Location: Planet-side Military Installation 462-b
Planet: Classified
System: Classified
Constellation: Classified
Region: Hemitar
Setting: 7 Years after their first mission together, Sargent Burn and Corporal Mag, now each 19 years old, sit in the command room of the installation watching their grey-haired CO, Major Jor Atkin scream at the comlink.
Jarik Utoni, dressed in long black trenchcoat and sporting multiple weapons of death played with his combat knife. He drew its 7 inch blade and used it to pick at the underside of his fingernails. Mag shook her head disapprovingly, she was also wearing a long black trench, and though she sported far fewer killing weapons, she had many smaller ones.
"I've had enough of this yelling," she exclaimed "Burn, let's go find something to do."
Jarik nodded and they both got up and began to walk the halls, traumatizing everyone in the base. Mag unsheathed her throwing knives from special pockets on the inside of her jacket and began idly trying to miss the children who ran from them. During the 7 years they had killed for the RMS their dispositions had rapidly changed, what used to be a friendly team of trained killers had become callous and unfeeling, killing anything in sight that they knew they could get away with. On missions it was all business, kill who needed to be killed and get the fuck out of there, but on leave, they egged fellow service personnel into fights to have an excuse to kill them to the point that they were banned from all bars on the base. They traumatised the newly taken children and sometimes even killed them. For a stint Jarik had worked the Dark Room, when recruits never survived they shortened the time, and Jarik killed them faster prompting them to find a less dangerous soldier for the job. Jarik and Mag were collectively known as "Kill Squad Zephyr" and they were the most dangerous group on the base. For a while Kill Squad Zephyr was no danger to anyone else, but when their separate base was discontinued for funding issues they had been moved back to installation 462-b and their true nature revealed itself, in ugly fashion.
They continued down the hall idly playing with their weapons and found themselves drawn to the cell block, here they watched the children stolen by the recovery teams as they cried for answers.
"Hey, you're not allowed in here!" came the voice of the guard
Jarik turned and nonchalantly broke the man's outstretched arm, he screamed and fell to the floor but by now the crying had stopped and fear was on the children's faces.
Just then the loudspeaker came to life, a loud mechanical voice drowning out the cries of the guard,
KILL TEAM ZEPHYR, REPORT TO THE MAJOR'S QUARTERS IMMEDIATLY.
Mag looked at Jarik,
"Looks lke another mission love."
Jarik smiled taking in the awesome and dangerous beauty of his spotter,
"Indeed," he said, giving her a peck on the cheek.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Well Oiled Killing Machines (3 of 3)
Location: Deep in the jungles of an unknown temperate world.
Jarik Utoni, also known as Specialist 'Burn', scanned the forest for hostiles. He gave the all-clear to Mag and moved forward. little by little they got closer to their objective, a ridge overlooking a secret mercenary compound and their targets, the merc command staff. they got closer to the ridge and Jarik saw the ridge guard. He motioned for Mag and she crept forward slowly getting behind the unsuspecting guard. she placed a silenced pistil under the man's chin and asked;
"Name and rank."
the startled man said; "Private first-class Georges Varmus, service number: 3766383"
Mag thanked him and blew out his brains.
"Get what you need Mag?"
she replied with the voice of the Merc synthesized by an implant in her larynx
"Private First-class Georges Varmus, service number: 3766383"
"I've also got his gear here just in case."
"OK," Jarik looked around, "Set up the observation post here, Sniper there and spotter there. Let's get it done."
For the next three hours they were setting up the post, Jarik had thrown chicken wire covered in a thin semi-translucent brown cloth over the entire area and then proceeded to spray-paint it to match the area's surroundings, Mag had grabbed dirt and small plant's from the surrounding forest and transplanted them onto the chicken wire covering their position and began to move the gear inside. once it was finished no one could have seen it for what it was without being on top of it.
"I have confirmation on three of the targets so far Mag." Jarik said, looking through his scope, his ocular implant automatically matching faces with service tags, "Two more."
"Burn, main target spotted, confirm."
Jarik swung his rifle and aimed it using the shared feed from her ocular implant,
"Target confirmed, Mag get ready, we need to take out ten men in under three seconds."
Mag got on her rifle and was adjusting for her targets when they received a com burst.
Burn, this is Rain, come in Burn
Jarik grabbed the com link and sent off a burst,
"Rain? we're about to execute what's the word?"
We have a Alpha in high orbit awaiting a firing solution
Jarik looked at Mag, her expression matched his own, the code word for Maelstrom was Alpha!
Jarik called it in "Confirm, target grid 45 south 25 west 9 fire-for-effect"
"We are exfil at this time stand by for pickup"
They grabbed their gear and ran back to the dropship, covering what had taken them a day-and-a-half to travel in a matter if minutes. Just then the maelstrom began it's orbital bombardment, huge 1400mm shells pounded into the surface, destroying the forest and the base that they had been watching.
as the dropship began it's accent they saw the carnage wreaked by the maelstrom's concentrated fire.
Mag looked frustrated,
"Our first mission and we can't even take the shot."
Rain's avatar appeared on the holo-display between their seats,
"Operative Mag, taking out ten people in under three seconds is impossible, even for you two, i suggest you thank the RMS Special task force for relegating the maelstrom to hostile space, it probably saved your lives"
"We could have done it..." Jarik looked up, "All ten would have died in three seconds"
Rain's avatar sighed "No one but you thought so, it is your first mission, so congratulations on your success, and survival."
His avatar swiveled to face Mag, "Now child, will you take these sedatives and not puke all over my ship?"
Jarik Utoni, also known as Specialist 'Burn', scanned the forest for hostiles. He gave the all-clear to Mag and moved forward. little by little they got closer to their objective, a ridge overlooking a secret mercenary compound and their targets, the merc command staff. they got closer to the ridge and Jarik saw the ridge guard. He motioned for Mag and she crept forward slowly getting behind the unsuspecting guard. she placed a silenced pistil under the man's chin and asked;
"Name and rank."
the startled man said; "Private first-class Georges Varmus, service number: 3766383"
Mag thanked him and blew out his brains.
"Get what you need Mag?"
she replied with the voice of the Merc synthesized by an implant in her larynx
"Private First-class Georges Varmus, service number: 3766383"
"I've also got his gear here just in case."
"OK," Jarik looked around, "Set up the observation post here, Sniper there and spotter there. Let's get it done."
