Landing Site
Bastion Awoke from his long hibernation in Cryo-Sleep, one of the innovations that Ross had come up with when they initially started to plan this conquest out 2 years ago. He opened his eyes to see Hawk standing in front of his pod, standing at attention while waiting for Bastion to get his bearings. Bastion stepped out of the pod and his weak legs almost gave out on him but he tensed his entire body and managed to stop himself from falling to the floor.
Bastion mumbled to himself,"Really wish that damn kid could figure out how to fix this weak wake up thing…" As Bastion slowly stood up and recalled his energy that had been in hibernation previously he heard a slight chuckle from Hawk in front of him but when he quickly stole a look at him, his face was completely serious, as if it had never happened. He sighed and said,"Hawks, I'm assuming you didn't wake me up to laugh at me right?"
Hawks, with a serious face, simply responded,"No sir!" However Bastion knew the man well and so could tell that he was smiling in his head. After all, it was not every day he got to see Bastion in a vulnerable position.
Bastion stretched a little and then as he was putting his admiral uniform on he asked Hawk,"So, what's it looking like down there?"
Hawk noticeably stiffened at this question and hesitantly said,"Sir, it seems we will need to compete for aerial dominance if we wish to use our vessels as scout ships." Bastion nodded his head as he continued to get dressed, which let Hawk continue,"We will land in approximately 2 hours, where we will then let off a group of 1,000 men initially, including both you and I. We will command those thousand men to sweep the area of landing so we may continue to export our troops to the ground. What we have found in our initial scans… well let's just say that we got very lucky in our drop zone."
Bastion had buttoned his last button when he turned to Hawk and asked."What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
Hawk sighed a little and said,"Sir, besides Cornwall, the entire island is packed to the brim with monsters and rekts. As well, we also have new information from Ross that some of the native birds have rektifide, so we expect to face a least moderate resistance upon landing."
Bastion and Hawk started to head to the command room as Bastion asked him,"So, what is the star level on these new aerial beasts?"
Hawk grimaced and said,"Only a 1 Star sir, however scans show that there are at least 200 hundred of them." Bastion didn't respond to that as they reached the door to the command room, thinking about how they seemed to be extremely unlucky, and then he remembered that apparently the area they planned to land in was one of the good zones according to Hawk. As the door to the command room opened his face turned serious, thinking to himself,"Seems like I'll be in for one hell of a first day."
== Landing Site - 1100 hours ==
Bastion jumped from the carrier as they descended into the landing area they had chosen. When he looked up, he could see above him more and more troops jumping from the carrier, as they all released their own individual parachutes. He sent out another command over the wireless command radio as he noticed a bunch of his soldiers had not followed his instructions,"Team D! I swear to god if you don't put on your gas masks and you rektify I will put a bullet in your head myself!"
He then saw a huge number of men who were holding their parachute cords suddenly reach into their front sack and quickly put on their military grade gas masks. It took another few minutes for all one thousand soldiers to land and once they were, Bastion and Hawk quickly organized them into their four teams. Bastion then announced to them,"Men! You all are a part of the glorious generation that will retake the Earth from these rekts! Feel pride in your deeds as you slaughter all that stands in your way! Team A through D will all have 250 men! Team A will be with Hawk clearing the surrounding area, Team B will start cutting the trees in the landing zone and setting up medieval level fortifications! Remember Team B, it doesn't need to be perfect for now as we will come back later and replace them, however you will need to prepare and make contingencies for a multitude of situations!
Hawk agreed and said,"Exactly! Remember to make ramparts and cheval de frise! We will need adequate defense for at least the first 30 hours, this is your one and only job, to secure our defenses and new home!" The soldiers all responded in unison."Yes sir!"
Bastion nodded his head and said,"Team A will go to the west towards the tip of Cornwall, While Team C and Team D will go east. Team C will go North East and Team D will go South East. War Chief Hawk will be in charge of Team C, I will be in Charge of Team D. We do not know the star level of any of the inhabitants so far, so you all need to be on extreme alert. No matter how trivial it may seem, if something even feels "off" you are to let your team lead know!"
The soldiers once again all replied in unison,"Yes sir!" Bastion smiled and said,"Well then! Men, in the name of the Queen, I hereby order to start the mission of reconquest! For the Queen! For Humanity!"
The soldiers all saluted and started to break off into their individual squads, as Bastion and Hawk looked at each other one last time, each nodding to the other as a sign of respect and good luck.
Bastion waited for his men to form up, which took only 50 seconds and then turned towards the east and started walking up to the edge of the clearing, heading towards the forest and their first town, Falmouth.
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Bastion and his men creeped up and took out some binoculars, staring at the town of Falmouth from afar. They were all looking at a group of rekts, slowly sauntering around the streets, blood gurgling in their mouths, limbs decaying and somehow seemingly still attached to the thing who used to be a person. None of the men dared to make a sound though, they had been specifically trained to be the best and they would not ruin the operation due to their own negligence.
Bastion held his hand to his right ear and signaled with some complicated military hand signs for 5 of the snipers to head to front. He waited until and didn't take his eyes off the rekts in front of his eyes until he heard the grass next to him rustle. He quietly said to his men." Snipers, take out those 12 rekts in the front of the town, afterwards get ready for a fight."
The 5 Snipers gulped in nervousness and lined up the shots onto the group of rekts. Bastion heard the distinct sound of air being sucked in sharply from the snipers to his right and then said to them,"Fire".
Within a matter of milliseconds the snipers took their shots and the distinct sound of gunfire sounded out through the air. The bullets whizzed by and before they could even hit their targets the snipers reloaded and aimed down sight once more. Right as Bastion said,"6 Hits, 1 collateral" the snipers let off their second round of ammo and blasted another 5 rekts. There was one more remaining and he had heard the direction from which the shots had been fired and was running towards the noise. But less than 2 seconds after the second volley, single third volley was fired and that monster was down for good.
Bastion said to them,"Good, 12 confirmed hits, all headshots." The 5 snipers all breathed a sigh of relief and then pulled out their own binoculars, looking at the situation of the town. That was when the 6 men looking on noticed that more rekts were coming out of the buildings and were starting to run, hobble or crawl towards the men.
Bastion quickly said to them."Men! Battle Formation! Move forwards and shoot anything that moves!" The men behind him quickly got their bearings and all formed a giant shooting formation as they walked forward into the town and the open arms of the rekts that were fast approaching. Bastion no longer cared about the command and instead chose to take a more realistic approach, brandishing his Maristov Rifle. As the rekts started to get closer to them, Bastion only said,"Come get me you undead fucks!" and proceeded to unload a hellfire of bullets onto the rekts.