Kwalasha Mission V: Fort Meru

[Federation Theme Song]

"Attacks are reported across Kwalasha, Overwhelming the Local defenses.

But Hope is not lost. The Tide of Insects will meet their match at Fort Meru, The Combined Might of Mobile Infantry Formidable Base of Operations.

From their new headquarters in High Orbit now overseeing the Upcoming conflict. Military Command Expressed their full Confidence that Meru Abilities will not Fall to the Bugs.

Don't Doubt the Redoubt

The Bug Stops Here!" - FedNet

"This is the Breaking point for all M.A.Rs Legion stationed on this God forsaken planet... Director orders is to Ship the Civilians and Families of the Miners off this Dust bowl, so far the Evacuation is slow... added to our plate is that we were to Assist the Mobile Infantry ln their defense... The last transmissions of the Outposts Confirmed that the Planet is now Covered in bugs... Some of them managed to get out, but most were obliterated by the swarms and all of them is now Converging to Fort Meru

Ignis Corps have done a decent job killing "One" of the Mother Bug And It's Egg Cache that was Stationed in the Mines that they were rewarded for a Week Vacation and Therapy, Sadly we have confirmed reports that there were 2 more hidden in the depths of the mines and pumping out scores of bugs in the mines, Mobile Infantry Managed to take out the other with heavy casualties, but the last managed to Escaped despite our combined search, we found traces that it somehow, Collapse a Tunnel leading to the Wasteland...

Fort Meru is the Pinnacle point of our operations as it is also the Base for the production for All the Vehicles being produced on the planet... Losing it will make the Planet harder to control...For the Meantime... Our Interest Aligned..." - Recorded Transmission of the 1st Legion to the ...

[Town near Fort Meru]

There was Screams in the Towns nearby Fort Meru as People escaped en masse, despite the Federation mentioned they would win, and they were supposed to stay at home, many are skeptical about their effectiveness some of the Mayors have requested M.A.Rs to evacuate them and they were answered...

"Honey, My darling Baby we better leave now." A Woman Tried to bring her daughter to a Evacuation zone...

"Noo... My Daddy promised he would be coming home!" the Child Wailed

"Daddy will come home so I will get you to a Safe place till this is over, okay?" She grabbed a Luggage as she Stepped out of the room.

As She Placed the Child to a LAAT Gunship she cried out one more...

"My Doll! I Left her on my bed!"

One of the Soldiers heard near the Transport hopped out and rushed into her home and Grab a Sororitas Doll lying on the Child Bed and in a mad Dash he placed the Doll on the Child hands.

"Be Careful Child, losing Something special to you... Pilot Get ready for launch!" The Soldier spoke softly as to not spook the child as he waved goodbye...

The Gunship Flew into the Stars towards the Evacuation fleet where several Transports now evacuating the People of Kwalasha except the Skeleton Crews that needed to maintain the infrastructure....

The Man Looked at the Now Distance gunship Slowly disappearing into the Blue Skies...

"Captain O'Neil, We Got Bugs from the Scanners and a Shit ton of them heading towards our way!" A Private Rushed up towards him...

"All we have is a couple of Squads and 4 Chimeras and this place isn't fully evacuated yet... We have to hold the line until we evacuate the people! Take Ivan on the Bolter nest and Prepare for the Waves until the Evacuation is completely... Everyone Put the Lasguns on Overdrive!" the man Barked orders...

The soldiers manage to place a hastily defense with the chimera as makeshift walls...

The Klaxon Siren was heard causing the people to hurry up, and the Bugs came in variety of sizes was within the visual distance.

"Open Fire! We must not let them reach the Evacuation sites!" O'Neil Yelled

[Operator]: You need to survive for 30 Minutes till the Evacuation is completed.

"Aye it is a bright spot in the glum outlook does it, Kaptain?" One of the Men joked...

The warrior bugs flooded into the town...

the soldiers defended the best they could...

What Valiant Actions they made, saved 2500 Civilians that day...

"Holy Shit, Bug Tunnels in the Evacuation Zones! God... Jerry! *Static*"

"Get a Squad to help the Evacuation zone Defenders! We are almost there!"

O'Neil Watched his timer that is almost reached 5 minutes...

[Operator]: Baneblade Company is now ready for support. Captain O'Neil Retreat to Fort Meru, the Baneblade will provide a Rearguard defense for the retreating forces...

