Unit Delta 54

Chapter 1: The Briefing

"Dropping out of hyperspace in 30 minutes." A voice announced on the speakers in the cantina.

"All Delta captains to report to the Bridge." The speaker commanded.

Captain Delta-H034, or "Hazar" as he was known ran to the elevator, he had his armor on already, the distinctive red claimed its status over the untamed white that represented his Kaminoan origins.
He entered the elevator the same time as another Captain. Gorek was the Captain of the Delta unit 33, he was a largely competitive clone, and was egger to detach from anything that related him to his fellow brothers. No one knew how it had happened but Gorek had had plastic surgery and now resembled nothing like a clone. Most clones had reacted badly to these but in time they accepted as they had accepted Gorek and his unit customized armor, which was of dark red instead of the usual white. None the less the captain was excellent in battle and his opinion was highly revered.

"Hey there Hazar." His deep voice spoke.

"Hi Gorek."

Both men had their helmets off and carried them on their arms. Captain Hazar, or Lieutenant Hazar as he was just a month ago had an expression of fear.

"Not afraid, are you Hazar?"

"No sir, but it is my third battle as a Captain, and I am not accustomed to this kind of responsibility, sir."

"No need to call me sir, Hazar, we are equals now."

Gorek was a senior Captain with already an huge reputation in battle, it was a great compliment to be called an equal by him.

"Thank you si… Gorek, I am just not used to."

"You'll make a fine Captain kid, you already have quite a reputation, don't let the other fools think otherwise, not every captain in the Delta Units deserves to be so, but you do."

The elevator stopped they had reached the Helm Bridge. They quickly stepped out and joined the other eight delta captains aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer.
All the captains were facing the Admiral and two clone commanders that were on the other side of an holoprojector shaped like a table.
The holoprojector showed the image of Thear, a planet much like Alderaan; it was called the planet of the five capitals, due to the five huge cities located in the planet.
Other than those five cities there were at least fifty four small cities.

"We are all here finally. There is little time so I will be brief. As you know we are about to arrive on Thear space, our mission is to liberate the planet. The planet is my home planet as some of you may know, and it was a peaceful one until its corrupted government joined the Confederacy. Now we must conquer it for the good of the republic and of Thear citizens. It' is located in the borderline of separatist space so it would be a crucial advance to the republic war effort if we were able to liberate the planet." The Admiral took a long breath before continuing the briefing.

"Unfortunately there are few reinforcements available so we are limited to the three capital ships consisted in our battle group. Our intelligence says there is a full blockade mounted around the planet, and we are heavily outnumbered, there is no chance of ceasing the blockade from space without reinforcements. So we are dependent on the 54 Delta Units aboard the three main vessels. Your mission is to take the eighty three cities around the planet that have become forward outposts for CIS. To do that you will have to break the blockade, and unfortunately there will be the only time we will be able to help you, as we must jump to hyperspace before taking too much damage in the main vessels." The Admiral stopped again, looking at the clones facial expressions, but none of them gave the slightest hint on what they were feeling.

"It will be a very hazardous mission, and you will probably spent weeks on the planet, we will return when the sixty outposts belong to us or we manage to get more ships, because before that we won't stand a chance against the CIS fleet. When the outposts are taken your Commander will contact the fleet and we shall proceed to the full attack on the separatist blockade."

Now the Admiral wasn't making any sense, Hazar thought, Commander Delta the commander of the DU(Delta Units) had died in battle, and there hadn't been appointed a new one.

"I am please to say that we have appointed Gorek as the new DU Commander." The Admiral spoke.

It wasn't even seen a smile behind Gorek's beard.

"You will proceed to board the LAATs and you will land in different zones, each of your Units must take at least two outposts and then contact Commander Gorek."

The Admiral showed one by one the location of the outposts and were the units should land, with the help of the hologram of the project.

"We will contact you when you reach land with the final recommendations." The Admiral walked to the further away from the captains and the holoprojector as he spoke.
He finally turned around to the DU ten captains that were aboard the ship.
"You are dismissed, go limitedly to your transports, and be a sure that the success of this mission depends on you and only you."

With these words all the captains left the bridge.
Hazar quickly reached deck 7 were his unit was.
He wasn't familiar with all ninety clones in his unit, unit 54, he knew they were capable man and there were only ten rookies among them. He was only familiar with his squad of sixteen of his brothers, which four of them were rookies assigned just after the last battle.
Hazar putted on his helmet, grabbed his DC-15 blaster and entered the deck.

"Captain on deck!" One of his five lieutenants announced.

The clone troopers were all involved in activities, but at the sound of the lieutenant they almost jumped into formation.
Hazar explained the mission and ordered them to get there survival gear and weapons to load a backpack with everything they could get their hands on, munitions, food, water, grenades, everything.
By the time the five minutes warning to drop out of the hyperspace sounded all Deltas were ready inside the LAATs.