Karl nodded at Spencer's suggestion that he flying what was, effectively, air cover for the whole mission.  It wasn't time on the ground, which was what he'd been expecting, but he agreed with the option of having air support on stand-by...and it made better sense to have his single plane in the air than to have a squadron of fighters screaming around overhead.

"Can do, Sergeant Major.  Heavy fire support, at your service..."  He gave a mock-formal bow, a toothy grin lighting up his face, as he looked around to meet the eyes of the apparent leaders of the various attack elements that were to be in action.

Jug listened to more of the Hermes talk.  the one they called 'sergent major' spoke of the rebels in the cave.  How the Gavans might be more better at getting into there than the others.  He spoke of Gavan sneakiness.  She was proud of that fact   She had said what she thought, even though they may not have fully understood her.  She listened as 'Doc' (as she liked to call him, since it was simple to say) said he was going to the cave as well.  That point Jug felt she could not lose.  she looked at Hack "They want us to attack cave...we attack cave." she said proudly.

Zob spoke up, "Speaking of heavy fire support, what about the mechs?" he said tossing the idea to Roy and Hack.

 Hack was  about to Answer when MAcon  spoke.....from  what i understand.. there   aren't that many Mech in the fleet... you have  some down here..or   so i saw on the Vids..... maybe  , split them up.. have  one   go with the CAve folks  and two with the  Mansion folks

  Shadow  nodded to  KArl,we are are leavign  from the   floor  below this... I will show you the shuttles   folks  will drive?

 macon looked   angry,..I was not told   of this!.... I am supposed to be running this nop... and show the Burians  how its  done!

Shadow  let a gaffaw out  before he caught himself.

 HAck's voice  had a keen edge as he said,..first off, I am using ESN shuttles  because   i know they are ready to go.... the 2nd  point , if  not as important..a damn sight  close, is  we cannot have Burian shuttles  be seen droping  attackers on a Burian city....


 CU-DL   nods,..we talked of this.. My people will see  ESN  shuttles  as 'cleaning up"...Burian shuttles  might  cause  worries  as  to  which side they are on.

 Beth never looked abck as she started   turning on screens. and Motioned for  Sam to  follow her sequence..Orria  watched  for this part...Don't  worry Colonel... The Burians  will see  how  a Lights Out op takes place...

Melia nodded along, "for my smaller group we wouldn't need a shuttle or even a van something smaller could allow us to stash our vehicle somewhere in a hidden location and free up resources for the other targets."

Shadow pointes to Beth's  table,..three bike  keys there...   Roy's  group is going in on shuttle... so is  Zob  and  Henry's

 Lizzy smiled and added,"Sirs I have my own hover bike I got fired my birthday, I can use that to get to the Tower and then hide the bike. She smiles towards Garret and Teela.

Roy looked at Macon.  "A good Lights Out op takes advantage of every possible opportunity...doesn't rest on slavishly following a plan built around minimal intel on the targets.  Flexibility, Colonel...Adjust, Adapt, and Overcome.  Any soldier who's spent time in actual combat learns that.  You've given us our objectives...be smart enough to stay out of the way while we nail down how to achieve them."

He looked back at Shadow.  "Looks like our group has the shortest flight to their target, maybe we should detour to drop the Captain at the airfield so he can grab his bird."  He gave a tight-lipped grin, not adding any comment about other advantages a detour might offer...
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In reply to palace (msg # 53):

"Got it, I've ridden motorcycles before. Stole a few when I was escaping Russia years back..." She gives a slight shudder at the touch of a memory, "Garrat if I recall I've heard you mention them before in passing can you and Lizzy give me the quick 101 on them so I'm not hoping on it completely unfamiliar?" She asks looking at the other two as she waits for Harry to make her own decision.

Leaning back in her chair Harry would listen as the stuffed shirt of an officer would deliver his briefing with the missions he outlined sounding better suited to team of marines than a hitman. It was just as she was about to say as much and excuse herself when Melia suggested that her, Lizzy and Harry infiltrated the tower and kept watch on the targets and perhaps even dealt with the shuttles so they couldn’t escape ”Sounds good to me” Harry responded with a nod of her head before turning to look at Macon ”so who do you want snuffing?” she asked, not really concerned about being taught to fly a bike, after all how hard could it be?

