AWD #617: Inaccurate Intel
AWD #617: Inaccurate Intel
Summary: Airwing and Marine elements are fielded to Aerilon to assault a stronghold in the mountains and rescue any civilians being held.
Date: Tue 28/Feb/2017 (OOC Date)
Related Logs: None
Clara Kapali Mallas Oliver Randy Krypter-st 
Aerilon - Mountain stronghold
Mission brief: informants have given over intel that the APF have a stronghold in an Aerilon town that formerly had several SAMs on location. There's a rail head, warehouses, and a major river with mountains not far off. Rumor has it the APF have been gathering people and bringing them in by road, river and rail to a holding camp. Are these people being forced into joining the ranks of the APF? Is this a location where they are brainwashed? Reports are somewhat conflicing. Labour camp, Recruiting Camp, export station to send Aerilons to the Cylon off planet. Airwing has established that the APF are active here, bringing in supplies, and gathered in some numbers. There is a camp with razor wire and people seem to be held there. Command already sent in Airwing to take out the SAM sites and eliminate most of the Raiders in the area. Raptors will now take Marines in to liberate the camp and get people out. One group (off camera) is heading in to make a big distraction to draw off as many of the APF as possible while the marine group goes in to hit the camp.
Fri 15/Sep/2006 (IC Date)

The first thing Marine Group Beta does is wait. Airwing goes in first with a Predator run and starts bombing the west side of the city where the highway comes into town, hitting a gasoline refinery area. It is at the far end of the rail line on the opposite side of town. From the Marine's point of view waiting for the Raptors to take them in from the foothills, it's a fireworks show. Aerilon Resistance on the ground with some Colonial Marines (group Alpha) begin to open up as the local APF begin to respond. There is movement on the ground and on the streets which can be seen through binoculars or other distance viewers. People are running, cars and technicals are starting to head west to investigate. The camp itself is harder to see and is not well lit at night.

Then the order is given to load up. The Raptors lift and begin to take the Marines and support for group Beta in towards the east side rail line. In the darkness they come into the LZ right on the tracks to let off their loads. The camp lies on the south side of the tracks separated by a warehouse, then a 6 foot high link fence with razor wire on top.
Clara would be easy to overlook in the group of marines, were it not for the medical patch on her sleeve that identifies her as a corpsman. She shifts her medkit on her back and doublechecks the clip in her rifle one last time, before the klaxxon goes off and the raptor's hatch is lowered. Her boots are the second to last to hit the ground, and she's off at a jog to keep up with her unit.

Mallas is geared up in the usual field combat kit, with a squad automatic weapon rather than anything heavier and less versatile. He's happy to lounge and watch the show, taking the time to enjoy some ground time without anyone actively shooting at them. Then when the orders are given he clambers to his feet. "No rest for the righteous," he grumbles as he heads for his assigned bus. He rides in silence, fingering his bootlace necklace of Centurion fingertips like a rosary. Then the grunt piles out when the raptor touches down, making for the rally point.

Carrying the usual assortment of gear into the field, Kapali lands with her knees bent to help absorb the impact and hot-foots it away from the landing zone to ensure she isn't in the way of the next marine in line from doing the same thing. A single pat down of her gear is given once she's out of the way, ensuring that everything is precisely where it's supposed to be and angling the NVD so that it's lending it's tech-aid to her ability to see in the dark.

Randy has her usual kit. Even as the platoon officer, she still carries her EOD field kit with her, slung to her hip. She's got her Piraean rifle, sidearm, and two frag grenades attached to her chest rig. "Alright I want Kapali on point with Mallas. I'll be heading up the rear. The rest of you fall in line as we move south towards the warehouses. I brought bolt and wire cutters so we'll be trying to bypass the warehouse to see what's going on with the camp. If we're lucky most have gone to respond to the distraction and we can take out the minimal force before freeing captives. In and out. Fast and clean." She makes sure her NVD and headcam are rolling before jumping out of the of the Raptor.

Oliver Bell is along for the ride, his medical supplies packed into the canvas backpack he wears around his shoulders, and his rifle held in both hands. Bending his knees as he jumps from the Raptor, he quicksteps along in Kapali's wake, heading away from the landing zone. His eyes track toward Randy as she gives out orders and he offers her a nod, moving toward the middle of the group and falling into formation with the other Marines.

There's explosions and rolling light in the west, people shouting at various distances. One is fairly close. Street lamps here and there illuminate the streets. The warehouse is dark with everything shut and locked up. There are sounds of people on the other side of the warehouse as the Marines and Corpsman exit the Raptors. The craft at once take back off into the cover of darkeness. As Team Beta begins to come around the warehouse they can see the 6 foot tall wire link fence with razor wire topping it. There is a gate on the north side with two armed guards. Other people are starting to mill around the camp enclosure with rifles, presumably more guards. Someone is shouting, asking what is going on. About five people in view, in total so far. The camp itself is three long buildings that are likely group housing, enclosed by the fencing. It is well lit inside. A technical with a msg mounted on top was parked to the south but isn't there at the moment.

