Asteroid Blues

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After a few days rest to give my team a chance to collect themselves, I ordered two more Beta troopers for deployment, rebuilt our ranks out of the men and women garrisoned on the in the Armory and explored deeper into the facility – afraid of what I might find

It was only a few short minutes later that we began to hear hisses, and the sound of lithe bodies moving about. It was the enemy we all feared – Shasvasti. The look on my Gangbuster’s face was a great visual for what everyone was thinking. I immediately ordered my Lynx to cloak and standby.

The enemy got the jump on us, before we knew it something cloaked in shadow was headed towards us. Very quickly it opened fire on our Gamma-class. Two micro rockets found their mark and lit his armor on fire. Before we could get an extinguisher all his electronics and sensors were fried. When he tried to sneak away our Lynx decloaked and fired a bolt of plasma his way. The enemy Caliban was hit and melted. The Alien known as “She-Skin” approached the center comms room with a retinue Jayth at her side. They knocked down the door and assumed defensive position.

We started a coordinated attack pattern. Both gangbusters, along with their madtraps, moved into positions to anticipate a retaliation. A Varangian drops smoke to cover the door and the Beta doctor opened it. Our Epsilon rounded a corner and fire off some shots through smoke at one of the jayth in the door. Striking him three times, but unfortunately whatever the Jayth looted from the comms room saved his life as the shots bounced off his armor. In a last ditch effort to try and control the room the beta doctor and a Varangian both entered the room – the beta spitfire, the beta doctor, and both Varangians all shot in unison at She-Skin. Who dodged all their fire.

She-Skin dodges several madtraps and some gunfire – the jayth do something similar. A remote wielding an HMG runs around and targets one of the gangbusters, reducing him to ribbons. She-Skin tried getting out of harm’s way but was critically struck by the Beta’s uncalibrated spitfire, and hit by a chain rifle blast by a Varangian. At this moment the Beta Doctor took point and blasted one of the Jayth to pieces. The remaining Gangbuster peeked into the comms room and exchanged fire with the remaining Jayth, striking him in the head. Our troops then bunkered into the room anticipating one last attack before we could call in reinforcements.

The remaining Shasvastii approached, two shadowy figures entered the room, everyone was hesitant about how to react. They were merely a distraction though as a nox rounded the corner and lit our Varangian Guard up with an SMG, shredding through her flesh and killing her. One of the figure revealed themselves to be a mentor and shotgun blasted the Gangbuster and catching the Beta doctor in the blast. The gangbuster fell unconscious while the Beta’s armor plates too the brunt of it and he was left uninjured. He returned fire, catching the mentor, the nox and another unknown being in the blast. They failed to react in time and all three fell unconscious. Knowing the Shasvastii revert to some sort of embryo form, we made sure they were truly dead and wouldn’t pose any sort of threat anymore.

I will continue to venture into the facility – I’m worried about what else we will find deeper into the Asteroid. It’s certain that the rock we are staying on is in grave danger.

Mike, The Scrivener
O-12 High Commissioner
Special Novvy Bankok