 Lizzy smiled when Harry said she would join them. Then she said to Melia," Yeah I just got it drove it twice so far it is pretty easy, I will give you the basics before we leave." Lizzy will then look at Harry and say," Now we will get to work together Harry, I seduce them you knock them off." She chuckles a little as she keeps smiling. She wasn't sure if that was allowed, so she will keep quiet unless she gets a question.

 Lizzy then will think to herself we know nothing about this Tower how do we get in, Lizzy will then look at the Colonel and say," Sir what do we know about this Tower, what type of security, defenses, I mean you call it the Tower what happens inside the Tower, is it a club, a hotel, what are we heading into Sir? Do we have any intel on the Tower or is that what we will be doing Sir? I am asking Sir because depends on what is actually in the Tower will depend on how we get in."

 This was Lizzy's first Delta Night and she didn't think she would do more than be a driver but she was going to do intel and help with the Tower.

 Sam watched Beth and then followed the same sequence as she turned on her screens and got ready to guide this Delta Night. Sam was excited and a little nervous but after the combat yesterday she felt good and very confident, plus Howe gave her such a boost today and she felt awesome and ready to kick some ass. " Thank you for everything Beth you have been great and I will learn even more tonight."

 After Beth spoke Sam would smile as her screens came alive and she would say," The Burians and the New Burian Fleet will see how Delta Night works Colonel." Sam didn't care if the idiot Colonel didn't like what she said, she didn't work for him she worked for Captain Mckeon.

   MAcon says,we know some of the older  Families  of Bura..the  old  money, if you will... have that tower... from our  reports, and those  from the High Chairman, they  aiding the   EDT and  The Dusters.... so?.. we  might  want to take  all of them

  As  Far  as  what it is inside, that is not your  concern, since  you are not to enter  until we  chase  the  quarry there...

  Shadow Steps  up...Will, You'll come with us then...   Ensigns?   do not  bother    the Good Colonel with details..there is a good chance there  won't be anyone left to run that far...


  he eyes them hard  and looks to the    door to  the lower  'basement-hanger"..Lets  Move.... Oh.. Andmiral HAck... hold this for me.. I had it up my sleeve...</DarkGree>

 he   flicks the card to  The Admiral  Hack   Hack.. Captain  Si catches it... she smiles and shows  it to the Admiral. ,..I'll keep it safe for you  , LC.... CArry on...

 Shadow shoes  everyone  to the   door  and  down to the   hanger.

 Once there.. he points to the  Shuttles..<DarkGreen> Everyone board.. KArl?   You'll take   Doc  Henry and the  his group to the airfield.. you will LAnd.... Stoly  will take over  for you.. and you  grab  your   Aircraft... Rivets should have  it    rearmed...

 Harry, Melia  and  Lizzy...you be  'good little   girls   until you hear from  me  or  roy... we'll come in from the east.. you'll go in from the west...Nobody there should be 'goodguys'..if   there are?  that's to damn bad...

  Zob... Hemsly will fly your  shuttle  down...  don't  make any fuss  until you're  all  set.. then do whatever you need to do to bring  down bad guys  and cause a fuss..

 Our Group is  hitting the  warehouse from the   But only one  pass... Then we'll head  to the  Tower... we have  some suprises    waiting  for   anyone who can't get to the tower.
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    Shadow  gets into the pilot seat , he says over the COMs to the Group,..once  we get going... hit your   targets when you're  ready. .. Karl will have his machine by them  and  Stoly will drop   Doc  Henry and his forces..... don't worry  if  anyone  heads into the  forests.. Kill bad  guys, get creds and info.. and  don't be afraid to damage the   mark's territory... it won't be theirs  in a few hours... Good hunting..no one dies... Mount up....move out..

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 Up in the  'war room' Macon walked  back and  forth,..Shadow has  always been cocky.... does he thing the EDT and those Mercs  are just gonna lie  down...

