RP:Status Quo/Logs

Session #1
[20:04] * Sasha_Zaytseva as she triggers the cargo hold open, she removes her pilot's helmet and mask, pulling a set of armor over her jumpsuit, a balaclava over her head and donning a pair of ballistics glasses and a Marine helmet. Clambering out of the cargobay, she runs her way away from the crash, limping slightly from the impact.

[20:04]  *1-1 and 1-4 move to a couple of hidden objects in a pile of dirt. Removing camo covers, a pair of recon Warthogs.

[20:05]  (1-2) "Hey 1-3, how do you think we should try and get the pilot's attention? We're on radio silence so she won't know we're coming."

[20:05] * Hotel-II enter the safehouse the two have had set up for some time now, both casting a glance of concern at each other, then nod, each injecting a cocktail of anti-psychotics into themselves and beginning the remove the basic armor the two had been wearing

[20:05]  (1-3) "I guess we can figure it out when we get there?"

[20:06] * Barnaby_Anderson turns away from the group for a moment as he places a finger to his ear. A few moments later, he turns back towards the group with a large smile, "Marshall?"

[20:06]  *1-4 jumped in the driver's seat and threw a couple of crates in the truck bed. 1-1 did the same, but they had to leave four or five boxes in their haste. Hopefully they wouldn't disappear by any means.

[20:07] == William_Edwards [49a500ad@gateway/web/freenode/ip.73.165.0.173] has joined
 * 1) AAO

[20:07] * Edward_Garan looks back at Anderson, "Yes?"

[20:08] * Jens_Aasen brings the shuttle in for a careful landing, looking warily around the settlement.

[20:08]  I believe our service team has arrived.

[20:08] * William_Edwards looks at the transmission from the Glabetovan Free Air Force about a downed pilot, with coordinates

[20:08]  (1-1) "Breaking radio silence, designate flight last seen as 'Alpha-Rear,' athenticate IFF and position. We're enroute to your position RTB."

[20:08]  Let's go gents! We've got an Oonskie to capture.

[20:09] * William_Edwards steps on the gas, well, the hydrogen, and rolls out towards the crash site

[20:09]  (COM, 1-1) "1-2, do you have a visual on the pilot?"

[20:09]  (COM, 1-2) "Nope. We're still a good two and a half clicks to go."

[20:10]  Our service team?

[20:10] * Sasha_Zaytseva makes her way through the trees until she loses sight of the

dropship. Dropping down behind the tree for cover, she looks over her leg and, nod spotting any bleeding, checks her weapons. Seeing them in good condition, she stands up and makes her way further and further from the crash.

[20:10]  (COM, 1-1) We're coming to you in Hogs then. We'll try to intercept Miss Z before any of these Innies start showing their heads."

[20:10]  Well, let's go meet them then. Lead the way Mr. Anderson.

[20:11]  Keep a lookout, the pilot's gotta be around here somewhere.

[20:12]  (COM, 1-1) "Condor Flight, this is authenticate: Valor. Please respond on any safe frequency."

[20:12] * Ragna_Aasen folds her arms, strapped into a seat in the shuttle's passenger section. A thin girl with dirty blond hair, she wears a tattered jacket several sizes too big for her. She glares up at Lensky and Aasen as they step out of the cockpit but doesn't say anything.

[20:13] * Sasha_Zaytseva hears the comms over her helmet comm, cursing. Not responding, she keeps moving, putting distance between herself and her last known location, stealthily making her way through the underbrush, staying hidden.

[20:13] * Jens_Aasen indicates Ragna. "We can bring her with us, right? I don't want to keep her cooped up in the ship again."

[20:13] <+Tobias_Lensky> I don't see why not. We could all do to stretch our legs after a flight like that.

[20:13]  *1-1 pointed out the smoke coming from the crash site, 1-4 followed him as they came across the running forms of Valor 1-2 and 1-3.

[20:14]  (1-4) "We need to go. The Innie planet net is swarming in this sector."

[20:14] * Tobias_Lensky retrieves a small package from a cargo compartment and hits the release switch on the shuttle's boarding ramp.

[20:14] * Hotel-II exit the safehouse, having changed into different clothes and lowered their armament substantially to a sidearm each. The two say nothing as they clamber into a battered Spade, making beginning to drive towards the cit to meet with Michael_Kelborne

[20:14] <William_Edwards> (COM) We're sweeping the area around the crash site, all other units, keep a watch on the borders

[20:14] <Barnaby_Anderson> "I think they'll be coming to us." He points up to the sky, a Slipspace rupture opening up to deposit the /Charon/-class SS /Azrael's Tear/ in orbit above. Pelican dropships begin to descend to the planet below, one landing at a nearby landing pad. It opens its troop ramp and a platoon of soldiers armed in military grade body armor step out, one of which approaches the group.

[20:14] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Just try the crash site. If she ain't there, we're screwed."

[20:15] * Jens_Aasen waves to Ragna. "Come on then, let's get going. If you're gonna sulk, you can at least get some exercise while you do it."

[20:15] * William_Edwards motions to drive past the downed ship, "He's not here anymore, keep going, we'll find him in the forest."

[20:15] == KOY-1150-5 has changed nick to Zach_Yoxall

[20:15] * Tobias_Lensky leans out of the shuttle, observing the sudden activity with interest. "My, my, we really have landed right in the thick of things."

[20:16] * William_Edwards begins screaming into the forest, "Come out with your hands up, hande hoch, ruki vert!"

[20:16] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Guys, we got an enemy convoy ahead, half click east! Stop the hog!"

[20:16] * Ragna_Aasen gets up from her seat and stretches before following Jens over to the boarding ramp.

[20:16] * Ragna_Aasen takes a deep breath.

[20:16] <+Tobias_Lensky> Yep, I can smell it. That's the smell alright.

[20:16] * Sasha_Zaytseva having put a good distance on the crash, she stops again, removing all of her UNSC armor and the jumpsuit. Digging through the rucksack, she changes into what seems to be civillian gear. Taking her knife, she makes quick work of scratching out all UNSC logos and serial codes on her weapons, before standing up, lowering her balaclava around her neck, appearing to be a merc in her new look. Hiding the rucksack under a bush

[20:17] <Fireteam_Valor> * The Ranger team came to a halt as they watched what appeared to be GFA forces swarm the site; they were already retreating too.

[20:17] * Tobias_Lensky raises a finger. "I'm sure you can both smell that, right?"

[20:17] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "F*ck."

[20:17] <Sasha_Zaytseva> +days worth of rations, she changes directions and walks

perpendicular to her previous crash, putting distance on her UNSC gear and herself.

[20:17] <William_Edwards> Ruki vert!

[20:17] <William_Edwards> Ruki vert cyka!

[20:18] * Jens_Aasen frowns. "Smell what? Starship fluid?"

[20:18] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "You want to try comms again, 1-1?"

[20:18] <Ragna_Aasen> Body odor? Gunpowder?

[20:18] <William_Edwards> Get back in the vehicles, spread out and find him!

[20:18] <+Tobias_Lensky> No, no. Money. I smell money.

[20:18] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "No. We'll be intercepted this time for sure. The Innies know we're here."

[20:19] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "We could try fals flaging them?"

[20:19] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "You got something in mind?"

[20:19] * Sasha_Zaytseva wanders slowly through the forest, moving like she had all the right to be there, as just another inhabitant of the planet. As she goes, she kicks some mud up onto her boots and rubs some on her clothes, making them seem more worn.

[20:19] * William_Edwards pairs up with another Spade, and begins searching for the pilot, keeping close watch on any ways out of the forest

[20:20] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "He saw some explosives in the cargo hold, they should still be in the wreckage."

[20:20] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Boom?"

[20:20] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "Big boom."

[20:20] * Sasha_Zaytseva turns again, making her way back towards the crash sight, trying to move casually, as if she was just checking out the wreck, searching for any potential supplies.

[20:20] * Edward_Garan looks at the new arrivals, "These your men Barnaby?"

[20:21] * Tobias_Lensky tucks the package under his arm and steps confidently down the ramp onto the landing pad.

[20:21] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "1-4, take point. Drive cautiously. Don't get us caught - act like the Innies and we'll pretend to pick our way through the crash site."

[20:21] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "I got it."

[20:21] <Ragna_Aasen> Is he always this confident around places like this?

[20:21] * Barnaby_Anderson nods, "I present Frank Holloman, one of our best operators and the commander of the detachment here."

[20:22] == Barnaby_Anderson has changed nick to Frank_Holloman

[20:22] * Ragna_Aasen looks out at the military activity. "I'm seeing a lotta guys with guns out there."

[20:22] <Jens_Aasen> Believe me, he's having the time of his life.

[20:22] * Frank_Holloman steps forward, hand extended, "Marshall."

[20:22] <Fireteam_Valor> * The two Warthogs approached the Condor wreckage slowly, a slow fire was burning from the front of the aircraft. Smoke rose from the engines and the rear flashed high into the air as if ready to dig itself a bigger hole.

[20:22] * William_Edwards spots Sasha_Zaytseva, "You, citizen, halt!"

[20:22] * William_Edwards begins driving towards Zaytseva

[20:23] * Sasha_Zaytseva stops in her tracks, the barrel of her gun tilting slightly towards the spade. "Yes?" speaks cautiously.

[20:23] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-3 gestures for 1-3, 1-4 to inspect the crash site.

[20:23] <William_Edwards> Stay where you are!

[20:23] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Got anything on comms?"

[20:23] * Sasha_Zaytseva nods lightly. "Of course." slings her rifle slowly, just hovering her hand over her sidearm.

[20:23] * Tobias_Lensky looks about the bustling spaceport with interest. "Well, looks like we're already at the marshal law phase."

[20:23] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Just useless noise. Nothing yet."

[20:23] <William_Edwards> Hands where we can see them.

[20:23] * Sasha_Zaytseva sighing, she slowly raises her hands. "Didn't realize the crash was claimed."

[20:24] <+Tobias_Lensky> Now we just need to gauge when the summary court martials and firing squad phase kicks in.

[20:24] * Edward_Garan shakes Holloman's hand, "A pleasure."

[20:24] <Edward_Garan> So what have you brought with you?

[20:25] * William_Edwards steps out of the Spade, holding his MA5B, standard weapon of the frontier units, at the ready

[20:25] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "You see those C-7 detenators anywhere?"

[20:25] <William_Edwards> Not claimed, but it's a bit of an oddity seeing someone around it so soon after it was shot down.

[20:25] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "I got a crate labeled "MREs?"

[20:25] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3)"No. We already got one of those."

[20:26] * Frank_Holloman points up at the frigate, "This is a full scale combat deployment sir, we've got at least a company's worth of operators onboard and enough munitions and equipment to support them. We want to ensure that all our delivery's make it safely to you, the buyer.

[20:26] * Sasha_Zaytseva looks him in the eyes as he approaches, arms half raised, not even 90 degrees at the elbows. "I was walking by. Travelling to the town back that ways." nods towards the direction the fight started at.

[20:26] <Agent_Minnesota> Jonathan_Ulan ; ADD ME FAGGIT

[20:26] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "Fine. Wait, I see them. Up on the edge of the ramp."

[20:26] == Liam_Hargrove [474c37ef@gateway/web/cgi-irc/kiwiirc.com/ip.71.76.55.239] has joined #AAO

[20:27] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Got something. An Edwards just detained a Russian lady."

[20:28] <William_Edwards> So it would seem. Have you already been checked by a border guard?

[20:28] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-1 and 1-2 of Fireteam Valor were listening in on the comms, noting subordinates dogging about what they were getting in the forest.

[20:28] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I was a while back, yeah. Didn't realize I needed to be checked again to walk a couple kilometers."

[20:29] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) "1-3, 1-4 - I've switched to ONI-req COMM lines, you have your distraction?"

[20:29] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Just setting up the finishing touches. We'll be there in five minutes."

[20:29] == mode/#AAO [+o Tobias_Lensky] by ChanServ

[20:29] * Sasha_Zaytseva her cold gaze keeps resting on Edwards's eyes, not much emotion behind the stare.

[20:29] <Alex_Vens> You don't, but do you have the papers they gave you?

[20:29] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) "Copy your last."

[20:29] == Agent_Minnesota was kicked from #AAO by Tobias_Lensky [Agent_Minnesota]

[20:30] * Sasha_Zaytseva takes the moment to look to Alex. "Did I walk into Free State territory? Last I checked, you weren't really interested in this badlands crap. Not much out here."

[20:30] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-1 took the wheel of his Warthog and started to drive in the direction of the designation for where this Edwards was.

[20:31] <William_Edwards> We're just ensuring no UNSC gets here. (Vens was a typo, sorry)

[20:31] <William_Edwards> You know about Victoria, yes?

[20:31] <Sasha_Zaytseva> Ah, NP. Say that was to Will, then?

[20:31] * Edward_Garan comes in for an approach to his airfield, "Tower, Salamander 1-1 on final."

[20:31] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Heard something big went down. Don't pay much mind to the news. So long as my friends and I aren't getting shot, not really my business."

[20:31] * Alex_Vens

[20:31] <Alex_Vens> (Sorry)

[20:31] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "1-2, get your rifle ready. HVT is any heavy weapons. Second is the officer."

[20:32] <William_Edwards> I'm surprised. Anyway, mind coming back to the border station with us in order to get you the proper ID?

[20:33] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "1-1, we are ready. T-minus five seconds. Bombs will go off. We're tracking your IFF and following now."

[20:33] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Fine by me. If it keeps me from the shooting I just mentioned, I'll do it."

[20:33] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) "Roger."

[20:33] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Can I lower my hands?"

[20:33] <William_Edwards> Yes, yes. Back of the Spade.

[20:33] * Sasha_Zaytseva lowers her hands, moving to the Spade, climbing in.

[20:34] <Edward_Garan> Oh that sounds positively excellent. You've brought the whole farm with you haven't you?

[20:34] * Sasha_Zaytseva she keeps her hands on her lap, well in view, showing she wasn't reaching for either weapon.

[20:34] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-1's warthog rolled pasted a couple of granite boulders and a cluster of trees - they spotted the warthog labeled for the Edwards individual at a halt. A woman was being detained it seemed.

[20:34] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "That our girl?"

[20:34] <William_Edwards> (COM) All patrols, we have a civilian, bringing them back to the border station to sort out some paperwork.

[20:34] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Yea."

[20:34] <Frank_Holloman> Not the whole farm, but enough to get the job done, sir. We want to ensure that the Gilgamesh Free Army is as well supplied as possible.

[20:35] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Weapons free."

[20:35] <Edward_Garan> You certainly deliver on your promises. I like that.

[20:35] <Fireteam_Valor> * Timed to a large explosion. The C-7 shaped explosives destroyed the entirety of the UNSC Condor where it had crashed. A large smoke ball and shockwave rocked through the forest.

[20:35] * William_Edwards puts the Spade in drive, and begins to head back

[20:36] <Fireteam_Valor> *Edwards comes across a warthog parked to his left.

[20:36] * Sasha_Zaytseva glanced to the explosion and the suddenly larger smoke cloud. "Well... suppose I should thank you for keeping me from searching that, then."

[20:36] * William_Edwards halts as a massive explosion resonates, "What the hell was that!"

[20:36] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Seems the crash blew up?"

[20:36] <William_Edwards> That...wasn't us. Fuel must have gone up.

[20:36] <Fireteam_Valor> * Gun fire suddenly flashes across Edward's warthog, the individuals in the other vehicle were shooting!

[20:36] * William_Edwards ducks, "Jesus fuck!"

[20:36] <William_Edwards> Return fire!

[20:37] == Sev40 [~Sev40@CPE-121-216-129-143.lnse2.ken.bigpond.net.au] has joined #AAO

[20:37] * Sasha_Zaytseva curses, diving out of the Spade, putting it between it and the gunfire. "Seems the UNSC you were looking for found us."

[20:37] <Zach_Yoxall> (Edwards is in a Spade, not a warthog)

[20:37] <Fireteam_Valor> (Got it) *1-2 takes out the gunner with two well placed shots.

[20:37] == LOMI [~LOMI@wikia/Lordofmonsterisland] has quit [Quit: Leaving]

[20:37] == Sev40 has changed nick to Victoria_Forlorn

[20:37] * William_Edwards dives out of the Spade, and returns fire at the Warthog [20:38] <Fireteam_Valor> * The warthog rolls quickly forward, sliding into the floating Shade

[20:38] <William_Edwards> (Spade)

[20:38] <Sasha_Zaytseva> spade, not shade. It's a truck

[20:38] * Sasha_Zaytseva just holds her position in cover, holding her pistol but not firing back.

[20:38] <William_Edwards> Oh what the fuck!

[20:38] <Fireteam_Valor> * Two well placed Magnum shots (i keep screwing this up), kills the other passengers

[20:38] * Sasha_Zaytseva is pushed to the ground by the impact. "Fuck!" scrambles to her feet, rushing behind a tree nearby.

[20:39] * William_Edwards rolls out of the way, taking care to ensure his MA5 does not end up in the mud

[20:39] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "1-2, get out - take the officer! I'm going for Sasha!"

