text: My most memorable action? I think that award goes to Intervention at Quara 4. This planet is almost entirely covered in this deep ,blue ocean with a couple of small, tropical archipelagos. Many islands are less than a mile long and only about half a mile wide. This planet was our territory and it was very important. Not because of what was on it, but because of what was under ocean. Titanium and Aluminium. Almost unimaginable quantities of this metals. And they were essential for our fleet and military, but aslo space stations and other spacecrafts. After our war with Empire began, the Zen, race native to planet, joined the conflict on our side. But after our crushing defeat at Saalaris Prime they decided to rebel, they threw out our garrison and annouced their defection to the Empire. Lost of this planet would be a heavy blow to our economy, so the High Command decided to send our Legion to take back the planet. The operation was codenamed "Operation Tide". So we were send to special trenning for underwater combat and right after that to Quara. This wasn't an easy fight. Our enemy was well equiped and well organized. The battles in ocean weren't easy. Most of the time we were fighting among the coral reefs and in deep underwater caves. We had better technology, Zen knew the terrain. And then there were aslo wildlife. Many carnivorus fish and other creatures. But, even with all of this, we managed to push the Zen Rebels all the way to their Capital, and thats where our advance stopped. We refused to enter the city before heavy equipment arrived. So we waited, but finally our sub-tanks, as we called them, arrived and the siege began. After two weeks of fighting we were able to enter the city but the battle was far from over. I swear to you that we were sure that Rebels were in every building. No matter where we came, someone was shooting at us. They were throwing grenades, bombs, one of our guys even got hit by a block of dead coral. There were destroyed buildings and rubble blocking the streets, this wasn't an easy battle, that I can tell you. Slowly but surely we pushed forward, until we arrived at the center. There was that huge, tall building that was the city hall and this was the last bastion of the rebels in the city. We couldn't storm it right away so we resolved to siege. After a two day shelling we managed to enter the building and we captured it a day later. And our flag was planted on top of it. The capital was taken, but the battle to recapture the planet was longer. Many of the Zen Rebels were hiding in caves and smaller towns and cities. So we were hunting the remaining rebels one by one. The civilians were friendly. Most of them remained loyal to us and helped us as guides, or just by chatting with us. In exchange for that kindness, our command made sure that the help will be provided to wounded. Some of our guys were helping families rebuild their homes. One of my friends, Dero, even befriended a Zen guy called Qur, at least I think that is the eqivilant in our language. Another 3 months we spend at capturing rebels, hunting the Insurgency leaders, destroying supply lines etc. But finally, after a 7 months of fighting, the last Rebel stronghold was captured and the planet was in our hands again. I couldn't wait to finally get out of this water and spend some time in my quaters on Polaris Space Station. We were joking that we are going to sleep like a dead men. Dero said that he invites us to a pool party, and everyone just stared at him with a look that clearly said: Dude, we spend 7 months underwater. Don't even dare to invite us to pool party. Yeah, I guess we had enough swimming for now.