Merrick looked down toward the base, and all the enemy troops around it. Probably not the best idea to be trying to get back in right now. Instead, she set up her rifle so that she could pick off some of the infantry before they made it to the walls of the base. Admittedly she was technically too far away to do much, but she would try anyway.
 
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Skyalin Tel'sha
Jester Squad's chick with a sword
To thy protection fear and sorrow flee, and those that weary are of light find rest in thee.
If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, hunt it down and kill it.

Kuroishi looked from his position along the outer wall to see if he could find Tycho as soon as the call came through.  Kuroishi wasn't much of a medic but he was sure he could keep Tycho alive long enough for one to arrive. Kuroishi saw him an unforgiving distance away on the wall.  Kuroishi scrambled as fast as he could while still staying under cover. Kuroishi took out an emergency medical pack as soon as he arrived on the scene and applied various medicines and patches designed to keep someone alive even through the most grievious wounds. "There Tycho looks like you'll live for a couple more days at least.  Good thing you wear something a bit better then storm trooper armor or even my wonder kit couldn't save your life.  Now don't talk or I'll finish the job that smeg head that shot you started."  Kuroishi said as he switched to his Timbique Edition Zues rifle. Kuroishi used his scope to sweep for the enemy sniper.  Whoever he or she was they weren't bad.  Kuroishi knew his armor could take pretty much any blaster shot out there even to the head but there were still some draw backs to his armor and he was willing to bet that this sniper knew at least one of them. Kuroishi saw the sniper after sweeping for almost fifteen seconds.  The enemy were begining to close on thier positions and Kuroishi knew he had to act fast. Kuroishi switched to a single shot and pulled the trigger.  At the same instant a stream of blue light came from the sniper's position. The ion bolt danced over the surface of Kuroishi's armor, while not terribly dangerous this did make the joints cease up and the air recycling system shut down.  At least there was enough stored air to last for several hours if need be. "At least I got him."  Kuroishi said as he toppled over. Kuroishi was a little angry as he was running dangerously low on spare parts for his armor and the only two options to become mobile were use his might and break the joint actuators, or get someone to help him with his armor off. Kuroishi made the only choice he could that would make for the best benifit for the platoon. The snapping of the actuators was painfull both to hear and physicly. Kuroishi popped up over the wall with his rifle in one hand and reaching for a frag grenade with the other. The lead vehicales were going to be tough to knock out with his high explosive rounds, but it could be done. Kuroishi lined up as best he could on where he guessed the fuel cell was.  Then an idea hit him. "Fish, I need a little assistance with my shot.  Could I get you to fire directly into the center of the main turret of the lead tank when I say now?"  Kuroishi asked over the comm. "I think I know what you're getting at.  This is about the little stunt Argon pulled at the firing range isn't it?"  Fish replied back. "Yuppers.  Even the best sniper can't make his bullet change direction in the air unless another sniper deflects his shot, and all of this is possible thanks to slug thrower sniper rifles.  Never leave home without them."  Kuroishi could only imagine the inormity of the grin on his face right now. "Three... two... one... NOW!"  Kuroishi said as he pulled his trigger. Right on cue Fish's rifle let out it's report and Kuroishi watched the tank for signs of impact.  A small flash on the lower starboard side told Kuroishi that his shot wnet where he planned but that these tanks were not built like he had figured. 'Frak.  This is no good.'  Kuroishi thought to himself. "I hope we got some good anti vehicle defenses set up because Id don't have any AP rounds to do some tank busting.  The buggar in the lead is about as heavily armored as an AT-AT."  Kuroishi said over the comm. Kuroishi watched as the tanks drew closer.  Ocasionally Infantry would show themselves and Kuroishi gave them thier reward, a slug in the head each time. Kuroishi checked his drum clip, sixteen rounds left. "Well if I can't make you stop in your tracks then perhaps I can disable your sensor gear."  Kuroishi said mostly to himself as he switched to full auto and began covering the tank with fifty caliber explosions. "That should at least slow you down and force you to deploy infantry in front of the tanks to probe for mines instead of scanning for them."  Kuroishi said as he began reloading. The lead tank fell back as another took it's place.  Then kuroishi saw several timed explosions indicating Fish had triggered his suprise. While this would not stop the enemy it did force them to proceed through a narrower passage. Soon they would be in the mine field. The new lead tank skidded to a halt as it's drive mechanism was blown out by the mines.  It wasn't a bad sacrafice considering that there were four more still behind it and it provided good covering fire and protection for the infantry. "We need some heavy firepower focused on that tank and it's friends or we're all done for."  Fishi nearly shouted over the comm.
 
