Logs - Aite RP

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DrCosta turns to Pip as the technicians continue to investigate Watty curiously. "This is an odd mech... the VI is... very advanced. But it doesn't seem as combat-applicable as we had hoped. Do you have any insight to share?"

Pip hums for a moment, folding her arms across her chest. "Maybe if you transfered a combat routine from the Ogres into the YMIR? Combine the two into a more formidable program?"

DrCosta grunts, looking skeptical. "There's a lot of junk here... all these personality subroutines. Useless. We're going to have to purge a lot of the programming."

Pip 's eye twitches. "Are you mad? Dr. Archer wouldn't have put the personality subroutines in there without a reason! Are you really just goin' to erase all his work?" She jabs a finger at Costa, her eyes narrowing. "Work around it."

DrCosta shakes her head. "Here at the Barn our focus is efficiency. Everything non-essential goes. I don't know what Dr. Archer was thinking... we're not making damn butlers..." She looks over the progress of the scan on her datapad and then starts moving towards the Ogres, motioning for Pip to follow. "Let me show you our mechs."

Pip 's heart quickens as her palm interface activates as Costa walks by. She quickly and covertly activates Watty's blocks and firewalls. No way in hell were they going to mess with him while she's around. She falls into step beside Costa, keeping her face neutral.

One of the technicians curses as the progress of the system scan is halted. She turns to the person next to her, discussing the cause.

Watty remains still as a statue, his gaze firmly fixed forward. All he can do is wait. (Pip_Summers)

DrCosta leads Pip over to the nearest of the two Ogre mechs. The technicians step aside, detatching a set of cables from each of the hulking mech's arms. "These our our Ogre prototypes. We've used YMIRs as a base, but with enhanced armor plating, for combat durability, and experimental weaponry. We're still trying different configurations. The intention is for these machines to be capable of dealing with enemy forces on a large scale, while

also acting as a testbed for new weapons technology."

Pip 's eyes widen to saucers. "Wowwwww..." she says with an admiring look. For a bunch of racist terrorists, they do have some amazing gear. "Are these two armed and operational yet?"

DrCosta smiles, tapping on her omni-tool. The Ogre lifts its right arm, armor plating folding back to reveal a strange-looking dual-barreled weapon. "Pulse cannon. Reverse-engineered geth technology. We've been putting the finds from Prometheus Station to good use."

Pip internally curses. If things go tits-up, these Ogres are seriously going to cause some issues. She's going to have to disable these guys somehow. Or, at the very least, cause them to attack indiscriminately. And by the looks of things, Dr. Costa has control of the mechs themselves. "Amazin'," she comments with a hint of admiration. "Have you been able to do a test run?"

DrCosta nods. "Of course... we're constantly running new configurations through trials."

The technicians are busy trying to determine what caused Watty's firewalls to activate, and trying to bypass them.

Watty would smile, if he could as he keeps countering each bypass. While not engaged in other tasks, he can divert the majority of his processing into counter-electronic warfare without the assistance of Pip. And right now, he's rather enjoying toying with the meatsacks. He begins to loop a GIF of a fatman in glasses patronisingly wagging his finger on the technician's screens. "Uh-uh-uhhhhh~, you didn't say the magic word!" (Pip_Summers)

A technician mutters "Goddammit..." He looks over towards Dr. Costa and Pip, speaking up loud. "We're having some issues, looks like we triggered the VI firewall."

Pip surpresses a smile.

DrCosta looks to Pip. "Mind handling that?"

Pip nods, waving a hand dismissively. "No problem." She walks over to the technician's console, waving for them to scoot over.

The technician manning the console moves over, still mumbling in frustration.

Pip starts tapping away at the interface, deciding to have a quick browse at what functions this console has access to. Data banks, program upgrades and, if fate deems it so, access to the Ogre mechs themselves. The fatman GIF still plays on the side of the screen.

The console appears to be capable of little else than interfacing with the mech on the platform - Watty, in this case.

A loud announcement rings over the speakers throughout the facility: "Security alert! Security alert! Confontation in the observation lounge! Security team inbound!"

Pip sighs. Crap. Well, worth a go. She idly taps away at the console, really just stalling for time... until she hears the alarm. That had to be due to one of the teams. "Does that happen often?" she asks to no one in particular.

DrCosta looks around in confusion as the announcement is heard. "No... no, it does not." She says, exhanging glances with some of the others in the room.

Pip looks around at some of the others too. "Welllll, get one of the mechs movin' then!" She throws her hands up in frustration. "Don't just stand there holdin' your dicks, get a move on!"

Steve shakes his head at the turian. "People..." he repeats, "You really think they'd afford you the same kindness?" he asks, although his sentiment is cut short by the announcement sounding out. He glances up arbitrarily and lets out a heavy sigh. "Looks like we're up..."

The mechs by the hangar bay door drop not long after the announcement, both of them sparking and letting out a distorted noise as they collapse to the floor. Viper decloaks in the middle of the hangar, omni-bow forming around her right hand. Both of the technicians working on the shuttle find themselves with arrows piercing their skulls a moment later. "We need to move!"

Ilyna nods. "What happened, Zack?" she asks over the comms. She takes out her pistol, putting the one taken from the guard into her holster, and puts a clip into it.

Jasper cusses softly and rushes over to the other guard and searches him for any sort of weaponry.

Skythix makes sure the bag is secured around her and walks close to the door. "No, but that's what seperates me from them." She spat back before pointing to Jasper. "Open the door and be ready to bug out ASAP."

As Jason yells out the woman tries to dodge down and get past Renala, running for the door. The other two are standing now, but frozen in place out of fear.

Each of the guards were armed with a Phalanx pistol and a stun baton.

Zaylus grunts. "We can argue the morality later." He quips, readying himself by the door with his sidearm ready.

Viper gives the hangar a brief visual scan before running over to the eastern door, gesturing for the others to follow her.

Jasper collects the pistols and tosses the stun batons aside. In panic mode, he gives Skythix a nod and rushes back to the door to open it once more. "Alright, alright!"

Ilyna jumps out of the shuttle and looks around before jogging towards Viper's position. Her weapon is drawn, but aimed down.

DrCosta looks at Pip, raising an eyebrow. She glances at the technician next to Pip, a tall, bald man who still looks immensely annoyed. He nods and grabs a hold of her arms, trying to restrain her by folding her arms behind her back and pushing her down against the computer console.