When they reach the fence, Randy pulls the cutters from her pack and gets to work, trying to stay out of the line of site. She motions to point out the guards to the others, holding up two fingers and then following up with five, but then gets back to work to make them a hole.

"Yeah, yeah …" Mallas grouses when he's ordered on point. Slinging the LMG on a shoulder strap he keeps it leveled from the hip, moving up on Kapali's right side. He's alert and moving cautiously as they hear the shouting beyond the warehouse. Once the guards are in sight he quickly takes a knee, glancing back to see who else has the bad guys spotted. And seeing Ensign Flynn headed for the fence, the Private keeps low and moves to a firing position, hopefully one with some decent cover where he can cover the two at the gate.

"Copy that," Kapali confirms in a low voice as she moves to the head of the line, shares a sidelong nod with Mallas (and his bootlace necklace of canner fingertips), another with Bell as he takes up his position in the line up, checks once more to confirm Flynn and Mercier's position before continuing forward in a quick pace that's aiming for stealth + speed. Angling a nod toward Flynn as she begins to work on the fence and door making, Kapali skims a long look around the perimeter, counting noses so to speak, and eyeing the darkness surrounding the camp.

Noting that there's another medic on the field today, Clara turns to him when she has a moment and briefly explains, "If someone goes down, whoever's close enough'll call it. If it's a T1, and one of us is able to help, we'll double team it. Okay?" She's not really waiting for him to agree, just making sure he's heard her. And then the Three is off again, helping to cover Randy from a few feet off Mallas's three o'clock, eyes on the enclosure where the two armed guards are pointed out.

<FS3> Krypter rolls 5: Failure.
<FS3> Krypter rolls 4: Good Success.

Randy gets to work with cutting the wire link, which to her relief is NOT electrified. If it was she might get a surprise, but likely she has rubber. She begins to cut away, the plink, plink of wire under tension suddenly heard through the fenceline. Two of the guards start looking around in their direction but the first one doesn't notice the Marines right off, the second one does, "We've got company!" A woman wearing a heavy armor vest slings her rifle around, "Looks like Marines!" The others start turning to try and pinpoint where.

"They spotted me," Randy relays to the team. "Can I get some cover fire please?" Randy asks as she continues to cut the wire, not stopping at all. Mad. She's mad. "Just a little longer, just a little longer," she whispers to herself, going as fast as she can. She sounds strangely calm, but then she is an EOD. It's not like she's disarming a bomb or anything right? Just…hoping to not get hit!

Oliver nods his head toward Clara, his eyes never once leaving his team. As far as he is concerned, they are his sheep and he their shepherd, forging out in the dangerous night to ensure that they all return safely to base rather than being eaten by the beasties in the dark. Oliver drops to a knee, his rifle held aloft and sighting in as one woman begins to yell and more come to join her. He holds his shot, not ready to give away their position until… there it is, the call for cover fire. Oli picks out a target of the running bunch and opens fire.

"On that," Kapali replies as she drops to one knee as well, reducing her profile for the incoming fire that's probably going to be incoming in rapid fire rounds. She takes a bead on the direction that the womans voice so helpfully pinpoints. Never shouting in the middle of a potential fire-fight situation? That has to be a step forgotten from someones APF brain washing session.

<COMBAT> Randy passes.
<COMBAT> Human Woman2 attacks Randy with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Woman3 with Rifle Ap+p and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man1 attacks Randy with Rifle - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Man1 with Rifle Ap+p - Serious wound to Head.
<COMBAT> Mallas fires fullauto!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man1 with Lmg Ap - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man1 with Lmg Ap - Critical wound to Head.
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man1 with Lmg Ap - Moderate wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man1 with Lmg Ap - Light wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man1 with Lmg Ap - Light wound to Right Hand.
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man4 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man4 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man4 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man4 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Kapali attacks Human Woman2 with Rifle AP+P - Serious wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Human Woman3 attacks Mallas with Rifle - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Human Man5 attacks Oliver with Rifle - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Human Man4 attacks Clara with Rifle and MISSES!

<COMBAT> Human Man1 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Human Woman2 has been KO'd!

Firing opens up! The guards have rifles and are shouting. The woman over by the buildings starts talking into a radio even as she lifts her weapon and starts moving. They are in the teens though the woman with the radio looks to be in her 20's. She is clearly giving the orders and maybe calling for backup. There is also signs of movement inside of the three compound buildings. Lights are going on and more shouting within.

Two of the APF go down with wounds, especially those that Mallas mows down with his lmg. Seeing the Platoon leader has been spotted and the jig is up already, Mallas goes prone and readies the SAW. In a few seconds he has the bipod planted and the sights on the two men guarding the gate. There's a roar of fire as he traverses across the guards, full auto. The first man is riddled with bullets, including the one from Oliver, and ragdolls to the ground. The second is hit as well, but still kicking. And then an incoming slug smacks into the Private's shoulder, only to be stopped by his vest. "I think they know we're here!" he helpfully yells toward Randy, in the midst of all the firing.

