#TheBarn – September 18, 2015

Jasper continues on course. "Alright, folks, 'bout time to change shuttles! Get yer stuffs all rounded up!"

Pip , after a round of painkillers and medical attention, starts to power up Watty once again after some jury rigging and makeshift repairs.

Ilyna has slept like a stone after her bullet wounds were treated. She wakes up as Jasper speaks, looking around. She's in her armor, except for the pieces on her chest and back that was removed while the doctor removed the bullet fragments.

Jason hasn't slept. He's just remained watchful over Vasquez and continuously pestered Halisi with questions regarding her condition.

Watty powers back to life, his optics flickering to his regular calming blue. He glances around the shuttle as Pip pats him on the head.

Skythix groaned in her seat as she slowly came to conscious. There was a strange feeling she couldn't shake but it instantly came to her when she looked down at herself and saw that she was only in her skin-tight black undersuit. She sat up in a jolt and immediately regretted it as her head felt like it was going to explode instantly. The rest of her body ached like hell too. She quickly

Pip looks up at Sky and smiles at the turian, nodding. "We made it," she says, deciding to bury the hatchet with her, at least for the moment.

Zaylus leans on one side, propped up by an arm. He's replaced the armor that had to be removed during treatment. Sky's quick motion gets his attention for a moment before he sets his head back in his palm.

Steve is seated in his chair, leaning back against the wall. His armor's plating has been removed from the waist up, leaving only his undersuit. He's been mostly quiet, exhausted from the whole ordeal and in a bit of pain.

Skythix glanced at Pip with tired eyes. She gave a small turian smile herself before leaning back against her seat. "Good." She muttered. The announcement to gather their gear only made her let out a weak groan as she tried to sit back up again. Her sides still ached and her head was definitely going to hurt for a long time. She looked around for her armor that was removed from her during

Jason begins gathering up his things, having long since returned his gear back to the cases. "A short ride from now and we'll be back home, Sky. Just get some rest." he offers from his seat.

Vasquez is still unconscious.

Pip grimaces and gathers what little gear she had. Apart from the shotgun and a few thermal clips, she didn't really have anything left. And she was damn hungry too, if the famished growling from her stomach was anything to go by.

Renala has been quiet for much of the trip, but unable to sleep. She has on some occasions started on her projects, but hasn't really managed to focus enough to do anything meaningful. She gets up to fetch her helmet.

Steve has passed Renala her SMG back and placed most of his gear back in his bag. He begins the slow, painful process of putting his plating back on.

Watty simply sits in the shuttle, unable to really do anything due to his size.

Zaylus has recovered his few things during the ride, and just waits to transfer to the other shuttle.

Halisi is reviewing the medical data she has gathered now that her treatment of the team is finished for the moment.

Jason glances over at Halisi. "So.. What's the plan? Straight to the operating room with her when we get back?"

Halisi nods. "That's the plan. We'll get her fixed, Jason." she says, with a gentle smile.

Jason raises an eyebrow at the woman. "I don't think there's a whole lot that can be done to 'fix' you, Summers."

Skythix figured it would just make it easier to carry if she wore her armor but it was still heavy. She was clearly having difficulty. "I'm guessing I'm gonna need more treatment if my aching body is anything to go by?" She slipped up with getting her leg armor on, unable to complete the seals. "Can you help me?" She turned her head to ask Zaylus, embarrasement hinting in her voice.

Watty tilts his head to the side, looking pointedly at Jason. A silent stare.

Jasper pilots the shuttle towards the general location of the Redrock vehicle, slowly descending towards it.

Jason gives a couple nods. "Underlying. Riiight." He returns the robots stare, "See? This guy knows what I'm talking about."

Halisi looks to Pip, a bit caught off guard. "Of course. Most of-..." She turns to Jason and seems about to say something when the shuttle shudders, lights flickering and the control interface of the shuttle suddenly disappearing. A moment later the mass effect generator goes offline along with the lights. Only the thrusters remain as the shuttle starts falling.

Zaylus looks up from his palm, nodding wordlessly. He reaches out to help form the seals, easily navigating the turian armor but flinching from the effort. He's about to help with the rest as the lights suddenly go out.

Watty suddenly deactivates and starts to slide as the shuttle starts falling.

Ilyna is putting on the last armor piece when the shuttle's goes dark. "What's happening?"

Steve stumbles a bit, placing a hand against the wall to steady himself. "What now?" he groans.

Jasper is glancing all about, poking at things, pressing things, probably even turning a few things. "We just lost power!" he calls out, "No idea what's goin' on!" He attempts to gain control of the large shuttle, hoping that the thrusters alone will be enough to slow their descent to the point of a safe landing.

Skythix watches Zaylus put her things back together. "Thank you." She mutteres. She's about to look down and double check the seals but the lights suddenly go out, plunging them into darkness. "What do you mean we lost power?" She was about to start shouting but regretted it as soon as her head started pounding. "That doesn't just happen!"

Pip yelps, trying to grab hold of Watty in a futile attempt to stop him from sliding about. "Bad, bad, this is bad!" She says through gritted teeth as pain flares up in her body at the strain.

Jason cusses under his breath and hurries over to Vasquez' side, attempting to hold her in place so the erratic movements don't bounce her around. "Alright, folks! Just hold on! Jasper, can you fix it!?"

Viper curses, grabbing a tight hold of the orb as she braces for the landing.

Jasper gives a couple shakes of his head. "Ain't nothin' ta fix! We're just dead in the air, here! Thrusters are still online, though. Ima do my best to set 'er down as gently as I can, just hold onto yer butts!" He attempts to straighten the shuttle out and burn the thrusters as they rapidly descend.

Ilyna finishes putting on her armor, and quickly puts on her harness.

Halisi is staring at the floor, looking like she's doing he best not to throw up.

Zaylus grits his teeth, giving a quick glance around the shuttle. He double checks the seals, trying to get as much of Skythix's armor together before a expected rough landing.

Renala stumbles on the last step to her seat, but manages to get seated and harnessed.

Steve quickly fiddles with the last latch on his plating before jumping back into his seat and working on the harness.

Watty stops his sliding as Jasper straightens up. He's still deactivated.

Skythix felt her gut rise into her throat as she suddenly found a burst of energy to reach up and secure her harness, hurting all the way. Sadly, she didn't try to stow her things, only caring for her safety. She was not ready for a crash landing like this and seriously hoped they didn't vent atmosphere. "Fuck fuck fuck." She mutteres to herself. She had a look of horror on her face.

Pip quickly flops into her seat, locking down her harness and gulping.

Zaylus pulls back, securing his harness before he can be shook out of his seat. Gripping it tightly, he shuts his eyes.

Jasper lets out a deep breath and then a quiet 'Whoooo'. "Well, folks. You can unclench yer buttcheeks. We ain't dead yet. No thanks ta this hunk a' junk."

Pip lets out a breath she didn't even notice she was holding. "Oh Christ..."

Viper immediately unbuckles, stowing the orb in a backpack and activating her omni-tool. "Something like that doesn't just happen."

Ilyna takes a while to open her eyes, looking around in disbelief as everything looks intact. "Goddess," she mutters.

Jason leans heavily against Vasquez' unconscious body as they near the ground, bracing for impact. He lets out a deep breath through his nose as they land safely. "So what caused it?" he asks, looking over Linda to make sure she didn't bounce around too much before climbing back to his feet.

Steve releases his harness once more. "Any chance those assholes followed us and knocked the systems offline?"

Vasquez would sigh in relief, except she's unconcious.

Halisi blinks, looking around the shuttle. "Oh."

Pip coughs. "EMP. Watty just shut off too."

Skythix realized she was holding her breath and her holding the harness tightly. As soon as they hit the ground a lot more gently than they thought, she released her harness and looked around for her armor which had skid around the cabin during landing. She didn't want to take anymore chances. "Please help me into the rest of it." She asks Zaylus in a panic. With a painful grunt she stood up

Renala sighs relieved and gets out of her seat. "Fuck," she says. "How far are we from our shuttle?"