Steve heads towards the door before stutter stepping and turning back. He grabs one of the stun batons and looks it over before holstering it on his lower back and hustling to catch up with the others.

Renala is left with no choice but to open fire at the escaping woman as she passes her.

Pip is shoved onto the console, an sighing in annoyance. "Well shit..." she says. "Alright... Watty, give 'em somethin' to dance to!"

Skythix hops out of the shuttle and does a quick jog around the hangar to check to see if the room is clear. Upon investigation, she leans down to pick up a pristine looking rifle from one of the mechs. She turned it over in her hands, hefting it once to test its weight before grinning to herself and holstering her pistol. "I like this one." She says before joining the others by the east exit.

The escaping Cerberus worker takes a round to the chest, collapsing at Renala's feet. She reaches towards the door, gasping for air before the last life drains from her. The other two cry out in shock, sticking close to each other and remaining very still.

Watty 's hand snaps up and rips the robotic arm from the port, his head snapping to the bald man as his lights switch to a fiery red. "Time to get funky," he booms, the combat appendage flaring to life as 21st century heavy bass music blares from a speaker located somewhere on his body. He swings his arm around and fires off a precision sniper shot at the technician restraining Pip. (Pip_Summers)

Zaylus quickly follows suit, hugging the side of the shuttle as he makes his way out into the hanger. He crosses quickly to join up with the asari.

Halisi , still by the door, suddenly stumbles as a burst of gunfire strikes her shields from behind. She scrambles to take cover behind the doorway.

Jason grimaces as Renala's shots ring out. He's certainly not going to linger on the death of a racist terrorist, though, and gives Renala a nod. "Doc. Check her out." he says with a nod towards Vasquez, "Make sure she's fit for travel. Do whatever you've gotta do. If that means sedating her, so be it." He activates his comms, sighting his large weapon on the other Cerberus agents in the

room, hoping it'll encourage them to remain in place. "Alright, Bravo. I'm sure you're aware by now that they know we're here. First package is secure, but we're still working on the artifact. A little direction would be nice. Jean, I'm gonna do my best to hold this position but I need you and our mechanized friend over here ASAP. We were directed south from the main hall off the hangar. Near

the living quarters."

Renala sighs, regretting that she had to take the life of someone that couldn't really defend themselves. She runs towards the doorframe to take cover.

Steve takes a position near the back of the group, gripping his Tempest tightly as he awaits further orders.

Halisi is a bit busy getting shot at, and as such finds herself not hearing Jason's instructions. She leans out of cover and attempts to return fire at the Cerberus guard that attacked her - most of her shots go wide, with one impacting the trooper's shield.

Jason instinctively ducks his head as the gunfire erupts. "Doc! Vasquez!" he orders. He looks back at the two remaining Cerberus personnel. "Get on your knees. We've got no reason to hurt you. Keep your cool and we'll be on our way in no time." he offers with a wink. He hefts the Confetti Maker up a bit, reorienting the gun in his hands as he stomps towards the door.

The technician restraining Pip uncermoniously has his head blown off by the high-powered rifle, bits of brain and bone falling on Pip - not very funky. The man's body goes limp, freeing the infiltrator to take action. Dr. Costa stares at the head less man in horror, but soon retreats with haste, running until she's behind the active Ogre while typing on her omni-tool. The other technicians are all scrambling away from Watty, except for one,

which is controlling one of the robotic tool arms, using it to shove a large drill into Watty's shoulder, trying to damage the joint.

Jasper closes the door once everyone is out of the shuttle and paces for a few moments before attempting to remove the security guards' omni-tools from their hardsuits.

Viper starts typing on her omni-tool, gesturing for the others to move ahead. She soon cloaks again.

Pip springs away from the dead body, the blood and gore not really phasing her at all. She draws her pistol and drops to one knee, stabalizing the gun as she fires off a double tap at the technician controlling the arm.

The remaining Cerberus personnel in the observation lounge get on their knees as instructed, putting their hands behind their heads. One of them is sobbing loudly. One of the guards in the hallway are firing on the door, while the other is advancing slowly along the western wall. Both of them carry pistols only.

Skythix motions for the others to follow her just as Viper disappears. "Hope that means you're doing recon." She says hopefully over the radio. She takes point as the door opens and they move inside, keeping her new harrier raised to attack anyone they would encounter.

Ilyna runs towards the door indicated by Viper, entering the room after the turian with her weapon raised.

As the door slides open, Bravo is greeted by a small, empty room. It lacks anything of interest whatsoever. There is one door to the east and one to the north.

Renala leans out of cover and opens fire on the guard covering by the corner, mostly to suppress him.

Watty feels the attack as the drill shoves into his joint, a warning symbol flashing at the corner of his vision. He rips himself away from it, metal shards flinging about as a small portion of his armour is torn off. (Pip_Summers)

Zaylus files in behind the others, using the wall as cover until they can asses the room is empty. Lowering his weapon, he looks between the doors.

Steve keeps his SMG lowered as he enters behind the others, giving a good amount of spacing between himself and Zaylus. "Right. And where the fuck are we supposed to be going!?" he calls out to Viper, glancing around for any sign of the woman.

The technician ducks down as Pip opens fire, taking cover behind the console. The Ogre is now taking a combat position, gun arm sighting in on Watty. There's a high-pitched wirr as the dual pulse cannons charge. At the same time another announcement rings throughout the station. "Warning! Multiple enemy combatants detected! Initiating station-wide security alert! Deploying defensive counter-measures!"

Ilyna looks around the room, and then gestures to the door to their left as they enter. "We should check this one first," she says before walking towards it and taking position by the doorframe. "If there's anyone in here, I don't want them following us."

Skythix nods and takes position to the left of the door with her gun ready in a breaching position. She checks the safety and to make sure a thermal clip was loaded before waiting for someone to open the door.

Halisi nods and leaves her spot by the door, running towards Vasquez and performing an omni-tool scan as she kneels next to the woman.

Zaylus winces at the security alert, taking up position near the door as well.

The guard around the corner pops back into cover as he starts taking return fire. The other one makes a dash for the door, coming up right in front of Renala and swinging his stun baton at her center of mass.

