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#CultistCompound – March 11, 2015
At least two hours have passed since the vehicles ran in to the lonely shelter. Night has fallen, but the darkness is broken up by lightning strikes. (Tyranniac)
Leah has been looking over here gear, then looking over it again.... And again. It's obvious that her nerves are beginning to catch up with her. (Jason_Wolfe)
Ilyna has been trying to take a nap during the time, but has had no luck. She has been quiet, though.
Jattic is still pretty pissed over the human accusing him of being a slaver, which he has brought up many times during the trip. (Jason_Wolfe)
Steve has been peering out into the darkness behind from the back of the truck. He seems quite calm considering everything.
Damien is sat in the APC, arms folded and head covered by his full face helm. He is decked out in his usual gear with some additions. A shoulder pad on his left shoulder, an avenger assault rifle and extra ammo pouches strapped to his leg and arm respectively.
Fatsani is staring dead ahead, which happens to be at Damien, face obscured by her helmet. (Tyranniac)
Sioria is still on the main gun, slowly scanning the surrounding area, especially ahead and behind, as the APC trundles along.
Damien raises his head slightly, his visor tinted in the same blue colour as those of the Blue Suns. He stares back for a few moments before lowering his head again.
Vasquez ' voice comes on the team comms. "Shit, I can see the compound. Shut down your lights!" The APC comes to a stop. (Tyranniac)
Damien darkens the glow from his visor and does one last check of his weapons. "Time to nut up or shut up," he mutters, satisfied with his checks.
Sioria pulls the gun forward and her grip tightens on the handles. "Mounted gun ready." she whispers over the coms.
Jasper kills the headlights as soon as he hears Vasquez and slows the truck to a crawl before stopping entirely about fifteen feet behind the APC. (Jason_Wolfe)
Vasquez is looking out the front window of the APC, trying to determine if they were spotted, but it's hopeless to see anything but the lights of the compound between the trees. Her voice can be heard over the comms: "Alright, Alpha squad, I want you scouting this place out." The hatch of the APC starts to open with a groan, and splashes into the muddy road. "Stay out of sight, try to get an idea of what their defenses are, and (Tyranniac
Sioria climbs down from the mounted and taps a member of Bravo team's shoulder. "Switch." she whispers then takes her vindicator off her back. She lets it extend before waiting by the door.
Jason gives Vasquez' shoulder a squeeze and nods to himself as he makes his way through the APC and to the hatch in the back. He pulls his Revenant off his back. "We stick together. If you get separated, you hail the rest of us over comms. We keep this quiet until we know what we're up against. When we're ready to go loud, we need to make sure it's on our terms."
Leah gives a nod and stands from her seat after removing her harness with a sigh. She pulls the Mattock from her back and lines up behind Jason. (Jason_Wolfe)
Damien stands after removing his harness, drawing his avenger from his back. He lines up behind Leah, opting not to activate his tech armour. He turns to Halisi and chuckles. "Roll around in the mud."
Sioria double checks her scope and the ammo mechanism inside. "Should be plenty of it. Deep too with rains like these." She smiles at Halisi. "Your armour will look like mine in no time." She has a beige and brown desert camo set of armour.
Jason gives a nod to Halisi. "Probably a good idea, doc." he agrees, "Not in a rush to drag you into combat... Stay prepped, though. If things go south, we may need you in a hurry."
Jattic gives the krogan a nod. "Allow the humans to do the 'watching'. When their dirty work needs done, they'll call us in." (Jason_Wolfe)
Jason steps out of the APC and raises his Revenant. He rounds the back of the APC and scans his surroundings, looking to get a general layout.
Garr laughs raucously. "Hah. I would break shit! What's the good of attacking a bunch of terrorists if you can't rough 'em up a little?"
Fatsani exits the APC, sweeping the woodline with her Crusader raised. "Right side clear." (Tyranniac)
Sioria steps out of the APC. She moves with a cat-like grace, crouching low with her rifle up, aiming down sights. She waits with the rest of the team, ready to move with them.
