[OOC: Probably past time I put this story on it's own thread.  I'll get this story going full throtle after Christmas.  /OOC]

Daishi sat in the machine shop aboard the Sweetums.  Making new ammunition for his Timbique Edition Zues was a time consuming job.

"I almost didn't notice you come in."  Daishi said as he turned to face his guest.

"I'm concerned Wraith isn't ready for this kind of mission.  Tyummk is a raw recruit and Lukas doesn't seem to be onboard.  How are we going to pull this off?"  Argon Viper asked.

"The rebels are expecting the Fallen Angels.  Wraith has it's own style and strengths.  This is the kind of mission spec ops is for.  Tyummk will either respond to the pressure or he'll crumble.  Lukas may seem disconected but I believe he will come around.  After being shot down recently and rescued by two men who had nothing more then orders to save me rose to that challenge and earned my respect.  If the VEN was that willing to make sure I wasn't captured, I have no choice but to take my otherself's squad of troopers and rescue him.  At least I did submit the proper paper work to see about borrowing Wraith squad for a special VEN operation."  Daishi replied as he inspected an AP round he'd just finished.

"You know I'm with you all the way.  It just seems we're going into impossible situation after impossible situation with no hope of success.  The squad seems to have no cohesion.  Morale seems low."  Argon said as he turned to leave.

"If you can blow that armory without raising an alarm until it is too late everything will be fine.  If Raziel's cover holds we can even get through this without a single casualty.  Despite the rebel's numerical superiority we should have this one in the bag.  Perhaps we should arrange a little something in the interum to raise squad morale though."  Daishi said as he put away his tools and ammo.

Daishi even knew the perfect spot.  The water was warm, the beaches perfect, no tourist crowds, and best of all it would cost nothing more then the fuel and food to go there.  There was even a reasonable number of available attractive local women.  A nice little place to go on leave for a bit and relax before a mission.

"Communications is to inform the task force that the Sweetums is departing for Galinth.  Navigation set your corse for Galinth Prime."  Daishi said into a comm panle.

Daishi having grown up on a cold snow and tundra covered world was more at home in a cold environment but after what Wraith had been through and where they were to go, this would be a far better recreation spot.

Time for a little relaxation.
 
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"And the sound of many heads hitting many solid objects was heard throughout the land." me

[OCC:  Fun and games time.  I'll go ahead do a bit of a rebriefing so we're all up to date.  /OOC]

Daishi would have stayed longer but time was of the essence now.

The trial was only three weeks off for his otherself and Wraith needed to get going if they were going to stand a chance of rescuing him.

Already the better part of a regiment of troops had been deployed to secure the prison.

Daishi kissed his wife as he returned to the Sweetums.

"Now don't come after us this is going to be more dangerous the more people we have go in on this."  Daishi said as he boarded the Sweetums.

Even to Argon this side of Daishi was a bit unussual.  Caring, romantic, and affectionate.

The rest of Wraith was there waiting for him.

"Briefing center ASAP."  Daishi said sharply.

The squad fell in to the lounge and sat alert for his orders.

"As you all remember my otherself has been captured.  We've learned that he is being held on F'Tral.  Raziel has gone ahead and should have by now established himself as a trustworthy guard.  Between Argon and the Deathwookie's cooking show we've learned that there is a regiment of troops guarding the various prison facilities.  This is both good and bad news.  It is good news because they have deployed themselves in a manner to be able to respond to standard Fallen Angels tactics.  As you can see on this map the troops have clustered themselves around various subsidiary targets and thus have left our planned approach path open.  The bad news is that there are a lot of them and only five of us.  There is an entire infantry company dedicated to guarding my otherself.  They'll be working in four shifts.  So if Argon can destroy the armory here we'll have cut that down to a managable number.  If Raziel is successfull in gaining control of the prison shield control center we should have a fairly easy time of this.  The hardest parts will be insertion and extraction.  Insertion will be easy with the aide of a night landing and the Royal Barkalounger's stealth systems.  Marching to the facility will be hazardous.  Extraction will be more difficult as the enemy will be coming after us on speeders or in IFV's, tanks, or anything else they can fight from without exposing themselves to the local and rather dangerous flora.  As such I recomend keeping an incindiary weapon of somesort with you throughout this mission.  Everything else you carry is up to you but I'd recommend weapons with high accuracy and rate of fire.  The wide open court yard area is going to provide for a lot of interesting firefights if we don't pull this off.  Any questions?"  Daishi briefed.