Steve gives a nod to Ilyna. "I'll keep our asses covered." he says, gesturing towards the door they came from. He moves back to stack up on the doorframe.

Pip grimaces as she brushes off a fragment of brain matter, bile rising in her throat. "Kinda busy here, Zach!" she snaps up her omni-tool and focuses on sabotaging the Ogre's weapon.

Ilyna nods to Steve and leans out to hit the door's interface before returning to cover.

The ogre does not seem impeded - a hail of gunfire is unleashed upon Watty, shredding the equipment that surrounds him, causing sparks and shards of metal to fly wide. There is a sound from the ceiling above as round hatches start opening - four of them, one in each corner of the room.

The northern door opens into another room the same size, this one filled with crates of various sizes, marked as spare parts and ship components. There is a door to the east.

Jason continues towards the door, shuffling off towards the frame opposite of Renala as he approaches to avoid catching a stray round meant for the asari. Once the guard rushes the door, he quickens his pace in an attempt at intercepting him, shifting the Confetti Maker into his left hand as he uses his right to reach out towards the attacker, his goal being to simply grab him and push him

away, back into the hall.

Watty staggers back as his shields fizzle and pop as they're overloaded by the sheer firepower aimed at him. A few shots strike and burn his armour. His arm snaps up again as he lumbers forward at a jog, a barrage of auto-shotgun fire at the Ogre. (Pip_Summers)

Pip places the pistol on the floor and focuses her efforts on keeping Watty's shields active as she primes and fires a shield boost at him. She keeps low and close to the console.

Skythix enters the room and does a quick sweep for anyone inside. "Clear!" She shouts over the comms and moves further inside. "One door, right side."

Zaylus quickly follows, turning into the next room. He knocks a hand against one of the crates, giving them a brief look.

The Ogre seems largely unaffected as Watty's attacks impact its shields. As the pulse cannons wind down it raises its left arm, unfolding several large electrical coils. It starts to charge the odd weapon with a whine. Autoturrets are now emerging from the four round ceiling hatches, taking a moment to orient themselves. The technician behind the console near Pip bursts out of cover, trying to tackle her to the floor.

Ilyna enters the room after the turian, and moves over to stand by the door to the right. "There's no time to inspect their storage, Grey," she says. "Take positions by the door."

Steve backs up into the new room, once more taking a position beside the doorframe they entered from to cover their rear. "No one on our tail yet." he announces.

Renala jumps aside at the stun baton coming towards her, barely dodging it. She readies her bitoics to give him a quick Throw before he can retort, although it's not as effective as it could have been.

Pip grunts, the turrets posing an even greater problem. The situation looks extremely dire. Surrounded. Outgunned. This honestly may be the place Pip- her thoughts are interrupted as the technician charges. Brave bastard. Her hand darts inside her fatigues and she draws out her knife, gripping it tightly. She darts around the technician and reverses her grip, plunging the knife at the base

of the technicians back.

Zaylus completes a circuit around the room, coming up along the next doorway. "Got it." he nods, readying himself once again.

Skythix takes up position next to the door for the same breaching maneuver.

The guard is pushed back by Jason, stumbling, but his intervention causes Renala's throw to impact her ally's arm, slamming it into the doorframe hard. The second guard pops out of cover once more, firing off two shots at Renala.

Ilyna nods when they're al in position. "Grey, take point," she says before reaching out to hit the interface and popping back into cover.

Renala takes the shots, but the shields make quick work of them. She gets back into cover, and reloads her weapon.

Watty hunkers down and diverts the majority of his processing to his shielding, boosted by Pip's support. (Pip_Summers)

Zaylus tightens his grip on his weapon, turning into the doorway as it opens, Carnifex at the ready.

Yet another door for Bravo... but not another room. The door opens into a long hallway going south. Several doors line each side, all unmarked. In the ceiling is an autoturret, which snaps to the newly opened door, winding up as it identifies hostile targets.

Jason , luckily, has cybernetic arms, so no harm no foul. He casts a frown at Renala but quickly recovers his grip on the hefty weapon and sidesteps out of the doorway, holding the trigger down as he does. He sweeps the Confetti Maker back and forth from the guard he just pushed back to the cover of the second guard as he sidesteps across the hall, unleashing a hail of AP rounds.

Zaylus squeezes off two shots as he focuses on the only motion in the hall, quickly pulling back into cover as the turrent winds up. "Autoturret on the ceiling." He reports, trying to see down the hall without stepping into fire.

The Ogre's weapon unleashes a surge of electricity, first striking Watty's shields, likely draining a good bit of them, and then arcing to Pip, impacting her as well. All of the autoturrets are now primed, winding up and opening fire on Watty - lucky for Pip, who is a puny human. The second Ogre is now starting to come online, technicians removing various cables and blockers.

Steve glances back as he hears Zaylus' gunfire, but he holds his position.

The technician cries out in pain as he is stabbed, reaching back to remove the knife.

Skythix poked her head out just as Zaylus walked out in time to see the turret that he identified. "Confirmed." She said over comms. She sees another door adjacent to them and looks at her team. "Can someone get that door opened remotely? We can dash through before the turret can get a firing solution on us."

Pip doesn't give him the opportunity and rips the serrated blade from him, plunging it back down... only to be zapped by the arcing electricity. She spasms as her muscles contract and she screeches in pain, falling to the ground in a twitchy mess. Her cries are likely heard over the comm.

The turret in the corridor opens fire on the doorway, the sound of gunfire filling the small space as shots ping and crack against the wall, a few likely striking Zaylus' shields. It would eventually cease to avoid overheating its heat sink.

The nearest guard is caught in the open, his armor doing little to protect him as the AP rounds tear right through the man. The second guard pops back into cover, but is forced to retreat away from the corner as several rounds strike his shields through the wall.

Watty 's shields drain considerably with the turrets finishing them off. The rounds bounce off Watty's armour with a few embedding themselves into the metal plating. Hearing Pip's cries, Watty barrels forwards to the mech and swings his clenched hand into the mech's optics. letting rip with the shotgun at close range for addtional hurt. (Pip_Summers)

Ilyna leans around cover to look down the hallway, giving the turret time to open fire on her, but pops back into cover once she realizes the door in the previous room is just below the turret. "Let's get across before it fires again," she runs across the hall and stops by the opposite door door, putting up a biotic barrier wall facing the turret so others would have cover while waiting for the door to open.

