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Post by mesozoic on Apr 17, 2009 22:03:47 GMT -6
mesozoic made his way to the barracks and collected three Privates for his mission.
"men i am corporal mesozoic, general Darzul gave me a mission was have to randevu with a motor pool and bring back what we can, lets get to it"
mesozoic and his men made there way into the garage and hopped in a SUV and started to follow the map to meet up with the motor pool.
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Post by Darzul on May 4, 2009 19:49:02 GMT -6
The private in the left back seat field stripped his Carbine and proceeded to clean it as Mesozoic drove. The private in the right back seat pulled a whetstone from his pocket and began sharpening his knife. The private riding shotgun held the map, and was acting as Mesozoic's navigator.
The man who had field stripped his gun finally looked at Mesozoic through the rear-view mirror. "Uh, Corporal Mesozoic, sir? Sorry for asking, but, um...are you a human?"
The navigator turned around, a derisive smile on his face. "I'm sure the horns are just part of a costume, Quiz," he said. He then looked at Meso himself, pulling a pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket and lighting one. "By the way, sir, I'm Private Redding. The guy with the knife is private Ferd, and the curious one is private Roden, better known as 'Quiz'. He got that nickname because he has a knack for asking dumb questions."
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Post by mesozoic on May 4, 2009 20:43:38 GMT -6
Mesozoic smiled and let out a small chuckle. "I'm half human private Roden. these horns are not part of a costume, there as real as they can get."
Mesozoic looked at Private Redding. "mind if i can one of of your cigarettes Private? Mesozoic asked.
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Post by Darzul on May 4, 2009 23:30:47 GMT -6
Feeling stupid about his last comment, Redding gave Mesozoic a cigarette.
"Don't mind Redding," Roden said. "Or, as we like to call him, 'Jackass'. He got that nickname because he has a knack for being a jackass."
"Go to Hell, Quiz," Redding spat back at him. Ferd simply chuckled as the other two bickered, reassembling his gun.
He clicked the magazine in place, pulling back the bolt on the weapon to chamber a round before looking up at Meso. "So, corporal, you have any idea what kinda stuff is at this motor pool?"
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Post by mesozoic on May 5, 2009 4:00:24 GMT -6
Mesozoic placed the cigarette in his mouth and rised his hand to the tip, a small flame ignited between his thumb and pointer finger,lighting the cigarette.
"general Darzul told me there are a lot of vehicles there, and to bring back what we can."
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Post by Darzul on May 6, 2009 20:54:58 GMT -6
Redding looked at Mesozoic, astonished. "Wow, that's some way to light a cig," he said.
Ferd looked at Mesozoic. "Get what we can?" he asked. He then chuckled. "You picked the perfect group, Corporal. Most of us soldiers don't know anything beyond driving regular cars or SUV's. I've got some practice with semis and other big trucks, and Redding's driven tanks a few times."
Roden nodded. "And I've flown a helicopter once. But beyond that, I'm sure it'll be up to the general himself. You all know what he says, right boys?"
The three spoke in unison, saying the same thing: "I can drive anything with wheels, wings, or sails, and most things without." They each chuckled at the sentiment.
"It's true, though," Redding said. "I remember Captain Apek telling a story about Vorca jumping into a semi truck. This was one of the pre-war models, the kind you have to shift 'em in two directions. Used to take drivers months to learn how to drive these bastards."
"Anyway, Apek was a private at the time, and Darzul was the captain. Apek asks him, 'You ever drive one of these things, sir?' Vorca shrugs and says, 'Nope, but i'll figure it out.' Sure as shit, within five minutes he was driving that truck like he had done it for a living. Got it cranking at about 90 miles an hour, hauling a tank full of diesel. Never lost control, and when he got back to his post they could run their vehicles another two weeks."
Roden shook his head. "Apek's full of shit. He's just got a hard-on for the general. He also says he saw Vorca take a three-round burst to the chest and get up from it after a couple minutes."
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Post by mesozoic on May 19, 2009 19:09:30 GMT -6
Mesozoic chuckled a little, taking a long drag from his cigarette. he gazed around looking at the trees as they past them by "what our eta to the motor pool?" Mesozoic asked.
