Slumped back into his chair, Kairo dozed in his office. It had a very slow week. With both of his platoon's squads back, he hadn't even had any exciting news to read from them, so he had busied himself with all the little work that never seemed to disappear. Sitting behind his desk had grown to be a burden for him. He wanted to be in the thick of combat again, doing what a storm trooper was meant to do. Instead, the greatest action he had seen recently had been between him and a thin piece of paper, resulting in a paper cut along his right arm. He still managed to find time to do his regular morning work out and physical training, so any new trooper to the platoon would find himself in trouble if he underestimated Kairo.

  A buzzing at his desk jerked Kairo awake. Blinking a few times to focus, he hit the receive button on the communit. "You have new orders Kairo. I figured your platoon needed some action. That, and you guys haven't seen too much recently. Check your computer for the information. Oh, and you actually get to go on this one too." With that, the image of Rizzit disappeared. Well that was short. Turning to the computer terminal built into the right side of the desk, Kairo brought it out of standby and looked through his new messages. He had only been asleep for an hour, yet the inbox had received ten new messages. Deciding the others could wait until later, he opened the one from Rizzit and grinned. This should be interesting.

____________________________ One Hour Later ______________________________
                                                          Briefing Room

  As the troopers filed into the room, Kairo quietly sat off to the side. He had already summarized the mission parameters for Jakireth and Garet, who now sat with their respective squads. Once every member had arrived, Kairo stood up and walked to the front of the room bowl shaped room. This briefing room was more of an auditorium, with a podium a bit offset from the focal point and a large projector stationed in the center. The room had been designed so everyone would be able to see, but it never seemed that whoever built these places took into account heights. "Greetings Storm Platoon. I trust you have taken these past few days to get plenty of rest. I'm going to make this quick, because we don't have a lot of time for this mission. The head quarters of a band of revolutionists has been found on Cepany. I'm sure most of you know that Cepany's citizens do not entirely like the Empire. A few 'freedom' fighter groups have recently been becoming more public. Intelligence and other political figures want this one completely destroyed. The reasons for this particular groups destruction is has not been released to us. Suffice it to say, we are just the gun. We aren't supposed to know what we're destroying. We are to go in quickly and destroy all evidence of them. This means two things, no one escapes. We are allowed to take prisoners, so if they surrender fine. But if they run for it, we have to give chase. We don't want a martyr symbol. Second, all computer terminal information has to be erased and destroyed along with any equipment. Any questions so far?"

  "What kind of enemies are we expecting?" Riqimo from Eclipse asked.

  "Think of these people as pirates, but more organized. Usually, some members may have had prior training in some military field, so some of them will put up a better fight. As for equipment and weaponry, we don't know. Expect anything. The Black Market is still alive today. Any others?" Kairo asked. There was a brief pause then he continued. "Very well. Now, we will be landing the forest about ten kilometers away from the base. This is to ensure they don't know we are coming. Now, the forests on Cepany are home to a very destructive and territorial animal, the Cephound." An image appeared on the projector. "You have each received a datapad with mission information on it. I advise you read about the Cephound. We are likely to run into a pack, since this is deep forest area. Now, we only have a limited time for this missions. The reason this is happening so fast, is because of the martyr effect we wish to avoid. Intelligence obtained information that every member of this group is going to be meeting today. So, time is of the essence. So, I will list the equipment you may bring, and then you are to report to the landing field in twenty minutes. Eclipse, you will have your regular armor, but will only be allowed to use its lighter mode. We won't to move quickly so don't put on the extra armor or weaponry. You may have the standard squad gun and any other gun you can carry easily. Anything else is up to you, but if you start to fall behind while on planet, I'll make you drop something. Paladin, standard squad armor as well and weaponry. Choose one of the two squad guns and a personal weapon. Bring what you feel is necessary. If you fall behind, I'll do the same thing to you as Eclipse. Dismissed."

