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Chapter 2;

Metal Mist

1800 Hours

Earth Orbit; Descent

Leviathan Heavy Transport 'Orca'

Albrecht sat at his command chair, chewing at his lip slightly, eyes narrowed in thought. He buzzed the battlemech bays.

"Corporal Snuka, get Recon Star 3 ready for combat. Live fire combat. Spread out and take sensor readings, we need to see if the inhabitants of this planet are a threat."

"Aff Sir, are you sure about Recon Star 3? 2 or 4 are better equipped for stealth missions."

"Don't question me Corporal, just get them prepped"

"Aff, Sir." Snuka killed the comms channel and turned, surveying the 'mech bay. He may only be a Corporal, but he was the guy in charge around here. Recon Star 3 was an experimental unit that was made up of five Battlemech's, each designed to exemplify a certain asset of the Light Mech Chassis.

The First Point of the Star of Light 'Mech's was called an Anarchist. Made to be the fastest mech in existence, with a walking speed of 130 K/ph and a full out running speed of over 200 K/ph. The 'mech's armourment was light but deadly. Two Heavy Medium Lasers, each one capable of stripping off over a ton and a quarter of armour plating with a single shot. Adding to the powerful lasers was a deadly accurate Targeting Computer that could single out specific parts of an enemy 'mech.

The second and third Points were two Mech's called Fusilier's. They were made to be rugged, easy to maintain, and very powerful. The Fusilier's armourment was only two lasers mounted in a rifle-styled arm mount. The Fusilier carried an Extended Range Large Laser and a Heavy Large Laser, two of the most potent weapons in the Ghost Bear Armoury. The Extended Range Large Laser, though only doing as much damage as a Heavy Medium Laser, had a range of over 2000 feet, and the Heavy Large Laser, though only having a range of 1350 feet, had a destructive force that could tear out two tons of conventional armour off of a enemy, and both these weapons were tied into, yet again, a Targeting Computer, as to enhance the accuracy of both the ER Large Laser and the Heavy Large Laser.

The fourth and fifth points of the Light Star were called Drake's. These two mech's were made for deep reconnaissance; but armed with all manner of short ranged weaponry, it's primary mission was to be a infantry harasser, with a plethora of ER Small Lasers, Flame Throwers, Light Machineguns and two four-tube Streak Short Range Missile Systems, the Drake could decimate infantry battalions. It had been fitted with a single Heavy Medium Laser for defense against enemy 'mech's, but without a Targeting Computer, the Heavy Medium Laser could cause inaccuracy when fired, since the shielding in the weapons firing chamber was inadequately built.

These five mech's were put together because they exemplified the tactics used with light 'mech's: Speed and Stealth. These five mech's could be used to take down almost any opponent, in any situation. The only drawback with using these light mech's: they had very thin armour. Most Light Mech's armour was paltry when compared to a Medium or Heavy 'Mech, and a 100 Ton Assault Mech carried roughly 20 tons of armour, enough plating to slough off even the strongest attacks that any mech could bring to bear.

Many of the Mech's the Orca carried were experimental designs or custom OmniMech load outs that had been so successful that they were being considered for mass production. Snuka smiled to himself; if there was any resistance, his own Daishi would put an end to it. He felt great pride that his own Daishi variant was being considered for mass production, he might've been only a corporal, but if his Hellbringer variant was accepted for mass production, his name would be forever synonymous with the Daishi, and that would be the greatest honour of all for him. He strapped himself in for landing, and he smiled. He hoped that there would be a challenge for him down on this little blue planet, and now, he was going to get his chance.