Aries' Reach
Periphery
August 24, 3064
"Skeleton Lead this is Skeleton Two, I may have just found something sir."
Alex turned his comm. system on and began to speak.
"What do you mean Skeleton Two?"
"Well sir, my Black Hawk's sensors detected weapons powering up within my search cordon. I thought that we should check it out. It might be bandits or it might be that research base."
"Copy that Skeleton Two. We'll head towards that area. Which heading?"
"Three two seven."
With that all of Skeleton lance took off in that direction, towards what seemed to be a portion of a nearby canyon wall. As they closed up on the wall parts of it started to shift and move to the side or retract and then a large hidden door opened up and five Uller light Mechs burst out into the sunlight. Following that were two Osiris light Mechs as well as several Bulldog tanks.
Alex immediately ordered Skeleton Lance to split up and he took his Mad Cat around to the back of the formation and took up a support fire position, utilizing his multiple LRM racks and ER Lasers. Skeleton Two, in her Black Hawk, held the rear as well, utilizing her twelve ER Large Lasers. Skeleton Three's Loki took up a vanguard position to the left of the group whilst Skeleton Four's Thor took the right side. They then proceeded to assault the incoming Clan Mech Lance.
Alex heard a loud roar and saw Skeleton Four's Thor belch fire and flame, a sure sign of autocannon fire if he had ever seen one. One of the Ullers took a direct hit to the center torso and toppled over, but didn't explode. It got back up and started firing its machine guns at Alex. His armor shrugged off the rounds and proceeded to dismantle the Ullerwith its Small and Medium Lasers. After a few minutes of sustained fire the side of the Uller blew out in a spectacular explosion as machine gun and missile ammo cooked off inside of it. Soon all that was left of the Mech was a smoking ruin lying on the cold ground.
The Black Hawk was doing quite well, Skeleton Two racking up kill after kill. All she did was lock her ER Lasers into a single firing group and then aim at the torso of an Uller. That much beam firepower would melt the armor off the Mech and then penetrate the central torso like a hot knife through soft butter. First one and then two Ullers fell to the Black Hawk.
Suddenly one of the Osirises fired its weapons and Skeleton Four's arm was blasted away by what had looked like a Particle Projection Cannon blast.
"Sir this is Skeleton Four! Alex! What the hell was that?! An Osiris can't carry that kind of weaponry! It's impossible!"
"I don't know. All I know is that the Colonel will probably want that Mech intact. Skeleton Two, hit the cockpit."
With that the ends of the arms of the Black Hawk brightened and shot out bright red beams of light that all hit the cockpit of that Osiris. Needless to say that the Osirisdidn't have a chance. The cockpit, and the Mechwarrior inside it, both cooked and melted down. As the Osirisslumped to the ground Alex made a note of its position, for salvage, and turned his attention towards the other Osiris that was left on the battlefield.
He got a lock on the Light Mech and let loose three salvos of LRM's and yelled in triumph as they hit. He had gambled everything on that because he had figured, by the way the Mech was moving, that is had been outfitted with a lot of weaponry but little armor. The way his LRM's pounded into the Osiris proved that he had been correct. As the Osiris went down he heard an open broadcast come from one of the remaining Ullers.
"We surrender we surrender! This is Star Corporal Matheson, in charge of the Alpha Research Base and we surrender! Please do not kill us!"
Alex smiled a smile of triumph over his foes. He had won! He was victorious! He had attacked a group of Clan warriors and won. He immediately radioed Colonel Shaston with what he had found.
"Stay there. I'm bringing the other lances and the Lexington there immediately! What have you found Alex?"
"Sir I found a hidden research base that seems to have been built into the rock walls of the canyon."
"Interesting. The Lexington is two hours away. Hold your position and we will be there soon!"
[Author's Notes: This is my first real try with combat so give me your input on it. Also, I realize that an Osiris cannot carry a PPC but you will see why it did in the next chapter. I also realize that a Star Corporal would not be in charge of a base but then again he wouldn't be in an Uller if he had an Osiris would he? That's right. I hope to have the next chapter up soon. I hope this was better than the last.]