Garet had pointed out that there were were probably cameras somewhere. The E-Web shot nearly hit Garet. Fortunately he dodged out of the way. "Let's take out that damn machine!" Garet yelled. Lucky took out some of her frag grenades.

"I think these might work." Lucky said. She threw one at the E-Web. It's fire halted for a second.

The rest of the group was around the corner trying to avoid being fired at. Wicket peeked around the corner and shot at the E-Web. Not much harm, but everything that damages the machine should be used. Garet and RK also looked around the corner to take shots. The E-Web seemed to be slowly breaking down. "Lucky, I think you should use another grenade." Wicket said.

"Alright, I might as well." Lucky said as she turned the corner. She took out another frag grenade and lobbed it at the E-Web. Fire came at Lucky. She jumped to her left and tumbled back to safety behind the corner. A blast was heard. RK looked around the corner to see if it was still functioning.

"It's almost gone. Smoke is coming from it. One last shot from us all should be able to damage it enough that it will stop shooting." RK said.

Wicket leaned around the corner and rapidly shot his pistol at it. Garet, RK, and Lucky followed. After the volley of shots hit the machine it stopped attacking the group. "Alright well now that the E-Web is taken care of, lets go get the guards." Garet said.

He lead the group around the corners of the building. Wicket was taking out all the cameras that could be seen. Garet raised his arm. "Shhhh. Listen." The sound of foot steps could be heard from around the corner. "Don't move. I'm gunna look." Garet peeked his head around the corner. Four guards were walking the opposite direction of the group. "Four guards. Walking other way. I think we should take them out." The group got their weapons ready. "On my count, attack." Garet said holding up his hand. Each finger went down, one at a time. "Now."
 
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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 area went silent as the group took a moment to think.

"I suggest we make a run for it sir." Jelly piped up

"I guess that's really all we can do ." Kairo said looking back at the distance which seemed to stretch forever especially with all the places they could be attacked from.

"I'll bring up the rear." Jelly offered pulling up his suppression rifle and loading a grenade into it and readying the loader with another grenade.

"Ok Well then We'll go first and you bring up the rear by two to three meters ok" Kairo said facing Jelly watching him load the gun while shaking his head.

"Aye Aye Cap'n." Jelly said with a cocky tone finishing his preparations.

"Ok Alan Lain move now!" Kairo ordered as he sprinted out of cover and towards the door.

The group followed with Jelly lagging behind them enough to cover them. A patrol guard came around the corner just as Lain ran past. He looked in surprise and began to reach for his comm box but looked down to see a piece of sharp metal growing out of his chest. The man was forcibly turned around to look into the face of a dirt covered storm trooper mask. His face grew pale as he left this world with the image of a "demon" in his eyes.

Kairo reached the door and turned to see Jelly dropping a dead guard at his feet.

"An offering for you Cap'n." Jelly said smiling under his helmet.

"What use do we have for him." Kairo asked with an irritated tone.

"Well he's our key." Jelly said bending down taking out his sword and quickly cutting the dead man's hand off.

"Need a hand?" Jelly joked putting the hand on Kairo's shoulder.

Kairo was less then thrilled as he toke the hand and slapped Jelly's helmet with it and then turning and placing it on the scanning pad. The door gleefully beeped and began to slid open. Kairo threw the hand over his shoulder which smacked Jelly in the head. Kairo turned to say a smart comment at the young soldier only to see him pointing his rifle at Kairo. The barrel flashed and someone gasped  followed by a thud to the ground.

Kairo turned to see a dead guard laying on the ground with a gaping hole in his chest surrounded by blasted and scorched matter around the hole.

"Ok We're in team get ready this is going to be the hard part."
 
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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.

"Talk about stealth&" Finch muttered through gritted teeth, gripping her rifle tighter as the alarm went off. Now everyone in the building knew where they where. They would have to hurry to get to the meeting room before anyone could get away.

After the pirates where dead, Jak motioned for them to follow. They moved quickly, sprinting down the short hallways and shooting whoever got in their way. Finch only fired her gun once, not quite able to bring herself to participate in the massacre. She may have been a soldier, but she hadn't been one for long. Killing creatures or pirates that had attacked her first was different than ambushing a group of people. She just hung back, providing cover for her three teammates who didn't seem as bothered by this as she was, if at all.

The team slowed down as they drew closer to the meeting room. This was the part where they'd have to be careful. She slinked across the wall, whispering to Jak. "Schematics say we're about 200 yards off the room. I can notice some obvious heat signatures at that distance."

His reply was as simple as they come:

"Be ready."

The team almost tiptoed closer to the door, though it seemed pointless thanks to the alarm that had sounded earlier. They stopped just short of it. Finch only had one question.