[20:39] <Zach_Yoxall> (A Spade is a civilian pickup truck, essentially)

[20:39] * William_Edwards brings up his rifle, firing away at the Warthog

[20:39] <Fireteam_Valor> (I understand, I'm getting my vehicles messed up, sorry)

[20:39] <Zach_Yoxall> (Its fine)

[20:39] * William_Edwards pulls the pin on a grenade, and tosses it at the 'Hog, before turning to take cover

[20:39] * Sasha_Zaytseva cries out, not particularly to anyone. "What the hell are you doing! Get out of here!"

[20:39] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-2 is hiding behind the warthog as he fires back in full auto attempting to pin the man down

[20:40] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-1 breaks far to the side toward Sasha

[20:40] * Sasha_Zaytseva crouches behind the tree, keeping the gunfire on the opposite side from herself.

[20:40] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-2 recieves a grenade counter on his HUD. "Shit." He dives away from the truck,

[20:41] <Fireteam_Valor> * Instead of rushing straight to Sasha, 1-1 turns his gun, an Colt Blaster, on to Edwards. 5.56 NATO rounds flash at the Innie officer

[20:42] <Fireteam_Valor> *The Valor fireteam leader shifts quickly left and right, sweeping his body to avoid taking a hit as he slowly made his way between points of cover to Sasha.

[20:42] * William_Edwards jerks repeatedly, before lying still

[20:42] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1)

[20:42] * Sasha_Zaytseva glances around the tree, firing a few shots off, letting them miss 1-1, but close enough to seem believable. She curses loudly then hides behind the tree again, looking to Will. "They've got us outgun..." stops talking as he falls to the gorund. "Fuck..."

[20:42] == William_Edwards has changed nick to Yuri_Popov

[20:42] <Sasha_Zaytseva> *ground

[20:42] <Fireteam_Valor> "1-2, check him."

[20:43] * Yuri_Popov looks as Edwards drops to the ground, and freezes, not sure what to do

[20:43] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-2 closes in on the limp body of the man, Edwards. 1-1 rushes to Sasha behind her piece of cover.

[20:43] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "1-2, is he dead?"

[20:43] * Sasha_Zaytseva steps out from behind the tree, setting her pistol down, holding her hands up. "I surrender!" shouts at 1-1, still acting her part.

[20:43] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I'm... I'm not with these guys... just a civillian..."

[20:44] <Yuri_Popov> You shut up cyka!

[20:44] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Stay where you are! I'm coming to you, slowly!"

[20:44] * Sasha_Zaytseva glances to Yuri. "Fuck you! They want you dead, not me." stays still, hands still raised. "Remember what I said about not getting shot?"

[20:44] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-4's warthog bursts into the clear.

[20:44] <Fireteam_Valor> (*clearing)

[20:45] <Liam_Hargrove> (Anyone wanna RP like separate from the crash scene?)

[20:45] * Yuri_Popov fires at 1-4's Warthog, taking cover behind a rocky outcropping, trying to keep himself in cover as he fires on the enemy

[20:45] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-1 looked between the two individuals now surrenduring. One prisoner, one friendly.

[20:46] * Frank_Holloman nods at Edward_Garan, "We try, sir, its good business."

[20:46] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) Thinkign "shit, f*ck, nevermind."

[20:46] * Yuri_Popov hears his civilian MA5 click, "Oh shit!

[20:46] * Yuri_Popov racks the charging handle, trying to clear the jam

[20:46] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "You're out I can put you down now if you don't surrender!"

[20:47] * Sasha_Zaytseva sounding like a nervous civilian. "I'd su... suggest doing what he said."

[20:47] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "I got 1-2, the man is dead."

[20:47] * Yuri_Popov breaks his rifle purposefully, and stands up, hands raised, "Fine."

[20:48] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Good. Sasha, search him."

[20:48] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-1 ordered the ally to break the act.

[20:49] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "We're rolling over to you now, 1-1."

[20:49] <Yuri_Popov> You fucking cyka!

[20:49] * Sasha_Zaytseva she lowers her hands, picking up her pistol and walks over to Yuri. "Sorry, cyka." searches over him for any weapons.

[20:49] * Sasha_Zaytseva meets his gaze with hers, her eyes still empty and cold.

[20:49] <Fireteam_Valor> (101) Ma'am are you good?

[20:50] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I'm fine. Just a bit muddy." removes any weapons she found on Yuri's body.

[20:50] <Yuri_Popov> So we're both Russian then, at least one of us chose the right side.

[20:50] <Edward_Garan> Indeed you do. In fact, you exceed expecations. Now, what is next on the agenda?

[20:50] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "You're the ranking officer here. You think we should sanction him?"

[20:51] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Shame you didn't know which one it was." pulls his arms behind his back. "Any of you got restraints? He could know something."

[20:51] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Taking him in? I guess, but we got enemy boggeys in bound right now. Here."

[20:51] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-1 handed Sasha a pair of zip-ties

[20:51] <Yuri_Popov> I know which one it was, it's this one.

[20:52] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Hey Ruskie, as my ancestors used to say. Die in a gulag."

[20:53] <Yuri_Popov> Don't you know, Gilgameshans never die?

[20:53] * Sasha_Zaytseva takes the zipties, securing Yuri's hands and pushing him into the warthog. "Watch what you say, soldier." shoots 1-1 her ice glare, which seems to be standard for her, as she climbs into the warthog.

[20:53] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Ma'am."

[20:54] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Get us out of here. I want my cover intact if you could help it. It seems you like to make a big entrance, but not being noticed this time would be helpful."

[20:54] <Frank_Holloman> We'd like to collect data from your intelligence service so that we can pinpoint possible hotspots of criminal and insurgent activity. Once we do that, we can plan our attacks accordingly, until then we'll reinforce your frontier elements with our own.

[20:54] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-1 climbed into the back, securing the surrenduring Innie to a pole and took the arm of 1-3 and pulled himself in.

[20:54] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Alright, the nearest safe house is... three clicks east. At least if we want to keep Hotel from being discovered."

[20:54] <Edward_Garan> Sounds like you're the man with the plan. Captain Ulan.

[20:55] * Sasha_Zaytseva nods. "Take us there, then."

[20:55] <Jonathan_Ulan> Yessir. I'm your man Mr. Holloman.

[20:55] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "Got it, Commander."

[20:55] * Sasha_Zaytseva looks to Yuri. "And keep him from seeing anything. Bag over the head, knocking him out, I don't care."

[20:55] * Frank_Holloman nods, "Of course, lead on."

[20:56] <Yuri_Popov> You're a kinky one, aren't you? [20:56] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Oh, you wish."

[20:56] <Fireteam_Valor> *The warthog rumbled and sped off along the forest path. In the backdrop, the sounds of truck engines and and the rising smoke of a downed Condor.

[20:56] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "Got it."

[20:57] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-3 yanked out a bag while 1-1 went for their first-aid kit. He pulled out a syringe.

[20:57] * Yuri_Popov 's face goes white, "Get that thing away from me!"

[20:57] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Heavy sedative. Should knock him out for a few hours. Bag him."

[20:57] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "Go."

[20:57] * Sasha_Zaytseva looks over 1-1. "You've got a sedative in a medkit?"

[20:58] <Fireteam_Valor> *The bag went over. the syringe went in.

[20:58] * Alex_Vens halts his F/A-440, and opens the canopy, standing up straight, raising his fists high in the air, "YEEEEEAAAAHHHHHH!"

[20:58] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Not normally, just figured it was easier to hide among our medical supplies if we kept our interrogation tools in one place."

[20:58] * Sasha_Zaytseva shrugs, looking forward again, keeping watch over the area as the warthog rumbled along towards the safe house.

[20:59] <Fireteam_Valor> * A town started to approach in the distance. Looks like their safe house location.

[21:00] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Hey Commander. This is the spot but I can't read the map,

different language. You mind guiding here?"

[21:00] * Alex_Vens laughs as his fellow pilots throw a bucket of ice water on him, and throw him in the air three times, as Glabetovan Air Service tradition dictates.

[21:00] * Sasha_Zaytseva takes the map. "If it's not Russian, I don't know what good I'd do. Not exactly a native."

[21:01] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2)

[21:01] <Fireteam_Valor> "Fair enough. I'll just go off the general location."

[21:01] <Fireteam_Valor> (I think this scene is generally coming to an end. Anyone have a new topic to be the major focus?)

[21:02] <Zach_Yoxall> (Just arrive at the safe house, I'd be able to have a short scene there.)

[21:02] <Fireteam_Valor> (Alright.)

[21:02] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "We got a couple of warthogs approaching."

[21:03] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Are they warthogs?"

[21:03] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Dude, I don't know. They're trucks."

[21:04] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-4 swiveled the wheels so they disappeared into an alley as they began to make their way into town.

[21:04] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Just get us to the safehouse. Who knows when this guy will actually wake up. Learned never to trust the label on sedatives."

[21:04] * Jonathan_Ulan hands a data chip to Frank_Holloman

[21:04] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Left. Wait two intersections. Right. Left. Straight for three then another right. Should be there."

[21:05] <Fireteam_Valor> *The warthog rolled into a dark alleyway in a less than ideal neighborhood, a real favela.

[21:05] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2)"We're here."

[21:05] <Jonathan_Ulan> This oughta have some starter information. For the rest, we'll need to head to HQ.

[21:05] * Zach_Yoxall, dressed in some tattered civie clothing, approaches Valor with an enraged attitude. "Inside, all of you, now!" He pauses as he notices the bagged Innie in the back. He points at him with frustration. "Why hasn't he been shot yet?"

[21:06] * Sasha_Zaytseva stands up from the warthog. "He could have information. He's unarmed, and he was sedated the whole way here." [21:06] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Pilot decided we should take him alive. Following rank."

[21:06] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "You can shoot him if you want, but to me it seems to be a waste."

[21:06] * Frank_Holloman takes the chip, "I'll have this sent up to our analysts onboard the ship. Meanwhile, I'll be heading out to the frontier to help secure it."

[21:06] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Valor, inside. Let's get cozy."

[21:06] <Zach_Yoxall> Sasha, I didn't notice you were here. My apologies ma'am.

[21:06] * Alex_Vens continues smiling as he walks into the hangar, "Four more gents."

[21:07] <Fireteam_Valor> * The team moves in, dragging their unwelcome Russian friend into the building by his shirt collar."

[21:07] * Sasha_Zaytseva looks him over. "Do I know you? Or did the UNSC just tell you to expect supplies? If they did, I kinda got shot down."

[21:07] * Yuri_Popov groans as he begins to wake up from the sedative

[21:07] <Yuri_Popov> Whaaaaattt the fuuuuuuuuck.

[21:07] <Zach_Yoxall> Never met me personally, but I'm with Hotel.

[21:08] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Shit. Get me a bucket of ice water. Now!"

[21:08] <Yuri_Popov> Why do I have a bag over my head? Did I get hammered again?

[21:08] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-1 figured if he was awake, might as well fuck with the man.

[21:08] * Frank_Holloman walks back towards the Pelican, waving the men back inside. It lifts the ramp up and lifts off, joining three other Pelicans as it flies off towards the border of the Free State and the rest of the lawless world.

[21:08] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Yoxall, where your sink?"

[21:08] * Sasha_Zaytseva nods lightly. "Look, I just got sent here with supplies to drop off as a way to get me out of the way. I don't know what the hell is going on, so if you could catch me up, that'd be great." walks into the safehouse.

[21:08] * Zach_Yoxall draws an M6K, just in case.

[21:09] * Jonathan_Ulan turns to Jerrold_Campbell, "That guy give you the creeps like it did with mine?"

[21:09] * Zach_Yoxall points down a hallway. "In the back, through that door."

[21:09] <Zach_Yoxall> Now's not the time for explanations.

[21:10] <Jerrold_Campbell> He's private military, meaning he's probably ex-UNSC, probably some kind of special forces.

[21:10] * Edward_Garan walks back out to return to the Parliament, "Gentlemen, I will see you soon. Best of luck."

[21:10] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "This is a safehouse, is it not?"

[21:10] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-2 nodded silently and placed his Colt Blaster, better known as an HDW Mk.15 next to the wall. He went to draw water.

[21:10] <Yuri_Popov> Still gives me the creeps.

[21:10] <Yuri_Popov> (SHIT)

[21:10] <Edward_Garan> Still gives me the creeps.

[21:10] <Edward_Garan> (FUCKFUCKFUCK)

[21:10] <Jonathan_Ulan> Still gives me the creeps

[21:10] <Zach_Yoxall> Yeah, with an Innie wide awake right there!

[21:10] <Jonathan_Ulan> (There we go)

[21:10] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "He's getting antsy!"

[21:10] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "And you don't have a briefing room?"

[21:10] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) Put him in a chair, restrain him."

[21:11] <Yuri_Popov> Where am I?

[21:11] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Or a prison? Either one would fix that problem."

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[21:11] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-3 and 1-4 picked up Yuri by the arms and dragged him to a chair in the corner of the front room.

[21:11] <Yuri_Popov> Why is this bag over my head?

[21:11] <Yuri_Popov> Is this a prank by cousin Anatoli?

[21:11] <Zach_Yoxall> Still, not going to take any chances.

[21:12] * Hotel-II enters the safehouse, having been turned around by a GFS convoy

[21:12] <Fireteam_Valor> *Popov was placed in the chair and restrained at the ankles with two more zip ties.

[21:12] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "I got the water."

[21:12] <Yuri_Popov> Oh shit, am I being arrested?

[21:12] <Hotel-II> "What the fuck is this?' The older Spartan questions

[21:12] <Yuri_Popov> Shit.

[21:12] * Sasha_Zaytseva sighs, taking her gloves off and pushing them into her belt, rolling her sleeves up. Her cybernetic left arm, matching her left eye, is revealed as she does so. "Fine."

[21:12] <Yuri_Popov> Am I being detained?

[21:12] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Anything I can do while I sort through what I've seen so far, then?"

[21:12] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-1 checks his comms, Hotel-2 was calling back in. "We got a prisoner."

[21:13] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-1 gestured for 1-2 to dose their man with the water. Cold, icy water flashed Popov, bringing him back to full alertness

[21:13] <Zach_Yoxall> I'd prefer an explanation of what's the hell just happened out there, but right now that prisoner is my concern.

[21:13] <Yuri_Popov> Oh what the hell!

[21:13] <Jerrold_Campbell> That's fine, they can pick up the slack all they please. It just makes my job easier."

[21:14] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "It'll take me a bit to get that explanation myself." leans against the wall, crossing her arms.

[21:14] * Zach_Yoxall looks towards the prisoner. "Name?"

[21:14] * Hotel-II enters, the safehouse, the older Spartan, Cody, draws a sidearm and storms towards the prisoner.

[21:14] <Yuri_Popov> Am I being detained?

[21:14] * Sasha_Zaytseva looks to the Spartan. "Stop right there."

[21:14] == Hotel-II has changed nick to Cody-B042

[21:14] <Zach_Yoxall> Woah, woah, woah!

[21:14] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Hotel-2 just called in, waiting for a proper connection. We got Zach Yoxall and the pilot Sasha here. And a Innie prisoner. Great one big happy family."

[21:14] <Zach_Yoxall> Watch it!

[21:15] <Yuri_Popov> I have a fucking bag over my head, it'd be nice if that could be taken off.

[21:15] <Cody-B042> What the fuck are you doing?

[21:15] <Cody-B042> Bringing a live one here? Have you searched him?

[21:15] <Zach_Yoxall> Valor, shut the fuck up!

[21:15] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "And they're in the safe house."

[21:15] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Looks like, to me, he's interrogating the guy. And yes, I searched him."

[21:15] <Zach_Yoxall> You just gave this asshole our names and I still have no idea what's going on!

[21:15] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Shutting up."

[21:16] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-3 and 1-4 could be heard mildly snickering off to the side, trying their best to ignore the tension in the room.

[21:16] <Cody-B042> Then what else do you want with him? He's a grunt, just fucking kill him, he's a security risk.

[21:16] == Liam_Hargrove has changed nick to Jamison-G144

[21:16] <Zach_Yoxall> Thats what I said.

[21:16] <Yuri_Popov> Kill me? What the hell is going on. Why is there a bag over my head? I feel like I am hungover as hell.

[21:16] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I told you you could shoot him." shrugs. "He was with the guy who was hunting me after I got shot down, so I didn't know what he could know."

[21:17] <Jamison-G144> How about instead of bickering you just ask?

[21:17] * Zach_Yoxall turns back towards the prisoner. "Name?"

[21:17] <Yuri_Popov> Am I being detained?

[21:17] <Jamison-G144> That's mainly for the big guy ma'am, not you

[21:18] * Cody-B042 growls, and looks to G144 with annoyance

[21:18] <Zach_Yoxall> Would that make a difference? All I want is your name.

[21:18] <Yuri_Popov> Am I being detained?

[21:18] * Sasha_Zaytseva nods to Jamison, arms still crossed.

[21:18] * Zach_Yoxall looks to Cody.

[21:18] <Zach_Yoxall> I say we shoot him.

[21:18] <Zach_Yoxall> Whos with me?

[21:19] <Yuri_Popov> Am I being detained??

[21:19] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "If he's not cooperating, I'm for it."

[21:19] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Told me to shut up..."

[21:19] <Zach_Yoxall> Ask one more time and I put a bullet through your skull.

