Log:Perlemian Rangers: Smash and Grab
Smash and Grab
Location: Capital Codru, Munto Codru
Participants: Jinx, Wrrlryyhn, K-5Z9, Callax Dalso
[ Callax Dalso (Cax)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
It starts with proton torpedoes and laser fire.
Located twenty kilometers from the center of Codru City, situated on the northeast fringe of the city, an industrial barn squats in full defiance of the Republic, daring its ships to try and crack it. Ringed with rapid-fire laser turrets on permacrete pylons, it isn't an easy target -- but the Republic sends some of its best in the form of its 'civilian' force, actually some of the finest Resistance vets and Jedi serving the goverment. In short, the Firsties have no chance. As the Rangers watch from a perch a few blocks away, the X-wings of Rogue Squadron descend, cutting their way through a flight of TIEs patrolling the area and tearing down the defenses in a river of red light poured forth from their cannons. In the space of a few minutes the complex is in chaos, clouds of pale dust and billowing plumes of flames rising from the shattered remains of the complex serving as the major sense of illumination as power is brought down across the block. It's the signal that the Rangers have been looking for.
The speeders brought along for the theft job are already charging the complex, headlights off and eyes peeled. The front gates are in shambles, and white-armored troopers in disarray; as they arrive the last few torpedoes strike the front of the building, brilliant flashes of blue-white light and curling flame throwing a flare across the landscape as its facade collapses and exposes the interior. There, hundreds of crates await stacked in orderly rows. The plan is simple: enter, steal as much in the way of medical supplies and rations as possible, then set off the bomb that Callax has had brought in one of the speeders to destroy everything else - munitions, vehicles, whatever else is stored. War material local to the theater must be depleted.
The speeders - mostly civilian supply trucks armed only with tractor units for loading their beds - roll up and over the blasted gates, smashing into an unfortunate Stormtrooper trying to get out of the way. << All right, Rangers, >> Callax bellows as the speeders come to a halt, piling out of the repurposed delivery van chosen for transporting the platoon of red and black-armored Rangers ready to carry out the theft, << You know the drill: medical supplies and rations, everything else goes to hell. Kill everyone who gets in the way. >> Checking their carbine, Callax piles out of the vehicle with whoop, seals on her armor engaging as the dust threatens to choke anyone with unguarded airways. << In and out, let's go, let's go! >>
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Fortunately, Kayfive doesn't have to breathe. She /will/ have an oil bath later to get all the duracrete powder out of her joints, though. <<"Moving in, Engaging any hostile targets!">> Keeping the lights around her photoreceptors off to not give herself away, she levels the T-21 and stalks forward into the clouds.
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[ Wrrlryyhn (Wrr)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Wrrlryyhn waits with the others, bristling with weapons, as well as her med kit, as per usual. Peering out of her window as much as she dares, she watches the angry swarm of X wings descend on their prey. She steals herself, knowing their moment and role in this act is about to unfold. Callax's dulcet bellow comes as no surprise, and with the others, she piles out of the truck. Automatically she falls into formation with Kay. They are the brute squad, after all.
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[ Jinx (jnx)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Jinx uses the chaos to stay to the shadows, the little seeker droid, slipping up high where she'll be harder to see to defenders, looking to make her way through one of the holes in the building to get a better look at the interior.
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[ Callax Dalso (Cax)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Across the hood of the speeder does Callax slide, the light suit of their void-sealed armor giving them the dexterity to do so - carbine in hands they lead the Rangers into battle. << Rangers! Guns up, get those transports over here! Anyone who threatens you, put them into the ground. >> A bright laugh escapes them, flush with the heat of battle and the dizzying buzz of adrenaline coursing through their body. << Onward now, to glory! >>
As the Rogues make a final wheel over the complex, the first of the Stormtrooper forces rallying to repulse whatever bandits have come in the wake of the air strike are encountered. There are only five of them, but like the rest of their ilk, they are formed into a squad seeking targets. They meet Callax, who immediately fires upon sighting them; one shot goes wide, but the other strikes one of the troopers square in the head, leaving a hole in the side of the shattered betaplast helmet streaming smoke as the trooper goes down.
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<<"Engaging!">> The T-21 roars, spitting a torrent of fire into one of the oncoming stormtroopers that reduces their shiny white armorinto a charredmess. Along with the trooper inside of it. Kayfive's immediately snapping to the next target, finger on the trigger.
