Planetfall

[jammi]

Nole was using one of the ruins as a temporary shelter with the majority of his platoon covering arks of fire around it. The report Signaller Johnson had the misfortune of receiving from HQ was increasingly grim. There had been a rush on the Leeds gate, and Kusari forces had broken through. The onslaught into the Leeds system had begun.

Johnson's radio set chirped again, and a brief scatter of radio chatter broke through, before it was decoded and relayed into Nole's headset. "A recon unit has been dispatched to your location to see you home Captain, you're expected back within the hour. Dispatch out."

HQ would want all of the Officer cadre back at the Pile for a briefing he supposed. Now the Kusari were breaking into the system, planetside defences would have to be prepped for a planetfall. This must surely be Bretonias darkest hour.

Leaving the building, he ordered Section A forward along a ridge that oversaw the road that lead back to the pile, leaving Section B to wait for the engineer that was still running diagnostics on equipment. After a minuet or so, the recon unit arrived, lurching through the mist. A short-wave radio band was opened between the walker and Nole.

"Good day Captain! I'm Sergeant Alison of Recon Platoon. I've been tasked to bring you all home - when you're ready to move, let me know." Nole clicked a acknowledged signal over, then moved back to the building to hurry the technician up, hanging his rifle off his shoulder by its sling as he did so.

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