"Azul 1, this is Dragonfly 2, time to set off you beacon. We
have are bringing in reinforcements and new orders."
"Ok, we are picking up your beacon now, we will drop the borg
at your old firebase, and he should be able to catch up to
you by daybreak."
"Ok, 2020, get ready for your drop. We are going to have to
drop you at the old firebase. The jungle is too thick where
your new partner is. You should be able to catch him if you
you keep going all night."
"Ok, sounds good, just make sure you don't land me in that
big lake in front of us."
"...Laughs. We will try not to but you never now with
these new release mechanisms."
"Well, let's put it this way, if you drop me in the lake, I
WILL catch up to you one day."
"Ok, if you think so, but I don't think that the general put
you out here to survive. Countdown started at 30 seconds."
..."Ok, Joe, you remember the generals orders about this one.
He does not want him to survive this mission."
..."Yeah, I remember the general well. That extra 20000 creds
really made my families day. I think that I will try to drop
him right in the deepest part of the lake. That should do
him pretty good."
..."Yeah, just make sure he dies, if the general finds out he
is still alive, we could be the next two sent out here to rot."
"Ok, time to drop, starting our descent. Drop is in 10."
"You do realize that will have me dropping right into the
center of the lake down there, don't you?"
"Yeah, we realize that, seems a general does not want you to
succeed."
"Figures...I nearly get killed when he artys a city, and I
wind up out in the middle of nowhere at his whim."
"I would say that is a fair appraisement of you situation."
"You guys better pray to your god that I get killed in the
fall, because if I don't, you are both dead men."
"Ok, time to drop is 1."
"You ........"
SPLASH
"Ok, time to get out of here before he makes his way up to
the surface."
"Yeah, I only have a few weeks left for my tour, so I hope
he doesn't make it out and catch up with the IC."
"Let's hope not. Seems the IC does not like the general either."
"Damn, what was that I landed on?"
"Uh, oh. Has NGR markings, the IC must have put his supplies down here
so nobody could steal them while he was gone. Oh well, at least it was
just some boxes of rations."
"Now, I have to figure out how to get out of here. May take awhile.
Fifteen minutes later the borg finally sticks his hands onto the
shoreline and pulls himself up to rest.
"Damn, it is still a few hours before dark, I will rest here for a few
minutes then get a hold of the commando over the radio to tell him I am
coming."