They're stopped on the muddy road which looks much like it did at the start of their trip, aside from the lights of the compound clearly visible between the trees. The road splits in two here, with the right path heading off in the direction of the compound - it is unclear where the left path leads, considering there are no other settlements on the planet. (Tyranniac)
(Comms) It's possible. We'll worry about that later. For now, we scout the compound. Stay off the road and near the treeline. We'll give the compound the once over before deciding how to proceed.
Damien activates his tech armour, though he disables the light effect. "Armour up, just a warning to y'all."
The roadside consists of a muddy ditch and then a small slope with the treeline at the top. (Tyranniac)
Leah takes up behind Damien, giving him a wide berth to avoid coming in contact with his armor. Her weapon remains lowered. (Jason_Wolfe)
Jason steps through the mud and slowly begins to work his way out of the ditch, digging his heavy boots into it to get a good grip.
Damien follows through, scrabbling in the mud for a few moments. He mumbles under his breath as he clambers his way up.
Fatsani sighs before wading through the ditch with a grunt, then holstering her shotgun to more easily get up the slope. (Tyranniac)
Leah stands back, allowing the others to reach the top before holstering her Mattock and getting a running start. She has to dig her hands into the mud near the top, but she manages to pull herself over the lip. She unholsters her weapon once more and falls back into line behind Damien. (Jason_Wolfe)
Damien drops to a crouch once at the top, his armour now a colourful array of brown and dark blue. He shakes the mud from his rifle, peering at the smattering of lights.
Jason proceeds further through the trees, rifle raised, attempting to get closer to the compound for a better look, although maintaining cover from the trees. He looks over the fence for a gate, or any sign of defenses.
The spikes of the trees are reluctant to let anyone through - they scrape against Jason's hardsuit, one even tears one of his helmet tubes. (Tyranniac)
Sioria provides overwatch while the others pass her, watching the compound through her scope, or as much of the compound as she can see, then follows suit.
Fatsani reaches the top and readies her shotgun again - she proceeds slowly through the forest, making sure not to repeat Jason's mistake. (Tyranniac)
Damien kneels at the edge of the treeline, peering at the thorns and the damage caused by one. He carefully follows behind.
Jason continues along the treeline, careful to avoid their spines. Every few feet or so, he stops and looks over the compound for any signs of activity and, once again, looking for a gate.
Leah stays near Damien, keeping low as she methodically avoids the sharp spines of the trees. (Jason_Wolfe)
Sioria makes her way up the line then stops once again, covering the group as they pass, then catches up once again.
The compound is starting to come into view - A fenced-in area below a cliff, with a long row of prefab shelters as well as one big prefabricated building of standard Elkoss Combine make. A generator sits inside the fence as well as another smaller building, and there is a door in the cliff. The area is partially lit up by a few lampposts. No one can be seen walking around on the (paved) grounds of the compound, but a pair of LOKI (Tyranniac
Sioria scans the area with her scope. "I spy with my little eye...two sentry mechs... a generator... and a whole lot of thin walls." she says over the coms. "Cut the fence, take out the generator, work under the cover of night. Thoughts boss?"
(Comms) I like it, Sioria, but if they do have any of those creatures contained inside, there's no telling what could happen if we knock out the power. Vaden, any experience with LOKI mechs? Can you disable them remotely?
Sioria reaches over and taps Jason. "We got hackers?" she asks, then takes her eye off her scope. "We take control of a mech, have IT disable the generator. Whatever pours out pours out over the mech and we're left up here, very wet but safer."
Vasquez can be heard over comms: "Alpha squad, report. What's the word on the compound?" (Tyranniac)
"And for what its worth..." she points at the cliff gate. "I figure if they have creatures they're gonna be in there. Not for certain, but the odds point that way in my head."
That's all well and good, Sioria, but regardless of where they are, we're gonna come up against them. If we accidentally release them, that just makes our job ten times more difficult...
(Comms) We've got a perimeter fence, a handful of prefab units, a couple buildings, and a large door built into the cliff-face. No eyes on anyone yet, but they've got two LOKI mechs watching the front gate. Appears to be only one entrance.
Sioria nods slowly. "Then we get ready. Anything we do can set them free." she says. "Get the APC to a clearing, we lure the beasts there, spray it with the mounted."
