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| Off The Map; The Vanguards Tale | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 7 2013, 10:51 AM (2,663 Views) | |
| Khei | Feb 20 2013, 04:35 PM Post #41 |
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Digital Menace
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The light continued to bob as it weaved through the woodlands. Suddenly the flicker of light dimmed slightly as it split into three, one continued in the general direction it had been going while the other two started weaving to the left and right of the first.. There could be no doubt now. Someone was coming. Without warning, the lights flickered and died, leaving the woods in darkness once again. Repairs wouldn't take much longer but it looked very much like the Vanguard's crew would have company before they were ready to take off. |
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| MacTrom | Feb 20 2013, 09:44 PM Post #42 |
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Harbormaster
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Sylandra turns to Jenna, lowering her scope. "We have at least three contacts comin' toward us. Looks like on foot. How 'bout we take up guard positions just outside the cave entrance, off to each side, and be ready to ambush?" She slides her bag off, and draws her P16, checks the clip and screws the scope on. Pulling the hand comm from her belt, she passes info to the bridge. "Harry? You on the bridge? We have three on foot approachin'. Jenna and I are takin' up guard just outside the cave. Might get a couple other guys to the hatch." |
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| Grav | Feb 21 2013, 01:16 PM Post #43 |
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Rednomore
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Harry nodded, leaning down toward the comms console and picking up the handheld receiver. "Got 'em alright, brave or stupid, soon to be neither." he replied with a smile and then dropped the receiver without a care in the world. He jumped, turning in the air to face toward the nearest door, before scrambling toward it energetically. Landing outside with a loud clang, he bounced himself off a passing wall and continued down the corridors of the Vanguard, toward the cargo bay, a look of surprise in his eyes. |
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Stephen Tiberius "Handsome" Harry Mallow Travis "TK" Kamino Col. Samuel Brock - XO Dreadnaught I say potato, you say potatoe, he says roll plus six sword of Doom. | |
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| Becker | Feb 22 2013, 12:11 AM Post #44 |
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First Mate
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Deleon had found some menial work to keep him busy when things had quietened down, volunteering himself capable of transferring dead bodies and debris to where ever people preferred them to be. As thing grew more interesting however, Jonathan stepped down the entrance ramp only wearing his shirt on the upper part of his body, his gun therefore visibly strapped to his waist. "It's going to be hard to exercise definitive action in these conditions," he spoke with reference to the dense growth and lighting, "I'll bring the odds even." Then, having inserted himself into their plan, he began an approach to the aforementioned cave. |
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| Limerickcot | Feb 22 2013, 04:58 AM Post #45 |
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Calm Berserker
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With sweat running down into her hands, Kara turned off the grinder for a minute and wiped her eyes dry. Even with the ear plugs she was still half deafened. She pulled on the grinders cord, giving herself more slack and she started up again, the noise once more screaming as sparks showered down from the hull. |
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| Trina | Feb 22 2013, 03:32 PM Post #46 |
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Queen of the Lost Chapters
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Jenna had taken a few moments to go and retrieve her own weapons. She had nothing against the one she'd been given in the heat of things, but having her own weapons, as well as the shades just gave her a touch more calm. She'd been further back than Syl, and was watching the lights. Hearing Jonathan's words a wicked grin played across her face. Her shades were pulled out of a pocket and slipped on. Sliding the small switch on the side, the darkness outside flickered to green. "You know, Syl. I believe I promised to get you some of these 'night eyes' at one point. Seems like I shoulda done so sooner." Following Syl's lead, the two took up position outside the entrance of the cave. While Syl had her P16, Jen drew a quieter shot, an arrow notched and eyes scanning. |
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| MacTrom | Feb 22 2013, 03:56 PM Post #47 |
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Syl nodded as Jenna slipped her Shades on. "Would-a been good; my scope will help for now. I'll take left flank, you the right? I'll hold until you get a line on them. Don't figure them for anyone nice, y'think?" She notices Jonathan coming up from behind them. "Pick your quadrant. We'll cover the flanks." With that, she slips off into the underbrush leading out and away from the cave entrance. |
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| Becker | Feb 23 2013, 01:38 AM Post #48 |
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First Mate
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Them covering the flanks was good, but Jonathan preferred to be deeper in the action. He began searching for a spot that was in front of the cave but provided adequate cover. When the ambush came from either side, Deleon's sweeping attack would be akin to shooting fish in a barrel. |
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| Khei | Feb 23 2013, 02:17 AM Post #49 |
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Digital Menace
