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Few days earlier
Briefing room 1600 hours
Mark waited on the two echelons when a Tdoll armed with a Tec-9
on her holster and another tdoll on sling was a Kar98k takes a sit
"Where's the rest?" He asked the both of them politely
"All of them are in their dorm, tired and sleepy" Tec-9 yawns as while Kar98k clears her throat
"Guten tag my apologies Sir, the echelon is busy eating at the mess hall and they been bugging me to attend" Kar98k calmly replied to him like a professional Wehrmacht officer
"Yeah right, anyway let's proceed" He opens the projector and shows the map to them then switches the slides to a recent satellite pictures
"The name of Operation is codenamed Milk run, this intersection connects the highway towards S12 and here, once we link up the G&K can use the route as a major hub to attack directly at S13 and G&K has a base on that sector but they will not participate on the operation. Also this give us a benefit to use the land route instead of our air corridor because of this we can safety in and out transport any equipment and personnel in large quantities especially military equipment to conduct missions as well. This operation will start next week and also to remind both of you this operation is part of a campaign to support the G&K on clearing some sectors and joint ops as well" A moment of silence followed and Tec 9 raises her hand
"Do we have any supports like artillery, air support and friendly assets as well?"
"We have six Self-propelled artillery vehicles, a battery of mortars for our artillery but in the air support the military would be in charge of it especially the New Soviet air force, using this operation as excuse to train their pilots as well also they will provide us a forward air controller detachment. For our assets we have a Brigade sized force led by KCCO and some squads of G&K coming from S12"
"Sir, what's our battle plan?" Kar98K asks him politely
"Once the K group and the FAC detachment neutralized their air defenses, we can call in air support and additional reinforcements from the main base. The Plan is to attack the SF base fourteen miles from the intersection. We will use it as a staging area and temporary command post as we fight towards the intersection, then the Eagle and Kaiser Echelon supported by a tank platoon call sign pixie launches an assault to consolidate and set up defenses on the objective. Then we will hold the intersection until the forces of G&K and KCCO in the north will link up with us as they fought their way in Then once the joint force of KCCO and G&K finally manage to break through the defenses set up by SF on the north, they will link up with us and be relieved if everything does not go to plan I'm calling the Bear Echelon" Kar98K nods and asked him again
"That's good to hear, how about the enemy numbers?"
"Satellite pictures suggest the numbers of their forces would be a Brigade sized and if we included the nearest Sangvis bases it will turn to half of a division, but the FAC detachment will coordinate the air force to launch air strikes on the targets such as emplacements, SAM sites, troop concentrations and their reinforcements" He closes the projector and look at them in the eye
"Lastly...don't die out there" They saluted at him as he left the briefing room leaving the two tdolls
"Kar...What are chances of surviving this operation?" Tec-9 look at her quite nervous
"Maybe 60% or higher, we have backups this time but still don't be cocky or else before you knew it you're a goner" Kar98 closes the folder and exited the door while Tec-9 follows her behind.
"Don't you think that were using too much firepower? I mean we can take out a base or clear a city in hours but this operation is different"
"I feel that were fighting a larger force this time but no worries this time, we can win but it will take time" Tec-9 chuckles as she listened to her
"That's a great speech, you should be an orator someday" Kar98 sighs as they enter the dorms passing Spencer who is looking around and saw 107 brushing her hat which he approaches her when he was about to talk to her when 103 intervened
"Don't interrupt her, she doesn't talk when she is busy cleaning her beret" 103 at the bench asks him to sit beside her
"Why? Is she meditating or something else?"
