Mission 1: Securing Supplies

 The Mission

In recent days, Dawn has been swarming with reinforcements from the Combined Army and the Human Sphere. It is a mad dash to secure supplies and provisions to establish a strong foothold in the early days of this conflict.

Kornak Gazarot and the 409th Vanguard Division take to the field to intercept human supply caches. 

Morat Forces 

Morat Superior Warrior-Officer Kornak Gazarot has marshalled a force with the mission in mind, well positioned to secure and protect the supplies while eliminating resistance.

Command Team Gazarot

Kornak, Treitak Thayat, the Dartok, Kaitok, and Suryat make up Command Team Gazarot. They are tasked with overwatching the battlefield and bringing specialist units where they are needed.

Strike Team Raktorak

The Raktorak is joined by two Daturazi to punch a whole in the enemy line's with pure burst and brawn.

Sweep Team Anyat

An elite Sweep Team of Treitak Anyat, a Rindak and Yaogat is on hand to rapidly extract supplies.

The Battlefield

The human supplies have fallen in a densely populated area. A strong overwatch position is available for 2 of the supply boxes, but they are well segmented from one another by human settlements.

A high value target was not able to evacuate in time - a Sister of the Observance remains behind. She will be of interest to the Morat invaders.

Deployment

Under Kornak's seasoned leadership, the Morat forces are able to pick their engagement. They secure the side of the field with superior overwatch, and lay in wait to observe what the humans are prepared to commit to this operation.

The covert forces of the White Banner begin to take the field under cover of smoke. It is a nimble force, led by monks and line troops, with little in the way of heavy armor. It is not until Bixie takes the field from the reserves that it is clear how they intend to punch through.

Seeing this force assemble, Command Team Gazarot counter deploys. Knowing smoke is in play, the visored Suryat hoists his rocket launcher to the highest available point. The humans would have to fight through if they expected to get either of the far supply boxes.

The specialists, Darktok and Treitak Thayat, take safe rear positions in support. The Kaitok takes a corner guard position, while Kornak watches the interior of the deployment zone.

Sweep Team Anyat will be needed to extract boxes during the Morat counter offensive. They take defensive positions in a nearby garage, waiting for their orders. A drone watches the approach.

Strike Team Raktorak takes a central position, ready to punch a hole in the battlefield. For now, they keep their heads down and prepare for the advance. The closer the enemy can get, the better.

Round 1 - White Banner Turn

The monks begin their advance, throwing smoke. One is not prepared for the Suryat's visor, and is promptly incinerated by a barrage of rockets.

The other monks successfully smoke off the other 2 boxes. They have started their approach, but the Suryat's multispectral visor will ensure nothing comes for free.

The primary White Banner team advances. The Ye Mao attempts to extract the supplies, but is unsuccessful. 

Knowing the Suryat presents the largest problem, Lei Gong breaks from the team and advances. His Albedo technology keeps the Suryat from being able to draw a line on him. 

A Ye Mao climbs the stairs and attempts to assail the Suryat with a missile launcher from inside a dwelling. The Suryat is well prepared, obliterating the Ye Mao and the building beyond.

Lei Gong resumes his offensive and is able to reach the Suryat's rooftop position. His approach is noted by the team, and the Kaitok and Kornak move to gain line to the rooftop. The Dartok executes a Spotlight hacking program to further assist.

Realizing Albedo won't be enough, Lei Gong attempts to take cover. He takes fire from the Kaitok and Kornak, but is able to wound the Suryat before finally succumbing to his wounds.

Noting the Kaitok is now out of cover, a Ye Mao proceed through the building with his AP Spitfire. He is able to wound but not finish the Kaitok before the Morats begin their counter offensive.

Round 1 - Morat Aggression Force Turn

Under this order from Kornak, the Kaitok leaves the fireteam to engage the Ye Mao. He rips into the opposition with chain rifles, handily shredding the enemy. He takes a hit from the spitfire in the process and goes down. He is incapacitated, but it is not a fatal wound.

The Suryat sees a camouflaged combatant at the far side of the battlefield. His attempt to discover it prompts the enemy to reveal - the Long Ya launches a flammenspeer. The Suryat fires what should be an easy hit, but the Long Ya is well calibrated, and is able to kill the already wounded Suryat.

Command Team Gazarot advances up the left side. The Dartok fires his pitcher, landing 2 repeaters into the structures separating the forces. He initiates a Trinity program against the Ye Mao killer hacker, who attempts the same protocol in response. The Ye Mao falls, twitching. He will not have another chance at the supply box. Bixie is firmly in the repeater network.

