[h2]Battle of the Eastern Frontier[/h2]
The circle around the landship kept holding strong. The landship's cannons, when they shot the swarm, tore large holes through it, killing many of the creatures with the big explosion from the shells it fired. The flak guns, that would normally be used for anti-aircraft were extra effective against the compact, large swarms of the creatures, because of the large explosion radius of the flak warheads they were firing. Despite their size, the creatures seemed pretty weak against the many bullets and explosive ordnace the infantry, mechanized vehicles, and landship fired, and they were often dealt with swiftly and effectively. Then however, an a large part of an entire platoon of infantry stationed at the same point along the line had to reload at the same time, and thus the vehicles around it were unable to deal with the massive swarms of the enemy coming from both the front and the side and slaughtering the platoon of soldiers. After the initial breach in the line was made, all hell broke loose. The Khaganate's armies preferred mobile combat, but they couldn't use such a strategy against the massive swarms of the enemy. Mechanized vehicles drove randomly in a desperate attempt to get the best position to fire at the swarm, some even colliding into eachother. Small groups of infantrymen with IFVs tried to attack as many creatures as possible, and several commanders that were present on the battlefield tried to bring order to the chaos, to no avail. In the landship, the emergency warning system was set to red alert, and sirens blared and red lights flashed as men and women frantically gathered their weapons and combat gear to prepare for the eventual boarding of the landship. Meanwhile the landship cannons happily kept shooting away at the creatures as they emerged from the three giant holes, vaporizing many of them instantly and leaving behind only the mangled bodies and red blood of the aliens. The people in the bridge did not give any orders to change the aim of the cannons, as they could easily shoot the large groups of Khaganate infantry and vehicles that were now gathered around the landship. Despite the chaos, General Anderson was calmy talking with the Kurultai in her office, mostly oblivious to the carnage outside as her commanders commanded the battle.
[h2]Omega Order, Site 5[/h2]
James Maleski, now sergeant of his Task Force, Phalanx Alpha, was eating in Site 5's mess hall. He and Phalanx Alpha had been transferred to Site 5, a new site near the former eastern border of the Lanist Khaganate that had been built to be both closer to any new dangers discovered by the push into unclaimed territory, and also to be closer to the new factories the Autonomous Industrial Robots were building. He had been promoted to sergeant for his actions in eliminating the giant stink monster, and also resolving the situation with the strange omnipotent being that came from outer space in a green cylinder peacefully, rather than with its elimination. He had taken the daily meal from the food counter, which today happened to be chicken legs with potatoes and some vegetables, although it was either that or nutrition bars nearly every day. He was talking to his team, enjoying his meal while clad in the standard non-combat uniform of the Omega Order, a dark blue T-shirt with the Omega Order's symbol, the greek letter omega with a lightning, and camo pants, when the whole site's warning system was set to red alert. Phalanx Alpha immediately ran to their assigned briefing room, passing many other teams along the way. James could see members of AXE, Anti Xeno Echo, a squad-sized team specializing in combating extraterrestrial threats, running to their room. He also saw many of the other specialised teams that particular Omega Order Site had on duty at the moment. Phalanx Alpha was more of a general task force, not having any specialization, but they were so good at what they did they were easily sent out on missions when some other teams weren't available. As soon as the team reached its briefing room whatever, they were sent to a larger briefing room, where Site 5's commander was briefing both Phalanx Alpha and a lot of the other teams. "At 7 AM in the morning, the landship fleet of the newest landship encountered a massive swarm of creatures coming from three large holes in the ground." He said, as a large screen behind him showed the current territory of the Lanist Khaganate, and the location of the landship fleet right at the edge of the eastern border. "Phalanx Alpha and Doom Squad, you will be dropping on the landship, clearing out the hostiles and going inside to retrieve as many survivors as possible. Anvil Regiment, and Flaming Army, you will come from the North and flank the swarm. We have intel General Nurzhan is already coming from the south to help out the landship fleet. That will be all" James and Phalanx Alpha immediately made their way to the armory, were a whole bunch of shiny new weapons were waiting for them. Phalanx Alpha had been assigned to test out the new GS-1 Power Suit, a suit of extremely advanced, green power armor, with an orange visor at the helmet. The team picked up their weapons and gear and went to their dropship, which was also new, because they were in a new Site. After completing the necessary pre-flight checks James could see many other dropships taking of as well. He saw the Anvil regiment driving off in their vehicles, MBTs and IFVs, and the Flaming Army taking of in their helicopters, as they were an air support unit. After what seemed to be an hour of flying, they finally reached the landship fleet, seeing that it was already heavily damaged. He and his team waited a few seconds, and then jumped out the vehicle, knowing they would arrive safely because of anti-kinetic landing technology in their boots meaning they didn't need a parachute to drop.