aides came up to him.
"Sir, the fleet is holding over Earth. The syndicate ships are still moving out of the system."
"Shit, get me into contact with Santos or get some kind of report from each ship. I need to know if they need reinforcements before they're out of range." The aide didn't say anything as they went to work. Henry had been working with them endlessly in his time on Chaleel, and it had paid off. He and his command team were a well oiled machine as Salchar's was.
"Commander Salchar is asking if we want the second wave brought up while holding the third in reserve."
"Tell him to give me two thirds and have the rest ready to launch for the Syndicate ships. I'll only send them once we've taking out their weapons."
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Bok Soo looked at his arm pad as he yelled to the Commandos around him on the Close Area Frequency, or CAF. "Drive for the command centre, change to live rounds. Everyone from here on is trying to kill us, and I would prefer to take lot of them with me if I'm going to Valhalla this evening!" His Commandos roared with him as they changed ammunition.
Bok Soo stood up to look over the cover he was hiding behind, getting a round in his shoulder for his trouble.
"Fucking piece of shit!" he yelled as it deadlined his arm, not thinking about how close his shoulder was to his head. Instead, his Mecha-trained and battle hardened reflexes took over as he swung his rifle over the barricade he was using as cover. His sights linked into his HUD as he let a burst go into his attacker who hadn't ducked back behind cover.
“Fucker,” He ground out. Now he had no mercy for those he killed as Salchar had not only sent the truth to everyone in the Syndicate fleet, but had also blocked the kill switch signal. Everyone who wasn't in their quarters was an enemy.
"Uploading blueprints now. South factory ship secured," Commander Erkshaw said over the command channel.
"Good man," Bok Soo said as he checked the map of his section. "Alright, boys, lets get some pay back. Amarr!"
"Yes, BC," he said, coming over with a grace that went against how the Avar made the decking shake like a Mecha entombed human would.
"Get me a route through here." Bok Soo threw the path to Amarr which he'd outlined on the blueprints, from where he was through as many rooms as possible, circumventing the deadly corridors that made effective choke points for the Syndicate forces which were now being reinforced by crew serviced weapons.
Amarr nodded as he got it, leading his mostly Avar squad easily through the walls with their mono blade swords, Bok Soo and his Commandos following them.
"Sir, you should hold back and get tended to," one of Bok Soo's commanders said as he saw Bok Soo's limp arm.
"There isn't anywhere to fall back and there ain't no way I'm letting you boys have all of the fun." This elicited grins and smirks as he kept moving.
"Now, lets get to this damned control center."
"Everyone get into cover; there are reports of internal weapon systems coming online," Henry said over the general channel.
"You heard the CAMC! Everyone, hurry it up!" He watched as his people packed into rooms, mono blades opening walls as Commandos cleared the corridors. But there were too many of them as rail guns deployed.
"Grenades!" Bok Soo yelled as he watched the rail guns activate and rounds cut through his people. Some got their grenades off, blowing the weapon systems and hallway to hell, but dozens of his people lay dead in the corridor already.
"Ming! Get your docs on those people! Rosa, grab this room and emplace security around it. This will be our medical point. Clear out the room if you aren't needed!" Bok Soo yelled, and his people moved to obey as Amarr cut through another wall.
Bok Soo planned three more routes, assigning commanders to continue on the fight going on throughout the floors above him and below him as well as to his left. James had given him a mission, and he was damned if he wasn't going to follow through with
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