As Randy is about halfway through where she needs to get to to peel the fence back some rounds zip right bast her, but one hits her full on in the chest. She falls over, winded for a moment, before she pushes herself back up, grabs the cutters and works on the getting the last bit finished. "Fence opening ETA in 30 seconds."

Clara is intent upon making sure that the APF soldier further afield of the compound does not manage to call in support. She adjusts her sight at the last minute when she spots her, and aims between the eyes. But it's a hurried shot, and misses the mark by inches. She hisses to herself, strafes along the fence to line up another shot, and tries again. Crippling will work just fine, too.

"Shite. Really?!" Randy replies back to Mallas sarcastically. "Let 'em know /harder/!"

Shifting focus from one target to the next, Kapali sweeps the field of fire with a quick look, watching carefully for incoming enemy combatants. The exchange between Mallas and Flynn draws a reluctant smile to her face, her normally grim combat facade somewhat ruined by the reluctant smile. A glance is spared sidelong at the sound of incoming rounds hitting armor draws her attention and she shares a look with Bell, "Damage report?" she asks in a low voice before focusing forward again and drawing a line on the next enemy combatant who just happens to be next up on the list.

Oliver's shot is true, and he manages to hit the target he was aiming for but takes a hit in return. The shot strikes him in the chest and he staggers and falls to his butt, hand going to check his wounds. Pulling his fingers away bloody, he grumbles, but seems to be well enough to keep moving. He rolls, pressing himself up to his knees and peers across the way toward one of the other standing soldiers and snaps off a few quick shots. At the question from Kapali, he shakes his head and says, "Just a flesh wound. I am good to go."

<COMBAT> Randy passes.
<COMBAT> Clara fires a 3 round burst!
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Woman3 with Rifle Ap+p - Light wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Woman3 with Rifle Ap+p and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Woman3 with Rifle Ap+p - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Kapali attacks Human Man5 with Rifle AP+P and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man5 attacks Randy with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Oliver fires a 3 round burst!
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Woman3 with Rifle Ap+p - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Woman3 with Rifle Ap+p - Moderate wound to Left Arm.
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Woman3 with Rifle Ap+p - Light wound to Left Arm.
<COMBAT> Mallas fires fullauto!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man5 with Lmg Ap - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man5 with Lmg Ap - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man5 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man5 with Lmg Ap - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man5 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man5 with Lmg Ap - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor). > <COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man5 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man5 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man5 with Lmg Ap - Moderate wound to Right Leg.
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man5 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman3 attacks Oliver with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man4 attacks Clara with Rifle and MISSES!

<COMBAT> Human Woman3 has been KO'd!

Randy finally gets enough of the fence clipped to where she can put the bolt cutters back and then hustles to heave herself against the resistance provided by the wire guage, peeling her flap in the fence open. "Open! Point through first. Go!" She holds the fence open as she waits for the team advances through and alternates cover fire.

Mallas shifts his fire when he sees one of the riflemen taking aim at Ensign Flynn, who is still busy cutting the fence. And while he puts four or five ap rounds smack into the target, the guy is still standing. Lucky bastard has a good vest. All the noise is sure to attact every other armed goon in the county, so the Private lifts his eyes to scan for incoming after firing that burst.

Oliver watches through his sight as his target goes down, and then swivels, his eyes on searching left to right for another target. He jumps to his feet as Randy makes the call to move forward, and charges toward the hole being held open in the fence, aiming as he runs.

"Copy that," Kapali confirms with a nod to Bell and is on her feet again as soon as Flynn confirms that the door is open. She taps Bell on the shoulder before moving behind him, not crossing his line of fire, taps Mallas well to indicat that she's moving past, then leads the way through the new opening in the fence at a hustle. She's sweeping the terrain on the other side of the fence as soon as she's cleared the wire, then signals for the next in line, serving as the 'anchor' on the other side of the fence.

Several more people start pouring out of the compound buildings. They are armed and armored, and the last one to step out hefts up what looks like an RPG and takes aim on the Marine with the light machine gun.

With nobody in immediate need of assistance, besides Oliver and his flesh wound, the skinjob in their little contingent focuses on the guy with the grenade launcher targeting their CO. She'll bring up the rear if she can, shooting and then making a sprint for the hole in the fence.

<COMBAT> Oliver fires a 3 round burst!
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Man4 with Rifle Ap+p - Critical wound to Neck.
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Man4 with Rifle Ap+p and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Man4 with Rifle Ap+p and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas fires fullauto!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man7 with Lmg Ap - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man7 with Lmg Ap - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man7 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man7 with Lmg Ap - Light wound to Left Arm.
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man7 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man6 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man6 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man6 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man6 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman8 attacks Randy with Rifle - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Human Man7 uses a Grenadelaunch Frag!
<COMBAT> EXPLOSION! Right Next To Mallas - Moderate wound to Head (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Right Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Critical wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Left Foot.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Neck (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Left Arm.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Serious wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Head (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - ARMOR on Neck stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Critical wound to Left Foot.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Right Leg.
<COMBAT> Clara fires a 3 round burst!
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Man7 with Rifle Ap+p - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Man7 with Rifle Ap+p - Moderate wound to Head.
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Man7 with Rifle Ap+p and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Randy attacks Human Man6 with Rifle AP+p - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Kapali attacks Human Man5 with Rifle AP+P and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man6 attacks Clara with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman9 attacks Oliver with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man5 attacks Kapali with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man4 attacks Clara with Rifle and MISSES!

