If it wasn't for the bracing that had been done to the Rifle, Robert would've been knocked on his arse - however, since it was bolted to the car, the entire car shook, and he only felt the power in the grip, but even then it rattled his insides. The bar it was mounted to bent slightly with each shot.
However, whatever was on the receiving end came off considerably worse. The Gauss rifles usually came with a warning not to fire at 'Un-Armoured Personnel', and the reason why became immediately obvious as the tentacled Nekovalkyrja was reduced to a red stain.
As for the Ripper, the shields were only able to cushion some of the depleted uranium slug's impact, making a considerable hit, piercing through its left arm and staying there. Then came Vincent's onslaught, hot on the heels of Robert's, tearing off one of its legs and then the chest - killing the brain slave inside and sending it toppling down with a crash.
The other two Rippers in the area saw the shuttles, one took a shot at John's Jilanth with a forearm Aether Beam, hitting the shields of the shuttle. This was compounded by a broadside of missiles...
"Ack, I didn't count on that," John mumbled as he watched Enzo stall, but it was a good attention getter, and his Mining Laser had managed to carve a line through the Square up towards the Clearway, unwittingly hitting the the Ripper occupied there, and giving it a good run for its money, and reducing the Nekovalkyrja standing next to it to slag.
John swerved the shuttle sideways, then circled the area, trying to avoid the missiles. He'd forgotten about storing countermeasures, since the Shuttle wasn't equipped to deal with these sorts of things.
"Shit, shit, shit..." He cursed as he kept his STL speeds inside Drift's dome construction, "Uriel! Look for something, anything to get these things off of our arse!"
The refugee who was just south of the bus stop, inside a building leaned out and attempted to shoot a missile tailing John's shuttle out, and one fell to the ground with a burst. There were still a few more missiles, though.
A flurry of lead started heading the crew's way from whoever was left standing, and it'd take some fancy moves with the Truck to make sure it didn't get hit too hard, especially by the beam from the lone Ripper at the Clearway, and some quick legs to ensure that cover was taken.
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Luca, however, had a different problem. Everyone was focusing on the Square, but he noticed that the Nook had more enemies in it than the square, and they were headed in his direction, having seen him. Luca fired his shotgun into a non-mutated Jet Bull, and did it again as he clambered into the building and noted another heading towards him.
Then there was the Nekovalkyrja and Ripper who were sitting pretty, "I'll handle him," The Nekovalkyrja said as she charged towards Luca with an assault rifle. Luca barely had a moment to jump out of the way and return fire, but not before noticing that the Ripper was barrelling towards him to watch and provide extra pressure.
As Luca was steadying his shotgun to fire again, the Nekovalkyrja was within melee attack distance, and a flash of diamondised blade revealed her intentions. She attempted to stab Luca, who parried it with his Shotgun, but had it knocked out of his hands from the force of the blow.
She then followed it up with another slice, cutting laterally across the chestplate of the WIND armour. Then again with a flourish as he was reeling back from the previous hits. She was roaring with delight with every blow.
His chestplate had taken some nasty shots, but was otherwise holding up. Luca, however, felt the force behind each attack.
"Lady," He asked with a disgusted look, "Are you gettin' off to this?"
She replied by attempting to shank him in the kidneys with a grin, but the captain sidestepped, grabbed her by the arm, kneed her in the gut and headbutted her. Every attack hurt her, but it hurt him just as bad, even with the armour overlaid. A struggle ensued to maintain possession of the knife and turn it towards the captain.
That's when the Ripper pointed his forearm cannon, and the menacing blade at Luca, and the sounds of a charging beam could be heard. The Nekovalkyrja loosened its grip in confidence that the Ripper would finish the job.
This might've been bad - but this gave him an idea.
"You'll love this, then," He retorted as he swung her in front of the Ripper's charging beam, making some distance to kick her firmly in the chest and released his grip. He then ducked and rolled under the incoming attack.
She stumbled backwards and into the blade, firmly impaled as the beam finished her off. The heat of the beam could be felt as it hurtled through the building, nearly missing one of the GP-ORV vehicles, and very nearly missing the Captain.
He was on his feet in front of the Ripper, and all that he had to deal with now was a very, very angry Brain Slave.
"Oh, crap," He mumbled.
