Insert them here
 
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Senior Sergeant David "TK-112"Bowman - Master Chef
2.2 LancerSquad
SL/SSG TK-112/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [CoR] [IH] [BoA]

Just a friendly reminder

Each training story must at least 2 pages long.
2 pages of a basic letter 8.5" by 11" in words page setup. with font 12 times new roman and single line spacing.

fail to do that, then off to the trash bin of my mind.


one more thing, make sure you have the tracking sheets so you know which story to write first.

if you don't have it, or don't know how to fill it, contact me or Rizzit

cheers
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Commander of Development
Master of Thorns (self-proclaimed)
Platoon Commander of Storm Platoon
1nd Lieutenant Dez
PL/1LT Dez/Storm/Phoenix/Dragon/Osiris/VEA[EW2][IG]
Email|web
-Goals are dreams with deadline-
(do i still have space for another positions ? yes i DO!)

Dez my story was like 3 pages in 12 roman. I sent the rest of mine to Tekky so I'll get them up here eventually.
 
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-=Lancer Squad=-

Cosmic's pet

TRP/PFC Shakey/2SQD/1PLT/1CMP/1REG/1BAT/Tadath/VEA [LoR]

Communications Technician   
Installation, Utilization, and Operation of Comm Equipment

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

    Yillis woke to the sound of his alarm screaming in his ear, he knew he couldn't be late for his first class as a Communication Technician. He threw on some cloths and grabbed his data pad and headed out, through the barrack entrance. Yillis rechecked where he was supposed to be going.

    As Yillis entered he training room he was welcomed by a few trainee's waiting for the class to start were there. After about 13 standard minutes of waiting, and directly on time, the instructor walked through the open door.

    "Good Morning future Communication Technicians, welcome to your first class, Installation, Utilization, & Operation of Basic Communication Equipment. We'll start with installation&"

    When the instructor had finished the lecture on installation, the he noticed we'd been in there for more than an hour; he let us have a five minute break. Yillis went out to the entrance where we noticed a few vending machines.

    "He's a pretty good instructor don't you think?" said a voice behind Yillis. He turned to see the speaker, "Yeah I have managed to stay awake through most of this, my goal is to stay awake for all of it."

    The other trainee laughed and Yillis took his drink and went back inside the training room, where the class was about to start up again.

    "I think that everyone is back now, onto the Utilization and Operation of Communication Equipment."

    After another grueling hour of lectures on the installation and operation of the equipment he finally said, "Now it's time to test out the things I have just taught you about"

    The instructor then led us out of the room into a large courtyard, where we all got our own set of equipment.
   
    "Now you will each take a different direction into the woodland from here and will keep in constant communication with your counterpart inside the training base here. You will get updates to where your designation will be during your trip. Good Luck."
   
    A voice came out of Yillis's equipment that said, "Hello Yillis. I am your droid counterpart for this mission. My name is R-34O. You may call me Thirty-four if you wish."

    "Hello Thirty-four, I'm ready to go if you are."
    "Proceed with your chosen direction, Yillis"

    Yillis left the building and went into the woodland. He didn't see any other trainee's so he keep going straight, keeping in constant communication with Thirty-four.

    "How am I doing Thirty-four?"

    "After another 43 steps you should take a 50 degree turn to the right."

    "Sure thing Thirty-four"

    As Yillis reached the 43 steps, Thirty-four's voice suddenly started to crackle then cut out completely. Yillis tried to reach it but he couldn't get through. Yillis tried to think of what the instructor had said to try if you couldn't get through and you didn't think it was a range or power problem.
   
    "Hmmm, something about the single probably being blocked, now what did he say...OH! do reduce static or interference you should try to lay your own interference beacon."

    Yillis promptly took an interference beacon from his pack and activated it.

    "Thirty-four, do you copy?"

    "I hear you loud and clear, Yillis, good job."

    "Thanks, where to now?"

    "130 more steps at 50 degrees to the right."

    Yillis started off again in the direction that Thirty-four said. Upon reaching his destination thrift-four said, "We will now disable all equipment that you left with; you have to install the pieces in front of you into a working transmitter". Yillis got right to work on the device, taking only 6 minutes to construct the base of the transmitter. Yillis wondered if the battery pack from the equipment would still work, he decided it wouldn't hurt to try. As he was taking the battery out of the equipment he whole unit gave him a huge shock.

    "#$%, I guess that idea didn't work. What can I do to find a battery in the middle of nowhere here?"

    Yillis then remember about the solar panel he saw under a bunch of junk. He dug the panel out and hooked it up to the commutation device. It was almost done except for the input control. Yillis looked around through the junk that was here but couldn't find an input device. He suddenly remembered that you could use an output device for an input device, it just barely worked. Yillis picked up a good output control and hooked it up to his unit. He yelled into the input control, "THIRTY0FOUR, CAN YOU HEAR ME?"
    Out of the real output device came Thirty-Four's voice, "I hear you loud and clear Yillis, Congratulations on passing the first part of your Communications Technician training. You can leave all your equipment there"

    "Thanks a lot Thirty-four"

    Yillis open his data pad and found the easiest route back to Lancer barrack, where he knew he would have a good meal after being at training without good food for a day.
 
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Private First Class Yillis
-=Lancer Squad=-
TRP/PFC Yillis/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/VEA/VE/Tadath [LoR] [WM]

For some reason my post of today and yeterday didn't show up here, anyway.
I edited the grammar mistakes and added a small new paragraph. But if i may ask Rizzit, why did you edit the story?....just curious...anyway, i want to know must my story be aproved before i can post the next one?

Front line traing                        story #1

*bep beep beep* The alarm screeches. As Austin gets out of bed and turns off the alarm. Austin gets dressed and heads down the hall to the training area. As he walks into the out door traing area and goes to get the armor he wil be using.

Now that he has his blaster, armor, sighting devices, and his duel combat knifes. Every stormtrooper has a specific number assigned to them, his is 512. The instructor stands infront of all the troops at attention.

"Alright troops this is the final day of traing...we will be doing simulated buildng take downs to show you how difficult it can be" He goes on talking walking in front of us in the squad of four. "This will be timed for 2 hours, it will also be a hostage situation, you have to go in rescue the hostages and get out with leaving no man behind."

The instructor huddles us into a small troop transport. The transport goes for 10 minutes and stops at a ten story building. Over the comm vox the instructer says "The hostage is on the 5th story the time begins now" The dor to the trans port pounds open and everyone rushes out and and two men get one side of the door and the other two get on the other side.

Trooper 509 says to the squad "We now have 1 hour and 30 minutes to go in get out saftely...get it on with boys..." 512 places a breeching charge on the door and tells back "FIRE IN THE HOLE!!" detonates the charge and sends the metal door flying i nand hitting two poeple.

The squad then charges in and takes defensive poaitions around the second door to the right. 509 opes the door and tosses a thermal detaonater in and charges rite after it blows up and the squad follws rushing to the staris.

Trooper 510 stands up to say something to the leader and gets shot on the top of his head and a light bleeps saying he is dead from a man rite above them who then tursns and runs. "Sir I'll get that scumbag" says 512. With that 512 leaps over 509 and rushes up the stairs and stops and lays prone to provide more cover and takes out his blaster. 512 sees the mans leg as he wheels around the corner.

