Return to Crusade
By Sarge11
Disclaimer: I, Sarge11, own Crusade, B-Day, the accelerated form of Nanotech, Inferno squadron, myself, and well, if I were to continue on with this list of the only things I own, you'd probably fall asleep.
To give you even more reason to review, because I need them very badly, from now on, I will be responding to those of you who review. Just a little side note, AT stands for Anti-Tank. As for the separation lasers, remember in the Second Star Wars movie when they tried to assassinate Padme' using the worms? Same concept.
Mr. D 91: Thank you thank you thank you for not killing me. I guess it's because I play too much of it. I might steal some more ideas in the future though, until you tell me it's safe, I will be on high alert.
Superdork398: Yes, I know. In fact, it's one of my favorite chapters as well. It's about time you got a new booyah meter.
Chapter 7: Invasion
Ratchet has finally recovered from his sickness, and is preparing to partake in the final invasion on Tyhrranosis. However, due to intelligence gained in the last battle for Crusade, they have found out that the Tyhrranoid Pa' is still alive. They only killed his clone, so they're going to have to kill him all over again. Ratchet is currently making plans with his new second in command, Ranger H-26.
"First, Captain Sarge11 and Charlie squad will infiltrate the radar station in orbit and plant explosives in its main core. Then run as if the Tyhrranoid Pa' himself was after you. The loss of the radar station should also destroy all the planetary defense guns. Once the radar station is down, we will use the new jamming boxes to disrupt every transmission all over the planet for one minute. I think everyone should give Angela a big handshake, seeing as these boxes come only from Megacorp." Ratchet nodded at Angela. She nodded back. Ratchet had to clear his throat a little because he was a little embarrassed. Angela blushed under her fur. "Ahem. Anyway, after the transmissions have been jammed, Inferno squadron will swoop down out of nowhere and raid the comms station and tower. After the station and tower have been destroyed, a main group of Rangers will attack at the front of the base. We will throw everything we've got at the base including: tanks, regular Rangers, Dropships, bombs, AT soldiers, Machine gunners, and everything else. Inferno squadron will assist. The only things I want on Crusade when we're geared up, are the Rangers left behind to keep order and the prisoners. While the main force of Tyhrranoids are concentrating on repelling the frontal assault, I and a group of Spec Ops Rangers will unload from a Dropship flying too low for the Tyhrranoids to see. Our plan is to infiltrate the main command and control tower undetected, eliminate the enemy inside, and destroy the tower itself. Next, I will try to find and kill the Tyhrranoid Pa'. While I am off trying to kill him, the Spec Ops Rangers will then kill as many Tyhrranoids as they can from behind the enemy lines. After the Tyhrranoid Pa' is eliminated, I will join the Spec Ops Rangers and break through the enemy lines. This should be easy because the loss of the Tyhrranoid Pa' should weaken the enemy's resolve. Any questions?"
H-26 spoke up. "Sir, how can we be sure every single one of us will succeed?"
"No one knows for certain 26, that's one of the parts of being in the military. You have to call upon knowledge of your enemy and past experience dealing with them. You have to take risks," answered Ratchet.
"Thank you sir. Who are the Spec Ops Rangers you were talking about?" 26 asked.
"There will be eight of us. H-26, you're one of them. Clank will be your commander while I'm fighting the Tyhrranoid Pa'. H-22 would have been a candidate but he's disappeared, so we've replaced him with R-15. The others are H-30, H-10, Q-20, R-50, and unfortunately Skidd. He wouldn't stop bothering me," said Ratchet.
Skidd chose that moment to walk in. "Yo, dudes! Why are you here early?"
"You missed the briefing Skidd," said Ratchet.
Skidd would have answered, but he had fallen asleep.
"Anymore questions? No?" asked Ratchet. "Well then let's get to it."
Sarge11's transport ship approached the asteroid that served as a radar station. His ship was undetected by radar and the eyes of the Tyhrranoids because it had a cloaking device.
"Move in slowly. If we move to fast, they can trace our ion signatures. O.K., now slowly dock with the surface of the asteroid," instructed Sarge11.The transport touched with the surface of the station. "Good, now pressurize the lower chamber." There was a hissing sound as the lower cabin at the bottom of the ship stabilized. Sarge11 started strapping on his gear and gathering his crew. He told the pilot, "Activate the separation lasers." There was a silent, high-pitched screeching sound as the beams connected with the surface of the asteroid. "Everyone, go go go! Make sure your silencers are attached."
They got into the bottom cabin and threw a stun grenade down the hole. It was a good thing they did too, because they dropped down and found a sea of Tyhrranoids surrounding them. They proceeded down the hallway shooting all resistance they encountered. They reached the main core and planted the bomb. They set the timer for one minute because it took them one minute and twenty seconds to make it with the Tyhrranoids, and the halls were empty.
They rushed for the exit where they came in and tried to get out, but unfortunately the Tyhrranoids in the room that got stunned were now awake. It seems Tyhrranoids are quicker to recover from stun weapons than most other species.
"Try and make it to the transport!" ordered Sarge11.
(View changes to the charges)…5…4…3…2…1…0.
View changes to outside the station. The asteroid exploded into a green, yellow, red, and orange ball of gas, incinerating all who were inside.
"We have visual confirmation, the radar station is no more," said Inferno squadron's scanner and tech officer.