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With her shades, Jenna could see bodies just beyond the tree line but couldn't get a clear shot. There appeard to be six of them. Possibly more. Whoever they were, they weren't stupid. They kept trees and other obsticals between themselves and the cave. The puzzling thing was that they didn't seem to be advacing toward the cave now. They simply darted from tree to tree. They were stalling. A distraction to keep attention away from the real attack. The cave must have had another tunnel somewhere as the attack came from within. By the time one of the men called out more of the intruders, all dressed in black and sporting their own night vision visors, were boarding the ship. Others were dragging unconscious men toward the back of the cave. |
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| Becker | Feb 24 2013, 10:49 AM Post #50 |
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First Mate
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When the call cane, Jonathan realised the trap. The muscle had been lured off the ship for an easy kill, leaving Vanguard more vulnerable to an attack. Deleon was meant to be in a position to make a pre-emptive strike, but now he was in the dark in more ways than one. Action needed to be taken, and between the two choices before him, Jonathan chose familiarity and usefulness over Sylandra. He made for Jenna's side and approached her. "You have the best eyes out here, what can you see?" His demeanour was professional as he considered the following move. |
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| Trina | Feb 28 2013, 05:50 AM Post #51 |
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Queen of the Lost Chapters
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Jen heard the call as well, but held her position. Jonathan joined her as she went over their options. The six out in the trees weren't giving her any shot. "Six out there, and no telling how many in the cave with ours. And me without my explosive tips..." Her voice was grim. If they went inside, they'd just get pinched between the two groups and captured or gunned down. If they stayed where they were, the outcome didn't look much better. "Whoever they are, they're smart. Got eyes like mine. Keeping anything they can between me and a shot. Means they know where we are too." Reaching out, Jenna put her fingers to a small tree and bent one of the thing twigs at the end of the branch. Not normally one to pray, she was hoping to find things dry, bone dry. Then she turned and looked up behind her. Climbing for a vantage point was clawing at her, but could easily leave her exposed for the six they were watching. The payoff might not even be worth it. "Tempted to see if a fire would take to this ground to cover us moving to new ground. They'd have a helluva hard time seeing us, but I wouldn't be able to keep eyes on them either." She whistled low to Syl, one that let Syl there was talking to be done and the earpieces they wore were not to be trusted. |
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| Grav | Feb 28 2013, 07:21 AM Post #52 |
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Rednomore
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As the calls from outside the ship echoed up the stairs which he descended, Harry raised the shotgun from his side with a smile. "Come on…." he whispered to himself, continuing down the steps. He arrived at the junction of an overhanging walkway, looking down on the cargo bay below. Harry took a small breath, readied himself, then took a few steps out onto walkway, eyes pointed down at those entering below. |
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Stephen Tiberius "Handsome" Harry Mallow Travis "TK" Kamino Col. Samuel Brock - XO Dreadnaught I say potato, you say potatoe, he says roll plus six sword of Doom. | |
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| Khei | Feb 28 2013, 08:00 AM Post #53 |
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Digital Menace
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Cave Entrance Jen found the twig to be mildly flexible, bending a good 300 degrees before finally snapping. Looked like everything was starting to dry up in the later season air but wasn't dry and brittle just yet. The attack continued from within the cave but no gunfire ever rang out. Both Jen and Johnathan could hear something wiz by their ears now and then but couldn't make out what it was until a man running toward the cave entrance jerked and started staggering. Three wobbly steps later he was down, face first, on the ground. An inspection of the body would reveal he was still breathing but a tranquilizer dart was sticking in his back. Aboard the Vanguard Harry could see three men dressed in black below. Two looked to be searching for something while the third was dragging another unconscious man towards the exit. Several bodies lay on the floor, all alive and breathing but unconscious. Each had a dart sticking into their bodies. One of the men looked up, spotting Harry and took a shot from the hip at him, the dart barely missing his arm and clanging hard against the wall. |
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| MacTrom | Feb 28 2013, 08:41 AM Post #54 |
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Hearing Jen's call, Sylandra sliped the bag's strap over her shoulder and made one more scan with her pistol's scope at the far distant treeline. No one out there was exposing themselves. Turning and duck-walking back toward the cave entrance, Syl finally made the entrance and leaned against the edge before taking a quick peek around the corner. One of the workers staggered out past the nose of the Vanguard before falling forward, the feathers of the dart apparent against the tan of his work overalls. Gorram tal ma. She reached into her bag and drew out the small spheroid. Taking a moment to glance over at Jen and Jonathan, holding up her left hand, palm up. She pulled the pin out and rolled onto her back, left side toward the ship and released the spoon. Two seconds and she threw the grenade as hard as she could, arcing it high over the port wing and down behind the aft to explode raining shrapnel down. |
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| Limerickcot | Feb 28 2013, 08:54 AM Post #55 |
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Calm Berserker
