Re: Tolkeen : Chapter 12 -- Squad Three
The Glitter Boys show no sign of stopping and continue to fire. Thasha realizes this is far too much for him, and he scrambles to his feet and charges for the safety of the transport, leaving his body armor in pieces in the mud behind him.
The descending swarm starts to activate their mini jet packs to slow their falling speed, while the cyborgs release another spray of missiles at the dangerous GBs. This time, ten volleys of four missiles make up the deadly spray... Upon quick estimation, there are 12-16 Cyborgs, who seem to each have missile rifles. They all drop their missile rifles after this blast, and focus on controlling their landing.
This time, SIX volleys are aimed at Pierce, while FOUR are launched at Comartin. Boris manages to hit another, detonating two in mid air, and again hitting ones that were already going to miss... Pierce is hit with a staggering FOUR VOLLEYS, while two detonate nearby, again sending flames and mud in all directions.
Comartin is likewise unfortunate and takes another three volleys of four, while one falls horribly short into the fields of water and mud.
Pierce manages to fire another 4 shots, while Comartin fires another 3. They have now damaged or destroyed a THIRD of the descending mechanical swarm!
*33 seconds have passed since the bots entered boom gun range. 6 seconds since they crossed the 1 mile mark. They are now just under 2000 feet, in a controlled fall, using their jet packs in bursts to land safely in just a few seconds -- they will land all over the place - two hundred feet in all directions around the crashed transport.