THE DESTRUCTORS: OPERATION 02

EXTRACT FROM BIO [[BATTLEFIELD INTELLIGENCE OFFICE]] REPORT X4-5G:
ENCRYPTION CODE: RED
DATE RECORDED: CLASSIFIED
CLASSIFICATION: X-RAY LEVEL [[TOP SECRET/EYES ONLY]]
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  At 1535 hours today, the Elite Commando Team, or better known as The Destructors, has lost a member of their own on mission 02 on Planet W9-U7 (Planet Cryax) during the mission. It is told that this member (See attached references on Jessica a.k.a. member 657) took a direct laser blade from a Megabot (UNKNOWN CLASS) through the chest armour plate, and died due to heavily sustained wounds. All FSOF teams in that combat area were recalled after the Republic Fleets agreed to bombard the planet with the monolith cannons and destroy the Megabot structures on the planet. Rescue and retrival missions were terminated due to nearby heavy enemy action (See attached references G5-9L) and all Republic forces have pulled back to the Epsilon system by 1720 hours. This member's loss is acceptable, as the Destructors have won countless battles and managed to lose only a few of their own, and so such losses are an acceptable casualty rate.
  This is of the utmost secrecy, the only reason why the FSOF troops are known to have zero loses is because they are given specific orders not to bring their fallen troopers back. Jessica would have done the same if it was any other trooper instead, and this actions is to create an illusion that The Destructors have never lost anyone in an operation.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: JESSICA (FSOF member 657) is officially declared MIA by BIO.

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//SCRAMBLE-DESTRUCTION PROCESS ENABLED//
//BIO REPORT X4-5G SENT TO REPUBLIC HIGH COMMAND//
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REPORT COMPLIED BY: [[CLASSIFIED NAME]] OF BIO ALPHA WARFARE DIVISION
REPORT REVIEWED BY [[CLASSIFIED NAME]] OF BIO HEADQUARTERS
The extracts above are 99.9% accurate, 0.01% unavoidable extrapolation.

[NOTE: THE FOLLOWING STORY IS FROM CODY'S (Codename THE COMMANDO) Point of view]

OPERATION 02: (******CLASSIFIED******)

