STARLOG
Location: G5-623, Kashyyyk (Sector A6)
Time: 17:43, 0700
Logger: Unit 647, Captain of 7th Battalion
Been driving in this goddamn tank for most of the week now. Planet's a fucking nightmare, way worse than the training programs. Not only is it seething hot, but also it seems … alive. Every single stop is like sitting on needles. The jungle already took 4 of our men, one of them being drake, 612, one of my old friends from Dantooine. Guy's always been a joker, no one believed him when he told us he smelt something funny in the backyard of our camp. Next thing we know, he's dead and buried, Vespoid gas ain't no joke. I ordered the whole platoon to put on gasmasks at every stop now.
We are slowly advancing through sector A3, en route for the bastion of Wookie rebels in the north. I proposed to the CMD that we just finish them with an orbital bombardment, official answer was that there were important artifacts in that thing that needed to be retrieved. Yea central command has it easy saying that, sitting comfortably in Maar. Well, CC dispatched 12 bataillons. Bloody 12 bataillons! No matter what CC says, this is a big one.
Command's original idea was to use AT-AT's, turned out they can't handle the swamps, lost 2 of them until they relented and let us use the A6's. They're old tech, but there's nothing more reliable than it, with the additional benefit that our techs actually know it unlike the big walkers.
Anyway, I digress from the topic. Target is about 2 days away, provided the jungle doesn't kill us first.
STARLOG II
Location: G5-623, Kashyyyk (Sector A3)
Time: 19:33, 1300
Logger: Unit 647, Captain of 7th Battalion
We made it to Sector A3, had some difficulties with three of the wheels being blown out by roots, and continuous attacks from some sort of flying animal which seems intent on picking out the energy packs out of our blasters. Ordered the smaller side turrets to open fire on them, took about a dozen of them out before they retreated. After that, we had an almost too perfect ride, not one incursion. The silence is even worse than the attacks.
Other battalions are reporting a heightened occurrence of interruptions by wookies and other fighters. They seem to be of little threat, but continue to slow our approach by setting up IED's and making breaks impossible. This is making the morale on board drop even lower than it already was. I hope we get to those temples fast or else I'm fearing for my officers.
CC's been awfully quiet too lately, normally there should be nonstop radio contact, but that's not been the case at all, most of it attributing to a dense electromagnetic storm in the lower atmosphere. This will also disrupt their eyes in orbit, means we are basically flying blind in this mission.
I hope this will end well.
STARLOG III
Location: G5-623, Kashyyyk (Sector A3)
Time: 25:63, 2100
Logger: Unit 647, Captain of 7th Battalion
Today we merged with the 19th and 23rd Battalions, continuing in a convoy, I don't actually know why we didn't do this from the beginning on, multiple vehicles are easier to defend. The CMD's also had a meeting, came to the conclusion that we should be at our target in less than 3 hours. Problem with that conclusion is of course that we have no idea where the others are. The original plan was full frontal assault, might not be possible with only 3 battalions.
Orders so far are:
Reach destination
Set up a siege perimeter
Set up a scout network
Cut off their supply lines
Establish connection with CC
Now most of those are easily achievable, the only thing that worries me is the last. There really isn't much we can do about these damn storms and radio's not the only thing that's blocked. Teleprompters, Holodevices, everything is getting blocked.
This is all for the moment, there will be another log when we arrive at our siege point.
STARLOG IV
Location: G5-623, Kashyyyk (Sector A3)
Time: 27:73, 2400
Logger: Unit 647, Captain of 7th Battalion
Destination reached. We are now positioned just out of a turbolaser's reach of the fortress/temple. I took out one of the speed bikes and used a fallen over tree for an assist to jump up. Saw the temple, it was a complex structure, seemingly made mostly out of wood, although the core structure appeared to be approximately pyramid shaped. Reported these findings to the CMD.
Morale's now going up a bit, facing the source of most of their complaints the men are motivated again. It honestly frightens me how bloodthirsty these normally civilized men can get. But of course we are fighting for a right and just cause, these rebels been terrorizing these lands for too long, time for someone to put an end to this. In the end, it's just a few wookies, can't be that hard to beat.
We also established connection to 6 more battalions, still no clue on the remaining three though. For the moment we have to count them as losses, every minute we don't attack is a minute wasted in the minds of CMD. So they scheduled our attack for tomorrow just before dawn, 0500 to be precise.
I am going to sleep now, tomorrow's gonna be exhausting enough already.