For the next three hours they were setting up the post, Jarik had thrown chicken wire covered in a thin semi-translucent brown cloth over the entire area and then proceeded to spray-paint it to match the area's surroundings, Mag had grabbed dirt and small plant's from the surrounding forest and transplanted them onto the chicken wire covering their position and began to move the gear inside. once it was finished no one could have seen it for what it was without being on top of it.
"I have confirmation on three of the targets so far Mag." Jarik said, looking through his scope, his ocular implant automatically matching faces with service tags, "Two more."
"Burn, main target spotted, confirm."
Jarik swung his rifle and aimed it using the shared feed from her ocular implant,
"Target confirmed, Mag get ready, we need to take out ten men in under three seconds."
Mag got on her rifle and was adjusting for her targets when they received a com burst.
Burn, this is Rain, come in Burn
Jarik grabbed the com link and sent off a burst,
"Rain? we're about to execute what's the word?"
We have a Alpha in high orbit awaiting a firing solution
Jarik looked at Mag, her expression matched his own, the code word for Maelstrom was Alpha!
Jarik called it in "Confirm, target grid 45 south 25 west 9 fire-for-effect"
"We are exfil at this time stand by for pickup"
They grabbed their gear and ran back to the dropship, covering what had taken them a day-and-a-half to travel in a matter if minutes. Just then the maelstrom began it's orbital bombardment, huge 1400mm shells pounded into the surface, destroying the forest and the base that they had been watching.
as the dropship began it's accent they saw the carnage wreaked by the maelstrom's concentrated fire.
Mag looked frustrated,
"Our first mission and we can't even take the shot."
Rain's avatar appeared on the holo-display between their seats,
"Operative Mag, taking out ten people in under three seconds is impossible, even for you two, i suggest you thank the RMS Special task force for relegating the maelstrom to hostile space, it probably saved your lives"
"We could have done it..." Jarik looked up, "All ten would have died in three seconds"
Rain's avatar sighed "No one but you thought so, it is your first mission, so congratulations on your success, and survival."
His avatar swiveled to face Mag, "Now child, will you take these sedatives and not puke all over my ship?"
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Well Oiled killing Machines (Part 2 of 3)
Location: Cargohold of Cheetah class Covert ops frigate callsign 'Smooth Move'
System: Unknown
Constellation: Unknown
Region: Unknown
Jarik Utoni checked the weapons. They had opted this time to bring slightly more firepower along and the weapons mounts in the Mole class drop ship were bristling with Minmatar made weapons. Jarik moved his hands over assault rifles, pistols, a rocket launcher, bandoleers full of grenades, and even a fifty caliber minigun before resting his hands on his custom sniper rifle mounted next to a similar rifle that Mag had taken along. Jarik shuffled around the dropship to where Mag was standing, clutching at her belly.
"You alright?" he chided,
She gave him a stare that could mine Mercoxit but just then the voice of the pilot came over the speakers
"Two jumps out folks"
Mag seemed to turn another shade of green when the warp drive was activated and excused herself. Jarik, in a fit of boredom, struck up a conversation with the pilot.
"So, pilot, what's your name?"
a hologram on the floor of the room he was in came to life, a well-groomed Caldari Detis male was projected into the room.
"Names? I didn't realise we used names in this business. In any case you can Call me 'Rain'."
Jarik nodded, "True enough, I must admit I'm surprised to see a Caldari flying a Minmatar ship, especially a tech II ship."
Rain laughed,
well I've been training Minmatar ship piloting for a long, long time, I can't fly Caldari ships to well so it's a tradeoff to be certain. Say you're kinda young to be killing people aren't you?"
Jarik looked at the ground,
"We didn't really have much choice in the matter. At this point though I'm happy with the life."
Mag reentered the room, a sour expression on her face. Rain continued to speak,
"We're almost there, I just need to warp the the planet and deploy your dropship. Then, the mission is all yours."
"Alright" Jarik said, "Mag, you want to stow the gear and prepare?"
Mag nodded and turned to the hologram of the pilot,
"I'll need an hour after we're all done warping and jumping and whatever to put my stomach back where it belongs."
"I'll see that you get all the time you need." he said as his hologram dissipated
2 hours later
Jarik sat down and strapped in next to Mag.
"We ready for this?"
Mag nodded,
"We were trained for this, let's get it done"
a small hologram of Rain materialised on what had looked like an armrest between Mag and Jarik.
"You two ready?"
Affirmative." came their response in unison
"OK, uncloaking, launching dropship..."
The sensation of falling was immediate,
"I hope they weren't kidding when they said these things pilot themselves." Jarik joked.
"They were kidding," came the voice of Rain "I'm piloting this too, remotely mind you."
Jarik shrugged, "OK then, set us down in the forest here, then bury the dropship, after that don't contact us until we contact you."
The dropship they were flying was not your usual dropship, shaped like a cylinder with four smaller cylinders attached to it's sides it was meant for one purpose only, disappearing. Upon landing it uses laser etches in it's lower frame to dig itself a hole in the ground. After it's deep enough it can be covered in vegetation and accessed through an elevator in the center of the ship.
The ship landed and Jarik and Mag grabbed assault rifles to secure the perimeter. as they watched the dropship quickly dug itself a hole just deep enough to make it look like part of the surroundings and when the all clear was issued the elevator popped up out of the ground.
"Let's get our gear and prep for the mission."
Jarik nodded and fell in behind Mag as they entered the dropship and suited up in a specialised optical camouflage.
"You ready?" he asked Mag
"I'm ready for anything, let's kill us some bad guys."
System: Unknown
Constellation: Unknown
Region: Unknown
Jarik Utoni checked the weapons. They had opted this time to bring slightly more firepower along and the weapons mounts in the Mole class drop ship were bristling with Minmatar made weapons. Jarik moved his hands over assault rifles, pistols, a rocket launcher, bandoleers full of grenades, and even a fifty caliber minigun before resting his hands on his custom sniper rifle mounted next to a similar rifle that Mag had taken along. Jarik shuffled around the dropship to where Mag was standing, clutching at her belly.
"You alright?" he chided,
She gave him a stare that could mine Mercoxit but just then the voice of the pilot came over the speakers
"Two jumps out folks"
Mag seemed to turn another shade of green when the warp drive was activated and excused herself. Jarik, in a fit of boredom, struck up a conversation with the pilot.
"So, pilot, what's your name?"
a hologram on the floor of the room he was in came to life, a well-groomed Caldari Detis male was projected into the room.
"Names? I didn't realise we used names in this business. In any case you can Call me 'Rain'."
