Genocide

[Lonehunter]

He was in the American military on Earth. When his commander on Earth spoke to him about Auraxis he was very curios about the New Conglomerate. The commander said he would be transferred to their NC branch on Auraxis.

Upon arrival he was suddenly greeted by a General of the New Conglomerate, General Aldridge. This General was a real nice guy, until he sent him off to training. At first he thought he didn't need training. His reason being that he had served in the military for 11 years. When he arrived in the training area soldiers were telling the new arrivals to proceed to the lecturing room. They learned the New Conglomerate's ways and beliefs as well as their adversary, the Terran Republic. He found out that the New Conglomerate was an underground organization that branched off from the Terran Republic. He had heard of them. He heard about their strong military power, and their communistic style of government. He didn�t really understand why the NC hated them so much. The instructor had announced their first assignment, a call sign. They were allowed to have the night to think about it.

He went to the trainee center to receive a room and some beginner certifications for training tomorrow. He finally found his way to the little 10x12 room he was assigned to. He unpacked and explored the building a little bit and decided to hit the sack. He was filled with anticipation for the next day. As he was staring at the ceiling he realized he forgot about his call sign. He decided to make it genocide. It sounded cool and meant the deliberate and systematic destruction of a political or cultural group. Which was what he will try to do to the opposing faction, The Terran Republic, for now.

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[Destroyeron]

Blasted NC thinking the terran is all bad. GREEDY WHOREMONGLERS!

[Lonehunter]

He woke up to sirens and an inter-com saying, �Evacuate! Evacuate! Evacuate!� He had no idea were to go. He followed the crowd of recruits and they were stopped outside by the general that greeted him when he first arrived on Auraxis. � All right ladies! I hope we didn�t scare you, but this is the first day of your training!� The general ordered them to assemble a line, and he led them to the training facility. Genocide quickly ran to the front of the line and stated that he had been in the military for 11 years and did not require the same training that these noobies needed. The general laughed and ordered him to fall in at the front of the line. Genocide was pissed, for some reason he felt extremely angry with General Aldridge.

As they arrived at the facility he received standard armor, an AMP, and was told to proceed to through the back door. He and the other recruits stood in line in front of a firing range with the general�s voice over the inter-com,�This is your standard sidearm weapon! The AMP is a handgun used for close quarter�s combat! Proceed to fire at the targets!� All of the sudden 20 or so targets popped up and the men fired frantically. Genocide took his time and fired his shots slowly. He was the last one to finish his clip but he had the best accuracy. The inter-com came on, �Good work. Place the AMP�s on the table on the table in front of you! Turn around and walk to the window!� They lined up and received three more weapons to train with. A MAG-Cutter (a standard issue combat knife), a MAG-Scatter (a handheld shotgun pistol), and a Suppressor (a light submachine gun). After they completed the training the general then told them to advance to the next room. Once they arrived he spoke again, �You will be given a choice of certification fields to specialize in!� The list was pretty long. He had four cert points to start with. Medium assault cost two so he chose that. It allowed him to use the Flechette rifle, the Punisher, and the Gauss. Next he chose the Agile armor which allowed more capacity for all of his new toys. Finally he chose the Harasser cert so he could have some sort of transportation.

Immediately after doing all of this he was assigned to a mission that was to meet at a rally point near a base on the border of Terran Republic territory. He was briefed on his mission and was rather shocked that they trusted the noobies with a mission right after training. He chose his weapons and was issued a Harasser. He was assigned a gunner for the 20mm cannon on the passenger side. He got in, said hey, and loaded the gun. They didn�t talk much. Their squad�s mission was to capture a gun tower and he and a Vanguard were supposed to flank the tower.

He and the Vanguard were hiding behind a hill a little more than two clicks away from the tower. They could hear the gunfight very faintly. Genocide was eager to storm in running guys over and hop out and kill every last one of them. Over the radio it sounded like the tower was already captured. But then they heard, �All right boys, lets capture this damn thing! BOOM!� There was silence. �Reinforcements! We need Reinforcements now!� That was their call. When they got there the Terran Republic had two Anti-Vehicle MAXs and one Anti-Infantry MAX annihilating soldiers left and right. Genocide saw on of them with its back turned, and slammed on the gas and at about ten feet away from the MAX he jumped out. The harasser blew one of the Anti-Vehicle MAXs up and made it easier to take the other two down. Genocide got up with a big smile and felt proud of himself. But that pride quickly turned into fright. He forgot about his gunner. For a moment he thought about desertion, but he had no where to go. On the way back to the sanctuary nobody noticed the missing man. He would just have to tell his commander that the man jumped out and died in battle.

That night he was called to General Aldridge�s office. He spoke to him about the battle and Genocide finally told him to get to the point. General Aldridge said he knew what he had done, and that he can not go unpunished. His punishment was to have his harasser certification revoked. Genocide wondered how the general knew. Somebody must have squealed on him. He was determined to find this person. But it was already late so he went to his room, sat down his guns, took off his armor, and went to bed. Tomorrow he would try to find out who squealed.

