Teela came up on comms. "Wings and things? Don't you start that, Admiral. See what you've done LC?"

She looked at Tucker a moment between firing and ducking "Pfft...You should see a party at my family reunion.  I think there are 37 laws we broke the last time." She fired and ducked again.  when she came back down again she had a quizzical look on her face.  "Tuck..I think We need to check this case out..... This could be a bigger overall plan involved with it.  The Frenchie was a merc dealer with virtually no mercs protecting him.  They're all here.  Maybe he was set up, maybe they wanted us to get this.  To bring it here....where we all are" She looked at him in seriousness.  "We gotta get this checked now...atleast make sure its not gonna go kaboom on us"

In reply to Garrat (msg # 622):
   Garrat looks at the Angel and sighs "Just covering your back Ma-Ti.  I know this hasn't been the best night but I promise you I'll make it up to you latter." His face softens a little, "I know it's part of the job but I didn't like seeing you hurt.  If your fighting with me I'm going to make sure we don't take risks we don't have to.  Besides..."  He shrugs  "It was even in Shadow's orders."

   To Hack "Thank you sir, It's good to hear your safe."


   "Hemsly, patch my voice into every speaker that can be heard outside the ship, get help from tech support if you need, then tell me when your ready."


   Garrat lobs his Asgard rounds in front of the approaching troops instead to slow them down as he waits for Hemsly to get ready.


   When he gets the signal Garrats voice booms "This is the ESN, we claim this ship as spoils of war.  Reinforcements are nearly here.   This is your only chance to surrender.  Failure to do so will result in termination."

  Shadow  Chuckled at the Admiral's  COM  and Teela's  reply.

   As they  waited    Shadow  listend  for COM chatter  from their COMs... they were other  using another Line.. or hand signals... but the COMs  were Open.

   Ellen would grin at Shadow  from   down the  side of the Building,  Shadow   just Pointed  to his eyes , then her.. then the insdie of the Building.

 Will Looked at Harry,..so? You can never say i don't take you to interesting places....

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  Tucker Looks at   Nikki...  Admiral  said   Karson is coming .. he's the Demo  guy..let him open it...

  Supe says softly from his   cover,..or throw the  damn thing in and shot it..blow them up..instead of us?

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 Shadow  talked to the bad  Guys again,..Ok  Hiroasha... Tell  me  why you and   ...you're  soon to be dead friends did it?... 9 hells you're  APF.. Creds?... power?   I promise of a Night with a Sanri stud?

 ..you don't understand..  The fleet will leave, then we'll be on our own...

 That's EDT  crap...  there  are going to  be APF  ships here.. we're even leavign a Prize  or two    from the SSN... Aqra is now a full fledged   APF  world.. and   has   Ship defense  and    defenses on its  moons...The EDT  wants to help thier masters.. but  weakening this  new  foothold   of the   Good guys...

 ..good guys?...You? she laughed.

 ..no no.. no  Miss H... I never said  I ws a good   guy..the ESN/APF  our the gooed guys.. we don't eat our  own people, or sell them into slavery , or breeding pits.  But me?.. I'm as bad  as they come, I'm just on the good guy's side

 Headlights were comign from the west.
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  Teela  can see the    store front of the Building they used  for  the Pre-game.. three    vehicles  were    smashed into the front. She Could  see   Shadow , Justin and shade  behind a White  care  near the Middle.. she could see Ellen kneeling   next to the   van. to the  left of it... and to the right, by  another Van,, she saw  ..tucker?.. but could see much else.

  Hemsly  set His COM down in front of the Ship's  PA Mic  and  turned it on.

   many of the Civie  workers   ran   down the docks away from the ship.. Most of the  Civies in the   ship  didn't  seem  to worried   until they saw the first Dropship    Drifting down from the Black.

  COMs   came   through ( also on PA , cause..well Hensly isn't a COMs tech...)

  ..This  is LT  Annes... I am the commander of the   T-55 Security  troops, from the Free BrotherHood of  Mercs... according to  FBM  rules, we cannot allow you to take the ship , with out a fight.

"We'll let Karson work on it.  We don't know positively if it is a bomb or not.  If it just has information, we could lose it.  If it is a bomb then we can through it, but Until we know for sure we will let it be." She again fired on the building.  "Shadow..." she said over the comm "When Karson is here we'll need him here" atleast if it blew with them only they would be injured and not a whole lot of others.

