The dropship was deathly quiet as they left the launch bay and the men sitting inside were bathed in red light. They had all listened to the bombing run over the comms and knew that they were walking into heavy fighting. None of them were strangers to harsh conditions as they were all veterans of the Jedi-Sith war "30 seconds till the LZ." The call came over the intercom as the shuttle rocked from an external force as it continued its decent towards the fighting. The team had been hand picked by Justus for their knowledge in heavy weapons and with six out of the ten man squad carrying rotary cannons and missile launchers. 

The men were getting up from their seats and preparing for the door to be opened as the gunners sprayed fire out into the raging battle. Suddenly there was an explosion from the front of the shuttle causing it to first list and than plummeted to the ground as the cockpit was now missing. The shuttle crashed into one of the courtyards throwing the soldiers inside against any surface that provided resistance, this resulted in several broken bones among the troops. [color=39b54a]"Damage report."[/color] The commanding officer called out as he groaned and pulled himself off a weapons rack checking himself for any damage.

"Pilots and side gunners are dead, Sir. We also lost three of our own in the crash." One of the commandos called back over the sounds of fighting as the rest of the men huddled with their weapons waiting for orders. Justus mulled over his choices for a moment as he still had no idea where they had landed and where the rest of the Republic forces where located. The first objective would have to be regrouping and fighting back to their own lines. There were tons of reports on the fighting coming in on the comms and several reports of other transports being shot down while they were on their approaches. [color=39b54a]"Alright the plan is to secure our own beachhead at our current location until we can regroup with our other forces. Use the shuttle as our stronghold and fire out at the enemy from our fortified position. Report any heavy weapons that you spot and if we get a chance, get a missile on their armor."[/color]

During the time it took the squad to regroup and figure out a plan, several mercenaries had been sneaking up to the ship to see in any of the soldiers had survived the crash. They were met with a rude awakening as fire erupted from the ship in the direction of the entrenched cultists and soldiers for hire. The commandos had cut holes in the side of the shuttle to create firing slots to position the blaster cannons to make sure they could bring enough firepower to bear to pacify the resistance. [color=39b54a][i]"This is Sergeant Justus Garza, we are trapped in the lower half of the temple and are in need of assistance right away."[/i][/color] The commanding officer prayed that someone would come to their rescue before they were eventually overrun.