Jasper quickly removes his omni-tool, searching for their coordinates in relation to the Redrock shuttle. "Gimme a sec!"

Jasper calmly deactivates his omni-tool and looks into the cabin. "Right. No idea."

Pip pulls herself from the harness and gets to work on getting Watty operational again.

Zaylus opens his eyes to look around the cabin, somewhat surprised. At Sky's words, he unbuckles his harness, rising to help her with the rest of her armor. "Good idea." he mutters, giving a skeptical glance toward the cockpit as he works getting the seals secured.

Viper stands up, heading into the cabin. "This is not good..." she says, heading for the door and then looking across several of the others, eventually stopping at Jason.

Steve groans loudly and stands up from his seat, scooping his gear out from under it. He slings the bag over his shoulder and steps into the center of the shuttle. "Well. We can't just sit around. If it was those assholes, then they'll definitely be followin' up on the EMP."

Jason reaches up and presses a hand to his forehead. After a few moments of silence, he shakes his head. "Fuck. We don't even know where the shuttle is. Any way you can get this thing back online, Jasper? Few of us can head out and see if we can get our bearings, but without a way to navigate, there's no chance of us finding the kodiak."

Ilyna loads a clip into the Phalanx pistol she picked up from one of the bound guards. "I can take a team outside," she says, standing up.

Jasper pokes at his omni-tool for a few moments and then finally sighs. "Yeah, yeah. Gonna take 'bout an hour...?" he offers, "Maybe two? We were on track to our location until we lost power, so we shouldn't be too far off our mark. Take a quick look around and give me a chance to dig into this thing."

Steve nods at Ilyna. "I'll go with her. I'm not interested in stayin' here any longer than we have to. Not if there's any chance those cocksuckers are on our tail."

Jason sighs and nods, giving a look around the passenger compartment. "Anyone else feel up to going on a quick hike? This outfit isn't exactly fit for a run in the snow, and somebody needs to stay behind and guard the shuttle anyway." He reaches down and plucks at the crotch of his irritating Cerberus duds once more.

Pip sighs, checking Watty's electronics. "I'll need to stay here and get him workin' again. I'm sure you all will prefer havin' a workin' mech if those bastards come a'knocking."

Zaylus raises a hand. "I'll go." He volunteers. "Used to the cold." He shrugs, turning back to fixing Sky's armor.

Steve reaches into his bag and removes a couple thermal clips and his recon hood. He tosses the bag over towards his seat and begins attaching the clips to his armor before seating his helmet and securing it in place. "Alright, let's get this over with." he sighs, stepping towards the door with little interest in stepping back out into the cold.

Viper grunts and then places her omni-tool against the door, fiddling a bit before using it to power the door-opening mechanism. Cold air quickly fills the shuttle, but the weather is otherwise calm. outside the door the land rises upwards at a slope, and the ground is covered in a foot or so of snow, except for where rock formations stick up at various points in the slope, which seems to stretch around the shuttle in all directions but one.

Ilyna puts on her helmet and walks out of the shuttle without another word, looking around the scenery for any signs of life.

Zaylus follows the others outside the shuttle, leaving Sky with her armor reassembled.

Steve gives a glance back over his shoulder. "Keep my seat warm for me, Ren." he calls back before hopping out of the shuttle.

Jason hurries over towards the door upon hearing the sound. "What the fuck was that!?"

Viper stares up at the sky in disbelief.

Ilyna stares at the ship, horrified. "We need to find our shuttle," she says. "Quickly."

Skythix thanked Zaylus for helping her into her armor and secured her helmet on. She didn't think she was in any shape to help a recon team so she didn't volunteer. At the mention of snow made her really not want to volunteer. She hated cold hazards. The instant the cold flooded the inside of the ship she remembered why. "What's going on?" She asked over comms as she gathered her new rifle

Zaylus watches the ship slip out of view, speechless.

Steve follows the ship with his eyes, watching as troopers are dropped from the sky. "Shit! Boss, we probably ain't gonna have time for that repair. Looks like we've got geth incoming." He takes a few steps back from the shuttle and glances at Ilyna, "Well? What're we doin'? Stayin' and fightin' or lookin' for our ride?"

Jason glances over at Viper. "Geth? Geth!? I thought you specifically chartered our course this way because we wouldn't encounter geth?" He stomps away from the door and kicks over one of his cases, scrambling to remove his gear. "Defensive positions. Jasper! Cut that hour or two down to twenty minutes. Everyone else? We need to buy some time."

Halisi looks towards the open door, fidgeting uneasily. "What? Did you say geth?!"

Pip starts working in overdrive trying to get Watty active.

Ilyna looks around for the nearest piece of cover that's not their shuttle before raising her pistol and opening ifre on the nearest one. "It's Geth," she says. "We'll have to get up to a high point so we can see our shuttle."

Viper takes several shots to her shields before activating her omni-tool and firing off an arrow at the nearest trooper.

Steve takes Ilyna's actions as enough of an order for now and follows suit, drawing his SMG and rushing off towards the nearest rock formation as he returns fire.

Renala raises her brows, and stands up. "Fuck that stab wound, I'm not going to sit by if the fucking Geth are here," she says, and digs into her pack to find her submachine guns.

Zaylus fires his hand cannon at one of the troopers, sidestepping to the cover of the rocks.

Skythix felt her entire world plummet around her at the mention of geth. What the fuck were geth doing out here?! To be honest she didn't even know where 'here' was but those AI freaks were basically ghost stories at this point. Well, it was time to face her nightmare. She instinctively grabbed her rifle, loaded a clean thermal clip, and joined the others outside of the shuttle. The cold made

Jason scoops up the Confetti Maker and holsters his Phalanx at his side before loading up with his remaining thermal clips. "You gonna be alright, Sky?" he asks as he spots the turian make her way to the door. He taps the weapons interface to switch over to disruptor rounds as he hops out into the snow, his entire body tensing up at the rigid air, "You took a lot of damage back there, if

Steve stops once he's made it to a rock formation and swaps out his SMG for a pistol. He pokes out and begins to slowly plink away at the enemy, choosing his shots carefully as there's no way to tell how many enemies they'll be facing, or how long this will go on for.

Ilyna runs towards the cover, as well, taking a few hits to her shields on the way there.

Skythix growled as she hammered fire down the way at the geth troops coming at them. "I'm fine!" She lied with a shout. She wasn't about to try and acrobatics but she could at least kneel down in the snow and hit her shots home. She had plenty of supplies to help her out in her pack if she really needed them but right now all she needed to do was to keep firing until the gun was too hot.

Halisi hurries to the doorway, peeking outside but staying in the shuttle - there's little she can do.

Renala loads a clip into the Punisher SMG and steps outside. She raises it towards the nearest Geth and opens fire at it with 2 long bursts.

Zaylus gets behind the rock formation, steadying himself against it as he takes more shots at the advancing troopers.

Jason immediately begins strafing towards the nearest bit of cover as his boots hit the snow, sweeping a stream of disruptor rounds at the two exposed geth. "Pip. Can you get Watty combat-ready?" he calls out over the staccato of gunfire.

Pip shouts into the comms. "Tryin'!"

Viper is about to jump into cover when the other troopers appear, rendering the cover pointless. She fires off an arrow before cloaking.

Jason swings his heavy weapon around and continues his stream of projectiles as the new combatants enter the battle, still slowly making his weay towards cover as a few rounds pepper his shields. "Try. Harder." he calls back to Pip.

Steve spins on his heels as a few rounds impact his shields from behind. "More company!" he calls out, firing a few rounds off in response as he backpedals off to the side of his cover, unsure of where exactly is safe at this point.

Pip furiously trys to get Watty back up and running.

Watty 's lights flicker to life. "Re-re-rebooting." He slowly starts to repower his systems, one at a time as Pip attempts to hasten the process.