Jason stops firing once he reaches the opposite wall of the hall. "C'mon, Jean. We're not getting anywhere fast over here." he reports over comms as he gives a glance back behind him before returning his attention to the corner, "Jasmine. Any chance you can get us a floorplan of this place? Is that something you could get from their network?"

The Ogre is crippled as its optics are crushed and then shredded by a shotgun blast, but unfortunately Watty now covers most of its firing path - the mech blindly opens fire with its pulse cannon, unintentionally firing point-blank into the rogue YMIRs chest. The autoturrets have ceased firing however, as the two mechs are two close to avoid friendly fire. The technician struggling with Pip goes limp, perhaps passed out from pain as the knife

buries deeper.

Renala nods. "I'll give it a shot," she says over the comms and enables her omni-tool, running a program to scan for and try to exploit vulnerabilities in the network.

Skythix opened her eyes wide when Ilyna ran through the kill zone with only a biotic barrier to protect her. "Shit!" She mutteres in a harsh tone and runs across the way. She stands behind the asari and adds her biotic strength to her barrier. "Grey! Get the door!" She calls out through gritted teeth. She hears the cries out from her comms and tries to tune it out. They needed to get out of

danger before they could reassess a rescue.

Watty 's voice box is effectively shredded by the firepower, his shields barely reaching 15% before being immediately dropped again. The armour is peeled away by the pulse cannon, exposing only a very thin last layer of armour as the mech finished firing. Watty sparks and shoves the end of his combat appendage into the mech's face, firing a single high powered round to finish it off. (Pip_Summers)

Halisi finishes her scan, producing a sedative from one of the armor's pockets - one of the few medical items she was able to bring without her satchel. She injects Vasquez and then looks over the woman in an appraising way, considering her options for a moment before starting to manuever her arms beneath her, trying to lift Vasquez up into a fireman's carry, groaning under the strain.

The Cerberus network is unfortunately quite secure - she'll have to find a terminal if she wants anything useful.

Zaylus darts out of cover, hitting the door interface as he gets behind the biotic screen, eager to stay out of fire as his shields regenerate.

Pip moans feebly on the floor, curling up into herself as she applies a layer of medi-gel to her burns. She groggily stands up and eyes Costa behind the mech. She primes an overload and roughly aims it at the woman, setting up a second overload on her other omni-tool and aiming that one at the powering up Ogre mech. She releases both at the same time.

Ilyna 's barrier flickers as Ilyna tries to shape the unanounced mass effect field into the barrier to strengthen it. "Please... give some warning next time," she says in a strained voice.

Steve backs towards the door the others are entering as he hears Ilyna's order. Once Zaylus has crossed the hall, he spins on his heels and follows, stopping just behind Ilyna's barrier with his weapon trained back the way they came. "So we just runnin' 'round blind until Viper tells us to stop? What's the plan here!?"

Viper 's voice comes onto the comms rather suddenly: "Look for an airlock."

Jason begins sidestepping back towards his left as the weapon cycles to the next thermal clip, slicing the pie of the guard's cover with his finger hovering just over the trigger. "Come on out, buddy!" he calls out.

The shots of the autoturret hammer Ilyna's barrier continuously as the team crosses the hall - the door they open leads to another small room, this one an office with a window looking out over the asteroid surface. A terrified desk worker is hiding behind the chair. "Oh god don't kill me!"

Ilyna waits for the door to open and everyone getting inside. "You just heard her," she says. "We have no map." She keeps her words to a minimum as she focuses on the barrier, having just managed to control the added biotic energy. "Get inside."

Steve steps into the room and raises his weapon, squeezing off a burst at the person behind the desk before taking a position beside the door.

Skythix can feel the strain for holding the shield up. She mutters an apology but otherwise maintains the shield. She turns her head slightly to see the door opening. She begins to slowly back step into the room, making sure not to fluctuate the shield and expose Ilyna. When they get inside, she drops the shield and raises her rifle at the human, just as Briggs takes him out. She was about to

argue about civilian casualties but wasn't everyone here part of a terrorist group? "What do you mean an airlock?" She looked around the room in befuddlement. "What for?"

The terrified human drops dead, a splotch of blood staining the computer terminal on the desk.

Renala continues for a while longer than she should with the network. "Negative, these people know networking," she says. "If we can get physical access to an important terminal, I might be able to get in."

Zaylus hurries into the next room, watching Steve dispatch the desk worker. He steps further in, looking out at the surface.

The guard that retreated from Alpha shows no sign of revealing himself.

Steve peeks back out through the door. "Well, shit. Dead end. We're gonna hafta head back out in front of that fuckin' thing, ain't we?"

DrCosta lets out an electrified scream as she's struck by the overload. The second does little to the new mech however, impacting the shields. The first Ogre takes more shots to the head, which does... nothing whatsoever to it. It shoves Watty away and starts to prime another arc thrower attack, while the second mech charges its pulse cannon. The autoturrets are now sighting in on Pip, since the Cerberus technician she was struggling with is

no longer an obstacle.

Ilyna sighs. "Let's backtrack and take out the turret from both doors," she says, holding up the barrier while the turret is firing. "Once the turret ceases firing."

Jason nods idly to Renala as he continues to side step around the corner. "Copy. Then that's the plan. Didn't our escort mention a media setup?" he asks, attempting to recall the man's directions. "Fourth door to the left! Think they'd have a terminal in there?"

(Comms) If they're smart enough to harden their network, I'm willing to bet they've isolated that from the main network segment. Doesn't hurt to check, though.

Renala exits out to the hallway, aiming around for mechs or guards.

Skythix moves the dead human unceremoniously away from the terminal, frowning at blood covering the terminal. "Let me see if I can't find something on here." She hoped that the man's access didn't terminate once he died and she still had free reign over what systems were accessible on the terminal. Her tech skills weren't great but navigating an open computer should be simple enough.

Upon rounding the corner, Jason would immediately find himself under fire from the security mech on its way towards him.

Watty staggers back a few steps, only to charge right in again and try to direct the strange weapon's attack at the other Ogre mech. He allows the built up heat to vent from his upper arm before pouring fire into the first Ogre's arm that wields the pulse cannon. (Pip_Summers)

Skythix would find that the terminal contains several files on the various research projects on the station, but as soon as she starts to access it she is locked out. The words 'Unauthorized access' flash across the screen. The turret is at the brink of overheating once more - the firing ceases.

