Matvei swallowed a lump in his throat and said, "I am with the Noltan 85th… that is where my allegiance lies."
"Over half of the 85th is kheked up."
"Are you in that group?" said Matvei as he looked the sergeant dead in the eye.
There was a silence, but the sergeant pulled his pistol down and holstered it. "What were the last orders you were given?"
Matvei hesitated, not knowing whether the truth would do him more harm than good at the hands of the rogues. He closed his eyes and said, "I am following the orders of General Kirill of the 176th Vostroyan." The sergeant turned and looked at him his head cocked a little to his side. "We are to go to the Valkyrie stations to launch off and get to the battle barge over head." the sergeant moved closer and closer as Matvei continued his story. "I am currently under the leadership of Commissar Aleksandr Tselikova along with a platoon who look like mostly Cadians, but it also looks like a mix of other companies."
The sergeant gazed at Matvei for a while thinking over what he was just told. "Nikitin, I believe you, but this whole coup is ridiculous. Looks like the Vostroyans are the only ones who haven't been kheked. For Emperor's sake, we don't know who the hell to trust anymore." he looked around. "Where is your Commissar?"
"Hiding… until you say that you are on our side, they are in position to cut you all down, very quickly."
The sergeant laughed, "Haha! Your spunk is admirable. Aye, we are friend, not foe. Now, call out your Commissar; I wish to discuss the Com Sat files inside. He will want to see what we have." The sergeant walked away toward the small station. Matvei turned on his com and heard a voice crackle in his ear.
"Nikitin!" said the voice of the guardsman who handed him his lasgun. "What the hell is going on down there? Do we fire?" "No. they are friend, they have information that they want to show the Commissar, they may want to accompany us to the Chimera stations."
"What? That's good news… We will send a detatchment before we send Tselikova down there. We will see where their loyalty lie -"
Another voice crackled his ear. It was the voice of the Commissar.
"Khek that, we need to get the hell off this rock ASAP. Just had reports from General Kirill that his battle barge was recently attacked by a Slamblasta Hammer Class Ork Battle Kroozer and several of their Landa' class drop ships."
"Khek!" exclaimed the guardsman.
"So, I am coming down. If we want to get to the battle barge and off this rock before everyone on the surface is butchered by the Orks… hell it's bad enough being attacked by your own men, let alone your own men, Orks, and traitors…"
"Alright. Meet you at the station."
"Oh, and one more thing…"
"Yes, Sir Commissar?"
"Good job, Nikitin."