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The Head Terrorist
Great Death Leader of the Fallen
The Chief Instigator of Pain and Terror
GN Daishi(2LT Kuroishi)
"Victory through terror, terror through infiltration. Redefining pain and suffering since 2000 and damn proud of it."  Fallen Angels motto.

Argon, who had been listening to an intense, play-by-play account of the battle coming through to the enemy's command center, let out a sigh of relief, Storm Platoon had escaped. Argon quickly went to work and hooked up his comm system to his video feed, and left the base, killing two guards on the way. He arrived at the scene of the battle an hour later, having driven his speeder bike most of the distance. The place was a mess, scored with blaster fire in every direction, but he didn't find any VE bodies. Taking a look, he found that, if there were tracks, they must have been covered very well, Fish, Kuroishi or Tycho must have taken rear guard. He was taking a closer look at the ground near a cave as Myrrdin arrived. "Hey boss,"said Myrrdin,"where is everyone?" "They're in this cave,"said Argon without looking up,"and there's some alien species with them that I don't recognize." "They're being followed?"asked Myrrdin, shocked. "No,"said Argon,"the tracks indicate that they were travelling together." "Oh, okay,"said Myrrdin,"so where do we go now?" "Looks like we go this way,"said Argon, heading into the cave...
 
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Argon Viper
IW COL Argon Viper{ret}
"History is on the move, those who cannot keep up will watch from a distance, and those who get in our way will not watch at all" - Grand Admiral Thrawn
"How boring life would be if everyone felt the same way we do..." - Argon Viper
"Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses" - Carl G Jung

Kuroishi was annoyed at the sniper who fried the joints and air recycling system.  The joinst were the bad part, it meant that his armor no longer locked tight together.  The air recyling pumps were still down which meant Kuroishi had to take his helmet off for the first time in ages. "How goes it Kuroishi?"  Fish asked. "Well I'm mobile and can fight in close quarters but if the enemy starts using any sort of gas weapons, I'm in for a tough time."  Kuroishi replied. "I could use someone who has a fair aptitude for linguistics and you were the first person to come to mind.  The translator of these creatures knows a bit of basic but not enough, hopefully you can give me a hand."  Fish said as the duo went over to where thier escort was waiting. "We try to fight the others who here.  They bring much... heli.  Cannot boshfor well in you legit."  The creature tried to speak in broken basic. "Well I can say this much Fish, I'll be able to understand the basics of what he's trying to get at, but for the most part I won't be able to talk back, unless of course he understands basic or hysan fluently."  Kuroishi said after mulling over the pieces of the native creature's language in his mind. "It was worth a shot but if that is all we're going to have this is going to be one long stay."  Fish replied. "[Can you understand this any better?]"  Kuroishi said in the only other language he spoke fluently. "One who was here long ago used something sipac.  He not frey gen."  The creature responded. "Great, the Hysan have been here before.  Probably one of thier ussual pirate raids.  This could be a bit bothersome.  Given some time I could probably learn the language but something tells me we don't have much time before we must move again."  Kuroishi said as he began his ussual plotting. "We are never rid of those band of pirates are we?"  Fish retorted. "Not really.  We still have all those rebel troops to deal with.  The only weapon I have available that can take out those heavy tanks is my vibro katana.  Needless to say that isn't much of an option right now.  Besides since knowladge of thier pirate activities in this area of space has become more widely known they probably have moved on."  Kuroishi said while he continued to work on ideas of how to deal with the heavy armor. "We have the firepower to take on those light tanks but that heavy you blinded temporarilly is going to be a tough bastard."  Fish replied also conetemplating thier next move. Kuroishi saw something that looked familiar.  It was his tool box. "Well I'll be.  Which of your people brought that in?"  Kuroishi asked the creature. "Ii did.  Thought it was gendal.  Found many usen inside."  The creature replied. "Fish I may have an idea."  Kuroishi said as he began sifting through his many talents for insperation.
 
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The Head Terrorist
Great Death Leader of the Fallen
The Chief Instigator of Pain and Terror
GN Daishi(2LT Kuroishi)
"Victory through terror, terror through infiltration. Redefining pain and suffering since 2000 and damn proud of it."  Fallen Angels motto.

