Action At Last?

Posted on Fri Aug 30th, 2019 @ 7:52am by

630 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: What Stalks The Night
Location: Marine Section

Amanda stood before the full length mirror naked in the privacy of her Marine Quarters where she stayed when she had a busy schedule, instead of taking the trip to the shared quarters she had with Zan. She eyed herself critically, seeing that she was in superb shape. The muscle tone along with feminine curves blended nicely. She knew she was in peak condition and from this point was to maintain it till age slowly caught up with her.

She was having second thoughts of going to OCS. But as it stood, Amanda was in charge of the Force Recon Detachment of the Marines aboard the ship. It would be another feather in her long list of accomplishments.

She nodded to herself and got dressed in a clean uniform, shined boots. She focused on the upcoming interview with Corporal Cadi Draper for the upcoming Q-Course, for the first step into becoming another Force Recon Soldier.

Amanda moved from her quarters, moving down the corridor of the set of room that housed her team. She paused to talk with a few of the Teams junior NCO's about equipment, general health of the troops, the beer drinking contest later after duty with one of the regular troop were hosting.

Just then the ship gave a lurch. Amanda braced herself, giving a nod to the unspoken question, then voiced the command, "Gear up! Full Battle gear now! PCI's in five minutes!" She yelled at her troops as she rushed off to get herself geared up.

Maybe she was jumping the gun in getting her troops into full combat gear. Over her squad P.A. System, "Gear to repel borders! PCI's 10 mikes." It was a pain in the arse to fight in evac suits, yet they can always downgrade easier than having to rush back for the evac suits. She hated to add to the previous instructions.

SSG Winters came out of her Marine Quarters, geared to repel borders. She saw her small platoon of Force Recon troops, checking each other out as they geared up, making sure Evac suits fitted and worn properly, before putting on the rest of the body armor/ load bearing vest.

She was already on the computer as another troop checked her over. "One of the Twin's shuttle bay has been breached." She yelled out as she put on the rest of her gear when the troop gave her the thumps up on the Evac suit. She nodded back and looked over her team as she did a quick PCI as she walked past the troops in line to signal they was ready for the PCI. When she passed the last in line and all were accounted for.

"Move out!" Amanda rushed down the corridors with the Force Recon Team following behind her. She did a slow shuffle like jog that ate up distance, yet conserved stamina and strength.

=^= "Colonel Frost. Force Recon is heading out to secure the area. SSG Winters out." =^= She sent word up to her CO.

This was definitely a break in routine and the troops were looking forward implementing what they learn in the most lethal fashion against an opponent other than the holodeck generated enemy. She smiled as she found out that she was looking forward to it also, even though she didn't want to face an enemy where her troops could get injured. But they all volunteered to be here and by all that is holy, they better perform their best or die doing. They quickly established strong points with excellent fields of fire.

=^= Colonel Frost! Area's secure. No sign of intruders. Holding the area till further instructions or the intruders show themselves. SSG Winters out!" =^= Amanda sent the sitrep up once Security parameters were set up around the damaged Shuttle bay.

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