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"Very well, me and two others of my men. Reynolds, you come with me! And choose someone to come along!"

"Sir, we are honored to be here! I am High General Delran Dark of the Kerait Military, this is Major Brian Reynolds and this is Sergeant Bernie Glass, both from the Black Dragons. We thank you for your warm welcome!"

"We thank you Mr. President. I think we need them! And forgive me for saying this, but could you speed things a little? I have a campaign to plan and war to lead. We need to get back to Kerait as fast as we can."

Mr. Delran Report 11/27/2008 8:32:47 AM

[OOC: Who are those tacticians? :-) ]

[[OOC: Never did see that post, I was looking back to see what had happened when I found this. The two great tacticians are you and me XD...]]

"Now, if you'll excuse me gentlemen, I have some business to take care of," said Hershu.
Reynolds, Dark (sorry, want to get back to Kerait to hurry this up), and Glass bowed and left the room. They retrieved their men and drove to the Olkai airstrip where they found a battered transport craft waiting for them. Reynolds got into the pilot's seat, Harold Vren in the co-pilot's seat, and the rest in the cargo area. The cargo area had about as many seats as could be packed into the area, most of the straps were broken. The plane took off without a hitch, and four hours later, Kerait Island was in sight.
"Command, this is Major Brian Reynolds aboard Air Transport AB10, coming in for a landing," said Reynolds as the plain cruised at a lower altitude. The landing gear almost didn't come out, but the plane managed to land safely, and the Black Dragons, along with the Storm Riders, got out of the plane. Reynolds got off the plane with Dark, and the two saw Chairman James Septim waiting to greet them.
"Welcome back soldiers, good job on that last mission," said Septim.
"Sir!" said Reynolds and the Black Dragons as they saluted.
"At ease soldiers, at ease," said Septim.
"Sir, President Hershu gave us a gift, schematics for a new technology, it's called power armor," said Reynolds, "It's meant to increase strength, stop bullets better than two feet of kevlar, and to top it off, it has a display in the helmet that allows you to track how many bullets you have left, along with several other medical display functions. And the material used to make the plates, Duramantium, is abundant around Herval."
"Great news! I would call this mission a complete success. I'm sorry about Perkins, he was a good friend of mine as well as yours. Right now we're debriefing the three Red Dragons that survived...Sergeant Bryan Jackson is being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, he will lead the Red Dragons from now on," said Septim, "Now, you guys have been through a lot, get some rest..."
Reynolds handed a disc containing the schematics to Septim, and hopped on a transport with his Dragons. Before the transport left, Reynolds saluted Delran.
"It was an honor serving with you sir," said Reynolds as the transport took off.
"He's a good soldier," said Septim to Delran, "But now to the matters at hand, I'll need a full report on the mission, along with dossiers on people you met in Olkun'ut. Admiral Wolfe expects it by tomorrow, goodbye High General."
Septim walked to a car that was waiting for him, the driver opened the door for him and he got in. The car drove off with a WarHummer in back and a WarHummer in front. Waiting for Delran was a similar car.

[[OOC: It's a KS-7. KS-7 stands for Kerait Sidearm Mk. 7. :-). The newest model is the KS-10, it's in the prototype stage right now, but it'll be done soon. It's being made off of stolen Iellusian schematics. ]]

List of Keraitian Weaponry, only lists weapons used by the Kerait Military.

Submachine guns
K-10 - First SMG to be used by Kerait. Holds twenty shots, a bit larger than a pistol.
K-30 - Better than the K-10, holds twenty-five shots.
K-55 - Use after the five year truce, holds thirty shots. More reliable and accurate than the K-30.
K-75 - Being developed by Kerait Arms. Built in supressor, holds forty shots, reliable, more accurate than the K-55.

Pistols (Kerait Sidearm)
KS-1 - A revolver, holds five shots.
KS-2 - A revolver, holds six shots, more powerful than the KS-1
KS-3 - A revolver, holds eight shots, same power as a KS-1.
KS-4 - The first automatic pistol to use clips, holds eight shots, same power as the KS-1.
KS-5 - An automatic pistol, holds ten shots, same power as the KS-4.
KS-6 - An automatic pistol, holds twelve shots, same power as the KS-4.
KS-7 - An automatic pistol, holds ten shots, a bit more powerful than the KS-4.
KS- 8 - Used before the five year truce. Holds twelve shots, same power as the KS-7.
KS-9 - Used after the five year truce. Holds twelve shots, far greater accuracy than the KS-8, a bit more power as well.
KS-10 - Advanced pistol, being developed by Kerait Arms, will hold sixteen shots, very powerful, very accurate.

