(Continued from above)
The sentry nodded in agreement. Sarge looked at the both of them, and his tone of voice changed to a more warm, and welcoming tone.
"Welcome to Echo Sqaud, as you probably know, we are currently on R&R, waiting for you two, and now, awaiting orders. This," he pointed to the sentry, " is Damarus, he is our infiltration expert, and our radio man. Come on, I'll introduce you to what's left of the squad," He turned, and Draco, along with Kaiden, followed them. As they walked through the camp, they caught the different names of the group, Shateel, was the group's demolition expert, and also explosive heavy weapons expert. ****, was the group's grenadier, and two brothers, Gavin, and Dereck were the other two Riflemen. Sarge, they learned, was the squad's haevy weapons expert, and had a huge chain gun. The meetings were uneventful, as each of the squad members, only nodded, and apparently didn't seem to care that Draco, and Kaiden, even existed. From what Draco heard from the hearsay, this squad had seen lots of casualties. He would definitely have to earn his place amongst them. Sarge finally seemed to answer Draco's question.
"We're mostly Mandalorians, with a few outsiders, but, we have seen that we work together as a family. The people you are replacing, were really good, and died proudly. When you see through your first fight, maybe then they'll accept you as family. But until then-"
"SIR!!!" Damarus sprinted forward, he looked fearful, and tense, "We have Sith Warships in orbit, command is calling all troops to stand at attention, and await further orders,"
Sarge's eyes hardened, and he nodded.
"You heard him, fall in, Echo Squad, on your feet, we have visitors!"
"What they miss us too much sir?"
"Stow it ****,"
"Yes sir,"
Sarge strode forward, and looked to the sky, several leviathan class warships perched overhead, and were unchallenged due to the lack of Republic ships of war. Sarge looked toward Damarus and spoke.
"Radio nearby squads, have them man nearby defenses,"
"Yes sir, and command?"
"Tell them we will hold to the best of our ability, we cannot wait for them to respond, ECHO SQUAD, MAN YOUR STATIONS!"
Sarge turned to Draco and Kaiden, and Draco could tell that both he and Kaiden, were uneasy. Sarge seemed to be able to see it as well. He patted Draco on the shoulder.
"Take the high ground, I want you to take them as they present themselves. There is a tower over there, you, go with him, keep each other alive, and when we call fall back, go back, for no one, understand?"
"Yes sir," They both nearly shouted.
It was Draco's first combat operation, and he was nervous. The basic training he had received, hadn't prepared him for this, his days at the Jedi Temple, or the Sith Academy on Korriban, didn't do a thing to still the butterflies in his stomach. Draco and Kaiden went off on a quick march, and quickly spotted a tower to take a position at. He scrambled up the ladder, and set his rifle on the railing and sighted the scope in. A Sith shuttle flew overhead and someone fired a missile launcher. It caught the shuttle on the wing, and it went screaming overhead, past the two's position. Several others went by, and more missiles came to meet them. Several landed troopers began to pour out of them, and Draco took the first shot of the battle. It caught the Sith trooper dead center of his chest, and he dropped like a rock. All hell broke loose right then, as blaster fire, grenades, and cannons began firing rounds. Left and right, Republic and Sith Troopers opened fire, and hits began to score on what little cover the Sith Troopers had found in the trees, and the makeshift defenses of Republic troops. Draco and Kaiden fired shots into the fray, and then, the droids started to pour out of the shuttles. Their grenades and heavy lasers began to open up onto the makeshift defenses of the Republic troops. The troopers returned fire with the grenade launchers, and missiles, but the war droids kept coming. Draco fired several rounds into one, but it didn't stop firing, and instead, began to train its weapons onto their position. It suddenly exploded as a grenade smacked into its center mass. Then Draco watched in horror as the enemy fighters swooped in, fast and low. They began to strafe their positions, and troopers began to fall, screaming, explosions rocked the troopers positions, and where proud soldiers once held their lines, they vanished into dust. Draco heard his comlink go abuzz with orders from squad leaders, and he heard Sarge.
"Echo Squad, fall back. ****, get Draco and Kaiden to rally point Epsilon,"
"Yes sir,"
(First off, wow, it blocks F a e n, one of the character's names, and second, edited post because it didn't paste correctly, enjoy.)
Edited by guardian wolf, 12 July 2012 - 06:22 PM.
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