06-07-2014, 04:11 PM
The time eventually came that those that would be leaving were loaded onto the planes. The signal came at Jacques' direction, and the steady thrum of gunfire at the perimeter increased. Mortars began firing again, dropping shells dangerously close to the Legion lines, and smoke pots were ignited to further thicken the obscuring clouds.
The two seized planes started their engines, the rescued crews tasked the unenviable experience of trying to escape the besieged city before the rebels could respond and try to pluck them out of the sky.
Rocked by the Legion's counter-attack, the rebels were pushed back. Aided by Mr Trano's magics, their opportunity was lost. The planes rumbled down the runway, away from the majority of the insurgent forces, and by the time they pierced the clouds of smoke they were already moving at speed. Within moments the lead plane began to lift off, the second following dangerously close behind, separated by less then a hundred meters.
The first left the ground and moved into the air before the enemy could begin to respond, and the second was too far for them to strike it down. The second plane lifted, and the Legionnaires began to move from their positions, pushing the rebels back.
With no running lights on, the planes quickly vanished into the cloud-choked night sky. And the next phase of the plan began again.
By all looks of things, the Legionnaires began to tear down their fire-base position. A costly push pressed and broke the enemy, who fled back into the city to regroup, and Legionnaires moved to secure the vehicles they would need to make their escape. The buses were abandoned, and other, more hearty vehicles were found.
Firetrucks and emergency vehicles mostly, with service trucks into which men were loaded. The weapons of the fire-base fell silent, and more planes were set aflame to make it seem as though the entire airport was being abandoned. When the Legion moved again, it was as an armed convoy of civilian vehicles, moving west into the city of Jeddah.
As the vehicles rolled away, the fire-base, with Reed and Trano, were hidden behind the flames of destroyed planes and the clouds of smoke. They would hide there as the assault group moved to it's other objectives, and as those vehicles departed Jacques signaled to the CCD that it was time for their VTOLs to begin their approach.
As the assault group rolled away, Jacques was finally joined by a Vega operative, tasked to oversee his access to the CCD satellites and communications. Within minutes he had what he had been after the whole time; real-time imaging from CCD satellites and high-flying drones. And with that access he was able to start tracking the enemy's movements.
The two seized planes started their engines, the rescued crews tasked the unenviable experience of trying to escape the besieged city before the rebels could respond and try to pluck them out of the sky.
Rocked by the Legion's counter-attack, the rebels were pushed back. Aided by Mr Trano's magics, their opportunity was lost. The planes rumbled down the runway, away from the majority of the insurgent forces, and by the time they pierced the clouds of smoke they were already moving at speed. Within moments the lead plane began to lift off, the second following dangerously close behind, separated by less then a hundred meters.
The first left the ground and moved into the air before the enemy could begin to respond, and the second was too far for them to strike it down. The second plane lifted, and the Legionnaires began to move from their positions, pushing the rebels back.
With no running lights on, the planes quickly vanished into the cloud-choked night sky. And the next phase of the plan began again.
By all looks of things, the Legionnaires began to tear down their fire-base position. A costly push pressed and broke the enemy, who fled back into the city to regroup, and Legionnaires moved to secure the vehicles they would need to make their escape. The buses were abandoned, and other, more hearty vehicles were found.
Firetrucks and emergency vehicles mostly, with service trucks into which men were loaded. The weapons of the fire-base fell silent, and more planes were set aflame to make it seem as though the entire airport was being abandoned. When the Legion moved again, it was as an armed convoy of civilian vehicles, moving west into the city of Jeddah.
As the vehicles rolled away, the fire-base, with Reed and Trano, were hidden behind the flames of destroyed planes and the clouds of smoke. They would hide there as the assault group moved to it's other objectives, and as those vehicles departed Jacques signaled to the CCD that it was time for their VTOLs to begin their approach.
As the assault group rolled away, Jacques was finally joined by a Vega operative, tasked to oversee his access to the CCD satellites and communications. Within minutes he had what he had been after the whole time; real-time imaging from CCD satellites and high-flying drones. And with that access he was able to start tracking the enemy's movements.