posted June 14, 2000 12:15 PM               

Several dark shadows moved accross an open clearing towards a structure bathed in moonlight. The figure in the lead held up his hand and motion for the rest to flank the building, and with that they fanned out, dispersing across the property. All together there were five mysterious forms, one flanking the right, one to the left, two moving forward to the center, while one stayed behind several meters away from the structure. The one that seemed to be leading the groupd moved his hand to his collar and gave a low command, and in response came a half squad of stormtroops, equipped in sniper gear to circle the building at the edge of the tree line. On the arms of the snipers, up close you could clearly see the emblazed emblem of Delta Detachment.

All the sudden with an unspoken signal, the forms flanking the building all bust down the doors at once and ignited lightsabers. The soft hum from the blades of pure energy was very distinct in the structure as the warriors moved through the house putting down any opposition, in their path. Except one warrior seeemed different. . . This particular warrior was weilding an anceint looking sword instead of a sabre, like the rest of them. This warrior also seemed to have a strange air about him, true all the warriors in the structure were outstandingly swift, agile, silent, and deadly, this particular one seemed more effiecent in the task than the rest. He gave off an aura of anger and hatred ten fold that of any of the others.

On the same que that led the dark warriors inside, the snipers started firing at specific targets through the windows on the upper levels of the compound.

In a few moments it was all over, two of the warriors came out swiftly escorting an individual with a bag over his head and wrists tied. Then another pair toting a large storage bin. Then last the warrior trotted out, removed his face mask with a large grin on his face. "Great job to both, Delta Detachment members and Griffen Sect. You proved that both deserve the title which has been layed upon your shoulders. We'll have to celebrate once we get back to base," he said as the gaze from those dark hazel eyes placed in his narrow face fell upon every single member that participated in the operation that just took place.

"Sir, what do you want us to do with this rebel scum?" Asked one of the warriors.

"I want you to escort him personally back to camp to be interrogated. The rest of us will head back once the recon patrols report in, just to make sure there is nothing else of importance around here."

"Yes, sir. Right away, sir." He responded, then turned to a speeder bike, strapped the captured figure on, then took off into the forest. Then a recon trooper ran up to the officer as he continued congratulating the group and offering suggestions for improvment.

"Sir, I don't mean to interup," the trooper said nearly out of breath, "but our squad just found a hanger base near here, from the looks of it, it has several transports and strfighters we could commondeer for intelligence. Actions, sir?"

The group leader reached to his comlink, "Athran, this is Atrus. A recon squad just reported a hangar bay nearby, with some transports and fighters we could confiscate if we got there. We just completed our assignment here, and sent the prisoner to the base. Course of action?"

"Take the chance, we're here to wipe out the opposition, do it by whatever means neccessary. Try to capture as many ships as possible." came back through the comlink as it crackled to life.

"Will do."

"Oh, before you leave, Atrus, is the 'package' on it's way too?"

"It is now," Atrus answered as he signaled a trooper to strap it to another bike and take it.

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To be continued. . . . .

next post concerning this part of the story is reserved for either myself, athran, or sythspawn, feel free to post about a different part of the story tho, just dont make any moves towards the hangar. Syths and I have something special planned concerning it.

posted June 14, 2000 12:33 PM              

Lieutenant General Sithspawn sat at his command chair, overseeing the ground intelligence and keeping a close eye on the Rebel Cruiser orbitting the planet.


Turning to the Systems Officer, Sithspawn queried "Are we still in the blindspot of that ship?"
The Officer on Duty replied "Aye sir, we're in the planetary shadow."


Sithspawn nodded. "Very well, signal the Maelstrom and the Shattered Dream and tell them to maintain formation with us. Summon the Executive Officer and Detachment Commander Archer. We're going to move against the Rebel Cruiser in approximately 1 hour. I want all the bridge officers in the wardroom in 15 minutes, and as well as Archer and 'Nix.


The Officer blinked. "Nix?"


Sithspawn chuckled "Admiral Atrus, didn't I tell you he was a guest on board at the moment? I figured we might need a little strategy to this one."


