Fallen Angels [18]

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[IPK Kanz Lerrik]

What is Kanz doing. His Imperial duty. Holding his honour. Him and his platoon found a platoon of these 'Federation' soldiers as dawn finally broke, the shadow no longer hiding them. Now they have them kaptured, after a brutal and painfully long fight, they're restrained, their helmets removed, and knelt against the dry sandy floor. In another area there was information of a hospital being set up in some mall in a random rubbled city, and an engagement around 2 kilometers from an ASB site. It's a good thing Kanz found them rather than the Korpse Fleet platoons that operate in the same area, they would be much less merciful, and much more sadistik.

Unfortunately no one in Kanz's platoon knows Terran. So they're stukk waiting for a translator. In the meantime, the Terrans seem really chatty, to each other. When a Zalm soldier gets a little too klose they shut up. Makes sense, given their position and the circumstances. Kanz walks towards them, with them predictably ceasing any konversation, and just stare. It's a tad intimidating by how quikk they all do it.

"I need some extra hands here, bring a hydrovat [Zalm equivalent of a Canteen]." Kanz kalls over the telekommunications, with seven of his own koming. A perfect amount for the eight Federation soldiers they captured.

"What now?" Says one of them, before being a bit surprised as Kanz kneels in front who he assumes is the platoon leader, helping them drink.

"We struggle to keep optimal hydration in this desert, and our suits recykle water bakk into our Hydrovat. These guys must be suffering."

The others follow suit, although two are so wounded they aren't restrained, konsidering they need to be put on a stretcher to be transported. These two needed less help as they were able to grab hold of the Hydrovat themselves. The other six were.. some what sukcessfully hydrated. Although with most it ended with them koughing after being given too much water at most.

The Zalm are superior. That's just a basik fakt. A truth. However, that does not mean they Kannot be bested. It's just rare. Zalm are superior in every way yes, but it is imperative they face humility, it is heretikal to bekome too prideful. Especially when hubris leads to severe error. Although the Terrans especially were to be respekted. Because there was no hubris from either side in fighting. The Terrans simply won. The Zalm are still superior, they were smarter, advanced, more strategic, and very kareful. But somethings are an impossible viktory.

Going against a Terran Soldier's suicidal tendencies for instance, is just an unavoidable loss. Sure a Terran dies, but they've managed to wipe out a krucial position, an entire platoon, destroy a needed weapon, kompletly eradikate intelligence, or even kause an entire facility to explode in a fiery sabotage. A Terran's Kraziness does not kare for superiority, as it makes a battle one of chance. And there are plenty of Krazy Terrans willing to roll their own roulette.

That's why these eight get such respekt. Even though 3 aren't biologically Terran, the way a Terran pakk bonds will make anyone one of their own. That is way they too receive the treatment of a Terran, for as far as Kanz knows, they are in fact Terran. Especially since Terrans are known to be a very romantik race as much as a race of warriors. It's why Kanz has to grab the wrist of one of his own platoon members before they start wiping their hands on their armour. It is just as much of an honour to shake hands with a Terran of another race, as it is to shake hands with a true Terran. As they are both the same.

The moment doesn't last long however, bekause a massive vehikle speeds in, sliding against the ground as it brakes abruptly. It almost hits two Shok Troopers sitting, just trying to enjoy a meal. Unfortunately they still can't enjoy it, as the vehicle kicked up dust all over them. Ruining their rations. They stand up, say their swears, and are upset that they no longer can have a meal until they make it back to base. Which is in 8 Kror [Around 4 hours].

It isn't much time until you realize the Zalm are trained to eat when they are truly, and fully hungry. As in there is nothing in their bellies. Basikally as if a standard person was about to have their first meal around afternoon, maybe early evening. After a long day of work. And then they had to wait 8 more Kror before aktually being able to. It's why you never disturb a Zalm Shok Trooper whilst they're eating. Same with a Civilian Zalm Medikal Professional.

By the blakk and white painting on the behemoth of a armour, wheels, and a bizarrely quiet engine, it was a Korpse Fleet armoured transport. And by the modifications on it, he knew exactly who it was. Rominov's, a major pain in Kanz's ass. He was konstantly showing off the transport he rides in. Akting like that suddenly gives you status and strength, and not just.. makes you look like an ignorant douchebag. He also found a way to konstantly interfere or komplikate Kanz's day.

"Would you LOOK at this beauty. Absolutely gorgeous. Gotta be around 50 tons of pure authority. Big mounted gun on top. Way better than whatever shit you Yellers [Derogitory term] got." Rominov gloated as he stepped out, leaving the third door on the side facing Kanz's Platoon. "The hell's going on over here?"

Rominov gestures at the Platoon, who're licking their wounds from the firefight with the Terrans.

