[Matthew Oxford]

0753
Outdoors - North Side
Vedic Base

He lead the group or at least those who had decided to follow him to the North of the complex. While they had the mountain range and heavy bush-land keeping their area secure. It was hard to predict just how much of the land their enemy was likely to be familiar with from their past battle around the base. Matt broke the groups around him into pairs and before sending them to mount defense around the parameter. When the wind blew his way stronger, Matt protected his eyes before he look a look, seeing the aircraft, he cursed. They still needed to by time. He saw another ship land a little further back. Motioned to Major Moore to oversee it.

He heard Calamara's request, "Let's show them what we are made off, Chief," he spoke into the mike, "Fire away." With that he cocked his own gun, pulled off the safety and moved. Once reaching the assigned area, Oxford kneeled, settled the gun on the rock. The familiarity of being back in battle flowed through him. It had been years, since he had been in the front line.

Captain Darren Marshall's voice was another, "These guys are going to keeping coming like a flood, Sir."

Of course they were, Matt realised, "Do whatever you have to; to keep them at bay, Captain. They must not gain access to the base." He was well aware that Calmara was already in the middle of his happy firing. The thought made him chuckle as he left the bullets fly out and into the enemy.

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[Atharv]

0757
Outdoors
Vedic Base

SV-1 broke into a run as they headed toward the southern defensive position. Located just outside the base, it was little more than a collection of sandbags and temporary barriers encircling three Earthling rail-guns and large calibre machine guns. Atharv had watched the men assemble and test the weapons, so he had some idea of how they worked. Still, an introductory lesson would not go amiss. Light brown and green netting - the same colour scheme he'd seen people around the base wearing - was dr**ed across the firing position to make it difficult to spot from above.

The first wave of Asuran shuttles - their forward scouting party - swooped down over the base and were engaged by a rail-gun position on the main tower. A gentleman by the name of Calmara was directing the fire based on the radio chatter. The northern position manned by the base personnel, and SV-1's position, both remained quiet.

As Atharv had expected, the second wave of shuttles was not far behind. Weighted down by troops and siege equipment, the Asuran craft moved at a slower and more awkward pace. On the Admiral's order, all gun positions opened fire.

Atharv was impressed with the effectiveness of the Earthlings rail-gun positions. They were highly accurate, fast to reload, and cracked open the shuttle hulls with ease. But the numbers were against them - for every shuttle they grounded, three more appeared over the horizon. Slowly the enemy began to close in.

Not far from their position, a shuttle made it to the surface and began spilling its cargo of Asuran soldiers. The pilot was wise - they'd landed behind the burning hulk of another shuttle to shield them from weapons fire from the rail-gun positions. A team would need to be deployed to directly engage them.

"We can not allow them to secure a landing site!" he yelled to Captain Oxford over the deafening weapons fire. "If too many soldiers disembark it will be impossible to turn them back!"

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[Justin Anderson]

0757
Outdoors - Northside
Vedic Base

Justin hadn't been part of the expedition very long a couple of weeks in fact, but the pace of life here even on the base outstripped the SGC, at least for someone doing the fairly menial security jobs that came with his particular profession and rank, not that he minded. The revelation of the impending battle had the airman busy earlier that morning, prepping extra defensive positions and reinforcing those that already existed.

Some of it had also been spent preparing their inventory of weapons for use along with making sure nearly everyone on base had at least a side arm. Looking over their position it was clear one thing was going to happen it was going to get loud, with 50 Calibre machine guns and everyone with their assortment of small arms they certainly weren't going to have a shortage of firepower to put down range.

Kneeling behind some sandbags he shifted a little settling the weight of the M249 He'd be saddled with against his shoulder a little better. As he had done some of the railguns had opened up targeting the incoming craft coming over and towards the base as other landed out in front of their defensive positions. When the Asuran transports landed and the troops from within first moved out and then toward them he waited, waited for someone else the heavy machine guns in particular to engage first.

When the low but loud thump thump thump of the heavy machine gun fired he let free with his, weapons fire spilling out toward the attackers.

