Solar Warden

Omega protocol Part 76

Knight met up with the others. Freeman was brought into a shuttle to recover. Ryan reported to Knight about the left two soldiers.

"Captain, is the forest area secured?" Knight asked over radio.

"The drones shot at all targets. When the dust cloud is gone we send the surface drones in again. Also the reinforcement of the combat drones will arrive in ten minutes," came the reply.

"Good, we try now a rescue operation. Keep the forest area secure," Knight switched the communication. "All to me! We go now for a rescue attempt."

As all seemed to be there Knight started, "Listen up! We have two left in the cave. The enemy stopped pressuring us and is falling back. With the crossbow in the forest we had some problems firing fast enough. So SW-3 will switch to the microwave rifles. Use the level you used for the Gray. This will not endanger our people and we may take prisoners. My team and the rest of SW-4 will back you up. The rest stays here. Ryan, you have the command here. We may need backup for the retreat. We will approach the cave from the right and sneak in position. So SW-3 can use a direct route when we are in position. Keep in mind we have limited number of bikes. This means we cannot use the full strengths for the backup. Now hurry and get your gears." Knight went to a bike. His team and SW-4 followed him.

Yamada and his team went to their shuttle. The pilots were already in the airlock with the requested weapons. After getting them they also went into the direction of the cave.

The Captain updated Knight on the enemy count. There were only a few outside of the cave. In the mountain base there was no one to see.

"Newman what's the status?" Ryan asked over radio.

Newman was exiting the shuttle. "We are starting the preparation with the first mining machine. I have not time frame, yet."

"Update me if you have one," Ryan was not sure if the rescue operation will work as planned and if not he needed options that may not only pure military ones. Then he ordered some of the others to guard the area for now, while he followed a drone feed of the cave.

There were not much turtle faces left. Those five, which moved back and reached the fallen, were now carrying them further into the cave. Knight's team was on the approach from the side and should be out of sight. The wind blew the dust cloud into the direction of the green facility. So the cave was not much affected from the dust.

Knight headed as far as he could with the bikes, so he needed only to walk some steps to see inside.