Seeing comprehension in Wraith squad, Daishi simply nodded.

"Bridge, take us into orbit and set course for F'Tral."  Daishi said into a comm panel.

[OOC:  I'd actually kind of like to keep this down to at most a month long story.  Other then that feel free to mess up our plan.  I'll give Raziel until wensday to post about his part of the operation.  If I remember I'll go ahead and get the story moving regardless Thursday or Friday.  /OCC]
 
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"And the sound of many heads hitting many solid objects was heard throughout the land." me

[OOC: Fair enough considering my own difficulties accessing the comnet.  /OOC]
 
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"And the sound of many heads hitting many solid objects was heard throughout the land." me

    "On the floor! Now!!" Screamed Private Jarrick as he rushed towards Kuroishi. The prisoner was stunned by the pain, but tried to get to the floor. He was too late, as the guard hit him hard in the middle of his back with the palm of his hand. The prisoners face was smashed to the floor and blood sprayed everywhere as his nose crumpled. Jarrick pushed a pistol hard into the back of Kuroishi's neck.
    "Hands behind your head," the prisoner did not comply. Jarrick leaned forward fired.

Ten days earlier

    "Faalll In!!" The electronically amplified voice boomed across the courtyard. The cold moist air rushed across private Jarrick's face as he clicked his heels together and shouldered his rifle. There were no ranks in his company, there was only the sergeant.
    The compound around the prisoner was completely walled off from the surrounding hazardous environment and this courtyard was the only open space on the island. Even the small docking bay was built into a fortified cave on one sear facing wall.
It had been a long time since he had infiltrated somewhere quite as deeply as he had to do now, he was mentally preparing himself to note down every little detail around him. Only then could he build up a big enough map in his mind that would let him truly assess the base.

    "You will form into groups of ten men and each of you will follow one of my officers. It is important that you know the defences inside and out regardless of what you will be doing over the next month. We will spend as long as it takes until we are satisfied. " Private Jarrick almost breathed a sigh of relief. Hopefully he could feign ignorance and get to spend as much time as he liked looking around. That was always preferable to sneaking around.

    Sergeant Lo'am moved through his men and split them into groups, his cold metallic eye scanning every man up and down before pushing them in one of four directions. He nodded to the officer in charge with the microphone who signalled his four officers to move forward and start the tours.





    Raziel had learned a great deal before he had even landed at F'Tral. A quick call to his partner's private security agency bought him a reference for anyone who might ask and some minor surgery altered his appearance enough so that his face wouldn't be appearing on any bounty hunters lists under yet another name.
    Firstly he had gathered that the agency that had been forced to take him one would be placing him with a group of forty men assigned to the protection of Kuroishi himself. It would be there job to feed him and see that he stayed put. This was the first setback as his movement would be limited.
    The other thirty nine men who would be going were a close nit team of well trained men. Raziel would have a hard time fitting in, even though they knew when "not to ask" There were two ranks, sergeant and private. The men were a collective of talented individuals who worked well together, there was no need for rank. There was of course one leader.
    Lo'am was said to be a veteran of many wars and Raziel instantly knew this to be true. One glance told Raziel that to this man fighting was an everyday activity. If that didn't credit his past then the numerous burns and scars did. At some point his right eye had been put out, to be replaced with a dark red mechanical sensor. The flat optical surface would twitch this way and that in the most disturbing manner. Not a lot would get past this man.
    Raziel had already learned that this man was intelligent, quick, experienced and possibly not made of the normal "mushy" stuff associated with people. Possible he was more iron than water. In his mind Raz also knew that he would have to kill or disable this man before Kuroishi would leave alive and that scared him like almost nothing had before.





