A simple delivery. In a Unity facility. Armed grunts. Heavy weapons. Possibly back-up of hundreds.
The trouble is, you can't go many places without a weapon. Just in case.
What are the likely to think if we turn up packing? Raid for weapons or supplies, I'd guess. They wouldn't wait to ask the questions. The lead, or lasers, would be flying in our direction before we could express our peaceful intentions.
Well, the crew was ready. I sent Hari & Brax to approach through the shanty town (the delayed deployment).
Cromwell, Wolf, Bott and I approached through the crazy forest. Not that it gave us a lot cover.
I had given Bott the package and the boosted leg. Figured he could survive a couple of hits better than any of us.
The view coming from the crazy forest.
The view from the Unity facility.
Two grunts on the roof, two ground patrol.
Cromwell ran to a clump of bushes ( the only one on first move).
It brought a shot, which sounded like it was from a marksmanship rifle, from a grunts on the roof. Luckily it missed. Damn! This made it a more dangerous mission than even I expected.
Coming out of the forest the 3 of us dashed towards the cover of some containers.
No sign of Hari & Brax.
Wolf & Bott (1st activation) moved in close behind the containers.
The marksman and his buddy on the roof, both shot at Cromwell. Missed. The other sentries advanced towards our position.They were about the same distance from the drop point than Bott. I moved up & Cromwell took a shot at his tormentors. Looked like he missed.
Hari & Brax showed. My spirits were raised though they weren't in a position to affect anything yet.
The grunts kept firing at Cromwell who had hunkered down. They missed, but not by much.
Hari was still out of range so moved up, Brax also moved up (1st act) into a position where he could shoot at something. His target was a little obscured, but he hit. Whatever, the armour was enough to stop it. It gave them something to think about.
Wolf moved round the container, shot and missed. I did the same but didn't. One down. We were both exposed to return fire. Cromwell took a shot and missed
The grunts didn't bail as I had hoped they would.
Was te distraction of Har, Brax and losing one man enough of a distraction? It seemed not with grunt only yards from the drop point. Bott stayed in cover, waiting his chance.
Hari moved into range of the guys on the roof. Three shots, two hits. He went down. Great shooting!
I shot at the grunt. Missed. I could have, should have, ducked back. But I didn't want to leave Wolf exposed. He shot back and I was hit. My stim pack kicked in as I sank to the ground.
The grunt on the roof took a shot at Cromwell. Missed again! He shot back. Missed. At least keeping each other busy.
Wolf shot at the grunt. Hit. But this grunt seemed impervious to lead.
Bott made his move. Just a few yards more!
It was now the grunt on the roof decided to bail judging it too exposed, being out numbered and out gunned.
Bott moved up (1st act) delivered the package to the base of the column.
The lone grunt decided to withdraw. Thankfully.
Our mission accomplished, we scoured the field as quickly as we could.
