She looks to his rifle and puts her hand on his shoulders with a serious look. "My gun is allot bigger." Is all she could come up with, she never thought she would be having fun with anyone and didn't know how to really respond to his joking, yet if she hadn't been shut in for the past five years, she would probably be a higher rank on a different ship, so she was going to try to play along.

"Hmmmmmmm...I'll have to give you that one.  But how well do you know how to use it?"  His tone was droll, but his eyes still shone with delight at the joking.  Technically, he knew, it was inappropriate for him to be flirting with an officer...but since she wasn't directly up his chain of command, it was a gray area...and he worked well in twilight conditions.

"Oh I can use it better then most" She grind at him and walked over to his rifle. "Maybe I'll show you some day." She winked to him as her fingertips ran across his weapon. she then moved to another table picking up a pistol suited for her and pulled on the chamber a bit. "What about you...You good with your gun?"

Roy grinned, devilishly.  "Better than most.  Pretty much always hit what I'm shooting at...and most of the time, I even land the bulls-eye..."  He winked, and added, "And I'm pretty good with a rifle, as well..."

He wasn't sure if the reference was intentional, but boot camp had featured a string of soldiers humiliated for referring to their weapons as 'guns'...guns were artillery pieces, to most infantrymen.  Except when they weren't, and then they were a euphemism for something...more personal.

But pilots didn't always get that training.  Roy wasn't above capitalizing on that.

   They  walk down to the QMs Jennings  greets them with  a harsh smile,...so  whatcha folks doin'  down here?

  Kray  reaches inside his jacket  and pulls out  a Cigar, handing it to him, we've come  down to look over the stash..get ready for the next mission...

 Jennings  grins  at the Cigar,well, well , well...seems  like some one  remembers  the Old QM..thank ya boy...you folks go ahead down....wait...

  He hands  Angela  and Hannah a set of  keys for the  Cage, and thier  "special"  lockers. then  waves them through as he savors the  smell of the  cigar.

  Kray  turns  on the lights...the others  see Two Demon spacecraft sitting there,  many crafts and boxes..A sanri AP  vechile  sits  on the far side of the hanger.

 He moves  past Roys'  sniper  rifles, and  Opens up  a few  crates humming to himself.

Angela Smirked at him and aims the pistol towards the wall, with her right hand on the trigger and her left cupping the right and the hilt. She mocked a shot before looking over the weapon then tossed it to him. "What do you think of this weapon, sniper boy?"

  Kray  was  whistling some college  fight song from erth  as he took out  a metal  container and  Bandoleer of 12 small oblong  shaped objects...For Stoly, I have this. An Occui personal  granade Launcher...it has  a range of  some 100 Yards, but  can be  shoulder fired  like a rifle, the grenade is  activated as it leaves the barrel and will explode in 5  seconds, or  on impact...thes  12 rounds  are called..in our  language..Weed Eaters,,ithe  explodes  with some  small HE, leaving  a 10 yard circle of flattened, cut  down space...any soft tissue will be  sliced  and diced bt the mixture  of  Metal shavings  and miniballs..A Mech Rider  friend of mine used to carry one, incase he had to bail from his Mech..

  ...Roy? besides those  sniper rifles  I have  Three silenced Machine Pistols  of  Largran make...there  are a dozen  Magazines  of ammo, but they will also fire   human .30 cal rounds, they are good for about  50 yards  dead on shooting...if you take the supressor off, , maybe  60.

  Angela...lets  see here...there  are many makes  and  models  of side arms here.but I like to carry  My Sanri 520...more stopping power..but this  is easy to hide   Its  an Angel   dart gun.. pulse powered, will send one of its darts into a demonic  body from 20 yards..the closer and softer the tissue..the  deeper  it goes...you can put 8 darts  a mag, there is  a box of ammo threre..about 100 or so rpunds..its last used only fired a few of them. You can also check out the Demon fighters there..I am sure, some where down the road  we will be flying them.


  walking over  to Hannah  with a bit of  a smile,..now  we talked about this the first time  we  went out..but you are going to need to protect yourself  and others when we do things like this..knowing your thoughts on combat....I think this  will help you..and give me some  piece of mind if i cannot be there...This is an Olsen Arc-maker., Swedish of make, its good for 6 "shots" but will need  5 minutes to charge itself...with  a powerpack, it  can shoot  20...it fires  an arch of electric power, and  will put down anything it hits..even  a Tank  will get knocked  down by it...however..death will not happen unless the target is  weak, or has   a bad heart..it is easy  to carry and easy to hide, because it looks  likesmall baton.