Sniper rifles (Kerait Longshot)
KL-1 - First scoped rifle, holds one shot, long range.
KL-5 - Second sniper rifle to be used by Kerait, it was used for fifty years before the KL-10 came around. Holds five shots, more powerful than the KL-1 and far more accurate.
KL-10 - Used after the five year truce. Very accurate, quite powerful. Holds six shots.
KL-12 - Being Developed by Kerait Arms, very powerful, very accurate, build in supressor. Holds seven shots.

Assault rifles (Kerait Assault)
KA-12 - Reliable, fast, efficient. Was used before the five year truce. It holds thirty shots.
KA-15 - Even more reliable, fast, and efficient. Used after the five year truce.
KA-25 - Advanced assault rifle currently being developed by Kerait Arms. Holds thirty-five shots. Can be linked with power helmet to track targets.

Knives
KI-5 - Reliable combat knife used before and after the five year truce.
KI-6 - Has a handguard built onto it.

Explosives
Kertex Plastic Explosives - First plastic explosive ever developed.
Kertex Plasma Explosives - Being developed off of Iellusian blueprints. It releases a plasma charge that destroys anything within thirty feet of it.

Flamethrowers (Kerait Burner)
KB-1 - Used to burn Olkun'ut forces out of bunkers.

Missile launchers (Kerait Destroyer)
KD-1 - Launches rocket propelled grenades at the enemy. Used before the five year truce.
KD-5 - Launches rockets at the enemy. Used after the five year truce.
KD-10 - Launches superexplosive rockets at the enemy. Being developed by Kerait Arms.

Delran also wrote to Johnny Perkins and Lieutenant George Perkins expressing his regrets about their loss. He assumed total responsability for Dak's death, as he was his commanding officer that time and Dak died under his command. He also wrote that should they need any support, he would be at their disposal.

"Now. Let the second New Kerait Council meeting begin," said Chairman Septim, "Present: Chairman Septim of Kerait, High General Dark of the Kerait Army, Grand Admiral Xarxes of the Kerait Navy, General Rell of the Kerait Air Force, Admiral Wolfe of Kerait Intelligence. Now, I have created a plan for the invasion of Iellus. It might need to be revised, but it should work. We have three Dragon teams secure their Space Command Station, after that, we're golden. Before each battle, we'll EMP out enemies, that'll short out most of their advanced weaponry. After that, we send our men in, they won't stand a chance. We'll take their tank factories, shipyards, and weapon factories first, then we'll move in for the cities. Before we do this, we'll have our Olkun'ut allies wage a full scale war to get Iellus out of their country, that should make them send a large number of troops over there. The Olkun'ut have been fighting a guerilla war for fifty years, they should be pretty good by now."

[["Before we do this, we'll have our Olkun'ut allies wage a full scale war to get Iellus out of their country, that should make them send a large number of troops over there. The Olkun'ut have been fighting a guerilla war for fifty years, they should be pretty good by now."

XD]]

"That's exactly what I said I would do...they will attack first. Now, no matter what, the Space Command will be well guarded, a full scale assault would be suicide due mostly to their automated turrets. If the Dragons can get inside and shut down the turrets, then only around a hundred men would be left to kill, that would be no challenge for fifty-three Dragons," said Septim.

"Your Storm Riders will not take part in the takeover of the ISCC (Iellus Space Command Center). I am sorry, but I have other plans for them. While the Dragons are assaulting their SCC, your men will be assaulting the MCLR (Mass Communication Link Relay) nearby. That will stop the Iellusians at the SCC from making any calls for reinforcements..."

"That was my plan, if you don't take it over first, then they will be able to call for reinforcements. Then we'd be screwed..." said Septim.

Training Day Two:

I don't want to know how many laps that man made me run around the fort today.  He made me train in every weapon I can think of, except for nukes, of course.  My aim in SMGs are improving, but my aim with rifles still suck.  Like yesterday, I could aim better with a pistol than a rifle.

