The Apefolk  were...just on the edge, of being out of control, they tore Elipsians  aprat, libing the mainmed  bodies  screaming in tier   wake,   some  shot the enemies , of stabbed  them, or  tore  larged   chunks out of them with there  fangs  and teeth...

 Largrans  suffered  more   from Bites then the  Demons, as thier scaled  skin wasn't  as tough as it looked

    the Largs  who   crouch and   wait  as  Brooks and Hemsly  blew  open  doors, then   charge   in , ignoring the   blades and Pulse  fire, and   one-eyed Jacks  died horrible deaths

.................

 Kira  set up on the  3nd  level    able to now  hit  the  foes from above and behind... while the troops    flowed past  Gava  looking  more like  a school of  fish as the swarmed  living shreaded enemies behind them..

  Some of the  demons  who were  able to try and recover would be  shot dead  by   troopers from the shuttles..

Nikki banked to fly with Flores.  She knew Lizzy thought her father might be on that shuttle, and we'll he might.  In any case she would bring it down.

Roy followed the largs in, throwing a grenade far across the room as he came in the door, before bringing his rifle up as he dropped to a kneeling position to one side of the doorway, leaving space for others to follow as he proceeded to fire at targets that were either focused on the largs or reeling from the blast of the doors or the grenade.  If he noticed anyone who actually looked coherent and ready to try and mount some effective defense of the doorway, he shot at them first.

<<<<<<  from Hanger  Dec

  The  Shuttles  touched  down,  Slick was releassed  by the double  doors..One  of the Burians  approached  Slick...

 ..the  shuttle  LZ is back that way about  700 yards  or so.. and behind  them is the  QB  Transport... The Admiral went in the lower doors... The SM  went in the Upper  doors..

  Okay, where are the mechs? Morgan and Kira? Which way? He asked as he is looking around and walking the mech to clear the craft.

 The wounded  Burian pointed to both  doors......Kira  went  with the  Admiral in the lower  door... Morgan went with the SM  through the upper door.

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   The  Spade  group    churned up the the next leval , there were  more  desks   being  Used  aas  Barricades...

  Yelps from the Largs  as they bot  hit or  Nicked by blades...there seemed to be  Mor e  Blade  weapons then Pulse.

  Moragn entered the 4th level,,  shooting the last of his  hard  Ammo , leaving him only  with   pulse..his left leg was   dragging a bit  as  some lucky hits  from  blacks  got  deep enough to nick the Hydros.

    Nifty was  sitting   on the ramp to the 4th level  his    left thigh   was foamed  and the   armor on his thing  split, a bent , bloody blade  round  next to him..

 he wiped his eyes  from the tears of pain, as he   shot  at   enemies  on the  perimeter, who were trying  to  get hits on the   Spade troops


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  The Club and Diamnod  teams  were    headed up to the  4th Level.. Gava     killing savagely even as the little ones  suffered  , bardly from Blade hits on thier little bodies... the Ape  Folk  were charging    up the    sprial , grand  stairs..  shooting  and shouting as they did.. elipsians  tried to  retreat..  or  shoot  them, but as they came into range... it was hard for them to  fight thier fear.

Zob pushed up to the 4th level with the others he continued for a few moments of controlled  bursts when all of a sudden the .60 got jammed, "Nine hells it's jammed!" Instead of taking the time to fix it he grabbed it by the barrel and swung it down on a dying Elipsian snipers head like a malot to a fresh watermelon.

Zob then took his rifle and fired off in 3 round bursts at priority target's as he advanced on the Spade teams position.

Despite the incoming fire from the seemingly large number of enemy inside the building Izzy would keep pace with the rest of the squad, firing her weapon as targets presented themselves, although there would be a rather girly “eeep” from Izzy when a disc ricocheted in front of her, which was something she hoped wouldn’t get picked up on camera.

Crouching down by a wall Izzy would record a quick link just as Roy moved into the next room “We are now within what appears to be the enemy CP, although ESN forces are yet to locate Maris it will only be a matter of time before we have him and he’ll finally get what’s coming to him” she said before moving to follow the others into the next room.

Roy wasn't stingy with the grenades, his primary limiting factors being the location of the largs or other APF troops...but anywhere the enemy was barricaded and holding off forces, he was ready to toss a grenade or two over the barricade.

thank you,I’ll send a comm. switching comm channels he sends a shout out. Morgan, Kira, I’m in the area. Med mech is setup with hard ammo and power cells, you two let me know who to help first if you need it, or where to stage. Waiting orders.
He sets the mech out of the way of traffic and read ya to take off as soon as called.

Kira responded to Slicks call, "I'm still good on hard ammo move up and assist Morgan I'll cover your approach" she said as the stream of weapons fire continued.

  Corp Vint, the  Burian archer,  pointed to the  upper  doors,..chief  morgan went that way.... I guess it leads to about the same  spot?.. I never  got to go in... Just watching their backs..