  As I wandered about the armory onboard the Kasumi looking for upgrades available to my RG-46, I wondered if there was a better strategy to use against the Megabots instead of having us to pound the ground and getting shot at. But when I gave it another thought, I actually like what I was doing you know, like shooting at oncoming hordes knowing that they will fall after a short while later and slicing through hordes with a single swipe.
  “Cody, you’re needed on the bridge this instance.” Mikes voice fill the ship’s PA system; breaking my thoughts.
  “Alright already. I'm coming.” I muttered to myself aloud.
  As I made my way up to the bridge I could see Beatrice still in the H-AA test firing every handheld weapon onboard, I have no idea why Beatrice is still in the H-AA, and come to think of it; I have never seen Beatrice in the flesh before. The only time I see Beatrice is before battle or on the battlefield. No matter, I reached the bridge in a few seconds and was greeted by the bridge crew.
  “What’s the situation, Mikes?” I asked.
  “Well it seems that we’re needed on a critical operation, codenamed: Prometheus.” Mikes replied.
  “I thought F.S.O.F Alpha and Beta are there blowing up Megabot shipyard Prometheus?”  I replied while reading the holographic screens displaying the battlefield zones.
  “It seems the situation has gotten desperate sir. High Command has assigned us this mission.” Mikes told me.
  I walked to my seat on the bridge and thought for a moment. After that, I gave the order.
  “In that case, we have to reach the thylacine system with haste.” I said and ordered an immediate G-space jump. My navigator Lt. Judy got the hint and she typed in the necessary coordinates for a jump to thylacine and pushed the throttle for the ship to gather more speed suitable for G-space jump. As Kasumi sped of into the darkness, Judy hit the G-space transistors and black space turned into the neon blue of G-space.
  I walked over to the PA system and checked that it is connected throughout the ship.
  “This is Commander Cody to all Destructors, suit up, get armed and meet at the drop bay; its ass kicking time.” I announced.
  “So is there any chance I will be seeing you again Cody?” Mikes asked
  “Maybe, but we’ll see how it goes.” I winked at him before making my way to the armory.
  I ran to the armory and got into my H-AA, grabbed my RG-46 rail spike gun, my standard bolt pistol sidearm and my partner Squall. I reached the drop bay to find my group of 200 men and women waiting for me.
  “Alright today’s mission is going to get messy, as we are suppose to finish what F.S.O.F Alpha and Beta have started. Most probably we will have to cover their retreat and wipe out the Megabot shipyard.” I said.
  No one asked any question. So I divided us into squads of 5 respectively, namely Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta and Echo. I’m in charge of squad echo and we are the back-up squad as well as the ones with the most weapons. I saw Beatrice at the corner of the drop bay with his arms crossed and he seems to be thinking of something far off, I gave up on figuring out Beatrice a long time ago and I guess time will tell what Beatrice is and so on and so forth. I grouped up my squad leaders and briefed them on what their roles were. My squad captains are Beatrice for Alpha, Xavier for Bravo, Jessica for Charlie, Brooklyn for Delta and me, Cody for Echo.
  The time is 1340 hours and we are nearing our destination; I said a silent prayer and ordered Mikes to fly at low altitude above target, but just as I was about to give the order to drop a comm. signal intercepted us it said “This is Alpha Squad to any surviving F.S.O.F troops, we are loosing ground to the enemy and are requesting reinforcements” the comm. channel suddenly filled with gun fire and continued, “We’re loosing ground and need re… …” the comm. link was cut suddenly and is now filled with static.
  I already knew what happened to F.S.O.F Alpha. But as for Beta I’m not so sure.
  “Mikes! Change of plans, you will perform a bombing run over the enemy on my order but drop us after the carpet of bombs.”
  Mikes knew what I was thinking and he replied “Roger that.”
  I turned and faced my squad captains, and told them the current situation and a new plan, so far no one argued or reasoned but I could sense their doubts, especially Beatrice’s. Jessica however wanted to say something but hesitated.
  “Cody we are above target, permission for bombing run.”
  I got up and ordered everyone to make ready for hot-drop then I looked up.
  “Permission granted, commence bombing run and hot-drop”
  I could feel the anxiety of my 200 men and women when they heard the crazy idea of dropping bombs and soldiers simultaneously.
  I felt the ship jerked a slight bit as the weight of the bombs left the ship, I gritted my teeth and suddenly the corrugated metal floor disappeared beneath my feet and I was soon dropping like a rock into the warm and humid afternoon sky of Planet Cyrax along with my comrades. I looked down below me and I could still see a layer of bombs falling to the ground below followed by a carpet of fire and thunder as well as raised dirt and razed buildings.
  I hit the dirt with a THUD, I got up quickly and brought my weapon to bear, I did not wait for the dust and smoke to clear and fired my rail spike gun, I could hear the staccato of machine gun fire as well as the sound of missile exhaust and other ‘music’ of war. I wasted no time in reloading my weapon and I got out of the crater and saw carnage everywhere, Megabots firing their weapons and my troops returning fire with no proper cover; in no time soon we may end up like Alpha, but we are Destructors and we fight differently, I opened up team comm.
  “Switch to your blades and charge at them!” I ordered.
  I rallied them to my crater and made sure they drew their swords, I ran towards the enemy and issued a battle cry for the fun of it but my soldiers followed suit and charged towards the Megabots followed by a battle cry. Metal clashed against metal as the sword met the Megabots’ blades. Cries from robots as well as human can be heard, but I ordered not to stand down; we either fight in those combat situations or we die trying.
