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 Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:42 pm
 Allissi KrakatosAllissi tensed at the sight of another alien. No telling how it would react to her people. Her people were a neutral bunch except when it benefited them to be otherwise, and it wouldn't have been shocking for her people to refuse the Drezz help, just as they did the humans. Nonetheless, she let it go. They were on the same side, and surely they would worry more about the mission than ways to off her. "It'll be alright, Ox. They're with us. If they try anything, we've got each other." Allissi easily kept pace with Thaddeus, watching carefully around them as the quick pace was set. It was slow enough for her that she could almost let her mind wander, but she forced herself to focus on everything else. She had noticed the gleam herself, and was about to mention it, when Thaddeus stopped them. She stepped over it. "In fairness, Thaddeus, wouldn't it be better to cut it and deactivate it now so we don't have to deal with it later if we're in a rush?" She asked.
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:27 pm
 Khenzo Britvaerio
Stalker
Scattergun, Energy Rifle, Energy Blade
Jump Pack, Nitro Unit, Muffler, Shoulder Mount "I wouldn't recommend cutting the wire, Allissi. It could be a trip wire, sure, but it could also be sending an electrical signal. If we cut the wire it might alert the Union troops in the area. We shouldn't risk it. Let me set a disposable beacon here. If we come back this way on our way out we should be able to avoid it again without having to remember it was here."Khenzo pulled out the beacon, a small metallic rod the size of a writing pin. He double tapped the top of it to arm it. It send out a signal that would show on the team's HUD and could also be detonated if they wanted to take out the wire should they be in too much of a hurry to have the wherewithal to spot the hazard. He crouched down and carefully jabbed it into the ground underneath the wire. Khenzo stood and started after Thaddeus, stepping where he stepped, keeping his shoulders down and his head up. Khenzo was a tad worried about the new compeer pair. The larger of the two wouldn't be as inconspicuous as the rest of them, but honestly that brawn would come in handy loading some of the equipment that needed hauling.
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:37 pm
Ox Ox shifted his eyes over to Khenzo as he set about making a beacon. He knew his partner had a point, if by some accident one of them did trip the wire what would they do then? Or what if there was more then one trip wire would he set up beacons at all of them? There were just too many variables in leaving the wire active. Looking over at his partner he fingered his tools. Want me take down? he asked gesturing with his head at the wire.
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:38 pm
 ~~~Roan "Medic" Morsair~~~ Loadout
Weapons: Energy Rifle, M81 Nia Mauler (Dual Wield), Arma Blades
Equipment: Wrist Shield, Med Kit, Shocker (Defib gauntlet), Nitro Unit Once the group set out moving, Roan swiftly slipped around behind Yesenia and climbed up onto her back. His feet resting on her spines while he pulled his rifle up and anchored it upon her shoulder. His helmet's screen shut and brought up his targeting hud and he promptly entered a combatant mindset. "Best it is left alone..." He added in his opinion on the wire, his gaze falling upon Ox. "I am a certified medical practitioner... but if you get eviscerated from a trap...well I can only do so much with a corpse..." He spoke calmly, yet an eerie warning was being spoken.
He tapped Yesenia's head and smirked. "That's why I travel on a walking tank." He grinned, though of course it wouldn't really be noticed through the helmet. Roan was against using the video relay system in his helmet, he was equipped with the most durable lightweight armor possible, but in doing so he had to remove any unnecessary weight and equipment. "If I don't see it, she certainly will. And if she doesn't, well, I've seen her take a tank shell with this armor and still be standing." He rapped his knuckles on her helmet as he laughed quietly enough that no one would be alerted to their presence as a result from it.  ~~~Yesenia Croszik~~~ Loadout
Weapons: Nuke, Arma Blades
Equipment: Wrist Shield, Med Kit, Dragon Skin, Strenthening Unit Yesenia found it more comforting with Roan on her back, that way she was more capable of shielding him. What's more, the tactical advantage of having a shoulder mounted gun was undeniable. She clicked a few times as Roan spoke and knelt down to inspect the wire for a moment. She stood up and stepped over it as she deemed it as a "non-threat" to her companion and thus pointless to dwell over.
"But it shattered my exoskeleton and debilitated me for a week." She retorted with a series of agitated clicks during which and after. To which he shrugged a bit and rapped his knuckles on her armor again as his point had still been made.
