the sled, just waiting for the drop signal.

"Alright men, out of the shuttle, its warm up time!"

"What the  hell!?" Demanded Slash as he started to unstrap himself.

"You people have cold muscles right now, you wont be able to perform well once we land.  You have to limber up your muscles and get yourselves pumped"

"you're kiddin right?" Asked Mars.

"Nope not at all, get out and line up, its warm up time!"
 
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ASL/SST_Afyon/Dark Dragoon Squad/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/[LoC][IH]

D-13 tried his best to feel enthusiastic about the task but couldn't bring himself. He sighed at the notion. Fallen continued to work on the sled's fire controls and then got a call from Rizzit. The ASL didn't look up from the panels.

"Sixty minutes to drop time!" cried out Angel.

D-13 and Snake repeated the message and continued to work on their last-minute preparations. They must almost be ready by now, Dee suddenly thought. The repeater in his lap just felt heavier the more the trooper thought about the mission and the possible things that could go wrong.

"Damn it! I've always been optimistic, what's going on with me? Who the hell am I?" he accidentally cried out.

That brought an odd look from Snake and Angel. They then returned to their work soon enough, leaving the sergeant drowning in his revelations.

One more look out of the window showed the other Mu3 shuttles. Everyone was clearly preparing for this massive assault on the snowy planet, and he felt pride in the VE stormtrooper corps. D-13 then got into the long process of rewiring his own turret. 60 minutes and counting...
 
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TRP/SGT D-13/3SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1REG/VEA/VE
I love this symbol>
"Warfare is the way of deception"-Sun Tzu

By the time the firing started elsewhere in the hanger, Frog and Sokudo were having a nice little chat with the lone guard outside the other vette. All three looked around when the blaster shots were heard from Control Room A, but the guard never looked back, merely slumped to the ground as Sokudo removed the blade from his back. Frog smiled at him, and began his ascent up the ramp.

"Go and clear out the bridge for me, should be quiet, theres only skeleton crew onboard at the moment," Sokudo nodded in respoonse, and headed off at a quick pace.

Frog held his E-11 at the ready as the door to the comms room swept open, two techs were having a casual chat in the middle of some repairs, and looked up when Frog entered.

"Is there some problem?" asked the first tech.

"Hey, I don't remember seeing you among the crew," said the second.

"Blam, blam blam blam!" said Frog's E-11, and the two tech's slumped to the ground.

Frog spent a minute rewiring some of the gear, and noting down some frequencies on his datapad before leaving to join Sokudo on the bridge.

Sokudo looked up as he entered, "Alls clear boss, they didn't put up much of a fight, were mostly dead before they realised I was here anyway."

Frog walked to the pilots station and began the engine startup sequence, "Good work Sokudo, can you give me a hand with this? Don't worry about the pre-lim checks, I just want the engines running."

Sokudo nodded, and walked over to the co-pilots station to assist. Soon they were greeted by a shudder and the low hum of the engines idleing. Frog ran back to the exit ramp, Sokudo right behind. As they stepped back onto the hanger deck, a loud explosion came from the direction of the utility bay, and Frog could've sworn he heard Dragoon's laugh amongst the noise.

Just at that moment, he heard Kuroishi over his comlink, "Kuroishi to Jester, Control Room A secured, B has been locked down, nothing I can do alone, falling back to other Wraiths, over."

Frog thumbed his comlink onto transmit, "Frog to Kuroishi, great work, we'll handle B, over."

Sokudo gave him an odd look, "Chances are that plexiglass is blaster-proof, even with both vette's pounding it would take a while," just at that moment, the turbolaser next to control room B slid out, and began to powerup.

Frog shook his head, "Seems they'd rather destroy the corvette then let us take it, doesn't really matter, I wasn't planning to run off with it either way," he pushed a few buttons on his datapad and the vette's engines went from a low hum to a more high pitched whine, "I managed to rig a basic remote control system upto the vette, I didn't have enough time to do anything fancy, but it should be enough."

Frog legged it towards the Messanger, as he keyed one last combination into his pad. The vette's engines flared out, and the whole ship lurched forward, and was halted again just as quickly as it buried itself into the second control room. Still under power, the engines forced the ship further into the wrecked control room, bursting a hole in its roof and putting the ship at a 45 degree angle, nose upwards.

Figuring that was enough destruction for the moment, Frog pulled up his datapad to cut power to the engines, which in turn refused to response to his commands. This was explained when he noticed the vette's communications array lying in various pieces on the hanger floor.