Jarik nodded, "True enough, I must admit I'm surprised to see a Caldari flying a Minmatar ship, especially a tech II ship."
Rain laughed,
well I've been training Minmatar ship piloting for a long, long time, I can't fly Caldari ships to well so it's a tradeoff to be certain. Say you're kinda young to be killing people aren't you?"
Jarik looked at the ground,
"We didn't really have much choice in the matter. At this point though I'm happy with the life."
Mag reentered the room, a sour expression on her face. Rain continued to speak,
"We're almost there, I just need to warp the the planet and deploy your dropship. Then, the mission is all yours."
"Alright" Jarik said, "Mag, you want to stow the gear and prepare?"
Mag nodded and turned to the hologram of the pilot,
"I'll need an hour after we're all done warping and jumping and whatever to put my stomach back where it belongs."
"I'll see that you get all the time you need." he said as his hologram dissipated
2 hours later
Jarik sat down and strapped in next to Mag.
"We ready for this?"
Mag nodded,
"We were trained for this, let's get it done"
a small hologram of Rain materialised on what had looked like an armrest between Mag and Jarik.
"You two ready?"
Affirmative." came their response in unison
"OK, uncloaking, launching dropship..."
The sensation of falling was immediate,
"I hope they weren't kidding when they said these things pilot themselves." Jarik joked.
"They were kidding," came the voice of Rain "I'm piloting this too, remotely mind you."
Jarik shrugged, "OK then, set us down in the forest here, then bury the dropship, after that don't contact us until we contact you."
The dropship they were flying was not your usual dropship, shaped like a cylinder with four smaller cylinders attached to it's sides it was meant for one purpose only, disappearing. Upon landing it uses laser etches in it's lower frame to dig itself a hole in the ground. After it's deep enough it can be covered in vegetation and accessed through an elevator in the center of the ship.
The ship landed and Jarik and Mag grabbed assault rifles to secure the perimeter. as they watched the dropship quickly dug itself a hole just deep enough to make it look like part of the surroundings and when the all clear was issued the elevator popped up out of the ground.
"Let's get our gear and prep for the mission."
Jarik nodded and fell in behind Mag as they entered the dropship and suited up in a specialised optical camouflage.
"You ready?" he asked Mag
"I'm ready for anything, let's kill us some bad guys."
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Well Oiled Killing Machines (1 of 3)
Location: Planet-side military outpost 9-16
System: Classified
Constellation: Classified
Region: Hemitar
Time: 13:00
rifle range 3
(One year after being paired with each other)
Jarik Utoni sprinted to the next post and set up his rifle,
"Calm, calm, calm" he whispered over and over to himself while trying to steady his breathing.
One shot, two shots, perfect aim. he moved onto the next target, his spotter, Mag, pulling up the rear, unholstered her pistol and dropped two more of the plywood targets in quick succession.
"Nice shot." he said over the private link they shared, "Oh c'mon Burn, you make it sound like I'm better than you." They came to a large concrete structure, Mag motioned to the roof, "Three targets on the roof." Jarik nodded and focused his specialised implant and using a combination of depth perception and x-ray vision he marked the three target's as well as two more that were 'hiding' behind a door. Thy stacked up at the door and Jarik unholstered his revolvers. "Mag, breach charge on the door." She nodded and placed the square charge firmly on the door and they braced for the concussion. The deafening boom was the sign to move and as a well oiled machine they moved, dropping the two hidden plywood targets quickly and moving to the roof to eliminate the rest of the 'threat'.
"Well done operatives" came the voice of their commander, Cpt. Jor Atkin, over the firing range's loudspeakers "Report to section-5 for debriefing and reassignment."
They looked at each other and Mag said the words they were both thinking; "Reassignment?"
Jarik shook his head, "If it's another stint at the base proper I'm going to have to recommend we run away." They shared a nervous chuckle and returned to stowing their gear. Recently the other kids at the base had began to envy and hate the special treatment afforded to Spc. Burn and Mag, a few more deaths occurred before they had been moved off the base to a more secluded outpost on the planets surface.
Cpt. Jor Atkin studied the report and the mission parameters. These, the RMS Tactical's newest assassins, were being sent on the hardest job they had... and for what? 'A test' it said. Jor scoffed, you'd think after loosing some 20 recruits and an instructor to these two they would at least send them on a small mission, to test their capabilities. But I guess killing instructors leaves little to doubt in the Major's mind. Here they come, the scions of destruction.
"Burn, Mag, Atten-shun!" The two immediately snapped into attention, perfect in every way, despite being as young as they were, they were well trained killers.
"Burn, Mag, I have a mission for you." he handed them each a folder,
"Target is a Caldari mercenary known as Korvish, he was recently hired to kill some friends of ours so we're going to kill him first." he paused to let the information sink in, "You will be sent to the location on board a capsuleer piloted Cheetah so take what you need and nothing else. any questions you have will be answered by the full briefing that you contain in your hands."
"Dismissed!"
Jarik looked at Mag and back at the manila envelope he held in his hands, he could barely hold in his excitement.
"Our first kill Mag, our first kill awaits!"
She looked back at him skeptically,
"So Captain Horace Slait doesn't count as a kill?"
Jarik made a face,
"Mag, he attacked us first. I don't think that really counts"
it was her turn to make a face,
"We were unarmed and he opened up on us with a sub-machinegun... and you don't want to count that as a kill?"
Jarik laughed,
"Well guess it was awesome, doesn't mean it counts as a kill in the sense of the word."
she continued,
"AND he had twelve of his recruits attack us multiple times in the days leading up to it"
Jarik looked back over,
"Mag..." he whined
She smiled and opened her envelope, quickly scanning it's contents.
"Oh look! she exclaimed, it's already officially one of our kills"
Jarik read:
Operatives,
Spc. Burn and Spc. Mag have been requested to take out mercenary commander Korvish, last name unknown. He was last seen in the classified system in the classified constellation in the classified region on the planet classified. Pilot designation: classified is to fly a cheetah class covert ops frigate and shuttle the operatives through hostile space and deploy them onto the planet, he will then warp to a safespot (bookmark is attached to this message burst, pilot) and await the all clear from the ground team, individual instructions will follow below.
-Major Jeff Kull
Commanding officer
Military Installation 462-b
Operatives Burn and Mag,
After your recent exploits in eliminating a traitorous captain from our ranks it has been deemed that you are ready for missions of a real and dangerous nature. your first mission's target is a Caldari male known for the merciless deaths of multiple Minmatar patriots. He is to be shot once in the head and his lieutenants are to be killed as well, we recommend you come back in one piece but I'm sure the pilot of the cheetah would like nothing more then to get paid either way. this is your first mission but by no means your first kill, we know what you two are capable of, get it done.