Time: 0317
Wardroom on the Treason


Sithspawn lit up his cigar as the officers seated themselves at the table. "Gentlemen, the preemptive strike on the Rebel base is going well I'm told, thus, we need to eliminate the cruiser in orbit, as it presents the only remaining threat of calling for reinforcments."


"However," Sithspawn continued, "We're not going to destroy the cruiser, we're going to capture it, and Myself, Nix, and the troopers of Delta Detachment will pilot it home, after a thorough interrogation of the Rebel officers onboard. XO, you'll be in charge of the Intelligence Fleet until further notice. If all goes well, you'll have more of a chance to get used to the Captain's chair on here"


Flipping on the holoprojector, Sithspawn began to lay down his battle plan.


"Admiral Atrus and I will launch the attack on the Rebel Cruiser from 2 Skipray Blastboats which were, erm, borrowed from the planet. Vice Admiral Donitz himself will be flying cover for us in his TIE Defender."


Pausing to sip from the glass on the table, Sithspawn continued. "Now, Atrus and I will be launching proton torpedos at the cruiser to decimate most of the shielding systems, and hopefully rile up the crew a bit as well. Donitz will continue to patrol the area, should the cruiser launch fighters. Following the failure of the Cruiser's shield generators, Atrus and I will signal the fleet. XO, I want the Treason to take a flank approach on the far side, and Captain Alayrna d' Arevain of the Maelstrom and Captain Vladkov of the Shattered Dream will approach on a flank of the planetary side. It is vital that you come in with your ion cannons blazing, as Atrus, Donitz, and myself will have a hard time disabling the craft by ourselves."


Sithspawn picked up his glass again and twirled the cigar in his fingers.


"Now, the key to this is the element of surprise...and of course, we hold the upper hand since we have the advantage of surprise on our side. Transports Omega and Lambda will be launched from the Treason upon the disabling of the Cruiser. Delta Detachment will be working seperately on this operation, to insure the success of our mission. Alpha platoon will be in charge of securing the ship, Beta Platoon will work on restoring the ship's power, and Charlie Platoon will secure the bridge and detain the command crew."


Sithspawn downed the glass and continued.


"After the transports are away, Atrus, Donitz, and myself will fly cover for them, then take up a patrol while they board. We expect little starfighter resistance, but the chance is always there. Once the Cruiser has been cleared, Donitz, Atrus, and Myself will dock with the ship, and take command."


"Any questions?"


Sithspawn gritted his teeth, took the silence as a no, and dismissed the officers.


Admiral Atrus remained in his seat, fidling idly with a vibroblade.


The Admiral cleared his throat and spoke. "You know Siths, I could be in some serious trouble if ScareCrow or Majere notices those transports and the Skiprays missing, they were supposed to be commandeered to the Mustang."


Sithspawn smiled calmly and lifted the pitcher off his desk, refilling his glass and handing one to Atrus as well.


"Here Nix, have a little of the Captain's Bottled Water, it'll calm you right down."


Atrus accepted and took a sip of the water.


Swallowing hard, 'Nix', turned to Sithspawn and remarked, "Why Captain, you're 'bottled water' tastes strangely like Coruscant Vodka"


Grinning, Sithspawn replied "2035, best year I've ever tasted."
Downing his mug, Sithspawn headed for the door.


�C�mon Atrus, we�ve got a schedule to keep, and god forbid we keep Donitz waiting.