<COMBAT> Human Man4 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Human Man7 has been KO'd!

"Got it! Covering!" Mallas affirms to Kapali as she indicates they're headed for the hole in the fence. He's got the best weapon for covering fire, and he keeps it working. Tracers from the LMG zip down range, tracking the man with the RPG. And then *BANG* whoosh, the guy returns fire and the incoming rocket streaks over to explode right next to Mallas. *BOOM* The Private is rolled over by the blast and riddled with fragments just about everywhere. There is blood. A LOT of blood. But somehow, he's still alive, and struggling to get his weapon back into action. How his limbs are even still working, only the Gods know. But the weapon still is.

Clara doesn't so much as break her stride as she swings through the gap in the fence. Her boots hit dirt on the other side and she's simultaneously slinging her rifle across her shoulder and hauling on her medkit to bring it into an accessible position. "Got him!" she hollers across to Oliver, knees to the ground in a slight skid as she tries to provide cover for Mallas while clamping down on his bleeding. "Stay the frak down," she hisses at him, "before that hole in your chest becomes a river."

Randy takes a moment to lay a shot into one of the guys with a rifle, but gets slugged again in the process, right in the chest and close to where her first hit was. It's the same armor plate, which makes her brace herself against the fence more. She grunts as she feels the blood starting to bubble up from her body, the pain largely masked by a surge of adrenaline shooting out into her veins as she pushes through the fence last. When she sees Mallas get tagged by the grenade launcher blast, she strafes to lay to a position to lay down some covering fire for the medics.

Clara adds over her shoulder to her fellow medic, "Gonna need some help here!"

Oliver is quick to follow the rest, opening fire on the run and somehow managing to connect again and not get himself shot to death. His boots collide with the earth in a frantic pace, and as his team takes the first heavy wounds, his eyes begin to search the field for who is most injured. It is easy enough to narrow that down, and Oliver is already running as he darts toward Clara to help.

All hell is breaking loose at the compound! Marines are firing, APF teenagers look like maniacs as they keep firing. The kid with the RPG goes down, blood splattering the cinder blocks of the building as his body is ripped apart, but not before he launched his shot. Problem is more armed people keep pouring out, not prisoners.

<COMBAT> Oliver treats Mallas:
< Head (Moderate): successful
< Right_Hand (Moderate): successful
< Chest (Critical): unsuccessful
< Left_Foot (Moderate): unsuccessful >
< Neck (Moderate): successful
< Left_Arm (Moderate): unsuccessful
< Left_Hand (Moderate): successful
< Right_Arm (Serious): successful
< Head (Moderate): successful
< Left_Hand (Moderate): successful
< Left_Foot (Critical): successful
< Right_Leg (Moderate): successful
<COMBAT> Randy attacks Human Man6 with Rifle AP+p - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Human Woman12 attacks Oliver with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man6 attacks Randy with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas fires fullauto!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman9 with Lmg Ap - Serious wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman9 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman9 with Lmg Ap - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman9 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman9 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman12 with Lmg Ap - Critical wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman12 with Lmg Ap - Moderate wound to Abdomen.
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman12 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman12 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman9 attacks Oliver with Rifle - Light wound to Right Leg.
<COMBAT> Human Man5 attacks Clara with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Kapali attacks Human Man5 with Rifle AP+P - Serious wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Human Woman8 passes.
<COMBAT> Human Man11 attacks Kapali with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man10 attacks Kapali with Rifle but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Clara attempts to treat Mallas but Mallas has no treatable wounds.

<COMBAT> Human Man5 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Human Woman12 has been KO'd!

As the first one through the fence (tip of the spear!) Kapali exchanges fire with one of the enemy soldiers, both his shots and hers going wide. She ducks her head down for a moment, making herself as small as possible while the bullets are zipping around like evil insects slicing through the air. The concussive BANG and BOOM that is the music to which Mallas lives is life just makes everything so much better, better for the colonial marines, that is. She rises from the slight crouch she'd taken, casting a sidelong look at Mallas as both medics converge on Mallas while she shifts her focus forward to keep plunking away at the same target, letting out an exhale of sound once she sees the man finally down and out.

<FS3> Oliver rolls Alertness: Success.
<FS3> Randy rolls Alertness: Success.
<FS3> Kapali rolls Alertness: Good Success.
<FS3> Clara rolls Alertness: Good Success.

Randy lines up her shot on her target again, even as he's racing to do the same to her. Long story short. She hits him in the chest tit for tat for earlier, causing him to miss his shot. It pays to be quick. She quickly slings her rifle back and grabs one of the frag grenades from her chest rig. Pulling the pin, she launches the grenade at the people pouring out of the building. "Fire in the hole!"