-Major Jeff Kull
Commanding officer
Military Installation 462-b
Jarik looked over at Mag who was beaming from ear to ear
"Fine." he huffed
she laughed
"let's get back to work then"
Jarik turned his attention to his weapons
"What to bring..."
System: Classified
Constellation: Classified
Region: Hemitar
Time: 13:00
rifle range 3
(One year after being paired with each other)
Jarik Utoni sprinted to the next post and set up his rifle,
"Calm, calm, calm" he whispered over and over to himself while trying to steady his breathing.
One shot, two shots, perfect aim. he moved onto the next target, his spotter, Mag, pulling up the rear, unholstered her pistol and dropped two more of the plywood targets in quick succession.
"Nice shot." he said over the private link they shared, "Oh c'mon Burn, you make it sound like I'm better than you." They came to a large concrete structure, Mag motioned to the roof, "Three targets on the roof." Jarik nodded and focused his specialised implant and using a combination of depth perception and x-ray vision he marked the three target's as well as two more that were 'hiding' behind a door. Thy stacked up at the door and Jarik unholstered his revolvers. "Mag, breach charge on the door." She nodded and placed the square charge firmly on the door and they braced for the concussion. The deafening boom was the sign to move and as a well oiled machine they moved, dropping the two hidden plywood targets quickly and moving to the roof to eliminate the rest of the 'threat'.
"Well done operatives" came the voice of their commander, Cpt. Jor Atkin, over the firing range's loudspeakers "Report to section-5 for debriefing and reassignment."
They looked at each other and Mag said the words they were both thinking; "Reassignment?"
Jarik shook his head, "If it's another stint at the base proper I'm going to have to recommend we run away." They shared a nervous chuckle and returned to stowing their gear. Recently the other kids at the base had began to envy and hate the special treatment afforded to Spc. Burn and Mag, a few more deaths occurred before they had been moved off the base to a more secluded outpost on the planets surface.
Cpt. Jor Atkin studied the report and the mission parameters. These, the RMS Tactical's newest assassins, were being sent on the hardest job they had... and for what? 'A test' it said. Jor scoffed, you'd think after loosing some 20 recruits and an instructor to these two they would at least send them on a small mission, to test their capabilities. But I guess killing instructors leaves little to doubt in the Major's mind. Here they come, the scions of destruction.
"Burn, Mag, Atten-shun!" The two immediately snapped into attention, perfect in every way, despite being as young as they were, they were well trained killers.
"Burn, Mag, I have a mission for you." he handed them each a folder,
"Target is a Caldari mercenary known as Korvish, he was recently hired to kill some friends of ours so we're going to kill him first." he paused to let the information sink in, "You will be sent to the location on board a capsuleer piloted Cheetah so take what you need and nothing else. any questions you have will be answered by the full briefing that you contain in your hands."
"Dismissed!"
Jarik looked at Mag and back at the manila envelope he held in his hands, he could barely hold in his excitement.
"Our first kill Mag, our first kill awaits!"
She looked back at him skeptically,
"So Captain Horace Slait doesn't count as a kill?"
Jarik made a face,
"Mag, he attacked us first. I don't think that really counts"
it was her turn to make a face,
"We were unarmed and he opened up on us with a sub-machinegun... and you don't want to count that as a kill?"
Jarik laughed,
"Well guess it was awesome, doesn't mean it counts as a kill in the sense of the word."
she continued,
"AND he had twelve of his recruits attack us multiple times in the days leading up to it"
Jarik looked back over,
"Mag..." he whined
She smiled and opened her envelope, quickly scanning it's contents.
"Oh look! she exclaimed, it's already officially one of our kills"
Jarik read:
Operatives,
Spc. Burn and Spc. Mag have been requested to take out mercenary commander Korvish, last name unknown. He was last seen in the classified system in the classified constellation in the classified region on the planet classified. Pilot designation: classified is to fly a cheetah class covert ops frigate and shuttle the operatives through hostile space and deploy them onto the planet, he will then warp to a safespot (bookmark is attached to this message burst, pilot) and await the all clear from the ground team, individual instructions will follow below.
-Major Jeff Kull
Commanding officer
Military Installation 462-b
Operatives Burn and Mag,
After your recent exploits in eliminating a traitorous captain from our ranks it has been deemed that you are ready for missions of a real and dangerous nature. your first mission's target is a Caldari male known for the merciless deaths of multiple Minmatar patriots. He is to be shot once in the head and his lieutenants are to be killed as well, we recommend you come back in one piece but I'm sure the pilot of the cheetah would like nothing more then to get paid either way. this is your first mission but by no means your first kill, we know what you two are capable of, get it done.
-Major Jeff Kull
Commanding officer
Military Installation 462-b
Jarik looked over at Mag who was beaming from ear to ear
"Fine." he huffed
she laughed
"let's get back to work then"
Jarik turned his attention to his weapons
"What to bring..."
Thursday, May 20, 2010
With Lethal Force
Location: Planet-side military installation 462-b
System: Classified
Constellation: Classified
Region: Hemitar
Time: 10:00 hours
Simulation Room 256
Jarik Utoni sighted down his weapon, for the last year it had been his constant companion on the firing range. Today it had been fit for maximum accuracy. With a thought he linked his implant to the scope, taking full advantage of his unprecedented control over the device plugged into his head. Wordlessly he began taking note of features of the wall small indicators popped up around possible weaknesses. There, a small crack in the wall's surface betrayed a structural weakness, one problem though, it was three meters above the target's head. Still the weakness was there and as the Cpt. often said, you have to exploit the weakness. Jarik refit the rifle to a .308 barrel and calibrated the ammunition to compensate. To exploit the weakness, he needed to make a deflection shot, into the weakness in the wall followed by a deflection down and into the skull. Jarik Got back into position and took aim.
Cpt. Jor Atkin Looked on through the viewing booth in simulation room 256. He frowned as he studied the feed from his student's implants.
"Why is Burn running deflection programs? He better not be doing what I think he's doing." The shot echoed from the rifle and the technical specs from the shot flashed on the screen. Jor shook his head, the bullet had indeed deflected from the weakness in the wall but had bounced off the target rather than scrambling it's brains. Jor sighed and keyed the intercom,
"Specialist Burn, if I ever see you try something that stupid again, I'm going to have you doing sit-ups 'till you bleed. Is that clear?"