"Yes she is meditating but she has a reason for it, that beret was given to her when we are still in that facility. That guard was a former VDV, for me I made a friend to a researcher named Anton Kalashnikov" She briefly looks at her holster and takes a sip on her mug
"Can you tell me more?" She only looks at him and takes a deep breath
"So you're interested finding out who we are huh"
*flashback*
Somewhere at Karelian Isthmus 86 kilometers to Saint Petersburg city
2058
"Model Tdoll AK-103 Serial number 00A1 step outside of the pod" A loud noise of the buzzer rings as the pod opens then a fog of white gas released at the bottom of the floor covering it entirely. A tdoll with black jet eyes exited the pod and a researcher puts the clothes on her and greeted her
"My name is Anton Kalashnikov; I'm the lead researcher of this facility"
"Good morning Mr. Anton umm... Everything is white?" She greeted him and looks around her confused
"Umm... yes it's all white this facility maintains cleanliness to ensure foreign contaminants will not affect you." He gestures him to walk along with him while several researchers and guards stares at her making her uncomfortable
"Mr. Anton, why are they looking at me?" She leans closer to him
"About that, they were observing you if you need help just ask them" He calms her down as they enter a room where an AK103 with two mags next to each other beside it one MP443 already loaded is waiting at the table
"This gun was designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov my great-great grandfather it is chambered with 7.62X39 rounds now insert the magazine and fire at that target" He then gave it to her, she looks at it puts the mag and pulls back the charging handle. She fires three rounds in semi at the target with two rounds landing at the chest and one round at the head
"Great shot now fire in automatic" She nods and switch the fire selector then she aims and fires in fully automatic hitting the target at torso and the head several times then she changes the magazine awaiting orders
"That was fantastic now shoot on hip and don't aim this time" Her eyes glows red and began to show calculations of range and other factors then she fires at hip position expending rounds on the target though not as accurate like the first one most of the rounds landed
"That's Gen 3 core, currently there is five and still on prototype phase so you can't be dummy linked yet. The core activates your ability to predict where the rounds would likely hit and you can link to a camera to drones and unmanned weapon system. Your combat performance is among one of the best tdolls we ever seen" He explains to her as he observe the target dummy
"Is there other's beside me?" She tilts her head and asks him
"Project Insight was activated by IOP and the military along with other companies such as the Kalashnikov concern, The goal is to create tdolls are that are designed solely for combat currently there is five in this facility which you are included and there are several facilities scattered among the country designing their own tdolls and I heard that a certain facility is ahead of us, these facility is designing the AK-12 and AN-94 tdolls respectively and rumors that FSB is interested on their performance and this is why we're here...to compete who's design is better
"I understand but we can't kill humans right we have the Asimov law?"
"How did you know that law quickly" He asked her and looked at the tablet he is holding
"I access the server and check it but I wasn't able to check out other files because the firewall block me" She smirks at him as she looks downrange
"Your quite smart but we installed the a kill protocol, the difference of the first one is that you're not allowed to hurt or kill a human subject unless your master or commander is in danger nonetheless the protocol issued to military versions are way more independent and for short you can kill a human without any authority from higher command just your own discretion because our world we lived in are not the same like in the past. Bandits, Insurgents, separatist, anarchist and lastly the infected citizens have become a danger to all of us, this is why we built dolls like you and to make a machine more humane....they decided to put human features and independent will because of that sometimes dolls are more human than us"
"I see...Well we will do the job like one man said we get dirty and the world stays clean"
"Nice quote to a video game character that everyone loves and by the way this is the MP443 chambered in 9X19mm it has 18 rounds with its magazine double stacked dual position feed, this weapon is an official sidearm of the army and this will be yours as a present of mine, now let's see how you perform with an sidearm" He gave it to her along with the holster which she strapped it on her hip then she aims at the range firing semi at the target emptying it. Then she inserts a new mag still aiming down on the sight
