[b][i]Saraphim, Fortress Blood Harvest[/i][/b]

If someone was narrow minded enough to try and give the Nur'xal a stereotype, it would be that they were good at warfare. After thousands of years of ritual raids and battles to the death, the Nur'xal had learned the importance of being able to secure your base of operations with all haste. What had once been a simple clearing in the mountains had been turned into a fortified defensive position that promised any attacker was going to seriously regret picking the wrong side; Liberal uses of mines had blocked off all but one ground route that was being covered by machine gun nests, snipers and anti armor emplacements. A small trench network had already been dug and a second, larger one was already in the process near the entrance of the only safe path into the fortress. Anti air guns had also been placed around the base in order to ensure that the skies would not be turned against them.    

The amount of armaments and weapons that was being ferried down to the planet from the fleet above might have seemed insane to the average civilian, but it did serve a different purpose beyond ensuring that the Nur'xal would be hard to remove from the planet. It also opened up room in the ships above the planet. 

Today however was going to be a first through. With their foothold more or less secure, the first of the raiding parties was being sent out. Scouts had checked out a couple of the nearby settlements and had gotten a look at a few of the conflicts that were taking place. While the defending aliens seemed like a much greater challenge, at the moment the leadership had decided on gathering information before committing themselves to such a large assault; The target was going to one or more of the supply caravans that the attackers were using to ship resources to the battles. While individually they seemed to be weak, they tried to overcome that flaw but working together and protecting those unwilling to fight... They smelt of the Shepard Heresy. Such taint could not be allowed to stand!
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Summary: The Nur'xal stronghold of Fortress Blood Harvest is well underway and is secure enough for them to start sending out raiding parties. Their target is going to be the supply lines owned by the civilian forces, with their goals to capture members of the alien race alive in order to start learning about them; strengths, weaknesses, language ect...