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[Lonehunter]

He woke up a little late that morning considering he didn�t have a mission to run off to. He put on his standard armor and holstered his MAG-Cutter in case he got into any trouble. He decided to hitch a ride on a deliverer to a technology plant to look at some different vehicles. Genocide liked the way the deliverer looked. If it were a little faster it would be like a big Humvee. When he went in the Technology plant he saw all kinds of cool vehicles. Like a Vanguard with it�s 150mm cannon, and he thought the reaver looked pretty cool too. He saw a harasser outside the plant with a couple of guys around it. He overheard them talking about the battle yesterday. One of the guys was asking the other, �If you saw a NC guy risk the life of another NC guy would you report him?� �Most definitely. There is no excuse for something like that.� �I don�t believe these guys! What panzies!� He couldn�t beat them up here he would get noticed. After a little thinking he decided to try and take the harasser. He could drive it! So he sped off away from the facility. General Aldridge must have forgot to revoke his harasser cert. He drove off exploring the countryside, passing a few towers, and even gave a couple fellow NC a ride. Then he saw the most amazing thin he had ever seen. A huge light yellow sphere with a beam of light in the middle. He saw an enforcer drive out, so he asked the guys coming out and they said it was like a gateway to another continent. He decided to drive through it, �what�s the worst that can happen?� When he crossed over to the other side a message appeared on his GPS that said �Welcome to Cyssor.� The terrain there was much like the terrain back at the Tech plant but he heard something in the distance. He looked around but saw nothing. Then when he looked right he saw nothing but a sphere of light zooming towards him. His vehicle was launched in the air when it hit and then hit the ground like a ton of bricks. He blacked out just as two darkpurple soldiers were walking up to his mangled body.

He started to dream. He dreamt that he was floating in front of to people who just stood there, but then everything started to get clearer. He also started to feel some pain. He wasn�t dreaming. He was suspended in the air with chains and straps. The two people in front of him kind of looked like scientists. Genocide tried to speak but didn�t have the strength. Then another man walked into the room from a bright doorway. He could here them speak, �He looks like a strong one. Combine him with the heavy assault.� �But sir, that hasn�t been properly tested yet. We don�t know if he can survive the change.� �We�ll find out soon enough.� Genocide tried to speak again, but with no success. However he did begin to mumble. �He�s awake! Steinburg! Increase his dosage!� Once again he blacked out.

He woke up once more, but this time on his back, staring at the ceiling. He tried to get up but it was like he was weighed down. He could talk now, and he yelled, �What�s go�in on! Where am I!� A computer-generated voice spoke, �You have been transformed with Vanu technology. You are a cyborg. I will activate your armor so you can move.� Genocide heard this sound like a huge engine. He stood up, got his balance and asked the voice who captured him and why. �The Vanu Sovereignty. We have a new MAX technology that needed testing. You were in our area so we decided to use you.� Genocide couldn�t believe it. He was no longer human. He began to wonder how much his body had changed. �So what do I do with this armor?� The door opened. He walked trough it and turned down the hallway. He felt very different. Taller, heavier, and louder. His feet clanked against the floor. He heard mechanical sounds as his legs and arms moved back and forth. He went though another doorway and saw a doorway to the outside. He ran for it. When he was about five feet away his body went stiff and he suddenly didn�t have the urge to leave anymore. It felt really weird. A man with a white lab coat asked Genocide to follow him. As they were walking Genocide asked the scientist if his brain had been messed with. He said the helmet around his head was like a remote control for his brain waves. If he attempted to do anything to harm the Vanu Sovereignty, including deserting them, it would simply change his thoughts so he didn�t have those urges anymore. Genocide began to get really mad, but like the doctor said it went away. He so wanted to be mad. The two of them arrived in another room with a big chair and two more geeks around it. They told him to sit down and he did. A screen came down over his face and clamped to his head. He had blacked out again.

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[Lonehunter]

He woke up with a determination to succeed in a mission he seemed to remember. The screen came up and the scientists walked into the room and one of them said, �Have a good sleep?� �Sleep?� �Well it�s actually more like a recharge but we call it sleep. Ready for your mission?� �Sure.� He went outside and waited for a Galaxy to pick him up. Once one arrived a man came out giving orders. The men responded with �sir yes sir!� They didn�t perform like humans. Their precision was amazing. Genocide tried talking to one of them on the ship but he received no answer. They must have been brainwashed or something. The ride was smooth until there was a loud BANG and the Galaxy began to tilt forward. The back hatch opened and men started jumping out. Genocide followed the other soldiers. �Oh my god!� He didn�t know how high the Galaxy was! He was so heavy he thought he�d just die hitting the ground. Then his feet rumbled and his speed decreased. He hit the ground with an enormous thud. He landed right in the middle of a squad of NC soldiers. Without any type of conscience what so ever, he lifted his right arm/pulsar rifle and mowed them all down. They shot back but his armor was too thick for the bullets. He saw a deliverer preparing to stop and he ran up to it standing at the door and killed the first three guys coming out. The others weren�t so dumb so Genocide backed off for the Mag-Riders to finish them off. The deliverer was ripped apart with the massive sphere of energy. Genocide saw charred body parts flying everywhere.

