{"id":10661,"date":"2023-04-07T18:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tbac.space\/members\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2023-12-29T20:22:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T20:22:08","slug":"the-vanduul-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tbac.space\/members\/2023\/04\/07\/the-vanduul-are-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vanduul are here…"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I could feel nothing but the wind lashing against the exposed skin where my half helmet ended and the smile I had permanently glued to my face began! This is the ultimate relaxation and exactly what I need to forget the harsh environments of space, Whilst I love being a combat medic in the thick of things, where every wrong move could cost you everything. Nothing beats getting on my antique Harley Davidson with its four-stroke engine and opening the throttle all the way, As I said space can get to you and an overactive imagination or crazy sense of humour are some of the best tools to survive unless you are blessed with uncanny luck such as one of my Org buddies Om3n the guy can\u2019t seem to lose. Then you got Sarah & Robeenio. Those lot keep morale high among our military guys. Finally Noximilien Caldero is one of the head honcho\u2019s in charge. A decent guy and the Admiral for the science & exploration sector, my sector. Noximilien does good work, gets things done, hasn\u2019t let the power go to his head although he has a habit of\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOi Tycan, Tycan\u2026Get up you lazy S.O.B quit your daydreaming\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cAlright alright damn! Can\u2019t a guy get some R&R around here without you jerks thinking there\u2019s a Vanduul swarm behind every asteroid, moon or floating piece of space rock.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah yeah whatever just get up, Vice Admiral Absoluteleigh want\u2019s a word with you, something about pistol whipping one of other troops Nooby, Hooby, Scooby I don\u2019t know something along those lines.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cSheesh say that a little louder why don\u2019t you I didn\u2019t do anything to anyone, you know T.B.A.C wouldn\u2019t stand for that sort of thing I\u2019d be hulled in front of Org Admiral Banksy quicker than an m50. Plus it really was an accident. Someone had been messing around with my Gemini A03 Sniper. The backend weight felt off, so I was testing it out and didn\u2019t see them coming through the hatch. It was an honest mistake, erm, honest!\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u2026Oh boy what had I landed myself into now, I really was telling the truth and the last thing I wanted was a HR incident recorded on my permanent file, I\u2019d never be in contention for the currently vacant Lieutenant Commander promotion. Even one strike against me, the Admirals would never allow it! Guess I\u2019d better get up to the VA\u2019s office and take what\u2019s coming to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

45 minutes later and a roasting worthy of a Christmas dinner on correct weapons handling etiquette, I manage to come out of the meeting more or less unscathed, Punishment was a week on the scrubbing deck aka the cesspool that is our lovely Idris hangar bay<\/span><\/p>\n

It could\u2019ve been worse so I just swallowed any ill thoughts towards being assigned to the lowest of the low jobs on-board, it\u2019s a hard thought to swallow and hits my throat hard as it slides down. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAh what do we have here, another useless so-called combat medic for the scrubbing deck?\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Go ahead laugh it up one day soon you\u2019ll be bleeding out, losing consciousness and I\u2019ll be the most important person in the verse, you won\u2019t be so smug then\u2026Well that\u2019s what I\u2019m thinking what I actually say is<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYessir\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I chuckle quietly to myself, I know I know but here rank is rank and orders are orders. I may not like them but I\u2019m an organisation man through and through such is life, could\u2019ve been different though, I almost joined the civilian side of medical working out of Orison now that would\u2019ve been a sweet gig!<\/span><\/p>\n

Truth is it came down to ONE thing. I like shooting things then patching them up way too much to stick to just patching them up. Nothing beats being on the ground in the thick of things where everything can change from one heartbeat to the next, and every decision you make can literally mean life and death, someone lives or someone dies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a combat medic is what I was born to do!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTycan, no way you got sh*t duty, I mean scrubbing duty.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cSnakelane, What are you doing here? Heard you transferred to another sector\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cYou heard right! This time next week I\u2019ll be shooting the breeze over at\u2026\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cHEY! Stop your chitter chatter and get back to work. Those decks aren\u2019t going to clean themselves.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cYessir\u201d \u201cYessir\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Not a few moments later the ominous red glow caught my attention a split second before the blaring alarm let everyone know that it was go time! The enemy\u2026.are\u2026.here. Every man & woman on-board knew what they had to do each one tasked with their own set of instructions that when put together would surely spell the destruction of anyone or anything who dared seek it out<\/span><\/p>\n

The British are coming, are a force to be reckoned with\u2026We\u2019d earned the reputation and we made sure it was both well respected and well maintained! <\/span><\/p>\n

All these thoughts swimming around my head weren\u2019t even close to a distraction as I said we were prepared and well trained, I was already sliding on my battle armour, taking position behind cover with my rifle cocked, ready to repel any potential borders. It was a simple instruction! If I didn\u2019t recognise them then they shouldn\u2019t be standing hmmm pretty simple alright and perfectly fine with me. I\u2019m not a cruel or heartless person but in times of war those things got you killed quick, really quick!<\/span><\/p>\n

It felt like hours but the rational part of my brain tells me it\u2019s more like seconds\u2026.I hear the loud clunk and begin to see the tell tell signs of the ship\u2019s hull being cut into like it was made of paper, With a swift thud there\u2019s a new door leading onto the deck where none existed before. <\/span><\/p>\n

Spilling onto the deck through the depressurisation smoke I\u2019m barely able to see but there\u2019s no mistaking the outlines I can see standing within\u2026.The Vanduul are here!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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