    "And here is the man himself. He is extremely dangerous and not to be underestimated," The officer pointed through two plasti-glass doors towards a shadow slumped in one corner of the dark cell.
    "As you can see the only entrance is through this pair of safety doors, only one can be open at any time and enhanced sensors mean that protective fields will cover both if there is any threat. Don't be surprised if one of them activates according to the way the prisoner moves." The shadow slowly pulled itself away from the wall. At the same time Private Jarrick pulled back into the shadows behind him.
    "The cell is protected on all sides by magnetic shielding and an extremely thick layer of metal-alloy and ceramic layers." The force field on the inner door snapped into being on the inner door making two of the guards jump. Kuroishi's face melted into view. He turned to regard each of them and the slumped back down to the floor. The officer gritted his teeth.
    "This here is the light switch. As we have ample sensors pointing at our guest we feel that we can leave him in whatever light he chooses, however should he misbehave&" The officer pulled the lever fully down and the room suddenly turned to a bright white. Kuroishi moaned and covered his eyes, trying to shield them from the intense blaze when a moment earlier he had been in darkness. Showing this kind of hatred towards a prisoner was unusually in a republic prison, Raziel didn't really know the extent of what Kuroishi had done, he had never asked.

    "The small protrusion coming from the back of his neck is a very useful tool. It analyses his emotions and can give warnings if the prisoner feels certain things. For example if he starts to feel an unusual amount of elation or hope the warning will be displayed on these screens and sector A force fields will be activated. We will continue your briefing from the inner control room"
    Private Jarrick took a second look back at the prisoner before following the group.





    After a week of being shadowed by the guards who had been looking after Kuroishi since he arrived control of the prisoner was handed over to the agency Raziel had come with under the name of Jarrick.
    At least two screen watchers and communications officers would reside in the prisoners control room at all times, normally accompanied by Lo'am or another of the private security guys who would manage everyone's whereabouts. The other thirty nine men would take it in shifts, with at least fifteen men in the immediate area around Kuroishi at all times. There job was simply to stay alert, deal with the prisoners day-to-day activities and terminate him should things fall out of hand.
    Unfortunately this was not ideal. The control centre only affected section A, the area immediately around the prisoner. The other shields were managed from an overall control room a few floors above. Fortunately Raziel now had an extensive knowledge of the workings of the entire base and he hoped regardless how well his attempt to get at the shields or deal with Lo'am went it would be of use to Daishi. Soon he would have to practise his slicing skills.
    "Jarrick, take the food through to the prisoner." Lo'am's voice sounded over the tanoi system. Jarrick turned and nodded to the two other men beside him. They were currently just waiting in the room next door to the cell. Possibly the most boring duty other than actually watching the prisoner.

    Suddenly a thought hit him. His alteration probably wouldn't fool Kuroishi up close and there was that damned thing in his neck! His mind raced as he picked up the tray of food and water and walked out of the room and to the cell doors. As per orders one of the three would wait outside the "air-lock" whilst one fully armed man accompanied whoever carried the food.
    Jarrick looked to the man behind him and motioned towards him with the tray.
"Want to see him up close?" he asked
"No thanks," he replied, taking a step back and waving his hand.
    Jarrick and the other guard stepped forwards into the doors, the first set closing behind them. The guard beside him held up his rifle and trained it on Kuroishi as the lights slowly turned up. There was a beep and then the inner door slid open, they both stepped inside.

    Raziel felt a sunken feeling inside himself as he saw Kuroishi huddled on the floor, looking down. Then Raziel realised that he might just pull this off if Kuroishi didn't look up.
    But as Jarrick took one step forwards Kuroishi stood proudly to his feet.
    "Easy!" said the other guard, looking down the sights of his rifle.
Then Kuroishi looked them both in the face and his eyes widened. His mind was as quick as ever and he reached behind his neck and with a yell pulled the emotional sensor from his neck. Raziel leapt forwards towards him.
    "On the floor! Now!!"





