They had all retained their faces in this simulation. Only their uniforms and other essentials were added. They moved quite a distance and they estimated that they had moved about 1.5 Km in the forest. The simulation had started in the early morning as per simulation settings. Soon they heard some noises that were not typical to a forest and spotted some drones. When they saw that, the group moved behind a group of rocks. From this hiding place they began to observe the surroundings. They could not find anything. So, Ben climbed a tree which was adjacent to the rock formation. He climbed quite a height sat behind a group of leaves.
Ben was an ardent follower of actions films. He also liked to read about military tactics. Although he was not smartest of the class, he did have quite the knowledge about military tactics, formations, and stuff. He began to absorb information from the surroundings and began to formulate a strategy. 'This is obviously a simulation. I can see that there is a clearing at a distance. If it was the real world this would not have happened. Also the drones are not that much. I think it is because they are spread thin. Otherwise, it would have found us with heat or motion sensors. I need to find a way to camouflage our movements from the drones. They could find us if we move recklessly.' As Ben was looking around, he found certain things that could be of use. As he was beginning to get down, two teams coming from their opposite side. Ben came down from the tree and told what he saw to his friends. They began to move cautiously by taking cover of the trees, rocks and large vegetation in the area. They estimated that they are at least 10 kms away from the target. As they were moving, they could see that the sun was going down. Their target was to reach the mechanical defense perimeter before night fall. Only then could they lay an ambush. Jim reminded them that if they thought like that other teams also might have thought so.
They moved cautiously through the forest and they reached the point of mechanical defenses about 2km away from their target. This was a mixture of wall and guns which were energy based. They retreated some distance back and found the gate to the wall. This gate was manned. And some vehicles were coming into it and going out. These were vehicles meant for basic patrolling. There was no fixed roads, these were all terrain vehicles.
They moved a bit into the forest. They found a lake nearby and a group of Tellu Beouf drinking water from it. . They were going through a trail which went around the clearing. Ben had located a nest of Bane Vespid. Near by that a group of Lepidos had also nested. These Lepidos had beautiful wings which had color changing capabilities. These group of Lepidos had the capability to change its wing color into two colors. One was the brown color for camouflage. The other one was a resplendent blue. Bane Vespids and Lepidos had a symbiotic relationship. They helped each other to defend. Lepidos had the capability to release a powder that had hallucinogenic capabilities.
When the Tellu Beouf reached a bit away from the Bane Vespid nest, Rais shot a stone towards the nest. They were disturbed and so were the Lepidos. Both these creatures shot at the Tellu Beouf. The Tellu Beouf group had 20 members in it. The wind was blowing in the direction of the mechanical defenses . So, the hallucinogenic powder and the insects were moving in the direction of the control tower. Tellu Beouf had the ability to send tremors and shock waves. They became maddened because of the attack of Vespids and Lepidos. They began hallucinating and were in pain. In lot of pain. They moved in the direction of the walls of the defenses. The vespids had the capability to bypass the defenses of the beoufs. The beoufs unleashed their powers because of the pain. There were some calves other than the 20 adult ones. They also unleashed their powers. Shocks and tremors were caused by this group and it soon turned into a mini-earth quake. The soldiers near the gates moved from their posts and closed the gates. But it did not minimize the power of the earth quake. The gate was broken and beoufs rushed into the camp. Soon an alarm sounded. Ben and his group charged into the gate behind the beoufs. Inside the beoufs were unleashing their fury everywhere. Every machinery was being destroyed and soldiers were being killed. Soldiers which formed the immediate perimeter around the control tower were also rushing to the spot. Ben, Saarsh, Roshin, Rais and Jim made use of this chaos and the uneven terrain to move close to the control tower.
As they moved, they came across two soldiers who were mounting a vehicle. They did not even need to say anything. The group quickly moved to them and attacked the soldiers. Due the chaos and confusion, the soldiers could not respond properly. They were easily killed. The group took the vehicle and moved towards the control tower. Before the other soldiers could understand what was happening, they blasted the front doors with the gun mounted on the vehicle. They crashed the vehicle through the ground floor of the tower and fired at the guards rushing from the upper floors. After they killed them, they rushed through the stairs and reached the main room of the tower. They killed whoever had guns. They put the others and gunpoint and put a chip into the main control of the tower. Suddenly their watches turned green and an announcement came: " A team has taken the control tower. We are stopping the simulation. It will be over in 3,2,1 …"
Soon Ben and his group opened their eyes. Mahaansh was looking at his group. So was everyone who had woken up and had gained their bearing. When everyone was up, the teacher began to speak
" I did not expect you would complete this simulation in such a short time. But the results are clear. So let me tell you the evaluation. Halper's team and Vel's team were eliminated first. It happened due to your rash decisions to make use of the chaos and simply charge in.
Melinda's team was cautious to a fault. They did not make any moves despite having been very near to the control tower.
Mat's team got stuck in the swamp. You even left your team mate there and went away. While he did agree to that, that was uncalled for.
Damel's team did not move stealthily enough and was found out by the drones and were attacked. They could not get near the control room. Although her leadership quality was good, it was not enough.
That leaves us with Ben's team. They had good team spirit. All the members contributed to the team. They also used the environment against their enemies, which none of you used. You could have used many things in the surroundings against the enemy. Ben, Saarsh, Rais, Roshin and Jim got near the camp without getting caught. They made used of the fauna there to create a chaos and thus could get into the control tower and take control of it at the appropriate timing. In this simulation many things were kept in your favor because of your lack of familiarity with military operations. Still, this test is aimed at testing your leadership, strategic and academic qualities to varying degrees. Congratulations to the winning team."