Topic: 8 weeks in the suck or in this case....Basic Training.

Vega050

Date: 2007-07-17 18:26 EST
The scene for this little event was 5:00 AM RhyDin standard time.

The sound of a trashcan being beaten echoed down the Bunk room. Gabe and the rest of the Brass of the Deltas stood in the doorways and watched as the Fire Watch and Sergeant wake up the grunts.

"wake up you slimes....Get your asses movin..."

To the Deltas when it came to PT they called him Commander Blood.They scrambled out of their Bunks,held their rifle at port arms and stood at attention and waited for Gabe to pass by and inspect them. Once done he yelled at them for being 50 seconds over the standard time it takes to get ready and inspected. He punished them with an extra hour of PT.

"Platoon.....Fall in"

He yelled to them, he had them get in full Battle Gear, Helmet and all,rifle included.They fell in like ordered and stood there.Gabe looked over them and it warmed his heart to see the, like that. They were battle ready and ready to fight long and hard.

"Congrats you pricks...Today im taking eight of you and turning you into scout snipers.....Theres sixty of you this mean fifty-two of you will perish on this training....Anyone want to back out now..."

No one said anything they just stood there like stumps.The Sergeants looked between each other and whispered a few incoherent sentences and phrases.Gabe looked back to the Sergeants with a smile....

"Okay...First give me one hundred Rifle Up Downs....NOW"

Their dropped and had their rifles ontop of their hands and twisted the shoulder strap around their hands so the rifles didnt fall.Gabe smiled and then noticed one Delta in particular. This Delta was tryin to show the others up. Gabe was disgusted with this, but he admired the initiative.

"Okay Platoon...Stand tall..."

They got to their feet and stood fast.

"Okay Everyone but jenkins there is dismissed."

He hoped they wouldnt leave but if they did he was sure this platoon had no one capable of being a sniper.They ran off and looked back as it began to rain.
"Okay Jenkins give me your rifle and how bout somemore up downs.."

Jenkins gave Gabe his rifle and Gabe slung the rifle onto his back.The platoon stood as a flash of lightning struck over head and lit the area up. They jogged back and started to the Up Downs with Jenkins. Jenkins was surprised and looked arround.One of the others looked right at him.

"What I`m a grunt I love freezing my ass off in the rain..."

Jenkins smiled under his helmet and then went back to doing his up downs. Gabe saw this and got a big warm fuzzy feeling in his stomach, That was what he was trying to teach them since they arrived.

"Yall trying to make me proud out here tonight huh.....HOOAH!"

"HOOAAH' The entire platoon replied and was soon finished with the set number and stood tall and fast. gabe smiled to them.

"Okay boys...lose those rifles....and that Gear...you have ten minutes to get into your BDUs and be back out here.....Ready....GO"

They took off as he said go, they knew how bad it would be if they were late.They quickly put the gear and rifle in their Finger print scan foot lockers, completely theif proof even if you were a clone of a delta or a perfect shape shifted match. They ran back out, they left the blouse` to the BDU Fatigues and had their Box cap with the normal pattern,camo Green. gabe stood alread in his Fatigues, the only difference in his was that his had USMC across the front and had the Logo of the Marines.

"LEft Face.......Forward march"

The platoon followed him to the letter.They never questioned him for they remember the last guy that did so. He was sent home in a armed transport.Poor Hernandes.

"Double time March.."

They began to jog arround the base.
The time now was 6:01 AM Rhydin standard.

"Left left left right your le-eft..."

He began with a simple cadence, time to do what they always did in the mornings, two mile jogs.

"Left left left right your le-eft..."

"I lookin Good"
"lookin Good"
"Here we go...."
"here we Go"
"my grandmama was a 92......."
"my grandmama was a 92......."
"she used to PT like me and you..."
"she used to PT like me and you..."
"my Grandmama was a 96.."
"my Grandmama was a 96.."
"she did her PT just for kicks...."
"she did her PT just for kicks...."
"My grandmama was 107..."
"My grandmama was 107..."
"The old girl died and went to Heaven..."
"the Old girl died and went to heaven..."
"My Grandmama was a 98..."
"My Grandmama was a 98..."
"she was side straddle hoppin throught the pearly gates"
"she was side straddle hoppin throught the pearly gates"
"My Grandmama was a 109..."
"My Grandmama was a 109"
"She had ol` JC doublin time.."
"She had ol` JC doublin time."
They coppied every word he said the whole jog.It was a Military thing, most people have asked why they do it when they are seen out jogging.gabe loved how they tried to be louder than him.