He was really starting to like this new armor. He was firing his rifle wildly when he saw a rocket in the corner of his eye coming strait at him. So he jumped in the air and when the missile curved back towards him he fired at it and blew it up. When he landed he saw some NC soldiers just stabbing this Vanu guy to death. He started to fire at them but his gun locked up and he heard a message out of his helmet. �Can not fire. Injury of fellow soldier may occur.� �What!� He ran over to him and beat the NC guys off of him but it was too late. �Damn stupid computer!� He tried getting in to a thresher but the same little speaker said, �You are not certified.� He was so angry! He stepped back and started to just unload on the vehicle. It blew up and that�s exactly what he did, unloaded. He picked up a punisher with his left hand and ran through the battlefield towards the Vanu sanctuary warp-gate. Once he got back to the facility. He was furious. The scientists tried to calm him down but it was no use. He was going to throw the punisher at them but that voice sounded off again, �Injury of fellow Vanu may-� he had hit himself in the side of the head and busted the speaker. He walked out the door testing his muscles the whole way. He eventually beat the robotics on his legs and could walk again. Although he didn�t know were he was going, he had already made it through two warp-gates.

He finally sat down and realized he would never get out of this damn cyborg body. He came to a conclusion. Suicide. He still had one bullet left in the chamber of the punisher. He brought it up to his head, closed his eyes, and pulled the trigger. �AAAHHH! HOLY SHIT THAT HURT!� Amazingly he was still alive! All the shot did was short-circuit his helmet. Which shocked him violently. All the resistance in his suit stopped. �I�m free!� So he thought, but he was still part cyborg. He could look at this as a good thing. He was stronger, taller, and could jump incredible heights and distances. He tried banging his right arm/pulsar against a rock to knock it off but all that did was damage it beyond use. He hit the rock even harder. He was surprised that he couldn�t feel it. He tried ripping it off with his left arm. He felt a little pressure. Then it came off. �It�s about time.� He threw the pulsar rifle down and looked at his arm. He had no arm! All it was was a bunch of metal and wires mixed with a little skin and muscle. His hand was ripped metal and wire with a dark fluid squirting out. Why couldn�t he feel this? His only conclusion came to the helmet. It must have tampered with his senses some how. He considered this another plus. Less feeling of pain. It also meant that if he were hurt on the field he wouldn�t know, and might not receive treatment in time.

With all these new things happening to him he thought he should take a walk. He started to notice the weather getting colder. He went through another warp-gate and he thought he went back in time. To the ice age. The weather was extremely rough. It was no problem for Genocide and his weakened sense of pain and touch. As he was trekking through the snow he thought about where he belonged. He felt that the New Conglomerate was too soft and full of good will. The Vanu Sovereignty was a definite no. He felt like a prisoner under their technology. He had not tried the Terran Republic and did not want to for now. Nobody would take him in anyway. As soon as he would approach someone they would probably fire at him. Right now he had no vehicle, no shelter, no weapons, no allies, and no idea where he was going.

[Lonehunter]

Genocide was actually starting to feel cold. The ice on his armor was an inch thick. In some places two. He saw a flashing red light in the distance. He kept going on. It was a bio-lab. The strange thing was, it had no yellow, purple, or red. He approached it very carefully. His eyes were peeled and he was ready to hit the deck. He was at the door now. It started to open so he tried to run. A voice said, �Wait! Don�t run we just wanna help!� He slowed to a stop and turned around. �Who are you!?� �Why don�t you come inside so we can talk!?� He followed the man inside to a control panel where he could recharge his armor and health. �I�ll talk to you when you�re done.�

He was finished so he walked down the hall that man had walked earlier. He was astonished. In a large concrete room there were about a thousand people with cots, tents, and miniature stoves. People were lying around with bandages and missing limbs. �What happened?� �These are soldiers without a place to go. Most of them left their government to be free.� �Just like me.� �Have a seat and I�ll get you some rations.� Genocide sat on the floor next to this old man with a bandage around his head, bandaged leg with missing foot, his torso was rapped with bloody gauss, and his right index finger was missing. �Hey boy! Hand me that whisky.� He handed him the bottle next to him. �So what�cha in for?� �I was recruited from Earth for the NC but I got captured by the Vanu and they stuck me with this cyborg body.� �Man, that�s some freaky shit.� �You�re telling me. How old are you?� �Seventy-three, and still tick�n.� �What are you doing fighting in a war?� �Well, I�m with the Terran. And thirty years ago I had a son. When he turned twenty-five we came to Auraxis to enlist in the Terran Republic army together. We went through training and tried are best to stay in the same squad. Then this damn underground group rose up. The New Conglomerate. We was sent into a battle that surprised the TR. This group turned violent and was trying to take a base. We were shipped out. From the Galaxy all we heard was muffled sounds. But when that door opened. We had entered the pits of hell. All the men piled out only to be met by a blast of cannon fire. They had the most powerful gun I'd ever seen. Seven of us made it through the blast. We didn�t really have a mission, except to fight the NC. I was looking for Charlie, my son, when I saw a marauder soar in the air above me and blow up in mid-air. Soldiers were being blown up every second. We came in totally unorganized and they were completely thorough. It was a massacre. I found Charlie wounded in the chest. I radioed for a medic. He could have been saved. A NC vehicle pulled up and two soldiers got out. I had to defend my son so I just started shooting at them with my cycler. They shot me with their shotgun. See my foot? Well it used to be a foot. Anyway. They went over to my son and shot him in the head. I can still remember the sight of his limp body hitting the ground. I yelled and shot my cycler once more but I was so hurt I had no accuracy left. They came over and took my gun, held up my hand, and shot off my damn finger. Before they left they knocked me out. Now I�ve been here for two weeks.� The old man threw the whisky bottle at the wall. �God damn NCs! I wish I could just go out oe more time to get some revenge!� The guy came back with some soup. �Here you go.� �Thanks. Hey old man, what�s your name?� �Henry Smith, you?� �Call me Genocide. Hey Henry, if you made it back to the TR sanctuary do you think you could fight again?� �Well I don�t know about fighting but with my rank and experience I�m sure they�d let me help out somehow. But I am too beat up to go anywhere.� �I�ll make you a deal, if I get you there will you put in a recommendation for me?� �Sure why not?� Genocide helped up the old man and gave him his coat and crutches. �Do you have a weapon?� �Yeah take my repeater.� �Thanks, wait for me at the cargo door.� Genocide went off to find the guy who helped him earlier. �Hey! Do you have any vehicles here?� �Yes, we have a Galaxy and a Deliverer.� �Can you drive one?� �The Deliverer, but I just can�t leave these-� Genocide pressed the repeater to his head. �OK I�ll drive.� They all met at the Deliverer and hopped aboard. �Henry, give this man directions. What�s your name anyway?� �John Peterson.� �John this is Henry, listen to him for directions. I�m gonna get some shuteye. Henry, here�s the repeater.� Genocide went to the back to sit down and lean against the wall. He could hear the engine and wind but he had slept through worse. �Wake me up when you see the sanctuary.� �All right sunny boy.�

[Lonehunter]

�Gino! Wake up! We got trouble up ahead! A Vanu Thresher!� �What? Oh .OK. Henry give me the gun. I�ll go talk to them since I have Vanu Colors and when I shoot the first one John you floor it towards the other.� Genocide got out and walked towards the soldiers. One of them looked like his armor was damaged. Thank god. �Hey could you guys tell me where the nearest Vanu Bio-lab is?� �Sure it�s that way.� As the soldier turned to point Genocide shot him in the back of the head and then turned so the other�s fire would hit his armor. John plowed the thresher like a train ripping through a go-cart. Genocide walked back in the deliverer to find John in shock. �I can�t believe I just did that. Oh god please forgive me!� �John It�s OK. While taking his life, you saved mine.� �Your right. I guess it�s all right to serve a little punishment now and then.� �Just keep driving.� �Nice work boy.� �Thanks.�

They eventually arrived at the sanctuary. The two men escorted Genocide in handcuffs so no one would get suspicious. Henry flashed his medals to get to the command room. Before they entered Genocide�s cuffs were removed. When they entered Henry gave the gun to Genocide and he pointed it at the officer with the most medals. �What is this? Who are you, spies? Henry Smith, I remember you. What�s this all about?� �Just listen to the man.� � I am not here to kill you. I just have to be heard. I want to know if you can help me. The Vanu made turned me into a cyborg. Will you please help?� �Why should I help you?� I was originally stationed at the NC sanctuary. Stayed there a while. Then got captured by the Vanu. I have fought for both. I can give you their strategies, as well as their future plans. But only if you help me.� �All right. I�ll have my scientists try and see if they can help you.� �Thank you.� �But remember I�m not making any guarantees.� Genocide and his friends were escorted to the operating room. �Guys, it�s been great but I have to get back to the base. Those people need me.� �All right then. Maybe we�ll meet up again some time.� � Hey John, thanks for take�n me in good fella.� �No problem. Good Bye.� Genocide and Henry went into the operating room. �Sir you can�t be in here.� �Gino I�ll meet you in the mess hall OK? Y�all take care of him now ya�here?� �Bye Henry.� �All right sir just count down from one hundred and we�ll se what we can do.�

[Lonehunter]

All Genocide saw when he woke up was bright lights. �Did I make it? Am I dead?� SMACK! �Damn it Henry!� �Wake up boy! I got good news and I gots bad news.� �Give me the good news.� �Your ain�t a Vanu cyborg anymore! And they gave me a mechanical leg!� �What�s the bad news?� �You�re a Terran cyborg.� �What?� He sat up to look at his body. He had different armor but it still felt the same way. "Nurse! Is that General around?� �Yes sir I�ll go get him.� �Don�t ya like it?� �Not really, but it�s better.� �I�m General Woodson, what is it soldier?� �I thought you said you�d fix me?� �Unfortunately we couldn�t make you completely human again. We left the Vanu ability to jumpjet and we added our own clamp down ability. As well as our weaponry. We gave you more muscle and skin tissue as well as a new hand. We have two special weapons that will slide over your hands and attach to your forearms. �Well, over all, I like it. Now about me and the Terran Republic.� �Yes, well thanks to my old friend Henry here and his convincing, we decided to give you a level 13 battle rank. Which will allow you to have 14 certification points.� Genocide was really siked about this. General Woodson walked off. �Did you here that sunny boy 14 cert points!� �Thanks Henry.� �Aw don�t mention it.� Henry and Genocide went to a certification terminal to pick out Genocide�s new cert�s. He got Agile, Reinforced, Ant-Infantry MAX, and Anti-Vehicular MAX armors, Medium and Heavy Assault, Repair, and the harasser. When he was done a message appeared telling him to choose to Implants. He chose Personal shield, and Regeneration. �Boy, you�re a one man army!� �I know isn�t it awesome!? I have to join an outfit so I can get a good mission. Henry, you wanna be the commander?� �Well sure. Let�s go round up some boys!�

The two of them went to the outfit center and registered as a recruiting outfit called The Front-line. They waited at a little booth for recruits and got their first one. �Hey I�m Warsaw. I�m certified in medium and heavy assault, reinforced and MAX anti-infantry armor, harasser, and personal shield.� �Good. Fill out this form and you�ll be set.� They received three more people and then this really big guy came up. �Sir! This is Dozer reporting for duty sir!� �At ease soldier. What are you certified for?� �I am certified for medium, heavy, special, and anti-vehicular assault. Agile and every MAX armor with a personal shield and regeneration.� �Great. Just fill out the forms.� �Sir, where did you get that armor?� �Special issue. That guys gonna be useful.� �Yep.� Three more people joined before Jetscream. �Hey. You guys recruiting?� �Yeah, what are you certified for?� �Harasser, maurader, lightning, prowler, deliverer, sunderer, galaxy and repair with personal shield and audio amplifier.� �All right here you go. Return that to us.� The last guy came up. �You guys got a medic yet?� �Yes we do but he just has a beginner cert. Go ahead and tell us what you�re good for.� �Well I�m Archangel. I am certified in medical and advanced medical, hacking and advanced hacking, along with repair and combat engineering.� �Well, welcome aboard. Fill this out and return it to us.� �Well we ain�t got no more applications boy. Good job!� When every soldier returned their form they were told to meet in briefing room 29 at 1700 hours. �Henry, send in a notice for a new gunner squad called The Front-Line.� �Alrighty.� Henry went to meet up with some old friends and Genocide went to the VR area. First he tried out his anti-infantry equipment. It was dual cyclers on each hand. He fired at some targets that disappeared in seconds. Next he tried the anti-vehicular equipment. It was something called a pounder. It had two heavy grenade launchers mounted to each arm. When anchored, the damage area was extreme. The mini-chaingun was like an upgrade from the cycler. Shorter range, but more rate of fire.

Genocide got a message from General Woodson stating that he and his crew would transfer to the Anu tech plant near the TR sanctuary warp-gate on the continent of Forseral. The New Conglomerate had just captured the Bel dropship center and the TR planed on taking it back tomorrow morning under the cover of fog. They all met up with Jetscream at the spawning station and took a Sunderer. It would be bumpier and take longer than it would in a galaxy but it was quieter and the boys needed sleep for the mission tomorrow. Henry was in the front passenger seat giving directions because he knew the whole planet. Dozer and Warsaw took turns on the turrets and Genocide was sitting in the back. �Henry?� �Yeah?� �You excited about getting to command again?� �You have no idea. Get some sleep kid.� And so he did.

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[Lonehunter]

They arrived at 2400 hours so they just slept in the vehicle. They woke up at 0500 hours and started loading their weapons. Click, �Front-Line. This is HQ do you copy?� �This is Smith we copy.� �Your squad is to rally with 2nd Battalion and 33rd Airborne Regiment at the Ognia Bio Lab to form a platoon. You will also wait for one more platoon and all depart in galaxy�s, you in the front. Over.� �Confirm that location. Over.� �Ognia Bio Lab, north of your current location. Over� �Copy that HQ. Over and out.� Click. All right boy you heard the man! Drive!� They arrived at the Bio Lab and fully restored their health and armor. The other platoon arrived shortly. Henry led the Front-Line to their galaxy. The whole squad was squeezed in with a prowler. �Men! Listen up! With this fog it will be hard to see the enemy until we are fifty yards away! After Jetscream gets into the prowler get behind it until you can see the base! Once we see it, we will fire and advanced! Just hold your positions till the other squads come to relieve you! Then you can fall back to be healed and repaired! Do you understand!� �Sir yes sir!�

They dropped altitude and landed about two hundred yards away from the base. The Front-Line followed be hind the prowler crouching very slowly with the rest of the platoons waiting at the landing point to prevent tank noise. Jetscream drove, and Henry manned the chainguns so he could stay with the squad to command. �Genocide.� �Yeah Henry?� �If you boys get a chance to advance inside you take command.� �Yes sir.� �You know my name boy.� �Sure Henry.� It was still dark and all you could here was the tank�s slow moving engine. Warsaw came up. �Sir, we spotted two lights about seventy yards ahead sir.� �Men. Hold your positions.� Click, �1st platoon, 2nd platoon this is Front-Line. We see the base. Advance on signal. Over and out.� Click. �Lets go.� The men crept up slowly. Now they could completely see the base. The tank held it�s position and the men ran forward. Dozer lit up the base with a striker. Gunfire started coming from the base. The squad crouched and returned fire. NC soldiers piled out of the base so the prowler came forward and fired upon them. The squad had an opening, they went for it. They made it to the outside walls around the south entrance. Nothing but explosions and bullet sounds filled the air. �Forget falling back! Were going in! Dozer! Take two men to the north entrance! Archangel! Stay here with Warsaw and stay close to this entrance till we get inside! The rest come with me! Move out!� Two soldiers turned around into on-coming fire and Genocide same up behind them in the middle Firing his cycler. �You guys go left! I�ll go right!� As the two soldiers went left to draw fire Genocide ran right to take out NC soldiers. Genocide met up with the two others and they got caught behind a bunch of metal drums. Click, �Dozer! We need you to clear are path!� �Sorry sir! We�re held up too!� �Warsaw! What�s your situation!� �A whole squad of guys came after you left! You�ll never get out!� Click. �Well guys we�re in deep shit! Pray for a-� BOOM! �Miracle.� Henry and Jetscream made it with the rest of the platoons! They were storming in the south entrance! �Men! Let�s get to Dozer and relieve his situation! Deploy grenades!� They each threw two grenades. �Move! Move! Move!� They ran trough the explosions firing away. A harasser drove up beside them and the men got out to cover them. They were anhialated by a turret. Genocide sneaked into the vehicle with a gunner and he told the third man to go help at the south entrance and hit the gas to go strait towards the turret to plow the thing over. The armor on the harasser was halfway gone. He took off towards the north entrance. Hit a bunch of crates and he came up behind four NC soldiers using a blown up enforcer as cover. He hit them, plowed through the enforcer, and did a one-eighty. �You guys stay around the harasser for cover!� But then two sunderers came up behind them. One of them stopped. �You guys need a lift!?� �Yeah!� Then they heard a loud whistling noise. BOOM! Three vangaurds, three reavers, and three galaxy�s were all sweeping across the plains in the distance from the north. �Let�s get out of here!� The other two men got on the other sunderer, and they stayed close behind Genocide in the harasser. They arrived on the south side of the base just as the rest of the TR were finished with the NC. Genocide found Henry. �Henry! The NC may be gone from here but theirs three vangaurds, three reavers, and three galaxy�s on their way.� �How long?� �About fifteen minutes away.� �Get Archangel. Tell him to put up a few turrets. You position the men and I�ll handle the Tanks and for god sakes hack the damn base already!� �Yes sir Henry!� Archangel only had enough time to put up two turrets. He ordered all his men inside and on top of the buildings. Henry ordered the tanks to park behind crates and destroyed wreckage. He also told the galaxy�s to leave and call for reinforcements. The men inside buildings recharged their health to be fresh again. They would try to convince the NC that they were retreating. They hoped that those galaxy�s had infantry in them because three tanks is all they had left. They would save the sunderer to get the commanders out if they were to retreat.

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By the time the last man was inside the NC were 20 feet away from the north gate. The galaxy�s dropped their men. Two vanguards entered with infantry behind them and the third vanguard bringing up the rear. The reavers stayed outside. As back up. The vanguards and infantry entered slowly. Once the last vanguard passed under the north bridge, Henry gave the order, �Commence fire!� All the men popped up over the buildings and fired upon the NC. The front turrets came on to prevent NC from escaping. The vanguards were useless against their high attack. The infantry ran for the west gate but a prowler blew up the tipped over sunderer hiding him and it landed in their path. Same for the south gate. They were all trapped. The prowlers and vanguards fired at each other from only fifty feet away. The only tank left was at the north gate. Genocide hopped from one building to another with his jumpjets to fire his anti-vehicular grenades at it. It still stood firing. A reaver passed over him and he ran inside the building he was on. �Dozer! What�s your situation!?� �Not good sir!� Dozer was in a gunfight with a couple of NC outside. Click. �Warsaw! What�s your position!?� �Me and archangel are held up on the south side behind a blown up prowler! Those damn reavers and that last tank have almost got us!� �All right! I�m coming your way!� Click. �Dozer! When you see a reaver getting ready to pass over that tank run out and draw its fire!� BOOM! Two men beside them were too close to the door and got nailed by the vanguard. �Damn it! Once that turret is turned I�ll finish it off and hopefully it will get the reaver too! Understand!?� �Sir yes sir!� All you could here was loud explosions from the tank and constant machine gun fire from the reavers. Dozer ran out the door blasting his flechette rifle at the tank. The turret moved and Genocide popped around the corner and fired all four of his grenade launchers at the same time. BOOM! The tank�s blast was so intense Genocide flew back ten feet and slid another ten feet. The reaver above the tank lost engine power and started to dive towards him. He kicked in his jumpjets to slide back. The reaver hit in front of him but was still coming at him. He stopped moving as his back hit something metal. He tried to get up in time but his MAX armor was too slow. Then the reaver blew up about five feet away from him and only medium sized pieces hit him. He looked back and it was Henry and Jetscream. In a prowler. �Henry! Where�d that thing come from!� Henry pointed behind him and Genocide saw a two more tanks and two more reavers at the south gate. �All right boys! Let�s defend this dag gone base!� Another reaver fell out of the air on some wreckage from earlier and the other retreated with two reavers on it�s tail. The rest of the NC tried to run out of the base but were met with turret, reaver, or tank fire. Afterwards Genocide, Dozer, Warsaw, Jetscream, and Henry all met up in the underground mess hall to have a drink. Henry stood up, �You boys did good today, and I just wanna let you guys know, I�m proud of ya.� Genocide stood up, �But we couldn�t have done it with out our commander. Cheers.� They all joined in, �Cheers!� Warsaw slammed his hand on the table, �Enough of this mushy shit. Somebody turn on the juke box!� They fired up some cigars, played some music and had a good old time. A message arrived for Henry. �Hey listen up boys! General Woodson says that we all went up in two battle ranks.� �Yeah!� �That�s not all. I went up to a level four commander and Genocide got level one commander! Congratulations boys! Yeehaw!� Genocide left the party early to recharge his health and armor, and refill his ammo pouches and load his weapons. So instead of getting up early to get ready, he could go to the firing range. He went to the certification booth to pick out his new cert. He decided to pick the maurader cert. So he could transport a small trio of soldiers. He went to the barracks, took off his armor and laid down on his cot. As he lay there he was so proud of himself. He wondered what the Front-Line would do next.