"Brooks, Hawkes on the crate, the rest of us will cover you. Looks like we have plenty of cover to get to the LC and resupply them. Let's get them some new things to kill bad guys with.

"LC - on your six with my team and supplies. Coming up now." Teela told Shadow over comms.

  Shadow hears    Teela   can   shuts off the enemy COM, then shays into the  'teams COM"... The smoke is helping.. getting thicker.. I don't know if they have  any thing  speical in tehre for targeting.....

send  some  one  to  the Left end, … MAster Chief  is there.... one person to Us in the middle... and one person to the  Right  with  Nikki's team... send KArson  there... her can work some  magic.... I want Rolfe in the MIddle  with me..split up  any weapons  and    Ammo..but most important..grenades…
Everyone  say when they are   in place.

“Copy that, LC. All right everyone, you heard the man. Split up ammo, weapons, and grenades then head to your designated spots. I’ll head left and reinforce the Master Chief. Sound off when you’re in place. No one get killed.” Teela took some ammo, power cells, and grenades, nodded to her people and started heading left.

Inbound to you, Chief with reloads, arms, and grenades.”
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  Rolfe  bent   down, and    ran  low  , when he reached Shadow  He gave him the grease gun and  extra  Mags .

     Shadow  Grinned at the   SMG  and   asked    Justin if he  wanted the   german made SMG.

  what have you got  for your  weapon.

 ..I have   HE  and  Frag.. a bandoleer of  each... if i run out?.. we're  most likely dead...


  Each Group would get  4 graneades  from the Crage...  Shadow gave one  to Shade,  Kept One..and Gave  two to Justin...


  ..Ok ..here's what we're  gonna do..when everyone is ready..let me  know... Roilfe  will alternate  Frag and HE... 4 rounds each..  Supe and Minnets.. open up  .. we'll  charge into the Middle to make  some   Noise after that... Rolfe  will lay down  fire  towards the BAck, and Upper   balcony..supe?.. Minnet... don't stay  By the VAns  too  long... as far as the  Grenades   Teela brought.. use them wisely...


  Brooks  and CArson  went to Nikkis  side... Hawkes  hand  Followed  Rolfe to the LC... Teela  to   Lyri's team

Roy nodded.  "Well, no sense leaving them here for someone to just wander in and grab.  But first..."  He got snapshots of the account numbers the discs were sorted under.

"Later, we can have someone reference these account numbers and see if they find names attached to them.  I'm guessing these are clients who didn't leave particularly large sums in the accounts we're cleaning out, if they left anything.  Also pretty sure they REALLY don't want us to know who they are."

He glanced down at the bodies, and a grim look settled on his face.  "We should take the corpses...or his, at least.  The whole 'EDT ran off with my money' ruse will be more believable if he's just...gone.  Looks like he used all the funds to buy himself a disappearance..."  He nodded, and added, "EDT will guess the truth, I'm sure, since we left them a pretty big hint on those accounts.  But if they tell the rest of these people that the ESN was responsible...some will believe them, of course, but to the more paranoid element, it sounds like they're just pointing fingers to get out of trouble."

He nodded again.  "Let's see if we can find a janitorial cart...or anything, really, that would hold the load...and load up.  By the time we get his vanishing act set up, the rest of the accounts should be close to finished."

"Karson...I want to keep this intact, but want to know if this is a bomb." she motioned to the case she had.  She gave more cover fire for him as she handed it over.

Dashing across the open ground Harry would relieve one of the dead merc’s of their rifle and a power pack before returning to where Will and Lyri were taking cover; with her using the pulse rifle to continue firing upon the building. Hearing his comment she would smile across at Will, clearly enjoying herself despite the cock up to their mission or the current situation ”yeah this is just like that episode of Captain Lightning where he kills the bad guys and gets the girl!” she exclaimed with a giggle that was punctuated by several shots from a pulse rifle.

With the arrival of Teela she’d help herself to a pair of frag grenades and some more hard ammo as the pulse rifle was really to her liking and heavy to boot ”Wings and Things you’re here! I heard a rumour that you’d been a bad little Angel?” she teased whilst filling her pockets, before then signalling Lyri that she was ready when she was.

  Beth   Looked  at the   rows   and  started  Plugging into the  other Businesses.,,this Bank of Creds  shouldn't take  as long.. the  Account Numbers  are real and they will be picked upo  by the EDT sniffers... which,, will make it Look  bad....

 ..Those Disc  CAses?.... Black is  what?  500,000 Creds..and there are 4 of them in each case..well there is suppsoed to be four..sometimes Shadow finds  cases that only have three.... mostly Green ones...or red ones...

