Chapter Three
Nadir Point La Blon
JumpShip Adjutant Command Ship
Command Bridge – Invader Class
January 28, 3030
06:00 GST
Kaptain Miyashita sat in her command chair twisting her long blonde hair with her fingers, a nervous twitch that she hated, every time she caught herself doing it she would shake her head and stop. Damn it, things were going so well and now this, how is she going to tell the General about this.
Leutnant General Edward Kreedo Devlin slipped into the command bridge of the Adjutant and looked at the view screen at the other three JumpShips floating at the Nadir point.
Whats up Kaptain your summons sounded urgent, Kreedo said. At that very moment, he notices the smoke coming out of the Kearny-Fuchida Drive section of the Star Lord JumpShip Agir and his heart sunk since that one JumpShip held a third of his regiment. Kreedo turned finally to the Kaptain Whats wrong with the Agir?
General looks like sabotage, the FTL drive itself was not damaged, but the Agir will not be able to make the next scheduled jump. So I need to know what your orders are. Do the Adjutant, Ahrenshoopand and Glory of Skye jump to the next point? The other option is to wait until the Agir makes repairs and fall behind in the schedule, we have 20 hours of recharging before the decision needs to be made. Oh and more thing Intel for Kessel just came down the pipe.
Push it to my quarters Kaptain, I want to look at the Intel before I make a decision to stay together or break the unit up. Kreedo said as he turned around to leave he also said, And send all data on the sabotage to my quarters too. Have they caught the traitor yet?
Yes sir, they are transferring her over to us as we speak.
Kaptain, send her to my quarters when he arrives. With that Kreedo exit the command bridge.
Two Hours later
A knock on the Generals door shook him out of his trancehow long had he been looking at the Intel reports? Kreedo looked as his watch mmmm about two hours, Enter Kreedo announced
Sir, Leutnant Kim reporting with the prisoner as order.
Thank you Leutnant unshackle her now and wait outside. Yes, sir."
So, Cadet Neha tell me why did you sabotage the Agir."
The Cadet just stood there
Cadet you will answer me or so help me I will end your life right now.
The Cadet just stood there, but now the sweat was starting to drip down her face from his hair.
Kreedo slowly rose from his behind his desk and gently placed the recon photos down.
Cadet you will answer me, look into my eyes and know this to be true, I am not a fan or traitors so tell me or suffer.
The Cadet just stood there but looked into Kreedos piercing eyes and her lip started to whimper.
Caadeeet Kreedo moved closer to Neha ok, ok sir, the Cadet said. I am part of the Free Skye Movement my benefactor placed me here, but he is dead now. However, Frederick Steiner has taken the lead as you well know, he heard about the 4th Skye Guards being fully active and used for the war against Kurita to stop or delay your unit. The 4th Skye Guards were meant to be the backbone of the Free Skye Movement. So you sir, are the traitor to the Skye movement.
Kreedo infuriated now, just walked up to the cadet. They both were of the same stature, so Kreedo was nose to nose to the cadet and just inches away. Kreedo put his hands on the cadets shoulders and ripped off the epaulets and said, You are no longer a cadet you are not worthy to wear any uniform except for prison orange. In fact, you really should not live Kreedo pulled out his antique but fully operational colt 45 from old Earth. Kreedo placed it at the temple of the cadet, I am not a traitor prisoner I follow orders, my orders never came from the Duke nor Fredrick Steiner. I want a free Skye believe me, but I dont think violence against other Lyrans will be the way to do it. There would be no way Skye could stand its ground against all the LCAF. You have been found guilty of treason. Leutnant come in here and take this trash to the brig before I blow her head off!!
Kreedo went back to his desk and stared at the maps and strength of enemy notes from the Intel.
Kaptain, Kreedo here has there been any word on how long it will take to fix the Agir.
Sir, yes we have, I did not want to interrupt you while you were with the prisoner, estimate time to repair is two more days.
Thanks Kaptain for the update, please inform the other ships that a conference call for all unit commanders will happen in an hour, so at 1000.
Roger General I will notify all."
The screen went black, time to finish the new battle plan, one that will only include two aerospace squadrons, and six companies of mechs. The rest of the fleet will stay with the Agir for protection until she is repaired.
General Devlin stood up after all the commanders linked in. Thanks for joining commanders, as you are aware the Agir has suffered a blow due to sabotage. The saboteur has been dealt with, and the Agir needs two days to repair the damage, but the invasion will stay on schedule. General Devlin let that fact sink in as the commanders confer with their aids.
The only JumpShip making the schedule jump will be the one I am on currently the Adjutant will jump at the allotted time and the three DropShips that are with her right now, Devlin said. We will be the initial invasion and will establish a beachhead for the rest of 4th Skye Rangers. Hauptmann-Kommandant Ricardo Arithion Stedstrom will be in command of the attack force staying here. I look forward to seeing all of us on the planet. Arithion has all the battle plan details and will continue the brief with yall right now, the commanders that will be part of the Beachhead attack switch to channel 34 with me now.
The link then separated the two forces with Arithion continuing to brief everyone on what he wants to protect the fleet while repairs were being made. The other link Kreedo continued to brief the battle plan for the invasion.
Ok I have just sent all the Intel to yall, please look over it. The Thunder of Skye will have to land to disembark the 1st armor Company (Hauptmann Rudyard), 1st Mech Company (Hauptmann Ring aka TinyTwo) and 4th Mech Company (Hauptmann Weir aka Deagin). The rest of us will assault drop from Gedania so my command lance. 5th Mech Company (Hauptmann Greymane aka Whiskey), 8th Mech Company (Hauptmann Broadberry aka Wolflord) and of course XO Hauptmann-Kommandant Robel aka Xenon will be with us. 1st and 2nd squadron will provide air support. Kreedo went silent to let all that info sink in.
Kreedo continued, The reason I decided to split up to maintain the timeline is this, we are going up against a local militia that is about battalion strong all regular skill. The 12th Sun Zhang Cadre also is on the planet and is a full regiment complete with support units. With the exception of the commanders, everyone is green and according to the Intel report in front of you most of the cadre are first and second-year students. So even though I dont want to be overconfident because they have more in numbers and home field advantage, but I think victory should be ours. We will establish a beachhead and start building a secure base while waiting for the rest of the unit to arrive, any questions? Ok lets get to work.
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