Mallas has enough left in his to send out another burst, dropping one of a pair of bad guys that come rushing into the fight. Then he sinks back down with gurgling groan. The blood may not be a river, but there is no shortage of small leaks that are starting to pool on the dry grass. Managing to focus on the faces of the two medics leaning over him, the grunt starts trying to shove them away. "Leave me … be …" Then he flops down on his back, breathing raggedly. "Catch … my … breath…"

Kapali's eyes widen, not subtly, as she sees the lights going on in all three buildings. "Flynn, Kapali," she speaks in a low - urgent - voice into the tac channel. "Lights on, armed combatants spilling out, all armed and hostile. No eyes on prisoners of any kind. Say again, no eyes on prisoners at this time."

Oliver is there with Mallas and Clara, trying in vain to help the wounded soldier. He does what he can, but it is not enough and isn't able to make a huge amount of difference in anything. So invested is he in his attempt to heal the soldier, that he has no shot of dodging the shot that zips in and dives into his right leg. He lets out a growl of pain as he falls to the left on the ground, his hands lowering to grasp at his wound.

As Kapali takes the words out of her mouth, Mercier focuses on helping get Mallas patched up, with a frown as she notes more lights flickering on and hostiles converging on them. Her hands are slick with blood by the time she's done, and she dries them off on the thighs of her pants before shoving back to her feet and taking an opportunistic shot on a nearby combatant.

<COMBAT> Oliver treats Oliver:
< Chest (Light): successful
< Right_Leg (Light): successful
<COMBAT> Kapali fires a 3 round burst!
<COMBAT> Kapali attacks Human Man11 with Rifle AP+P - Moderate wound to Right Hand.
<COMBAT> Kapali attacks Human Man11 with Rifle AP+P - Moderate wound to Left Arm.
<COMBAT> Kapali attacks Human Man11 with Rifle AP+P - Moderate wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> Human Man15 passes.
<COMBAT> Randy uses a Handgrenade Frag!
<COMBAT> EXPLOSION! Right Next To Human Woman8 - Moderate wound to Head.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Woman8 - Serious wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Woman8 - Critical wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Woman8 - Critical wound to Left Arm.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Woman8 - Moderate wound to Right Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Woman8 - NEAR MISS!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Woman8 - Critical wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Woman8 - Moderate wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> Human Woman9 attacks Mallas with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man6 attacks Randy with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman8 uses a Handgrenade Frag!
<COMBAT> EXPLOSION! Pretty Close To Mallas - Light wound to Head (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Light wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - ARMOR on Head stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Human Man14 passes.
<COMBAT> Human Man11 attacks Oliver with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Clara fires a 3 round burst!
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Man10 with Rifle Ap+p - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Man10 with Rifle Ap+p - Moderate wound to Neck.
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Man10 with Rifle Ap+p - Light wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> Mallas passes.
<COMBAT> Human Woman13 passes.
<COMBAT> Human Man10 attacks Mallas with Rifle - ARMOR on Neck stops the attack!

As more and more people are coming out of the compound buildings, some of them look pretty young like typical APF recruits, but /some/ of them are much older than the typical APF brainwashed kids. Several of them are clearly in their middle age and even one crusty guy steps out who's grey haired and grim faced with =another= RPG! What the heck is going on here!? Is this some kind of recruitment and training camp instead of POW's?

Meanwhile the explosions to the far west have stopped. There's the sound of a truck coming or some kind of diesel engine. Things are really heating up and it's starting to look a bit nasty with grenades going off on both sides. /Chunks/ of concrete rain down that were thrown up, even as Flynn's grenade sends at least one body flying through the air.

As bullets fly past, Randy gets her grenade lobbed with just enough arc to center the blast on the woman grenadier's body just as she's letting go of her grenade. Randy swings around her rifle again as she relays over comms. "Kapali, Flynn. Copy that, calling in the Raptors for support." Randy changes the channel on her comms to reach out to the air support that dropped them there to begin with. "Flight crew, this is Flynn. Heavily armed tangos are closing in our position. Surprise is blown. We need support stat. Be advised, RPGs in play. No eyes on civs yet. Hear some technicals coming. We're positioned just inside the fence south of the warehouse. Should be pretty obvious. Over!" She squares up for another shot as she keeps moving, trying to not be such an easy target.

Clara looks troubled as Randy calls in air support, her gaze cutting toward the buildings that were supposed to house prisoners. Prisoners they were tasked with freeing. "Are they gonna blow the compound?" she asks their CO, boots kicking up gravel as she backsteps, hoists her rifle, fires on another target of opportunity.

As soon as Clara asks her question over the comms, Randy flips her channel back to the Raptors without answering and transmits, "Target the technicals and heavy hitters first. Try to avoid massive building damage. We believe civs might be inside."

Safetying the rifle that she's carrying and letting it slide down to her side, Kapali relies upon the combat sling keeping it in position worn at a diagonal across her chest as she unhooks one of the frag-grenades that she's carrying. She ducks her head down, just for a moment, feeling some of the chunks and somewhat smaller chunks of concrete ping off of her helmet and armor, the dust kicked up and drifting everywhere. She checks her aim, measures the distance between her location and where the expanding crowd of mismatched age group APF combatants are and calls, "Frag out," as a warning before she primes then lobs the grenade into the incoming crowd.