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   Grenades  went off, fires  were starting  and  weapons were  flashing.. Elipsians were Dying by the Handfuls..  Hermes  folks  were getting nocked up.. this was  , if it hadn't been before. The point of no return.

  it wasn't  uncommon to see a Larg leap through the smoke  filled  air.. flinch as  a round  would hit it.. then send up  founts of gore when they reached the enemy.

 Hemsly Called on the Coms..,, we Blew the  6th level  doors... one  more  an' we reach the top!

   Troops   went up  slowly, Nifty waved  people off  and stayed where he was,  shooting  anything  not ESN...

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 Ape  folk might have been behind, but they were catching up.. Elipsians  died   fighting , or died   running, but they died..

 It was noting to see a Ape folk shooting , while next to  that trooper  another  ripped  aprt an Elipsian and used the body for a club.

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  Gava reached  the  6th level as well.. this   area  was  more  wide open  with  a ramp way at the   eastern  in..going  up to the roof...

 Club and   Diamond folks   entered  behind them while they watched     webbing pull the one-eyed  Jacks  out  the windows..

 Hack   entered the  6th level, and a few  elipsians   tried to surrender.....Sorry..I promised.. i gotta  keep my word...., gunning  down the   4 that wanted to give up...

 Lirg snorted,..That is not  job for Admiral. It is for   troopers to do!

 It is a distasteful task, no matter how satisfying ... i cannot  ask my people to do, what i would not do myself...

  Answering Kira's comm, Roger that Chief, see you in a bit. and to the CPL, Alright thanks.
 He starts off towards the breach, Morgan?? I'm inbound with ammo and repairs if needed, I suppose I'll see you, but about how far are you in there?

Zob had a big grin on his face as he killed enemy after enemy with precision based shots, "No mercy Admiral... lets finish this fight" he said as he walked on past Hack and towards the final ramp which the target no doubt was held up in.

Morgan COMs  Back... follow the arrows   the troopers  painted..when you  reach the   city.. look to the  North west.. you see a 7 story building with more  gun fire then any others... that's where we are...

Roy was moving with Hemsly and Brooks, adding fire to the chaos whenever the doors went in, replenishing his stock of grenades from wounded or dead troopers as they moved along.  "We're gonna need a shitload of dermafoam by the time this is over," he growled, looking around at the wounded APF personnel, islands in a sea of dead Elipsian and Demon bodies.

They had, so far, done what he intended to do...hit hard and fast, and mowed through the enemy before they got any real chance to set up a real defense.  The price was high, he knew it...he'd be sending a lot of messages home after this one, thanking families for the sacrifice of their sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, and maybe even a few fathers and mothers, though most were young enough to have never married before coming out to fight a war across the galaxy.  But he was also cognizant of the fact that trying to take a cautious, measured approach would have cost them far more lives, and they'd still be struggling to get to this point.

No...Humans were doing what they'd always done best, and what the Demons had never really figured out how to counter--the focused application of brutal violence on a large scale.  The Demons may have been more brutal, in small groups...the Apes were definitely more brutal, but had only relatively recently learned to focus that.  Most of the other sentient species in the galaxy had very limited rules of engagement...they were good fighters within their own limitations.  But it had taken Humanity to teach them how to pull the stopper out of that bottle, and then put it back when the battle was over.

"Don't get sloppy, Hemsly," he warned as they moved to the final set of doors.  "We got 'em on the ropes, but I've seen a lotta guys get knocked cold when they had the fight all but won..."  He made sure he had a fresh magazine in his rifle and a grenade in his hand, then nodded to the two Scots.  "Time to say hello..."

In reply to troops (msg # 450):

As Melia busted through the door behind Morgan she dropped her carbine and pulled on the strap end hanging in front of her, rotating the carbine up and tight behind her shoulder in between her pack and her armor. She then drew her cross draw .45s hard ammo, and began firing on the enemy. It was madness, there was no respite for caring for the injured. The only way they'd get help is if the building was cleared so Melia kept fighting. Pushing for the third floor. She still wanted the capture prize. She chucked a few grenades, and moved up to the final floor with the others positioning herself near the door to follow the charges up to the final floor. She knew the front was risky, but she she'd seen the demon general. What he represented to her, and what the regime and species he'd represented had done to Zob, made her itch to be the one to take him down.

Fighting the floor after floor killing the demons she'd felt the only anger and blind rage building. She'd never be cured of that completely, but she was in control and had a chance to take out someone who'd lead those demons and she wanted to see the fear in his eyes as he died and faced whatever afterlife he might believe in.

  ..Right?... we're going down south to chew up bad Guys.......look? it might be  tight  down there?..but if you aren't sure...you shoot..... Form Up... Fosdter...Fitz..Howe  and me... pick a leader get  behind him... and  lets have  some  fun....

 the   four  Leaders  spread  Out    allowing the  thinned out  fighter  wing to  pick thier own leader..

 ..Vents open!... its always better  to have them scared before they die!

