> >"According to what I was told, this was a very
> >quiet area as of recent...a farming community.
> >What faction of Rebel Ops are we dealing
> with?"
>
> >"The rebels here use a tried and true
> strategy, a dual fore. Part one is
> >overt- a well armed militia style force. Part
> two is covert, normal everyday
> >folk passing along information on troop
> movements, or working within our units
> >spying as they do anything from domestic work
> to secretarial work at any of
> >the major unit headquarters. My understanding
> of what the target was here,
> >was that a significant unit of the more overt
> folks was operating out of this
> >village. They could even be the villagers them
> selves. One tactic that I
> >have personally seen is that a village looks
> normal one day, then the next a
> >call comes in and they are on the other side
> of a killing field where our guys
> >or planetary defence forces are being cut
> down."
>
> "Multiple occurances....sounds bad. My question
> is how do these overt ones keep showing up if
> you clean them out and are we absolutely
> positive there is no mistaken identity? We need
> to find a place to sleep tonight-I'd like to
> leave yourself or the Master Sargent to find a
> safe spot?"
>
"They don't always carry their arms, sir. One day they are farmers, or
merchants, or teachers, or anything else for that matter, and the next they
are toting a phaser rifle or a disruptor taking pot shots at a patrol. Take
into account that no one talks to us. We may arrest a innocent farmer, or we
may take out a rebel soldier. Getting a positive identification is not always
possible. We have to operate like a fisherman- cast a wide net and sort
through the catch afterwards. The bad guys don't exactly wear badges to help
us identify them.
As for sleeping, we have tents set up near where we landed today. We are
eating with First Lt. Jim Morgan. He used to be one of my platoon leaders.
His men are making surprise stew. They make it from their rations, so it will
be one hell of a surprise."
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