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Operation Turm
Anuria, Kol'Kora, Vaegir-Federation Front

“It is claimed by some that ’all martyrs die in vain’. These very people are also the ones that never chose fight for their people. Nor do they have the will to die for the rights of their fellow kin.”

The darkness soothed the eyes as Hark walked through the watery abyss which still existed under the now ruined city. One would never expect the sewers to still be running even during these times, but yet it did, barely damaged. Hark was in fact impressed by this very fact, that uncountable amounts of bombs did little to the sewers walls. He chose not to think too much on it, however. There was a large task ahead of him, one which would require the entire array of skills that a MAL-R operator had at his disposal. 

“Five minutes ‘till checkpoint falkon, seventeen minutes till surface arrival.”, came voiced over the ComNet of his unit. Much like MAL-R procedures, each team operative had infiltrated the field from their own, respective locations. Thus far it had proven effective; none had been detected. Not that they’d expect the enemy to know of the fact that an entirely obliterated city held an almost undamaged sewer system. “R-01 at checkpoint. Updating NavNet and KASSOC of current position. Standby”, it’d seem that Hadrian, the team lead, had arrived at the meet-up point. His distinctive rough and hardened voice soothing the cataclysmic silence at the depths of these sewer waters. 

“This is R-04 approaching checkpoint, ETA 2 minutes”, voiced Hark as he approached the final spurts until the rendezvous of his fellow MAL-R operatives. After him came gradual responses from the rest of the operatives as they also came closer and closer to their meet up point. 

Hark was once more amused at how the depths of a sewer can allow his mind to wander so very much. Disgust brewing inside of him at what he’s seen, but not acknowledged until now. A scene kept on repeating and that was the execution of an entire family before his eyes. Embedded as he was behind enemy lines and within their ranks to the point where there was nothing he could do about it. He wondered, had he sacrificed his humanity for survival? What about the other members of his team? 

Before his mind could question its experience any further Hadrian came in over ComNet. “All MAL-R D-04 units assembled”, it’d seem that Hark, and his allies, had arrived at their rally point, but the abysmal darkness of these depths didn’t allow him to see anything further than a couple of feet ahead of him, even with his headlight. Quickly looking at the corner of his HUD, however, it’d seem that they all had, indeed, assembled. 

Before Hadrian could continue, Hark switched over to thermal so that he could spot his allies properly. “Let’s go over the mission protocol once more, shall we?” Hadrian continued, “Our insertion point is the former Royal University. This building, as hopefully all of you know from the mission briefing, is embedded in the very frontline itself, literally split in two between the Federation and its Vaegir adversaries”.

"Once on the surface, we split up. Each one of you know what to do, and I'm expecting you all to have done your tasks excellently well by the time we regroup here three months from now. R-04, I trust you, especially, with the task at hand. If you manage to secure the target's location, the Kasyrinian Federation would finally be able to gain an upperhand, be it as slight as it may. Secure the Colonel at all costs", Hadrian finished. Hark finally felt the weight of his duties, but he'd not let them burden his will and desire to help the Federation. "D-04, Hark.", a feminine voice called over from the Coms, it'd appear a private channel was established. He knew instantly who it was, but not exactly was it bad news, but merely further burdens to bear. "Yes, D-02?", he replied, voicing his distinct undesire to comply with whatever she'd come to ask. Obviously she continued anyway, that's who she was.

"High Command expect great things from you, as do I. Hadrian may not know of our Connections, but as an on-field informer satisfying my expectations can get you a long way in this career.", she said. Hark knew better than to openly voice his actual opinions to a woman with direct connections to the supreme military council. "Roger, D-02. I'll keep it in mind", he spoke, making sure to end the conversation at the same time he proceeded to climb up the rusty iron ladder leading up into the University basement. 

He deactivated his thermals, his headlight, and anything which'd give his position away to the enemy. But now that they'd finally left the dirty sewage water, the laser tracker instantly picked up the armour tags of his fellow operators' IDs. It'd seem that D-01 and D-03 had climbed up ahead of him. "Standby, scanning basement floor of hostiles", came over the Com. No doubt that Hadrian had arrived at the sewage hatch in the basement. The MAL-R had many tools at their disposal, one of them being their incredibly potent biometric and cybernetic scanners. No doubt Hadrian had unleashed a swarm of scanner drones into the basement in order to check for hostiles. 

"Basement clear, moving onto ground floor. Standby, checking for hostiles", Hadrian reported. The team, still remaining as silent and calm as they typically are. In the meantime they were waiting, Hark maglocked onto the ladder and began checking his weapons, seeing if they were still in proper condition after moving through dirt water for a seven-something hours. It'd seem that his MJK-02 Tactic Pistol seemed in prestine condition, as Always. Thanks to it's modifiability, it never seemed to lose it's charm. The same applied for the multi-purpose KALK-199x Modular Rifle. With it's ability to fire underwater, it was an obvious choice when going on this mission. Finally done with his equipment check after a quick couple seconds, Hadrian came in over Coms once again. He said that he'd spotted 3 enemies distributed around an emplacement overlooking the assault on the Federation FOB. Thankfully they were Federation Soldiers, so it'd seem that the Federation had come to conquer the University- for now, of course. 

The presence of the emplacement was obvious, it's rapid firing Heavy machinegun revealing it's obvious presence. After Another Quick couple seconds Hadrian voiced over Coms once again. "17 Federation Soldiers, all of them confirmed Army Regulars, one officer", Hadrian paused.

"Begin Operation."

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