[b]185th Attack Battalion
1st and 3rd Companies
2 miles from CIS Communications Station
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Major Ice stopped the troop to consult Captain Ryker. "Ryker, what's our location?" Ryker snapped his fingers and a trooper ran up holding a datapad. The trooper said somewhat hesitantly "Uh, about 2 Klicks from the village, sir." Ice's eyes narrowed from behind his helmet. "What's the problem, trooper?" he asked. "Well sir, according to the datapad the trail we've been following completely disappears." the trooper admitted. Ice turned and looked into the rocky valley below. Ord Mantell was a hard planet, full of rocky mountains and dangerous inhabitants. "Let's keep moving, I'm sure we'll find the reason for the absence of a path soon enough." Ryker nodded and yelled, "Let get moving, ladies!" The troop began to march again, with Ice walking beside just past the middle. The troop continued on, any small talk drowned out by the thunderous march of the clones. The path started to get narrower as it sloped upwards and fallen rocks started to become a more common sight. After about 20 minutes of marching, the troop found the answer to the missing path, it had been blown to smithereens. Ice scoped the scene as a dreaded feeling set in his stomach. He spotted them the moment they loaded the tank. "Tank, get to cover!" he screamed, diving to the ground as an energy beam exploded behind him.
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[b]Jedi Padawan Wae Koo
Republic Stronghold on Ord Mantell[/b]

Wae hopped from machine to machine, clone to clone, looking for Master Krik. Apparently clones were already mobilizing towards other objectives. He climbed to the top of a tank and finally spotted the Jedi Master, conversing with what looked like a clone commander. "Master Krik!" he shouted, leaping off the tank and rolling towards him. He stopped just short of Krik, springing to his feet and said cheerfully "Padawan Wae Koo, at your service!"

[@Vhagar]