"Crystal sir."
"Good, run a few basic long range sims then report to the exercise yard at 12:00 hours."
The simulation chamber shifted to the desert interdiction scenario as Jor walked out.
Time: 11:30
Location: Exercise yard
Jarik flashed his ID to the gate guard and stepped through into the yard. He didn't mingle often with the other men, but they all knew him, he was the top marksman on the base, and the scrolling score sheet on everyone's datapads made sure they didn't forget. Jarik glanced around, making note of everyone present. To his left there was a group of boys sparing, their battles were of stamina, Jarik had been taught to exploit weaknesses with deadly force, stamina wasn't his strong point. A female voice interrupted his concentration,
"You wouldn't happen to be Specialist Burn would you?"
Jarik slowly turned around to face her
"Who wants to know?" he asked cautiously,
The Sibiestor girl grinned,
"Spc. Mag at your service." at Jarik's quizzing look she continued, "I'm second on the scoreboards, right after you."
Jarik glanced at his datapad to confirm,
"OK, so... what do you want?"
She smiled, "Just to meet the other kid that Cpt. Fjord rages about when I miss a target."
Jarik's face registered confusion,
"Cpt. who?"
"Fjord, Cpt. Jane Fjord. I'm basically the poster girl for her sniper program on the base, You and I are in direct competition, but with the scores you post regularly I have no designs upon the first spot."
"Hey!"
Jarik turned at the sound of someone yelling,
A Krusual teen, just about Jarik's age accosted him.
"You're that idiot who's scores keep flashing over mine!"
Jarik read in his stance that this kid wanted a fight and he tensed. The boy continued,
"I'm the number one fighter here, so I figure if I kick your ass they'll stop spamming my datapad with your scores."
Jarik snorted, "What makes you think you can kick my ass?"
The Krusual smiled, "I brought friends."
Three of them now, all Krusual, and the circle forming around the group negated any escape. Somewhere deep in Jarik's subconscious a switch was flipped; from passive, to lethal. Mag stepped in beside him and reset to the ready stance,
"Snipers stick together Burn." she said, Jarik nodded, and then they attacked.
Jarik switched to autopilot as his training took over, duck, deflect, roll, jab. Then in an instant a weakness was displayed by one of the boys, both Jarik and Mag exploited it. Mag somersaulted over his head and delivered two swift kicks to the back of the target's knees, Jarik followed with debilitating uppercut to expose the neck and with a quick grab and a twist, snapped it. The boy's lifeless body slumped to the grass legs bent in an unnatural position. But Jarik didn't hesitate, the surprise of their attackers was an easily exploited weakness and the two well trained assassins jumped on it. Another of the Krusuals fell in a heap of exposed bone and flesh. only one remained, and he was on the defensive now. Mag and Jarik worked in tandem, blow for blow, ever shifting positions to remain unscathed, then Jarik saw the opening that Mag gave him, and took it, shattering the spine of their attacker. He fell crying and moaning in pain, instantly paralyzed from the waist down. Breathing heavily and drenched in sweat they finally became aware of the world around them, the ring of onlookers was thinner, some were wretching at the sight of the bodies, Jarik and Mag just stood there, looking at each other, expressions carefully neutral.
Major Jeff Kull watched the security footage of the fight again the red glow of the holoreel enhancing his features as he grimaced at the execution of their attackers by these two top tier snipers. He turned to the man and woman at attention in front of him,
"Captain Atkin, Captain Fjord, please explain this incident."
They looked at each other and Jor Atkin spoke first,
"Sir they are the two best snipers we have they are trained killers."
Jane Fjord added, "Since the day they were taken they have been trained for the singular purpose of killing. I surmise from the footage that these boys attacked them and they responded according to training, with lethal force."
Maj. Kull looked uninterested, "Captains, I wasn't talking about that part of the incident..."
He rewound the holo-recording and played back the takedown of the first boy,
"You see them move? Each time one attacks the other reacts in harmony, they strike perfectly and with deadly precision."
Cpt. Atkin flashed a look of surprise and reexamined the footage.
"By the Elders Major, you're right!"
Maj. Kull called up the schedule on his screen and began to make adjustments whilst he talked,
"Captain Atkin, Fjord, I want you to put these two on a sniper team together, I want them trained and put to use in the field within a year."
"Yes Sir!" they said in unison
"Get it done, Dismissed"
They snapped a quick salute and left together.
As they left the doors closed behind them and Major Kull was left alone. He finished setting his schedule for tomorrow and called up the footage of the battle again. Highlighting each of the combatants he brought up their full files.
"Initiate level 5 datawipe, code: 7479-34-9265 Subjects Jarik Utoni and Terra Flores."
The base AI immediately replied;
Code accepted, initiating level 5 datawipe of all Republic documents relating to subjects Jarik Utoni and Terra Flores... please wait...
Documents erased, backups have been established on server 4.
Major Jeff Kull pulled out a cigarette and lit it, taking a slow drag before exhaling, and activated the F.T.L. link to the Republic Military School.
System: Classified
Constellation: Classified
Region: Hemitar
Time: 10:00 hours
Simulation Room 256
Jarik Utoni sighted down his weapon, for the last year it had been his constant companion on the firing range. Today it had been fit for maximum accuracy. With a thought he linked his implant to the scope, taking full advantage of his unprecedented control over the device plugged into his head. Wordlessly he began taking note of features of the wall small indicators popped up around possible weaknesses. There, a small crack in the wall's surface betrayed a structural weakness, one problem though, it was three meters above the target's head. Still the weakness was there and as the Cpt. often said, you have to exploit the weakness. Jarik refit the rifle to a .308 barrel and calibrated the ammunition to compensate. To exploit the weakness, he needed to make a deflection shot, into the weakness in the wall followed by a deflection down and into the skull. Jarik Got back into position and took aim.
Cpt. Jor Atkin Looked on through the viewing booth in simulation room 256. He frowned as he studied the feed from his student's implants.
"Why is Burn running deflection programs? He better not be doing what I think he's doing." The shot echoed from the rifle and the technical specs from the shot flashed on the screen. Jor shook his head, the bullet had indeed deflected from the weakness in the wall but had bounced off the target rather than scrambling it's brains. Jor sighed and keyed the intercom,
"Specialist Burn, if I ever see you try something that stupid again, I'm going to have you doing sit-ups 'till you bleed. Is that clear?"
"Crystal sir."
"Good, run a few basic long range sims then report to the exercise yard at 12:00 hours."
