OOC: 'The Duo' - NSWiki
Marcus kicked the door down, and the duo entered the empty apartment. It had a weird, almost soviet-era feel to it, far from unique in a row of buildings. Perfect for their uses of it.
The duo wasn’t exactly used to taking government contracts for their ‘services’, but the contract offered really couldn’t be refused. Nonetheless, they now where, of all places, in the midst of a invasion, “observing”. Though their minders had stated to avoid inflicting casualties, they had to do what they had to do, and were appropriatly armed.
The pair consisted of Marcus, a human in his early 30’s, by far the leader, with a more scruffy look and (now) almost a full beard. The shooter by far, he was the old school ‘operator’, and behaved strictly as such, running a kevlar vest over his T-Shirt, jeans, and boots. Though not identifiable as Military, he packed heat as such.
And then there was Max, a Vulpine male in his early 20’s, Marcus ran into him in the 2010 Vekaiyun Civil War, at 17, in his own mess of trouble with the local “militia”. After a rather heroic escape, Marcus took him under his wing and snuck him out of the country, and he eventually was given (albeit, under the table), South Hills citizenship under a new name as part of payment for a operation in Dveria. The (self taught) group hacker and a half-decent pilot (He was being forcefully drafted into service with the then Maxist air force at the time), rather rebellious though effective at his various jobs. As he himself believes his family to be dead or missing, Marcus has more or less been a father figure, though more of a brotherly figure as time went on.
Nonetheless, the duo over time gained a reputation as a effective force, morals aside. They’ve even been jokingly blamed for any bombings at international meetings by South Hills intelligence forces, after the duo pulled such a operation off last year.
“You got it?”
“Got it, transmitting the coordinates now.” The group had a good view over the bay, and was relaying coordinates of Rhodesialund’s assets in the area.
“We may need to be ready to bail.”
“Mhm, I have the ditch kit ready.” The ‘ditch kit’ was civilian outfits and a small set of explosives. They were prepared to blow most of their equipment and play as lost travellers if needed.
“Not as bad as Tano, but this is notable.” noted Max, still transmitting various coordinates near the window.
“Mhm” replied Marcus, as he looked down at a Armored Personell Carrier below.
“Interesting to see how the locals will respond”
“Doubt there are any locals, this place looks totally abandoned.”
“Would be a nice vacation spot, too.”
“Agreed.”
"What’s the plan on if they decide to get curious? noted Max, looking down below at the APC.
“Head up and lay claymores, they’ll probably bug off or itle stall them long enough to move accross to the building next door. They’re close enough to zipline.”
“And ziplining won’t draw any attention?”
“Fair enough. Either way, just like Ye’leli, best bet is that they don’t get curious. They won’t have the time to search this entire building unless we give them a reason.” Right as he finished his statement, he pulled Max down from the window as a helicopter buzzed by, looking around the area, it hovered for a second before moving on.
“Like that.”
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100 Nautical Miles from outpost, Cruiser Destroyer Squadron 1
“We’ve been ordered to set course for these islands, recently occupied by Rhodesialund.”
“And for their proclaimed exclusion zone?”
“The whole point I believe is to test it, sir.”
“Aye aye, make us a heading.”
“Aye aye, Captain!” The ships moved to a heading direct for the islands, making flank speed.
“There has been something else noted, sir.”
“Yes?”
“We have two operators gathering intel on the islands, due to their uninhabited nature, it is rather difficult as stated for them to remain for long. They may be contacting us for rapid, armed, or both rapid and armed exfil.”
“Keep me posted.”
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http://nswiki.org/index.php?title=South_Hills_Military#Current_Naval_Deployments
SHS Jacksonville (McCloud Class Cruiser)
SHS Todd McCloud (McCloud Class Cruiser)
SHS Josiah Bartlet (Miles Prower Heavy Destroyer)
SHS Titan (Buena Vista Class Destroyer)
SHS Bay Area (Beuna Vista Class Destroyer)
SHS Bainbridge (Miles Prower Heavy Destroyer)
SHS Pen Hills (Beuna Vista Class Destroyer)
SHS Wyatt (Logistics Class Oiler)
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— Begin quote from ____
Hon. Katherine Hera,
We are closely monitoring the status of events, and wish to re-iterate our backing of RGP’s position on recent events. We wish to further make you aware of the presence of Cruiser Destroyer Squadron 2 in the area, and wish to inform you its ships are under the RGP’s command in event a conflict occurs.
In addition, we are welcome to the idea of intelligence sharing in relation to these events.
Admiral Preston Cole,
Commander,
South Hills Far East Fleet,
A. Prower Navy Operations Center,
District 58
cc. Vekaiyun High Command, Laiatanese High Command
— End quote
