Devil In Jersey City [Episode 1] (ADI Mission)

[Commissar Brett]

Randon System, 1800 Hours

"The first ones in are the last ones out..."
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"ALRIGHT, BOYZ!" The sergeant bellowed in the interior of the Nu-Class Attack Shuttle. ADI Marines lined the seats, 30 men standing and ready for a fight. "FIRTY SECUNDS!" Weapons clacked with the sounds of loaded power packs, helmets clicked into place.

It had been a 3 hour journey to the planet from the edge of the Randon System in sector Q-10. ADI commanders had caught wind of an insurrectionist group rising up on the planet, but the hadn't imagined anything this bad. PDF were being cornered into killboxes in the primary city of Sardonis. ADI could only spare 2-shuttles-worth of troops to try and break the siege. When the pilots looked out of their cockpits' viewscreens, they were greeted by skies darkened with columns of black smoke. One Alabaster Escort Freighter had also been tasked as the Mobile Command Ship. On board stood Lieutenant Commander Neko Bracus, Commander Jacen's second-in-command. On Havok-2 stood Jaceson Lightsworn(@Therakill) and Commander Noah Jacen. On Havoc-3 stood Mitchell Murray (@argutator) and the Mandalorian, Kuro Viszla (@Cameron Foster).

Harnesses clacked and jittered as the shuttles shook through the atmosphere. The sergeant of Havok-3 shouted once more.

"How 'bout it, boyz? You ready to show 'em wot we're made of?!"

 

[Therakill]

Jace was ready, at least for this type of mission. He knew he would not have to worry too much about Sith or other force users. So he could focus on saving people, which he prefered as it was. He went over hid weapons and supplies as they approached, combat vest check, right blaster pistol check, left blaster pistol check, two smoke, two impact, one emp, and one thermal check check check check. He felt his front pocket for both his lightsabers both were there, as were his two weeks of dried and sealed rations. He had his escention cables ready and his grapple and wrist mounted luancher. He now felt better about putting boots on tye ground.

"They won't know what hit them. So what dies intek say about the size of the force we will be facing? Is it all wets or droids? Do they have tanks or air support?"

Jace asked these things not to be an ass, but to make sure everyone was prepaired.

 

[Cheshire]

Kuro looked out of place between the men on Havoc-3, his three tails occasionally hitting someone in the face and annoying them, which to the great amusement of Kuro. His mandolorian armour looked out of place between all the standard ADI armour. One of his superiors had requested for him to wear the standard ADI gear but Kuro had completely ignored it . If he was going into battle, he would be wearing the gear that he was most comfortable in, which was his own personalised gear He was jittery slightly but he could handle the stress, he had been in worse situations after all. It would be his first mission with the ADI, so he knew that he would not be allowed to screw up. He quickly placed his helmet over his head, which was adapted to let his ears be covered fully. His helmet HUD had been adapted to fit round Kuro's only eye, which had been quite a hassle to edit but was completely worth it.


"How 'bout it, boyz? You ready to show 'em wot we're made of?!"

The rest of the men on Havoc-3 started to cheer, but Kuro stayed silent. Getting ready for the battle ahead of him

 

[Noah Jacen]

"They won't know what hit them. So what dies intek say about the size of the force we will be facing? Is it all wets or droids? Do they have tanks or air support?" Jace asked these things not to be an ass, but to make sure everyone was prepaired.