    Noise immediately broke out as people started to discuss the mission among squad friends. The two squads started to file out of the room at the usual speed they were used to having after a briefing. Raising his voice, Kairo said, "I'd hurry up if I were you. If you aren't on the landing field in time, then you will be left behind." The mass of people noticeably started to move faster.


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First Sergeant Kairo
Platoon Commander

PC/1SGT Kairo/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/Tadath/VEA/VE [CDS][BoA][CoR][BC][CoV][IH]

Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will be victorious in ten thousand battles.
You may forget the past, but it will always haunt your future.
Men can die, but a symbol is eternal.

Wicket woke up from the beeping of his datapad. He reached over and took a look. "Oh right. I have that Storm Platoon meeting to go to." Wicket said, getting out of bed. He headed towards his closet and put on some casual clothes. On his way out he grabbed an army ration to eat on the way. He needed his energy.

When Wicket arrived in the briefing room, he saw some fellow troopers. He decided to go sit next to his squad mate Riqimo. "Hey Doc." Wicket said. "Wonder what's going on." Kairo stood up and began to explain what was happening.  Moments passed and Kairo dismissed them. All the troopers walked out the door. Kairo then reminded them that they only had a limited time to get ready and they all began to hurry.

Wicket rushed back to his condo. He only had 20 minutes to get ready and be at the shuttle field. This should be interesting. Wicket thought to himself as he donned his Eclipse squad armor. This armor is light Wicket ran around his room enjoying how fast he could run in his armor. "Ok that's enough messing around. Time is of the essence."

Wicket headed out of his condo. Wicket had a strange feeling. Do I have everything? Wicket thought, checking to make sure he had all his equipment. "Oh shit!" he yelled, noticing he did not have his DL - 54 blaster pistol. Although he did have his squad gun, he uses his personal better. He ran back to his condo and began to look for the weapon. Where the hell did I put that thing? He looked under the bed, in the closet, in the kitchen, under the sink. He could find it nowhere. "UGGGHHH!!!!" Wicket screamed. He looked at the clock and he only had seven  minutes left. He gazed down from the clock and saw the blaster on the stand under the clock. Oh, there it is. Wicket went over, grabbed the weapon and ran out the door.

Wicket ran down the streets through the army base trying to get to the shuttle field on time. The halls were filled with troopers doing daily business. I can't be late to this. After a few minutes of sprinting, the field was in sight. He only noticed a few small figures out there. He looked at his datapad. Three minutes. He slowed down his sprint to a jog, then to a walk. "I'm here!" Wicket said, out of breath. He sat down to get a quick rest. A few moments passed and the others showed up.


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EclipseSquad

TRP/LCPL Wicket/2SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/Tadath/VEA/VE [ES2]

E to the C to the L-I-P-S-E

Riqimo jogged off to Eclipse barracks, dodging the men, women, and droids that flow through the hallways night and day.  He accidentally pushed over a general to the floor and started running a little faster.  I hope that wasn't Fury

"Hey you there, soldier!  Halt!"

Doc started galloping full speed.  Cutting through the medical facility that he knew like the back of his hand, he managed to escape while losing a few minutes.

The barracks wasn't much farther and Riq reached it after ten minutes.  Finding the equipment closet, Riqimo changed into the customized Eclipse armor and left the heavy armor plates scattered across his bunk.  "Moon Shadow" Riqimo spoke out loud to open his voice printed footlocker.  Riq took out small carefully wrapped package and revealed a Neuronic Whip, he took it out and gave it a quick snap before clipping it onto his belt next to his Eclipse Carbine.

Running off towards the exit, he picked up a medic kit sitting on the nightstand and hoped it was fully packed with everything.

Nodding to the droid guarding the Eclipse barracks, Doc ran out once again, hoping not to be left behind.  He made just before Kairo started head count.  Whew, good timing...