Hannah bit her lip and wrinkled her nose in distaste. She'd take it to make Kray happy, and because she wasn't stupid, but she really didn't like weapons. She considered saying no but she figured Kray would just make it an order if she did.

"Okay," she said softly and accepted the rod. "'l'll... I'll keep it on me. Thank you."

She took the keys and opened the cage to head for her 'special locker' and started pulling out the portable comms, the view gun and some of the sensors for Roy and the others to look at. "Spencer, I think you might like this gun. Everyone should take one of the portable comms, too. It'll make it easier for us all to keep in touch."

Takes her dart gun and smiles. "An Angel, made for an Angel, by the Angels." She looks to Hanna as she passes out the comms and took one as she looks back to Kry. "Did you know they put me into your flight command, shadow?"

Roy caught the pistol, and with a deft hand, ejected the magazine and cleared the chamber, nodding slightly as he racked the slide.  He held it up, sighting along it with an experienced eye, comparing the orientation of the sights to the barrel.  He handed it back to Angela, and commented, "A little lighter caliber than I typically handle, but it's in fine condition.  If the internals are as good as the outside, I'm sure it's quite a handful, especially in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing."  The words were spoken in deadly earnest, and it appeared that there was no way he could possibly be joking about anything...but at the last moment, there appeared to be a gleam, of sorts, in his eye.  It could have just been the lighting, though...

When Shadow started pulling out more weapons, all joking stopped, however, and the sergeant listened with almost computer-like efficiency, noting who had which weapons and what that meant for him.  Stoly's grenade launcher meant making sure he was well ahead of anyone chasing him to the rendezvous, unless he wanted to risk getting 'eaten' like everything else in the blast radius.  The machine pistols were actually a huge relief...with the Commander's apparent intent to change the personnel roster and eliminate the spotter, small but effective suppressive firepower could be a life-or-death factor for the snipers.  The Barretts were heavy enough that a secondary assault rifle wasn't an option...even a standard sniper rifle was challenge enough to carry, at times.  He took the machine pistol from Kray and started looking it over, even as he listened to the rest of the rundown.  For the sake of the mission...and the designated target...it made even more sense to be carrying the Largran weapon...it would cause even more confusion if they had to use them, using weapons of very different makes had long been used as a method of camoflaging the origin of special forces groups.

Without looking up, he asked, in the moment's pause between the rundown of Angela's dart gun and Hannah's stun baton, "Hmmmm...has anyone tried flechette ammo against a Demon target?  Not just darts, but honest-to-goodness flechettes?"  He'd never used them, himself...but he'd talked with some who had, and they made a royal mess of anything they hit.  For his purposes, the limited range of flechette ammo was a liability, however.

At Hannah's mention of his name, he looked up at her, then reached out to take the gun and examine it, as well.  He quirked an eyebrow, and commented drily, "Aw, gee...and I didn't get anything for you...now I feel guilty."  He was still examining the gun, though...but there was a smile in his eyes.

"Do you have enough of those comm units to give Lyri one, as well?  We may need it to coordinate fire..."

"I made sure we'd have enough for the team and a few extras for emergencies. One for Lyri won't damage our numbers," Hannah said in a surprisingly solid and clear voice. When she was working she was comfortable, and she was very good at her job even if she was crap with a weapon. "I"ll be arrayed with traditional comm equipment too, so a dedicated channel might be a possibility as well. We have options."

The Quartmaster's place was full of interesting looking items.  The unfamiliar armored vehicle must be the one he'd be driving.  The Kray handed Stoly a grenade launcher, made by the Occui, and 12 roundsfor it.  He gave Stoly a quick explanation of what the weapon did.  Stoly smiled broadly, this was his kind of weapon.  ”Spencer, we should take these on shore leave next time.” He shouldered the weapon, getting a feel for the weight and balance.