    Lo'am's artificial eye flitted up and down, regarding Raziel. He was stood before the sergeant now, hands behind his back.
    "Taking that defender 12 stun gun in with you was a smart move. I believe the prisoner believed you were unarmed and was going to disable you. Well done. Other than having to watch some medics repair the prisoner's nose and re-attach the emotional sensor this has been no set back."
    Raziel breathed a sigh of relief. He had earned some respect and now Kuroishi wouldn't be surprised to see him and would be able to restrain any emotional response. He wandered what the repercussions of smashing his squad leaders nose would be. He still remembered whispering "Freedom soon. Daishi sends his regards before stunning him.

 
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SL/SGMTRaziel/4SQD/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/Tadath/VEA/ {EW1} {WoS} {VP} {IG} {CDS}
Squad Leader - Squad4 Wraiths
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.

[OOC:  Frak that's spooky.  It's so close to what I would call Daishi's choice that it has started a bit of a debate in the back of my mind.  Anyway with Raziel's post and Argon's I think I got a bit of something to go on. Unless someone else wants to write about it I'll take care of the insertion tommorrow after I find out the results of my AWOL sweep.  /OOC]

"Almost.  Some of the flame carbines need servicing but I can take care of that myself.  The Royal Barkalounger is ready for our insertion and extraction."  Daishi answered Argon's question.

"What happens if we fail and Kuroishi gets killed?"  Argon carefully asked the question he didn't want to.

"That hinges on if we can have control of the containemnt systems.  If we have that this mission will be a cake walk.  If not we'll be pinned down and either forced to surrender or starved out.  They are expecting the power generators to be attacked before the prison compound itself is attacked or the sensor relays, or any of about a dozen important external targets not in the prison compound itself.  Since we're going straight in we should catch the garrison out of position and if we achieve suprise we'll only have at most a platoon of heavy infantry to worry about."  Daishi repeated his well rehearsed response.

Daishi and Kuroishi.

Argon had talked with Daishi much over the past few days but it just really didn't hit Daishi what had happened between him and Kuroishi until thier last visit.

It was true Daishi didn't want to commit the same acts as Kuroishi but he still had the same fighting spirit he always had.  Instead of just fighting for his own personal beliefs he was now also fighting to protect his family.

One of Daishi's fears was laid to rest while another was intesified.

Daishi was no longer affraid of dying alone.  This mission alone proved that he was not alone.  His wife was carrying thier first child.  Despite her bubbly teenager psychology Daishi was hopelessly in love with Tina.

Time was slowly winding down before the Sweetums dropped out of hyperspace.  Through a slight miracle of timing they had been allowed to pick up Mandor on the way.  Now there were six men in Wraith squad.

Daishi turned to leave to ready his equipment.  Some of the flame carbines had not been serviced in a while and knowing his luck he'd grab one of those.

Next Daishi began to conetemplate if he should wear the now infamous Varneck Marine Combat Armor or not.  While it provided excellent protection against blasters it could also ruin an essential part of his plan, or it could even make it succed.

'If I wear it I can use it to make the guards think the Fallen Angels are involved when they are not.  It just might get us out of there alive if something goes wrong.'  Daishi thought to himself as he finished with the first flame carbine.

It was settled, he'd wear it.

He and his other self had a suit as well as a spare suit to share between them to use as spare parts until new parts could be fashioned.  With Varneck destroyed that was a much more difficult proposition now.  Daishi knew how to make the actual armor himself, it was suprisingly simple.  The complicated joints were the tricky part.

About half an hour before they affected thier departure Daishi would be finished with the flame carbines.

****F'Tral, Kuroishi's cell****

Kuroishi was actually doing his best to be a good prisoner, after all he still couldn't walk around too well on his legs yet.

Despite being an old man Kuroishi still managed to save Raziel's hide, the broken nose was bothersome but he understood.  Raziel had a cover to keep.  To keep himself from tipping off the emotion sensor in the back of his neck, Kuroishi instead focused his thoughts on something much more profound then thoughts and emotions of escape.