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[ Wrrlryyhn (Wrr)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Wrrlryyhn starts for their target, but the sudden spray of fire alerts her to the press of Troopers. Like the commander and Kay, she too opens fire. Her bolt goes wide, but she stays focused.
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[ Jinx (jnx)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Jinx drifts up to a hole near the ceiling and slips through with an almost graceful sideways motion, her sensor dome rotating slowly as she takes in the warehouse, then begins marking relevant pallets on her HUD before transmitting them to the incoming Ranger force. <<Medical supplies as marked. Scanning for defending units...>>
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[ Callax Dalso (Cax)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Dismounting from the transports, the Rangers are prepared for the dust and are not suffering from the affecting confusion of getting a bunch of torpedoes dropped on you - therefore they are able to march forward with the advance squad and tear through the Stormtroopers with a unified wave of blaster fire. Callax finishes the last, even as he fires a shot at Kayfive that whistles clear of the towering security droid. << Charge forward, >> Callax bellows over the frequency, gesturing with their free hand as they lead past the scattered corpses of the fallen troopers - through the dust cloud, and out of its shelter into the bunker's interior.
While it's a heavily /fortified/ storehouse, it is a storehouse nonetheless: one continuous empty floor lined with cargo boxes, arranged in rows and overseen by catwalks and control cupolas. Loading equipment and other machines stand in orderly bays, ready to dispense cargo as required: in the moment, they provide convenient cover for attackers and defenders alike. Though the power is down outside, the house batteries are apparently still active; emergency lighting throws harsh yellow haloes across the gray permacrete of the deck and mean shadows from the rows of boxes, making for a harsh tableau for the Rangers to witness as they come charging out of the dust. They are met by more defenders, white-clad troopers taking cover behind machinery and ready to fire from on high from the catwalks. Two of them are wearing colored pauldrons, a sergeant's on the ground and a lieutenant's on the trooper farthest back on the catwalks from enemy fire. Even surprised as they are, they're far from helpless.
<< Squads, form and find cover! >> Callax leaps behind a pyramid of boxes partially dislodged from impacts above, and prepares fresh salvoes upon these white death's head soldiers. Ready to make ghosts of them all.
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Kayfive smoothly slides into cover behind the heavily armored bulk of a binary loadlifter that seems to be missing its head, and walks her fire back and forth across the catwalk with special attention paid to the Lieutenant. <<"Suppressing the enemy officer!">>
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[ Wrrlryyhn (Wrr)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Wrrlryyhn hurries for cover. The Wookiee does nothing fancy, just a duck and scoot. This, with some vestige of protection, she scans the enemy above, seeking out a lightly target and taking aim. She growls in frustration as once more her bolt goes wide of the mark.
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[ Jinx (jnx)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Moving along the ceiling, Jinx continues to scan, updating her transmission to the Rangers' HUDs as she scampers along like a oversized spider along the rafters, occasionally pushing off to float between them.
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[ Callax Dalso (Cax)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Properly entrenched between the cover of the boxes and the roar of Kayfive's gun, the Rangers are able to pour on a wave of punishment against the Stormtroopers on the catwalks. Fully half of the troopers fall beneath the Rangers' guns, and while there are a lot of stray shots, the Rangers still have the upper hand. All the same, the exchange is not without losses; a body in red armor is dropped by a Stormtrooper, smoke curling out of the hold in their chest, and two others are hit but do not fall. << Get a medic over there, >> Callax bellows over the link, bringing up their carbine to send a pair of red lances toward the back of the bunker, actually managing to hit the trooper in the Lieutenant's pauldron staggering with a shot to their lower torso. << Keep it up! We've got the advantage here. Kayfive, keep suppression! >>
Behind them the speeder trucks glide up, guided by Jinx's intelligence uplink. Mounted on quickly-engineered turrets on their hulls, tractor units begun lifting crates from the stacks, bringing them into the loader beds with expert care and swiftness - bringing the Rangers closer to their goal, but also removing their cover piece by piece.
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[K-5Z9]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
<<"Keeping it up.">> The droid sounds almost bored, continuing to pan the T-21 back and forth slowly. Those eagle eyed among the rangers might notice the barrel shroud is starting to glow a dull red.