[21:19] * Cody-B042 the Spartan moves forward, and places a hand on Popov's shoulder, squeezing with just wnough force to cause pain

[21:20] * Zach_Yoxall glances at 1-1. "Wise ass."

[21:20] <Yuri_Popov> Oh Jesus, what the fuck?!

[21:20] <Cody-B042> "What the fuck do you think you're doing out here, Free State stays in there zone, we stay in ours?"

[21:20] * Sasha_Zaytseva moves to whatever resembled an empty table in the room, setting her weapons down and working them over, cleaning and maintaining them.

[21:20] * Cody-B042 's voice is noticeably changed, having a southern drawl [21:20] <Yuri_Popov> Oh, you're UNSC. I shouldn't be surprised.

[21:20] <Yuri_Popov> And this is all our planet?

[21:20] <Yuri_Popov> *.

[21:21] <Cody-B042> You think I'm a fuckin Oonskie?

[21:21] <Yuri_Popov> Yes.

[21:21] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "If liability is an issue, we could also just sedate him and drop him in a ditch outside town. Leave him naked too."

[21:21] * Zach_Yoxall chuckles.

[21:21] <Zach_Yoxall> Or kill him.

[21:21] <Yuri_Popov> Considering you're referring to me as a member of the Free State, yes, you're UNSC.

[21:21] <Cody-B042> You dipshit I'm a goddamn merc, if you wise asses haven't noticed we run things out here

[21:22] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I did tell your guy back in the woods I was a civilian. May have neglected my profession."

[21:22] <Cody-B042> I figured it was a term of respect, thought you folks earned the right to be called what you are

[21:22] * Zach_Yoxall loads his pistol within earshot of the prisoner.

[21:22] <Yuri_Popov> Bullshit you are.

[21:22] * Cody-B042 waves for Yoxall to stop

[21:22] * Sasha_Zaytseva holsters her now clean pistol, working on the rifle next.

[21:22] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "UNSC might as well be chased from the planet with their tails between their legs. The UNSC wouldn't be stupid enough to send some measily team to deal with you. They'd send a damn battle group. Know nothing about subtlety."

[21:22] * Zach_Yoxall nods.

[21:23] <Yuri_Popov> Please, I know who they'd send.

[21:23] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Maybe....we're ONI!?!"

[21:23] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Shutup order still stands."

[21:23] <Yuri_Popov> All UNSC to us.

[21:23] <Yuri_Popov> All equally worthy of dying if they try to stop us.

[21:23] * Cody-B042 promptly plunges a knife into Popov's shoulder

[21:23] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "More like a bunch of damn mercs getting pissed off about a group of upstarts getting in the way of business, asshole,"

[21:24] <Cody-B042> "I've shown you respect son, you best do the goddamn same"

[21:24] * Yuri_Popov stops for a second, looks at the knife, then looks back, and lets out a blood curdling scream

[21:24] * Sasha_Zaytseva grabs a bottle of biofoam, hearing the scream, and tosses it towards the chair, in case they wanted to stop the bleeding.

[21:24] * Cody-B042 smirks

[21:25] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Well, 1-1, here's to him bleeding out.

[21:25] * Sasha_Zaytseva looks over the injury, then to her own shoulder. "Oh, quit your screaming, energy dagger to the shoulder hurts much more. You, at least, might keep your arm."

[21:25] <Fireteam_Valor> *The two Rangers bumped nuckles.

[21:25] <Cody-B042> "You're in the shit buddy, screams are common place out here."

[21:25] <Cody-B042> "Now, you give me your name, I give you a painkiller, you keep cooperating, I patch the wound."

[21:25] <Cody-B042> "So what's your name?"

[21:25] <Jonathan_Ulan> So what exactly are you going to be doing to make money?

[21:26] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Yoxall, if we're not needed here, we'll do a perimeter sweep."

[21:26] <Jonathan_Ulan> Making people walk the airlock? Doing children's pirate parties?

[21:26] * Zach_Yoxall nods.

[21:26] * Jamison-G144 grimaces, unused to B042's brutality. Glances towards the door nervously

[21:26] <Yuri_Popov> Popov, Yuri, Private First Class, Gilgamesh Free Army.

[21:27] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Valor, pack it up. We're taking this party outside. Standard patrol, groups of two. Move it."

[21:27] <Jerrold_Campbell> For now, maybe, but give it a year or two, Campbell's Marauders will be a household name on the frontier soon enough.

[21:27] <Cody-B042> 'Atta boy

[21:27] * Sasha_Zaytseva slings her rifle, walking to the other spartan, looking him over, speaking quietly. "Look younger than him." thumbs to Cody.

[21:27] <Fireteam_Valor> *Before closing the door, 1-1 turns to the group.

[21:27] * Cody-B042 gives Yuri Popov a small injection of morphine to slightly dull the pain

[21:27] <Victoria_Forlorn> (This is the end of today's session, right?)

[21:28] <Jonathan_Ulan> (Depends. People want it to end or naw?)

[21:28] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "You're going to need more than that, his rank is worthless."

[21:28] <Yuri_Popov> Victoria_Forlorn: (If you want, we can bring you in.)

[21:28] * Zach_Yoxall follows Valor out the door.

[21:28] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (Still up for continuing what's going on in the safehouse.
 * shrugs*)

[21:28] <Cody-B042> Yox!

[21:28] <Cody-B042> Back in here

[21:28] * Zach_Yoxall turns around.

[21:29] * Jamison-G144 nods and laughs sheepishly "Yeah, he has a few years on me."

[21:29] <Victoria_Forlorn> ( Yuri_Popov : Depends, I was going to get one of my arms dealers to report seeing UNSC troops around a certain settlement, followed by screams)

[21:29] <Victoria_Forlorn> (Might get an action session in or something)

[21:29] <Zach_Yoxall> Watcha need?

[21:29] <Fireteam_Valor> (Rangers are good on one if need be)

[21:29] <Cody-B042> (We aren't in uniform of any kind, and it's a lawless city, screams aren't unheard of)

[21:29] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (Yeah, Sasha even ditched her flightsuit)

[21:30] * Cody-B042 gestures to Yuri_Popov

[21:30] <Zach_Yoxall> (By the way, Valor, Hotel, and Sasha, the safe house is already packed up as Yoxall was going to change safe houses anyway)

[21:30] <Zach_Yoxall> Well, yeah.

[21:30] <Victoria_Forlorn> (Ah right, so it wouldn't work out)

[21:30] <Cody-B042> "You answer my friend's questions, you get more morphine."

[21:30] <Fireteam_Valor> (I'm good for anything)

[21:30] * Sasha_Zaytseva smirks. "I see. Haven't ever talked to a Spartan before. You guys were kinda legends for us Marines." looks him over. 'A bit shorter than the ones I've seen on the battlefield."

[21:31] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Well, I mean, /really/ talked to them. Did have some battlefield discussions. Orders and the like, you know."

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[21:31] * Zach_Yoxall glances as Sasha, just barely hearing what she said. "Watch it."

[21:31] <Fireteam_Valor> (So we bringing in Victoria or not?)

[21:31] <Jamison-G144> "We aren't a talkative lot, that's for sure. Him especially."

[21:32] * Sasha_Zaytseva looks to Zach. "I'm being quiet." was practically whispering.

[21:32] <Sasha_Zaytseva> *had been practically whispering

[21:32] * Jamison-G144 gestures to Cody

[21:32] <Zach_Yoxall> (I know, but you can't be too careful)

[21:32] <Yuri_Popov> ( Fireteam_Valor Yes. One sec.)

[21:32] <Sasha_Zaytseva> that was a correction, not OOC :P

[21:32] <Fireteam_Valor> (Copy all)

[21:32] <Zach_Yoxall> (Parentheses!)

[21:33] <Fireteam_Valor> (I know, parenthesis seem to be for talk outside RP)

[21:33] <Jamison-G144> "As for the height, it's all armor half the time anyway. Plus I still got some room to grow I think" He whispers jokingly

[21:33] * Sasha_Zaytseva nods lightly. "Yeah." sighs, walking over to Yox,s till whispering. "I've been thinking of sneaking into the Free State. They don't know who I am,

and, even if they did, anyone who knows anything thinks I'm a civilian."

[21:33] * Jack_Kovac looks around the grimy dock of one of the cities in the lawless region of Gilgamesh, then looks over at Victoria_Forlorn, "There had best be a good reason for us coming here ma'am."

[21:34] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Not to mention my orders. I was supposed to drop the supplies and get out of here. Report back for more for you guys."

[21:34] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Have more luck of getting a bird over there, rather than this run down place."

[21:34] <Jack_Kovac> It was enough of an issue keeping the /Poseidon/ out of sight.

[21:34] <Jamison-G144> "Not a bad call, me and the farm boy have some business there soon, we could give ya a ride."

[21:35] * Zach_Yoxall looks to Cody and puts up one finger. "One sec." He waves to Sasha to have her follow him into the back room where it would be better to talk.

[21:35] * Sasha_Zaytseva walks into the back with Zach.

[21:35] <Cody-B042> Yuri, tell me, have you heard of Dark Moon Enterprises?

[21:35] <Yuri_Popov> No.

[21:36] <Zach_Yoxall> Right now we already have a contact on the inside. I won't give names or info, but I just want to let you know. If you're interested on risking it in there, I'll let him know at the next meetup.

[21:37] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I just need a way of getting out of here, and potentially getting you information while I'm at it. I don't know anything about this situation here, so I'm kinda useless with you guys."

[21:37] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "And if any of the guys after me escaped our friends with the

civilian guns, they'll believe I've got a grudge."

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[21:38] == Sev40 has changed nick to Sev40|Away

[21:38] <Zach_Yoxall> Well, you asked for an explanation, and here it is.

[21:38] == Jack_Kovac has changed nick to Oliver_Quinn

[21:38] * Sasha_Zaytseva holds up a finger. "Shush."

[21:38] <Zach_Yoxall> I know.

[21:38] <Cody-B042> That's odd, they're a fast growing little group, and I'm blessed to be employed by them. Aside from their money, they also do NOT like their operations being

fucked with.

[21:38] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Don't want to know anything more. Can't have that information if I'm found out."

[21:38] <Zach_Yoxall> I was the one who shushed you.

[21:39] <Yuri_Popov> Why do you ask?

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[21:39] <Zach_Yoxall> Right.

[21:39] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "How far is the closest border checkpoint?"

[21:40] <Zach_Yoxall> A few klicks back the way you came from.

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[21:40] <Cody-B042> As I said, I work for them, and they won't be happy with your people's

actions here. So why in the hell did you idiots attack a random ass dropship, you and I both know the UNSC isn't the only people who can afford the things.

[21:40] <Zach_Yoxall> Probably saw it on your way here.

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[21:40] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I could walk it. Would be more believable than our friends driving me."

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[21:40] <Zach_Yoxall> Of course.

[21:40] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Think we should do the whole punching me thing?"

[21:41] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Or do you think they'd believe you let me go, since I was a

civilian?"

[21:41] <Yuri_Popov> Hell if I know, you'd do better asking the pilots.

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[21:41] <Zach_Yoxall> I'd rather you stay low until the heat blow some over before just wandering in there.

[21:42] * Oliver_Quinn looks around the village where Fireteam_Valor is, "They're here, keep searching!"

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[21:42] * Sasha_Zaytseva nods lightly. "I could set out and camp a few days, then."

[21:42] <Cody-B042> Your CO told you nothing?

[21:42] <Yuri_Popov> We don't know anything. All we know is that we were under orders to put down any Oonskies in the area.

[21:43] <Zach_Yoxall> We're moving safe houses soon, so you won't be able to fall back here if things go wrong.

[21:43] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I'm sure I can handle myself out there."

[21:43] <Cody-B042> And was anyone you found wearing an Oonskie uniform? I don't think they were

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[21:43] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Been through worse than some rebels and a wasteland."

[21:43] <Yuri_Popov> Maybe not, but you opened up first.

[21:44] <Zach_Yoxall> You better. I can't risk another fuck up like what just went down.

[21:44] * Jamison-G144 grabs a trio of large bags from within the safehouse

[21:44] <Cody-B042> You shot at my pilot

[21:44] <Yuri_Popov> Lieutenant Edwards was ready to take your lady friend in to have her paperwork sorted out.

[21:44] <Cody-B042> I'm sorry

[21:44] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "All things considered, that went pretty well." shifts her footing.

[21:44] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Though the rangers could have been a bit more... discriminate."

[21:44] <Yuri_Popov> You're /sorry/?!

[21:44] <Zach_Yoxall> What did they do...?

[21:45] <Cody-B042> Yes, because you didn't shoot my pilot, you tried to detain her

[21:45] <Cody-B042> Still just as bad

[21:45] <Cody-B042> But an error nonethless

[21:45] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Well, I would've been in with the Free state already but they shot up the Spade transporting me."

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[21:45] <Yuri_Popov> You violated our airspace, were shot down, then opened up on us when we were trying to get her to have the proper forms filled out!

[21:46] <Yuri_Popov> Then you killed an enlistedman and officer of the Gilgamesh Free Army!!

[21:46] <Cody-B042> That woman has evaded everything from Covenant to entire UNSC fleets, she's an asset, can't afford to loser her. I'm sure you understand.

[21:46] <Zach_Yoxall> I heard a big explosion, that them too?

[21:46] <Yuri_Popov> You weren't going to!

[21:46] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "The first one, no, the second, yes."

[21:46] <Cody-B042> Yes, we did, and I'll kill another if I need to

[21:47] <Cody-B042> Couldn't risk it with you lot, who knows how long it would've taken to process her

[21:47] <Cody-B042> Besides

[21:47] <Zach_Yoxall> You're a pilot, yes? What were you flying? Pelican?

[21:47] <Yuri_Popov> Despite what you might think, we aren't under orders to execute people who look at us sideways.

[21:47] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Condor. UNSC didn't want to slipspace in a Warship."

[21:47] <Cody-B042> Who's gonna miss an officer and a few enlisted who went MIA in the "Lawless Lands"

[21:47] <Yuri_Popov> Our orders are, if someone doesn't have their paperwork, take them to the Frontier Defense Corps, have their paperwork filled out, and send them on their merry way.

[21:48] <Zach_Yoxall> A condor?! And they set off explosives? They're lucky they weren't vaporized!

[21:48] <Yuri_Popov> And they'll miss us.

[21:48] <Zach_Yoxall> You can't mess around with slipspace drives like that.

[21:48] <Cody-B042> You know damn well you aren't the first to disappear. And yes I know your damn process, it takes too fucking long.

[21:48] <Cody-B042> I'm sure they will, candlelight vigils and all

[21:48] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "/I/ know that."

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[21:49] <Cody-B042> Now you

[21:49] <Cody-B042> Have a choice

[21:49] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Now, anything else you want to debrief me on before I set out?"

[21:49] <Taylor_Roberts> (COM) So they're gone?

[21:50] <Zach_Yoxall> Not really, I'm sure I can get the rest of the details from Hotel or Valor.

[21:50] <Taylor_Roberts> (COM) Goddamnit, I should have fucking known that stuff was a trap. What's the nearest village?

[21:50] <Taylor_Roberts> (COM) Coordinates?

[21:50] * Sasha_Zaytseva nods. "Okay. Do you have a bedroll? I've got an emergency blanket, but nothing else. If you don't, I'll grab one from the gear I stashed."

[21:50] <Cody-B042> You can tell me everything you know about our movements, and I let you walk. Or I shoot you.

[21:51] <Taylor_Roberts> (COM) Roger that.

[21:51] * Taylor_Roberts turns to his platoon, "Alright men, follow us!"

[21:51] <Zach_Yoxall> Yeah, I have two in the corner behind the prisoner .There's some extra clothing in the box next to it, if you want to change before going out there.

[21:52] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Radio check, this is Valor 1-1. Perimeter sweep is clear. No suspicious targets besides the usual at this time. Over."

[21:52] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM)

[21:52] * Yuri_Popov begins heading for the settlement told to him by the men who were on the patrol.

[21:52] * Taylor_Roberts

[21:52] <Cody-B042> Yuri, buddy, need you to make a decesion

[21:52] <Taylor_Roberts> Circle the place.

[21:52] * Sasha_Zaytseva walks over, grabs the bedroll and a change of clothing, repackaging it all in one roll and attaching it to the back of her belt. "I'll change later." walks into the main room, looking to Cody. 'Kill him, or keep him. Can't let him walk. He'll blow my cover."

[21:52] <Taylor_Roberts> Dismount, move in, house to house!

[21:53] <Taylor_Roberts> Third and Fourth Squad, detain anyone trying to leave the place. First and Second, you're with me. Fifth, stay in reserve.

[21:53] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM,1-4) "Radio check, we just had a vehicle or two roll into the edge of town. Can't make out visual over a treeline. Be advised, Yoxall, 1-1."

[21:54] * Taylor_Roberts readies his M7, and randomly selects a house

[21:54] * Taylor_Roberts bangs on the door

[21:54] <Taylor_Roberts> Gilgamesh Free Army, open up!

[21:54] * Sasha_Zaytseva hastens out as she hears the comms. She walks towards the edge of the town casually, just looking like she was out to travel.

[21:54] * Cody-B042 "God fucking damn it pilot I wasn't gonna tell him that." he says, dropping the accent and drawing a suppressed M6, firing once into Yuri_Popov's head.