Vasquez starts up the APC again. "Alpha squad, stay put, get ready to lay down fire as soon as someone exits the buildings - we're busting down the gates. Use the APC for cover once we're in. Bravo, prepare for combat, Charlie, follow us in." (Tyranniac)
Jasper starts the engines, "Roger!" he reports over comms. He gives a few knocks against the back of the cab. "Hold onto 'yer butts!" he shouts. (Jason_Wolfe)
The APC starts to move down the right-hand road, picking up speed as it closes in on the compound. Vasquez yells out for someone to man the gun. (Tyranniac)
We can't count on it working, Sioria. If just one of those things gets away from us and back to town-... We can't risk it. Keeping the fight in the compound is our best bet to avoid that.
Jasper gives the APC a little bit of a head start before he floors the engine, causing a bit of mud to kick up before the wheels actually gain traction. (Jason_Wolfe)
Jattic gives a hearty laugh, "My pleasure!" he growls as he whips towards the hatch and shoves it open. He remains inside of the APC, however, awaiting the impact before exposing himself. (Jason_Wolfe)
Sioria nods and raises her rifle, ready to take shots from her position up on the bank. "Roger, boss." she says, still happy he took it under advisement. "I'm better at higher ground. Permission to find some when the shit hits the fan? Take out targets of oppurtunity?"
The LOKI mechs raise their Avengers and start opening fire as soon as the APC comes into view, shots pinging off the armor. (Tyranniac)
Damien prepares to move out, tightening his grip on his rifle. For good measure, he activates the warning lights of his tech armour, considering stealth is not really an option now.
There is no high ground available aside from the cliff the compound is sat against - which doesn't seem like a suitable option considering its steepness. (Tyranniac)
The APC (which is of equal height to the bank) crushes the mechs under its wheels and then slams through the chainlink gate before coming to an abrupt stop inside the compound. The rear hatch opens with a slam. "Go, go, go!" (Tyranniac)
Sioria readies her rifle. "Well that was moot. No higher ground except the trees, and they aren't the type for climbing." she says, quickly scanning for enemies.
Ilyna unharnesses and makes her way out of the APC. Once outside, she draws her Hurricane and looks around.
Garr jumps out and lands with the loud and rather messy impact of four hundred pounds of krogan hitting a muddy ground.
Jasper slams on the brakes once the APC is through the gates, coming to a skidding stop just outside of the compound near the freshly-made entrance. (Jason_Wolfe)
The compound remains completely uneventful for a moment before the door to one of the prefab shelters open and a confused human looks outside. (Tyranniac)
Jattic grabs the sides of the hole in the ceiling and hoists himself up to man the gun. He quickly swings the weapon around, scanning for targets. (Jason_Wolfe)
Fatsani runs after the others, opting to run for cover instead of taking aim at the emerging human. (Tyranniac)
Mendez braces himself as the truck skids. Once stopped, he holds the side of the truck and leaps out, in one fluid motion hitting the ground and shouldering his shotgun. (Jason_Wolfe)
Steve follows right behind Mendez, unholstering his SMG as he does. He immediately takes aim at the human.
Jason takes cover at the edge of the APC. "Hands where we can see 'em!" he orders, swinging his large LMG to sight in on the target, "Now!"
Tarlon does not exit the truck in any particularly stylish way, simply sidling out the door and taking cover behind it.
Ilyna remains by the APC exit to wait for her team to emerge. She keeps her weapon aimed on the human possibly-hostile, as well.
Sioria smirks under her visor as she watches through her scope. "Aaaaaand he's shit his pants." she murmurs to herself.
The human's eyes go wide once he realizes what's going on. He makes a sudden move for a shelf next to the door. (Tyranniac)
The man drops dead. The doors to the other shelters start to open and near-twenty people run out, all of them armed with small arms such as Predators and Shurikens. They run at the team while opening fire, with little to no regard for their own safety - a few remain in their prefab shelters and fire from the windows. (Tyranniac)
Jattic lets loose a hail of gunfire, sweeping back and forth over the approaching crowd. (Jason_Wolfe)
Garr lets out a loud and mildly bloodthirsty laugh and biotically charges at the first enemy he sees.
Damien snaps his attention to the closest target, sending a burst of bullets at him. He slowly walks towards cover, confident in his tech armour protecting him.
