planetary foothold. Major Kohl’s 2 nd Battalion should have captured an area and established a base by then. If he doesn’t… well we’ll have a problem. However, I trust that he will. You boys have to do great to show Colonel McVane, and more importantly, the Senate, that you can handle the challenge of being the Rangers. To help prove that, we’ve decided to turn you into an all-purpose unit. Within a revolution you will be using SR’s, AR’s, SMG’s, LMG’s, heavy weapons, and more,” Miller informed us.
“Wow, curve ball…” Nevin sighed.
“Yup,” Phil agreed.
“You’ll get on the shuttle for your ride to Euphola’s Sentinel in half an hour. There you will get acquainted with 2 nd Squad. So… good luck. Dismissed,” Miller concluded.
The thirty minutes passed rapidly due to our anxiety of this raid to Vorga itself, the capital of the Vorgian Empire. Soon the base’s COM announced that it was time. We grabbed our items; I had my SR-4, SMG-56, and H-81 with me. We ran out to the shuttle and hopped on. The Carrier-Class shuttle’s engines fired up and soon we were on our way to the assault cruiser.
Ten minutes after our departure from Euphola, I could see Euphola’s Sentinel in orbit. It was large for a cruiser, yet shorter than a battleship. I only saw two weapon batteries. There was also tons of small Elonium-Jericonium alloy plated circles, likely covering the drop tubes. There were hundreds of them lining the hull.
It wasn’t long before we found ourselves in the massive hangar bay of Euphola’s Sentinel . It had several Magnum Squadrons inside. In addition, there were five Carrier-Class Shuttles not counting ours, and seven Cavalier Heavy Lift Shuttles. Lining a far wall were nine Paladin Main Battle Tanks. They weren’t very long, but they were fairly tall in design. A fusion cannon was positioned above the driver’s cockpit. Its controls were simple allowing one well-trained person to aim the dual 100-millimeter cannons and drive. In the back was an armored compartment that could comfortably transport three people.
We walked for about a minute to get access to the door from our shuttle. Then a Marine armed with an AR - 27D escorted us to a briefing room. There were several officers in the room. From the name patches it looked like Captain O’Connell and Captain Morrow were both present. The highest rank I could identify was a Major. One was called Kohl, while the other was Powell. Major Powell was a tall, thin man with dark hair. I assumed he was in charge of the battalion that Alpha and Sigma Companies belonged to.
We were then instructed to sit, so I sat down beside Ryan. Major Powell soon started the meeting. It ended up taking around twenty minutes, basically turning into a more detailed version of Miller’s explanation. As we rose from our chairs I knew I was ready for this.
Our next stop was the techs in the armory. They would introduce us to our powered armor. We arrived in the armory minutes later.
“Hey!” a cheery man in a white uniform said. “You must be the Rangers.”
“Yep,” Ryan replied.
“Welcome, I’m Specialist Wheaton. I’m in charge of prepping your armor.”
“All right,” Ryan said.
“You will each be paired with me or one of my team. You will get some one-on-one time with one of us so you can get used to the armor and learn its systems. So… let’s begin,” Spc. Wheaton said happily.
As he said, we each were paired with one of his men. I was paired with Wheaton himself.
The armor was an onyx black with a clear, though partially tinted, visor. The face of the wearer was partially obscured, but you could still make out most of their features.
“You see,” Wheaton said. ”You could look at a grenade explosion without any blinding effects. That also works for other bright things, sunlight, normal lights, flood lights, you
“Wow, curve ball…” Nevin sighed.
“Yup,” Phil agreed.
“You’ll get on the shuttle for your ride to Euphola’s Sentinel in half an hour. There you will get acquainted with 2 nd Squad. So… good luck. Dismissed,” Miller concluded.
The thirty minutes passed rapidly due to our anxiety of this raid to Vorga itself, the capital of the Vorgian Empire. Soon the base’s COM announced that it was time. We grabbed our items; I had my SR-4, SMG-56, and H-81 with me. We ran out to the shuttle and hopped on. The Carrier-Class shuttle’s engines fired up and soon we were on our way to the assault cruiser.
Ten minutes after our departure from Euphola, I could see Euphola’s Sentinel in orbit. It was large for a cruiser, yet shorter than a battleship. I only saw two weapon batteries. There was also tons of small Elonium-Jericonium alloy plated circles, likely covering the drop tubes. There were hundreds of them lining the hull.
It wasn’t long before we found ourselves in the massive hangar bay of Euphola’s Sentinel . It had several Magnum Squadrons inside. In addition, there were five Carrier-Class Shuttles not counting ours, and seven Cavalier Heavy Lift Shuttles. Lining a far wall were nine Paladin Main Battle Tanks. They weren’t very long, but they were fairly tall in design. A fusion cannon was positioned above the driver’s cockpit. Its controls were simple allowing one well-trained person to aim the dual 100-millimeter cannons and drive. In the back was an armored compartment that could comfortably transport three people.
We walked for about a minute to get access to the door from our shuttle. Then a Marine armed with an AR - 27D escorted us to a briefing room. There were several officers in the room. From the name patches it looked like Captain O’Connell and Captain Morrow were both present. The highest rank I could identify was a Major. One was called Kohl, while the other was Powell. Major Powell was a tall, thin man with dark hair. I assumed he was in charge of the battalion that Alpha and Sigma Companies belonged to.
We were then instructed to sit, so I sat down beside Ryan. Major Powell soon started the meeting. It ended up taking around twenty minutes, basically turning into a more detailed version of Miller’s explanation. As we rose from our chairs I knew I was ready for this.
Our next stop was the techs in the armory. They would introduce us to our powered armor. We arrived in the armory minutes later.
“Hey!” a cheery man in a white uniform said. “You must be the Rangers.”
“Yep,” Ryan replied.
“Welcome, I’m Specialist Wheaton. I’m in charge of prepping your armor.”
“All right,” Ryan said.
“You will each be paired with me or one of my team. You will get some one-on-one time with one of us so you can get used to the armor and learn its systems. So… let’s begin,” Spc. Wheaton said happily.
As he said, we each were paired with one of his men. I was paired with Wheaton himself.
The armor was an onyx black with a clear, though partially tinted, visor. The face of the wearer was partially obscured, but you could still make out most of their features.
“You see,” Wheaton said. ”You could look at a grenade explosion without any blinding effects. That also works for other bright things, sunlight, normal lights, flood lights, you
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