NCJD Volume 2

[DeathsVirgin]

So yeah I'm back and I'll be posting again in a bit so stay tuned :P


See Character Profiles here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...dm6GzbMbY/edit

Sorry about all the mistakes. I didn't really take any time for revisions since it takes forever, but ENJOY!

[DeathsVirgin]

So here we are again. We left off at the Xmas battle. January came and we were promoted to seniors, Platoon B. The previous trainees were graduated from the training program to the NCJD platoon A. The year went by quick. We managed to get the squad Kd to 12-1. F***ing 12-1! That was like 1st Division persistency. The year also featured bigger tasks so we were constantly working with the other squads. Killian and Sarah started dating and Tolky and Quinn became bestest friends after they found out that they were cousins.

Also, the expedition forces discovered a new continent. It turns out TR and VS had discovered it a few months ago and had been duking it out without us. It’s a mountainous ash and volcanic rock wasteland with so many resources and facilities. It also features dormant and active volcanos. There a a bunch of warpgates, which one that we took for our own. The mini force fields around most facilities to protect from volcanic debris were still functional. The Vanu did a good job before they disappeared. The continent was named Marif.

We had learned so much in that year and had so much fun, but it wasn't always like that. Last year was shaky. As our relationship strengthened, I had a few fights with Marie, Po and Adrian were fighting like all the time, Sarah became a bit antisocial, my orders began sucking at one point, but today was the day that we took all that and turned it into something to remember on the battlefield.

We sat patiently, all 48 of us in rows of 6, left to right squad rank.there were 2 rows per squad. I sat in the 14th seat. Marie took my spot with 989 kills, 212 assists, 94 saves, 65 MAX kills, and 67 deaths. She was the best sniper in the NCJD and amongst the best sniper in the NC military.

The seminar began with squad leader speeches.Tyler Gray, Alpha squad leader, came up first with his speech about progression.

I was up next.

Commander Jox gave me an intro "Squad leader of Bravo, 2,488 kills, 570 assists, 102 saves, 323 MAX Kills, and 410 deaths." I get a round of applause. I begin my speech.

"So... Uh... So I'd like to say that these past two years have been great." I reminisce. We've trained together. We fought together... We died together. I feel like wherever we all end up, we'll still be connected. Whatever squad, outfit, class we go to, we'll be more than a bunch of soldiers. We're a family."

My peers cheer.

"I think it's pretty cool how we all got to go to the Crown that one time and fought off the Vanu. The squad leaders really showed their true colors. What I want you guys to remember is our goal. Our goal to get into the military and make a difference. Take part in something way bigger than ourselves. I mean, if you think about it, Yuris gave our side of the war a whole new meaning. We fought to defend the civilization that we created, and we sure kicked a whole lot of ass." Applause. "I just want everyone to remember, before graduation, I want you guys to remember what we did. What we stand for: Living free in the NC."

Applause comes from everyone. I part from the podium and shake Jox's hand. As I walk back to my seat, I see Downs in the back waving a thumbs up. I grin. My comrade. My mentor. My friend.

"That was awesome," Marie whispers as Grace-Jo of Charlie squad takes the stage

When Guillermo Vetz of Delta finishes his speech, Jox gives us our official NC infantry insignia patches.

My dream has been fulfilled.

Downs treats our squad to lunch at "On the Pier," which is on the pier. It's the only restaurant in Poseidon and it's always packed. Located in a remodeled warehouse, there are sometimes enough tables for infantry. It's great for the economy.

I order food, and a beer. Downs raises an eyebrow. I challenge him with a grin. The drinking age is 17, which is the adult age. Conversation sparks. "So what are you fresh new soldiers gonna do now," Downs asks. Outfits are spoken.

"I'm thinking of joining Convoy," Says Po.

"AirForce," says Adrian.

"The Bungee Jumpers want to recruit me and Tolk," Quinn says.

Outfits are basically soldier made guilds. They are different from squads because the brass assigns squads. Every soldier has the right to do whatever they want, even fight their ten years alone, but if you want guidance, the brass helps you and you are assigned in a squad. The official NC-sponsored outfits are really cliques of soldiers from the same class. There is a long list.

"I was thinking. Well not just me but, Jeb, Sarah, Tolky, and I were going to make our own outfit."