Time: 0329
Location: MC-80 Alderaan�s Legacy

posted June 14, 2000 03:30 PM               

Darkness began to fall over the planet and the clouds in the sky began to grow thick. The moons were hidden in a black fluff of light moisture in the air. A squad of stormtroopers propped their weapons up against a few rocks and sat down for a rest. A few of them took of their helmets and sat them on a rock beside them. A few more ventured to take off their breastplates. Slumber fell on the squad and soon they had been asleep for nearly two hours. The squad leader was awoken by the sounds of crackling twigs behind the rock preface. He stood up and grasped his rifle, not bothering to wake the other troops. He stretched forth his hands as he got grip on the rocks, he then pulled himself to the top and peered over the edge. His head searched for what was making the noise, turning from left to right, growing more frantic as time went past with no answer to his query. The sounds of scraping rock filled his ears and he saw what was making the noise. A black figure took hold of his neck, pulling him off the rock. The squad leader braced his fall with his left shoulder, dislocating it on contact with the hard rocks below. He lay there in amazement, not knowing what had just happened. As he turned his head to yell for the other troopers to awake, his breath was cut short, literally, the claws slid across his neck with ease, and the immense hand that followed it grasped his head as he pulled it away from the body. The head was placed into a brown leather-like sack, and draped over the killer�s back. The rest of the squad slept quietly on the other side of the rocks, their knowledge still foreign to what had happened to their squad leader. As one of the troopers turned onto his back and crushing, yet silent blow came down on his throat. His eyes shot open, only to see nothing but darkness. His silent gasps for breath were in vain, and soon his eyes shuttered in pain and closed. His head, not as big as the squad leaders, but younger and clean shaven, was placed in the sack with the squad leaders, and once again, draped over the back of the killer. The large killer walked away from the group, leaving two bleeding bodies to be discovered the next morning, soon the beast was hidden in foliage next to the rocks, and he sat down, waiting for morning.

A young stormtrooper, just transferred from a policing division on Lorn, awoke and was the first to see the headless body of the stormtrooper on its back just ten feet from him. His eyes fixed on the neck, such a clean cut, and so much blood, he soon lost the strength in his stomach and vomited on the ground. The other troopers were awaken by this, all of then starring at the �new guy� puking around them. A few others soon caught glimpse of what had happened, and they rushed over to the trooper kneeling at his side. They frantically looked around them, searching for wild animals, or special forces troops, but they saw nothing. Two troopers headed towards the weapons only to find them broken, and one missing. They all looked around for their squad leader, noticing that it had been his gun that was missing. Anger filled their blood as they realized to themselves that it had been their own leader who had done this horrible act. They adorned their armor once again, and grouped together by the rocks. Forming a crude plan they began to search the woods for the squad leader, entering near to where the beast had vanished. They saw blood stains on the light ground, and began to follow its trail. The troops split into two groups, one to the left of the rocks and one to the right, planning to meet in the middle, straight behind where they had slept. As the two parties departed a sense of hatred and fear swelled in their blood, they needed revenge for the death of their friend.

The beast immerged from the woods, sneaking behind the first group. His massive arms coupled around two of the four troopers and he brought them to the ground. The other two did an abrupt �180� and saw the wrestling troops on the ground trying their best to fight off their attacker. The beast crushed the skull of one of the troopers, caving in his helmet along with his face. After pulling his bloodied hand out, he grasped one of the stormtroopers that had began to kick him in the side. Pulling his leg out from under him, and grasping the trooper as he fell. He locked the two men in his arms, squeezing one around the chest, and the other around the throat. Tightening his grip, the two squirmed their best to get away. The standing trooper began to pummel the beast in the back of the head with his fists, seeing that the beast wasn�t fazed he ran for the others. Soon the bodies were limp in the killers arms, and he collected his trophies quickly. He lifted a large stick off the ground and began a fast sprint after the fleeing trooper. The rushing stormtrooper turned his head to look behind him, only to see the stick flying through the air, and then feeling it lodge into his back. He fell, his face hitting the hard ground before him. A few seconds past before the stick was pulled from his back and inserted into the back of his head, he could feel pain no more.