Leah charges over towards the APC, stopping to fire a burst of rounds at the armed attackers a couple times during her trip. (Jason_Wolfe)
Ilyna opens SMG fire in 10-shot bursts towards the enemies furthest from the charging krogan, although it's not a particularly precise weapon thanks to its quick fire rate and the recoil that causes.
Victoria turns to the small horde with small arms and opens fire on them and tries to find cover suitable for this conflict.
None of the cultists are wearing any sort of protection, and most of them are gunned down in the initial burst of fire - and one is tossed into the wall of a shelter by the charging krogan. (Tyranniac)
Sioria goes for the contacts in the windows, firing her very well aimed shots. She hunkers down, almost prone as she shoots.
Bayani grins and unleashes several burst with his Vindicator at one of the cultists inside a prefab shelter. (Tyranniac)
Mendez rounds the back of the truck and levels his shotgun at one of the attackers, unloading a shot at the cultist. (Jason_Wolfe)
Philip seems rather horrified as he watches the humans charge mindlessly to their deaths. (Tyranniac)
Ilyna is not particularly happy about it, either. She reloads her weapon, but stays her fire for now.
Garr doesn't really care whether or not the enemies can defend themselves. He just punches, kicks and headbutts any he can reach.
Damien sighs and lowers his weapon. The amount of bullets he expended in this fight can be counted on one hand. (Comms) "Stupid bastards...".
Jason moves away from cover and begins approaching the shelters. "I gave him the option to surrender." he says, not sounding too pleased about any of it, either, "They made their choice. Fan out and check the prefabs. Sioria, lets get you inside the compound and onto one of these buildings to provide overwatch."
(Comms) My team, approach the gate but stay near cover. If we didn't have their attention already, they must have noticed this.
Sioria "Roger." she says, moving from her position. "The way they just... ran out like that. So fast too. They weren't thinking." she murmers over the coms. "Am I the only one who think this is either strange, or they're dumb as rocks?" the turian asks as she jogs up to Jason.
Damien moves to one of the bodies, pulling the cultist over to look at them. He ejects the thermal clip from his avenger and grabs one off the cultist, slapping it into his weapon. He stands up and moves off to check the prefabs.
Ilyna starts moving towards the gate, keeping her weapons drawn as she does. She stays near the row of prefabs as long as that's possible.
Tarlon emerges from where he was hiding behind the truck and shakes his head disapprovingly at the silly suicidal cultists. Then he approaches the prefabs and carefully scans through the wall before going in, wary of an ambush.
Jason backs up against the nearest shelter and places his Revenant against the wall. He interlocks his fingers and leans down to boost Sioria onto the roof. "They're cultists. Logic probably isn't their strong suit."
The cultist body Damien checks is all shot up, but looks otherwise unremarkable. The prefabs that the group check all seem to be empty, aside from some standard furnishings. (Tyranniac)
Steve begins systematically moving through the sea of bodies and putting rounds into each of their heads to make sure they stay down. Wouldn't want one to get up and attack from behind.
Damien takes cover just outside one prefab. He quickly storms in, rifle raised and searching for any threats.
Sioria hups and climbs over Jason. She places a foot in his hands, then places one on his shoulder before climbing onto the roof. She quickly scans the area before laying prone with her gun trained on the cliff door.
Damien moves onto the next one and would repeat the process until all are checked or he comes across something noteworthy.
(Comms) This doesn't add up. There has to be more of them. In the bigger buildings, or inside the cliff. Start sweeping.
A bolt of lightning strikes the top of the cliff, causing some rumbling as a few stones fall down. (Vasquez)
"Nothing from the cliff gate." Sioria says over the coms. "Wait! Hold..." she waits for the rocks to stop. "Heads up, we got falling rocks."
Leah jumps slightly as the lightning strikes nearby. "Shit..." she mutters as she makes her way back to Jason. (Jason_Wolfe)
Damien turns and looks up, hand hovering over his hand cannon. Safely out of range of being crushed, he hurries back to the group.
Philip raises his rifle at the cliff when the lightning strikes, but he lowers it once he realizes what's going on. "Don't think this planet like us..." (Vasquez)
Garr bounces on the balls of his feet and claps his hands together, grinning under his helmet. "C'mon, time to break some stuff!"
