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Post by trevordrakenor on May 16, 2016 13:35:32 GMT
Red Orcan Pilot: Fuck it!
-The pilot frantically made an extremely bold maneuver of diverting all energy out put to one side of the thruster, effectively "rolling" in the air haphazardly to the side. The dropship altitude begins to decent and rolled 2 more times before the pilot manage to stabilize it below the Wraith gun ship. With the close experience of potential death, and the sudden appearances of the Wraith gunship, adrenaline starts to pump hard within the pilot blood circulatory system. His mind, while at a state of intense focus, are also being assailed by his body trembling slightly. The top guns of the dropship fired upon the Wraith, whilst it managed to disappear, one of the rounds manage to clip its rear rudder slightly.
Red Orcan Pilot: That should cripple its maneuverability... want to down me hard eh?... well... let's make this a fair game shall we?
-The pilot begin inputting command to his Dropship. A monitor are brought up, activating proximity heat detection system. While he could not see where the Wraith are, its engine are producing heat, giving away part of its position.
Red Orcan Pilot: Let's see if you can roll as well as I do!
-Meanwhile inside the Siegfried, an explosion, some of the surface hatches and doors burst open as several Crusader squads emerge guns blazing with Sgt Prideux at the front.
Prideux: Welcome aboard Commander! It is fortunate that you where close within range, We don't have much time, We need to get to the reactor core & abort the self destruct sequence! However There is somewhat of a crisis as suicidal X-Core forces are scattered throughout the ship & sabotaging us around every turn. But I'm sure with you here & Major Jacksons Reinforcements we shouldn't have much trouble, but we must hurry!
Drakenor: You heard the man, we don't have much time left. I declare this situation to be a state of emergency and now authorize the use of the "Holy Water" and Morphines!
-Trevor's Commander armor injected morphine directly into his body, while everyone else starts to pull out a needle and jab it into their shoulder. With the combat drugs quickly taking its effect, they pull out a flask containing what seems to be ordinary water. Everyone drank it, but nothing seems to happen from drinking it. In a flash, Trevor and his Monastery Guardsmen ran almost impossibly fast, one of the guards tripped on of the corpses but it doesn't even slow him down as he rolled just as fast as everyone sprinting towards the reactor core.
-On one of the corridor, X-Core legionary received a warning that there's an incoming squads of CROSS troops coming there way. They set up laser mine on walls, made improvised cover and set up a machine gun nest guarding the door.
X-Core Legionary: Alright children, get your finger on the trigger and be ready to fire as soon as they come this way! We're going to stop them dead in their tracks with out own dead bodies!
-The machinegunner focused his sight on the other end of the corridor, triggers close to firing the weapon on the slightest pressure. The face of the monastery guard with glowing white eyes is all he sees before everything went black.
-One of the Monastery guards throw their frag with great forces, a legionary was just coming out of cover to fire when he caught it straight in the face, knocking him unconscious, the one thing that saved him from experiencing the blast that consumed everyone around it.
-Just a few legionary remains, they start to replace the machine gunner while some providing cover fire.
X-Core legionary: Pin them to the fucking wall!
-The Guardsmen dived immediately for cover. One of them caught a heavy machine gun fire to the leg, severing it from the body, it doesn't seems like he notice it even as he stayed in cover for a brief period of time. During this moment, Trevor begin concentrating deeply, everything seemed to slowed down around him. He calculated the time between each shot by the machinegunner. During those micro seconds, he jump out of cover and shot the machine gunner straight in the face.
Drakenor: CHARGE!
-The order was shouted so loud that the environment vibrated slightly and his deep voice, the guardsmen made their charges as they set off the laser mine through precision shot. The resulting explosion, creates enough smoke to briefly obscure the legionary view of the corridor. The injured guards with the severed leg, sprint as if the leg are still attached. Shouting at the top of his lung while blood slobbers out of his mouth. In just 5 seconds, they closed the gap, swords making limbs fly while bullets putting holes in the head.
Drakenor: CORRIDOR'S CLEAR! PREPARE FOR THE NEXT ROOM!