The other party had reached the rendezvous spot and had been waiting for ten minutes. Figuring that they had found something they headed out in that direction. They had walked two-hundred yards away from the rocks when they saw the beast walking towards them, the heads of their four other friends in his hands. Fear consumed them and they froze. The beast began to trot towards them, slinging the heads into the sack as he came. The troopers began to scatter about the area, keeping an eye on the beast. A taller stormtrooper peaked his head around the trees, seeing nothing for a few moments. The beast swiftly turned his head from behind, cracking the spinal cord as he did, then yanking the head from the body. The other troopers gasped in amazement and began to run towards the rocks. On the run for higher ground another trooper was cut down from the legs, losing his head as he fell, the body simply ran over by the beast as it claimed its next prize. The remaining troopers finally beheld their squad leader, freeing him from all suspicion once and for all. One of them swooped up the gun from his hand as they began to climb the rocks, scrambling in horror from what they saw closing in on them from behind. Half way up the trooper with the gun felt something take hold of his foot. Looking down he saw the other stormtrooper reaching for his hand, only to be pulled further down the rocks along with his boot. He could only watch the mauling as he tried to keep his grip with both hands. He took advantage of his friends disadvantage and finished his climb to the top. He began to run down the other side, tripping on the sharp rocks before him. He began crawling as he picked himself up and began to run once again into the trees. He leaped over the three dead bodies from the attack earlier that day, and threw his helmet down with those bodies, as not to leave a trail and still gain more air for running. Taking position behind a large tree he could still see the beast walking towards him, slowly and surely, knowing that it would soon have another adornment for its sack. As it got closer he could start to make out what it was, the height and fur had not been as noticed as it attacked, and now he knew the species that plagued him . . . Wookiee. The wookiee began to run towards him, it hands held out ready to crush him if it got hold. He began to open fire, hitting the trees around the wookiee and causing small fires to flame around the small trees. A blast finally hit the wookiee and it knelt down for a moment and quickly arose again. Two more shots hit the wookiee and it finally fell before him, stopping on its knees. He walked out to it, and kicked it over onto its back with his bare foot. Raising the blaster to its face he began to squeeze the trigger. He watched as the wookiee opened its forearm up, revealing a small control panel. It starting punching buttons and soon began to laugh a menacing cackle. The last stormtrooper watched as the numbers counted down on the forearm, and the beeping grew louder. He turned to run, but the explosion caught his backside, tearing through him and scotching his body. He, along with all the trees, dead bodies, and the wookiee vaporized, leaving a flaming circle for a one mile area.

The intelligence report came in to High General Crysus stating that it had been an aerial bombardment from a Rebel cruiser. The report was noted, and the battle continued.

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This was simply a messed up post that I decided to make, I just woke up, and I am still tired, so please don�t make fun of the story
It shows how troopers actually have lives too, not just High Command, and I threw in a bit of a twisted scene from �Predator� if ya didn�t know. Ok, I think I am going to go eat breakfast now.
I also did this whole story with no dialogue to prove that you don't have to have someone speaking all the time. It also proves that you don't have to throw yourself into the story, no one even knows these stormtroopers, yet you know what is going on.

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HHC/HG Crysus/HC-1/VE
High General Crysus
Army Prefect
PRF/HG Crysus/HCA-1/Erewhon/VEA {VES}{VCM}
[email protected] ICQ-21585728

[This message has been edited by Crysus (edited 14 June 2000).]

IP: 24.237.58.18

posted June 14, 2000 07:03 PM              

As the fighting was just wrapping up on the planet, two troopers had just left a rebel building, which was now blown sky-high. They walked to try and find the rest of thier squad, which they were told was making its way back to the main base on the planet. As they walked, one certain tree caught their attention. It had the face of....an Ewok. The troopers were stunned, there were no ewoks on this planet. That's what their breifing of the planet said. Just to make sure, one of them punched some buttons on his wrist. They were right. The life forms report about the planet said there were no ewoks. They were very confused, so they investigated into the tree's interesting shape further. As one of them went to touch the "ewok face" on the tree, the thing's mouth opened and caught his hand. He was stuck. The Trooper's eyes opened wider than the other could ever imagine. Coming straight for him on both sides were giant tree trunks. He went splat. The remaining trooper turned away, disgusted, only to see an entire group of ewoks there. In a few seconds, they were on top of him, tying him up. They took him to...a rebel base. They removed their ewok suits, and showed the faces of rebel troops. Shocked, the trooper realized that perhaps the rebel threat still existed on the planet. Too late for him, though. A rebel asked his superior what should be done with him. His answer came. They didn't need him for information. he was to be tortured and killed immediately.
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**you know, a good ending to this story would be "and they all lived happily ever after"**

posted June 15, 2000 08:31 PM              

"That one," the scientist said, "Yes, that one will do just fine."

The four of them drug the wookie back to a tent put up specially for the purpose, where the scientist took out a laser-cutter and started examining the body.

