Asteroid Blues

Excerpt from Lance Corporal James After Action Report – The Opening Salvo
The boss knew something was up from the start. This wasn’t some simple bar fight. Security forces don’t show up armed to the teeth like that just to stop two drunks from causing a ruckus. Whoever, the two targets were, seemed far less important to the Hassassin black ops team that had set up in the area. These guys knew what they were doing and I think Lt Cobb knew we had nearly blundered into their trap. If we hadn’t not stopped when we did to turn the tables things might have went even bloodier for us. Still I think the LT knew she was dangerously exposed on the roof and there was little we could do but throw the first punch and hope for the best.
I think one of her recon guys fired the first shot. He took out some clown with a fake press badge and equipment. This opened a door up for Bill and his squad to take out a Muyib with a heavy rocket launcher and maybe break us out of this kill zone we knew we were in.
It almost worked, the Haqqis were on the back foot. Then something happened that no one expected. The thundering scream of a rocket pack followed by one of the loudest clang I had ever heard. I could have sworn a meteor his the station, but the foul stench and appearance of a tower of fat and muscle told otherwise. The fattest blob of a Yuan Yuan I have ever seen charged around the corner. I heard Bill yell in his typical southern drawl “Oh lawd he comin” as this fat tub of lard smashed into Bill body checking him into dream land with his immense gut. I am pretty sure he took two shows in the belly as he came in, but Bill obviously should have aimed for the head. Thankfully, SSgt Hawks knew better and put one between his eyes. Unfortunately, this distraction as all that was needed for the Haqqis to regain the initiative. In the confusion, two hidden Hassassin operatives had been right next to the LT the entire time. They killed Pvt. Reynolds and that bastard Fiday cut Lt Cobbs throat after some how dodging the claymore she detonated. Things only went south from there.

Excerpt from Lance Corporal James After Action Report – Regroup
With the LT dead, confusion rained supreme. There was little we could do separated except consolidate our position. And keep things from turning into a massacre. Everyone dug into their positions and tried to hold on. The Haqqis kept coming though and they started to pick us off one at a time. Pvt Scott managed to take out a heavy machine gun getting set up on a roof, but he unfortunately did not see the Missile his buddy fired at him from on top of a cargo container. SSgt Hawks and most of his team went down to enemy fire and as pinned as we were there was little we could do to get out of the trap.

Excerpt from Lance Corporal James After Action Report – Exfiltration
Things had gone from to worse, but thankfully Sergeant Myers took command of the situation. She immediately sounded the retreat call and send an emergency request up to Headquarters. I am not sure who did, but someone grabbed the Blue PanO idiot who started this mess and everyone pulled back. I am not really sure what happened after that. We were I no position do anything further. One of the other Lance Corporals told me that Capt Van Zant snuck in behind their lines to cause havoc to cover our retreat. Rumor was he killed two more Muyibs before taking some shots himself and had to duck out. We did get our asses kicked pretty hard, but that last act did let the rest of us get away with our lives. We couldn’t get to Lt Cobbs body though. Someone said some sick Haqq bastard took her head as a trophy. She will be missed.