Henry fired at the 'Queen' again.

He'd never felt such cold anger. Threaten the younglings, would she?

Roy saw his initial target start to rise again, paused, and settled crosshairs on the base of her head, knowing the recoil would cause the muzzle to rise.  Calculatedly, he squeezed the trigger, knowing the first round should hit low and the others would 'climb' up her head.  Taking the time could, potentially, give her other troopers time to catch him...but some targets were worth the risk.

<<<<<<< Pilots  from  Gamma

    There is a  Yelling as  10 'troopers' appear in  flight armor running towards the hanger  Bay..the  fighting is  still  fierce , but the NUmbers  are dwindling...

 The  Leader    take a  another  Round  at the base of the  neck, , Blowing  away armor there another Glancing  Round hits the back of the  helmet as the first  once  Causes the creature  to turn and  Fall  again.

 Henry's  shotgun  takes  another  Normal trooper   down as in neared  range.

 Roy was close to being  overwhelmed  as Lyri  fires  off a long Burst from the SAW.. into  one of the  to Roy's  right.. chewing through the  armor  and  dropping it.

 Garrat is Up as he sees the  8 remaining , Black armored troopers surge towards  Roy

  At the Morris's Shed   normal  Bug troopers  are falling. it is unclear what the state of  the defender are.

 Hack had Brought  down two more  normal troopers.. and Melia  got at lest one more.

Once out of the Elevator Justin heads towards Capt, Morris'es shed Keeping low as he zig zags his way across the 150' separating the Elevator and the shed. Manoeuvring to an angle that ensured no overshoots would strike Hermes Crew he commenced firing his MP at the bugs in the area.
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Henry continued to shoot steadily, making every shot count.

Garrat unslings his AM Rifle and braces it against his hip as he fires it on full auto across the charging Creshians.  While this isn't as accurate as holding it to his shoulder he can control the kick from a standing position.  If the positioning is the way I think it is, this should create a cross fire scenario with out endangering other crew members.  Again catching the flank of the on coming wave should allow his bullets to tear through multiple targets.

  Naturally, after the remaining Creshains get to a point where he can't shoot them without endangering others, he turns his gun on the queen.

Roy dropped his rifle, pulling the kukri and kabar from their respective sheaths, and stopped his withdrawal...he charged at the nearest Creshian, dropping to a knee and sliding across the deck as he got close enough to swing at the thing's legs with the kukri, not knowing whether the heavy blade would make any real penetration of the armor or not.  But, at this point, they were too close to pull another weapon...and waiting for them to close gave them the option to control the battle...

---> Gamma Quad

Even before the doors had opened Harry could tell that the party was far from over as the sound of heavy gunfire reverberated around inside the tiny metal box into which she'd been crammed, causing her to question her sanity in volunteering to do this.

Rushing out with the rest of them and screaming obscenities as she did so, she'd pull the pin from her smoke bomb and roll it across the floor so that it went off behind a bullet riddled tool chest, figuring that not only would luminous green smoke catch the attention of the bugs, but that it would provide their little shock unit with some cover whilst they got the hell out of the lift and behind something a little more solid.

Zig-zagging across the open ground Harry would slide behind a pair of steel drums and fire a few quick bursts at the bugs outside of Morris' shed before ducking back into cover "Justin! we'll have to try and work our way around them!" she shouted across to her wing man, figuring that they would lack the firepower to take them on directly.

In reply to Harriet Lynch (msg # 959):

Moving forward in a crouch Justin glances at Harry. That's what I'm trying to do Old Bean. Wouldn't want any rounds passing through the bugs and taking out any Marines. Difficulty about that is the area here is open. Which doesn't give us much wriggle room.

   The surge of  people from the  Elevator with  some random shots  fired towards the shuttles   drawing  some attention from  those  Black Armored   troopers.

   Shadow ran past the  alley  in between the  stage and Morris's Shed... and begins  to climb the pipes of the scaffold... Howe, Foster  and He-la rand  down the alley towards Hack and  Doc Henry.

  Grit Came in  behind Justin  and  Harry,..lookit?.. I ain't been here  that long....btu do we always  do stuff like this?.. 'cause   they didn't  teach any of this  inin Queensland Academy.. ,He fires off  a few  rounds  at a wounded  Humanoid, and it  falls to the Ground as it tried to Round the flight lines.. The smoke  was helping  the confusiion, as the Bugs  tried to figure out where the troops  were coming from.

 Justin  had  wounded the Creature.   Harry  and Nicked one up as  well , ,that duicked  behind the Piples for the fighter's berths.

 Doc  Henry hand  worked his way down the Steps fired into the  swarm.. brining  down  another.. Hack was shouting to  troops to pull back to the barricades .