MILES AWAY

A blue button was pushed by a white-gloved hand. "ENTER ACCESS CODE" flashed on a computer screen.

"����+/ݟ" typed the rebel. "ACCESS CODE ACCEPTED" flashed the screen.

BACK AT THE BASE

"Now I know why the report said there were no wookies on this planet. This wookie is not even a wookie. It's a.......It's standing up!!!" screamed the hysterical scientist, who in seconds was silenced by a twist of the wookie's powerful arms.

The doctor's screams brought more troops, who were caught off-guard by the raging beast. It killed 8 soldiers and tore down three tents before a troop found a rocket launcher.

"Don't shoot that! you're too close!" shouted one of the soldiers friends. It was too late. The brave man's finger squeezed on the trigger, and in microseconds both the wookie and the man were no longer alive.

posted June 16, 2000 06:09 PM              

"Jeez, stupid machines are idiot-proof these days," said Agent, who was watching from a distance, "you can't screw anything up when it tells you exactly what you're doing and what to do."

"Trace complete!" came the answer from the computer, this time in a computerized female voice, "press any button to continue"

IN A TENT A FEW YARDS AWAY

Wookies were being torn apart one by one and reprogrammed by every scientist the VE had. They were being programmed to return to their base, and do some major carnage, but were held in a laser-cage until the time that all of the "wookies" were programmed and ready. Soon the last one was done. It was decided that the wookies would go in first, followed by troopers, and that in this way the rebel base should be taken easily. The wookies were released and made their way back to the rebel base, where they were easily allowed in. Once they were in, they attacked their former masters and opened the main doors, where the second wave of the attack entered. The troopers entered into a long corridor, which had a fork at the end, one going north, the other went straight, going west. The troops split up.

IN THE WEST WING OF THE REBEL BASE

The west-wing troops caught up to the wookie patrol and were in the heat of the fighting. Luckily the rebels were concentrating on the wookies and almost the entire group was able to sneak by without being noticed. Sneaking up behind two rebels, Agent snapped one's neck and Talon shot the other in the head with his blaster. Between the wookies and the troops, the rebels didn't last long.

The squad checked out all the smaller rooms around the bigger one, and found a new corridor, which they followed, after what was left of the wookies, who were doing some serious damage to the rebel base. Agent was starting to get jealous.

"Why do they always get to make all the cool things explode?" he asked Talon.

"Yeah, them scientists program good carnage." he replied.

"Yeah, i guess," said Agent, "Not that i believe in science or anything."

Walking slowly after the wave of wookies, the troops got some fun by checking each of the rooms. Every once in a while they found a rebel to shoot or some equipment to blow up.

"I wonder what's happening with the other group," Talon wondered out loud.

posted June 16, 2000 09:14 PM               

"Yes I finally get to get back in the
action," TJ said.

"Uh TJ, it's only been a day," Talon
responded. The Iron Horse were once again
on patrol. Suddenly a small light in a
nearby field caught TJ's eye.

"Hey, over there," TJ whispered pointing
towards the field. "There was a light."

"What? Where?" Agent looked around.

"There it is again," TJ said pointing.

"I don't see anything, mabye you're
still sufering a little from the
concusion," Talon said.

"No, it was there and I'm gonna check
it out," TJ insisted,"you go on ahead."

"If you insist," Agent said, continuing
to walk down a faded path. With that
TJ crept down through some tall grass
and in a few seconds was out of sight.

"You think we should go after him?"
Talon asked.

"No, he'll be fine."

*In the Field*

"I know I saw something down here, but
where'd it go?" TJ said to himself. Then
he saw a ligt blink off to his right.
He had silently crept up to within
five meters of the light before he
stumbled and found himself face to face
with the man from the unknown, thought
to be destroyed faction's base. The
man immediately pulled out a small
blaster and pointed it at TJ.

"I-it's you," TJ sputtered,"I thought
you were-"

"Nope, I survived and you wanna know
how? 'Cause you imperials are careless
you thought you killed us all so you did
not check the base. I and a couple others
took that oppurtunity to flee using tubes
only we knew about."

"Then where are your "friends" now?"