"Thanks Mr. Anton" She smiles and put her gun at the holster then they both entered a massive room where other three tdoll are seated all somewhat confused
"Can I get your attention, my named is Anton Kalashnikov I'm the head researcher of this facility I'm here to train and test your overall performance because once were done the results of your tests will be sent to IOP and be mass produced to be issued in our government. This project is important to defend our motherland against external and internal threat. Now since all of you will become a unit I would like to introduce your squad leader AK-103" She looks at him surprised while the other tdolls look at with curiosity
"Wait you never said to me that I will lead them"
"I have faith on you, beside you're programed to lead these tdolls you don't know it yet" Anton left the room leaving them behind, then one doll approaches her
"Hi...I'm 105 it's nice to meet another one besides me, they said I'm proficient at explosives" 105 smirks at her making a little anxious
"Same here 105, I'm...quite happy to meet you" 103 laughs it off
''If that guy is right and you will be our leader then I'm not against you I'm 101, I'm best at intelligence and I'm looking forward working with you leader"
"I-I'm 107...I may be shy but I will do my best le-leader" 107 stuttered as she bit her tongue making her squirm with pain which all of them rush to help her
"I-I'm sorry i-I make you all worried"
"Hey as a leader I'm willing to help my team mates and it's my responsibility too" 103 smiles calming her down
"Were your team mates 107 and don't worry I got your back" 105 smiles and pats her calming her down
"Than-thank you...1-0-5" Even though she stutters she tries to make a smile
"Don't worry everyone I will do my best as a leader" Everyone giggles as they listened to her meanwhile on the other side of the room Anton and another researcher watches them
"Do you think that these dolls should have their emotions disabled?"
"Ann... no it should not be disabled, I want them to interact easily with other people besides my great- great grandfather don't want them to act like tools of death like his creation of the weapon. Remember what happened to 109?" Anton briefly looks at his pocket watch
"Quite ironic that you make them more human in order to kill humans easily" Ann countered back to Anton only to laugh
"That makes the job easier but I wonder how they will do it" Anton lights his cigarette while Ann give him a folder
"The research team of AN and 12 are progressing faster than we anticipated calculation that they will be ahead of us by weeks or months" Anton look at it and sighs as he closes it
"Anyway we will continue the tests and combat drills as planned, let's go" Anton left the room leaving Ann watching the dolls then she activated a button on her watch and left the room
"You dolls should do your best...you're the only hope Anton have" Ann whispered as she closes the door soon time passed for several months, a three story building was located at the suburbs where 103 and the rest slowly approaches the building even though they are not wearing Night vision goggles their eyes actually sets itself on night vision making them clearly seeing at night though it can't be seen by a naked eye of a human then they stack up beside the door, all of their weapons are equipped with suppressors but 105 stands out who has a grenade launcher attached on the under barrel. They check if the door was booby trapped 101 confirm that the door was not booby trapped and begins to pick the lock
"101 how long it will take?" 103 whispers to her ear while she is still busy picking the lock
"Roughly....right now" 101 successfully picks the door and slowly all of them enter the building and found a stairs and one door from each side which they check and there is no people, once clear they regroup at the stairs which they slowly goes up making no noise. 103 take point and sees a door at the end of the corridor, 107 opens the door and sees three hostiles sleeping with their AK on the arms reach. 101, 103 and 107 enters the room while 105 watch their six then they aim the hostiles head shooting them immediately as their shots muffled by suppressors
"All X-rays down" They exited the room and continues their ascend on the chairs and saw another room which they entered silently like from earlier only 105 outside
"All clear" They radioed in when suddenly footsteps from the stairs alerted them and saw a man brushing his teeth looking at 105 which the man tries to picks up his sidearm tucked on his boxers making 105 to shoot him two rounds at the chest and one in the head but the man's weapon misfired alerting everyone in the building