 
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Riqimo "Doc" Pershaw

EclipseSquad

ASL/SGT Riqimo/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA [ES2]
Imperial Baronet

+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +

Far From Perfect, the story of a VEA Combat Medic

    Rk rushed down to his quarters as fast as he could. He hasn't been on duty for a while and he couldn't wait to get out of thie sump he called 'home'. Funny, he thought he had a home, but now this raggady old metal lined room was his home.
    He hurried up and hopened his closet. Fumbling through the many cases bags and other assortment of equipment he had. When he finally found a small metal case and a rolled up package.
    He took the case and package over to his bed. Opening the case he took out his DC-15s pistol and holstered it into the holster that was in the case. Haven't used this in a long time. he though to himself as he pulled the belt around his waste and tightened it.
    Next he opened the package and put the shiny newly sharpened knives into his pocket. All he needed to do now was put his armor on. But he decided to do that later.
    He grabbed  a picture on his way out of the room and shoved it into his pocket. "I hope this pic brings me good luck again." he mumbled to himself and ran out the door.
 
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EclipseSquad

TRP/CPL RK/1SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA/VE [ES] [2nd Class] [CoR]

"I am the best at what I do, only what I do isn't very nice" - wolverine

  While everyone was leaving the briefing room, Kairo shut down the projector and terminal. Slipping out a side door, Kairo made his way to his room which was across the base but close to the landing field. It was a nice day on Tadath, sunny with a light breeze. The breeze ruffled Kairo's hair as he made his way along the bases paths. The complex always seemed to be getting bigger and more crowded, due to the influx of more recruits and members. With all the people, it was hard to spot someone you recognized.

  Once he arrived at his room, he hit the access panel, punching in the code. Stepping inside, he walked over to his bed, where he had already arranged his chosen armor and weaponry. Lying on the sheets was a dark Storm trooper Commando set of armor. It was like the Paladin squad's armor with one difference. Kairo had modified it to conceal his many knives. In total, there were ten easy to reach knives through the suit with ten others concealed for certain situations.

  Slipping out of his clothes, Kairo donned the armor. It felt a bit odd and out of place on him after not being in armor for awhile. The sensation quickly went away. Strapping on a hip holster, Kairo slid his Kylon-3 into it. After attaching four extra ammo packs to the armor's utility built, he picked up his collapsible Vibropike and placed it on the belt as well. Grabbing his helmet and a brown cloak, Kairo exited the room and headed for the landing field. As he walked there, he attached the brown cloak to his armor. It was attached to the back of his shoulders and also at the waist, so it would lie behind his arms and out of the way unless he needed it.

  He arrived at the landing field exactly twenty minutes after the ending of the meeting. As he arrived, a lambda class shuttle started its landing procedure. "Everyone here?" Kairo noticed Riqimo arrive just in time and sighed.

  As he started a head count, the copilot of the shuttle lowered the access ramp and walked over. "First Sergeant Kairo?" he asked.

  Once he was sure everyone had arrived, Kairo turned and replied, "Yes. You guys ready to go?"

  "That we are. File onboard and we'll have you to Cepany."

  Nodding, Kairo turned to the squad as the copilot jogged back to the shuttle. "You heard him. Get your sorry excuses for trooper asses into that shuttle." They stood there a second, not used to Kairo acting the tough commander. Kairo cocked his head and twitched his wrist, sending a knife into the ground directly in front of RK's left foot. The troopers broke into a quick paced walk across the landing field and started filing into the shuttle.

  As Garet passed by, he chuckled, asking, "Was the knife necessary?"

  Bending down, Kairo picked the knife out of the ground and returned it to its place in his armor. "No, but I need to see if my aim was off. It was." Kairo grinned to himself as he left Garet contemplating the meaning of what he had just said. Once everyone was on board the shuttle, Kairo closed the access ramp and walked to cockpit. The shuttle was cramped with everyone inside, but they all fit. "We're ready."

  The pilot nodded and replied, "We'll to be Cepany within two hours. It will be dusk when we arrive."

  Moving back into the trooper area, Kairo set down on the last seat. I never liked Cepany. Every time I go there, something always happens.