Vaden seems rather dismayed - so far the mission hasn't lived up to the heroics he had in mind. (Vasquez)
Jattic climbs out of the top of the APC and makes his way over to the edge. He grabs the edge and hops off the APC. "The fuck was that?" he grunts. (Jason_Wolfe)
Steve continues to put rounds into heads. He pops the heat sink out of his weapon and replaces it before jogging over to the group. "Well, shit, that was easy."
Jason sighs once everyone has arrived. "So... That wasn't quite the fight I was expecting. But whoever is left, definitely knows we're here. Let's split up. I'll take my squad and sweep the building-..." he nods towards the large building in the compound. "Ilyna? You take yours and check out whatevers in the cliff-face. No telling how large it is, so we'll meet up with you once we're
Sioria smirks. "I can get down. Reach and flexibility, boss." she says, reminding him of her Turianness. "Maintaining position. Copy."
Jason pats a gauntleted hand against Mendez' chestplate. "I want your team to hold the courtyard. No telling if there's a second location down the road. You see anything, you report."
A loud clank can be heard from the cliff gate, followed by a groan as the large metal gate starts to open. Several small, round objects roll out from the darkness within... (Vasquez)
Ilyna nods. "Garr, Kur'---," she quickly turns towards the gate as it opens, weapon drawn. A biotic field start to shimmer around her, as well.
Philip is standing right out in the open. He yells out "Oh shit!" before running for cover behind the APC. (Vasquez)
Jattic shoulders his Vindicator and takes a quick few steps towards the movement and drops to a knee, sighting in on it. (Jason_Wolfe)
Leah hurries to the APC, using it as cover as she takes a knee and watches whatever the hell is coming out of the gate. (Jason_Wolfe)
The grenades pop with a small flash and then smoke starts to spill out, obscuring the gate completely. Gunfire starts coming from within, aimed in the general direction of the vehicles. Fatsani takes a shot or two to her shields before reaching cover. (Vasquez)
Sioria starts to return fire, trying to place her shots at the muzzle fire of the enemy's guns. "Contact! Lots of contact!"
Garr doesn't bother to take cover or ask for permission, he just charges right into the smoke, relying on there being something in there for him to smash into.
Damien prepares to fire, but the walking battering ram walks into his LOS. He curses and jogs for cover as a few rounds strike his armour.
Philip pops out of cover and is about to shoot, but doesn't know waht to do with the krogan in the way. (Vasquez)
Mendez is pelted with gunfire as his shields sizzle and pop. He eventually reaches cover behind the prefab shelters. (Jason_Wolfe)
Jason grunts as a stray round catches him and pulls back behind the APC. "Sioria! Can you see anything!?"
Two trucks suddenly emerge from the smoke, one of them running over Garr as it exits the cliff, nearly causing it to topple - both trucks are filled with people in hardsuits that start opening fire - and they're heading straight for the team. (Vasquez)
Jattic unloads a handful of rounds, taking just as many in return. He doesn't seem to be too worried about hitting Garr. (Jason_Wolfe)
Sioria clicks her coms. "Negative, too much smo- we got vehicles! Two trucks! Troops with hardsuits, move!"
Garr grunts in surprise and holds on to the truck that hit him, hopping up onto its driver's compartment and headbutting the windshield.
Damien fires off an overload at a truck as he now sprints to side, firing his Carnifex as he does so.
Ilyna picks out a frag grenade before running to the edge of cover, waiting for the trucks to get closer.
Jason follows Ilyna's lead, removing one of his grenades from his grenade belt. He taps it and steps out of cover, whipping it like a disc at the truck that Garr isn't cosplaying as a hood ornament on.
Jattic 's eyes go wide... all four of them, as he spots the trucks. He rolls to the side, hitting the ground hard as he narrowly moves out of the way. (Jason_Wolfe)
The truck that has a krogan on the windshield swerves to loosen his grip and then brings up a Katana shotgun, firing a blast through the windshield. The trucks speed past the team and their vehicles, and out of the compound - although one of them doesn't get very far before its rear section explodes, along with most of the passengers, but it keeps driving. (Vasquez)
Ilyna throws her grenade after the truck passing it three seconds after it passes to avoid risking damage to the team in the event she misses. She follows Vasquez' orders and makes her way into the APC.
