ReddVixen
Heavy Weapons Specialist
Level 1: Cover Tactics
Story 1: Fire Support Tactics



Its been 12 hours since Nyla, aka Redd Vixen, was dismissed in Sergeant Abalar’s office. She was ordered to report to class first thing tomorrow morning and she hasn’t slept since. Staring at the ceiling of her 2x3 room she knew life in the barracks isn’t going to be easy, “Well at least I wont be needing any furniture to decorate” she amused herself. Her data pad suddenly made a beeping sound that took her attention, as she looks towards her data pad Redd Vixen saw it was already 0730 already. She sat up and read the message on the data pad.

To: Private Redd Vixen
From: Sergeant Abalar
Subject: Report to Class

Hope you are awake private. I am assigning you to report to the Heavy Weapons Specialist Introductory Class at 0900 hours in Room 1800B. I shall personally pull you out of the academy if you come in late. This is your first step to a long journey in the life of a Stormtrooper Corps.

End of message

She stared back to her clock and rolled her eyes as she laid back to bed, “There is definitely no sleeping today I guess”. Nyla took one deep sigh and sat back up and started to prepare herself for the day.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5 minutes before 0900 hours

As she passed through the hallway looking at the other recruits going to their respective classes she smiled reminiscing her days back when she was studying in Coruscant. Nyla is quite at home in this type of surroundings and she is so fond so well she could tell the two person standing by the door of her room that they were up to no good.

As Nyla approach room 1800B one of the men said “Hey doll, I think you just passed the Medics Training room down there” as he gave a wily laugh.

“Is that so? So you mean I’m about to go in to the room where they train Dummy Drones for target practice?” Nyla said as she went past them.

Nyla looked at the room and she quickly noticed that she is the only woman in this class for the Heavy Weapon Specialist, a thing that all of the other recruits have noticed as she went to look for a seat. Moments after Nyla sitting she saw the two men standing by the door rush inside and to their seats. After that an officer came in familiar to Nyla, it was Sergeant Abalar, it looks like she himself would be doing the introduction to the class.

“Alright, let me put this to a very very simple term for you guys. You are going to be the core unit of the Empire’s Army. You will be the very essence of the team. The army wouldn’t be with out you and yet you are all expendable” Sgt. Abalar said quieting the class. He walked to his desk and started to input something on the console in front of him, he grabbed a remote and switched the projector on.

“Now if you could open your data pads you could see our course for this training program."

Nyla breezes through the itinerary of the HWS Course
“9 levels all in all, this is the longest by far for all the specialty course from ground troops” Nyla whispered

“Well the Vehicle Crewmen is a lot more than this but like what you said, for ground troops this is by far the highest” a man beside her answered hearing what Nyla whispered.

Nyla looked at her and said “aren’t you suppose to be reading the course?” and smiled as she looked back to her data pad.

“And now for the first level of training, lets all get up and head to the exercise area in Level D” Sgt. Abalar said. All of the recruits looked at each other with worry. They all thought on their first day they would all be in the class room reading. But rumors are true about the sergeant, rumors that he applies actual exercises to train his recruits and so it is. Nyla stood up looking forward for the first lesson.

“Fire Support Tactics” she said after reading the first training course they are about to learn.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Moments later

As the went through the door of Level D the recruits were instructed to grab the gear on the locker that has their call signs.

“These are the basic arms that a regular army trooper has” Sgt Abalar yelled. Nyla and the other recruits suites up their armors and helmets, locked their blasters on and continued to follow the sergeant down the exercise room. It was a simulated desert floor, pretty much like the sand planet Tatooine. Nyla observed the field. Near them is to hill-type dunes spreading across left to right with only access to the center. An open field after that. At the far end of the field looks like an old shrine ruins with two clear areas on each side.

After a brief look at the exercise room the sergeant turned to the recruits and raise his hand in the middle of them.