 
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First Sergeant Kairo
Platoon Commander

PC/1SGT Kairo/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/Tadath/VEA/VE [CDS][BoA][CoR][BC][CoV][IH]

Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will be victorious in ten thousand battles.
You may forget the past, but it will always haunt your future.
Men can die, but a symbol is eternal.

Lucky sat down between jelly bean and Tanus. she looked at them both , they were silent and no emotions showed on their faces.

'So?" She asked tentatively. "You guys nervous? What do you think will happen on this mission?"  she looked from one person to the other. Jelly Bean spoke first. "I think we will find things on there that we didn't expect."

She looked down at her weapons and started cleaning them.  Her DC-15 was in mint condition , she did maintenance on her weapons quite frequently. 

She looked at Tanus, who was still staring in front of him at god-knows. "Tanus, how are you? You're quiet."

"Oh!" He looked surpised for a minute  then answered her. "Well, I was just thinking about what we will be doing on this mission."

'What do you think we will encounter on this mission?" Lucky asked him.

Both men looked at her and they started a conversation on what they would find on Cephany.
 
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TRP/LCPL Luckystar/1SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/ Tadath/VEAVE

-Paladin-
To Embrace the Darkness is to bring about the Light

Tanus looked forward after what he told Lucky he expected to find on Cepany. Since it was pirates, it shouldn't be too bad, he said. Lucky nodded; they both remembered what had happened on Csilla all those months ago. Tanus took out his BMC-150 and inspected it; it seemed to be in good enough condition. He took out his DC-15s as well, just to be sure that it had a full charge. When he saw that it did, he holstered it, and turned back to Lucky and Jelly.

"So, what've you two been up too lately?"

Jelly and Lucky told Tanus what they'd been up too, with excruciating detail. Tanus wasn't all that surprised by Lucky had said. They had been on so many missions together that he almost always knew what she was going to say before it even left her lips. Tanus heard some of the others talking. He peered out and saw Finch. Finch looked over, smiled and waved. Tanus saluted back and leaned back in his seat. Lucky looked over at him.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked.

Tanus looked over at her then back to the ceiling.

"Nothing really. Just thinking about the missions we've been on, and if this one'll be any different." Tanus gestured to his arm and leg. Lucky smiled at him.

"Then next time you should duck when you're getting shot at."

Tanus started chuckling, as did Jelly. Tanus just shook his head and went back to thinking, about his future, and if it would be any different...


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LCPL Tanus Solvona/1SQD/2PLT/1CMP/1RGT/1BAT//VEA/VE
-Paladin-

+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +

Wicket went over to Riqimo, his shuttle partner. Wicket was glad to have an experienced trooper as his partner. "I am so ready for this." Wicket said with glee.

"Yeahhh..." Riqimo replied with hesitation. A look of nervousness came over his face.

The headed over to the shuttle and boarded. They headed to the middle of the shuttle and took a seat. Wicket liked the window seats. He enjoyed the view.

Wicket could see the worry on Riq's face. Unlike Doc, Wicket enjoyed flights. Wicket started up a conversation with Riq. "Well if you're tired, I'll stop talking and let you get some rest." Wicket said enjoying the outside view.

When Cepany came into view, Wicket thought it a good idea to wake Doc up. "Doc we are close, time to wake up."

"I wasn't even sleeping." Doc said with a laugh. Wicket was to busy looking outside to pay attention to what Riqimo was doing.

"Do you believe in afterlife?" Wicket asked randomly.

""I'd settle for a life in this one." Riqimo replied.

"Oh." Wicket said trying to figure out what that meant. He went back to staring out the window.

