Chapter Nine
Fire Base Alpha
Chapter Nine
Fire Base Alpha
General Devlins office
13 February 3030
Devlin was looking over battle and damage reports when there was a knock on the door. Enter
Leutnant Gerd Willemsen walked into the room and gave the general a sharp salute. Sir Leutnant Willemsen reporting sir
Gerd I didnt ask for you, at ease take a seat, whats on your mind Leutnant?
Leutnant Willemsen sat down and looked like something was on his mind but was uncomfortable about talking to the General.
Sir, I just took and passed my training simulation for MechWarrior.
So Leutnant you want to be a MechWarrior, you are the best Admin person I have and you want to be a Warrior and have a chance to die sooner. Why?
General I might like the job I am doing and I am still willing to do this in-between battles, but I always wanted to be in the battle in the mix of things. I want to rise through the ranks due to my warrior skills not paper skills.
Ok Gerd, keep practicing in the sim and when a mech and spot opens I will have the XO plug you in.
Five days later
The unit has been repaired as much as it could in a short five days. It was time for the unit to continue up the pass through the forest, a trap might be there but the 4th will prevail, thought the General
Xenon this is Kreedo get the unit ready that are here and lets move out. General Devlin announced through the comm.
Roger the unit is ready and anxious for a fight. Xenon said
Next day
8 Mech Companies of the 4th Skye Guards marched up the highway that joined Firebase Alpha with the Town called Ryugudai which by the way happens to be the gate way to the Kamae Bridge a bridge that is 10 miles long and is the only way ground vehicles can cross into the land mass. General Devlin knew he could just load up on the DropShips and drop on top of the Capital, but in doing so he would leave countless companies of the enemy to go into hiding and start guerilla actions. The best way to prevent that? Destroy the enemy while marching to the Capital hitting all enemy units along the way.
If there was a trap this is where Devlin would spring it about a mile to the north lays the open sea. The forest was only about 300 yards to the south, something about the forest did not feel right thought Devlin.
Devlin turned on the all net and said Guards watch the forest if there is a trap it wou
Right then a bunch of Harvester Ants jump out of the forest and started attacking the column.
never mind outside columns turn and protect the middle!
Three Harvester Ants actually rushed the end of the column to try and hit the guards in the back. Unfortunately for those Ants an Atlas and Banshee was bringing up the rear destroying six ants. WolfLord came across the unit net.
Scratch 6 ants the WolfPack got your back Hauptmann Broadberry said
Thanks for having our backs WolfLord General Devlin replied as he took out an Ant himself with a large laser to its head. The mech beside General Devlin went down from a lucky shot to the head by one of the cadres Griffin. Fortunately Devlin saw the ejection system activated and watch Dohon fly to safety.
The sensors lite up like a Christmas tree and when Devlin looked out his cockpit it look like hundreds of Ants and Lumberjacks where attacking but the radar showed only 85 enemy mechs including those from the Cadre and Militia. Most of them were coming out of the tree line to the south.
Guards, form up a firing line on the south side of the highway lets take these bastards before they cause any more damage. WolfLord protect our backsides there are still a few to the north. Devlin ordered.
The enemy mechs just kept coming and Devlin notices his expendable ammo is getting low, Guards check your ammo sound off and pair off if your ammo is getting low. Devlin said.
As the enemies mechs keep falling Devlin orders the unit to move out towards the forest he looks at the battle computer over 40 enemy mechs down only 4 of the Guards units have been incapacitated, yet the enemy kept coming. This has to stop what is making these guys in industrial mechs to just through their lives away.
As the Guards made their push into the main group of an Enforcer from the Kessel Militia was able to get a AC/10 shot that took off the head of a Ostroc fortunately Corporal Blair MacTavish was able to eject safely.
Valery Efroimson in a Victor was able to move to the Enforcer that just took out her buddy dont worry this Enforcer is dead and then she kicked it in the right torso destroying the ammo and the mech with it. The pilot of the Enforcer was thrown from the mech instantly dead and then the ammo explosion reached was so massive it damaged two mechs and killed Corporal Bair MacTavish.
General Devlin set his sight on a Lumberjack he fired his Gauss and took out the left arm then he fired his PPC and took out the Lumberjacks right leg, then he fired his LRM 20 all 20 missiles hit all of them in the center torso causing the mech to fall and blow up. Then Devlin had the radar lock warning coming from his right side when he looked over his shoulder only to see 5 medium lasers hitting his right arm, shoulder, and torso. It was the first real solid hit on General Devlin and so not much damage was done to his Atlas. Staff Sergeant Hoyt Rostad saw this and fired his AC/10 from his UrbanMech making a deep hole into the left torso causing the hunchback to topple onto its back. Finally General Devlin got some Intel about where the commander of the enemy was located. Luckily he was in range and committed to an Alpha Strike destroying and killing the commander. Seeing their commander destroyed burnt to a crisp hanging half way out of the mech since the top of the cockpit was destroyed the rest of the enemy units scattered and ran.
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