Border skirmishes between the Enclave and the SoCal border have happened from time to time. But now that the Enclave is preparing for war with the NUSA the skirmishes have become more frequent and tactical. Basically whenever the NUSA makes any sort of move against Texas, justified or not, the Enclave attacks NUSA and Millitech forces at the border. Even though the Enclave and the Republic of Texas have yet to talk to each other in any way, there is a silent agreement between the two to at least deal with the NUSA first. Eventually the NUSA officially declares War on Texas starting the Second Unification War. The Free States are doing what they can to hold the line. The Enclave however immediately invades SoCal.
Corporal Echo, an NUSA Marine guarding the SoCal border is doing what he can to hold the line until reinforcements can arrive. However things are quickly falling apart due to the Enclave's superior Firepower. His friend Specialist Hazard, a Millitech small arms repairman was across from him shooting from behind cover.
"Echo, this isn't going well, not at all." Hazard said.
"I know Hazard, I am trying to think of something. It will be another half hour before reinforcements arrive." Echo replies
"We don't have a half hour. I heard rumors that the Enclave has some sort of Bot that will just smash right through here."
"What would they need that for? They could easily over run us with their gunships."
"Yeah, but it's more to counter our armor."
"I have yet to see them deploy any tanks of their own. Just those combat bots of theirs."
"I wish I was able to defect also."
"Wait, why?"
"I only joined up because I had nothing else going on and I wanted to learn more about guns. But President Myers keeps sending me to die out here in the fuckin desert. I signed up to fix guns, not front line combat. First Arasaka and the Free States are now a group of people claiming to be the Old Government. I want out."
"Out where? Say we run the NUSA and Militech will hunt us down for desertion, and the Enclave, Free States and Texas will try to kill us also."
"You have a point. We go to Mexico then and wait for everything to blow over."
"That's if the Enclave pardons all of us after the war and they win."
"Only one way to find out."
Not long after the two got out of there a mushroom cloud went off where the border crossing was. In the smoke a large figure could be seen.