[21:54] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "I hear GFA forces. How close are they?"

[21:54] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) Got it, keep quiet.

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[21:54] <Cody-B042> J, guns

[21:54] * Zach_Yoxall walks up to Cody. "Trouble."

[21:55] * Oliver_Philips runs towards Sasha_Zaytseva, pointing his BR55 at her

[21:55] <Oliver_Philips> Halt!

[21:55] <Oliver_Philips> NOW!

[21:55] == Jonathan_Ulan has changed nick to Yuri_Popov

[21:55] * Sasha_Zaytseva stops right there, for the second time today. "Yes?"

[21:55] <Oliver_Philips> On your knees, now!

[21:55] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) "1-3, 1-4, get back to my position. We got hostiles at the front door."

[21:55] <Taylor_Roberts> Open up I said!

[21:56] <Oliver_Philips> On your stomach!

[21:56] * Jamison-G144 throws Cody an old M45, while drawing an MA2

[21:56] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) "Hotel, come in."

[21:56] == Yuri_Popov has changed nick to Jonathan_Ulan

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[21:56] <Oliver_Philips> I said on your stomach!

[21:57] <Taylor_Roberts> Fucking breach the door.

[21:57] * Zach_Yoxall opens up a case in the corner with an MA2 inside. He grabs the rifle and loads a fresh magazine.

[21:57] * Taylor_Roberts comes opposite of the doorway from the rest of First Squad, "Do it."

[21:57] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "They've gone radio silent, shit. Valor, take up positions and pick out the higher ups. I'll try a shot for the guy at the front door."

[21:58] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "They're prepping a breach."

[21:58] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Permission to take?"

[21:58] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Go loud."

[21:58] <Jamison-G144> (Com) We got it

[21:58] * Taylor_Roberts primes a fragmentation grenade, and as soon as the door is blasted open, he throws it inside

[21:58] <Jamison-G144> (OOC get them)

[21:58] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Wait! wait! Hold!"

[21:58] * Zach_Yoxall kicks the grenade into the back room.

[21:59] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Was that a frag?"

[21:59] * Oliver_Philips shoves Sasha_Zaytseva to her stomach, "Can't you speak English?!"

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[21:59] <Zach_Yoxall> (-_-)

[21:59] <Fireteam_Valor> (...)

[21:59] * Taylor_Roberts readies a stun grenade, and tosses it in as well

[21:59] <Zach_Yoxall> (There goes our Spartans.)

[21:59] <Fireteam_Valor> (Rangers will handle it here then.)

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[22:00] <Zach_Yoxall> (But the Spartans were inside with Yoxall)

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[22:00] <Zach_Yoxall> (And they're back)

[22:00] <Hotel-II> (Sorry back)

[22:00] <Fireteam_Valor> (There they are, Sasha pinged out too)

[22:00] <Zach_Yoxall> (Stun grenade just got thrown inside. Resume)

[22:01] * Taylor_Roberts waits until after the grenade detonates, and quickly sticks his M7 in the door, hosing the inside with bullets

[22:01] * Zach_Yoxall ducks behind a crate as the frag explodes in the back room.

[22:02] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "1-1, do we have permission to engage or not!?!"

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[22:02] * Hotel-II both Spartans have taken cover and drawn balaclava's over their faces, letting the M7 pepper the walls

[22:02] <Hotel-II> (COM) Engage

[22:02] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Do it."

[22:02] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (shit, I froze. Please repost everything directed to Sasha after she stopped and responded to Oliver)

[22:02] <Taylor_Roberts> Inside!

[22:02] <Taylor_Roberts> Move it!

[22:02] <Zach_Yoxall> (Sasha, done.)

[22:02] <Zach_Yoxall> (There wasn't anything)

[22:02] * Oliver_Philips points his BR55 at Sasha_Zaytseva, "On your stomach, now!"

[22:02] <Fireteam_Valor> * Four rifles exploded on the building tops, two targets went down, two bullets missed their mark.

[22:03] * Hotel-II as the team moves in a shotgun blasts at the group as MA2 fire hoses the incoming squad

[22:03] * Sasha_Zaytseva gets down to the ground slowly. "There a reason for this?"

[22:03] * Taylor_Roberts watches as several men from his platoon drop repeatedly, "Out, out now, take cover!"

[22:03] <Oliver_Philips> Orders to detain anyone leaving the town. I said on your stomach.

[22:03] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Get closer, all Valor elements, all targets are green for engage. Go!"

[22:04] * Zach_Yoxall pops out of cover but holds his fire as Cody blocks his shot.

[22:04] * Sasha_Zaytseva finishes getting down. "Well, I was just going to join up with the Free State."

[22:04] <Taylor_Roberts> (COM) Headquarters, we need reinforcements, and we need them now!

[22:04] <Oliver_Philips> I don't care. That's not a get out of jail free card.

[22:04] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) Valor, how many Innies are we dealing with?

[22:05] * Taylor_Roberts puts his knee on Sasha's back, and zipties her hands

[22:05] * Oliver_Philips

[22:05] * Sasha_Zaytseva lets him ziptie her hand. "Not expecting it to be."

[22:05] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-4 and 1-3 bounced along the roof tops trying to get closer and get a better angle. This urban enviorment was difficult to navigate from above.

[22:05] * Sasha_Zaytseva flexes her metal fingers. "And if that really makes you feel more secure."

[22:05] <Frank_Holloman> (HQ) We read you, dispatching BDS assets to your location, ETA three minutes.

[22:05] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) "We think five combatants, maybe more!"

[22:06] <Taylor_Roberts> (This is a platoon in total. Like 20-30)

[22:06] * Hotel-II Cody kicks out the back wall "Yox, out, now! J go with him, take the gear!"

[22:06] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) Don't sound too sure. Find a better firing angle and keep them

pinned.

[22:06] == Hotel-II has changed nick to Cody-B042

[22:06] <Taylor_Roberts> (COM) Fifth platoon, keep the rooftops hosed!

[22:07] <Fireteam_Valor> (The Rangers are above but they can't see much because of the favela like neighborhood I guess)

[22:07] * Zach_Yoxall grabs his backpack and tosses it on as he follows Jamison through the hole in the wall.

[22:07] * Taylor_Roberts looks up as machine guns rounds fly over the rooftops, trying to keep the upper areas covered

[22:08] * Cody-B042 is clad in low level gear, carrying a shotgun as well as an MA5B and a machete

[22:08] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) "They got us pinned, have you deserted the house yet?"

[22:08] * Sasha_Zaytseva just lays on her stomach, listening around. "You shooting up the place?"

[22:08] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) Almost, waiting on Cody.

[22:08] <Oliver_Philips> Shut up.

[22:08] <Oliver_Philips> Or do you not speak English?

[22:09] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "We got some frags left from what supplies we managed to scavenge, permission to blow the rats out of the alleyway?"

[22:09] * Sasha_Zaytseva shrugs as best she can.

[22:09] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (Never saw him tell her to be quiet)

[22:09] * Cody-B042 lays one of the blocks of explosive from Sasha's Condor on the ground

next to Yuri's corpse and jumps out of the back

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[22:09] <Cody-B042> Get clear, now!

[22:09] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) Got IT covered Valor.

[22:09] <Cody-B042> (COM) Valor do you have eyes on the pilot?

[22:09] <Frank_Holloman> Several minutes later, a black Pelican with "Baal Defense Solutions" stenciled on the side flies overhead, "We read four hostiles on the rooftops, free to engage." The Pelican spins around and allows the bay mounted turret to spin up and open fire.

[22:09] <Zach_Yoxall> it*

[22:09] <Taylor_Roberts> (COM) Weapons free boys, it's good to see you!

[22:10] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) Copy that. Valor pull back, danger close emminent"

[22:10] <Taylor_Roberts> Across the street, rest of you bound!

[22:10] <Taylor_Roberts> Covering fire!

[22:10] <Zach_Yoxall> Cody, do you have a ride?

[22:10] * Taylor_Roberts lays down fire as his platoon moves across the street

[22:10] * Jonathan_Ulan readies his M7S

[22:10] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) "Yoxall! What can you tell me about Baal Defense Solutions? We got a Pelican coming onto our position!"

[22:11] <Jonathan_Ulan> Been a while since I did a hot drop.

[22:11] <Cody-B042> I'm with you Yox, now move. J get the gear!

[22:11] == Cody-B042 has changed nick to Hotel-II

[22:11] * Sasha_Zaytseva shifts lightly on the ground, getting a bit more comfortable.

[22:11] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) Private military. Lots of money and lots of gear.

[22:12] * Jonathan_Ulan smiles as the dropship's door opens

[22:12] * Hotel-II gets clear of the building, pulling Zach with them before detonating the C9 charge inside

[22:12] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) "Copy that. We lost the hogs, we're retreating on street level. Civilians have disappeared into the houses - we're sticking out like sore thumbs!"

[22:12] <Zach_Yoxall> (C9? My explosive?)

[22:12] * Taylor_Roberts is blown across the street, only dazed and suffering some

shrapnel wounds

[22:12] <Hotel-II> (negative Hotel grabbed a few from Sasha)

[22:13] * Sasha_Zaytseva shifts slightly again, sighing. [22:13] <Frank_Holloman> After the dropship ceases firing at the rooftop, it lowers down to the ground long enough to deploy a platoon of black armored soldiers, equipped with

military grade body armor and weapons. They take cover and begin scanning for targets, "I don't think this is safe for you, Major."

[22:13] <Zach_Yoxall> (I'm saying that because it's my article. Unless you meant C7 or something else)

[22:13] <Jonathan_Ulan> Nonsense.

[22:13] * Hotel-II moves into a nearby apartment complex, run down into the dirt and the two Spartans quickly thrown on distinctive olive armor

[22:14] <Jonathan_Ulan> Three of you, with me, we'll hunt down the SPARTANs. I know they're here.

[22:14] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) "Hotel, we got tangos in full combat gear on our six. They just touched down. They look very very mean!"

[22:14] * Zach_Yoxall manages to keep up despite the Spartans' augmentations.

[22:14] * Jonathan_Ulan points at Zach_Yoxall "Them." [22:14] <Jonathan_Ulan> Move it.

[22:14] <Hotel-II> (COM) You are rangers, be meaner. We'll be there in two

[22:14] <Zach_Yoxall> Shit.

[22:14] <Zach_Yoxall> Cody, they see us!

[22:15] * Hotel-II The two Spartans activate the photoreactive panels of their armor, seemingly dissapating

[22:15] * Sasha_Zaytseva shifts once more, all she can do with the sounds of battle all around her.

[22:15] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-1) Copy! We are insufficient on weapons but we'll make it work! Valor, move to intercept!"

[22:15] * Jonathan_Ulan bounds off the rooftop, firing bullets at Fireteam_Valor with one hand holding his M6, his other firing his M7S at Hotel-II

[22:15] <Zach_Yoxall> Well fuck you too!

[22:15] <Hotel-II> "Go."

[22:15] * Sasha_Zaytseva seems to mutter something under her breath.

[22:15] <Oliver_Philips> Shut up Olga!

[22:15] * Zach_Yoxall turns into an alleyway that he knows Hotel didn't go down.

[22:15] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "F*ck this shit!

[22:15] * Oliver_Philips kicks Sasha_Zaytseva in the ribs

[22:16] * Hotel-II Jamsion opens fire from behind cover, unleashing rounds from his M392 at Ulan and his men

[22:16] * Hotel-II Cody however is nowhere to be seen

[22:16] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-2 lobbed a frag grenade in the direction of the Baal troops.

[22:16] * Sasha_Zaytseva coughs and spits on the ground away from her, shifting again.

[22:16] <Jonathan_Ulan> You three deal with the SPARTANs, I'll take care of this one!

[22:16] * Zach_Yoxall takes cover in the shadows as he regains his breath.

[22:16] * Jonathan_Ulan quickly charges into Zach_Yoxall, taking him to the ground

[22:16] * Zach_Yoxall drops his rifle in the process.

[22:17] * Hotel-II as Ulan charges for Yox, Cody barrels into him

[22:17] <Zach_Yoxall> Fuck!

[22:17] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Dud!"

[22:17] * Sasha_Zaytseva tilts her head to the side, using the new position to take in what she could see of Oliver.

[22:17] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Let's engage!"

[22:17] * Zach_Yoxall gets back up, with minor injuries.

[22:17] * Zach_Yoxall draws his M6K and tries to aim at Ulsan,

[22:18] * Jonathan_Ulan quickly throws Cody off of him, and begins engaging in hand to hand combat, his reflexes matching Cody's point for point

[22:18] <Zach_Yoxall> Ulan*

[22:18] <Fireteam_Valor> A 5.56mm round flies over the head of the Major

[22:18] <Fireteam_Valor> *

[22:18] <Zach_Yoxall> (Fuck auto correct)

[22:19] * Jonathan_Ulan ducks, using the movement to draw his fighting dagger, and jamming it into Cody's right wrist

[22:19] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Fuck, 1-3, go assist Hotel! 1-2 and 1-3 go around and go get the Hogs!"

[22:19] * Zach_Yoxall opens fire on Ulan, but his accuracy suffers from his minor injuries.

[22:19] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "This asshole is mine."

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[22:20] <Zach_Yoxall> (That's twice now the "He's mine" trope has been used in this fight.)

[22:20] <Fireteam_Valor> *Valor 1-1 takes his Mk.15 and plants two rounds into the conrete below firing off wildly at Major Ulan.

[22:20] * Frank_Holloman nods, shouldering his GT-12 and firing down on the Spartan, "Alpha-113, engage targets at your discretion." The pilot acknowledges and begins performing overwatch, firing at all entities without proper IFF signatures.

[22:20] * Hotel-II Cody winces as the blade cuts along his skin, but pivots and draws his machete, bringing it down on Ulan's shoulder

[22:20] == Hotel-II has changed nick to Cody-B042

[22:20] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (And Sasha's just laying there... :P )

[22:20] * Taylor_Roberts blocks it with his SPI gauntlets

[22:21] * Jonathan_Ulan

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[22:21] * Zach_Yoxall loads a new mag into his M6K.

[22:21] <Fireteam_Valor> * Valor drops from the roof he was on, a couple meters of freefall and he was rolling into position next to Jonathan.

[22:21] <Jonathan_Ulan> A SPARTAN? A challenge then.

[22:21] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1*)

[22:21] * Cody-B042 promptly kicks Ulan in the chest

[22:21] <Cody-B042> Last one you ever have Innie

[22:21] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "A Spartan and a Ranger walk into a bar..."

[22:22] * Jonathan_Ulan quickly recovers, pulling out his pistols, pointing one at 1-1, the other at Cody-B042

[22:22] <Fireteam_Valor> *The Mk.15 in 1-1's hands was pointed at the Major's stomach

[22:22] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Anyone know if Sasha is okay?"

[22:22] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (Also, just a note, how many other soldiers could Sasha see around Oliver?)

[22:23] <Jonathan_Ulan> (It's a squad, so about 10-15 in total. Oliver probably has 3-4 with him)

[22:23] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (Gotcha)

[22:23] * Zach_Yoxall collapses out of a combination of exhaustion and pain. He's not out yet, but is in no condition to try any more fighting.

[22:23] * Cody-B042 activates the skirmisher defense gauntlets on either hands

[22:23] * Oliver_Philips grabs Sasha_Zaytseva by the neck and drags her up, throwing her onto the bed of the Spade

[22:23] <Cody-B042> Take your shot, you won't get another

[22:23] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "You know what, Hotel - you can have him."

[22:23] * Sasha_Zaytseva stands up as he lifts her, then sits down on the Spade.

[22:24] <Fireteam_Valor> * 1-1 starts to back off slowly, waiting for the Spartan to make his move.

[22:24] <Frank_Holloman> Before the standoff can continue, a trio of BDS troopers take position outside of the alley, chucking a collection of stun and flash grenades into it in an attempt to disorient the hostiles.

[22:24] * Jamison-G144 takes aim at Oliver's troops from a camouflaged position

[22:24] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Fuck!"

[22:24] * Jonathan_Ulan quickly takes advantage of the stun grenades, charging into 1-1

[22:24] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-1) "Upph!"

[22:25] * Cody-B042 the SPI helmet's visor quickly polarizes to match the grenade, and B042, pivots and shoots the troopers with brutal precesion

[22:25] * Jonathan_Ulan quickly readies his other pistol, emptying the magazine into 1-1's throat and head, before returning his attention to Cody-B042

[22:25] <Fireteam_Valor> The flash hits 1-1 who is momentarily blinded, his glasses not as effective as the Spartan's visors.

[22:25] <Fireteam_Valor> *

[22:26] <Frank_Holloman> (They aren't standing in the open, they're behind the buildings that the alley's between.)

[22:26] <Fireteam_Valor> *Valor 1-1 is KIA.

[22:26] * Sasha_Zaytseva looks around the area from her seat in the Spade, trying to see any part of the battle she could.

[22:26] * Zach_Yoxall gets back up onto his feet and opens fire on Ulan again. (Plz no kill Yoxall)

[22:26] <Fireteam_Valor> *Valor's radios are met with a burst of static, then nothing.

[22:27] * Jonathan_Ulan fires on Zach_Yoxall with his M7S, driving him back into cover

[22:27] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Radio check. Everyone here?"