"Shit! All hostiles are alerted, everyone the ROE has changed to shoot and kill" 103 radioed in and they begins to go up on the stairs which they hear several voices. Once in position 103 attempts to open the door only to be fired upon and soon several voices and the sound of sliding charging handle then they fire at the wall they stacked in prompting them to duck. 107 steps back since she is the last person on their formation soon the firing stopped and the sounds of magazines being drop which 103 look at her
"107 fire at the wall" 103 orders her whom she agreed and sprays the wall with a hail of fire, the almost no recoil of her gun make it look like a buzz saw cutting through thin wooden planks. Then they heard groaning or screaming in pain then 105 loaded the grenade launcher with a stun round and fires it, then they 101 kicked the bullet ridden door and shoots at the surviving enemies then the rest enters the room seeing eight men dead still trying to change their mags on their AKM and behind where they stood before was only bullet holes
"Great shot 107!" 103 praised her as they check the bodies for Intel but as they finished searching the bodies
"HQ, all hostiles have been cleared and we have found several high value Intel that we can use" The group turns off their NV as the buzzer echoes and the massive dome brightens as light opens
"Simulation has ended, good job people" The lights turn on and several technicians arrive examining the bodies and marking the bullet holes to be analyze when Ann approaches them
"Good work on the simulations and gladly I would love to say that tomorrow will be the dummy linking test and Anton said that all of you should take a rest since you will be subjected to several tests" Ann lead the exit while the group follows her behind
"Miss Ann what is your comment on our tactics?" 101 asked politely
"Hmm smooth and efficient but lacking in speed that's all I can say to you" 103 nods and sighs
"If that guy on the stairs did not alerted them we would have quickly finishes the mission"
"Plus you forgot the that we were pinned down and 107 saved our asses" 105 commented and hugs 107 making her smile
"And 105 blows them up and 101 finishes them off is the most awesome thing that I saw plus how 103 nee san commanded us was marvelous" 107 happily praises them and gets a pat from them
"She's right and we can kill them while they are sleeping saving us one minute and four seconds to finish the mission" 101 nods in agreement
"Well that's good to hear from the group itself and its time for all of you to head to your rooms, I'm going to meet Anton so see you all later" Ann heads out leaving them as they head to their rooms while Anton is inside his office smoking as Ann knocks the door
"May I come in?"
"Sure come in" Ann enters the office while Anton offers a glass of vodka which she accepts generously
"How are the girls?" He takes a swig and puts the glass on the table
"Their performance is impressive but still slow other than that tomorrow we will conduct the dummy linking test"
"Good and how about 109 and RPK 16?"
"Both are in the pod and tomorrow both will be activated" She puts the glass at the table and gives him a folder
"Looks like were on schedule and prepare the equipment for tomorrow" Before he even finishes his sentence his telephone rings and played a message from the receptionist
"Sir we have visitors and they want to see you" Anton felt something is odd since he did not schedule a meeting but he still knew that IOP conducts surprise visits from its facilities
"Hold on" He grabs his phone and contacts the headquarters of the IOP
"Who is this?"
"It's me Anton Kalashnikov I need to ask you something, did you send some people at my facility?" He waited for the response and the other guy on the phone sighs
"I did not send any people on your facility why did you ask?" The man on the other side of the phone is confused but for Anton he felt danger have arrived ask the man a favor
"Sir send back up on our location we been breached!" Suddenly gunshots have been heard on the telephone at the desk then he presses the alarm button and it activates
"All essential personnel transport the pods and Tdolls to any holding area for extraction! All security defends the facility as the technicians go to the server rooms and get our data" He packed his things and opens the drawer where an old Tokarev 33 was placed then he grab it and wears his bulletproof vest while Ann readies her Keltec pocket pistol on her waist
"Anton let's get the girls" She walks along with Anton passing several researchers who are scrambling to evacuate the building, some are putting their papers while the securities assist them then they entered the dorm room where the group aiming their weapons at them
"Easy girls were leaving this place" Anton convince them as a guard armed with AK 12 approaches him
"Sir the enemy have entered the cafeteria and engaging our men I advise that we should evacuate the building immediately" The guard leads the way as gunshots began to be louder soon they passed the holding area where a pod was being placed on a truck and one of them has a tdoll inside then Anton look at the information tag