 
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EclipseSquad

TRP/LCPL Wicket/2SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/Tadath/VEA/VE [ES2]

E to the C to the L-I-P-S-E

The large frame of Eclipse's SL stood in the door way to the trooper area of the ship, arms outstretched to either side of the door frame to keep his balance. Hanging off the waist of his EAST Suit were two Intimidator pistols, his new weapon of choice. Protruding behind and over his head was his Carbine Mark II, Eclipse's standard Squad weapon and Garet's only method of shooting for distance. He looked over the two Squads mingling in their downtime. It was amazing how chiseled the Empire's soldiers were to be this calm before a battle. He saw RK with a young woman he didn't recognize before (maybe because he had only seen Paladin under mask). Jelly bean was with two other Paladin members, talking about previous missions. Riqimo and Wicket were checking up on each other, something Garet hoped to see more of within the Squad. And then he passed eyes over Jakireth, Paladin's Leader.

He made his way over to his old comrade and shook his hand, sharing a silent "How ya doin'?" He took a seat close by and observed the troopers again, in the secret satisfaction watching their subordinates work that Leaders get. As the shuttle took off, Garet left to find a private area of his own and study for whatever needed to be studied. He worked better that way.
 
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EclipseSquad
Eclipse Website
Eclipse Report Tool

SL/GSG Garet Daimun/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA [ES2C] [ES1C] [IH]

+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +

Tanus walked away from the shuttle's landing site, BMC-150 in hand. Finch followed close behind him, her A280 in her arms, ready for anything. As they moved forward, dusk turned into the darkest night Tanus had seen in a long while. All he saw was the silhouettes of trees and the stars blinking in the night sky. As they moved into the forest, it got even darker.

Tanus took the lead again, walking through the forest, whacking bushes and undergrowth out of the way with his hand. About a kilometer into the forest, Tanus heard it: a low growl that chilled his blood to a stand still. Tanus brought out his BMC-150 out and surveyed the area. He turned and saw Finch doing the same; apparently, she had heard it too. As they both turned, he saw it: a small hunting animal, no bigger then 1.5 meters, was in their path, growling. As Tanus was about to fire, he shouted as a pair a sharp points dug into his leg, He looked down and saw that one of the beast had bitten him.

"Son of a bitch," he cursed and kicked the creature off.

As he turned his head back, he saw the other Cephound flying at him. Tanus had barely enough time to throw up his arm to bat the creature away. Tanus backed up and stood side by side with Finch, her own weapon trained on the other cephound.

"What should we do?" she asked, sounding panicked.

"The same thing we always do: shoot until their not breathing."

Tanus pulled the trigger on his BMC-150, unleashing a storm of red and white bolts from both barrels. The cephounds danced around the bolts with blinding speed, and then leapt at them. Tanus had no time to react, and was pinned to the ground, his rifle thrown away from him. Tanus was using all of his strength to not let the beast's jaws close on his face. Tanus looked over at Finch, and saw she was having the same trouble. Then Tanus reached for his blaster...


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LCPL Tanus Solvona/1SQD/2PLT/1CMP/1RGT/1BAT//VEA/VE
-Paladin-

+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +

"What the hell is that?!" came the nervous voice RK over the Comm. An invisible, deep growling had been following the group since they stepped away from the landing clearance. Garet, leading the charge through the thick foliage, paid no attention and kept on running, chopping away branches ahead of him with a bayonet attached to his Carbine. Something was in the path: Garet stopped abruptly down to one knee and held up a fist, the others others followed order.

The object was a body of a dog-like animal. "Cephound?" Corporal Kantar of Paladin asked at the motionless animal. "Hang here... I'll go check," Garet announced as he inched his way towards it. It wasn't breathing, but there were no signs of a fatal wound to be seen. Garet turned his head back to the group. "It's dead." He got up to his feet again and turned to move on, but was met by the tackle of the Cephound he had just examined. Garet, in reaction, thrusted his Carbine at the animal lunging at him, the sharp bayonet sticking through the beast's chest, but knocking Garet down all the same. It clawed and bit and growled at the armor  just out of reach - protecting all the parts Daimun would rather have intact, causing pandemonium to the just previously quiet environment. Screams rang off through his helmet as his group mates argued over what to do with the three others that had jumped out in ambush.  It growled even fiercer and lunged for Garet's covered face, despite the knife stuck into its vital areas. It only ceased to attack when Garet pull the trigger and its organs flew twenty feet behind it.

