Coalition Operations II: Escape from New Colorado

[Vosur Aekira]

Sora looks over to see Emilá, then she glances up to look around for movement while hearing Eddie work. "Fourty-one-point-five megahertz. Most response teams use that." she whispered while still keeping an eye out for any sort of indication of movement. "Helmet's heat-tracker and low-light sensor are down... I should've gotten them repaired on my last debriefing."

[Romulan_Furry]

Once Mesmerin was satisfied the immediate area was secure, he turned to Jayce. Digging into his cloak and retrieving a small device the size of his palm, he programmed the landing pads as the destination, then handed it to Jayce. "Press the red button while holding it to head there, get what you need, press the button again to return. Don't bother trying to break orbit: Weyland-Yutani ships have this planet locked down."

"Come on, come on..." Eddie muttered as he tried to tune the frequency on the radio.

K'Tath continued to monitor the Xenomorphs, wondering what the hell they were waiting for.

[Rayleonarde]

Jayce nodded and pressed the button. It only took a few seconds before the purple raccoon found himself at the landing bays. He dropped to a half-crouch and skulked to his ship. Jayce pulled the cargo ramp open, and was greeted by billowing scarlet smoke, and a deep guttural growling. Jayce whispered as he slipped inside. "Shh shh shh, brother. I know...I know. We'll be home soon."
Incense burners poured smoke, several runes scarred across the interior of the ship. Jayce whispered a prayer as he grabbed his gear, checking the cleanliness of the arquebus.
One shot, the raccoon thought as he exited the ship. S'all I'll need. A clear sight and a single round. He hefted a single, nearly forearm-length round from a nearby crate as he descended the ramp. Though one more couldn't hurt.
Jayce closed the ramp and whistled. Pressing the transport again, Jayce was quickly whisked away to the mall.


He quickly reentered the building, drawing upon the Smart Pistol. "Sorry for the delay." The Mongdrigan handed Mesmerin the control back. "Thanks. I'm a little more comfortable now. What's the plan?"

[Alessia Starfurr]

Kyva looked at the Purple racoon oddly. "guard the immidiate area from threats." The Sanheili spoke up.

Rae knelt down to get a better position and further brace herself from the recoil of her weapon, should she choose to use it.

[Vosur Aekira]

Sora waited silently with the others, keeping her eyes and ears peeled for movement. When Jayce entered, she turned her attention to him, but she resumed the watch when she noticed it was him. "Alright Mesmerin, time for that briefing... exactly what are we up against that's with us? And most importantly, what're the most useful things for taking it down?"

[Rayleonarde]

Jayce scampered up to the second floor, taking position on an overhead crosswalk. The quiet thrum of the arquebus filled him with confidence. With nearly seventy millimeters of penetrating power, a single round from the weapon would liquify the crew of most armored vehicles and eject them from their steel coffins. But the cop killer drove no vehicle, and no amount of body armor would save him.
Jayce kept a cool eye on the area, the huge rifle sweeping in an arch.

[Romulan_Furry]

Sora waited silently with the others, keeping her eyes and ears peeled for movement. When Jayce entered, she turned her attention to him, but she resumed the watch when she noticed it was him. "Alright Mesmerin, time for that briefing... exactly what are we up against that's with us? And most importantly, what're the most useful things for taking it down?"

"The first question is easy: We're up against Xenomorphs," Mesmerin explained as he set up his armory portal again on an adjacent wall. "I've had run-ins with them before. Enough experience to know that they come at you from literally every possible direction - including the walls and the ceiling. As for what weapons are effective against them... I strongly recommend high-caliber ranged weapons. 5.56mm Assault Rifles are good, 12-gauge shotguns... both acceptable and effective, but 7.62mm assault weapons and energy weapons are recommended as they'll put down a Xenomorph faster. Disruptors are best, as they'll disintegrate the b*****ds."

"Come on..." Eddie mumbled as he fiddled with the radio frequency.

