The Burian fleet  pulled its  ships out  to 20,000 miles    to set up a  'Dome of  sorts, the  Delta fleet  would be inside that dome. alot of vessels would be on the docking arms,  others would be in the orbiting Docks. All of them, even the vessels that were in stationary orbit...would have supplies    loaded  whole while  the   3 day lay over lasted.

'corridors' were set up for   merchant vessels   from all over the  Black, bringing items in, take  it4ems out. The Burian were becoming a power in the   merchant would, even if only as a way point form  other  stations and planets, to save shippers  transportation costs.

The Hermes  was given the  dock  closest the the planet, the  other  3  flag ships  were set  at  4 points to keep  all 4 , from being in the same place.

The Harvester, was docked  right next to The Hermes.

  The Mechs  and armor  Units  were Dropped off along  with  Admiral Hennings. Hawkes also   stood with Hennings  as a Bodyguard, of  sorts

 Sorry you were piked   to  Babysit me Hawkes..

 aye to that Admiral  Hennings, but  i don't trust the  Bananas, too much. i 'remember  the Alamo II'

 A general   came up, His  Mustard   Yellow   tunic,  but   ESN Blue  trousers  markign him a Nivar-ESN/

  I am General  Zilis? I was  expecting Admiral Hack.

 Indeed? I am Admiral Hennings I came  to over see our mechs and Armored Unit...

  Yes... these..these  suits?.. i have heard of them..but...well...

 Hennings Brushed him Off.This  is master   Chief  Kira Ambermoon. She  leads the mech  section of the Hermes... this..he points  to Tarja,is Corp Vanska. She is the lead of the Armor  Unit....

Zilis nods to them...he turns  a Vidboard  around.we are as you humans  say.... 6:00.... the main unit  of  scout  tanks will lead the heavy  takes  to the   Tree line of the forest. There  are some 100  Empire troops there, according to  Burian  rangers... they have a   base   either close to, or inside of the small mountain there, at 12:00?


 The  scout  tanks   can only go so far, because of swamps  and   ravines  and the like. While the  armor makes noise and shells Gava   and Naragrans  are  coming  from  9:00.. you mechs and armor  will come  in from 3:00... these games...were set up to catch the  enemy off guard, we hope to sanitize this place today.

  The Diamond was settling  down  20 or so yards a way from Hennings.

 your people  will received   red..Green and Blue  some canisters.... Red  of  Enemy  concertation, the  heavy  tanks  can shell that area....Blue  for  if  someone needs  EVACed... Green  if you  capture a contested area...um?  we  really do not want  captives?

    admiral Hack,  Roy  and  the largs  piled out of the   BU. The were no sooner  on the  ground  when   Roll was calling them largs over, one  By one... and began fitting their  boarding Helmets on. Hor   sat   near  Roll ,  4  hind legs  Straight out  and front  legs held out  as if begging. a  thick Chain  was attacked to his  collar  and it was attached  to the Hover cart.

 General Wikiss  approached with his , Mustard   Yellow Tunic  and ESN  Blue pants...Admiral Hack?... and you  Brought the SM....he looked about as the BU left and the Spade  was  coming into land.

 I have some Concern about  My larg Unti, General Wikiss. I felt the need  for  some trusted people to be  around them, lest your  Worts and Largs    get...how shall i say.... depleted?

Wikiss    snarled a bit,Our Worts are hard to restrain.... our largs will listen to our Larg Masters, for the Most part...

 he points  down the   hill  , there are close to  20  larg groups, all  have  4 largs  and 4 worts...noticeable  by their massive Bulk were the   Larg  Alpha Primes.

 our Largs  may not  agree  with the  'freedom' your largs have, and the Primes  may wish to challenge  them

 Disna  and Puskie  shook thier heads... Puskie  says,I was there when Larry  Killed  a prime... tore his Thorat out... then offered  food to the  largs that were subjugated

 Disna nods,Larry is bigger now, and has a Pack...

 he waved  at the comical  Pup sitting  by a bou who was  fitting the larg head gear on..

 what the 9 hell's is that?  A child?  a Larg Pup..the pup should be getting   'condition  training'

 beth Set up  by  the hover  cart, she looked at Henry,I guess  we  couldn't get Mila   to bite   that banana in the ass?
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  the BU landed  and  waited, the  Club was coming down.. Captain Sis  stood   By Shadow   as  Shadow   talked to the  pilots  and SEC  who were doing the  run

 Right..here  we are, one   the  most beautiful planet in  The Black..well..if you like green and blue... there were some  chuckles.

