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I liked it. Posted as well.
Chynn, a vanguard soldier in the divine armada, was listening to the chatter over the comms. It was the usual strategy discussion, as if they were in one of the ancient forums rather than flying through space searching for any fleeing enemy. It was less a discussion about how they’d fight when they did find anyone, and more speculative about strategies in general. The earth crawlers hadn’t been much trouble for the armada in the beginning. Their planet had been mostly unprepared when they arrived, and the first months of fighting had been so bad it had felt more like pest extermination than a war. She’d been sent in with the vanguard too at that, the first wave of soldiers that the matriarchs thought expendable.
Some of those on her side that had been in the vanguard were still stuck thinking that it would be as easy as it had been back then. It’d cost a lot of soldiers once the earth crawlers had adapted at a remarkable speed. Their home planet was more or less lost at this point, but they’d captured Vothani technology which had helped them fight back. That technology had been outdated before her race had even begun their assault though. Years of traversing the stars while your science advanced back home yielded that result. A second smaller wave was on its way, and they’d bring more advanced weapons, but compared to the technology that must exist at home it would still be old. Chynn longed to return to her home. Something that felt more unlikely the longer she stayed on the frontlines. She’d never expected to survive this long once she’d initially been included in the vanguard, but here she was.
The chatter on the comms changed tone. It became clear that someone had detected their quarry. Strangely enough it appeared that they had been waiting for them to show up, even though her system didn’t pick up all that many signals that weren’t friendly. They had to be at least twice as many as the earth crawlers. Someone made a mocking comment, and others laughed before engaging the enemy head-on. Chynn had become more cautious as her hope to return home grew, and remained in the flank to not die unnecessarily. If anyone asked she was making sure they weren’t about to get jumped by a larger number. Her weapons had a long enough range that she could still hit the earth crawlers’ crude mechs from her position. The flashy close combat kills others strived for was not as interesting to her any longer.
Chynn fired off a number of precision shots, while keeping her attention on the onboard systems in case she would pick up a larger number. It seemed like she would survive another battle without any major incidents though. Maybe they’d recall the soldiers of the vanguard when there was no earth crawlers left to fight. If they did, she would probably just get sent somewhere else to die.
Some of those on her side that had been in the vanguard were still stuck thinking that it would be as easy as it had been back then. It’d cost a lot of soldiers once the earth crawlers had adapted at a remarkable speed. Their home planet was more or less lost at this point, but they’d captured Vothani technology which had helped them fight back. That technology had been outdated before her race had even begun their assault though. Years of traversing the stars while your science advanced back home yielded that result. A second smaller wave was on its way, and they’d bring more advanced weapons, but compared to the technology that must exist at home it would still be old. Chynn longed to return to her home. Something that felt more unlikely the longer she stayed on the frontlines. She’d never expected to survive this long once she’d initially been included in the vanguard, but here she was.
The chatter on the comms changed tone. It became clear that someone had detected their quarry. Strangely enough it appeared that they had been waiting for them to show up, even though her system didn’t pick up all that many signals that weren’t friendly. They had to be at least twice as many as the earth crawlers. Someone made a mocking comment, and others laughed before engaging the enemy head-on. Chynn had become more cautious as her hope to return home grew, and remained in the flank to not die unnecessarily. If anyone asked she was making sure they weren’t about to get jumped by a larger number. Her weapons had a long enough range that she could still hit the earth crawlers’ crude mechs from her position. The flashy close combat kills others strived for was not as interesting to her any longer.
Chynn fired off a number of precision shots, while keeping her attention on the onboard systems in case she would pick up a larger number. It seemed like she would survive another battle without any major incidents though. Maybe they’d recall the soldiers of the vanguard when there was no earth crawlers left to fight. If they did, she would probably just get sent somewhere else to die.
Sounds good.
I guess the humans would call them squids or something similar. They call themselves Vothani.
Shot down, or engine malfunction? Maybe the battle started further away from the planet, but due to the chaos it slowly moved towards it.
I was thinking starting towards the end of the battle, but I guess at the start is fine too. Do you want to write the first post? I'll probably work on it tomorrow otherwise.
Sure, either way's fine. I guess it'd make sense for their mechs to work differently anyway.
True, I just grabbed first good one I found. Anyway, I changed her mecha to one that looks like it might be able to fly at least.
Name: Chynn Gluoqralfa
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