Behind Enemy Lines

[Infernus]

Terran Republic Sanctuary
The Bastard Battalion Fortress
1530 hours
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Caduceus stood in the entry way to the cafeteria looking around the dimly lit room. He had been called back from battle for an assignment that was, according to the message he recieved from HQ, 'Extremly Important'. The room was always filled with people, and just like usual there was a huge crowd packed around the corner of the room watching a knife fight beetween Moby and ArchangelX. Caduceus walked over to the counter and grabbed a sandwich and bottle of water. He wondered what kind of mission could be so important that he would be called from act of duty.

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Terran Republic Sanctuary
The Bastard Battalion Fortress
2000 hours
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He sat on the couch in his dorm room watching the television. He clicked onto the AGN Channel, war reports... always war reports. Behind the reporter prowlers could be seen pushing through the snowy hills of Ceryshen into the Bio Laboratory Sedna. The reporter continued to talk about how the Republic was forcing the New Conglomerate off of the continent and how the Republican army had taken over 100 POWs.
Thats when Caduceus saw it, the faint shadow cast by a running infiltrator, then it disappeared, maybe he was seeing things. As the reporters team mounted a sunderer to head to the next base a mine exploded, then another, then a third, the lead prowler exploded its ammo igniting and shooting everywhere in a series of explosions. He turned the TV off, annoyed at the fact that no one had seen the infiltrator.
"Fools, they were so worried about parading their forces around that they didn't even notice the enemy."
He was snaped out of his rage by the ringing of his doorbell. He opened the door to find the outfit leader, Dogmeat, there.
"Hail!" Caduceus said as he realised who was staring back at him.
"Hail! I'm here to discuss your mission," Dogmeat replied.
Caduceus led his guest into the dorm room, confused as to why Dogmeat had come to him instead of having him breifed in the control room.
"I'll get right to it, you will be the leader of a three man squad that is to infiltrate the main enemy compound on Cyssor," he flicked on the TV and changed to a channel Caduceus had never heared of before. All that it showed was a map of the continent of Cyssor along with a series of waypoints.
"You will be dropped on the beach southwest of Gunuku Dropship Center. You must infiltrate the base and find the cargo manifests for a heavy cargo transport called Liberty's Light. Get onboard that transport and await further instructions. You leave in an hour, you'll be working with JJBomber and Lt.Soupy."
Caduceus saluted Dogmeat as he left and then turned to the locker in the corner of the room.

[Infernus]

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Cyssor
Near the Gunuku Dropship Center
2330 Hours
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Caduceus looked at the screen on the CUD and activated his comm.
"Alright, we're approaching the dropzone, drop in 10 seconds...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...Drop !!!"
He pulled the handle on the door and jumped from the galaxy, as soon as he was clear of the aircraft he engaged his dampner and was watched as the ground quickly approached. Caduceus landed with a soft thud and checked his map for his partners' positions. JJBomber had landed in the water and was crawling up the beach to the rendevous point, LtSoupy was to the north running quickly to catchup.
"Cad, I got a problem, my cloaking chip is busted I can't switch to stealth," said JJ as he got closer to Caduceus.
"Damn, anyway we can fix it?"
"No. I'll need a new suit. Wheres Soupy?"
"I'm here," came a voice from the bushes .
"We need you JJ, you can hak an equipment terminal when we get in."
They ran off the beach and into the forest that surrounded the Dropship Center.
"The back door is clear, thats our best bet." Said Soupy as he ran up behind Caduceus.
Caduceus held up his hand, signaling to be quiet. He was receiving a comm transmission from HQ, according to the transmission the manifests were in the main computer on the second floor of the base.
"Get to the backdoor, we have to get to the main computer on the second story. Intel reports that the base is lightly guarded and that its mostly automated defenses. Once we find the shipping Manifests we are to sneak onto the transport. We have to stop by the spawn room to get JJ a new suit. According to this security map all of the doors to the spawn room have motion sensors on them, so have jammers ready."
"Ok," said Soupy.
"Roger,"said JJ.
They charged across the clearing to the back door of the base and hacked in.
"Stay together, and keep your comms on." Caduceus said looking at Soupy.
"What? I seriously didn't turn it off that time. A jammer granade knocked it out."
"Uh huh, whatever, lets just do this."
They walked into the dark hallway that lay ahead of them.