  Burian Commands  found this place  for us... as you can see, about..i duuno
 6-8 miles away is  that pretty  plateau ., now.. everyone is  going to be dropped off
 where a Burian Command is standing.. you'll be  about 1 mile away from the next  crewman..once everyone is   set..The BU is going to that Plateau..it will sent  up..pink smoke.. why pink? because the other guys are using other colors and we don't want to mess them up...even though we are pretty far from each other.

 anyway.. our  job is  to reach that  pink... The Burian Commando  will give  you a yellow  can  of  smoke, if you get too hurt to finish.... you will have a red can, if you encounter 'real enemies'' Like empire folks , or dusters. Shadow  chuckled,and since this is being timed, you really don't have time for prisoners...right?

Captain Si will be here  with Magin and The Club...Captain SI  will COM you all when its  time to start you Run....use  your head... use  your training.. he stepped off,  a truck took 30 Pilots to the  east..the BU   sailed to the   west  , to drop  people off.

Climbing into the truck with the other 29 pilots Justin checked his Rifle, Glock MP's, extra mags, Trench knife, Grenades, compass, canteens, rations, Aid kit and Survival gear were all secure for the ride to the drop-out point.
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"That child is our Cadet Larg Master, and he's probably killed as many enemy troops as you have, General.  A few of them with hand-to-hand weapons."  His tone made it clear that he had little tolerance for Wikiss' attitude.

"And if your largs have issues with the freedoms ours enjoy, you've only got yourself to blame.  This isn't even close to the first time we've had some kind of joint operation, and our largs have routinely outperformed yours in every battlefield encounter."  His eyes narrowed as he added, "And we get that kind of performance without shock prods and abuse.  You should try it sometime, General...you find out just how good your handling techniques are when you can get them to comply without the threat of pain or death."

Mila scampered over to Beth wagging her tail. Her eyes sparkled and she emitted a couple of sharp YIP YIP noises.
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 Sam landed with the Bug Ugly at the plateau, she set up the finish line, setting up comms and getting ready to track and time all the participants. Once Sam was ready at the finish line Sam sent to Beth and the LC. " The finish line at the Plateau is ready, we are ready to begin when you are Sir, Ma'am."

"She's saying 'Can I eat it?', Beth," translated Henry.

He wandered over to the command group.

"General Wikiss. I am Doctor Christie. It will be interesting to see how your largs perform."

He made it sound like an item of purely academic interest, a mere curiousity.

 Lizzy listened to the LC; she was ready for this. She did ok on the last Bura survival run but this one was more intense and greater risk of danger. Lizzy got into the BU to be dropped off at her starting point like last time.

Nestled among the other pilots, Madison went through her pack again, making sure everything was there. There was a lot going on in there, but it was mostly lightweight stuff. The rifle was heavier, but she was used to carrying one over long distances. She was nervous about this. It was going to be unnecessarily dangerous, but even if it was an optional exercise, she would do it.

The LC's instructions were good enough, because most of the pilots there had done it before. Otherwise they were typically brief. Madison just stuck close to the others and kept Candy in sight.

 NA-CE was nervous, but it couldn't be any worse than fighting the Empire on the moons. She would give it her all, that's all she could do and hoped that was enough. She was still new and needed to make friends and get to know the other members of the crew.

 Pilots  and  SEC  troopers   alike, stood  10 yards  from the tree line, all manner of green was there,,boles  of trees  as  thing around as  an assault shuttle, branches  moves  as  animals  and  birds .

 otherwise it  was  quiet.. white and  yellow clouds in the azure  sky... the trees against it....howls from deep in the forest...odd shrieking bird  calls.