Jason was expecting the guard, so he's not particularly caught off guard by the mech. He instinctively fires off a pair of shots, trading with the mech as a few rounds rattle against his shields. He swings back into cover and raises the Confetti Maker a bit higher, tapping at the interface to swap to disruptor rounds. "Still waiting on that cavalry." he grunts over comms, "What's your status,

Blue? Automated defenses going down anytime soon?"

Jasper would find that several autoturrets are descending from the ceiling in the hangar, sweeping across the large space for targets - they do not appear to register his presence.

Pip sluggishly dives into cover as she notices the turrets aiming at her. With nowhere to really go, she simply hunkers down, dragging one of the technician's to her and propping his corpse in front of her in a futile attempt to use them as a shield.

Skythix slams the desk with the terminal and curses loudly. "I can't get anything on here. Lets keep moving." She turned to look at Ilyna. "Should we back them up or keep looking for the artifact?"

Ilyna nods and runs across through the doorway they came from, leaving the barrier behind. She hopes that her squad knows how to follow orders, but she could work with it either way to take out the turret. She looks around the storage room. Ilyna is too busy with other matters to answer Skythix.

(Cooms) Blindly looking for an airlock. We could use a floor plan.

Renala raises her weapon and starts towards the recreation room.

Jasper watches through the front panel of the shuttle as the turrets do their sweep. "Ah shit..." he mutters to himself before activating his comms. "Folks, I know yer already dealin' with a lunchbox fulla 'fucked' but I gotta rain on yer poopbucket parade even more: I got turrets in the hangar. They don't seem to realize I'm here yet but-... Who knows..."

Viper decloaks directly beneath the turret, firing a trio of armor-piercing arrows that bury themselves in the turret above. Sparks fly as it ceases to function. "We need to hurry. Alpha aren't doing all that great."

If any of Bravo squad were to look out the window they would notice a large point-defense turret platform outside, mounted directly on the asteroid surface.

Skythix looks up at the window in front of her at the mention of airlock. "We could always make our own." She said over the comms. However, with a glance outside she could see a turret waiting for them. "We could blow out the window here but there's a turret outside. Could be a plan B for whatever Viper needs." She races back to join her squad when they walk out of the room, no longer being

hailed down by the turret.

Steve steps out into the hall as Viper destroys the turret. "Well maybe if you'd give us a little direction we could!" he shouts, "You got us runnin' all over this place!"

The Orcus mech in the corridor stumbles a bit as the shots impact its armor, but then continues moving towards Jason, rifle raised - not much smarter than a normal LOKI then.

Ilyna returns to the hallway and moves towards Viper once it's clear the router isn't going to work anymore.

Zaylus nods gravely, his gaze on the turret outside. Turning from the window he follows the human into the hall, as interested as he in getting some guidance from Viper.

Jason finishes cycling the weapon disruptor rounds as he leans back against his cover. "Doc?" he hails over comms, "How's she looking? If you've got her stable, how about seeing what those two inside know? See if they can point us to where we need to be." As soon as he finishes speaking, he swings back out into the hall and unloads on the mech once again.

The first Ogre's arc projector unleashes a blast of electricity that strikes the second Cerberus mech, frying its shields and then arcing on to strike two technicians and the nearby autoturret, taking out all of them. The mech that Watty is attacking starts firing its pulse cannon blindly, but that weapon is soon disabled by the surge from the venting heat sinks. The remaining intact Ogre now opens fire with its pulse cannon at Watty however,

while the three remaining autoturrets continue to fire on the robotics equipment that Pip is hiding behind, slowly shredding through it from all sides. Sparks, metal shrapnel and stray rounds fly all over the middle of the room.

Renala reaches the door to the recreational room and opens it, a biotic field forming around her. She steps back and points her weapon at the doorway in case there's an ambush waiting.

The Confetti Maker makes short work of the mech, electricity coursing through it as the rounds strike - it head blows off with a satisfying pop. A moment later however, the remaining guard pops out from one of the bunk rooms, firing his pistol at Jason.

Watty tries to forceably shove the mech into the line of fire from the second mech, the pulse cannon striking his intact arm and side armour. Though, it is barely intact after the barrage. If Watty is successful, he would turn and lumber towards Pip, pointing towards the door. (Pip_Summers)

Pip winces as a bullet strikes uncomfortably close to her head, pinging off to the side. If Watty was successful, she would dash towards the door, her breathing erratic and panicky.

Halisi is slowly making her way across the observation lounge with Vasquez slung over her shoulders when she hears Jason. She carefully puts the woman down and moves over to the two Cerberus members still cowering on the floor.

Jason brings the Confetti Maker to bear on the guard as he makes his appearance, knowing damn well that the guard has no chances of surviving if he decides to trade shots. He squeezes down the trigger and begins to slowly progress down the hall. Assuming the guard takes cover, he continues to fire on the doorway to make sure it stays that way.

Viper shakes her head. "I don't have a map. I'm looking. Just keep trying to find an airlock." She starts moving down the hallway.

Steve groans loudly and looks back at Ilyna. "Lead on." he sighs, feeling a tinge of worry for Renala.

The overzealous guard does not go back into cover immediately, and is summarily gunned down. There appear to be no further threats in the hallway. As Renala opens the door to the recreational room she would find it empty, but the UCC game is still running on the TV - Edmonton Blood Dragons vs Sydney Drop Bears.

Skythix stops next to Ilyna. "Should we send backup or keep looking for this airlock?" She asks the asari.

Ilyna walks over to the nearest door, which is the door beside the one they checked out before. She takes position by the side of it. "Keep looking," she says. "We should try keep to the outermost rooms of the station if possible."

The Ogre that Watty was fighting makes for an excellent shield, absorbing most of the other mech's attack - and being wrecked in the process. Two of the remaining turrets now target Watty, firing on the poor mech once more. The final turret still follows Pip as she begins her escape, but it is in the middle of its cooldown cycle, unable to fire.

Skythix sincerely hoped the other squad was doing okay. The scream from earlier was a bad omen but she was going to be a good turian and keep following her orders. She would set herself up next to the door to prepare for another breach.