[22:27] * Jamison-G144 Pivots and opens fire on the Baal troops, in an attempt to suppress them

[22:27] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "Green."

[22:27] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (brb, switching to phone, comp needs restart)

[22:27] <Oliver_Philips> (kk)

[22:27] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "Green."

[22:27] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) 1-1 is KIA.

[22:27] <Fireteam_Valor> (Okay).

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[22:27] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "...Oh. Shit!"

[22:27] <TimothyEmeigh> (Back)

[22:28] * Cody-B042 Bounds towards Jonathan_Ulan, firing in one hand with his M6 and readying his machete in the other

[22:28] == TimothyEmeigh has changed nick to SashaZaytseva

[22:29] <Frank_Holloman> The BDS troops open fire on Cody in an attempt to cover Ulan's withdrawl.

[22:29] * SashaZaytseva just sits there in the Spade, looking around, not saying anything.

[22:29] * Jonathan_Ulan ducks as the BDS troops unleash a hellish torrent of fire on Cody-B042

[22:29] * Jamison-G144 firest into the BDS troops as they pop up to fire

[22:30] * Jonathan_Ulan adds his M7S's fire to the equation, rolling out of the way of Cody

[22:30] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Yoxall, is everyone here accounted for?"

[22:30] * SashaZaytseva looks to Oliver, looking him over in more detail.

[22:30] * Oliver_Philips smacks SashaZaytseva upside the head, "Head down."

[22:31] * SashaZaytseva grunts lightly, looking down.

[22:31] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) Unknown.

[22:31] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "You want us to go after her?"

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[22:31] * Cody-B042 Takes a bullet in the abdomen and snarls, pressing himself into cover and trading his blade for his shotgun, pumping it and firing into the group

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[22:32] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) No, I need you to assist Cody.

[22:32] * Jonathan_Ulan takes cover with the BDS troops

[22:32] <Fireteam_Valor> (BRB, quick snack break 30 secs)

[22:32] * Jamison-G144 takes a shot at Ulan

[22:33] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (Whistles as he waits for the fighting to stop so he can actually do something. :-P)

[22:33] <Frank_Holloman> "Cover!" Holloman primes a frag grenade and throws it at Jamison-G144, firing afterwards at the source of the gunfire.

[22:33] * Zach_Yoxall drops his magnum and slides down the side of his cover to the ground, just barely conscious.

[22:33] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Assuming command, Valor - make for the Spartan!"

[22:34] <Zach_Yoxall> "I wasn't trained for this..."

[22:34] * Jamison-G144 in a show of Spartan reflexes, promptly catches the grenade and tosses it aside with a laugh, but is forced to quickly take cover to avoid the shots

[22:35] <Fireteam_Valor> (Sorry we're so preoccupied with combat, i was thinking about moving a Ranger toward Sasha)

[22:35] <Oliver_Philips> What were you doing trying to escape?

[22:35] * Cody-B042 capitalizing on the BDL's distraction with Jamsion moves up in blur of speed, rapidly firing and pumping his shotgun as he stormed towards them position, closing the distance in a matter of seconds

[22:36] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "What do you mean 'escape'? I told you, I was going to enlist."

[22:36] <Fireteam_Valor> *The last three Rangers approached - two from above, one in the alley. Forget the Warthogs. They just lost a member, energy wasn't going to be wasted on mourning. It was meant for rage.

[22:36] <Fireteam_Valor> * Four rounds were fired at Major Ulan toward his backside as he dished it out with the Spartan.

[22:37] * Jonathan_Ulan rolls out of the way as the rounds come towards him

[22:37] * Zach_Yoxall sees the Rangers drop in from above but doesn't immediately register their presence.

[22:37] * Zach_Yoxall tries to get back up, only half succeeding.

[22:37] <Oliver_Philips> Sure seems like you were coming from that building where the Oonskies were.

[22:38] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Damn. He is ignoring us."

[22:38] <Frank_Holloman> Alpha-113, we are going to exfil south out of the village, requesting you cover our advance and then extract, over." The pilot again acknowledges and flies over, autocannon and machine gun fire peppering the buildings and street.

[22:38] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Is he some kind of Spartan? There is no way he's human if our rounds went that wide!:

[22:38] <Fireteam_Valor> "

[22:39] * Frank_Holloman radios all callsigns, "Let's move, we're exfilling south."

[22:39] <Jonathan_Ulan> (COM) Alright, gentlemen, we're pulling out!

[22:39] * Zach_Yoxall gets up on his feet for the third time and picks up his MA2.

[22:39] <Jonathan_Ulan> Out, out now!

[22:39] * Cody-B042 descends on Ulan like a bat out of hell, swinging the butt of his shotgun at Ulan while drawing his machete

[22:39] <Cody-B042> You!

[22:39] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I was. They had 'saved' me from the Free state. More like kidnapping, I call it. I was just walking through the woods, some nice Lieutenant picks me up to register me at the border, and they just shoot him. I thought they were mercs or something. That's what they told me. I told them I was a civilian, which I was, and they gave me a be droll and told me to scram. Only care about the free state people, it seems. Civvies lik

[22:39] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Get the bastard!"

[22:40] * Oliver_Philips hears the COM orders to extract

[22:40] * Zach_Yoxall places the rifle on his back and grabs his M6K.

[22:40] <Oliver_Philips> (COM) Roger that.

[22:40] <Taylor_Roberts> (COM) All GFA units, move south now!

[22:40] * Zach_Yoxall fires a few rounds towards Ulan before yet another mag is emptied.

[22:40] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "BCS troops are backing out. Permission to engage air asset?"

[22:40] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "You're telling me those were oonskies?"

[22:41] <Jamison-G144> (COM) Engage now!

[22:42] * Jonathan_Ulan punches Cody-B042 in the throat, using the opportunity to move back as well

[22:43] * Cody-B042 evades the punch and drops his weapons, drawing an M6C and shooting Ulan in the leg as he begins to move back

[22:43] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "Got it!"

[22:43] <Jonathan_Ulan> Ah shit!

[22:43] <Frank_Holloman> Autocannon rounds smack into the ground near Cody and Valor team, forcing them into cover least they wish to be obliterated, the Pelican slowly hovering back to cover the retreat.

[22:44] * Taylor_Roberts retreats back with Ulan and the BDS troops

[22:44] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Valor, Hotel, Fall back."

[22:44] <Fireteam_Valor> *The Ranger got low and breathed, trying to calm himself. He aimed his Mk.15 and set it to burst. Three three-round bursts exploded from the civilian rifle. They flew at the retreating BSC soldiers along the roofs and alleyways below.

[22:44] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "You heard the man. We're bugging out."

[22:44] * Frank_Holloman stops as he notices Ulan getting hit and drops to a knee. He sets his rifle to semi-auto and takes careful shots, trying to force the Spartan away from Ulan.

[22:44] * Oliver_Philips looks on as the rebel forces come back to the start point, "We got a civvie detained. What should we do with her?"

[22:45] * Cody-B042 scrambles into cover, firing blindly at Ulan and the BDL, scooping up his weapons and activating his camo

[22:45] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "I'm pinned little effect on target, two confirmed WIA!"

[22:46] <Frank_Holloman> One BDS trooper responds, "Chuck her in the Pelican or leave her, I don't care."

[22:46] <Oliver_Philips> Captain Ulan?

[22:47] <Jonathan_Ulan> Take her in.

[22:47] * Jamison-G144 uses the photoreactive panels to set up a shot, firing several explosive rounds at the Pelican's cockpit as the pilot attempted to fire on the troops. Then he would jump from the roof and disappear into the alley

[22:47] <Jonathan_Ulan> If you agree with that Lieutenant Roberts?

[22:47] <Taylor_Roberts> I concur.

[22:48] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Fireteam Valor, full retreat. We're done here."

[22:48] * Zach_Yoxall regroups with the Spartans a few side streets down the road.

[22:48] <Fireteam_Valor> * Fireteam Valor regrouped on the bloodied pulp of a body. Valor 1-1 confirm KIA.

[22:48] <Sasha_Zaytseva> *shifts in the back of the Spade, still looking down.*

[22:49] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Fuck. You can barely recognize him"

[22:49] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) Did anyone get eyes on Sasha before we left?

[22:49] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "Shit..."

[22:49] * Oliver_Philips brings Sasha_Zaytseva out of the Spade, frees her, only to tie her again, this time with a rope, two connected knots, one around her neck.

[22:49] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2)

[22:49] <Frank_Holloman> The cockpit cracks as the rounds impact, but none fully penetrate as the pilot turns the dropship around and waits for the troops to embark, Holloman himself assisting Ulan aboard.

[22:49] <Fireteam_Valor> (COM, 1-2) No we have not."

[22:49] * Cody-B042 Stands over 1-1, having taken care of his own wounds quickly, his face sullen beneath the helmet

[22:49] * Taylor_Roberts salutes Ulan and Holloman, "Many thanks gentlemen."

[22:49] * Sasha_Zaytseva frowns lightly, but doesn't say anything.

[22:49] <Jamison-G144> Fuckers got her on a truck

[22:50] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "So... our guy is dead and we lost our pilot."

[22:50] * Oliver_Philips shoves Sasha into the Pelican

[22:50] <Jamison-G144> Lost? C'mon the girl can act

[22:50] * Sasha_Zaytseva walks on board, letting herself be pushed around, not really showing any defiance.

[22:50] <Jonathan_Ulan> Thank you.

[22:50] <Jamison-G144> Plus we'll have a location soon [22:50] * Jonathan_Ulan motions for her to sit down

[22:51] * Zach_Yoxall walks up to Valor. "We didn't lose her. She's right where we want her."

[22:51] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "Fuck mate. We served with this guy for three years, give us as moment will you!"

[22:51] <Zach_Yoxall> Sure, we'll leave you be. [22:51] * Jamison-G144 Nods, understanding the pain of the team, stepping away

[22:51] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "1-2, calm down. We'll join you in a bit. Sorry for...all this."

[22:52] * Cody-B042 remains frozen, looking down on 1-1's corpse

[22:52] * Sasha_Zaytseva is still looking down, even on the pelican, not even trying to take note of the looks above the legs for the other men. [22:52] <Cody-B042> I

[22:52] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-4 gets down on a knee and yanks away the dogtags around their former leader's neck. The lifeless body doesn't respond, slack.

[22:52] <Cody-B042> Fuck

[22:53] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "No need to say anything Cody. It's not your fault."

[22:53] * Cody-B042 steps away and looks out onto the corpse strewn street

[22:53] * Jonathan_Ulan turns to Frank_Holloman, "What should we do with her? She's an Oonskie, certainly looks it."

[22:53] <Cody-B042> Not my fault?

[22:53] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-4 began scavenging weapons, ammunition, and personal effects from the body.

[22:54] <Zach_Yoxall> Cody...

[22:54] <Cody-B042> They were all my fault, all of them were my fault, from TORPEDO to he-

[22:54] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "What the hell does that mean? Told you friend here all about me."

[22:54] * Cody-B042 pauses [22:54] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "Yeah. It was a fuck-ton of flash grenades. There is no way he saw it coming."

[22:54] <Cody-B042> We make the bastard who did this pay understood?

[22:54] * Jonathan_Ulan gets down on Sasha's level, "I'm not a fool. I know UNSC when I see them."

[22:54] <Taylor_Roberts> Alright gents, wrap it up. Set up positions, we'll move in later to recover the bodies.

[22:54] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3)"...Sorry. We sometimes can forget that we've all lost people too. We don't mean to bring up old wounds."

[22:55] * Taylor_Roberts sighs, sitting down, the battle having drained him

[22:55] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I mean, I used to be one of those fuckers until they sent me on that damn suicide mission that cost me my arm, eye, and team."

[22:55] <Cody-B042> No, you didn't do a thing.

[22:55] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "...agreed. Let's get that fucker. Whoever he is."

[22:55] <Zach_Yoxall> We were outgunned and outmanned. Next time we'll have the advantage.

[22:55] <Fireteam_Valor> *Acquiring a grenade from 1-1, 1-4 looked up at the rest of the team.

[22:56] <Cody-B042> 1-3, you have command of Valor

[22:56] <Jonathan_Ulan> Hm...

[22:56] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "No evidence is to be left of our invovlement. That includes the body."

[22:56] * Sasha_Zaytseva for once is looking up, staring Ulan in the eyes, her cold, emotionless gaze again. [22:56] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "Yes sir."

[22:56] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-2) "What next?"

[22:57] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Not to mention one of those people down there was the cyka that kidnapped me."

[22:57] <Jonathan_Ulan> You're not a deserter. I can see it in your eyes.

[22:57] <Zach_Yoxall> Hotel and I will set up a new safe house, as we were planning to do anyway.

[22:57] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "Hotel, which is more important: the targets, recovering the supplies, or seeking out Sasha. We're done here I suppose."

[22:57] * Jamison-G144 looks on and removes his helmet, wiping beads of sweat from his forehead, being only 14 he appeared young, even with forced puberty

[22:57] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Bullshit."

[22:58] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-4) "Dude, you're only a kid!"

[22:58] <Zach_Yoxall> The mission.

[22:58] <Jonathan_Ulan> Don't try to fool me.

[22:58] <Jamison-G144> Yeah, yeah, it's called a baby face lay off

[22:58] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "Got it. We'll take it from here. We'll scramble a hog and head out west toward our targets. First we need to dispose of the body."

[22:58] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "That damn tyrannical military that calls itself humanities savior took everything from me. I'd be surprised if anyone could see anything in my eyes anymore."

[22:58] <Jonathan_Ulan> Then why do you have a thousand yard stare?

[22:59] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "Shut it. Let's go. 1-4, blow it."

[22:59] <Jonathan_Ulan> And not rage?

[22:59] <Fireteam_Valor> *1-3 began ushering everyone out of the alley.

[22:59] * Zach_Yoxall takes one last look at the body.

[22:59] * Cody-B042 Nods to 1-3, and glances down at 1-1

[22:59] <Cody-B042> What was his name

[22:59] <Jonathan_Ulan> When did you defect?

[23:00] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "Well...its classified...

[23:00] <Cody-B042> I don't exist

[23:00] <Zach_Yoxall> Bullshit.

[23:00] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "48, right after I spent 4 years on a planet in a hopeless siege."

[23:00] <Cody-B042> Literally I don't

[23:00] <Fireteam_Valor> "...we called him "Sunshine"

[23:00] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3)

[23:01] <Cody-B042> I'll keep that in mind. Move out.

[23:01] <Zach_Yoxall> Well, Valor, keep in touch.

[23:01] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "Quinn Silva, Staff Sergeant"

[23:01] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "WILCO. Get going. We're blowing this alleway up."

[23:02] * Cody-B042 nods and salutes the troopers moving out with Jamison in tow and presumably Zach

[23:02] <Zach_Yoxall> And don't try pulling any of that "its classified" shit on me again.

[23:03] * Zach_Yoxall walks off with Cody and Jamison.

[23:03] <Fireteam_Valor> * A click of a pin being pulled. The Rangers jog out of the narrow alley and cover their ears behind cover. The grenade hit the ground with a dull thud. An explosion followed by a ringing and it was done.

[23:03] * Sasha_Zaytseva just sits there, waiting for his next question.

[23:03] <Fireteam_Valor> (1-3) "Roger that, sir.

[23:03] <Fireteam_Valor> "

[23:03] <Zach_Yoxall> (cool guys don't look at explosions.)

[23:03] <Cody-B042> (They just walk away)

[23:04] <Frank_Holloman> Her arm is a military grade prosethetic. Civilians don't have access to those, and parts to maintain them are incredibly difficulty, especially for a defector.

[23:04] <Jonathan_Ulan> And she defected 5 years ago.

[23:05] <Frank_Holloman> She's been recieving parts for it from somewhere, and the UNSC does not give those out liberally.

[23:05] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Difficult isn't impossible."

[23:05] <Frank_Holloman> It

[23:05] <Zach_Yoxall> Cody, I can only assume that those Innies figured out that Sasha's UNSC. She may be good at acting, but even I couldn't come up with a cover story for her.

[23:05] <Frank_Holloman> *It's possible some black market dealer has access to them, or at least decent knockoffs, but I wouldn't bet on it.

[23:05] <Jonathan_Ulan> And a prosthetic eye?

[23:06] <Zach_Yoxall> What do you think?

[23:06] <Jonathan_Ulan> That's gotta be even more maintenance.

[23:06] <Cody-B042> I'm gonna make contact with the insider, move from there Zach, for now J and I need to stash the SPI and set up a safehouse

[23:06] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Not as much as you'd think."

[23:07] <Oliver_Philips> Not to mention the fact someone would have to ensure the neural connections are okay.

[23:07] <Zach_Yoxall> Of course.

[23:07] * Taylor_Roberts

[23:07] * Jonathan_Ulan

[23:07] <Jonathan_Ulan> (There we go.)

[23:07] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "First few years were easy. Officially was discharged for medical reasons."

[23:07] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "You know, the whole shattered mind thing."

[23:07] <Fireteam_Valor> * The Rangers can be seen in the background driving their hog out westward. Only the rumble of their engine could be heard from the vehicle.

[23:07] <Cody-B042> (I gotta sleep, I got work)

[23:08] <Frank_Holloman> When were you discharged?