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"Gorram!" Kara swore as the boom of the grenades explosion shook the ground. The concussion raised a storm of dust and sand from the caves floor and let go of the grinders button as she coughed and choked. Luckily the goggles had protected her eyes from the dust and as she swung her head she felt some kind of impact against her boot as a dimly backlit shadow showed itself. She yanked and pulled and grinders cable pulled tight from under the shape. She heard a muffled sound and she scrabbled as fast as she could. What had been going on. As she got out from under the hull, she saw the shape kneel upwards and point a trigger at her. "Like hell, mate!" Kara yelled and rammed the grinder straight at the body, pulling the trigger as she did so; the grinder screamed out again as she plunged it forward. |
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| Becker | Mar 2 2013, 12:29 PM Post #56 |
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Jonathan's eyes appeared to narrow slightly, his attention on the something or other whizzing by. To save him sticking his head, something else stuck itself out. Deleon trained his gun on the sight of someone collapsing to the floor at the cave entrance. "Is that an occurrence that concerns us?" He asked his the companion holding greater visibility. Before action could be taken on that front, Sylandra took action that affected all of them. Jon recognised what her action presented, and prepared himself for an imminent explosion. He watched Syl's device float into the air, counted out the time before detonation, and turned his back to the device's affects at the last moment. He turned himself around and towards the wall, suddenly finding himself facing Jenna and in very close proximity. He was inadvertently providing cover for her too. Deleon found himself eye to eye with her as he waited for the trouble to clear. He considered the recklessness of Sylandra's actions, but also the opportunities it presented in the chaos. Now might be an opportune moment to make a move. |
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| Grav | Mar 3 2013, 02:10 AM Post #57 |
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Rednomore
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Harry flattened himself back against the ships hull, a small whizzing sound passing by before ricocheting off the wall behind him. These men in black surely meant business. He cracked a smile, throwing himself off the wall and running across the walkway. Leaning over one side, he pointed his shotgun down at the men below, squeezing off a pair of shots. Stopping suddenly as he reached the other end of the walkway, he turned to his left and made a dive down a set of steps, rolling as he landed. Harry rose to one knee, raising his shotgun once more and letting off another pair of blasts. |
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Stephen Tiberius "Handsome" Harry Mallow Travis "TK" Kamino Col. Samuel Brock - XO Dreadnaught I say potato, you say potatoe, he says roll plus six sword of Doom. | |
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| Trina | Mar 3 2013, 11:41 AM Post #58 |
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Jen didn't even have time to swear at Syl before the grenade was thrown much less before she found herself under protective cover. It wasn't exactly the protective cover she'd planned, but the nearness of Jonathan instantly brought back some memories. None of them bad. Night vision glasses still on, she had an eerie view of him and her eyes were hidden from him. Grabbing the front of his shirt, she dragged him down with her as she took a crouching position. Still, she couldn't resist the smirk that played across her face. "Never figured you for the hero sort." Her head turned towards Syl. "If you got anymore of those, keep 'em handy. Those down in the trees might just use that distraction to come up at us." Leaning a little to peek around Jonathan, she risked a glance down the hill. "We make it through this, I'll see you get a 'proper' thank you. And yes, that fellow going down like that does concern us." Ripping out her ear piece, she slid it under one boot heel and crushed it. "Either of you got any other bright ideas? They're aiming to knock us out, not kill or they'd be shooting lead. I'd light the forest on fire, but it won't catch fast enough to cover us." |
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| MacTrom | Mar 3 2013, 12:59 PM Post #59 |
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Sylandra growls low and steady. "That was meant to cause disruption on their part. Harry and others will be at their backs now. We can seize this moment to hit their front. I can hold this end, if you and Jonathan go in hard and fast." She squatted just at the edge of the cave entrance, protected but able to see just a little of the action behind the ship's hull. The smoke and falling rock from her grenade still covered the rearmost of the cave. She pulls a second sphere and tosses it over to Jenna. "Here. In case you need it." |
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But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow. Things should start to get interestin' right about now ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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| Becker | Mar 5 2013, 10:54 AM Post #60 |
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Jonathan found Jenna's remark amusing though he couldn't show it. As he was pulled down by her, he then leaned toward her a little with blank expression. "I wouldn't flatter yourself." His eyes were saying something, but nothing else in his expression echoed what was running through his mind. He turned to Syl as she shared her part. Deleon understood the plan, saw little other option and only drew major complaint with the fact he only had a peashooter handy. "Considering our precollections,"[/B] he shared thoughtfully, comparing his solitary pistol to Jenna's weaponry and vision. "If I was to make some noise, you would find greater ease in picking off the pack." Deleon in the thick of it with Corr picking off stragglers. "Consider it deja vu." Jonathan gave little time for response and went off, staying low, and approaching something of a flanking position to draw the enemy out of position for Jenna. All Deleon needed to do was fire off his first round and he'd be swimming in attention. Once he found adequate cover, he did so. |
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