WCGW Chpt 67

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==Chapter 67 - What Could Go Wrong==
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11 December 3041
Joshua (Former Outworld System)
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Aboard the Intruder Assault Dropship, the Intrusive, the communication tech was bored out of mind. With no communications needed, she had set her communication system to full scan, which allowed it to just scan thru every frequency trying to pick up something. Even as it changed frequencies, the ships systems still listened for any sort of radio transmission and if it detected one, the communication system would auto switch to that frequency automatically. It was just after midnight local time when a voice burst from the speakers >>"Fogerty. What is your status?"<<
This caused her to jerk upright in her chair and adjust her headphones until they were fully on her head and covering her ears. She verified that her system was recording. It took a few minutes before the voice called out again >>"Damn you, Fogerty, you better not be asleep down there or the General will be pissed. We are about to start our deceleration flip, expect us in another day or so. Damn you."<<
After ten minutes of silence, she picked up the internal comm mic, "Sir, we have comm traffic. Possible hostile calling for someone named Fogerty. They are coming in for a landing ETA 24-36 hours."
Captain Gweneth Rolando kicked the door to Commodore Franklin Noble's cabin hard with her boot, her hands occupied with buckling her load bearing gear. The door popped open on the second kick "Yeah?"
"Get geared up, we have visitors incoming. Could very well be this General Jaws fellow and his band arriving like we were told." Captain Rolando said
"I will be ready in less than 5 minutes. ROE?" Commodore Noble asked
"Hold on the ground for now. We do not know for sure if they are hostile. I have decided that if they are hostile, Intrusive and your fighters are better off in the air than sitting down here on the ground. If they land at the pirate base, we know they are hostile. Intrusive will launch at that time. No putting it off any longer, if they have Mechs, which our so-called friends say, I am not going to fight an open field battle against them. We will pull back into the Depot and force them to dig us out. Only a single Battlemech at a time can come down that tunnel and into the Depot itself. We already have 12 Turhans setup to cover the entrance itself. Worst case, we seal the door and wait for help to arrive." Captain Rolando said
"Very well, Captain. We will escort Intrusive into orbit and will come down anytime you call to provide you with any support we can. The Samurai can deliver a pretty powerful strike and we have full fuel tanks both on our birds and Intrusive so we can fly when you need us." Commodore Noble replied
Captain Gweneth Rolando held out her hand and Commodore Franklin Noble shook it "Good luck, Commodore."
"Same to you, Captain. You just call and we will be here in a jiffy." Commodore Noble said
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On board the derelict Olympus Charging Station, the Mule had picked up the arrival of the Jumpship, but could not figure out where it came in at. Wherever it was, it was not at the Nadir Jump Point like they had hoped. It had taken longer than expected to free the Hoshiryokou tug from the mess the docking collar had become. But she was free and fully operational. They just needed a target to launch after.
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