 Captain Si  smiled,..these people..and its not even all of them....have dealt with  EDT...and worse... there is a reason  people whisper  about  'Delta Nights"....

 Hack smiled, looking to CA-DL...there is going to be  alot of damage, High Chairman. People  are goign to die... those high rollers in the towers? wel.. Creds can't  buy you one second more of life.

Roy grinned confidently as they headed for the shuttles, making sure Larry and Shade were with them.  He gave a nod to the Admiral and Captain Si after they read Shadow's found note, a sly grin creeping onto his face as he glanced at Macon and raised one eyebrow.  Before they boarded the shuttles, he handed off the Barrett and its ammo to Teela.  Anyone wat hing as he pulled the weapon out would notice there were still another two or three rifles in the bag, along with the appropriate magazines for them.

He settled into his seat on the shuttle.  "So, how do you want to play this with the warehouse?" he asked.  "Quick and quiet, hard and fast, or just enough to satisfy Macon's demand that the warehouse gets taken before the tower?"

  Shadow looked back at Roy, Larry  Shade  and Will, Flores    waved him out of the seat.

  ..my Job, Sailor...

 Shadow  chuckled   as he  sat close to the  door of the  compartment so she could hear...The  whole  Idea is to get them going  East.. so well  hit the   western  dock side of the  warehouse..  gun down  some  folks.. see what we can do  to blow  some stuff  up... the 'soldiers  will stay, the others   will start to run when we hit them.. Zob and his people should be  causing  thier  noise   down  South... Folks  who run  north  will be  going where it was supposed to be thier escape point..... those  going east are going  right   where  we want them to go...regardless of the great MAcon...

 Shade  Bleeped.

 ..the  card? it was a Playing Card, with the  note that was in the book... I'll  left you know, if it works out. If it  doesn't work out..then its all on  me.

.................................

 Harry, Melia  and  Lizzy   went  from the   basement hanger, to a lift that took them to  the outside of the  palace..4 guards  waited for them... two ESN and  Two Burian regulars.  They  nodded to the women to lead them to  Garrat's  hover  bikes

................

 Hemlsy waited  for every one to get aboard, Lifting off  as son as the  door shut...The   shuttle  waverd  abit   as he  cleared the    trees.....sorry mates?.. been a while.. wait 'till ye  see me land!

.............

 Karl took off  with Henry, his people and the Gava.  They were packed  pretty  tight as the shuttle made its  was  south west to the airfield...landing there..KArl  waved them off as Stoly took over and KArl  ran for his machine, warmed up, just inside the darken hanger.. Styoly peeled off to  the   Cave area.. with KArl slightly above.
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Jug talked quietly to her squad, reminding them that stealth or being very quiet was needed.  Use bows and knives first.  no war chants.  Most of her squad was in awe of Henry, some remembering his treatment of them as actual being and not food, and giving them freedom and a sense of self worth.  For that alone they were and would be forever grateful to him..

Henry found himself a place on the shuttle in the midst of the Gava.

"Good to have you here," he said.

With an insolent look on her face she'd listen as Macon instructed them not to enter the tower until the cavalry arrived, which she personally thought to be a stupid idea but was unable to say so as Shadow told them to behave themselves and not to bother the nice colonel with any questions.

Following Shadow and the others down into the basement hangar the three of them would head over to where the bikes were "you girl's do realise that if we're planning to infiltrate that tower we'll probably have to go in without body armour or weapons larger than a pistol right?" she said in a low voice so that only the three of them could hear her. If Macon thought she was just going to sit outside and do nothing but watch he had another thing coming!

Once Lizzy had finished giving them a run through of how the bikes worked Harry would give a single nod of understanding before climbing onto her bike and saying "ok, well I say we head towards the tower, circle it once to see what we're dealing with and then find somewhere to plan our next move" Just because Macon refused to give them any actionable intel didn't mean they couldn't scope the place out themselves, and once they knew what they were dealing with they would know how to handle the situation accordingly.

    Harry, Melia  and Izzy,  head off    down the   road to the Capitol.. it was the  Burian  standard 10 miles.. and... Harry  wasn't doing too bad on the  Hover  bike. she has to slow  at times  to  prevent  from hitting   tree branch..  more then once they had to   pull to one side or the other   as APVs  zipped past down the road.

