At the base of the old Star League era CHP-2N Champion, Endo Pryde
started inspecting the ankle actuators. He then felt a hand on his
shoulder. He instantly spun around and came inches from the face of his
saKhan, Mariel Roshak. "The usual reaction Endo, quaiff?" she asked. "I
honestly think that you need something else to do other than startle me all
the time." He replied. Mariel response was just a chuckle as she shook her
head. The other three members of his star entered together engaged in
conversation. "The slackers have arrived" Endo said quietly to Mariel as
she started towards her mech for this mission, a newer design, the Prowler
OmniMech. The other three members formed in on the preliminary checks on
their mechs. Kier Pershaw strode confidently towards his STY-3C
Starslayer. Lionel Thastus, the newest member of there star (even though
he had been in for at least two years) slowly walked towards his B1-HND
Bloodhound. Karianna Clees was already at her DV-6M Dervish, which was
also an aging design. They all had been together for at least two years,
however Mariel had been in Endo's Star ever since he was blooded. They had
fought side-by-side for several years and known each other well. He would
not trust anyone more than her to watch his back in the heat of battle.
They both looked upon the two of the other members of there star as
rookies. Kier had proven his skill to them and was a valuable asset,
although he still could not compete with either Endo or Mariel. In battle
however, they were the best the galaxy could offer.
"We are going to intercept and destroy an escorted convoy of ammunition to a Lyran regiment before the rest of our cluster launches an assault at their fortified position." Endo Pryde started his mission briefing. "There are somewhere around twenty trucks escorted by two battlemech lances and one light tank lance. Our star has to destroy all the defenders and then destroy all the ammo haulers two kilometers after they come out of this mountain pass." He then pointed to the pass on the hologrid. "sir, but why do we not ambush them in the pass?" Lionel Thastus was questioning his plans again. The rest of the star sneered as Endo made his reply. "The answer is simple, eyas. They will be expecting us to ambush them there. Their guard will be down afterwards and we can at least destroy one mech before they notice what the hell is going on." Lionel shrunk after the insult Endo threw at him. He would never get used to his Khan's way of thinking, no matter how well he preformed in battle.
"five minutes out" Mariel radioed in from her vantage point on a small hill on the snow-covered landscape. Mariel backed her mech behind the hill in preparation for the ambush. Five minutes later the head of an Enfield battlemech could be made out from the behind the hill. "NOW!" Endo screamed into his radio as hi triggered his AC/10 and SRM 6. The AC/10 struck exactly where he had aimed it, the "head" or cockpit of the mech obliterating armor and wounding the pilot the SRMs then crashed into the torso and head, killing the pilot. The Enfield smashed to the ground with a grinding thud. He looked over to his next target, the largest mech of both lances, an Avatar. Triggering his AC/10 again he flanked the mech and triggered his medium lasers and SRM 6. The autocannon hit the right torso, destroyed some of the missile tubes and then the SRMs exploded some of the ammo in the left launcher, sending the mech off course. The pilot was skilled enough to maintain balance enough to fire his LB 10-X autocannon at Endo. The slug hit Endo's left torso and spun his mech. He fired his autocannon again and struck the Center torso. As he fired his medium lasers, he was struck from behind by an enemy Enforcer. This sent one of his lasers into the avatars leg actuator, freezing it. He finished the job by throwing his mech backwards at his attacker and launching a volley of SRMs at the crippled avatar. They punched though the right torso and destroyed the ammunition stockpiled there. This sent the mech smoking to the ground. The enemy Enforcer was not expecting the rearward charge and clumsily dodged to Endo's Right. Since Endo was still moving backwards this gave him the chance to open fire on the rear torso of the Enforcer. He fired all his weapons and sent the mech to the ground with a gaping hole in the rear torso. He lined up his sights on the last remaining battlemech, a Sha Yu just as a lance of laser light from Kier Pershaw's Starslayer destroyed what was left of the mech's internal structure. The other mechs were all blasted into oblivion by the rest of his star. As were the defending vehicles. They had done their job well, but he had proved to them why he was Khan. He had single handedly taken down three mechs out of the eight total, which was almost half! In the chaos of battle everyone knew they had done their part.
After they returned to base, the entire cluster thanked their star for the help that they had done. They were heroes! Endo smiled and looked at Mariel, who was always at his side. "I think we just barely got by on this one." He commented. "Aff, you could have taken down at least one more mech." She said, also smiling. Endo chuckled slightly and so did Mariel. They had done things spheroids never even dreamed about, and no one would come between them.
"We are going to intercept and destroy an escorted convoy of ammunition to a Lyran regiment before the rest of our cluster launches an assault at their fortified position." Endo Pryde started his mission briefing. "There are somewhere around twenty trucks escorted by two battlemech lances and one light tank lance. Our star has to destroy all the defenders and then destroy all the ammo haulers two kilometers after they come out of this mountain pass." He then pointed to the pass on the hologrid. "sir, but why do we not ambush them in the pass?" Lionel Thastus was questioning his plans again. The rest of the star sneered as Endo made his reply. "The answer is simple, eyas. They will be expecting us to ambush them there. Their guard will be down afterwards and we can at least destroy one mech before they notice what the hell is going on." Lionel shrunk after the insult Endo threw at him. He would never get used to his Khan's way of thinking, no matter how well he preformed in battle.
"five minutes out" Mariel radioed in from her vantage point on a small hill on the snow-covered landscape. Mariel backed her mech behind the hill in preparation for the ambush. Five minutes later the head of an Enfield battlemech could be made out from the behind the hill. "NOW!" Endo screamed into his radio as hi triggered his AC/10 and SRM 6. The AC/10 struck exactly where he had aimed it, the "head" or cockpit of the mech obliterating armor and wounding the pilot the SRMs then crashed into the torso and head, killing the pilot. The Enfield smashed to the ground with a grinding thud. He looked over to his next target, the largest mech of both lances, an Avatar. Triggering his AC/10 again he flanked the mech and triggered his medium lasers and SRM 6. The autocannon hit the right torso, destroyed some of the missile tubes and then the SRMs exploded some of the ammo in the left launcher, sending the mech off course. The pilot was skilled enough to maintain balance enough to fire his LB 10-X autocannon at Endo. The slug hit Endo's left torso and spun his mech. He fired his autocannon again and struck the Center torso. As he fired his medium lasers, he was struck from behind by an enemy Enforcer. This sent one of his lasers into the avatars leg actuator, freezing it. He finished the job by throwing his mech backwards at his attacker and launching a volley of SRMs at the crippled avatar. They punched though the right torso and destroyed the ammunition stockpiled there. This sent the mech smoking to the ground. The enemy Enforcer was not expecting the rearward charge and clumsily dodged to Endo's Right. Since Endo was still moving backwards this gave him the chance to open fire on the rear torso of the Enforcer. He fired all his weapons and sent the mech to the ground with a gaping hole in the rear torso. He lined up his sights on the last remaining battlemech, a Sha Yu just as a lance of laser light from Kier Pershaw's Starslayer destroyed what was left of the mech's internal structure. The other mechs were all blasted into oblivion by the rest of his star. As were the defending vehicles. They had done their job well, but he had proved to them why he was Khan. He had single handedly taken down three mechs out of the eight total, which was almost half! In the chaos of battle everyone knew they had done their part.
After they returned to base, the entire cluster thanked their star for the help that they had done. They were heroes! Endo smiled and looked at Mariel, who was always at his side. "I think we just barely got by on this one." He commented. "Aff, you could have taken down at least one more mech." She said, also smiling. Endo chuckled slightly and so did Mariel. They had done things spheroids never even dreamed about, and no one would come between them.