Hannah was talking about comm units.  Secure communications were always good.  You didn't want to be calling for an extraction from a payphone.

  kray turned to Angela,No..I didn't..at least not until  Hack said you got  the Mark IV I..um..found....Thought he might give it to Stevens  , since he;s a hero and all...but....Stevens is a not great flyer  yet...I was going to argue  about him being  a flight leader, but i would have looked bad... he shrugged,..with him in D flight, he shouldn't  get in too much trouble...I'll tell you this  stright up..right now...when  we get into  the blender...we fight, we don't  run and hide, we don't stand off...and  if  we have a shuttle full of troops, or passengers..we make  damn sure they make  it to where they are going...Fran's Out  ranks you...But if  I go down..you carry out  My orders until you land...If Frans   has a problem, tell her to take it  to the Commander..

  Seeing the Look on Hannah's  face  as she takes the Baton, he  frowns slightly,his  voice soft,..I know...I know..I'm sorry...but  if i know you have that..i will feel better if I'm not  with you when things heat up.

  Roys  speaks of the Flechettes,they started   with that In Mars I...tried to  thin the  ranks with normal size  darts...they found  out..from the Occui, that smaller things, like in that Grenade LAuncher...can get in between the  Cracks  in that weird scaled  skin...Bombers  are supposed to carry payloads  of big bombs  with things  such as that...wouldn't  want to be on the ground  when those hit...
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Roy chuckled at Stoly's comment.  "Next time, I don't plan on talking so much.  I'll just warn 'em once and start shooting after that.  Shouldn't need one.  Although, if we go back to Olympus and those Yellow-heads recognize us, a grenade launcher might not be a bad idea."

He nodded at Kray's explanation about the 'weed-cutter' loads in the bombs.  He'd heard stories about how such munitions had been used in Earth's own military histories, and those stories were not pretty.  He resumed his examination of the item Hannah had given him.  "Intriguing, but what all is it supposed to do?"  It certainly didn't look like it was supposed to fire the kind of projectiles he was used to using, but if she thought it would be helpful, he was certainly interested in hearing how.

"Yes Sir, and no worries...i wont stop fighting until the job is done or I'm put down, they got me once and better disintegrate me the next time if they want me to stop, as for Frans, she has a problem with me any how so you know...she will have a problem with me not listening to her if  your put out." She barely gave her self breath with her speech until it was finished. She looked over both weapons and grind. "could i take both the dart gun and this 9mm..it looks like a 9mm."

   Turning back to Angela, he nods,..Take  both. Wouldn't  hurt to use  my homemade range down here  either. If  we have to shoot  our  way out of that Manor, be best to  be familar with  that new  weopon.

  At  that though he  he looks at Roy,..On the  Starboard  side of the  ship, is a little used Compaionway.  The  Maintaince folks use it  once a day to check on welds  and such, make such the hull is still on.... he grins.....you tell maintaince when you want to  use it..they will tell you when its  clear...if you enter  from the Bow section..you will have around 1000 yards, give or take..to try out one of those new toys...You can go to the sewage deck...its only about 5 feet high, and mostly dark...all there is  is pipes  and such...But there is  a cat walk...if you enter from the bow...you will have2500 yards of staright line shooting...almost the whole lenght of the ship....You have to tell maintaince then as well..make sure no ones there....don't know if that will help you or not?

Roy shrugged.  "Even with 2500 yards, I'd still want some kind of bullet-trap.  That's well over the effective range for the .50, but that doesn't mean the bullet's not still travelling at dangerous speeds, just that it's outside the range where you can guarantee any kind of accuracy.  And if I'm going to get a bullet-trap built, it'd be easy enough to make a design that could be used in here...that is, if it's safe to bring Lyri Mullins in here.  I don't know how far the Commander's invitation to involve her extends..."  He shrugged.