512 says over the comm vox "Sir i found him and I am tracking him down the hall to a small door..." 512 then jumps up and comes to a sliding stop on the wall beside the door and sets down a small drone the site of a trash droid and controls it via remote and drives it into the room after cracking the door some. "Sir I see 8 men...all with, what the?! they have rebel equipment..." 512 memorizes the place ment of the men inside and kicks the door open shotting one shot at the head of every man and doesnt miss a beat all the lights on there heads flash as dead. "sir we have a situtation...i need ur presence ASAP"

As 509 rushes up the stairs with 510 on his right shoulder followd by 511. "What is it trooper 512?" 512 points to a letter on the desk and it reads "If you have made it this far in 5 minutes you are doing good...if not u are behind schedual and need to hurry up so u do not loose any more points" "sir we are 8 minutes behind" says 511.

The team rushes up the last sets of staris, takeing every one they find as a KIA then they reach the 5th floor door and stop lying 510 down to the side. 509 wispers " we have to be verey carefull to not alert them to our presence and to take them out quitly. 512 you are going in alone, our intell says there are 15 men in that room and all have heavy weapons... becarefull soldier."

512 opens the door slowley and observes the room. 509 says "we have 10 minutes to get the hostage and get to thje roof with a smoke hurry"

With that 512 leaps behind a pillar and has his blaster to his chest titghly, and he looks around the corner to see the target and 2 men on either side of him. 512 takes out a noise making geranade and throws it away from the two. When it goes off itsounds like a bunch of animals and the two men run too see wat it is but one also watches behind them to watch the hostage. 512 then takes a wild shot and a light goes off on the mans temple and he drops down with a thud that makes the other man turn around. "Joe wat happend? oh man i dont like this" he tunrs and runs down the hall and drops a flash gernade behind him wen it goes off it blinds 512 some but he is used to this and knows how to evade still. he heads for the hostage and kneels down behind him and waites. 2minutes later the guy returns with 1 other person, 512 slowley stands up with his vibro knifes and puts them to the throught of each and ligghst on there throught go off as they drop and he unties the hostage and carries him out to the rest of the team

"Sir it is complet, how do we get to the roof?" "512 through that room u were just in...there is an elevator in there behind the hostage, go and ill be rite behind with 510 take 511 with you."

512 and 511 run in the elevator and push the button for the roof and take postions on either side of the door just incase of an ambush. the doors open and sure enough they see laser fire fly in as he doors open and then it stops...511 and 512 exchange looks and both nod and both throw a thermal detonator out and it lets out a bright flash and the lights all over the guards go off signifiying death. Then they jump out and run to the extract point to see 509 with 510 on his shoulders lep out of a ventalation duct and deploy the smoke "instructor we are done call in the pick up" as he done sayig that a trans port flys in and lands as everyone jumps abord and flies off to the base.

When they get back to the base the instructor is standing and waiting "Trooper 512 for your smart thinking and cunning abilities you have been passed, the rest of you did a good job except 510, he will undergo more traing, dismissed." Austin heads back to his room after getting his real equipment for some well deserved rest.
 
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Lancer squad new recruite

Santa does not exist. But i do
(whoops, did i kill your childhood dream there?)

For passing the drill and placed in a squad, you are given this. Feel free to use it on your next mission.

• Senior Sergeant TK :
  Stormtrooper Armor
  E-11 Blaster Rifle


• Lance Corporal Yillis:
  Stormtrooper Armor
  E-11 Blaster Rifle


• Private First Class Hellra
  FemTrooper Armor
  E-11 Blaster Rifle


• Private First Class Shakey
  FemTrooper Armor
  E-11 Blaster Rifle


• Private First Class KnightWind
  Stormtrooper Armor
  E-11 Blaster Rifle


• Private First Class Darr-Rann
  Stormtrooper Armor
  E-11 Blaster Rifle


• Private First Class Jennabelle
  FemTrooper Armor
  E-11 Blaster Rifle


• Private First Class vint
  Stormtrooper Armor
  E-11 Blaster Rifle


• Private First Class Trooper512
  Stormtrooper Armor
  E-11 Blaster Rifle

and for completing the story.
these trooper are given this :

• Private First Class Shakey : Basic electronics/wiring
  210 Personal Armor


• Private First Class Hellra : Basic electronics/wiring
  210 Personal Armor

for those who already post their story but yet have not recieve any completion notice, hold on to your E-11.
I need to do few things first.
In the mean time post on your squad story

and don't nag if the items are not in your inventory yet. 12.88kb/s conn is not a good thing

that is all
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Commander of Development
Master of Thorns (self-proclaimed)
Platoon Commander of Storm Platoon
1nd Lieutenant Dez
PL/1LT Dez/Storm/Phoenix/Dragon/Osiris/VEA[EW2][IG]
Email|web
-Goals are dreams with deadline-
(do i still have space for another positions ? yes i DO!)

Here is my second story. Sorry Dez, My Adobe is messed and its erases all info I save on the tracking sheet, I'll try to get you a copy.


     CHEMISTERY (EXPANDED VERSION)

                    2nd training story by Darr-Rann





          The following takes place shortly after the events of "The Killhouse, and shortly before the beginning of "The calm before a Storm"...             


    Darr-Rann stood in his room, fencing to a holographic projection of a Republic officer projected by His droid R2-Y7. When he thought he had done enough, he packed away his gear and told Y7 to turn of the simulator. He looked at his datapad, Seeing that he still had a bit of time before his Chemistry course. He  walked over to the disk shaped object resting by a wall. Pressing a button on it, he issued his command. "TK-75D, Activate." The Droideka unfolded into it's walking mode. Brining it outside, he gave it another command. "Begin training exercise Three-B in twenty seconds." Running back a bit, he turned his twin DL-44s to the stun setting. The droid also set it's weapons to stun, and deactivated its shields. Suddenly it opened fire on Darr-Rann. Quickly rolling aside, he fired at the Destroyer. After a good bit of training, he checked his datapad again. "Well, I better get going." He said to himself. "Finish training program and return to my quarters, then deactivate." The droid returned to it's disk like form and rolled over to the barracks. Darr-Rann picked up his equipment and set off.

    Darr-Rann walked down the hallway, looking for the chemistry room. Ahead of him, he spied his friends Tal and Jessica. Them and some other students stood outside the chemistry room in wait. Darr-Rann greeted them and walked over to the door. "Why are you all waiting out here?" He inquired. Jessica rolled her eyes and sighed. "The instructor hasn't arrived yet." A student Darr-Rann didn't know walked over to him and explained. "He is a pretty old guy, and it takes him a while to get around" He laughed. "He's probably just left the Instructor's residences." The student shook his hand. "Im Jeff, Im also taking medical training." Darr-Rann spied a balding old man walking down the hallway. He slowly reached them and unlocked the door. They filed in and began

    After they were all seated, class finally began. "I am instructor Samuel." He looked at his datapad and then gestured at the small computers and boxes that rested on the tables. "Today we are going to do some Chemistry, as you all know, but for now all you need is your datapad." He walked over to his computer and started to post notes on the Holo-Projector. Rann started copying the information down on his datapad. There seemed to be no end to the notes that he presented them with, and the class had a boring feeling to it. Time seemed to pass slowly, and Darr-Rann soon started to drift off....

