Lyri got a   hover lift , picked up a metal pallet..  bringing it  over to the  dead Aslett, Maxson, Da-Ta, Mokk,Alit   and  two of the gava we  set on the pallets

 Rolfe and Vito Maggs were  hurt  badly enough  to be carried  on a  Nova  wing, with  6  people  carrying the  thing.

 The  Nivarian Larg master  was embarrassed and Angry,our Largs  turned the Tide  here!

 Shoey    Just   smiled   his chewing gum  smile and said,..you might  want to ask the Apr  Folk and Hyrians  about that,,,But every one did thier share.

 Bosk   turned to get freddie  moving back,,Tess  Looked  at Larry..  Shade  Bleeped at  Larry  and Patted the  Largs  wounded side... Larry Looked at Shade and turned  to Follow..  The Hermes Largs   had thier  heads up and thier tails   straight behind them, showing the Stud larg...indefferance..

 Captain Legger  was wounded.. one arm in a sling he said to the LArg master...you
heard the  SGT MAJ... head  back to the rear  area....our part is  done, for now.

 The Big Larg    Growled  and Hissed... , but  got no reaction

The minutest flicker of annoyance flashed across Roy's face...whether it was at the question itself, or at the subject of the question--the Nivarians--was debatable.  Not bothering to match Izzy's professional tone, but muting the hostility in his voice, he half-turned to face her, not removing his attention from the Nivarians.  "Old prejudices die hard, Ensign."  Izzy was obviously in reporter mode, and he made his best effort to answer accordingly...but when he realized, as he was speaking, that he was unsure of how to address her on camera, he defaulted to military ranks.

"A lot of our allies have been out in space a lot longer than we have, and many of them assume that grants them some kind of seniority, regardless of the fact that their leaders have agreed to act as equal members of the APF.  Takes some time for the old-guard personnel to either process their new status, or to be replaced for failure to follow directives...so we occasionally have to make some battlefield-expedient solutions."  He didn't bother to try and mask the thinly-veiled threat...especially now that the situation was documented on camera and the handler was in open defiance of the latest directives from the Cavet.

He spared a glance back at his own personnel.  "Let's move, people!  Just because this jackass can't follow his orders doesn't mean we don't!"  Lowering his voice to a more conversational level, he continued, "That means you, too, Larry.  We've got better things to do than punish this larg for his handler's stupidity..."

Liig had came back quickly and explained about the two new gava.  a bit of sadness on Jugs face.  she clapped Liigs shoulder twice then issued orders to gather their spears and weapons.  They were still in combat for now.  Their bodies would be collected and when it came time to send them off their spears would go with them.

After getting loaded up with a bit more ammo he walked alongside Hoke and gave him a small pat on the shoulder, "Well now you can't say you only killed one alien..." he chuckled as he made his way out with the team.

The warning lights were flashing all across her HUD the mech was in no shape to go into another prolonged combat she then sent a request back to the Hermes to load up two of the spare mechs and bring them down to the beachhead, "I'm calling in for 2 of the spare mechs to be brought down... this one is on its last leg and is leaking coolant" she said to Morgan as she made her way out she did not look forward to spending a week repairing this thing.

  Larry snorted his nostrils   Flared  as he   followed  Roy with Shade Next to him.. as they approached the  Still burning   shuttle.. Shadow bleeped at roy  and pointed the the dead female Pilot  with the red collar. The pointed to the pallet with the  dead assault team folks on..he looked up at Roy with grey eyes.

 The hermes Team  closed  ranks behind the Largs   to protect them
 Hemlsy  tookj off hisn helmet to  wipe his  forehead....gotta  be  600-1000  dead verians in here... I can'r even guess the  dead on our  field.. and  there's another, just like  it   over the divide..these  people  don't  breed that quick... and all those  cities   getting pounded

 Jax who had a  graze across his  cheek that was  dripping a bit,well? if they were trying to stop us from reachihg  that Adem guy?  it worked, for now..but that's alot of bodies  just to save one

 Magin  shifted the OminCom  as she said,..someone from the Hermes  killed  Evert She  lead a Massive air counterstrike..but eh   Cap in space  met them.. and she  came down  after our people..word has it, none of the  reached the  Field..