 The Commander  of the   Burian commandos who were spotting the starting sites,Shadow, LC?  should  you not..maybe  have Pilots  run..then SEC ?... it is taking , much long  to  set people up

  All my pilots  fly , cap0tain, so they all run.... The  SEC  tropers , no matter   if they are Navy or  Marines.. are Hermes   Marines and   fill out the  boarding parties..so
 it doesn't hurt to  add to their  ground challenges...

 Captain Si says...The  truck is empty, there  are   30 more people in the BU...

 Shadow Nodded to  Captain Si as he watched the BU  with his Binos.

 Shadow, LC...are you going to the plateau , before or after the start?

  Shadow Looked at Captain  Si , she shrugged, then to the Burian Captain...I am running?

 but/ You are Shadow, LC?  what if  Nuska  eats you!

 Shadow  chuckled,Then? I'll stop running...

WiKiss   looked   back at  Rolls  who wasn't  paying a bit of attention to the General as he  locked on head   gear and  made sure the armored  Jaws  were  comfortable , Roll did  pull up the   visor  since they wouldn't  need  to  protect against   vaccum, it  also made the   jaws  move up and down  , more  naturally

Thor   yawned   as   whined a bit...Once they   go to do their  jobs , me and you wil run around here  by  The Admiral...

 You know of course, we have  claims on all  your Largs  except  your 'larry'...
 Yoru Disna and Puskie  should be truned over as  well and..

 SHUT UP...general? This   is my , gods  be damned  fleet.. i pick folks  for my boat, or other boats as  I damn well please.... I needed Larg Masters.. so there they are..Hermes lLargmasters.. i got a gods be damned  Largmaster  Cadet.. i have two  larg Cadets... and I have a  functioning unit  of  Largs and a Fur Larg..... Now..General Wikiss... I can send you to  Delta prime  and you can work with teh ape folk there.. see if you can train those  that are  still 'wild"  to be  citizens  of  the APF.. i can take your Largs  and worts   and add a unit to each and every vessel..if i want to...but  don't push your  Luck , General.

 The Generl stightned, his eyes on Thor  before turning them to  Hack...Grey smoke  will go off.. your Units   has the right  Flank, Wort, Naragrans  and Gava  have  the left flank... Our Largs   have the Middle.... let is  see who can  get the most 'clean' objectives.. there are close to  30   building hidden in there..most  have  stragglers hding there, a dn there will be native creatures  as well.

 he   moved  off down the hill,  The Admiral says...so?  do we  let  Larry take them in himself  or  do  the largmasters, SM  and henry go too?

   soon the   word  was Given, the  armor   sped  across the  5  miles  of plain towards the  Tree lines..there wasn't  any  fire, but that  didn't  stop the   armor from   shelling the  flanks   until they walked the rounds   right down the Middle..., The Panzers  stopped  about 30 yards away from the tree  line, the  Stuarts     crashed into the  tree line  and  had  to stop after  about   40 yards, rises   and  Hillocks  were the  order of the  Day..this was not a place  for   tanks   Instead, the Stuarts  set up a 'wall' of  sorts  with   weapons ready in case they  saw enemy troops.


 The   Naragrans  and thier Gava  allies    swept in from the   left flank...  Kira  and  Tarja's [people swept in from the  right flank.

 Meari stood by Tara looking fairly imposing too General hopefully. Meari worked with Tarja to get everyone ready for this. Meari stood her ground and got into position with their Mech units and the other members of her squad.  Meari then would follow Tarja into combat. She checked the suit it was doing ok but she couldn't wait for the one that would actually fit her better.

——> Hangar Dec

Tarja had spent most of the ride down to the planet’s surface standing in the aisle between the seats, which were too small for them, with the rest of her squad with her magboots turned on listening to music. During her time within the military she had learned that different people had different ways of dealing with the stress of going into combat, even if it was only a training exercise. Some got really aggressive and started boasting how many they were going to kill, others would obsessively check and re-check their equipment Tarja meanwhile listened to loud and aggressive music at a high volume.

