WCGW Chpt 111

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==Chapter 111 - What Could Go Wrong==
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15 October 3042
Inner End (Federated Commonwealth)
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"Coordinates locked in. All ships confirm receipt of coordinates and are ready for the jump." Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Campbell said
"Very well. Lets get the party started." Colonel David Mitchell said
"Signal to all ships, initiate jump." Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Campbell ordered, thus starting the month long journey to Kent.
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23 October 3042
Waitur (Former Outworlds System)
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The SaRI fleet materialized at the Zenith Jump Point. Post Jump diagnostics were completed, and the fleet started deploying their sails to recharge their drives. With nothing else to do and the distance to the habitable planet fairly close by, Colonel David Mitchell decided to conduct some recon from orbit while the fleet recharged. He ordered Intrusive, Intruder Assault Dropship, undocked and they began the 3 day trip to the habitable planet. They had eight days to recharge their drives, so SaRI would conduct as many recons as they could during their passage to Kent.
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26 October 3042
Waitur (Former Outworlds System)
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The fleet having reaching orbit around Waitur proper, Intrusive began scans of the planets using the installed advanced sensors that Chief Warrant Officer Harold Croyle had demanded. They also had installed the same sensor package on two modified Ares Mark VII. But both of these were aboard SaRI Express, Invader Jumpship. If they found anything worth checking out, Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Noble and his wingman could fly down for a closer look.
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28 October 3042
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Multiple orbits detected no signs of life, but they had clear shots of where the planets capitol city had been located and in this center was a large crater. The city looked to be flattened, possibly by a ground burst nuclear detonation. Colonel Mitchell ordered Intrusive to break orbit and head back to the Zenith Jump Point.
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31 October 3042
Vonja (Former Outworlds System)
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Materializing at the Nadir Jump Point, the SaRI fleet once again conducted their recharge operations. With the inhabitable planet too far away for a quick study, they did not conduct recon of the system.
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9 November 3042
Sornath (Former Outworlds System)
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Once again, the systems inhabitable planet was too far away for any sort of recon effort. With Kent being their next jump, preparations were made for the jump into a combat environment. Everything was checked and rechecked.
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17 November 3042
Kent (Former Outworlds System)
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Materializing at the Nadir Jump Point, the Union CV and Titan Fighter Carrier Dropships were detached to perform CAP operations around the fleet while they recharged their drives. Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Campbell began work on gathering the information needed to calculate an in system jump to a closer point. 
25 November 3042
Calculations were completed on 9 November and all that remained were for the ships to complete their recharging operations. The Union Cv and Titan Dropship were docked once again and the SaRI fleet made the in system jump to a point 3 days from the habitable planet. For this operation, the Union Dropship, two Seeker Dropships and Intrusive undocked and began their burn for the planet, accompanied by the Titan Dropship flying escort. The Union CV undocked and provided CAP for the SaRI fleet while they began recharge operations.
With a deadline to link up with First Prince Hanse Davions assault force, Colonel David Mitchell knew they would have to postpone the Onverwacht operation. They needed to complete this mission and return for the link up at Delos IV.
28 November 3042
The SaRI Dropships made several orbits of the planet until they located the pirate base around a small town. They detected no other signs of life. With Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Noble and the SaRI Aerospace Wing from the Titan Dropship flying escort and then orbited a long distance from the small town to avoid tipping their hand any more than they had to, the Dropships grounded where obvious signs of previous Dropship landings and take offs had occurred barely 2 kilometers from the small town. The pirates on the ground had come out when they're Union Dropship grounded, but instead of their friends emerging from the Union, a full Company of PHX-3S Phoenix Hawk emerged. Selected by Lieutenant Colonel Woodall for their limited anti infantry weapons. The Wolfhounds and Strikers did not have any. 
As the Phoenix Hawks began engaging anyone with a weapon, the Seeker Dropship began unloading SaRi's Infantry Battalion, with one Company using Heavy Tracked APCs, another Company on Heavy Hover APCs while the third Company deployed their Turhans around the grounded Dropships. Within an hour, the small town was secured, and the pirates hunted down and either killed or taken prisoner. Colonel David Mitchell cursed the heavy gravity as he toured the small town and its freed slaves. He ordered the town raised and all the freed slaves loaded aboard the second Seeker Dropship. Medical teams would treat any that needed care. There was nothing else worth taking from the small town. Within eight hours, they had completed their mission and were boosting back into orbit.
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