0645.Hours SD 3-07-10105/05
Arrakis
Inside the Harkonnen stronghold at A17…
"This is the Commander. All units report in." Korba talked into his commbadge, waited a few seconds, then listened as the badge chirped and reports began filing in…
"This is team Echo. We have 2 men down, one seriously injured." "This is Charlie, all men reporting in." "This is Hawk, all men reporting in." "Team Beta here. One man down, minor injuries." "This is Sweep. Reporting 3 men with injuries, none serious."
6 men injured, one with serious ones, and none dead. This was a good unit, Korba thought. "Uh, sir?" Platoon C's leader asked. "Shouldn't we report back to base?"
"Yeah, I'll do that now."
This is Strike Team Black Raven. Reporting from within A17. Area secured, no transmissions detected. All base personnel are disabled, if not dead. Strike team reports 6 down, one serious. Base secure for reinforcements. Blackraven out."
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In the days following this incident, reports of Atreides and Harkonnen military movements from the Ordos spies were more complex, since both sides had received reports from their spies (all falsified, since the Ordos have found a way to detect and replicate the captured spies' styles of reporting) of the incident and the apparent Ordos victory.
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1900.Hours SD 3-25-10105/05
Geidi Prime
In the Baronial Palace in Harko City…
"But, sir, how could the Ordos slip in undetected?" "You fool! They couldn't have! I had our technicians inspect everything!" the loud but familiar boom swept through the halls. "Have our people move in against the Atreides. Oh, and bring in some Tleilaxu, as well. We need to bring up the morale, or we'll lose this war. A victory against the Atreides would give us precisely what we need."
"Also, inform the technicians of what awaits them if they fail one more time…"