Date: 19-08-2025. 9:00 A.M
Dozens of Raptors zoomed through the sky. In one of them Honor team was inside. Seven sat on the left edge of the Raptor with her RA Rifle in her hands. She was watching the surroundings, dozens of Armored vehicles, tanks and troop transports were driving below them. In the arid environment. Seven checked her RA rifle, it was in good condition no dust or any dirt was in or on it. She than Unsheathed the knife unsheathed her combat knife. It too was in good condition she had sharpened it just before this mission. She sheathed it back into its holder. She grabbed her RA pistol out of its holster next. it too was clean of any dust or dirt and in good condition. She placed it back into it's holster.
"Everyone listen up" Mason commanded. Everyone turned their attention to him. Seven too locked to Mason, listening carefully to what he was saying. "We are getting close all army groups are nearly at their destination including us." Mason said in a clear tone. "The main Concord base on Harvest is hidden by a cloaking shield right over there." Mason pointed into the north western direction. "Our goal is to get in unseen. And lower it's damn shield. It won't be easy and do not under estimate mate them" Mason continued as he looked at Marco. Seven looked to to Marco he tensed up a bit he knew that Mason meant him when he said that.
"We will soon reach our destination, where we will be dropped off and continue by ground vehicles, And drive the rest of the way. this way we will be less vulnerable to Concord ground and air units. From our drop off zone we will have a distance of 26 clicks to cover from than. So expect a lot of enemy resistance." Mason finished. He looked around. "So everyone ready." Mason asked? "Yes sir" Everyone except Seven in the Raptor. Amelia, George and Elena responded through the comms as they sat in a second Raptor. Seven simply gave a nod before returning her gaze to the arid land scape. The Raptors flew for a few more kilometers. Seven aimed through her RA rifle, she noticed something and zoomed in. She aimed and fired a shot. Everyone on the Raptor looked to her. "Seven what are you doing!?" Mason asked concerned and somewhat loudly. Seven remained silent and fired another shot. "Ooh, I can smell their Conny ass from here already." Ivan sarcastically said. "Great, Concord of course. This is to be expected." Mason responded. "Everyone, get really the Concord have begun intercepting us." Mason shouted to his team. Seven shot another round piercing the Concord straight between the eyes like the last two.
"PLASMA!" Marco yelled. A large plasma bolt hitting the right back side of the Raptor severely damaging the engine. The Raptor where Honor One, Two Four and Seven were in began to rapidly fall to the ground and away from the formation. "Brace for impact" Mason yelled to the others. "YEEHAW!" Ivan yelled in excitement. "You find this fun you fucking idiot!?" Marco yelled at Ivan. "Come on what's not to love about some little excitement?" Ivan jokingly shouted back to Marco.
Just as Ivan finished his sentence Seven jumped out of the Raptor and gripped herself onto a low cliff edge where she slowed down her high speed fall and glided along the surface of it until she reached the ground. The Raptor with the other in it moved right preventing them from doing the same. The Raptor crashed into the ground. Seven immediately ran towards the Raptor when she got onto the ground. She sprinted 400 meters before she arrived at the crashed Raptor. She attached her RA rifle onto her back and began checking the wreckage. She first checked the pilot, but he had died on impact She than heard. "Um, hey, Seven a little help please?" Seven heard Ivan ask her she looked down an saw Ivan's head poking out under the wreckage. Seven walked over to in front of Ivan's head. She knelt down, placed her hands underneath a heavy armored plate and lifted it. Ivan than crawled out of the Raptor. "Thanks Seven" Ivan thanked Seven. Seven give nod in response they both walked around to the other side of the crashed Raptor. Seven lifted another detached heavy armor plate and dragged Mason out the Raptor. Ivan lifted a different heavy panel and dragged Marco out of the Raptor.
"Thank you two." Mason thanked both Seven and Ivan. as he walked over to the pilot to check if he survived but as Seven already saw he was dead. *Sigh* Mason sighed to the dead pilot. Sad he couldn't help him anymore. "Eh, I nearly got myself out. So i didn't really need your help" Marco arrogantly said to Ivan. "Well than you can pull your own ass out next time than." Ivan remarked back. "Quit it both of you I do not want to see both of you fight now. We have more important things to handle than both of you bickering with each other." Mason said authoritively. "Boss, your right, his worthless ass ain't worth my time." Ivan jokingly responded. "Grrr" Marco responded hostily back.
"Good, now let's move before Concord arrive." Mason replied. Honor Two, Four and Seven, nodded in response to Mason. they all got on the move from there. They stuck close to the road where there Raptor had crashed but didn't get on it remaining mostly in between the rock formations next to the road to maintain cover.
