Hunting Party

"Hunting Party" is the third chapter of the Orion Nero Initiative series (third chapter of the Federation Prelude) that takes place in Halusii, a suburb in a lower socio-economic suburb in the city of Enderossi.

Alpha Team locates another terrorist cell that may be associated to the previous operation in downtown Enderossi, but may also uncover more about the truth behind the incident 7 years ago at the Gilstein Palace.

Characters

 * Senior Commander Fletcher
 * Staff Warrant Officer Adrian Lux
 * Captain Elias Streicher
 * Master Chief Officer Zaric
 * Master Chief Officer Crowley
 * Chief Officer Mosey (K.I.A.)
 * Junior Officer First Class Fowler
 * Junior Officer First Class Kojak
 * Junior Officer Second Class Monroe
 * Junior Officer Third Class Wellington

Plot
Alan 'Aziy' Zeek wakes up to the spinning fans above him on the ceiling. Check his phone on the bed side table, the time reads '5:37am'. Still tired, Aizy is about to place the phone back onto the bedside table when he receives a notification from his commanding officer, Captain Elias Streicher which states that Alpha Team 2 has found another lead on a terrorist cell and were currently tailing a suspect vehicle. Aizy reads the message and immediately jumps out of bed before going to wake Rachel Mykelti up. The pair arrive at the Katona Brigade office where Elias, and the other members of Alpha Team 1 and Alpha Team 3 are waiting.

Elias gives a vague brief on the operation before the two teams get filled in on the way by Adrian Lux, taking Halusii Boulevary via Fairway to get to a certain apartment unit in Halusii, a suburb in Enderossi. Arriving at the scene, Alpha Team 2 is already watching the main entrance before Emerson and three other Alpha Team 3 members are tasked with securing the rear entrance to the apartment units. Alpha Team 1 and 3 begin to move in on the staircase located in between the two apartment units when they start to take fire from the target building. Team 1 and 3 quickly move to cover while Team 2 suppresses the enemy. Reaching the bottom of the staircase, Mosey takes point with a Ballistic shield, followed by Marcus Zaric and Wellington, with Alpha Team 1 at the back of the single file line. Moving up the staircase, Wellington smashes open the target unit with an Enforcer battering ram, granting the Central Security officers entry into the building before joining at the back of the line.

Immediately taking fire, Mosey blocks several shots with his ballistic shield before the terrorist is shot down by Zaric and Aizy. Maintaining a single file line, Alpha Team 1 and 3 clear each and every room within the apartment, lifting up beds and couches to check for hiding personnel while closets, wardrobes and bathrooms are checked to ensure that there weren't any hidden hallways. After locating a staircase heading up to a second floor, the two teams move up, secure the two rooms on the second floor before finding a hidden passageway in the closet of the bedroom that connected the apartment with the neighbouring apartment unit. On the other side was a room that had computers, phones and other electronic devices lying around. While Alpha Team 3 and Aizy continued into the next rooms of the neighbouring apartment, Elias, James Clayton Lacroix and Mykelti began a Sensitive Site Exploitation of the room containing the electronic devices.

While clearing the second floor hallway of the second apartment, Mosey is killed by a terrorist who managed to knock Mosey's shield out of the way and firing a single shotgun blast into the officer's chest. With Mosey killed, Zaric, Aizy and Wellington continue down the hallway, clearing each room before calling for a medic. While Lacroix and Mykelti moving to tend to Mosey, Zaric, Aizy and Wellington continued through the second apartment, moving downstairs while Alpha Team 2 pushed into the second apartment from the front door. With both teams rendezvousing on the ground floor of the second apartment, they neutralised any remaining terrorists while detaining a women before a second Sensitive Site Exploitation of the entirety of both apartment units was conducted.