"It'sss too quiet-t..." She spoke as she looked around, lifting her shoulders to provide more cover for her passenger. "...loud airship... where are host-tiles." With a few clicks she lifted her hand and tapped her helmet, a light hiss could be heard as the plates receded and revealed her head. He turned her head to the air and sniffed it, eyes focusing as she tried to catch any abnormal smells or the scent of their enemy.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:08 am
Allissi Krakatos "Leave it, it won't be our fault," she mentally replied, looking confused when Roan seemed to have some sort of knowledge of their thoughts. She frowned, facing forward again. "Let's keep talk down to a minimum around those two. I don't know if they read facial expressions or thoughts, but lets not risk it," Allissi said to Ox. She glanced over at Ysenia's words. "We shouldn't have been close enough for them to hear all of it, but I guess we don't know if they have anything with good hearing on them." OOC: as a side note, Ox only talks mentally with Allissi because of a combo of her people's increased brain wave activity and the chip. So, you can read expressions, but words won't be heard from Ox
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:07 pm
 Thaddeus Bile
Warrior
Scattergun - Blaster - Plasma Dagger
Med Kit - Strengthening Unit - Nitro Unit - Shoulder Mount
Thaddeus stopped walking when Allissi mentioned wanting to cut the wire. He stopped and just stared at her for a moment. Khenzo voiced his approval of Thaddeus' plan to leave the wire alone. He had even put down a marker so they would remember where the wire was. Ox said nothing, but he was sure he and Allissi were on the same page... or at least a similar page. The Medic was also opposed to doing anything to the wire. And the Tank seemed uninterested in it. As the Tank questioned about enemies, Thaddeus thought for a moment... how far away did they land... if it had been too close, then they should of already been assaulted by now, their armour violated with rounds of steel and plasma. But they were intact. Unless they were planning some kind of ambush, Thaddeus believed them to be in the clear... for now anyway.
Now, finally speaking up. "Keep moving" he said as he turned and continued towards the tree line. Regardless of what the wire did, alert the enemy, detonate and explosive, activate a turret... or nothing at all. Thaddeus was moving on without touching it. He was moving calmly, crouched slightly and running again. "Keep your eyes open for any more traps..." he meant the bad kind, like the wire they just encountered. "If you sight anything alert the group" he added as he got to the tree line without incident. Stealth was going to be a plus on this mission. He wanted to get, at least, into the base before its occupants knew they had even landed.
Holding only for a moment for the others to catch up, not that it was really called for, being on point had its advantages, when you stopped, so did the others. He continued into the tree line, careful to keep low and use the trees for cover. At the moment there were no obvious signs of anything living here, ever... had they been dropped at the right place? The thought only lingered for a moment, he was sure they had, maybe they were just a few miles out of the facilities range.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:15 pm
Ox Nodding to his partner Ox spared a glance at the other set of partners. They fit together like he and Allissi did. Still that didn't mean he could trust them. Hearing the voiced concerns about the lack of activity he looked around the area they were in. It the right spot, he could smell metal and fuel on the wind. Feeling his muscles tense he glanced around the area, it was too quiet. As he followed the others he couldn't shake the feeling that they were walking deeper and deeper into a trap. As they stopped he felt something shift, looking over at the others he crouched low to the ground and placed his ear against it. That was the good thing about not wearing armor, there was nothing to inhibit him from his search. Closing his eyes he took a deep breath, at first he didn't hear anything. Ox was sure the others were giving him strange looks but he didn't care. The person they had met before wasn't who he was out in the field. Here every little thing you did could get you killed. That was something he knew all too well. When he still didn't hear anything he stood back up and looked at his partner. Not safe here, no noise, something up. He said his concern for her worming it's way onto his face.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:16 pm
~~~Roan "Medic" Morsair~~~ Loadout
Weapons: Energy Rifle, M81 Nia Mauler (Dual Wield), Arma Blades
Equipment: Wrist Shield, Med Kit, Shocker (Defib gauntlet), Nitro Unit A soldier was trained to do one thing and one thing above all else, to follow the designated leader and follow orders. Of course given that he'd been enlisted for 18 years, 10 of which being in active service, he wasn't merely a mindless grunt who only did what he was told. However, at the present moment Thaddeus had clearly taken lead and had yet to give Roan reason to object.