"Ahhh, What's it about then?" Downs.

"OK, OK, OK. So it's like one outfit for all classes infantry, vehicles, aircraft, no permanent leader, just cooperative group of buddies" Sarah explains.

"What do you mean by no permanent leader?" asks Po.

"Shutup, we're getting to that," Sarah complains.

"If you wanna go in with different people or a group of friends, you have to elect one person as squad leader for the mission, and it can rotate every mission” Jeb says.

“I like the idea, but my question is how are you gonna get your name across?” Downs asks. Our drinks arrive.

“Heh, we’ll kick some ass,” I say after a huge gulp of beer.

Downs gives a hearty laugh. “You got spunk kid. You should register.”

“We did. We're in as the friendship squad!" I exclaim.

They stare. "Damn, you only had one sip," says Jerome.

"Kidding" I say. "We're Typhoon Lagoon."

"Mess with us and our waters will wipe you away," Jeb adds.

"Did you just think of that?” Tolky asks.

“OK, so you registered and all but equipment-wise. What are you going to do?” Downs continues relentless.

“Well, one of my guys in Camo Depot made some outfit camos and a decal,” Tolky says. He takes 6 patches from his satchel and spreads them out on the table.

“Damn, those are cool,” Jerome says.

“And this is our outfit insignia” he says. Jill goes off.

“Holy crap! That’s the Tsunami!” Jill exclaims.

“Oh shit here she goes,” Marie says.

“The year. 1281. Second Invasion of Hakata Bay. Mongolian Navy fleet tries to invade Japan. Under the leadership of Kublai Khan, they advance with pride and 4,400 ships, outnumbering the Japanese. Their fleet is destroyed by a powerful typhoon off the coast. Raging storm surges for two days decimating their fleet. Then came the name tsunami-divine wind."

"You....can shutup now," Po says. She nudges him.

"Any of you who wanna join us, we're more than happy to have you," I say. "I know some of you guys had big plans but...you know, there's always room for one more."

"Yeah, just think about it," Jeb says.

"I'm already in," Hazel exclaims. Everyone but pending Po, Jill, and Killian join our outfit.

Our food arrives and we feast.

Grandpa would be so proud.

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Two f*cking weeks Typhoon Lagoon is now a popular growing outfit with 100+ members. Bravo squad built up a pretty good rep in the military so we had many young soldiers who were bored and wanted to have fun who joined. Po, Jill, and Kill made up their minds and joined. So did most people from our Junior Division Platoon. Once Tyler Gray applied, his whole squad followed. 9 people from Charlie and 7 people from Delta. Not only that but many many alumni joined. But the end of 14 days we had 119 soldiers in our outfit.

Our reputation was awesome before we even graduated so once we spread the word, applications were exploding. It was awesome. Soldiers love the laissez-faire style in the outfit with no leader so that made it even more popular.

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I sent out a notice yesterday on the outfit chanel that we are going to fight on Marif tomorrow 1500 sharp.

Today I stand before 123 soldiers at the Poseidon warpgate, all wearing either the casual TL camo, or the Marif TL camo. I am truly pleased. We break ourselves up into a regiment and jump in.

Po gets the convoy started with his Sundy.

"Anyone wanna kick done Vanu ass today?"
Tyler Gray says into the outfit intercom.

"Oh I know what you mean," says another soldiers. Everyone laughs.

Our warpgate is located on the South-East corner. We are storming the territory lines and pushing North West to expand.

I notice Marie with her Blitz in hand. "Are you maining close?" I ask.

"Hell, yeah," she replies, "I wanna best J's ass again.

We howl.

"Oh really?" Jerome activates his cloak and in a split second ge stands, gun pointed at Marie. "Yeah, didn't think so." He sits back in his seat.

We woot at his impressive stealth.

"Damn, I'm gonna have to upgrade my security," Jeb jokes.

"What on your virginity?" Sarah ask. We laugh.

"OK we're at the place. Altiok Tech Plant. Gonna park somewhere safe." Po says.

We hop out of the Sundy. I look around. Just how it seems in the description. Igneous rock and cooling lava surround the places. Ash and soot cover the ground.

