USCMRPG

KWAN ORBITAL FUEL DEPOT — FREIGHT ELEVATOR CONCOURSE / BAY 02
RELENTLESS ARRIVAL: T-MINUS 58:30
COUNTER 02

Fenrir’s covering fire hammered the loader cradle, forcing Kast below its armored lip. Sonny reached Wynn as steam swept across the loading lane.

Blood seeped between his fingers. Her ...

Gaston listened as the firefight broke out. It pained him to be sitting elsewhere.

"Rex and Johnny, I will be on board in 5. I want us moving out to Bay 2 ASAP. Our team needs our help!"

Gaston grabbed his gear and raced to the dropship. He was radioing for them to take off as soon as his feet ...

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KWAN ORBITAL FUEL DEPOT — FREIGHT ELEVATOR CONCOURSE / BAY 02
RELENTLESS ARRIVAL: T-MINUS 58:42

COUNTER 01

The freight concourse detonated into violence the instant Cerberus and Fenrir pushed ...

*Gaston scanned the systems. His jaw torquing as he found himself standing on the outside looking in. From what he could see there didn't seem to be too much information. But then he continued checking the through things and his eyes alighted on something new.

"This is Command, I think I have ...

KWAN ORBITAL FUEL DEPOT — MARKET CONCOURSE / SECURITY CHECKPOINT FOUR
RELENTLESS ARRIVAL: T-MINUS 70:51

The security officers moved on, but the checkpoint did not return to normal.

Overhead cameras continued to pivot in short, mechanical increments, lenses tracking faces through the crowd. Every ...

The security team boxed Fraser and Sonny in near a junction between the market concourse and the service ring. Two officers kept their hands near holstered sidearms while a third raised a handheld identification terminal.

“Hold position. Facial match flagged both of you.”

The officer brought up ...

Henniger leans forward over the cart, feigning a good stretch. His fingers slowly work down through the faux junk in the cart and wrap around his pulse rifle. He gently pries it free from its hidey hole and moves it to where it'll come free if pulled. He takes a nonchalant, long look around ...

KWAN ORBITAL FUEL DEPOT
LANDING PAD K-17
RELENTLESS INTERCEPT: T-MINUS 71:22

The Magellan descended through a forest of refinery towers, fuel conduits, and docking cranes wrapped in exhaust haze. Warning beacons strobed across the scarred landing pad while cargo loaders scattered beyond the painted ...

USCSS MAGELLAN — APPROACHING KWAN ORBITAL FUEL DEPOT
MISSION CLOCK: T-MINUS 00:18 TO DOCKING, FOUR DAYS TO RELENTLESS’ ARRIVAL

The deck vibrated beneath the steady transfer of reactor fuel, carrying the metallic stink of hot machinery through the Magellan's crowded military berthing compartment ...

Paulson raised his hand and waited to be acknowledged, once he was standing. “Ma’am as we are going in covertly a) what will be our cover, b) what are our options for engagement and c) do we have any back up if it all goes to hell in a hand basket?

Paulson saw soles raise an eyebrow, maybe he ...

MISSION DATE: Eighteen days after Operation Shooting Star
SHIPBOARD TIME: 0700 hours
LOCATION: Secure Briefing Compartment Four, USS Kublai’s Spear
OPERATIONAL COMMAND: Task Force Gorgon
UNIT: Devil Dawgs Platoon, 5th Marine Division Special Operations Group
CLASSIFICATION: GORGON BLACK—COMMAND ...

DEVIL DAWGS — 2ND PLATOON

PLATOON HEADQUARTERS
2ndLt Gaston Soles — Platoon Commander (NPC)
Sgt Fraser Bruce — Platoon Sergeant
Pope — Technical Adjutant (NPC)
Dr. Alec Varrin — Scientific Liaison (NPC)

FIRST SECTION
Cerberus — Assault/CQB
Sergeant Josh Henninger - Squad Leader
PFC. Marcella ...

Soles stayed at the graveside long after the platoon left. He stood and watched as PFC. Bruce began directing the team to the transport waiting beyond the gate. PFC. Hooper and PFC. Alvarez was talking among themselves as they went. Corporal Henninger and Lance Corporal Paulson were also chatting ...

When the last Marine stepped away, the burial detail moved forward with shovels. The ceremony was over, but for many of the Devil Dawgs the need to remain in place until the casket had been completely covered.

A temporary marker stood at the head of the grave.

LUCAS FLETCHER
FIRST LIEUTENANT ...

FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF SHOOTING STAR
MARINE MEMORIAL FIELD, CRESTUS GARRISON PRIME
OPERATION SHOOTING STAR — FINAL CASUALTY CEREMONY
0900 LOCAL TIME

The grave had been cut to regulation depth before sunrise.

Wet soil lay stacked beneath a gray polymer tarp beside the opening ...