Journey of the 100th legion

New Weapons

The legion had returned to the ships and Arc wasn't quite surprised with the outcome. It seemed general Zonn's unit had distracted most of the lizards. Arc's regiment had barely lost any men which was a relief. Exxon had started filing the report, stating every that had happened with his squad and the general. Once head done, Arc received it and filed the rest of the report along with the general's death. It had only been no more then two hours most before Shaak Ti had contacted him aboard the bridge of the Taxer.

"I've read your report Captain. It says that Master Zonn informed you that he hasn't been able to get through to Coruscant?" Ti asked.

"Yes general." Arc replied.

"This indeed odd..." Ti agreed.

"Is something wrong general?" Arc asked.

"I'm not sure, some things have become clearer while others have gone darker." Ti explained. "Right now I must meditate on this but you've been tasked to go to Rothana and obtain a new ship and tank prototype for the war effort."

"Understood general." Arc replied as the generals hologram disappeared.

They went from soldiers to a gather for the Republic. Arc couldn't deny that he was slightly offended that they gave this assignment to him and his legion but he had to respect the order. Relaying the news, the Taxer was soon traveling through hyperspace to the planet Rothana. The rest of the fleet would return to Kamino to await the Taxer and the new equipments arrival.

Another thing roamed in Arc's mind, General Ti was even saying she couldn't get ahold of Coruscant. Republic intelligence hasn't reported any attacks or sent any distress calls out. Arc wasn't sure where the main hub of the Republic Intelligence was but if they didn't know that may be worth a look. For now Arc needed to make contact with the lead constructor at Rothana.

Arc tried every means he knew if to get contact established but the Rothana Shipyards weren't even on database. How is he suppose to get a new ship and tank if he can't even get to the planet. The closest planet to the system was Molavar, all he could do was was hope there was some clue for him there. The Taxer still had a long trip ahead of it so Arc was heading down towards the ships on board shooting range in the hangar.

Walking through towards the hangar, the cruiser seemed more alive. The last mission was a major morale booster for the boys. While losses did occur they were low which was a major morale booster for any army to see low casualty reports. Continuing his trip and found a small group of troopers gathered in the shooting range. At the firing line was a trooper in ARF trooper holding a WESTAR-M5 blaster rifle commonly seen used by the Alpha class ARC Troopers. Next to him stood a trooper in the basic phase 2 armor wearing the 100th legion markings.

"What's going on here?" Arc asked as he walked up.

"A shoot off sir." A trooper replied.

"Between who?" Arc asked.

"Bushfire and Scope." Another trooper replied with a slight twitch.

"What's the wager?" Arc asked.

"Half of the others meal. First to hit center of their target from 200 yards while hip firing." A trooper explained.

Arc nodded and watched as the two troopers readied themselves. The ARF Trooper lowered his WESTAR while the other lowered a longer weapon, it was of course the DC-15x. A common sniper used by the troopers in the GAR. That trooper would have to make sure he held on tight so the kickback didn't send the rifle out of his hand. A trooper stood slightly behind them and began a count down as the targets lit up to show where they were aiming for.

As the trooper commenced the the challenge the two opened fire with their weapons. The ARF Trooper had a faster fire rate but even with it, the DC-15x was the first to connect it's shot. The ARF Trooper couldn't believe it, with his first volley of shots hadn't hit his target but the sniper had fired one shot and hit his target. The two turned to look at each other as the sniper hefted his rifle up against his shoulder.