The simulation chamber shifted to the desert interdiction scenario as Jor walked out.
Time: 11:30
Location: Exercise yard
Jarik flashed his ID to the gate guard and stepped through into the yard. He didn't mingle often with the other men, but they all knew him, he was the top marksman on the base, and the scrolling score sheet on everyone's datapads made sure they didn't forget. Jarik glanced around, making note of everyone present. To his left there was a group of boys sparing, their battles were of stamina, Jarik had been taught to exploit weaknesses with deadly force, stamina wasn't his strong point. A female voice interrupted his concentration,
"You wouldn't happen to be Specialist Burn would you?"
Jarik slowly turned around to face her
"Who wants to know?" he asked cautiously,
The Sibiestor girl grinned,
"Spc. Mag at your service." at Jarik's quizzing look she continued, "I'm second on the scoreboards, right after you."
Jarik glanced at his datapad to confirm,
"OK, so... what do you want?"
She smiled, "Just to meet the other kid that Cpt. Fjord rages about when I miss a target."
Jarik's face registered confusion,
"Cpt. who?"
"Fjord, Cpt. Jane Fjord. I'm basically the poster girl for her sniper program on the base, You and I are in direct competition, but with the scores you post regularly I have no designs upon the first spot."
"Hey!"
Jarik turned at the sound of someone yelling,
A Krusual teen, just about Jarik's age accosted him.
"You're that idiot who's scores keep flashing over mine!"
Jarik read in his stance that this kid wanted a fight and he tensed. The boy continued,
"I'm the number one fighter here, so I figure if I kick your ass they'll stop spamming my datapad with your scores."
Jarik snorted, "What makes you think you can kick my ass?"
The Krusual smiled, "I brought friends."
Three of them now, all Krusual, and the circle forming around the group negated any escape. Somewhere deep in Jarik's subconscious a switch was flipped; from passive, to lethal. Mag stepped in beside him and reset to the ready stance,
"Snipers stick together Burn." she said, Jarik nodded, and then they attacked.
Jarik switched to autopilot as his training took over, duck, deflect, roll, jab. Then in an instant a weakness was displayed by one of the boys, both Jarik and Mag exploited it. Mag somersaulted over his head and delivered two swift kicks to the back of the target's knees, Jarik followed with debilitating uppercut to expose the neck and with a quick grab and a twist, snapped it. The boy's lifeless body slumped to the grass legs bent in an unnatural position. But Jarik didn't hesitate, the surprise of their attackers was an easily exploited weakness and the two well trained assassins jumped on it. Another of the Krusuals fell in a heap of exposed bone and flesh. only one remained, and he was on the defensive now. Mag and Jarik worked in tandem, blow for blow, ever shifting positions to remain unscathed, then Jarik saw the opening that Mag gave him, and took it, shattering the spine of their attacker. He fell crying and moaning in pain, instantly paralyzed from the waist down. Breathing heavily and drenched in sweat they finally became aware of the world around them, the ring of onlookers was thinner, some were wretching at the sight of the bodies, Jarik and Mag just stood there, looking at each other, expressions carefully neutral.
Major Jeff Kull watched the security footage of the fight again the red glow of the holoreel enhancing his features as he grimaced at the execution of their attackers by these two top tier snipers. He turned to the man and woman at attention in front of him,
"Captain Atkin, Captain Fjord, please explain this incident."
They looked at each other and Jor Atkin spoke first,
"Sir they are the two best snipers we have they are trained killers."
Jane Fjord added, "Since the day they were taken they have been trained for the singular purpose of killing. I surmise from the footage that these boys attacked them and they responded according to training, with lethal force."
Maj. Kull looked uninterested, "Captains, I wasn't talking about that part of the incident..."
He rewound the holo-recording and played back the takedown of the first boy,
"You see them move? Each time one attacks the other reacts in harmony, they strike perfectly and with deadly precision."
Cpt. Atkin flashed a look of surprise and reexamined the footage.
"By the Elders Major, you're right!"
Maj. Kull called up the schedule on his screen and began to make adjustments whilst he talked,
"Captain Atkin, Fjord, I want you to put these two on a sniper team together, I want them trained and put to use in the field within a year."
"Yes Sir!" they said in unison
"Get it done, Dismissed"
They snapped a quick salute and left together.
As they left the doors closed behind them and Major Kull was left alone. He finished setting his schedule for tomorrow and called up the footage of the battle again. Highlighting each of the combatants he brought up their full files.
"Initiate level 5 datawipe, code: 7479-34-9265 Subjects Jarik Utoni and Terra Flores."
The base AI immediately replied;
Code accepted, initiating level 5 datawipe of all Republic documents relating to subjects Jarik Utoni and Terra Flores... please wait...
Documents erased, backups have been established on server 4.
Major Jeff Kull pulled out a cigarette and lit it, taking a slow drag before exhaling, and activated the F.T.L. link to the Republic Military School.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
In Their Memory
Jarik Utoni looked out the viewport on his private shuttle. Umokka II, temperate planet, near enough to the Valhalla Industries home office that he had sometimes gone planetside, if only to enjoy the scenery. Gone now though, the Sansha Nation had been thorough, huge pits blasted in the forests, scorch marks where the dropships had landed and the bodies, everywhere the bodies. Jarik unlatched his restraints and moved to the back of the shuttle.
"5 minutes out sir." came the pilot's voice on the intercom
Jarik keyed the intercom, "Set us down in one of those blast marks in the forest."
"Aye sir."
The shuttle maneuvered into position and deployed it's landing gear, gliding to a stop as the engines powered down.
"We're on the ground sir, shall I unload the Cargo?"
"Yea, put it in the center of the blast, and anchor it to the ground."
Jarik disembarked the shuttle and focused his attention on the cargo doors. Suddenly they began to open, and the statue came full into view. The statue, almost 10" tall was an image of every race in New Eden, standing together, their respective weapons held high in defiance of the Sansha incursion. On the base a plaque read: Remember forever, those that were lost here, Fighting and dying not for a cause, bot for survival, New Eden must stand together, or we will die alone.
As the statue was being anchored Jarik read the plaque again and keyed his comlink.
"Salute!"
Far above in orbit a lone Maelstrom piloted by Reven Haze began firing it's heavy 1400mm howitzers in a 21 gun salute, though they could not be heard they could be seen from the planet.
Jarik looked again at the statue, a lone tear trickled down his face.
"For you, the lost, for you we fight."
"5 minutes out sir." came the pilot's voice on the intercom
Jarik keyed the intercom, "Set us down in one of those blast marks in the forest."