"Excellent. Here's the strategy. First, the fighters will come in and eliminate all air support that is already in the air, and then we'll destroy the rest of the aircraft still on the ground. While we're eliminating the air threat, a single bomber, that's you Inferno six, will dive in and destroy the anti-aircraft sites. Don't worry about being hit 6;the AA fire will be focused on us. Finally, the rest of the, bombers will dive in and obliterate the comms station and tower. Inferno 5, is the jamming array ready?" Angela asked.
"Yes ma'am. Ready to activate," he replied."Engage. On my signal, unleash Hell," she said as the squadron sped toward the planet.
"All communication on Tyhrranosis is now blocked, but only for a minute, so be quick," said Inferno 5.
Angela new that she had only one minute to do this, but that wasn't the dilemma. The problem was, she didn't know what to do with the last fifteen seconds.
The fighters bucked as they entered the atmosphere. They saw the enemy before the enemy saw them. They flew up right behind them and Angela yelled, "Open fire!" They started tearing up the six ships in front of them. Five of them disintegrated in the sky, but the sixth one fell to the ocean. They then armed their missiles, targeted the hangers and barracks, and fired a volley of missiles at them. These were special missiles though. They would open up secret compartments near the middle of the missile about three fourths of the way to the target. Debris supercharged with a hyper accelerated form of Nanotech would fall out and pummel the area around the target, and finally, the missile itself would explode on impact with the target.
Hyper accelerated Nanotech is almost nothing like the accelerated form of Nanotech. It is radioactive material that was once Nanotech, but it does exactly the opposite. If you got some on your body or in your body, it was already too late for you. Because, instead of healing your body from the inside out, it ate your body from the inside out.
It only took about two seconds for the entire airfield to be reduced to burning rubble and writhing bodies.
No one noticed Inferno 6 as she came in and obliterated the AA.
Now the bombers come in and bomb the comms station. The bombs they use are similar to the missiles that Inferno squadron uses. The only difference is, instead of debris, it drops bomblets coated with a deadly form of acid and hyper accelerated Nanotech, so it sprays the chemicals over large distances.
The base was in ruin. Angela stopped her stopwatch. It read 00:45:oo. "Right on schedule," she muttered. They flew off to help the Rangers attacking on the frontline. However, no one noticed the single AA missile that made it through heading for Angela's ship.
"Sir, all forms of endangerment to our part of the mission have been eliminated," said the Ranger piloting the Dropship.
"Superb. Bring us in low, pilot," said Clank.
"Hey, I'm the one that's supposed to be giving orders," said Ratchet.
"Yeah, dude. You don't wanna mess with him. I heard he saved, like, to galaxies and stuff, man," Skidd put in.
"I would know Skidd; I was there," Clank tried to say, but was interrupted by Skidd's snoring. He had fallen asleep again.
"I swear, he could have an ion cannon go off next to him and he could sleep through it," Ratchet mused.
"Sir, we're coming up on the western LZ, are you ready?" asked the pilot.
"Not yet. Skidd fell asleep again. Hold on, I think I have an idea." Ratchet bent down and whispered something in his ear.
Skidd shuddered and woke up screaming. "I just had a bad dream, dudes! I dreamed that Ratchet, of all people, beat me in a Hoverboard race!"
"Uh, yeah, whatever," Ratchet stammered.
"Is that really what you told him?" asked Clank unbelievingly.
"No, I whispered to him that Al beat him at a Hoverboard race," Ratchet answered. "It can't be that bad," said Ratchet, knowing that he had done it before.
"No way, dude. There's no way a scrawny dude like you, could beat someone like me," said Skidd arrogantly.
"Just get your stuff together!" Ratchet fumed.
"Already got it, bro. I'm an all in one package!" Skidd boasted.
"We're all ready back here!" said Ratchet to the pilot.
"Opening main hatchway," said the pilot. The door hissed open and they ran out, blasting every Tyhrranoid in sight.
They ran through the main corridor, blasting everything they came up against, and up to a large air vent that went through the main complex. Once inside, they crawled slowly until the initial alert of their presence had blown over. They moved until they cold see the tower. Ratchet took out three wrenches. The first, he stuck into the wall opposite the opening and tied a thin but strong line of synthetic carbonox thread around the handle. The second, he also tied the string to, but instead of sticking it into the wall, he threw it out of the opening hard enough that the wrench stuck to the tower creating a zipline. The third wrench, his own personal wrench, he used to slide across. The Rangers then tossed the explosives over to Ratchet. He threw the wrench back to them and Clank slid over. Then the Rangers, and finally, a scared to death Skidd McMarx. They then scooted around the building and to the door. There were no stairs because there was a new breed of Tyhrranoid that could fly, was smarter than average, but were poor fighters. The only way you could make it into the tower was if you could fly, and you got a positive IQ scan. They planned to blast it.
They were about to blow in the door, when a giant shadow loomed over them. Ratchet and the others turned around and gulped. It was the Tyhrranoid Pa'! Imagine the Tyhrranoid Momma, except twenty times uglier and packing fifty times as much firepower.
"My God! He's so ugly!" screamed Skidd.
"SHUT UP SKIDD!" yelled Ratchet.
An angry Tyhrranoid Pa' knocked them off a thirty story building and into oblivion.
Mwahahahahahahaha! I feel sorry for you. It must be terrible having to wait for the next chapter like this. I already have an idea for the next chapter. The only way to make my job easier is if I get a decent amount of reviews. So technically, it's up to you how long you suffer. Gosh, I'm so brilliant! This is my greatest chapter ever! And it even came out faster than I expected, for once! I am taking a poll. When you review, and review you shall, answer this question: Do you think I should get killed in the next chapter?
-Sarge11