protest McVane’s claims to the Senate. He was back within a day and told us the Senate was undecided, yet they appear to want to keeps us… after all, it was their idea to host a sniping contest and have the winners fill the Ranger’s place. I had tried out, hoping to achieve something. Then I ended up getting lucky and scored in the top five. Nevin had tried out with me. He was actually good, not just lucky. The Senate says they did it to start up a morale campaign; saying even common people can rise to extraordinary ranks. And just as they had hoped… they received over one hundred thousand new recruits Empire-wide within three days of the competition. People who wanted to “start ordinary, become extraordinary.” My family was so proud when they learned that I was accepted. In fact, we even had a going away party with Nevin’s family the day before we left for the training complex.
Now, I sat beside Ryan and Nevin in the briefing chambers.
“Vorga, we all know what it represents. It is the symbol that drives the Vorgians, their capital planet. Now… we must destroy it.” Miller growled.
“We know that they’re desperate, on Enphuerzo, one thousand Vorgian soldiers and nearly ten thousand civilians died in a series of nuclear suicide charges in the capitol buildings. They took with them forty-five hundred of our soldiers. The building had additional intel on defense and research labs on Vorga. Without that intel, this mission will be a bit more complicated. We want to keep as many labs intact as we can. Who knows what they may contain. Dixon will be taking forty-five ships, including the Enforcer, and for Pippin…. the Enforcer is the Juggernaut-class Super Weapons Platform,” Colonel Miller explained.
“Finally,” Max chuckled.
“You’ll be aboard the assault cruiser, Euphola’s Sentinel . You’ll be going with Sigma Company and Alpha Company. Two hundred fifty marines each. These guys are good. For this mission, you’ll be using specially crafted powered battle armor. Twenty-five of the top soldiers in each company will also wear powered armor. The armor will increase your speed, strength, and give you a tactical HUD to monitor your situation that includes who the ranking officer is, where your teammates are, and a twenty-meter motion tracker. It also can show marked objectives. There are neural interface programs being researched, but they have proved… uh, unsuccessful to say the least. So for this op you’ll have to use the manual controls on the helmet. The techs will tell us things in detail later,” Miller told us. “Now, the sub-machine guns you’ve been training with will be your secondary weapons. You’ll still have your sidearm as well. The SMG will be equipped with a silencer. More top-of-the-line technology that suppresses the sound made by your weapon… also, very expensive,” Miller pointed out.
You’ll be going in using drop pods. There are about ten landing zones for the teams. Captain O’Connell’s Sigma Company will be striking targets Alpha through Delta. You and his Second Squad, led by Sergeant Peterson, will hit targets Epsilon and Digamma. Captain Morrow and Alpha Company will take targets Iota through Zeta. You will be transferring the intel to this data chip,” Miller said, holding up a small chip. “Fergensen, since I doubt anyone else in this group even knows how to translate encrypted data, I’ll put you in charge of that.”
“Yes sir!” Phil’s deep voice bellowed.
“Dunkelman!” Miller said.
“Yes, sir?” Ryan responded, “I know you’re good with Eupholium, blow the place as soon as you have the intel on the chip.”
“Understood sir!” Ryan acknowledged.
“Once both objectives are secured and you’ve destroyed both labs you need to fall back to the L.Z. and several Corsair Heavy Assault Dropships will pick you up and transport you to our
Now, I sat beside Ryan and Nevin in the briefing chambers.
“Vorga, we all know what it represents. It is the symbol that drives the Vorgians, their capital planet. Now… we must destroy it.” Miller growled.
“We know that they’re desperate, on Enphuerzo, one thousand Vorgian soldiers and nearly ten thousand civilians died in a series of nuclear suicide charges in the capitol buildings. They took with them forty-five hundred of our soldiers. The building had additional intel on defense and research labs on Vorga. Without that intel, this mission will be a bit more complicated. We want to keep as many labs intact as we can. Who knows what they may contain. Dixon will be taking forty-five ships, including the Enforcer, and for Pippin…. the Enforcer is the Juggernaut-class Super Weapons Platform,” Colonel Miller explained.
“Finally,” Max chuckled.
“You’ll be aboard the assault cruiser, Euphola’s Sentinel . You’ll be going with Sigma Company and Alpha Company. Two hundred fifty marines each. These guys are good. For this mission, you’ll be using specially crafted powered battle armor. Twenty-five of the top soldiers in each company will also wear powered armor. The armor will increase your speed, strength, and give you a tactical HUD to monitor your situation that includes who the ranking officer is, where your teammates are, and a twenty-meter motion tracker. It also can show marked objectives. There are neural interface programs being researched, but they have proved… uh, unsuccessful to say the least. So for this op you’ll have to use the manual controls on the helmet. The techs will tell us things in detail later,” Miller told us. “Now, the sub-machine guns you’ve been training with will be your secondary weapons. You’ll still have your sidearm as well. The SMG will be equipped with a silencer. More top-of-the-line technology that suppresses the sound made by your weapon… also, very expensive,” Miller pointed out.
You’ll be going in using drop pods. There are about ten landing zones for the teams. Captain O’Connell’s Sigma Company will be striking targets Alpha through Delta. You and his Second Squad, led by Sergeant Peterson, will hit targets Epsilon and Digamma. Captain Morrow and Alpha Company will take targets Iota through Zeta. You will be transferring the intel to this data chip,” Miller said, holding up a small chip. “Fergensen, since I doubt anyone else in this group even knows how to translate encrypted data, I’ll put you in charge of that.”
“Yes sir!” Phil’s deep voice bellowed.
“Dunkelman!” Miller said.
“Yes, sir?” Ryan responded, “I know you’re good with Eupholium, blow the place as soon as you have the intel on the chip.”
“Understood sir!” Ryan acknowledged.
“Once both objectives are secured and you’ve destroyed both labs you need to fall back to the L.Z. and several Corsair Heavy Assault Dropships will pick you up and transport you to our
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