For the Air Assault Element going to the Commercial District they have another objective, while the Regular Parachute Regiments handle topsite, the Cadets are going down into the darkness of the Canceled Endbringer Shelter and deal with Coil and his Mercs, thus they went in for CQB Combat with Ballistic Shields with them.
They got up to the entrance of the Endbringer Shelter with thermite breaching charges, mostly to cut open the massive armored doors and prevent it from ever closing again, and the other reason is ventilation as the group is going to make liberal use of Tear Gas Grenades and Stun Grenades.
"Alpha Ready." MagicalGeek radioed in with his team, across from him another team of Parachute Cadets.
<<Bravo ready.>> Bravo replied.
Another group of Parachute Cadets are going into the Parking structure to secure the place and the other exit the Intel Spooks got, thus they are there mostly to prevent people from exiting the Endbringer Shelter.
<<Charlie Ready.>> Charlie Team report in.
<<Delta Ready.>> Delta Team report in.
<<All teams ready, Command has authorization, Operation is a go.>> High Command replied after receiving the reports. <<GO! GO! GO!>>
At that they detonate the Thermite Charges and let it cut open the massive armored doors, when the charges exploded, it left a massive gap for the Cadets to enter, and thus they threw in a couple of Stun Grenades and a single Tear Gas canister in the hole and let it explode, after a bright bang they rush in, finding the Mercs all over the place, those above are moaning and groaning in pain, while those on the ground are coughing due to the effect of the Tear Gas Grenades.
"Echo team secure them." MagicalGeek ordered the back up team as they moved in deeper.
<<Echo Roger.>> Echo-Actual replied as they moved in and started zip tying the Mercs.
The deeper they went the place became a maze of dark corridors as they turned and secured each room letting Foxtrot team to catch up playing rearguard for the two teams, some of the rooms are empty others have Mercs being caught with their pants down, sometimes quite literally too.
"Breaching!" MagicalGeek announced to his team via the Team radio, throwing a flashbang into another room, after the flashbang detonated they rushed in, this time the Mercs weren't caught with their pants down, they were ready and thus they quickly open fire, their rifles and the Tinker lasers weren't even scratching the Ballistic Shields or the armor as the Cadets return fire, 5.56 and 9mm quickly ventilating the Mercs.
"Room Clear!" MagicalGeek reports before exiting the room letting the Mercs they just gun down bleed to death.
As they exited the room and back into the corridor a squad of Mercs arrived and open fire, in which both Shields went up preventing the Mercs from having a clear shot, at that the Cadets return fired, this one deadlier as the Commonwealth Ammunition penetrated the Merc's body armor like it was hot knife through butter, quickly killing the Mercs.
"Hostiles down!" A Cadet shouted after the last merc fell, at which they continued their advance.
"Go! Go! Go!" MagicalGeek ordered as they moved in deeper.
Most of the Mercs that tried to challenge them got killed and no matter which part of the shelter they used they either were caught with their pants down or were killed by the Cadets when they challenged them with their rifles and tinker attachments, in which they were nothing but novelty toys at this rate.
The Tinker lasers are not even worth it against the commonwealth cadets' armor designed to also protect them from lasers, their other attachments aren't even useful against highly trained military soldiers, or in this case cadets, with high-tech armor and superior weapons systems, all non-tinker based tech, in which even the Mercs are learning the hard way during firefights.
As the operation is ongoing, back at base Director Piggot, Armsmaster, Miss Militia and the Wards listen in to the Parachute Cadets that were breaching Coil's hideout, Velocity volunteer to listen in to the armored forces, Triumph the Infantry, and Assault and Battery volunteer to listen in to the regular Air Assault force that captured the Downtown and Commercial District.
<<Hostiles eliminated, room secured.>> The serious and deadpan tone of a Cadet caused Shadow Stalker to wince as she watched the Cadet just gun down a merc with no remorse, but for the rest of the Wards, Director Piggot, Armsmaster and Miss Militia it was more both of a mix of horror, awe and jealousy.
Horror at how killing wasn't even bothering the cadets, awe at how efficient, clean and precise the Cadets are in executing their operation, and jealousy at the Cadet's high-tech equipment and the fact that the Cadets are allowed to join the operations with the Regular Military Forces instead of being sidelined or placed in support roles.
<<Breaching!>> They all went back to watching the screen and saw the Cadets detonating a breaching charge before the usual Stun Grenade dynamic entry routine hey have been doing, this time the Mercs are all cowering in terror underneath monitors and communications monitors that is eerily look similar to those used by the PRT.