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Post by Darzul on May 19, 2009 19:57:48 GMT -6
Redding looked at the map. "Since traffic is really a non-issue this far outside of the major cities, I put our ETA at 35 minutes. Twenty, if you really step on it."
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Post by mesozoic on May 19, 2009 20:03:22 GMT -6
meso nodded "looks like i need to open up this baby and see what see can go. everyone strap in." meso said as he started to speed up.
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Post by Darzul on Jun 14, 2009 17:11:54 GMT -6
"Okay, corporal," Redding said after about a half hour with the throttle wide open. "Slow it down a bit, take a left onto a gravel road about a half mile up here. Drive a mile down the path through some woods, and we should find a clearing with the motor pool in it."
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Post by mesozoic on Jun 14, 2009 18:10:48 GMT -6
mesozoic drove down the path he was given and soon spotted the motor pool just head, about 100 yards or so. "looks like that's our objective." meso said. he pulled along side the middle car, getting out of the car. "Corporal mesozoic reporting to take some supplies. "
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Post by Darzul on Jun 14, 2009 20:05:59 GMT -6
Redding laughed as he got out of the car. "I don't think anyone's gonna hear you, corporal," he said. "This place has been abandoned for at least a decade."
He then stopped to look at the vehicles in the motor pool. There weren't very many of them, but the ones here were real treasures. Among 10 of the SUV's like the ones they had used to get here were 8 tanks, 10 APC's, 10 mobile artillery cannons, 4 medical choppers, 2 attack choppers, and a single dual-rotor heavy lift helicopter. Near the back were 3 vertical take-off and landing jets, 2 supersonic jet fighters, and a single large bomber.
Roden's jaw literally dropped upon taking in the vehicles in the compound. "Corporal," he managed to utter, "this is a lot of cool stuff."
Redding nodded. "Guys, you don't need me to tell you that we can't get all this back any time soon. Assuming everything is still functioning - which I guarantee not all of it is - it'll literally take a week of constant shifts to get all this into Vorcan Army territory, if only because we have a limited number of people who can operate a lot of these things. To the best of my knowledge, there's only one major in the whole army who can fly jet fighters."
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Post by mesozoic on Jun 15, 2009 0:24:40 GMT -6
mesozoic shutted up to put a stop to making an ass of himself. "see what you can get functioning, if its beyond repair salvage what you can from the medical chopper.
if we cant bring back the whole thing its best we bring the supplies. " mesozoic looked around at the motor pool.
"private Redding. i want you to take note of what works so general Darzul knows what here.
private Roden, how long who it take to fill not only our SUV, but a few of the others that we get working. thinking about taking what we can and drive back to base in a SUV filled with supplies"
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Post by Darzul on Jun 20, 2009 1:26:44 GMT -6
"Yes, sir," Redding said, walking toward a shed near the fence, the only building within the motor pool.
"Yes, sir," Roden replied as well, also entering the shed. After a few hours of Roden rummaging in the shed, and Redding running back and forth between cars with different sets of keys, the two reported.
"Of the SUV's," Redding said, "7 are running. 5 tanks, 6 of the artillery cannons, 3 of the APC's, 3 of the med choppers, 1 of the attack choppers, and the heavy lift chopper. None of the jets or the bomver will take off, but I imagine about a day of maintenance each will have them operational."
"I found a couple handguns," Roden said. "Beyond that it's all tools, spare parts for all the different vehicles, and a gas pump that doesn't work. We can load it all up in ground vehicles but it'll take all of them. Some of these parts are pretty big. Or, if the heavy lift chopper is running, we should be able to fit almost everything into that and I'll fly it back to base. Whatever's left will fit into the 3 cars you decide to take back on the first pass."
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Post by mesozoic on Jun 22, 2009 15:40:16 GMT -6
meso looked over at roden. "great ill take this suv here. Redding and ferd i want you to take the other 2 and meet me back at base." meso said as he climbed into the driver's side door, starting it up. "once more thing.. don't get lost." meso chuckled
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