Anubis checked over his supplies, and felt pretty well for whatever the mission was to come.  It didn't matter though, Anubis was happy to finally return home after so much time had passed.

The last time Anubis was on Corellia was to battle his way towards an Imperial General in order to save his love.  While he did succeed, the outcome was a bleak one with the Empire watching for him.  His years spent in the outer rim, then finally his time in the Vast Empire made him yearn for home again.

Now the time was finally coming, that he could return home.  Anubis remembered his homestead outside of Coronet, how the lake nearby shimmered during dusk and dawn, how the plains of golden grass blew in the wind, and most of all, how comfortable it was to just lie there, without worry, without regret.

But that was the past, things had changed in the Galaxy.  The time of eternal peace and serenity was over, and likely would remain over for a long time to come.  Anubis focused his mind on the mission.  Hmm...there's a number of things that we could target, the shipyards, the New Republic base there, plus a number of CorSec targets.

Anubis in some ways wished that things wouldn't require them to attack CorSec, but other parts of him told him that it might be required due to the shakey nature of CorSec when it came to the Empire.  However, above all things, Anubis left a mental note to himself that a travel to his homestead was needed, not just to visit his home, but to get something.

And with that, Anubis boarded the Sweetums, ready to sleep after the trip from Kerrest, and if he coudn't do that, at the very least take a nap.
 
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+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +
TRP/CPL Anubis Benor/4SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Wraith Squad
Vast Empire Army

Stonefish lay on his bunk, staring at the bulkhead. He rubbed the bandages wrapped around his midsection, a legacy of the unit's recent trip to Kerest and a lunatic ride off a cliff.

What Daishi had told him earlier had been puzzling, and was the first he had heard of any such apprentice. This was disturbing, since Stonefish was the only other member of the rogue remnant of the Intruder Wing, the group once called the Fallen Angels, Stonefish counted himself as one of the closest to the cloned twins. That he should keep something this serious from one of his closest was equally puzzling.

"Probably none of my business anyway," he muttered, "I should get some sleep. If this turns out the way things usually do, I'm gonna need it."
 
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Ramon Stonefish

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Lukas walked in just as all the other squad members had eaten. He didn't feel like eating, so he went and sat down in a dark corner of the room near the window.

One person caught his attention, it was the young lady in line behind Anubis, he studied her for a few moments at her few quick motions and made some mental notes about her.

He overheard a few things that Daishi had said about her and kept those words in the back of his mind, incase he needed it for later. Lukas grabbed  his datapad out of his breast pocket and continued to read over the mission briefing about Kerrest.

By the time he had gotten finished with what he wanted to read, the squad had gotten done eating and where all huddled around Daishi and Ramon Stonefish. Lukas got up and walked over to where they were all in the little circle.

It took about fifteen minutes for Daishi to explain all what was going on with the mission. Lukas peered into Daishi's eyes as he talked and made eye contact. He nodded every now and then to signal that he understood.

After Daishi explained what was going to happen, he walked away from the table and headed off towards his quarters, thinking about what would happen down there.

He couldn't wait.
 
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Name: Lukas Yuy
Rank: Lance Corporal
AS-4/TRP/LCPL Lukas Yuy/4SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath
Joined: May 30, 2002
Occupation: Sniper/Special Forces

The trip to Corellia seemed to last for weeks, when it really only took a standard day.  Anubis spent much of that time sleeping, preparing himself mentally for a return home.  This rest was tainted with dreams however, various ones...from Wraith as a squad fighting to victory over New Republic insurgents, to Anubis being attacked by various thugs in the darker alleys of Coronet.

Daishi called them all in for one final run-down to make sure everyone was ready for their trip down.  The Sweetums exited hyperspace not more than a few thousand clicks from Corellia.

The space traffic around Corellia was nothing different than when Anubis last visited Corellia, maybe even a little more congested.  One notable difference however was the change in government.  While before Anubis came to Corellia when the Imperial Diktat still help office, now an appointed Secretary-General loyal to the New Republic held office.