"Sir, are you all alright?" Mason got through his comms. "We are alright Five. Our armor protected us from the crash. The pilot however didn't make it sadly." Mason responded to George through his comms. "I'm sorry to hear that the pilot didn't make it. But I'm glad the rest of you got out unharmed from what I hear." George responded back through the comms. "Also we are heading towards you to come pick you up. It will be quite cramped but we should have enough space for you." George continued. "Negative Concord will surround us soon. If you bet close they will get shoot you down like they did with us." Mason countered. " continue onto the drop off zone will get there on foot." Mason ordered Honor Three, Five and six to continue on. "Copy that sir. And good luck." George replied.
"Thanks and if any see us. Well let's just say there will be quite a few less of them around when we group back with you." Mason answered back to George. They both ended the call after. Mason looked Back to Two, Four and Seven. "Alright we are 8 clicks away from the drop off zone. And if we keep out pace up it should only take 40 minutes to get there." Told the others "Though it will not be easy to get there. We are in Concord territory so we could be surrounded." Mason continued. "So let's move." Mason ordered. Seven gave a nod and Ivan and Marco said "Yes sir" at the same time both looking hostily at each other when they finished.
The group began walking staying hidden in the rock formations. Marco briefly looked back and saw several large brutish Krovon soldiers scavenging the Raptor wreckage they ripped the pilot out of the cockpit and start tearing the dead pilot apart and eating him. Marco looked back in front in disgust. "Disgusting creatures" Marco mumbled to himself. Seven was in the front of the group and took point. She halted and took cover gesturing the others to do the same with her hand. The others took over quickly Seven peaked her head a little bit around the corner. She saw a Krovon patrol bickering with each other. They were distracted Seven thought to herself and gestured the others to move quick but silent to the other rock formation. The others did what Seven wanted and moved to the other rock formation none of the Krovon noticing them in the opening between the rock formations. Seven waited a moment making sure they were still distracted. Seven saw they still were bickering with each other one even hit another one of them. So she made her move. She quickly ran to the rock formation where the others were waiting for her.
Seven made it to the other side. She got back into cover pressing her back against the rocks again. She than looked back to the Krovon patrol they did not notice her. So they were all still hidden. Mason than gestured with his hand to continue onwards. They sprinted down the rock formations. Remaining unseen by Concord patrols or fighters flying over head.
"Get down" Mason whispered to his group. Two, Four and Seven got down. And pressed up against the rocks. As Krovon checked their position not yet noticing the Riftans literally under his nose. He looked around but didn't see anything. He pulled his head away. "Move" Mason ordered in a concerned whisper. The Riftans quickly moved on wards they made steady progress through the formations and Remaining unseen. The tension was intense they were completely surrounded by Concord.
As they moved they saw they were nearing the end of the rock formations and onto the open road where Concord could easily see them. "Ah, shit a dead end. We are goingto be sitting ducks on the road" Marco said silently. "Indeed but we don't have much of a choice." Mason silently responded "let's move" Mason ordered. The Riftans turned from crouching to full sprint immediately. Concord forces immediately saw them. Seven open up fire on the first ten Durtans in their way a precise shot in each of their heads between the eyes. They all fell lifeless onto the ground as the Riftans ran past their dead corpes. "5 more clicks and will be at the drop off point." Mason told his the others. "So keep this tempo up." He continued.
They continued to run the distance closing. However they stopped as they came face to face of a Krovon patrol unit of 10 soldiers. "I guess we gotta kick their small little asses" Ivan remarked at each of their tall height all of them being just above being 210 centimeters.
Seven didn't waste anytime and immediately began firing her RA Rifle against them killed 2 of them instantly through the eyes. Marco ran upto on them with his combat knife and immediately got slammed aside into the ground. Ivan shoot with his RA Shotgun against that Krovon to prevent him from killing Marco. He killed the Krovon in the process.
Marco got up and grabbed his RA rifle and began shooting as well. Killing one Krovon. Mason grabbed a grenade from his torso and threw it near the feet of Krovon distracted shooting as Seven with his ballistic gun. The grenade went off killing the the Krovon. Seven shot the last few dead. The Riftans than returned to sprinting.
"2 more click and were there." Mason shared with his team. Seven saw a Concord fighter approaching so Seven, aimed her RA Rifle while she was running and fired. Her shot went straight into the engine of the Concord fighter making it crashing into the ground "Good job Seven" Mason told Seven. She gave a nod in return. They,finally approached the drop of zone. The Soldiers there seeing the Riftans approach gave covering fire. To the approaching Spartans the Concord that were after the Riftans quickly stopped and retreated back. Unable to break the League's drop of zone. The Riftans finally made it. "That was fun" Ivan remarked sarcastically in a tired tone. "Quit with the stupid jokes fucking idiot." Marco said as he walked off to get some new ammunition for his guns. "Ugh and there it goes again." Mason reacted to Ivan's and Marco's bickering. "We will take a small rest here for a few minutes." Mason said to Ivan and Seven. Seven than walked over to an crate and sat down. Taking the opportunity for the small break. She attached her RA rifle back to her back. And sat silently taking the moment to breath.