Time 7:05...
The Deltas were done with morning PT and were eating and chillin in the Mess Hall eating a nice warm breakfast but it was a well known Rule there that at first you dont eat the eggs. And after two weeks for any grunt he would be seen with a helping of Half baked Eggs, one sasuage patty, three strips of bakon, a biscut, an oragne apple or a bannana, a milk and a glass of Orange Juice.

This pattern would continue every day untill noon when they reported to Class for Classroom Instruction and then to their stations and doing what they were trained for.

Gabe took the saem platoon he took that morning and it began to diminish over time, two people were dropped from the Scout Sniper program every day.8 weeks of this grueling torture.To the Grunts this wasnt what they expected.This was Hell

Vega050

Date: 2007-07-19 19:49 EST
Day: 3
Time: 0500 hours.

The same procedure would be followed every moring at this time. A trash can wake up. He stood in the doorway yet again. He looked as they scrambled into their morning PT clothes. The temp. outside was under 50 degrees, perfect weather for a run. They formed up and were off again. Gabe seemed to think that maybe he woukd have to use all of them for the Scout snipers. He had some good cadences for this morning.

"I lookin good"
"I lookin Good"
"I feelin Good"
"I feelin Good"
"we ona little run nah"
"we ona little run nah
"we ona little run nah"
"we ona little run nah
"Everywhere we go-o"
"Everywhere we go-o"
"the people want to kno-ow"
"the people want to kno-ow
"Who we ar-are"
"who we ar-are"
"so We tell them"
"So we tell them"
"We are tha boys from beyond whom you heard so much about!"
"We are tha boys from beyond whom you heard so much about!"
"Now Mamas take their Daughters in whenever we go out"
"Now Mamas take their Daughters in whenever we go out"
"The people call us crazy cause the crazy things we do!"
"The people call us crazy cause the crazy things we do!"
"But we`re the boys rom Beyond so who the heck are you?"
"But we`re the boys from Beyond so who the heck are you?"
"Deltas!"
"Deltas!"
"HOOAH!"
"HOOAH!"

This continued on for about another hour and a half and then it was 0700 and the platoon was off to Breakfest. They amediately reported to Class and spent the day till 1700 hours then they reported directly to the PT feild and were doing their Aftertoon PT. Gabe had them working with Demolitions on this day. He loved the faces they had when they blew stuff up. They were actually amazed how he blew up one of the Dumy tanks.

He flicked the switch guard and flipped the switch and a second later the tank blew apart, not into several peices, actually inbetween 20 to 30 peices, he looked back and smiled as he spoke.

"BOOM Baby..."

Time: 2100 hours-Lights out

This was the time every recruit looked forward to. Lights Out time. They could stay up past that but the lights had to be off.They chatted about how this was going to make their lives better. Gabe walked up to the door and heard them. It touched him at how much they loved what they were doing.He headed back to his bunk room and began to talk to the Sergeants and assorted other staff.

"Ok...These kids seem to love this...Are we sure we have to have just Eight...."

He looked to the 1srg and then he recieved a shaking head.This actually made it easier then, but he wasnt going to let them know he would use them all as Scout Snipers.It would drive them harder if they still thought they would be eliminated.He smiled as he looked back to 1rst Platoons bunk. He knew this was going to be an interesting term.

Firebreath

Date: 2007-07-20 00:25 EST
After about three days of hearing the morning jog she decided to slip in and see what the hell he was doing. Dressed in a light gray sweat suit with the hood up she slipped into the woods. Running along beside the group for a while before moving to join them. Her spell solid, as long as she kept quiet and didn't bump into anyone no one but Gabe would notice her.

A faint smile, she knew he'd strangle her as soon as he found her, but then again..That would be an easier death then what her blood brothers had been trying to inflict, and hell. Maybe she'd be able to explain everything after the jog and training.

So, for now, she ran at the back of the group. Head down and mouth shut. To any others that looked she'd not be there, their eyes would simply slide off her, never having seen her. All except for Gabe. Perhaps Alana, but as Shad hadn't seen the elf running with them she doubted it.

