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Tallon
by Neal |
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"Point Star, this is Hawkeye, over"
"We read you Hawkeye, go ahead"
"Sir, it looks like the FedCom is going to try something soon. My point just spotted a lance of mechs heading 180 at 30 kph. They seem to be looking for something. The unit composition appears to be medium to heavy."
"Ok, Hawkeye, stay with them if you can. Get me some footage of the mechs so that we can try to identify them."
"Aff, sir, will do. Any orders other than stay with them?"
"Aff, do not engage unless spotted. I repeat, do not engage unless spotted. As soon as the Star Colonel gets this, I will get back to you with further orders."
"Aff, sir, are there any other friendlies in this area?"
"Aff, Grevvins unit is 20 hours due south of you position. We will put him on standby in case we have to get rid of these guys."
"Okay, sir, should be sending that footage now."
"Aff, already received it, Point Star out."
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"Point Star, this is Hawkeye, over."
"Go ahead, Hawkeye, what are your targets up to?"
"Well, sir, they appear to have stopped for the day. The past 19 hours they have kept on that steady 180 course at 30 kph."
"Aff, are the pilots acting like they suspect you?"
"Neg, all except the small guy have shutdown, and he appears to be just running his electronics."
"Aff, we have finally managed to get an ID on those mechs. Seems you have found a Hitman, Wraith, Rakasha, and Penetrator. The Wraith should be your primary concern as it is the fastest and most agile."
"Aff, sir, any change on our orders?"
"Aff, Grevvins point will be there in about 30 minutes. Once he is there, you are to take out the enemy in any way you see fit"
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"Hawkeye, this is razor Tallon, we will be with you in 15 minutes."
"Hello, there throthkin, better make it faster, the sun is about to rise, and our foe is starting to wake up."
"Aff, understood, be there as soon as possible...
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"Well, what is the plan, this is your call, Darvin."
"I think that you and I should take out that Wraith, then the rest of our points can landslide the ends of the pass onto the top of the others. The Rakasha and Hitman should be of no problems in this close confines."
"What about that Penetrator? He could give us some problems."
"Aff, we should get him in the landslide to make sure. If not, we will get him after we kill the Wraith."
"Should work, I will tell my guys to wait until after we hit the Wraith to start the slide."
"Aff, when you finish, meet me over behind that boulder, and we will get this thing started."
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"Ok, Darvin, it is now or nothing."
"Aff, we should go on three."
"1"
"2"
"Go!"
"Jets engaged. Descending on Wraith now. Do you want the pilot, or is he mine?"
"I will take the pilot, Grevvins, just tell me when the charges are about to blow."
"Aff, will do, down on target now. Should have the charges set in about 30 seconds, so get him out fast."
"Right, 30 seconds is target then. Trying to get through the cockpit glass right now. Should be off in plenty of time."
"Uh oh, that damned Hitman is firing on his own mech trying to stop me from setting those charges."
"Alright, go ahead and spin the timer to 15 then. I almost have the pilot. This little lady is putting up quite a resistance"
"Aff, 15 seconds it is then. At least it appears that the landslide got that Penetrator pretty good. I do not think we will have to worry about him for now."
"Read you on the downed Penetrator, what kind of shape are the other mechs in?"
"The Hitman is still pretty much virgin territory, he appears to have gotten out of the way of the landslide, but the Rakasha is about to go down thanks to the rest of our points."
"Aff, have the pilot now. Jumping off."
"Ok, leaving now. You want the hitman or do I have the honors?"
"You can have him, I have to get this mechwarrior to a safe place for now"
"Aff, will be with you in a few minutes."
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"Well, Darvin, who do we have here?"
"She appears to be a Commander of some sort. Her unit insignia is not showing up on any of our computers. Closest we have come to matching the her patch is some unit out of the Capellan confederation."
"Capellan? She and her unit were surely a long way from home if that truly is the case. Has she verified any of your information?"
"Neg, all she will give me is her name, rank,and serial number."
"Oh, well, we can turn her over to the cluster command. How did the rest of our guys come out?"
"Oh, almost forgot. They wound up getting that Rakasha shortly after we blew the Wraith. One of your guys is talking to the pilot now. All he has told me is that the other pilot is male and from the same unit. It looks like he is getting the same static that this lady here is giving me."
"Mind if I try to talk to her?"
"Neg, go ahead. By the way, have you seen Tanya lately?"
"Aff, she arrived in system shortly after you went out on your patrol. We talked a little before I got my patrol last week. She appears to really think a lot of you."
"Well, the feeling has been pretty much mutual ever since our days in the sibko. We just hardly ever get stationed in the same system, much less the same planet."
"I think that is about to change. From what she told me. The reason we were sent here is to wait for our new Star Colonels."
"Star Colonels? You sure there is going to be more than one?"
"Aff, three to be exact, but the main fighting force is supposed to be under the command of Daemon Mattlov. Bet you never will guess who the other two are."
"Well, if I remember from a couple years back, should be Michelle and Elizabeth Mattlov. Seems to me that there was a little question of their lineage for the Bloodnames because they look so much different from the rest of the cadets that were in their sibko."
"Aff, you hit the nail on the head. The scientist swore that they were valid for the name, but they never did explain why they looked so much different from the other cadets."
"Hmm. There should be an important briefing when we get back then."
"Aff. When is your patrol over? Mine only has a few more hours on it."
"My patrol was officially over two days ago. Just got caught up chasing after these guys. Luckily they were heading in the right direction."
"Good, want to wait up till my patrol is over and then our points race each other back."
"Sounds good, what do you want to put on the race?"
"Well, what about the losers takes the winners' next patrol."
"Almost does not seem fair since my next rotation is in over a month, and yours is in a few weeks. How about next assault the loser has to help the engineering corps set up bridges."
"Bargained well and done. We leave in 3 hours. Better get your rest, old man."
"Old man my ass, your are going to love helping those engineers, freebirth." |
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