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Post by lwcoyote on Oct 2, 2011 14:27:31 GMT -5
Hearing Shep over the comm, Nike swore softly and drew away from the building. Taking a hard look around the village, she does her best to assess possible defensive locations, weak points and such; whatever she figures, she'll report to Sam and the others gruffly. "No time for a commitee, lets get settled in for the siege." she growls softly, her tail twitching raggedly.
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Post by Janxi on Oct 2, 2011 15:03:17 GMT -5
"Traps ain't a bad idea. I got another. Sneaker, you, me, Tori 'n Sam all got bows. We could take our high-explosive warheads and launch ballistic attacks on tha rats as they ingress. With bombs falling all around, and a few traps goin' off, we could spoof 'em into thinking we got a mortar squad shellin' em and mebbe force a retreat. They would probably reckon Shep was a forward observer and lure fer a trap, then mebbe fall back until we kin get the good doc mobile. Yew 'n Martin know this area and kin fortify a lil, while me 'n T set tha traps. Get us some positions, mebbe some good fire lanes and muster some of the other villagers to help."
Janxi's tail swished. Shep's tone made her nervous, but if he could keep out ahead of the rats, he could lead them into the teams little ambush. It was worth a shot.
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Post by Red Fang on Oct 3, 2011 20:46:49 GMT -5
Kai listened to the discussion. Shep being out in the field had her worried. One or two members or the entire team wouldn't save him. He needed to get back to Beliveau's camp. He would also be towing a mob of rats. Tori got her thinking about traps.
"What if I noted the position of each mine, and we made a corridor of command-detonated mines for Shep to run through? We could let him through safely and blow the traps behind him as rats chase him."
"Then, I could guide him through by radio, and the traps might seem like more of Janxi's phantom mortars."
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Post by dakota on Oct 4, 2011 3:44:11 GMT -5
A quick assessment sees there isn't alot of cover amongst the buildings. The best position was a rock mound just beyond the buildings, or door -to-door fighting with the inbound rats. There was also a drydocked fishing boat (25 ft) undergoing hull repairs and several small shacks beside the two docks.
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Post by Mierin on Oct 4, 2011 21:02:15 GMT -5
Sam nods at Tori and says "Permission granted. Use your best judgment as to where to place them." Turning back to the girl, Sam says sharply "We have FIVE minutes. Then we'll be neck deep in rats and your patient will be dead along with you and everyone else here. If you have staff that can help us with defense, now is the time for them to come out." While she waits for a response, Sam turns to the others and nods at Kai, "Do it. Everyone else, fan out and take positions of defense. We've got 5 minutes, let's use them wisely."
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Post by Tori on Oct 4, 2011 22:54:26 GMT -5
"Aye aye, Six." She then turned to her partner and the new woman volunteering to help Shep.
"Alright, this is gonna be elbows and assholes for all of us. Kai, you need anything, blasting caps, detonators, whatever, you sing out. Janxi, this is gonna be quick and dirty. Camouflage as well as possible. Grenades with tripwires, plastique or tape on grenades for remotes. A good spread from Shep's direction of ingress. Set alarms for four minutes and get back to tha rockpile. Set three traps, camouflage them, and check time.
"Also, these Pepsis have been in tha swamp fer a long time, so they may well gots some traps of their own. Be smart out there. I'll sweep the area. Spread out as much as ya can, but don't get out of visual contact. Ya see anything wif buck teef, light it the fox up.
"Kai? You're the center lane of traffic. Stagger your mine positions to make it look like Shep's avoiding mines. Note the position, and get back to radio him what to avoid. I'll look 'n make sure their ain't no Pepsi-Cans out there."
Pepsi's were a crude term for Quebecois, and Pepsi Cans were mines and grenades.
"Janxi, on the left flank. I got the right. Sam, if we need, please give us some sniper cover. We're oscar mike."
On a run, she checked her watch to see how much time elapsed. And then she did the most cursory check of Kai's, and if time permitted, Janxi's lane for additional traps.
Tori sprinted to her position at a shocking speed. She could be a slow juicer. She immediately wrapped a grenade in det tape, with a detonator, and camouflaged it. The next two were grenades with trip wires. She did her best to keep the wires low, the pins loose and cover bombs and wires with vegetation.
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Post by dakota on Oct 5, 2011 7:30:43 GMT -5
"Sam, I'm cut off. I can't make it to your location" Shep came over the comm again, his tone made clear that he was in a mess. Moreso when he called his squad leader by name. " I'm gonna hole up and take as many with me as I can. Good luck "
A fair distance away, came the popping of Shep's WI-GL8, followed by small explosions from the small grenades going off. They were answered in turn by at least six, if not more Horune sonic rifle blasts.
