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Post by bruinfamer on Jan 25, 2009 22:09:33 GMT -5
"BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!" The alarm sounded throughout the Compliance. Don shot out of bed and ran to the comlink.
"Captain, what's the situation?!" he yelled, demanding what this was all about.
"Sir, we have an unidentified vessel exiting hyperspace on the far side of the planet. Wait a minute...It's out of hyperspace. It's heading straight for the planet now!"
"Calm yourself, Captain. Do we have any fighters in that sector?" asked the Admiral, quickly getting dressed into his uniform.
"No, sir. They had to refuel."
"Get them fueled and have them ready to deploy. Ready two shuttles for deployment. Meet me at the hangar, Captain. Keep me informed with any new developments." said the Admiral as he opened up his personal locker. Typing in the code, it showed his personal armory. He grabbed his Westar M-5 rifle, two Westar Pistols, attaching them to his legs, and his camo armor. Don put on his camo armor and grabbed the helmet.
Walking out the door, he raised his comlink again."Ready my personal squad, Captain. Tell them to gather all their gear and meet me at the hangar bay as well."
"Right away sir. Oh and Admiral, I think you might want to hear this. We just recieved this from the unidentified vessel." the Captain said as he patched it through to the Admiral.
"*Static**Sound of blaster fire and what seemed to sound like metal clanking.**Static*"
The transmission ended there and Don had entered the hangar bay, meeting Captain Welsch there. Two of the Gamma Class Shuttles were being loaded with weaponry and the spacetroopers were all accounted for. Their white armor shined from the hangar lights while the blue stripe was split down the middle. 80 men were to be heading down to the planet to secure the crash site, while the fleet would quarantine the planet from anything leaving.
Don approached the Captain, who was talking to Don's former squad before he became Admiral."Captain Welsch, are the men ready?"
"Yes sir. May I ask what you are doing?" said the Captain, looking up and down the Admiral, noticing his weapons and uniform.
"I'm going down there." said Don, nodding to Ozzy and the rest of the men.
"Then who is gonna command the fleet?"
"You are, Captain Welsch, while I am gone of course." said the Admiral.
"Alright then. We'll keep you informed if anything happens, sir." said the captain as he saluted the Admiral. Don saluted him back and began walking over towards one of the shuttles.
Don turned around and looked back at the Captain."Send Gold Squadron to escort us to the planet and scout the crash site. Keep the planet in quarantine, Captain. Nothing comes in, nothing gets out....well, unless its us of course." Don saluted the Captain as the spacetroopers finished loading onto the ship. Don sat next to Ozzy, who was wearing armor with a red stripe down the middle. Ozzy was now the leader of the unit. They were still short a guy. Don wasn't sure if the new Ensign Khorde was on board any of the shuttles but would worry about that later. The shuttles began their take off procedure and flew out of the hangar bay.
The fleet began moving over to where the crash site was. No, they wouldn't be landing the ships, but they would have a "birds eye view" of it from space. Gold Squadron split into two groups, one group would escort the shuttles to the ground while the other group would fly over the crash site.
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Post by bruinfamer on Jan 26, 2009 18:21:10 GMT -5
The shuttles began to enter Yavin's atmosphere. Don got up from his seat and went to the cockpit, where the Republic Pilots followed the fighters.
"Pilot, patch me through to Gold Leader." ordered Don.
"Yes sir." the pilot gave Don the headset, which was set to the frequency the pilots were using.
"Gold Leader, how does the crash site look?" asked Don as he saw the smoke rise a couple of miles in front of their flight path.
"Well sir, the ship is an Acclamator Class Assault Ship. From up here, it looks like the ship wasn't fired upon by enemy ships. It might have been internal damage that caused the crash, sir." said Gold Leader.
"Anything on your scanner?"
"No lifeforms, sir, just a lot of energy readings, probably from the ship." replied Gold Leader.
"Alright, our ETA is 5 minutes." Oron handed the headsets back to the pilot then went back to his seat. He took a look at the spacetroopers in the shuttle, who were all calm and relaxed. This would be their first mission and they would have to work together as a team.
The pilot turned around in his seat and looked at Don."Beginning our landing now, sir. Get ready."
Don hanged onto the handle as the ship began the landing procedure. The two Gamma class shuttles landed a mile away from the crash site. This was the only clearing that was close to the downed ship.
The Gamma's touched down while the six fighters patrolled the skies and scanned the drop zone. Don's shuttle opened the ramps, Don walking down the ramp flanked by Ozzy and his team. Following them were the spacetroopers.