 Garrat was firing  at the  troops  surging  towards   Roy and the Middle of the   defenders .. Two Normal troops  fell  right away... The  Black armored   troops had  bits  of armor  flying off. one was hit by a second  and  Fell trying to get up as more  Armor   had flown off.

 Roy  slide  and  wacked the  legs of two Black armored  It was liking  hitting a Flag pole with a baseball bat.. The First one   tripped  and  fell forwards..The   second one  stumbled  side ways, trying to regain his  balecne to turn on the Human.

  Supe kept firing   poit  blank into the Black armored   creatures  with two of them dying  within inches of him....

  at the Hanger  bay  entrance two Mechs   Could be seen, slippign in...

  The  Leader  tried to stand...but its  head was wobbling.. and one of its weapons were missing...

 At Morris's  Shed   The Bugs  were getting closer  to the few defesnders that were left by  the Shed.

Taking advantage of the scaffolding Justin pumped another burst into the wounded Bug then moved forward weaving his way left and right from one pipe to another, laying down suppressive fire as he did. Reaching another Pole he knelt aimed at the closest Bug and fired two bursts at it.

Looking across to where Justin was crouched Harry's jaw dropped in shocked amazement "Seriously!? Now is the time you choose to take the mick out of my accent?" she said, shaking  her head and muttering something about bloody yanks under her breath before jumping up to fire another quick burst of fire at the bug she'd previously nicked and then dropping back down.

It was at some during this that Grit would join them, asking whether or not this was normal "I can't say love, this is only my third day...but yeah they didn't teach this at Brize either" she said with a shrug before jumping up once again to cover Justin as he moved towards the scaffolding.

In reply to Harriet Lynch (msg # 963):

Justin grimaced at Harry's obviously upset reply Sorry Harry, I didn't mean to be offensive, I thought you may appreciate a friendly sounding voice in a difficult situation. he apologised before firing another burst at the creshains then moving forward once again. Continuing his slow advance in the hope he'd be able to provide the defenders in Morris'es shed some much needed help.

Roy's hand stung with the impact of his blade on the armor, and he grunted with the realization that the kukri wasn't going to be much help at this point.  He dropped the kabar, drawing one of his machine pistols with his left hand, and sprayed fire at leg level into the Creshian troopers, focusing on the second one he hit, trying to take the bug down before it regained its balance and turned on him.

   Justin   grit  and Harry tried  to  ease themselves closer to the shed. they could see a  few orange suited  people  laying on the Ground...one had  wide open eyes  as a  wounded UE was  tearing  chunks out of  his chest and Munching as if it didn't have a care in the world.

    Harry Managed to  hit  the  one she  hit  before and it  Fell.. they swathe formidable  Black armored  troops  moving against those  firing  , taking  a lot more hit then the  'normal' troops  did.  Justin  could see  Morris he was   on the dec..his back against the shed.. his  uniform dark and wet.

  there were maybe   4  grounds  grew and a wounded   SEC Trooper, Mann.. there.. they saw  some  normal troops  coming out of the nearest shuttle carrying heavier   weapons.

   the other   Pilots followed Howe  and Foster    shooting as they went, causing  the Black Armored   troops  to  slow   thier  attack and  Turn.

  The Leader   was  standing,  its Head Hanging to the side a bit, with  only armor on its head, on the  right front  side.

 Lyri   emptied  her  Saw  again.. and mangaged  to  only bring  down one of the Black Armored Troops.

 Shadow  was  up on the Stage... Hennings   Yelled,..LC!..What the 9 hells!

  Shadow     just yelled  back,..Just doing our   job.... GROUND SUPPORT!

 Melia was  Hit  and  went  Down.. Orria  cried out in horror as she    jumped on ehr   screaming....

 Shade    Jumped on a Normal Bug  trooper  and they went    rolling down the steps...

  The thing's partner  came Up to finish the Job on Melia, or perhaps    Beth.. and  Shadow  hit the  thing  with a textbook tackle the  crashed through some of the hanging screens, causing them to  black out, crash or  spark..  the tw O hit  atop  catgo  crates  with the  Humaoid Under  Shadow.. as the   Crates  Craked Open, Shadow;s   Trench  Knife  was  Out, and slahed  down again and again, Until the thing  stopped  Moving.

 The LC  crouched on the crate  with Blue-black  blood covering  the  who front of him,,  the   trench  Knife in his right hand and  his  left hand  swining up his greasegun


 Hack was in hand  to hand  with two Normal Bugs.. but the black Armored  troops  were swinging their   surge towards him and the stage...  6 were out  ahead.. One was trying to get up, the other   Roy empted his weapon into its legs and it fell., but was not   dead.

  there was a flash from the  far suttles  ramp and and  explosion shook the Mech shop..   The Bird  Cage  took a big hit.

 Garrat had  cut  down a fe of the Normal troops.. Morgan and Calck begant ot  drag the  Middle  shuttle  towards the  end of the hanger bag door.

