Chapter 1
Contact
2 ABY
Location:Twitchy Twi'lek, travelling through hyperspace to the Aquella System in the Senex Sector
Alliance Special Forces 5th Regiment's Hawk-bat Squadron's naval fleet
"Major Stryker, your squadron is one of the Alliance's Special Forces best Infiltrator unit," the women in white stated.
"Thank you Mon Mothma" Major Stryker said as he accepted her compliment. "So what're the details on this mission to Aquella?"
"Your squadron is to engage the enemy long enough for a squad to extract a group of cloners from a heavily guarded Imperial Bunker".
"Cloners?" he asked. "What use would we have of them"?
"These cloners are led by a man named Kanta," she stated. "Kanta happened to be trained by Kaminoan cloners in the art of cloning".
Mon Mothma then enabled a cornucopia of images to appear around the holoimage of her. "Two months ago he agreed to join the Alliance, but it seemed our transmission was intercepted by Imperial command". "Him and his crew were captured and sent to Aquella to clone a special squadron of Imperial Special Forces". Images of Kanta and his crew's shuttle being captured replace the images of Kanta and his crew. "So, what equipment are we going in with," Stryker's second-in-command Kosunna asked.
"We intercepted a mercenary's shipment of GTU powered armor," she replied. "We have supplied you with a battalions worth of AV-1a Assault, AV-1c Combat, and AV-1s Scout armor". Images of the armor types took the place of the previous images and the Major quickly looked them over.
"I can understand the AV-1s scout armor for the ghosts, but what's the other armor for" Stryker asked.
"A contingent of 1st regiment SpecForce Marines and 6th regiment HWS troops have been assigned to assist you on the space attack". "HWS troops will board their cruisers wearing AV-1a armor and the SpecForce Marines will board their Star Destroyers wearing AV-1c, while your Infiltrators will perform a High Orbit Precision Entry, using your Acclamator's H.O.P.E. pods wearing the AV-1s armor."
The Major then sent an invoice of details on the mission to all his Infiltrators. "I guess we'll prepare for battle then". "We're counting on you Major to get this mission finished," Mon Mothma said. "May the Force be with you". And with that the holoimage of Mon Mothma had dispersed.
Location: Twitchy Twi'lek, Briefing station-05
Clinch, went the AV-1s' shin guard. The Infiltrators had all suited up and began to make their way to the ship's pod bay. "Hey Flynn, when do we launch" an Infiltrator asked. "Kosunna said we'd be exiting hyperspace in 15 minutes," "Will you and Tech get your act together and get in your pods" the commanding officer shouted. "Yes sir," Flynn and Tech said in unison. "All right, listen up ladies," the CO shouted. "We'll be performing a hot, high drop insertion on the planet Aquella, our DZ (drop zone) shall be crawling with snowmen for sure". The CO then went over there mission details again. "Luckily we've been given a boomer from our boys at 6th regiment, so while we're getting Kanta and his people out, he'll be rigging the bunker's support beams to blow".
"Ma'am, you can take over now" he said. In walked second-in-command Kosunna. "Thank you Sergeant Reed," she said. "Now, we've been given new comms and equipment for this mission". "These new comms function like video transmitters, but are mounted to your wrist", she said as she began to pass out the PAC20 comlinks. "They allow for hands-free usage, meaning you won't be making yourself a target using them". The Infiltrator squad then attached the comlink to their vambraces. "All right, now that that's done, let's get down to business," Reed said. "When we drop we'll be freefalling alongside debris from the enemy ships". As Staff Sergeant Reed stated this there was a massive uproar from the Infiltrators. "Yes, I know that it seems risky, but we can pull it off," he reassured them. "If your pod starts to overheat, bail out and activate your Microweight. Reed then began to pass out the Microweight packs. The squad then began to attach the packs to each other's back. "When we're down there I don't want any heroics," he said with a strict look on his face. "We get in and we get out, I don't want to have to put in my after-battle report that we had to shuttle our dead". "I want this to be a smooth operation". As Reed finished his sentence alarms blared as they exit hyperspace. "All hands on deck," Major Stryker said over the comms. "We've exited hyperspace and are about to engage the enemy". "Rocket jockeys man your X-wings; Infiltrator squad 1, prepare for H.O.P.E. drop in t-minus 30 seconds". The ship seemed to be in a surge of chaos as troopers and pilots scrambled to their stations. "All right team, we're live," Reed shouted. The Infiltrators then entered the small H.O.P.E. pods and waited. As they waited to be launched Staff Sergeant Reed began to count the time till launch. 25...24…23…22…21. It seemed like an eternity till they heard Kosunna shout "Hawk-Bats are go!" and with that all 9 pods shout out of the Acclamator's hidden pod doors.