"They will be arriving at our planned
meeting spot shortly so I must be going."
The man waddled through a bush and out
of sight. A few seconds later TJ began
to rise to his feet, but collapsed again.
No sooner had he fallen then a blaster
shot sizzled the ground he had jut been
sitting. TJ got up and began to follow
the man......

posted June 17, 2000 02:17 PM               

"Sir, we still haven't found the unkown faction's leader," said Athran. "If we don't find him then this assualt was pointless. He will just rise up again when we take this planet for the VE."

"I know, I have sent out a recon team to an unscouted area west of here. Hopefully they will come up with something that will help us find him," responded Crysus.

--------3 clicks west of the VE base------

"Sir, I haven't seen a thing, this is a waste of time," complained a Trooper.

"Allright guys, break time," replied the Recon Leader.

The troopers and recon leader all took off their helmets and rested. The recon leader took out a pair of night vision binocular's and looked all around, not seeing a thing but trees and wilderness.

"Suit up guys, we are heading farther west," commanded the Recon Leader.

"Tell Truto to radio HQ and say that we haven't found anything yet, but we are going to head farther west," commanded the recon leader.

"Sir, he's taking a leak," replied a trooper.

"Anybody know where he went?" asked the Recon Leader.

"I thought he just went behind that tree over there," said a trooper pointing towards a tree with distinct markings on it. "But he isn't there any more," concluded the trooper.

All of the recon team suddenly felt there stomachs start to turn and their sense of fear set in. They couldn't see but 3 meters in front of them because of the darkness from the trees, and the moon being blocked by clouds. They flipped on some field lights, but didn't help because of the fog that lay all around them. The lights just reflected back in their faces blinding them, making it even harder for them to adjust to the pitch black surrounding them.

Suddenly a gust of wind burst through the forest and a huge limb from the nearby tree, broke and came crashing down upon the Recon Leader. As the remaining troops set down their guns and lifted the gigantic log off of the squad leader, they saw a red light saber ignite. The weilder of the saber ran at a blinding speed towards the unprepared squad slicing two of troopers in half and the remaining two fled. The unknown form finally sent a bolt of hatred hurling towards the running troopers.

Another figure approached from behind the figure that just killed the entire squad.

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*If you make an addon to this, the two "people" that just took out the squad are force sensitive. And are going to be very hard to kill. Just keep that in mind, if you make an addon.

posted June 17, 2000 02:39 PM               

When I had been injured in the unknown complex, my squad had rushed me to a supply ship that was en route to a Star Destroyer where I could be treated. Shortly after lift-off, the crew had been notified about the unknown attack that left an entire squad devestated but I quickly forgot because of the great pain I was in.
For 3 days I had to heal in a bacta tank and for 2 of them I had been unconscience because of extreme exhaustion. My wounds had slowly enclosed and the burns started to fade. It never occured to me how dangerous my style of life was but it was all I knew. Twenty long years spent, risking myself for the glory of the Empire, not knowing what it meant to be in this position. Today was the Imperial parade back home... but I couldn't stop thinking of the fact that, right at this moment Craff, Trigit and my other friends are assaulting the capital while, I, recuperate in this tube. I suppose it's part of being a cap trooper and saving the galaxy from chaos.
After being released from this advanced incubator I walked to my quarters and fell asleep but a few minutes later I was requested by High General Crysus.

"Kurtz, we know what you have gone through... but there is some good news and some bad.
"Thanks for recognizing my pain, sir!" I said in a weak yet astute voice.
"Okay then, all opposition on the Rebel planet, I mean Imperial planet have been eliminated with no remorse. Unfortunately, Mon Mothma has declared that there will be a full scale opperation agaist the remnants of the Empire. This has caused a great amount of sympathy within the galaxy to our advantage, because if the New Republic is truly democratic they will allow these planets to join us.".
"Sir, what happened to the creatures who had slayed our men?" I said in a worried tone.
Suddenly the chair next to Crysus swung in my direction and there was Craff Lennox with a large, extended scar along the top of his eyebrow...

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This next section is reserved for Second Lieutenant Craff Lennox. He should describe how the two figures had been killed.