Skythix made sure that the kodiak was a sufficient enough cover for the new groups of troopers coming their way. She had no idea how many more troopers there were but the quicker they got rid of them the better. Standing just enough in cover so that she could see the geth coming down a hill, she gathered as much biotic energy as she could. It instantly gave her a piercing headache and the

Zaylus quickly turns as he takes on fire from more directions. He follow's Sky's singularity with his aim, firing on the Geth where it lands.

Renala moves over to take cover by the front of the shuttle, popping out to open fire at the Prime.

Jason halts his fire as the weapon cycles to a new thermal clip, cussing loudly as another group appears. He rushes to the front of the shuttle alongside Renala as his shields fizzle and pop. "Not good. This is not good. We can't hold them like this forever!"

Ilyna runs after Jason, her shields getting depleted by the Prime's fire, one shot making it past that and hitting her right leg, causing her to almost stumble into the ground. She limps the last 5 meters to the shuttle, taking cover inside of it while the medi-gel does its thing.

Steve moves around his cover so he only needs to contend with the few remaining geth approaching from the west. He begins letting off pot shots, steadying himself against his cover.

Watty flares to life, his servos whirling and lights flickering. "Online," he states in the YMIR's signature deep gravely voice. He immediately picks up on the Geth Prime and shifts out of the shuttle, careful not to bash into Ilyna. Pip starts boosting his shields, diverting all her omni-tool's processing power to the task at hand.

Halisi helps Ilyna into the shuttle, giving her a quick look-over and glancing out the door with a terrified look on her face. "H-How many?!"

Skythix ducks back under her cover with a new surge of pain. The strenuous effort of throwing that singularity almost blacked her out with the headache. It was certainly not doing any favors to her amp. She didn't know how much longer should could keep this up. At the sound of the dropship bringing in a new behemoth only made her heart sink. She had no idea if their shuttle could take fire

Jasper works tirelessly at the console, which he has now pulled apart and is using his omni-tool to repair whatever he can.

Zaylus drops into cover, desperate to get out of sight of the Prime. It seems futile, though, as more geth appear from all sides. He takes in a deep breath, bracing his back on the cover to fire on the north side.

Renala looks over her shoulder. "Fuck!" she shouts. "We're gonna die if we don't move." She crouches and stays close to the shuttle to avoid getting hit by the turret. She opens fire towards the nearest Geth to the north.

Watty staggers back from the strike, his shields dropping to 6%. He quickly analyses the armature and quickly concludes that none of his weapons will cause any significant damage to it without assistance. So, he takes cover out of it's line of sight and starts to fire on the Prime.

Skythix felt like she was facing death in the face as more came out of no where. She sits down on the edge of the shuttle to try and get some of her energy back, firing at any geth that she could see.

Pip starts panicking as she focuses on boosting Watty's shields. "We're dead... We're dead...".

Watty would alternate his attack, switching to his sniper and firing a precise round at it's flashlight head.

Jason glances to the left, then the right. His trigger finger squeezes down, sending a stream of disruptor rounds at the troopers approaching from the east as his shields are quickly wittled away. "There's no chance we're fighting all of them off! Team, punch a hole in their ranks to the east, we need to move! Find a location we can dig in and keep them on one side of us!"

Renala nods and reloads her weapon, firing towards smaller Geth units to the east. She takes a few shots, but her shields hold up so far.

Steve releases his thermal clip and slams another one in. Realizing how futile it is to keep shooting at an endless stream of infantry, he lifts his hands up, a blue glow enveloping him as he rushes out of cover and attempts to pull one of the geth troopers on the east side across the ground, his goal being to bowl over as many others with him as he can to slow down their advancement.

Zaylus hits the ground, grunting in surprise as his cover is torn apart. He scrambles to the nearest point of cover, his shields having taken a big hit from the direct fire. He turns to the east, hoping to help punch a hole.

Halisi closes her eyes, trying to calm herself with little success. "Oh god... oh god... we're gonna die..."

Skythix stands up and shoulders the rifle she has. "Jasper, Halisi, Pip! We have to leave! There's no way we're gonna survive here!"

Jasper continues to work on the console. "Retreat!? How in the hell are we s'posed ta get off this ice cube without the shuttle!? We can't just-..." he trails off and adjusts his cap, "...Ya'll pull back and I'm sure they're jus' gonna follow. I'll stay behind and keep workin' on the shuttle. I can swoop in and pick ya'll up as soon as I got the thing workin'!"

Ilyna sighs. "I doubt they'll just leave you alone," she says. "We're all running once there's a hole in their ranks."

Watty switches to his assault rifles, venting the heat, then commencing his attack on... Well, anything really.

Viper decloaks inside the shuttle, dropping off the artifact before joning the others outside, firing arrow after arrow on the approaching troopers.

Skythix searched around for viper just before the armature shot a missle heading right for them. She went wide eyed and shouted, "Get down!" She dove away from the shuttle door to try and cover herself from the coming blast.

Pip starts to panic, her breathing become rapid, her arms shaking. "Ohgodohgodohgod!"

Ilyna is out of view from the shuttle door, standing near the door to the pilot's compartment.

Jasper is hurled to the ground as the armature round nails the shuttle. "Shit! We're takin' hits, now!" he calls out and quickly climbs to his knees to assess whether or not any more damage has been sustained by their ride.

Renala reloads again, and fires in bursts towards the new Prime.

Jason drops to one knee as a trio of shots dance up his left side. He grunts out in pain and leans against the side of the shuttle, continuing to open fire to the east with hope of punching a hole large enough for the team to escape through.

Jasper curses loudly. "And now we're down a thruster, too! They're gonna keep dishin' out damage faster than I can fix it!"

Renala takes that as a cue to retreat to recharge her shields, and runs out of cover, keeping close to the shuttle's walls. She enters the shuttle and moves out of view from the doorway.

Pip sees Halisi fall and, keeping one omni-tool focused on boosting Watty, runs over to her. "Doc?!"

Steve hurls his bowling ball at the Prime and immediately pulls his SMG out to follow it up with a stream of gunfire.

Skythix hustles up from the snow and runs into the shuttle to check for damage. She sees the doc on the ground and dashes over to try and help her up. "This isn't a joke anymore! We have to evacuate!" The sudden explosion that rocked the air made her look back out the door. "What was that??"

Jason swings around to the south, watching with a confused expression as numerous geth are taken out. "I don't know." he grunts, his side burning from the rounds embedded in him, "It doesn't matter, just keep firing!"

Jason furrows his brow as he watches the exchange. "Alliance...?" He leans heavily against the shuttle and continues to pour rounds into the geth he's exposed to. "Alright, looks like we've got a little assistance!" he announces over comms, breathing a sigh of relief. "Pull back to the shuttle!"

Pip kneels over Halisi, not entirely paying attention to what's happening outside.

Halisi is still on the floor of the shuttle. She's not moving much out of either pain or fear. (TyrGM)

Watty keeps his fire focused on the Geth, though he registers the timely arrival of the Alliance soldiers. (Pip_Summers)

Viper looks at the Alliance shuttle and mumbles a 'fuck..', but continues launching arrows at the geth. (TyrGM)

Steve attempts to drag the nearest geth between himself and the Prime biotically to use it to shield himself from as much of the gunfire as possible. "Lil' busy right now!" he responds over comms.

Ilyna moves over to the shuttle doorway. Not long after, a biotic barrier materializes in front of her, although it wouldn't stop anyone walking through it if she can see them and temporarily weaken the barrier.

Renala stays in the shuttle, waiting for her shields to reload.

Skythix blinked once at the sight of an Alliance kodiak flying overhead. "What the..." She didn't bother continuing the thought since right now she had more important things to worry about. She made sure the doctor was okay before grabbing her rifle again, loading in a fresh thermal clip, and laying down suppressing fire for the people retreating back to the shuttle.

Zaylus , not well suited for this combat, has taken significant fire and wastes no time retreating. He carefully navigates the field of crossfire, coming up to the shuttle doors and Ilyna's barrier. "Knock knock." He says quickly before coming through.