Garr 's helmet is blasted by the shotgun, messing up its visor. Growling, Garr reaches for the driver of the truck, trying to yank them out of their seat and toss them at the shotgun-wielder.
The driver lets out a warcry and allows himself to be janked out, pushing the krogan off the vehicle with him. "The Sacrarium must be protected!" He yells while the passenger moves into the driver's seat. (Vasquez)
Sioria "Understood!" Sioria says into her com as she grabs hold of the ledge. She hangs off the side of the building then pushes off, and turns in mid air. When she lands, she performs a roll and gets to her feet before running over and climbing into the APC.
Mendez gives a nod as he hears Vasquez. "Charlie, take defensive positions. Anything comes out of any of these doors, you blast it!" he says as he approaches the cliffside entrance, shotgun shouldered. (Jason_Wolfe)
Vasquez looks over her shoulder. "Permission granted, Monroe!" She starts turning the APC around without checking if everyone is onboard. (Vasquez)
Jattic hurries into the back and straps himself in, a little shaken from almost being ran over. (Jason_Wolfe)
Garr grumbles and rolls when he lands, then holds the driver up and smashes his head into the man to make sure he's dead, then tosses the remains at the truck.
The APC starts to gain speed, leaving the compound and following the trucks down the unknown path - it slows down when Vasquez spots Garr, and the hatch opens, but it doesn't stop. (Vasquez)
Athorus sweeps his Phaeston around the compound, looking a bit uneasy at them being left alone. (Vasquez)
The APC speeds up again as soon as Garr is onboard - One of the trucks has come into view, but it is far away. The other is nowhere to be seen. (Vasquez)
Sioria moves forward towards the cab to get a better look. "...so there's one..." she says. "Something's not right with that picture."
The truck, which is still moving, disappears down a slope as the forest starts to open up. (Vasquez)
Jason takes a seat and harnesses himself in. "Soon as you get a good shot, you unload on 'em, Monroe!"
Vasquez curses as the APC hits a crab, causing it to jump a bit, and no doubt toppling anyone that isn't buckled in. (Vasquez)
"And that still didn't stop him." She says, moving back to the cab and giving Garr a fond punch to the shoulder. "Keep it up, big guy." she comments as she sits back down.
Ilyna hits her helmeted head agains the wall behind her, but nothing else given that she's buckled in.
Sioria now has a krogan in her lap. "Aaaaaalright big guy, it was one compliment, you still need to buy me dinner." she grunts. "Now get your fat ass offa me!"
Garr grunts and gets back on his feet. "No offence, but you're a bit too skinny for my tastes. Turians are all skin and bones."
The APC has cleared the forest, and is now heading down a slope - at the bottom, the cultist truck has come to a stop next to a circular hole in the ground, which is surrounded by a thin concrete mote that is full of water. Four of the cultists are all that are seen - they are in cover behind the truck and open fire with Avengers as soon as the APC comes into view. (Vasquez)
Sioria can't help but chuckle. "And you have one penis too many for my liking." she says. "Guess that makes us just friends." she hears the impacts outside the APC. "Welp, back to work."
Damien seems to be getting a little excited using the machine gun. It's something he doesn't get to use often, after all.
Sioria snickers and reloads her machinegun. Krogan didn't have two dicks, that's silly. She unbuckles herself but stays put, waiting for the APC to stop.
The APC loses traction as it heads down the muddly slope - it starts to slide - it is likely the same thing happens to Garr after he exits the vehicle. The APC slides left-side first into the cultist truck, causing it to stop with a loud bang. (Vasquez)
Garr does start to slide, but biotically yanks himself out of the mud and into the fray. Whatever the fray may be. He's just launching himself at the truck.
Sioria flies forward. "Whee!" she squeals as she flies into someone else. She quickly gets back to her feet and gets her equipment ready. "Apologies."
Damien uses this opportunity to turn the gun at the cultists. "Surprise!" He unleashes the gun upon the poor saps.