<COMBAT> Mallas passes.
<COMBAT> Kapali uses a Handgrenade Frag!
<COMBAT> EXPLOSION! Right Next To Human Man15 - Critical wound to Head.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Critical wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Critical wound to Left Arm.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Critical wound to Right Leg.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Serious wound to Right Leg.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Moderate wound to Right Leg.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Serious wound to Left Leg.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Serious wound to Right Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Serious wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Serious wound to Left Leg.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Moderate wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man15 - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Human Man15 attacks Clara with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man11 attacks Randy with Rifle - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Oliver fires a 3 round burst!
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Man6 with Rifle Ap+p - Moderate wound to Head.
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Man6 with Rifle Ap+p - Light wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Man6 with Rifle Ap+p - Serious wound to Head.
<COMBAT> Human Woman9 attacks Clara with Rifle but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman8 uses a Handgrenade Frag!
<COMBAT> EXPLOSION! Right Next To Randy - Serious wound to Head (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - Critical wound to Left Arm.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - ARMOR on Abdomen stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - Critical wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - Moderate wound to Right Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - Moderate wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - Critical wound to Left Leg.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - ARMOR on Abdomen stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - Moderate wound to Right Leg.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - ARMOR on Head stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - Critical wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Randy - Critical wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> Clara fires a 3 round burst!
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Man10 with Rifle Ap+p - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Man10 with Rifle Ap+p - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Clara attacks Human Man10 with Rifle Ap+p and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man6 attacks Mallas with Rifle - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Human Man10 attacks Clara with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Randy attacks Human Man11 with Rifle Ap+p and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman13 attacks Kapali with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man14 passes.

<COMBAT> Human Man10 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Human Man6 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Mallas has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Randy has been KO'd!

As Randy tries to shoot, one rifleman hits her again in the chest, lightly, but on top of old wounds nearby, it's enough to distract her from the, "Oh-INCOMING!" She has enough time to yell that, but the grenade is so well timed that it explodes even as she's trying to jump away. She doesn't have time to angle her head way enough and she lands like a rock…if that rock were now leaking blood everywhere like Mallas. "KAAP!" she calls out. "COMMAND!" She starts to choke. Her head is to the side. She landed face down.

If anyone happens to glance back the way they'd come, there's a woman carrying a toddler as she tries to run along the tracks between warehouses. Then she's gone again, trying to escape the area. There is so much noise, gun fire, grenades, that if the child were crying or screaming the Marines and Corpsmen can't even hear it.

At about the same time the Raptors arrive to give air support, firing down among the buildings. Someone drops ordnance and maybe hits that incoming technical for something in the street just out of sight suddenly explodes with the erruption of fuel, lighting up the night sky and rocking the surrounding buildings with a thunderclap!

No sooner than Randy yells out to hand over mission command to Kapali than one of the Raptors flies over and then is gone again to come around for another pass. Even more people are coming out of the compound now, a seemingly endless wave of APF or their supporters.

<FS3> Clara rolls Alertness: Good Success.

As more and more shots come toward him and his allies, Oliver growls and shakes his head, allowing his rifle to hang from his shoulder as he runs back toward Mallas. Dodging enemy fire, he dives into a slide across the terrain, sliding in toward Mallas and attempting to do what he can for the man.

"Get her up and back through the fence line," Kapali shouts to the team at large, "fall back to the ex-fil point," are the very next words out of her mouth as she takes a knee - briefly - beside Flynn to snag one of the spare frags that she carried in her kit, saving her own spare frag for when it will likely be needed next. She moves out of the way so that Mercier has room to work on Flynn and joins Bell as he heads for Mallas. "Up and back," she says as she hooks one hand under one of Mallas's arms and starts to help haul him up and back. "Frag out," she warns the team again and primes it before tossing it at the incoming crowd. Into the tac channel she's calling to the Raptors, "Extraction required, two wounded, command down," then giving her best ETA to the ex-fil location while setting to drag Mallas as needed.

Clara sees Randy go down, and she kicks off to a dead run, medkit thumping at her hip as she goes. She's at the officer's side lickety split, and she's arranged her pack so that she knows where everything is without even needing to look. A chest seal is pulled out, and a handful of dressings. Morpha prepackaged in a syrette, the protective cap ripped off with her teeth before she plunges it in one-handed. "Keep talking," she mumbles at her patient, trying not to focus on her face for too long while she works.

Mallas hasn't been doing much but lying there. And bleeding. Lots of bleeding. There are people around him, and explosions, shouts, and gunfire, but they're all a world away as far as his consciousness is concerned. And then *whack* another round slaps into his body armor, and the pain snaps the Private's senses back into his own flesh. He rolls over, fumbles for his weapon, and drags it around in front of him. Thick fingers slowly work the action and charge the SAW. And then he points it downrange and squeezes the trigger. If he hears the orders his given, there's no sign. Just more firing from the MG.