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Cyssor
Gunuku Dropship Center: Air Vehicle Loading Area
0005 Hours
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The New Conglomerate commander stood in the Vehicle Loading bay watching as cargo tugs pulled container after container onto the large platform in the center of the room.
"Hurry up... Liberty's Light will be here in two hours, and it needs to be loaded and ready to go right away," The commander barked at the workers.
He walked to the desk at the back of the loading area and accessed the shiping manifests. The Liberty's Light would be carrying the newest technology to be brought into the war. It would go down in history as the craft that dropped the first Advanced Nanite Bomb on the Terran Republic's Sanctuary. The Advanced Nanite Bomb itself was hard to describe, but it packed a force over 300 times stronger then the Hiroshima bomb. It could devestate an entire continent and thats just what it was going to do. The Republicans would not stop the Conglomerate this time.

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Meanwhile
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Caduceus peeked around the corner and shot 3 bullets into the spawn room, 3 guards fell over dead. The three Terrans walked into the room Soupy planted boomer mines on the spawn tubes as JJBomber hacked an equipment terminal and got an infiltration suit. Caduceus stood in the corner keeping guard, he opened the small control box on the wall and checked the security system.
"They don't know we're here, keep it that..."
He fell silent as he felt something grab his back, and then watched in horror as JJBomber fell to the ground with a large gash on his back.
"Well, well, well... what do we have here. Some of our Terran friends stop by for Tea?" Said a woman from behind Caduceus.
"You...you killed him..."
"Maybe... Maybe we ended his suffering."
The woman walked over and handed LtSoupy a guass rifle.
"It has been a long time Soupy, a very long time..."
"SOUPY!!!! YOUR A TRAITOR!?!?" Screamed Caduceus.
"I am? Was I ever really on your side? Take him to the Vehicle Loading Area, we have something special to show him."

[Spartan]

Ooh...suspense, /me likes.

[Infernus]

Cyssor
Gunuku Dropship Center
0230 Hours
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The NC guards pushed Caduceus down the hallway into a large well lit room. Soupy walked up behind him and kicked him off the floor.
"Get up you Terran pig!"
Caduceus was worn and tired, he had been tortured for nearly two hours. His cloths were covered in his blood, his back was ripped where the whip had hit him, his feet were cut and with each step more blood gushed from them.
The guards stood him up and held him against the wall. Soupy stepped forward to the railing overlooking the warehouse floor. A large object stood in the center, it looked like a generator built into a missle casing.
"This, This is the weapon that will set us free! For the past year our scientists have been building this super weapon. It uses Nanite Contamination to devestate a selected area. As you know Nanites are normally not dangerous but when too much forigen energy is fed into them they react in a series of large explosions that spread contaminants over 10 times worse then a Nuclear Meltdown over a radial distance of more then 3000 Miles," said Soupy.
Caduceus looked up and said weakly, "I took basic Nanite Science, I know what happens. I just... you plan to use this as a weapon?"
Soupy spun around quickly,"A weapon? Is that all you see this as? Not just a weapon, but a Savior, a Liberator. Who knows maybe you'll come to see it as a savior also, our scientist have been studying the area where the wormhole once was. It seems that it is restabilizing at an accelerated rate, you very well know the punishment for allowing a terrorist group to grow into an established army. Maybe dying by use of the ANB will be much less painfull then dying by the use of the Chancellor's* Secret Police."
Soupy turned around as the bay doors opened and a heavy transport landed on the warehouse floor.
"Ah... heres Liberty's Light now."

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Meanwhile: Terran Republic Sanctuary
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The Intellegence Officer walked into Dogmeat's office, he had a worried look on his face.
"S-Sir, We-We've lost contact w-with Captain Caduceus' t-team. Our scans show that JJBomber is... is..."
Dogmeat rose,"Is what soldier?"
"D-Dead, and that the others have turned off their transponders."
"Notify the Gene-Repository that Private JJBomber is in need of rebirthing. Thats basic procedure."
"Yes, well...," The Officer paused,"The Gene-Maps of all three have been erased from the repository records. We would need a piece of their skin, or hair, or a fingernail to rebirth them. We searched their rooms, we cant find anything that would be useful."
Dogmeat fell back in his chair, he had lost three soldiers, permanetly. What worried him more is that somebody on the inside was working for the New Conglomerate.

{*The Chancellor is the leader of the Terran Republic.}