"Secure the LZ. I want a scout team front and center and defenses set up along the camp. I don't want anything to go wrong here."
The men began unloading the equipment, ranging from mines, motion sensors, weaponry, anything. From the LZ, you could see the smoke rising a mile away and the X-Wings flying around like bees, sending reports to the LZ.
"Have a command center set up as well. Relay any messages back to the Compliance and if we need to, have them send back up. Understood?"
"Yes, sir!" said the trooper.
The scout team was assembled. 20 men would go ahead of the small task force while another 20 would guard the shuttles. Don and the 40 others would stay a half-a-mile back from the scouts.
"Move out." Don yelled as they began marching towards the downed ship.
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Post by bruinfamer on Jan 26, 2009 19:20:29 GMT -5
The scout team wore camoflauged armor. It was very quiet in the woodland area of Yavin IV. The only sounds you could hear was the crackling of fire from the crashed ship and the living creatures. The twenty man scout team were in standard formation, 7 feet apart. Reaching the crash site, the men stopped. The got into prone and crouch positions with their guns raised. The leader of the scout team took out a set of binoculars and observed the crash site.
The Acclamator stuck out of the ground. Fire was seen in various parts of the ship, most notably the engine area. The leader grabbed his comlink and contacted Don, who was not too far behind.
"We have a visual up on the site sir. Awaiting further orders." said the leader.
"We're here, scout leader. Advance in standard formation, weapons hot, I repeat, weapons hot. We're coming in from behind you, and from the East and West." said Don as he himself finally had a visual on the site.
The troops began making their advancement on the site, weapons scouring the area. The sizzling of the fire crackled and sparked onto the ground. As the men got closer, Don noticed footprints leading into the forest. They were smaller than human feet, a lot smaller. They were more square.
To the East and West, men had reported the same thing, footprints leaving the crash site. A lot of them. Don crouched down and felt the footprints.
"They're fresh." he said standing back up. The ship had a large hole on the mid section of the ship. Electrical wires hung down from the ceiling and walls. Don turned on the lights of his helmet and laser pointer of his gun, peeking in. This mid section seemed to be the barracks of the ships crew.
"Ozzy, gather your team. Go inside and check for survivors. Falcon team, head to the bridge and check the ship's last records. Everyone else, secure the crash site." said Don. He would be joining Ozzy and his men.
The men did as ordered as the two teams climbed into the ship.
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Post by bruinfamer on Jan 28, 2009 11:29:39 GMT -5
Ozzy lead the team down a corridor, which was littered with dead bodies."Shit sir, what do you think happened?" he said, pointing his gun into a room only to find more bodies.
Don knelt down and observed one of the bodies. The bodies were wearing Republic Naval uniforms, with holes in their chests and backs, some with holes in their heads."I don't know Ozzy, looks like they were boarded by the Sith. Let's keep looking. Falcon Team, have you reached the bridge?"
"Yes sir, it's a massacre up here though. The crew has been slaughtered, it looks like they were held up in here. You might want to take a look?" said Falcon leader.
"Alright, we'll be right there." said Don as he stood back up. As the men kept walking, everything looked the same. Dead bodies, blaster shots all over the wall. Don wasn't sure if this was the work of the Sith or not. They have been known to be ruthless, but this was a whole new meaning. The Sith would definately have taken the ship for themselves, and not crash it into a planet. Who knows.
Don and the team reached the bridge where Falcon team was scattered throughout the bridge. One of Falcon's team members was downloading the databanks and ships records. The others continued searching bodies, trying to find the ship's captain."Sir, I found the Captain. Look at him.....well, part of him." Another Falcon member said. He lifted up the man's decapitated head and showed it to Don.
"Get the bodies off of this ship....These men deserve a proper burial. I want 3 strike teams assembled and follow those footprints. I want to take these bastards out." The teams nodded in compliance and began doing their work. Don walked off the ship and noticed that the crash site was secure. Falcon leader came up from behind Don with a data pad.
"We have the ships records and databanks. Shall we send them to the Compliance?"
"Yes Captain. I also want to open up a communications array with them as well, inform them of our situation." said Don.
"Yes, sir." said the Captain as he lead Don to a tent which held the communications center. As the Captain sent the data to the Compliance, Don opened up a channel with Captain Welsch.
"Captain, we finished searching the ship. It was a massacre." said Don as he struggled to speak.
"What happened Admiral?"
"We arrived at the crash site and saw multiple amounts of footprints leaving the site. They weren't human, they were more square. We think it is work of the Sith, but aren't sure. Bodies are scattered throughout the ship, we found no survivors. We're sending the data to you now. How's everything up there?" asked the Admiral as he took off his helmet and had a drink of water.
