Multiple conversations were all being kept in check via the latest in Nepleslian cybertechnology.
Praise be to whoever had the genius to design this stuff. was the brief thought Nyton allowed himself while multitasking.
"Thanks for the update, Hinoto-san. Your support has been exceptional in this mission." Nyton said while facing Nimura with his helmet and replying to her silent gesture with a simple thumbs up. Meanwhile Tom's message arrived to which Nyton replied via text message.
Acknowledged and approved. Keep up the good work and hurry on back to Hoshi.
With that though he had to then send a quick order to Sumaru which was also carried out via text.
Hasegawa-Juni, you're in the Assault Team now but we still have the Aether Canceller to deal with. Be conservative with your energy reserves. We have a long fight ahead of us yet.
With those messages done Nyton did a quick check of his team's ammo and status to get situated with the next step. The next floor down was the HSCS floor that fed up to the medical level while below that was indeed the armory that Hinoto warned about. It was a narrow hallway too, perfect for maintaining a tight net of fire which would impede any advance. He then wondered about the power systems currently available on the fourth floor and their capabilities. It was then that other suggestions began to roll in regarding the next move.
"Claymere-Taii, You've probably thought of this already but would it be possible to just cave the armory in on them rather than directly engaging an entrapped enemy?" Yoroko suggested through the team chat.
"Whoa. That'd involve far more firepower than we have on hand," Mara replied to Yoroko as she moved aside to let Ichigo leave with Nimura's older suit. "Not to mention the danger of having some of the ammo inside cooking off. We might end up leveling a good part of the base, us along with it."
Nimura had turned her helmeted head to look at Yoroko silently at her suggestion, her free hand clenching into a fist.
Nyton shook his head calmly. "We don't have the time or means to cave in a section two hundred meters below us. We can't avoid them or go around them so we must go through them. I have another idea we might be able to accomplish. Takuma, go over the computer listings and find us a generator that is compatible with a Mindy of Sumaru's make. He'll need the energy reserves for this trip."
Setting up a map of the sub-level below them Nyton marked out the elevator shaft leading to the sixth floor's entrance and speculated on possible fields of fire from the armory. "Hasegawa and Takuma will hang back here on the fourth level while the rest of us enter here. We'll take cover, expecting the enemy to already have the area marked and ranged. We will draw the full attention and fire from the enemy. Mizuno and Nimura are the only ones with functional drones now so try to use those to get us a live feed image to further refine the enemy's position and coordinates. Hinoto, double check my math on this and feed all data necessary to compensate for any effect made by the Aether Dampening Field along with distance required. After we make any final observations and at my signal Hasegawa will make a teleportation jump into the armory to assault them from within. No need to hesitate here, the enemy will likely be nekomachina so fire at will. Just try not to blow yourself up should something cook off. If it does, you should have enough power to make an emergency jump out of there. Return to this floor and recharge your Armor. You may be depleted after pushing the system for two jumps right after the other. While you attack the enemy from within them we will also open fire and advance from our position. We just need to be ready to run for cover if the explosive option occurs. To try and prevent that from our end everyone load your LASR with regular ball ammunition magazines. No explosive or armor piercing rounds for this push. Also expect it to be booby trapped so enter the sixth floor cautiously. They've certainly had enough time to do so if they're already this dug in." he said while changing out from his nearly depleted armor piercing round magazine to a ball ammunition type.
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The critical casualties made little to no sign or effort to shift as they were being picked up by Rin and Tom. The one that Wazu had assisted though was unconcious but had gripped her fingers around his shirt tightly. If she was going to be moved it would likely involve carrying both her and Wazu out together in this form.
The crowd of lesser casualties had finally arrived at the
Hoshi's medical center and begun to get some real work done. Not the simple field first aid but actual healing and restoration of the injured nekos bodies. The hemosynth tanks were still being reserved for the critical casualties stil enroute. Sora guided everyone as quickly as she could even while working on a patient herself. "You the blonde-!" "Azumi!" replied the blonde neko. "-put more pressure on that cut!" finished Sora, barely registering her name. "You two with the black hair, get the units of hemosynth blood from the storage locker!" she pointed at two neko who had just laid down their injured comrades on some beds. "The blue haired one, administer muscle relaxant to that one! You, brown haired one, get me a couple of bandages, and everyone say your names out loud once.
Hoshi generate holographic projections to guide everyone around the lab and highlight everyone's names above their heads!" Sora said in quick order. At the commands the conscripted nurses said their names which were then registered by
Hoshi's MEGAMI. With the data now on file everyone's names then popped up a few inches above their heads in bold white characters. The blonde was Azumi, the two black haired nekos were Kasumi and Ryoko, the blue hair was Ayumu, and the brown haired neko was Chidori. Sora gave a quick sigh of relief at not having to shout 'hey yous' anymore.