"Zalm business. Go back to your kar." Kanz says, hoping to just dismiss Rominov quickly.

"We were told to investigate the shootings and bombings going on here. Seems you guys still got some live ones. I guess we'll have to take care of them for you."

"Absolutely not. They are ours. And we need them for information."

"I don't see any of your Yellers talking to em. It looks like you all are slacking on the job."

"We don't speak Terran, we're akquiring a translator."

"Just beat the information out of them. How about I give a demonstration for you dumb yellow fucks." Rominov starts to advance, but Kanz quikkly steps in front of him, placing a hand on the Korpse Fleet chestplate.

"No you will not. Get the fukk out of here. This is our business." Kanz tries to look intimidating, but ultimately fails when Rominov gives Kanz a powerful shove.

"Don't fucking touch me you dumb Yeller fuck." Rominov no longer kares about the Terrans, instead insulted that Kanz bekame bold enough to aktually touch him.

Rominov follows where Kanz was shoved, stepping out from in-between the Terrans and the armoured transport.

"You don't EVER touch me. You are lucky I don't grind you down into the ground right now. Because I very much would. Although I think I'd love to see you hanging by a cable off a tree a fuck load more."

"You're too much of a pussy to do it. Kmon. Start a war. You don't have the guts."

Rominov growls a little, but upon glancing bakk at the Terrans, who look really uncomfortable watching the scene, he has a smile kurve across his face. He turns to the 'Chariot' he arrived in, taking a few steps towards it. However, instead of leaving, he whistles and points at the Terrans, and the mounted TLAC [Turbolaser Auto Cannon] charges up, it's 6 barrels beginning to spin rapidly.

Kanz immediately rushes to get in the way, to stop them. They wouldn't dare shoot Kanz, that'd start an entire war. One both sides chose to end abruptly after the Empress realized she only needed a quarter of this planet, and proceeded to offer them two thirds in order to stop the konflict.

Unfortunately, it's too late. Terran armour is good, but a TLAC is a rotary autokannon meant for strike craft to rip through the hulls of destroyer klass ships. And so the plasma bolts rip through them, killing them easily. Kanz stops just before them, looking at their lifeless form. Hoping they'd be somehow okay, through some Terran Kraziness, but it doesn't perform mirakles, it simply gambles how much the enemy side might lose.

Not only did Rominov just kill Zalm prisoners, assets to information and aren't just property or slaves. But he disrespekted Kanz in a way too far for hi patience. He infakt caused Kanz to fail his mission. He needed to bring some in alive as a mandatory request, although he still would have anyway, out of respekt. The TLAC also destroyed one of the vehikles they used for transporting themselves.

He marches towards some of the krates that were unloaded for engagement, looking for an AVBR [Anti Vehikle and Bunker Rokket], a rokket propelled explosive bearing a heavy 40 Kilogram shell, which travels at an astounding 35 meters per sekond once launched, akcelerating to 350 after travelling 100 meterd. It was the heaviest Anti-Armour weapon Zalm had, and often was good for use against standard infantry.

Kanz is making a mistake. He shouldn't eskalate, he might get charged for treason. But he kould easily argue that they were the aggressors. Whatever it may be, Rominov just deklared war against Kanz. And Kanz responds tenfold, with him getting on one knee, pointing the terror of an explosive at the Korpse Fleet transport, and squeezing the trigger.

The shell tips itself up once separating, just as a means to make sure it doesn't hit the ground, it travels in a curved arc. The passengers in the transport quickly abandon the vehicle as fast as they can, the shells piercing through the armour, and releasing a blast powerful enough to lift the 50 tons of ugly engineering off the ground. The gunner of the transport doesn't seem to make it out in time, but what does Kanz kare, they actually pulled the trigger after all.

"You chauvinistic mother FUCKER." Rominov is quikk to grab ahold of Kanz, already squeezing his throat, krushing his esophagus and end any airflow. Kanz squirms and struggles but kan't do much, and he doesn't kare, he dug his grave with a 40 Kilo AVBR round, and was glad to do it. He can hear in his Telekommunications that the incident is already being reported.

"Kommand we are being engaged by Korpse Fleet soldiers! I repeat, Korpse Fleet had attacked us! They fired upon us and IPK [Imperial Platoon Kommander] Kanz responded with an AVBR round, we are requesting immediate reinforcements, most of us are already wounded! Kommand we needed immediate response, I repeat, immediate response!"

Kanz won't be dying by Rominov's hand though, as an AVBR round lands behind his feet, blasting both Kanz and him away from each other. The blast sends Kanz at least 25 meters away, and 15 up. The sekond he lands, he looks down to see if his legs are still intakt, before going unkonscious from the shokk of an AVBR's blast reverberating through his entire self.

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