To the door came a man, clearly the doctor," Captain, I am nearly finished. The young ones appendix has been removed, but I require more time than you offer to close the wound. There are mostly women and chilren here, the men are all out fishing and not due backfor two days. The women do know how to shoot and have weapons if you need them. There is a cow bell on the side of each building, meant to be rung in an emergency. Now I must get back to my patient."
As the rest of the squad began prepping defenses, there were no signs of the rats yet.
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Post by lwcoyote on Oct 5, 2011 9:30:29 GMT -5
Nike eyed the possible defensive locations; the rock-mound and the boat seemed like the best bets. Looking to Sam, the coyote offers a toothy grin. "That pile of rock and stone seems like a good start... we could use the boat in drydock as a fallback position." she suggests, then ear-flicks at the doctors statement. "What-say we round the civvies up and station them at the boat as backup, while the rest of us set up at the rock pile.. perhaps some traps and command-det mines between the two that we can use to cover our retreat."
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Post by Janxi on Oct 5, 2011 10:29:28 GMT -5
"Aye-aye, SO-3 Flat Chest!" Janx said to Tori. The differences in their physique was another thing Janxi taunted Tori about.
She gathered her kit and charged out, not at full sprint, but a bit faster than Tori. She was, after all, half lion. Then Shep's message came over the radio. She listened intently, then after a short delay, heard the pops of his grenade launcher. "Oh shit Shep!"
She tuned in her radio, "You son-of-a-bitch, get back here! We got a plan, but you gotta get home! Fox!"
The white noise she heard was enough. She was glad she had her helmet on, so nobody could see the tears streaming down her cheeks, but she allowed herself one audible sniff in her sobbing.
"We fuckin' kill 'em all. The little pink ones, to the ancient walkin' on canes. Everyone that rushes us gets dead. And I ain't gon be merciful no more. Ain't gon be no slow deaths, neither."
Janxi dutifully set her traps, but hoped the rats would get through. She wanted them on her claws. She wanted to whip off her helmet and deliver killing bites. The rats broke the rules when they exterminated all of the first hamlet and sought trophies. In killing Shep, they made it very personal, as he was one of her favorite humans. He didn't see them as cats, but as warriors. That was rare. He was a friend as much as an XO. She was going to kill every rat she found. The first two rat traps were command detonated. The third had a tripwire.
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Post by Red Fang on Oct 6, 2011 19:13:34 GMT -5
Kai heard the team XO's last transmission and the series of explosions that followed. She didn't know the man at all, but the team seemed to like him. Maybe he survived.
"I'm proceeding to set the mines, Tori," Kai said. She ran out and pressed an ounce of plastique onto three of her grenades, then added blasting caps and detonators. She hid them as well as possible, noting where Tori and Janxi placed their traps. She camouflaged hers as well as possible in the time allotted.
When placed, she checked her watch, to see what time remained. "All set here!"
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Post by dakota on Oct 9, 2011 3:44:40 GMT -5
Explosives were placed without anyone blowing themselves up. The sounds of the skirmish in the distance was dying down, consisting of mostly laser fire now.
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Post by Tori on Oct 9, 2011 12:29:45 GMT -5
Tori led the trap detail back to Sam's position and looked to see what Nike had been able to do to in the way of defensive positions and rally support. Then she looked over at Six. The little cat walked over to her CO, and without a word, hugged her very close. Sam could hear little sobs coming from inside her helmet.
"We're gonna butcher and barbecue every last rat, Sam. I'm promisin' yew that right now."
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Post by Janxi on Oct 10, 2011 18:31:44 GMT -5
Janxi followed Tori and joined the hug. She felt it, too, and shook just a bit.
"C'mon. We'll have time for this later. Right now, we gotta take care of them sons of bitches. Protection first, revenge next, and then we kin remember Shep. Right now, we gotta git ready.
"Nike? What you got for defensive positions, and were ya able to round up any more shooters?"
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Post by dakota on Oct 11, 2011 5:56:45 GMT -5
"In the distance, the firefight was beginning to subside, climaxing with a large explosion that sounds remarkably like a heavy fusion block. With that blast the laserfire came to a halt.
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Post by Red Fang on Oct 11, 2011 18:33:56 GMT -5
Once everything began to wind down it was then that everything began to sink in. Death was never an easy thing to take but in these parts if you let your guard down for a minute someone or something would certainly take advantage of it.
Kai didn't join the hug but she did move in towards the rest of the group and waited for orders and never stopped scanning the distance for more rats.
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