WCGW Chpt 226

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==Chapter 226- What Could Go Wrong==
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La Ligua (Former Outworlds System)
16th June, 3046
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Once again, the SaRI Fleet sat at the Nadir Jump Point and listened for any radio signals before detaching the Dropships and proceeding on mission. The only difference was they would be landing near the location of a known cache the SLDF had recorded. The planet was 10 days from the Nadir Jump Point and the closest asteroid belt was 11 days. It would be up to SaRI Wavelength, Titan Fighter Carrier Dropship, Pentagon Tug and Leopard CV to sweep for any recoverable salvage while the rest of the Dropships landed on the planet. The Union CV would stay with the fleet as protection along with Intrusive, the unit's Intruder Assault Dropship.
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27th June, 3046
The SaRI Dropships settled onto the ground near the coordinates provided by Major Zathan Davis. Ground forces deployed forming a perimeter while the 2597th Engineer Brigade got to work on the indicated site. Knowing where to look made the task much easier and within 8 hours they had the buried site uncovered, exposing the large door. It was wider than any of the other cache sites, at one hundred feet across. Major Nathan Davis removed the "security" key from his neck and inserted in into the tiny slot. A rumble was felt more than heard as the massive door began parting in both directions. From the slowly expanding crack, light began to show as the underground facility slowly returned to life.
Major Nathan Davis did not hesitate and as soon as the gap was wide enough, he entered the underground site. Walking down the long, wide tunnel he could see that it slowly opened up into a very wide and long room. The very first thing he spotted was a Aerospace Fighter. Parked on either side of it and behind it were other fighters. He quickly counted them, eighteen. He turned slightly as others entered behind him. "We scored again." He said
"Damn sure did, but what did we score." Major General David Mitchell replied
"SB-27 Sabre. Light Aerospace fighter. Vehicles behind the fighters." Chief Warrant Officer Harry Caldwell said after examining the small data tag inside one of the cockpits.
"We do not have the spare hanger space so we should start hauling them out of the way and getting them stowed in the Mammoth." Colonel Harold Croyle replied
"Going to eat up a ton of floor space." Major General Mitchell said
"No sir, I already have this figured out. We hoist them up high and suspend them. Give me a couple days of welding and we will have them sitting and securely strapped inside one the cargo bays. That is why I wanted all that extra deck plating off that Olympus we tore apart. I can fabricate our own extra cargo deck. The steel cables will still take most of the weight, not the floor itself but they won't move around any. We all worked it out with Chief Zuniga back on Thazi, how to maximize our available space." Colonel Croyle replied
"Very well, get to work." Major General Mitchell said with a smile, God it is great to work with pure professionals, he thought.
It took three hours to carefully tow the Sabre fighters from the underground storage facility. But Chief Warrant Officer Caldwell had used that time to conduct his own inventory of everything else in the underground site. This was tabulated on a notebook and handed to Major General Mitchell.
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La Ligura Inventory
18x Sabre Fighter, SB-27
12x TLF-LL6500 Fire Trucks
21x Sherpa Fuel Trucks
36x Sherpa Cargo Trucks
12x Sherpa Field Kitchen Trucks
4x Sherpa Mobile HQ Trucks
12x Sherpa MASH Trucks
36x J27 Ordinance w/ trailer 
24x Ballista SP Artillery
36x Heavy Tracked APC (MG)
720 tons Sniper ammo (various types)
72 tons Machine Gun ammo
50 tons Rifle ammo
5 tons Pistol ammo
3800 Rifles
1000 Pistols
3800 Standard Body Armor
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"As we have found before, all very carefully stored. The ammunition was stored in an airless room filled with Nitrogen. It all looks like it just came from the factory yesterday. If you ask me, this garrison was planned to have a Aerospace group, Mechanized Infantry Regiment with supporting Artillery Battalion." Chief Warrant Officer Caldwell said as Major General Mitchell looked at the list.
"Get it all loaded up and carefully stored. We are going to run out of room quick at this rate. Spread the stuff around the other Dropships that can handle it safely. We only have ten days total on this planet before we have to boost for the Jump Point." Major General Mitchell replied
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