Chapter 9 - Preparations
Hizzan 6 2503-05-28, 13:31 Sector 4-9-4
Captain Fawcett was observing the Zerg base. Commander Fisher was making preparations to build and army big and strong enough to destroy this base. It still made Fawcetts skin crawl watching how these Zerg produced there units and buildings. If left unchecked Fawcett was certain that the Zerg would soon over populate the planet. So far his ghost units have been picking off Zerg units from afar so that the Overlord creatures wouldn't detect them. They couldn't pick off units near the base, but the Zerg creatures that were on patrol duty, were easy to kill. Problem was there were always more of them, to replace what his ghost troops killed.
"Captain Fawcett. This is First-Mate Collins." Fawcett lifted his arm up, so that he could see Collins face on his portable comms unit. "Fawcett here, Collins. How may I help you?" Fawcett replied. "You can't help me, but the Commander wants you to know that there are two mini-nukes available, and that just before the attack commences he wants you and your men to make sure that the Zerg are hit hard by our mini-nukes." Fawcett thought about this. If the nukes were landed into strategic positions, would wound the Zerg, hopefully enough for a successful attack.
"Roger that Collins. Tell the Commander that my men will be ready, when the time comes." Collins face flickered out. "Sir," one of his ghost troops was running to his position. "What is it man?" Fawcett said, getting down of the ledge he was using to spy on the Zerg. "Sir, I have found a strange object that seems to be related to the Zerg." The ghost troop stopped running, and was breathing hard. "Take me there at once soldier. I want to see if, it can be used against the Zerg." After 20 minutes of running, Fawcett and his ghost trooper had arrived upon a high ledge. The ghost troop pointed down wards, to a strange looking object indeed.
"It looked like a sort of centipede that was found on Earth, but a lot bigger and the legs were planted into the ground. Defence around it was heavier that at the base, and the Zerg units around it, seemed to be, for lack of a better word, pampering it. "It looks like you just found the hive leader soldier. If we survive this, you just earned a two day leave." The ghost trooper looked happy at this news. "Stay here and keep a careful watch over it. I'm going back to base to report this discovery to the Commander."
Hizzan 6 2503-05-28, 14:02 Sector 7-3-1
Jason now had three battalions of Marines, two battalions of Firebats, two battalions of Vultures, a battalion of Siege Tanks, and a battalion of Goliaths. He also had the two remaining Battlecruiser's and the remaining 56 Wraiths from the Lightning. He hoped that it would be enough to kill the Zerg. It did, thankfully, leave him with two battalions of Marines and half a battalion of Firebats, plus half a battalion of Goliaths to befend the base, and a battalion of Goliaths to defend the Lightning. Worst of all, out of all the troops he had mustered, only a small handful were not clones. Well clones or not, I need to but my hate for them behind, so I can win this war.
Just then Captain Fawcett appeared next to him, and he looked out of breath. "Captain, what are you doing here? Your suppose to be watching the Zerg base!" Catching his breath, Fawcett replied. "I know sir. But one of my men made an important discovery. He has found what could most likely be the Zerg Hive leader." This made Jason recoil. The Topic had been brought up briefly, but Jason had dismissed it, as the likely hood of one, was very unlikely. "Give me the coordinates Captain. That has just become a target for one of the nukes. The other will still land in the Zerg base."
Collins had just received the information on the new creatures, and him and the adjutant were working on the newfound data, and trying as best as possible to come up with a number of conclusions of what would happen if the creature was killed. Jason walked in a few minutes later and sat in the chair. "So what have you got for me Collins? Good news I hope." Collins stop conversing with the adjutant, which continued working. "Sir, it does appear that one of three things may happen when you kill the creature. One, after the creature is killed, the Zerg will go into a killing frenzy in revenge for the dead creature. Two, The Zerg will just mill around, not knowing what to do, attacking each other, or anything else that crosses their path, or three. They will become dormant and not do anything, with the creature to tell them what to do."
"Sounds good to me, Collins. Thanks for the assist." Jason said. Jason sat there for a minute while Collins re-engaged the adjutant, and then got up, and walked out of the briefing room. Out side it was getting dark. The Sun was setting on the horizon and the third moon of the planet was beginning its circle of the sky. Looking around he could see that the Captain was still out with his troops, and that each battalion was still where he had left them. The next choice to be made was, did he want to attack the Zerg during nightfall, or wait for the morning? Jason wasn't sure. He didn't want to wait to long though, so as not to allow the Zerg to produce even more abominations.
"Ok men. We're moving out." The troops and vehicles started to exit the base perimeter. While Jason sent a message to Captain Fawcett to launch the nukes on the Zerg. He then caught up with his army, and took up point position, to lead his men to 'victory'.