Jason sidesteps into the barrier, taking a bit of effort to stay upright. He lowers his weapon and uses one hand to stabilize himself against the shuttle. "How long can you keep this up, Ilyna?"

Watty starts falling back to the shuttle, alternating his attacks and venting heat when need be. (Pip_Summers)

Ilyna looks at Jason. "It's hard to say," she says. "We're not the only target anymore." Ilyna's barrier is easy to cross with her permission and due notice, barely offering more resistence than a curtain in the way. She does let the stranger through with a nod.

Pip looks up at the stranger, narrowing her eyes suspiciously.

Steve 's shields crackle and pop as he rushes forward, towards the Prime, whipping what's left of his makeshift shield at his attacker. He weaves back and forth in an attempt at minimizing the damage his shields sustain and, when a short distance from his target, expels a large amount of biotic energy to hurl himself through the air, rather sloppily, at the Prime. He lowers his shoulder,

Ilyna takes most of that blast to her shields, which barely survives, as she is still holding the barrier 'open' for the woman. "Hurry inside!" she says.

Skythix switches fire to the prime that is attacking Briggs. She didn't reject the new alliance arrival but she really wasn't in a position to turn away help at the moment. She sat down on the lip of the kodiak's door while firing.

Jason lowers his head slightly at the impact of the Armature's blast and quickly hobbles into the doorway. Once inside, he quickly puts himself in front of the new guest to limit her movement around the shuttle. "I'm far from ungrateful for yout teams intervention." he begins, "But, with all due respect, who the hell are you?"

Steve 's entire body burns from the day's exertion. His shields finally fall as a few more rounds pelt them. As a last ditch effort, he plants his boot against the Prime's shoulder and grips its goofy flashlight head. A bright blue glow envelopes him and he gives a loud cry as he attempts to rip it free.

Watty keeps shooting at the Geth, Pew pew. (Pip_Summers)

Jason nods a couple times. "Explains the flashy hardware..." he says before giving a glance at Pip, "Well. In that case, how can we help?"

Steve 's eyes go wide as the large mechanical beast goes tipping over in his direction. He gets his knees up, hoping to lessen the impact somewhat and keep enough room between himself and the Prime to wiggle out from underneath.

Steve wiggles back and forth as he frees himself from the Prime's body with a grunt. He scoots back through the snow as he struggles to draw his SMG once again, unsure as to whether he should be taking aim at the geth or the soldier approaching. Once the N7 begins covering him, he lets out a deep breath and squeezes a few shots off at the nearest geth. Most of the fight has been drained from

Ilyna nods, and her barrier disintregrates. "Thank you." She steps into the shuttle, and to cover so her shields can recharge.

Skythix stopped to reload her rifle, hazarding a glance back at the new human. "Not that I'm knocking the help here, ma'am," She said before beginning to fire again. "But what the hell are you doing out here?"

Renala walks over to look outside now that her shields are back, and looks over the battlefield outside before looking at the new arrival.

Viper doesn't seem to happy about the arrival of the N7 operatives, and after firing another arrow she retreats back into the shuttle. (TyrGM)

Halisi gets up into a seated position, looking toward the shuttle door and then to Pip. "W-What's happening?!" (TyrGM)

Pip shrugs. "N7 happened, apparently...".

Zaylus remains inside the shuttle, allowing his shields to recover and considering the efficacy of stepping back outside.

Halisi blinks. "What? Here?" (TyrGM)

WAtty sees the soldier drop to his knee and charges up his sniper, firing at the flashlight head of the armature as he jogs towards it. (Pip_Summers)

Jason sighs as he gets no response. "That makes two of us, Pip." he says. As his shields spark back to life, he makes his way over to the N7 and begins to lay down more covering fire on the remaining geth. "Back to the shuttle, Briggs!"

Watty charges and keeps firing his sniper at the armature, protecting their new-found ally. (Pip_Summers)

Steve empties the rest of his clip, breathing heavily as he struggles to regain his composure. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm doin' the best I can right now!" he reports back. As soon as he has a clear path back to the shuttle, he books it back with little regard for what may happen to the N7 soldier.

Halisi is still sitting, clutching her side. She looks between Pip and Zaylus. "Maybe we're not dead afterall..." (TyrGM)

Pip 's shields are brought down to near depletion, only surviving due to Pip's singular omni-tool boost. He returns fire with another shot at it's head.

Skythix frowned to herself when the human didn't answer her. She just made sure to continue peppering the geth with fire, too weak to do much else.

Jasper continues pulling things apart, rewiring, omni-dooping, omni-looping, and omni-gooping. "Goin' as fast as I can here!"

Watty 's shields are brought to near depletion, only surviving due to Pip's singular omni-tool boost. He fires another round at the armature's head. (Pip_Summers)

Jason allows his weapon to whine down as he lowers it to his side. He places his free hand on his side and glances over the battlefield with a satisfied nod before turning back to the N7 soldier. "Suppose we owe you a bit of gratitude." he says, wincing a bit as his hand makes contact with the wounds he suffered.

Steve slows to a jog as all of the fighting dies down. "Fuuuuck this day just never ends." he groans as he climbs back into the shuttle and leans heavily against the wall. "Everyone make it?"

Skythix practically tossed the rifle to her side and layed back into the shuttle while she tried to catch her breath. She didn't know why the Alliance were here but they saved them and that was all that mattered.

Watty approaches the downed shuttle, his gaze shifting to the new arrivals. "A t-t-timely ArrIVAl. AssistAN-ssssht-ce was very welCCCome." (Pip_Summers)

Ilyna sighs relieved as the fighting dies down around them. "Thank you," she says. "We wouldn't have survived this without your help."

Zaylus gives a cursory glance to the doctor but remains mostly focused on the operative, too leaning against the shuttle wall.

Pip looks out and sees the man aim his weapon at Watty. She springs to her feet, hissing in pain as she does so. "He's mine! Put the fuckin' gun down!" she growls.

Jason reaches for the woman's hand and gives it a firm shake. "Appreciate the assistance. We weren't expecting to run into geth today. Far from prepared."

Watty simply raises his one hand at the man, a gesture to show he means no harm. "C-calmmmmmmm doWN P-ssssshhhtt-ip." (Pip_Summers)

Renala moves over to take a seat once the fighting is over, looking at the N7 curiously, but defers to the managment to do the talking.

Jason nods a couple of times and leans back against the shuttle with a grunt. He glances down and looks over his wound for a few moments before returning his attention to Captain Riley. "What's got you folks out this way?" he asks, "Not that I'm complaining."

Pip sits back down in the shuttle, glaring dangerously at the soldier who aimed at Watty.

Renala takes off her helmet, and puts it on the seat beside her, preferring the cold over the discomfort the helmet is causing.

Steve lowers himself to a seated position on the floor, too exhausted to make his way over to his seat after all the bioticing.

Watty lowers his hand after a small wave and turns back to the shuttle, tilting his head curiously at the new arrivals. (Pip_Summers)

Lee looks briefly to their shuttle before her death mask turns back to Jason. "We are here to take custody of the hazardous cargo you are carrying." (TyrGM)

Pip throws her hands up. "I may be weird, but you people-" she says gesturing around her, "-have some really fuckin' strange luck."

Jason 's eyes flutter for a few moments before he reaches back and scratches at the back of his neck nervously. "Pip is a little annoying, I'll give you that." he says, leaning to the side to glance at the woman, "But I wouldn't call her hazardous cargo." he jokes, giving the woman a lopsided grin. "I'm afraid I'm not exactly following. What's this about?"

Skythix leaned up when she heard mention of special cargo. How on Palaven could they have known what they were carrying? That also didn't explain their convenient presense. The geth didn't make any sense either. No, this stunk to high heaven and she now cursed her weakened state.

