CHAPTER 7 - Threats in the Dark
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:46 pm
June 7, 2189
Location: Outer Veil, Neroid Sector, Near Former Penal Labor Colony
Mission Time: 09:34:21
End-Of-Turn: June 29, 2019
The main group of Devil Dawgs ran forward into the darkness of the hallway. Their own shoulder lamps lit the steel walls of the corridor and up ahead they saw two bouncing white lights. No doubt these were the shoulder lamps of the retreating marines. The air smelled like mildew and their feet clanked loudly on the metal floor as they jogged forward.
A few yards before a small junction in the hallway, Sykes raised his arm and called out his order. “Halt! Set up a firebase here, front men kneel!” As the marines slowed to a stop, they saw the outlines of three humans sprinting toward them in the middle of the hallway. Those with infrared sensors saw the glowing forms of the three retreating marines. Around them, they saw fast-moving black shapes closing in. Two on the left, two on the right, and two running upside down on the ceiling, ready to pounce. Clearly the Devil Dawgs had only seconds to react.
(OOC: Sykes, Grisham, Honeysett, Paulson, and Pushkin will have a chance to react.)
Corporal Sixtus Quinn moved down the much smaller side-corridor. He was completely alone in the tight space. Suddenly he saw the movement of the flanking xenomorphs charging directly towards him. No doubt their intent to flank the Dawgs would be superseded by their desire to kill the single helpless prey if they saw him. He too had only seconds to react, There was a large crate directly on his right which he might hide behind. Ten meters forward and on his left was a small door, no doubt leading into the main tunnel with the other marines.
Morse and Sarafian joined up with Eagle and Pitt at the entrance. The APC could be seen approaching them. They could see nothing down the dark hallway except the light of the marines’ flashlights about 50 meters away. The cold weather gear lay in a heap with the SADAR and some other equipment abandoned by the others.
Location: Outer Veil, Neroid Sector, Near Former Penal Labor Colony
Mission Time: 09:34:21
End-Of-Turn: June 29, 2019
The main group of Devil Dawgs ran forward into the darkness of the hallway. Their own shoulder lamps lit the steel walls of the corridor and up ahead they saw two bouncing white lights. No doubt these were the shoulder lamps of the retreating marines. The air smelled like mildew and their feet clanked loudly on the metal floor as they jogged forward.
A few yards before a small junction in the hallway, Sykes raised his arm and called out his order. “Halt! Set up a firebase here, front men kneel!” As the marines slowed to a stop, they saw the outlines of three humans sprinting toward them in the middle of the hallway. Those with infrared sensors saw the glowing forms of the three retreating marines. Around them, they saw fast-moving black shapes closing in. Two on the left, two on the right, and two running upside down on the ceiling, ready to pounce. Clearly the Devil Dawgs had only seconds to react.
(OOC: Sykes, Grisham, Honeysett, Paulson, and Pushkin will have a chance to react.)
Corporal Sixtus Quinn moved down the much smaller side-corridor. He was completely alone in the tight space. Suddenly he saw the movement of the flanking xenomorphs charging directly towards him. No doubt their intent to flank the Dawgs would be superseded by their desire to kill the single helpless prey if they saw him. He too had only seconds to react, There was a large crate directly on his right which he might hide behind. Ten meters forward and on his left was a small door, no doubt leading into the main tunnel with the other marines.
Morse and Sarafian joined up with Eagle and Pitt at the entrance. The APC could be seen approaching them. They could see nothing down the dark hallway except the light of the marines’ flashlights about 50 meters away. The cold weather gear lay in a heap with the SADAR and some other equipment abandoned by the others.