The Star Destroyers that once held patrol duties over the temperate planet were replaced by a few Mon Calimari Cruisers, and a considerable amount of Corellian Frigates.  Anubis noted how CorSec had taken a larger part in the security of the system, and how piracy wasn't as apparent as the last time he had been home.

The Sweetums approached a moderate sized Passenger Liner, likely the Dromadary.  Daishi took the comm and hailed the Liner.  "Dromadary this is the Sweetums, request permission to dock."  There was a moment before a respone came from the Liner.  "Roger Sweetums, permission granted, dock at arm 2."  The Sweetums made her way towards one of the four docking arms on the ship.

The Wraiths piled into the crowded passenger liner, and with a slight nod to Stonefish, Daishi pressed the button that closed the blastdoors between the ships.  A resounding thud was heard as the Sweetums detached itself from the Dromadary and the Wraiths made their way into the crowd of people to blend in with them.

Taking a seat near one of the windows, Anubis looked out as the ship made its way towards Corellia, then a ping was heard indicating a message was about to be broadcast to the passengers.  "This is your captain speaking, will all passengers please take their seats, Coronet is currently under rocky conditions, so it is advised for everyone to activate their restraints to ensure a smoother landing.

The various passengers activated their restraints, which was actually a small repulsor that kept an individual in their chair in most instances where bumps would cause an individual to fly out of their seat.  Anubis took notice of a strangeness in Gabriel, and decided to egg her on a bit.  "This is where the fun begins." Anubis told her as the ship dipped into the Corellian atmosphere to become part of the raging storm that thundered across Corellia's capital.
 
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+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +
TRP/CPL Anubis Benor/4SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Wraith Squad
Vast Empire Army

[Author:  Special thanks to Cosmic for helping me out with some really interesting ideas for my subplot.  /Author]

Kuroishi lay in the hospital bed.  His otherself had put him there.  He may not have pulled the trigger but he was responsible.  He even understood why.  He had become what they both had feared they would become if they ever crossed the line that they flirted with so often.  Perhaps the scariest part to Daishi was that he now accepted what he had become, a remorseless killing machine bent on making the New Republic pay for all the evil it had caused.

Kuroishi looked down at his limbs and was suprised that they were still bandaged up.

Noticing he was not alone in the room Kuroishi was not sure who was in the bed next to him because the dividing curtain was between them.

The stillness in the room was almost maddening.  Suddenly the door opened.  The light from the hallway hurt Kuroishi's eyes as he adjusted from the darkness.  In came a human male doctor.  Nothing really stood out about the man.

"How are you doing Seargent?"  The man asked in a deep voice.

"I've been better.  When can I get back to my unit?"  Kuroishi answered.

"There is a bacta shortage right now from dealing with all the casualties from Kerest.  It is likely that it will be some weeks before we can spare the bacta for your relatively minor wounds."  The doctor said calmly.

"Great.  There's something more isn't there?"  Kuroishi responded sensing the doctor wanted to say more but was holding back.

"I'm Psychiatrist Telgran..."

"A shrink?  What the hell I need a shrink for?"  Kuroishi interupted the doctor.

"Fine.  I got other people to help but try to remember this:  It is easy to die or even kill for something but to live for something is far more rewarding."  The doctor said as he left.

Left alone in the room in the silence Kuroishi could hear the breathing of the occupant of the bed next to his.  What the shrink said made sense.  In his state he was likely to lead men to thier deaths for the sake of satisfying his own drive for cold blooded revenge.  Deep inside he knew there was a part that abhored that thought.  It went against everything he was taught at the Varneck Royal Military Acadamy.

"You were rather mean to that psychiatrist."  The voice of a young female spoke with an odd accent.

He may be okay with being a remorseless killing machine but Kuroishi knew he was going to be where he was for quite some time and even he would need someone to talk to.

"I am sorry about my language.  By the sound of your voice no one as young as you should be subjected to such harsh words.  I am Robert 'Kuroishi' Lee.  A soldier in service to the Vast Empire.  May I inquire as to who you are?"  Kuroishi said speaking the truth.

