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==Chappy's Howling Siegers - Book 3Chapter 3==
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===Proposition===
Siegers Barracks, Base Ops
Bad News, Draconis Combine
April 15th, 2791
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Colonel Chapman looked at the intel reports, there was nothing absolutely nothing. Which was kind of good news, since the initial battle with the pirates there has been no activity. Five convoys of various food and spare parts have been shipped via flat beds with little security and none have been attacked. Something was wrong Matthew’s gut was screaming at him, but he could not figure it out, why did the pirates disappear, why did the prisoners act like veteran warriors, how does their leader know him. These were the questions spinning around in Matthew’s head.
“Sir, 1st Armor Lance has reported that they may have found the SLDF base.”
“Sergeant put the vid feed up on the overhead monitor please.”
The monitor came to life, desert forever was what the Colonel saw initially. Then he saw what the Armor Lance had seen two square dark stones poking out of the side of a sand dune. Slowly the unit got closer until they were almost on top of it. The men got out of the vehicle and the video feed coming from the vehicle the Colonel watched as his men started to move the sand away from the dark stones. Within an hour these were revealed as pillars. The men kept digging and the Colonel order a VTOL to carry him to the site.
The VTOL circled the camp site Lieutenant Colonel Chapman saw that the great door was almost entirely uncovered. Chapman was notified by the pilot that they were landing, closer the VTOL got to the surface the faster it was swilling up the sand in a mini sandstorm, warriors that were out of their vehicles covered up their face and shielded their eyes until the VTOL shut down. Lieutenant Colonel Chapman walked up to the door and saw it needed the family code in order to open so he imputed. The sound of the door unsealing and beginning to open shook the ground. Typically, there was always the smell of stale air when he opened the door to these caches, but this time there wasn’t, something was wrong. He made his way into the building, lights flickered on in the entry way a huge monitor flickered on and the unit symbol for the 2991st Royal BattleMech Brigade popped up on the screen. Matthew bypassed the monitor and moved down the hall till he was in front of the main hanger doors. Opening the doors, the lights came on, there was nothing in the hanger, well that was not absolutely true. There was a huge hole in the far south wall and a monitor set up right in the middle of the hanger. Matthew walked up to the monitor and saw a note that said play me. Major Pople and Major Bruce was standing next to him when he hit play.
A silhouette of a person appeared, the lighting was too dark, and Matthew looked at his friends both shook their heads answering the unasked question of can you see the face.
The silhouette started talking Matthew could almost place that voice.
<<“Hello Chapman, leader of the infamous Chappy's Howling Siegers. I just wanted to let you know I have all the equipment from this SLDF Cache, I have been watching you ever since Helm, revenge is sweet cold I must say. I know you think daddy left you this stuff but it’s the SLDF equipment. At first, I thought you was just an ****** but then your little group got big fast then I knew. Your daddy was really a traitor to the General. He had too of left you other cache that was stashed without the knowledge of the General that I did not know about initially. So, I investigated and watched finally found this before you.”>>
Then the silhouette moved closer to the screen and said. “Cub, I will destroy you on this planet.”
Right at that moment all three of them knew who it was Colonel Booker, the last time they saw him was on Helm when he was screaming for revenge as they left the planet.
<<“This is how it will go down, you have a big force it would only be fair to fight to my size of force my Company against your Command company. A fight to the last man standing. If you win you will deserve the items you daddy left you. If I win, well you will be dead, so it won’t matter.”>>
Matthew’s two friends were off to the side shaking their heads no trying to get his attention. All Matthew you could say was. “Time and place, Colonel, we will be there.”
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===Final Show Down===
Battlefield
City of Mountain View
Bad News, Draconis Combine
March 28th, 2791
The Siegers were on the south side of the city most of the town folk had already been evacuated, Matthew hoped that the town itself would not get to damage.
“Ok, Siegers, listen up, this is a last man standing no retreat. No relief we fight, they fight until there are no more mechs moving is that understood.” 
Everyone understood and said so. Matthew then said. “Move out.”
The Siegers split up, with Major Pople and her lance went to the West. They then slid around the town to find no targets. 
Major Bruce took his lance through the town and Colonel Chapman slid to the east of the town. His lance just past the tree line when they received multiple radar hits of the enemy company. All on the east side and coming towards them.