"Aye sir."
The shuttle maneuvered into position and deployed it's landing gear, gliding to a stop as the engines powered down.
"We're on the ground sir, shall I unload the Cargo?"
"Yea, put it in the center of the blast, and anchor it to the ground."
Jarik disembarked the shuttle and focused his attention on the cargo doors. Suddenly they began to open, and the statue came full into view. The statue, almost 10" tall was an image of every race in New Eden, standing together, their respective weapons held high in defiance of the Sansha incursion. On the base a plaque read: Remember forever, those that were lost here, Fighting and dying not for a cause, bot for survival, New Eden must stand together, or we will die alone.
As the statue was being anchored Jarik read the plaque again and keyed his comlink.
"Salute!"
Far above in orbit a lone Maelstrom piloted by Reven Haze began firing it's heavy 1400mm howitzers in a 21 gun salute, though they could not be heard they could be seen from the planet.
Jarik looked again at the statue, a lone tear trickled down his face.
"For you, the lost, for you we fight."
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Sniper
Location: Planet-side Military Installation 462-b
System: Classified
Constellation: Classified
Region: Hemitar
Time: 7:00 hours
It had been three years since Jarik Utoni had been abducted from the planet of Matar. It was his birthday in 6 days, he had kept track of that sort of thing, the only way he could keep himself sane through the lectures and exercises. Since that day in the 'Dark Room' he had been slowly and carefully trained in the arts of stealth by his instructors. Most of the other kids ignored him which is just as well, fights were regular here, and often deadly. Jarik was shaken from his daydreams by the sound of the lock on his door being rattled. He focused on the door and activated his ocular implant's infrared and saw the faint outline of three men, one of whom had the build of his commanding officer, Captain Jor Atkin. Jarik relaxed, if Cpt. Atkin was with them these men couldn't hurt him.
Captain Jor Atkin was furious,
"Tell me again how many dead?"
Cpl. Loon glanced down at the datapad,
"Most of the gate guards were killed as well as three of the recruits before they were able to get back inside."
Jor glanced at the guard attempting to unlock the door to his best recruit's cell
"Numbers, Jessica, I need numbers!"
"Approximately 25 personnel Captain."
"Fuck," He glared at the guard. "Give me those... you couldn't unlock a door if your life depended on it, which it might."
Jarik was standing at attention when Jor finally unlocked the door.
"Burn," he said "Stand easy, we have a problem."
"What can i do to solve the problem Captain?"
"Well Burn, it's probably best if you knew the problem in the first place."
He motioned towards Cpl. Loon,
"Please enlighten him Jessica, full disclosure please."
Cpl. Loon seemed distressed,
"But sir, he doesn't have the proper security clearance, in fact he doesn't have any."
Jor looked annoyed,
"That's an order Jessica, he is our only chance to fix this without outside help."
"Alright captain, alright."
She turned to Jarik, angry at being forced into this.
"Two days ago we received word that a covert ops frigate had breached the perimeter on the gates to this system. This morning at approximately 3:00 hours we lost contact with our field operations team. At 5:00 hours we lost contact with our guards on the gate. since that time anyone trying to check on the guards or get anywhere near the front gates has been shot down."
She turned the datapad to Jarik to show him the map.
"Here are the known dead and the presumed dead, shown as maroon and red 'X's on the map"
A large yellow circle was highlighted over the entire front of the base
"Here is the estimated killzone based on patters in the dead and the shot trajectory triangulated by our spotters."
Jor spoke up,
"In all honesty Burn, you are the last 'expendable' asset we have to deal with this threat."
Jarik smiled, seeing an opportunity.
"I will help you under one condition,"
Cpl. Loon's expression was one of mortification whilst Jor just smiled,
"I would like my branding ring back, and anything I salvage in the field will be mine to keep."
"Absolutely NOT!" Screamed Cpl. Loon, "If you think that we would be stupid enough to....."
Jor cut her off,
"I will personally train you in the use of any weapons you find while you are out there and we will immediately go to the impound to get you the ring."
Cpl. Loon just stared whilst Jarik smiled.
"Then let's get started shall we?"
4 hours later---
Jarik Slowly crept through the grass, it had taken him a while but he was now near the estimated location of the enemy sniper. The forest surrounding him lay still as if waiting for what was to come. He taped the mic twice to indicate that he was in position. Suddenly he heard the retort of the snipers weapon.
Once...
Twice...
It came from behind him and above. He uploaded his implant's visual feed to the base and began to advance on the position. Suddenly he heart a warning shout and was attacked from the side by What must have been the sniper's spotter. Jarik sprung from his spot and rolled into a riverbed to dodge the incoming fire from what sounded like a revolver.
"No, no, don't bother, I'll take care of him." he heard his assailant say.
Jarik thought back to his covert movement courses, a distraction, he needed a distraction. He grabbed a stone from the stream and lobbed it over the mans head and into the tree behind him. The distraction worked and as the man turned to look behind him Jarik was able to lunge from his hiding place and catapult to the mans back, executing him with a swift twist of the neck.
Now to set a trap for the sniper, He propped up the spotter's head and used his revolver to shoot the dead man in the gut, he then emptied all but one bullet into the ground and placed its barrel in one of the spotter's hands posing the other one over the slowly widening blood stain. He had no idea if the sniper was watching but this was his only chance to catch him. Jarik took up position near the body and splayed himself out making sure to have one hand holding the gun by the handle. He switched to infrared and waited breathing shallow and slow.
Not ten minutes later the Jarik's ocular implant registered movement in the clearing,
"Ah fuck, he couldn't even handle a ten year old kid."
The man approached the body and began searching taking bandoleers of ammunition and canteens among other things. Jarik slowly repositioned the revolver and aimed it at the sniper's head.
The man did not scream as he died, he didn't have enough time to, at close range the 50 caliber round from the revolver vented the sniper's skull sending gore and chunks of skull flying into trees on the edge of the clearing. Jarik got up and eyed his handiwork and activated the branding ring. Two marked corpses later he began collecting weapons.
Both of the men were using Minmatar Weapons, despite being Caldari themselves. from the site he recovered two 50 caliber revolvers and ammunition, a spotting scope with multiple interchangeable lenses and 150x zoom, and a Sniper rifle, interchangeable barrels, multiple weapon mounts and ammo calibration software built in to maximise penetration and accuracy. After he gathered all the stuff together he keyed the 'all clear' to the base and made double time back to the gates.
