CHS2-5

==Chapter 5 - Book 2 – Chappy's Howling Siegers==
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Warship The Beast of Terra
High Orbit of Ingress, Terran Hegemony
September 29th, 2786
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Lieutenant Commander Phung was sitting in the command chair, it has been a week since placing her ship into high orbit. 
This is the part she always hated, the wait while the mech jocks play soldier, her and her crew kept the peace in space.
“Commander, I think I found it.” The data sensor tech said.“Put it up on the main screen Lieutenant.” Phung responded.
“Yes Ma’am, look at that depression in the forest. Here I will highlight the area.”
Commander Phung looked at the image she wanted to be sure before she passed the info to the Colonel Chapman. “Can we get a better imaginary?”
“Standby, commander.” The image sharpen up a little but zoomed in significantly and she could see it the faint outline of a dropship.
“Good job Lieutenant you found it, patch me to the commander.”
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Makeshift commander’s office
Colossus Class Dropship, Wolves Trap
Forward Operating Base (FOB)
Ingress, Terran Hegemony
Lt. Col Chapman just got off the comm with the fleet commander, he then paged his inner circle to the office. After everyone entered, he placed a scrambler on the table and turned it on. Major Bruce looked at his best friend and commander. “One day you will tell us why you are so paranoid here lately.”
“Yes, one day you will find out, but just know the people here in this room I trust with everything. 
So, let me tell you the objectives I have along with fulfilling the contract. First objective is to find a long-lost dropship that my father left for us.” 
Everyone looked at Matthew, he had told them before that there were planets that had stuff on it but not what the stuff was, this was the first time he revealed details to everyone and not his two best friends since that initial meeting. Matthew continued with his brief. “This dropship no doubt has some damage, and the forest has overgrown ship, but it’s another Colossus Class ship which will help for future operations. 
The bad news is there seems to be a contingency of Capellan forces close to it, and we don’t have any Intel if they know about the Dropship. 
The second objective is hidden in the tunnels under the city that the Capellan forces have made their base and new Capital of the planet. We have had two minor battles with them since landing and their fighting skills are less than optimal. With that in mind we should have them on the run by the end of October. 
You might be wondering what kind of treasure awaits us, well truthfully, I do not really know the details, just that there will be ammo, armor, and mothball PA(L) suits, which I think will be enough to field a regiment once we get the troops for it. I need this info not to leave this room, we have a spy in our mist and that is why I have been very secretive, and I must limit her access to sensitive information for now.”
Captain Bruce looked at Matthew. “Why don’t we just kick her out of the unit, better yet just kill her for treason.”
“We cannot do that, Ethan. I don’t have proof yet that she is spying on us. Additionally, the spy has a family, children are involved.” Matthew said with lots of sorrow in his voice.
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Book 2 - 05