Invasion Preparations

Posted on Fri Jan 22nd, 2016 @ 10:35am by Major Alexandria Somers & Captain Liarra Von & Commander Jordan Gunning & Captain Alierin Javindhra III

Mission: By Dawn's Early Light
Location: Starbase 332 Marine Country/Various
Timeline: Current

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After the meeting broke up Griffiths approached the Captain. "Captain how goes the status of the orbital defenses? I know that the Marine Forced Recon Fighter Squadron I sent out is en route back, but will there be any ships outside to help defend us?"

"Other than the fighters, no," Von replied, shaking her head. "I'll be putting a call in to fleet command to request reinforcements, but if they're not here in time, we'll be on our own."

"I see, well I better start getting my people ready then for the inevitable ground incursion" She said then looked to the Security Chief "Commander Gunning, the First Lieutenant that was in this meeting will be my official liaison between our departments, if only to keep the lines of communication open. V'Shan like all Marines has a Sub-Dermal Communications device embedded behind his ear and linked to his vocal cords" She said indicating the areas on her own face.

"They work on a separate frequency to that of commbadges, so if the Sojourners throw down a comms blackout the marines sub-dermal comms will work, but there is one small issue."

"They will only work on this station as they are short range, so as none of the security officers have them yet, I suggest Commander that those Marines I have permanently assigned to Station Security you have at least one or two per Security team, in case the comms get jammed" Griffith said and paused.

"That's one option," Von replied. "Another is to have other communication channels on standby. I want Ops to be able to listen in on any chatter so that I know what's going on too."

"We have several bands laid aside for communicating between each Station. I'll have Comms divert them into main use and that should help us out. I'm sure having Lieutenant V'Shan with us should work well as a fallback option." Gunning said as his combadge chirruped. "Gunning here."

"Commander, Lieutenant Bancroft needs you in S.C." The voice of Crewman Krit'v, the youngster they'd put in charge of monitoring internal security chatter was more high pitched and nervy than usual. Gunning replied his affirmative and turned to the small group. "My summons. If you'll excuse me Captain." He nodded slightly to Major and Sergeant before making his way off toward the turbolift.

Von turned back to the marine. "Remember, security will get the civilians to safety. Get marines posted at the sensitive areas of the station; reactors, shield grid, air wing hangars, Ops, and so on. We can't protect everything, so just make sure you protect what matters the most. I'll be monitoring things from Ops, so keep me posted on any issues."

Ticking things off on the Padd Griffiths picked up as the Captain was speaking, then she looked up "Already in progress, Captain. I estimate two hours until all Marines are stationed at sensitive areas, I will keep Omega Squad as this stations RRT, so we can site to site to an area that will need support" Griffiths said.

"Good. Let me know when your teams are in position."

Nodding "Understood Captain, may the Prophets smile upon us in our time of need" Naomi said.

Liarra nodded. She never had strong ties to a religion, but she did know how much the Prophets meant to the Bajoran people. Anything that helped her officers get through this crisis was alright by her. With that nod, she turned to leave Griffiths's office.

With that the Captain left her Office and she looked to the her Sergeant "Master Sergeant McBride, I need you to check all the teams readiness, they should be in the Gear up room getting ready, have the combat medics be prepared for a variety of injuries, also the use of Flash Bangs and authorized" She paused. "Each team will consist of an eight man team all should be equipped with protective eye and ear gear if Flash Bangs are to be used, can you get this done for me Master Sergeant?" She asked.

McBride Acknowledged and left her Office, just then a new face entered, the marine wore the rank of Marine Captain, Naomi picked up her Padd and looked at it, then back to the new arrival. "Ah Captain Alierin Etriyan Javindhra III you must be my new XO, but I am guessinig you will be wanting a task to do yes?

The newly appointed Marine XO didn't immediately reply. It took her a moment to decide whether or not the Major was expecting an answer. A peculiar habit among Humans and similar species was asking questions to which they already knew the answer. Of course Alierin wanted to contribute to the defense effort. She guessed people asked those sorts of questions out of habit... as part of the thought process when coming up with ideas or a plan. As an El-Aurian--a listener--she noticed these sorts of things. Or maybe she just liked to think she did. Alierin had more than likely asked a few rhetorical questions herself.

"Of course, Major. What would you ask of me?" Ali said after a moment, not wanting to let the question hang unanswered.

"Just to note that for this Sorjourner Invasion only I will be putting you tempoarily in charge of one of our RRT teams, Sigma team in fact, I need people that I can trust on the front lines and while we have only just met I feel that I can trust you, will this be a problem Captain?" Naomi asked as she was well aware that regardless of rank if a marine was given a task to do it had to be done, such was an assignment. "I want to assure you its not a downgrade, but it is going to be all hands for the coming assault

"No problem, ma'am." Alierin said. While she hadn't expected to find herself assigned to such an... active role in the defense, she wasn't going to argue. A good officer could make the most of their leadership ability no matter where they were on the battlefield. But of course being close to the fighting would make her an obvious target. She would have to be all the more mindful of keeping herself alive, as well as those under her command.

Naomi waited for the Marine Captain's response, the military was the military she did not expect Javindhra to like the temp duty, but it had to be done. Captain Smith had Omega Squad ready, the only remaining Squads now were the two RRT teams Sigma and Alpha, for this Naomi would command Alpha if it was required.

"Good, I want you and your team to concentrate on shoring up defences, listen out for calls for assistant then use site to site transport for beam ins, remember do not take any unnessessary risks that will endanger lives, sadly you may lose some marines, such is war, but every marine here has signed up for this and just like the MACOs of Archers time we do or die, simple as that. *pause* Now go get your gear together and organise your team, use flashbangs only and make sure you have enough ammo packs" Griffiths said and paused.

"Unless you have to contact command and Control, use your subdermal Comms within your squad and among the rest of us, we do not know if the Sorjourners will be able to listen in on our Commbadge and other standard comms. Sub-Dermal Comms are our ace against any eaves droppers, okay all done and dusted, see you on the flip side Captain" Griffiths finished and watched the Marine Captain leave to her duties, this meant it was time for her to do her part.