Durgama Takeover

Sing, ALEPH, of the anger of the Achilles, son of Peleus! Greeting, the noble peoples of the Human Sphere. I'm Cepacles, Aoidoi of Homeridae, and one of the operations officer of the Steel Phalanx detachment in Durgama. From now on, I will tell you the story of the great warriors I witnessed on the battlefield, so please listen. Like so many legends of the Homeridae, this is how the story begins...

It seemed obvious that the Raveneye Orbital Complex needed reinforcements. The attack by the Combined Army was fierce, and the righteous anger of the holy warriors of PanOceania seemed not enough. After all, it was only the heroes of the glorious and honorable Steel Phalanx who could stand up to the attack of the Morats.

Achilles was furious when he heard that Raveneye's port battery was on the verge of being taken over by the Combined Army. He swore he wouldn't let a single Morat live on Raveneye. He cried, "Who will join me?" Many warriors raised their hands, but we also needed troops to protect Darpan. So he chose the few warriors he trusted. Among them, there were Patroclus - Achilles's closest friend, Ajax who hard and stubborn as rock, and Machaon who eccentric but reliable medic officer on the battlefield. Of course, I, Cepacles was with them. We headed for the Raveneye by trusted Keravnos Dropship.

We were going to surprise the Morats and hit them fast. But it wasn't EI's soldiers who were waiting for us when we broke through the outer walls of Raveneye. No, they were more vicious than alien. It was Bakunin's ambush! These sneaky Nomads have decided not to miss the opportunity to hurt ALEPH even in this moment of crisis. Fortunately, they didn't expect us to break through the outer wall. The brave Achilles had no intention of giving them time to regroup. So he charged, with valiant rage!

I felt a chill in my spine as quickly looking at the battlefield. The left side of the enemy was guarded by two Taskmasters, and the right side, three units of Uberfallkommando were lurking. Both Taskmasters were armed with heavy rocket launchers and guard the narrow alley. The Chimera and the Pupnik were an abominable hybrid, but their attack can be deadly as hell. We need to hurry up and break their morale before they complete regroup.

As always, Achilles was going into the enemy's strongest defenses. He charged fearlessly into the Taskmaster's line of fire. A huge rocket flew in, but Achilles shot that down in the air. His Spitfire blew fire, and after fierce gunfight, Achilles neutralize the first Taskmaster and punched a hole in the line of defense.

At the same time, Ajax's Enomotarchos also advanced to the center which enemy beacon is located. Riot Girl who armed with missile launcher tried to stop him, but it wasn't enough. Ajax fired few dozens of bullets into enemy with two combi-rifle. The enemy collapsed, and the Chimera and the Pupnik of center lay down like cowards and were terrified to see their comrade bleed.

But the enemy's defense was stronger than I thought. While Achilles stopped for a while, they started to move. Achilles and Patroclus quickly aimed their guns and prepared for suppresive fire to the approaching enemy. At the same time, the Torakitais also built a line of defense around beacon in case of an unexpected enemy raid.

Of course, the enemy didn't give up easily. The first ones to move were the Chimeras. Three units of Uberfallkommando split into two side, and began to approach. The Chimeras tried to block our line of fire by throwing smoke grenades. Ajax pulled the trigger on some of them, but they cleverly used the weakened gravity to escape the bullet. Fortunately, they couldn't hide their panic and fear. Many smoke grenades flew into the air, and Ajax seemed to be successfully holding back the enemy.

But at that moment, a smoke bomb suddenly flew from the back of the building covered a narrow alleyway front of Ajax. He step back quickly, but they were one step ahead. The Myrmidons poured chain rifles at them, but the Pupniks didn't fall down easily. They quickly surrounded Ajax and began to cutting him with chains and claws.

He endured their attack, despite the poison they had put on their weapons. He knelt down only after bought enough time to his his battle-brothers surround them. When Chimera looked up, what awaited them was the muzzles of the vengeful Myrmidons and Machaon.

But Ajax was virtually single-handedly holding off the enemy's offensive. Because the remaining enemies lost their will to attack and began to consolidate their defenses.

Oh, the fan of Myrmidon War would have known. It was a bad choice, also last.

Achilles was furious when he heard that Ajax had fallen. He glared at the enemy line with blazing eyes. Oh, how can I describe him at that moment! It's an incredibly charismatic and at the same time extemely frightening. He became the avatar of fury and glorious combat. War became his bride, blood became his carpet.

Achilles ran towards his enemies, and Patroclus followed him. The first thing he noticed was the second Taskmaster. Achilles poured out the rain of fire, and the Taskmaster was forced to curl up in the shadows. The enemy's missile who was guarding the center flew toward them, but Patroclus quickly pulled the trigger and knocked him down.

After that, the massacre started. After barely recovering from his injury, Riot Girl was shot down as soon as she raised her head. Immediately, Achilles began to pursue the Taskmaster who ran away. A long time ago, peoples called him Achilles the swift-footed, and there was a reason. In a seconds, Achilles caught up with enemy, and torn aprat enemy's thick armour with armor-piercing bullets. Chimera didn't even have a chane to approach him.

Like a storm, he slaughtered his enemy and headed deep into the enemy camp. The Daktaris tried to run away, but her feet seemed frozen with fear. Achilles swung the Xiphos with a roar. With the explosion, blood and flesh were everywhere.

Oh, ALEPH. The left side of the enemy collapsed in a flash.

When the left side collapsed completely, there wasn't much the rest of Nomad's soldiers could do. The last remaining Chimera approached Achilles to stop him, but she was too far away. But they kept moving forward to save their comrades. It was a noble act. But Achilles was not interested in nobility.

When she finally arrived at the scene of the massacre, Achilles aimed his gun mercilessly. Another body fell down.

When the enemy's line is completely collapsed, Achilles walked through the bodies and headed for the enemy's beacon. He proudly pulled out a beacon with one hand and began to walk back toward our line. Achilles left Patroclus in case of an enemy counterattack, but no one even tried to stop him.

Of course. Who dares stand up to him? Even after seeing that slaughter?

Oh, that's all for this story. We recovered fallen body of Ajax's and returned to the dropship. Luckily, Ajax was too stubborn to die like this. While Macaron was treating him, I learned that other areas were also threatened by the Combined Army. Even our base camp, the Darpan Xeno-Station, was under heavy attack. Achilles is greatest warrior of Human Sphere, but even he couldn't be everywhere at the same time. It was a moment when a decision was needed.

I approached Achilles and asked...

Battle was 6 - 0 victory for Steel Phalanx.

Turn 1 - both player failed to score.
Turn 2 - Steel Phalanx accomplished Classified Mission(In Extremis Recovery) to Taskmaster (+1)
Turn 3 - Steel Phalanx take Enemy Beacon (+2)
End of Game - Steel Phalanx capture the Beacon in own Deployment Zone (+2), not be captrued by the enemy (+1)