"OK, here we go," says a soldier. I look up to see Two Galaxy's fly above the base. 30 soldiers para-drop out. Libs and Reavers hover. The Tanks arrive. Harassers begin storming.

I begin leading my group to the Capture point. Vanu had already seen our attack coming and was prepared.

"Compact formation!" I yell over laser and gunfire. We run past the generators where other outfit members begin storming and shooting.

"Watch your 9!" Marie yells. She shoots a Light Assault prepared to drop C-4 on us.

In seconds we have our backs pressed against the wall of the back entrance. I walk forward and pivot abruptly entering the room. With following intervals of half a second we are all in the room.

"Proceed carefully," I say. About 10 more soldiers join us. I hear a cloak deactivate. Reflexively, I turn to my right and shoot the infiltrator who has shot me in the head before my mesh generator is up. The man falls with a giant hole in his chest. I fall to my knees with a violent migraine. Marie takes off my helmet. One of the ten guys who joined us begin streaming my forehead with nanites.

"Thanks," I say. "My personal shields and helmet took most of it."

"No probl-" a plasma shell consumes the top position of his body. The splash burns away my armor, some of my clothes, and face knocking me back.

"Maggy!" A female screams.

We all prone to cover as rapid plasma bolts hover above us. I can barely move. My insides are a mess from the explosion shock. My body goes numb and my vision goes black. Death has claimed me once again.

I wake up to Hazel's aid.

"You took a nasty hit man," she says. When at cover, with the 3 other heavy assaults, we take our rocket launchers out and shoot. 4 direct hits does not finish the job on the Magrider. The armor is too heavy. We see a Liberator hovering outside near the Anti-Vehicle shields. It has the TL Casual camo. Between the ten foot gap of the ceiling and the shield. It begins shooting. The Tank explodes in a green inferno.

We continue. To our right are hover pads. I step on and reverse gravity lifts me upwards. I balance myself as I float up and face 30 vanu soldiers.

"SHIT!!! MOVE!!!" I scream. As we run for cover I throw a grenade in the box where the capture point is. Five bolts catch my back. As I fall, Sarah and another soldier catch me. We make our way upstairs to the tunnels that lead to outside. Hazel heals me.

"Godam!!" A soldier says excited.

"Everyone get your rockets and grenades ready." I say.

"Smokes too," says a female engineer.

We engage after healing and reloading. A giant smoke cloud billows then grenades. Those who have High Sensitivity/Night Vision scopes can see through the smoke, but the rest of us blind fire. My wrist mounted HUD counts 7 total kills, 20 assists.

After the smoke clears, we storm the "A" capture point. Our outfit has captured all 3 points and destroyed all the generators. The countdown speeds up to 0:05:00 remaining.

"Oh shit! Volcanoes are erupting!" Says someone through the intercom.

"Everyone get within the force field!" Tolky yells.

The lava spews everywhere. Soldiers run for the field as some are clubbed dead by rock, buried in ash and soot, or consumed by the lava.

We hear a bang and a clang, and the force field shuts down.

"Well that's bad" Jerome says.

Most of the Vanu are eradicated, but a new problem arrives in 10 full sundys. The Terran.

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I jump off the ledge and sprint toward a parked NC sundy. TR sundy turrets begin shooting. Before it explodes, I change my armor to Anchor, and Commissioner. I dive for as the sundy explodes. The heat and shock is absorbed by my armor. I sprint for cover as the rapid fire of a Kobalt machine guns follows my footsteps.

I use the hover pad to return to the box and my outfit. We are defending heavily as the TR come surging up the stairs and hover pad.

"Someone get on that f*cking forcefield!" A woman screams. Lava begins to flow through the base. The base is lava proof, but we arent. "We need those shields up too!" A man yells.

"Adrian! Po! See If you guys can fix the force field!" I take cover. A mid range sniper has me. I roll to the right and he fires. Cloaking after missing, it's too late for him. He then catches me in the stomach with my mesh generator on, but I land 3 persistent shots to his face.

Jill and Marie join me kneeling. Every TR soldier that comes our way is eliminated. Lava begins to flow toward the tunnel.

"Yo, Blake. We're almost done with the forcefield," Po says.

"Woah hold off on that!" I say. "We get the lava flowing here it'll take care our sundy problem if not our TR infantry problem."