[23:08] <Zach_Yoxall> (I'm gonna get going too.)

[23:08] <Fireteam_Valor> (I guess we can call it a night?)

[23:08] <Zach_Yoxall> (For our group, yeah.)

[23:08] <Cody-B042> (I'll do some RP at work tomorrow if you all are around)

[23:08] <Fireteam_Valor> (Alright. Night everyone, good luck to our pilot :P)

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[23:08] <Zach_Yoxall> (I won't be.)

[23:08] <Fireteam_Valor> (I may get on)

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[23:09] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Once I started recovering... that's when I left. It's not like I just quit. Had the time to set up connections." Looks to Frank. "As I said, I left the UNSC in 48. Didn't start working against them /actively/ until 52. Honestly, I thought the covvies would handle them."

[23:09] <Fireteam_Valor> (unlikely though)

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[23:09] <Jamison-G144> (This was fun, can't wait to do more)

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[23:09] <Zach_Yoxall> (Yeah.)

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[23:13] * Sasha_Zaytseva just sits there, glaring at him. "How the hell would you even know what their discharge procedures are?"

[23:14] * Jonathan_Ulan turns to Frank_Holloman

[23:15] <Frank_Holloman> Just to reiterate, what year were you discharged?

[23:15] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Fourty-Eight."

[23:15] <Frank_Holloman> The same year you defected.

[23:16] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "In mind, yes. In actions, didn't defect until the war was over."

[23:16] <Frank_Holloman> When did you arrive on planet?

[23:17] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Here? A while back."

[23:17] <Frank_Holloman> I would like exacts. Month, year.

[23:18] * Sasha_Zaytseva thinks. "Late 52... not sure the exact month."

[23:18] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Back before the free state started militarization to the extent it's at now."

[23:19] <Frank_Holloman> You emigrated from UNSC space to a lawless world in the middle of the Covenant's assault on the Sol system.

[23:19] <Jonathan_Ulan> Except the Free State was always militarized.

[23:19] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "It got heavier after... victoria, was it?"

[23:20] <Jonathan_Ulan> Victoria's in the middle of a fight for its goddamn life. The war there isn't over.

[23:20] * Sasha_Zaytseva looks to frank. "I wasn't born on earth, and wasn't at earth at the time." Looks to john. "When it was attacked, there was definitely a push in recruitment here."

[23:21] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "A lot of people are scared we're going to be next."

[23:21] <Jonathan_Ulan> When was Victoria attacked? I want a date.

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[23:22] <Agent_Minnesota> how dare

[23:22] <Agent_Minnesota> some fucker kicked me

[23:23] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "First I heard of it was... September 13th. I think..."

[23:26] * Frank_Holloman raises a hand to Ulan, "Would Gilgamesh have any kind of immagration records available?"

[23:26] <Jonathan_Ulan> Only the Free State would, records of naturalization, otherwise, no.

[23:26] <Frank_Holloman> None of the local towns?

[23:26] <Jonathan_Ulan> Unlikely.

[23:27] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Look, you said it yourself, warm bodies. I just want to help out, here. If it hurts the UNSC, all the better."

[23:27] <Jonathan_Ulan> You're a very bad liar.

[23:28] <Jonathan_Ulan> Victoria came under attack on September 9th, and you'd know that date damn well if you were here then. But you weren't.

[23:28] <Jonathan_Ulan> *September 7th

[23:29] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "It's not like I have damn access to the news at all hours."

[23:29] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Do you see what I was walking around with? A bedroll and an emergency blanket."

[23:30] * Frank_Holloman raises a hand again, "Enough. I don't believe her story, but until we're given permission otherwise in our contract, we'll turn her over to the Free State."

[23:30] <Jonathan_Ulan> Which is me, thankfully.

[23:30] <Jonathan_Ulan> (And cut)

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Session #2
[20:09] <Alan_Rus> Next!

[20:09] <Sasha_Zaytseva> I think is missed something

[20:09] <Alan_Rus> (Why?)

[20:10] <M_Kelborne> (Some body open up)

[20:10] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (Ping shot really high for a bit and then the next thing I saw was you saying next.)

[20:10] * Alan_Rus looks on as Sasha_Zaytseva, ragged and looking battered, is brought into the prison antechamber and shoved into the chair across the table from him

[20:10] * Alan_Rus sighs, "First name?"

[20:11] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Aleksandra."

[20:11] <Alan_Rus> Last name?

[20:11] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Zaytseva."

[20:11] <Alan_Rus> Occupation?

[20:12] <Alex_Vens> (COM)  Alligator 1-1, Komodo 1-1, this is Wildcat 1-1, flight is on station, waiting for your go.

[20:12] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Scrapper."

[20:12] <Jonathan_Ulan> (COM) Roger that Wildcat, this is Komodo, ready to move in.

[20:12] <Robert_Nichols> (COM) Same as previous. Send it.

[20:13] * Liam_Hargrove leans back quietly against the wall of a run down office that was once the local police station of the small settlement, helmet in hand and rifle over his back

[20:13] == Robert_Nichols has changed nick to Constantine_Phil

[20:14] == Constantine_Phil has changed nick to Konstantin_Wilso

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[20:15] <Matthew_Nichols> (COM) Alligator here, same as what Komodo stated.

[20:15] <Alan_Rus> Scrapper? Christ, don't know what trouble you got into.

[20:15] <Alan_Rus> Says here you are accused of being a spy for the UNSC.

[20:15] <Alan_Rus> How do you plead?

[20:15] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Not guilty."

[20:16] <Alan_Rus> You do realize if you are found guilty, and you have plead not guilty, you will be shot.

[20:16] <Alex_Vens> (COM) Roger, making attack run now.

[20:16] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Way they were talking on the dropship, I'm going to be shot anyway."

[20:16] * Alex_Vens breaks into a right turn, followed by his three other fighters, diving on the pro-UNSC settlement

[20:17] <Alex_Vens> Bombs away!

[20:17] * Alan_Rus looks as he sees the dots falling away from the F/A-440s as they dive on their target

[20:18] <Matthew_Nichols> Mortar sections, fire!

[20:18] * Matthew_Nichols

[20:18] * Liam_Hargrove looks up into the night sky and sees the bombs falling. "Fuck." He mutters, sliding the ODST helmet on over his head and diving for as the town begins to explode

[20:18] <Alan_Rus> And you really think that we'll shoot you if you plead guilty? Come now, we're not that barbaric.

[20:19] * Alex_Vens pulls out of the dive, and resumes an orbiting pattern above the settlement

[20:19] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I've seen you guys both ways. The guy questioning me on the pelican, barbaric. The guy I saw out in the woods, pretty nice."

[20:19] * Liam_Hargrove is thrown by the force of a nearby mortar shell, and scrambles to get onto his feet and gather himself. Somewhere among the explosions screams are heard

[20:19] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Shame it was the latter that got shot. Wouldn't be in this mess if he was still around."

[20:20] <Alan_Rus> And yet, you were in the same vicinity as those who shot him and took you. Why didn't they just leave you?

[20:20] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I surrendered, one of your guys surrendered. They took us both. Once they found out I was useless, they kicked me out. Didn't even know who they were until your guys told me they were oonskies."

[20:20] * Jonathan_Ulan watches with his binoculars as tracers and mortar shells land in the settlement, only worsening the fires begun by the incendiary bombs released by Vens' flight

[20:21] <Alan_Rus> Yet they killed him, and let you go. Why?

[20:21] <Alan_Rus> He was a Private First Class, of no use to them.

[20:21] * Jonathan_Ulan looks back at the BDS troops around him, "Be a damn shame if they're all dead before we get there."

[20:22] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I was gone before he was dead." *shrugs* "Maybe he found something out about them before you showed up but after I left?"

[20:22] <Alan_Rus> Maybe, but I find that hard to believe. DOB?

[20:22] * Liam_Hargrove crawls through the rubble, doing his best to dig a man out of the rubble whilst keeping his head low. He looks across the street for the other mercs, spotting one only to see him blown away by a mortar.

[20:23] <Jonathan_Ulan> (COM) Alligator, tell your company to transition to smoke rounds to cover our advance.

[20:23] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "January 7, 2507."

[20:23] * Alan_Rus looks at Zaytseva sideways, "07? Guess cryosleep does wonders after all."

[20:24] <Matthew_Nichols> (COM) Roger that.

[20:24] <Team_Valor> *Valor 1-3, designated team leader of Unit, callsign Valor, watched in quiet horror as tracers rained in arcs across the sky and setting ablaze a small village in the hills. Advanced fighter aircraft flew over dropping bombs. The fireteam had just been approaching the village on a retooling trip, prepping for their next bombing target. Now this.

[20:24] <Matthew_Nichols> Next volley, smoke rounds!

[20:24] <Liam_Hargrove> "Get the civilians out now!"

[20:24] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Hey, 1-3, you staring at that?"

[20:25] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Yeah. Damn hell. The Innies reached a new low."

[20:25] * Jonathan_Ulan sees the smoke clouds begin to billow over the village, "Mount up, let's move!

[20:25] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Orders?"

[20:25] * Sasha_Zaytseva simply nods at that statement.

[20:26] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "We go in, hopefully there are survivors. If we spot Innies, pull back."

[20:26] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Rog."

[20:26] * Liam_Hargrove motions for the man to run as well as a family stumbling in the streets. "Fucking move! Out now, stay in cover but go quick!" He bellows, un-slinging the BR85 from his shoulder and activating his helmet's VISR system. Liam growls in anger as he spots one of the mercs turning and running away from combat, but resists the urge to mow him down

[20:27] <Alan_Rus> That's all then.

[20:27] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "So, now you shove me in a cell, decide I'm guilty, and only come back when it's time to kill me, hm?"

[20:28] <Team_Valor> * Fireteam Valor, in a acquised Warthog started to drive down the beaten path they were on through the woods toward the village. Mortars on their way and all\

[20:28] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "We know of any friendly units in the area?"

[20:28] <Alan_Rus> Not at all.

[20:29] <Alan_Rus> We kill you right now.

[20:29] <Alan_Rus> The evidence points to you being a spy, and several superior officers have gone over it.

[20:29] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "1-4, check the scope for any UNSC-recognized frequencies, if you find any play on TEAMCOM."

[20:29] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "I see... any chance I could get a last meal, perhaps?"

[20:30] <Alan_Rus> No. Stand up, through this door.

[20:30] * Alan_Rus draws his M6H

[20:30] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "1-3, I'm checking. You need me to send out a challenge burst maybe?"

[20:30] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Might as well, see if the friendlies are still alive."

[20:30] * Sasha_Zaytseva shifts slightly in her seat, then stands up. She starts to turn, before throwing a punch with her cybernetic toward his face, her other hand going to grip the gun.

[20:31] <Alan_Rus> Oh fuck!

[20:31] * Jonathan_Ulan grabs his rifle, and jumps into the passenger seat of a Warthog, which begins quickly rolling towards the village, "Find the UNSC, and terminate with extreme prejudice!"

[20:31] <Team_Valor> * A scrambled UNSC challenge frequency was flashed on all known frequencies, anyone with UNSC-grade decrypt gear should be able to recognize it if they were in the vicinity.

[20:32] * Alan_Rus looks down, to see his pistol is gone

[20:32] <Alan_Rus> Shit...

[20:33] * Sasha_Zaytseva kicks Alan back, barricading the foot with the chair, before turning back on him, pistol aimed at his head. "Keys and tell me how to get out."

[20:33] * Liam_Hargrove quickly attaches a flash suppressor to the BR85 and takes cover behind the now destroyed wall, while several others also take up positions. Hargrove would raise an eyebrow at the frequency and wink his status light green in response, before turning back to the rebel's approach

[20:33] <Sasha_Zaytseva> ((*door, not foot))

[20:33] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-4)

[20:33] <Alan_Rus> I don't have any goddamn keys! Everything is biometric!

[20:34] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "What type of biometic? Hand? Eye?"

[20:34] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "I got a green light. Unknown unit but friendly."

[20:34] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Position?"

[20:34] <Alan_Rus> Hand, requires a pulse on it to work!

[20:34] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "No idea, it was a standard reply call - somewhere nearby obviously."

[20:35] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Alright, 1-3, get us closer. Bring us a quarter-click from the village. We'll hold there and send a second burst."

[20:35] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Fuck." Grips his shirt, pulling him up and moving behind him, holding him with the gun pointed to his head. "You're coming with, then. Don't do anything funny or I'll shoot where I know it'll hurt."

[20:35] <Alan_Rus> Okay, Jesus you psychotic bitch.

[20:36] * Sasha_Zaytseva unblocks the door, opening it and holding him in front of her as a human shield. "Which way?"

[20:36] <Alan_Rus> Right!

[20:36] <Jonathan_Ulan> Dismount, terminate everyone you find!

[20:36] <Jonathan_Ulan> (COM) Alligator, you are clear to pull out!

[20:36] <Matthew_Nichols> (COM) Roger that, pulling back!

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[20:37] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "We're close enough to pick up on Innie signals. I'm cleaning it up and patching it through."

[20:37] * Sasha_Zaytseva walks out, pushing him along. "Just lead the way and open any doors we find. Get me out of here. Preferably with a spacecraft, but if you must, ground vehicles work."

[20:37] <Team_Valor> * Valor TEAMCOM is now registering all GFS signals in the area as they watched from their Warthog, the smoke rising from the settlement they were approaching.

[20:37] <Alan_Rus> There aren't any damn spacecraft!

[20:38] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Then I guess we're going on ground."

[20:38] * Alex_Vens feels a jolt in his aircraft, and immediately checks his HUD, seeing that he has just sustained a bird strike

[20:38] * Liam_Hargrove raises his rifle, sighting up a BDS soldier's head and squeezing the trigger, a single round flying through the smoke but the location of the shot isn't visible thanks to his attachment

[20:38] * Jonathan_Ulan sees the BDS trooper go down, "Contact!"

[20:39] <Alex_Vens> Fuck.

[20:39] <Alex_Vens> (COM) I have just sustained a bird strike, punching out!

[20:39] <Jonathan_Ulan> Defensive pattern Gamma!

[20:39] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "All UNSC forces, this is callsign Valor 1-3, acting team leader - any UNSC or friendly Task Forces in the A-O?"

[20:39] <Team_Valor> (I mean COM, 1-3)

[20:39] * Alex_Vens rolls his jet onto its back, and pulls a lever, detaching the canopy

[20:39] <Alex_Vens> Jesus...

[20:40] * Alex_Vens turns the quick release on his harness, and falls away from the stricken jet

[20:40] <Team_Valor> * The Valor Warthog comes to a halt in a nearby clearing. The pile of smoke now rising like a volcano's column. The inferno was impressive, outright terrifying. It made 1-4's skin crawl.

[20:41] * Alex_Vens grasps for the ripcord, and yanks on it, his parachute blossoming out, jerking him upward

[20:41] * Liam_Hargrove squeezes again, another shot into another soldier. Motions for two other mercs, local muscle with more balls than most to set up a battered M247. "Fire when I give the signal!" He orders. Hearing the burst from Team_Valor, he opens up the COM on his armor for the first time in a long time

[20:41] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "You think we might be too close? "

[20:41] <Liam_Hargrove> (COM) Local muscle here, we're in here still, multiple bad guys moving in

[20:41] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "We hold till contact."

[20:41] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "This is 1-3, we got you. What is your position?"

[20:42] * Sasha_Zaytseva keeps pushing Alan through the cooridors, looking out for any contacts.

[20:42] <Alex_Vens> (COM) Any GFS forces in the vicinity, I have ejected! This is Wildcat 1-1, requesting rescue!

[20:42] <Jonathan_Ulan> Second squad, search for any survivors and dispose of them! Rest of you, stick with me, we'll deal with these bastards!

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[20:43] <Liam_Hargrove> (COM) Streets, ruins of the old police station, we're setting up to hold them off

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[20:43] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "Hey, 1-1, I think the BCS dudes know we're here."

[20:43] * Jonathan_Ulan spots the two mercs attempting to set up a machine gun, and drops them both with rounds from his MA5D

[20:43] <SashaZaytseva> (Alan, I ran through a deadzone. Did you see my last emote?)

[20:44] <Jonathan_Ulan> First squad, you're with me, Third, provide covering fire!

[20:44] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "We copy. We're moving to you now. What is your callsign, over?"

[20:44] <Jonathan_Ulan> (Yes)

[20:44] <SashaZaytseva> (Cool.)

[20:44] <Jonathan_Ulan> Move up, covering fire!

[20:44] * Jonathan_Ulan begins moving up towards Liam_Hargrove at a frightening pace as the other BDS troops provide withering fire over their heads

[20:44] * Liam_Hargrove watches the two go down, "Fire now!" He orders, several men opening up with MA5Bs and the like. Liam sights up Ulan himself and lets off two shots

[20:45] * Jonathan_Ulan feels two shots ping off his shoulder pauldrons, and immediately moves to take cover, sporadically letting off shots at the remaining mercs

[20:45] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "1-4, stay on comms. I want to know who is doing what at all times. 1-2, circle around and try to pick off the BDS skunks. I'm going to RV with the friendlies."

[20:45] * Alex_Vens continues drifting towards the ground, watching the burning settlement nearby

[20:46] <Alan_Rus> You're not going to be able to get out of here alive.