Garet got up to see his three mates back to back, watching the three other Cephounds circling them. Garet backed into the formation and took note as well. "You good, boss?" Wicket's voice translator chimed in as he backed up. "My nose is on fire..." Garet replied at the stench of the animals breath.

"What should we do?" Luckystar asked objectively. All five of them had their guns raised and ready. Firing now would only provoke attack, though, and the lightning fast Cephound would most certainly win. Everyone had to remain stalwart if they wished to come out of this undamaged.

"Wait for it..." Garet repeated continuously over the Comm. One of the hounds sensed a break in formation: Wicket turned his head to watch one of the others. The Sullust noticed the charge just in time, able to avoid the leaping thing; it went with consequence though as both he and Kantar, who had been standing with his back to Wicket, were knocked to the ground. The cephound flew to the outside of the circle again, leaving its two companions to pick up the now defenseless soldiers. Wicket sprawled for a better position, hoping to put up a fight against the giant dog  a vain effort. However, he wasn't without his savior: Luckystar was in formation right next to where he was, and, seeing the hound charge, fired her rifle. It dodged adeptly, but by then Wicket was on his knees and he shot the hound through his front left leg, piercing through and inadvertently hitting it's back right leg as well. The hound limped off in defeat, looking for a safe place to stay away from the fight.
 
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EclipseSquad
Eclipse Website
Eclipse Report Tool

SL/GSG Garet Daimun/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA [ES2C] [ES1C] [IH]

+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +

    Noticing Jelly get knocked down by one of the hounds, Kairo narrowly missed a lunge from the one he was dealing with. He was forced to keep stepping back by the hound, probably in an attempt to let the one over Jelly finish its kill. Throwing the knife in his hand downward, Kairo caught the hound in its shoulder, causing it to rear back. Taking the moment, Kairo leapt over the beast and grabbed the one on top of Jelly. Swinging it around, he blasted a hole through its head.

    Jelly quickly surged to his feat and dashed past Kairo. Turning around, Kairo saw him tackle the hound Kairo had left to save Jelly. With his back turned, the hound had crept up on him. Jelly stabbed into the beast's side, but it quickly threw him off. Kairo spun around and tried to fire another shot into this hounds head, but dodged and the shot grazed its shoulder. Turning towards him, it dashed across the ground and pounced.

  It was too late to pull out another dagger, but a blur from the side slammed into the hound in the middle of its leap. The form toppled onto the now still form of the hound. Rushing over, Kairo helped Jelly to his feet. A visible dent had been impacted on Jelly's right side where the beast had clawed at him. A large gash was slowly bleeding where the claws had cut through. Reaching down, Jelly jerked on the hilt of his dagger. It was deeply imbedded into the Cephounds ribs, apparently stabbing its heart. "I doubt you'll be able to get that out."

  Jelly tugged again, but it didn't come lose. "Of course not." Jelly muttered. A blaster shot to their right caught them by surprise. Spinning around, they found Alan holstering his gun and helping Lain out from under a dead Cephound. Jelly grabbed his side as he and Kairo started to walk over. "Damn it. This thing is going to sting. Where is Riq when you need him."

  "How are you two?" Kairo asked as they grouped together again.

  "We managed. Lain just got the wind knocked out of her when the beast collapsed on top of her." Alan reported.

  "You going to be able to keep up with that Jelly?" Kairo asked, indicating the gash.

  "It just hurts when I run." Jelly responded jokingly. "I can manage. I've had worse."

  "Alright. Let's move it. Hopefully the other groups have encountered these beasts as well." Kairo motioned for them to follow as he sprinted back into the jungle. Night had completely fallen during the battle with the Cephounds.