"Hey any engineers mind going on a suicide run? We need some tank mines in there. Tank mines+lava=boom" a female engineer asks.

"Cool," a man says.

"Yeah why not" another man says. Pretty soon, engineers are storming downstairs placing tank mines. The lava approaches the tunnel at 20 miles an hour. It melts the Sundies and infantry on the bottom floor.

"Everyone in a safe altitude?" Someone asks.

"Wouldn't really wanna be somewhere else," I say. I spot a man on fire screaming as his flesh and muscle is being melted off. I give him a mercy shot.

TR continues to come at us. A final stand. The lava flow is about 4 feet high and cooling. The entire floor is molten rock.

After about five minutes of shooting, we have capped the tech plant. We all head for Gals.

"Damn Marie," I begin, "You shot that guy in the nuts."

"It was an accident," Marie says laughing.

"Oh man, he was like 'please just kill me'" says Jill grimmacing.

"Jeez Marie, is that aim lacking?" Jerome chanlleges with smirk.

"Shots fired," Adrian yells from the cockpit.

"Hey let me know when you beat 32-5" Marie says.

"Tsk tsk tsk. 24-0 Hoe"

"Ah sh*t comeon!" Marie says.

"Black power." I high five Jerome.

"What do you guys think about Marif?" Hazel asks.

"It's ashy. Like Fred's elbows," Jeb remarks with a sneer.

"Haha nice!" Po says.

"You need some lotion bruh," Jerome adds.

"F*ck you guys," I says with a grin and midde fingers pointed out. "That lava is redder than your pubic hair so you're the one to talk."

Everyone hoots at my remark.

"I got out at the last second," Killian says getting out if his MAX suit. "Lava smelted my foot and armor together."

"Aww, need me to make it all better?" Sarah asks.

"Ah get a room," Hazel says. Sarah sticks her tongue out. We head directly through the warpgate to Poseidon.

"That was a good first outfit meetup" someone says.

"Kicked so much ass today," a woman says.

"OK, well I'm not fighting on Marif again," Adrian says.

"That lava was too close for comfort," A man agrees.

"It was hotter than me," Quinn says.

"Wow how cold was that lava?" Sarah says.

"But we know where all that ash comes from," Jeb says.

"You're all so salty." I say.

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A few months later, our squad was chosen for an important transport mission. The MECH project was indeed back into action. We were to transport Prototype MECH parts to a lab in Hossin.

Our convoy contained 2 Sundies, 2 Harassers and Adrian and his two friends gunning in a Lib above us. We brought 5 more guys from our outfit with us, including Tyler Gray. That makes 17 of us in total.

In front Guard(harasser) is me, Jill, Marie, Jerome, and Quinn who is gunning. In front package(Sunderer) is Po and an Outfit member. In rear package(Sunderer) is Tyler Gray and outfit member. In Rear Guard(Harasser) is Tolky, Jeb, Sarah who is gunning, Hazel, and Killian.

We embark on our mission with pride ignoring the fact that we have to go deep into TR territory to the underground base. It was dark as our convoy drove through the thick vegetation and muddy waters.

It about a 20 minute drive to our delivery point, so we begin playing 21-Questions with Jill.

"OK, 1, fast rate of fire and low damage vs 2, super slow fire rate and lethal damage," she asks.

"2."

"2."

"1."

“J’s an ass of a shot so I vote 1 for him,” Marie challenges.

“That’s why you’re a sniper and I’m on the frontlines biaaaach.,” Jerome retaliates. We Hoot.

We take a sharp right.

"Killing TR vs killing Vanu"

"TR all the way" I say.

"VS."

"TR."

"TR."

"VS."

"Aw sh*t the trees are too thick. We're going up," Adrian says. We hit a sandbar. My head goes smashing into the roof.

“Sh*t man, keep it steady,” I tell Jill.

"Big boob or big ass," Jill asks with a smirk.

"You teens are so hormonal," one of the Lib gunners, Mark says.

"Boobieeees!"

"Ass"

"Bubble butt."

"Watermelons." Jerome says.

"Am I an ass man or a booty man?" I ask Marie.

"Uhhh... Ass man," Marie replies with a seductive smirk.

"Of course you would like watermelons," Jebs says.

"Yo f*ck you, I get more ass and titties than you," Jerome retaliates.