Hizzan 6 2503-05-28, 13:31 Sector 4-9-4
Captain Fawcett was observing the Zerg base. Commander Fisher was making preparations to build and army big and strong enough to destroy this base. It still made Fawcetts skin crawl watching how these Zerg produced there units and buildings. If left unchecked Fawcett was certain that the Zerg would soon over populate the planet. So far his ghost units have been picking off Zerg units from afar so that the Overlord creatures wouldn't detect them. They couldn't pick off units near the base, but the Zerg creatures that were on patrol duty, were easy to kill. Problem was there were always more of them, to replace what his ghost troops killed.
"Captain Fawcett. This is First-Mate Collins." Fawcett lifted his arm up, so that he could see Collins face on his portable comms unit. "Fawcett here, Collins. How may I help you?" Fawcett replied. "You can't help me, but the Commander wants you to know that there are two mini-nukes available, and that just before the attack commences he wants you and your men to make sure that the Zerg are hit hard by our mini-nukes." Fawcett thought about this. If the nukes were landed into strategic positions, would wound the Zerg, hopefully enough for a successful attack.
"Roger that Collins. Tell the Commander that my men will be ready, when the time comes." Collins face flickered out. "Sir," one of his ghost troops was running to his position. "What is it man?" Fawcett said, getting down of the ledge he was using to spy on the Zerg. "Sir, I have found a strange object that seems to be related to the Zerg." The ghost troop stopped running, and was breathing hard. "Take me there at once soldier. I want to see if, it can be used against the Zerg." After 20 minutes of running, Fawcett and his ghost trooper had arrived upon a high ledge. The ghost troop pointed down wards, to a strange looking object indeed.
"It looked like a sort of centipede that was found on Earth, but a lot bigger and the legs were planted into the ground. Defence around it was heavier that at the base, and the Zerg units around it, seemed to be, for lack of a better word, pampering it. "It looks like you just found the hive leader soldier. If we survive this, you just earned a two day leave." The ghost trooper looked happy at this news. "Stay here and keep a careful watch over it. I'm going back to base to report this discovery to the Commander."
Hizzan 6 2503-05-28, 14:02 Sector 7-3-1
Jason now had three battalions of Marines, two battalions of Firebats, two battalions of Vultures, a battalion of Siege Tanks, and a battalion of Goliaths. He also had the two remaining Battlecruiser's and the remaining 56 Wraiths from the Lightning. He hoped that it would be enough to kill the Zerg. It did, thankfully, leave him with two battalions of Marines and half a battalion of Firebats, plus half a battalion of Goliaths to befend the base, and a battalion of Goliaths to defend the Lightning. Worst of all, out of all the troops he had mustered, only a small handful were not clones. Well clones or not, I need to but my hate for them behind, so I can win this war.
Just then Captain Fawcett appeared next to him, and he looked out of breath. "Captain, what are you doing here? Your suppose to be watching the Zerg base!" Catching his breath, Fawcett replied. "I know sir. But one of my men made an important discovery. He has found what could most likely be the Zerg Hive leader." This made Jason recoil. The Topic had been brought up briefly, but Jason had dismissed it, as the likely hood of one, was very unlikely. "Give me the coordinates Captain. That has just become a target for one of the nukes. The other will still land in the Zerg base."
Collins had just received the information on the new creatures, and him and the adjutant were working on the newfound data, and trying as best as possible to come up with a number of conclusions of what would happen if the creature was killed. Jason walked in a few minutes later and sat in the chair. "So what have you got for me Collins? Good news I hope." Collins stop conversing with the adjutant, which continued working. "Sir, it does appear that one of three things may happen when you kill the creature. One, after the creature is killed, the Zerg will go into a killing frenzy in revenge for the dead creature. Two, The Zerg will just mill around, not knowing what to do, attacking each other, or anything else that crosses their path, or three. They will become dormant and not do anything, with the creature to tell them what to do."
"Sounds good to me, Collins. Thanks for the assist." Jason said. Jason sat there for a minute while Collins re-engaged the adjutant, and then got up, and walked out of the briefing room. Out side it was getting dark. The Sun was setting on the horizon and the third moon of the planet was beginning its circle of the sky. Looking around he could see that the Captain was still out with his troops, and that each battalion was still where he had left them. The next choice to be made was, did he want to attack the Zerg during nightfall, or wait for the morning? Jason wasn't sure. He didn't want to wait to long though, so as not to allow the Zerg to produce even more abominations.
"Ok men. We're moving out." The troops and vehicles started to exit the base perimeter. While Jason sent a message to Captain Fawcett to launch the nukes on the Zerg. He then caught up with his army, and took up point position, to lead his men to 'victory'.