  After another ten minutes of walking, Jelly whispered, "Wait, stop. There are people up ahead. I think we found ourselves a scout group."

  Kairo nodded. "Alright, let's take them out quietly and quickly."

 
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First Sergeant Kairo
Platoon Commander

PC/1SGT Kairo/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/Tadath/VEA/VE [CDS][BoA][CoR][BC][CoV][IH]

Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will be victorious in ten thousand battles.
You may forget the past, but it will always haunt your future.
Men can die, but a symbol is eternal.

Riqimo groaned at the rapidly approaching cephounds, he had sincerely hoped that the platoon wouldn't run into any of these.  So much for that wish.

"Doc, will you shoot these things!" Finch shouted over the fray.  Riqimo glanced at the ECHO rifle at his side, mentally slapping himself for not firing it already.

"Doc, Duck!" Tanus shouted and Riqimo, despite his better thinking, followed natural instinct.  He looked up.  A Cephound was flying through the air towards him, mouth dripping with steaming drool in anticipation of a dinner.

"Oh perfect," Riqimo muttered and grabbed the cephound's neck with both hands as it collided with him.  When the two hit the ground, the medic twisted the hound's neck and reached for his rifle.  Another cephound was rapidly approaching, Riqimo pulled his rifle out and fired... Instead of a glowing green laser bolt, a barely audible hum filled Doc's ears.  Riqimo glanced nervously at his right hand, his whip was clenched tightly.

"Crack!" The whip caused the hound to back away, baring its teeth.  Another hound growled to Riq's left, and he quickly snapped the whip at that hound.

"How about some help here!" Riqimo shouted over to his squad, trying to keep the sharp teeth away from his legs.  Just moments after, Tanus fired at one of the distracted hounds, causing it to fall to the ground, Jak and Finch quickly joined in while Riqimo started to grab his own rifle while flicking the whip at any hound coming too close.  One of the smarter hounds saw an advantage in Riqimo being slightly distracted and not cracking the whip as hard as he was earlier. 

Riq felt a sharp tug of the cephound snatched the whip in his mouth and pulling it out of Riq's hand.  The surprise of this maneuver caused the medic to drop his rifle into the undergrowth.  Where's the rifle!?

Without any weapons to protect him against the bared teeth and sharp claws, Riqimo turned and ran, "Guys!!"

The hound gave pursuit, and Riqimo grasped a tree branch and swung himself into the tree.  Climbing a little higher, he was luckily out of reach of the hound.  Unluckily, however, he couldn't help his squad.
 
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Riqimo "Doc" Pershaw

EclipseSquad

ASL/SGT Riqimo/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA [ES2]
Imperial Baronet

+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +

Far From Perfect, the story of a VEA Combat Medic

Kairo gave the signal for the squad to spread. Jelly stalked slowly to the right to get a good position where there was a good view over the scouting party's position.

"Ok when I give the signal kill them remember try to take them out before they get a chance to contact their base." Kairo said as he crouched down behind an overturned log.

Jelly settled down in between two trees and brought his rifle around sighting down the scope moving it to see how quickly he could line up and kill two of the scouts in case one of the others missed their mark.

"Is everybody ready?" Kairo asked over the come.

"Roger" came back the answer from the others at the same time.

"Good then Execute." Kairo ordered as he fired a single shot which pierced one of the scouts through his chest and blowing his heart matter out through the exit wound.

Lain's shot zinged out from the brush and blasted one through the shoulder but not killing him. Jelly fired a single shot which blew a gaping hole in one of the scout's head then turning instantly to fire off another shot which toke took the wounded soldier's life away. The last  solider turned and began to run but not before Alan's bolt caught him in the back blowing a decent sized hole in his chest which leaked organs and other vital matter.

"Did we get them all?" Alan asked over the comm

"Scouts have been executed." Kairo said over the comm
"We will continue towards the bases perimeter now move out and go carefully we're close now so there might be sensors or traps be on the alert squad." He continued as the squad moved along towards the lower ground.

