OBJECTIVE 1 - KESHI RAID
The transport vessel would enter the atmosphere of the planet that was being besieged by enemy forces, it took awhile to get to this point, with B1-173 having made conversation to familiarise himself with his fellow soldiers, his brothers in arms. Most of the conversing was in regards to how he was such an old droid, and the stories he told to them before the arrival to Keshi, but this didn't help ease any tension in the vessel, as many of these soldiers were fresh out of training, extremely anxious to what will await them down below, a feeling that the droid has noticed too often with his experiences throughout war. Suddenly, a green light flickered on indicating that their arrival was imminent, as they checked their weapons and exchanged quiet words. The pilot's voice would speak over the intercom to the passengers.
"Approaching the drop zone. Ten seconds. Enemy presence confirmed."
The clearing appeared below, a patch of dirt surrounded by jungle. The ship landed hard, and the hatch hissed open, troopers filed out, scanning the surrounding treeline for enemy forces, however thankfully there was nobody here, at least not yet. B1-173 disembarked last, rifle at the ready, noting the eerie stillness as the village loomed beyond the trees. As every soldier was accounted for, the transport vessel which transported them there would now take off back into the sky and initiating its trajectory to head back into space as quickly as possible, as enemy vessels have been reported seeking for any targets to take on. But then as all seemed normal and according to plan, the attack came. A rocket streaked out from the jungle, slamming into the transport vessel. The explosion rocked the ground as flames engulfed the vessel.
"We're hit! Losing-"
The pilot screamed before the comms cut out... It appeared that nobody survived the crash, as the ship exploded on impact to the ground, most of the soldiers were startled by this, however there was little time to mourn as the enemy forces were rapidly closing in. Lieutenant Halder quickly tried to rally the shaken squad.
"Stay focused! We still have-" A blaster bolt struck him in the chest, seemingly silencing him mid sentence. His body hit the dirt which would cause panic to spread amongst the unit. Blaster fire continued to erupt from the jungle, and the enemy forces would begin moving through the thicket, unmistakably they were indeed, Mandalorians. A foe B1-173 despised fighting against due to their tactical and strategic prowess which gave them an edge over regular soldiers of Galactic armies throughout history, this was no different. But at least the regular GA soldier had some form of defence against them, all we could really do was push on as best as we can.
"Spread out! Return fire!"
B1-173 would should in order to rally the disoriented troopers. Despite being a droid and just being a low ranking trooper, B1-173 urged the soldiers to follow his directives as everyone appeared to be disorganised amidst the chaos that surprised them. The troopers would obey and would subsequently begin scattering to avoid being easy targets. B1-173 would fire controlled bursts into the thicket, covering the squad as they regrouped, but in the meantime protecting himself from the blaster fire the Mandalorians were returning at them, his scanners would indicate that he was being attacked by a unit numbering roughly around 10 Mandalorians, all specialists in their own right, regardless his advanced systems would help him suffice by improving accuracy, he would manage to score a hit on two Mandalorians, but his blaster having any impact in either injuring them or killing them is debatable, but his signals failed to find the vital signs of those Mandalorians, but he was more concerned about keeping his head down, in doing so, B1-173 would grab a thermal detonator and would lob it over towards the group of Mandalorians either to take them out or flash them out from their positions, regardless they would spread out, one of the Mandalorians would use their jetpacks to fly into the air, but this put them into a vulnerable position in which B1-173 would exploit, firing at them and causing them to spiral out of control.
Unfortunately for B1-173, a Mandalorian would manage to charge his position, he fired several shots at them but their armour appeared to do nothing against them, he was a heavy, then he return fire, the first shot taking down a trooper which was next to the droid, B1-173 attempted to dodge out of the way, but in doing so, a blaster bolt struck his hip, sending sparks flying.
"He's a heavy, focus fire on them, he's charging- AAARH!" The droid staggered, systems alerting him to the damage, momentarily exposed and vulnerable. But with this his systems would begin rapid emergency diagnostics of what occurred and giving emergency power to the droid to fight back to defend himself, he would collapse onto the foot of a tree, drawing out his sidearm and firing more shots towards the heavy, it still did nothing, but B1-173 would aim a shot directly towards an exposed joint in the armour, namely the leg, he shot the heavy in the leg in which they would collapse, meanwhile the other troopers would begin to fire at the Mandalorians further, seemingly the Mandalorians began falling back to the town, in which the wounded were collected, including the droid, in which the droid began self-repairs which he has done numerous times before with his repair kit, however for the organic soldiers in his unit, they were tended by the medic. Something far more tedious.
Caelan Valoren