[20:46] <Alan_Rus> This is New Belgrade.

[20:46] <SashaZaytseva> "And why the hell is that supposed to mean anything to me?"

[20:46] * SashaZaytseva comes up to a door, forcing his hand out. "Open."

[20:46] <Alan_Rus> This is the capital.

[20:47] <SashaZaytseva> "How the fuck do you not have spacecraft in your capital?"

[20:47] * Alan_Rus places a trembling hand on the pad, which dings, opening the door to the outside

[20:47] <Alan_Rus> Everything is decentralized!

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[20:47] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "1-3, I got an HVT. A downed pilot. Permission to point for 1-2?"

[20:47] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Go ahead. Detain the HVT if possible, kill him if necessary."

[20:48] * SashaZaytseva forces Alan out, looking around and taking in the surroundings. "I'm assuming there's a sewer system?"

[20:48] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "I'm on the way."

[20:48] <Alan_Rus> You want any kind of spacecraft, you'll have to get through streets swarming with troops.

[20:48] * Liam_Hargrove snaps to one of the BDS troops and fires once, dropping him. "Suppress that position! Now damn it!" He belows, one of the men pounding Ulan's position with an MA5B as Liam ducks to avoid the incoming fire

[20:48] <Alan_Rus> No, we shit in the streets. Of course there bloody is.

[20:48] == SashaZaytseva has changed nick to Sasha_Zaytseva

[20:48] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Good. I hope you're ready to get wet." Walks him towards the nearest grate.

[20:48] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "This is 1-3 to unknown friendly, I'm to your six - I'm pinging IFF, don't shoot me."

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[20:50] * Jack_Kovac spots Sasha_Zaytseva pointing a gun at Rus

[20:50] <Jack_Kovac> Halt!

[20:50] <Liam_Hargrove> (COM) "Yah, you got it, just move."

[20:50] <Team_Valor> * The Army Ranger pushed passed a burned out building toward the police station. He can see gunfire through the smoke.

[20:50] * Sasha_Zaytseva shifts Alan between herself and Jack. "Don't even think about it."

[20:50] * Jack_Kovac and his rifle section, on regular patrol around New Belgrade, snap up their rifles

[20:51] * Sasha_Zaytseva slowly backs away, using rus as a human shield, gun up.

[20:51] * Alex_Vens finally comes to a halt, his chute snagged on a tree, but thankfully, he is only a few feet off the ground

[20:52] <Team_Valor> * The Ranger, 1-3, drops into cover next to smoke charcoal-covered soldiers, they're gear appeared to be hapharzardly put together, the local muscle claim seemed to be spot on.

[20:52] * Jack_Kovac fires a single shot past Sasha's head, hoping to make her flinch, "Move up!"

[20:52] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Hi, uhh, who's the CO?"

[20:52] * Jack_Kovac and his section continue moving up and surrounding Zaytseva

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[20:53] <Cody-B042> "We're goddamn mercs, they just happen to listen to me sometimes" Snarls Hargrove, the only one of the group with gear in good condition

[20:53] <Jack_Kovac> (COM) We have a dangerous person with a member of the GFA hostage on 19th Street, requesting immediate support from the 7th Precinct Auxiliary Battalion

[20:53] * M_Kelborne finishes adjust his scope from nearby vantage point. Clad in full ODST gear his true identity hidden. His voice, though distorted comes through the Coms  (Com) "Eye on target." He fired his SRS99 one time striking a BDS troop in his chest plate

[20:54] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Nice to meet you, where can I help?"

[20:54] * Alex_Vens begins trying to saw his way through the parachute harness to get down

[20:54] * Sasha_Zaytseva holds steady, stopping just in front of the sewer grate. She ducks down, exposing Rus to fire from any side, pulls the sewer open with her cybernetic and jumps in quickly.

[20:54] <Liam_Hargrove> "Get the M247 up, that's a start"

[20:54] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Hey, 1-4, where did you ping this guy?"

[20:55] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "He should be a few football fields north of you...I think."

[20:55] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Can do."

[20:56] <Jack_Kovac> I'll get this one gents. I'm the tiniest.

[20:56] * Cody-B042 creeps through the night, slowly moving towards Alex_Vens, not making so much as a sound. M_Kelborne and Zach_Yoxall might've been furious he was out if they'd known, but they didn't. No one did. Silently waiting, and completely hidden the Spartan simply waited.

[20:56] <Team_Valor> *Valor 1-3 notes the downed machine gun next to a couple of dead bodies. Great, a bullet sponge.

[20:56] <Liam_Hargrove> "I'll cover you don't worry, just move."

[20:56] * Sasha_Zaytseva lands a few meters down, sloppily rolling. She pushes herself up and runs, grimacing lightly.

[20:56] * Jack_Kovac, the most dimunitive member of the section, hands off his heavier gear, and armed only with a pistol and flashlight, he jumps into the sewer after Sasha

[20:56] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "You notice...nevermind, moving!"

[20:56] <Jack_Kovac> Get back here!

[20:56] * Liam_Hargrove switches to burst and fires into the BDS troops

[20:57] * Sasha_Zaytseva fires a shot over her shoulder before rounding a corner, just running.

[20:57] <Liam_Hargrove> "Bring it back over here, I just need that shit ready to go!"

[20:57] <Team_Valor> *1-3 rushed to the gun and started to shift the gun mount into a firing position. He got low, loading in a chain of bullets to the gun.

[20:58] * M_Kelborne leads another BDS troop for a few feet before firing again "2" he said to himself as the round went cleanly in and out

[20:58] * Alan_Rus elbows Zaytseva, and attempts to break free

[20:58] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Fuck. I thought you just wanted it set up! I'm not a Spartan dammit!"

[20:58] <Alan_Rus> Hey, over here!

[20:59] <Sasha_Zaytseva> ((Wait, I was playing it like she left Alan up there. Used the chance of him getting shot as a way to keep them from shooting as she jumped))

[20:59] * Alex_Vens fires a prolonged burst at 1-3, attempting to get him to flinch and stop setting up

[20:59] <Jack_Kovac> (Okay, cool, that works.)

[20:59] <Team_Valor> *1-3 struggles but slowly moves the gun with a grating noise from the debris on the ground. He shifts it to the merc nearby.

[20:59] * Liam_Hargrove takes note of the sniper rounds downing another BDS trooper. "Quit bitching and move! I can't have you dying out there!" He retorts

[20:59] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "I see a guy in a parachute."

20:59] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Good. That's the HVT."

[20:59] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (So void Alan's action, then?)

[20:59] <Jonathan_Ulan> (Yes.)

[20:59] * Jonathan_Ulan

[21:00] * Jonathan_Ulan tosses a grenade at 1-3

[21:00] * Liam_Hargrove another merc rushes to help 1-3, pulling the weapon

[21:00] <Team_Valor> * Valor 1-2, creeping through the woods was now meters from the pilot trying to cut himself from his harness.

[21:00] <Jonathan_Ulan> Move up you bastards!

[21:00] <Liam_Hargrove> "Grenade!"

[21:00] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Is that a... move!"

[21:00] * Jonathan_Ulan charges forward, attempting to overwhelm the defenders with a shock attack

[21:00] * Sasha_Zaytseva sprints down the cooridor some more, before pushing herself against the wall around another corner, catching her breath and waiting.

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[21:00] <Team_Valor> *Valor 1-3 tackles the merc behind some rubble.

[21:01] * Cody-B042 takes note of Valor 1-2, but does not move

[21:01] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Hey buddy! Needs some help?"

[21:01] * Liam_Hargrove fires at Jonathan_Ulan, letting off several bursts aimed at his chest and head as he rushes forward

[21:01] <Team_Valor> * Valor 1-2 directed at the pilot.

[21:01] * M_Kelborne watches as Ulan charges the Ranger team, he fire yet another round aimed at Ulan, but it misses striking the ground right behind him.

[21:02] * Alex_Vens does not look up, continuing to try to untangle himself, "Yeah, that'd be great! Good to hear a friendly voice!"

[21:02] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "1-4, you nearby? I could use help. I could use some backup!"

[21:02] * Jonathan_Ulan dives onto the ground, rolling to the side as he continues firing, trying to make himself a much harder target to hit

[21:03] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Give me a bit. Coming to you."

[21:03] * Cody-B042 smirks, his knife in his hand

[21:03] * Jack_Kovac continues prowling the sewers, trying to stay as silent as possible

[21:03] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "1-3, I'm right here. I caught up."

[21:03] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "Huh? Oh shit, I thought you were still a few blocks back."

[21:03] * Sasha_Zaytseva waits at the corner, keeping her eyes watching it and listening closely, breathing as quietly as she could.

[21:04] <Team_Valor> (I mean 1-3 again)

[21:04] * Liam_Hargrove shifts to adjust his fire, several rounds impacting the ODST gear, but not breaking through. "Shit." He curses to himself as the massive man draws closer.

[21:04] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "Nah. I was a bit but I'm up now. Focus on the guys to the right. I got the guys up front."

[21:04] * Jack_Kovac thinks he sees a shadow, and draws his pistol, firing several rounds into the corner

[21:04] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Good."

[21:05] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "Hey, 1-3, I think we found an old friend."

[21:05] * Sasha_Zaytseva slides further behind it as the rounds chip of concrete beside her. She curses softly just as the last rounds are fired.

[21:05] <Team_Valor> * 1-3 notices 1-4 pointing at Ulan shooting his way around the combat area.

[21:05] * Jack_Kovac drops his magazine, and quickly reloads

[21:05] * Jonathan_Ulan hops back up, and charges towards Liam_Hargrove

[21:05] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Fuck. He's HVT 2, he's kill, no capture."

[21:05] * Sasha_Zaytseva doesn't say anything, just waits.

[21:06] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "Got it. I'll ping that on all frequencies, either way, what now?"

[21:06] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "We kill the bitch. For 1-1."

[21:06] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "Fuck yeah."

[21:06] * Alex_Vens finally cuts himself down, and looks up, spotting 1-2

[21:07] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Hey why you shooting man?"

[21:07] <Alex_Vens> Hey, over here man!

[21:07] <Team_Valor> * Valor 1-2 can now be seen approaching from the treeline.

[21:07] <Alex_Vens> Good to see a friendly here!

[21:07] <Alex_Vens> Good to...

[21:07] * Alex_Vens finally realizes he is UNSC, and takes off at a sprint deeper into the forest, looking for a suitable hiding place

[21:07] * Liam_Hargrove drops his rifle and hits button on his wrist gauntlet, the PISCES elements of his armor powering up. Maybe he couldn't take a hit from Jonathan_Ulan, but he'd be fast enough to dodge them. He snaps up an M6G and fires q\uickly at the charging innie

[21:08] <Team_Valor> *The HDW Mk.15 coughs twice, the bullets fly at the pilot's kneecaps.

[21:08] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "HVT 1 is running."

[21:08] * Alex_Vens falls as a round catches him in the fleshy part of his calf

[21:08] <Alex_Vens> Aaah!

[21:08] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Hey bro, might want to surrender there. You ain't running on that leg."

[21:08] * Cody-B042 as Alex_Vens begins to run, and after  the ranger has fired, B042 sprints forward, spearing the pilot with massive force. "Friendly!" He calls back to Valor 1-2

[21:09] <Zach_Yoxall> (...)

[21:09] * Alex_Vens feels one of his ribs shatter as he is tackled, and raises his shaking hands

[21:09] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Wat! What? Where the...what the hell are you doing here?"

[21:10] * Sasha_Zaytseva counts in her head from when Jack had stopped firing, trying to see if he would shoot again and she could time his reload.

[21:10] <Team_Valor> * 1-4 and 1-3 of Valor are now shooting directly at Ulan. They're rifles coughed rapidly with semi-auto fire, trying to pin the supersoldier down.

[21:10] * Jack_Kovac pops around the corner, shining his flashlight in Zaytseva's eyes, attempting to blind her, as he fires several rounds

[21:11] * Cody-B042 wraps a hand around Alex_Ven's mouth, before looking back to the ranger with a smirk. "That all seems like a lot for lil old me, figured I should get some answers." He replies, turning to glare at the pilot.

[21:12] * Alex_Vens 's eyes dart around like mad, his adrenaline not having yet worn off

[21:12] * Sasha_Zaytseva curses as he rounds the corner, jumping at the source of the light just before the rounds are fired, pushing him down, only catching one through her cybernetic. She grapples with him for control of his gun, her cybernetic just stuck around his waist.

[21:12] <Cody-B042> "More accurately, I'm being what the shrinks call 'rash'. But hey, perpetrating a massacre is pretty rash to isn't it?" He asks, looking down at Vens

[21:13] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "You better not be planning to kill him out right. He's significant enough to be detained."

[21:13] * Jack_Kovac begins trying to wrest back control of his pistol, dimunitive as he is, he still has a surprising amount of strength

[21:13] * Sasha_Zaytseva digs her knee into his gut, tossing her own pistol behind her and getting a better grip on his gun.

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[21:14] * Edward_Garan sees Zach_Yoxall appear in the doorway of his office, "Ah, Mr. Yoxall, please come in!"

[21:14] <Team_Valor> (COM,1-2) "Hey, 1-3, not to interrupt your gunfight. I got a Hotel dude overhere. Can you relay to Yoxall - he's got a stray."

[21:14] * Sasha_Zaytseva some blood drips from the wounds on her left cheek caused by concrete chips from the shots that had missed.

[21:14] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3)

[21:14] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "What? Really? Got it."

[21:14] <Cody-B042> "I'm impulsive, not un-professional. He'll be fine. You want him conscious now or no?"

[21:15] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Hey, Yoxall, this is 1-3, you on this channel?"

[21:15] * Zach_Yoxall walks in and leans against one of the walls.

[21:15] <Edward_Garan> Please, have a seat.

[21:15] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Nah."

[21:15] <Zach_Yoxall> I'm good. I prefer standing.

[21:15] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Yoxall...?"

[21:15] <Edward_Garan> Suit yourself.

[21:15] * M_Kelborne mutters to himself "Fucking rangers" he shoots again at a BDS troop, blowing his helmet out

[21:15] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Must be busy."

[21:15] <Cody-B042> "1-2, my safehouse got hot, multiple patrols were closing in. Had to move, make sure they tell Yoxall that too." He adds, his tone somewhat more serious.

[21:16] <Edward_Garan> So you are the man in charge of procuring our...new equipment, yes?

[21:16] <Edward_Garan> Those that go along with our new plan.

[21:16] * Cody-B042 hits Vens in the head, restraining his force enough that it would only knock out the pilot, not kill him

[21:16] <Team_Valor> (COM,1-2) "Relay I guess. Hey, the dude says--"

[21:16] <Zach_Yoxall> You could say that.

[21:16] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Yoxall is off, no contact. Save it for later."

[21:16] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Roger."

[21:17] <Team_Valor> * 1-3 and 1-4 had broken formation and were now moving in on Ulan, the damn snake they wanted dead for 1-1's slaughter.

[21:17] * Edward_Garan stands up and begins walking around the room, "As I'm sure you're aware, Victoria was invaded only days ago. They are on our galactic doorstep."

[21:18] <Zach_Yoxall> And that's exactly why I'm here.

[21:19] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Hey merc! A little help here maybe, we're going after the HVT!"

[21:19] <Zach_Yoxall> We're the next logical target for those oonskie bastards.

[21:19] <Liam_Hargrove> "Shooting at him right fucking now!"

[21:20] <Edward_Garan> Indeed you are. And indeed we are, though Glabetov may be next. While Doctor Forlorn's new suit is...powerful, I do not think that it will do us much good in the upcoming battle. Wouldn't you agree?

[21:21] <Team_Valor> (COM,1-3) "Hey merc! You hear me? You never gave me your callsign either!"

[21:21] <Zach_Yoxall> I think we're gonna need more than a suit.

[21:21] * Jonathan_Ulan continues darting around the battle, firing at the mercenaries every chance he gets

[21:22] <Team_Valor> * 1-3 places a burst of rounds in Ulan's direction, hoping to get a shot in.

[21:22] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "I think 5.56 isn't strong enough."

[21:22] <Liam_Hargrove> "ARKHAM!" He responds, adrenaline filling his body

[21:22] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "MA5 or BRs then?"

[21:23] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Thank you Merc!"

[21:23] <Edward_Garan> My point. While some of my staff have had good opinions of the suit, those funds that were earmarked for the suits are now free game for all other products, however, as your section's focus is personal kit, I want you to focus on more small arms, Venezian-made preferably.

[21:23] * Liam_Hargrove fires at Ulan again and again, his free hand drawing a knife

[21:23] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Grab two BRs and any ammo you can find! I'm going to support the Arkham guy!"

[21:23] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "Got it."

[21:23] <Edward_Garan> And as I'm sure you know, these conversations are between the two of us.

[21:23] * M_Kelborne spots Ulan again, taking another pot shot at him before falling back behind cover to reload

[21:23] <Zach_Yoxall> Of course.

[21:23] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Hey uhh, Hotel? So, what you going to do now?"

[21:24] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (Is jack going to do something?)

[21:24] <Zach_Yoxall> I have a contact on Venezia, could probably strike a deal with him.

[21:24] <Edward_Garan> Now, do you have any questions about the task at hand? Feel free to ask them, the office is constantly swept for bugs, there are none here, we checked right before this.

