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[Taricus]

"Okay, the orginal mission breifing said there was only a hundred bugs in the hive, they wanted us to kill the warriors off. We're better off going in before the storm, it'll stop 'em from flanking us by tunneling outside then coming back in on the suface back to one of the main tunnels. The change of plans means we're going to kill 500 of them.

And Lev, as much as I hate to say it but he's coming along. I'll file a discharge for him after the mission though, the army doesn't like anyone with addictions serving in anything other than a penal battalion. Frost, I'll need Ludwig out of the brig for this one, as I'll need every pair of hands I can get with these bugs.""

[adwarf]

Wulfric Stood his back against the wall, and said "Don't worry I have to stop drinking the Doc told me if I keep this up I will need to have surgery, and the costs would kill me, so don't worry this is my last one. Also its not an addiction its about the only thing that keeps me sane." with that he drank the last of the beer, placed it in the trash, adn walked out of the room to check his gear once more before leaving..

[Luke_Prowler]

"Alright, ma'am, you're the boss" Roger said to the squad leader. He would just have to be very careful.

[Taricus]

"...He's still getting the report filed on him though. Frost, You think that you can bomb the other hive entrances before the storm can hit?"

[Dwarmin]

Captain Frost looks annoyed.

"My birds can throw a bomb right down a Xeno's ass cra...

One of your mission handlers, a ratty little man who refuses to give you his rank (Your not even sure if he's military), but tells you to call him Orman-is hanging in the shadows in the back. He appears from no where, and interrupts the Captain.

"Er, I must remind you, Earthgov is seeking to minimize collateral damage. I don't think that you or I, or anybody, has the right to arbitrarily exterminate them!

We're just looking to spook them, stack a few bodies so we have some leverage at the negotiation table. If you blow up the hive, you might trigger a revolt."

[Taricus]

"The point of bombing most of the entrances is to keep them in while we knock off the warriors, though if that leads to rebellion then we'd better not do such a thing. However we'll only bomb the entrances if we do go in after the storm blows over, as that'll keep them in."

She then focused a question to Orman

"How'd intel screw up on the numbers anyway? And does it affect how many we'll need permanently incapacitate?"

[Dwarmin]

He wheedles.

"Well, um...see, we hadn't accounted for Xeno Politics. Apparently the place your being sent to is hosting some sort of annual warriors seminar or something. We meant for you to attack before it happened, but...they started a little early...

We've estimated that most of the extra ones were seeing now will be workers though-they have to expand the burrow to accomodate the hosts. We'd prefer you kill at least fifty to a hundred warriors, but ultimately, we'll leave the exact number to you.

[Taricus]

"Any percentages on the extras sent?"

[Dwarmin]

"Any percentages on the extras sent?"

"We're only guessing. If the usual number of workers in a hive is about 30%, and at least 20 hives of similiar size to this one are meeting here, and they sent all equal workforces, I'd say roughly 600 workers, which means 400 warriors in all. It's not nearly as exact as I make it sound, of course.

Our only source of information among the Xeno are renegade Courteseans-so that's the best we can give you.

[Ahra]

how wide is an "corridor in an hive normally?

[Dwarmin]

Orman seems to be on the verge of umbrage. He thinks your insulting him, somehow. He checks his notes.

"The main corridors can fit five men or women in power armor standing abreast-side tunnels are much smaller, and could only fit a single man in width and height. The Workers use those for shortcuts, and the warriors use them for ambushes. The largest tunnels, that expand from hive to hive in an underground network, could comfortably fit several of our largest land based vehicles.

[Taricus]

"Alright, at best we should take out around 300 warriors. 200 is good but atleast 100 must be killed before I consider this mission to be successful. I want non-lethals for dealing with workers, priests and courtesians. Sensory stun guns, disorentation grenades, pheromone throwers, all are viable here.

And I guess there'll be a few 'Tiger' strain warriors around. I want one of those alive and captured along with either a Prime or an Alpha. Betas are expendable. If we're lucky, they'll come along peacefully. I want them under psionic control due to the fact we won't."

And upon hearing the hive size from Orman.

"Bring some explosives so we can seal off those side tunnels. A worker would just go around but a Warrior loses an ambush site"

[Ahra]

dont it work having "booze hound" over there shoot the celing down in them?

[Shootandrun]

"You would trust that madman with a rocket launcher inside a tunnel?"

[Taricus]

"He isn't going to be carrying anything apart from the autocannon. Jess will be responsible for making sure we don't get ambushed. On the other hand, we can have small two-man teams ambush the bugs using these tunnels, though I wouldn't recommend that."