WCGW Chpt 227

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==Chapter 227 - What Could Go Wrong==
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La Ligua (Former Outworlds System)
14th August, 3046
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"Nothing, but a big ass debris field. But nothing worth taking or even risking a EVA for a look see." Chief Engineer Vincent Zuniga said
"We found some goodies on the surface, but no sense wasting anymore time here then. We will mark it down for later examination of the outer asteroid belt, same as Maripa. We got good readings, and the skippers tell me they can use them to plot a closer emergence for at least a year. Time to go have a look at Carmellita." Major General David Mitchell said
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Carmellita (Former Outworlds System)
16th August, 3046
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For the third time, they had arrived at the Nadir Jump Point and sat silently listening. Once nothing was detected they detached the Dropships for the 11 day travel to the third planet. With no asteroid field, SaRI Wavelength, Titan Fighter Carrier Dropship, escorted them to the planet while the Union CV and Leopard CV remained with the fleet.
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28th August, 3046
After a day making orbits while the Dropships conducted their scans, the SaRI Dropships grounded near the cache coordinates. Once again, the ground forces formed a secure perimeter, and the engineers went to work locating the long-hidden cache. This time it took 13 hours to locate and dig out the entrance. Major Nathan Davis again removed the "security" key from his neck and inserted it into the tiny slot. The ground seemed to vibrate slightly as the massive door opened. This time, Chief Warrant Officer Harry Caldwell got in before him, but he just frowned and followed.
Instead of seeing the normally pristine rows of equipment, they stared at a long wall of shipping containers. Both of them let out a low groan, this could not be good. Soon a team armed with bolt cutters removed the shipping pins and opened the first container. Light played inside and a figure was seen, everyone shouted and dove for cover. But nothing happened. Slowly, everyone stood back up from where they had hit the ground and peeked back inside. The container held a double row of metal men, 7 on each side of the container. Chief Warrant Officer Caldwell said "What the hell are these?"
There were twenty containers with the empty suits, thirty containers loaded with what looked like small Battlemech cradles, and another twenty containers full of spare parts and armor. Each container had a label that simply read "Special Forces Command". But they did find the manuals, which only told them the name.
"What the hell is a Nighthawk Mk.XXX?" Major Nathan Davis asked
"Not a damn clue. Sort of looks like what those suits that attacked us on Inner End, but these are tougher looking. Get them loaded, we will figure it out more once we get back to Thazi." Major General David Mitchell said
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