The Hound of Keldabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4dopv9TrvILocation: Western Hemisphere Forward Operating Base "Strill One"
Allies: Mandos
Objective: Subdue Toprawa guerrilla Forces
Day 30; its been nearly a month since we have annexed Toprawa and yet we are still fighting. The guerrilla forces have held up deep in the Toprawain forests and have continued to harass our forces on a daily basis. From terrorist attacks in the capitol to belligerent ambushes in the forest have yet to dampen our will to smoke these rebels out. We have pressed hard and now find ourselves engaging the resistance in rural warfare for they have entrenched themselves in these forests. They have laden the paths with booby traps and their snipers are crack shots. But it will only be time that those that have resisted the United Clans of Mandalore shall be broken.
Field Marshal Strider Garon would look up from his ancient flimsy journal. He was up on the battlement of the Operating base, his eyes fixed upon the dense forest before it. The enemy was out there, efficient at their trade in bushcraft and survival. A testament to their skills for the Mandalorians have not yet to rid them of their will to fight. But then again, would any mandalorian worth their salt give up and roll over for an foreign military's occupation of home. Strider knew the answer to that, no, no they would not and he himself would rather die fighting then give up. Such made him respect the guerrilla, he knew exactly what they were fighting for.The rest of the planet fell in order with out much resistance. The Mandalorians negotiated that and instead of disbanding their military and leaving thousands of soldiers jobless and spiteful they had kept them and increased their wages. All that was left was the spirited patriots that refused to bow.
A active com blipped on his HUD and with a blink Strider activated it. "Marshal! We have wounded coming in!" it was a Rally Master on duty in the Ops bunker that relayed the information to Strider.
Strider stood up to see a light speeder making quick for the Base's entrance. It was the morning patrol and from the reports flining in on his HUD they were hit hard in an ambush. Five KIAs and three walking wounded. These forests belonged to the Toprawaian fighters and Strider knew that this campaign was going to be bloody. There was nothing neat in such forms of warfare when one was against those fighting for a cause they would unhesitatingly lay their lives for.
"Tsikador sol'yc traatika!" The old man growled, ordering the rally master to ready first platoon. "I will join them"
Strider would move off the battlement and make his way towards the armory. It wasn't long before First Platoon was rushing in to gather kit for the next patrol out. They would of been told that their Marshal would be joining them as well. The old man liked to lead from the front and he had a hankering to collect on death that was owed. They killed give mandos this day, Strider wanted double in return.