<COMBAT> Randy passes.
<COMBAT> Mallas fires fullauto!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man14 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man14 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man14 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man14 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man14 with Lmg Ap - Moderate wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman13 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman13 with Lmg Ap - Light wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman13 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Woman13 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman9 attacks Kapali with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman13 attacks Kapali with Rifle but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man15 attacks Oliver with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man11 attacks Kapali with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Oliver treats Mallas:
< Head (Light): unsuccessful < Chest (Light): successful
< Chest (Light): successful < Chest (Moderate): successful
<COMBAT> Human Man14 uses a Grenadelaunch Frag!
<COMBAT> EXPLOSION! Right Next To Mallas - Critical wound to Head (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Left Leg.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Moderate wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - NEAR MISS!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Light wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Serious wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - NEAR MISS!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Serious wound to Left Foot.
<COMBAT> Clara treats Randy:
< Chest (Light): successful
< Head (Serious): successful
< Left_Arm (Critical): successful
< Abdomen (Critical): successful
< Right_Hand (Moderate): successful
< Left_Hand (Moderate): successful
< Left_Leg (Critical): successful
< Right_Leg (Moderate): successful
< Chest (Critical): successful
< Right_Arm (Critical): successful
<COMBAT> Kapali uses a Handgrenade Frag!
<COMBAT> EXPLOSION! Right Next To Human Man14 - Critical wound to Head.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man14 - Moderate wound to Right Leg.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man14 - Critical wound to Right Foot.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man14 - Serious wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man14 - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man14 - Moderate wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man14 - Critical wound to Right Leg.
<COMBAT> Human Woman8 passes.

<COMBAT> Human Man14 has been KO'd!

The Marines have walked in and stirred up one hell of an ant mound! Intel /must/ have been wrong. Maybe they were -intentionally- fed bad intel, but whatever is the case, more and more armed people keep coming out of the compound, out of both ends of the buildings with no shortage of weapons. There's shouting, orders being issued, and the Marines look about to be over run if they don't pick up and bug the hell out as fast as possible.

A Raptor flies over and strafes the compound with the door gun, mowing down several of the enemy. Kapali's radio crackles to inform her the Raptors are coming around to the LZ to load up but it's hot. They are taking fire. Hustle it double time.

Meanwhile another explosion goes off close to the group clustered around Mallas as they move to drag him out. Chunks of debris fly and rain back down. The noise is deafening, leaving ears ringing and Marines unable to hear each other!

"MARINES, WE ARE LEAVING," Kapali shouts this, just in case there was any confusion as to the next phase of this particular dance. With Mallas able to move under his own power, Mercier tending to/protecting Flynn, Bell tending to Mallas as well, everyone has their own combat buddy for the application of first aid. She hits full reverse and walks backward to the fence line, peeling the wire open again enough to allow people to pass through without snagging themselves on the loose ends and waves everyone through, holding the rear guard until everyone IS through and only then will she evac as well. The last grenade she has in her kit is primed and tossed at the oncoming mob once everyone is through the wire.

Having done what he can for Mallas, Oliver backs away as the man is dragged away. He turns his head down and away as chunks of debris fly and rain down on him, trying to protect himself before raising his rifle and shooting at whichever enemy he can get a bead on.

Massive internal bleeding. This is what it looks like. Believe it or not, it could be worse. Randy could be Mallas, but it's hard to see a difference where the Medics are concerned. Randy tries to swallow blood. Once flipped over, she starts talking. "Chest…tight," she gets out as Clara does her best to treat the worst of the wounds. She fights to keep her eyes open, to keep from passing out from shock, bloodloss, everything. "What? What?!" she shouts, her ears still ringing from the blast, probably damaged by the blood that's started to come down. It's an easy thing to miss given blood is everywhere on everyone right now.

Clara does what she can with her field kit, but there is so much blood and so many broken things. Her hands, slick with the stuff, lose purchase on the bottle of iodine she tries to shove into her pack, and it takes a second try to get it in. Then she makes the decision to bodily haul the marine out of here, once the call comes over the radio that their raptor is incoming. "I've got you," she mouths, not bothering to try to be heard over the noise and mayhem. One arm slides under Randy's shoulders, the other under her knees, and the Three pushes back to her feet without even an ounce of difficulty. She's far stronger than she looks. Her feet carry her back to the fenceline, first at a brisk walk and then a run. Someone's shooting at them, but she doesn't have the hands free to shoot back; all she can do is hope her armour can absorb the impact if she's hit.

He's mostly blood, shredded fatigues, and shredded flesh. Even Mallas' vest is mostly shattered plates now. He probably never could have gotten up on his own, but the dragging and Oliver's quick work seem to have made the difference. "Just … about … done …" he mutters to the Corpsman. Only the medic and the Gods know how much morpha is in his veins at this point. Backing up is more of a stumble, with one foot in tatters, but the Marine struggles on. A few agonized steps, then he pauses to fire behind them, in the general direction of the camp.

Additional air support is coming in. Not just the Raptors landing along the rail way tracks to pick up Marine team Beta but also the other Raptors and Predators that were bombing further to the west. Any of them that can still hear anything besides the ringing between their ears can almost feel the air vribrating with the incoming craft.