Renala aims her weapon before getting inside and runs towards the media center terminal. She tries to get access to it, and if successful, she will try browse files it can access on other hosts on the network in search for a floor plan.

Steve bites down hard to keep from throwing a shit fit and continues the process of covering their asses, taking a position beside the hallway door leading back towards the hangar so he has a view of the door, should it open, as well as the hall they're in.

The TV has access to nothing but various broadcasts, games and movies.

Pip opens the door to the corridor and bails out into it, only just remembering she left her pistol and knife in the room. Too late for them now. She glances both ways down the corridor, praying to God that there isn't someone about to shoot her.

Renala sighs. "Just as I expected, the media center is a no go," she says over the comms. "Should I keep looking, boss?"

Zaylus lines up behind the other turian as they once again prepare to move in.

Jason allows the weapon to wind down and quickly switches back to AP rounds as the weapon cycles thermal clips once more. "Jean. Get me an update." he calls out over comms, "How are you and the big guy doing? I don't want to push on with the search until you get here, but we can't hold out forever. Jasmine, just the remainder of this hall. We don't want to spread too thin, but we can't move

on without Jean anyway, so we may as well use this time as best as we can."

Ice, take point.

Ilyna reaches out and hits the door panel before getting back into her position.

Watty raises his arms to cover the majority of his exposed chest. The bullets ping and bounce off of his armour, but a few do penetrate and cause him to flinch and stagger as he barrels out into the hallway, sparking at a few joints and at what passes for his throat. (Pip_Summers)

Pip would find herself face-to-face with a Cerberus trooper - part of a team of four apparently on their way towards the hangar. There is also another ceiling turret in the corridor. The guard is only briefly shocked before raising her Eviscerator shotgun at the intruder.

Jasper continues to watch out the window as he listens to the comms chatter, feeling a bit expendable as nobody bothers to respond to him.

Renala gets up and starts walking out of the room. "Got it," she says. She looks around the hall before leaving the room.

Bravo's door opens to another office. Another human in this one, already on her knees with her hands in the air.

Renala would find the corridor is still clear.

Skythix rushes through the door with her rifle raised. It looked to be a similar room to the last one they were in. "One civvy." she says over the radio before sweeping again to make sure it's clear.

Watty stumbles out through the door as it open, unwittingly barreling into the assault trooper and Pip in his haste to catch up. He is quick to react, however and beads his weapons on the group, unleashing a barrage of auto-shotty fire into them. (Pip_Summers)

Steve isn't there so he doesn't shoot her, but if he was he would've! He remains in his position, watching the hall and their flank.

Renala hurries over to the door across and enables her omni-tool to try get it to unlock.

Halisi emerges from the observation lounge, once again carrying Vasquez. "I... ungh... know where the... artifact is."

Pip is clipped onto the floor, crying out in pain as Watty's form sends her sprawling.

One of the guards opposing Watty goes down quickly. Another returns fire with his shotgun while the other two make a run for the hangar. The turret sights in on the mech and opens fire as well.

Zaylus swings in the doorway, just taking one step into the room as it's obviously the same as the last. He keeps an eye on the civilian but focuses more on the hall.

Ilyna frowns thoughtfully, and steps into the room. She looks at the civilian, not raising her weapon. "We won't hurt you," she begins, "if you do us one favor. We need a floor plan."

Pip quickly sparks off an overload at the turret whilst it is shooting her companion, ignorning Jason's call as she's rather busy. Her second omni-tool also releases an additional overload at the same target.

The Cerberus worker looks at Ilyna, fear in her eyes. "I-I can't... UDI will see you're here and lock me out."

The ceiling turret shuts down, at least for the moment, as its systems are overloaded.

Ilyna raises her weapon a little, still not aiming it at her. "Hurry up, then," she says, "before they notice. Or at least tell us where the nearest airlock is."

Watty takes this oppotunity to wade forward and swing his arm at the trooper whilst concentrating a sniper round at the disabled turret. (Pip_Summers)

Renala 's efforts to open the door are met with little initial success. Is she hungry enough to press on?

Pip scrambles towards the downed soldier and grabs the shotgun. Only using one once in her lifetime, she aims at the soldier attacking WAtty and fires.

The human with Ilyna points south immediatly. "D-Down the hall. The big door. Really close, I-I swear."

Skythix was about to leave the room when the human spoke up about someone seeing them. She didn't know what UDI was but she suddenly remembered the AI and being locked out of the other terminal soon after having access to it. She would pick up the Cerberus woman by the collar of her shirt. "Tell us where the AI core is while you're at it." She snarled.

Jason gives a call back as he hears Halisi. "That's great, Doc. But we're not moving without Jean. You alright to hold your position so I can open a path?"

Renala keeps at it. She could really use a bite to eat, but was more hoping there's any important terminals in there.

The autoturret explodes from the sniper round, showering the area beneath in bits of metal and circutry. The trooper attacking Watty is swung away by his arm, which causes Pip's shot to miss completely. The other two are now out of sight, entering the hangar.

Zaylus narrows his browplates at this display, turning from the other turian and stepping back into the hall.

The Cerberus office worker blinks. "I-It's on the other side of the station! Long way from here! I'msorrydon'tkillme!"

Jasper's eyes go wide as he spots the two troopers. "Welp. Now I got me some more company. Pair a' soldiers." he announces over comms, "I ain't askin' you to come back, but I don't know how long I'll be able to keep 'em outta here... So... Yeah, I'm askin' you to come back!"

Pip drops the shotgun and shakes uncontrolablly, tears streaming down her face as the adrenaline begins to wear off. She doubles over and vomits, emptying what little there was in her stomach. "Ohmigodohmigodohmigod..." she mutters after she has finished emptying her stomach.

Halisi steadies herself against the wall, grunting. "Sure boss... I'm... ngh... doing great." She readjusts her grip of Vasquez.

Ilyna nods. "Thank you," she says. "They probably know we're here already, but you stay quiet for now." She turns towards the turians. "Let's get moving." She leaves the room, enabling her comms. "Airlock is at the end of the hall, big door," she says, and starts walking towards it herself. "Could you get the shuttle airborne inside the hangar, Pilot?" She can't remember if he had a pseudonym or callsign, so she goes with that.