  Patrick came walking from the shadows and turned to Argon. He stared at him a minute then walked off without saying anything to him. Leaving Argon dumbfounded. Patrick dissappeared back into the shadows and went to the other side of the valley to get the other heavy gun.     "Whats wrong with him?" asked Myrrdin. "He seemed rather odd.." " I don't know. He was fine when he left, but he left the same way he just did. All mysterious and stuff. I think he is beginning to miss a certain someone back in space." said Fish parent like to Myrrdin. {OOC: I am sorry I just came up with writer's block... Someone please finish this}
 
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TRP/CPL Patrick/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Member of the Dreaded Knight Squad.

OOC: I've now officially lost the plot. DK is 3km away in the space of about a minute story time. We're in the cave, but we're in a valley at the same time. We just missed a rebel squad 100m away. And Jester squad might as well be all dead. Actually, now there's an idea...
 
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Ramon Stonefish

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Okay, this is my catch-up post for all those who are lost, my story post will come in another post after this. The Dread Knights held strong at the chosen point until Fish's little grey aliens showed up.  At that point, they led us through a cave to a point three kilometers away. Myrrdin and I left the enemy base after causing some havoc, and I led us by following the tracks where we ambushed some Rebels who were intent on ambushing the DK.  Right now, the DK sits on the ledge making some plans. Now, the Drill and Jester Squad ones should be rated "As nearly as I can determine"... Drill Squad, last I heard, was pinned down in a canyon or against a ridge somewhere.  I haven't seen them get out of it, so I assume they're still there. Jester Squad is still out on recon, I never saw them come back. Anyways, Fish is still with the DK, and Kuroishi just floated some plans for us.  The rest of the squads are on their own, but the DK will be perfectly happy to pull a "psycho terrorist" stunt on these Rebel...  (tone of disgust) regulars 
 
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Argon Viper
IW COL Argon Viper{ret}
"History is on the move, those who cannot keep up will watch from a distance, and those who get in our way will not watch at all" - Grand Admiral Thrawn
"How boring life would be if everyone felt the same way we do..." - Argon Viper
"Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses" - Carl G Jung

He fluttered back into the real world with a deep breath and with a sudden jolt. It caused him much pain. The right arm flexed without pain now, and the muscles bulged from beneath his light armor. His strength had returned--as had his appetite. He happily dug into some grub he found and heated up, until someone confronted him and appeared to be ordering him to do something. Tycho was barely able to stand without support due to his ordeal, but he hobbled out into...
 
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Sergeant Major Tycho Celchu

Argon dodged into the area, twisting left and right to avoid the potshots the enemy was taking at him. Jumping at the last second, he rode the shockwave of a blast from one of the light tanks, landing quite heavily on an unfortunate Rebel. Then, Daishi opened fire, taking out the commander of the other light tank, who had been dumb enough to ride sticking halfway out of the top hatch. With this, Argon ducked and rolled under another volley, getting himself that much closer to the heavy tank. With that, he decided that this had gone on long enough, and pulled the strings that were attached to his belt. A massive cloud of smoke began to billow from the smoke grenades he had hooked up, obscuring him from the view of the regular soldiers. But only the regular soldiers, he had to rely on a sudden force intuition to dodge a sudden shot from the heavy tank, which had heat tracking gear on board. Putting on his own heat tracking gear, Argon quickly located the enemy heavy tank. Heading in that direction, he drew his Rykk blades and began killing any soldier who was in his way. Daishi, meanwhile, made it even easier for Argon, peppering the heavy tank with rounds that, as well as confusing the sensor gear, put up a massive heat signature for him to head to. Reaching it, he ducked in under the main body and placed his charge, putting it nearest to where he knew the ammo case to be. Rolling out the other side, he started running, reaching the edge of the clearing quite quickly. Once there, he pressed the detonator. With a massive rumble, Kuroishi's explosives took out the heavy tank. Argon turned on his comm and set it to Fish's frequency. "Fish,"he said,"the heavy is down.  Get some assistance to Drill Squad, they're being attacked by an entire platoon and two of the light tanks..."
 