-He shouted, the monastery guards gets into position quickly. The injured guards, finally noticing his leg falls down on his butt. While the pain is blocked, the fact that his brain finally noticing his missing leg starts making his lower body shaking violently.
Monastery Guards: BROTHERS! MY LEG!
-At this point, Sgt. Prideux and his squad manage to catch up with them, they come upon the sight of a guardsmen sitting on the ground gripping his potentially fatal wounds.
Drakenor: SGT.PRIDEUX, GET HIM TO THE INFIRMARY IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT REPLACE HIS LEG WITH A ROBOTIC LIMB JUST YET, JUST MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T EXPERIENCE EXTREME PAIN WHEN THE MORPHINE EFFECTS SUBSIDE!
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Post by mjrrjackson on May 16, 2016 15:34:23 GMT
The Storm Battalion had now boarded the Siegfried; disembarking from the helicopters before abseiling down the sides of the airship. With flash-bangs, sub-machine guns and improvised melee weapons they went room by room fighting X-CORE soldiers around every corner. Close-quarters boarding action was always a chaotic and brutal ordeal but eventually they met up with CROSS soldiers; both sides were met with relief.
"We need you to guide us around the ship" a STAR Sargent ordered. The CROSS soldier started to gesture orders to the others "We will help, just tell us where you need to go"
"Alpha team locate the CROSS commanders" the Sargent barked "Delta team link up with the Cyknerthol boys" and with that the the STAR and CROSS coalition force split up into two teams.
Delta team were first to reach their objective; "Commander Drakenor" the Delta leader approached the SoC leader "Our primary mission here is to shut down the self-destruct system, although the air-space around the airship is too hostile for our commander to take direct control, in the mean time we will take orders from you sir"
Soon after Alpha team found the CROSS commanders "Sir, we've found the high command" the Alpha leader said into a radio.
"Good" the radio replied with Jackson's voice "make sure they come to no harm, if need be evacuate the airship"
The Alpha leader acknowledged Jackson's orders before turning to the three commanders "ladies and gentlemen, we will be your bodyguards for this evenings fireworks show"
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Post by trevordrakenor on May 17, 2016 3:53:12 GMT
-STAR Delta team reaches the Trevor and his men just as they were going to breach another door.
Delta Leader: Commander Drakenor, Our primary mission here is to shut down the self-destruct system, although the air-space around the airship is too hostile for our commander to take direct control, in the mean time we will take orders from you sir.
Drakenor: Very well, you will provide cover fires and guard our rear from any incoming terrorist that's sneaking up on us. As we move to engage, our flanks needs to be covered as well. Now get ready, we're going through this door and reach the last gate into the reactor core.
-As they move into position, Trevor rear his fist and punched again and again until the door were knocked few feet away. This room in particular are rather spacious and much more heavily fortified by the terrorist. Monastery Guards were the first to move into cover as they enter the room firing at the enemy.
Monastery Guards: Proximity mines in cover, check them before you get blown up!
-They fired at the mine, detonating it as they quickly dived into what's left of the cover just before X-Core machine gunner start sweeping the place.
Drakenor: Delta Lead, need your men to lay down suppressive fire and pin that machine gunners down!
-Acknowledging his order, Delta Lead called out to 3 of his men as they start firing. One of the legionary saw this and popped out of cover to fire at the STAR soldier, he did not realize he had just exposed him self at the angle he is positioned in and immediately fell to a submachinegun fire by the monastery guards.
Drakenor: Monastery Guards, Blitz Protocol, converge and eliminate!
-With the last of the fragmentation grenade, they all thrown their grenades to their own target. The resulting explosion destroyed the enemies cover and flushed the legionary out into the open. At this point, they all charged into their position. A legionary was just about to get up when a sword sliced through his neck. The machine gunner tried to get back on to firing his guns on the incoming guardsmen, exposing himself to Delta Squads member suppressive fire, taking several assault rifle shots to the chest before the last one hitting him straight to his fore head, knocking him back a few feet. The rest were simply riddled with bullets before falling back down to the ground.