Roan moved down a bit, shifting his position and ultimately appeared to be reclining on Yesenia's spines as he started calibrating the medi-injector installed in the opposing defib gauntlet. "Species...Aquos... lower blood pressure than humans..." He said calmly as he tapped a few small buttons and set up an injection ahead of time in the off chance it would be needed. "...there..." He slid his finger across and a small dart rose out from the mechanism which he took out and inspected. "Good." With a nod he inserted it back into the mechanism. "Med kits are such a bother...but I manage..." He chuckled softly as he kept his eyes alert behind them from his position. ~~~Yesenia Croszik~~~ Loadout
Weapons: Nuke, Arma Blades
Equipment: Wrist Shield, Med Kit, Dragon Skin, Strenthening Unit Stealth was not, by any sense of the word, her forte. However, she was trying, and given her reversing joints she was capable of shrinking down considerably. She clicked a few times as she looked around, slinking near the trees along with Thaddeus, yet she still towered over him no matter how hard she attempted to reduce her stature. To her each person in the team likely had a job or task which they were best specialized. Roan was a medical specialist, she was a heavy weapons and damage absorption. These others she was uncertain of, though the human who crouched low to the ground to listen caused her to tilt her head in curiosity.
"Taktec cli Rackniss..." She clicked at him in her native tongue, which was very doubtful he would understand. Luckily Roan was always paying attention whenever she spoke. "Broodmother giving someone praise? How rare." She clicked furiously in response to his name calling, her mandables opening up as she clicked out several obvious obscenities. "Ha...never gets old..." He replied with a chuckle as she settled down realizing it was a joke. "Tch...a**-ss..." ((OOC: Don't you worry, I understood. I based my earlier response entirely on body language and motions. He fingered his tools and glanced from her to the wire. Being in the medical practice, Roan's incredibly aware of body language, primarily due to the need to know if a soldier is hiding an injury or not. Has other more basic uses too lol. He's banned from poker night haha.))
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:32 pm
Allissi Krakatos Allissi glared ahead, wishing she could just talk to Ox without worrying about someone knowing what they were talking about. It didn't keep her eyes from keenly looking out for anything. She saw areas where they might occasionally put outposts cleverly hidden, but saw nothing within. When Roan began rattling off facts about her, fury exploded in her. She whirled, head fins flaring. "How could you possibly know anything about me?" She hissed, fighting the urge to touch Ox again. She might be the only one able to calm him, but he was her only comfort; her protection and her stabilizer, and she sought comfort in his voice when he spoke to her again, glancing over with a softer look and more relaxed fins. She shook her head turning back around before the medic could answer. "Ox doesn't think it's safe here. He says there's no noise anywhere. None of the hidden outposts have any hint of life, at least not that I could see, so I'm inclined to agree. Something's up," she said to Thaddeus, waiting to see what he would do with this new information. Ooc: sorry, I didn't see the movement stuff >.< oops sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:29 pm
Khenzo Britvaerio
Stalker
Scattergun, Energy Rifle, Energy Blade
Jump Pack, Nitro Unit, Muffler, Shoulder Mount Another outburst from Allissi? The squad was supposed to be quiet, didn't they know that? Roan was a chatterbox himself and egging Allissi on could only alienate her and Ox...The Aquos has a point, though. It was a tad quiet. Almost as if there was no animal life here at all...he wondered. Khenzo tapped the side of his helmet, opening up communications between him and Thaddeus. "Hey, Boss. Ox has a point about it being too quiet. I need to use my jump pack to get to the top of these trees. I'm going to check on something. I'll get back to you in a minute."Khenzo jumped into the air, his jump pack propelling him a few meters into the canopy. He jumped from tree to tree, scaling higher and higher until he was about one hundred feet up. I thought so... The Stalker was light on his feet, and jumping off of so many trees he was confident that he wouldn't knock many leaves off or reign down a lot of bark on his comrades below, but NO bark or leaves fell during his ascent. When he reached the top of the canopy he took out his Energy Blade and cut the top off the tree. His suspicions were confirmed. He opened the com channel to Thaddeus. "Thaddeus, the forest is artificial. I repeat, the forest is artificial. Union's nano tech can copy organic life and replicate it using non organic matter. It looks real enough but can't match the real thing upon close inspection. That's why there aren't any animals out here. No plant life for the small critters to eat and no fungus or moist rotting wood for insects. The only reason to have all this nano tech here is if the facility is nearby. My guess is that we're standing on it. They hid a tree in the forest, or in this case, under it."
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:13 am
Ox Feeling better now that everyone knew something was up, he hadn't like the way Roan had talked about his partner though. Sending the man an evil look Ox moved bumped his shoulder against hers. He knew she didn't want them to talk now that other people would be able to somewhat figure out what they were saying but he could still figure out how she felt.