When the transport touched down Tarja would shut off Creeping Death and signal for the squad to follow her out where they would be met by an officer in yellow and blue. It was then that she would learn what they were here for ”Empire troops? I was under the impression that this was training exercise?” she said, glad that they had brought live rounds and mini rockets with them, whilst wondering how she was going to break it to them that they were going into combat ”ok, what sort of troops are we talking about? Lagrans? Demons? Armour? Also how dug in are they?” she asked, clearly unhappy about not knowing what she was leading her team into.

Hopefully with her questions answered she would return to her squad ”Ok, plan has changed we are going into combat, Bjarne get mini rockets loaded! We will be going in at the bounce” she said before instructing them on how to use the mini rockets and jump jets so they could actually use them before leading them towards the AO.

Nikki got out when told standing there waiting for the go signal.  She took a moment to get her bearings and the direction of the extraction point.  She also looked around and listened after the craft took off.  She looked for recent tracks of any creatures about and listened as well.  When set, she began at a brisk jog.  This area was going to be crawling with things wanting to end her life...she was going to make sure they would regret even trying. she began by wielding her machete in the underbrush.

  Morgan  said to Tarja,from what i understand. the Burains    wanted us to do out training, in the areas that had  not been sanitazed  yet.... so..there will be live  fire..and the creatures   here aren't goign to  be very happy about those  shells  blowing up their world...

——> Obs Dec

Wearing her armour and carrying a carbine with her, Izzy would pass on the survival run in favour of helping Sam and Beth with the comms and vidscreens ”so would you be up for a girly night out once we’re done here?” Izzy would ask Sam from where she was crouched down behind a stack of power units running cables to the various monitors ”…it’s going be like a hen party for Lizzy and me, probably looking at a spa followed by a night of drinking and dancing, we’ve got Nikki and Madison so far…how’s that looking?” she said as she connected the last of the cables, waiting until Sam had confirmed that the connection was good before moving onto the next task, with her being in a very good mood after her talk with her mother.
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Billie was nervous over this particular run but she was going to push herself like she did every other run. She had checked her things multiple times...and had made sure she took an appropriate dose of the lime green to dull out her overactive nervous system. She had made it a point to pack a couple extra just in case. She looked around at the others there, doing her best to keep herself calm. Waiting for the signal, Billie inhaled deeply through her nose and let it out slowly. When the signal was given, she started off at a somewhat brisk pace, eyes darting about.

”Well yes but…there is difference between maybe running into a few holdouts and attacking dug in force” Tarja replied to Morgan’s point about them operating in an area that hadn’t been declared free of enemy combatants with her clearly worried that not only would she mess up and get the entire program cancelled but would get her squad killed in the process ”my squad has only had a few hours of training in the suits and I don’t even know what we’re going up against!”

  Morgan turned his  Gremlin to her  so she could see his  face inside the glass...welcome to the  Tip of  The Spear.... on both sides of this  war, there are people who  have  paralysis, by analysis...we  get what  info  we get, and  we got out and  do our  job...there are  always surprises. BUT.. our  actions  , help eliminate those surprises, because the bad  guys get surprised, that we are...surprised?

 who knows.. Maybe Hack sent you out here to see  what you can do, with what you have to do it with?

Admiral Hennings   said...tanks  and  Naragrans  have  already started....

 Meari looked at Tarja and said," We are ready Tarja lets do this shall we. Kira we will take point follow behind us." Meari began to move the squad out with Tarja in the lead. Followed by the three Mechs. Meari will head for the closest building to 'clean'.

  The  COM  came back to Captain Si.. CAptain SI hit all COMs...Target  area, send up your Pink smoke....alright... on my signal..go.. you want to finish as  fast as you are able...but  use your head..this is   almost a dangerous  as being behind  the lines... ..on my mark..go........

There was a brief  interval as Captain SI waited for Magin to nod  at the time...MARK!

 Shadow  took Off  towards the trees, leaping over  some  brush and  was gone... The Burian Captain looked back at Captain Si, she just smiled .