Tippy continues to walk towards the objectives as well
:"I don't remember anything in the briefing saying we're suppose to destroy it. They probably want something out of it, otherwise we would just be looking for Gus and blow these things up from the air."
One of the privates butts into the conversation, backed up by his squad leader.
: I'd like to think our lives are more important than securing some salvage if said salvage starts trying to kill us.
: Private Gundarsson's right. We try to take it home undamaged if we can, but if it turns out to be a threat then we're going to shoot it until it isn't.
"Did anyone bring some sort of camera? Photos would be valuable to intel if we can't bring anything else back."
: Sarge's got one.
Up ahead, you spot your target sitting in a restaurant parking lot. If you were to draw a straight line between you and it, there would be 20 meters of parking lot (sparse heavy cover in the form of parked cars), then a 20 meter wide road (no cover at all), 24 meters of decorative greenery (light cover in the form of trees and four tiles of heavy cover in the form of a billboard base), and then another 16 meters of parking lot.
Lorens slaves the IRST to the Hyperion and points his heatseekers to the bandit in preparation.
The Hyperion is now in missile range, maintaining its altitude and rapid pace and continuing to make no effort to engage you. 5 turns to Phobos's location.
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