Life On Helghan.
OK then the cruiser attack, I really wanna get to this part so I apologse if there's any weak writing between the beginning and there, I wanna write the least amount of filler as possible, but I'll do my best.
Chapter 9.
We sat there thinking and wondering what Radec's plan was, eventually we landed at the Academy and disembarked, Radec headed for the command post and we followed, after arriving he picked up a radio.
"Attention all units this is Colonel Radec, all units and divisions are hereby ordered to begin preparations for launching an attack against the ISA cruisers immediately. They have something I need onboard the command vessel, all except this are cleared for destruction, after I have evacuated the command vessel I'll send word to destroy it, await my signal. We begin the attack in four hours. That is all."
He put the radio down and turned to us.
"I don't need you two here, you've both got some free time to do with what you wish, report to my office in four hours."
He left the room and we turned to each other.
"I don't know about you captain but four hours kip sounds good."
"Good idea, I'm pretty tired."
We left and went to the living quarters, at the locker room we removed our uniforms and changed into our all-purpose non-combat suits, and headed for the sleeping bloc to put our heads down.
We woke up three-and-a-half-hours later to the sound of the alarm clock.
"Fffffuck that thing's loud."
The captain went over to turn it off and told me to drag my ass out of bed, which I did.
We went to our lockers and found, to our surprise different uniforms. They weren't the ordinary infantry uniforms we'd gotten used to.
The captain took his out and studied it carefully.
"Whoa Radec must like us, this is elite shock trooper armor."
"But we haven't been trained in shock tactics."
"Trust me if Radec is responsiblr for us getting these uniforms we don't need the training."
"All right then let's put them on."
It was a good thing we'd set the alarm to wake us up half an hour before Radec needed us, took us about twenty-five minutes to figure out how to put the damn things on.
After finally getting them on we went to the armory to turn in out Sta52 rifles, the staff sergeant told us our standard-issue weapon was now the StA11 submachine gun, we didn't have time for weapon practice because obviously we had to report to Radec, we were running out of time so we had to run, I was incredibly surprised at how light the uniform was, we eventually got to Radec's office, I knocked.
"Come in."
We went inside to see him standing by his desk watching us enter.
"Ah I see you both got the uniforms I arranged for you, now if you'll accompany me."
We followed him out to the landing pad to a dropship and boarded, we landed on a large Helghast cruiser high in the sky, we left and the colonel made his way to the bridge, upon arriving he ordere the cruiser captain to take us within Leech Pod range of the ISA command cruiser, the captain affirmed his order and repeated it to the bridge crew.
We stood by Radec who was watching a fierce battle up ahead between our and the ISA ships, on approach we saw an ISA cruiser go down, and could see Leech Pods and Fighter ships being shot down, it seemed to be one AA gun that was doing it too, I remember thinking the man on that gun must've been pretty damn good.
Eventually we were in range and the cruiser captain asked the colonel if he wanted to attempt boarding the command vessel yet.
"I think it would be wise to wait until their AA guns are out of ammunition."
We kept watching and eventually the guns on the command ship stopped firing despite the Leech Pods that were still mobbing it, the colonel turned and left the bridge, we went up to the hangar deck and boarded a Leech Pod, the colonel told the pilot to aim as close to the bridge as possible.
The pod launched and we impacted on a deck below the bridge, we disembarked and immediately killed five ISA troops who had been caught by surprise by the pod's impact, the colonel came out and made his way to an elevator, we came up on to the bridge deck to find two more ISA at the top, the colonel shot them both, we went down the hallway and through the door to the bridge to find Colonel Templar and the woman, she looked up to see us both entering and called out.
"Jan."
He turned around to see us advancing down the corridor with out SMGs raised. We checked the room quickly the raised our guns on Templar. We heard the colonel's cloak disengage behind us as he walked into the room, I saw him reach for the switch on his helmet that opened the eye panel.
"Colonel Templar."
"Colonel Radec. This is...unexpected."
"I'd rather we'd met in combat, like soldiers."
"I agree, but we find ourselves here."
"Indeed, now give me the nuclear codes. The woman told me thet were here."
"They are, but my access clearance has been revoked."
He chuckled and said.
"Oh you make a very poor liar colonel. Now give me the codes."
"Without authorization from high command, those codes are going nowhere."
He raised his pistol to aim at the woman as he said.
"Do not...toy with me."
And pulled the trigger.
"NO!"
Templar grabbed his hand with the pistol and began punching Radec in the helmet, Radec grabbed his hand, pressed him against his body and shot him three time at point blank, he fell to the floor apparently still alive.
"Download the code data."
We got to work with the consoles and used the memory disc we luckily found in one to save them on, it was a surprisingly simple process, I suppose they'd been ready to launch so all codes would've been on-screen anyway. We went back up to the colonel and gave him the disc.
"Excellent."
He looked over at Templar.
"I despise killing an officer out of combat, you brought it on yourself Templar, I at least hope you can die with some dignity."
With that we went back to the Leech Pod and returned to the cruiser, the colonel went back to the bridge and told the captain to take us to Visari's Palace.
End of chapter 9.
This was another late-night write, I hope you enjoyed it and I know how some parts were a bit naff, especially the bit where they just got the uniforms but I'd rather the writing be weak than make another error, because the troops with Radec on the bridge were in advanced shock trooper uniforms, plus I wanted to get all KZ2 story stuff out of the way quickly, the next time we see any featured story moments will be in KZ3 so yeah there aren't gonna be anymore tie-ins for awhile, so please leave a review and tell me what you thought.