Kai
Retired Staff
After the rest period, Squad XIII found themselves back to full strength, despite having lost another soldier- instead of to the claws of the enemy, however, Simo Anzu had been lost to the ravages of Bureaucracy. either way, they once again had their own medic, and, as they bounced around in the back of Benjo Box for the third time, Chatterbox and Lou having an animated conversation in the cockpit, Kai sat at the head of the vehicle's troop bay, and readied to give the briefing.
"Today we're dropping in on one of the ruined sectors of the city" the Juni began, face unreadable behind his painted helmet. "This sector was marked as secure, and normally we would just be bypassing it, however, a squad assigned to patrol it has gone missing. IFF signals cut out one by one, and we haven't heard from them since. Our primary concern is finding the squad and relaying their location to HQ, or sending them back if they've somehow had a mass equipment failure." The M6-2A daisy scanned the others in the back of the Yusou, before continuing. "It's expected that there are hostiles lurking in the area, but we don't know their strength. We're hoping, however, that it was just an equipment failure, or perhaps a residual comm-blackout zone and the squad is safe. Regardless, I want you all to remain vigilant. Active sensors on everyone, heads on a swivel, weapons at the ready, got that? If anyone's down there, they'll know we're here, too, so I want to find them before they can hurt us."
Chatterbox's voice then interrupted from the cockpit "uhh, you guys better get ready, we got incoming!" with that, the Benjo Box suddenly began evasive maneuvers, streaking around in an attempt to avoid whatever it was that was threatening the craft. Every so often a distant boom would cause the craft to swerve harder than usual, and the drivetrain could be heard winding up and down, whining in protest as Lou did his best to keep the threats from getting them.
"Screw this!" the Nepleslian suddenly yelled "It's too hot up here- we got stuff coming from the frontlines, plus stuff from the sector below, You guys are gonna have to jump; I can't stick around!" Without warning the rear hatch of the Yusou opened up, wind coming in and buffeting the squad.
"You heard him. We're dropping now!" Kai ordered the squad over the comms. "Out out out! Get to the ground as fast as you can and find cover!" Without waiting, the Yamataian bypassed his squad and jumped out of the Benjo box, disappearing into the air- He was followed swiftly by April and by then everyone else would realize it was time to go. As they all exited the Benjo box, they noticed it get rocked by another hit, this one bypassing its shields and poking a few holes in the thankfully vacated troop compartment, causing the Yusou to list and billow smoke. It turned around, kicking in the boosters and getting the heck out of dodge as quickly as it could.
The armors' HUD's filled with information very swiftly. The Benjo Box had dropped them from roughly 200 feet of elevation. They were among several buildings of varying sizes, from above their own elevation by several hundred more feet, or down below them at only a few storeys tall. the layout was in a standard grid pattern, but everything was in some state of destruction or another. They seemed to be heading for a small square, the meeting of two major streets, which was filled with rubble. One of the corner buildings was only three storeys tall, and had a flat, open roof, which was conducive for landing, but would leave them just as exposed as the street. thankfully, however, nothing was firing upon them as of yet.
Obviously, the Juni was the first to touch down, near the low building, He found himself next to what was left of a city bus, not much more than a charred hulk, but, it obscured him from view. April touched down on the rooftop, quickly finding her way to the stairway entrance and kicking down the door so she could hide within it. "Clear!" she called, checking in, as well.
"Today we're dropping in on one of the ruined sectors of the city" the Juni began, face unreadable behind his painted helmet. "This sector was marked as secure, and normally we would just be bypassing it, however, a squad assigned to patrol it has gone missing. IFF signals cut out one by one, and we haven't heard from them since. Our primary concern is finding the squad and relaying their location to HQ, or sending them back if they've somehow had a mass equipment failure." The M6-2A daisy scanned the others in the back of the Yusou, before continuing. "It's expected that there are hostiles lurking in the area, but we don't know their strength. We're hoping, however, that it was just an equipment failure, or perhaps a residual comm-blackout zone and the squad is safe. Regardless, I want you all to remain vigilant. Active sensors on everyone, heads on a swivel, weapons at the ready, got that? If anyone's down there, they'll know we're here, too, so I want to find them before they can hurt us."
Chatterbox's voice then interrupted from the cockpit "uhh, you guys better get ready, we got incoming!" with that, the Benjo Box suddenly began evasive maneuvers, streaking around in an attempt to avoid whatever it was that was threatening the craft. Every so often a distant boom would cause the craft to swerve harder than usual, and the drivetrain could be heard winding up and down, whining in protest as Lou did his best to keep the threats from getting them.
"Screw this!" the Nepleslian suddenly yelled "It's too hot up here- we got stuff coming from the frontlines, plus stuff from the sector below, You guys are gonna have to jump; I can't stick around!" Without warning the rear hatch of the Yusou opened up, wind coming in and buffeting the squad.
"You heard him. We're dropping now!" Kai ordered the squad over the comms. "Out out out! Get to the ground as fast as you can and find cover!" Without waiting, the Yamataian bypassed his squad and jumped out of the Benjo box, disappearing into the air- He was followed swiftly by April and by then everyone else would realize it was time to go. As they all exited the Benjo box, they noticed it get rocked by another hit, this one bypassing its shields and poking a few holes in the thankfully vacated troop compartment, causing the Yusou to list and billow smoke. It turned around, kicking in the boosters and getting the heck out of dodge as quickly as it could.
The armors' HUD's filled with information very swiftly. The Benjo Box had dropped them from roughly 200 feet of elevation. They were among several buildings of varying sizes, from above their own elevation by several hundred more feet, or down below them at only a few storeys tall. the layout was in a standard grid pattern, but everything was in some state of destruction or another. They seemed to be heading for a small square, the meeting of two major streets, which was filled with rubble. One of the corner buildings was only three storeys tall, and had a flat, open roof, which was conducive for landing, but would leave them just as exposed as the street. thankfully, however, nothing was firing upon them as of yet.
Obviously, the Juni was the first to touch down, near the low building, He found himself next to what was left of a city bus, not much more than a charred hulk, but, it obscured him from view. April touched down on the rooftop, quickly finding her way to the stairway entrance and kicking down the door so she could hide within it. "Clear!" she called, checking in, as well.