Sokudo tapped Frog on the shoulder, and pointed at the approaching armed speeder. The pair ducked down behind some boxes for cover, and drew weapons, until they noticed it was Dragoon behind the wheel.

"Nice work fellas!" Dragoon said, as he hopped out of the speeder, "I took care of the techs there, but there is a way through to the vehicle bays from there. I'd say we only have five minutes or so before we've got tanks to deal with in here."

"Thats ok," said Frog, checking his chrono, "the other squads should be here any minute, and the tanks are DD's responsibility."

Frog thumbed his comlink again, "Frog to Merrick, control rooms have been cleaned up, we're going to have company through the utility bay soon though, hows your end holding up?"

Merrick's voice came back almost immediately, "They've started pulling back here, to concentrate on the other entrance I'll bet, how long till we get backup?"

Frog looked out the hanger bay doors and then replied, "Oh, I'd say any moment now."
 
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Corporal Thomas "Firefrog" Phennir

TRP/CPL Firefrog/1SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR]

Jester++

The stupider people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them.

Angel could feel the shuttle jolt as the pilot carries out the microjumps...It was actually starting to make him feel kinda queasy. finally the shuttle stopped lurching and the pilot came over the com

"Attention all troops, we have entered orbit around Alzoc III, receiving coordinates from VE ground troops. Beginning our descent now."

"Ok you two, strap it in this could get bumpy." Angel said to his sledmates. Angel threw a thumbs up to Rizzit through the viewport, and held on for dear life.

the shuttle jerked hard as it hit the outer atmosphere. Angel could feel the walls shake and the ground tremor. Angel looked behind him and saw Snake taking a little nap. He chuckled to himself and used that to calm his nerves.

The shuttle lurched more violently, and Angel opened the com to the pilot. "What's goin on up there?" he said.

"Sorry sir, taking fire from enemy turrets, seems they had some outside the bases perimeter that the others havent taken care of. im gonna have to peel off and let you guys down about 3 clicks due north of the base. This fire is too heavy."

"Clear it with Rizzit and Cosmic first, then get back to me"

the shuttle rumbled for a few more seconds, then the com beeped. "Sir this is the pilot, were gonna hot drop you 2K N of the base, thats as close as i can get, I've already lost 45% shields."

"OK pilot, just get us there." Angel replied, shutting off the com.

The shuttle began to level out as it approached the ground. Then suddenly the shuttle jolted to one side, and then again, and again, and then it crashed into the ground. Everything in the shuttle was tossed around as it plowed into the snow. The side of the shuttle was torn open as ait gouged itself on a huge rock formation. Angel kicked in the repulor on the sled, and threw the throttle forward, firing the lasers as he went. he burst the slef through the side of the shuttle, then swung around to see Rizzit and Cosmic follow suit. the 3 sleds cleared the shuttle as it shuddered to a halt another 300 yards away.

Angel heard Rizzit open a com to the other shuttles, "This is RIzzit, Raiders and Drill are down, we lsot our shuttle. position is about 2.5 Klicks NE of the base, proceeding with mision, all troops accounted for."

No reply came, so Rizzit contacted Angel. "You guys have the firepower, take point, Cosmic and I will flank you on either side. should take us a little under 15 minutes to reach the base. Now lets move."

"Yessir." Angel replied. "Ok guys this is it, lock and load and keep your eyes peeled. Anything moves, shoot first."

"aye aye" Dee and snake replied.

Angel threw the throttle forward, and the sled shot off across the snowy plains. Angel couldnt help but sing in his head dashing through the snow, in a repulsorlifted sleigh, over the hills we go, blasting all the way...rebels run and hide, or your gonna die, oh what fun it is to drive, a VE sleigh tonite....
 
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Sergeant Fallen Angel
Assistant Squad Leader (ASL): RAIDERS SQUAD
TRP/ASL/SGT Fallen Angel/3SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR] [RoM]

"Never shall innocent blood be shed, yet the blood of the wicked shall flow like a river. The three shall spread their blackened wings and be the vengeful, striking hammer of GOD."

After joining the Drill Squad, Tyummk had been under a deep sleep. He had not known conciously of the environment and of his status. Sleeping through sabacc card games Tyummk finally finds the incentive to wake up. Tyummk drew out of his long sleep when news of his covette had made a landing.

