>>5346306As the Analyst got out of his armored humvee, now at the meeting point, he noticed more details that were specific about these strange militiamen. They had identical uniforms, kept their fingers off the trigger, stood straight, and had their weapons hanging from them via slings. They were in very good shape and appeared to be healthy, well fed. Some of them had patches sewn into their uniforms, and they had rank patches as well. The positions they took up, showed that they had military training, or at least a lot of experience. As the Benin Army units started to pull out and leave, these new men were showing up and parking their vehicles, setting up their tents.
One of them stood close to what was clearly an American. This specific Nigerian had a pistol on his hip, a laser/light combo mounted to his gun, and the men around him were extra vigilant. As the Analyst got closer, he addressed the American and what seemed to be an officer in English. As this "officer" turned to face him, the Analyst noticed that his rank badges indicated that he has a Colonel.
O <span class="mu-i">"Ah yes, you must be the American wise-man I told would be coming. Imperator has been great help to our cause, great leader... I expect great things from you."</span>
The Analyst noticed when he shook the colonel's hand, that his right hand is cybernetic. For a model that looks this much like an organic one, would cost at least ten grand. Its possible that he paid cash and was able to fly to the right place, but very few countries, let alone militia groups.... can provide anyone cybernetic replacements to lost limbs.
Suddenly, at least four Ratel IFV's pulled into the area. They were big, armored wheeled vehicles with sizable guns mounted inside turrets. There was very few heavy vehicles in the Benin Army, and it was thought that the last Ratels had been made by South Africa decades ago... but then again.... The Analyst checked his C4 PDA. Hmm, no, a few other nations had adopted them in the last few decades and there was a factory that was making new models. As he stared at these weapons of a professional army, they seemed to be fairly new and in good condition. It was said that this vehicle was designed to have the proper wheels and engine to drive over the rough savanna's of south Africa, driving hundreds of miles in brushfire wars. Its gun was shown to be able to kill T-55 tanks and other similarly armored vehicles, but only at close range.
O <span class="mu-i">"Ah, you have PDA as well!"</span>
The colonel pulled out his own model... which seemed.... It looked nicer. It had less of a utilitarian, military look and seemed more like a hardened and reinforced.... something more like an Apple product. It.... showed their exact location on GPS and even had a marker indicating that a company sized motorized infantry unit was right where they were standing....and a few more companies... a hundred or so men each... were moving into the area.