  The  Black armored Creshian , that Roy shot up the legs, fell. But  struggled to  get back up...

  The One that hand been tripped Up was shanding  and turning on him.

Henry stepped forwards to get between Melia/Orria and the advancing horde, continuing to fire at them and now turning his attention to the black-armoured troops.

  Garrat turned his attention toward the Queen, firing repeatedly intoher leg armor until she was helpless.  He stalked toward her.  Amy enemies who got between him and her he gunned down.

Peeking over the top of steel drums behind which she'd taken cover and seeing her target dead on the ground, Harry would take the opportunity to quickly dash over to a new firing position behind some kind of forklift or... something... look she wasn't ground crew so wasn't particularly versed in all the equipment and machinery within the Hangar, all she knew was it had wheels and would probably stop a bullet which was the only important thing to know at the moment.

From where she was crouched she could not only see Justin, who was a short distance away from her, but also Morris and his small group of people, all of whom were looking a little worse for wear.

With Justin now easily within earshot Harry resumed their conversation where they'd left off "Damn it Justin! I'm not offended, ok? I'm not a little princess so if you want to take the piss out of me then feel free to do so...I was merely questioning your timing is all" Harry said, pausing to give the UE currently chewing on one of the ground crew a disgusted look before firing at it "I hate bugs" Harry quietly grumbled before raising her voice to speak to Justin again "ok so what's the play here? You seem to have a better idea on what to do than Grit and I do, so where do you need us?"

Roy scrambled for clear space, deciding to drop the kukri and swing up the shotgun he'd had slung since going aboard the Ewald.  Once he got it up, he stood his ground, waiting for the now-standing UE to close within ten meters before he starting firing the shotgun repeatedly at its neck and upper torso.

In reply to Harriet Lynch (msg # 970):

Lynches reply that his comment and apology was winding her up, prompted Justin to rolled his eyes. Reaching a the last piece of cover he dashed forward spraying fire at the bugs to keep their heads down as he crossed the short distance to the crates which constructed a barricade for the shed. Diving for cover he rolled into a crouching position his MP ready to fire at any Cresian who was a immediate threat.

   Garrat's  Weapon  Fired at the  Leg of the  Creature, knocking off bits of Black Metal , until the leg itself was Hit  and It  went  down.. the  first three shots  from the  lone weapon she  had  sailed near Shadow and the stage..Shadow   didn't seem to notice.. Beth Yelped   as she jumped back from the hole in the base of her Console.

 The creature   collapsed  on the floor Trying to get into a seated position.


  Roy, perhaps had the  Best View of how the armor worked..   Impact after  Impact was  absorbed, until the  dark metal  Blew off, leaving  light boarding armor left, then , of  course.. the 'skin' of the creatures... the thing fell after   the 5th round.. the   helmet had shattered, and the chest was a blue-black hole of oozing 'blood'.. the other  creature  with the  damaged  limbs  was crawling toward  Him.

  Hack   finished on of the Normal troopers  as he  opened fired  , point  blank into its   chest... the Other slashed  it him with a  wicked looking   blade, Cutting though his laight  boarding suit.. Hack tried to kick its   Knee, but the creature  did  seem to mind the damage,  but the Crossdraw and slash of the Admiral's  Angel steel dirk cut off the  head.. the Mody tried to fight for a second or  so, then fell.... the   Head  was   laying there as the  Mouth moved showing its   ragged looking teeth.

 Rivets was.. beating  a normal trooper  with one of its own legs... savage Gaelic curses  coming from his mouth i a roar like a Hammer thruster....

 those of the boarding  party who were not out of the  fight were  firing at the black armored  troopers headed towards the stage.

 Morris  and  tilted over and was near-laying on the dec. Shoemaker  was wounded  and   had to  use  his handgun,..WE CAN"T LET THEM REACH THE STAGE...

 another  grounds crew  went  down as the lasy 7   Normal  Creshains   neared their position.

   Justin ,Harry  and  Grit didn't have a shot.. but  could see them closing in...the good news  is.. they couldn't be shot  by them either....at the moment...Justin  was moving  forward.

 Grit  shakes His head,..Bleedin' Bugs...what we need is a giant  bloody fly swatter...

   One of the last three  normal troopers near the Admiral  was  Jumped on but  Shadow.. again the    rapid  stabbing into the    creature's  Neck and shoulders through a Blue-black shower of blood...

   Henry  Blew  away another Normal trooper  at near point  Blank range..Orria  was  screaming as she hugged Melia.

 Beth was pounding on her console  trying to get it to  do what she wanted... but it was damaged..

  Shade was   trying  to get up the steps to the stage, he was  covered in smoking dark blood.. the  trooper  he rolled down the stairs  with  lay on the dec slowly  burning.. its  arms and legs twisting like bacon.