Getting a shot at the Ripper Luca was dealing with was going to be difficult, since there was a risk of hitting the Captain.
However, whatever was on the receiving end came off considerably worse. The Gauss rifles usually came with a warning not to fire at 'Un-Armoured Personnel', and the reason why became immediately obvious as the tentacled Nekovalkyrja was reduced to a red stain.
As for the Ripper, the shields were only able to cushion some of the depleted uranium slug's impact, making a considerable hit, piercing through its left arm and staying there. Then came Vincent's onslaught, hot on the heels of Robert's, tearing off one of its legs and then the chest - killing the brain slave inside and sending it toppling down with a crash.
The other two Rippers in the area saw the shuttles, one took a shot at John's Jilanth with a forearm Aether Beam, hitting the shields of the shuttle. This was compounded by a broadside of missiles...
"Ack, I didn't count on that," John mumbled as he watched Enzo stall, but it was a good attention getter, and his Mining Laser had managed to carve a line through the Square up towards the Clearway, unwittingly hitting the the Ripper occupied there, and giving it a good run for its money, and reducing the Nekovalkyrja standing next to it to slag.
John swerved the shuttle sideways, then circled the area, trying to avoid the missiles. He'd forgotten about storing countermeasures, since the Shuttle wasn't equipped to deal with these sorts of things.
"Shit, shit, shit..." He cursed as he kept his STL speeds inside Drift's dome construction, "Uriel! Look for something, anything to get these things off of our arse!"
The refugee who was just south of the bus stop, inside a building leaned out and attempted to shoot a missile tailing John's shuttle out, and one fell to the ground with a burst. There were still a few more missiles, though.
A flurry of lead started heading the crew's way from whoever was left standing, and it'd take some fancy moves with the Truck to make sure it didn't get hit too hard, especially by the beam from the lone Ripper at the Clearway, and some quick legs to ensure that cover was taken.
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Luca, however, had a different problem. Everyone was focusing on the Square, but he noticed that the Nook had more enemies in it than the square, and they were headed in his direction, having seen him. Luca fired his shotgun into a non-mutated Jet Bull, and did it again as he clambered into the building and noted another heading towards him.
Then there was the Nekovalkyrja and Ripper who were sitting pretty, "I'll handle him," The Nekovalkyrja said as she charged towards Luca with an assault rifle. Luca barely had a moment to jump out of the way and return fire, but not before noticing that the Ripper was barrelling towards him to watch and provide extra pressure.
As Luca was steadying his shotgun to fire again, the Nekovalkyrja was within melee attack distance, and a flash of diamondised blade revealed her intentions. She attempted to stab Luca, who parried it with his Shotgun, but had it knocked out of his hands from the force of the blow.
She then followed it up with another slice, cutting laterally across the chestplate of the WIND armour. Then again with a flourish as he was reeling back from the previous hits. She was roaring with delight with every blow.
His chestplate had taken some nasty shots, but was otherwise holding up. Luca, however, felt the force behind each attack.
"Lady," He asked with a disgusted look, "Are you gettin' off to this?"
She replied by attempting to shank him in the kidneys with a grin, but the captain sidestepped, grabbed her by the arm, kneed her in the gut and headbutted her. Every attack hurt her, but it hurt him just as bad, even with the armour overlaid. A struggle ensued to maintain possession of the knife and turn it towards the captain.
That's when the Ripper pointed his forearm cannon, and the menacing blade at Luca, and the sounds of a charging beam could be heard. The Nekovalkyrja loosened its grip in confidence that the Ripper would finish the job.
This might've been bad - but this gave him an idea.
"You'll love this, then," He retorted as he swung her in front of the Ripper's charging beam, making some distance to kick her firmly in the chest and released his grip. He then ducked and rolled under the incoming attack.
She stumbled backwards and into the blade, firmly impaled as the beam finished her off. The heat of the beam could be felt as it hurtled through the building, nearly missing one of the GP-ORV vehicles, and very nearly missing the Captain.
He was on his feet in front of the Ripper, and all that he had to deal with now was a very, very angry Brain Slave.
"Oh, crap," He mumbled.
Getting a shot at the Ripper Luca was dealing with was going to be difficult, since there was a risk of hitting the Captain.