Daishi had found his dream girl and married her.  Kuroishi knew who he wanted but she wanted him dead too, something about him keeping his promise despite her brother betraying him had upset her.  After all her brother was still alive, even if he wasn't much more then a brain in a fish tank aboard the Sweetums.

The constant and rapid changes in light were becoming bothersome as well.  If his legs were healed properly he would have taught some of these guards a leason by now.

The crimes he was charged with were a result of his time with the Fallen Angels.  While he was never one to kill a civilian, a many soldier's and policeman's entrails were used to decorate a few places of worship.  Then there was the modern art.  Who could forget the smiley face of corpses or the temple of skulls with working plumbing?

Kuroishi knew he'd have to control his dreams very tightly now as well.  If he wasn't carefull he could have a dream that would trigger an emotional response that could end this whole mess.
 
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"And the sound of many heads hitting many solid objects was heard throughout the land." me

[OOC:  Tonight we have a full dance card.  /OOC]

Daishi watched as the hyperspace  greys flashed to the normal star filled black of space with F'Tral staring them in the face.

The Royal Barkalounger was set.

Daishi nodded and a prearranged signal was sent to Raziel.

"Wraith grab your gear and board the Roayal Barkalounger.  We're go."  Daishi broadcast over the intercomm.

Daishi affixed the helmet of his VMCA and slung his flame carbine and Timbique Edition Zues on his weapons pack.

Entering the Royal Barkalounger Daishi took up residence in the command center chair and watched Wraith for a moment.

"Wraith we're going to either have a cakewalk or one heck of a fight.  Argon if you'd take us down."  Daishi broke the silence.

"Yes sir."  Argon replied as he took the pilot's chair.

"Activating stealth systems.  Now if our timing is correct we are going in for a night landing.  Sweetums will maintain a discrete orbit and alert us to enemy troop movements through the endevors of GUESSWORK.  They will also make sure we stay on our intendid path to the prison.  Keep your flame carbines at the ready.  I know there is a risk that we'll set off some sort of perimeter heat sensor but the local plant life leaves us with few other options, so we may as well start a rather large fire to cover us as best as possible.  Mandor you will join Lukas Yuy, Tyummk, and myself as the team that actually frees Kuroishi.  Argon your mission is unchanged, demolish the main armory and retrieve Raziel.  Raziel is already on planet and posing as a guard.  If all has been successful the shield systems intendid to keep prison riots contained will not be a factor.  There may be some targets of opportunity that we can either take out or let loose to confuse the situation further, this is a prison facility after all and no one builds a prison to contain just one person.  Mandor since you have had the least amount of time to raid the stores aboard the Weapons Freightor, I'll allow you to raid my personal stores aboard the Royal Barkalounger.  I have a small but potent mix of weapons aboard this craft.  The wide open courtyards will make for some interesting ranged firefights.  Kuroishi has lead some of you into a few battles now, it's time we showed him what we are capable of.  This is the kind of mission Wraith is meant for and as such I have little doubt you can pull it off."  Daishi briefed.

Soon it would be planet fall.  After that one way or the other the mission would be over within a few hours.  Anything longer then that and they may not get out alive.

Daishi counted down the time to landing.  It was the hardest part of any mission, only the insane or foolish would say otherwise.

The Royal Barkalounger shuddered as it made contact with the atmosphere and slowly smoothed out as it approached the landing zone.

A slight jolt and they were down.

"We may have evaded sensors but our rentry cannot evade the eyes of anyone watching.  We're now on the clock.  They will eventually find the Royal Barkalounger and the Sweetums, but if we do this the way we have been trained that will be a mute point."  Daishi said as he gathered the squad near the ramp.

Marching out Daishi pulled out a remote control and pressed two buttons.  First the ramp closed.  Next low powered mortars shot a camo net over the top of the Royal Barkalounger's matte black top.

"New toy?"  Argon asked.