When I entered the lab to do some 'upgrading' on my KS-7, I got chewwed out by the engineer's assistant until the engineer came in and told him it was alright. Heh, lucky me again.  He's wondering why I don't just get a KS-10, and throw away this gun.  Yeah, throw away a gun your father got you and spent most of the money he had left for it.

Too tired to write anymore, I hope I can manage to do well as a Dragon and nto make a fool out of everyone.

***

Cole's father was in his bed at the hospital, watching a talk show on T.V.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, the one, the only-"
The door opened and his doctor came in, holding a clipboard and a needle.
"Okay, everything looks good," he said.  "No eggs, no parasites, completely clean of harmful critters.  Just gonna, uh, inject you with this serum for one last time."
"Alrighty then," Father replied, happy that he will be leaving in a little while.
"Here, hold this," the doctor said.  Father grabbed the clipboard and took a peak at it.  A card on the clipboard had a picture of a doctor, which didn't match the man who just injected him with something.
"There, in a couple of seconds, it will begin to cirulate through your blood stream, and then, you will be unconscious."
Father's head suddenly fell back, and the middle-aged man went still.  The 'doctor' rummaged through his pocket and grabbed a phone.
"I have the man, and I'll be heading to the van in a couple of minutes."
"Good," the receiver said.  "After that, locate the other 'patients' and bring them back to the base."

Delran left the room and went after Septim. He caught him a few moments later.
"Sir, the Dragons and my riders still use weapons 100 years old. We will need the newly developed weapons before going into action. Also, I have lost contact with the Military Research and Development Facility during my mission so I am not up to date on the latest field war machines. Could you please inform me about what we have now so I can choose what I need for the army?"

[[OOC: I'll only throw the current ones in there, can't bother throwing in the old ones...the weapons are up above...

Armors
KP-1 - Kevlar armor developed at the beginning of the five year truce.
KP-2 - Power armor currently being developed off of Olkun'ut schematics. Iellus hasn't bothered building power armor due to the lack of significant threats, so this should be an advantage. IPS.

Vehicles

IPS = In prototype stage. Can't use 'em yet.

Light tanks
KLT-7 - Light tank, some variants have heavier cannons than others.
KLT-8 - Light tank, first to use expiremental plasma technology. IPS.

Heavy tanks
KHT-4 - Heavy tank; uses a heavy cannon, also has a .50 machine gun.

KHT-5 - Heavy tank; first to use expiremental plasma technology. IPS.

Light Recon vehicles
KLR-7 "WarHummer" - Four wheel drive; Developed after the five year truce. Some have recoiless rifles on the top rather than machine guns.
KLR-8 - No wheel drive. First to use expiremental hoverjet technology. Has a recoiless rifle and two machine guns. IPS.

APCs
KPC-6 - Well armored APC developed during the five year truce. Has a small missile launcher, as well as a machine gun.
KPC-7 - Very well armored APC. Uses a small plasma cannon. IPS.

Transport trucks
KTT-4 - Nearly obsolete, developed before the five year truce.

I would include aircrafts and ships, but we don't need those right now. The power armor will be completed around five days into the war. You can post your takeover of the relay station after you give your guys the new guns. The small arms are done.]]

Septim gave the weaponry to the squad, but could not give the vehicles to them as not enough were complete yet. He also gave the Dragons the new weaponry, they decided not to use it until they got a decent amount of training with them. Septim then sent a message asking how Delran would insert into Iellus.

[[OOC: You can either jump from a plane ten miles away from where you need to be and walk the rest of the way, drive until you're ten miles away and walk the rest of the way, or land on the ocean, drive until you're ten miles away, and walk the rest of the way. Up to you! XD]]

[[OOC: Post your takeover when you first get on, I won't have much time to post tomorrow...]]

Reynolds was standing in one of the air transports the Dragons were taking. The Red Dragons had only three members left, and those three were in no condition for operations, so they would not take part in the takeover of the ISCC. The light turned green and Reynolds walked to the side of the plane. He looked down and took a deep breath before jumping. As he fell, his stomach felt strange. He had always hated jumps. He pulled his ripcord and right before hitting the ground, he let his chute go. He fell about four feet and his parachute went forward a bit before hitting the ground. Hitting the ground with a perfect Parachute Landing Fall, he readied his submachine gun and began securing the landing zone. Several more Black Dragons, along with Dragons from the Blue Team, the Brown Team, and the Gold Team, landed shortly.
"Alright men," said Reynolds, "We're in, now we just need to get the job done. I sure hope the Storm Riders can handle their mission. I want complete silence, whatever you say, do it with gestures. Alright? Move out..."
Reynolds and his team started through the forest. They were ten miles away from their destination, but it wasn't that much ground to cover...