    The Jedi and the Dark Jedi locked their sabers, the green and red blades sparking and flashing as they struggled for control of the situation. Moving intensely fast, the cut and parried in a deadly dance of blades. Suddenly the Jedi turned to face Darr-Rann, who was standing near by. The knight quickly charged, and suddenly he changed, and were the Jedi was a moment before now stood the republic soldier who he had fought with in Coronet. The blade came slashing down...

    Suddenly he awoke. "Have a nice dream?" Tal asked him grinning. Darr-Rann Groaned as he rubbed his eyes and looked around. "You've been asleep for ten minutes." Jessica said. "Don't worry, I have a copy of the notes you missed for you." Darr-Rann cleared his mind of the troubling dream and got to work.

    Darr-Rann and the others walked down the hallway after the class was finished,  his new friend Jeff following.  "Wow, that was boring." Tal commented. "It sucks we have to go again later." Darr-Rann shook his head. "Well, we should be doing some sort of real work soon, there is only so many notes he can give us. He walked over to a vending machine by the wall and bought a drink. "So, how has squad work been for you guys?" Tal shrugged, "Its been boring. So far we've only done training. Darr-Rann laughed. "Training can get pretty exiting. We trained in the Killhouse recently. Turns out, some guy wanted us dead. We fought tons of droids and assassins, my squad leader lost his hand, and another lost her Sight, although only temporarily." He smiled. "Im gonna get to observe the Surgery for his new hand." Jeff sighed. "You lucky bastard, why do you get all the fun?" Darr-Rann laughed. "Well, we have to get back to the class soon, we might as well set off. 

    Darr-Rann was right about the lesson. The teacher gestured to the computers on the tables. "These are Substance Analyzers. With them and our knowledge of basic chemistry we can quickly use them to find out the properties of various samples." With the information I have taught you, you are going to find out what each of the samples are. He walked over to his computer and pressed a few buttons. "I am going to set a time limit. In this time limit, you will have to analyze all of these samples." He pressed a few buttons and the time 1:30:00 appeared on the Holo-Projector. "If you get all of the samples correct, you get one-hundred percent. For every sample you do not analyze or falsely analyze, you will lose marks." He laughed. "I hope you do better then the last bunch I tested." He pressed a few more buttons, then held his finger over a final key. "You have One hour and Thirty minutes, starting... now!" He pressed the button, and the test began.

    Darr-Rann Opened his box of samples and got to work. He started to type onto the small keypad that rested in front of the screen. It displayed instructions. "PLEASE INSERT SAMPLE IN STANDARD TYPE CONTAINMENT TUBE, THEN TYPE 'TEST' TO CONTINUE."He took out the first tube and inserted it into the reader.  The screen changed its display.  "READING... READ. YOU MAY NOW REMOVE THE SAMPLE FROM THE READER." Darr-Rann did so quickly. "PLEASE ENTER OBSERVATION NOTES" Darr-Rann examined it, entering all information he could think of to describe the sample. The computer took a moment to load and then presented a list of possibilities. Darr-Rann sighed. He thought that a bit of testing would be more exiting.

    He continued to analyze samples, the process was long and boring. "Sample 14..." He took the sample and placed it into the analyzer, working to figure out what it could be. "I hate chemistry..." He muttered to himself as he worked further on the sample.

    Time had passed just as slowly as before, but the end seemed to be in site. Quickly he analyzed the majority of the samples, and it looked like that he would finish with full marks (assuming he got every one right). He looked around at the others, who were also hard at work. Returning to his samples, he continued the repetitive process.

    Shortly after he finished the clock reached zero. "Times up!" The Instructor said, looking up from his computer screen. The Analysis computers shut off automatically, and Darr-Rann heard the frustrated groans of some of the students who had not yet finished. He pressed a few buttons and their marks popped up on the screen. Darr-Rann sighed with relief. "98%" His read.  "Now!" Get out your datapads again. "You can see that this process takes a long time. Lets review some of the substances you checked. Darr-Rann read it through. "So I was right about the Water, that was fairly simple... Oh dammit, I thought that was Bacta, but it was the Rylca variant..." The Instructor started to lecture again. "The most common mistakes were similar substances such as Bacta and Rylca. Now lets go into review how to find more specifically what they are." He went about explaining how to find small differences in substances and then he gestured to a smaller set of boxes. "These contain some of those samples in which people make mistakes. Although you will gain no additional marks from it, I would like you to redo those samples." Everyone walked forwards to collect the boxes. Darr-Rann started the process again. He looked at the information on the sample presented to him. "Is this Rylca or Bacta... Rylca."  He took down the notes and continued to the next sample. Finally, he finished his samples. "Your dismissed!" Instructor Samuel stated. Everyone got up out of their seats and left. Darr-Rann said goodbye to his friends, hurrying to catch the LAATI that would bring him to the party the squad was having.

Comments: I am going to request that you make this story longer. Good start, I like the fact that you weaved a bit of casual conversation into the story too. However, I would like to see more along the lines of what you did to pass the course. I compared this one to your other story, and your other one was quite better I'm afraid. If you have any questions, come see me on IRC.
 
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-=Lancer Squad=-

TRP/:LCPL Darr-Rann/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/VEA/VE/Tadath [LoR]

The Vast Empire's First Medic. (I dont think there is any others, either).

MEDIC TRAINING STORY #3
HUMANOID BIOLOGY
BY DARR-RANN

The following takes place during the story "The Calm before the Storm" between the leave and Arrive back of the Lancer squad members during post #9

    The alarm clock beeped annoyingly as the time reached 5AM. Darr-Rann groaned and got out of bed. Rubbing his eyes, he got up and got dressed. "Y7." he addressed the Astromech droid that rested against the wall. Beeping, it rolled forwards. "Go grab my breakfast, I got to do some stuff here before I go to Biology class. The Astromech rolled away, leaving him to his datapad. "Hmm..." He said. " Lets see what messages I got." He browsed the files, deleting spam and searching for important messages. Suddenly something caught his eye.  A email from someone important. A email he had been hoping to never receive. As he read, memories came flooding back to him...