Monastery Guards: Room clear!
Drakenor: Ensure their death, and check their equipment. We don't want another Edwin incident stopping us from deactivating self destruct sequence!
Monastery Guards: Yes my Lord!
-Without even hesitating, they jab their sword immediately into their heads. They then flip them over, opening their jackets, they find nothing else.
Monastery Guards: Permission to restock grenade sir!
Drakenor: Permission granted, however I am assigning only 2 guardsmen to using them. You two will be in charge of handling all these explosives brothers!
-They begin handing over all the looted grenades toward the two guardsman, both of them putting grenades into their pack and hanging them on the belt.
Monastery Guards: Unused proximity mine sir!
Drakenor: Turn them into improvised grenade. Alright Delta Squad, I need y'all to stay in over watch guarding the entrance into this room. This will be the last gate into the reactor core!
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Post by Blue on May 17, 2016 6:35:45 GMT
- Meanwhile, on the lower floors of the Siegfried, nearing the engines, Alice, Wolfgang, Major miles & Betty along with a small detachment of armed crewmen made their way down the narrow corridor, their footsteps Clinking against the hollow metal surface of the walkways. It was dark & damp, with pipes running along the walls on either side of them & loose wires hanging from the ceiling as they pass a section that was in the middle of being serviced. Gunfire & screaming can be heard overhead on the upper floors. -
-Alice walks in front with Wolfgang & his drawn Luger right behind her followed by Miles clutching a handkerchief against his mouth & right behind him Betty & a few Siegfried Crewmen.-
Alice: (Wispers) "I think we may be in the clear, Trevor & Maj Jackson must have landed & are drawing all the enemy combatants to them on the upper levels, I doubt X-Core even knows If we are down here..." - She walks on slowly until they find a sign labeled "Reactor room" - "We are here! She grabs the handle to the door but upon trying to open it the handle remained solidly in place... -Alice looks at it with a puzzled expression & then notice the door had been welded shut. just then The Siegfrieds automated voice blares through the intercom system" 30 minutes before self destruct" -
Alice quickly turns around to look at the others with a concerned expression. "Err... does anyone have a grenade or an Idea on them?"
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Post by Gavin Miles on May 17, 2016 6:49:16 GMT
Gavin through his handkerchief: "I do say" *cough* "I don't have one, but if I did Id-..."
- Gavin looks a tad taken back as Berry reaches under her dress and pulls a Mills bomb off a belt on her thigh and she then hands it to Alice without saying anything. Gavin coughs again and looks puzzled but doesn't question it.
Gavin in a rather muddled tone: "MM-ah yes! There we are! Good initiative my dear!"
- Gavin pats Betty's back with his free hand but keeps his puzzled gaze upon the grenade. Walker watches but seems to have a blank response and says nothing but tracks the grenade with his eyes as Betty hands it to Alice. A Gavin is silent for another moment before shaking his head as if to regain his train of thought.
Gavin: "As for ideas, perhaps get the bloody hell out of here?"
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Post by Blue on May 17, 2016 7:05:05 GMT
-Alice Takes the grenade & wedges it between the Doors handle.- Alice: I wish that was an option Major, but IT may not be too late for you all, I'm sure with a bit of luck you can fight your way back & meet up with the Reinforcements. I however, would rather go down with the ship Than give Eichelberger the satisfaction."
-She fiddles with the door handle & the grenade for a bit longer. "Alright, when I pull this here pin there is going to be a pretty big explosion. Best to run further down the hall to avoid any shrapnel... everyone ready?" -She pulls the pin regardless of everyone's reactions & they all go storming down the hallway to where they originally came from. however, several meters from the door footsteps & voices are heard coming from the other side & two X-CORE Legionaries appear right in front of them, coming down the stairs.
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kryptnknight
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I have come bearing gifts of death and destruction... and cookies...
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Post by kryptnknight on May 17, 2016 9:29:27 GMT
-On the bridge, the crew of is alerted to a disturbance when 5 of them drop suddenly to the floor. As the helmsman asks whats wrong, a faint click is heard and 5 more go down. By this point the 7 Crusaders in the room have noted the perfect bullet holes in the heads and helmets of those who have fallen. They activate their heat vision but still see nothing. Several more clicks and the only person without a bullet to the brain is the helmsman, who suddenly feels a drop in temperature.