 MAria  Point to the  outside  doors,..You know, SM?  We have    a drop ship worth of Ape Folk out there, who could get rid of the bodies  nicely?

   Will Smiled that  she sued a Captain Lighting  reference .

   Fowlkes   shrugs ,doesn't he alwats get the Girl...

 Ellen stage  whispered  from the side of the  Van,..yes, But sometimes the  wrong one!.... and there si LT Star..poor  Guy.. he needs to makle a Move on someone else...

 Lyri chimes in,..he should  hit on that New Girl.. Master  Chief Lucy Aims..  I bet they  could get it on good!

 Minnet   sighs,why do you watch the bloody show, you live it!

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 Karson  Nodes  and  take the CAse a  good  way down from the  Building, hugging the   Wall..  It takes  Him a few Minutes..  Shadow can be heard whistling  the " wolves" song as he waits for the others  to say they are ready.


  well?  You were right  Ta have a pro  open this?.. it was Hooked to a Power cell.. would have blown the Goods  and everything  else to the 9 hells.... there's  about 20 of the Cred Disc cases in here.. they are all sealed though!

 Shadow's Voice  COMs...protect those cases  with your Life... if no one else makes it out of here.. you get back to the Hermes with that....

 ..You bet LC... I'm gonna use the power Cell when we Light them up..no good carring it around or leaving it  lay..some one might get hurt...

  Karson  wires the PowerCell to a  brick of C-10  then returns  with the CAse.

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 ..remember   wait  for  Rolfes  4th  Round  to hit...  then  Miinnet  and   Supe  Open Up... ..One grenade  from each  group  when you neter.. stay low  so Rolfe can light them  up.... wait for  the  4th round.


…

 He Opens the   enemy COMs Hey... Ms  H?....  If you all throw  down yur  weapons.. well get you a nice  ride  BAck to the Hermes...but..... ones the shooting stops, you better fight  for your life.. because  I shoot  you on your knees  as  well as standing straight  up....

 ...you think  I'm afraid  of  a Pilot?   Do you know  the types  of   folks  i have fought?

 whatever..Last chance... How many of your  folks  want to die in there.... 'cause when they leave, it will be out the ejection tubles...

 ..fuck you flyboy.. I'm going to make sure I get a picture next to your corpse, so I can get the Bounty...

  Shadow    Shrugged  and Nodded to Rolfe...

Poom… the First Frag... hit    some screams  and  return fire... POOM  … the   HE  hit  High in the  left Balcony.. More  screams... more  return  fire... POOm  .. the Frag hit   in teh top  Right hand Balcony... more  and more  return fire... the Poom.. teh   Frag hit straight away...

   Shadow , HAwkes , Justin and  Shade  charged out from the Middle   SMGs   firing   ae   Fowlkes  fired Deep   into the  Building  or  Up on the balcony...  Shade  threw  His  Grenade where the Muzzle  flashes   were , near the Lockers  he saw before... less  muzzle  flashes ..more  screams  Minnet  laid   down her  Fire... Supe   laid   down  his.. some Bodies   dropped  , and  more surprises   screams...


  a  wounded    ANSEC     tried to  Grab Shade  as he   sprayed the   left side  with teh SMG.. when the  MAn Grabbed Him.. Shad'e   right   nad pointed   at him,he took a hard Blast in the  face  from the   fire..'round '.. he  rolled   about screaming.. Shade let him...

 ..

 Lyri shouted...go!....

 Ellen sprang ober the  Wall firing  into the Smoke  as she moved  to a  Table , turning it on its  side..

  Brooks  and  KArson  launched thier  grende and the Power cell Block,,  that Explosion shook the right hand   side, droppign Pipes  andLights  from the ceiling.... steam hissed from on of the pipes.

"More than a rumour, fish and chips (where the hell did she hear that?) but I heard you lot needed help so the flogging stopped so we could help." Teela replied.

When the order to "go" was given Teela moved up her side with Lyri and the others, staying low and breaching the entrance with the rest. Anything that moved that wasn't one of theirs was given a blast or two of heavy pulse for their troubles.
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Feeling better, and that the case wss safe she switched weapons to the pulse rifle.  Arm still hurting she adjusted for it and began firing back in a more agressive manner.  She scrambled to find more cover closer to the building.  "do they have spotters in near by buildings?" she asked

In reply to base (msg # 634):

Shadows offer of a German SMG prompted a reply of These will do fine thanks 19  patting his MP's. Taking the two frags offered he slipped them into his hip sack with the others he hadn't used. Rolfe's fourth round sailed across the intervening distance to explode Justin rushed forward when the team reached the building he pulled the pin of a frag and popped through the closest window.