Treitak Thayat rushes to the Kaitok and applies her medical training. The Kaitok rises to continue the fight with his original fireteam.

As the fireteam falls back to prepare for the next White Banner assault, the Dartok initiates Spotlight programs against the Observance nun. The Target has been designated - all to the EI's plan.

The fireteam takes their position as the Gaki runs into the building to guard the approach and protect the Dartok. It was an intensive operation that took all of Kornak's attention - Sweep Team Anyat would have to wait to begin their approach.

Strike Team Raktorak moves to comply, taking position in and around a nearby garage with the Security Detachment provided by the Shasvastii.

The Ikadron advances to improve repeater coverage. It comes upon an unexpected monk, who it is able to dispatch with a pistol shot.

After 1 round, no supply boxes have been opened. The Morat forces are well entrenched and confident in their ability to extract at their next opportunity.

Round 2 - White Banner Turn

With the Ye Mao and Lei Gong gone, Bixie is the White Banner's only hope at extraction. A monk sweeps the buildings to eliminate the Dartok's repeaters so she could move unhindered.

Seeing their front line thinning, the Zhanshi team begins to advance and reinforce.

Bixie moves through the building to draw a line on the Kaitok. He lets his chain rifles roar, scoring a wound. He is able to weather the shots from her multirifle and wins the exchange. She retreats to the far side of the building, a trail of blood marking her path.

Another Long Ya emerges from its camoflauge and tries to succeed wear Bixie could not. The Kaitok uses his heavy pistol to dispatch it.

Running short on options, a SpecOp Zhanshi approaches the opposite side through a building.

Things look dire for the White Banner as the Morats begin their next advance.

Round 2 - Morat Aggression Force Turn

Treitak Anyat deploys smoke. The Yaogat stands obscured and activates his Multispectral Visor to draw a clean line to the Zhanshi. It is an unexpectedly difficult exchange due to the tight quarters and the Zhanshi's dodges, but after 3 barrages, the Zhanshi falls.

The Rindak advances under another cloud of smoke to extract the supplies and move to a safe position.

Objective in hand, Kornak demands his forces press the assault.

A Gaki scales the building Bixie has been striking from. She is able to dodge to the ground, which exposes her to fire from the garage. The Raktorak makes short work of her.

The Raktorak continues to advance, raining fire into the Long Ya that had killed the Suryat.

With all visible threats neutralized, the Morats protect the supply box and prepare for a counter punch that would note come.

Round 3 - White Banner in Retreat!

After the Strike and Sweep teams took the field, the White Banner lines broke as they flee the battlefield. Kornak smirks, although he would have preferred to pilfer the remaining supplies from right under their noses.

All the same, the Morats have won the day. Their losses were minimal, a single Suryat. These supplies will come in handy for their next operation.

6-0 Victory for Morat Aggression Force, 264 Victory Points Remaining

• 2 Points for Secured Supply Box
• 1 Point for Securing More Supply Boxes
• 1 Point for Denying the Enemy a Supply Box
• 1 Point for Designating the Target (Classified)
• 1 Point for Securing the Target

Treitak Thayat

Treitak Thayat's medical training paid off, allowing her to stabilize the Kaitok which secured the left flank of the battlefield.

After the enemy's retreat, Thayat was in position to secure the High Value Target. The Aggression Force is well served by the operative.

The Story of Treitak Thayat

 Beginnings on Ugarat

 Born to two Gesurats (military veterans,) Thayat was well positioned in Morat society. Even as a Dat,the youngest Morats, Thayat had access to resources and training that would position her to follow in her parents' footsteps.

 

 Gesurat housing, utilitarian but granting the basic needs for growing Morat families

Thayat trained hard under the tutelage of her father, a Diplomat of the Rasyat division. She was taught the ways of Morat culture and warfare, nearly synonymous, and of the weaknesses and shortcomings of alien species. As she began to take her role in the wider society as a Kurdat, she sneered at the various prisoners of these species as they engaged in the forced labor that keep Morat society turning.

A Kurdat Apart

 

The time had come for Thayat and her fellow Kurdats to prove themselves in the hunt. This ritual serves as their graduation - if they are succesful, they will ascend to the rank of Gesurat - a full soldier of the Morat Aggression Force.

Each group was tasked to bring back a certain number of slain Tinaraks, a dangerous prey even by Morat standards. As long as an individual group met their quota, they would graduate. But to come out on top among all groups would mean particularly consideration in a Gesurat's first assignment.

