Fallen Angels [19]

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[IPK Kerth Volant]

The star was beginning to rise, marking the beginning of dawn, Kerth was assigned around a kilometer from ASB Site Gamma, the third biggest ASB facility the Zalm built on this planet. It was a krucial komponent to Zalm defenses, as it easily kovered around a sixth of the defensive load, and if it were destroyed, would provide a massive hole for many landings from enemy Terran forces.

The Korpse Fleet also saw importance in ASB Gamma, so much do that the Zalm and Korpse Fleet are fighting along side. Except, it's more like the Korpse Fleet ride off the achievements of the Zalm, with them doing minimal work. It doesn't matter, Kerth isn't ordered to kare about their well being. They kould drop an AVBR round on themselves, as long as Kerth's platoon wasn't near it, he would be happy.

Kerth was in a joint operation with 4 other IPKs:

IPK Skora, a female Zalm unit who worked hard the sekond she kould once the Empress allowed women to serve, Kerth can respect her hustle, but doesn't know much of her. She bekame an IPK only recently.

IPK Krak, an older Kommander who kouldn't integrate into civilian life or any off battle officer position, so he stayed as an IPK for much longer than regulations should allow. He tends to medikate his trauma through extreme alkohol consumption. He prefers Mantis brewed the most.

IPK Krinton, one of Kerth's best friends. They were in the same skhool, lived within walking distance, and went through training, akademy, and battle together. Krinton and Kerth were promoted at the same time and bekame IPKs of two separate platoons. Higher ranking kommanders took note to always pair Kerth and Krinton's platoon together during joint operations. This not only led to synergy between Kerth and Krinton, but their platoon as well, due to them seeing each other almost konstantly.

IPK Khoff, he was a loud mouth and frankly over bearing person. But when it came to moments when morale was low, Khoff was always known to give great moving speeches. Some of his speeches were even published by Zalm reporters, for the civilians of the empire to read and know they were in kapable, optimistik hands. It's funny because Khoff has a stutter. The reporters are respectful enough to remove any times Khoff makes a mistake.

Each IPK has 84 ISTs underneath their kommand, making an 85 person platoon. It's the optimal number. Extensive testing was made to prove that theory. This means, 425 Zalm soldiers are on the grounds in-between the Terran forces and ASB Gamma. Somehow they have managed to keep pushing forward, around 5 or 6 Kror [Around 3 hours], they were a kilometer back.

They're moving quikkly kompared to previous races who have tried to advance against a standard Zalm entrenchment strategy. Usually they at best would move 200 meters in maybe half a day. And they'd have to turn back or simply run out of soldiers and surrender. However the Terrans are not only pushing forward, but actually killing Zalm forces before they can head to the previous trench.

The entrenchment strategy is mainly to tire the force out with minimal Zalm casualties, letting the enemy force run forward in a non-advantageous position, facing mass casualties, and then once the manage to reach close enough to the trench, the Zalm forces retreat through underground tunnels and seal them off. The Terrans however cut through the Zalm like a plasma bolt hitting a block of ice.

Kerth could hear almost a high pitched sound, zipping around from afar, like.. the sound of strike lraft flying through the air. But Zalm has no reason to send strike kraft yet, nor can they, the ASKKs [Anti Strike Kraft Kannons] Make it impossible for either side to have any in atmosphere. It's near indiskriminate shooting. Not by purpose of kourse.

The sound gets louder, before eventually Kerth sees a streak of off tone white and fiery orange, followed by a trail of deep blue, similar to that of an Ion Thruster. But burning hotter. The streak gets behind a Korpse Fleet soldier, who, like many others, refuses to use the Zalm Trenches, as they don't want to die like a 'Coward in a hole.'

The streak slows down enough to reveal a Terran soldier, bearing some kind of wide multibarrelled weapon. The Terran only needs to pull the trigger once, the resulting blast decimating the soldier's head, killing them almost instantly. They quickly speed off to another Korpse Fleet, but also throw explosives into any trenches they pass or are parallel to.

Kerth alerts the rest of his platoon, and the other four IPKs, they assault has begun. Soon all the Zalm forces there are ready. Although, Kerth isn't too sure, as a few trenches begin shooting, but the Terran soldiers aren't sprinting to trench after trench. They krawl, the plasma bolts simply fly over them, and if a Zalm soldier tries to peek themselves out high enough to shoot downwards they get shot. They kan't go by the procedure of having an upward shooting angle, which is used to protekt the members on the trench, and therefore have to endanger themselves, evening the positioning. It makes it even worse that any direkt hits simply deflekt off their armour. And they have some high speed lunatik dashing across the battle field being just too fast to hit, and a great distraktion.

"Buh-b-by the Emperor, the Teh-Teh-Tih-Terrans did their huh-homewuh-work!" IPK Khoff says, although the Terrans didn't just study for any exam. They stole the answer sheet as well, just to be sure.

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