While Clara is situating herself to get Randy up onto her shoulders, Randy is trying and succeeding at pulling her pistol. When she's first hoisted, she whimpers unwittingly, but still aims her gun and waits blearily for her shot, aiming and firing

<COMBAT> Clara passes.
<COMBAT> Randy attacks Human Woman8 with Pistol Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman8 uses a Handgrenade Frag!
<COMBAT> EXPLOSION! Pretty Close To Mallas - ARMOR on Head stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Light wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Serious wound to Right Foot.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - ARMOR on Neck stops the attack!
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Mallas - Light wound to Right Hand.
<COMBAT> Human Man16 attacks Oliver with Rifle - Serious wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Oliver fires a 3 round burst!
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Man15 with Rifle Ap+p - Moderate wound to Left Arm.
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Man15 with Rifle Ap+p and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Oliver attacks Human Man15 with Rifle Ap+p and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas fires fullauto!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man16 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man16 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man16 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man16 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man16 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man17 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man17 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man17 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Mallas attacks Human Man17 with Lmg Ap and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Kapali uses a Handgrenade Frag!
<COMBAT> EXPLOSION! Right Next To Human Man16 - Serious wound to Head.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man16 - Critical wound to Left Arm.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man16 - Critical wound to Left Foot.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man16 - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man16 - Critical wound to Abdomen.
<COMBAT> SHRAPNEL! Human Man16 - Serious wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> Human Woman9 attacks Clara with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Woman13 attacks Mallas with Rifle - Moderate wound to Head (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Human Man11 attacks Mallas with Rifle - Light wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> Human Man17 attacks Oliver with Rifle and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Human Man15 attacks Oliver with Rifle and MISSES!

<COMBAT> Human Man16 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Mallas has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Oliver has been KO'd!

The Marines hump it out from the fence under all kinds of terrible fire from the compound. Explosions continue, gunfire everywhere. And as soon as the Marines are out and heading for the Warhouse and it's dubious shelter, the Preds come in and start dropping bombs. Great shockwaves of ordnance begin to POUND the APF, makging the very ground beneath the Marine's and Corpsmen's feet shake and buck so that footing becomes more difficult, even on the run!

The thunder of dust and onslaught rolls forward out behind them even as Team Beta comes around the Warhouse and sees the Raptors down and open, waiting to load. Door gunners are firing away up and down the rail line at more APF from other parts of the town. Shots ping off of the Raptors and a woman steps out with an RPG. Before she can launch it at the birds, one of the door gunners rip her apart.

Guarding the rear of the line as the Raptor lands long enough for the marines to climb on board (climb, fall, shove, be tossed in, all of the above are options), Kapali anchors the team one last time while waiting for everyone to get into the Raptor. She's returning fire every inch of the way until everyone is in the bird and it's ready to lift off. "Going to start packing rocks and a sling shot, just in case," she mutters only when she makes it in, landing on the floor with a thump before helping secure Bell and anyone else who needs an extra hand that isn't bleeding or shattered.

Clara feels, more than sees, her attacker's rounds walking the dirt to her right, the burst fanning them out in a fine spray that never quite finds its mark. She lurches left, hugging the side of the warhouse until she can make a break for open terrain. Randy is deposited first, and then she'll go back to help haul the other medic aboard. Only once the devil dogs are all accounted for, does she fold herself inside and let herself sink to the floor of the raptor. Her helmet's tugged off, sending her short hair every which way; attempting to tame it just slathers her in more blood that isn't hers.

Mallas' fire is all kinds of wild, but it may at least slow down the pursuit. More grenade fragments pepper him. A couple more bullets hit the grunt, but something keeps him going. A hundred straggling meters further on, and the SAW just falls out of his hands. It's an impossibly long way back to the raptor, though he nearly makes it. Twenty meters shy of the hatch, Mallas drops to his knees, and then falls onto his face. And that's the end of the line for that Marine.

Randy squeezes off a single round over Clara's shoulder and then her gun hand drops down, dangling. "MalMal," Randy's mouth runs, slurring it all together with some misplaced, "Las"es. She groans, her body twitching slightly as she coughs again to clear some blood. When she's deposited in the Raptor she tries to rolled onto her side towards the hatch for some reason but it's kind of a lost cause.

Before Kapali actually sets boots or anything else on the Raptor, she makes sure to haul Mallas up with her for those last few feet. Swearing, creatively, at him every inch of the way. That's right, little pep talks from Kapali as she hauls him to the edge of the Raptor then both shoves AND tosses him inside before following him in. With Bell already in the Raptor it was just a matter of getting Malls on board the party bus and getting everyone secured enough to not be flopping around before lift off.

The moment they are aboard the Raptors are lifting off. The Marines can hear the shots pinging off of the craft armor plating and a round comes through the windshield, taking out the airseal integrity. But that doesn't hit the pilot and they keep going. Up and twisting hard to the side in a fast slip and away even as more bombing commences below. Up and into the darkness of the night. There are no stars as their transport roars to take them all back further to the north to a friendly base where they can get medical, and then transfer back to the Orion.

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