((Don't use the forum rank, it's wrong.))Obi wrote:these xenos have concentrated acid for blood. Water being the universal base, it'll negate a goodly portion of that danger. Exactly how much, I won't know without some lab tests, but I might be a little busy down there keeping myself and the rest of you swinging dicks alive."
Listening in on the comm chatter, Obi piped up.
"I hope you are right Sarge, those things spray quite a bit when they get hit. The dilution factor of the sea water might work in our favour?"
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"I only have two stripes, so Corporal is just fine. Thanks for the vote of confidence all the same. But essentially yes, it might. It's just a theory at the moment. Also people, don't use grenades while inside the facility. Otherwise, we'll all be crushed at that depth if we're lucky. Otherwise, we drown. And I don't want to be drowned, oorah?" Sixtus popped over the comnet.
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"Down by the river... where we took a little waaaalk..." he began singing as the sub lowered into the water. It was an old cadence from when the U.S. Army still existed.
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