ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Qwepir]

As Lorens approaches, the extent of his injuries becomes clearer - he's certainly looked better. Gus scans the rooftop one last time before heading back to the VTOL.

He pipes up over comms as he steps inside.

"Who's next?"

: Scorch, Gaffe, and Pansar all went down relatively near each other. And Scorch is closest, so... him, I guess?

Lorens hobbles to the transport as fast as his legs can take him.

The medics on board immediately begin attending to Lorens' wounds, urging him to remain still to make their job easier.

Markus sighs in frustration, and decides to start moving away from the carrier.

You make your way through the streets until you hear a motor vehicle approaching from the west.

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[Gojira]

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Markus moves to the nearest alleyway, and flattens himself against the wall as well as he can.

[CypherX]

"See if you can get AWACs to have them meet up. If we can get all three of them in one go we'll save a lot of time."

[Qwepir]

stuff!
Markus moves to the nearest alleyway, and flattens himself against the wall as well as he can.

You press yourself up against the wall and watch as a tracked personnel carrier trundles by your alleyway without stopping. Just as you think yourself in the clear, there is the sound of metal smacking against metal, and a voice shouting "Halt!". The personnel carrier hits the brakes, and you hear heavy, plodding footsteps approaching your position. Your mind comes to the late realization that perhaps you should have found an object to hide behind to break line of sight between you and the street before your train of thought is interrupted by the sound of gunfire several blocks away. The footsteps change direction, running back the way they came, and with another knock and a call of "[Move this damn thing!]" the carrier peels out, speeding down the street towards the sound of fighting.

"See if you can get AWACs to have them meet up. If we can get all three of them in one go we'll save a lot of time."

: Good idea, I'll pass it along.

[Gojira]

Markus breathes a sigh of relief and draws his service pistol, then peeks out of the alleyway to see if he's in the clear, and if he is he moves up to the next alleyway and into the closest building through any doors in the alleyway.
"I'd love to meet up and all that but currently there's fighting very close to my position. I'd be careful."

[Qwepir]

Markus breathes a sigh of relief and draws his service pistol, then peeks out of the alleyway to see if he's in the clear, and if he is he moves up to the next alleyway and into the closest building through any doors in the alleyway.
"I'd love to meet up and all that but currently there's fighting very close to my position. I'd be careful."

: Noted.
: Fighting who? Do we have any combat teams down there?
: Not that I know of.

Markus can hear the VTOL approaching now, which means it's a safe bet the Imperials can too.

[Gojira]

"I don't know, I can't tell from my position. I was almost captured by an Imperial combat unit, though."
Markus checks to see if the gunfire is getting closer or further from his position.

[Qwepir]

"I don't know, I can't tell from my position. I was almost captured by an Imperial combat unit, though."
Markus checks to see if the gunfire is getting closer or further from his position.

The gunfire is staying where it is.
Markus's Ballistics Skill 35
Roll: 22
However, you notice that it sounds like the only guns firing are Imperial- you don't hear any Aesthian return fire.

[Gojira]

"...there's no return fire. Whatever they're shooting at, it's either dead, dying, or hunkered down. Be extremely careful, they have an APC, and I didn't see what it was armed with."

[Qwepir]

"...there's no return fire. Whatever they're shooting at, it's either dead, dying, or hunkered down. Be extremely careful, they have an APC, and I didn't see what it was armed with."

: Well alright then, while they're busy shooting a corpse we'll just pick you up. You hear anything from Pansar and Gaffe yet? Are they with you?

The VTOL sets down at an intersection a short distance away.

[Gojira]

"No and no."
Markus peeks out, spots the VTOL, and limps as quickly as possible towards it.

[Qwepir]

"No and no."
Markus peeks out, spots the VTOL, and limps as quickly as possible towards it.

Corporal Rask and Privates Dahl and Stenberg disembark but stay near the VTOL with their guns drawn as Scorch comes aboard. Once he is safely inside, the troopers climb back in and the VTOL takes off.
: Nice, two for two! Now we just gotta go get our big lug. Looks like he's just a few blocks away, I'll just follow the... streets. Hrm.

Virvel takes the runabout between the buildings at dangerously low altitude on the way to the next downed pilot.

[CypherX]

"With Imperial armor in the area, is this the smartest plan?"

Gus grips a top bar with some trepidation.

[Qwepir]

"With Imperial armor in the area, is this the smartest plan?"

Gus grips a top bar with some trepidation.

: Get on the minigun.

[Gojira]

Markus sighs in relief before spotting Lorens. He waves nervously, a sheepish grin on his face.