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2nd Lieutenant Kurtz
Assistant to Xo
Assistant to CoP
XO:A/CoP:A/2LT Kurtz/VEA [OTH][1st Class](ES)
e-mail: [email protected]
icq#: 61503134

posted June 18, 2000 09:45 AM               

"I see we've all survived," the man said.
Then he pointed to the two tallest people,
"Boris, Dalchev I have recieved word from
an ananymous source that there are two
squads near here, you will take out the
recon squad to the west. Mokel, Gorex
you two will take out te other squad.
We will meet back here in three hours."

"An ananymous source, that could mean one thing...a spy," TJ thought to himself.
TJ took his comlink out of his pocket.
"Athran, I believe we have a spy i our
ranks."...

posted June 18, 2000 04:19 PM               

TJ crept up behind the man, making sure
he could not be seen. Suddenly the man
stopped in a clearing. In the darkness,
TJ saw four other people emerge from the
tall grass.

"I see you've all survived," the man
said. Then he pointed to the two tallest
men,"Boris, Dlachev I have recieved
word from an ananymous source that there
are two imperial squads nearby, you
two will take out the small recon group
to the west. Letrez, Modek you will
destroy the other squad, we will meet
back here in an hour."

"Yes sir."

"An ananymous source, that could mean
only one thing," TJ thought to himself.
He took his ComLink out of his pocket.
"Athran, this is TJ, I believe we have
a spy in our ranks."........

posted June 19, 2000 12:24 AM              

"Oh, God...." Talon managed to say, "That sound is WAY too familiar."

The rest of the squad agreed, except for Agent.

"What? Familiar? It just sounds freaky to me." a very confused Agent said.

"Uh, Agent, see this wound on my hand?" asked Talon, who knew he needed to make it short and sweet.

"Yes, what about it?"

"Well," Talon said, "This wound wasn't there until the last time we heard that sound."

"What did you do last time?"

"Killed it good."

"What's stopping us this time?"

"Well, there's a few less of us, and about ten more of THEM."

Agent tried to catch a glimpse of the creatures, but he could only see blurs of colors and shapes. It was as if there were thousands of giant birds running around them, though there were less than a dozen.

"So," Talon asked to nobody in general, "Any better ideas than what we did last time?"

To his surprise, he got an answer. Looking at the birds' long legs and fast movements, an idea formed. "You guys all have rope, right? stretch it between trees to trip them up. Then they would have to slow down, and we could pick them off."

"It's a long shot," stated Talon. "Any better ideas?"

Silence.

"Let's do it."

Setting to quick work, and very annoyed that the birds always had to follow THEIR group around, they made an impassible web between themselves and their attackers.

"Uh, Talon, one question? Why didn't the birds attack us while we were doing this? And WHAT IS THAT STUPID BEEPING SOUND?" yelled Agent.

"What beeping sound?" asked the rest of the men in unison.

"It's coming from....Talon." Agent walked over to Talon and found the source on Talon's sleeve. "Here." He pulled off a patch from Talon's arm, revealing a tiny remote-control-like device.

"Wow," said Talon, "I wonder what this button does." He pushed the button.

The lights on the device blinked faster. Suddenly, the birds made a dash at the men, and were tripped up by the ropes. They went around to each bird and shot it twice in the head, just for good measure. Talon left the device on the ground. He didn't want to risk another bird-attack.

"Well, now we know why WE have all the luck with the birds." Talon remarked sarcastically.

"The question isn't WHY, it's HOW." Agent said. "HOW did that device get on your sleeve and HOW could I hear it?"

"We'll find out when the scientists examine it. Mark our coordinates. I'll hide it in a good spot. Let's get back to base." said Roach.

They left for the base. Just as they were out of sight, a man in red armor reached into a hole in a tree and removed a tiny device with a quickly-blinking light on it. He pushed two buttons, and the light went out. The man bounded up a small drop-off and ran lightly off.

posted June 19, 2000 11:46 PM              

"A SPY!!" A voice was heard by all at the base, booming to all but the furthest corners. All around the base, wildlife froze in their tracks. The voice quieted to a whisper, so it would not be heard by any ears that weren't supposed to hear it. "But who could it be? Is it someone in the VE?"

posted June 22, 2000 06:26 PM              

Arkain where out on Patrol in his distrikt
near his squad leader that he where protecting from hooligans and angry people.

and he hear something from the technicians radio about a spy... and he where thinking
*did they know who it is* and the though of that guy. a man stepped in front of ark.

