Beware of human females

The company of marines dropped outside the village hours after a pirate fleet had been driven away from the planet. The navy task force was currently chasing them down as they scattered across the system heading for the jump limit.

After they formed up, the Major sent out scouts and started to advance on the village. A scattering of bodies were visible in the fields as the pirates had overflown the village firing on anyone in the open, causing a large loss of life. Then once they had killed or injured anyone visible, they landed and started their raid on the village and the survivors.

They weren’t after slaves this time, they were after machinery, food, valuables and technology. Those were valuable to some of the lower tech species on the fringes of known space and pirates knew just where to get them and where to sell them.

The tragedy is that by the time the navy got to the planet, the pirates had been pillaging and killing for 2 days. Long enough time to fully pillage and loot a lot of the outlying villages and massacre survivors. The company of marines were not looking forward to discovering how many colonists were lost in this raid.

As they advanced into the village they started to see a number of pirate bodies. Their red and yellow armor were visible outside certain buildings and houses and as they walked slowly forward towards the town hall, medical center, and school complex, the bodies started to add up quite a lot.

When they came into visual range of the central complex of the village, they saw an amazing sight. Fully 48 pirate bodies had been piled up against a wall and someone had done some creative work on them. They had no weapons left and it looked like whoever killed them had used improvised weapons as well as human slug throwers to kill the pirates. The improvised weapons left horrific wounds and they weren’t always instantly fatal according to the medical personnel.

As they gathered outside the building a shot sounded out and a crater appeared in front of the Major sending all marines into cover. A harsh human voice sounded out “Who are you and what do you want here?”

The major called back: “We are a Navy company doing search and rescue. We are here to help any survivors or deal with the dead and deal with any surviving pirates who didn’t make it off planet.”

The voice called back, “You are late. We could have used you 2 days ago. We lost so many when they first flew over and we had barely any time to realise what was happening.”

The Major looked at his Captains and then asked “Who are you? How many survivors are there? Who killed all those pirates? Can we come in and talk to you instead of shouting?”