"Wait! Where this truck is going?" He asked one of the researchers as they hastily place the crates
"We don't know but we have a location"
"Okay thanks" He looked at the pod and looked inside where a pale blond tdoll is sleeping which he whispered to
"109...I hope you a good luck on your life and take care of yourself" He leans back as the researchers put the pod inside and the truck left leaving them behind, he turns back and looks at the guard and nods
"Let's go people!" The guard yells soon they past the skywalk which is connected to another building where a helipad is when suddenly bullets riddles it forcing them to fall back then the attacker fires his grenade launcher at the sky walk destroying it the guard look at 103 and her group
"Everyone be ready were going to the server room and rendezvous with the security units, your mission is to protect the VIP which is Mister Anton and Miss Ann understood. This is no longer a simulation and kill the targets as soon they show up, let's go people" The guard leads the way while 103 and 107 is in front of Anton while behind Ann is 101 and 105 with their weapons hot, then as they approach the server room they found that the security force and the technicians all dead while the attackers numbering are busy hacking the servers
"How many minutes do we got?" One of the attacker with his face masked ask the man who is busy hacking the server
"1 minute, their firewall is tough but I can go through it"
"Make it quick our boss wants this tech badly so move it and we can leave this place" 103 listens and looks at them while the guard aims at the attacker
"It seems this attackers are professionals and well-coordinated, our plan is to take them down quickly and move to the other side of the corridor where an exit is connected to the Helipad" The guard waits for 103's signals as they look for targets
"I see two at the left side and four on the right plus I saw three more at the middle hall all of them are busy hacking the server nut their weapons are within reach plus they have the hackers protected as well. I advise that we will take down the ones who are protecting them in synchronized manner then we will take out the hackers as well got it" The guard nods and the group take aim and fires in synch taking down the hostiles which surprised them as they grab their weapons soon a brief shootout takes place killing all of the hostiles inside then Anton goes inside and check their computers getting all the info when numerous hostiles flood the corridors and a firefight have begun. The group repels every assault while the guard and Ann defend Anton as he finishes the copy of the data
"Were all good I got what I need and I'm destroying the servers now!" He yelled and the rest nods then 105 fires smoke and they push through the exit as the servers overheat as a failsafe rendering them useless then they reach the helipad and saw a researcher with a pod beside him which Anton approaches him
"Why did you not bring that pod to the holding area?"
"I would like to but the attackers have overwhelm my route towards the holding area and the guards said to me that I should head to the helipad to be extracted-" A round hits the researcher on the head killing him in an instant then ten hostiles corners them pinning them down as they take cover at the placed crates
"We are being pinned down here! We need to break their suppressive fire!" 103 yells as she takes potshots, 105 and 103 leans and fires back while 101 access the CCTV and hacking them seeing more hostiles approaching
"It seems we are cornered" The guard reloads and shoots the attackers who are attempting to move towards them then one attacker throws a grenade then lands to 103 and 107's position, the guard saw it and dives at the grenade and using himself as a shield killing him in an instant. 107 slumps back in horror while 103 attempts to calm her only to be hit by shrapnel on her eyes as another grenade exploded in front of their cover making her fall down and squirm in pain. 107 pull her back to the cover clutching her tight trying to calm 103, 101 and 105 valiantly defend their position with 101 became more aggressive and her eyes turn red in anger while 105 fires her last grenade taking down hostiles but not enough, Anton saw that 107 is trying to pull 103 to their position and yells at 105
"105 can you tell to 101 to cover 107! She is pulling 103 towards our position!" 105 nods and pats 101 on her back and they launch covering fire while 107 hastily pulls 103 to their position then Anton crawls and examines her damage
"Her ocular lenses are damage but I can ease her pain" Anton puts his tools down and opens her nape deactivating and making her unconscious
"How long do we have until help arrives?" Ann leans and fires her sidearm
"I don't know?. Maybe one or two hours!?" Anton reloads while 105 run out of ammo
"I'm out!"