 Minnet  yelled.......RPG!.....

 the  team by  the  far  shuttle fired hit  weapons again.. this time the   projectile  Hit   right Under the stage...  Beth was thrown  off the stage into the air  between the Mech stalls. crashing into  crates and  drums... Hennings  and  BAle   flew  forwards over the railings  as the rest of the screens came down.... Orria  screamed even Louder  as her and Melia    fell as the thin metal planks of the  stage 'floor'  gave  way.. landing under  a collection of  Pipes  .

   Shade  was  sent  flying  outwards  to Hit the Dec  a few yards  from Roy..  his leg twisted  at an awkward angle... But he was  trying to get up..his  eyes the  color of the  deepest Black  and flames     burning from two of his  left fingers.. as he  brought it   up to  aim at something he considered a foe.


  The Middle   shuttle  was   being    pushed back.. yard  by  yard, as  Morgan and clark   tried to get it off the dec.
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In reply to hanger dec (msg # 973):

Grabbing one of his Frag grenades Justin pulled the pin called a warning to the Defenders and hurled it at the cluster of 7 Cresians that were rushing the Shed. Ducking as the grenade exploded sending fragments through the attacking Bugs.

It was with the sound of the stage exploding under the impact of the RPG and Justin throwing his grenade that Harry would quickly move into a position from which she could fire upon the seven remaining Creshian's; signalling to Grit with frantic hand gestures that he should follow her and do the same.

Once she was in position Harry would duck behind cover and wait until the grenade had gone off before jumping up and firing a sustained, sweeping burst of fire upon any of the bugs "lucky" enough to have survived Justin's grenade, hoping to cut them all down whilst they were still disorientated from the blast.

  Justin's ..... grenade  went over the fighter  berths... it  went off  about 2/3s the way  down to the Dec... The   frag shredded   half of the    Creshian RPG teams.. the others  regrouped  as they  tried  to find out  who. they needed to aim at.

   Harry's....  rounds   zipped through the area. pinging off  piles  shredding pictures  and posted   B-Flight  pilots  .. Two of the  4  remaining Bugs  fell..leaving  two that tried to load thier  weapon.

  Grit...  screamed  out,..WAHOOOOOO!!!! Ye Shepard's Get!... welcome  ta the Bloody 'ermes! and  fired  at   the last  charging  Creshian who  Fell to grits. Tommy Gun style pulse weapon....

   Morris...  was  now on the Dec... Shoemaker    limped over to Him  and started to break out his   Med tech  belt  kit.

 Shadow... stopped  as he was  ready to  charge  a Black  Armored Trooper  as hey   moved  at a quick  step.. his  chest heaved  from  effort, then   charged  the   pointman and  threw a crossbody Block at its  Legs... The Pilot  Grunted with the pain from the   Black metal,  But the creature  Fell  face  first to the Dec, with  Shadow  On top jamming his  bloodied  trench  knife   into the back of the Neck and   pulling it  back and forth with force and  Blood lust...even as the thing 's  arms    and legs  Quivered.

  Garrat... reached  the leader.. it  was  trying to aim, in the direction of Hack..or..shadow?.. or ..who knows... The  Middle  shuttle  was about 1/3  the way out the  hanger Dec.

   Rivets   was  running as  fast  as  he was  able  and Came Up behind  a Blackarmored  bug. swinging a  Fire  axe as  hard  as he   could.. driving the  blade  deep into the BAck of the Creature  ,that  fell forward. but  tired to get up with Blue-black ooze  seeping out of the   wound..

 ...Bloody stinkin' Bugs!....  he  pulled out his   .45  and began to  empty  the thing into the creature's BAck... chunks of  armor flying off.

 the  rest of the Boarding   was either  trying to patch wounds on themselves ..or others... a few  were still...

 Hodden  screamed out.. as   one Black armored  troper    broke through the barricades near  her.. Supe  broke into a  run. Leaping Over   Lyri as she patched some one and  slammed into the   creature...pulling out  a heavy headed Tomahawk style   axe from His  Belt, and began to    Chop at the thing's  head,  bits of the black metal flying   and soo followed  By the blackish Blood...

 Three  Black armored  troops  still remained ( besides the one crawling towards  Roy)

   Shade... was   Blaring out   angry sounds....   as he tried and failed to stand... and   Blared  Louder...   his head  turned to the  rearmost  Black armored  creature and  fired    bursts  of  flame from his fingers.. the creature's  Back began to Glow as the  fire  seemed to  feed on the armor.. then  Shade  Dropped his  arm, his head bowed and  smoke  coming from the  two  left Fingers.

 Beth.. wa stirring   and swearing...

 Hennings  and Bale  were shook up.. and  hurt a bit  as they tried  to  untangle from  pipes and  sprking  screens

 Orria  was   Screamign and Crying under the   debris.