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Wrrlryyhn sees wounded start to go down, and hears to call for a medic. Since Kay seems to be an impressive job of suppression fire, the Wookiee slings her bow caster to her back and start moving towards the injured. As she reaches the firs, she gets out her med pack and begins her scans. She gets the gaping blaster burn in his though mostly patched up and sends him on his way. "wrall rwarrl rwarrl rwowoal woeieowl wrall rwarrl grarrrl" She warbles encouragingly, not that Wasaka is likely to be heard over the report of blaster fire.
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[Wasaka (21433)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Wasaka (21433) repeats after Wrrlryyhn, "Just see a doc when we get back"
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[ Jinx (jnx)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
The problem with large explosions and combat with plasma based weapons is, well...fire. Which makes it increasingly difficult to get a clear view of the warehouse in places as it spreads. Which means Jinx's ability to assist degrades a bit as the trucks pull in, the somewhat toxic smoke rising up forcing her to relocate to try and get a better position.
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[ Callax Dalso (Cax)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
The Rangers give good as they're given - more so, but it's much harder to hit fewer targets in the moment, as most shots landed above miss. Not enough for failure, however; the remaining infantry are killed as they are caught in a hail of blaster fire, leaving only the wounded Lieutenant alive. But while Jinx is busy calling targets, they miss him pulling a hatch lever and slipping away from the fight, leaving the rest of the troopers to press the attack.
And press they do. While only a single shot actually hits the platoon, it's enough: the other injured Ranger is struck in the head, dropped five feet from where Wrrlrhyyn is tending her fellow, dead as disco like their other fallen friend. Callax hisses as their own marksmanship misses the fleeing officer, muttering a black curse that only they can understand but whose tone speaks volumes. << Kill them all, >> they bellow, preparing another salvo. << Don't let a single one of this scum walk out of here! >>
Meanwhile, more and more cargo containers are being tractored in - leaving them with less cover.
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Kayfive lets out her own modulated warcry, immediately turning the T-21 on the trooper who shot the injured Ranger. The trooper vanishes in a hail of bolts, a fine pink mist hanging in the air as chunks of plastoid shrapnel ping off shelving units and chunks of smoking meat drop to the ground. The gun is glowing red hot, and the droid's own maniacal laughter is probably kind of unnerving. "Run, Shinies! Run back to your Supreme Leader- Oh wait, you can't! Because he's dead!"
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Wrrlryyhn moved to her next fallen comrade. A second fellow ranger, fallen at the hands of these troopers. Leaving her med pack by the dead ranger, and spurred by the words of her commander, the Wookiee suddenly stands to her full, seven feet of height. Long arms go wide, as she fills her lungs with air and issues a challenging roar to their enemy. A blink of the eye later, sees the Wookiee charging the other side, despite the cross fire raging between them. She goes for Sarge, sweeping her closed fist at him. He's quick, and side steps her, but she roars a second time, sensing his unease.
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[ Jinx (jnx)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Jinx rotates her sensor dome as she detects movement, pausing to cling upside down to one of the rafters as she highlights the incoming units. <<Reinforcements inbound, stormtroopers. Numbers unclear, at least a squad.>>
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[ Callax Dalso (Cax)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
<< Ah, /shavit/. >> These words follow the bellow of rage that indicates Wrrlryyhn's unleashed fury; as she jumps cover and tries to run that sergeant down, it's clear where this is going to go. << Bayonets! Follow me, boys and girls! >> One by one the Rangers flick hinged blades from the ends of their carbines, roaring in challenge as they follow their commander; even the wounded Ranger, steam still escaping the wound in their side, picks up their carbine and goes to rescue the Wookiee medic where she stands against certain death if they do not. A bayonet charge. Novel.
Callax gets there first. Where the Stormtrooper sergeant staggers out of the way of Wrrlryyhn's mighty fists, Callax is there with oscillating steel. << Take this, scum, >> they hiss in a very unlady-like way as they thrust twice into the sergeant's upper torso, drilling through flesh and bone and betaplast alike. He lets out a cry and falls back against the bunker wall nearest him, blood slicking his armor and splashing upon the pale permacrete. Vulnerable to Wrrlryyhn's vengeance. Another trooper steps up to try and protect their sergeant, and swings their rifle into Callax, connecting hard against the Commander's shoulder; Callax cries out in pain and rage as their shoulder dislocates instantly, turning to engage the bastard with their gun-turned-lance held now in just one hand.