Noah nodded at Jace and pressed a finger to the side of his helmet, trying to press the earbud in further.
"Oi, Nikki, what'd the spooks say?"
"So far, intel in and out is rather sparse. We assume it's mostly sentients, but they may have managed to crack into the local police droids, so we might end up getting shot at by some tinnies." Neko spoke through the crackled static of the comms, atmospheric entry scrambling a lot of the signal. "Other than that, they're well-armed, but we haven't seen much bigger than a landspeeder with a cannon bolted on the back-- wait a minute..."
Before anyone knew it an explosion rocked the shuttle, sending boxes and crates of equipment lurching into the air before slamming back to the ground.
"NIK, WHAT THE FECK WAS THAT?!" Noah yelled into the comms as a blast shook the three ships again, throwing Noah's head back against the headrest of his seat.
"DEFENSE TURBOLASER, HITTING US HARD!" The man now sounded less static-y and more nervous. "That means they've taken control of the PDF Defense Grid!"
"They don't like to make it fecking easy, do they?" Noah barked into the comms with frustration. He unbuckled and moved towards the boarding ramp, hitting the wall to grab the attention of the pilots in the cockpit above. "Get us out of the fecking sky and put us down! NOW!" The commander grabbed the oh-shit handle next to his head as the shuttle dipped at a nauseating angle. The nose came up and the whirring of the door jambs picked up in volume as men unbuckled and the nose-ramp started to lower. "Never a dull moment..." He mumbled to himself, unslinging his particle beam rifle as he motioned with his hand. "Outta the pool, we got some arse to kick!"

 

[Cheshire]

While everyone was cheering, Kuro felt uneasy. His fears were confirmed as soon as the ship began to violently shake, knocking men over, left and right. He could hear the men shouting in the background but he didn't pay attention to it. He instead tuned into the other ships radio's to listen to some worth while information compared to his ship members getting jittery and shouting in alarm every time an explosion rocked the ship. He could hear Noah shouting into the comms at Nikki, but the background noises was just the explosions.

"Commander Jacen, what route should Havoc-3 take?"

A superior ranked officer stared at Kuro angrily due to the fact that Kuro was doing his job. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!!!!" the sergeant yelled at Kuro.

"I'm doing your job while you sit and cower in the corner, sir" Kuro said sarcastically back, adding more venom onto his words.

He watched as the pilot took a sharp drop following Havoc-2 in what almost looked like pursuit. Kuro quickly unhooked his light repeater rifle. When the ship finally landed and the doors finally opened, he started to make his way down the ramp before waiting for his superiors

 

[Therakill]

Jace was out of his seat faster than most could react to dive, as the nose opened he was the first one out. He drew both blasters and was looking for cover, laser and plasma fire was raining down from two different postions. He had been lucky so far, he aimed at the right postion and let off a few rounds. Not expecting to hit anything merely drawing fire so the rest of the men could disembark. He quickly moved to the cover of an over turned air car, popping up to take a few shots still aimed at the right position.

"Sir we are being attacked from the left and right, about 150 meters out. The right seems to have some kind of plasma repeater, I am trying to draw it's fire. Could use some help with that left position."

 

[Talon maara]

Sal followed suit with jace and kuro, lunging off the ramp as it dropped ducking behind the nearest cover.

"Oi YOU GOOD MATE?!" He yelled in Jace's position "MOVING LEFT! Cover me while i move!!!" He exclaimed turning to noah, awaiting for the rate of fire to be picked up he flung himself over sprinting past jace and planting himself inside a small crater. (@Therakill @Noah Jacen)

Slowly Sal crawled to the crest of it and laid down in the prone, raising his heavy F-12 rotary repeater blaster, emplacing the bipod on the ground and opened up letting some rounds fly down range and begining to talk his weapon system amongst the other soldiers.

"WHAT WE GOT?!" He yelled acrossed the field to Kuro. (@Cameron Foster)

Sal wasnt an everyday soldier. He was a selonian mercenary, a hired hand, or known as a paramilitary personnel. On his days off from escorting freighters he was being paid to do odd jobs under the table. He looked up to soldiers simply for the fact he hated it when someone of 'higher rank' would try and talk down to him like he was a regular grunt. He felt it took a real mans man to be able to just take it and move on.

The sounds of blaster fire ripped around his position as he opened his weapon up again letting off a quick burst to try and both draw fire and also put some heads down in the process.

