Fort Triggering

--An Advance Wars Fan Fiction by StarFoxRocks--

Chapter I: Fort Triggering

Fort Triggering. The Orange Star Legend. It was said that no other Fort was larger than that of this one. It covered 5 Miles of land, and was home to small villages, and a Military HeadQuarters and Training Grounds.

Commanding Officer Nell stood on the top floor balcony, watching the deep orange of the setting sun give the lake below an interesting touch.

"Nell?"

Nell turned to see a Uniformed man step onto the balcony to her side. He wore a General's hat, with a large, well-polished badge clipped to it, and coming out from the side of the hat by his ears was neatly trimmed black hair. His blue eyes were like deep pools of water, and he usually had a smile on his face unless times of war were at hand.

"Oh, General Ghramn," Nell said.

"Begging your pardon," Ghramn said. "But our scouts from down the road have spotted some Blue Moon Recon Units rushing by in our Territory. They ask of your on what to do."

Handing her a piece of paper, Ghramn coughed.

Nell stood on the Balcony, sighing. The war between Orange Star and Blue Moon for the whole island was starting to get out of hand. What were they to do if they were to win this war?

"Have them defend the towns with our tanks tonight," Nell said. "Keep a close eye on things."

General Ghramn took the paper back and saluted. "Yes, ma'am."

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Meanwhile, it was down on ground level that was having the more pleasant attitude. Training had finally finished, and the Privates and Corporals were retreating gratefully to the lounge to have dinner.

"Nice work tonight, gentlemen," shouted Sergeant Bowser. "See you all tomorrow."

"Man, its unusually hot today," muttered Crystian Evans to his friend, Jack Brady.

Brady was a tough-attituded man, with unattended to, long brown hair. His dark eyes showed no mercy to any enemy, but he was a good friend.

Crystian, on the other hand, had dark black eyes, but they were filled with joy whenever he was in on of his crazy jokester moods. His black hair was set into curly spikes, and he wore a good luck charm bracelet on his neck.

"Yeah, no kidding?" Jack muttered back.

"Man, at least we have air contitioning inside," Crystain said, looking up a the sun and shielding his eyes. "Curse you, sun!"

As they stepped inside, a man ran up to Jack.

"Jack! Jack!" he shouted.

Jack sighed and rolled his eyes. It was Samuel, his brother. He usually went by 'Sam,' unless speaking to Nell or a CO that had her personallity. He had recently trimmed tan hair, and sharp blue eyes. He was inspired by his brother to join the Orange Star Army, and that he did.

"What is it, Sam?" Jack asked.

"Seth just spilled his drink on Max, and now he's beating the crap out of him!"

"Thats nice, Sam." Jack said. "I really don't care. Go watch for yourself."

"Alright!" Samuel turned around and ran back over to the scene.

"Your brother doesn't seem to realize you hate him," Crystian said. "He's a Jack-Fanboy."

"The love is down deep somewhere," Jack muttered. "He's just not as serious as I am."

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The lights of the Orange Star Meeting Room were flipped on, revealing the glassy long table and the man chairs around it. Nell sat in the chair at the very end, while COs Andy and Sami, Sergeant Bowser, and General Ghramn took seats around the table.

"Where is Max?" Nell asked.

"He's unavailable at the moment, ma'am," Sami responded.

"I see. Then I shall continue without him," Nell said. "Blue Moon forces have been spotted in our Territory. They are most likely planning to assault our nearby towns, and eventually, our Fort."

Muttering broke out between her audience.

"Anyone have any ideas on how to fend for ourselves?"

"We fight back, plain and simple," Sergeant Bowser suggested. "Send in Tanks, Artillery, whatever we've got, then defend the Fort if we fail to do so with riflemen and any remaining artillery. If they do break in, we use the tanks."

"I second the motion," General Ghramn raised his hand.

"People, please! We must remain calm!" Nell said, as the shouting began to increase. They fell silent and watched her. "Ryan just came up with an excellent stratagy. We will send in out tanks and artillery, and some men to defend the nearby cities. Zack, Ryan, you're both in charge. We will inform the Fort tomorrow. This meeting is adjorned."