"I suppose it won't hurt anything.  Not like my father even knows or cares where I am.  I am Minari Ryoko.  I am here because my father abandoned me and my mother died when I was young.  Since he was on a business trip and I was with him I have no way to get back to my family.  I wound up in this hospital because a New Republic sympathetic terrorist cell destroyed a building that I was walking past.  Why are you here?"  Minari Ryoko answered.

"I am here also because of the New Republic and those that had a hand in creating it.  Under Imperial law the actions of your father would not be tolerated.  Well Minari it seems we have something in common."  Kuroishi said with obvious disdain.

Again the New Republic had twice forced suffering on this girl.  Kuroishi would not let that slip by so idly.  For now all he could do is be her friend though and he knew it.  For now that was enough.

"My given name is Ryoko.  My people's customs say that we should always introduce ourselves with our family name first then our given name."  Ryoko corrected Kuroishi.

"I apologize Miss Minari.  Since we are not going anywhere anytime soon perhaps we can talk to each other about some of the places we've been."  Kuroishi said feeling a little embarased at being corrected so harshly by such a young girl.

"Okay.  I'll start with my home of Edo on the world of Turtle Bay.  It seems so long ago but I still remember the warm summers, the cold winters with snow on the mountains.  Everywhere you went there seemed to be mountains.  I think my favorite thing to do growing up was to play in the warm spring rains.  I wish I could go back and live with my Grand Mother.  She would spend hours everyday teaching me the ways of our people that were dying out in the face of contact with outside worlds and then she would go on to teach me about all the different things you can do with plants."  Ryoko said with a great deal of saddness in her voice.

"I suppose it is my turn.  I was born in Vectra City on the world of Varneck.    Varneck was not an intentional colony.  The high gravity made sure that those who survived the crash to form our world were strong and sturdy folk.  Generations passed as the inhabitants leaned how to adapt and what could grow and be eaten.  By the time I was born there was a population of about eleven thousand people on the whole world.  Everybody knew each other because there were so few people on the entire world.  Sure there were mountains but they were so far away that you never really saw them unless you made a trip to the mining facilities.  Other then that we never really explored our world.  My mother died when I was young as well.  My father took it hard at first but he took up the responsibility of raising me.  He taught me how to survive on the tundra that surrounded Vectra City during the summer.  During the rest of the year there was the snow.  It was always cold.  I miss the cold.  When it was not safe for me to go outside I would spend my time taking things apart and putting them back together again.  My family owned a business producing a local citrus fruit that was rather intoxocating.  My father always made sure I had a good understanding of the business when I took over.  He had always taught me about duty and responsibility to oneself and one's world.  I spent most of my life on Varneck eventually learning how to be a soldier and falling in love before I left.  The colors of the tundra during the growing season wer magnificant."  Kuroishi said thinking back to happier times with a sad joy obvious in his voice.
 
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Kuroishi Wraith VEA
Daishi Raptor VEN
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"And the sound of many heads hitting many solid objects was heard throughout the land." me
Avatar by scientist computer graphics subdivision of Clan Wombat.
"It's not what I'm on it's what I'm NOT on."-far as I know me
Agent of wierdness

Lukas walked through the rain a little ways back from Wraith squad as they approached the equipment drop zone. He didn't feel like talking to anyone as he thought about the past missions and experience he had gained with Wraiths and his little encounter when he was with the Raiders. Plus the departure of Stonefish. The rain splattered against his face and slid down his face, he was totally drenched when they reached the drop zone.

The cargo arrived fifteen minutes later after they had reached the drop zone. The Wraiths and Gabriel rushed inside, to get out of the rain, and found there cargo safe and sound, as was expected. Lukas checked and rechecked to make sure everything was there. He watched as the other Wraiths checked there gear and supplies. Something Lukas hadn't noticed when they walked in, was the two speeders near the entrance of the container.

Taking the credits, Lukas put them in a small pouch on his belt. He would use them whenever he saw fit, which he thought would be rather rare, but he shrugged it off. The speederbike had always been maneuverable and had been Lukas's favorite ground vehicle and was rather good at driving it. Lukas grabbed his supplies and gear, walked it over to the repulsorsled, and set it down on it. He then fastened the cargo down tight on it, making sure that none of it would fall off incase they had to go very fast.