  “Cody, look out!” the voice came from nowhere.
I turned and found out why, a huge behemoth (I learned later that this is known as the Annhilator Megabot Drone) rose up behind me and trained its gun on me, the sound of its massive cannons charging up was deafening at this range. I ducked at the last moment and leapt up its arm and slashed along it while running up to its head, I got to its head and got into a frenzy slashing at the circuits behind the head. After a good fifteen minutes of slashing the massive beast finally ‘died’ and crashed to ground crushing several Megabots; including a speed breaker class clad in black armor. I slid down the back of the behemoth and leapt to the carnage surrounding me what was supposed to be a gun fight was now transformed to an old fashion sword fight. I looked for the nearest megabot and swung Squall in a half circle arc in front of me and brought the megabot into two, before I knew it blades landed on mine and some of them managed to sink into my arm armor, I retaliated by pushing them off and blowing them off with my 20mm arm gun. I slashed, parried and lunged with my sword and these movements seemed to be repeating a couple of time when the same person who warned me shouted again
  “Look out behind you!”
  I turned, too late the speed breaker behind me used the flat side of the blade and hit the side of my helmet and knocked if flying, the impact caught me and I fell, I looked up and saw the blade rush down I closed my eyes and waited for the searing pain, but just then someone ran in front and took the blow in my place, warm blood slashed on me as the figure fell beside me, raging I took my fallen sword and swung all my might and anger, and removed the Megabot’s clean off his shoulders the headless bot wandered for a few moments and finally crashed to the ground in a crumpled heap.
  I turned to my savior and removed the person’s helmet, although I knew it was against protocol to do so, I still did it.
  I recoiled at the sight, it was Jessica. She was an old friend of mine. She looked at me with her beautiful almond eyes.
  “Hang in there Jessica. I’ll get you a medic.” I said, pressing my hands on her wound. It was way too large, and blood was flowing like a river.
  “No need Cody, I won’t make it.” She grasped my hand tightly and managed a faint smile, the pain must be awful. I looked at her armor and she couldn’t have gotten hit in a better place, the Megabot’s sword went through her chest.
  I tried to hold my tears back. She looked at me again with a pained expression and finally slipped away. I gave out a cry off rage and picked up my sword and drew my pistol and fought like never before, I slashed and shot whatever megabot that was in front of me, and I faced another behemoth. I gripped my sword in both hands and ran towards the huge megabot and sliced of its cannons while it’s still charging up for another shot, the result was a massive fireball in the middle of the shipyard.
  I carried on slashing, and forgotten about my other teammates, I could only see Jessica being killed. Anger and frustration continue to build up inside me as more Megabots keep pouring out and the more I kill. Finally an AP round shot through the back of my knee and I fell. Unable to get up I roared in anger and sheathed my sword and drew my RG-46 and fired into the crowd of Megabots. Before long I was out of ammo I looked around and saw my teammates fighting without falling back, none of them forgotten about the order  I issued earlier on; was proud of them, then I remembered about the monolith cannon onboard the Kasumi.
  “Mikes, this is commander Cody. Arm the monolith cannons now and fire at any megabot structure insight.” I said into my COM channel.
  “Roger that, by the way how are the ground forces doing?” Mikes replied.
The question struck me and I saw Jessica lying a few meters away.
  “We lost a good soldier Mikes” I answered, but my voics was cracking on the edges.
  I then opened team comm with my PDBA.
  “This is commander Cody to all Destructors, pull back to my position now and hold the line." An instant later my troops formed a square around me and switched to their assault weapons and fired. Beatrice then walked up to me with Jessica in his hands and laid her beside me,
  “Sir she…” Beatrice started, but I cut him off.
  “I know, she died saving me.” I said and Beatrice returned to the line and held position, and opened fire on the remaining megabot forces.
  Before long green light rained from the heavens and blasted the Megabot buildings and ships as well as light vehicles were razed and vaporized to the ground, and the blasting from the monolith cannons carried on for five minutes, until there was nothing but scrap metal and scorched earth, in the place of the Megabot shipyard.
  “Mikes, hold fire. Prometheus has been destroyed.”
  The blasting stopped; Xavier got down and helped me get up,
  “Alright everyone, make ready for extraction.” I told what’s left of my 200 soldiers.
  “But sir! What about Jessica, doesn’t she mean something to you? You can't just leave her body here!” Beatrice shouted to me.
  I turned to Beatrice with a heavy heart “Listen Beatrice, the only reason why we are known to have zero loses is because we do not bring our dead friends back. Jessica would have done the same if it was me instead, this is to create an illusion that we never lost anyone in an operation, do you understand!?” I retaliated.
  Beatrice looked at me for a moment, before nodding and looking away.
  I called for a tempest class dropship for extraction, when the ship finally arrived I gave Jessica's corpse one last look and got up into the ship with my remaining troops.
  “Rest well old friend.” I said to myself as the dropship lifted off the surface of Cyrax and towards the hangar bay of Kasumi. The Republic lost a good soldier that day, but to the Destructors, we have lost a good friend and valiant comrade.