Watty steps forward. "I do not connnnnsider myself dangerousssttttt at the best of timm-eeesss." (Pip_Summers)

Lee doesn't seem very amused. Not that it's easy to tell through the mask. "You may not be aware, but the object in your possession is extremely dangerous. The Alliance will take care of it for everyone's safety. After you have handed over the object we can give you a ride home. Our doctor is ready to help treat any injuries." (TyrGM)

Jason gives a shake of his head and turns towards the door. "Appreciated but not necessary. I'm not sure what you're talking about, Captain, but we'll make our own way home." He takes a couple steps alongside the shuttle towards the door, using the Confetti Maker as a makeshift cane.

Skythix was now highly suspicious of their new rescuers. She stared at the Riley human through her polarized mask, wondering when the jig was gonna be up.

Zaylus sets his jaw, mentally comparing the two forcing gathering here. It doesn't inspire confidence.

Lee sighs. "Don't lie to me. I know it's here, and I'd prefer you cooperate. We take care of the object, you go home. That's what's best for everyone." (TyrGM)

Viper steps out of the shuttle, looking around at the numerous soldiers and shooting Riley a poisonous glare. (TyrGM)

Jason shakes his head as he continues towards the door, stopping just beside Viper. It's obvious that there's no bluffing his way out of this. "This is your battle, not mine." he says, glancing over towards Viper. "I held up my end of the deal." He makes no attempt at providing context for Riley.

Renala looks the door with a sigh before looking at Steve. "You alirght?" she asks.

Steve gives a couple of weak nods. "I'll be fine. Just feelin' a lil' burnt out right now..."

Ilyna steps outside, as well, looking at Viper in anticipation of her response.

Viper 's gaze wanders from soldier to soldier, and then to the frigate. For a moment it seems like she's about to attack, but she then closes her eyes briefly and slides her backpack off, opening it to show the orb and handing it to Riley. "Take it." She says through gritted teeth. (TyrGM)

Skythix was surprised that Viper handed over the orb so quickly but she figured she knew that it was an impossible fight. She grabbed her harrier and stood up with a pained groan. Just forget it, she thought to herself. Let the 'higher-ups' handle this.

Lee takes the pack, handing it off to one of the marines, who immediately starts bringing it back to the frigate. "Thank you for your cooperation. Can you all walk? We've already put your shuttle in our hangar, so no need to fetch it." (TyrGM)

Zaylus watches as Viper seemingly gives in, but gives no change in expression. He takes a step toward Skythix, putting a hand on her shoulder armor. "Good?" He asks simply.

Jason gives a glance through the shuttle door. "Any of you need immediate medical attention?" he calls out, looking over his worn out team. A small smile crosses his lips, but he doesn't elaborate on how happy he is that the artifact found its way back into the right hands.

Halisi lets out a relieved sigh, leaning back against the shuttle wall. "I do. I... haven't been able to treat myself very well." (TyrGM)

Skythix let out a sigh at Zaylus' touch and shook her head. "Not really but I'll make it this time. I probably need to be seen again." She let out another groan of pain and clutched her side. "Doubt Alliance knows how to treat someone like us though. What about you?" She asked with a turn of her head.

Jason gives a glance back at Riley. "I've got numerous non-human personnel. Can your people provide proper care for them?" he asks, shifting his weight onto the Confetti Maker.

Pip grumbles. "I just wanna go home... I'm tired of all this bullshit...".

Zaylus appears thoughtful. Would they know? "Couldn't hurt." He mutters, flexing his left shoulder and giving a wince, letting it down gently again.

Lee nods. "Our doctor has full training to care for allied species." She gestures towards the frigate. "Let's get you all home." (TyrGM)

Renala stands up. She picks up her backpack which is almost bursting, and puts it on her back. She also grabs the helmet, but doesn't put it on. She offers a hand to help Steve up.

Ilyna gets up from her seat, and picks up her bag before looking around the area for anything she could have forgotten. "Should I leave the pistol I took from the mission site?" she asks, looking at Jason and the N7. "In case they have a tracker on it or something like that?"

Skythix looks over at Zaylus and tilts her head in confusion. With a combination sigh, shake of her head and shrug of her shuolders, she offered Zaylus an arm if he wanted to take it to help walk over to the human's ship. "At this point I just want to go home too. I haven't been this shot up in years." Skythix made no effort to leave behind the new rifle he claimed from the mission.

Lee shakes her head. "Our techs can take a look at it and make sure it's safe. Even if it has a tracker Cerberus wouldn't attack an Alliance ship openly."

Steve reaches up and grasps Renala's hand, using it to pull himself back to his feet with a grunt. "Time to go home, Ren." he sighs as he collects his bag from his seat.

Jason climbs back into the shuttle with a little difficulty. "Alright. Let's get moving. Jasper, I'm gonna need you to carry my gear because I feel like hammered shit right now." He looks towards Skythix, "You gonna be alright on your feet, Sky?"

Zaylus lets out a dry laugh. "I did warn you." He replies less then sincerely, taking the offered arm that they may lean on eachother for support.

Halisi is smiling widely, happy that they're finally safe. "I, uh... I could use some help getting to the ship.

Watty raises his hand. "May I re-request repai-sssttttt-rs?" (Pip_Summers)

Skythix looked to Jason with a leveled look. "I'll live." she says with a sigh and begins walking to the ship with Zaylus. The contact was welcome even if it couldn't really be felt through the armor.

Lee looks at the mech and then to Pip, as if expecting her to say something instead.

Jasper stops his mad dash to repair the shuttle and frowns as he moves back to the passenger's module. "Course, Jason." he sighs. "Jasper fix the shuttle... Jasper watch the guards... Jasper carry my luggage..." he mutters as he lifts Jason's cases up and starts to exit the shuttle and head towards the frigate.

Ilyna slings her bag over her shoulder and walks over to Halisi. "You can lean on me," she offers.

Pip shrugs at Riley. "You heard him. He can speak for himself," she says.

Halisi offers an appreciative smile and reaches out towards Ilyna in the hopes of getting helped up.

Steve allows his arms to dangle loosely at his side as he exits the shuttle and proceeds to make his way towards the frigate. He casts suspicious glances over the Alliance soldiers, unable to deny his discomfort over being in their presence. But beggars can't be choosers.

Lee looks at Pip for a few moments, clearly puzzled. Eventually she states "We can do some basic repairs.".

Renala smiles, and follows beside Steve after they exit. "Mhm," she says. "I'm looking forward to worrying about simple things like which couch is going to fit in our living room."

Ilyna takes her hand and helps her up. "How hurt are you?" she asks. "I mean, can you walk if I support you, or should I carry you?"

Watty "Thank y-y-ou." He starts following the rest of the group with Pip. (Pip_Summers)

Zaylus gives Jason a reassuring nod as they set off together toward the frigate. He puts most of the pressure on his right, letting the left arm and shoulder relax.

Jasper continues on course. "Alright, folks, 'bout time to change shuttles! Get yer stuffs all rounded up!"

Pip , after a round of painkillers and medical attention, starts to power up Watty once again after some jury rigging and makeshift repairs.

Va'ynna has slept like a stone after her bullet wounds were treated. She wakes up as Jasper speaks, looking around. She's in her armor, except for the pieces on her chest and back that was removed while the doctor removed the bullet fragments.

Ilyna <-^

Steve is seated in his chair, leaning back against the wall. His armor has been removed from the waste up and a bit of hastily applied bandaging covers his wounds. He's been mostly quiet, exhausted from the whole ordeal and in a bit of pain.

Jason hasn't slept. He's just remained watchful over Vasquez and continuously pestered Halisi with questions regarding her condition.

Watty powers back to life, his optics flickering to his regular calming blue. He glances around the shuttle as Pip pats him on the head.

Skythix groaned in her seat as she slowly came to conscious. There was a strange feeling she couldn't shake but it instantly came to her when she looked down at herself and saw that she was only in her skin-tight black undersuit. She sat up in a jolt and immediately regretted it as her head felt like it was going to explode instantly. The rest of her body ached like hell too. She quickly

Watty looks up at Sky and smiles at the turian, nodding. "We made it," she says, deciding to bury the hatchet with her, at least for the moment.