Lukas waited until all the rest of Wraiths and Gabriel had gotten all there gear ready and hopped up onto his speederbike. He grinned and started it up, hearing the engine roar to life, he wondered what would come to them in the rest of the mission.
 
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Name: Lukas Yuy
Rank: Lance Corporal
AS-4/TRP/LCPL Lukas Yuy/4SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath
Joined: May 30, 2002
Occupation: Sniper/Special Forces

The wind whipped past him and the Wraith squad as they flew at high speeds on the speederbikes back towards the safe house. In no time at all, the squad was at the safe house and unloaded there gear into the house. The squad settled in nicely, and put there gear in the seperate rooms of the safe house. Lukas grabbed his gear off the speederbike and went inside with it all. He walked up the stairs and went down all the way down the hall and entered a room with only a single window.

The commlink beeped, breaking the silence as he stood in the room a little ways. It was Kuroishi, he gave them there specific orders over there commlink units. Lukas's job was to slice into the local computer nets to find out where the VIP was going to be coming in from and where he was going to stay. Also including that he keep an eye on him and make note of who he met with.

Since Lukas was new at slicing it would take him awhile to get into the local computer networks, but he thought that would be ok. He left the door open a crack incase anyone needed him, then grabbed his computer and went over to a desk near a port in the wall to jack into. Lukas grabbed the cord and hooked one end to his computer and the other end into the port. Sliding a small black button on the computer, the screen flickered white and came to life. As soon as the computer got done loading all its software and icons, Lukas clicked onto the icon to gain access to the local servers on the planet.

With his connection the servers loaded rather quickly and loaded to a default server/homepage the planet used. Lukas had learned a few basic slicing skills from a man he had once known while on a mission from being a mercenary, and did a search on the important people who were coming and leaving the planet of Correlia in the past week and present day. One person caught his eye in particular and was apart of the Rebel forces. The rebel VIP's name was Marc Antilles, and was coming in from Constantine IV.

*An hour and a half later*

The clear sky held an incoming passenger transport, which left a trail of thruster exhaust from the ship as it streamed across the open blue. As it got closer and closer, Lukas made out the transport name and jet number. He made a quick trip to the Spaceport terminal, although it took him a little bit to get through the encrypted firewalls. Lukas found the transport name and number of its passenger and crew. He had found the rebel VIP on the list and wrote down that he would be staying at a hotel called, The Sal-Kana Inn. Now by the sounds of it, it didn't sound like a very fancy hotel, this rebel was a smart one.

For doing all of this in the time he had done it in, was well worth it and he learned new small tricks and shortcuts, as well as the information Daishi needed, as well as the rest of the squad. Lukas reported in his findings to about the rebel VIP, and told Daishi that he thought the rebel wouldn't be moving for another few days, but would still keep tabs on him.
 
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Name: Lukas Yuy
Rank: Lance Corporal
AS-4/TRP/LCPL Lukas Yuy/4SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath
Joined: May 30, 2002
Occupation: Sniper/Special Forces/Slicer

From the second level of the safehouse, Anubis looked up into the sky.  He was still amazed at how Corellia's weather could change in a matter of hours, from a Tempest of rain and lightning, to a calm and serene wind.

Anubis went downstairs into their meeting room, where Lukas and Gabriel were waiting.  "About time you showed up, I was almost about to get you."  Gabriel said.

"Sorry, it's just strange being back on your homeplanet."  Anubis replied, "Lukas, I'm guessing you got the info on our objective?"  Lukas nodded.  "Yes, he's at the Sal-Kana Inn.  He doesn't seem like he'll be moving..."  Lukas was then interupted by Gabriel, "Uh guys."

Both Anubis and Lukas turned to her.  "One question, who's in command here?"  Anubis and Lukas looked at each other, then looked at Gabriel, responding in unison with, "We never actually thought about that."  Gabriel could do nothing but smile at the two of them.