    It was shortly after the raid on the police station in Coronet. The members of the Anti-Republic Resistance were meeting to discuss their losses in the battle. A tall woman with blonde hair walked up to the front of the room. Her name was Sarah, and she had become the new leader of the group as the old one was slain in the combat. She looked at the group, and then adressed them.  "We have suffered many losses in the battle, but we must move on." She paused for a moment and continued. "We were close to victory, and we have to continue. For all of those who have fallen..." She suddenly sobbed and ran outside. Darr-Rann left the crowd to the balcony of the skyscraper were she stood crying. He walked over to her and took her in his arms. "I know its hard. Keith wasn't just your brother, he was my best friend." He looked over at the balcony at the buildings beyond. "He would want us to keep fighting, even without him." She sniffed and cleaned the tears from her eyes. "I know..." she looked down at the ring on her finger. It was two months ago that her and Darr-Rann had become engaged. She sighed. "We better get back in... " they started to walk back towards were the others were gathered. Suddenly they heard the sound of a large vehicle coming their way Sarah's eyes widened. "Look out, she screamed, pushing Darr-Rann to the side. Blaster fire ripped through the space were they were standing, cutting her down. Darr-Rann ran to her, Tears in his eyes. She had been killed quickly, getting directly hit in the torso. He was suddenly filled with a great rage. Pulling out His blaster rifle, He ripped fire out at the transport, Screaming as he did. The others quickly came to defense, also drawing their weapons as well. The last thing he heard was what he thought was her voice in his head. "Duck!" He ducked down just in time for the missile to miss him, crashing into the ground behind him,  throwing him over the ledge and carrying him to a nearby bridge that connected the building to another. His worries quickly left him with his Consciousness, but the last thing he saw was the Transport landing on the burned up tower. Out walked a man, His friend and ally in the Resistance. Jad Cedaan walked among the bodies and laughed. They had been betrayed.

    Darr-Rann turned off the datapad. He cleared his head of the painful memories as his R2 unit returned. A tray of breakfast was mounted in front of it. "Thanks." He said, accepting the tray, he started to eat. Picking up a biology book in one hand, he started to read about cell structure and how it varies in common humanoid species. He closed the book as he heard the beep of the door. "Come in." he said, putting away his notes and putting his breakfast in the disposal bin. Tal walked in. "Hey Darr, after class we're going for a ride on our speeder bikes. Wanna bring your swoop and join in?" Darr-Rann shrugged. "Sure, why not. Just as long as I get back in time for our little squad meetings that TK is putting us through. They laughed and left to go to their biology class

    They arrived to find that Instructor Samuel was early, instead of late, that day.  They walked in and took their seats with Jeff and Jessica. "I hope its not as boring as the last lesson he taught us." Jeff commented as they prepared their stuff. Darr-Rann looked over at the boxes that rested on the tables. "Something tells me we're going to get to do something more then notes." He said, turning on his Datapad and opening his notes.

    Twenty minutes later the class was underway. The instructor explained the notes he displayed on the Holo-Projector. "The cell has many small parts that make it function. The most important of which is the Nucleus, the control center of the cell." He continued to discuss the different parts. "There is the Ribosomes, and the Golgi body. There is even a living organism inside the cells called the Midichlorian, but the knowledge of exactly what it is and does is restricted by the DJO." As he continued to explain notes for a few hours, and people eventually started to talk out of boredom. "So many notes..." Tal said, trying to shake off sleep. Jessica looked at the clock. "The class isn't even half over yet..." They turned back to the Instructor and got to work again.

    "Well, thats enough notes for now." Instructor Samuel said, noting the sighs of relief coming from his students. Now, you are going to use the scanners in this box to take a close look at cells." Each student went to the front of the room and took a box. "Now, simply put the sample in the slot here, and press the button here..." He went about explaining the operation of the devices. "Alright, I want some detailed notes on those cells!" The class got started.

    Darr-Rann put in the first cell, labeled "Human". He activated the Scanner and set it to a zoom level were he could see the cell's outside. He quickly copied down notes on it's shape, size, and appearance. He then zoomed in further for more observation. Time passed quickly, as this training was much less boring then the notes. Darr-Rann was on his third sample when he heard Jeff swear. "What is it?" He inquired. "This damn thing is broken!" He pressed a multitude of buttons in hope of turning it back on. Darr-Rann looked at it and laughed. "Here's your problem!" He put the fallen power cell back into the back of the scanner. Jeff laughed and went back to work. "Thanks." Darr-Rann went back to his own machine, picking out a new sample and placing it inside.


    Near the end of the class, Darr-Rann had nearly completed his work. "God dammit." He heard Tal said as he tried to force a sample into the Scanner. "Hey, stop!" Darr-Rann said. "Just turn it slightly when you put it in." He returned to his samples. He wrote down the notes on the samples, trying to finish before the projected time. 20 minutes.... 14 minutes... 9 minute... 3 minutes... He finally finished. Looking up at the time, he sighed with relief. "56 seconds remaining." He noted. When the time ran out, everyone got up and packed their stuff. Instructor Samuel called down to him. "Lance Corporal Darr-Rann, please come here." He turned to his friends. "I'll be out soon." He walked down to were the instructor was seated. "I saw how you helped those other two students. That was a very good thing to do, sacrificing some of your time to help others. I'm going to report of your good behavior." He waved him off. "That is all, now go have fun with your friends." Darr-Rann walked outside were the others were waiting. "Alright, lets get our speeders and go!" Tal said. Darr-Rann walked over to the Vehicle parking and brought out his swoop. Turning it on so it floated, he got on and he and his friends sped off at high speeds. Tal looked over at Darr-Rann. They were the only two people with Swoops, and they had a clear speed advantage. As they crossed the area that they designated the finish, they looked back. "Seems we lost them. Common, lets go back and see were they are." They drove on the course, seeing Jessica and Jeff's bikes parked on the trail. "Were did they go..." Darr-Rann thought. Suddenly they heard the sound of blaster fire and Jess' scream. "Holy shi..." Tal said, and they ran down to were they heard the shot. Darr-Rann's eyes widened as he saw Jessica's lying down on the ground. Nearby the could see Jeff in tears. "He killed her!" He cried out. "Jess is dead!" Darr-Rann walked over to him slowly, eyes wide with shock. "Who, who killed her?" Jeff looked up, his eyes full of tears. "He said his name was Cedaan."

Comments:
Very good. I noticed you're trying to fit in a side-story to this, good work. Once more, please leave out the squad and time refrences. These first stories should take place around the time you immediately joined your squad. I can explain it in further detail if you catch me on IRC.
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-=Lancer Squad=-
TRP/:LCPL Darr-Rann/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/VEA/VE/Tadath [LoR]

LANCE CORPRAL
www.Darr-Rann.cjb.net
The Vast Empire Medic. (As far as I know, Im the only one)

      Heavy Weapons Training course 1

          Class 1: Learning the basics
         
            PFC Splinter_Seal

    Beep! Beep! Beep!
    Tye's alarm went off noisily, as he struggled just to turn it off. He reached to the button, and missed. "Freakin' alarm!" he yelled to it. He slammed his fist on the alarm, and broke it. He always had a short temper and the alarm didn't help. "Oh well." He said sarcastically to himself and fell back to sleep.

