Corsica Planet City - The Woods... Overlook
Riplinn had made sure he had locked in his seven point harness, when they trip had begun knowing full well the experience they were about to have with Goon's driving. As they made their way he spoke to the group in the passenger area "Goon is very good at many things, a more talented assistant one could not have, nor could they ask for, but her driving... well lets just say I am never late for any meetings..." he braced himself fully as they hit the woods and soon the vehicle was rumbling through the forest going through bushes and under massive arching roots. Goon drove as if their very survival rested on them making it to their destination in a timely manner. though this manner of driving did have a rather robust effect on all those in the vehicle, more so on those that did not properly strap in.
Hearing the tell tale bang of someone not properly strapped in after Akino made her comment Riplinn looked back at the group "You may want to strap in properly by the way.. Goons driving does not get any more gentle then this..." he then looked to Goon "Not that there is anything wrong with that Goon, your driving always adds a bit of excitement in a boring trip" he said with a smile as Goon Took one hand off the wheel to give him a thumbs up.
During that motion they burst through some rather thick bushes and right in their high speed path was a thick root, seeing such caused Riplinn to reactively brace for impact. Goon on the other hand, rather then hitting the brakes hit the gas and returned both hands to the wheel as she kicked the vehicle into a hard left turn to get around the root, taking a hard right soon after to continue the turn as the vehicle skidded on the loamy ground of the forest drifting around the large root and between a few more that they couldn't have seen previously, only missing them by millimeters all the while Goon's face was that same passive look on it.
The horrifying ascent up the steep hill was the next little adventure, one would think the vehicle would slow down to do... but instead it started to gain speed as Goon floored it and the Vehicle raced up the hill at a speed that many would think was take off speed if they were in a vehicle meant for atmospheric flight, pulling a lever an extra two set of tires would deploy to give the vehicle more traction and power out put to get it up the hill at an ever faster clip. if not for the stealth capabilities the racket they would have made would give them away, but the fact they had sound dampeners and other such measures meant the vehicle was as undetectable as a ghost unless one really wanted to find the thing.
Reaching the top of the hill the Road Behemoth erupted out of the foliage flying through the air briefly before landing with a heavy but silent Thudding as Goon parked the Vehicle and increased the size of the cloaking field so they could get out and view the enemy encampment and plan their approach. she then scooted out and opened the door for Riplinn so he could join the others that had already exited.
Riplinn looked at the group as they made their plans and then to Bridie as she asked him about deliveries "they ship things in on forest roads, but the chances of us sneaking in that way are low, especially with you all not being of our race, and the stealth capabilities of the Behemoth will likely only be good at a distance, get to close and it will give itself away sadly, but it will still be hard to target properly even if it is spotted thanks to some of the things Goon has done to the thing,." he patted the side of the Limo APC hybrid with a smirk.
"If you need any supplies we have the hive on board... we can make anything you may need, Goon interconnected a few of these lovely makers that can produce quite the number of things and rapidly.. the energy usage might give us away if we didn't have the damper up, though it can only run for a limited time before it's overwhelmed.. so we can't make to much without giving out position and presence away" he mentioned as Goon moved to the back of the Behemoth and opened the trunk to show a set of ten Honey comb makers slaved to each other to a console and she gave a thumbs up, leaving them powered down for the time being but ready to make anything they may need.
Riplinn continued "Regardless Goon and I Will support you in the attack, Goon has made the Behemoth well armored, so we could drive it across that open land with you all floating in as well, try to overwhelm them with multiple targets... maybe draw some heavier fire to the Behemoth?" he offered as he looked off the overlook at the base and then seeming to realize Goon would be driving down that steep incline to get there, and just the tiniest bit of regret of his words seemed to sparkle in his eye as he glanced at the hill, then to Goon who noticed him looking at her and waved to him, Riplinn would then smile back and wave before he looked back at the future path they would be driving down.
Meanwhile The projection Aten made shows the ground level of the base, outpost, it not only had the Anti-air emplacements, but from their over look they could make out several anti-air vehicles, all told they had at least ten anti-air solutions, four single purpose installations, and eight mobile vehicles, the inside of the compound was also larger then expected and Riplinn walked over to look over the projection and he grimaced "Seems our information is out of date on this place... last we seen it was only an outpost... this place looks more like a base now" he looked to the group "hope your up for a tough fight...good news is there shouldn't be to much of them maybe fifty?"
As Riplinn looked over the Holoprojection the GPR return would come back to Ancilla and the base had a massive underground complex built under it, rooms designed to hold many people and material, a quick calculation could estimate at max of perhaps two hundred if they packed people into the rooms that seemed to be Barracks. but by the scans the underground facility was still relatively rudimentary, nothing overly sophisticated but it was supported by the deep roots making it naturally hard to collapse without removing the root systems they seemed to build the place to take advantage of.
the scan would also show that they had means to get vehicles into the cover of the underground section, as well as garages set up with a few light armored vehicles inside, but as for being able to pick up individuals Riplinn had been correct, the natives of the planet didn't show up as different to vegetation, however not much vegetation moves in what is clearly patrols, though it meant only mobile members of the enemies where able to be picked up if through this manner.
The GPR also picked up what could possibly be landmines in the open ground, though it was hard to be certain as they had an irregular spacing but not a natural one, but also registered as Vegetation, they could easily have just been roots of lesser trees in the area that were cut down to make the open ground.