"Well, I guess we will need someone to be in command here, not to mention to be the new assistant squad leader for the squad as a whole." Anubis said plainly.  "For now I think it might be best just to work together as a whole."  Gabriel shook her head then responded, "The Empire isn't about democracy, it's about discipline and order, if we don't have a leader down here...then this squad could come into chaos."

Anubis was troubled by all of this.  Lukas had the most experience as a whole, while he just had rank.  "I guess we'll jsut have to see who does best on this mission coming up, then choose whoever it is to be our next assistant squad leader."
 
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+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +
TRP/CPL Anubis Benor/4SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Wraith Squad
Vast Empire Army

Anubis and Gabriel made their way towards the less extravagent part of Coronet, making their way to a point where they could look upon the Sal-Kana Inn without taking too much notice.

From the information he got halfway there, a meeting was to take place.  This would likely either make them more susceptable to being spied upon if they are careless, or less if they're smart and keep an eye out.  The latter was unfortunately the case.

Waiting in an abandoned building slated to be torn down within the next few weeks, Anubis and Gabriel took turns looking into the hotel room.  Anubis could tell that they didn't want anything to be known, as the room's windows had been shut and several guards walked about looking for anyone spying on the encounter.

The electrobinoculars helped to see what was going on in the room, but since Anubis couldn't read lips, what they were saying couldn't be deciphered...at least by him.  "Do you know how  to read lips?" Anubis asked Gabriel after a few vain attempts at seeing what they were talking about.

"Yeah, at least on humans."  Gabriel responded.  Anubis quickly handed her the electrobinoculars and she began to look upon the conversation and say it to Anubis, who was quickly copying it down into a datapad.

"The woman is talking about some sort of weapon, not sure what as I just got into what they were saying.  Hmm, the guy apparently is interested in its capabilities.  The woman is saying...I can provide them to you with this...she's handing him a datapad."  Gabriel then turned to Anubis, Anubis was afraid of what she was about to say.  "I think we have to get that datapad."

As much as he didn't want to admit it, he knew he had to agree with her.  "Well, alright, only question is...how do we get in there."  Gabriel smiled, then responded, "We act like a couple, get into the hotel, then find his room.  Once there, we get in...but we'll need to wait till he leaves his room."

"Yeah, but what would make him leave his room, so far this dude's been pretty smart.  I don't think he'll leave to go partying or anything."  Anubis' words made Gabriel think for a moment, then a twinkle came into her eyes.

"What about a fire alarm, that will likely get him out...maybe even do a real fire."  Anubis was about to go against what Gabriel was saying when she spoke again.  "I know we aren't supposed to do anything like this, but hey...we need that datapad."

Anubis knew she was right, knew that what she said had to happen, and knew that what she was saying could get them in a whole heap of trouble.  Anubis reluctantly nodded to her, then took out him comlink to report to Daishi of their plan.

Hopefully he wouldn't burst or anything at the sheer madness of it...but then again, Gabriel was the apprentice of Daishi...perhaps he would agree with it...or suggest something even wackier.
 
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+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +
TRP/CPL Anubis Benor/4SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Wraith Squad
Vast Empire Army

As he stepped aboard the Sweetums, Slick's heartbeat quickened.  This was to be his first combat mission since he finished basic training.  He was eager, and more than a little afraid.  He hoped that his training would be enough to see him alive at the end of the mission.  Taking a seat next to Otto Vox, Slick could not sit still.

Laughing quietly Otto Vox said, "Calm down Slick.  This is a routine mission.  There's nothing to worry about."

"Yes, Sergeant.  I can't help, but worry.  I'm eager to prove myself to the squadron, but I'm afraid."  replied the young trooper.

"Wraith is a good squadron.  They'll look after you, as will I kid."

Relaxing a little Slick said, "Yes, Sergeant.  Thank you Sergeant."

As he watched the young stormtrooper, Otto Vox wondered if that's how he had been on his first mission.  Shaking his head slowly, Otto closed his eyes to catch a little shuteye before the start of the mission.

As Sweetums made the jump into hyperspace, Slick jumped as well.  Pulling his datapad, he looked over the mission once more.  He wanted to know it by heart by the time they reached groundside.  There was no way of knowing what was happening on Corellia, and that made him even more nervous. 