    -7 minutes later-
   
    "Oh, crap!" He awoke, realizing that today was the day he was going to go his first lesson of Heavy weapons training. He got up hurriedly and threw his alarm into the trash with the other two he recently broke. The first thing he did was put on his jumpsuit that was jet black with a white Imperial insignia on the back. He went to his bathroom where he looked into the mirror to fix his messy hair.
    He looked into his own red eyes. It brought back memories of his childhood of being made fun of, because of he simply looked different. He got in a lot of fights, which is how got a scar down his right eye.  Everyone except his mom and dad avoided him in his young years. He thought if anyone would avoid him during class. He put aside those thoughts and got ready for is first lesson.
    He stopped by a storage unit and got a new alarm. He hurriedly ran back to his room and put it on his table. "I can't afford to lose another one of these." he thought to himself. He took out a hologram projector of the building to find out where his class was. He took it out every once and awhile to check if he was going the right way. He soon found his way to it.
    Tye was the fourth person there. He ducked down his head to make sure noone could see his eyes. He quickly found a spot in the back. All the other students were looking at their datapads to get a head start in the class. One by one, the troops made their way to their seats. Many were talking to each other, bragging about their skill with an E-11 Carbine. Tye knew they wouldn't get far in this class, because the guns their going to use were way more powerful than the E-11.
    Suddenly, the Instructor entered the room. All the students rose and stood up straight. He was tall, bulky and probably in his early fifties, Tye estimated. His hair was brown except the gray hair every now and then. "Hello troops. My name is Instructor Sir. You will only call me Instructor Sir and if any one of you piss me off there will be extreme consequences!" He yelled, which seemed to be his normal voice. "Am I clear?!"
    "Yes, Instructor Sir!" the class yelled in unison.
    "Now, all of you take out your datapads, we're going to learn to use, HMG's, thermal detonators, and a few more. First, we're going to learn the parts of an HMG, the assembly, and how to repair it. Don't worry about the repairing part you aren't goin' to become a mechanic.
    "Okay. Now these are the parts of the HMG." There were parts under the desks that everyone took out. "Look on your datapads and follow the steps to assemble it. Don't worry if it goes off, these only shoot hololasers."
    Tye then looked at the datapad. "Insert the handle with the base piece." said a voice coming from the datapad. A few minutes later Tye finished. "Now press the engage button on the side." Tye pressed the button and the gun turned on.
    Tye was the first done. "Good job soldier! What is your name?" said the Instructor.
    "PFC Tye Lask." He answered. "Callsign Splinter Seal. Splinter didn't like the attention. "Well done." the Instructor said. A few troops nearby noticed his red eyes. All the others quickly finished.
    "Normally, these would have tripods, but we obviously don't have enough room." said the Instructor after everyone was done. "Now, disassemble your HMG's and put them back under your seats." Everyone tried to do it fast, so the class could be over with.
    After everyone was done, the datapads showed a thermal detonator. "Everyone look at your datapads. We will briefly go over thermal detonators. You all have different codes, because you're all in different squads. After pressing in the code, you have five seconds to get rid of it. The blast radius is five to eight meters, but the explosion is very powerful. It could easily take out one piloted ship or a speeder. It can kill anyone in the blast, so try to throw it far.
    "Now, I hope you troops remembered what I just taught. Go suit up into your uniforms we're goin' to the thermal detonator practice field and the HMG practice field. Get back here in fifteen minutes. Don't be late."
    All of the students got up and left the room slowly, but then started to get to their rooms as fast as possible if fear of being late. Splinter took out his holoprojector of the building. Another student from his class, stopped to look at it too. "This building is too big for me. I get lost all of the time." said the student.
    "I know what you mean." replied Splinter.
    "There's where my room is." said the troop pointing to a part of the hologram. "Thanks for letting me use it." He said running to get to his room.
    Splinter jogged and took out his holoprojector every once and a while to see where he was. When he finally got to his room, he went to his closet and got out his suit. When he finished putting it on, he rushed back to the class. He was finally memorizing the halls.
          Splinter was one of the first there. The last few were very late and the Instructor didn't like it. "Drop down troops!" yelled the Instructor. "I want you two to do forty! No stopping! If you all take me as a joke, maybe we should all drop down. Should we soldiers?"
    "No, sir!" yelled the class in unison. They were slightly tired from rushing back to the class, because their barracks were not very close to the class.
    Soon, the troops were done and the class lined up. They walked to the hangar, with the Instructor in the lead. "Can't wait 'til we get to the range." whispered an exited young troop.
    "I can't believe you in this class." said Splinter to himself. The young soldier was short and skinny. He didn't look very strong and was very jumpy.
    There was a large transport ship that they all loaded into. As the ship was taking off the Instructor yelled to the troops: "I hope you boys like to rip things apart, because you're gonna see a lot of it!" Splinter got exited, he loves to destroy things.

((OOC: Its not the greatest, but it should do))
 



I assume this is Lesson:0 story?
fix the typo here and there and you might pass the rookie stage.

And you have not send me your tracking sheet. if you don't have it yet, contact me. If you do have it, send it to me.



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-=Lancer Squad=-

TRP/PFC Splinter_Seal/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/VEA/VE/Tadath

Look at this site daily for new pictures of my cat "Dean"

Level 3: Construction
Story 1: bridging and rigging

It seemed like the typical day to lounge around, as the merry rays of the sun baked down on the prosperous planet of Tadath. With no wind to rustle the leaves, and not even a cloud in the sky the weather seemed perfect. Caverns and canyons provided a cool shade to it's inhabitants. Even the mourning dew that usually dropped from the leaves in the late mourning seemed to hasten early not to be caught in the oncoming heat wave.

"GO!"
Birds flew away in fright at the loud sounds that suddenly disrupted the peace. Blasts could be heard from afar. Some troopers were being taught the basics of shooting a rifle while other were doing fitness exercises of all sorts.
A girl with shoulder length dark blonde hair held back by a black bandanna was waiting impatiently, her feet tapping against the ground. Her face was dirty with all the dust layers it covered. Sweat trickles made their path through the thin dust, a hand wiped it away, smearing the dirt in long swipes across her face. She looked around uncomfortable and hot in her training outfit, seems her classmates were suffering the same thing.
"Hellra, you first. Seems you have to much energy to cope with today" called and good hearted man out. The girl responded to her name by looking up and then following the direction of his finger to something behind him.
Hellra braced her self for the course in front of her. She was stood at the ledge; gazing at what she had to do. Seems she had to cross a bridge of some sort over water, what didn't make sense to her was, why there were ropes hanging above the bridge&

"Can I start, sir?" she inquired politely yet impatient. He nodded. Hellra smirked; this course was way to easy, might as well show the new recruits what a trooper is made off. Hellra glanced to her right; a few recruits were standing there looking in awe at her group. In the whole training area her group was the highest-level class there, naturally attracting attention with their orderly lines, and backpacks accompanied with rifles.

Hellra sprinted forward to cross the sic meter bridge. As she crossed the first meter she could feel how unstable the bridge was although it showed otherwise, yet again she should never be fooled by looks. Instead of taking it slowing Hellra broke in a sprint jump like in attempt to trudge it as lightly as possible. But it seems her luck was otherwise, at the three meter check point, she felt the bridge gave way, instinctively she grabbed for the ropes she saw earlier. She felt something brush through her slender fingers. She grasped it firmly. It stopped her fall, Hellra hung for a few minutes before she felt the rope ripping higher above her head. Her eyes widened in surprise, she swung quickly to another rope, to avoid clinging to her current one before it tears.

The same happened with her next rope, Hellra swung from one rope to another in desperate attempt to cross to the other side, but she found her self-splashing in the cool water. As the water-cooled her body, it didn't help cooling her embarrassed face that turned red. Blushingly Helra trudged out of the water, her uniform clinging to her body uncomfortably. Inside her pride took a blow remembering how she wanted to show off in front of the recruits.