"How are we getting in?"



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-Paladin-

TRP/LCPL Finch/1SQD/2PLT/1CMP/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA

  Moving into the building, Kairo pulled out his Kylon-3 and yet another knife. As he led the group down the dark hallway, Kairo walked slowly to not make noise. Since it was the security station they were assaulting, it was bound to have security cameras outside and maybe inside the building as well.

  A noise caught down the hallway penetrated through Kairo's helmet, and he reflexively tossed the knife. He waited two seconds, but the knife never clattered to the ground. It hit something or someone. Picking up the pace, Kairo found his knife imbedded into a now dead man's forehead.

  "Nice throw." Alan muttered as he passed the corpse.

  "Was just luck," Kairo whispered back, continuing down the dark hall. They soon came upon two doors. Motioning for Alan and Jelly to take the one on the left, Kairo stepped in front of the other. Nodding, he had Lain push the door open. It swung smoothly inward into the black abyss of an empty room. "Nothing."

  "Nothing here either, except a few tables and terminals." Jelly stated.

  Continuing their decent into the building, they soon saw a light up ahead. They slowed down and trained their weapons upon the opening. Kairo motioned for Alan and Lain to take point. They rushed forward and entered the room, sweeping their weapons for a target. Kairo and Jelly moved inside a moment later. It was completely empty. "What's going on Kairo?" Alan asked.

  Kairo walked over to one of the displays and said, "Nothing good." Spinning around, he ran from the room and activated his comlink. "Garet, Jak, come in. We have a big problem." Behind him, Alan and Jelly looked into the display and felt a touch of fear wash through their bodies. The sound of a large explosion was heard through the building, followed by a minor shockwave. "JAK? GARET?" The rest of the group was hard pressed to catch up with Kairo as he dashed madly through the building.

____________________________ Garet's Group _______________________________

  After a few seconds of fire, the group stopped at a signal from Garet. "Let's go." Garet said. They followed after him as he moved toward the building and entered it. Moving past the now smoking heap of metal that used to be an E-web, the group quickly moved upstairs.

  The communications building was in the shape of a small circular tower. The upper floor had a perfect view of the complex, so it had windows surrounding the entire second floor. Stepping into the upper room, Garet had the squad sweep it for any survivors. All they found were a few bloody corpses from their earlier shooting.

  "Alright, blast all the equipment." Garet ordered. The group started to methodically destroy all the communications equipment and terminals. As Garet aimed his gun at the last remaining terminal, something oddly caught his attention before he squeezed the trigger. Hunching over the display, Garet read what was scrolling across it and blurted, "Oh shit!" Bringing his blaster to bear, he fired into the panel.

  A second later, his comlink chirped. "Garet, Jak, come in." Kairo's voice said. Before Garet was able to respond the building main building erupted into a jet of coursing flame. The shockwave shattered the windows of the communications tower. Pushed backwards, Garet fell to the floor along with everyone else in his group. "GARET? JAK?" Kairo's voice yelled in Garet's ear.

  Coughing, Garet crawled to his feet and said, "I'm here Kairo. My group is fine. What's happening?"

  "We've been tricked. It was a trap. The main revolutionary force has surrounded the building, and they apparently left a surprise for us. Jak?" Kairo's voice was laced with fury.

_____________________________ Kairo's Group ______________________________

    "Here is what we are going to do. Garet, I want your group to remain in that tower. When the enemy storms into the field to kill off those of us who they think are still alive, you'll have the perfect vantage point to lay down some fire. You there Jak?" Kairo continued to ask. Running out of the building, he found the main complex in a burning rage of twisted metal. It suddenly started to rain with a clash of thunder above.

    Jak's voice came through the comlink. "Barely."

  "Alright. Take a minute. I'm going to bring my group out into the main field. Garet's group is going to remain to give us cover. I want you to keep your group wherever you are and wait to come until we are dealing with whoever approaches us. This way, we'll flank them." Kairo said, moving out into the field. Rain pattered on his helmet. A fork of lightning shook the sky.

  "Understood." Came two replies.

  "Alright. Here is what we are going to do." Kairo said, moving into the field. "Lay down on the ground as close to the burning building as you can. We're going to pretend to be dead..."

 
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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.

"Alright. Here is what we are going to do." Kairo said, moving into the field. "Lay down on the ground as close to the burning building as you can. We're going to pretend to be dead..."

The squad spread out and sprawled out on the ground playing possum while waiting for the enemy to come into the complex. Though Jelly didn't sprawl on the ground just yet he had an idea.

"Jelly what are you doing?" Kairo asked as he smeared blood from a dead guard on his armor.