Watty turns and walks over to Pip. He gently taps her with a metallic finger after she had finished vomiting. Her taps the side of his head and points back to her, indicating that she should probably call somebody. (Pip_Summers)

The two troopers in the hangar jog over towards the Kodiak in the corner, taking cover behind it and taking aim at the big door.

Pip wipes her mouth and nods at her companion, using him to help her climb onto her feet. She taps her comms. "Um... Z-zach? W-w-where are you...?" She asks, trying to stifle a sob. She's been shot at before and even killed, but it didn't mean she ever got used to it.

Jason continues his path down the hall, holding the Confetti Maker steady as he approaches the next door and taps the panel. He readjusts his grip on the heavy weapon and waits for the door to open.

Viper waits at the end of the hall, knocking the big door casually. "Locked." She states, looking rather unamused.

Skythix glances at Ilyna before glaring back at the human. She dropped her grip on her before bringing the butt of her rifle down on the side of her head to knock her out. She could hear Jasper calling for help and walked back to where Ilyna was. "We shouldn't chance losing our ride out of here. Someone should go back to help."

Jasper quickly scurries back into the pilot's compartment. "I'll see what I can do!" he announces over comms as he starts up the shuttle once more. As soon as he's good to go, he straps himself in and mutters a 'holdontoyerbutt' under his breath before swooping forward, attempting to hit the kodiak the troopers are using as cover hard enough to splat them with it.

The Cerberus shuttle is smashed against the hangar wall, but this does little to injure the two troopers, who now find themselves cowering against the divider wall. Jasper's actions appear to have brought his shuttle to the attention of the ceiling turrets however - all six open fire.

Jasper jolts back and forth in his seat as his shuttle collides with the other. He stares at the undamaged troopers through the windows and winces as the sound of rounds plinking off the top of the kodiak rings out. "I DID A BAD THING!" he shouts over comms, fumbling to reverse the shuttle.

I wasn't telling him to leave, because the security system would probably not let hm. Just prevent host--

Ilyna raises an eyebrow. "Report, Pilot?" she asks over comms before walking over to Viper. "Any ideas how we can get it open? And why do we need to get outside in the first place?"

The nearest Cerberus trooper is scorched by the thrust as Jasper reverses the shuttle, screaming out in torment as the armor melts around him. The autoturrets continue to fire on the shuttle.

Steve crosses over to the other side of the door he's guarding now that they have people at the southern end of the hall. He continues to guard the way they came. "Takin' your sweet time..." he mutters.

Viper glances at the small, basic door to the south. "Use the maintenance tunnel. And we need to get out there, 'cuz that's where I can disable the defenses."

Jasper continues to reverse the shuttle away from the kodiak. "Reportin'!" he shouts, panicking quite badly at this point, "I have no idea what I'm doin'! Turrets are firin', people are meltin', and I just 'bout stained this beautifully upholstered seat! If any of ya'll are nearby, I could use a hand 'fore they whip the tar outta me!"

When Jason opens the door, he finds that the two Orcus mechs in it have positioned themselves in firing positions in front of him - there is also an autoturret in the middle of the room's ceiling. The two mechs immediately start firing their rifles, while the turret starts to wind up.

Skythix continues to look expectingly at Ilyna, listening to Jasper's issues over the comms. It sounded like he was going to need a lot of help.

The mess hall door finally opens for Renala, but she is immediately pushed to the hallway floor by a human wearing a full set of kestrel armor in Cerberus colors. The door locks again behind him as he tilts his head - face all hidden aside from mouth, extending both arms - each has an odd-looking whip attached to it. A moment later both whips seem to energize, glowing with biotic energy. As they drag across the floor sparks fly.

Steve glances back at Skythix, looking between her and Ilyna. Finally he lets out a sigh, realizing losing the pilot would probably be very bad. "You want me to head back, Blue?" he asks, "I can clear the room out and catch up with you."

Ilyna gives it a few seconds of thought, and then nods. "Yes, Thumper," she says. "And you're going with him, Ice. Grey and I go with Viper to find the maintenance tunnels. Keep in touch, we'll update you with a position once the hangar is clear."

Jason cusses loudly as a few rounds peg his shields, causing them to fizzle and spark. He spins against the hallway wall to give himself as much cover as he can as he reaches down and yanks one of the grenades from his belt. A couple more rounds wittle at his shields, catching a piece of his exposed bits while he primes the grenade and gives it an underhanded lob, aiming to land it between

the two mechs. He rushes back towards the first room on the north side of the hall and slams a fist against the panel, hoping to get himself into cover in case the grenade isn't enough.

Renala is sent to the ground, but uses her biotic energy to form a stasis field aimed at him while she gets up. If uninterrupted, she starts running towards the corner to join up with the others.

Pip sighs after getting no reply. "Alright, we'll head-" she pauses and hums for a minute. From the sound of things, the hangar is a deathtrap right about now and neither her nor Watty are really fit to take on whatever is happening in there. "- that way." She turns around and scoops up hte unwieldy weapon in her hands, taking cover beside the door behind Watty.

The strange soldier is struck by the stasis field, giving Renala time to escape. Jason would find himself in a room with three very confused and tired Cerberus members. One of them - in his underwear - immediately puts his hands up. The other two are hiding behind the furthest bed. The door to the room with the mechs closes just as the grenades go off, a mech head just barely managing to fly into the corridor, skittering across the floor towards

Halisi and Renala.

Watty moves over to the door after his shields recharged. He primes his assault rifles and aims at the door, nodding once to Pip. (Pip_Summers)

Skythix nods and turns around to start hustling her way back to the hanger where they came from. She gives Briggs a quick knock on his armor with her knuckles as she passes him. "We got a mess to go clean."

The fire of the autoturrets in the hangar is constant - their numbers allow them to cool down sequentially. The remaining trooper has taken cover behind the wrecked Kodiak, and is not in sight of Jasper anymore.

Steve gives Ilyna a nod and raises his SMG as he taps the interface to the door back to the hangar. "You and me, sweetheart." he says as Skythix raps her knuckles against his armor. He keeps pace beside the turian.

Pip opens the door after hearing a rather loud boom from the other side. She immediately slinks back into cover as Watty lumbers over to the other side of the door, electing not to go inside just yet after hearing the explosion. At some point during the previous fight, the speaker playing the bass music was wrecked.