"What happened here?" asked the instructor towards his class, ignoring the recruits who were snickering at Hellra.
The instructor didn't wait for an answer, and continued.
"Never cross a bridge no matter how sturdy it looks, test it out by throwing rocks on it or walking across tied to a rope, the same goes for the ropes" Hellra's thoughts got distracted by the droids who currently in the process of repairing the bridge she walked on. She wanted to kick her self, she always quoted 'Always expect the unexpected'
She snorted inwardly.

"You are dismissed!" Hellra glanced up bewildered. She tugged one of her classmates hard.
"Den what must we do?" she whispered hastily scared of what her instructor's comment will be on her lax attitude.
"Research ways to enforce bridges, practical exam tomorrow,. Also go through your rigging notes," he answered.
Hellra asked no further questions instead she thanked him, and went on her way.

Hellra was humming a soft tune to herself as she studied. Having taken a shower, eating some refreshed her up mightily. Her fingers were pressed in her ears, blocking or trying to block any sounds that might disturb her. She cursed, as it didn't seem to work. Not soon after her com. Wristwatch went off, a familiar voice sounded through her room.
"Hell, up for a spar?"
"Nah, not today Darr, I am studying fir my exam tomorrow" answered Hellra her fellow Lancer and friend back. The COM link between them died, Hellra sighed and plugged her ears with fingers again, trying to start up her studying.

Next mourning
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"So, I have to build a sturdy bridge with the given materials to pass?" asked Hellra to be sure. Her instructor nodded. Without a second look for assurance Hellra jumped to work. She had to build a one-meter long bridge with wood; some quarter circle pipes mostly, nails, ropes, six poles and two long cables.
She jumped in a hole dug in the fresh ground. Her body came half way in if she stood straight. She firmly planted two poles across each other in the width.

Hellra wiped the sweat from her head. The skeleton of her bridge were forming, three poles were standing in line with each other, the middle one being the longest above the ground, opposite of them stood similar poles, their lengths in the same fashion. The quarter circle pipes mostly. were resting in the ground, the upper half upholding the walking area that consisted of wood.

A few more hours passed, the sun sunk low, barely visible, Hellra didn t notice this, as lights were turned on gently. She dusted her hands and looked in pride at her bridge. The quarter circle pipes supported it mostly. But ropes and cables that were fastened to the poles upheld the top.
Hellra called the instructor over.
He studied her structure for a few minutes in silence.
"To fancy" he commented, Hellra gaped at him surprise.
"I worked a whole day on that Sir!" she exclaimed.
"Exactly, you have to make one in a hour when you are out there" the instructor replied. He walked over to the bridge and started crossing it. He stepped to the middle of it and jumped on it, making the wood strain under his weight. Hellra watched tensely as the ropes and cables seemed to drill like musical springs.
"Not bad, but try and make it faster next time, which is tomorrow" Hellra said nothing realising he was right.
"Well, at least I tried"

Next day
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"So what do we have here Hellra?" Hellra looked in pride at her new bridge.
In front of them were a bridge held up by ropes on two opposing trees. Triangular beams supported the walking area on the end of each end. it pressuring into the sides of the small cliff. The other end of the bridge crossed the small gap and went over the ledge on the other side. The two ropes that held it upright were fastened in the exact middle balancing the two halves of the bridge.

"Excellent work Hellra, but we will have to test you some time also in making bridges for larger objects and creatures for example and vehicle, but I think that will fell under construction skills" said the instructor. Hellra beamed with happiness. She had to rebuild her bridge, but at least she learned something of it.

"Anything else Sir?" she asked.
"No, you are dismissed" said the instructor.



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Lance Corporal Hellra
-=Lancer Squad=- -=EL=- -=Blue Technical=-
EL/LCPL Hellra/2SQD/1PLT/1CMP/1REG/1BAT/Tadath/VEA[LoR][ES2C]

bridge 2

Comments: Your notes will go on this post seeing as how this is where the screenshots are. Good work on the story, and the screenshots are welcome: but don't go out of your way to do it. I think this is an improvement over your past stories, keep up the good work. 
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Lance Corporal Hellra
-=Lancer Squad=- -=EL=- -=Blue Technical=-
EL/LCPL Hellra/2SQD/1PLT/1CMP/1REG/1BAT/Tadath/VEA[LoR][ES2C]

{good luck Rizzit, I dunno why this one is long, I know my specs are not the greatest, but I hope this will be a improvent, I worked on this for at least four hours or three hours&"


Level 3: Construction
-Repairing defenses
Story 2: construction skills


Hellra's face was frowned as an officer walked passes her. Her whole posture was bought in a crisp salute. She waited impatiently for the officer to pass before she relaxed to her usual stance. She scowled at the itch that irritated her between her shoulder blades beneath her stormtrooper armour as she started walking in her designated direction.

She walked pass her old office where she spent her days as Platoon adjutant. Hell she was barely a few weeks PA, and she didn't do much work even. But with her new platoon commander, TJ, she is relieved of her PA position. She didn't know if she should be relieved, or embarrassed, embarrassed for thinking she could do it, when she didn't even have the necessary skills or qualifications for it.

Hellra tried to push these thoughts aside, the itch on her back forgotten as well.
She looked up alarmed as a loud thunder vibrated through the area even penetrating the sound proof windows. She crossed the wide hall to the window. Blustery winds were picking up, and those few troopers who were outside quickly scrambled back inside the building.

She sighed warily, this was her most favourite type of weather, and she wasn't even feeling happy with it.
"Hi, Hell, class is about to start you know" interrupted a voice her distracted mind. She looked up to the smiling Den. His perfect set of teeth broadened in a smile.
"Yeah, guess so" she muttered and joined him on their way.
"So, what is your full name?" she asked trying to make a conversation as they walked to the class.
"Dennis Vayien, and yours?"
"Hellen Le Clerique&how old are you?"
"Hmm, about twenty or nineteen, I guess" answered Den truthfully. He laughed at Hellra's confused face.
"My earliest memory is joining the army, I don't know anything about my past, except my name, and the only way I knew my name was because it was engraved on a name plate, pinned on my clothes"
"Why don't you try to find out who you are?" asked Hellra.
"Why, maybe I am better off not knowing" answered Den, they halted in front of a door.
"Okay, well good luck with your class," said Hellra, as her hand grazed over the activation pad.
"Same, to you Hell" he said, disappearing through the narrow doorway. She followed him shortly.

She took her usual seat at the back of the classroom in the left corner. Students were murmuring quietly among each other waiting for their lecturer who hasn't arrived yet. Hellra scoffed at the windowless room. She liked to look through windows, maybe that is why the room didn't have any, to keep the students focused on their work.

"Welcome to level three, repairing defences construction skills" stated a loud booming voice. A large man stepped through the doorway, he had trimmed moustache, and his neck as thick as Hellra's head. He slammed his bag on the desk, creating a small crater in the cheap wood.
The students who sat in front carefully tried to move their seats backwards unnoticed obviously scared of this lecturer.
"I am Sergeant Carl, your new lecturer" he said through clenched teeth as if he was forced against his will here. He started walking fast and quickly through the many rows of seats, with each step he took he spoke a word.