Vega050

Date: 2007-07-20 11:22 EST
Time-0500
day-4
Location-Rifle Range

He sat in a chair as each Delta lay prone firing at targets 300 yards away.He watched each Delta closely to mark their intensity on this.They each fired syetmaticaly, one right after the other.

"Okay nice rate of fire guys"

He would give them praise when they moved onto the Paint ball portion.But was it fair to pit the platoon against the Omega squad and Himself, he thought so, and besides it would give them a goal at who were the best in the Deltas.

Time-0600
Location-Live Fire Exerscise, middle of woods

He took the four man team and went ahead and sat up the base camp. The platoon were to find them and take them out before the Omegas tka them out.But the Omegas were better than thatmthey had traps all over the woods for this.A few minutes past and boom, a paint explosive went off anc had the platoon coated, ok so it was a quick exerscise.So on the way back they went double timming full gear, it took twenty minutes to get back, gabe gave them a long talk beore he released them for morning Chow.

Time-0700
Location-Mess Hall

They all were packed in there chowing down yet again as they did every morning,and since gabe was the Commander, he was going to be nice and change the menu for this day slightly and gave them more time to eat aswell.

Time-0900
Location-Classrooms

This day they spent their time in the Class rooms till lunch at 1200 then back to the classrooms till 1400.At 1430 they would report to the Parade feild for marching drill till 1800. AT 1830 they would report to the Mess Hall for evening meal,at 1900 they reported to their bunk for lights out.They chatted till 2000 and then they went to sleep. Gabe decided to be unlike his Drill Sarge. He got himself a rack in the same Bunk house with the platoon. Atleast it proved he was like them.

Vega050

Date: 2007-07-23 03:48 EST
He stood at the parade feild after waking the platoon up. He was told to instruct them on how to march correctly. He brought the Second Platoon onto the Parade feild and had the First watch.

"Platoon...Left Face....Forward March...."

The men did as ordered. The grunts were ammazed at how in perfect sync they were.One Omega stood atop the Watchers box and turned on a peice of music from Earth that suited them well. He played the Imperial March by John Williams. He had the music paused adn called every last man in the Deltas to march to it, if they were going to use that music thy were going to live up to it. After the thrity sum odd platoons showed up they played the music and on the march they went, Rifles at Port arms the whole way.They marched the whole parade feild unti l the Music stopped, the grunt platoon looked shocked at the number of people there. Gabe spared no coin when he commisioned this unit he did what he had to to keep his ranks full. Even if he had to clone hundreds of them at a time to do it. He looked at the time and took pitty. He gave blue flagged the rest of the day and they reported to their work staions in the bunkers for the rest of the day till Evening Chow then lights out in their bunks.

Vega050

Date: 2007-07-24 00:20 EST
Time-1000 hours
Day-6

Location-Main Lecture Hall

He stood behind the pdium along with his staff and was instructing the grunts on a few Minoe details they would need to survive as a Delta.

"Ok Ladies....You all are a family and must act as one....In this video you see a four man squad taking down an entire Platoon of enemies...."

He motioned to the Vid. It was of the Delta Omega squad. They were as he said. Four vs. sixty. Gabe looked back at the grunts and smiled as they made faces at how the Omegas got their kills. Sev, he was as niper and could hit any moving target,Tex,he loved close quarters but would go with normal range with his Rifle aswell, Boom, He could peg anyone with the Cuncussion Rifle,it was the same size as the DC-17 mk3s the others had. He smiled at them as one of the bodies shot by the Cuncussion Rifle just exploded in a mist of blood and flying limbs.

Time-2100 hours-Lights out

They were all squared away in their bunks and were in their racks.Gabe walked inside and down to the other exit. He was making sure they would be plenty rested for their exam tomorrow. He checked each one and they were out like lights, out cold you could say.He walked out and off to his cabin.As he got in he took off his Cover and sat it on the hat rack. He sat behind his Desk and decided what their test would be.....Live combat excerscise or a writtin test.....After ten minutes of Debating with his staff he made it a live combat test. he would lead the Omegas against the platoon once again tomorrow.....he hoped they faired much better after seeing what they can do.

Vega050

Date: 2007-07-26 00:18 EST
He used a computer program to help with the training to see if they could last against a greatly larger force if it ever happened.needless to say it went almost as he planned.He had chosen the Persian War as the test grounds in the Holo-Bunker well under ground so they wouldnt be yelled at for the noise, the 300 Delta grunts he took were trained well enough,and were equipt well enough. They were just to scared even if it was a hologram.he stood before them as the King of the Spartans,a good role for him, his grand Deltas at his side.he even used the same speach that King Leonidas gave the spartans at the battle of Thermopylea.