"Not really.  The launchers have a tough time functioning after re-entry.  It also took me a while to get the launch positions and trajectories just right.  Let's move."  Daishi replied.

The march would take about an hour, any closer and the garrison forces would have been likely to spot the drive plume from the Royal Barkalounger.

The plants were indeed dangerous and as dangerous as the reports he got from the Deathwookie's cooking show.  Blasts from the flame carbines began lighting up the night sky.

The underused maintenance access drew closer.

Daishi's suspicions about a perimeter detection system were correct as he heard speeders fly nearby to investigate the heat sources.  So far none had come close enough to spot Wraith in thier march.

Argon's keen eyes spotted the first lights of the prison compound.

"We're close now."  Daishi said as he blasted another plant trying to make him it's next meal.

Daishi checked his map and marched Wraith to the maintenance tunnel.

"Look at that, it's been used recently."  Argon pointed out.

"Could mean trouble or it could mean they finally used it for maintenance.  Remember they are expecting the Fallen Angels.  We're not.  I'll have us in shortly."  Daishi replied.

Daishi pulled a few tools from his pack and set to work.

"Argon when I tell you to I want to to take my 20 pound sledge hammer and hit the spot I marked as hard as you can."  Daishi said pointing to a handle protruding from his pack.

Daishi put away the rest of his tools and motioned for Argon to take his swing.

A loud clang sounded from the metal to metal contact and the access hatch popped open.

"What did that accomplish?"  Lukas asked.

"The lock wasn't melting fast enough and there was a heat sensor too, so I figured if I'm going to let them know we are coming I might as well let someone have some fun doing it."  Daishi replied.

Daishi replaced the sledge hammer and drew the Timbique Edition Zues and set it to full auto.

"I'll take point.  Argon you got the rear guard."  Daishi said as he entered the maintenance tunnel.

[OOC: That good enough or do I have to lay more out for ye?  /OOC]
 
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"And the sound of many heads hitting many solid objects was heard throughout the land." me

Mandor was walking through the maintnance tunnel with the rest of Wraith. He had just joined minutes before the mission and hadn't had the chance to bond with his new squad mates. He was glad he was with Wraith and felt proud to be a member. They had been the last ones off Alzoc III and one of the first to go in. He liked that, dedication to a mission, not leaving until the job was done.

He was feeling kinda light with his minimal equipmant. He had more then enough to get through the mission, but he liked the extra equipment he had on Alzoc (made him look bigger). He had his Whisper and LJ-90 snipers, some different types of gernades, his Fly High knifes, a pistole, and some adhesion discs.

He didnt know much about Kuroishi, but he knew enough to know he never wanted to fight with him. He also knew he would do just about anything to help get him out. Kuroishi was the only one taken prisoner on Alzoc, and it made Mandor madder then hell that there was nothing the VE could do to stop it from happening.
 
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TRP/PFC Mandor/3SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR]

[OOC]thought i would get us fighting[/OOC]

Mandor was behind Kuroishi when they came out of the tunnel. Kuroishi easily picked of two of the four gaurds standing in the imediate vacenity, Mandor took out one with his LJ-90, and Argon got the last blocking their way.

Kuroishi gave the order to Wraith for the men to start on their individual assignments. They wouldnt have much time. The entire base would be swarming on them if they werent fast enough. Mandor began to pick off a few of the gaurds on the battlements as Argon dashed accross the compound making his way to the Armory.

Mandor stood looking around acessing the situation. They werent being swarmed under, but by now much of the base knew something was happening.
 
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TRP/PFC Mandor/3SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR]

(ooc: Mandor good to have a new member who actually wants to be active. Welcome and keep it up, it's appreciated )
 
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SL/SGMTRaziel/4SQD/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/Tadath/VEA/ {EW1} {WoS} {VP} {IG} {CDS}
Squad Leader - Squad4 Wraiths
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.

Mandor had to laugh as he shot a man in the foot and watched him face plant strait into the ground. He finished him with a shot through the top of his head and continued firing on the oncoming doomed souls.