5 hooded men suddenly appear around him, one holding a dagger which he suddenly realizes is lodged firmly in his chest. The Moroi assassin pulls the dagger out and pushes the poor man roughly aside.
Reaper Proxy :"Have we been noticed?"
Moroi 1 :"Everyone's too busy fighting off Xcore."
Reaper Proxy :"Lets get this done and get out of here."
15 Bricks of C4 are planted all over the bridge, 3 of them on the navigation consoles and another 3 on the steering platform. The air grows cold again as the Moroi activate their stealth cloaks and they vanish.
10 seconds later....
BOOOOOM!!
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Post by Wolfgang Stahlbergmann on May 17, 2016 11:19:45 GMT
- Wolfgang fidles a bit with his pistol and open fire a bullet to each of the two X-CORE legionaries. It hit's their visors with pinpoint accuracy, breaking them through. The legionaries fall of the stairs, but instead of dying they just scream from the top of their lungs, hopesly grasping the air like they would want to climb an invisible ladder. Wolfgang walks to them and relesases two bullets into their groins. Their screaming intensifies, echoing through the corridor while every one of their limbs now kick around. He watches the slow agony two X-CORE agents on the floor, which looks like some sort of unsettling dance. -
Wolfgang: "The wonder of solid Yperite-G in one's circulation." - He makes a smirk and begins to walk back to the others, but one of the dying X-CORE legionary grab his leg, leaving thick puke-yellow stains upon touch on his trousers. It probably was some liquified parts of the owner's hand. Wolfgang's distrubing smile disappears and a short expression of fury takes over as he frees his leg from the legionary's weak graps. Right after he starts to stomp on it's head, which breaks suprisingly easy. - "Sie ficken Maden! Schau was Du getan hast!? Diese Hose im Wert von mehr als das Leben des gesamten Untermenschen Kader alle zusammen!"
- He releases a ligh sigh once he is done with them, with his boots stained with the same liquid as that little part of his trousers. An unsettling silence falls to the entire corridor for a moment which is only broken by a muffled sound of explosions in the distance. -
Wolfgang: "I'm getting tired of this shit, comrades. Frau Blue, be so kind to check the reactor, if it can be fixed. If not then we move. The Major and I are going to hold them off for the time being." - he checks his holster where he finds three clip full of Yperite-G bullets. - "Hehe... agony will look good on them."
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Post by mjrrjackson on May 17, 2016 11:40:28 GMT
The bridge of the Siegfried was engulfed in thunderous explosions.
"Was that the self-destruct?!" the crew of the STAR helicopters orbiting the airship were taken by surprise.
"Multiple detonations from the bridge" the boarding team said over the radio.
Jackson was stunned with shock; the X-CORE clearly don't want the airship reclaimed. Being distant from the main fighting unnerved him; his helicopter and its crew were not well armed so any boarding action was suicide, but he could not directly command his own soldiers from his position. I just hope those CROSS know what their doing.
"Commander Wolfgang" Jackson said into the radio "I think its clear the X-CORE want to disable the Siegfried before the invasion, I suggest we evacuate the command staff now, with the bridge destroyed the airship will probably be useless, our invasion force can go on without the airship but it can't go on without its commanders"
Jackson paused "We can leave the Siegfried back in reserve while it undergoes repairs"
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kryptnknight
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I have come bearing gifts of death and destruction... and cookies...
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Post by kryptnknight on May 17, 2016 12:02:40 GMT
-In one of the many shadowed corners of the Siegfried, a disembodied voice whispers commands.