Zaylus leans on one side, propped up by an arm. He's replaced the armor that had to be removed during treatment. Sky's quick motion gets his attention for a moment before he sets his head back in his palm.

Skythix glanced at Pip with tired eyes. She gave a small turian smile herself before leaning back against her seat. "Good." She muttered. The announcement to gather their gear only made her let out a weak groan as she tried to sit back up again. Her sides still ached and her head was definitely going to hurt for a long time. She looked around for her armor that was removed from her during

Jason begins gathering up his things, having long since returned his gear back to the cases. "A short ride from now and we'll be back home, Sky. Just get some rest." he offers from his seat.

Vasquez is still unconcious.

Pip grimaces and gathers what little gear she had. Apart from the shotgun and a few thermal clips, she didn't really have anything left. And she was damn hungry too, if the famished growling from her stomach was anything to go by.

Renala has been quiet for much of the trip, but unable to sleep. She has on some occasions started on her projects, but hasn't really managed to focus enough to do anything meaningful. She gets up to fetch her helmet.

Steve has passed Renala her SMG back and placed most of his gear back in his bag. He begins the slow, painful process of putting his plating back on.

Watty simply sits in the shuttle, unable to really do anything due to his size.

Zaylus has recovered his few things during the ride, and just waits to transfer to the other shuttle.

Halisi is reviewing the medical data she has gathered now that her treatment of the team is finished for the moment.

Jason glances over at Halisi. "So.. What's the plan? Straight to the operating room with her when we get back?"

Halisi nods. "That's the plan. We'll get her fixed, Jason." she says, with a gentle smile.

Jason raises an eyebrow at the woman. "I don't think there's a whole lot that can be done to 'fix' you, Summers."

Skythix figured it would just make it easier to carry if she wore her armor but it was still heavy. She was clearly having difficulty. "I'm guessing I'm gonna need more treatment if my aching body is anything to go by?" She slipped up with getting her leg armor on, unable to complete the seals. "Can you help me?" She turned her head to ask Zaylus, embarrasement hinting in her voice.

Watty tilts his head to the side, looking pointedly at Jason. A silent stare.

Jasper pilots the shuttle towards the general location of the Redrock vehicle, slowly descending towards it.

Jason gives a couple nods. "Underlying. Riiight." He returns the robots stare, "See? This guy knows what I'm talking about."

Halisi looks to Pip, a bit caught off guard. "Of course. Most of-..." She turns to Jason and seems about to say something when the shuttle shudders, lights flickering and the control interface of the shuttle suddenly disappearing. A moment later the mass effect generator goes offline along with the lights. Only the thrusters remain as the shuttle starts falling.

Ilyna starts putting on the armor pieces she didn't sleep in, listening to what the others are talking about.

Zaylus looks up from his palm, nodding wordlessly. He reaches out to help form the seals, easily navigating the turian armor but flinching from the effort. He's about to help with the rest as the lights suddenly go out.

Watty suddenly deactivates and starts to slide as the shuttle starts falling.

Ilyna is putting on the last armor piece when the shuttle's goes dark. "What's happening?"

Steve stumbles a bit, placing a hand against the wall to steady himself. "What now?" he groans.

Jasper is glancing all about, poking at things, pressing things, probably even turning a few things. "We just lost power!" he calls out, "No idea what's goin' on!" He attempts to gain control of the large shuttle, hoping that the thrusters alone will be enough to slow their descent to the point of a safe landing.

Skythix watches Zaylus put her things back together. "Thank you." She mutteres. She's about to look down and double check the seals but the lights suddenly go out, plunging them into darkness. "What do you mean we lost power?" She was about to start shouting but regretted it as soon as her head started pounding. "That doesn't just happen!"

Pip yelps, trying to grab hold of Watty in a futile attempt to stop him from sliding about. "Bad, bad, this is bad!" She says through gritted teeth as pain flares up in her body at the strain.

Jason cusses under his breath and hurries over to Vasquez' side, attempting to hold her in place so the erratic movements don't bounce her around. "Alright, folks! Just hold on! Jasper, can you fix it!?"

Viper curses, grabbing a tight hold of the orb as she braces for the landing.

Jasper gives a couple shakes of his head. "Ain't nothin' ta fix! We're just dead in the air, here! Thrusters are still online, though. Ima do my best to set 'er down as gently as I can, just hold onto yer butts!" He attempts to straighten the shuttle out and burn the thrusters as they rapidly descend.

Ilyna finishes putting on her armor, and quickly puts on her harness.

Halisi is staring at the floor, looking like she's doing he best not to throw up.

Zaylus grits his teeth, giving a quick glance around the shuttle. He double checks the seals, trying to get as much of Skythix's armor together before a expected rough landing.

Renala stumbles on the last step to her seat, but manages to get seated and harnessed.

Steve quickly fiddles with the last latch on his plating before jumping back into his seat and working on the harness.

Watty stops his sliding as Jasper straightens up. He's still deactivated.

Skythix felt her gut rise into her throat as she suddenly found a burst of energy to reach up and secure her harness, hurting all the way. Sadly, she didn't try to stow her things, only caring for her safety. She was not ready for a crash landing like this and seriously hoped they didn't vent atmosphere. "Fuck fuck fuck." She mutteres to herself. She had a look of horror on her face.

Pip quickly flops into her seat, locking down her harness and gulping.

Zaylus pulls back, securing his harness before he can be shook out of his seat. Gripping it tightly, he shuts his eyes.

Jasper lets out a deep breath and then a quiet 'Whoooo'. "Well, folks. You can unclench yer buttcheeks. We ain't dead yet. No thanks ta this hunk a' junk."

Pip lets out a breath she didn't even notice she was holding. "Oh Christ..."

Viper immediately unbuckles, stowing the orb in a backpack and activating her omni-tool. "Something like that doesn't just happen."

Ilyna takes a while to open her eyes, looking around in disbelief as everything looks intact. "Goddess," she mutters.

Jason leans heavily against Vasquez' unconscious body as they near the ground, bracing for impact. He lets out a deep breath through his nose as they land safely. "So what caused it?" he asks, looking over Linda to make sure she didn't bounce around too much before climbing back to his feet.

Steve releases his harness once more. "Any chance those assholes followed us and knocked the systems offline?"

Vasquez would sigh in relief, except she's unconcious.

Halisi blinks, looking around the shuttle. "Oh."

Pip coughs. "EMP. Watty just shut off too."

Skythix realized she was holding her breath and her holding the harness tightly. As soon as they hit the ground a lot more gently than they thought, she released her harness and looked around for her armor which had skid around the cabin during landing. She didn't want to take anymore chances. "Please help me into the rest of it." She asks Zaylus in a panic. With a painful grunt she stood up

Renala sighs relieved and gets out of her seat. "Fuck," she says. "How far are we from our shuttle?"

Jasper quickly removes his omni-tool, searching for their coordinates in relation to the Redrock shuttle. "Gimme a sec!"

Jasper calmly deactivates his omni-tool and looks into the cabin. "Right. No idea."

Pip pulls herself from the harness and gets to work on getting Watty operational again.

Zaylus opens his eyes to look around the cabin, somewhat surprised. At Sky's words, he unbuckles his harness, rising to help her with the rest of her armor. "Good idea." he mutters, giving a skeptical glance toward the cockpit as he works getting the seals secured.

Viper stands up, heading into the cabin. "This is not good..." she says, heading for the door and then looking across several of the others, eventually stopping at Jason.

Steve groans loudly and stands up from his seat, scooping his gear out from under it. He slings the bag over his shoulder and steps into the center of the shuttle. "Well. We can't just sit around. If it was those assholes, then they'll definitely be followin' up on the EMP."

Jason reaches up and presses a hand to his forehead. After a few moments of silence, he shakes his head. "Fuck. We don't even know where the shuttle is. Any way you can get this thing back online, Jasper? Few of us can head out and see if we can get our bearings, but without a way to navigate, there's no chance of us finding the kodiak."