<<NO BODY FUCKING MOVES!>> While Director Piggot, Armsmaster, and Miss Militia winced a little at the language used, the Wards were in awe at how quickly the Cadets quickly took control of the room and secured all the techs and staff working at what is obviously a Command Centre. <<On the ground! ON THE GROUND!>> The Cadets continued to order around as they checked every nook and cranny.
<<Prepare to breach.>> The cadets stacked up on the door to the other room at the far end of the Command Centre, the one closest to the door knob nodded and twist the knob before pushing the door open, in which they are greeted with a destroyed room with twisted computers, servers, and a massive hole on the roof. <<Room Clear.>> The cadet reported deadpan.
The Cadets then went back into the dark corridor and move on, the darkness becoming their ally as they knew the Mercs were on the way by their flashlights, mostly because the Mercs aren't trained in fighting in such close spaces and by forces who are as armored as heavy infantry but is as mobile as light infantry, thus they are usually outmatched.
The Cadets are moving as if they've done this before, movements are efficient, smooth and quick, nothing wasted, no hesitation and no issues, with every shot hitting their targets and none of the shots wasted, every action they did, they did it perfectly, in fact the way they acted makes Piggot remember seeing a video of Special Forces Operators on Earth Bet.
Which makes Piggot grimace when she thinks about it, who the hell train teenagers to be the equivalent of Special Forces Operators here and what the hell are they facing that they need that level of training, yes she watched the videos, but most of them are urban conventional combat not a full on Special Forces Raid on a fortified building.
<<Moving on the main office.>> The monotone Cadet voice reported, as the screen showed the Cadets stack up on a door literally marked management.
<<Prepare to breach.>> Another Cadet replied as he placed the breaching charge on the door and the door knob, they moved into a safe distance and detonated charges with a simple call. <<BREACHING! BREACHING!>>
With a very violent explosion that literally threw the door in, a couple of Cadets threw in with flashbangs before rushing in as the flashbangs detonated, as the Cadets rushed in a single figure in a skintight black bodysuit with a stencil of a white snake curling around it, ran towards a door while a couple of Mercs open fired to protect their boss.
The Cadets responded lethally with their Carbines with expert marksmanship, one of the Mercs finding it much more painful as he was riddled from the legs to the head in gunfire, at that the group spread out, one started moving towards the door, at that the screen changed perspective to a few Cadets guarding an obvious exit door.
<<Hey, you know why are we here?>> One of the Cadets asked in a bored tone.
<<I dunno man, keeps me on my toes on what to expect.>> One of the other Cadets replied.
Before anyone can add in, the door was slammed open in which the figure now obviously Coil, since the Cadets has been fighting Coil's Mercs, appeared not looking at anyone but behind him, in which one of the Cadets closest to the exit decided to give the Supervillain the buttstock treatment of having a strike into his solar plexus.
<<UGH!>> Coil cried out as he was kicked over and step on, preventing him from getting up, another Cadet reach for the side holster and emptied it of its pistol, another kept his Carbine trained on Coil's head as the last Cadet reached and demasked him, unveiling the face of Thomas Calvert to Director Piggot.
<<Priority Target Coil Secure. ID confirmed.>> A Cadet reported in.
<<Roger, Priority Target Coil confirmed secured.>> The Commander replied.
At that the Cadets zip tied Coil's hands together and forced him to march out where all his surviving Mercs are being lined up for the prisoner transport that will arrive later to pick them up, thus they are all under armed guard as the rest of the Parachute Regiment secured the surrounding skyscrapers and fortifying the surrounding area.
<<Area is secured, we are now fortifying the area.>> A Cadet reported in as they started to create killzones and barricades.
<<Roger, relief column enroute, but they are facing resistance.>> Command replied.
All around them is a hive of activity as the troopers of Commonwealth Parachute Regiment and Commonwealth Parachute Cadets work around the clock to secure the Commercial district, already light tanks and APCs of the Parachute Cadets are being flown in by the massive helicopters of the Commonwealth.
The amount of firepower is staggering, especially for the PRT and the Protectorate, as the amount of firepower for a light infantry unit looked out of place, especially since no one realized the ability of the Commonwealth to fly armour into the battlefield and survived as they noticed that the forces of the Parachute Regiments are so well coordinated, they wondered if they did this before.