A piece of news for the weary troops as the adrenaline is wearing off...

12 Baneblades strode past the Town towards the frontline... 11 Barrels of Hell Indeed lived up to their reputation as lead and Lascannons was thrown into the mass of Bugs, Plasma Bugs and Scorpion Bugs now tossing several Plasma Balls to the Tanks only for the First time they faced a Vehicles with Shield Generators...

After a Lengthy Debates with the High Command of the Abyssal Casualties Mounting, Alexander Managed to get approval for Project Guardian. Its purpose was to make all the Vehicles and Mechs to be produced from now on with Void Shielding and improve the speed limits... Only somehow M.A.Rs Vehicles and all the Mech will only be valid as the Federation High Command now wary of the Alexander Outreach but still agree with it as they needed the PR that they are still superior to Bugs.

After the Town defenders manage to retreat to Fort Meru, the Baneblades Reversed with their Front Facing the Mass of Bug that still swarming the firing lines without a care...

[Fort Meru]

The Fort was armed to the core where it has been placed with Three walls, where walls have bunkers installed in them and even the Underground Cave System that leading to the Base have Bunkers... Bunkers, Turrets and Trenches scattered outside of the Fort with Heavy Bolters and Quad Stubbers Aiming at all Directions along with a extensive Minefields, Several Void Shield Generators was Erected Inside of the base in Haste to prevent the Plasma Bugs to bombard the base... Basilisk and Initiates Stand Ready for the given orders... Outposts serves as a lookout and delay until the big guns to aim at them. and Infront of the Gates is several Baneblades ready to dispense hell...

Orcas and Valkyries flew by from Planet orbit that is several Carriers ready to provide reinforcements and resupply for the Valkyries and Orcas... But the Federation still deny the Orbital Bombardment...

A Lunar Class Battleship was in orbit that the Federation Requisition to Oversee the Operation...

"My God... That is too many..." Muttered one of the Officers as he looked at the Satellites feed.

The Bug Signatures proliferate to the point that the Machine nearly broke down counting how many there were...

"Field Marshall, Will they survive?"

"Yes" Was the Only answer the Sky Marshall have said. the Person looked towards the Holo War table...

*Siren*

"Fck the Outpost in the South had been attacked. They are requesting Artillery Support."

"We need to hold out... Agree with the Request, The Longer the Outpost hold, the better off we will be..."

"Artillery Crew Target Grid Coordinate..."

Barrels thundered with Flames bleached out as Shells began Raining down on the Vicinity of the Southern Outpost...

"This is the Southern Outpost, the bugs Retreated..."

"Roger that, That was a Probing Attack... Be Wary of them, they think we are running out of shells..."

Most of the Soldiers chuckle as the industrial Grade Replicators were installed in the Base now Making more Shells and Missiles to resupply the front lines...

After the Bug tried Probing the defenses, Now It has begun the march, now it became the Test of Willpower for the defenders of Fort Meru...

The Warrior Bugs flooded as far as the Eye could see surrounded the Base...

The Defenders began open fire... with Artillery leading the way, Rockets and Missiles now Rained down in the bugs unending as the Punisher Turrets began Pumping Kraken and Metal Storm Rounds Shredding the Unending tide of Bugs...

The Skies became Contested once more While the Pilots are dodging plasma Fire and Bugs, the Hopper Bugs resorted to use Kamikaze Attacks, hoping to take even one of the planes down..

"Bug Plasma! Take cover!"

Several Familiar Balls of Plasma Rained down on the Outer Defenses Destroying some of the Bunkers and trenches, Causing some Cracks on the defense line making the Bugs to flood through the disarrayed Defenses....

"Holy hell, Sector Eight been Breached!"

"Send a Leman Russ Company To plug that Location! Send the Sentinels to back them up!"

"We lost the Northern Outpost, Last Transmission was a Bug Tunnel attack..."

"Ammunition is at 50% Capacity, at Sector 7 send a Ammunition Supply team pronto!"

"Casualties rates is Steadily increasing... The Med Bay is running out of Space! There are more wounded than we could heal.."

"We Ran out of Morphines and Bandages! The Medpod couldn't keep up with the Healing!"

"Get a Replicator to make Them, Identification code 5-2-1-4, it will unlock the Drug Recipe!"