"I do not tolerate fools, and I do not tolerate average students, trooper what did I just SAY!" he slammed both his hands on the desk of a student, creating once again some damage, making the student look up in fright. He smirked at the evident fear on the student's face and walked back to his slightly damaged desk.

"I want each and every one of you to write an essay of what you think you will learn in level three, and what there is to learn" ordered Giant as Hellra nicknamed him to the class.

*Much Later*

"So, how was class today?"
Hellra looked at her best friend's usually chirpy face.
"It was okay I guess, we only did an essay"
Emi snorted, and snickered.
"Aw, you had to write an essay just like you did back when you were ten years old" she taunted Helllra.
"Yeah, I guess, pretty useless though"
Hellra shook her head at Emi's antics, since Emi joined the VEA things have been much more interesting then it was. She and Emi were practically sisters.
"Hmm, when is the last time you had something to eat?" asked Emi thoughtfully.
"Why?" asked Hellra confused at Emi's question of her eating habits.
"Come on, I have known you since diapers, you have a knack for skipping meals to caught up in your own little word to remember that you need food" said Emi, as she grabbed Hellra's hand and dragged her towards the café.

*Next day*

"Could the following people please report to my desk now?" thundered Giant's voice through the silent classroom.
"Dennis Vayien, Hellen Le clerique, Evan Wak" Giant droned another few names out before he stopped and looked at the people who haven't been called.
"The rest are all dismissed"
Steel scraped against the tiled floor and feet shuffled on the floor as the students left. Giant stared at the handful of students in front of him.
"You passed the essays, I will read you essays out loud for you" he said pleasantly startling Hellra.
"What is with his new attitude?" she wondered to her self.
"We will start with Hellra's essay&" he paused for a second to search her face before he continued reading her essay out loud.

"Level three is about repairing defences such as field fortifications that failed to with held the attack, failed to withstand the weather, or that wasn't build strong enough in general. The repairs can be applied naturally, or artificial. Natural resources includes woods, boulders and ETC Usually these repairs can only hold temporarily since a fortification had to have a strong structure from the beginning. Artificial repairs can be the following: durasteel, enforced plastic, ropes, and beams. Natural repairs are usually the best to use since they provide a much more natural look, adding more camouflage as well, while artificial repairs is much more stronger"

Hellra looked up to see what Giant would say, but he didn't say anything as he instead started reading the next essays as well.

*Twenty minutes later*

"The objective of this simulator, work together in a group, and survive&good luck, you have one hour to survive before the sim ends. You have to find a way to repair the fort that will serve as your base," said Giant, as he adjusted a buttons and switched on the computer.
Hellra opened her mouth to ask a question, but quickly shut it as the scenery around them changed. The polished floor became rough sand, and the walls turned in a battle scene. Hellra coughed at the strong smell of blood that suddenly penetrated her senses.

They didn't do anything for a few minutes except observe. To their left stood the fort they had to repair if damaged.
"Come on guys, we will only get killed here" said Hellra starting to sprint through the mass of troopers that were fighting each other. Before they even reached their fort, a massive blast missed them heading direct for the fort.
"shi-"
They were thrown backwards as the shock waves of the blast bounced back as it hit and ripped a part of the wall from the fort apart.
Hellra was lying on her back, a dull pain aching in her shoulder. She propped her self up on her elbows.
"Merde!" she cursed.
"Come on Hell, enough lounging around," said Den extending his hand towards her to help up.

"Okay, so what is the damage?" she asked as they stepped through the hole that was just created.
"A lot" snorted Den as he tried calculating what exactly they had to do.
"Hmm, the whole is simply to big to repair" muttered Hellra. She took ker helmet off to breathe properly. The other's followed her example.
"Lets just start and see what there is to work with" suggested Den.
Nobody said anything and spread out through the building to find materials that were left lying around that could help them.
They met each other back at the open gap.
"Okay, we have some explosives, ropes and&and nothing else" counted Hellra.

"We need to get rid of the gap with these materials?" asked Evan in disbelief.
"Yes, and I have an idea that just might work" said Hellra happily. She looked at their faces, most were already smudged with sweat and dirt, and Hellra had the feeling she didn't look any better.
"We blow the roof up, the debris and rubble of ceiling, will fill this gap, and yes I know it will leave a gap in the roof, but it better than having a gap this size in the side" she suggested.
"But that will make the fort smaller." protested Evan.
"Any other idea?" Hellra raised her eyebrows in his direction.
"Well, why don't we just fill it with rubble that's lying around in the battle field?" suggested Evan.
"Hello&there is troopers dying, well virtual troopers dying at the moment, it will take to much time, and we have to fill a gap, one meter wide, and on and a half meter long, and do you know how heavy the stuff is we will carry?" argued Hellra.
"I vote for Hellra's idea," said Den.
"Same here" murmured the others. Seeing as the majority voted for Hellra's suggestion Evan nodded in agreement.
"Well, let get working then!" shouted Hellra.
"Evan, set this pair of explosives about one meter inwards, try to find some crack, a spot that is already weakened by the blasts" ordered Hellra as she stuffed explosives in Evan's hands. She turned towards Den.
"Den, you will have to go a floor up and set the explosives there, the ceiling will need pressure from both sides" Den just grabbed the explosives and sprinted up the stairs that were at the back of the damaged room.
She pointed to the remaining two guys&
"Boys, lets move the rubble here to the whole and start filling it, the roof might not be enough" they all quickly started moving boulders and rubble to the gap. Evan joined them after he set his own explosives.

"Okay guys, get up the stairs, this might get ugly!" called Den from above. The small group rushed up the stairs. Hellra stopped at Den's side that was standing as far as possible from the planted explosives. The wind rushed in her face mixed with the sound of screams and machines that were fighting not far away.
"We should get somewhere safe where we wouldn't be also included in this explosion" shouted Den over the blasts that have neared the fort.
"Evan, you still have that ropes?" asked Hellra to Evan, he held his hand up, strangled with the ropes.
"Good, guys helmets on, we going to get to the ground, then Den can activate the detonator," ordered Hellra, she quickly pushed her helmet over her head, and grabbed the rope from Evan.
"Den, help me tighten this" asked Hellra for help.Den quickly helped her tighten the ropes and then they both rushed the rest to the ground.

Den landed with a thump at her side, his army boots sinking in the soft sands, leaving a clear imprint on the ground.
"Ready guys? Asked Den, his hands ready to push the button.
"Yup" replied Hellra happily that the mission was almost on it end, they still had another five minutes left of the sim anyway.
Den pressed the activation button with a click, that was soon followed by an loud explosion.

Hellra's eyes were squeezed tight, with her fingers in her ears.
Some poked her on her shoulder, dazed she looked up, and they were back with Sergeant Giant. He was making notes on a reply he recorded from the sim.
Shortly afterward, he turned to them clearing his throat.
"Well done people, seems you have brain after all, you didn't repair it as I would have liked you to do, but it was creative thinking you did there Hellra" Hellra nodded. 

"So, do we pass?" asked Hellra impatiently. Her fingers tapping one the helmet she held in her right hand.
"You will receive your results later" barked the sergeant back to his old self.
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Comments: Congratulations! You passed! While there are still gramatical errors, and the word to comnet error still shows: it does show that you put time and effort into this story. It also seems apparent that you know what you're talking about. Good work. Oh, please keep your ID Line in the post in the future. Thanks!

it means you gotta use your skills you just learned, in a squad story.
 