Reaper proxy :" We each have 5 C4 bricks left. That's 25 explosions. Make them count. Find structural weaknesses, munitions, weapons, anything you discern as important. Remember, our job isn't to bring this monster down, it's to create chaos on board. When you've run out of explosives, get off the ship immediately. Do not engage any units unless you're discovered, or if you believe them important to the CROSS campaign. Engineers, pilots, navigators, officers. Keep in mind that assassination is secondary to sabotage. Do not, under any circumstances engage the commanders. I mean it. You see them, you run the other way. We've had reports that some of them can go toe to toe with Captain Seth and not even Reaper can kill him. Stay hidden, hit them hard and if you're discovered... Then die well. With Fire in you're heart...
The others respond :"...and Steel in our hands."
The 5 ghosts disperse.
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Post by trevordrakenor on May 17, 2016 12:20:06 GMT
-The Red Orcan doing semi-blind duel with the wraith outside, it is a battle of skills between the two pilot with one also involve reflexes, reaction and also eye sight. The pilot lose sight of the heat signature in front of him, he pulls off a high-g maneuver in hover mode just getting out of another burst of shot coming from behind. With the invisible wraith back in the systems sight, he turns the Dropship side ways as he diverts full power to both thruster. This allowed him to circle around the wraith at high speed while maintaining sight. All 3 turrets are now in the right angle to fire at the general direction of the heat signature, this time they all manage to make a direct sustained hits on the wraith. Several rounds penetrated through its armor and severely damaged its engine, with far less power output, the wraith could neither maintain its stealth field nor keep it stable in flight. Having enough of this "duel", the pilot manually targets the cockpit of the wraith and fired. With the wraith threat finally gone, he flies back above the deck.
-On top of the deck, the Crusader are pressed hard by the jet pack legionaries. Being able jump from cover to cover, and sometimes behind the unwary Crusader make this seems more like a one sided battle.
Red Orcan Pilot: Well, lets fix this problem shall we?
-Of all the places to be in, the deck are the worst place to be on when the aircraft are coming to get you. All the covers on deck, if there even is one does not protect them from the bullets raining down on the above. A legionary pounced onto the Dropship, with this happening in front of him the dropship quickly dodged to the side. The jet pack legionary now find himself descending several thousands of meter below. Realizing that staying in hover mode are making him an easy target, he adjusted the rotable jet engine and make a quick strafing runs. As it flew overhead, bullets swiped across the deck, tearing through numbers of legionary. After turning around the bridge of Siegfried, the dropship made another run finally clearing out all legionary on deck. By this moment, a great explosion occurs on the bridge.
Red Orcan Pilot: Commander Drakenor, I have just witnessed an illegal fire work going on from up here.
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Post by Wolfgang Stahlbergmann on May 17, 2016 12:24:28 GMT
- Wolfgang picks up Jackson's transmission. -
Jackson: "I think its clear the X-CORE want to disable the Siegfried before the invasion, I suggest we evacuate the command staff now, with the bridge destroyed the airship will probably be useless, our invasion force can go on without the airship but it can't go on without its commanders"
- Wolfgang allows himself a facepalm. -
Wolfgang: "If I may, I would like to declare that this vessel the shame of the entire CROSS. A pirate from a third world country can "hack" it into destroying itself without breaking a sweat, half of it's crew are heavily armed traitors and basicly everyone from everywhere walks up and down on it like it would be the latrine." - a third legionary catches up with his former comrades looking confused on the scene bellow. Wolfgang releases a bullet into it's thigh, but ignores the following - "The Emperor's divine will, my ass." - as the undying the screams of the legionary starts to bother him, he gives the mercy shot in his head - "I'm ashamed that someone painted the Gombostonian flag on the side of this flying junk."
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Post by Blue on May 17, 2016 13:34:24 GMT
- Suddenly the sirens stop, & for a moment complete & utter silence looms over the interior of the Siegfried, With A Flicker, the lights start slowly one by one switch on as if new life had surged into the giant behemoth., a loud digital voice is heard over the intercom, this time with a deeper more menacing tone. :"Self destruct sequence... aborted"
-Alice emerge from the Reactor room with multiple strands of hair standing upright & a faint crackling sound surrounding her as several nearby Geiger counters light up as she walks past them, she stares over at other commanders down the hall, however this time directly at Wolfgang, her gaze almost piercing & cold. She then tilts her head up.
