Objective: OBJ I - Eiattu
Equipment: GAVA Starwolf Marine Armour, GALMG Beak, GAHP Roundhouse, C-11 "Nastirci" Combat Knife, REC-VC/01 Tactical Visor; Starship Model
Tags:
Gress D'ran
Sentapoth Findos
"Demon to Solo II, hold your fire, but keep the droid poppers prepped. Demon to Roach, we'll be providing fire support but nothing else. Call in priority targets whenever you deem necessary."
Holding a hand up in the air as the convoy came to a screeching halt, "
Open Fire with all forward batteries!, On coordinates 155.93817." the 10
Armored Assault Tanks emitted a deafening hum as they moved forward, while the Heavy
laser cannon (1) and anti-personnel
Repeating blaster cannons (2) unleashed their firepower, creating a destructive display in the jungle, tearing through the dense foliage of trees and roots.
"INCOMING!"
"Take cover!"
A storms of laser fire ripped through the swamp, singing through the humid air, sparking through the roots and branches, flash-boiling pools of water. Even as a few Marines were hit, the dense swamp began to fall into itself, further blocking the paths between the droids and Marines.
<<Pronto to Demon, priority targets on grid square 20-15, corner East. Enemy has heavy cannons on us, near the Armored Tanks in formation.>>
<<Data Uplink sent.>> Fortune-1 reported to Sara.
Gress D'ran
and his fire coordination teams would see the AATs lazed by the unopposed Ravens. It would be up to them to triage that compared to the Transports.
One regiment of
B1-Series battle droid consisting of 1,000 mixed droid units would begin to advance. With
Heavy Battle Droids in front and
Battle Droid Assassins behind them providing covering fire.
<<Hostile foot troopers advancing! We're moving back.>> Scuttle radioed in.
<<We're set up- Sundial is just one bound behind you.>> Her XO reported, referring to Second Platoon.
<<Rearguard, fall back. Sundial, keep the enemy busy!>> She waved the rearguard onwards. Sara could see Sundial deeper in the swamp, set up on overwatch. Towards the enemy, past the dense net of ripped foliage, and steam, Sara could see the Scuttle teams, bounding across collapsed branches. Just behind them marched the advance wave of B1's. Coming into range of the heavier repeaters of the first group, and the Marines opened up, scything them down, scattering the droids.
<<Scuttle scouts all accounted for, HQ, on your southern flank.>>
Sara and the rear guard reached Sundial's position, where fireteams were coordinating suppressing fire on the droids. From here, they fired from behind a fallen thick trunk, deep swamp water between them and the droids. The B1s at the head of their formation were not suited to this environment at all, falling into the water, and others struggling with the boggy earth.
"
Boss, we got reports of assassin droids trying to flank us to the north."
Sara nodded, checking her tacmap as the other Marines' armour trackers pinged off. The Marines had spread out, drawing the droids further in and pulling them apart in different directions.
<<Mobile maneuver teams: Stay in the water and foliage- these clankers are not suited for this terrain.>>
With the defensive advantage and enviro-adapted armour, she hoped the Marines would be able to overmatch the droids. As the minutes dragged on, from this firing position, Sara could see Marines taking up ambush spots, striking at isolated squads of B1s and Super Battle Droids. For her own position with Sundial, a wave of B1s supported by B2s and a few assassin droids broke from cover, charging.
Her blaster cannon opened up, cutting through some of them, but the enemy supporting fire was too heavy, and she and the others had to duck down. Where was the fire support?
Then the droids were upon them, and it was close combat. Sara swung her cannon like a battering ram, knocking over a droid that had climbed over the thick trunk she was sheltering behind. It fell into the water, struggling to get up.
"
Fortune-1, move back to the third bound, we need to keep control of the Ravens. Sundial-4, escort the drone team." She called out to the fourth squad of the platoon.
"
Roger!" Sara let go of her cannon and pulled out her sidearm, firing at another droid that advanced ever closer, as she dived into the swamp water. Laser bolts flashed into the water, bursting into steam as it impacted. Her armour was water-sealed, and the HUD showed the location of the nearest droids, firing in vain at the Marines that had dived into the water near them. It was simple enough to grab them by the leg and pull the droids down, stabbing with vibro knives and close-range blasts.