Ilyna loads a clip into the Phalanx pistol she picked up from one of the bound guards. "I can take a team outside," she says, standing up.

Jasper pokes at his omni-tool for a few moments and then finally sighs. "Yeah, yeah. Gonna take 'bout an hour...?" he offers, "Maybe two? We were on track to our location until we lost power, so we shouldn't be too far off our mark. Take a quick look around and give me a chance to dig into this thing."

Steve nods at Ilyna. "I'll go with her. I'm not interested in stayin' here any longer than we have to. Not if there's any chance those cocksuckers are on our tail."

Jason sighs and nods, giving a look around the passenger compartment. "Anyone else feel up to going on a quick hike? This outfit isn't exactly fit for a run in the snow, and somebody needs to stay behind and guard the shuttle anyway." He reaches down and plucks at the crotch of his irritating Cerberus duds once more.

Pip sighs, checking Watty's electronics. "I'll need to stay here and get him workin' again. I'm sure you all will prefer havin' a workin' mech if those bastards come a'knocking."

Zaylus raises a hand. "I'll go." He volunteers. "Used to the cold." He shrugs, turning back to fixing Sky's armor.

Steve reaches into his bag and removes a couple thermal clips and his recon hood. He tosses the bag over towards his seat and begins attaching the clips to his armor before seating his helmet and securing it in place. "Alright, let's get this over with." he sighs, stepping towards the door with little interest in stepping back out into the cold.

Viper grunts and then places her omni-tool against the door, fiddling a bit before using it to power the door-opening mechanism. Cold air quickly fills the shuttle, but the weather is otherwise calm. outside the door the land rises upwards at a slope, and the ground is covered in a foot or so of snow, except for where rock formations stick up at various points in the slope, which seems to stretch around the shuttle in all directions but one.

Ilyna puts on her helmet and walks out of the shuttle without another word, looking around the scenery for any signs of life.

Zaylus follows the others outside the shuttle, leaving Sky with her armor reassembled.

Steve gives a glance back over his shoulder. "Keep my seat warm for me, Ren." he calls back before hopping out of the shuttle.

Jason hurries over towards the door upon hearing the sound. "What the fuck was that!?"

Viper stares up at the sky in disbelief.

Ilyna stares at the ship, horrified. "We need to find our shuttle," she says. "Quickly."

Skythix thanked Zaylus for helping her into her armor and secured her helmet on. She didn't think she was in any shape to help a recon team so she didn't volunteer. At the mention of snow made her really not want to volunteer. She hated cold hazards. The instant the cold flooded the inside of the ship she remembered why. "What's going on?" She asked over comms as she gathered her new rifle

Zaylus watches the ship slip out of view, speechless.

Steve follows the ship with his eyes, watching as troopers are dropped from the sky. "Shit! Boss, we probably ain't gonna have time for that repair. Looks like we've got geth incoming." He takes a few steps back from the shuttle and glances at Ilyna, "Well? What're we doin'? Stayin' and fightin' or lookin' for our ride?"

Jason glances over at Viper. "Geth? Geth!? I thought you specifically chartered our course this way because we wouldn't encounter geth?" He stomps away from the door and kicks over one of his cases, scrambling to remove his gear. "Defensive positions. Jasper! Cut that hour or two down to twenty minutes. Everyone else? We need to buy some time."

Halisi looks towards the open door, fidgeting uneasily. "What? Did you say geth?!"

Pip starts working in overdrive trying to get Watty active.

Ilyna looks around for the nearest piece of cover that's not their shuttle before raising her pistol and opening ifre on the nearest one. "It's Geth," she says. "We'll have to get up to a high point so we can see our shuttle."

Viper takes several shots to her shields before activating her omni-tool and firing off an arrow at the nearest trooper.

Steve takes Ilyna's actions as enough of an order for now and follows suit, drawing his SMG and rushing off towards the nearest rock formation as he returns fire.

Renala raises her brows, and stands up. "Fuck that stab wound, I'm not going to sit by if the fucking Geth are here," she says, and digs into her pack to find her submachine guns.

Zaylus fires his hand cannon at one of the troopers, sidestepping to the cover of the rocks.

Skythix felt her entire world plummet around her at the mention of geth. What the fuck were geth doing out here?! To be honest she didn't even know where 'here' was but those AI freaks were basically ghost stories at this point. Well, it was time to face her nightmare. She instictivley grabbed her rifle, loaded a clean thermal clip, and joined the others outside of the shuttle. The cold made

Jason scoops up the Confetti Maker and holsters his Phalanx at his side before loading up with his remaining thermal clips. "You gonna be alright, Sky?" he asks as he spots the turian make her way to the door. He taps the weapons interface to switch over to disruptor rounds as he hops out into the snow, his entire body tensing up at the rigid air, "You took a lot of damage back there, if

Steve stops once he's made it to a rock formation and swaps out his SMG for a pistol. He pokes out and begins to slowly plink away at the enemy, choosing his shots carefully as there's no way to tell how many enemies they'll be facing, or how long this will go on for.

Ilyna runs towards the cover, as well, taking a few hits to her shields on the way there.

Skythix growled as she hammered fire down the way at the geth troops coming at them. "I'm fine!" She lied with a shout. She wasn't about to try and acrobatics but she could at least kneel down in the snow and hit her shots home. She had plenty of supplies to help her out in her pack if she really needed them but right now all she needed to do was to keep firing until the gun was too hot.

Halisi hurries to the doorway, peeking outside but staying in the shuttle - there's little she can do.

Renala loads a clip into the Punisher SMG and steps outside. She raises it towards the nearest Geth and opens fire at it with 2 long bursts.

Zaylus gets behind the rock formation, steadying himself against it as he takes more shots at the advancing troopers.

Jason immediately begins strafing towards the nearest bit of cover as his boots hit the snow, sweeping a stream of disruptor rounds at the two exposed geth. "Pip. Can you get Watty combat-ready?" he calls out over the staccato of gunfire.

Pip shouts into the comms. "Tryin'!"

Viper is about to jump into cover when the other troopers appear, rendering the cover pointless. She fires off an arrow before cloaking.

Jason swings his heavy weapon around and continues his stream of projectiles as the new combatants enter the battle, still slowly making his weay towards cover as a few rounds pepper his shields. "Try. Harder." he calls back to Pip.

Steve spins on his heels as a few rounds impact his shields from behind. "More company!" he calls out, firing a few rounds off in response as he backpedals off to the side of his cover, unsure of where exactly is safe at this point.

Pip furiously trys to get Watty back up and running.

Watty 's lights flicker to life. "Re-re-rebooting." He slowly starts to repower his systems, one at a time as Pip attempts to hasten the process.

Skythix made sure that the kodiak was a sufficient enough cover for the new groups of troopers coming their way. She had no idea how many more troopers there were but the quicker they got rid of them the better. Standing just enough in cover so that she could see the geth coming down a hill, she gathered as much biotic energy as she could. It instantly gave her a piercing headache and the

Zaylus quickly turns as he takes on fire from more directions. He follow's Sky's singularity with his aim, firing on the Geth where it lands.

Renala moves over to take cover by the front of the shuttle, popping out to open fire at the Prime.

Jason halts his fire as the weapon cycles to a new thermal clip, cussing loudly as another group appears. He rushes to the front of the shuttle alongside Renala as his shields fizzle and pop. "Not good. This is not good. We can't hold them like this forever!"

Ilyna runs after Jason, her shields getting depleted by the Prime's fire, one shot making it past that and hitting her right leg, causing her to almost stumble into the ground. She limps the last 5 meters to the shuttle, taking cover inside of it while the medi-gel does its thing.

Steve moves around his cover so he only needs to contend with the few remaining geth approaching from the west. He begins letting off pot shots, steadying himself against his cover.

Watty flares to life, his servos whirling and lights flickering. "Online," he states in the YMIR's signature deep gravely voice. He immediately picks up on the Geth Prime and shifts out of the shuttle, careful not to bash into Ilyna. Pip starts boosting his shields, diverting all her omni-tool's processing power to the task at hand.