***

Septim was sitting in his office, a cavalry sword was on his desk. The sword had been used by his ancestor many years ago, and he had even used it to kill an enemy soldier on one occasion. The blade was a good one, and had been in his family for a long time.
"War...the world will never be without it..." muttered Septim.

***

[[OOC: During the month that passes in this post, Arvious can rescue his father and Delran can post his takeover of the MCLR

The Dragons were waiting on the outside of the ISCC walls. They had not spoken for ten miles, it was a tough task not to speak orders, but Reynolds didn't care. The only silence they had broken was three miles earlier, a Storm Rider has contacted them to tell them that the relay station was no longer operational. It was now night, and most of the one hundred guards were asleep. The turrets were fully operational, and were scanning the grounds. They'd be hard to get by, but not too hard for David Rell, son of General Rell. David Rell was a natural at sneaking into bases. During the war with Olkun'ut, he had been used many times to sneak hostages out of PoW camps. Reynolds moved his hand in a gesture that said "Move out...", Rell followed his order. He had only one weapon, a silenced KS-9. He was wearing a very tight stealth suit that blended in with most walls and masked his body heat. It would make sneaking by the thermal cameras easier, but not simple. Rell crawled through the grass between the forest and the ISCC. He was nervous, but he knew he could do it. He crawled to the chain link fence and looked around, there were cameras all along the fence, but none had seen him, he'd already be dead if they had. He then examined the fence, it was electrified, he could tell. He took a small device out of his pocket and hooked it to the fence, he then hooked the end of it and plugged it into a box. The electric current went into the battery rather than charging the fence, and Rell examined the fence again, there were no lasers or anything that could trip an alarm. He pulled out a pair of wire cutters and cut a very small hole in the fence, he then went through it and replaced the fence, tieing it on with small clips so that nobody would notice the hole, he then looked around again, he saw several cameras, and several gaps. He smiled to himself before going on.

***

"Chairman Septim," said the lead scientist sitting in the Chairman's office, "We encountered a problem in the power armor project. There was nothing good enough to power it. That was before we discovered Kerium. It is probably a bi-product of the nukes that fell on Kerait Island. Because it took one hundred years for somebody to finally restore the island, a new element formed. One ounce of this stuff can power Kerait City for a hundred years, it's amazing!"
"One ounce? How much is there?" asked Septim.
"About thirty tons!" yelled the scientist.
Septim sat back, Kerait wouldn't have to worry about power again, not in his lifetime at least.
"Alright, how long until the power armor is completed?" asked Septim.
"About two weeks, that should be enough time for us to make batteries out of this stuff," said the scientist.
"Alright, good work..." said Septim.
"Thank you, sir," said the scientist.

***

Rell was in. He had gotten past lasers, cameras, turrets, humans, and dogs, but he was in. He was standing in front of the command console for the entire facility. The man that was stationed at it was dead, his neck snapped. Rell had asked the man the password first, giving false promises of life. After shutting down the turrets, cameras, lasers, and switching the targeting parameters for the cyborg guardians protecting the building, Rell sat back. He heard cyborgs attacking the Iellusians outside, and he saw a "Signal lost" every time a cyborg was destroyed, but eventually, the cyborgs won. After having the cyrborgs do a full sweep, Rell shut them down and opened the gates. The Dragons ran into the building and secured it. Bernie Glass then pulled out his radio and reported to HQ.

***

"This is Sergeant Bernie Glass. The ISCC is secure, all hostiles are down," said Glass.
Septim was sitting in the command center when the report came in, he got up and walked to the radio.
"Good work Dragons. Launch EMP strikes on every bit of civilization they have...those turrets Rell snuck by should blow the hell out of any retaliation they could send," said Septim.
"Yessir," said Glass.

***

All over Iellus, EMP strikes wiped out every last bit of civilization they had. All electronic systems they had were fried. Chaos soon followed as electronic locks at prisons failed and prisoners escaped, hospitals failed and thousands died. Only Iellus knew what had happened, but they could not retaliate, they had more problems than they could count.