Colonel Chapman fired his main long-range weapon his two Gauss rifles moving toward his right hitting an Archer, his lance mates fired their PPC but with little effect.
“Siegers, Chappy the enemy is all on the east side make haste please.” Chapman said over the company net. 
He swapped over to the lance and net and said. “I got the Archer ya’ll pick your targets but hang back until the rest of us get here.”
Chapman saw that the rifles had recycled so he took aim and fired again, the Archer was 25m closer and what a difference that made, both Gauss hit the BattleMech’s head and took it out. 
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Bookers unit 
Colonel Booker company move down through the mountains and into the foothill before them was a small town called Mountain View, which was todays battle the day he will have justice, the day he kills all his former students. He was a little sad that one had died in combat a few months ago, only because he wanted to do it. 
“Cacodemons, lets destroy this unit take all their heads each kill you get is another 5% booty to your personal account.Move to the east side the Siegers leader tends to go to the east when coming up to a city, He always wants to save buildings.” 
Vedanga pilot of an Archer piped up and said. “Can we destroy the buildings too just to piss that guy off?” 
Before Booker could answer the same pilot spoke again. “Contact four mechs on the east side…shit that Nightstar just hit me with two gauss returning fire and moving closer.” 
The pilot for the Ostroc and Guillotine open fired on a Sieger Black Knight and took out its right leg. 
The Archer was getting pounded by the Siegers Nightstar when one of the Gauss shots hit the head taking out the pilot and mech. 
The Siegers Lance slowly backed away from the Fallings position which infuriated Booker. “The Nightstar is Colonel Chapman’s machine you can damage it, but I want the final kill. They are retreating follow them full force and be mindful of the other eight mechs they will be coming out or around the city any moment.” 
Colonel Chapman knew his lance was in trouble and had them back up more, it looked like the whole enemy company was coming down on them with one single purpose disposing him. Matthew Nightstar was taking massive damage he had already took out another Archer and was focusing on a Champion when the other two Siegers lances finally came out of the city and hit the Fallings hard from the flank. Matthew took cover in the trees and alpha strike the Champion while he watched the mech fall another one took its place, well actually two both were Warhammers. 
Colonel Booker just watch that pub take out yet another one of his men. “Sgt Henry, you are with me our target is the Nightstar.” Both his Warhammer and the Sgt. Warhammer moved to intercept Colonel Chapman’s mech.
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Major Pople finally got through the city and started attacking firing all weapons at a Galahad. Her lance was close behind her and Major Bruce’s lance was in front of her. The battle continued, Major Pople's Atlas was taking heavy damage and her lance was in bad shape, but the enemy was down six mechs, so it felt like they were winning.
Colonel Chapman looked at the battlefield the numbers were still pretty even, but his unit was taking a beating. His mech had lost all its armor on the right side, thankfully the trees were protecting him a little bit he saw that Pople had fired on a Galahad and he did an alpha strike destroying the mech with a head shot via his two Gauss Rifles.
Colonel Booker rounded the corner and finally had a clear shot on his former student. Firing his PPC and medium lasers he hit Colonel Chapman’s center torso but most of the energy was blocked by the trees. Colonel Chapman felt the hit and turned to his right to see where the weapon fire game from, and he saw a Warhammer coming straight for him. 
Knowing that his old commander loved Warhammers he was pretty confident that this was Colonel Booker. Moving to his right to get a better firing solution he was hit again with a PPC taking off his left arm and losing one of Gauss rifles. Colonel Chapman oblivious now to everything else around him danced with Colonel Booker both mechs moved with the grace of professional ballroom dancers. 
With his one Gauss rifle and medium lasers Colonel Chapman was able to strip Colonel Booker of all his armor in both legs and completely destroyed his left arm. Both Colonels moved in closer nothing else matter around them even the other combatants stopped to watch their bosses go after it. With Colonel Chapman being trained by Colonel Booker both were connected and bonded like no other enemy can be. Eventually it came down to one shot almost fired instantly from both Colonels. 
For Colonel Chapman it was his last round of his Gauss Rifle, for Colonel Booker it was his PPC. Both hit the center torso both engines had critical hits and went into catastrophic damage both mechs auto ejected their pilots one lived one was killed before the ejection took place. 
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