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landed on Nora's back. But the message appeared on her HUD as well. Challenge completed .
“ Sorry about that,” Danny said as he rolled off them. Nora turned around and saw that he didn't have his gun. It was sitting past the objective line in the now empty battledome.
“ You left your weapon?” Selene asked.
“ Hey, they didn't say I had to have it when I crossed the line,” Danny shrugged. He walked over and picked it back up.
They were in rough shape. Other than Danny everyone was either kneeling or lying flat on the hard floor of the battledome. Nora rolled over and stared at the ceiling.
“That was bad,” she said.
“ And that's just the first rank,” Liz said. “There's ten levels.”
Nora didn't want to think about what those might entail right now. They had the title now. Ranger.
CHAPTER 5
Robber Baron
Everything was ready. Everyone had passed the ranger challenge. Their transport was built and everyone had been properly trained. The command structure was in place. All that was left was to test them in a real combat situation, and Zach though they had the perfect target.
'We've been given some information by our contacts with Ronin Company,” Anna was detailing to the rest of the council. “Apparently Ragnarok is using Crimson Eagle's old stronghold to store supplies, especially overdrive. It's the cheapest place to put it.”
Ragnarok's main base was in Old Chicago, but storage space within the city cost a considerable amount of money to rent. Storing outside of the city ran the risk of having the goods stolen if they weren't guarded, but it cost nothing. Ragnarok could also feel secure in the fact that their storehouse was miles behind the front lines. Any time Hydra had tried to drive further north they had been repulsed. Ronin Company didn't have enough troops to do anything about it either, and that was it for the major players in the Old Chicago region.
Ragnarok was going to be in for a very nasty shock, however.
“According to Ronin scouts the area around the base isn't heavily guarded,” Zach said. “Most of their strength in the area is concentrated closer to the front line, in two locations. They call them Fort Baldr and Fort Odin.”
“ Keeping with the Norse theme?” Bryce of Bravehart Company commented.”
“ No worse than us naming this place Lerna,” Gina said.
Zach continued. “Anyhow, we sent out some feelers to Ronin, and they did some more scouting. The base isn't held by very many troops. They only have about twenty players there at the most, and they're more for loading and unloading stock,” Zach said.
“That seems awfully risky,” C.J. of Crimson Eagle said. Several others nodded along with him; Lee of Storm Hawk, Aaron of Band of Brothers, Tyler of Ironfist and Mike of Archangel.
“ I think the logic is that the two forts will fend off any attack,” Anna said. “Anyone going after their storehouse would need to get past the forts first, and that's a tough proposition. They have mortar teams and pretty sizable garrisons inside them. Ronin has tried to sneak past them and they got slaughtered.”
“ But given the fact you can get behind their lines with the helicopters, a raid is plenty feasible for us,” Yusuf mused.
“ Yes, but we're going to need more than that,” Nora spoke up. “We have enough helicopters to transport the entire company, but we want to used some of them as gunships so it's going to be much less. And we want to be able to carry stuff as well.”
“ As a lot of you are probably aware, the base is right next to a river,” Zach detailed. “Our plan is to send half of the company in by helicopter and half in by boat. We'll take the base, load up all the overdrive we can and then leave before Ragnarok has time to mount a response.”
Shayna from Jackal Company raised her hand. They were one of the newest companies in the alliance. “Where are you going to get the boats in the river?”
“We have a deal with
“ Sorry about that,” Danny said as he rolled off them. Nora turned around and saw that he didn't have his gun. It was sitting past the objective line in the now empty battledome.
“ You left your weapon?” Selene asked.
“ Hey, they didn't say I had to have it when I crossed the line,” Danny shrugged. He walked over and picked it back up.
They were in rough shape. Other than Danny everyone was either kneeling or lying flat on the hard floor of the battledome. Nora rolled over and stared at the ceiling.
“That was bad,” she said.
“ And that's just the first rank,” Liz said. “There's ten levels.”
Nora didn't want to think about what those might entail right now. They had the title now. Ranger.
CHAPTER 5
Robber Baron
Everything was ready. Everyone had passed the ranger challenge. Their transport was built and everyone had been properly trained. The command structure was in place. All that was left was to test them in a real combat situation, and Zach though they had the perfect target.
'We've been given some information by our contacts with Ronin Company,” Anna was detailing to the rest of the council. “Apparently Ragnarok is using Crimson Eagle's old stronghold to store supplies, especially overdrive. It's the cheapest place to put it.”
Ragnarok's main base was in Old Chicago, but storage space within the city cost a considerable amount of money to rent. Storing outside of the city ran the risk of having the goods stolen if they weren't guarded, but it cost nothing. Ragnarok could also feel secure in the fact that their storehouse was miles behind the front lines. Any time Hydra had tried to drive further north they had been repulsed. Ronin Company didn't have enough troops to do anything about it either, and that was it for the major players in the Old Chicago region.
Ragnarok was going to be in for a very nasty shock, however.
“According to Ronin scouts the area around the base isn't heavily guarded,” Zach said. “Most of their strength in the area is concentrated closer to the front line, in two locations. They call them Fort Baldr and Fort Odin.”
“ Keeping with the Norse theme?” Bryce of Bravehart Company commented.”
“ No worse than us naming this place Lerna,” Gina said.
Zach continued. “Anyhow, we sent out some feelers to Ronin, and they did some more scouting. The base isn't held by very many troops. They only have about twenty players there at the most, and they're more for loading and unloading stock,” Zach said.
“That seems awfully risky,” C.J. of Crimson Eagle said. Several others nodded along with him; Lee of Storm Hawk, Aaron of Band of Brothers, Tyler of Ironfist and Mike of Archangel.
“ I think the logic is that the two forts will fend off any attack,” Anna said. “Anyone going after their storehouse would need to get past the forts first, and that's a tough proposition. They have mortar teams and pretty sizable garrisons inside them. Ronin has tried to sneak past them and they got slaughtered.”
“ But given the fact you can get behind their lines with the helicopters, a raid is plenty feasible for us,” Yusuf mused.
“ Yes, but we're going to need more than that,” Nora spoke up. “We have enough helicopters to transport the entire company, but we want to used some of them as gunships so it's going to be much less. And we want to be able to carry stuff as well.”
“ As a lot of you are probably aware, the base is right next to a river,” Zach detailed. “Our plan is to send half of the company in by helicopter and half in by boat. We'll take the base, load up all the overdrive we can and then leave before Ragnarok has time to mount a response.”
Shayna from Jackal Company raised her hand. They were one of the newest companies in the alliance. “Where are you going to get the boats in the river?”
“We have a deal with
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