Too excited to think about anything else he wonder, "Am I going to be squandering the planet blowing stuff up and enduring wounds?" Thinking he was still under the Drill Squad as he wondered where his fellow Drill members had gone to. He had looked around the hangers looking for his squad when a Wraith member approached him. Tyummk was informed that he had conciously "passed the stormtroopers recruit test". Oddly enough Tyummk had dreamt that he had passed this and got transferred into the Wraiths. He had not known that his dreams had come true until they were confirmed by his new squad members, the Wraiths, themselves.

Tyummk had always been a man of mystery and insanity and therefore he didn't even know if he was under the influence of his own dreams or not. After roaming around the Hangars  and the nice looking Corvette with such great delight, Tyummk noticed his legs were shaking; probably due to his first mission.

Tyummk then recognized Merrick approaching him, he had only known his fellow superior and stormtroopers through his "dreams" and was unsure whether or not this actualy was a dream. As Merrick approached Tyummk felt uneasy. "Whats wrong? Why do you feel so uneasy?" asked Merrick. "This is my first mission... uhhh.... ummm.... uhhh... mam, I am Wraith's new recruit..." Tyummk responded nervously. "Don't worry worry trooper you will get used to it, it takes one axe... uhhh I mean it takes a few blast to blast the heck out of them rebels," Merrick replied. Merrick left to go check on her fellow Jester squad members when Tyummk wondered in the Hangars.

He observed everything and tried to imagine how the battlefield would be like if this mission had one or not. He asked himself "when will I kick the living guts out of them rebels," while his legs were still shaking.

Tyummk looked over the list he had under his uniform while he was sleeping. On the list it explained how his squad were to be involved during this mission and the equipment that his fellow Wraiths, including himself, would be using. Glancing at the list without thought, he thought more about those dreams he had while he was under deep sleep.

Tyummk quietly thought to himself, "I feel kinda woozy, as if I was in the twlight zone or sumthing..." Suddenly Tyummk had the urge to do consume some Rock Candy he had in his pockets. In his dream he had imagined going up to the moon and slurping tons of milk and honey, In reality when Tyummk had consumed the Rock Candy, he felt a bit sleepy; wondering if the source of his deep sleep derived from his CANDY!!!

Suddenly Tyummk could hear loud "Vroom's Vroom's" coming from atop the galaxy sky. He had sensed that the other stormtroopers had made their landing... Tyummk had forgotten all about his preparations and unfortunately only had what the Wraiths could supply to him as equipment. "Well here's goes nothing... My first mission and I be lucky enough to have my head on my body and my legs NOT SHAKING ANYMORE..."

Geez if this keeps up, my teeth with shake right out of my head.

For the last five or so minutes, the shuttle that held DD had been violently shaking on the way down to the planet.

"Sir! What the heck is going on? Are we getting shot at?" Rema asked Kairo.

"No we are just hitting some rough spots because we are coming down so fast." replied Kairo.

"What?! Tell them to slow down then!"

"No can do Lance Corporal. The shuttle carrying Raider's and Drill was shot down and we have to move this fast so we dont end up like them." said Kairo. "Oh, and i think there also is a new pilot at controls."

"Geez this just keeps getting better and better." Rema didnt know why entry was taking so long. If they were going so fast, wouldnt they have landed a while ago? He shrugged it off and sat back in his seat. He checked his Stromtrooper II Carbine and laid it across his lap. He was surprisingly calm in a situation that would leave some shaking in their boots.

"40 seconds until we land!" yelled a young officer through the com system. Well looks like this is gonna be an interesting day.....
 
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"Only Trust your Allies as much as you can Predict your Enemies."

"We need Boots! Good Boots! The kind of Boots your mother used to make!"

"Luke, I am your Fasha."

TRP/LCPRema/3SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[LoR][OPE] [AM-B][AM-S][AM-P]

Frog ducked back behind the stack of crates, as his blaster hit empty. Grabbing a replacement from his pack, he ejected the old one, and clicked the new in, in one swift motion. Just then he noticed three of the modified sleds charging into the hanger, and Cosmic and the drill kids running in his direction.

Frog offered Cosmic a quick salute, as he and his three PFCs ducked to the ground behind the crates, "Welcome to the action, Colonel."

At the sound of the newcomers, Merrick ducked back from firing, "Oh goody, the backups arrived, wheres DD?"

"They're shuttle was coming in behind ours, they shouldn't be far behind, I'm sure the Raiders and us can hold here without them for a bit."

Merrick nodded, "Good, means we can get on with our job. I noticed a nice discreet service entrance while I was playing around in the vehicle bay, if you can keep them pinned down for a bit, we should be able to get in without too much trouble."