        “This station belongs to the AP now, not the brotherhood and we have enough troops parked on your doorstep to take a planet.  Your rules are a whisper on the wind.”  Garrat chuckles evilly   “But if you want to rush us feel free.  Your weapon belts make nice trophies.”

    Tucker  steps over the broken  wall  as he sees  shadow  and His group enter,  Firing  as he  slides on the  ground, ..Dammit!... there   rocks and metaglass  all over the damned  floor....never like that in the Vids!   Supe  fired  One sweeping    burst, then ran around the VAn  to   Kneel at the Briken  window  to see where the Muzzle flashes came  from.

  Brooks    Looks around,..if there  is  anyone looking, they  sure  aren't  helping...

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  Shadow    Moved  closer to the Middle    Pushing chairs  and Table s Head of  them.. the  'poom'  for  the grenade launcher  wasn't  regular, so teh defenders   couldn't  time the  launches.

 Shade    fired  anytime he saw Movement.. some times he hit someone.. sometimes he hit  walls..

 Shadow  Kept the  German SMG and Ammo , even as he  used his  favorite  Greasegun.  the  defenders  were  counter  attacking  with  fusillades  from  parts of the Room.If  we get Under the Balcony..  they can't  shoot us from there... Send  More Grenades   Under it to  Clear  it out...

 Shade  tosses  his     and the  Lockers  Blew up,  Killing at least one person with  Metal fragments

 Justin  had Blow  Up a  Couch-chair  barricade,, and   screams   sounded  that  other   were    wounded or Killed  as well.


…

 Ellen was Jumped on by  a Merc< She  Flipped him over  Her shoudler,,  Knee into the  throat as her  Pulse rifle Butt smashed into his face  twice.

  Karl, , Lyri  and Minnet , thought I  wise  to  move to the far  right.. Inside  the  Building.. Looking for  People who were trying shoot  down , into where  Shadow was  drawing thier   fire.

 Will    Moved  to a soda  machine at the far  Right  wall, Kicking over a Table to act as another BArricase . as he  looked for targets.

  ....Be That  as  it may.. we have signed a contract.. should  we   give in without a fight.. our  word  would be useless , next time we tried to sign a contract.

   The Drop Shuttle  Nestled on the Stern of the  Transport... this transport was 1000 Yards  closer to the Tubes, so almost  all of the stern was  covered by the  Docking Arm's static  field.

 Nagy snorts,..so?  we get the Only Merc in the  whole of  The Black  with honor?

 ..we'll see if that keeps  him warm when his body  floats in the darkness.

    “Then I will raise a toast to you when I meet you in the afterlife.  It might be a bit of a wait for you though.  I have never been good at dying.”  Garrat snorts.  He had moved down the ramp to have the opening onto the docks well in sight.  He had motioned Ma- Ti to join him so they have a good bead on anyone approaching  “The rest of you have had your warnings, and death has arrived.”  Garrat fires at the guards and the fight is on.

   witht eh   firing  started  and the PA  carrying most of the talk... Dock  workers   either Fle, or  dropped whatever they were using for  weapons.

 THis   left , what  FBM emembers  were left  to    shoot  at   The  Hermes Folks.  … Nagy  fired from behind  metal Containers...  MA-Ti   truned her  weapon on  whatever Merc she saw  first and Fired.....   Hodden  ran down to the   Bottom of the Ram..nad  fired Up at the hold opening....chewing up some cargo..

 meanwhile , troops were   entering the Aft  spine door, and started to take over the engine Room.


 ..Trooper Boys  are  entering the Engine room.. shouldn't be too long   before  they swarm the Hold.

Seeing that the fight was turning into more of a CQC type of situation Teela let her rifle hang from the sling and drew the silver firearm she took off the dead vamp as well as one of her mono-molecular edged blades.

She became an instrument of death - shooting the enemy when she could and cutting them wide open when they made the mistake of moving in on her.

Nikki made for the building as the others did.  Careful to watch for firing, still she made great time.  She knew her compatriots were not yet on the second floor through a flash bag grenade into one window as she made for the protection, leaving them unable to fire without exposing themselves.  She moved to join Supe.