"Haha, But we all know that I get the most biatches" Jill brags.

"How has the lesbo life been treating you?" Po jokes.

"Better than your virginity" Jill replies.

"Ouch!" Tyler says.

"OK, Back to 21 quest-" A 50cal sniper round manages to pierce the bullet-proof glass and strikes her in the sternum, goes through the seat and Marie’s knee, and rips her shins off.

"Sniper!" Quinn yells!

We begin to spin out of control. I grab the wheel and swerve us into a safe position.

"Hey we need a medic over here!" I yell.

Marie groans in pain. "Hang in there," Jerome says putting pressure on the bleeding wound.

"Can you get him?" I yell over to Quinn.

"I've got thermal but I'm not seeing shit"

"I've got, them," Adrian says.

The lib fires shells and rockets towards the ground. Sarah and Hazel then move to our Harasser. To their dismay, Jill has disappeared in a hologram of green nanites. There is blood everywhere in the Harasser. They heal Marie.

I set a beacon down and we wait.

“8, 10 guys up there,” Adrian says. A few minutes later Jill radios us from the NC space station.

"Sup guys."

"Heyyy," Marie says.

"Hurry down, we gotta get a move on. We're sitting ducks especially with this beacon"

"Sh*t we've got company!" Quinn yells. A group of lightings and Prowlers come crashing through the swamp land.

“F*ck! Adrian on these f*cks!” one of the Lib gunners.

“Everyone out! Protect the cargo at all costs,” I yell.

The 4 Lightings and 2 Prowlers approach us full speed.

I blind shoot my Shrike and get a hit on one of the Prowlers. It turns and shoots the Harasser. Marie fires into the air and the shell explodes a few feet away from my face.

“Holy sh*t Marie!” I say reloading my rocket launcher.

Quinn stops shooting. “Your reaction time is f*cking amazing.” A final shot destroys the First Prowler. “It was a lucky shot” she admits.

Adrian and his friends destroy 2 Lightings.

The other Prowler advances. It aims for our Harasser. “Get down!!!” Jerome screams. Quinn activates her jump jets and flies out of the gunner spot.

A shell hits the Harasser. We all get knocked back. Smoke billows from the buggy. I shoot the Prowler. It does damage but it’s not destroyed. The Prowler adjusts its aim.

“Shit.”

“Da-da-da-da da-da!”

Jill’s pod lands on top of the Prowler sending it in a metallic inferno.

“Woohoo!” She screams. She gets out and places two blocks of C-4 on one of the lightings. She jumps on the next one and detonates it. The splash damage damages the other Lighting and she uses her rocket launcher to finish it off.

We stare in awe.

She begins walking back.

“You guys look like you need repairs,” she says. An Explosive Expert she is working really hard to be the best soldier she can be.

We get some repairs from one of the female engineers, Xin, in Tyler’s truck, and then we are off.

“You guys keep your guard way up. They obviously know we’re here,” Sarah says to Adrian.

The fog begins to settle as we continue through the swamp in Terran territory.

We pass a few bases. Some heavily guarded. We arrive at our destination. We see a cave opening.

“In there,” I say. “Adrian, see if you can fit in?”

Jill drives into the cave and the others follow.

“Didn’t even know we had something like this,” Killian says.

We drive and end up in front of a steel door.

“Shit man,” Jerome says getting out. Everyone gets out of their vehicles and looks up at the huge steel door.

“So…what now?” another man short-ranged infiltrator, Gurgen says.

“I’ve got a tank mine,” says Xin.

“Come on now,” Medic Sasha says. She goes and bangs on the door three times. The echo travels to the end of the cave.

“That was pretty loud” Marie says.

“Who’s there?” someone asks behind the door.

“It’s the N-” I raise my hand before Heavy Assault recruit Samir finishes.

“We’ve got your package,” I say.

“What package,” the voice insists.

I raise my hand and point two fingers towards the door. We all take aim.

“Sir, we’ve got orders from the brass for cargo shipment,” I say vaguely.

“Identify yourself,” the man demands with an aggressive tone.

“Look, sir. I apologize for my insubordinate behavior, but when General Holmes finds out that you didn’t let his cargo shipment through to this lab, he’ll-have both our asses,” I improvise.