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[James Calmara]

0758
West Tower
Outdoors
Vedas Base

Calmara halted his fire for a moment, for one to let the gun cool and second to take took of the situation, The successful against the first wave had provided a needed lift in confidence, almost essential when it came to dealing with the endless supply of shuttles, the news that one of them had dodged the fleck and landed with a measure of cover to boot was not paricularly welcome. But with still more breaking the cloud cover there was little time to dwell on this, preventing more from reaching the ground was his priority, he retrained his gun and sent a hail of fire in the direction of the latest formation, his own tracers blending with those of other potions meaning a level on concentration was needed.

The distinct lack of ground attack or bombers craft was a little concerning for Calmara. The more positive thought was that the Vishna fighters had taken care of them. Or they were waiting until the had someone to make a hole for before putting themselves at risk.

At that point another development  unfolded, a call came through from the control room that power usage had spike in both the east and west towers, followed soon after by a technician  from the east tower he reported the retraction and activation of a number of panels around the cap of the pillar which ran the length of the tower staircase. Calmara gestured to the lance corp who'd been serving as his loader, to take the trigger after a little reticence he took up  position, leaving Calmara free to step inside and take a closer look, assuming and hoping they were a advanced sensor array at least, the script was identical to the rest of the terminals and screens around the city, at least one screen also appeared to have a diagram of the current tower and a corner of another appeared to have a charge or capacitor level indicator, but a charge for what was the question.

Then came the call, high level craft had been sighted by the east tower, coming from a two o'clock position and looking like they would overfly the city. Feeling the need to get a look at them himself, he left the terminal and stepped out onto the platform, to a spot further round the tower which would allow him a better view, pointing his binoculars in the general direction, he sighted the formation there about four to six craft, but they could do plenty of damage if they could aim well.

Captain Oxford from Calmara, bombers sighted two o'clock high, well engage as soon as their in range, fight path indicates they're targeting the city, watch for colateral debris should they score any hits. He informed his command team if the newest development,  and it's possible implications for the ground teams. All the while his mind raced for how best to switch the AA to deal with both threats. East and West Tower, keep your rail on the drop ships, Central dome check you fire, reload, and engage those bombers, advise when there in close range. All secondary gunners, maintain fire on the drop ships keep your ears open, when the bomber get close switch your fire, don't wait for orders just switch. He instructed while moving back inside to check on the display screens, one of which had altered to show the tower along with an extra box in the upper right corner showing six blips along with a series of constantly updating numbers.

Then the momentary lull in gun fire out put was shattered at the central railguns found the range of the attack craft and opened up, there was a slight shift in the formation, followed by the first hit, then another, then another, half were gone in the space of a few minutes, it want quite enough however three managed to return fire, two targeting the centerl dome one more taking a shot at the west tower, Calmara dashed out onto the platform INCOMING! He yelled as a flash emitted  from the underside of one of the craft and ducked this was going to be close.




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[Blake Warren]

0758
Outdoors
Vedic Base

He nodded to Lequana and pushed a stray lock of hair back from his face. "I'm just glad to see you're up and okay." He looked out to the gathering force. "Asuran ground forces, those first shuttles are a feint to feel out defenses."

Following the rest of his team, Blake dropped into place with them behind the sandbags, holding their fire while the railguns pretended to be the only defense. He turned the Beretta from safe to fire, and took full advantage of the sandbags by taking a kneeling firing position.

Until the next fresh hell came with Atharv warning of the ship using a new wreck for cover. Blake reached for the vest pocket where he'd restocked C4 during their preparations. "What if we blow the ship?"

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[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

0753
Outdoors - South Side
Vedic Base

Gorundpounding was not easy it looked. While he had done his fair share of it, he still perfered the birds and GC dolphin to fly. It was better if Travis was here. With a sigh Oxford re-considered his plan, "We aren't going to pull the big guns out yet," he told them. C4 could be used as the last resort. He motioned for his team to take their places. Handing Athrav a P90, Bobby gave him a quick run on how to use it. And he hoped it was not used on them. "Grab a place with a good view to take you aims." That was the least he could do. It could be also considered as a trial for trust.

Taking his spot, he got his weapon ready. Soon as he did, the first round came. He pointed to few selected to fire and watched as the second fleet came after taking the bait. He listened as Calmara spoke. Second could have felt like hours before Matt gave the order to run wild, "Next time, Cuz," he spoke in the raido, "do it faster." Was his cousin was really starting to become a slow poke. Surely enough at the orders received, Calmara was let loose with the machine gun. He knew someone was going to get hurt and winced when the foot soldiers started to fall like ducks. There was no way he was missing out on the fun, "Fire at will," he called into the radio as well shouted.

