Operation: Bright Tablet

The 6-4 arrive

Denver's pov
I checked my watch and looked at Grace and Erik "Wanna see how my division shows up?" They looked concerned as Bear laughed "you will want to see this" as I said "come on" and began marching through the halls. The other operators who were still a little on edge but interested in the group following me joined in. I walked outside and heard Raider on my radio "We'll be on the X in 2 mikes" I keyed my radio and said "Care to make a show of it?" He replied laughing "yes sir, we were planning on it" I laughed as Erik asked behind me "Make a show of it?" I looked over my shoulder "oh you don't know, Bear would you be a kind sir and inform them of my groups reputation?" Bear laughed and said "don't mind if I do, well Denver's great reputation at the organization is being exceedingly extra and over the top, it's why Gates doesn't like having him at contract meetings" I interrupted "which is quite rude by the way" the pair laughed as Bear finished saying "They have willingly given away their position while HALO jumping into targets for the reason of-"
I interrupted again yelling "Aesthetics!" As the C-130 was seen on the horizon, Grace laughed at me as I radioed "Raider, we have eyes on. Be advised there is an audience" I heard him "we are ready to put on our show" I looked behind me and saw close to 30 operators standing around trying to figure out why we were standing around and why a C-130 was coming closer without the AA guns opening up. I heard Raider "on the x in 30" I smiled wildly as I saw the C-130 close to almost directly overhead. I saw my division start falling out of the c-130, the red flares tied to their ankles made them look like falling angels. I smiled in delight, they knew exactly what I was getting at when I asked for a show I turned to Erik and yelled "Aesthetics!" As Bear laughed "I see they went with the falling angels" I nodded and commented "you know it's our favorite" as I turned and rested my hand on the buttsock of my car-15 as I walked forward. I heard Grace "shouldn't you wait until they land before getting on their landing zone?" I turned and walked backwards "I forgot to tell you, my division we're the best the 6-4 has"
I spun and looked up at the 40 trails of red smoke, they'd be pulling their chutes about now. I saw several chutes open before I noticed Raider and Basco about to touch down. Raider ran along the field as he slowed down before he stopped infront of me, he smiled "long time no see boss, how was the show?" I looked up as the last chute opened "Perfect, we've got a wing prepped for you guys. Once everyone is down I'll bring you guys to it, you and Basco can hand out rooms" he nodded as I heard Basco to my left "What's the situation?" I glanced over "let me enjoy our show, you can get a sitrep from Gates" he sighed before asking "are you ever going to take your position seriously?" I looked at him "why would I? I've got you for that, isn't that right Raider? Of course it is, thank you for your answer" he laughed as Basco sighed again "where is commander Gates?" I looked over "last I checked she was in the cp"
He looked at me and asked "where's that?" I replied "don't know, it's fun, like a puzzle" he stared at me before he realized "you know exactly where it is, you just won't tell me because you want to watch me struggle to find it" I looked at Raider "I think he's catching on, should I change my strategy?" He nodded "definitely sir, soon enough your plans will fail" I nodded "thank you my dear Second" as Basco looked to his right and noticed Bear "Please tell me you'll tell me where the CP is?" I spun and yelled "don't do it!" As Bear replied "She's in Harry's office, there's signs leading to it at the corners" I yelled "You big southern cock gobbler!" He replied "That's not nice" I saw Basco running away to get to the Cp and find out what the situation was as I sighed. I looked behind me and said "alright let's go! we have a building wing to decorate!" I heard my division shout their excitement as I lead them inside. I heard Grace as her and Erik took up positions to my right "so your division is the best?" I nodded as Raider informed her "yeah, we do the harshest training of the 6-4. We beat the other 2 divisions in our war games too"
       Erik asked "war games?" I nodded and replied "we shoot each other, it's why we have to keep hiring new contractors. Some people just can't take 5.56 like a champ" they looked horrified as Bear replied "no, we use sim rounds. There's no live rounds used in our war games" I sighed as Grace asked Bear "So you're a division leader right?" He nodded as Grace asked "So that means Denver's division beats yours at the war games?" He nodded again in dismay "he reminds me often" as I heard Hunter, my best sniper, "It's because Denver is a master of mobility warfare, plus he's great at reading people and setting up ambushes they walk into" I smiled and said "Hunter my dear, you flatter me" as Grace looked me over and Erik replied "So you've gotten better since you were at the Unit with us" I explained taking a moment from my jokes "I've got more freedom here, I'm allowed to experiment with my strategies that Army ROE wouldn't allow me to do. Plus i can try the strategies in the field, they're good enough to give me forgiveness room if my strategy doesn't work."
I heard Oxide "Hey boss, how much freedom do we have here?" I replied "There's 10 guard towers, you guys are gonna be in 4 shifts. Take your job seriously when you're at post, other than that? Have at it" I heard a few cheers as I radioed "Basco, where are you?" Gates replied "he's with me" I answered back "well since you're there my lovely commander, tell him if he isn't here in the next 2 mikes I'm going to make him sleep in the bathroom" she sighed and I looked at the rest of the division as they took up positions on either side of the hallways leaving the center clear. I looked at Grace, Bear and Erik and said "you might want to step to the side" as we waited. About a minute and a half later I saw Basco appear at the intersection looking down all the hallways until he spotted me. He started running at full sprint towards me as I pretended to check my watch I heard the rest of the group counting down "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Safe!" As he tapped my shoulder as he blasted past me.
