Draconis Combine Interlude 3014
Draconis Combine Interlude 3014
Luthien, Sometime in January…
"Coordinator, we have no way of recovering the colors of the Second Sword of Light." One of Takeshi Kurita's aides told his liege lord.
"I know this." Takeshi responded. "I do not wish to reform them at this time." He paused in thought. "I need some time alone to consider what our response to this will be."
Takeshi considered a map of the Davion/Kuritan border in front of himself, humming in thought.
"Bring me Tai-Sho Palmer Conti and Warlord Dieron." Takeshi eventually called a servant in to bring him the two of them as soon as was reasonable.
February…
"Tai-Sho I need you to bring the Fifth Sword of Light, and coordinate with Tai-Sho Kingsley and bring the Davion dogs on Northwind to heel." Takeshi told the two military commanders before him. "We have intelligence that the Northwind Highlanders are back on their homeworld." Takeshi drew in a breath. "Show them the might of the Dragon and wipe them from the planet."
"What support will we have?" Kingsley asked. "There will not only be the Highlanders there, and Coordinator, while the Fifth Sword of Light and the Eighteenth Dieron Regulars are elite units, we will still be outnumbered."
"Worry not." Takeshi told him. "I will send supporting elements with you in order to deprive the Davions of yet another elite group."
Dieron, Late March…
"We must decide how we are to conduct this campaign." Kingsley told the other two Tai-Sho with him. "We will face three Regiments of the Highlanders for certain, and it is not certain what other forces will be present on the world."
"We shall crush them through our prowess." Tai-Sho Conti replied. "None can stand against the Sword of Light."
"The Davions will not care about who faces them in combat, and neither will the Highlanders." Tai-Sho Eastmoreland replied. "We must prepare as well as we can, for this offensive must succeed." She sighed. "With the Second Sword of Light destroyed on Mallory's World, along with the supporting elements, we are going to be stretched thin, this will be our only chance at both vengeance and to hold off any potential Davion Invaders."
"Agreed." Kingsley said. "So we must find a way to dictate this battle with as few losses as possible." Kingsley sighed. "The Coordinator has issued a command of force preservation over destruction. If we are in danger of being overrun, we must withdraw rather than face what happened to the Second Sword of Light."
Northwind, Late May…
"Colonel Senn!" A junior officer ran up to him hurriedly. "We just had an invasion force appear at the jumpoint."
Colonel Senn just sat there for a moment processing and then calmly asked for the junior officer to assemble the rest of the regimental commanders of the Northwind Highlanders.
"We have what looks like a minimum of ten Regiments inbound." Colonel Senn briefed the assembled officers. "The dropships have Combine markings, and this is clearly not a mere raiding force."
"They must know that we are the only forces on Northwind until the Davions can bring about reinforcements." One of the other officers brought up.
"We believe this is retaliation for the destruction of the Second SOL and the supporting elements they brought with them last year." Senn continued. "We have asked for assistance from the Davions, but it will take at least a month or two before they can bring anything to assist." Colonel Senn sighed. "We are going to be on our own aside from the local militia for a while…."
Authors note: I find myself not very good at writing the Combine. I can do the combat scenes, I can write the way that they speak (At least I think I can...) But I can't figure out how to get inside their heads the way I can in the other Interludes. It's sad to say I can write the Liao's better than the Kurita's, but I can at least understand the Liao's kind of madness, they're just crazy and they typically know it. The Combine Don't think that they're crazy and I just can't wrap my head around it...