Two of the cultists go down from Damien's machinegun fire before the remaining two bail out of the truck as it is hit by the APC. Garr ends up on the truck bed alone, with nothing to kill. (Vasquez)
Fatsani is tossed about yet again, groaning as the turian lands on top of her. As soon as Sioria has removed herself she scrambles to her feet, clearly a bit dazed. (Vasquez)
Leah is slammed against the wall as the APC skids to the side. She recovers and rushes out the door, pulling her Mattock from her back as she swings it around looking for targets. (Jason_Wolfe)
Jattic grunts as Sioria crashes into him. "Off of me, turian!" he growls as he shoves her aside and begins working on his harness. (Jason_Wolfe)
One of the cultists is struck by the metal railing and topples down the hole. The last cultist moves around the truck and opens fire at Leah as she emerges from the APC. "Die, trespasser!" (Vasquez)
Ilyna is yanked to the side, but the harness keeps her from flying into anyone. She takes off the harness and starts walking out of the truck.
Leah unleashes a blast of biotic energy, attempting to hurl him into the hole as well. (Jason_Wolfe)
The last cultist can unfortunately not be reached by the mounted gun as he is too close to the APC. Leah's biotic attack impacts his shields, causing them to sputter and die, but she doesn't stop firing. (Vasquez)
Ilyna exits the APC and sends off a biotic throw at the cultist, also attempting to have it impact them in a way that hurls them towards the hole.
Leah is caught off guard, causing the gunfire to rip through her shields as she attempts to return to cover behind the APC. (Jason_Wolfe)
The cultist is struck by yet another biotic blast, which causes her to be hurled into the mud - her gun flies further than she does, and she's finished off by Damien's pistol fire. (Vasquez)
Vaden unbuckles and makes his way out of the vehicle as well, when the others start to spread out. (Vasquez)
Jason sweeps his weapon around as he rounds the APC, lowering it somewhat as he realizes all targets are down. He glances at Garr, "It is a bit-... Strange. Anyone see where the other truck got off to?"
Halisi exits the APC, making sure to take a quick look at Leah to make sure she wasn't hit. (Vasquez)
Ilyna takes a few steps away from the APC, looking around with her weapon raised. She doesn't answer Vasquez' question.
Damien looks to Leah and nods once. He pushes himself off the APC and walks to the hole, peering down at it.
The water-filled moat that surrounds the hole is covered by a metal grate, indicating that it is meant to keep water out of the hole. The hole itself appears drilled - there are several worn metal tracks on the edges - perhaps for an elevator, as well as an equally ancient-looking ladder. The bottom of the hole cannot be seen, only darkness. (Vasquez)
Damien would give Garr a deadpan look, before turning back to look at the... Rather unstable looking ladder.
Jason moves beside Monroe, glancing down into the hole. "We've got a ladder..." he sighs, "Not good..."
Damien activates his omni-tool's flashlight and shines it down the hole, to see how far the light would reach.
A grinding metallic noise can be heard from the bottom of the hole, and after a while a decayed elevator platform comes into view of Damien's flashlight, heading upwards. It appears to be empty. (Vasquez)
Jason sighs loudly. "That's not ominous, is it?" he says. He activates comms, "Linda, we've got an elevator..."
Vasquez steps out to join the others. She curses to herself and then speaks up. "I think it's clear where the cultists went..." (Vasquez)
Ilyna turns away from the treeline and starts making her way to join up with the others by the hole.
Leah approaches the others and glances down at the approaching elevator. "Guessing we're going down there, huh?" (Jason_Wolfe)
Tarlon sniffs disapprovingly and peers down into the hole. "Suspect that cultists are still at compound, taking advantage of narrow-minded human tactics. Only two trucks leaving, could be an entire base in the cliffside, but acting like dogs, chasing anything that runs."
The elevator comes to a grinding halt once it reaches the top. It is a plain metal platform with a partially broken railing - a control panel sits along the railing, it is technologically outdated, with physical buttons and no visual display. (Vasquez)
Damien examines the panel. "This tech is old... Look like it was ripped right out of the 20th century."
Fatsani still has her shotgun aimed at the woods, but glances over her shoulder as the elevator arrives. (Vasquez)
Sioria cues her coms once again. "Team staying top-side? Won't be as effective in cqc, boss." she says. "Could use a team to watch the APC."