“What? Commander Holmes?! L-Let them in,” the man grumbles.

The steel doors begin to open slowly.

“Fire!” I yell. We spray the TR soldiers.

We observe the slaughter. “Wow dude, how did you know?” Tolky asks.

“Didn’t sound like NC to me” I say.

“Aww babe your so smart!” Marie exclaims.

People in lab coats and blue and yellow come out of hiding.

“Are you the guys?” A woman asks.

“Yeah,” we tell the NC-sided NS scientists and engineers.

“Bring the cargo inside please,” a man says. The drivers get back into the Sundies and drive inside. The Harasser drivers follow.

“So what’s up?” Tyler asks.

“As you...probably already know, the MECH project is back online after hundreds of years. This time, new and improved.” a scientist says.

“Oh no I meant the TR soldiers,” Gray corrects.

“Well. As you know the TR want to ban and restrict everything. That ontop of us being in their current territory makes it even more of a threat to them. They had us arrested and we were going to be executed.”

“Wait, you mean?” Tolky begins.

“Yes, we do not have the rebirthing capabilities as you soldiers do,” another finishes.

“We’ll need you soldiers to stay here as we complete the final pieces of the prototype,” a woman says.

A few minutes pass and we are bored. Minutes turn to hours.

“So how long is this gonna take!” an impatient Sarah screams.

“Chill babe. They’ll be done...eventually,” Killian says.

“Yeah babe,” Jeb jeers. They are both out of their MAX suits on standby.

We explore the base. It’s as big as a Tech Plant. Which it actually is. An underground Tech Plant. We observe the engineers and researchers adding the final touches to the Mechs.

“Holy sh*t,” Samir says.

“Beautiful ain’t it?” an engineer agrees. “We’ll be done in 20 so you guys hang in there”

“What were we carrying, may I ask?”

“A Cannon and Spreadshot rifle” an engineer replies.

“So...can we go now?” Sarah asks.

“We need NC control of the territory for our project to further advance. This will completely change the tides of war.” A scientists says.

“We open those doors and Terran is waiting. We can’t risk that.”

“How many of these have you guys made so far?” Jeb asks. “And who’s gonna pilot it?”

“So far, we’ve made 1 and just one. It started a year ago. Build, test, add, remodel, improve. It’s come to this. Our 15th prototype. Hopefully this will be the one that we ride into battle with. Concerning the pilot, the mechanics are simple. Pilots will have to take classes, and lessons, simulations, whatever, before they ride into battle.”

“Well I sent out a notification to our outfit to come liberate this area” Sasha says.

“Nice efficiency,” I say.

“Isn’t there any other way to get out?” Jerome asks. “I’m itching to pull this trigger.”

“Unfortunately, you will have to wait for your comrades. That door is the only way in or out.”

We hear explosions, seeming to come from outside.

“My sexy Lib,” Adrian says.

“Haha, It was fun buddy,” Mark says.

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It’s been 13 hours since we arrived. We are sleeping either in the trunks or cushions of the vehicles. A banging noise comes from outside knocking on the steel door with might.

“Yo! Anyone order a cup of Freedom?” a Typhoon Lagoon member asks.

Xin grins “Our guys are finally here.”

“Sounds like Logg” Gurgen grumbles.

We open the door. Gun fire rattles in the air. The scientist begin to pacinc but we calm them down.

“What's Up?” I ask.

“We’ve taken over the area, but Terran won’t give,” Logg says.

“We’re just pushing them back, so maybe the elite can help,” Jaimie says.

Xin shrugs off her friend. We depart from the scientists and go into battle. The sunlight refracts through the fog, but as we climb the stairs of the nearest base to higher elevation, we see Terran shooting.

“Sh*t! Take cover!” Gurgen says. He gives us cover fire as we rush for a spot.

“Marie take out those turrets!” I say. The 800 RPM Engineer Turrets rain hell upon us.

“On it!” She takes out her sniper from her back. She takes aim and double taps. Both engineers fall. More of our troops drop from Gals or arrive in Sundies.

We move from cover to cover Advancing to the many squad beacons laid out, surrounded by crouching MAX’s as a final push. The Terran soldiers have no cover. As the pods land, they are only able to catch a glimpse of our green blue and yellow camo before their bodies are full of holes.