"Titan Production is on schedule... We need to wait a little while longer..."

"Bug Tunnel inside the Compound! They are after the Artillery!"

"Send a Platoon to Kill them and Activate the Thumper to prevent them from making it again..."

While the High command was looking from orbit. Those that remained on the ground was Chaotic as they have more nerve-wracking issues than eating caviars...

The Bugs Beginning to even overwhelmed the minefields and now swarming towards the Guns of the Trenches

[Operator]: The Federation have stated this Trench line is Lost, retreat to Fort Meru...

"Bollocks for that one, we are still winning!" as the Soldiers laughed as they continue to fight on...

After the First wave, the Second wave is filled with Chargers and Tankers 2.0 albeit bigger than the first...

Casualties Mounting higher than ever...

Finally It's been confirmed that the Trench lines were unsustainable to man they retreated back to the Fort...

A Acclamator Crashed in the distance making a Dust storm...

Some of the soldiers on the walls, looked up and saw flashes of light in the skies...

[Orbital Forces]

There was a Bug Fleet reached this system in bigger numbers that the situation seemed dire....

Some of the Officers went Hysterical as not only they thought that the Bug fleet they destroyed in the Kwalasha system is just the only force they accumulate and now a bigger number is coming towards them, but they also sent away Alexander Space forces to keep him from Hogging all the glory as well as the Naval Command ships due to extensive repairs...

"Request Alexander to Redirect his Available Naval forces to Come and Aid Us. Now We will removed the Orbital Bombardment policy on him..." The Sky Marshal ordered.

"What about the Hardliners?"

"Perhaps they would get to see firsthand why my former Predecessor have Specifically Chosen him to be the mantle of Humanity. Now is not the time for Squabbles of ego, if this Bug fleet wiped us out, Federation Command would be crippled...Now Go and Hail Alexander, time is running out...This will be a Test for him if he is that power hungry... He would Take advantage regardless whether we lived or not...."

[Alex Office]

Alex Is doing Paperwork when the Red Phone rang, He smiled as he already knew the contents but he will play along with them....

"This is Director Alexander Solair, what seem to be the problem? I see... Alright I will send the 1st Armada to assist you and the Necrons? I will see what I could ask the Leader to help, Orbital Bombardment is lifted? Not in the Civilian and Mines Sector? Okay."

He sat back and made his decision... He will make them owe him a favor along with countless favors he earned over the years...

"Contact Ferrus Manus to handle the 1st Armada to the Kwalasha System...Let's see if He is good at Void Combat..." He grinned as he Stared at the fleet he kept as his home fleet...

'I wonder who will play chess with me?'

A Knock on the door and A Golden Templar Popped in with a Chess set...

They were based on the memories of Revelation of the Custodian and he kinda made them his version of custodian without the Brainwashing and removal of Emotions and made them Phariahs as they were Part of his entourage, They were no less compared to the originals as they have Technology of all the races, George was the first to join him... as they were part of his council he will listen to their point of views...

"I heard the Request and I brought a Chess board."

"Always quick on the Uptake George, Come Set up the Table then..."

as the two began playing chess, George spoke out...

"Sir, Do you honestly trust Ferrus Manus to personally handle this crisis instead of using the Holograms?" George move a Pawn...

"I have no doubts... but the situation is that Dire And I would trust him to handle this issue...plus he need to handle the problem personally..." Alex move a knight

"Why not let them die and take over the Government?" George taken a Pawn from Alex

"If I was a Tyrant it would be possible George... I take my time to fully integrate the people peacefully, that they give their lives to me, both mind and Soul willingly, not like my predecessors Crusade conducted hastily, if I show my hand too early..." Alex Sighed as He Placed a Rook and take out George knight...

"Then the integration will be harder than normal...and there are some people that does not belong in this universe will start a revolution?"

"Correct George, how will a Universe start a War against me, if the people themselves are the wall against the slanders against me?" Alex Moved his queen and took out the Pawn.

"Are they really that Powerful? Those outsiders?" George placed his Knight almost checkmate Alex king

"Managed to Killed 3 of them at least... But they were the weakest of the bunch... I probably need all the Primarch help, if I guessing the chance against them..." Alex Looked at the queen and sighed placing it near George King...