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:36 am
Thaddeus Bile
Warrior
Scattergun - Blaster - Plasma Dagger
Med Kit - Strengthening Unit - Nitro Unit - Shoulder Mount
If Thaddeus had known that quiet, would cause so much trouble for his team he would of bled some music over their coms channel. He had noticed Ox, and that now, Allissi was angry at something the Medic had said. It reminded him of boot camp... god aweful days where he gave out beat downs like they were high fives. People were far to sensitive to... well... everything. As far as Thaddeus was concerned the silence was golden... because the moment it stopped, they were going to get an ear bashing, and much more, until they were back on the jet. Moving on to the surroundings, He found the idea of the Medic riding around on a living Tank hilarious. It was like something out of a anime. Yes, Thaddeus watches hent-ANNNNI-ME! -cough- moving on. They were all discussing what could of been wrong with the silence. Even Khenzo was getting effected by it. But he did call him boss soo... one point to Khenzo. "Sure thing" Thaddeus said to Khenzo through the private channel. Thaddeus was walking through the tree line calmly, it was a fairly slow pace, keeping his eyes open and alert to the area around him, listening out for the possibility of any sudden movements, to be fair, he couldn't hear much of anything, no birds... barely and breeze. This was like the perfect holiday, no noise! He could set up a hammock here and listen to whatever the hell he wanted without any noise complaints. It hadn't been long and Khenzo was getting back to him. So the forest was never alive to begin with... maybe the grass back there was false too. Well wasn't this an interesting turn of events. Time to start digging.
Thaddeus continued walking, never missing a beet, "Then were looking for a back door..." he replied. If the base was underground then props to the guy for working it out before the others. If not, then it may have been a good idea he just told Thaddeus. But that was just negative thinking. It fitted the bill.... Opening his channel to the group, "Were looking for a rabbit hole, one that leads all the way down to our stolen tech". Now Thaddeus didn't know for sure if it would be an obvious metal hatch, or some kind of camouflaged movable wall. But unless any of them knew what they were looking for, this bug hunt.. lizard hunt... litch... hunt, would only start with them being detected... in which case, Thaddeus had a cunning plan... one that made it look like he had planned this all out before hand... to an extent anyway. Setting the coms channel to Khenzo again, "Hey Khenzo.. you said you could detonate the tracker, and destroy the wire... right?".
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:36 pm
~~~Roan "Medic" Morsair~~~ Loadout
Weapons: Energy Rifle, M81 Nia Mauler (Dual Wield), Arma Blades
Equipment: Wrist Shield, Med Kit, Shocker (Defib gauntlet), Nitro Unit When Alissi exploded at Roan, he swiftly placed his hand on Nia's shoulder. She had become rigid and started emitting a low hiss, but his hand calmed her and she relaxed. He brought his hand back down to tinker with the defib gauntlet and spoke very calmly, keeping his voice down now that they've found the location of the tech.
Yet he was respectful enough to face her as he spoke, even if she had attempted to cut him off and ignore him. "I request all available knowledge on my squad mates before every deployment. Only the basics, such as race, serious health conditions and allergies." He moved his hand and placed it on Yesenia's shoulder as he fell silent to allow Thaddeus to speak without interruption afterwards he finished speaking. "I've been on the field for 10 years, I've lost too many allies due to lack of knowledge or information. So I use my medical license to have my requests authorized." He moved up and took position on Yesenia's shoulder, his gun mounted and ready. Going silent and with a gentle tap on Yesenia's cheek he signaled that he was ready. ~~~Yesenia Croszik~~~ Loadout
Weapons: Nuke, Arma Blades
Equipment: Wrist Shield, Med Kit, Dragon Skin, Strenthening Unit Yesenia's eyes followed the man up into the trees, while she was curious as to why she didn't dwell on it. The hissing being emitted behind her made her rapidly become agitated, but Roan's hand upon her shoulder assured her he took no offense. "Tch...idiot..." She growled lightly and sighed as he made his case, always compassionate about his work to him the deepest insult would be to lack information necessary to save a life. When in her case, between saving a life or taking one, she would always prefer the latter.
Yesenia remained quiet otherwise, always on alert, even her clicking vanished as she prowled closely behind Thaddeus. Yet she was well aware that Roan was much more agitated than he let on, very few respected a soldier after all. Many saw them as grunts or useless for anything but a meat shield. In her case, she quite obviously fit into that category, however very few people dared insult her in that regard. After all, the fear that she might lash out and eat them is quite the determining factor when handing out respect. Even so, she respected his poise as he remained calm while he acted as overwatch.
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:50 pm
Ox When Ox heard Roan speak he tensed. How much did this man know about them? Did he know about Ox's past? If he did then that made him even more of a threat. Gritting his teeth Ox sent a glare in the mans direction before walking over to one of the fake trees. He had to admit if he hadn't tasted the wind before he would have thought they were in a real forest. Dropping to his knees he started digging his hands into the dirt.
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