"But it would arouse less suspicion to bring her in here than it would to be lugging an antique sniper rifle around the ship, even if I was using back walkways and access catwalks.  All things considered, I'd like to keep the number of people who know about these to the barest minimum."

..Understandable. If its  my call, Lyri is cleared to come down. If you want to make certain?  As   the Commander. But your job is out  of my area of expertise...so do what you need to do, to give  us  as much chance of success....

Roy nodded.  "I was already planning to ask...just didn't want to voice anything about our team in front of Frans.  She already doesn't like me, figure there's no need fanning the flames..."  He chuckled, and shrugged.

"Technically, I suppose, there's no need for Mullins to know about any of this, just the mission...shooting conditions should fall well within optimal for a standard sniper rifle...may not even take the Barretts out for this one.  While we're trying to send a message, I don't think that message is supposed to be, 'If you side with the demons, we'll kill you and any random people who happen to be standing behind you'.  Still, I feel she should be fully briefed, if she's going to be involved at all."

Hannah couldn't keep from snorting in derision. "I don't think Frans likes anyone who doesn't think she's god's gift to humanity," she muttered.

She quickly made herself busy by handing out the portable comms and moving her roll-kit to a new pocket so the rod could go in an easily accessed pocket. She really didn't like being armed, but it would make Kray feel better and this particular weapon shouldn't be lethal. She could handle using something that was essentially a tazer.

 Kray   frowns..i have no idea  why Frans  is in the mix...I didn't even know Angela  was recruited  in the unit  yet...but she's in now...for  ill or good...and right now if Hack  is willing to give her  a Mark IV..well...good enough for me....

 ...as far  as Lyri goes?  You just let me know how you are handling this, so i don't  screw it up, one way or another...

  Turning to  Hannah, adds, ...You , angela and I  need to go to the Hanger  deck, you can check out Lady and Angela's  craft...to make sure  folks see us there.

Hannah, angela  , Kray to Hanger deck when ready

  Stoly, Roy  either here or what thread you think you need go to
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Roy shrugged.  Hack seemed to have a reason for everything, even if it didn't necessarily make sense at the time.  Personally, he was surprised that Frans would be involved but Lyri wouldn't...except that he could see Frans' involvement becoming a sort of political shield, as well...as long as she was involved in high-profile operations, with a chance at decorations and commendations, her Senator Daddy would make sure there was at least some measure of support for the mission.

It sucked, but the military had always had to endure the whims of politicians.  As long as it was the military, and not the politicians, that was setting the tactics and priorities, things seemed to turn out okay.

He glanced over at Stoly, as the others made their way to the hangars.  "Guess I need to go find the Commander and ask a few more questions," he said, and shrugged.  "You'll have to show off all the bells and whistles on that APC when I come back down for target-practice sometime..."


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  The QM  showed  Stoly the  Sanri APC,..now?  this here? he  said  with  a cigar  halfway in his mouth,..is supposed to be just like the one that will be waiting for you on the planet... The only thing  differant  with this one? It has twin Heavy Pulse guns on that ring mounting..the  one on the Planet will have  only one..Standard  APC for them though, two doors  for the driver and the shotgun, a ramp in the back to unload..there is  a hatch on top yu can pop for people to scramble out that way as well...other then that? Just get used to the controls... You take  it  to the dar side of this hanger, only have  a  few hundred square yards..but  it might help a bit, Just don't  wreak into them Demon fighters...Hack wants them in working order...

Stoly looked over the alien armored vehicle.  ”If things go well, we will not even the one heavy pulse gun.”  Stoly smiled broadly at the Quartermaster.  ”Which means that we will need three, of course.  He looked inside.  ”Does this beast drive with conventional controls?  Or do I need a manual.  Either way I am pretty sure I can avoid the Commander's babies.”  He climbed up on top of the vehicle and looked it over from above.

  The QM looks Points  at the "U" shaped  wheel and there are two levers on on each side of the  seat,..the wheel..ain't  no big thing, like  driving  an aircar...them levers  will lock up  one side of the wheels or the other, so's you can pivot on the moving ones..almost like  a tracked vehicle. Cept, ya  came  come out of the pivot right fast...