TSD Fiction #2 (GDI)

Ackron · Commander **Joined**: 19 May 2004

The definition of Civilian had changed a lot recently, they used to be those guys who ran around screaming or hid like frightened animals if so much as a gunshot was heard, but nowadays the civilians were something else, if you had a GDI or nod logo on you , you couldn’t go into a Civilian town without having three different snipers blow holes in you at the same time, heck if you sent in a tank you would get a RPG fired at you out of a shop window, it was lunacy.

The MLRS group had taken up formation just outside visual range of the City under the cover of thick grey fog that was common these days and were hovering steadily in a line, The Cockpit of the two middlemost MLRS opened and the passengers disembarked and walked towards each other.

“Word from base is we are to go ahead with bombardment once the command APC gets here, apparently the Field marshal wants to watch this one.” Said one of the Two Tan clad figures.
“Makes sense, this will be the first full scale military operation against explicitly civilian targets for a very long time.” said the other.

The sound of Wheels grinding earth came from the distance; it was the Command APC for certain.

“That’ll be them” said the first GDI figure.
“Aye” said the second.

The APC pulled up in front of them, there was the sound of metal hinges creaking and Hydraulics extending, as soon as the Rear door touched the ground an older gentleman exited the APC followed by his bodyguards; 4 Commandos, two with those new Gauss rifles, they walked towards the MLRS passengers.

“Squad commanders Harris and Martin I presume” Said the Older man.
“That’s us Field marshal Sir” said both the Squad commanders in tandem.
“Hahaha Excellent, but which is which?” Asked the field marshal.

They hadn’t realised they were wearing their helmets; they both laughed upon noticing and removed them.

“Harris here” said Squad commander Harris
“And I’m Martin” said Squad commander Martin
“I see, shall we get this over and done with then?” said the Field marshal.
“Certainly sir, But…..permission to speak freely?” Said Harris
“Go ahead.” answered the Field marshal
“Why exactly are we bombarding a civilian town? It seems a little….” questioned Harris
“I know exactly what you mean, but 2 days ago a small armoured group was advancing through the town towards the bridge, they were ambushed and killed by civilian militia, Right in the city centre, we have also received reports from undercover officers that almost all of the civilian population is hostile to GDI forces and that it would be dangerous to attempt to go through the city again.” explained the Field marshal.
“I see” Said Harris solemnly
“Don’t worry, we aren’t doing anything wrong, we can’t hope to achieve our goals in this theatre unless we can get forces across that bridge, there is no other way.” assured the field marshal.
“In that case, we should get this show on the proverbial road” said Martin trying to lighten the mood.

Harris nodded and went back to his MLRS which was holding formation with the line, Martin did the same, and martin opened his communications channel.

“Ok men you have your target coordinates, Fire on my mark” commanded Martin.
“Your guys good to go?” he said into the Squad command channel.
“As they will ever be” replied Harris.
“Ok then, Field marshal, stand well back.” yelled Martin out of his cockpit window.

The Field marshal took a few steps back, his bodyguard stepping back also.

“Ready?” asked Harris.
“Definitely, I’ll count down, you just make sure your guys fire” said Martin
“Don’t worry about it” replied Harris.
“Three…Two…One…” counted Martin
“MARK!” they both said in perfect sync

The ten MLRS all fired at once, unguided rockets flashed into the sky with immense speed and ferocity, through the thick dark fog you could make out the bright flashes where the missiles impacted against buildings.
The Field marshal stared into the darkness watching the distant destruction and he couldn’t help but wonder how he would have been punished for this if it had been a few years back.

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Judeau · Commander **Joined**: 28 Feb 2004

all civilians that are in the "abandoned" towns are nasty little buggers armed to the teeth, this doesn't mean ALL civilians are so willing to die
just that those left behind after the underground cities were built have a " Get away from our town or i'll shoot you " mentality to them

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