"I want to be a proper host give our friends a bit of a surprise." Jelly replied as he pulled out all the grenades he had from his harness and placing them on the ground. Jelly figured where the bulk of the group would go when they entered the complex. Jelly went about placing sticks up right and running some string that he had in his survival kit along these sticks and looping the end through the grenades pins and anchoring the grenades into the dirt leaving them slightly exposed until he ruffled the grass to cover them.

Jelly moved and pulled the strings taunt across the parts of the complex the enemy forces would have to walk through.

"There that should take out a good few and confuse the rest." Jelly said proud of the trap. He then knelt down and pulled some grass up from under a dead body and placed it all over his rifle and then made himself comfortable under the corpse of a dead guard and waited for the enemy to get there.

                      -----------------------Moments Later----------------------------
There came a loud bang as the first set of grenades went off followed by screams of pain.
The enemy came into view firing blindly due to some flash bangs and smoke grenades that where thrown into the mix.

"No the fun begins." Jelly said to himself readying to fire

"Ok squad kill them all!" Kairo yelled over the comm

Jelly raised up into a low firing position and took aim at the enemy and began to fire. The adrenaline began to pump as he revved into action. This was always his favorite part of any mission he had been on.
 
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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.

Lucky sat up against the wall, rifle at the ready. Garet suddenly shouted "Fire!" And she opened up with a neat salvo of bullets.  Her rounds hit a few of the enemy troops, but not as many as hse had hoped. She contiued firing, as did the others. She occasionally stole a quick glance Garet's way to see how he was doing.

Their troops by now, had noted that Lucky's group was fiting at them, from a higher vantage point.  She saw a few of them break from their group and walk in their direction. She quickly neutralized them when they were close enough and brought her attention back to the group of people in the fields.

She moved to another vantage point along the wall, which would allow her to get a clearer view of all enemy troops.  She noted that she was starting to run low on ammo. She took down a few moe troopers before shouting over to Garet.

"We can't go on like this, I'm nearly put of ammo and half our shots are missing their target."




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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

"Well Just keep shooting till you're out of ammo. We can get more when we get back. Just try to do the best you can to help out the fellow troopers." Wicket said to Lucky.

Wicket leaned out the window shooting at the remaining troopers. Some were hitting others were missing. The enemies were dropping. It looked like they were almost done. "Keep shooting guys, we almost have them finished off." Garet said, rapidly firing his rifle.

A few more revolutionists tried to escape from the trees beyond. Kantar picked a few off. The other groups seemed to be doing good. A vast majority of the enemy was wiped out. Only a few were trying to escape.

"I'm out of ammo." Wicket said, throwing his pistol to the ground.

"Yeah, me too." RK said along with Garet and Lucky. Wicket took a last look out the window to see the fallen enemies. We did good. Wicket thought with a tired smile on his face. The group collapse onto the floor, all trying to regain energy. "Well, let's just rest for now guys, or until we get orders from Kairo." Garet said.

 
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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

  Nearby, steam rose from a burning piece of debris from the building as rain landed on top of it. Rising from his position on damp grass, Kairo stood up like a wraith in the darkness. A person next to him who had been searching turned towards the movement, but was silenced by a knife in his jugular. Another searcher turned to see what was happening but was only met with a gleam of light as a lightning bolt reflected off the sailing form of a dagger. Pulling out his Kylon-3, Kairo let lose its full cartridge of ammo into the surrounding group of figures, careful to not aim where he knew his squad members were.

  Lightning flared down from the sky in full fury and thunder echoed in the night, but it was nothing compared to the devastation Storm platoon was wreaking on the battlefield. Without time to reload his Kylon-3, Kairo slid it into its holster and withdrew his vibropike, extending it to its full length and turning it on. A pack of soldiers turned toward him and started to open fire. Not allowing them the chance to fully aim, he moved into them like a hurricane, reaping their bodies like hay. A few blaster bolts from them hit his arm and leg, but they were only glancing shots, penetrating only so deeply to leave a burn mark on his skin.

  Pain meant nothing anymore. As long as he could move, he was going to exact revenge on this force for daring to stand against the power of the Empire. The battle was over before it had even begun. With Garet's group firing into the force from their vantage point, and the arrival of Jak's group on their flank, the revolutionists were soon over run. Being attacked from outside and in had confused the soldiers and some had tried to flee, only to be met by a blaster shot from behind. No one was going to escape. Everyone wanted to repay these revolutionists ten fold for their treason and impudence.

  With a last downward stab into the chest of a gurgling victim, Kairo rent the man's chest open as he brought his vibropike into a defensive position. Tanus was approaching from the side.

"You know, sir, that was quite-" Tanus stopped short.