  The screams for the  Mantis  grew  as  Shadow redlined his fighter..to be  fair..many of the fighters   were shaking at this point... But,  this  would be a simple  turkey shoot...

Shadow and hermes piltos  to 'space:

  On my way Chief!!
 Slick took off as fast as the mech would go, taking leaps and steps to chew up the ground, following the arrows and dodging any ground effect that would trip him up. He made good time getting to the outskirts of the city, then slowed to move through the streets and any causeways he could use to get to Morgan. Whenever he saw an enemy, he shot. He came around a corner where a few of the infantry were shooting at 'something' or someone that was holed up behind a makeshift baracade, from fallen walls and structure sections, he ran at an oblique and opened fire at the location to help the troopers. Then ran on, heading to find Morgan, and old friend and comrade. :thinking:been a while, hope I get there when he needs me and not a minute too late.

   HemslY and Brooks  set the last of thier   C-10...   they waved   the People Back, Hack put down his face shield..  for  2 heartbeats or so.. the   Dore   Blew opened.. the LArgs  started to creep towards the open air of the   Roof..one of the Angels  looked  up and  was  tored to bits  by   the heavy  pulse  gun  just  30 yards  from the  Blown  door way..

LT Li-Ji 's war  was over...   Larry  howls  as he charged through the  Largs  came in from the  Edges, and  exploded onto the roof weapons    opend up   as  Scrwams  and  Howls   were traded


 Morgan was   'limping'  up the ramp to the  6th level when  Slick  caught up  to him.

..........

 The Admiral rushed towards the door   with everyone  else,, weapon up  even as  they heard the carnage on the roof top...

 The  Ape folk  slowed  down, covered  in blood some wearing entrails..whether on purpose or accident, no one was goign to ask


   Jug and her  Gava  followed in with the battered   Gava  Unit...

 henry and Mila kept close to the Admiral and  Lirg..CE-Va    staying with the Admiral... The   Little Occui stil  with her, his  face covered in  Elipsian blood..

  Larry Roared    a Howl... again Joined  by his   'pack'  and echoed   through the fighting in the city

Melia was about 3 heart beats behind the largs a fresh mag in her pistol as she topped the stairs forward rolling to the side and up onto a knee tossing a grenade chased by several rounds from her side arm scanning for the leadership she had a bone to pick.

Roy went through the door just far enough behind the largs for everyone to be focused on the blurs of carnivorous reptilian fury that burst into their midst...grenades went high over the immediate chaos of the angry largs tearing up what was left of the defenders, then his rifle came up and he began picking off anyone who looked to be ready to take up a weapon...

   The   roof was devastated... The Heavy weapons   team  had been  shredded.. Gla of  Puske's  Largs m was  Limping with a  sorrowful look on her bodied  face .

    troops  flowed onto the Roof as the smoke  was clearing, Hack   stepped on to the Roof with a wry smile, lifting his   face shield.

    The demon General  and  maris  were near some sandbags that offered a bit more protection from the street  fire.

 Naragrans  started to appear from the  ledges . Half Nodded to Maris and the general as he  walked over to the  side facing the   way they came  in, loked down over to see bodies lying..buildings on fire... columns  of smoke rose into the air from the  chain reactions of the  Gas  containers going off

  a largran was trying to get up.. Shade   just shot him in the head.

 ..Greeting.. I'm Admiral Oliver Hack....ESN 351  Hermes...how's the Empire look right now? he smiled slighlty

  Kal De Kal looked  at Hack and  Motioned  with his   right arm, his left arm still held  his weapon...The Battle is over... you have  won?

  Battle was over  when  we launched our fighters 2 days ago....this is  just the  desert... lots of people  want pay  back...and...as always?.. i gave you folks your chances....no one ever listens though..Right Maris?

 Maris looked around. Largs  were   either  cleaning themselves off  or having a snack.. Apefolk were tossing  wounded   out over the ledges, seeing who could hit the next  building over.

 Maris stammered...what..what now?

 Hack shruggedm wiping the sweat   and smoke  from his face  with the back of his gloved hand...You?..your pretty much screwed...you are goign to die...and it won't be  fun.. The general here?... We'll have to see if the APF wants him...

Melia scowled that the battle was over and coldly  shot a one eye that was struggling to get up. They'd already been fatally wounded, but she didn't care.

"I have dibs on the General. I'm sure he'll find me quite persuasive, after all I studied the finely perfected art of persuasion first hand at the hands of a demon. Admiral" Melia says in a disgustingly and artificially sweet tone that didn't bother to hide the dangerous venom beneath it.

Besides I'm sure Shadow would personally prefer to persuade Maris to talk himself. she adds adopting a ditzy sarcastic attitude.

Zob rushed and caught up with the roof group, as he stepped through the doorway he slowly came up on Melias left side he spoke in the demonic tongue, "Long time no see Kal... you remember me don't you old friend... of course you do" it was clear by the tone of his voice he wasent pleased to see him as he kept his rifle trained on him.
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