 

[Prudence]

Rondan System
1800 Hours​

Situations were such funny things. To the average observer, the scene beholding in front of Zeh Kando was nothing less than a window into hell itself. However, to Zeh, it was the culmination of months worth of planning. The planet had always been unstable, falling from military regime, to weak people led governments. They had all failed, and they would all fail, until he had his way. Zeh, a tall tan Zabrak, ran a hand along the pointy horns crowning his head, and gave a wicked smile. He wore tan layered tunics, a basic blaster rifle strapped to his chest and a pistol on his hip. Around him insurrection armies surged across the city, destroying everything in their sight.

"Commander Kando!" A young Rodian said as she approached him, a datapad in her hands, "Captured Planetary Def Force sensors relays indicate two incoming attack shuttles."

Zeh let out a growl "SHOOT THEM DOWN!"

"Yes sir!" The younger woman said, as she scurried away. A moment later the stolen turbo laser batteries began to thunder out of the long barrels, crackling in brilliant explosions as they impacted around the shuttles.

"Zhir!" another officer called out. "Zhey zeem to have evaded zhey zurbolasers, zaking minimal damage, bu' landing on zhe ozher zide of zhat line of buildingz."

Zeh and his team of command staff, if you could call insurrectionist leaders that, were occupying the planetary capital, standing on the roof.

He could see the beings in the street begin to swarm towards the landing area where Aegis had landed.

"They will not survive."

 

[Cheshire]

Kuro immediately took a running leap for an overturned car that would posed as perfect cover. He scanned the battlefield for a perfect opportunity, for the perfect chance to get to better ground. He quickly activated his Jetpack, and quickly propelled himself upwards to a broken window, chucking himself into the small apartment building. He quickly took a sprint towards the opposite window, and set up his rifle.

"They have lots of artillery, ill try to take out as many as possible."

He started to pick people off from his little secluded spot. Picking off people left and right.

 

[Talon maara]

Upon watching Kuro leap towards the building Sal picked up and pushed forward rushing behind an already blown up vehicle. Ducking and upon reloading Placing his repeater on the burning trunk and opened fire once more releasing a spray of rounds impacting a near by nest.

After the initial burst he pushed over to the bottom floor of the building Kuro had emplaced himself. Guarding the bottom floor as best as he could to ensure no one pushed in and up towards him bunkering down with his rifle

 

[Murray Mitchel]

As shuttle-3 landed Murray realized one important issue; he did not have any weapons with him. Shit..... too many shots I forgot my gun, he thought as he began looking around for some gun to use. By this time most of the people on the shuttle had left and were starting to fire at the targets.
At that moment he saw Kuro run off towards a small appartment building on the left. Murray followed him inside. By this time Kuro was picking off some of the opponents from the apartment It won't be too long before this building will be crushed with heavy artillery "Ey Kuro got another gun?"
Kuro didn't turn around or say a word but instead gestured towards the right side of his armor. There he had attached a repeater blaster(generic; 30 rounds), an extra clip, and a vibro-blade (machete sized; approx. 2.5 feet). "Thanks man" with that Murray ran back towards a group of soldiers covering behind the shrapnel covering the streets.
Suddenly Murray got his ear drum blasted by the sound of commander Jacen screaming through his earpiece <MURRAY YOU PIECE OF **** WHERE IN HOTH HELL ARE YOU?>
"hehe funny story boss- "<YOU BETTER HOPE IT'S A GOOD ONE OR ILL BLAST YER ARSE ALL THE WAY TO KESSEL! GET TO MY POSITION ASAP!>
"Aye Sir!" He said as he turned down his earpiece and started to rub his temple
this is gonna be a long day.... he thought as he ran in the direction of the other shuttle.

 

[Prudence]

Kiesha Yool brushed a lock of blonde hair behind her ear. The human woman lowered her face into the scope, and looked across the battlefield grinning.

