Chapter Two

0830 Hours, March 14th, 2722 (Military Calendar)

Slephir System, Unknown Rebel Planet

The Phantom rumbled as it entered the planets atmosphere and cloaked. The two teams in side Silver Team and Green Team waited patiently to be dropped. They all had there hands on their cloaking activators for when they dropped. If they found out about heavy rebel activity there would be helljumpers dropping from everywhere and pelicans dropping off troops and supplies. The Longswords would strafe the unsecured areas before troops could push there way in. "ETA to drop is four minutes." Said the Elite in the cockpit. LaTymee began to walk around with Nick and the other squad captains. They each checked everyone's equipment and supplies. The Elite commanders checked how much methane the grunts had left to sustain them. Each read full, enough to pull them through this op.

There was some more shaking as the Phantom blew into the air and began its approach to the surface.

One of the rebel commanders, Luke, spotted a faint glimpse of many sleek looking dropships. He called in the AA batteries to open up on the sky. Just in case. There were sudden flashes of light as the AA batteries opened up. The next thing Luke saw were dropships entering the forest on the outskirts of the city. There was a sudden flash of red/white hot plasma as everything went black.

"Direct hit sir." Answered the pilot. The Phantoms passengers held to the bracing supports of the ship as it dodged heavy rounds from the AA batteries. "Good job pilot" said LaTymee. "Alright ladies, Shrill and Kill baby. I'm calling in the fleet, its war boys. Take the first quarter of the city and then wait for backup." Replied the pilot. " Alright boys, move, move, move." Ordered green teams captain and Nick. Each of the teams fell out the ships belly and looked around. Other Phantoms were unloading. One Phantom was pulling out after its drop and was shot out of the sky along with two others.

"Alright silver team you've got point, red team you've got rear, green team you have our nine o'clock and blue team you've got our three o'clock." Ordered Johnson. Silver team moved up to the forward part of the column. Casey brought her sniper to bear along with Nick. They moved up watching for the AA emplacements. "Alright, people we charge the city on my mark, the helljumpers are already on their way down and we need to clear a path. The Pelicans and Phantoms are following behind with the Longswords." Added Johnson. "Three…two…one… Mark!" continued Johnson. Casey and Nick laid down on the grassy plains and scoped the wall defending the city. There was a large gate in the middle, probably three meters thick. "Sir, I'm moving up to the gate with the Moray mines. I'll blow a path through." Said Nick.

"Negative, son. Those gun emplacements will blow straight through you." Replied Johnson. "Like a give a damn." said Nick under his breath. He opened a secure channel to his team and said "Alright team, Casey, your with me and the rest of you lay down some covering fire." Ordered Nick. "Yes sir!" they all replied. Casey and Nick moved up and Nick told her, "What I need you to do is take out some of those gunners and then try to draw their fire." "Right." Replied Casey. The two moved up to the cover of some rocks. Casey laid her sniper down and aimed it at the middle gun emplacement. She pulled the trigger and a 14.5 mm armor-piercing round hit the gunner in the head and he fell backwards. She aimed her sniper at the gunner on the right and fired. He died as well. Casey wasted another two rounds on another two gunners. "Go." She said over the com. Nick got up and ran towards the door.

He sat down in a crouching position and pulled out the Moray mines. He began placing them in rows of three. By the time he was done he had three rows of mines set up. Everything he had. He set the timers on ten seconds and told Casey to give him some cover. She acknowledged the order and wasted four shots on two gunners. Nick ran back and told Casey to put her head down. There was a loud explosion in front of the two and molted, burning metal showered them. Nick looked at Casey and gave a slight nod. She nodded back and then Nick looked at the rest of the squads as they past by.

"Front door is open Sarge." Panted Nick. "I gave you a direct order to stay put." Johnson walked over to Nick and said "You are like your uncle John." He said. "Thanks." Replied Nick.

Johnson opened a COM channel to the fleet. "East wall taken, waiting for backup. Silver team moving in with Green team to take a camp." Stated Johnson as Silver team looked at each other. "This is definitely going to be fun." Said Tiam. "Hell ya!" exclaimed Josh. Johnson added with a smile, "Bring down the new stuff." After a couple of minutes three heavily armored Pelicans blasted through the dark night sky and settled on a plain a few clicks from where they stood. The team trotted over to the Pelicans and watched as the tails opened up. Three Spartans jumped out and stood around the dropship.

There were nine cases, enough for their team. They all jumped in and punched in the security code. The locks unlocked and it revealed nine new alien looking suits of armor. "What in the hell are these?" asked ZanZuga as Johnson jumped up.

"These," Johnson said with a chuckle, "These are the PSSA I's. Predator Stealth Strike Armors series one.

Well there's chapter two!

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