He couldnt help but think about the leave he would be taking to Kashyyyk with Rema and TK. He would be getting some extra IC's for the 5 wookiee he would be hunting. Just then a blaster bolt skimmed his right shoulder. He shook off the surprise and fired at the man hitting him square in the chest.

Wraith was taking some serious fire from the guard towers wich effectivly pinned down the squad. Mandor along with the rest of Wraith began firing upon the towers directly opposite of them. They took out about 7 guards when a earthshaking explosion rocked everyone. Kuroishi looked at them and gave a thumbs up. Mandor noticed he had  a PrG proton Gernade in his hand and realized what just happened.

Kuroishi pulled the pin and heaved the gernade twords another tower wich was followed by another blast effectivly destroying the guard post. By this time the Republic soldiers where taking cover behind whatever they could find and began trying to pin them down.

[OOC] i hope my writing style flows with the rest of the group. if there is anything you want changed just let me know[/OOC]
 
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TRP/PFC Mandor/3SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR]

[OOC:  I kind of figured the exit we made from the tunnel would have gotten the attention of the guards, esspecially those that were already on duty and armed.  The illumination charges and smoke grenades were just to make sure we got out of the tunnel in one piece.  /OOC]

Daishi picked his rifle back up and set the selector switch to single fire and began putting his sniping skills to use.

"I've got the rear.  Mandor take point, we march to the cell blocks, double time."  Daishi said taking another guard out.

So far everything was still under control.

"Door's locked."  Mandor said as they approached the cell blocks.

"Here.  Just put it near the lock, push the button and take cover."  Daishi said as he tossed a 1kg C-8 blasting block to Mandor.

 
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"And the sound of many heads hitting many solid objects was heard throughout the land." me

[OOC: Sounds good so far Mandor.  A few things though, Raz and I aren't with you, and neither is Kuroishi.  It sounds wierd without the background, but the guy with you is Daishi (a clone or perhaps the original of Kuroishi, no one knows), and he's not officially VE either, but he's helping us out.  Kuroishi is in the prison, the guy we have to rescue.  The guys with you are Daishi and Lukas.  Enjoy  ]

Argon ran as fast as he could to the armory, reaching it before most of the guardsmen.

On his way in, he dropped a thermal grenade in the entryway, rushing as deep as he could into the facility and turning a few corners.

A deep thud that could be felt through the walls let him know when the device went off, and he started dropping more, tossing them into rooms as he passed by.

Slamming into walls to redirect his momentum instead of slowing down for turns, Argon rushed through hallways that branched out into rooms of weaponry, most of it high tech stuff that he would have looted if he had the time.

On his back, he could feel the flames as room after room disintigrated into a flaming mass, disrupting any kind of pursuit the enemy could have made.

Then he was out, dashing through the rear exit, he ran for a few short meters and then leapt into the air.

The shockwave caught him just as he'd expected, flinging him into the crowd of guards that were just starting to realize what had happened as the armory exploded, tearing itself and everything around it to shreds.

In the middle of the pack, they couldn't fire their weapons for fear of hitting each other, and Argon ripped into them with his tusks and claws, giving way to the bloodlust that was his by nature...

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In front of the security door, Daishi turned to see the armory burst into a massive cloud of fire.

"Look's like Argon's done his part," he said, "let's go get Kuroishi."
 
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Argon Viper
IW COL Argon Viper{ret}
Fallen Angel and Proud of It!
"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
"In combat, second place is only the last to die."- Anonymous
"Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses" - Carl G Jung

[OOC:  Actually Argon, Daishi is still a RA in the VEN.  He just doesn't have much to do these days.  /OOC]

Daishi watched the few guards inside the cell blocks scatter.  He knew they would be falling back to a place where there was cover and praying that the containment fields would be activated soon.

Firing a burst from his fully automatic 50 caliber rifle into the scattering guards, Daishi looked around and confirmed they were in the hospital wing but so far there seemed something amiss.

"Let's move fast."  Daishi said as he began the march toward Kuroishi's cell.