Outside, Megan and Molly, wet from the falling rain and tired, needed a place to rest up. Megan lead Molly toward the mall, seeing a light there and hoping it wasn't looters or scavengers.

[Alessia Starfurr]

Rae nodded, pressing the mag realease, and pulled the magazine out  "9.5x40mm too big for ya?" She asked as she slapped in an odd lookin glowing  magazine that made the rifle glow as well, she had just changed her gun from a projectile weapon to a plasma weapon.

"I suppose i shall use my plasma rifles then." Kyva said, his carbine disappearing as two plasma rifles appeared  one in each hand, the weapons making a buzzing sound as he activated them.

[Vosur Aekira]

"High-temperature rounds it is then. These should burn right through them." she spoke as she switched her pistols. "So the rumors are true then... in that case, clarify for me, do these things have high PH organic-acid for blood?" Sora asked as she got back into defensive posture, looking around for anything that might be moving about, changing her position to be closer to where she can see out the window. "And furthermore, do these things have natural-projectiles: barbs that can be flung, spitting said organic-acid, or anything else to be wary of?"

[Romulan_Furry]

"Organic Acid for Blood, I can confirm; I saw that much myself," Mesmerin responded. "As for spitting said Acid... if they can do that, I never saw it. Just don't let them get too close - they'll either rip you apart, or drag you back to their nest for incubation - which would make being torn asunder a mercy."

[Alessia Starfurr]

"Thank goodness for personal shields." Rae commented.

[Rayleonarde]

Jayce leaned over the railing of the walkway, to get a better look out of the mall, and spoke. “Hey! Survivors approaching the front!”

[Vosur Aekira]

"Kinetic barriers are nice, so is actual armor meant to take a beating..." she started off before Jayce spoke up. "How many are there of them? Also how far off are they and is there anything with them?" she asked up to him, getting up and looking to the others set-up in the shop to assess what type of judgement-call she should make.

[Alessia Starfurr]

"Kinetic barriers are nice, so is actual armor meant to take a beating..." she started off before Ray spoke up. "How many are there of them? Also how far off are they and is there anything with them?" she asked up to him, getting up and looking to the others set-up in the shop to assess what type of judgement-call she should make.

"motion sensor shows quiet a large number of them... 5 or ten at the most" Kyva noted "unless something is messing with my motion sensor or they have something that scrambles my motion sensor into thinking one is like 5 of them"

[Romulan_Furry]

Before Mesmerin could voice his own response, Megan came into the Sporting Goods store. "Hello?" she called out. When she saw the armed people before her, she gasped in surprise, before spotting mesmerin. "Mesmerin!" she cried out with relief.

"Are you hurt?" Mesmerin asked.

"No," Megan responded. "But Molly's seen more than she should tonight." Mesmerin motioned for them to come in.

"Come on in, pal - she'll be safe here," he said. He activated the armory portal, then turned to the others. "Anyone need an upgrade in arsenal? I'd wager we still got a ways to--"

He was cut off when Eddie proclaimed, "Got it!" He grabbed the mike and spoke, "Sheriff Morales to UNSC Colonial Guard... repeat, Sheriff Morales to UNSC Colonial Guard, come in, over."

Much to Mesmerin's surprise, he got a response: "This is Lieutenant Woods, 89th Troop Command, UNSC Colonial Guard. Go ahead, sheriff."

"What's you're location, Lieutenant? Over," Eddie asked.

"We're on Main Street," Woods answered.

"Listen, Lieutenant, I don't know what your men are walking into, but our situation is getting worse--"

An anguished yelp cut him off. "We have a missing man!" someone said over the channel. There were a few moments of silence before the radio chatter went haywire with screams, shouts, and gunfire.

"FIRE!!!"

"It's a f***ing ambush! Ahh!!!"

"What the hell is that thing?!"

"Fall back! I repeat, fall back!"

This went on for about ten seconds, and then, silence.