***

Two months passed while preparations were made for the invasion of Iellus. Every week, another EMP strike happened. Iellus could not recover. During that time, power armor was completed, and units were trained in its use. After the Dragons, the Storm Riders, and five thousand troops were trained and equipped with it, the invasion began.

***

Major Brian Reynolds was an imposing figure in his new power armor. The armor was gray, and it had the Keraitian insignia on each pauldron. The armor covered the entire body. It increased strength, stamina, and the wearer's lifespan. It could survive three direct RPG hits, five hundred rounds of small arms fire, or the fallout from a nuclear missile. It also had a built in oxygen supply that could last twenty minutes. The suit was a miracle to Kerait, yet a curse to Iellus. The Olkun'ut could not make them, as they didn't have the power supply required. Kerait would be the world's military superpower once again. Reynolds was about to be one of the frontline soldiers in the invasion. The power armored soldiers of Kerait would be a terrifying thing to see.

***

Reynolds readied his new KA-25 and linked it with his power helmet. The plane soon landed at Kerait's base camp and Reynolds got off. The soldiers there had no power armor, and were truely in awe of Reynolds and the rest of the Black Dragons. Reynolds didn't pay attention as he walked through the camp and approached Colonel Trent.
"Major Brian Reynolds, Commander of the Black Dragons, reporting for duty," said Reynolds.
"About time you showed up," said Trent as he smoked his cigar, "We're about to launch the invasion of Grakno, and you guys and your power suits would do a good job at cleaning that place out."
"That's not really what our speciality is, sir," said Reynolds.
"I don't give a damn! Those things can survive three RPG hits! You guys are like walking tanks!"
"I'd rather not overestimate this armor...even if it is the most advanced piece of technology in the world," said Reynolds.
"Listen, their tanks are dead, their cars are dead, all they got left are guys with small arms and missile launchers, if you can't take those guys out, we've got a problem..." said Trent.
"Sir...yes sir," said Reynolds.
"Good, now, you've got an APC waiting for you, good luck," said Trent.

***

"Go! Go! Go!" yelled Reynolds as he got out of the APC. There were five APCs, all carrying Dragon Teams. All carrying the best soldiers in Kerait.
If only Dak was here for this...
Reynolds walked forward, and a sniper bullet flew forward. It hit his helmet and bounced off. Harkins lifted his sniper rifle and fired. With the helmet acting as a spotter, and his armor steadying his aim, the bullet found its mark. The sniper was killed. The Dragons ran into the city, the soldiers within screaming in terror as their weapons did nothing against the threat. One tried an RPG, but found that it did nothing more than scratch the power armor (and send the soldier in it to the ground). Ten minutes later, the battle for the city was over. Keraitian troops arrived moments later to secure the city, and Trent approached Reynolds.
"I guess you UNDERestimated that power armor, eh?" said Trent with a chuckle.
"Yes sir..." said Reynolds.
"Well, good work. You just did what five hundred soldiers probably couldn't do back during the Olkun'ut war!" said Trent.
Reynolds said nothing, he simply saluted and walked away.

Derlan was putting on the uniform of a Iellusian officer. Around him some of his men were also wearing Iellusian uniforms.
The ambush went well. A truck was put in the middle of the road in a forest. Around it 3 Riders dressed as civilians were pretending to try and fix in. An entire Centuria was hiding in the forest near the road. The Iellusian convoy came in sight and pull to stop in front of the truck. They offered their help to the "civilians", but as soon as every Iellusian got down from their vehicles they were shot down by traquiliser weapons. This was done not to damage the uniforms or stain them with blood.

****

The convoy approached the gates of MCLR. The guards there stopped them, but after seeing their documents they let them enter. The convoy went to the unloading area. There Delran asked to call Iellus City from the comand center. He took 2 men with him and he was taken there. After entering the command center, Delran made a small sign with his hand to his men. Imediately, they pulled their weapons and Delran his pistol and within seconds the only ones standing were Delran and the Riders. Meanwhile, two Riders went to the gate to "talk" with the guards. The gurds were stabbed or shot down by pistols with supressors. The Riders outside the MCLR stormed the base along with their comrades that infiltrated it. Within minutes the entire base was under the control of the Riders. Derlan than used the MCLR to contact Septim and ask what to do with the base. He also send a message to Major Reynolds that he had green light to Storm ISCC.

[[OOC: This is the end of Return of Kerait. Arvious can post the rescue of his father if he'd like. The next one will start soon. :-)