Human tech goes to crap after two hundred years, eh? No wonder you guys can't get your shit together.
Ilyna looks at the elevator. "A well-maintained elevator should last much longer than that," she says, "but... it made some concerning noises on its way up. We shouldn't put too much weight on it."
Vasquez closes her eyes and lets out a sigh. "I think it's pretty clear where the cultists went... You need to follow. There are some munitions in the APC, I suggest you grab them before you head down." She looks to Sioria and nods. "You stay topside. No use for a sniper underground." She looks to Jason and Ilyna. "You know what to expect down there... I think we can assume there will be some of... those things, down there as (Vasquez)
Jason places his Revenant on his back momentarily and removes his helmet. "We'll be fine, Linda." he assures her, "Sioria, Jattic, and Garr should stay with you. That'll solve the weight issue, and give us people watching our escape."
Damien is pleased his suggestion was taken into account and continues to examine the panel with his omni-tool.
Vasquez shakes her head, seemingly unusually opposed to the idea. "No, if our past experience is any indication, you're going to need them. Especially Garr. Me and Sioria can watch the topside on our own. The mounted gun on the APC should be enough to hold off any stragglers up here." (Vasquez)
Jason gives a nod. "If you think it's the best plan. We'll go down in two groups, then, to avoid too much stress on this old thing. Garr-..." he glances at the krogan, "You come down with Philip and Leah."
Ilyna takes a step towards, but not on, the elevator. "The second truck is still out there, and they could come back. I'm not sure just leaving the two of you up here is a good idea."
I agree with Ilyna. For all we know, it went to get help. Two of you against a possible dozen isn't exactly favourable odds.
Vasquez nods in agreement with Jason and motions for Sioria to get on the gun. She ignores Ilyna and Damien and heads back inside the APC and activating her comms. "Charlie squad, we've found an underground structure of some sort, and are checking it out. I want you to make sure the compound is clear. We lost the second truck, it might come your way. Contact me once you've cleared the compound." (Vasquez)
Fatsani heads into the APC and loads up on thermal clips, as well as grabbing a couple of concussive grenades and one of the two M-100 grenade launchers. (Vasquez)
Mendez narrows his eyes on the salarian. "You will do your part." he says as he starts towards the building. "Charlie, we'll sweep the building first, then move to the cliffside." (Jason_Wolfe)
There is one grenade launcher, two Firestorms and several concussive grenades left in the APC. (Vasquez)
Damien slaps his helm as he remembers the order to load up. He hurries back and scoops up a firestorm, before moving back to the elevator.
Jattic returns to the APC and grabs one of the Firestorms. "This will do nicely." he says before returning to the group on the elevator. (Jason_Wolfe)
Tarlon tsks at Mendez and picks up his Omni-Tool. "Already swept, but will sweep again." He returns to the prefabs.
Mendez puts a hand on the salarian's shoulder, stopping him in place. "Prefabs are empty. We know this." He aims his shotgun at the large building with one hand. "We'll sweep that one." (Jason_Wolfe)
Vaden moves onto the elevator with a sigh. "Going down into dark tunnel... not good idea." (Vasquez)
Ilyna steps into the APC and takes a handful of clips and one of the grenade launchers, before returning otuside. She approaches the elevator.
Jason glances at Ilyna. "I don't like it either." he says, "But we both know how stubborn she is. At least they have the APC. If things get bad, they can always bug out."
Mendez gives Steve a look. "You stay out here. Make sure nothing comes from the cliffs." (Jason_Wolfe)
Ilyna steps onto the elevator. "But didn't the APC slide down the slope?" she says. "I don't think Vasquez would have crashed into the truck on purpose."
Leah seems to ease up a bit at Monroe's joke. She shimmers with biotic energy as her whole body lifts slightly off the ground. "Works for me." she says as she sets herself back down. (Jason_Wolfe)
Leah gives a nod. "Yeah... Take care of yourself, Monroe. I'll be down to save your ass in a minute." (Jason_Wolfe)
Mendez gives Tarlon a little shove towards the building as he begins marching in its direction. (Jason_Wolfe)
Sioria continues to scan the area. "Have fun. Bring me back something nice." she says over her shoulder.