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Genocide woke up to, �Evacuate! Evacuate! Evacuate!� �Oh not again. I hope its not another drill sergeant getting a laugh out of us.� He got up slowly and put on his reinforced armor. Everybody in his barracks was already gone He picked up his cycler on the way out. Everybody in the halls was running. �It�s OK guys it�s just a drill.� Jetscream came up behind him. �Genocide it�s not a drill! The Vanu are attacking us!� �Holy shit! Now�s my chance to get some payback!� Genocide ran outside and saw all the prowlers blown up. TR soldiers were piling into galaxy�s and sunderers. At least ten Mag-riders, thirty threshers, twenty reavers, and over eight hundred infantry were coming from the east. Genocide bumped into Warsaw, �What is this!?� �Word has it the Vanu are trying to take over the continent sir! We gotta get outa here!� �I don�t believe this shit! I�m going after�em!� Genocide ran towards the east gate. He was stopped by Dozer and Henry. �Now come on boy you can�t take on an entire Vanu army by yourself.� �Then help me kill those bitch�s!� �Come on sir!� Dozer and Henry dragged Genocide into a galaxy. He looked out the window by the turret and saw the Vanu swarming over the base that they had just tried their hardest to capture yesterday. Genocide told the pilot to land at the next facility. �Sir we can�t do that the Vanu will have control of the base by nightfall.� �Give me the radio.� Click. �HQ this is Genocide do you copy?� �This is HQ, copy that Genocide go ahead.� �My squad and others are on Galaxy�s leaving Forseal due to a massive Vanu army. I�m suggesting we move ten platoons to nearby Solsar to prepare for a counter attack. Over.� �Genocide, Forseal is a continent not on our list of top priorities. We currently are stationing most of our forces to fight the NC. Over.� �Sir! You are underestimating the Vanu! They will keep on coming sir! Ambushing us whenever we are weak! Over!� �You and your squad just report to the sanctuary. Over and out.� Genocide threw the radio into the wall. He was furious. Henry tried to calm him down but he got shoved away. Genocide sat down and held hi head. �He�s right boy. That�s all the Vanu have. They got�s two continents, big deal. Once we�re done with the NC we�ll focus on the Vanu more.� �You don�t understand! When the Vanu kill somebody they gain a soldier. They control people�s minds!� �What about you sir?� �I was prototype for their new MAX technology. They won�t make that mistake again. They will continue to grow in mass and power. We should eliminate them while we still can! General Woodson just won�t listen. He�ll learn his lesson.� Genocide was mad the whole way. When they stopped for fuel he left the galaxy. �Sir! Where are you going?� �I have to be alone.� He went to the vehicle pad and picked up a maurader. He took off carelessly hitting crates and barely missing fellow TR soldiers. He was still heading towards the TR sanctuary. He only wished he could go back to Earth. Too the U.S. Army. The Generals there had common sense. But for now he would have to deal with Auraxis.

He arrived at the sanctuary and went to the barracks. A message was on his cot. �Report to General Woodson�s office.� He got a bite to eat and then went to his office. �Sir. You wanted to see me?� �Have a seat Genocide. Now, I like a little madness in a man. It keeps him working hard. I know I can count on him to get the job done. But you, you go a little too far.� �What are you saying sir?� �Report to the Health Center and receive your medication.� �Medication!? I won�t take it!� �Then learn how to cook because that�s what you�ll do.� Genocide got up and left. He met up with Henry at the lounge. �Hey boy.� �They�re putting me on med�s.� �Well maybe it�s for your own good?� Genocide went back to the barracks and laid down. It was late and he was tired. He reached down under his cot and pulled out the medicine bottle. �Take twice daily.� He pulled out a pill and swallowed it. Then he went to sleep.

