Chapter 4: More Than They Bargained For (revised)

Lieutenant Carter led her team to flank the oncoming Alliance troops. Staying on high ground with the intentions of using the defensive position at the back door of the bunker as a cross firing position. Colonel Romanov led team two and duplicated the effort of Carter on the other flank.

“Carter, engage when we have all positions in range. Should be about five minutes.”

“Acknowledged.”

Michael had a clear view of the field below. Alliance troops had no clue what they were about to encounter. Ten years of training honed the security team’s skills to be more than a match for the purple-bellies, even if they were outnumbered 3:1. The Alliance troops were grouped ridiculously close together in some areas, belying their commander's inexperience. They were armed with short range weapons of the machine pistol variety, better suited for close-in fighting than field operations.

Michael's .308 sounded off the first shot, dropping the Alliance commander at an easy 200 yards. All fire teams opened up before the enemy could dive for cover. The entire security detail were expert marksman. The standard issue weapon for Destiny's security team was a rifle of bullpup type design using 6.48mm caseless ammunition. The bullets were designed to fragment around an armor piercing tip, giving the best of both worlds to the infantryman. Most shots hit in exposed areas in between the armored areas of the advancing troops uniforms. The rifles had scopes that would display either a virtual 'point and shoot' red dot, for 200 yards or less, or just the standard tactical scope, for longer range out to a 800 yard effective range. The odds were now 2:1.

“Defensive positions continue covering fire. Carter, advance!” Michael waved his arm to signal his team to do the same. Lt. Carter skillfully led her team to the left flank while Michael did the same on the right.

“Sgt. Williams!”

“Sir?”

“Take over the team, I’m going after their transports.”

“Yes sir.” "Defensive