"This is gunna be fekkin good." she said as she lined up the shot. She didn't recognize the troopers, but most of them were clad in similar armor, save for a Mandalorian. She slid her sniper rifle to the right some, and loaded the cross hairs on the chest of the Commander, steadily barking orders. She pulled the trigger, and as she did one of the grunts bumped into him, and the shot tore through his chest like it was paper.

"KRIFF!" she shouted, lowering the weapon from her head. She watched the bar on the side of the gun indicate its cooling process. In a moment she would be able to fire again.

~~~

On the streets below, throngs of insurgents were coming over the hill. The crowd parted as a hovertruck with a bed mounted E-WEB came roaring into view, spewing plasma as it approached.

 

[Therakill]

Jace felt each of his squad around him, each as discent in the force as anyone could be. He knew that he could not just sit there and draw fire while the others took more actions. He felt as one of the troopers was ripped from the force. His death was in the place of the commander, Jace knew that he had to move and move now.

"Sir I will take the sniper, there is a hovertruck with heavy guns coming over the ridge. Can you guys handle it while I take out the sniper!"

Jace broke from cover and headed toward the building the sniper had shot from. He avoid a few shots thay came his way, nothing he had to worry about. He saw three insurgents coming out of an alley, they had not seen him yet. Jace aimed at the middle one and put a blaster round through his chest. When he fell back he tripped the last of the three, as the first looked back Jace slotted him. When the third got back on his feet Jace was not in sight, he had made it in doors.

"Sir they are coming from every direction, I am within 3 minutes of that sniper. Got any orders for me after that?""

 

[Prudence]

Jace felt each of his squad around him, each as discent in the force as anyone could be. He knew that he could not just sit there and draw fire while the others took more actions. He felt as one of the troopers was ripped from the force. His death was in the place of the commander, Jace knew that he had to move and move now.

"Sir I will take the sniper, there is a hovertruck with heavy guns coming over the ridge. Can you guys handle it while I take out the sniper!"

Jace broke from cover and headed toward the building the sniper had shot from. He avoid a few shots thay came his way, nothing he had to worry about. He saw three insurgents coming out of an alley, they had not seen him yet. Jace aimed at the middle one and put a blaster round through his chest. When he fell back he tripped the last of the three, as the first looked back Jace slotted him. When the third got back on his feet Jace was not in sight, he had made it in doors.

"Sir they are coming from every direction, I am within 3 minutes of that sniper. Got any orders for me after that?""

Yool saw the man break from formation

"We got ourselves a real live 'ero don' we?" she said, speaking into the comms.

Lowering the rifle she lined it up the man's chest, letting another bolt loose. As she did a stray blast hit the building infront of her, causing her to lurch and her round to careen towards the man's thigh instead. It would likely graze him, enough to put the man on the ground.

"FEK!" she shouted "I'm taking heat! Gorgo, get yer fekkin ass down there and handle that ground team!"

 

[Talon maara]

"Oi Kuro?! Hurry the hell up mate!" Sal shouted as he sat his rotating repeater out for his next few rounds.

He shot a good 30 rounds at a truck coming over the ridge, ducking down he sprinted up to kuro "hey pal we got trouble! We got a heavily armed truck and a sniper afoot mate!" Laying in the prone facing down the stairwell with his rifle he crawled trying to dodge fire from everywhich way, and emplaced a trip charge at mid steps. And joined back down on the base floor.

"Hey Kuro?! (@Cameron Foster) theres ay charge on the steps BE CAREFUL. If you hear The stairs a go off just uh know they got through me!"

 

[Therakill]

Jace felt a bolt graze his left leg, it was powerful enough to cause him to stumble. He rolled foward and into the building he was headed to, he stopped long enough to check his leg. It was nothing but a slight burn, nothing that would slow him down or cause him to limp. Jace got up and looked around the building, he knew the sniper was up and into building. He took to the elevator shaft and readied his ascention cables. He would use them to scale the elevators as quickly as he could.

 

[Proleptic]