“Alright! You guys here on the left sit tight. The rest of you come with me” the sergeant ordered cutting the class in half. Nyla was left and saw the sergeant assigned the rest of the class to different position in the sand dunes. After setting the class on their respective points the sergeant went back to the remaining recruits

“And now for the rest of you, we’ll play a bit of capture the flag today. At the far end of this exercise area is a ruin, in that ruin is a flag. A flag that I require you to get”.

A recruit raised his hand and said “And those guys you set their will be our enemies right sergeant?“

“Correct!“ . The sergeant took one of the recruits blasters and said that their guns are all set to stun, everyone started looking at each other. “Don’t worry, nobody has been killed yet with this blasters, but anyway those guys who will get stunned will redo this course until there is only one of you left, those who will finish the course on one try could go back to their barracks and wait for the next course. Now go and make me proud!” Abalar said.

Nyla observed the area. The recruits that Abalar set were all stationed to both sides of the ruins. Now in order to approach the ruins they have to go through the middle cause both sides are being covered by high sand dunes which can only be seen if you scale them. Three gung-ho recruits rush towards the middle and found themselves in the crosshairs of the waiting guards. They obviously didn’t stood a chance and got stunned right away. Nyla ran towards the foot of the sand dunes and observed where is the best way she could see and spot the recruits guarding the ruins. She scaled the dune and before reaching the top she started to crawl so that she wont be a target for those guards on the sides of the ruins.

"Come on lets follow her, I think I know what she is trying to do” one of Nyla’s teammates said as he pulled three others on top of the dune. Nyla turned around and signaled the remaining recruits to wait until they could give suppressive fire for them to run towards the foot of the ruins.

Nyla saw the 4 recruits following her and signaled the remaining teammates to wait by the opening of the dunes.

“This is a perfect place so far that we could provide cover for them and assault the ruins” Nyla she said as soon as the other four guys reached her.

“You think?” one man answered.

The other guy is trying to study the field as well and said “I think she’s right. Were a lot higher than those two sentries on each side of the ruins giving us the advantage….” he looked to Nyla and then to the other three men and continued “….you three climb back down and go to the other side so you could cover the sentries on the right. We’ll cover the left sentries”.

The three men nodded and head down. As the three men passed by their remaining teammates at the opening they relayed the plan and climb the dune on the opposite end of the field. As soon as the three men reached their designated place all five of them opened fire on the sentries on both sides.

“Now!” the guy with Nyla yelled. The troops below the hill rushed towards the foot of the ruins with minimal casualties. As soon as they took the flank on each sides of the ruins Nyla and the others followed them as well. They reached the goal and it was a successful assault.

“Nice team work, what’s your name?” the man said

“Call me ReddVixen and you?” Nyla replied as she offers her hand for a handshake.

“Specter, I’m looking forward in working with you again” he replied and walked towards the sergeant who is rallying them back.

As the class of recruits are heading back towards Sergeant Abalar they try to help the stunned teammates up, the sergeant yelled
“You leave those maggots there, they’ll do the exercise again!”

The class gathered around the sergeant and knelt. “Alright what just happened?” the sergeant asked, one of the recruit raised his hand and answered “This exercise was to show us the value of suppressive fire”.

“You are quite right, quite! You see suppressive fire is only one type of Fire Support that you can learn on this training. There are a lot of use of Fire Support. Like the one that you guys just saw today. The main core of support is trust. Trust in your comrades that they have your back covered. The trust that I want to build up within your ranks. But I’m not saying that if you have trust in each other you have what it takes to win a war or engagement. Fire Support doesn’t guarantee a victory, but it sure guarantees that there will be more men that will be coming back from a battle and less in a body bag. Do you guys get me?”

“Yes sir!” all responded.

“Alright, leave your gears in your lockers and go back to your barracks. You guys earned your rest, I’ll deal with these left over myself” Sergeant Abalar said as he slowly turns to the guys stunned in the exercise field with a grin.