Ark say " step aside or taste det force of the Empire. "
the Guy "huh do you think u are taking to corporal"
squad lead "Arkain be carefull that is the Lieutenant General Athran"

I didn recognize athran at the first place but went the Squad lead... say that he was Athran i recognize him right a way
and apologized for my actions..

but athran had already taken his saber and was prepared for a fight.
i where not in the mood for that and i took my saber and i did what i could to keep him away from me. Thats was where Kurtz came and gave me some help. together we manage to get Athran back on track. and we didn mentioned to any one.. and the squad lead.. yea he was dead because of athran but what the ..beep.. h... he was a spy and i knew it. i had hunted him for weeks but i was not sure about it.. now i am.

posted June 22, 2000 07:19 PM               

�Sir, the enemy is has been crushed, we took them out with only minor casualties,� said Athran confidently to Crysus.

�Good, I�ll be waiting for your report on this campaign as soon as we get back to Army Head Quarters,� replied Crysus.

�Sir, yes sir,� replied Athran.

�Dismissed,� said Crysus.

�Aye aye, sir,� replied Athran.

Athran snapped to attention and saluted the High General as he casually lounged back in his chair. As he walked away he could smell the aroma of a corellian cigar being lit.

------Army Head Quarters, Erewhon------

Athran strode down the elegant hallway to the Prefect�s office. He gave a swift salute to the guards at the door, and opened the door. He gave Craff a polite nod and saluted the Prefect.

�Sir, here is the conclusion you wanted,� said Athran.

�Good, dismissed,� replied Crysus

�Aye aye, sir,� replied Athran.

Athran saluted and walked down the hallway back to his office thinking of what Crysus would think of the report.

--------Assualt Report-------
Deemed Classified Information

Rebel soldiers reported on the planet: 1,000 troopers
Rebel soldiers dead or deceased: 800 troopers
Rebel soldiers unaccounted for: 200 troopers

Unknown Factions soldiers: 750 troopers
Unknown Factions soldiers reported dead or deceased: 650 troopers
Unknown Factions soldiers unaccounted for: 100 troopers

Sir, either Intelligence was wrong or some of the troopers escaped during our assault. The Navy said nothing left the planet at all; everything that even came near the atmosphere was quickly blown away. I am sending out recon patrols to all ends of the planet and to nearby systems to try and locate where they went into hiding.

We have finally concluded where the Unknown Faction originated. They were natives of the planet that had been pushed to leave because of their believe in the force. They finally decided to seek revenge, but didn�t account for the rebels being posted there. The unknown�s faction troops were all skilled in the force, but were not advanced enough to use it against us. Only the leaders of the faction were reported to be able to �master� the force and use it against a recon squad. One of these so called leaders was not found.

The aerial battle went 100% for the Vast Empire. We suffered only minor damage to fighters and capital ships, and totally annihilated the rebels hold in space. The navy is already sending a protection fleet to the planet just incase any more ships show up.

We are leaving a platoon of men/women to maintain control of the planet. I will be keeping in touch with them if any of the opposing forces troopers show up. If so they have been ordered to destroy them with extreme prejudice. If the unknown faction�s leader surfaces, I have gave them orders to stun him and detain him. He will then be escorted here for further interrogation.

Trading with the planet has already begun, the Vast Empire will profit greatly from this campaign. There are rumored to be large stockpiles of resources that we could use. I have already sent out recon patrols to locate these also. The navy and army�s presence will remain until we see fit to lower our security of the area. There is always a chance that the rebels have plans for the planet.

posted June 25, 2000 02:16 PM              

I where waiting for new orders at the army camp. and i realize that i had been on patrol for at least 10 hours. I walked to the bed looking like a Zombi. i was really tired. i took of the armor and secured my personal things. after that i cant remmeber what happend because i fall asleep on the bed.