(Comms) Pursued by a weirdo with whips. He's no joke. I'm joining up with you, boss.

Renala continues running towards Jason's position.

Ilyna turns back towards Viper. "And I take it you know where to find that?"

Zaylus steps forward as the two depart, idly looking over his weapon as he waits to press on.

Jason glances between the Cerberus personnel. "Stay here." he demands before turning right back around. "Fuck... Fine." he sighs over comms, "Jean, I'm coming for you, just stay safe. Soon as I help Jasmine resecure the hallway we'll meet up." He waits a few moments for his shield generator to kick in and spark his shields back to life before stepping into the hallway once more. He trains

the Confetti Maker down the hall to the east, but quickly changes directions when he realizes the door has closed and he's safe from any mech/turret fire.

Viper raises an eyebrow at Ilyna. "Should be outside. So let's go."

Jasper sets the kodiak down in the middle of the room, cussing loudly. "They-... they won't stop shootin'. I don't think they plan on takin' me alive! But I could reeeeeeeally use a flag-diddlin' hand over here!" He begins pulling at his harness, having trouble getting it off due to stress.

Pip spots the turret and, dropping her shotgun, she fires off her dual overloads again while Watty aims and fires another sniper round at the turret.

Skythix waits for Briggs to join her and then taps the display on the door to reveal the hangar they came from. "Cavalry's here." She said to Jasper over comms. She glances out into the hangar and points at the ceiling turrets that were all busy firing at the kodiak. "Gotta take those out first." She says while raising her rifle, just barely peeking out enough to get sight of them. "Take the

closer one, I got the further one. Make sure it's at the same time before we lose our surprise."

The turret is hastily eliminated - the mechs are already downed from Jason's grenade.

Halisi 's eyes go wide as she spots the soldier down the hall. She starts moving towards Jason at a slow pace.

Pip and Watty enter the room after recovering the shotgun. "Zach, we just destroyed a turret and there are two downed mechs. Where are you?"

Renala's statis wears off, freeing the Phoenix commando. He growls, lashing out with one of his whips, wrapping it around the escaping asari and pulling her back into a biotically enhanced punch.

Steve takes a position just behind Skythix and gives a nod, raising his SMG up towards the ceiling as he readies himself. "Ready when you are."

Skythix | "Now." She says as soon as Briggs gives her the go ahead and begins firing her new harrier at the further turret.

Ilyna sighs. "And how are we getting outside without the airlock?"

As soon as Skyhtix brings herself to the attention of the turrets, the four that can target her all swivel around, opening fire at the doorway where Steve and her are. The sound of the intense stream of rounds is deafening.

Skythix managed to get about half of her thermal clip's worth before the turrets turned to face her and Briggs. She quickly retreated through her door after losing a little more than half of her shields. She was breathing heavily from the adrenaline rush of being shot at. "Can't tell if I got it or not."

Steve 's shields are shredded by the time he exhausts his thermal clip and retreats to cover on the opposite side of the door from Skythix. "Well shit." he says, panting slightly, "Lil' more firepower out there than I expected." he admits.

Skythix dropped her bag of equipment that she had around her and started fishing through it. "We need to be able to divert their attention or we won't be able to get shots off together." She found a single holo projector in her pack that would display the standing form of herself for a few moments. Maybe it could trick the turrets. She also took out two emp grenades and tossed one to Briggs.

"Maybe we can use these."

Viper looks at Ilyna in confusion and annoyance. "The fuck you talking about, weirdo? We're taking the airlock."

Steve leans his back against the wall as he scoops the grenade out of the air. "Not exactly a 'grenade situation', is it?" he asks, looking it over for a moment before he begins to reload his SMG. "They're in the ceilin'." he reminds her skeptically.

Jason continues back down the hall towards Halisi. "Two downed mechs and a turret?" he repeats, "We're close. Living quarters. If you're coming from the mech lab it should be the door on your right." He pushes forward and turns the corner. As soon as the Cerberus agent comes into view, he raises his weapon but holds his fire. "The fuck is his deal?"

Ilyna sighs. "You're not making sense," she says. "I asked for how we're going to get it unlocked, and you're telling us to get outside. How?"

Skythix also reloads her rifle before pocketing the grenade and projector. She stands up and puts her pack back on with a grin behind her faceplate. "So prime it, wait a second, and pray to the spirits you got a good arm." Her old commanders would hate her for trying something like that. "Or save it for if more mechs show up. Unless you got a better idea."

Pip smiles faintly. "Okay, see you in a moment." She leads Watty towards the door that Jason mentioned. As she opens it, she spots Jason and advances down the hallway to him with Watty in tow.

Renala sticks close to the side wall as she continues running, staying out of the way of Jason were he to fire at him.

The commando briefly stumbles as the stasis field fades, but quickly turns and musters biotic energy, charging right at Jason with a warcry.

Steve glances down, a smirk crossing his lips behind his recon hood. He gives a couple nods. "May have a plan." He waits a few moments for his shields to fizzle back to life before priming the grenade, stepping into the doorway, and whipping it up towards the nearest turret. As the grenade begins to arc, a blue shine envelopes him and he attempts to further lift and guide the grenade to the

target, hoping to high hell that his shields can hold out until it detonates.

DrCosta turns to Pip as the technicians continue to investigate Watty curiously. "This is an odd mech... the VI is... very advanced. But it doesn't seem as combat-applicable as we had hoped. Do you have any insight to share?"

Pip hums for a moment, folding her arms across her chest. "Maybe if you transfered a combat routine from the Ogres into the YMIR? Combine the two into a more formidable program?"

DrCosta grunts, looking skeptical. "There's a lot of junk here... all these personality subroutines. Useless. We're going to have to purge a lot of the programming."

Pip 's eye twitches. "Are you mad? Dr. Archer wouldn't have put the personality subroutines in there without a reason! Are you really just goin' to erase all his work?" She jabs a finger at Costa, her eyes narrowing. "Work around it."

DrCosta shakes her head. "Here at the Barn our focus is efficency. Everything non-essential goes. I don't know what Dr. Archer was thinking... we're not making damn butlers..." She looks over the progress of the scan on her datapad and then starts moving towards the Ogres, motioning for Pip to follow. "Let me show you ourmechs."