The Advanced Wars:
The Dredger-nauts and the Juggernauts
Chapter One:
The battlefield is set.
The battlefield was set. The Dredger-nauts had the advantage of terrain. But the Juggernauts had the advantage of weaponry.
The infantry - the 'Dredgers', as they were known- were sitting behind their barracks, thinking they were safe, when a gunshot cracked through the silence. The signal of fire.
" Move out! The Juggernauts have rockets and artillery fire!" ordered the commander. He was known as General Bobbery, the greatest general/tactician of the Dredger-nauts. Now he was shoving the recruits out of their bunkers, just as the first rocket landed.
The artillery and rockets were hidden inside the forest, as the mountains, the perfect vantage point, were too dangerous to be traversed with the weapons. This gave them cover, a firing range and surprise. But General Bobbery had a few tricks up his sleeve. Literally.
The general took a radio out of his sleeve, and began barking orders.
" T-Copters! Take these Dredgers outta here! Tanks, take the Juggernauts out!"
Several helicopters appeared from the other side of the mountains, and a unit of tanks began to rumble through the trees.
Having rockets and artillery gave the users the choice of attacking from afar, but they were lightly armoured and vulnerable to direct attack. Now they had to move quickly or they were sitting ducks.
By now, the barracks had been completely obliterated, as was the Juggernaut attackers' jobs.
" Retreat! Fall back! Retreat to the base!" shouted the rival commander. She was known as Nami, the tester of new Juggernaut inventions. She hadn't lost a battle in which she didn't have troops, a base or another commanding officer (CO). But neither had Bobbery.
General Bobbery himself had boarded a T-Copter, from which he communicated with his fellow COs by video-link.
" Commanders, it is just as we predicted. The Juggernauts were after the lab blueprints," reported General Bobbery.
" But you do have the plans, general?" asked the small CO, whose name was Boon.
" Of course, commander. Right here," smiled the general. He took a sheet of paper from his pockets and waved it in front of the screen.
" Good work, general. Personally, I would have kept the blueprints here at Advance Hall, but the defences are still being constructed and adapted to the environment," commented Commander Zen.
" They'll be finished in two days. That I will personally see to," said Admiral Jay.
The COs Jay, Zen and Boon were masters of their terrain, and also had interesting personal traits. These traits were enhanced by the COs' natural (or unnatural, depending on which way you look at it) powers. While these powers were varied and limited between COs, they certainly made for interesting battles.
Jay ruled the sea, but was also the constructor of defences, weapons and vehicles, and was the youngest of the COs.
Boon was the captain of the sky, and was charged with troop services, city services and general warfare.
Zen was the land-master, and her responsibilities were to ensure the safety of the bases, the factories where the weapons were made, and most importantly, to protect the Advance Hall. These COs were the ones who took charge when their superiors went into the field, such as General Bobbery.
" Well, I guess this is all I have to report," said Bobbery,
" End transmission,"
The screen went blank and folded into itself. Bobbery looked at the laboratory blueprints, and stared at the top right corner of the paper.
" Admiral Jay! We have reports of the Juggernaut Nautical Army approaching!" called a scout troop.
" WHAT!" answered Jay.
" The submarines have detected the Army approaching from the north-west, sir," said the soldier.
" Well, the Juggernaut Nautical Army… This should be interesting…" whispered the admiral to himself.
To the north-west of the base, the Juggernaut NA was approaching slowly. Their own sea-sailor commander, Geno, was leading them.
Geno was, in fact, a person who needed robotic assistance to stay alive. This took form in a mask that he wore all the time. He was one of the founding members of the Juggernauts, the second in command of the Army. Geno had the most advanced sea technology and vehicles. He was a deadly force anywhere, and indestructible at sea. Or so Geno thought.
" Geno… I must defeat him," said the Admiral to himself.
Back at the Juggernaut Nautical Army Tactical Ship, Geno was communicating with his fellow COs.
" Geno, you face the Admiral Jay. Do not underestimate him. He may be young, but he hasn't lost the Dredger-naut Sea Port yet. That is your job," said Nami. She considered herself every bit a superior, even though the other COs were much more experienced than her.
" Yes, Geno. As well, make sure the Dredger-naut Army takes a humiliating defeat," told another CO, Attana, to Geno.
" Consider it done, my friends. End transmission," answered Geno.
The screen went black. Geno walked out onto the deck to look at the Dredger-naut Sea Port in the distance.
" Battle stations!" ordered Geno.
" Battle stations!" ordered Jay. The Sea Port was now a hive of activity, with battleships, aircraft carriers, submarines, landers, and many more ships taking positions.
" Block them off at the narrow section!" shouted Jay, through the radio-link that was equipped with the ships.
The Sea Skirmish was about to take place