[21:25] <Cody-B042> "Stay away from the fighting, pick off a few patrols until I get details on a place to go."

[21:25] <Cody-B042> "Why?"

[21:25] <Team_Valor> * 1-4 broke off to find any dead bodies with BR-85s or BR-55s that were avaliable. The smoky atmoshphere didn't help.

[21:25] * Jack_Kovac kicks Sasha_Zaytseva in the shin, attempting to get her to loosen her cybernetic hand's grip on the pistol

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[21:25] <Team_Valor> (1-2)

[21:25] <Zach_Yoxall> I don't want to sound like I'm overstepping my boundaries.

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[21:25] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "The rest of Valor is back in town, we got an ambush in progress - could use some help cleaning up Innies if you're okay with that?"

[21:26] <Edward_Garan> Go on anyway. I'm not some tinpot dictator. Well, I may be a dictator, but I'm not so rash.

[21:26] <Jack_Kovac> Just let go you bitch!

[21:26] <Zach_Yoxall> I do need to know how many guns you need though. How many man are you planning arming?

[21:26] * Sasha_Zaytseva lifts him off the ground, slamming him back down into it. "People keep calling me that. Doesn't usually end well for them." Pulls harder on the gun

[21:27] * Jack_Kovac draws his knife with his free hand, and plants it in the prosthetic's elbow, trying to get it to stop working

[21:27] <Zach_Yoxall> planning on arming*

[21:27] <Edward_Garan> As many as the funds we allott you allow

[21:27] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Hey, 1-2, if your Spartan friend isn't busy. We got that BDS officer here, the one that took out 1-1. We could use an assist. Over."

[21:27] * Sasha_Zaytseva just gets it stuck in position around him even more. She uses her legs to lift him again, slamming him into the floor, her knee once more digging into his gut. "Let go and you live."

[21:27] <Zach_Yoxall> Then I'll see what I can do. Is there anything else you need?

[21:28] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Oh shit."

[21:28] <Team_Valor> (1-2)

[21:28] <Edward_Garan> Small arms and such are prone to breakage or being lost in battle, you understand. Most of these are simply going to go into storage for after the inevitable war anyway.

[21:28] <Team_Valor> (1-2) " Hey, HOTEL, we got a situation. That guy that killed 1-1 is up in town. I'll detain the pilot. Can you go and help up there?"

[21:28] <Edward_Garan> Beyond that...

[21:28] <Cody-B042> "I heard. We can't risk blowing the fact that I'm alive, but I can take out those mortars, possibly re-purpose them"

[21:28] <Edward_Garan> Hm...

[21:28] <Cody-B042> "I-"

[21:29] <Team_Valor> (1-2)"Well...I don't know."

[21:29] * Cody-B042 looks down at the burning town

[21:29] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "What about the mortars?"

[21:29] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "The Spartan has the call."

[21:30] <Cody-B042> "If I go in now, they could do this again. But If I don't..."

[21:30] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "He says its your call."

[21:30] <Edward_Garan> Yes, now I remember.

[21:30] <Edward_Garan> More personal kit for the troops. Assault packs, gas masks, things like that.

[21:30] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "I can handle the mortars in your place?"

[21:31] * Cody-B042 seems frozen, until he reaches into the bush and into a ruck pack, unzipping it and revealing high-grade armor and several weapons

[21:31] <Zach_Yoxall> I'll see what I can do.

[21:31] <Cody-B042> (mortars are gone sadly)

[21:31] <Edward_Garan> Enough for the 20,000 troops we have right now, but remember, your main focus is small arms.

[21:31] <Zach_Yoxall> Got it.

[21:31] <Edward_Garan> Other men are dealing with the other necessary changes.

[21:31] <Team_Valor> (I saw) (1-2) "Well, what now then?"

[21:32] <Edward_Garan> Right then. That's all.

[21:32] <Cody-B042> "I'll do what I can, if you've got anything to jam innie frequencies, use it."

[21:32] * Jonathan_Ulan moves back to the BDS lines, where the other units have returned from their hunts, "You did the job? Good."

[21:33] <Zach_Yoxall> I'll hopefully return with your requested weapons soon, not sure on the date yet.

[21:33] <Zach_Yoxall> Slipspace is a bitch, you know?

[21:34] * Sasha_Zaytseva slams jack into the ground once more. "What is your choice. Keep your life, or your weapon?"

[21:34] * Liam_Hargrove slumps down against the battered wall, ejecting a magazine from the M6 and sliding in a fresh one, then pulling the slide. Raising himself up he shoots a BDS soldier through the throat

[21:35] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "So, I'll detain the pilot. I got no jammers on me. That's 1-34. You go into town?"

[21:35] * Zach_Yoxall starts walking towards the door, before taking one last look around the room.

[21:36] <Team_Valor> * 1-2 looks at the pilot still in the Spartan's grasp.

[21:37] * Jack_Kovac relunctantly releases his grip on his weapon

[21:37] * Zach_Yoxall exits the office and heads outside.

[21:37] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "No fight left huh?"

[21:37] <Team_Valor> (Sorry, wrong person - my bad)

[21:37] * Cody-B042 releases the pilot begins strapping on the body armor, and pulls a black mask up over the bridge of his nose. "Yeah, something like that." He responds, sheathing his knife and slinging an M45 over his back, drawing an M7S

[21:38] * Sasha_Zaytseva takes the weapon, standing up and forcing him against the wall. She pockets the weapon in her back waistband, ripping the knife out and using it to dig the bullet out of her arm. The cybernetic falls limply to her side as it releases jack. She knees him in the groin and moves to pick up her other handgun, pointing it at jack. "Now, what do you know about where these sewers go?"

[21:38] <Team_Valor> * 1-2 grabs the pilot and throws a pair of zip ties on the guys arms and legs. He takes out an optical blanket and throw it over the pilot.

[21:39] <Jack_Kovac> You fucking...whore. I have no goddamn idea!

[21:39] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "You're going to stay quiet and we're going to wait here. Got it friend?

[21:39] <Jack_Kovac> Maybe up into some dipshit's toilet, that's where!

[21:39] <Alex_Vens> Huh?

[21:39] * Alex_Vens begins to wake up from his unconscious state

[21:39] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "You're going to stay quiet, or I put a round in your skull."

[21:40] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Valor 1-2, your team pinged me a few minutes ago. What the hell is happening?"

[21:40] * Alex_Vens stays silent, trying to remember what has happened

[21:40] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "That's a shame." Points the gun at his kneecaps. "Give me any other gear on you. Weapons, maps, compass, radio, that crap."

[21:40] <Jack_Kovac> Good thing I don't have any. Joy of being a sewer rat.

[21:40] <Team_Valor> (He was in the grasp of a Spartan, 1-2 switched places and zip tied him down, he's wrapped in an optical imager blanket that hides the individual)

[21:41] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Flashlight, then."

[21:41] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "I got you tied down so stay quiet and happy. We're going to get real cozy."

[21:41] * Zach_Yoxall begins jogging towards his new safe house.

[21:41] <Jack_Kovac> God knows where that is.

[21:41] <Jack_Kovac> You knocked it out of my hands.

[21:41] <Team_Valor> * The Ranger chuckled to himself on a tree before answering the comms.

[21:41] <Jack_Kovac> I'm just a Corporal, I'm no one special.

[21:41] * Sasha_Zaytseva sighs. "So you're down here in just fatigues?"

[21:42] <Edward_Garan> Yes.

[21:42] * Jack_Kovac

[21:42] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Yo, what's up Yoxall - you got a missing Spartan over here. Just thought you would like to know, also, Team Lead is engaging with one Mr. Ulan of Valor maiming fame, please advise, over."

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[21:43] <Sasha_Zaytseva> "Well, can't have you following me." Shoots his leg, and slides the handgun next to the other one in her waistband.

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[21:44] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Hotel-2, come in, this is Valor Lead, are you inbound?"

[21:44] <Jack_Kovac> FUCK!

[21:44] <Cody-B042> (COM) "Moving."

[21:44] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "A Spartan? Who—" He pauses as he mutters Cody's name. "Nevermind."

[21:44] * Sasha_Zaytseva turns and continues down the sewers, working her way through the tunnels in the same direction, hopefully finding a way out of the city.

[21:44] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Cody, what the Hell is going on?"

[21:45] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Good. We'll light Ulan as HVT-2, go ahead and rain in on his parade."

[21:45] * Jack_Kovac begins to limp his way out of the sewer, and finds his way back to the surface, where the rest of his section pull him out

[21:45] <Cody-B042> (COM) "Multiple hostile patrols near my safehouse, entering and clearing buildings, had to move, saw this."

[21:46] <Team_Valor> (1-2) Hey, pilot person, what's your name? Ignore what I said last time, you cooperate, I'll let you talk a bit."

[21:46] * Jonathan_Ulan hefts an M41 SSR, and fires it at those Valor members in his line of sight

[21:46] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "I was gone less than a day, and you already cause another firefight?"

[21:46] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "Rocket! Fuck!"

[21:46] * Sasha_Zaytseva stops after a while, ripping a clean part of her shirt off and using it to dab at the blood on her cheek. She rips off the sleeve around her cybernetic to use it to sling it up in front of her instead, holding it steady, before continuing through the sewers.

[21:46] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "We're supposed to lay low, let the chaos blow over."

[21:47] <Alex_Vens> Vens, Alex. First Lieutenant, 78456741.

[21:47] <Team_Valor> *The rocket flew at the pair of Rangers who backed away from the front of the building they were in just as the missile exploded on impact and wrecked the foundation bringing the station's upper floor sagging down.

[21:47] <Alex_Vens> May 21st, 2530.

[21:47] * Cody-B042 moves through the darkness, his enhanced eyesight guiding him. "They're massacring a town." He responds to Yoxall promptly, creeping closer and closer in the dark

[21:47] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Where's Jamison?"

[21:47] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Nice to meet you, you can call me Joe."

[21:48] * Liam_Hargrove throws himself away from the rocket impact

[21:48] * Alex_Vens stays silent, glaring at 1-2 from under the blanket

[21:49] <Cody-B042> (COM) "I'd assume still at the safehouse you put him at. Just me this time/."

[21:49] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "So, you get tied up often?"

[21:49] * Zach_Yoxall enters his safe house, changing out of his Innie attire and into something a bit more UNSC.

[21:49] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Where are you now? Need an assist?"

[21:50] <Team_Valor> * 1-4 and 1-3 traded weaposn for battle rifles as they tried to collect themselves. They were trying to hide now that they knew Ulan had a rocket launcher.

[21:51] * Jonathan_Ulan drops the RPG, and continues scanning, looking for targets, and firing at Team_Valor whenever they pop out of cover

[21:51] <Cody-B042> (COM) "Moving into combat area, south-west of my safehouse. Valor can direct you. Evening the score, Hotel out."

[21:51] * Sasha_Zaytseva stops to peer out of various grates, trying to spot anything that could look like a hangar.

[21:51] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "How did he see my head in the fucking smoke?"

21:52] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Don't know. Just keep your head down, let's move to the building next door."

[21:52] * Cody-B042 lets out a quick burst from his M7S, cutting down a pair of BDS troops, and as the third turned his simply grabbed him by the neck and squeezed

[21:52] <Jonathan_Ulan> We're not getting anywhere! Mount up and pull out!

[21:52] <Jonathan_Ulan> We did what we came for! We've avenged Popov's death!

[21:52] * Liam_Hargrove rises from cover and fires at Jonathan_Ulan

[21:53] * Jonathan_Ulan hops into a Warthog, speeding away with the other BDS troops, ducking to dodge bullets now that he is an exposed targets.

[21:53] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Valor 1-3, this is Maelstr—" He cuts himself short as he makes the correction, "—Yoxall. Where are you?"

[21:54] * Cody-B042 lets off a long burst at Jonathan_Ulan as he runs, cutting down another BDS soldier following the man

[21:54] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "We're in town. We got an HVT locked down. Ulan is in retreat."

[21:54] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "Hey Alex, you going to talk? I could make you talk, you know?"4

[21:54] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "HVT? You mean another one of your captured Innies?"

[21:55] * Sasha_Zaytseva sighs after a few failures and spotting vast numbers of troops. She keeps walking further towards the edges of the city.

[21:55] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Downed pilot. I'll let 1-2 explain."

[21:56] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Hey, what up Yoxall! I got this guy, First Lieutenant Alex Vens, that name ring a bell? He's an officer this time."

[21:56] * Zach_Yoxall exits his safe house and begins traveling towards Hotel's safe house by Spade.

[21:56] * Edward_Garan looks at 1-2, "Vens, Alex. First Lieutenant, 78456741. May 21st, 2530."

[21:57] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "And you Alex, I guess silence is fine. I don't need you to talk. You're more fun quiet."

[21:57] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Sounds familiar. But I hope you realize that this is precisely what got us into this mess, right?

[21:57] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "Well, I can just drop him right here if you prefer?"

[21:57] * Jack_Kovac

[21:57] * Alex_Vens

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[21:58] <Cody-B042> (COM) "Amnesiacs prepped, or just kill him."

[21:58] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Keep him, just don't bring him to me."

[21:58] <Liam_Hargrove> "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck."

[21:58] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-2) "'ight. WILCO. I got this."

[21:59] <Team_Valor> * Valor 1-2 yanked out the first aid kit and pulled out a syringe labeled 'sleep stuff' and popped it into the pilot's arm.

[21:59] * Sasha_Zaytseva keeps walking, seemingly going forward ceaselessly, with only a few twists and turns as she transfers tunnels, following the slight flow of the water towards what was hopefully outflow.

[21:59] * Alex_Vens goes limp

[22:00] <Team_Valor> (1-2) "And done is done."

[22:00] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "The enemy is retreating Yoxell, you want us to hit the road or do you have any targets to handle for us?"

[22:01] * Liam_Hargrove looks around at Team_Valor, scooping up his rifle

[22:01] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Got anywhere we all can meet up that isn't one of the safe houses?"

[22:01] <Team_Valor> (1-4) "Yo, Arkham, thanks for the assist. You aren't like the other guys, what's you're story?"

[22:02] == Alex_Vens has changed nick to Edward_Garan

[22:03] <Edward_Garan> (COM) Good. PFC Popov was laid to rest, and I promised the public his death would not go unavenged. Thanks to you and the BDS troops, that has been carried out.

[22:04] <Edward_Garan> (COM) Today, I issued a general mobilization for reservists and auxiliaries, set to last one week after the end of Victoria's hostilities with the UNSC. Agley will fall soon, no doubt about it. All of the planet, it seems, is on fire. We'll be next.

[22:04] <Edward_Garan> (COM) Very good.

22:11] <Team_Valor> * Valor 1-2 left Mr. Venn on the ground where he left him. He took off the binding clips and optical blanket and stored them. He needed to get out of here. He started running back to town.

[22:11] <Team_Valor> (Got it.)

[22:11] <Zach_Yoxall> (I think the most logical thing is for either Yoxall or Kelbourne to catch word of her escape or get a visual on her, then Valor gets sent out to rescue her.)

[22:11] == Liam_Hargrove_ [474c37ef@gateway/web/cgi-irc/kiwiirc.com/ip.71.76.55.239] has joined #AAO

[22:12] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (Probably)

[22:12] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "Hey Arkham, you know where my team can resupply?"

[22:12] <Liam_Hargrove_> "Closest resupply for UNSC is Reach." He replies bluntly

[22:13] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "...you being cryptic or you pulling my leg?"

[22:13] <Liam_Hargrove_> "You'll have better luck finding a reliable person to supply you in the glass there then here."

[22:14] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "You're pulling my leg. Fuck. We had a contact in town, I guess that's a dead end then."

[22:14] <Liam_Hargrove_> "If you know someone in the Free State, there's a solid dealer near the border on the southwest side"

[22:14] <Liam_Hargrove_> "Probably dead."

[22:14] <Team_Valor> (1-3) "I'll keep that in mind, thank you though. My team will head out then, if you need anything else, give us a call on the frequency we called you on. We'll try our best to help out."

[22:15] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (So, should I have Sasha get out this time and end it there, or just end it here with her trying to get out? I'm assuming the latter)

[22:15] <Zach_Yoxall> (Up to you.)

[22:15] <Liam_Hargrove_> "Yeah, will do."

[22:15] <Team_Valor> (1-3, COM) "All Valor callsigns, report back to the 'Hog in 30 mikes, we're heading back to base camp."

[22:16] <Team_Valor> (1-2, COM) "WILCO."

[22:16] <Sasha_Zaytseva> (I'll leave her where she is for now, then. Give me something to do next time when you're sorting out finding her.)

[22:16] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Still waiting on the location, Valor."

[22:16] <Team_Valor> *1-4 and 1-3 took off, heading back the way they came.

[22:16] <Team_Valor> (I'm done.)

[22:17] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Sending you contact for base camp. I prefer not sending it over the radio."

[22:17] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-4) "I'm using a ChatterNet frequency - you should have the connection already."

[22:18] <Zach_Yoxall> (COM) "Cody, you there?"

[22:18] <Cody-B042> (COM) "Copy."

[22:18] <Team_Valor> (COM, 1-3) "Valor is pulling out. We'll be back at base camp in a day or so if our hog doesn't die out on us. See you then. You too Hotel."