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Uso School for the Killing Arts, Nath Tower,
"OK, Wow. Lots of new faces." Uso said, looking out into the crowd.
Nath Tower's auditorium had a podium in the center, with stadium seating arranged fanning out from there. The massive room able to seat quite a few people.
"No idea who you are.... or you.... I think that's a robot back there..." She said, more to herself than to the crowd. Uso had her hair pulled back into a tight ponytail, her bodysuit tightly hugging her body, a belt with a datapad and a pistol hung off the hip helped accentuate the 'I'm here to work' look. "But I suppose that is beside the point."
Uso straightened up a bit, and pressed a button on the Podium. The display behind her light up, showing a planet that was mostly barren except for one continent in the center.
"This is B7R...
... There is some history here, but the important stuff is that the locals don't really like us AND we're stuck having to save them. If you want the full story then come see me after class because we're not getting into that right now.
What we will get into is the basic outline for the upcoming operation. We've already done a fly over of the place so we mostly know what we're dealing with. B7R is a human colony that has managed to terraform one continent. Most of the surface of the planet has breathable air and it actually doesn't look like that bad a place.
Rixxikor have shown up, and entrenched themselves along one of the coast lines. They have landed ships, and it looks like those ships have been taken apart to form some kinda industrial base because they are pumping out anti-ship weapons and shield generators like crazy. They'll eventually overrun the whole planet if we leave them along so we have to go in there and remove them.
I know what you're thinking, 'Why don't we just explode them from orbit?'. Well if we just drop enough firepower on them to wipe them out the blast is going to be big enough to ruin that side of the planet. If we move in close and zap them with lasers then they are going to be able to shoot back at our ships and degrade our capabilities in space. We don't know what they have on the surface exactly... so we can't pull off some commando mission which means we have to do this the old fashion way: Slowly move in and degrade their capabilities.
Luckily, the Elysians destroyed any ship that tried to use this area. They pulled back but I don't think the Rixx know that... either way it means that we're going to be the only side with starships in the fight.
... Right, and the locals hate us. So we'll be keeping our distance from them. They are just as likely to shoot at us as they are to shoot at the Rixx."
Uso tapped her fingers on the Podium a bit, trying to remember if there was any other minor details that needed to be explained.
"So the plan is this: We come in on the opposite side of the planet, and then fly in as close as we can get to the Rixx's defenses while still hiding behind the curve of the planet. We'll let Vier's drones go in first, and once we have targets our ships will pop up from behind the curve of the planet, take some shots, and then hide again. Ragnarok, The SkyGuard, ect, will provide support. This involves checking the areas we pass through to make sure we didn't miss anything as well as spreading out to prevent counter-attacks AND working on countering whatever the Rixx have in store."
Uso would turn her attention to Alex,
"I know this is going to be hard for you, but you'll need to keep your altitude low for this. If you pop up where they can see you, you're going to get shot down very quickly."
She then turned her attention to the rest of the group,
"WE'll break out and discuss exacltly where everyone is landing later but right now remember the basics of this operation. Get on the planet without being shot down, move forward slowly, and if you spot something call Vier and let her zap it from space. Let her worry about her starships.
We'll also be landing the Pumpkin Eater just off the shoreline. It's filled with drones, ammo, medical supplies, ect so if you need something just call out for it and the Skyguard will be able to get it there fast.
This operation is finished once we have degraded their ability to defend against our starships. Once we've knocked out enough of their big guns its just a matter of letting Vier clean up. We want to let the locals handle the clean up because that's going to be a nightmare that will entangle us for years.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR?"
"OK, Wow. Lots of new faces." Uso said, looking out into the crowd.
Nath Tower's auditorium had a podium in the center, with stadium seating arranged fanning out from there. The massive room able to seat quite a few people.
"No idea who you are.... or you.... I think that's a robot back there..." She said, more to herself than to the crowd. Uso had her hair pulled back into a tight ponytail, her bodysuit tightly hugging her body, a belt with a datapad and a pistol hung off the hip helped accentuate the 'I'm here to work' look. "But I suppose that is beside the point."
Uso straightened up a bit, and pressed a button on the Podium. The display behind her light up, showing a planet that was mostly barren except for one continent in the center.
"This is B7R...
... There is some history here, but the important stuff is that the locals don't really like us AND we're stuck having to save them. If you want the full story then come see me after class because we're not getting into that right now.
What we will get into is the basic outline for the upcoming operation. We've already done a fly over of the place so we mostly know what we're dealing with. B7R is a human colony that has managed to terraform one continent. Most of the surface of the planet has breathable air and it actually doesn't look like that bad a place.
Rixxikor have shown up, and entrenched themselves along one of the coast lines. They have landed ships, and it looks like those ships have been taken apart to form some kinda industrial base because they are pumping out anti-ship weapons and shield generators like crazy. They'll eventually overrun the whole planet if we leave them along so we have to go in there and remove them.
I know what you're thinking, 'Why don't we just explode them from orbit?'. Well if we just drop enough firepower on them to wipe them out the blast is going to be big enough to ruin that side of the planet. If we move in close and zap them with lasers then they are going to be able to shoot back at our ships and degrade our capabilities in space. We don't know what they have on the surface exactly... so we can't pull off some commando mission which means we have to do this the old fashion way: Slowly move in and degrade their capabilities.
Luckily, the Elysians destroyed any ship that tried to use this area. They pulled back but I don't think the Rixx know that... either way it means that we're going to be the only side with starships in the fight.
... Right, and the locals hate us. So we'll be keeping our distance from them. They are just as likely to shoot at us as they are to shoot at the Rixx."
Uso tapped her fingers on the Podium a bit, trying to remember if there was any other minor details that needed to be explained.
"So the plan is this: We come in on the opposite side of the planet, and then fly in as close as we can get to the Rixx's defenses while still hiding behind the curve of the planet. We'll let Vier's drones go in first, and once we have targets our ships will pop up from behind the curve of the planet, take some shots, and then hide again. Ragnarok, The SkyGuard, ect, will provide support. This involves checking the areas we pass through to make sure we didn't miss anything as well as spreading out to prevent counter-attacks AND working on countering whatever the Rixx have in store."
Uso would turn her attention to Alex,
"I know this is going to be hard for you, but you'll need to keep your altitude low for this. If you pop up where they can see you, you're going to get shot down very quickly."
She then turned her attention to the rest of the group,
"WE'll break out and discuss exacltly where everyone is landing later but right now remember the basics of this operation. Get on the planet without being shot down, move forward slowly, and if you spot something call Vier and let her zap it from space. Let her worry about her starships.
We'll also be landing the Pumpkin Eater just off the shoreline. It's filled with drones, ammo, medical supplies, ect so if you need something just call out for it and the Skyguard will be able to get it there fast.
This operation is finished once we have degraded their ability to defend against our starships. Once we've knocked out enough of their big guns its just a matter of letting Vier clean up. We want to let the locals handle the clean up because that's going to be a nightmare that will entangle us for years.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR?"
