Chapter 1: Army Training

SUBMITTED BY: RES Okason / Naval Reserves EF / / Reserves
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SUBMITTED ON: 2008.05.15

War. On a planet in the outer sectors of the Galactic Empire: Empire Reborn territory a planet is in chaos as a civil war breaks out and threatens the entire system.

Fed up with the current ruling body on the planet several citizens of the planet and risen and rebelled against the government and have started a bloody civil war that threatens to engulf the entire system. Ironically this break out brings the Empire into the system to test some new recruits in Imperial Empire Diplomacy and squad and weapon tactics during a combat event. High command has choosen Demon Company from Second Brigade to secure a section in the forest on this warring planet to set up camp and begin recon on the 2 warring factions. Junior Lieutenant Jack Okason was given the task of leading Demon Company on this charge with the hospilitalization of Lieutenant Erinos for unknown reasons. Lets hope he is up for the challange.

Location: Briefing room aboard the FRG Tornado
Unknown System in outer sector of the GE:ER Territory

Captain Brack Bullon: Greetings gents. For some reason or another this planet in our beloved territory wanted to start a civil war. Today we are going to give this planet some of our famous Imperial Army Diplomacy.

Lieutenant James Norrisin: You mean the persuasion of the 2 warring factions to cease or risk action against the army?

Captain Brack Bullon: yes Lieutenant that is what I mean by Imperial Army Diplomacy. We have orders from high command to drop a company in a small location that is out of the way but is near both warring factions to set up a small camp and recon the 2 factions before we send in the rest of the brigade. Junior Lieutenant Okason and Demon Company has been given that task.

Junior Lieutenant Okason: Yes sir. Location of drop point?

Captain Brack Bullon: The location is a small forest area in the moutains portion of the planet's 3rd major continent. Your orders are to secure a small area to set up camp. Recon the area and hold the area until the rest of 2nd brigade reaches you. They are being flown in from Coruscunt on another frigate with naval escort. The intel has been delivered to your drop ship, look it over on the way down. Good luck

Junior Lieutenant Okason Salutes Captain Bullon and leaves to gather his gear and head for the drop ship.

Junior Lieutenant Okason: (thinking) Hmm I wonder if this is another training session for demon company or an actual diplomacy call.

Before the thought is finished the lieutenant arrives at the armory and gets the gear set aside for him, the armorer tells him that the other members of demon company have gathered their gear and are awaiting him at hanger 5. The lieutenant nods and gathers the gear and heads toward hanger 5 several decks below him. His train of thought leads back to an incident when he was a "passanger" on another frigate and would never wonder how the navy men ever liked being on a ship all day and night.

He reaches hanger 5 after using the turbolift to go down 3 decks and enters the hanger. All of his men have donned the gear set aside for them. The lieutenant heads into the drop ship and dons the gear as well before exiting the drop ship and telling everyone to get aboard as the orders will be told on the way down.

The drop ship leaves the hanger with 2 small fighter escorts and heads for the surface.

After passing through the atmosphere and a good 9000 feet above the surface of the planet, Anti-air batteries unleash on the shuttle drop ship and the fighter escort, the escort is killed in the aa attack and the ship is hit. The ship spins as it descends rapidly to the surface heading dangerously close to a mountain face.