SAWS Story

Enginseer Wardskum the Geo-Destructor cackled to himself as he looked out over the field.  His plan was coming to fruition.  The stupid assassin-rats would never see the trap coming.  He had hired-traded them to test his newest tunneling device.  Successful testing would mean he would have to let them keep-own the test models.  Wardskum was not sure he would have the materials to create more, nor did he want to go through the effort.  Therefore, Wardskum had picked the test site very carefully.  He had given very clear-specific instructions in how to operate he revolutionary devices.

Wardskum rechecked his far-sight scope, a handy device he had found in a man-thing camp once his troops had finished gathering slaves to ensure that the encamped army was still in position; a position directly atop where the assassin-rats were supposed to come up.  They of course had not been informed of the army’s attendance at this test; why spoil the surprise and risk them leaving with his devices untested.

Wardskum checked the horizon to see that the hated sky-lantern was about to rise above the horizon.  He scratched in irritation.  The assassin-rats should have come up by now.  It would not be good if they were to come up once the sky-lantern had arisen, as the man-things would be more aware and it would be less likely that the assassin-rats would kill enough to allow Wardskum waiting army to move in and capture the rest.

With a squeak and a burst of fear musk, Wardskum once again looked down at the army, to see some near the center tent pointing in his direction and yelling.  Enginseer Wardskum quickly realized that the sky-lantern had reflected off of his far-sight scope.  With a burst of speed Wardskum fled, searching for cover before the army could catch him and damning the assassin-rats for failing to follow his instructions and betraying him to be captured or killed.

I figured the army was so bad it needed some fluff just to help it get those extra few composition points.