LUU Chpt 1-7

==Let Us Unite - Chapter 7 -==
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===Trying figure out a Vanishing Act===
Date: July 1st, 2857
Location: Hilton Head, Terra
"You mean to tell me that twelve to fifteen regiments of both house units and mercenaries have vanished into the ether?" Precentor Rom asked, a scowl adorning his face as he glared at the team that was supposed to monitor these sorts of situations. "We had plans to break up any attempts at peace that were made in the next decade. But instead, What has happened is that the Davions took the loss of mercenary groups as a reason to push into the offensive. The Chancellor Dainmar Liao of the Capellan Confederation has been captured along with St. Ives. The Draconis Combine nearly pushed through to New Avalon before being stopped at Markesan. We had a precarious Balance in the Inner Sphere. One that we were careful to maintain so that no singular nation was dominant over the other. But with the push of the Combine, the Lyran Commonwealth and Free Worlds League have agreed to a tentative peace. And all of this is because none of you thought the movement of mercenaries important enough to bring to my attention!"
 
The Precentor paused, his face red as he inhaled to continue.
 
"The Inner Sphere stands upon a precipice," he stopped yelling. "And we had every opportunity to change that. Instead, what we are left with is a scenario that is worse than the worst case that we had planned for. In a decade we would have fed intel to the Fedsuns that would allow them to retake Robinson, and the status quo would have been maintained."
 
Precentor ROM then sat down in a chair and faced them. 
 
"I had been hoping that this was all an elaborate prank or joke, but instead, I am left to pick up the pieces of your failures. With that said, you are being replaced with more reliable personnel. While I do not consider this failure enough for death, it does mean that your future in our organization is limited. You will all be transferred to areas where you can do no more harm to us in the future. Leave your work behind, we will need all your data to unfuck this situation."
 
ROM turned and nodded to the security on standby and they moved in to escort the failures out of the facility. 
 
"Sir, is there anything I can do to help you?" 
 
"No. I'll get some caffeine and painkillers into my system to deal with this migraine, and then I'll rest once we've found a way out of this Clusterfuck."
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===Trying Stop War===
Date: April 1st, 2857
Location: Classified
"Remember people, we're here to end this war between us and the Capellan Confederation," Rebecca Davion looked at the rest of the command staff. "I'm aware that the snakes have pushed us back, and we have plans to retake Robinson and all of the worlds lost to them, But if we want to accomplish that, we need to remove one of the fronts of this war."
 
"Field Marshal," the XO stepped forward. "If I may lay out the plan?"
 
"Go ahead," Rebecca nodded. 
 
"MIIO has reliable intel that the Chancellor is on world. That means that we're going to face opposition on a level that we haven't in years. Our goal is to not just punch holes through their defenses, and then exploit the holes."
 
"Lighter elements will be pushing through with flanking maneuvers and leading the Capellans into ambushes where our heavier tonnage is," Rebecca spoke up, the display showing the overall plan.
 
"Battalions are to operate independently if communications are lost. If there are no communications after a week, fall back to the dropships and get off world."
 
"Any detailed plans have already been handed to you on one-time pads. Open them after the jump and prepare to execute them."
 
"Yes, ma'am!" 
 
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===Reunion in the Dark===
Date: June, 2857
Location: System designated as 'Echo' by the Terran Hegemony
"Bradford, you stubborn sonuvabitch! It's been far too long!" Colonel Brighton of the Blue Star Irregulars grinned at the wheelchair-bound man. "I thought you were dead and passed on the torch."
 
"Not yet," Bradford replied. "Not after that message."
 
"What did your cipher say?" Brighton asked, a curious gleam in his eye. "Mine wasn't specifically tailored to me, but I also wasn't a senior officer when we retook Terra."
 
"I believe they avoided the specifics for a good reason," Bradford pulled the letter that he'd secured in his ancient notebook. "But after the question, there was a reference that was only known to people who were colonels in the SLDF."
 
"So you believe that it's the truth?" Brighton sat down. "I've been dealing with senior staff who have asked questions of me on this at every turn. And I don't even want to talk about the dependents."
 
"I believe that we will find out soon enough," Bradford pressed the letter back into his notebook before securing it in a satchel on his chair. 
 
"I suppose you're right," Brighton sighed. "But the anticipation is worse than when I was in training waiting to see my first 'Mech."
 
A few minutes of silence passed by as both of the old men allowed their thoughts to drift off to different times long past.
 
"Colonels," Bradford's aide stepped into the room. "A Warship just appeared in the system, her registry shows her to be the SLS Spicer."
"She was considered lost with all hands at the beginning of the coup," Bradford wiped a solitary tear from his eye. "Did they send any transmissions?" 
"Just for the leaders of every unit to approach and either shuttle in or begin docking procedures with dropships."
 
"I assume that you will wish to travel together," Bradford turned to Brighton.
 
"Aye," Brighton replied, standing up and making way to the nearby viewport where you could see the Warship in the distance, its bulk dwarfing all of the JumpShips around. "If I remember correctly, the Spicer only has six collars. We'll have to share. Especially given some of these units are battalion size or smaller."
 
"There have been many old companions meeting here in the system," Bradford wheeled over. "I imagine that many of us will be sharing rides to see what awaits us."
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