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SEALS Team III -- LDO '11 Mission Logs
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MFS Serendipity (MCE)
(Compliance Task Group, under-weigh to Barkon IV - 43 hours prior)
The Maquis Corp of Engineers (MCE) Team aboard MFS Serendipity responded with a crash program following assignment by ADM Lackey. The suspected compromise of SOC PAVE Intruder cloak technology revealed by the Team 5 setback in their mission on Barkon IV was a disaster. Analysis failed to reveal any evidence to support security compromise as a factor. However an emergency security update on all vessel remote command codes has since been implemented. The new vessel codes were installed using a multi-part software upgrade that was installed via multiple isolated sources. The expectation was to minimize the damage any unknown preexisting leaks or moles might inflict and prevent compromise of the new codes. The Engineering Team also devised a new pattern of synthetic aperture modulation for the cloaking systems in use by the SOC PAVE ships. Orders were issued to upgrade the fleet ASAP.
Insertion
(Barkon IV 0230 local - One day prior)
MFS Scavenger [RS-41] descends silently in the darkened sky over a remote part of the great ocean just below the northern ice pack. Her cloak flickers, then is shut down revealing a large dark craft suspended in a special cradle below her hull. The cargo is a SpecOps SHARC submersible. Multiple tractors flash "on", locking clamps are released, and the SHARC is released on the ocean surface. As the tractors shut down and the Scavengers cloak re-engages, the SHARC silently disappears below the surface. The Ju'day T-Rex class salvage ship returns to rendezvous following her mission. Less than 30 seconds elapsed, the empty sea returns to normal tranquility.
SEALS Team 3 SHARC
(Barkon IV... T-minus-6 hours - travelling submerged)
"Sir, all systems are at 100 percent. No contacts. On course." reported the helmsman.
Captain Terry Sandeen, SEALS Team 3 XO, acknowledged the report and then resumed his thoughts. He smiled thinking about how badly Admiral Lackey wanted to be here on this mission. He keyed the link for All Hands Conference, "Ronin here. Time to review the Mission. Roll call." He waited while the operatives went through the list in sequence. It didn't take long. Three 8-person sections of Team 3 were on-board: Admin section 3-1, Boarding Section 3-2, and Security section 3-6. The remainder of the Team would be in position to assist in the extraction phase of the mission and to provide hot backup if things went sour.
"One more time... In two and a half hours we will deploy four of our Nemo APUs manned by our Boarding Section 3-2. You will proceed randomly towards the target employing full aquatic mimicry, posing as a pod of small "Great White" indigenous sharks. At T-minus-20 minutes, you will pass no closer than 1,000 meters abeam and beneath the target--the Luxury Yacht Privilege. You will engage the autopilot to maintain station keeping and exit the Nemo APUs. From there you will proceed using Squid packs with your Aquatic Suits. Four operatives will breech the starboard main docking hatch on the Main/Bridge/2nd Deck. Two will breech Escape Pod 1 from below and head to the main engineering spaces on Deck One to secure it. The last two operatives are tasked to gain access to the Deck One Observation Deck."
"From the point where the Nemos are launched, the SHARC will head off to an indirect approach to the Privilege. We will simulate a whale hunting back and forth while steadily moving closer to the target. At T-minus-5 minutes, we will make a submerged approach across the bow of the target. At T-plus-3 minutes, we will breach the surface ahead of the Privilege as a distraction while the Boarding Team completes neutralization of the hostiles and rescue of the hostages. Elements of Sections 3-1 and 3-6 will be ready and on-call to supplement and assist Section 3-2."
"Any questions or comments?", Sandeen asked. There were none worth serious mention. These SEALS had been together a long time and used dry humor to keep their nerves sharp and wits honed.
"Good. Once that is accomplished, our primary plan will be to recover our Team members and the rescued hostages aboard the SHARC. We will make a decision when time comes on the disposition of the Privilege. Try to avoid damaging the vessel. Backup plans possibly include using the Privilege for extraction. All hostiles MUST be disabled completely to cover our withdrawal and escape. Our destination will be to join up with friendly forces at a former drilling rig upgraded to a comm hub for the hostile merc force, callsign "Marathon".
The rescued hostages will be shuttled offworld ASAP from there.
Sandeen closed with, "One last concern is that the enemy appears to have compromised our cloak technology which was used in support of Team 5's original recon mission on Barkon IV. We have NOT been able to confirm this, but we are still implementing corrective counter-measures. MCE provided an upgrade modification that seems to have worked. Our insertion appears to have been successful, but continue to expect the unexpected. The mercs seem well trained and equipped. Do not under estimate them."
Luxury Yacht Privilege
(Bridge, Sat 0218 local)
The Mercenary Commander enters, drawing the attention of the lone warrior keeping the helm. The Commander was a former Cardassian Naval Officer with stiff bearing and a no-nonsense tone to his voice. "Have any orders come in tonight?"
"No Sir. The comm has been silent since early Thursday morning."
"Anything to report?"
"Everything has been quiet. Nothing to report on surface or overhead. Have been tracking a whale that seems to be hunting off to our north and a pod of probable sharks feeding to our southwest. Nothing significant... eh? What is this..?"
At that moment gas starts to emit from the ventilation system. Alarms go off on the control console from all over the ship and the forward view screen automatically activates showing a strange creature/vessel surfacing off the bow. The engines go silent, power goes off, and dim emergency lighting comes on. In the eerie glow, a dark figure wearing a mask points a weapon and fires two quick shots. The mercs hit the deck not knowing what happened.
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