Operation: Beats of the Wings

[Kienix]

Beats Of The Wings

Operation Party:
Apprentice Tenacitious - ML
Apprentice Vlorakaar Vipion
Apprentice Xulia Horuset
Sergeant 'Honour' Kienix

Report:
Upon touch down, we followed the lead of Apprentices Vipion and Horuset through the terrain. We'd eventually stumble across multiple Varactyls in the area grazing when they were then suddenly attacked by a group of Dactillions, attacked viciously. Most, if not all, were gone within seconds. The team then attempted to follow the creatures back to a potential nest but it proved too difficult with how fast they were moving and the distance already between us.

Instead, we kept on the move until the Apprentices discovered what seemed to be a very freshly built nest, from what I could deduce from it at least. There was a plethora of eggs inside. The team got to rounding them up before Apprentice Vipion noted something above us. It turned out to be another nest. A very large nest and a very large nest that was certainly occupied. After having marines, and Apprentice Horuset, load as many eggs as possible, the creatures began to attack.

There were a lot of them and that's probably an understatement to be truthful. I believe I can recall around three adult Dactillions present in the nest. The first of which was killed by both Apprentice Vipion and Horuset, but the other two let the entire swarm out on us. It got to the point where Apprentice Tenacitious, after I tried to flash the swarm to give us some breathing room, ordered the marines to fire a salvo towards the cliffs, to both target the adults and collapse it on them all.

We then made our escape, narrowly avoiding being crushed, as the Apprentices recovered three of the stunned creatures. Whether they're related or not would require DNA testing. However, the final adult Dactillion refused to let us go freely. It, after taking a thermal head on, unfortunately killed Apprentice Tenacitious' Maalraas alongside a marine. It took using the shuttle's blasters to put it down for good. An incubator was damaged, alongside only five of the eggs being in tact.

These creatures were, to put it lightly, extreme. Unfortunately, this was the best we could pull together.

- Three Juvenile Dactillions recovered; the creatures were sent to receive veterinary aid and are pending DNA tests to determine whether or not they're related; two females, one male
- Five Eggs were recovered from the same nest
- Apprentice Tenacitious' Maalraas was killed
- A Marine was killed
- An Incubator was damaged

- Sergeant Kienix

(OOC: Copy and Pasted from Discord)