"We spartans are decended from Hercules himself......Tought never to retreat...never to surrender....Tought that Death on the battle feild was the greatest honor one could achive in his life......Spartans...the finest oldier the world has ever known...."

They cheered for him as he spoke,each one holding their Rifles above their heads, Several even fired off a few rounds into the air.He heard one say that they couldnt be beat. One said this was madness. gabe reacted just like King Leonidas.

"What did you say...Madness....This...Is....SPARTA!!!!!"

They all cheered at the top of their lunges and fired furriously into the air, a sure sign of readiness now.he smiled to them then pointed to the Persian Holograms. They stopped and looked to whewre he pointed.Was there some meaning to it, gabe was just doing now what was done then.

"A new age has Begun...An age of freedom....and the world will know...That 300 Spartans gave their last breathes to defend it.....Spartans.......Tonight we Dine in hell.........they seek to take everything from you....I say this....Give them nothing...."

TRhere wasa long pause, not a sound made accept the wind.

"BUT TAKE FROM THEM EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!"

They yelled and got t where they were supposed to be. The wall was set up in minutes and they were shoulder to shoulder,aiming at the army. It was a long time before they reached them and it was on. A giant cloud of dust grew as they fought and fought.the shooting stopped and hundreds of sword clangs came.gabe himself was mowing them down left and right.Any Deltas that was struck down was only knocked out, he couldnt afford to replace them.After almost 24 hours in a constant fight it was still thousands to barely a hundred. But they fought and fought on still. But it soon gave way and they were surrounded and beaten. Gabe ended the Simulation and congradulated each and every one of those men. They held their own and didnt rely on gabe or the Deltas for that. He knew he would have the best army for when he would need one. Question was.....Why was he going through so much to train them......He would never tell......

Gabriel Ashlocke

Date: 2007-08-06 07:39 EST
Time of morning-0500 hours
Location-Obstacle feild
Event-Repell tower


He stood at the top of the thirty foot high tower with a grin on his face.He looked to all of the grunts and yelled.

"Welcome to my tower ladies.This will prove the brave....And destroy the chickens...."

He had them lined up single file and had them start.They all went down easy save for one.

"Come on boy get going and get off my tower."
"Sir I cant...Im scared of heights"
"Boy get off my tower or I will kick you off..."

At that point Gabr rose his boot and aimed it to strike him square in the chest.The grunt looked the got his butt down alright.He held it by a loose grip but got down like he was told.But he would have a sore hind quarter.He shook his head and things went smooth till after 1130 hours.

Noon-Chow-Mess hall

They all sat in the Mess Hall and ate.The only difference was it was quiet in there today for lunch.Who could blame them.Whenyour High commander was also acting as a drill sergeant.Things were different these days.

Time-1330
location-Class.

"Here you see an army of thousands atacked only one thousand Highly trained Deltas....You will see how even though the enemy has a higher number the Deltas are able to hold their ground and soon destroy the enemy....Master Guns..."

The next vid came on and it was a tactical display of the DC-17 mk3s.

"You see here the tactical read out of the DC-17 mk3.This model has been upgraded and perfected.It has all the power of a Concussion cannon, Sniper Rifle, A normal Rifle and an Explosive launcher....Note every detail this information will save your butts."

Sgt. Tarkin

Date: 2007-11-22 21:42 EST
Pent walks into the delta HQ on the told time and looks around aw struck at this for he had never been to anywhere becides the battle field.

"Damn....this place is huge"

He walks around looking around somemore just waiting to get to basic for the first time even if he was a little behind everyone else.

Gabriel Ashlocke

Date: 2007-11-22 21:50 EST
He lead a platoon of men in their morning Jog.

"I love working for Uncle SAM!"
"I love working or Uncle SAM!"
"Lets me know just who I am"
"Lets me know just who I am"

He saw the new Sergeant.

"Platoon...HALT"

The fourty men suddenly halted. Gabriel waslked over.

"Ah the new Sergeant arrives"

Sgt. Tarkin

Date: 2007-11-22 21:54 EST
Looks at Gabe and walks over towards him.

"Sir, ready to go anytime."

He didn't respond well to authority but fell in among the fourty men all same ready to get to work.