"I'm all in for causing fireworks for them," he agreed, "As along we don't damage the base along with it, if they do it; they are paying big time." Getting on Matt's bad side didn't happen often, when it did the Admiral knew how make it memorable for the involved.

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[Atharv]

0759
Outdoors - South Side
Vedic Base

A call came over the radio network that bombers had been sighted approaching the base. Whoever was in charge of the fleet above must have grown tired of trying to take the base in one piece and had decided that a pile of rubble would do. That meant the enemies on the ground weren’t going to be pulling any punches. This would be a fierce battle fought to the death.

Doctor Warren withdrew an unfamiliar object from his vest and suggested to Atharv that they destroy the shuttle craft that were being used to provide cover for the landing troops.

“I believe such a tactic would be effective and sow chaos through the enemy,” Atharv declared. “In the field, Asuran commanders are not accustomed to the enemy bringing the fight to them - it would gibe them pause to rethink the advance.” As an Asuran military officer, Atharv and his fellow leaders been taught through training and in battle that their foes would rather flee than face the might of the gods, or as Atharv had long suspected, false gods.

Captain Oxford, in his unique style of humour, added that he would enjoy causing some fireworks.

That was what Atharv was coming to admire about the Earthlings - they were unpredictable, a useful trait against a large and highly disciplined enemy.

Using his Earth-made projectile weapon, Atharv laid down suppressive fire while SV-1 broke from their position and hurried toward the tangle of crashed shuttles that were screening the landing of Asuran troops. Seeing what they were doing, the gun towers on the city behind them adjusted their fire to drive the enemy soldiers behind them cover. After a fearful moment of crossing the unprotected no-ones land, the team pulled up behind the cover of the downed shuttles.

“There is a fuelling port here on each shuttle,” Atharv explained to the team, pointing out a pentagon-shaped opening near the underside of the Asuran vessels. “Placing a charge here will direct the blast up into the reactor, destroying the ship and anyone unlucky enough to be nearby.” With some careful timing SV-1 might be able to not only destroy the cover that the shuttles were providing, but take some of the Asuran soldiers out as well.

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[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

0759-0820
Outdoors - South Side
Vedic Base

At his team mates words, Bobby toss the C4 in the air and caught it before pocketing it, there was more on him. Then by all means he was or some of them were going to get close enough to plant the clay on the enemy ship. And pray that along the way no one got killed. It was plan he could get behind on. Nodding to Athrav, "Cover me," he made a motion to move, then stopped, "Just watch for anyone who tries to take shot at. Calmara, some extra fireworks at this end might be nice." Then grabbed few more mags, before diving towards the crowd of enemy men. Not one of the brightest move on his part, but it wasn't like he hadn't done things on impulse before. Like punching Cowden or dragging his cousin/twin to the bar when both had turned 21.

He had ducked, moved and shot his way towards a ship. Finding a clear spit he set his stuff down, in his ear piece he could hear Matt yelling at him to answer, "Busy Sir," he replied as he attached few C4 and winced as high pitch warning came from his CO. He knew there was going to be hell to pay once this was over. Happy with the setup, he moved on another, but not before getting grazed on his arm from a shot. Taking a moment to settle the throbbing pain, he ignored the bleeding, and worked on planting another set. The amount two vessels had hopefully was enough to start a chain reaction.

The same way he had come Bobby made his way back, using his radio to his team's channel, "BLOW IT!!" he barked out the order, and seconds later the loud blasts were. Picking up speed, Bobby hurled his butt to ground and covered himself from any debris that was likely to fly.

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[Blake Warren]

0759-0820
Outdoors - South Side
Vedic Base

Once again mentally cursing only having a pistol, Blake focused on close targets. Academic he was, but he was also a country boy who'd had a rifle in his hand since childhood. As Oxford approved the idea, Blake snarked back. "Oh sure, between me and you I'm sure we can handle the charges, Captain."

As Oxford went to plant it, Blake focused on providing cover fire, taking a shot on one soldier who was aiming for the team leader. But not quick enough, even as he squeezed the trigger and the pistol fired, Blake's target got a shot off before going down and the anthropologist thought that Oxford was hit but the officer kept going.

