Durgama Takeover

….Loading Surveillance from Raveneye Port Battery…
… Rerouting pathways via Datasphere Port 14872.
…. Rerouting Complete
….Footage loaded…

The fire control center of the Raveneye Port Battery was oddly quiet as Pan Oceanic forces led by Joan of Arc surveyed the fields. Warnings of a Shasvastii breaching team had largely been ignored by Nomad forces and so Commander Daniel mounted his consol, booting up his Tikbalang who then followed his commander Joan of Arc to sweep the control center of possible threats. Daniel advanced forward, immediately identifying a shimmer in the air ahead. His heart rate began to rise, he knew this could only mean one thing, the hunt was on and he had just identified his first prey. He dialed his optics sensor slowly until a Shasvastii mine was revealed. He cursed in frustration as his prey was but a mine. Pushing forward he lowered his HMG and pinched off a few rounds, detonating the mine harmlessly.
The sound of rifle fire to his right caused him to lurch right just in time to see a Crosier dive for cover as a Black Friar lowered his Heavy Rocket launcher seconds too slowly as another burst from the forward ammo dump took him directly in his chest. The Shasvastii had set up a fire base on the far side of the Fire control center as had been suspected. He could feel the thrill of the hunt returning and just as he was about to advance on the source of the rifle fire Joan of Arc came across his comms.
“Caliban officer dead ahead. I have shut down the camo, but could use your fire support on the left flank Daniel!”
Daniel recalibrated and brought the Tikbalang under the catwalks and immediately opened up with the HMG on the Caliban. The Calbians spitfire tore through his optics as the TIkbalang stumbled backwards. He let out a second burst only to have his optical clarity return to see the Caliban reading another burst in his direction.
“They must be using a multispectral visor Daniel cursed, my Tikbalangs visual disruption is counting for nothing”
“On me Daniel, give yourself the range advantage!” Joan screamed.
“Can always count on you to be my sense of reason when I get the scent of blood, Thanks Joan.” Daniel said calmly walking backwards while letting off a third burst from his HMG. The Caliban was down.
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The cameras pan across the catwalks that the TIkbalang had just walked under. For a split second a shrouded appears as a mine lands at the top of the stairs, now guarding the Pan O communications beacon (OOC the target for capture and protect). The shrouded was gone as quickly as it appeared only to reappear on the other side of the roof with its boarding shotgun leveled at Joan and the Tikbalang. Joan effortlessly danced behind the Tikbalang avoiding all fire while the Tikbalang took the brunt of the shrapnel in the chest.
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“That’s my thickest armour you moron” Daniel yelled as he raised his Heavy Flamethrower and let out an inferno that left nothing but charred remains of what used to be a Shrouded. Feeling fuelled by his second kill, the only two on his platoons side, he raced forward planting a foot onto the throat of the previously wounded Caliban, crushing his head like a tomato.
He could hear Joan advancing on his right in order to make a move for the Shasvastii communications beacon.
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“I have had enough waiting around” Blitchga growled to his lieutenant. “I am moving up”
Blitchga effortlessly kept to the shadows advancing up the flank until he was right under the catwalk the previously pinned down Croiser was. He raised his SMG and let out two bursts. The first caught a croiser attempting to guard the communications beacon across the midsection, scattering what was left of him across the building wall. He also started the Infirmarer who had been behind the crosier in support. The croisier had attempted to respond, sending his rounds wildly off mark, being closer to the pinned Crosier above the catwalks than anywhere near Blitchga. However after a few more exchanges with neither side shifting Blitchga called for immediate air support.
An explosion in the roof occurred as a Cadmus blasted through the fire control center’s roof in order to support Blitchga. These kinds of internal air drops were difficult and it showed. The Cadmus missed his mark entirely and ended up back near the original breach that Blitchga and his team had made to enter the room in the first place. (OOC failed and ended up in my Deployment zone).
“Must I do everything” Blitchga yelled as he raised his SMG for another burst at the infirmarer, however he had allowed himself to be distracted and the Infirmarer caught him in the leg causing him to drop.
“Evolve Blitchga, you aren’t fighting with the Morat Aggression Force, you are a ghost, Evolve Blitchga.” A familiar calm voice could be heard as Blitchga attempted to take cover and plan how to exit with this leg wound.
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Meanwhile Joan and Daniel advanced, dropping two Nox guarding the center as well as the poorly timed Cadmus. A final Shrouded attempted to drop a mine and use his combi to slow the advance but the two simply had too much armour and the Shrouded dropped to coordinated fire from both Joan and Daniels Tikbalang. The shroudeds last sight would be the Tikbalan ripping the Shasvastii communication beacon from the ground.
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Evolve, The mentors said hoarsely as his final subordinate, a nox moved to intercept and attempt to slow the advance of Joan and the Tikbalang while he slipped back out of the breach. As he swung into the escape pod he saw Blitchga there slumped against the wall, he had missed the seat and was bleeding out from the wound on his leg.
“Evolve Blitchga, you failed, you learned, you will Evolve!”
With that the mentor hit the release and the pod raced away from the Raveneye to regroup with Shasvastii high command.
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Military Orders = 4
→ Captured the Beacon turn 3
→ Have their beacon not captured
→ Achieved their classified
Shasvastii = 0
Sorry there weren’t more pictures, I was teaching Daniel how to play as he hasn’t played much and I completely forgot to get more photos. Hopefully with a victory like this he will be hooked! We are trying to establish a community here in Colombia and are gaining some traction!