01:00hrs Day One past landing at Killrock
1. The mesa named Flat Top.
The squad under Basilus were descending when they saw the squads of Scouts moving towards the staging area. The order given was to harass the Draconian from different fronts. Basilus had Pete with the new recruits while Marc and Mira went on their assigned task. They were going to going to create needed diversion; the first target was the research centers, while the secondary target was artillery guns; Big Banger.
Marc and Mira took up their positions at the halfway point of the mesa' both sniper took their positions and watched their leader went on to the ground level. He told the two recruits to keep watch at the ground level while he moved on with Pete who was holding some of the explosives handed to him by the Mira and Marc. Pete had passed on to Basilus some of the explosives that works like claymores but these works on remote control by the Ranger. When activated, it rises to the air and explode covering a radius of five metres. They are nicknamed 'Frag bomb'.
Basilus half crouched ran to the Research Centre; he did not want to reach it but just to get near it so he can set the explosive towards it. He was making progress with most of the scouts busy setting up the perimeters on the right side of the Research Centre. They were working hard on hearing the comms report buzzing at the attack at the staging area.
Basilus could only managed up to the last twenty metres before he had to stopped. There was a mounted gun setup in front of his path with one gunner on the trigger alert. He can't move forward without alerting the gunner.
"Mira, gun gunner. Can you take the shot?" Basilus called in and awaited the reply.
"Yes." Mira replied and her sniper rifle replied next. It was a head shot and the gunner went down. "Target down."
The shot roused up the other Draconian and were running to seek cover.
"Fire at will." Basilus ordered the snipers as he ran towards the Draconian mounted gun setup. He shot an approaching Draconian who was also going there.
There were also the Artillery Command of seven crew with the Officer stationed to the left of the Space Port; north of The Production Lines with a Big Banger next to it. There was also a pile of Big Banger projectiles left exposed on the ground. Mira moved her targets towards the Artillery Officers. Mira took the next shot at the one with the darker shade ribbons; the projectile hit the officer in the head.
Marc's was next in turn using the high powered PH750 rifle to hit at the ammo stocks with an explosive projectile. Its was an experimental one; the long projectile comes with a explosive head to ignite ammo storage. The ammo stocks blew up taking with it the Big Banger parked near it.
The other Draconian Scouts alerted to the snipers, started moving in zig zag approach towards the mesa but the going against the one of the best snipers was like trying run in a tight alley. The shots took on more casualties of the Draconian Scouts but they kept on going. They soon came to range of the explosives set by the Rangers Pete earlier. He let them pass on before he pressed the switch. Five disc shaped explosives rose up vertically and then exploded. They are filled with explosive gels when on contact would detonate like a mini grenade. The explosives tore off limbs and armor from the Draconian and killed more than twenty of them.
Basilus by then had covered the distance to the gun and jumped in behind the gun. He aimed it at the Draconian Scouts trying to remove the ammo. The Draconian gun manned by Basilus soon laid on more explosions as he hit at other ammo cases. The gun ran out of projectiles and Basilus got up to run to the Research Center.
He stopped before its walls and placed the explosives facing the Center. He then ran back to the gun position.
"Fire in Hell." Basilus shouted out and pressed the detonator on his greave. The explosion splattered the Centre wall and then blew it to tilt on its side. The Center collapsed forth when the supporting sides gave way during the explosion.
2. The staging area
Squad Four Leader Nur looked at her men; all of them survived alongside with Mano who injured in the eye when a wild shot hit his helm visor. The last of the Draconian Scouts were confirmed dead or shot dead if found wounded. That was the order given by the Command Center. She then turned to looked at Toole squad who lost more than half his men. Toole himself died while Squad Two under Perkin' squad were all gone.
Nur looked at Carriers which were landing and upon discharging the troops then left back for the cruiser. She wished they had come earlier.
Colonel Ludwig was in the forefront of the first landing; coming in strong with the rest of the 1st Ranger Division now mobilized with four CT in support. He called in the first recon squads and offered them to wait for the second company but they declined. They would fight on.
"Okay. Squad Three would merge with One for now." The new orders were given.
"Squad Six to Ten, you are to locate Squad Five. Reinforced them. The rest of you followed me. We got a colony to recover." Colonel Ludwig looked back to his aide.
"When Second Company arrived, move them to reinforced us at the Settlement. Third Company to move to the side of the lake. I want them to be my relief where its needed. Let Company Four stay at the Staging area. If we need to evacuate, I know there would be a staging area." Colonel Ludwig was shouting out his orders as he walked to the CT to take him to the temporary Command Center. Just before he board the CT, he gave more orders to his personal aide, Major Koenig.
"Get the LTT to my command." Colonel Ludwig smiled. "I may need mobility later."
Major Koenig saluted back and went over to the newly arrived Carrier to secure a LTT for his Commander. As he walked to the Carrier, he saw the battered Scouts squads. He was relieved that he's not in the those squads. He was with the main force in a safer zone.
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