 Shoey Grinned, they might have reached it.. in a burning plane , or  as bits of fertilizer

 Meari really wanted to put an arrow through the Larg Master head but Roy gave her an order and if Lilit found out she disobeyed his orders she would be better off dead.  Meari helped where she could, and when they went to move Rolfe she would join in and help carry him, she would just nod and smile at him if he was awake.

 Meari nodded at Izzy and gave her a smile and a thumbs up. She would look over at Magin and gave her a smile a nod and a thumbs up as well.

Gets gun doesn’t move, but his stance shifts from attack to retreat with caution.  He brings up the tail of his group, but doesn’t trust the Larg handler

In reply to Meari (msg # 125):

Melia was finishing working on Rolfe when the near fight broke out between the big stud larg and Larry, "If y'all break anyone or cause any additional injuries unnecessarily you won't be getting put back together and given the option I'll probably just fix you permanently." She said rather pointedly at the Nivarians

When Meari asks how Rolfe is, "He's got a good chance of making it. The charred flesh around the wounds wasn't doing him any favors so I debrided the injuries and removed the original foam before applying new foam to the wounds." Once he was up on the wing to be evacuated, she tossed the used scalpel blade it wasn't work keeping, and then tucked the handle back into its pocket in her bag packing up to move. Checking her weapons and her kit she starts to move with the team headed back up the tunnel.

Roy nodded at Shade's gesture.  "Yeah, I wouldn't trade one of ours for a hundred of theirs, if it was my choice...but it wasn't."  He gave a tired sigh.  "But none of them are getting off this rock alive."

As they walked, with the Nivarians having apparently given ground before the consolidated front of the Hermes forces, Roy keyed his comm.

"Beth, pass along to all ground force commanders, to send along to their troops...looks like the Verians have their own version of the EDT.  Uniforms are dark, easily identified by red collars.  Probably acting as Adem's personal guard.  Might be worth capturing some senior officers, they may be able 5o provide some answers about the exact nature of Vera's agreements with the Empire.  Low-level officers, NCOs,  and basic troops are being treated as expendable by them, no reason we shouldn't treat them the same way. "

"Ah I see...so would I be correct in thinking that our friend the larg master has recently woken up to discover that he is in fact not god?" Izzy asked with just a hint of a smile on her face, keeping pace with Roy as he issued orders for everyone to head down the tunnels and return to the beachhead, where Izzy quietly hoped that Lizzy would be waiting for her "So inter-service rivalries aside, would you say that you are satisfied with the outcome of the operation?" she asked, deliberately moving the topic of conversation away from the incident with the Nivarians "...and would you agree with me that the ESN marine corps and her allies have performed to their impeccably high standards once again?"

  Shade grabbed   Roy's   weapon's  belt and pointed to the   dead pilot   , then to the   pallet with  our  dead, making alot of b;eeps  and whirls.

 The  troops  moved  passed Izzy.. Supe, and Hodden grabbed  part of the wing.. Minnet grabbed  a Back  Corner.

 Larry kept  snorting as the    headed to the tunnel, the other largs stayed a few feet back from him.

 Hemsly, Karson and Brooks  went  down the   tunnel to   recover thier   claymores

 Shoey caught up to  Lyri as she  drove the  hover lift  with the dead...got a peek inside that  offcie.. there's  steps  going up and down, both of them closed off  by rubble... if Adam was in the offcie, he went   further into the Mountain.... if he wasn't in the  hanger,  he's certainly stuck in the mountain.

 well? In gotta bet  the  Udenese and  Calimates will  be  clearing that debris...

 Meari was happy to hear Rolfe had a good chance of making it, and she made sure his weapon was with him. " Thank you Melia I hope I helped, he is a true Warrior." Meari with Supe, Hodden and Minnet carried the wing Rolfe was on she wasn't going to stop helping him now.

 eari would smile and nod at the three of them and say," Good to see you all made it, you all fought well, I was very impressed how the SM handled everything." She will help them move Rolfe to safety for pick up.

As he was walking back he took out and lit up a smokewood cigar taking a long drag off of it exhaling the smoke upwards, "Well how did you enjoy your first planetary invasion?" He asked Hoke.

Roy paused when Shade continued trying to make a point that he was unsure of.  "Let me get back to you on that, Ensign," he answered, stepping aside by the pilot.