"Um...... Sergeant?"

Opening his eyes, Otto looked at Slick. "What is it Slick?"

"How are we supposed to find Lukas?  The Admiral said that he would have more information for us when we reached groundside."

Smiling to himself, Otto answered, "With any luck he'll find us.  Now calm down trooper.  You're a bundle of nerves."

"Yes, Sergeant.  Thank you Sergeant."

The Sweetums emerged from hyperspace, and the cargo ship came into view.  Slick paled a little more when he saw the ship, and Otto shook his head.  Slick'll be okay, he thought to himself, his training will be enough for this mission.  As the cargo ship loomed ever closer, Otto wondered if this would indeed be a routine mission. Or if it would have fatal consequences for Wraith.
 
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TRP/PFC Slick/4SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA[LoR]

"Someday we will all be alone.  All alone in a combat zone, but the Corps going to bring us home."

Anubis entered the room as the blare of the fire alarm went off throughout the building.  Luckily with the urgency caused from the alarm, the man didn't bother to lock the door to his room.

Anubis went inside and began methodically searching for the datapad.  The problem was that there were three that he found.  Anubis knew he'd have to take all three with him, so grabbed a small pouch that had been thrown onto a chair and stashed the three datapads inside.

Anubis then received the double click from Gabriel, and knew that whatever they could do was done here.  Anubis made his way outside but was soon trapped by the fire they had started.  Unfortunately the building wasn't made of the best materials, and so it began to burn at a rate higher than most normal skyscrapers.

After finding the first exit blocked, Anubis made his way to the back exit.  That path was soon blocked as well as the fire began to tear at the infrastructure of the building.  The floor above was beginning to cave in, blocking all normal exits.  Thus it was time to create an exit.  Anubis took out his blaster pistol and made his way to one of the rooms on the outer portion of the building.

Anubis charged the blaster as smoke began to engulf the upper floors of the building.  Anubis aimed and fired, breaking the glass window.  This proved to be in error, as the gush of fresh air only served to fuel the fire.  A massive wall of flame came at Anubis, and he ducked under a bed to avoid it as it groped at his skin.  His jacket protected him mostly, but he was sure he got singed at several places.

Anubis looked down to find that he was three stories up.  Seeing as his grappling hook had been left at the safehouse, Anubis had to improvise.  He grabbed the matress from one of the beds in the room and threw it down onto the ground.  The make of the matress had it soon replace its shape, making a good cushion.

Anubis jumped, holding his breath in anticipation.  Anubis landed hard, but didn't suffer any major bumps or bruises.  From here, Anubis sprinted directly into the dark alleyways that consumed this part of the city.  Above he looked to see several Fire Suppression transports make their way to the Inn and begin blasting liquid carbonite onto the flames.  Now it was only a matter of time to see which of the datapads would hold the information they desired.
 
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+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +
TRP/CPL Anubis Benor/4SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Wraith Squad
Vast Empire Army

Daishi watched the heat plume build on the displays.

"Gabriel, has to be.  Well I am the one who has trained her but I will have to have a talk about recklessness and civilians."  Daishi muttered to himself.

"Comm alert.  City police forces have just raised thier alert level."  A GUESSWORK operative reported.

"Better then the military I suppose.  Satelite status."  Daishi replied.

"Satelites one through eight will reach duty stations within three hours.  All other satelites report fully functional and no active scans since deployment."  Another operative answered.

"Good let's hope it stays that way."  Daishi added.

In the secure orbit on the fringe of the system with only a few dozen covert satelites as his only link with the Wraiths on ground he knew he could do nothing about the bad feeling he now had.  Something always went wrong, especially after such displays of property destruction and especially on the supposedly 'simple' missions.
 
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RA(U) Daishi COSOS
"If we had all knowladge then why would we seek what we already know and if we had no knowladge then how could we even ask the question?" Plato
"Indeceant exposure is fun." Sonatina
"There are at least three sides to any situation." Me
"Precise and proper use of liberal amounts of high explosives can solve any problem."-My particular variation on a classic

A sudden beep emitted from the commlink as a messege came through from the new recruit, Slick. Lukas listened tentively as he was told that Otto and him had gotten inside the hotel and did some looking around with the help of the foolish rebels.