I looked at him as I spun "Wonderful, now that my second and third are here. Divvy up the rooms, 2 members per room, also Basco you're better at the balancing of teams so set up 4 shifts of 10, clear?" He nodded out of breath as I spun and said "wonderful, now I'm off to talk to Gates. Listen to Raider and Basco as if their orders are my own, make sure to personalize this wing. Have a wonderful night my wolves" as I started walking away. I noticed Erik and Grace were following me before I asked "is there a reason you two are following me?" Erik said "I've got nothing better to do and you guys are more fun than the rest of the team." Grace replied "you guys intrigue me, I want to know more" Bear said "my division isn't here for another 4 hours" Erik asked "so why was Denver's so quick with getting here? It only took them 3 hours" I got my joke in before Bear could be serious "oh we're fast as shit, like in bed. Second verse same as the first"
She scoffed as Bear explained "Denver's group is our QRF group. They're always ready to go, despite how unprofessional they may seem they're very competent at their job" I looked over and said "I bet you're aware of that, especially after we got you in that ambush last year" he laughed as Grace asked "is there any video of this war game?" I replied after a second "we have the video but I'm pretty sure it's almost time for our next one" Bear replied "yeah, we have the next one in 3 weeks" I sighed and replied "and I haven't prepared at all, well I guess this ones gonna be fun" Erik asked "how are you guys gonna do your exercises?" I looked over and said "simple, we're just gonna tell Harry we're doing it. Besides, you guys could probably get in on it. It'd be good for you guys to see how we work" he shrugged as I walked into Harry's office. Harry looked up as did Gates as Harry said "ah yes, come in" I smiled and said "I knew you'd see it my way" as I sat on the table next to Gates as she looked over a map.
       I asked "so where's our exercise this year?" She looked at me like a deer in headlights as I asked "you forgot about it..... didn't you?" Bear teased "oh come on, you're the great commander Gates. You don't forget these things" she straightened "uh no, I haven't- I didn't forget about it. I just haven't announced it yet" I asked "so where is it?" She sighed as Harry asked "what is this exercise if I may ask?" I replied joyfully "oh it's an annual thing where the 3 divisions face one another and my division kicks the shit out of Gates and Bear" Gates replied in a more tactful version "Every year we do a war game between our divisions to see who's improved the most, due to how Denver embraces the chaos of his divisions and draws out their strengths through said chaos along with his mastery of maneuver warfare his division has won the last 2. A fact he doesn't allow us to forget" Harry asked "and what does the winner get?" I replied happily "bragging rights, something these fuckers haven't taken from me" Bear and Erik laughed while Grace and Gates sighed.
       Bear replied for Gates "A bonus at the end of the year, bragging rights, first say in decisions. They get to be the vanguard" he nodded slowly as I asked "So Gates where's the next one?" She sighed and said "I don't know" I suggested "how about the Colorado Rockies?" She looked at me "trying to get a home field advantage?" I laughed challengingly "oh please, I don't need the home field advantage to beat you. If you're that worried about it, why don't we do it in Siberia." Harry asked "Siberia?" I nodded and replied "it's been a while since we've done a winter environment exercise" Gates stood and replied "I know where we're doing it" I looked at her in interest as Bear asked "pray-tell, where?" She replied "Washington" I asked "D.C.?" She replied "Pacific Northwest" I smirked and spoke "that's a lot of rough country, thick forests, rain, funneling points. Pretty easy for an ambush" she smirked and said "don't be so sure it's gonna be that easy" I looked at Harry and offered "wanna bring your team in on this?" He asked "is that an offer?" I shrugged and said "I think it'll help em, maybe they'd learn a thing or two" Bear joked "cause we've seen a thing or two"
Harry said "alright, I'll have them prepare for it" I smiled "don't think I'll go easy on them" he replied laughing "I hope not" Gates looked at me "wait if you're here, what's your unit doing?" I paused and checked my watch "by now? Probably redecorating that wing" Harry looked alarmed as Gates said tiredly "you couldn't tone it down for once? Not once?" I smiled evilly and said "I am an agent of chaos, just because your division is a bunch of straight laced nerds, doesn't mean mine can't be an absolute shit show of entertainment" she sighed as Harry asked "how far of redecorating is this gonna be?" I thought about it as Bear responded "probably graffiti on the wall" as Grace asked "they're gonna graffiti the wall?" Erik replied "if I remember right, they have a good amount of artists in the unit" I pointed and smiled "bingo" Harry sighed as he said "let me guess, my base is about to become a prank show?" I nodded and said "I did tell them to have at it so yeah, I'd bet on it."
He sighed before Grace asked "do you think I could watch that war game footage? I'd like to see what we'll be doing" I looked at Gates as she pointed to a pile of discs "it's the second one down" I grabbed it and said "Gates, just be careful during this war game. I know you've been watching my division, I know you know exactly how quickly we can react to something" she froze at my subtle warning before looking at me "don't think I've missed you watching our divisions train through your guise of lax persona" I smirked and said joyfully "this will be a very fun one, just remember the rule of no alliances." She asked "afraid you can't handle both of us at the same time?" Bear looked at the tension between Gates and I in interest as I said "you can make your petty attempts at getting me to put my team at a disadvantage but just remember, the bigger the force. The slower the reaction, and you said it yourself. I'm a master of maneuver and guerrilla warfare" she sighed that I didn't take the bait before ordering "get out of my hair, I'm making defense plans." I said "I'll get Basco back up here, he has the list of my shifts. It'll help with your planning"