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Corporal Yillis
-=Lancer Squad=- -=ASL=- -=Moonbeam=-
ASL/CPL Yillis/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/VEA/VE/Tadath [LoR] [WM]
Rep/GameRep Yillis/GameRep: 6/Gaming Division/VET /VE

Humanoid Pathology
Medic Spec Story #4
By Darr-Rann
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    Darr-Rann sat reading over his datapad, reviewing his medical notes and getting ready for the day ahead. A familiar beeping sounded out as R2-Y7 rolled over to him, breakfast tray held out. "Thanks." Darr-Rann said, eating some egg. Darr-Rann had only left his room for Breakfast once or twice, and R2 brining in his morning meal had become regular.
"Hey, R2, I have a hologram projection here on my datapad, could you play this for me?" he asked the astromech. Beeping, the droid came closer and plugged into the Datapad. Suddenly the image of an old friend came up.
"Hey Darr-Rann." The image of 'Demonic' said, the pilot appearing before him in the hologram. "I'm going out to battle today, the squadrons going to ambush a Rebel Convoy." Darr-Rann smiled. It hadn't been long since he recruited his friend Kal to the Vast Empire, and the Pilot was already involved in a multi-squadron mission. After a little line saying goodbye, the hologram disappeared.R2-Y7 beeped, turning it's half-sphere head towards the clock. "Oh, yeah, class today." He set aside his half-finished breakfast and started to get ready for the day ahead.

    Darr-Rann walked down the Hallway, spotting some familiar people ahead. It had been a long time since Darr-Rann had seen Tal and Jeff, the last time having been at Jess' funeral...
"Hello guys." He said, approaching them. "Hey Darr-Rann." Tal said, smiling at the site of his friend. "How have you been lately?" Darr-Rann asked them, curious of their activities
"Well, our squad has been doing a few small missions, nothing serious. How about you?"
"Well, we haven't done any missions since the Killhouse, but I've been made the Element Leader of Lancer." Darr-Rann suddenly felt a rush of guilt at his last comment. He had taken the position from a friend, and even if she was okay with it, it still made him feel like a bad person.
"Who is our instructor today?" Darr-Rann asked, trying to take his mind off it.
"Instructor..." Jeff, scavenged through his notes for a few moments.
"Tenj." he said, Finally finding it.
"Tenj?" Darr-Rann asked
"Tenj." Tal Confirmed.
"That name is familiar..." Darr-Rann noted to himself. He turned to see a tall man walking down the hall, his Dark hair about the same length as Darr-Rann's. He seemed to be in his thirties, fairly young for a Medical Instructor.
"Well, lets get this started." the man said, unlocking the classroom door and walking in.

    "Well, as all of you who bothered to study before class know..." He looked around the class, scanning for the guilty expressions of those who didn't. "Humanoid Pathology class is about the Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments of Diseases in Humanoid species." He walked over to his computer, pressing a few keys. "Okay, who can tell me a way a Disease can be contracted?" Tal put up his hand. The instructor nodded, and he gave his answered.
"By making physical contact with a diseased being?"
"Right. That is a common way many of us think of. Anyone else?"
Darr-Rann raised his hand this time, and Tenj nodded in approval.
"By consuming a substance that carries the disease?"
Darr-Rann could swear he saw a smirk cross Tenj's face, and he nodded. "Yes, some diseases actually originate in the remains of creatures, such as the rare 'Mind Fang.' disease.
Darr-Rann nearly jumped out his seat. How could he possibly know? he thought to himself. "Alright, Lets go over some common causes of diseases..."

      "Okay, twenty minute break, I don't want to see any of you late." Everyone but Darr-Rann headed for the door. "Ah... Rannik Cedaan." Tenj said, approaching him now that the others had left. "Or should I call you Darr-Rann? The Dark Rannik title suites you well, but we know who the real betrayer of the family is."
"Tenj." Darr-Rann said, "I was sure I knew you."
"How could you not? Your brother was a great adversary of mine, before I 'Retired' from the Corellia Authority and took up a simpler life teaching medical skills."
He walked around the room, continuing to speak.
"I saw how you reacted when I mentioned the Mind Fang disease. You surely knew of your brothers foolish actions."
Tenj sat down at his desk and started to type something into his computer.
"Go to your break, you still have about fifteen minutes left."
"By the way." He said as Darr-Rann was about to exit. "Your other teachers say you do well in class, I'm going to be expecting a similar performance."
Darr-Rann left, seeking his friends.

    Darr-Rann wasn't sure what to think of the situation. Tenj was his brothers enemy, so he didn't know how to feel about the situation. He saw his friends hanging out by a vending machine, and decided to put it aside and talk to them.
"So, this teacher seems like a good guy." Tal said to Darr-Rann as he approached.
"Yeah." said, Nodding in agreement.
Luckily for Darr-Rann, Tal changed the subject.
"So, how is it being a EL?"
Darr-Rann laughed. "It's fun to have a bit of command, but it takes work too."
"Lancer is the only squad to call with EL's, everyone else has Firing team Captains, why is that?"
Darr-Rann thought for a moment. "It's probably because our squad is organized slightly different, to reflect the Nature of our squad." he said, looking at the time.
"Well, We might as well get back, we don't want to be late."

    When they had taken their seats, class began again. "Okay, we've gone over some ways diseases can be Contracted, now lets talk about Symptoms of diseases. He walked over and pressed a few keys on his computer, and A holo-projection came up.
"Here is a list of common diseases and their symptoms." he said, gesturing to the information shown." He thought to himself for a moment.
"Okay, hurry up and copy that down, I have a little test for you."

    Once everyone was ready, he pressed a few more keys and the Projection changed. "Okay, this won't be your 'test' for say. That will come later in the day. This is a just a little evaluation." He gestured towards the projection
"These are some diseases, not labeled. Listed are their symptoms. I want you to identify these diseases." he said, pressing a key to start a timer.
"Three... two... one... go!"
Everyone quickly went to work.


    Darr-Rann sat at his datapad, trying to piece together what this difficult disease could be.
"Some of the symptoms make sense, but some of these symptoms..." He reviewed over his notes. "Oh...Yeah, that one." He typed the answer into his datapad and continued to try to identify them. When he had  finished, he submitted his results and waited for time to run out.
Tenj looked at his computer, then smiled. "Good, I have some good work from you guys."
Pressing a few more keys, the holo-projection switched to "TEST".
"Okay, You have one hour and thirty minutes... Go!"

    Darr-Rann walked out of the classroom, talking to his friends. "How did you do?"
Tal sighed. "I think I probably failed that one." Jeff had a similar expression on his face.
"I think I did well." Darr-Rann said, not quite sure of that himself. "Well, no point of worrying about it now. Anyone up for a game of Sabaac?"

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The spec's test's mark will be left up to you when you judge my story.


Allright, the squad refrences are getting out of hand. Please stop. Other than that, I give it a B seeing as how you requested a grade. You really seem to know your stuff.

 
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