“Keep going!” I yell. My health is low and dropping. I look back at dead Sarah being taken care of by, Sasha. Another shot enters my shoulder. I take aim with my pistol in my non-dominant hand and fire a few pathetic shots. Only ⅜ hit before a shot enters my ankle. I urge my friends to keep going as Sasha and Sarah drag me to makeshift cover and begin streaming life back into me.
I catch up with everyone. To my left, a chaingunner begins to shoot. I activate my mesh generator and dive to the ground. I aim for the groin and let the recoil of my Anchor travel up.

2 light Assault drop 4 objects. We sprint away as the heat and force knocks all of us back. I hold on to Marie as we are sent hurdling a 30 foot fall into the swamp. I land in the thick mud with Marie on top.
“Sh*t that was close” she huffs. We begin laughing.

“Hey lovebirds! GEt ready for the MAX crash!” a soldier yells.

We climb back the stairs and se MAX’s slaughtering us. They are revived and dropping from pods. A grounder shell catches me in the face. I don’t even feel it. I wake up from Sarah.

“If I had a Cert for every time I-” A MAX bashes her head in. Her eyes widen, and she falls on top of me like a stunned dead fish, blood dripping out of her mouth.

The MAX approaches me Cycler beginning to rotate. A fireball hits the MAX in the spine and the suits gives way. Shrapnel and parts of the MAX suit cave into the woman’s back. Then heat and force shatters her spine and burns all the flesh killing her.

Samir with a cheeky smile waves and continues fighting. A medic comes and revives Sarah, and Tolky helps me up. We continue our push. Adrian joins our compact formation with heavy turret support. We spray the MAXes but it’s really not enough. They keep coming back. The medics keep dying and the time it takes for them to respawn, kills more of us.

A soldier joins me as I take out my rocket launcher and we land two death blows on a MAX. I turn around to face 3 MAXs with Cyclers pointed.

I activate my mesh generator and shrapnel comes hurdling my way. I get knocked back, unable to breathe. Both my mesh generator and personal shields are down.

“Sorry,” Po says. I look towards the swamp in confusion.

“Aw what!” Jeb yells.

“You jelly?” Po jeers. We gaze upon the Mech prototype that stands with smoke rising of the double 105mm cannons on its left side.

“Damn!” A soldier exclaims.

A blue flame emits from the back of the Mech, as it gains altitude. Everyone stops fighting and stares.

“You….can fly….” Sarah says confused.

Po lands the Mech with a thud on the base.
“They let me have the Mech. They saved the blueprints but wanted me to test this out. I’d say…”

He begins shooting MAXs with the cannons and the 10 barrel shot 50 cal on his right. The Terrans Cyclers have no effect on it and the Grounders do little damage. By the end of 20 seconds 40 The red metal parts cannot be distinguished by the blood and gore.

“...It works pretty damn well,” Po finishes. After 5 seconds of being stunned, we cheer. The glass from the face of the Mech lifts and Po climbs out. He jumps to the ground. “The Mech Project is back on!”

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“Man, I wanted to be the first!” Jeb whines.

“Oh shutup you big baby.” Sarah grumbles.

We are flying back to the Warpgate. The Mech is portable and can fit into the Gal.

“So what are the stats?” Killian asks.

“Yeah really. This thing is massive.” Tolky adds.

“How is Po the one responsible for this. NC is screwed,” Hazel says.

“SHHHHH! Wanna hear or not! The shit is awesome! Auraxium-reinforced armor. Bullet proof glass. 2 simultaneous 105 Howitzers built in on the left with incendiary rounds. A 10 barrel simultaneous shot 50 cal on the right. Jet pack for flight. Lasts 5 seconds. 180 degree rotational turn. This thing is a half ton war monger” Po explains.

“How much damage does it take? Just so I know so I can kick your ass when you get annoying” Quinn asks.

“Aww you two were made for eachother,” Marie jokes.

“Shut your face, if you’re talking rockets, then it takes about 5 shots to disable, 7 to destroy.

“OK, so if Po pisses us off Fred, I’ll go In put in a shot or two, you do the same and Quinn will finish it off with some C-4” Jill laughs.

“I hate you all…” Po says.

“We hate you too” Jeb says grinning.