Meanwhile, the other Rangers have piled in, stabbing and slashing left and right -- fully half the remaining troopers fall beneath their blades and rifle butts, leaving only the heavily wounded Sergeant and four lonely troopers to deal with the wrath of so many angry opponents.
Meanwhile, the last of the heavy lifting is done, and now the rest is being loaded onto the trucks. Work's almost done.
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With the enemy on the route and Wrrl about to unscrew the NCO's head, Kayfive turns her weapon on the remaining troopers. Another burst almost misses, but manages to chew off a trooper's arm sending them into a state of instant shock. "LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS AND RUN AWAY!" ...She's PUNNING now. This isn't good.
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Wrrlryyhn bellowed as her fellows joined her surge. Bolstered, she jumped and slammed with double fists at the wounded Sargent's head. The man had a will to live, as he rolled just as her fists came down, leaving only one to connect with a glancing blow. Still, he was out, and even in her rage, that was satisfactory to the Wookiee. Though she thirsted for more opponents, seeing her wounded commander was enough to start to pull Wrr out from her red fury.
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New HUD contacts just keep piling up as more and more stormtroopers enter her sensor range. <<Alert. Superior numbers of reinforcements inbound. Recommend evac.>> The seeker floats back then makes back for the hole leading back outside, heading for a speeder she can slip inside of or latch onto.
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<< Shoot them. >> Callax, groaning in pain, turns to march off toward the speeder trucks; the remaining Stormtroopers are essentially executed by the Rangers, who turn their guns on them riddle them with one last salvo of blaster fire before running after their boss. << Dolay, >> Callax calls over comms, << Bring the speeder up. >>
The speeder in which they came glides into the depot bay, a cargo carrier - part of its bed Callax came in with Wrrl and Jinx and Kayfive, while the rest is filled with the method which Callax intends to destroy the rest of the supplies. Laid side by side, cross-wired into one another by Saturi's expert hands, a pair of naval proton torpedoes await detonation by Callax's signal, surplus Krupx warheads sitting there in the back of the bed like a pair of evil incense cones. Made with the blood of virgins and the fat of hanged men, perhaps. Or just a crapload of unstable baradium.
<< Rangers, >> Callax barks, pointing to the other transports now loaded. << We are leaving! Wrrlrhyyn, Jinx, Kayfive - pick a truck and climb aboard! This place is a crater in three minutes! >> They eye the warheads one last time before climbing into the cab of one such truck, laden now with fairly purloined supplies, hissing again with the pain of their dislocated shoulder. << Get us out of here, >> she tells the driver, who nods and prepares to back out into whatever mess is brewing out there.
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Kayfive turns and charges for the speeders, covering the ground in long loping strides with the occasional covering burst behind her to keep their heads down. Jumping into the bed of the truck, she activates her maglocks and continues to cover the exit. <<Kayfive secure.>>
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Wrrlryyhn swept to the other side of the depot and grabbed her med pack and. With as much the two fallen rangers. With as much reverence as one could manage running at top speed, she got them into the back of the track with Callax. She waited until they were safely away, before threatening the other woman with a scanner.
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Pausing only to collect their dead, the Rangers load onto their trucks and hang from the sides or sit on boxes, rifles ready for whatever troops come out to meet them - not that there's long to do so, as the drivers of the speeders send them hard-charging out of the bay, smashing into whatever troops are out there stupid enough to stand in the way of them. They manage to catch the squads that come to help by surprise; nobody's run over, but those who aren't already in cover are scattered, and a brief - if fierce but ultimately uneventful - exchange of fire takes place as the speeders clear the area.
Fleeing into the embattled streets, the depot in their rearview, Callax reaches without a word to touch a control on their armor's gauntlet. It's as if a spell has been cast of the darkest kind. A flash of light and a wave of rumbling concussion follows as the warheads detonate, converting the damaged bunker into a crumbling ruin. Like a sand castle suddenly realizing that gravity can no longer support it the structure falls in on itself, raising a new cloud of dust far higher than the last; secondary explosions go off, fires sparking into being that rage into the night, throwing a new glow across the cityscape to rival the moon. It took an airstrike to get them in, but the Rangers have done their work and done it well - now it's back to Republic territory, to dispense the supplies that the waiting troopers there will likely be happy to receive.
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