SPACE DOG retrieval
Story/ Art by Jack Weaver
SPACE DOG retrieval
Story/ Art by Jack Weaver Spring 2017
Special Thanks to Professor Megan Urban and Jason Dilworth
Canine Commander After Action Report Serial #00570017 During the middle of my third interplanetary deployment, a small reconnaisance team and myself conducted a search-and-rescue operation.
Our Objective: Retrieve a wounded engineer.
This operation was conducted in the aftermath of the defense of Satellite Array 04
The last communications relay in the hemisphere under our control.
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The assault on the satellite lasted four days.
On the night of the third day, an armored column pushed deep into enemy territory.
Their target: Civilian Settlements.
This is total war.
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The diversion was a desperate ploy
And the price was heavy.
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The engineer had a broken lower leg.
Making movement difficult-
But survival is difficult.
KIA
KIA
KIA
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Following procedure, he activated the distress beacon.
This is where my part of the report begins.
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We had held the line, but at great cost.
The garrison had taken a defensive posture in the mountains surrounding the last satellite.
If they came again we would fight them here.
I was surveying the shale tundra when the news came in.
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The beacon was coming from the last recorded position of the armored column.
I volunteered to take a four man recon team to find the source.
Time was against us.
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The engineer hunkered down inside of his crippled vehicle.
He took stock of his injuries.
SCANNING..
SCANNING..
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FRACTURE DETECTED
WARNING CRITICAL FAILURE WARNING
The enemy beat us to him.
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They had moved into the high ground surrounding the armor column.
While one team suppressed, another moved in.
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We reached the edge of the canyon as the first rocket attack started.
I could feel the concussions before we saw the dust rise.
One team of shooters.
One team for the extract.
We moved in.
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The engineer was ripped out of the tank.
execution: imminent
Thrown to the ground..
We mounted the ridge..
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-and engaged the enemy.
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Our two teams opened up -
We secured the extraction site-
-And completed the mission.
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We drove the enemy back, and returned to the garrison.
We loaded the engineer into an evac transport, with the rest of our wounded. Let this record showI have not recieved news of his health after the incident.
Though..
I trust that he survived.
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The engineer was the first of many to be recovered.
We lost many more trying to get them all home.
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I’ve learned that not everyone gets to go home.
Signing off for now. Canine Commander After Action Report Serial #00570017
Spring 2017