Jor met him at the gate,
"Burn, I am pleased with your work, these weapons will be returned to you when we deem it appropriate."
Two guards advanced weapons trained in Jarik.
"This is not unreasonable Captain, as long as I have access to them for training."
"You shall Burn, you shall."
He motioned to the guards to retrieve his weapons.
"Your firearms will be kept in a weapon locker that only I have access to, you will get full access when your training is complete."
Jarik smiled as he turned over the weapons,
"When does my training start sir?"
"Immediately, report to the Quartermaster to be briefed on the weapons you recovered. Then later we'll calibrate them."
System: Classified
Constellation: Classified
Region: Hemitar
Time: 7:00 hours
It had been three years since Jarik Utoni had been abducted from the planet of Matar. It was his birthday in 6 days, he had kept track of that sort of thing, the only way he could keep himself sane through the lectures and exercises. Since that day in the 'Dark Room' he had been slowly and carefully trained in the arts of stealth by his instructors. Most of the other kids ignored him which is just as well, fights were regular here, and often deadly. Jarik was shaken from his daydreams by the sound of the lock on his door being rattled. He focused on the door and activated his ocular implant's infrared and saw the faint outline of three men, one of whom had the build of his commanding officer, Captain Jor Atkin. Jarik relaxed, if Cpt. Atkin was with them these men couldn't hurt him.
Captain Jor Atkin was furious,
"Tell me again how many dead?"
Cpl. Loon glanced down at the datapad,
"Most of the gate guards were killed as well as three of the recruits before they were able to get back inside."
Jor glanced at the guard attempting to unlock the door to his best recruit's cell
"Numbers, Jessica, I need numbers!"
"Approximately 25 personnel Captain."
"Fuck," He glared at the guard. "Give me those... you couldn't unlock a door if your life depended on it, which it might."
Jarik was standing at attention when Jor finally unlocked the door.
"Burn," he said "Stand easy, we have a problem."
"What can i do to solve the problem Captain?"
"Well Burn, it's probably best if you knew the problem in the first place."
He motioned towards Cpl. Loon,
"Please enlighten him Jessica, full disclosure please."
Cpl. Loon seemed distressed,
"But sir, he doesn't have the proper security clearance, in fact he doesn't have any."
Jor looked annoyed,
"That's an order Jessica, he is our only chance to fix this without outside help."
"Alright captain, alright."
She turned to Jarik, angry at being forced into this.
"Two days ago we received word that a covert ops frigate had breached the perimeter on the gates to this system. This morning at approximately 3:00 hours we lost contact with our field operations team. At 5:00 hours we lost contact with our guards on the gate. since that time anyone trying to check on the guards or get anywhere near the front gates has been shot down."
She turned the datapad to Jarik to show him the map.
"Here are the known dead and the presumed dead, shown as maroon and red 'X's on the map"
A large yellow circle was highlighted over the entire front of the base
"Here is the estimated killzone based on patters in the dead and the shot trajectory triangulated by our spotters."
Jor spoke up,
"In all honesty Burn, you are the last 'expendable' asset we have to deal with this threat."
Jarik smiled, seeing an opportunity.
"I will help you under one condition,"
Cpl. Loon's expression was one of mortification whilst Jor just smiled,
"I would like my branding ring back, and anything I salvage in the field will be mine to keep."
"Absolutely NOT!" Screamed Cpl. Loon, "If you think that we would be stupid enough to....."
Jor cut her off,
"I will personally train you in the use of any weapons you find while you are out there and we will immediately go to the impound to get you the ring."
Cpl. Loon just stared whilst Jarik smiled.
"Then let's get started shall we?"
4 hours later---
Jarik Slowly crept through the grass, it had taken him a while but he was now near the estimated location of the enemy sniper. The forest surrounding him lay still as if waiting for what was to come. He taped the mic twice to indicate that he was in position. Suddenly he heard the retort of the snipers weapon.
Once...
Twice...
It came from behind him and above. He uploaded his implant's visual feed to the base and began to advance on the position. Suddenly he heart a warning shout and was attacked from the side by What must have been the sniper's spotter. Jarik sprung from his spot and rolled into a riverbed to dodge the incoming fire from what sounded like a revolver.
"No, no, don't bother, I'll take care of him." he heard his assailant say.
Jarik thought back to his covert movement courses, a distraction, he needed a distraction. He grabbed a stone from the stream and lobbed it over the mans head and into the tree behind him. The distraction worked and as the man turned to look behind him Jarik was able to lunge from his hiding place and catapult to the mans back, executing him with a swift twist of the neck.
Now to set a trap for the sniper, He propped up the spotter's head and used his revolver to shoot the dead man in the gut, he then emptied all but one bullet into the ground and placed its barrel in one of the spotter's hands posing the other one over the slowly widening blood stain. He had no idea if the sniper was watching but this was his only chance to catch him. Jarik took up position near the body and splayed himself out making sure to have one hand holding the gun by the handle. He switched to infrared and waited breathing shallow and slow.
Not ten minutes later the Jarik's ocular implant registered movement in the clearing,
"Ah fuck, he couldn't even handle a ten year old kid."
The man approached the body and began searching taking bandoleers of ammunition and canteens among other things. Jarik slowly repositioned the revolver and aimed it at the sniper's head.
The man did not scream as he died, he didn't have enough time to, at close range the 50 caliber round from the revolver vented the sniper's skull sending gore and chunks of skull flying into trees on the edge of the clearing. Jarik got up and eyed his handiwork and activated the branding ring. Two marked corpses later he began collecting weapons.
Both of the men were using Minmatar Weapons, despite being Caldari themselves. from the site he recovered two 50 caliber revolvers and ammunition, a spotting scope with multiple interchangeable lenses and 150x zoom, and a Sniper rifle, interchangeable barrels, multiple weapon mounts and ammo calibration software built in to maximise penetration and accuracy. After he gathered all the stuff together he keyed the 'all clear' to the base and made double time back to the gates.
Jor met him at the gate,
"Burn, I am pleased with your work, these weapons will be returned to you when we deem it appropriate."
Two guards advanced weapons trained in Jarik.
"This is not unreasonable Captain, as long as I have access to them for training."
"You shall Burn, you shall."
He motioned to the guards to retrieve his weapons.
"Your firearms will be kept in a weapon locker that only I have access to, you will get full access when your training is complete."
Jarik smiled as he turned over the weapons,
"When does my training start sir?"
"Immediately, report to the Quartermaster to be briefed on the weapons you recovered. Then later we'll calibrate them."
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