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Argon Viper
IW COL Argon Viper{ret}
"History is on the move, those who cannot keep up will watch from a distance, and those who get in our way will not watch at all" - Grand Admiral Thrawn
"How boring life would be if everyone felt the same way we do..." - Argon Viper
"Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses" - Carl G Jung

[OOC: Violent aren't we?  Well, glad I could be of some assistance  ] With the heavy tank out of the fight, Argon decided to go in to help out Drill Squad. Drawing the submachinegun he had "borrowed" from Geist a while back, he slapped in a magazine of fifty explosive rounds. With the other hand, he pulled out his now overused Rykk blade. Making sure that Kuroishi knew he was about to pull a rampage, he twisted around the tree and back into a line of sight on the enemy. Pumping one shot into the heat sensor of one of the light tanks, he wandered into the cloud of gloom he had created. One soldier came too close to him, and his neck opened up like a liquid rose. Three other soldiers died as Argon's explosive rounds found their torsos, blasting them into bloody fragments that splattered onto their comrades. The remaining light tank, however, was turning to fire at him. As he turned, Argon found himself looking almost straight down the barrel. Quickly, his gun came around, and he fired a three shot burst directly down the barrel. The resulting explosion signified the end of enemy resistance as they began to withdraw in a horrible rout. As he took out every enemy soldier he could before they could fully retreat, Argon saw several soldiers fall down mysteriously, Kuroishi was still as good as ever. Within minutes, the entire area was clear except for bodies, debris, and a light cloud of remaining smoke. "Hey Fish,"said Argon as Kuroishi climbed down from the tree,"Where do you want us to meet up?"
 
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Argon Viper
IW COL Argon Viper{ret}
"History is on the move, those who cannot keep up will watch from a distance, and those who get in our way will not watch at all" - Grand Admiral Thrawn
"How boring life would be if everyone felt the same way we do..." - Argon Viper
"Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses" - Carl G Jung

Merrick dragged Patrick back down to safety and sat him up against a wall. "Idiot, what are you doing? You're not supposed to get yourself killed. Makes too much of a mess, and that's without all the paperwork." Merrick had absolutely no medical training and suddenly realised that none of the other Jesters were around, especially the one most needed right now, Stitch. All Merrick could do for Patrick was try to get him comfortable and hope he didn't die before someone could fix him up.
 
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Skyalin Tel'sha
Jester Squad's chick with a sword
To thy protection fear and sorrow flee, and those that weary are of light find rest in thee.
If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, hunt it down and kill it.

"Argon, we're sitting right were you left us.. well, them. I've dragged Patrick back to a safe spot near Tycho, but he's not doing great. Get someone up here who can do something about it!" Merrick now also had Patrick's blood on her, as she was trying to keep enough pressure on the wound to at least slow the flow of blood. 'Come on dammit, or he's not gonna make it.'
 
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Skyalin Tel'sha
Jester Squad's chick with a sword
To thy protection fear and sorrow flee, and those that weary are of light find rest in thee.
If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, hunt it down and kill it.

Argon and Kuroishi arrived to a scene of blood, more specifically, Patrick's blood. They immediately rushed to him. "He took it to the upper chest,"said Kuroishi,"bad burn, but it wasn't a projectile or anything." "All right,"said Argon, taking the bacta patches out of his pack,"then as long as we can stop the bleeding, he'll be fine." Together, they quickly strapped several bacta patches over Patrick's chest, covering the wound, and staunching the bleeding. By the time they were done, the Dread Knights had returned, and Tycho had wandered back outside. "News?"Argon asked Myrrdin, eying the bodies that he and darkhelmet were carrying. "They didn't make it,"replied Myrrdin,"but we still managed to kill all those d*mned Rebels." "All right,"said Argon darkly,"time for a change of plans.  We're going to wait for Fish to get back here, and then we're going to show these Rebels why you don't mess with the Dread Knights."
 
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Argon Viper
IW COL Argon Viper{ret}
"History is on the move, those who cannot keep up will watch from a distance, and those who get in our way will not watch at all" - Grand Admiral Thrawn
"How boring life would be if everyone felt the same way we do..." - Argon Viper
"Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses" - Carl G Jung

  Patrick snaps up from his deep sleep, and scares Merrick close to death. He jumps up then falls back down. " There is a hill to be crossed d*mn it!. What are you all standing down here for?! Hurry and get over it! Wheres's my pistols!? Where am I?! " Patrick screams. Then falls back and suddenly goes to sleep. " God, I finally got to shut him up." Said Merrick as she pulled the hypodermik needle back and buried it in the ground before Argon could see what she did..
 
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TRP/CPL Patrick/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Member of the Dreaded Knight Squad.