"Me and the Solar Knights will be by your side, You given us a Second life from the slums to be the guardians..." George Chuckle as he knew that he was at a Checkmate...

"Thank you George... That's all I needed to know... How is the Combat Stimulation?"

"We managed to hunt down Lesser Daemons and Now Mid Tier... now we could stand against the Greater Demons for three Hours and that limit is increasing..."

"Good George , I am Proud that you and the People I helped are succeeding more each day...I hope that time will never come to this place..."

A Fleet of Ships that was Retrofitted with the Best Technology the Techpriest have conjured up... Along with the Necron Fleet silently flew beside them to the left and a Eldar Cosair Fleet that followed them from behind...

"Enter The Inertialess Drives..." Ferrus Ordered the Crew...

"Initiating the drives, ETA 20 Minutes."

Ferrus Nodded in Approval for the efficiency as the Fleet disappeared...

[Fort Meru]

The Fort is Battered by the waves of Bugs... The Void Shields Flickered by the constant Bug Plasma Constantly Bombarding...

The Air force was obliterated as the Skies is now in The Bugs Favor, bombarding the shields with Acid Barbs and plasma Bombs...

The Turrets on the walls shooting blindly into the darkened skies as every shot guarantee a hit in the swarm....

On the Ground... it was worse as Tankers and Plasma grenadiers Bug Assault the walls, what kept them at bay was the Flamers and Meltas in the bunker walls... and the ground fortifications outside the base is Swarm with bugs and there were some still standing... the lights of the Stubber and Bolters still flashing in a sea of bugs telling the defenders of Meru that the soldiers strayed were still alive...

in a Command Center that is Battered and Worn down, Several officers are consulting how to handle the pressing issue...

"We need to evacuate..."

"Bad Idea, These Hoppers bugs knew how to commit Suicide Attacks, if you want to be the first to try to escape, try it then see how it turns out?"

"How's the shield going?"

"25% *Boom* 21.3%...Still depleting... It will run out in 15 minutes the way things are going..."

"Titans are still keeping the third wall from breaching..."

"We have lost contact with the Capital city..."

"Is the Evacuation fleet escaped?" The Commander of the Fort asked

"Yes sir, all the ships are at Mars and accounted for..."

"Hmm that's good news..." He pulled up a Picture of his wife and A Daughter holding a Familiar doll...

"Sorry, I will unable to keep my promise..."

in the orbit of the Kwalasha is a fight for survival, not because of humanity but the structural command of humanity itself is on the line... The Lunar Class Battleship along with their escorts is actively defending itself from the onslaught of the bugs ships... some parts of the hull was pierced with Barbed Shots...

Even now the Officers is still squabbling whether to fight or flight as they were outnumbered 50-1...

In a moment of despair...

a Humanoid Fleet beyond numbers approached them... and it was cpvered in gold making them know who's their benefactor...

"Just How Much did he spend to make that Fleet!" one of the officer spat out...

"Sir, a Message was sent you from the Director... It says a single word.... Logistics?"

It cause the Man to faint as he was sent to medbay for a Vein popping out in frustration...

"So this is The First Armada Alexander is keeping in the Sol system..." Muttered the Sky Marshall...

The Fleet Shot with Such ferocity that it blotted out the Darkness of Space...

And With it a Choir of Missiles that contains Black Holes Engulfing any Bug Ships or Fighters within their vicinity...

Golden Colored Thunderbolt flew past the Sky Marshall fleet...

"Why is everything Gold?" Was the only thing that came to the Sky Marshall Mind...

Few hundred Miles from Fort Meru is several Acclamator that have a Stealth generator installed, unload Elysian Drop Troopers and Zakus from their Loading bays from the air as it flew ahead to provide Bombardment...

Along with them is Parachuted Stealth Tanks came along with them... they split up as half of them assist the defense of the Capital City of Kwalasha and rest began attacking the bugs rear....

"Our Time limit is 4 hour and be best start going now...."

The Bugs Were too busy to attack the Base not realizing that their rear is slowly being closed off... Soon the Brain bug realize that they messed up real bad as Several Lights came crashing down Infront of the fort Eradicating both the Bugs in the Air and on the Ground into a glassed landscape... where the heat of the Turbolasers are more than enough to Carbonized them instantly....

Fort Meru Void Shield Held long enough from the Bombardment to be completed before failing completely...