 

While scouting the dense foliage, Thayat came across a strange device, and hatched a plan.

 

A mysterious gift of the Evolved Intelligence - out of place in the wilderness 

 

A rival group had cornered a small group of Tinaraks - such a kill would surely put them on top. Thayat used the device to create a distraction, briefly breaking the focus of the contending Kurdats. This gave the Tinaraks the opening they needed. The Tinaraks broke free of the trap, and gravely wounded a number of the pursuing Kurdats.

Thayat and her peers were able to take the kills for themselves. This treachery brought glory, but earned her no friends. She would fear no retribution, however, for after this day she was a Gesurat, and to attack a Gesurat is to attack the Morat Aggression Force itself.

Early Service

While a Gesurat is a recognized soldier, the newest among them still needed experience. This often meant work off-world to manage an uncooperative species.

 

Camp Gordat

 

The first years of her service were spent on Camp Gordat - a labor camp and transportation hub on a hostile world. Goods and recently captured alien subjects were brought to camp Gordat for sorting and shipping. Many of the local population had been subjugated to perform these duties.

 

Camp Gordat was a frontier hub for planetside operations

 

Slaves of the Morats are kept in groups of 10. How one fares, they all fare - they are responsible for the behavior of their peers.

A particularly large population had just been brought in for branding and processing. One of the alien under Thayat's watch did not take kindly to this arrival, muttering under his breath and daring to look up at a driver. Gesurat Thayat was expected to deal with this transgression.

A tank of water is no place for poorly adapted aliens 

 

 The local aliens had a very temperamental physiology, particularly vulnerable to moisture. They required a dry environment to regulate their temperature and metabolize properly. 

Not wanting to look weak in front of her superiors, the young Gesurat took advantage of this. Their folly earned the 10 of them a night standing attention in a water processing tank. Only 2 would be able to walk out under their only power, and only 2 more were suitable to work after this punishment. The other 6 were replaced in short order, and Thayat upheld her duty.

Becoming Treitak 

After performing admirably on assignment at Camp Gordat, Gesurat Thayat was appointed by her superiors to the Treitak division. There she would learn to be less of a blunt, maiming instrument and more of a sharpened, targeted knife. Treitaks are experts in infiltration and assassination, tasked with eliminating high value targets. Failure is not an option for a Treitak.

 Assault on the Human Sphere

 Treitak Thayat was among the Combined Army forces that made first contact with humanity. Her life has been bloodshed ever since.

 Paradiso

 

 Her exploits began on Paradiso. Elbow to elbow with Tarlok Battle Groups, the Morats skillfully navigated the dense jungle that proved so troublesome for humanity. Their supply lines were raided, their technology sabotaged, every hallmark of the Treitaks was in play.

 

A Need for Medicine

 The Combined Army forces currently engaged with humanity are isolated. There are no supply lines or reinforcements in their near future. While the MAF's strike forces are lethal and effective, their soldiers not fearing death, a more sustainable approach is needed to maintain their foothold. Treitak Thayat is among the first class of Morat doctors to be trained in the field during Paradiso operations.

Assault on Durgama 

Treitak Thayat was a shadow among the forces that swarmed Durgama and the space station above. She and her unit were sent into the station with a simple charge: damage humanity's footprint, by any means necessary.

 The battle was bloody, room to room, hallway to hallway, with five humans falling for every one Morat that was repelled.

 

Critical infrastructure and systems were damaged, allowing for engagements elsewhere in the station. They would arrive at their final target - a ranking member of the Haqqislam forces that were tasked to aid with the defense. The battle was swift, and no human survived.

Elite Haqqislam guards could not keep Thayat from her target

Having eliminated her target, Treitak Thayat returned to receive her next mission.

409th Vanguard Company Deployed to Dawn

The Evolved Intelligence has designated Dawn as the next target for Kornak Gazarot and the 409th Vanguard Company. Treitak Thayat and her comrades are to follow and starve the humans out of their trenches.

Sumi Na Rat!

Introducing Treitak Thayat

This week marks the start of the narrative campaign. Morat Vanguard Treitak Thayat, my Spec Op, will be seeing the battlefield. In universe, Thayat is a seasoned operative who has become familiar with humanity through years of combat on Paradiso and Durgama.

Our instructions are clear - collect human supply drops to starve out the entrenched forces and prevent their reinforcements from gaining a foothold. The Morat Aggression Force will need to be swift and decisive in this action. Elite Invincible Army Forces are moving to intercept - we will break their armor and their spirits.