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Genocide was the first one awake. He got up and went outside to breathe the morning air. Over the horizon he saw a dim purple light. �What the hell is that?� �He went to General Woodson�s room. Knock knock knock. �Who is it?� �It�s Genocide sir.� �Just a minute.� He came to the door in a robe. �What is it?� �I think we should go to the radar room sir.� They woke up a crewman and went to the radar room. �Exactly what am I looking for here?� "Zoom in on Solsar.� �Oh my god! Radar shows activity all over the continent. It must be the NC and the Vanu.� �Well we�ll just let them duke it out.� �How about we strike the other NC bases while they�re weak?� �Well you never know when they�ll pull out.� �Ah come on sir!� �Did you take your meds this morning?� Genocide sighed. �Sir could you give the Front-Line an assignment on another continent?� �Sure how about Ceryshen? The terrain is rough but there are a lot of bases to conquer. How about it?� Genocide left the room and slammed the door. He went to the barracks and saw Warsaw, Archangel, and Jetscream. �Hey guys I got us an assignment!� �Where sir?� �Ceryshen.� �Are we being punished sir?� �No. Don�t you like the cold weather?� �Respectively sir, Hell na.� �Well too bad cause that�s were we�re going. We leave tonight.� Genocide got together the squad but he pulled jetscream aside. �Jetscream I need a favor. The NC forces are mostly on Solsar. I think we should attack Ishundar. There are all a lot of bases there but they all barely have enough troops to defend them. We will join Terran forces already there. And try to conquer the continent. Or at least most of it. Once HQ discovers our actions they will be mad but they will send reinforcements to fully conquer the continent. So the favor is, when we depart, when they fall asleep head towards Ishundar. OK?� �Yes sir.� Genocide got his reinforced armor and a mini chaingun then boarded the galaxy. It was hard to sleep with the loud engines but they did.

The squad woke up as they landed. �Uh jetscream. I think you gots the directions wrong. Cause I don�t see no snow.� �Sir, Genocide gave me the orders sir.� �What?� �Talk to Genocide sir.� �Genocide! What the hell did you tell jetscream!?� �Don�t worry Henry the plan will work.� �Yeah but you know we might be put in prison?� �There are no prisons on Auraxis.� �Yeah well I�ve seen�em. They�re about a mile under the sanctuary. They can�t execute the traitors so they just make them dissapear. But the thing is they don�t want anybody to know about it, so when you get in, you don�t get out.� �After we take the continent they�ll be too busy thanking us to put us in jail.� �You better damn well hope so!� Genocide walked into one of the two facilities on Ishundar controlled by the TR. He went to the equipment terminal and reloaded his weapon. He also pulled out the bottle of pills, then put them back in his pocket. Genocide and Henry went to see the commanders of four other squads. They told them that General Woodson was sick and that he was quarantined. So he could not use the radio but his last order was to commence this mission. They began planning strategies. One of the facilities they had was a tech plant so artillery was abundant. They would do something similar to Hitler�s Blitzkrieg. Striking fast with a lightning war. Front-Line would pretty much fight every day. The plans were set and they recharged, reloaded and prepared for tomorrow.

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Genocide was driving a Maurader with Warrsaw and Dozer. Jetscream had a reaver. Henry had a tank, and archangel drove a deliverer with the rest of the squad. They were heading towards a dropship center but a Gun tower came in their path. Commanders of other squads said they didn�t have time. Henry volunteered us to take it. The other platoons went around it and we went for it. Dozer firing grenades to give them a rude awakening. �Come on suckers! Bring it on!� Not even all the turrets were manned. There was little resistance. Genocide parked the maurader in front of the doorway with Warsaw firing its machine gun. �All right Dozer how many are in there?� He poked his head around, �four on the left, five on the right sir.� A rocket came screaming out the doorway and hit the maurader just as Warsaw was jumping out. He laid on the ground not moving. Click. �Archangel this is Genocide we need medical attention at the front gate!� �Copy that. I�m on my way!� Click. OK, keep your head low and watch out for that rocket launcher. Ready?� �Yes sir!� �Move!� They turned around the doorway. Genocide got three on the left and hid behind a corner. Dozer was caught with two firing at him. Click. �Henry! We need a tank blast in the front door!� �Copy that!� �Dozer! Hit the deck!� BOOM! They lifted their heads and couldn�t see anything in the dust. Click. �Archangel I�m low on health meet me in the control room!� Click. �Lets go!� Genocide ran down the stairs through the thick dust. He was stopped and he felt this intense pain in his abdomen. The dust cleared and he saw blood gushing out of his stomach. He fell and saw Dozer take a guy down. He blacked out. Genocide woke up and heard silence. �Did we win?� �Yeah we got the tower� It was Henry. �You�ll be OK in no time. The knife missed all of your organs. Archangel said you�re lucky.� He got up and picked up his gun. �Well let�s move on. Get the men ready to go. He went outside and saw two tanks and two mauraders that were not there before the battle. �How did these get here?� �A couple of dropships left�em.� �But we don�t have any dropship centers on Ishundar.� �We do now.� �They got the base already?� �Yep. We�re to meet them at the next target.� �Well what are we waiting for let�s go!� Genocide, Dozer and Warsaw hopped back in a maurader and followed Jetscream. It was night now but the rest of the commanders thought the next base could be taken easily.

The Front-Line arrived in the middle of the battle. Genocide saw a squad of guys held up at the west gate. He accelerated and sounded the horn. He plowed through a bunch of NC and Dozer and Warsaw took out many. The maurader took a lot of fire so he drove it out the south gate. He slid into a one-eighty and saw infantry accompanied by tanks infiltrate the facility. They got out and ran to the south gate. As Genocide saw NC bodies lying around and TR soldiers storming into the buildings he knew General Woodson would be proud of his decision. That night he went to the barracks and cleaned off a cot that was full of some NC�s pictures and junk. He didn�t feel like drinking tonight so he just laid his gun down and sat on the cot. He pulled out his medicine bottle, looked at it, and threw it away. �Medicine. I�m fine. I haven�t lost my temper yet.�

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