Alice: "Siegfried, status report... now." -There is a short pause before the voice replies.
Siegfried: "System analysis complete... Minor damage to sector 4, 3 & 2, several surface & deck fires detected... decorative decoy bridge destroyed... all systems normal, Enemy combatants detected in sector 42, 43 & 56..."
Alice: "Siegfried, engage auto sentry defense network... and release nerve gas to all effected sectors" - There is another short pause before a subtle hum can be heard as the ship start vibrating softly.
She then slowly starts walking over towards the other commanders before coming to a standstill infront of Wolfgang.
Alice:"I must admit commander... I have enjoyed your playful banter up until now, however, My sense of humor is running rather thin as of late." -She then looks up & stares straight into his eyes, only the sound of her leather gloves creaking as she clenches her fists. "Perhapse next time we should rather make the journey on a Gombostonian ship... they are after all not important enough to get targetted..." - With that she walks past him pushing him out of the way with her shoulder untill she reaches the door to the stairs when she then stops to look over her shoulder at a random crewman.
Alice: "Soldier... assemble a team & get some red paint so we can cover up that Hideous grey stain off the side of my ship... and If Eichelberger so much as sets foot on here... You have my permission to shoot him on site..." She then makes her way up the stair mumbling to herself "I will not let my fathers legacy be insulted by a bunch of Goddamn Krauts..."
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Post by Gavin Miles on May 17, 2016 13:53:26 GMT
- Gavin watches in partial shock as the two legionaries writhe in agony before letting a nervous chuckle and looking at Wolfgang. Walker still seems indifferent, only sneering at the bodies, and Betty seems oddly amused.
Gavin: "Well than, it would seem I wasn't the only one who wanted to stay aboard their own ship."
Alice: "Soldier... assemble a team & get some red paint so we can cover up that Hideous grey stain off the side of my ship... and If Eichelberger so much as sets foot on here... You have my permission to shoot him on site..." She then makes her way up the stair mumbling to herself "I will not let my fathers legacy be insulted by a bunch of Goddamn Krauts..."
Gavin: "Will these scoundrels' blood do well?"
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Post by trevordrakenor on May 17, 2016 14:12:08 GMT
-The sound of explosion are heard coming from above.
*RADIO*Red Orcan Pilot:Commander Drakenor, I have just witnessed an illegal fire work going on from up here.
STAR Delta Squad Lead: Sir, we receive report from the other boarding team... multiple detonations from the bridge.
Drakenor: My mind could not comprehend... how they managed to gets so many numb-skulls aboard the Siegfried, get into position men! We're breaching this last gate!
*The monastery guard gets into position as the STAR Delta Squad watching the entrance to the current room they are in. Trevor rear his fist again and let it fly onto the gate. Just as he retracts leaving a sizable dent on the gate, the siren suddenly stops. With A Flicker, the lights start slowly one by one switch on as if new life had surged into the giant behemoth. A loud digital voice is heard over the intercom, this time with a deeper more menacing tone.
++ "Self destruct sequence... aborted" ++
Drakenor: ... I do not believe my punch have deactivated the sequence?
-The monastery guards simply turned to check on the entrance, and back to him. The joke, while have little effect to the guards, some of the Delta Squad member chuckled lightly.
Delta Squad member: Maybe the ships are afraid of you tearing through another door barehanded.
Drakenor: I'm assuming another group have reached the reactor core before us?
Delta Squad Lead: I've just received reports from the other boarding team, that is indeed correct.
Drakenor: The otherside of this room should be clear by now...
-The gate automatically opened, however the dent made by Trevor's fist caused the effected area to stuck on those slit. It only opened halfway.
Drakenor: Monastery guards, keep your eyes peeled for enemy presence. 4 of you, assist delta squad and watch out back, we need more eyes to the rear. Everyone, follow me.
-Upon entering the room, they saw a large reactor. It appears they are on the very top of the level, looking down they saw the other group that have reached the control room. Administrator Blue was standing in front of Commander Wolfgang, seems like they are having a rather grim conversation.
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