Arritef moved quickly through shady buildings and around piles of rubble. The sounds of an invasion were happening all around him. The rest of ADI's forces were pushing straight forwards. Arritef would be going for infiltration, as was his specialty, and aiming to take out one of the leaders.

Arritef flattened himself to a wall as he heard running coming from behind him. Probably some reinforcements lagging behind the rest. He waited with his eyes closed until a man with red hair, who was slightly taller than Arritef and wearing a standard uniform for the insurrectionists, and he was carrying standard arms. The man was shocked too much so to react when Arritef snapped his neck in moments, reaching up and jerking sharply to the side. The man feel with his head at an awkward angle, and Arritef dragged him behind a nearby pile of rubble to steak his uniform.

Standing when his task was complete, Arritef waited for a small platoon to come by before falling in line. The men probably would think he was merely a straggler, and pay him no mind. He ran with them towards the battle, waiting for an opportunity to arise.

 

[Cheshire]

Kuro could not believe his ears as soon as Murray had said that he had forgotten a gun. So he boarded for an operation without a gun, probably the most important tool for this kind of engagement. "YOU SERIOUSLY FORGOT A GUN". He sighed and gestured towards a his spare guns. He continued picking people off, one person at a time. He briefly heard Sal mention that he had placed a charge on the stairs but he was too into his repetitive stance of killing people. "Alright, you get back down there, ill try lure them in and ill try to be a nuisance" so he got back to the That was all shattered when he heard the heavily armed truck take aim at his position. He quickly grabbed his rifle and hurled himself out the window, activating his jetpack at the last moment before diving into a crater. The position where he was last, was nothing but smoldering ruins. He tried poking his head out, but he was quickly fired upon "I'm pinned down and I am in need of serious help"

 

[Noah Jacen]

Noah watched as he jumped off the ramp, his men were already firing into the enemy. These men were fighting with everything they had. They felt
Like more than mercenaries. They felt like true soldiers. They fired and ducked and rocketed from cover. A man bumped into Jacen and took a sniper round for him. Noah was at first shocked, then he was furious.

"THAT BUILDING!" He pointed to the building Kuro and Sal had jumped into. "I want an FOB, now!" He watched as a plex missile arced at the heavy repeater speader, striking the ground near it and throwing the crew from it.

He saw that blaster cannon shot from the last blast strike the building and threaten its integrity, but no more shots were being loosed from the cannon. He ran towards Kuro and Sal, picking them up out of the crater to their feet as he fired with his blaster pistol.

"Who gave you permission to lie down?!" Noah yanked them off the ground, pointing to the building once again. "We gotta clear this LZ! COME ON!"

He activated the jump rockets on his armour and hopped across the small square onto the roof of the tenement. The building was obscured enough to avoid most artillery but large enough to support the strike force's ground teams. The Alabaster-Class Freighter Krakka circled overhead as it lent its firepower for air support. The Nu-Class Shuttle took to lifting back off the ground but staying below rooftop level, unleashing laser fire from their cannons. He saw Mitchell in his hungover state and mildly regretted bringing him, but ignored the feeling as he knelt down and began unleashing fire into the onrushing insurrectionists. One by one they fell as flames licked at the charred and blackened holes in their bodies.

"Push them back! Secure this area! Rally on my position!"

 

[Talon maara]

As Noah help Sal back up he laid some covering fire as he leaped to the rooftops. Following suit Sal leaped through the first floor slowly pieing every corner as he worked his way room by room floor by floor. Placing sensors on each main doorway and stair well to trip and signal once someone is approaching.

Upon arriving to the roof where noah was, he rushed to the side of the building keeping a low profile, he lay his repeater next to him and pulled out some binoculars and zoomed in on a hunkered down nest around one of an adjacent buildings a crossed the neighborhood.

Pulling his rifle back to his cheek he unleashed a hail storm of rounds into the windows in attempts to keep their heads low so their fellow troops can both advance and flank their forces.