"We have the data now. I'm sending it to our intel room as we speak. Also, nothing has come in or out of the planet, sir. Although, we did found something out of the ordinary..." said the Captain.
"What is it, Welsch?" said the Admiral, who raised his eyebrow.
"One of Gold Squadron's pilots scanned the area and picked up massive energy patterns just north of your location. He did a flyby and....and..."
"And what?!"
"Droids, sir. Almost 300 droids ammassing at a Temple to the north."
Don slumbed in his seat when he heard this."What type?"
"From the pilots description, B1 droids and Superbattledroids. They are armed. Shall I send reinforcements?"
"We will need eyes in the skies. Is Gold Squadron refueled?" said Don, standing up and putting his helmet back on.
"Yes sir, we've already sent them down."
"Good work, Captain. We will confront these droids and wipe them out...all of them. Send the RNS Falcon and Peterson down here. I don't want them to land. We'll call in an orbital strike once we are done with the droids."
"Yes, sir." the Admiral had ended the transmission and Don walked back out of the tent. He gathered the Commanding officers around a fire.
"Men, we have just received word that we are facing droids. They have amassed at a Temple just north of here and are armed. Intel reports they are B1's and B2's. We're gonna wipe them out. Prepare to move out in 15 minutes. We are outnumbered, but with our superior firpower, we can take them."
The Co's nodded then went to gather the men.
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Post by bruinfamer on Jan 30, 2009 16:07:02 GMT -5
The sun shined on the forests of Yavin IV. The Republic troops have reached the treeline outside of the Temple where the droids were. Don had a good view of them standing out in front of the Temple.
"Captain, radio." ordered Don as the Captain gave him the radio."Gold Leader, I want you to do a flyby over the droids." he said, cutting the transmission. Don then turned to the sniper team."Take out as many as you can. Infantry, deploy smoke after the snipers have neutralized the targets."
The men nodded and waited for the X-Wings. The men were ready. They had the place surrounded, entirely. Smoke would conceal their rush in on the droids. Most of them, including Don and Ozzy's team, were armed with jetpacks.
The X-Wings flew over the droids, who all looked up and followed their movement. They were confused. The snipers opened up on the droids, taking out at least 15. Next, the infantry deployed smoke grenades, engulfing the area in black smoke.
Don rose to his feet and turned to the men around him."Charge!" he said as he activated his jet pack. Ozzy and his team followed him as the ground troops ran forward towards the unsuspecting droids.
At the droid lines, the droids outside of the Temple were disoriented. First, fighters had flown over their position, then their droid leaders were destroyed. Now, smoke had been deployed.
Don had a clear view of the droids from the skies. He swooped down and fired his rifle from the waste, sweeping down and taking out a line of droids. He had dropped a grenade on another group of droids, who had been firing at the advancing ground troops. Other droids began firing at Don, but were easily taken out by Ozzy's team. After the fighting was over, the Task Force took another breath and began checking the area for more droids.
"Secure the perimeter. We aren't going into that Temple. Captain, has the RNS Falcon and RNS Peterson arrived?" asked the Admiral, looking up at the mammoth Temple.
"They are here sir. They should be here in 5 minutes."
"Alright, everyone fall back to the crash site." said the Admiral as the Nco's told the rest of the men to fall back. Don was the last man to leave and looked up to the sky, seeing the two Majestic Class Destroyers above. The RNS Peterson was behind the RNS Falcon.
"RNS Falcon and Peterson, do you have a visual of the target?" asked the Admiral, via comlink.
"Yes we do sir. All batteries are ready for fire."
"Fire for effect, I repeat, fire for affect!" said Don as he ran back into the woods.
The turbolasers from the capital ships slammed into the Temple, pummeling it with heavy turbolaser batteries. Within 10 minutes, the ships had finished their bombardment and did a complete scan check. They reported no energy readings and went back to the fleet.
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Post by bruinfamer on Jan 30, 2009 23:13:04 GMT -5
The Task Force had reached the crash site. Smoke arose from the dead bodies being burned and the droids being scrapped.
"Captain, tell the fleet to send a salvage crew down. Salvage anything that isn't destroyed." said Don as he was heading towards one of the shuttles."Have your men downloading the last login entry?"
"Yes sir, we have sent it to the Compliance for interpreting." said the Captain, standing firm.
"Good. Let's get back to the Fleet." the Admiral boarded one of the shuttles along with the rest of the men. There were wounded men, but they'd be fixed up in no time. The Republic Task Force left the surface and headed towards the fleet.
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