Andrew took out his phone and called Jackson.“Jackson, please patch me to Military HQ.” Andrew did this so that his number would not show up on any traces.“Connecting.”“Dragard Military HQ, this is Commander Trisk, please identify.” came the standard greeting.Jackson initiated the procedure by stating “ Commander, prepare to receive priority orders.”“Yes, Sir. If you will, please code in.” said Commander Trisk.Jackson initiated his code “Authorization: Cobalt Command, Beta 1002, transferring now.”Commander Trisk was stunned as such codes where almost never used. And was cobalt command transferring to a higher command? Who was above Cobalt command?  Andrew picked up with “Clearance Code: Gold Dragon, Mike, Alpha 1001.”There was silence on the other end of the call. Andrew had never made a call into HQ since being awarded the

Roisin found the driver Arya had arranged and they headed to the local car dealership. She noticed that there were several shops along this route, and she asked the driver if he had any idea which one to start at. “Ma’am if you want personal transport, as a personal assistant I would not go less than the lindworm class.”“Really?”“Miss Croft would be displeased to have a wyrm as part of the fleet.” Said driver Donnel.The driver let her out at the first dealership and handed her a business card. “If you don’t find what you like today, just give me a call, I will be in the area should you need anything.”“Thank you”She walked up to the sales floor and looked at the Lindwurm transports and also saw a few kirin class options as well.A salesman noticed her and walked over. Looking her over to assess, her clothes were rather basic. This did not hide her beauty though. The

Just then the others returned and began to report. Gad, Carter, and Malachi walked in with grim faces.Gad started “Sir it looks like Asrana walked into a shit show. That’s likely why we didn’t hear from her. She arrived to find her veterans had all be rotated out for other bases and she had a whole cohort of green troops. She had to start with basic training for almost everyone here.”Carter picked up the report, “Stores are low sir, looks like this base had been slowly drained of its stockpiles and did not get the last shipment. They have rations for about 2 days when they should have at least a month’s supply here. Gear is in bad shape as well. If the reports are accurate, the anti-air is the only thing supplied. The other ammo supplies are an absolute minimum to not trigger alerts to anyone not familiar with this base's minimum standards. If it were anywhere else these levels might pass as minimal, but for this base, and its loca

When everyone was set, it was decided to leave Jackson behind to provide cover and stay in charge of the field base. His sniper would keep all but the dumbest from advancing, and the other five gunners would take care of ones who did advance. The remaining 20 battle-ready men took up positions. 6 would be needed to start treating the wounded and loading the wounded into transports for when the team returned. The others fanned out to cover each direction. Four would drive the vehicles for the gods of war as they advanced. In a burst of speed, the four vehicles launched forward and drive through a week spot in the lines to the northwest. There was enough of a trail to suggest this was a path to something, but what was unclear. Arrows bounced around them and a few stray shots come from the two snipers, but that just gave their position away to Jackson who quickly took out one of them. Men on foot were not much of a match for armored vehicles so most kept their distance. Wh

Deep in the mountains north of Verril, Andrew and the gods of war silently approached the cave entrance from the far left. Malachi and Asrana flanked left to clear up and behind the cave, planning to come in and flank the far side, with Andrew and Anika flanking right clearing everything in front of the cave. Carter and Nash went right up the middle to assault the three entrance guards.Anika and Andrew found the bulk of the guards who were right at the edge of the trees. At first, they didn’t realize anyone was there until Anika snapped the neck of one and had a long knife sinking through the throat of another. Andrew took out another with a knife under the chin into the brain before two others spotted them.The guards raised crossbows and fired. Bolts zipped at Anika who still had her knife embedded and trapped in her latest kill. Andrew flicked his wrist and a small knife tinged off the bolt, changing its trajectory a mere inch to Anika’s left. The secon