At the call to detonate, Blake hit his remote, watching the fireball engulf the ships. Another soldier, disoriented by the blast but seemed otherwise unhurt, shook it off and was drawing an aim on Oxford.

Blake fired again and the soldier hit the ground.

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[Justin Anderson]

0759-0820
Outdoors - Northside
Vedic Base

The automatic weapons fire combined with sound of the Rail guns on the towers of the base it was hard to hear particularly anything, and being very close a heavy machine gun made it particularly worse for the young airman. Continuing to fire in long 10-15 round bursts with the machine gun as the Asuran troops seemed to swarm them it was clear to him they might not enough enough ammunition for this defenceive operation, what they needed was less troops landing. 

The falling bodies of the enemies soldiers was slowly getting closer and closer. His weapon clicked during a burst, it was empty he had already managed to fire an entire belt. Quickly grabbing his sidearm he fired at one of the advancing soldiers until he fell, now it was time to do the fast reload of a belt fed machine gun the Airman had ever managed... and he had to do it in the middle of combat. Switching the boxes out he then slid the fresh belt into position before locking the top of the weapon down and pulling the charging handle.

Pressing the stock against his shoulder he opened fire again, this time dropping his bursts to five to ten rounds. A few tense moments later he heard a voice from behind him, the gunner of the Heavy Machinegun was changing out his ammo, they too had run dry. "CHANGING!" Justin almost swore, without that they surely didn't have much of chance. Firing longer bursts he tried to make up for it only to stop as did almost everyone when an explosion was heard from the south. 

The brief pause was quickly over. Returning his attention to the targets before him he began firing again. The explosion could only mean good or bad and he didn't have time to think about which. The low thumping sound of the heavy machine gun returned to the air, that at least was a good sign.

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[Atharv]

0823
Outdoors - South Side
Vedic Base

Using the Earthling projectile sidearm he'd been given, Atharv laid down covering fire for Captain Oxford as he planted the explosive charges on the downed Asuran shuttle. While he'd always hated the Asuran gods and had actively worked to undermine their war efforts, his disobedience to this point had been limited to slowly down production lines and amending shipping orders to supplies were sent to the wrong planet. This battle marked the first time he had taken up arms against the enemy, an interesting moment given that he'd dreamed of being a politician and not a warrior growing up.

Bobby declared that the charges were in place and the team fell back to their defensive position, detonating the explosives once they were at a safe distance. As they'd hoped, the explosion of the down shuttle caused a chain reaction that destroyed the nearby shuttles, taking with them almost all the Asuran soldiers at this end of the battlefield. Accurate fire from their sandbagged position cleared out any survivors lucky enough to have escaped the blast.

"It will be some time before another wave of soldiers is mobalised," Atharv explained, based on his experience as an Asuran ground commander. "If we can secure the northern flank, we may be able to push them back." Based on the commentary coming over the radio network, fierce fighting was continuing at the other landing site.

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[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

0820-0825
Outdoors - South Side
Vedic Base

He turned to look at the damage caused and almost let out a joyful laugh, still knowing they were far from winning the battle. Crawling back a little he leaned on the wall and panted. It was a long hard battle. Trying to keep fort wasn't and had never been easy. Picking up his fallen radio, he clicked the talk button, "Thanks for the back fire power," he spoken into it. He had been focusing on placing the chargers and not on who was providing the cover.

He watched them scrambled and at first thought it was due to the chargers going off, yet it was the remaining vessels that had not been damaged, taking off baffled him. Something else was in play here. but it was the lights that had been passing overhead in the sky that caught his attention. Steele's voice coming through the radio announced the turn of events that had taken place. Relieved, he sighed as loud cheers from those around him erupted. Getting to his feet he ambled a little back to his team. The surviving enemy personnel would be taken as POW and hopefully if some were good; Vedas would and could get intel on how Banasuar's inner working, military plans, pretty much whatever could help them get ahead in this war.

Barker radioed to let know that the Admiral was okay. He knew that Matt had way too much pride to tell him; himself. He nodded and thanked him. One of the medics came to tend to him. There was still work to be done and a lot of it. They needed to check on Alpha Site, and the outpost on the other side of the planet; and give aide wherever it was needed. Once patched he ordered for the area to be secured. And went to check on his team, he had made sure that his they was safe. Once that was on done, he would check on the Admiral; even after Barker had ensured him that the man was safe.

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