Mission Report: Scouting Group 2

[Lord Iezkon]

Mission: Scouting North of Valadad City
Success: TBD

Mission Report

Upon dismounting our speeders, Corporal Naveil led the team a long walk up the mountain. As we walked, we found a single dead scout, who had no devices on his person, though he had clearly been dead for a while.

We continued on, eventually reaching a wide open space. There, I sensed a large number of people, anticipation - perhaps even excitement - in the air. As I reached the Corporal’s position, I saw exactly this. Hundreds upon hundreds of Republic troops, perhaps an entire battalion, clearly preparing for a large scale fight. They had AA weaponry, armoured vehicles, artillery, bunkers and barricades… Clearly anticipating a large assault. Corporal Naveil attempted to call this in, and I attempted to send an emergency call to Sith Tarimra, but we found that all signals were being scrambled.

At this point, I told both the Imperials that we needed to leave and fast. They agreed and we began to make our way back to base. I began sensing a dangerous presence, closing in, with the intent to kill. At this point, I told both Imperials to run as if their lives depended on it, because they did. They complied, and we continued at a sprint down towards Valadad City.

We then were followed briefly by a squad of Republic fighters, in blue-on-white armour, while the leader - a large woman - told her men to hold. Not trusting this, I continued my retreat. We reached a point of relative cover, at which point we tried our communicators once more, with no luck. Corporal Naveil was shot with some kind of round to his helmet, leaving him - probably - concussed. I continued down the hill, telling the Private to follow and not look back, running until I was out of range to send a distress call. My intention was to send a distress call and attempt to rescue both Imperials upon the arrival of support.

My holocom was shot out of my hand, but I recovered the damaged device and continued, until I managed to send a distress message from my datapad to Sith Tarimra, who made his way to my location immediately. Within the hour that we awaited his arrival, I made my way back towards the Imperials, attempting to find a way out without loss of resources. I was shot in the leg, and landed beside the pair. At this point, the squad leader told us that we would die if we did not surrender. I told both Imperials to run, and made my way down the hill once more, telling both of them to never surrender. I am many things, but I will never surrender to the Republic scum for as long as I am alive. I digress, however. What resulted then was me receiving a close range slugthrower shot through my shoulder, which I managed to bandage once I landed in cover. I heard from my position, where the Republic seem to have assumed I was dead, Corporal Naveil surrender, willingly. In addition to this, Private Haldeen then followed suit, willingly surrendering.

While I then remained on the ground, stable but in need of immediate medical attention, Sith Tarimra arrived. I informed him via telepathy of what had happened, and how close by the battalion of troops were. He made the decision, I assume, to pick me up and leave as swiftly as he’d arrived. I received my medical attention, then. I would not have made it out of there alive without his intervention.

(*Post by Eddi Arkiti.*)