"Well isn't this interesting....", Lukas grinned to himself as he had been doing some slicing on other servers to find out more background information about Marc Antilles. He decided to stop getting background information on the VIP Rebel. Lukas sliced into a security camera that was stationed outside of the hotel. He looked at the video footage and saw that it had gotten a good glimpse of Anubis's face as he escaped from the fire and burning hotel.

"Looks like you guys won't be needing this...", Lukas said with an evil smirk as he made the image of Anubis's face blurred out so it wouldn't be identifiable.

He then sent out an encrypted messege to Otto and Slick that he had gotten the messege and that he was safe back at the safehouse, he also sent them the coordinates to where the safehouse was since they hadn't gotten to visit it yet. Lukas also sent an encrypted messege to Anubis and Gabriel to be extremely careful and watchout for the increase in Rebel activity in the area, now that there VIP had gotten into trouble.

Looks like all Lukas would have to do now is to wait for the Rebel VIP to come back out of hiding, as well as wait for the rest of Wraith squad to come back safe. In the meantime, Lukas would continue to slice into servers and other information.
 
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Name: Lukas Yuy
Rank: Lance Corporal
AS-4/TRP/LCPL Lukas Yuy/4SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath
Joined: May 30, 2002
Occupation: Sniper/Special Forces/Slicer
Wraith Squad

Two pairs of footsteps could be heard coming through the frontdoor as Lukas stopped while he was trying to slice into other local hotels. If the VIP Rebel was smart, he wouldn't go to another hotel in town, but Lukas thought it wouldn't hurt to look into it. Lukas got up and exited his room, then went downstairs and greeted Anubis and Gabriel, who where covered in brown muck and green slime.

"I am guessing...you guys took the sewer systems?...", Lukas grinned. "Yes we did", Anubis said in reply. Lukas glanced at Gabriel and gave her a nod and said "You two should go take showers and get cleaned up". Anubis and Gabriel went upstairs, leaving Lukas behind in the kitchen. Lukas sat down at the table and played with his thumbs as he thought about what had happened in the mission so far.

So far they had gotten two new people. A new recruit named Slick, which he had just met and Otto Vox, which he had known for quite along time outside of the Raiders and during the Raider's missions while he was with them. These two new members of Wraith would greatly help them now, since it wasn't just Anubis, Gabriel and himself.

Lukas went back to his room after awhile and waited for Anubis to give him the data he had recovered from Marc Antilles meeting in the hotel. He had hoped to find out more about this man and what he was doing with that weapons dealer. He also hoped to recieve new orders from Daishi.
 
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Name: Lukas Yuy
Rank: Lance Corporal
AS-4/TRP/LCPL Lukas Yuy/4SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath
Joined: May 30, 2002
Occupation: Sniper/Special Forces/Slicer
Wraith Squad

A knock came at Lukas's door, a short period of silence followed before Lukas said, "Come in". Lukas turned away from his computer screen and glanced at the soldier and gave him a nod, it was Slick. Slick snapped at attention and Lukas grinned, because he hadn't been saluted that often. "At ease soldier". Slick went to at ease and walked  over to him and asked if he needed any help doing anything.

Lukas replied, "No thanks, but thanks for the offering". Slick walked over to the window and peered out and looked at the scenery. "So...what do you think of your first mission so far", Lukas asked. It took a few moments for Slick to think up his answer but replied, "I don't know what to tell you sir...its fun and scary at the same time..."."Its normal for a soldier to feel that...thats if you have any emotions...", Lukas replied with a blank, unreadable expression on his face.

His eyes glided across the computer, continuing to search mounds and mounds of information for there missing VIP.
 
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Name: Lukas Yuy
Rank: Lance Corporal
AS-4/TRP/LCPL Lukas Yuy/4SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath
Joined: May 30, 2002
Occupation: Sniper/Special Forces/Slicer
Wraith Squad