Bloody hell. Meeting someone again that you have not seen in
ten bloody years is always going to be awkward, but seeing Ivar again after so
long was definitely a right mess.
Me and Ivar knew each other from back in the early Steel Wolf
days. The pair of us trained together and it’s fair to say that there was a bit
of a rivalry between us. I mean, we were not at each other’s throats all the
time, but we definitely did get along like a house on fire. And while we ended
up in different Trinaries, I could tell that he was always looking to have a go
at me. And when he got left behind I knew that he’d be mad as a cut snake.
So when I ran into him ten years later, I knew that there was
going to be a bit of blue happening there. I mean he did not immediately spit
the dummy at me, but I knew he was not going to be happy about going from Clan
Warrior to Cut Lunch Commando and then all the way to Dole Bludger while I at
least got a shot at getting all grouse on Terra, Skye and wherever else. I mean,
even if it did not work out as planned, I got to have a go while all he did was
pick his nose.
Now while he didn’t immediately have a bit of biffo at me, I
was worried that it was going to come sooner or later. And when I learned that
not only was he going to get to lead us into Fenris Keep but also wanted me to
come along as well (on the grounds that I was a “local expert” as well, as if
it was not all a load of bunk) sounded more like he wanted to have a go at me
for leaving him behind to dole bludge for the rest of his life.
So we set out in one of the unit’s jeeps, meeting Ivar and
following his directions, which lead us into a run-down graveyard that looked
like he was having a bit of a pig’s arse with us. Turned out that one of the Mausoleums
in the place was actually the entrance to an old League-era tunnel that went
under Fenris lake and had lead to the original fort what had been there
centuries ago. Say what you like about the bloody Camerons, but they knew how
to build a bloody good brick outhouse; the place was intact and, save for a bit
of damp caused by being under a bloody lake for centuries, was pretty much
perfect.
Turns out the SLDF liked their secret passages; this had been
some sort of secret emergency exit to the fort that had survived when it was
nuked back in the first SW (Told you they built them like brick outhouses) and
had been built over by the Wolves later. Ivar and a couple of other drongos had
found it and were using it to sneak out and have a barney at the Fight Club
back in the say, but they never told anyone about it. So when the Cappies took
over Fenris, they never even knew it was there.
Turns out there’s a good reason for that; the actual exit to
the tunnel is half-collapsed and a bit tight. We could just make it through two
at a time, but if Will or Maria had been there then it would have been a right
squeeze. On the other side of it was Fenris keep proper, in this case a disused
storage room with a metal cabinet shoved in front of a half-collapsed wall that
was their way in and out. I have no bloody idea how anyone found it in the
first place as the room looked like it had never been touched since the first
day Fenris was built, but I was not about to argue.
We set out into the keep proper, which was a right maze oif old
hallways that Ivar assured us was leading somewhere. I remained dubious - it seemed morel ike he had roos in the top
paddock then he actually knew what he was doing - but we actually manafed to
end up in one of the main armouries. Seems the Cappies had been as busy as
blowies; the place was filled with ammunition and equipment that they were
unloading from civillian marked shipping crates and then reloading into ones
with Feddie-based markings. That fit the profile we knew of those Ijori
bastards; they were probably shipping the gear to target worlds so they could
tie up the Fed forces.
However, Lee had an idea, one that involved him, a bomb and a
bunch of inferno munitions. He had a go at one of the workers, stealing his
uniform and then getting down to the bizzo. One bit of nice work later he was
in and out with a remote detonated bomb planted in among the Cappie weapons,
giving them a bit of a nice pressie to find on Christmas morning. We did not
chose to set it off straight away, but rather headed off to get more of an eyeful
of the place.
The main ‘Mech hanger had also changed a bit since I was last
here. Again the Cappies had done some reno work on the joint, and had filled
the bays up with IndustrialMechs, of all things. However, the sneaky bastards
were busy chopping them up and arming them, but also outfitting them with dummy
work gear so again they could infiltrate them onto Feddie worlds. What a bunch
of gits.
Randy decided that he was going to be a bit posh too, and
mangec to get his hands on a CCAF uniform and rifle. He and Lee were gonna go
have a burl ast the Tractor Farm, but got stopped by a patrol who wanted to
know whrre they were from and what was going on. Unfortrnately, Lee had a bit
of a brain fart which resulted in him getitng sprung by CCAF guys demanding to
know wheat was going on.
Takahashi decided to solve the situation by having a right
Wobbly, running screaming at the Caps with his Vibrokatana and chopping them up
like snags on a bun. Of course, the Cappies got off a distress call first, so
the whole place lit up with alarms and the full show. We knew that they were
onto us and that we needed to get out of there, but Ivar was having a burl at
us and wanted to do to the Caps first. We managed to talk him down and try to
make a break for it. Me, I was worried he was going to get all aggro on us,
never a good situation for a man with a shotty.
So we decided to do the dash, but that lead us into an Ijori
patrol. There was a definite bit of biffo there; both me and Randy caught shots
that could have been a lot worse if we were less lucky or they could shoot
straighter. We got through with a bit of creative sword-waving from Takahashi,
at which point it was suggested that Lee set off his bomb and give the mugs
something else to think about. He did that, which resulted in more then a bit
of a blow-up - not gonna lie, I nearly cacked my daks - but was enough to get
the Cappies off our backs.
So we ducked into the Wombat Hole and dashed back to the
graveyard; just to make sure, however, Lee had left another little parting gift
wired up to the cabinet, just in case the Cappies wanted to go rooting after us
or whatever else. Instead we got out and could see that even in the distance,
Fenris was nicely lit up. And even if we did not get all we wanted, I would say
that it was a pretty bloody good trip out.
Only problem now is that Ivar wants off the planet, and used
passage with us as a way of buying our little expedition there. He’s also still
making a stink over our not doing more to the Cappies at Fenris. I cannot think
what else he wants; we roasted the place up like a right varbie, and he thinks
that’s not enough. On top of all that, I am still worried that he is going to
do something. He might be a total whacker, but he is no drongo, and that is
what makes it worse.
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