 They would reach the  west  side of the towers  in about   20 minutes.

..........................

 Shadow  and his  group were  headed to the  ware house..   Flores   was dropping   down to the west side of the WArehouse  ETA,,,5 minutes...

..............

 Hemsly  ..landed/crashed the   shuttle about  100 yards  from the Mansion , there was  activity  on the wall but  since there wasn't  any explosion of   fire.. no one really paid  much attention. wouldn't  be  the first  time  shore elave   drunks  wrecked.

 well?... any landin' ye  can  snjheak away from..right!   the  unit moves  out, waiting for the word.

..................

   Stoly   would  touch   down in a 'semi clearing.' he had  his own gunners  on board the Spade... even as   Karl was    trailing  a bit  behind and   well above.

 Stoly looked at Henry,..ok, Doc?..  I have   my aircraft  facing the caves.. were  about  1/2  mile away... when the  time  comes  for you to enter the  cave..COM me  and  I'll hope of the trees  and  land outside  to   give you cover fire and Evac...  COM KArl  for    air cover

---> Bura Wilds

Still wearing her summer dress, Isobel would enter the war room just as the teams started to leave with her heading over to where Admiral Hack and Colonel Macon were standing. Meanwhile Tali would quietly orbit the tiny reporter, with the drone under strict instructions not to film anything unless told to do so "So what is it you wanted me to see exactly?" Izzy asked the admiral with a curious look on her face "...only unless you want this to be very public I can't see how you intend for me to contribute"

  Macon looks shocked..  The Admiral is ready to respond  , until  Macon says,we  can't have a  Reporter...

 ..Shut up, Macon....  High Chairman?   2nd Chairman.. This is Izzy.. she is attached  to the Delta Fleet as  part of the    Meida program.

 he looked at the two Burians , MAcon  and Izzy...The Delta Fleet  sends      footage in real time to the media ships, for  every action we  take part in.... Delta  Nights....  he bows his  head to the Chairmen,..Bura Nights... have a bit differant   aspect, that can costs lives if the wrong people learn too much  about the  process....

 ..Izzy's  job will be to   film, report what she can as the operation unfolds.. the good.. the  bad... the fails, and the success... why?... because  the rest of The Black, friend or  Foe  will understand, that we  do not feed too much propaganda to the Mill.. Some things..minor  things..window dressing and such?  yes... but we cannot   allow the Empire and the EDT  to spread what they  do...with out  the hard  truth  being hammered out.

 ..after the  night has ended.... Beth and  CAptain Morris  will meet with Izzy to  make sure   anything  she sends out, doesn't cost any lives of those  who   take part in the missions..unless..of  course.. its  to reveal the traitors  who  we  are hunting in the first damn place..

 ..now?  Colonel  . Get ready   I will be right over  your shoulder, to make sure the Burians  see what...and what not to do....

 Macon  looks at HAcks   iron gaze and  at those  around him, McFust simply stand near Beth..the  two LTs  stood near  Burians guards.

 ..all units.....report in....

 ..Stoly here  with  Doc Henry.... landing  now..ramp down in 1....

Macon looks at Hack.....Stoly?

 Hack holds   a finger to his lips. and nods to the screens.. they were all coming on now.

Flores here.. setting  down now....


 Hemsly....we're  down enough...  everyone is alright...Sir...

The Bikes are 3 minute out from thier spot.

In reply to missions. (msg # 67):

After the very rough landing Zob looked over to Hemsly, "Friend you're landing needs work... now lets move on out... keep quiet" he then moved out with them he had his rifle with him and his heavy pulse gun he found a suitable location hidden in the bushes and took aim through the scope to to do some recon and get a idea of numbers etc.

  Hemsly looked   a bit  bummed,..I said  i could fly it..not that i was a bleedin' Pilot!

Kira was coming up the rear to support Garrat and Zob's team she was moving slower, "Good to see you boys, so what kinda numbers we looking at here?" she then flipped a switch on her HUD and activated her night vision mode.
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