Solar Warden

The machine Part 102

Ryan checked the equipment they had and the ammunition. Newman had now the order to proceed with the preparation. He let via fighter two combat drones land in the proximity of them. Samuel and Newman started the work at once.

Kelsey was analyzing the date she got. Then she checked one of the alien ships and prepared her next hack attempts. The others of the ship hacking team assisted her. It was a lot of data to go through and also the next configuration was tricky. Any mistake could expose their attempts or would be not registered because of not monitoring the systems good enough. But that was what Kelsey could not know. It was also possible that they already had detected her attempts and let her proceed.

The resupply went down. SW-7 split up in two shuttles and threw six bikes out of the shuttle, then crates with rocket launchers, special explosives and the needed surface scout drones. It was now a fast and proven way to resupply with the anti- gravity drop system.

Receiving the resupply, the ground troops packed the anti-gravity drop system in the last transport shuttle and also added the half of the alien rifles they had recovered. Then the shuttle lifted off and flew with an escort of fighters to the ocean route up to the Icarus.

Now Newman and Samuel had all what they needed for the plan. Still it took them some hours to finish the work.

Ryan already abandoned to find a better solution. He was no preparing the operation after the machine is gone and a trail with the rocket launcher if needed. Sadly, they had nothing to lure the machine out of the cave.

"What if the machine is back behind the big door?" Freeman asked.

"Then we got a serious problem. Still we can try to disable the cameras we detected. That does not mean we get all. Also we have to take care of the jammer," Ryan replied.

"Then it will be tricky to plant the charges. We can't use the combat drones to cover our back," Yamada added.

"Yes, if we try this I don't know yet. But we have no robot that can plant them for us. This means three man fast in and out. However, first we should disable the cameras there, retreat and wait a bit. Still the drones can give us the intel we need. It should be enough time to get back with the bike when the door opens," Ryan said.

"We should blow a hole on the other side into the ground so it will be impossible to intercept us," Freeman suggested.

"Good point. That we will do after the cameras are gone." Ryan was quite pleased what they had now. But to get the door open Kelsey was the best bet.

They focused now on other details. After some time, Newman and Samuel came by.

"We are ready to go." Newman informed.

"Then let's go to the cave. There we will fortify again." Ryan stood up from the circle the leader formed and called the soldiers in. After describing the plan, all went out to the cave, leaving the pilot behind at the shuttles.

They used the anti-gravity containers to transport some of the stuff like explosives and rocket launchers.