"Hey, Beth?  Can you have Orria give me a translation?  Shade's trying to make a point clear that I'm not quite getting."  He looked at Shade and said, "Tell Orria, I'm afraid I don't understand,"  He had two or three theories, but he figured the translation would be faster than his repeated guesses.

In reply to hanger (msg # 145):

Melia smiled and nodded to Meari, popping her helmet seal. "Thanks she says wiping away some sweat and breaking into the large chocolate bar in her bag nibbling it as they walked. She offered it around to the team, they'd been on ground and moving for nearly nine hours at this point.

---

Orria came over the comms, "Shade says that's his cousin. He wants to bring her back with our... friends..." She says a little softly at the end.

Roy nodded, grimly.  "Thanks, Orria," he said, solemnly, and turned to Shade.

"You get her feet, I'll get her shoulders.  Come on, before the others get too far ahead of us."

Orria's voice came back over the comms, "You're welcome Mr. SGT MAJ."

  Shade picked up her  feet.. He  Bleeped  and whirled  some  more, as they carried  the body.

   the troops made thier  way to down the tunnels.. Hemsly and the other Demo-tech were  waiting  at the tunnel mouth.

 Stoly and  the other  shuttles   flew  up  close to the  entrance, crushing a  few  more trees.. as they made ready for the  bodies.

 the bodies  were bagged and marked, The others looked at the verian's body, then to  Roy.

Roy looked at them, then gestured to Shade.  "She's family, and he wants her handled specially.  Bag her, mark it, and keep her separate from ours.  We'll work out the specifics sometime when we don't have orders to go stage for another mission."

He gestured to Shade.  "Okay, let's get a move on..."  He made a mental note to ask, sometime when Orria or Shadow was around, just how Shade had recognized the Verian as a relative, but for now, it didn't matter.

  once every one  was loaded..the Shuttles  took to the   air..

 The troops talked  about the fights.. Larry curled  up  and  closed his eyes, he had taken a dozen or so pulse rounded..

 the others fared the same


>>>>>>>>>>>>  Vera -planet

 Meari walked with everyone to bring Rolfe to the Stoly and get him aboard, once Rolfe was good, she put his gun in his hands, and said a Udenese prayer for him to recover. Once Rolfe was all strapped in she went over to Izzy and said," You did very well in there, you have earned my respect Ens. Ma'am." Meari will then head back with everyone else and wait for further orders.

___>>>>>>>> to Vera Planet.

FLEX

As they headed back down the tunnel toward the shuttle, Roy caught up with Izzy.  "Now, to answer your questions...I'm entirely satisfied with the performance of the ESN troops in this operation. I'm not satisfied with the operation itself, because we didn't find Adem...but the Admiral ordered us back, and I'm guessing it's because he's got a line on Adem's location."

He snorted softly, and added, "And I'm not sure what the larg handler thought...but the way Nivarians have been breeding their largs seems an awful lot like they're trying to compensate for...other inadequacies..."  He smiled darkly, gave Izzy a nod, and increased his stride, moving forward through the ranks so he could lead 5hem out in similar fashion to how he led them in.

”That would make sense, you can’t get a checkmate until you get an opening on the king” Izzy mused almost to herself as Roy replied that he wasn’t entirely satisfied with the operation as they hadn’t found Adem but that he was confident that the Admiral knew where to find him.

Chuckling at his comment concerning the larg handlers, Izzy would allow Roy to move away with her instead smiling up at Tali ”So there you have it, the net is closing in on Adem and it is only a matter of time until  the ESN and her allies make their final game ending move...as for me, I have a very long walk ahead of me so until next time it is goodbye from me, Ensign Izzy Sakura signing off” once Tali had stopped filming, Izzy would shoulder her weapon and pick up the pace as she followed the rest of the platoon to the beachhead.

——> Vera Planet

   Garrat took time in route to see to the wounds on the Largs an praise them.  He never referred to them as Girl or Boy, only by their name.  The more he talked to them like other humans the more they would be able to understand their language.  He removed the headset on his charge and looked at it thoughtfully. "I think your right Tess.  It is too early to expect you to fight with this.  We will train with it later.  I will also look into making something that won't trouble you too much and let you see what I'm doing and what your pack mates are doing."  Garrat chuckles "If you respond well you might be on your way to being the first Larg omni com operator."  Garrat finishes what he can and disembarks at the beach head to replenish his supplies. =====>
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