Oily prata
12-10-2007, 04:25
OOC: Colony lang grab? Got a map?
Unclaimed Territory H1, Region of Haven
The opening shock of their parachutes was matched only by the slightly lesser shock of actually hitting the ground. Instinctively rolling to avoid injury, the half dozen odd soldiers were soon on their boot clad feet, weapons free and raised, regardless of the questionable necessity of such a hostile stance.
Questionable, because they and their comrades were highly likely to be the only human inhabitants of this island. Across the gently rolling hills of the island codenamed H1 by the Federal Defense Force, the only sentient beings were scattered bands of Velkyan Republic Federal Air Force special operations teams, who, after the semi formality of parachuting from orbiting insertion aircraft, swiftly and diligently went to work.
Infrared landing beacons soon lined the soft brown earth of H1, marking out makeshift landing strips for the next stage of their "invasion", the arrival of dedicated cargo aircraft. By the time the teams on the island had finished surveying and marking their 'plots', it was dusk, and the sun had already fallen beneath the horizon when the drone of the first transport rumbled through the hills.
The setting sun cast an eerie orange glow over the subdued gray airframe of the first C-201 as it touched down, the surveying efforts of the special operators paying off as the landing gears met hard dirt and slowly rumbled to a halt. Not a soul hesitated to continue their task, and, from the first skyclad boot to hit the soil to the landing of the first transport, Velkya had begun her first overseas military deployment in nearly a decade.
By the next morning, the azure-gray banner of the Allied Union of Velkyan Republics proudly flew over the newly christened Isle of Viridia.
(OOC: It's in Haven, my long time homeland and region.)