A Day to be Reckoned With - Part One

[Adrian Gibson]

After Ranger had finished reading the brief, it was taken away from him. He looks slightly puzzled and Andrew picks up upon that and he starts to explain the brief in a bit more detail. "As you are aware, we are planning a large scale assault on Liberty. Our aim is to eliminate as many of the officers as possible, but. This is not our main priority. After reading though the brief, i'm sure you've gathered that we have something else planned." Andrew passes Ranger another folder, Labeled "Liberty Navy Ship Hawaii".

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Ranger slowly opens the folder whilst every so often, he glances at the Command. This time, there is only the one page in the folder and it is all about a Battle Cruiser named Hawaii.

Vessel Name: Hawaii
Vessel Identification Friend or Foe: Liberty Navy Secondary Force
Vessel Class: Intedictor Class, Assault Battle Cruiser
Vessel Captain: Captain John Williamson
Vessel XO: Lieutenant Commander Micheal Jax
Vessel Status: Active - QRF

Ship Weaponry:

• 6x LCT-1d "Havok" Liberty Cruiser Turrets
  
• 1x LDF-5a "Meson" Liberty Battleship Flak Turret
  
• 2x LDH-24v "Collapser" Liberty Battleship Turrets
  
• 1x LCM-3a "Raptor" Liberty Cruiser Turrets
  
• 3x C-25 "Cerberus" Heavy Cruiser Turrets
  

Summary:

This new, "Intedictor" Class Liberty Assault Battle Cruiser, fresh out of "Juneau Shipyard", is the next generation glass Battle Cruiser equipped with new "Olympus Ocean Front Mk XII" Impulse Engines, "Olympus Space Frontier Mk IIX" Cruise Engines and "Rochdale Intern Mk IX"
Shield Generator. These are all top of the range and experimental pieces of equipment giving the new, "Intedictor" Class Liberty Assault Battle Cruiser, that extra edge in Capital ship Warfare. It now serves as part of the Quick Response Force (QRF) reacting to serious emergencies such as a Gallic invasion.

"Now, Ranger. This specific ship that has been out lined in this brief is because it is our target ship. This ship is one of the first of it's kind, a new cash of Assault Cruiser. We simply aim to capture it." Ranger has to but in and he bellows "What? This is going to be impossible. We simply do not have enough men to take it on it's own! How are..." Andrew quickly quietens Ranger and carries on speaking. "As i was saying, we will attempt to capture it and bring it back home to study and hopefully use against Liberty and her Armed Forces. But, this is going to be hard. The plan is simple. We gather forces from Task Force Warhammer and other Legion Wings to create a big enough problem so that the QRF will be called out. Once they are called out, we will focus on the QRF force until we have the Hawaii standing on it's own. Then, this is where you come in, Ranger. We will disable to Hawaii to allow you and a selected team of specialist Men to board the Hawaii and capture it. You will have to take the Bridge in order for a successful transfer. Once it is in Warhammers hands, we will take it back to Vespucci and we will let our most senior engineering team work on it. It'll be hard and i don't doubt we will lose any men. This is a risky operation, and if it goes wrong it could be a serious blow to the Legion. We are entrusting you and your team with this, Ranger.

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Ranger takes a minute to calm down after hearing everything that has been said. He looks at the Command team and he slowly nods his head several times. "I'll do it" he said whilst gulping. He knew the small chance they had of success and he knew the high chance of him and his crew dieing but he wanted to do it for honor and for possible rewards he might be given.