The hospital wing gave way to the first cell bank.  If thier intelligance was correct Kuroishi was at the far end of it guarded by 40 private security and there was a platoon on duty outside that had been tossed into chaos.

Now it was up to Raziel to do his part.
 
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Kuroishi Wraith VEA
Daishi Raptor VEN
Assistant Writer Why Project Copyright Infringment
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"And the sound of many heads hitting many solid objects was heard throughout the land." me

    "Sir the armoury just went up, could have been an accident but all of the rockets went up and finished the place off, orders?"
    "Typical Fallen Angels surprise attack, send all elite squads towards the communications tower. Have some repeater troopers stationed on the east wing roof to pin them down. Send the message to all troops shoot to kill, our friend down there will be the last of his men to die."
    "We just got a message from the hospital wing, apparently some of Lo'am's men just got found dead. Their leader went after him and they wanted to know what needs doing?"
    "Damnit, ask them which directi...."
    "Sir! We have a squad of troops making it's way into the hospital wing now!"
    "What? Er... strange. Erm ok how many?" the commander looked slightly confused. He hadn't been prepared for this at all.
    "Not too many, we can't quite tell yet. No more than a squad. 1st platoon is pulling back inside and shielding the prisoner."
    "Good, good, wait for them to get away from the outer wall and them close them in with the containment fields. Keep the men heading for the comm tower, I bet this is just one of their diversions."


    "Sorry you can't come in right now, the situation looks bad. You should return to your post for now,"
    "Really?"


    "Ok activate the containment fields behind them for a start then ...." The commander stopped suddenly, he grimaced and then fell to his knees. The three men sitting at the console turned to see Raziel slam the but of his pistol into the back of the commanders head, dropping him to the floor.
    He lifted the hold out blaster and fired four shots into the chests of two of the console operators and was upon the other before he could move.
    "Show me how the container fields work!" he shouted, throwing away the emptied B-22 hold out blaster. It skittered away towards the door. The operator quickly brought up a touch screen schematic of the wing where Kuroishi was.
    Raziel held the man by the neck with his left arm in an iron tight grip whilst he started activating and deactivating certain container fields, overriding Lo'am's control room.

    "There we go that's only 35 men for you to deal with," he said to no-one in particular. A path had now been created all the way to Kuroishi's cell by the container fields created to stop them.
    Raziel went very still. He hadn't heard the sound of anyone moving behind him, but he heard the click as his hold-out was picked off of the floor.
    "Thirty four men actually," Raziel looked over his right shoulder at sergeant Lo'am.
    "You! Undo what he just did!" he said pointing to the operator whilst keeping his pistol trained on Raziel. Raziel tensed his left arm and pulled sharply, there was a crack as the operators neck snapped.
    "You really are an emotionless b****** aren't you?" Lo'am asked calmy, taking a step forward.
    "If I was, trust me, I wouldn't be your problem right now." Raziel said, letting the limp body slide to the floor and turning to face the sergeant. Lo'am's artificial eye flicked up and down, regarding Raziel. He raised his pistol to shoulder level and kept it trained on Raziel's chest.
    "Oh dear," murmured Raziel.

 
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SL/SGMTRaziel/4SQD/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/Tadath/VEA/ {EW1} {WoS} {VP} {IG} {CDS} {BoA}
Assistant Squad Leader - Squad4 Wraiths
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.

Argon was breathing heavily as he fell out of the bloodlust that he had let take over.

Guards lay scattered and torn everywhere, victims of the single enraged Whiphid who had come among them.

Seeing a flash, he turned to his side to watch something go into the ground.  Oh well, not his problem.

Picking up what weapons he had dropped on his rampage, he moved toward what he figured to be the command center, Raziel should be there.

[OOC: Welcome back Fish, good to see you again    Anyways, Dai, I blew up the armory, what exactly am I supposed to do now?  ]
 
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Argon Viper
IW COL Argon Viper{ret}
Fallen Angel and Proud of It!
"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
"In combat, second place is only the last to die."- Anonymous
"Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses" - Carl G Jung