Cosmic turned to his recruits, "You heard her boys, take positions, and keep your head down. We're just trying to keep them distracted, no need for fancy shooting!"

With that, Merrick lead the rest of Jester through the doors and down behind several tanks to a service entrance. Rising her rifle, Merrick slipped through the door, with the rest close behind. The door led to a small access hallway, branching left and right from where they stood.

"Ok guys, we should be able to find a way down through these tunnels, we'll split into fireteams, I'll take my group to the right, Frog, you take yours to the left, back in the direction of the hanger. Try to keep it reasonably quiet, we are meant to be recon after all. Oh, and keep the task at hand in mind, if you find anything, radio it in right away."

Everyone nodded, and Frog began to lead his team down the tunnel, the walls were rather close together, barely enough room for one man, hence it was a little awkward keeping his rifle raised. They came to the tunnel end without incident, and Frog inspected the door.

"It's... jammed, and jammed good, looks like its been bent inwards," Frog looked meaningfully at Dragoon.

"This should do the trick," Dragoon said, tossing a small device to Frog, who placed it on the door, and ushered everyone back.

With a small explosion, the door's hinges gave way, and it clattered to the ground. Frog stepped through and smiled slightly as he spotted the mid-section of a corvette, taking up the majority of the room.

"We're in the second control room, hah, and it looks like some of the upstairs consoles survived my little idea," Frog looked over to the turbolifts, "They apparantly, didn't."

Sokudo walked over to the vette's hull, "I should be able to scramble up here, see what I can find."

Frog nodded his approval, and motioned for Dragoon to follow him over to the lifts, "We need to get down into the base, whether we get one of these lifts working, or just blow it out of the way and scale down."

Dragoon's eyes lit up at the mention of blowing up something a bit bigger then a door. While they were searching for a suitable lift, Sokudo appeared back at Frog's side, "Found something ya might like boss, could be useful."

Frog stopped himself from jumping, at Sokudo's sudden appearance, and turned to follow Sokudo up.
 
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(-Vast Empire-) Corporal Thomas "Firefrog" Phennir

TRP/CPL Firefrog/1SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR]

Jester++

The stupider people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them.

Afyon felt a violent shudder as the shuttle touched down in the snow.  Within seconds, the two DD sleds left the shuttle and sped towards the rebel base.  "Shit!" AFyon exclaimed against the cold harsh wind as he saw what was left of the Raiders shuttle.  "The rebels sure as hell will figure out something is up now when they see that smouldering wreck." He muttered as he gunned the engine of the sled and raced towards the coordinates transmitted to them.

In the back of the sled, Mars was swinging slightly side to side, keeping watch for rebel patrols and outposts.  The other two men were looking keenly out for the rebels but none could be seen.  The other DD sled was racing along faster than Afyon's because it was lighter and soon it was a good fifty meters up ahead.  "Dammit why cant they stick with us" Afyon asked himself as he tried to increase the speed.  The sled lurched forward slightly but then settled back down at normal pace.

Suddenly, Afyon heard shots and felt the sled rock slightly.  Slash had fired his weapon to Afyon's left.  There were two small rebel patrol speeders racing towards the wrecked shuttle.  "Ah dammit they know we are here."  Afyon turned his com on to the frequency of the squad.  "Boys we have company, lets knock out those speeders before they know we are here."

Afyon turned the sled and raced towards the enemy speeders.  Already Mars and Slash were firing their blasters but they were still out of excellent accuracy range.  Afyon turned the sled and pointed head on towards the two speeders, when he was in good range, he activated his front guns from the steering controls and let out a long blast before beginnning maneuvers to avoid rebel fire.

Afyon veered away to the right allowing Mars and Slash to have another go at speeder on the left.  The sled rocked violently as the rebels nailed the front left of the sled which jolted Afyon into hitting the cockpit ceiling with his head.  "THank God for the helmet" he muttered as he began to evade more, the sled responding sluggishly.  On the other side, Kairo's sled was pounding the enmy speeder and the lighter sled was evading its fire with ease.  Another pass by the sled finished off the speeder as the shots blew up the heavy blaster cannon and crushed the repulsor coils underneath sending the speeder diving into the ground with a firey crash.

Afyon turned towards the rear of the second rebel sled that was evading frantically.  His front guns pounded into the rear engines igniting them on fire which quickly caused a chain reaction turning the speeder into a fireball.

"Alright lets get out of here!" he shouted over the com as he turned the sled and headed towards the base.
 
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