"Damnit, get down!" Kairo shouted, and threw a dagger over Tanus' shoulder into the throat of a pirate with his rifle aimed at the back of Tanus' head. Striding over, Kairo pulled out the dagger. Rain mixed with blood, creating pools of murky liquid in the darkness. It was silent except for the continuing fury of the storm above. Finally, the pain from his wounds caught up to Kairo, and he grunted from the sudden assault. Stabbing the pike into the ground, Kairo leaned against it to catch his breath, letting his wounded left arm hang to his side.

  Turning on his comlink, he asked, "Status check. Everyone report in." It was a long line of winded groans and responses. They had all made it out alive, but everyone had received their fair share of wounds. If the attacking force of revolutionists had received any proper battle training, the battle may not have ended so well. Heh. Well. With all this death, I doubt anyone should say the battle ended well. Kairo thought to himself. Pulling out a special cylinder disk, Kairo pressed the button on it. It was the signal for the shuttle to pick them up.

  Kairo doubted that he needed to give them a signal for where to land. The flaming building should be enough of a sign. As everyone started to appear from out of the dark rain, they formed up into a small group in the middle of the battlefield. Some were visibly shaken by the night's events. It was to be expected. The amount of combat and attempts at their lives in one night was staggering. Fortunately, Kairo had seen it all before. He was just waiting for the one day where his reflexes were not quite fast enough. Another sound came out of the night, the shuttle was arriving.

  "Hey Kairo, we just going to leave it like this?" Garet asked. "This is sure to attract some attention.

  Cracking his neck, Kairo cleared his throat and said, "That's not for us to do. By this the time the night is completely over, Intelligence will have cleaned the place perfectly. It will probably just look like some old, abandoned pirate base."

  Everyone just nodded. They were all too tired to really do anything more. The boost of adrenaline that had coursed through their veins had receded, leaving in its wake the drop of energy and fatigue.

 
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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 went up to the shuttle slowly and got on. He slothfully collapsed onto a random seat. At this point he really didn't care what seat he had, even if it was next to a window. He had a rough day and just wanted to get some rest.

Wicket closed his eyes, ignoring the chatter around him. Images of the battle flashed through his mind. He tried to distract the thoughts, but that didn't work. For some reason, this battle was bringing back memories of what his mother did. Why, why, why! NO! Wicket tossed and turned in his sleep. Sweat was dripping down his face. A person sitting next to him woke him up. "Are you alright?" the woman asked.

"Yeah, I was just having a nightmare." Wicket replied. He looked out the window and saw that they were close to home. He began gathering up his things that had scattered everywhere from his tossing and turning. I'm sleeping the whole day tomorrow. Wicket thought to himself.

The shuttle came to a halt. The passangers got off and Wicket followed. Lain came up to Wicket. "Are you ok?" Lain asked, seeing sadness on Wicket's face.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just had some dreams about my mother and what she did." Wicket replied. "I'll get over it."

"Ok, well as long as our little buddy is ok. Let's go get some rest." Lain said. Wicket headed off to his home. He noticed Jelly in a strecher.

"Are you ok Jelly?" Wicket asked.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just got hurt a little but i should be better." Jelly relpied.

"Ok good. I might need you to be my partner again." Wicket smiled as he walked off.

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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 silence seemed strange to Jelly seeing as just moments ago it was a hail of fire and explosions. Jelly flopped down on the ground feeling the fatigue wash over him and the pain all over his body.

When the shuttle landed he struggled and slowly got up. He was nearly crawling onto the ship when Riqimo came over and helped him walk.

"Damn thanks man I really messed myself up this time didn't I?" Jelly said limping along with the help of Riqimo. "I want to sleep in my bed for a week after this." Jelly said laughing.

"I know how you feel I think I'll shoot myself just so I can have medical leave." Riqimo joked back

"Damn and I almost got carried out of here on a stretcher that would have been nice." Jelly said sounding almost sad about it.

Riqimo let him down slowly on the steel seat. Jelly wanted to complain about the hard metal but stopped himself. He quickly pulled out his duffel bag and dug into his small med kit pulling out some bandages to put a fresh bandage on his gash.

Riqimo walked back over to help him out with the wound. Jelly only nodded in appreciation.

"I don't want a scar to show the ladies I want to keep my beauty whole Doc." Jelly said laughing in pain as the nasty wound got cleaned.

When Riqimo had finished he gave Jelly a muscle relaxant as per his request so that he could rest. Jelly slowly drifted off into a dreamless sleep for the rest of the trip.

-----------------Upon Arrival On Tadath----------------------
Jelly did get his wish about the stretcher which carried him to the sick bay along with a couple others for a final check up. The dreams pressed down on him as he dozed off in his comfy bed finally out of that hell of a jungle.

One last thought about how he would be back on mission any day now came to him as his eyes shut and he surrendered to the fatigue
 
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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.