After all the Dust and Smoke they saw a Mobile suit staring at them in the distance and left them knowing they could handle the stragglers...

The Bugs Started a All Out Retreat to regroup and Reassess the situation...

Could they escape?

They now know true fear as Orbital Bombardment rained down Ceaselesly on the Wasteland killing millions in every shot landed on the planet.... some of the Transport bugs that was still here was unable to even escape as the Lancers and Macrocannon Blew them up Entirely as they couldn't even reach the Stratospheric height....

From the skies Spaceship landed, from the Bellies of the Venators and Acclamator descended on the Planet...

Zero Legion Have Arrived...

They were the First to be created and have the best equipment for the job, the First legion is only the Mass produced variants... this time they were equipped directly from Alex Arsenals... Alex is done Holding back...

They Flooded the mines In a Swarm of Frenzied Storm, No matter what circumstances the bugs tried to kill them, they would Revive instantly along with their Necron Counterparts, That Marched Silently as they aimed at their Gauss weapons killing them in a Single Blow...

"Another added to my collection...." Trazyn muttered Tossed a Teseract Labyrinth to a unaccounted Mother bug that hidden itself deep within the mines and some eggs before scorching the rest...

The Power Plant Sector were Captured and Held down by the Legion keeping the production normalized...

Every Mile is Transformed into a Outpost and Supply depot's those that were Destroyed were refurbished with newer Composite Materials... The Industrial Zone was Taken With Slight damages to the Factories needed to refined the ores into metals...

More and More Land Were taken from the Bugs

Only after confirming was agreed upon deal with the Sky marshall, Alex Stopped the March and ordered a Aquila Flag to be placed on the boundary of the Wasteland... And Waited until Mobile Infantry took Over the Positions...

The First Armada Left the System and it's Xenos Allies, impacting the minds of the High Command and the soldiers on how powerful Alex Organization have become....

The Detractors kept Silent, despite some claiming that they should Forcibly obtain the Armada for the Navy...

Sky marshall asked them a Simple Question.

"Can You Feed and retain the crew numbers in those ships to fight for us, much less pay them? After all, They are under the payroll of who knows how much Alex offered them to pay for their services.... This event shows he is still loyal to the Federation and we should keep it that way, He gave way for us to earn our PR that Fort Meru still Stands... Any more hostilities, he might literally, if not changed his mind then and there and just claim our deaths is justified... But he didn't..."

[Federation Theme Song]

"Fort Meru stood strong, and the bugs have been crushed!

The Fort is the Defiance against the Bug menace, that Mobile Infantry that have stood on the walls of Fort Meru against the Bugs have become heroes!

The Capital City of Kwalasha Federatsiyagrad is now a safe under Federation hands.

And the Power Plants and Industrialization Zones is now Secured boosting the confidence of the People of Kwalasha productivity. And a Hope for a Better tomorrow Instilled the heart and minds of the Kwalashians

Our March to Liberate Kwalasha draws near!"

> Encrypted Transmission received...

> Decoding...

"You and I Know that the Fort Meru would have been fallen long ago if it weren't for Director Personal Army, We lost a quarter of our strength...Right now we are being supplied with Rookies... Fresh out of boot camp... I wished we had time to trained them properly... I don't know whether if this long out war in this dust bowl ends... but I get the feeling that there are more secrets that the bugs are hiding from us.... They knew our weaknesses... I believe we have spies working for the Bugs... Psykers now Roamed the Barracks and the Officer quarters to see who's the Traitor, so far? there has been several traitors and they were infested with the Spy bugs... Now High Command is Starting a Daring Air Raid toward the Wasteland as the Ground Forces catch up... Director muttered a "Bridge too Far"? The Capital is Safe for now as the bugs have been cleansed from the streets and the underground systems, I could only pray to the God Emperor for what we about to enter the fray...." - Unknown Soldier

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A/n: So Going by Starship troopers Terran Command Mission, The Capital City is Pretty much secured and the Power Plant, Retaking the Industrial Zones and Revisiting the Mines mission is under controlled, And the Awareness of traitors infested by bugs, so completing 3-5 mission in a Single go...

so I have the my favorite Air Raid and Fleeing the canyons, choking the bugs escape lines, Fake Airfield mission and the Last Mission charging on top of a mountain...

So Probably 5-6 Chapters and a Movie coming up...