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Classic Presentation #4 - Ana Dark Mercenary

Added 2025-02-28 11:37:24 +0000 UTC

Technically everyone working in the zone is a Merc, but there are Mercs who Merc.
Between contracts Ana Dark found herself enjoying the independent life. This was well before the current Star Corp industrial complex and Black Faction Temps.
To be independent back then you wore purple or the uniform of the company you worked for.
Mercs offered something regular forces couldn't offer.

Sun & Wind were arguing over who was more powerful. A human was walking down below holding a coat, wind said "watch ill blow that right off them", the wind blew and blew and they just wrapped the coat tighter and kept on their way.
Sun just heated everything up and the human too their coat off.

Sure you can throw a stack of combat units at a problem but it may just result in the objective becoming harder.
A Merc can turn up the heat.

Ana Dark was contracted by Zuvic to do disruptive operations around a plunge shaft leading to lower levels.
Black Faction had set up an access point and Auto Transfer Switches for their outpost nearby.
Power can be manually reset but technicians need to be sent with an escort.
Additional to that there are pressure relief valves which regulate water pressure from pumps active in clearing Gallery Tunnels around the outpost. These are typically the endless dark dank tunnels you see the Mallera-9 combat occur in.

A large force doing a disruption exercise like this would for sure attract an equal response.
But a lone Merc operating on the periphery garners little response.

Ana Dark proceeded in and damaged the ATS switches beyond repair. The Outpost dispatched a fresh Squad of Standard Combat Units who arrived new from HQ Sectors to engage the threat at the Plunge Shaft.

Being simple and Spring loaded relief valves she then jammed it, resulting a catastrophic pipe burst in the gallery tunnels resulting in flooding.

Ana Dark then made quick work of the fresh, new young squad sent to eliminate her before making her escape.

The Mission was a success with the outpost becoming untenable, thus moving Black Faction from a critical location for Zuvic to insert their Azologoth patrols for outdoor exploration.

Upon finding out who was responsible for the outpost incident, the Black Faction Sector commander offered a job to Ana Dark.

The Audacious Ana Dark arrived to the Black Faction Sector she just disrupted in the Zuvic Green she was given for the Mission.

Its just business, she is still always loyal to Black Faction and The Mistress. To a point.
Money is her choice over anything.