Location: Ord Radama
Objective: Blockade Ord Radama
Allies: [member="Arisa Yune"] [member="Sko'saht"] [member="Velus"] [member="Marl"] [member="Satia the Cruel"] [member="Jerit Kolomor"] [member="Valae Kitra"] [member="Valkren Calderon"] [member="Darren Torran"]
Enemies: [member="Darth Banshee"] [member="Vrak Nashar"] [member="Rakosh Saqai"] [member="Vraukt"] [member="Charlyra Araano"]
Music:
Brimstone: The Burden
[Ord Radama - ground]
Valkren Calderon said:
In stark departure from what the Silver Jedi faced when fighting the Resurgent Empire on Dromund Kaas, the Sith were holed up inside the
Devastator, not attempting to fight the Silver Jedi or local commanders on the ground regardless of
any support they might have, which would have meant line infantry. Because the very first rounds of cardinam did not cause any noise that could be heard from the ridge, the columns of smoke emanating from the molten sections of the Devastator's hull indicated where the next rounds of thermobaric charges would be fired at, with the launch platforms in the safety of the ysalamir bubbles, to the tune of six mortars and thirty man-portable missiles. With fuel still around the wrecked Devastator, the Sith and any infantry with them would likely be roasted to smithereens because the thermobaric charges will add explosions to the already heavy loads of incendiaries being thrown their way. Either the Sith stay inside and roast to a crisp or they use their own troops to cover their escape; even that would cause railgun repeaters to be fired at them once they arrive in range of the railgun repeaters they call
Korribans, which could not be deflected by lightsabers. The sort of railgun repeaters capable of shooting down fighters as they did in the orbital battle that took place over Ord Radama. Seeing nearby [member="Jerit Kolomor"] being tended to by [member="Valae Kitra"], who, in the minds of the locals, was more of a battle medic than any real frontline combatant, and [member="Darren Torran"] arriving to reinforce their position, the gunners prepare another volley of thermobaric charges to roast the Sith to a crisp, especially since the first volley only achieved limited damage to the derelict.
"Our orbital friends have just made the risks posed by those thermobaric charges much more worrisome, to both us and the enemy, but we have to make do with what we have" the still-panicked mortar gunner commented back to his commanding officer.
"Repeat!" the heavy weapons captain ordered.
This was the reason
why one should never say
repeat to a heavy weapons gunner outside of combat:
repeat meant that they were to fire another volley at the same target as the last one. Under intense bombardment, the Sith holed inside the
Devastator would have a hard time attempting to get out: the projectiles landed in the same spots as the previous volley had, only much deeper inside the shipwreck since the first volley already pierced holes allowing the ordnance to penetrate deeper inside, correspondingly causing the explosions to occur deeper inside the Devastator's wreckage. With the fuel from the cardinam rounds still around, the fiery blast will spread even further than it had in the first volley of thermobaric charges. Meanwhile, in orbit, the space battle has diminished in intensity, almost ground to a halt even, since the enemy made no attempt to engage the Silver Jedi fleet, not even so much as return fire. In the CIC, even though it may be too early to claim victory, and the enemy could still attempt to return fire, what battle left to wage could be a mop-up operation. Nevertheless, the CIC crew open channels on the local frequencies:
"
Open a channel on all local frequencies. However do not broadcast on RE frequencies: they might spring a trap on us if they catch wind of that"
"Channel open"
"
This is General Med-Beq to the people of Ord Radama. The space battle for Ord Radama has been won! The Resurgent Empire's fleet is in full retreat: the Silver Jedi stands with with the people of Ord Radama"
Not that the Resurgent Empire actually even
tried to want anything to do with the local populace there; in fact, the local population was with the Dominion since the very beginning, the very moment where the Dominion and its Silver Jedi allies even arrived on Ord Radama in the first place. The events unfolding in the marshes around the Devastator's wreckage and in orbit were proving them right at every turn, and thus the people of Livien Magnus, the city closest to the Devastator's wreckage, as well as those in other cities, such as New Raido, the capital of the planet, Devlikk or not, came to realize that their military made the right decision, especially as the Devastator, which the RE intended to use as a forward command post, could no longer be used as such, since the flames have spread over significant sections of the wreckage, with its metal melting with each passing second. More than ever, timely deployment saved the day... and she would probably want demolition units with thermobaric charges of her own if the reports from the ground were anything to go by, or otherwise sign a deal with the local authorities for technology transfers regarding thermobaric charges.
