LUU Chpt 1-3

==Let Us Unite - Chapter 3 -==
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===Ruins of Caph===
Date: August 10th, 2856
Location: Caph, Capellan Confederation - Jump point
"Capellans managed to take a lot more clay than I expected," Major Capell sighed as he looked through the reports of what Caph looked like now. "There's no point in stopping here. Caph isn't much more than a piece of dirt right now, the factories, the people, everything is just… destroyed. The planet is a ruin, and we're going to have to rebuild it eventually. But for now, we're going to have to bypass it."
 
"So where do we go next then?" Lieutenant Brown asked. 
 
"We'll head on over to Northwind," Bryn replied. "There are a few things that we need to check on there. And, it's controlled by the Federated Suns at the moment. So while you and the analysts finish going over the data we pulled from that HPG complex, I'll be doing some 'tourism' while Team Two hits this HPG complex. I want to see if we can compare and contrast the data sets. See if things are compartmentalized or shared along the HPG network."
 
"Understood, Major. Am I cleared to know what it is that we're going to be looking for down on Northwind? Or is it need to know?"
 
"Need to know for now, Lieutenant. Just know that it's something that will help us out in restoring the Hegemony."
 
Bryn locked eyes with Michael, a serious look in his eyes. 
 
"Lieutenant, if what we've found out so far is true, we're outnumbered, outgunned, and are now weaker than the Outworlds Alliance. We have neither the size nor the numbers to wage a conventional war if it is needed. And we definitely don't have the power to force any of the Star League member states to do anything. What we do have, is the element of surprise, and a little bit of time. So, we're going to find all of the dirty little secrets, we're going to check every last hole in the ground that DoME dug and filled with military gear. And even a few that DoME wasn't responsible for. Jonathon Cameron was a paranoid bastard. But now, I'm starting to wonder if maybe he was right to be paranoid. I doubt that we have all of the intel on the sites that were hidden akin to Bolthole."
 
"So there's something useful on Northwind," Michael nodded. "That's all I needed to know, sir. I'll finish crunching this data and summarize things into a report."
 
"We jump in two days, if you manage to finish it by the time we make landfall on Northwind, you can accompany me to the location where I'm going to be inspecting. If it's even there at all."
 
"We'll get it done."
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===Training Day===
Date: August 15, 2856
Location: Bolthole, Terran Hegemony
"What are your orders, Colonel?" Captain Daksha asked the woman who had boarded the SLS Spicer and was standing on the other side of his desk. "At this point, we're basically sitting here in the system doing nothing but running drills to keep sharp."
 
"I want you to go take a peek at a couple of off-the-books systems," Colonel Schmitt's eyes glinted with mirth. "There are a couple of secrets that were hidden away not just for the Camerons to be hidden away. But for a… Resurgence if you will. So, I'm going to give you a list of several locations that I want you to head to, if there's anyone there not loyal to the Hegemony…. Well, you'll be in command, but it would be best if they were not allowed to leave the systems. For their safety, as well as for ours."
 
"I'll take the Blue Quest and secure one system at a time," Daksha replied. "I assume that I'll need some ground forces though."
 
"I can spare a mixed battalion," Hanni responded. "We currently don't have enough to do more than that and remain secure here in Bolthole. Once Major Capell returns with intel, we'll be able to piece together more on what forces might be loyal to the Hegemony and the SLDF."
 
"I understand," Daksha nodded. "Give me the coordinates and I'll see to it that it is done."
 
"Major Hazen will accompany you. She possesses the coordinates and HPG frequencies that are able to reach Bolthole. Without them, you will not be able to return."
 
"One day, you will have to allow us to possess the astrogation data," Daksha shook his head as he smiled a bit. "I understand OpSec, but this is a bit much."
 
"I disagree," Schmitt replied. "After all, it's the reason that we are alive today. Anyway, let us discuss the system of Luyten 68-28…"
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===Successful Raid===
"Sir, the Marines are reporting they've captured a Yardship and the facilities that were in the process of repairing said yardship. All hands have surrendered, there was minimal resistance." 
 
"Good," Captain Daksha looked at the command display. "Have the Blue Quest move in and prepare to drop ground forces on the facilities on Luyten. I don't want a single message getting out that we are here."
 
"Understood," Major Hazen replied. "We'll make sure it gets done."
 
"Oh, and Major," Daksha turned. "If they react anything like the people up here did, we might have some new recruits to add to our forces."
 
"We'll have to wait and see, won't we?" Elizabeth asked as she left the bridge and headed for a shuttle.
 
After transferring to the Blue Quest, the Major made her way to the DropShips that were attached to the vessel. Bolthole was an old project, so it didn't have a bunch of new hardware, but it did have a small fleet of dropships that had been parked and mothballed for use. Restoring a Union and a Triumph had been light work for the technicians.
 
"You ready?" Elizabeth asked Jack, the reactivated Black Watch member acting as her XO for this operation.
"It's been a while," the man grinned. "But I think I'm still good enough."
"Good," Hazen replied. "I'm trusting you to watch my back out there."
 
"I'm a deft hand in an Phoenix Hawk," Jack laughed. "I've got you covered, Major."
 
"You know, one day I'll get the story of why you passed up being the CO out of you."
 
"You can try," Jack replied as he headed for the gantries. "But I'm not sure you'll be able to find any answers."
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===Invaded by the Ghosts of Kerensky===
"You ever wonder why we got stationed here?" Acolyte James Durante asked his partner as they walked the halls of this dead-end post. "I mean, we just sit here and monitor the aging ships that are floating up there. Even the few people that are trying to repair and salvage some of them don't do much."
 
"Look," Jane Agnis sighed. "I know why I'm here. And I think I just figured out why you ended up here too. I got shipped here because I'm too honest for my own good and I don't brownnose well enough to get promoted. You, you're here because you don't know how to keep your mouth shut."
 
"I can keep secrets!" James protested. 
 
"Yeah, but you never stop fucking talking," Jane turned around and glared at the man. "You're always chattering about stuff. And that would be fine If you could read the room and know when to shut up. But no, instead, you take silence as us accepting it and you, keep talking instead!"
 
"Ouch," James tried to play off the pain that he felt at her accusations. "I thought we were friends."
 
"We are," Jane sighed as she calmed down. "I'm just frustrated and I shouldn't have taken it out on you."
As the two began heading back into the main complex from their checks on the automated greenhouses the red flash of lights cut through the twilight as the air raid sirens began to sound off as a group of DropShips began landing.
 
"Are we under attack?!" James asked. 
"Looks like," Jane's voice turned to ice. "But if we are, it looks like it's Zombie Kerensky. Because that's a ship painted in SLDF colors and with the Cameron Star painted on it."
"Well, shit."
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