"Here take mine!" 107 give her a mag and pull the sliding handle and a round hit the pod
"The pod is hit!" Anton yelled as he tries to fix it but he was spotted by the attacker and Ann saw him and uses herself as a shield taking the round on her chest slumping down and losing blood
"Anton...I want to say that it's an honor to work with you" Ann looked at his face and kiss him surprising him
"No! Please don't die" Anton hugs her as she loses consciousness which gave Anton an idea
"Girls cover me quick!" The trio follows his orders and covers him as he installs a memory card on the pod with all the pictures he has with Ann and starts to upload
"Uploading files in 50 percent" Anton presses the button and puts a helmet to Ann
"Additional data being upload"
"Data upload complete" As he finishes he heard a helicopter hovering providing cover fire and several tdolls rappels down and takes down any hostile they saw, one tdoll holding an OTS 14 walks towards him
"Are you the head researcher?"
"Yes I am and who are you?" He asked her while still under fire from the enemies
"I'm Groza and these is my team were here to evacuate you" She signals a Mi-8 transport helicopter to touch down and two tdolls carrying the pod and asked Anton
"What's inside of this pod?" 9A-91 asked him while A-91 covers them
"New tdoll and these are valuable...please keep them safe for me?" Anton pleaded which 9A-91 nods
"Don't worry it's our job Sir" A-91 replies as they board the pod inside the helicopter while Groza picks up 103 and puts her on the stretcher and boards her
"Targets on the roof!" 101 yells as the attackers pick up an RPG and aims at the helicopter only to be taken down by OTS 44 on the ground 101 and 107 fires at the hostiles while PKP lay down suppressive fire while a tdoll armed with a Makarov assist 105 by helping her when another grenade was thrown and 105 kicks the grenade away from them only to detonate too early knocking her down suffering from concussions, Makarov grabs her and boards the helicopter
"Were all clear let's get out of here!" Groza yells as they enter the helicopter and takes off when the building began to shake due of the attackers planting explosives making Groza and Anton fell from the helicopter
"Hold it HVT and Groza fell on the helipad!" Makarov yells as the helicopter circles around to lower itself to a jumping distance
"You have done this right?" Groza asked him as she slings her weapon
"I don't know but I will" They sprinted as the helicopter positions it but it makes them difficult to run as the building shakes when they are about to jump Groza trips on the newly crack floor making him to go back and carries her, as they reach the ledge the helicopter can't go near due of flames and they have to jump for ten feet
"You can do it Anton!" 101 along with 107 yells and the rest did the same
"C'mon Groza you can do it!" OTS 44 cheers her and Anton still carrying her throws her to the helicopter managing to be grabbed by the rest but Anton did not jump as the cracks reach his feet and began to collapse, looking at 101 and 107 he yelled
"Take care of RPK and your sisters for me!" He gave his brightest smile as he fell down, he felt relieved but sad at the same time that he will never meet them again. He closes his eyes and tears falls off whispering
"Good bye my children...I wish you all a good luck" He was envelope with clouds of dust as the group on the helicopter could only watch as they left
"This is Groza.....We lost the HVT but we have his tdolls" Groza radioed in as 101 and 107 sobs as they watch their former home burned on the distance
*Flashback ends*
"I don't know the full story but that's what my sisters told me...I didn't even manage to say thank you or good bye. Either way we will in to the enemy territory to set up position and support the operation" 103 drinks and puts the mug on the table
"I'm sorry for your loss and sorry for asking your background as well" Spencer apologizes to her only to shake her head
"It's not your fault and it seems that someone is looking for you" 103 points at L85 looking for him
"Shit have to go, she will be mad I she saw me hanging out with the others" Spencer stands up which RPK arrives and looks at L85 and Spencer's ring
"Being seductive on the boy huh" She chuckles as RPK messes 103's hair
"Haha very funny and we are leaving in 20 minutes so prep the gear people" 103 opens the lock on her sidearm and cocks it
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Hey there reader, thanks for reading and late publish due of reasons (Discord bois already knows it) So if you recognize 109 she's from SF_Architect story so check it out also check sh4k3andb4k3 story too!
See yah and next chapter you will recognize this duo from Veylok