Halisi helps Ilyna into the shuttle, giving her a quick look-over and glancing out the door with a terrified look on her face. "H-How many?!"

Skythix ducks back under her cover with a new surge of pain. The strenuous effort of throwing that singularity almost blacked her out with the headache. It was certainly not doing any favors to her amp. She didn't know how much longer should could keep this up. At the sound of the dropship bringing in a new behemoth only made her heart sink. She had no idea if their shuttle could take fire

Jasper works tirelessly at the console, which he has now pulled apart and is using his omni-tool to repair whatever he can.

Zaylus drops into cover, desperate to get out of sight of the Prime. It seems futile, though, as more geth appear from all sides. He takes in a deep breath, bracing his back on the cover to fire on the north side.

Renala looks over her shoulder. "Fuck!" she shouts. "We're gonna die if we don't move." She crouches and stays close to the shuttle to avoid getting hit by the turret. She opens fire towards the nearest Geth to the north.

Watty staggers back from the strike, his shields dropping to 6%. He quickly analyses the armature and quickly concludes that none of his weapons will cause any significant damage to it without assistance. So, he takes cover out of it's line of sight and starts to fire on the Prime.

Skythix felt like she was facing death in the face as more came out of no where. She sits down on the edge of the shuttle to try and get some of her energy back, firing at any geth that she could see.

Pip starts panicking as she focuses on boosting Watty's shields. "We're dead... We're dead...".

Watty would alternate his attack, switching to his sniper and firing a precise round at it's flashlight head.

Jason glances to the left, then the right. His trigger finger squeezes down, sending a stream of disruptor rounds at the troopers approaching from the east as his shields are quickly wittled away. "There's no chance we're fighting all of them off! Team, punch a hole in their ranks to the east, we need to move! Find a location we can dig in and keep them on one side of us!"

Renala nods and reloads her weapon, firing towards smaller Geth units to the east. She takes a few shots, but her shields hold up so far.

Steve releases his thermal clip and slams another one in. Realizing how futile it is to keep shooting at an endless stream of infantry, he lifts his hands up, a blue glow enveloping him as he rushes out of cover and attempts to pull one of the geth troopers on the east side across the ground, his goal being to bowl over as many others with him as he can to slow down their advancement.

Zaylus hits the ground, grunting in surprise as his cover is torn apart. He scrambles to the nearest point of cover, his shields having taken a big hit from the direct fire. He turns to the east, hoping to help punch a hole.

Skythix stands up and shoulders the rifle she has. "Jasper, Halisi! We have to leave! There's no way we're gonna survive here!"

Halisi closes her eyes, trying to calm herself with little success. "Oh god... oh god... we're gonna die..."

Skythix stands up and shoulders the rifle she has. "Jasper, Halisi, Pip! We have to leave! There's no way we're gonna survive here!"

Jasper continues to work on the console. "Retreat!? How in the hell are we s'posed ta get off this ice cube without the shuttle!? We can't just-..." he trails off and adjusts his cap, "...Ya'll pull back and I'm sure they're jus' gonna follow. I'll stay behind and keep workin' on the shuttle. I can swoop in and pick ya'll up as soon as I got the thing workin'!"

Ilyna sighs. "I doubt they'll just leave you alone," she says. "We're all running once there's a hole in their ranks."

Watty switches to his assault rifles, venting the heat, then commencing his attack on... Well, anything really.

Viper decloaks inside the shuttle, dropping off the artifact before joning the others outside, firing arrow after arrow on the approaching troopers.

Skythix searched around for viper just before the armature shot a missle heading right for them. She went wide eyed and shouted, "Get down!" She dove away from the shuttle door to try and cover herself from the coming blast.

Pip starts to panic, her breathing become rapid, her arms shaking. "Ohgodohgodohgod!"

Ilyna is out of view from the shuttle door, standing near the door to the pilot's compartment.

Jasper is hurled to the ground as the armature round nails the shuttle. "Shit! We're takin' hits, now!" he calls out and quickly climbs to his knees to assess whether or not any more damage has been sustained by their ride.

Renala reloads again, and fires in bursts towards the new Prime.

Jason drops to one knee as a trio of shots dance up his left side. He grunts out in pain and leans against the side of the shuttle, continuing to open fire to the east with hope of punching a hole large enough for the team to escape through.

Jasper curses loudly. "And now we're down a thruster, too! They're gonna keep dishin' out damage faster than I can fix it!"

Renala takes that as a cue to retreat to recharge her shields, and runs out of cover, keeping close to the shuttle's walls. She enters the shuttle and moves out of view from the doorway.

Pip sees Halisi fall and, keeping one omni-tool focused on boosting Watty, runs over to her. "Doc?!"

Steve hurls his bowling ball at the Prime and immediately pulls his SMG out to follow it up with a stream of gunfire.

Skythix hustles up from the snow and runs into the shuttle to check for damage. She sees the doc on the ground and dashes over to try and help her up. "This isn't a joke anymore! We have to evacuate!" The sudden explosion that rocked the air made her look back out the door. "What was that??"

Jason swings around to the south, watching with a confused expression as numerous geth are taken out. "I don't know." he grunts, his side burning from the rounds embedded in him, "It doesn't matter, just keep firing!"

Jason furrows his brow as he watches the exchange. "Alliance...?" He leans heavily against the shuttle and continues to pour rounds into the geth he's exposed to. "Alright, looks like we've got a little assistance!" he announces over comms, breathing a sigh of relief. "Pull back to the shuttle!"

Pip kneels over Halisi, not entirely paying attention to what's happening outside.

Halisi is still on the floor of the shuttle. She's not moving much out of either pain or fear. (TyrGM)

Watty keeps his fire focused on the Geth, though he registers the timely arrival of the Alliance soldiers. (Pip_Summers)

Viper looks at the Alliance shuttle and mumbles a 'fuck..', but continues launching arrows at the geth. (TyrGM)

Steve attempts to drag the nearest geth between himself and the Prime biotically to use it to shield himself from as much of the gunfire as possible. "Lil' busy right now!" he responds over comms.

Ilyna moves over to the shuttle doorway. Not long after, a biotic barrier materializes in front of her, although it wouldn't stop anyone walking through it if she can see them and temporarily weaken the barrier.

Renala stays in the shuttle, waiting for her shields to reload.

Skythix blinked once at the sight of an Alliance kodiak flying overhead. "What the..." She didn't bother continuing the thought since right now she had more important things to worry about. She made sure the doctor was okay before grabbing her rifle again, loading in a fresh thermal clip, and laying down suppressing fire for the people retreating back to the shuttle.

Zaylus , not well suited for this combat, has taken significant fire and wastes no time retreating. He carefully navigates the field of crossfire, coming up to the shuttle doors and Ilyna's barrier. "Knock knock." He says quickly before coming through.

Jason sidesteps into the barrier, taking a bit of effort to stay upright. He lowers his weapon and uses one hand to stabilize himself against the shuttle. "How long can you keep this up, Ilyna?"

Watty starts falling back to the shuttle, alternating his attacks and venting heat when need be. (Pip_Summers)

Ilyna looks at Jason. "It's hard to say," she says. "We're not the only target anymore." Ilyna's barrier is easy to cross with her permission and due notice, barely offering more resistence than a curtain in the way. She does let the stranger through with a nod.

Pip looks up at the stranger, narrowing her eyes suspiciously.

Steve 's shields crackle and pop as he rushes forward, towards the Prime, whipping what's left of his makeshift shield at his attacker. He weaves back and forth in an attempt at minimizing the damage his shields sustain and, when a short distance from his target, expels a large amount of biotic energy to hurl himself through the air, rather sloppily, at the Prime. He lowers his shoulder,

Ilyna takes most of that blast to her shields, which barely survives, as she is still holding the barrier 'open' for the woman. "Hurry inside!" she says.