Tactical Operations

I look behind me, over my shoulder as I lie prone in the foot tall grass. Tak has a portable turret strapped to his back, and he's crawling behind me. I use my short range com - link to flash a warning to him. "Three targets ahead, probably Seps" I whisper to him. He acknowledges with a brief thumbs up signal. I approach a small cliff, no more than 10 feet tall, and look down from my new vantage point. As I glance over the edge, I see that there are not three droids, but rather, at least 15. There are also organic, maybe Maalistarian commanders with them. I give Tak a thumbs down as he peers over the small cliff. He starts assembling the turret, which stands no more than a foot from the ground. I start to realize that our target, a small entrance shaft to an underground cave, is completely concealed by the droid horde. "Damnit" I whisper to myself. Then, using the com again, I inform Tak of my extremely risky plan. "When I give the signal, lay down a volley of cover fire. After 3 seconds of fire, duck down, and conceal the turret. Then I'll run out, as you open fire again." "That's the stupidest idea I've ever heard!" replied Tak, almost stunned. "Yeah, but remember what we did with the KE - 9 Enforcer droid back on Kamino?" I asked him. "Yeah, but that was dumb too." "Well, we're about to see if it'll work here" I said plainly.

To be continued...