"Sir there are a few heat sensors up ahead their set to warm heat and aren't modified for cold." Jelly reported as he made the squad stop short.

"But I have an idea permission to use a cryoban grenade." Jelly asked turning to Kairo

"Granted." Kairo answered "Where are they?"

"They have been set 3 meters apart along what looks like the perimeter and after that there's a ten meter gap to the next one." Jelly said pulling out three of the blue marked grenades handing one over to Kairo and Alan. Kairo flipped the grenade around and then looked towards the direction of the sensors.

"Problem is their faulty so we can be close enough to hit them with the grenades and effectively disable them." Jelly explained pulling the pin and looking to Kairo.

"Right on my mark One Two Three." Kairo counted throwing his grenade in a high arc on three. The three grenades hit at home with their targets  flashing as the ice like material covered and froze the sensors.

Kairo ordered the squad forward noting his motion tracker to make sure there where no contacts.

"We should be in site of the base within a few more meters just keep aware of what's going on I don't want anymore surprises." Kairo said moving forward with his blaster at ready. The squad continued to go deeper into the forest.
 
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EclipseSquad

TRP/LCPL Jelly Bean/2SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath[EW1C]

Eclipse Squad not for the Faint of Heart

Jayne: You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til you understand who's in ruttin' command here.

  After throwing the cryoban grenade, Kairo motioned for the group to move quickly. "We should be in site of the base within a few more meters just keep aware of what's going on I don't want anymore surprises." As they continued forward, Kairo contemplated exactly how they would complete the next part of the missions. Technically, reaching the base was supposed to be the easy part.

  A cold feeling crept down Kairo's back. Great. Like I need more on my plate. Now I have a really bad feeling. It took them only a few minutes to see reach the clearing. Windows from a few buildings cast small pools of light on the grassy field. A few security guards paced back and forth around the perimeter. Kairo counted four in the direction his group would be heading.

  Motioning for his squad to duck down, Kairo activated his comlink and heard the end of some statement Jak was making, ". . .before I get bored."

  Grinning, Kairo said, "Alright. Time for the fun to begin. You know your orders. Lets finish this up and get back to Tadath before Happy Hour ends." Turning off his comlink, Kairo turned to his group and said, "Alright, the other two squads have their orders. We will be attacking in three prongs. Jak's group will capture the people at the meeting. Garet's will shut down communications. We are to hit the control room for security. It should be near the power building." Kairo glanced across the clearing and saw the guards had entered the right time for them to move. "Just follow along and kill anything that moves before it can make a noise."

  Dashing across the field in the darkness that night offered, Kairo strode up behind someone and pulled out his knife. Reaching around the person, he pulled back and slit his throat. Signaling Jelly and Lain to drag the body off behind one of the buildings, Kairo tossed Alan a knife and pointed at a guard about to come around the corner. Catching the knife, Alan twisted and threw it hard. It glistened for a moment in the moonlight than penetrated into the guard's skull.

    Continuing their trek towards the power station, Kairo signaled the group to take cover behind a small building, as a guard approached them on his patrol. "Move around the building." Kairo whispered. The group tread silently through the grass, circling the building ahead of the guard. Once on the other side, Kairo spotted what appeared to be a larger building with lines running out of it. Must be the power generator. Unfortunately, a clean expanse of nothing separated it from them, lit by a few windows from surrounding buildings. "Any ideas, besides making a run for it?" he asked.

    A few moments passed as the group caught their breath, each one contemplating what they could do. Shrugging his shoulders, Kairo eased into his armor. A bead of sweat trickled down his forehead and down his nose, dripping down into the helmet. "Anyone?" Kairo asked again.

 
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First Sergeant Kairo
Platoon Commander

PC/1SGT Kairo/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/Tadath/VEA/VE [CDS][BoA][CoR][BC][CoV][IH]

Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will be victorious in ten thousand battles.
You may forget the past, but it will always haunt your future.
Men can die, but a symbol is eternal.