The shadow of dawn

[Ryan Naismith]

((*.50 BMG, aka browning machine-gun))
The marines quickly hide behind three-inch thick tungsten-carbide/Chobham shields, the heavy anti-material rounds pinging uselessly off of the heavy shields that the marines carry, occasionally popping up through small slits in the shield to pour fire onto the machine. eventually, they would override the thing's plasma shields, simply due to their volume of fire.

[Angder]

Angder reached into his coat, and pulls out some kind of electronic device "Get ready to catch it when it falls" He points it at each of the screws around the grate, they seem to distort slightly under a strange green glow, as the last one distorts the grate falls. He begins to climb into the vent.

[Fenox Helkiin]

As advised, Fenox catches the gate. "Nifty little tool." He smiles before climbing up into the ven as well. "Okay... Now we make our way toward the two soldiers, try spotting any weak points and then drop down and dispatch of them as quickly as possible. Sound good to you?"

[Angder]

"s'cuse me" Angder squeezed Past Fenox, and lifted the Grate back into place, "100... 200... 300... 400... 500..." he let go. "Good as new, no way they will ever know we were here now. so! weak points... we will want to get above them, easiest place to attack them from I would say"

[Fenox Helkiin]

"Damn... I need to get one of those things..." Fenox sighed with envy as he looked at the tool Angder used. "...anyway. Back to the point.... Right umm... Yeah I think we should try trailing them through the air vents for as long as we can, before dropping down on them. Sound good?"

[Angder]

"If they spot us up here we are sitting ducks, but I agree gathering information is important... I am assuming that's why you want to trail them right?" Angder glanced down the vent "Fine... it sounds like a plan, but only if we can remain quiet, as soon as we make a sound they hear, we will have to drop." Angder tapped the grate, it wobbled slightly. "Well then, as I am back here, I will follow you"

[Fenox Helkiin]

"Right. Maybe, given how armoured they sound, they'll lead us to the one who's spearheading the attack. I just hope they don't go for the dark matter drive... That would make one hell of a s**t storm if they mucked about with it." He replied as the, correctly assumed, soldiers walked along underneath them.

[Angder]

"agreed" Angder watched the soldiers carefully "Those suits are poorly maintained, should be able to take them in close combat if I play my cards right..." Angder looked at Fenox "still following you, I attack when you do"

[Fenox Helkiin]

Fenox looked directly at the soldiers, scanning their bodies like a machine, till eventually snapping out of the trance like state he was in and looking at Angder. "Okay. The one on the left appears to have a slight limp, probably because a recent injury or surgery that he's had, so he's likely to have only just recently been cleared for duty again. Meaning that he's probably going to be getting used to being in duty and therefore a little stressed making it easier for us to take him down by being quick on our paws and out manoeuvre him. The other hasn't fitted his suit properly so it's not air tight and we may be able to dislodge a few pieces making it easier for us to get a clean hit on him." After having stated his observations Fenox shifted to his feral form and crawled along the vents, trailing the two enemy soldiers, and being careful to not make any noises.

[Angder]

Angder sighed as Fenox went feral, he knew many of the crew could do that, and it always frustrated him that he could not.

 he followed behind Fenox, being careful to have a couple of meters between them though, if there was one specialty that Angder had it was stealth, over the sound of the armored figures below them, he may as well have been completely silent. Eventually though, he got impatient. "Can we just attack already!" he hissed.

[Fenox Helkiin]

"Patience is a virtue... Of which you apparently do not possess" Fenox replied calmly. "Now keep your voice down... Please." He continued as the soldiers came to a stop at a large metal door. "Please don't be the reactor... Please..." He whined.

[Angder]

"That's the reactor" Angder said bleakly "we should attack! NOW!"

[Fenox Helkiin]

Fenox stood up and pushed the panel underneath him till it gave way and broke off from the ventilation then fell on top of the soldiers. "You go for the one with the limp... I've got this one." He barked at Angder as his eyes light up a bright orange along with the markings on his body.

[Angder]

Angder drops from the vent onto his target, knocking him flat, he smiles as he hears a satisfying *click* from his leg, he then immediately digs into the soldier with his claws.

[Fenox Helkiin]

"Let's see how you handle a little... HEAT!" He yelled as his muzzle light up with a yellowish glow before unleashing a flurry of ash and fire into the gaps in the soldiers armour plating.