Asteroid Blues

Wang Fang would make the JSA Pay for the death of her brother, and today was just that day.
With Chinese new year celebrations coming up soon, she wanted to be able to bring great news home to her family about how she avenged her brother. The Uprising was still a sore subject at home, and she had to bring honor to her family.

Tai Sheng formally lead the fireteam, but was going to see how Wang Fang and Zhang Shi would handle leading the team through the streets. She had Wang Fang move the team first, and Zhang Shi next. They Maneuvered around the store and got the team into position. Zhang Shi was bringing the pain today, namely with his HMG. He had written the names of friends that had died in the uprising on the 8x60mm HMG caseless ammo while he was loading his magazines. Huan Tu was going to reach out from the grave and strike down the JSA tonght. Wenlei Tu, Li Mei, Li Quang, Zhang Jing, and many more would pierce the soul symbolically and be the teeth of the dragon, ripping open the traitors of the Empire.

Zhang saw the first unprotected, and probably drunk Domaro. He was in his armor, arms down, leaning against a wall talking to someone. His back was to the door of this Dojo. Tai Sheng told him to hold while she grabbed medical supplies from a console at the side of the room. These would come in useful back at the pit. Injuries were common at the pit, work was hard, and everyone was very exposed to debris.

Zhang peeked around the corner, and let the spirits of his and his team members friends fly. A huge burst ripped through the air and straight into the Domaru. All shots hit, and the Domaru was down. The dragon spoke in Zhangs heart, and he was empowered knowing that the emperor was working through him and he would be victorious this day. As the Domaru dropped, the other Domaru team member stared, stunned as his friend fell where he once stood. a huge burst ripped into her abdomen. Four massive bullets ripped through her armor, three of which hit vital organs and the world went black.

Kempaitai Takaneda heard the gunfire and readied her marksman rifle. She activated her multispectral visor in the event someone wanted to play tricks on her with camo. But today, the dragon was not playing with deceipt, or camo. Today the dragon was in full glory. Just as Kempaitai Takaneda walked through an allie way, she felt extreme pain rip through her body. She looked accross the street at a Zhuyong and knew immediately what had happened. The glowing green eyes and faint smoke from the muzzle of the HMG were all she had to see before dropping to her knees. This would be the last time her eyes were open.

Zhang jumped across the alley to a wall and peeked around. Domaro was there armed with a boarding shotgun. He had just turned a corner to investigate the sound of his comrades getting destroyed. He was aware of the direction, but thought it was on one side of the building when he saw the flash coming from an alleyway and immediately felt the pain. Five massive bullets ripped through his armor like it was tatami mat. The last thing he heard was his armor suit warning him: “Critical Failure, vitals dropping, seek medical treatment immediately.”

Kempaitai Tadashi ducked down and fumbled with his radio. He was going to radio in the Zhuyong to Oyama and tell him exactly what he saw but was unfortuately caught off guard by 3 double action sniper rounds, making a heavy impact with his body. He laid down on his side and dropped the radio, staring at the top of the building where his enemy fired from. Silence.

The Japanese radioed in to team members to figure out what happened. Oyama was leading this group tonight, and was having a casual patrol around the streets near Harry’s Bar. He immediately realized his team was caught off guard, and only 5 of his team members were reporting in, and he knew he had lost half of his team. This was bad, and from the sound of it, his team was wholly unprepared to fight the Invincibles tonight.

Oyama immediately told Domaru Fuyami to get sight on the enemy and take them out. Fuyami hit the corner and raised her Spitfire and took 4 shots at the Zhuyong. None of them hit their target. She was shaken and immediately fent a round hit her. Luckily it was a glancing blow. She then fired again and still couldn’t make her mark. Another round hit her, this time in the leg. She took a wound and kneeled to stabilize herself. She steadied her Spitfire and took another 4 shots this time, hitting the Zhuyong twice. The Zhuyong’s armor deflected the bullets and he ducked back into the Alley way. She kept the corner covered to protect Oyama.

Keisotsu Haruko heard all the gunfire and went around the corner of the building, surprised to find a Zhuyong staring at him. He leveled his Combi rifle and let off a burst. The Zhuyong turned his HMG and fired once. The immense pain in his chest after 8mm of steel and copper burst through his chest, caused him to hit the ground immediately.

Zhang took control of the team and was in a state of fury and was empowered. He leaned around the corner and knew exactly where the Domaru was with the spitfire before. He wasted no time letting off a huge burst, and all rounds hit their mark. The Domaru stammered and fell forward in a pool of blood and hydraulic fluid.

Wang commended Zhang on his skill with the huge HMG, and told him to take a breather. Keeping an HMG under control with such skill, even with a suit of power armor took a lot of effort. Wang darted back through the building, team in tow and went through the Dojo again. She wanted to get another angle on a final Domaru she had seen a glimpse of before. She got sight of him peeking the corner near another Fallen Domaro checking his vitals, and told Zhang to unleash the dragon. Zhang leaned around the corner and made 4 shots connect with the Domaro. He fell next to his comrade, smarks flying from his power armor. Domaro armor was effective against light arms, but its light weight design to help close combat, was no match for an HMG.

Tai Sheng took control of the group and ran them accross the street, stopping to get her bearings and allow her to undermine the enemy to report back intelligence of the Bar’s location and surroundings. She then saw the wounded trooper on the ground from earlier, and ran to him to recover his cube in extremis. His cube could yield valuable medical supply intel.
The Japanese, so wounded decided to flee and get reinforcements. Tai Sheng didn’t want to wait around, and fent her teams got the kind of payback they were looking for.

The news of this firefight would embolden the emperor’s troops everywhere!