AUTHOR'S NOTE: There are a few proxies here in my list. Well most of it really.
The Khawarij are Mukhtar, Jannissaries are Hortlak, the Druze chick is Wild Bill and the Wardriver Hacker a Warcor.
Major Alia Dayan was taking a quick nap in her cramped office when a knock at the door signaled the end of her brief rest. Cracking open an eye she glanced at the overhead clock - she'd barely gotten 10 minutes of sleep. Ugh.
"Come in she" she called. The trip to get here was long and she'd spent the previous day in briefings and meeting with other Haqqislam commanders. The situation was a complete mess. She'd seen Fusilier Angus mentioned at one point and groaned. PanO should put that guy somewhere he couldn't cause any trouble. Like an island in the middle of the sea on some nowehere planet no one cares about.
"Sir" Leila Shariff saluted as she walked in. "You wanted a report as soon as I got back."
"I understand you ran into CA troops while out on patrol."
"We did. A couple of Umbra legates leading a squad of unidrons and xeodrones."
"An ambush?"
"Didn't look like it. They had one noctifer camouflaged in the area but he was probably a scout. Our hortlak snipers spotted the unidron squad and opened fire on that. That was probably when the CA troops became aware of us."
"I see both the snipers are listed as KIA."
"Yes sir." Leila seemed to consider how next words. "The enemy TAGs opened up on them and both jannissaries ... they refused to go down. They forced the enemy to spend time and ammo on killing them. The bodies ... there's not much left of them."
"That was also when the noctifer revealed itself and shot a rocket our way."
"Your fire team having moved up while the snipers were working?"
"Yes mam. The rocket missed and the MSV gear the mukhtar wear dealt with the noctifer's camo. We threw so much lead his way he didn't stand a chance. Of course we then lost two members to one of the TAGs."
"I recalled there was a reporter who kept insisting on following our teams into the field to prove there are no aliens on this asteroid."
"Yes. We let him tag along and we engaged the services of Wild Bill until our men got the hang of the place. That reported was pretty determined to do his job. Tried to get pictures of the CA TAGs ... that didn't go so well."
Major Dayan grimaced. The reporter was of course responsible for where he went and what he risked but civilian deaths never sat well with her.
"You should have seen Wild Bill, Major" Leila continued. "He got really pissed when the reporter died, I think they were going out for a drink after the patrol. He tore the enemy TAG to pieces. I've never seen a man just take his rifle and start blazing away at a TAG ... and WIN."
"That must have been a bit of a shock for the CA."
"Probably. The umbra legate leading them camo right for us. He was almost on top of us when he took a viral round to the gut. That pretty much ended him on the spot. The remaining unidrons and TAG tried to shoot at us some more, we killed another one of them before the other legate must have ordered a retreat. Seeing how they still had a TAG and we down half the team, we didn't pursue them."
"Good call. Securing the area was more important. And beating back that CA advance."
"Yes sir. We brought back all the bodies, maybe you can show O12 that Harry definitely had goons snooping around."
"We'll see. The political situation here seems ... pretty volatile at the moment. Thank you for the summary, you're dimissed."
Leila saluted and left. Leaving Major Dayan to check up how much the resurrection of her troops (and one civillian) would cost before sending a report to O12 about the alien incusrion.
As always, nice write-up!
Is the Tariqa a former Khawarij ? (with red hood)
Very nice report. But that Commander he defintly looks like a Speculo!
Sorry for being so behind reading and rating! Excellent report as expected from you! And congrats on the win!
Good job, comrade! And a nice report, too.
Combined Army Will be back with more strength.
Glaive Commander infiltrator specialist leader of the Black Order
“I will flay the skin from your flesh and the flesh from your bones and scrape your bones dry. And still you will not have suffered enough.”
great report fella
Yeah Warconsole is hell these days
@TRA852 I was going to add an explanation text to each photo but since the warconsole kept crashing every time I did anything, I decided to cut my losses and just make sure it got posted. Took me two hours to achieve as it was.
Congrats on the win! I see Harry has caught on with the troops
Well done on the win, especially against two TAG. Sounds like Wild Bill had a big effect. I’d like to suggest adding captions to photos to explain their context. There are some good photos there but nothing to explain them.