Mass Effect RP: The Aegis Protection Firm - Full

[Chicago Ted]

Brooks:

Brooks simply stared at Wires, dumbfounded. He watched as the Salarian called out to his mech and dissolved into baby talking it.

"Ahem, sorry about that. Where do you want them Brooks?"

"Uh," Brooks said, before shaking his head slightly and trying to regain his train of though. "Yeah... If the mech, dog, thing, can protect the weapons I guess it's alright. Don't they have tasers or something? If they get up or something, just have it attack."

Brooks turned back and got the prisoners up to march them into the bay of the Gauntlet. Once they were sitting down again, and left under the guard of Wires and Erebus, Brooks stepped back and walked over to John.

"He's got an unhealthy obsession with that thing."

 

[Chicago Ted]

Rook:

Rook down and watched as Lux and the other Krogan started to lead the rest of Aegis towards the makeshift barricade of crates. Each was approaching with either weapons drawn, or readied Biotics.

This is it.

As Rook readied himself, he could see Sal flicker into view nearby in the corner of his eye. She was slowly drawing something from her side, and concentrating only on what was happening below. Rook couldn't tell what she was holding, but he had a good idea as to what it was. Then, suddenly, she slung her arm forward, as she threw the flash bang grenade down below onto the guards. Rook turned his face and closed his eyes, but dropped from the shelf back onto the catwalk. He heard the first blast of a flash bang go off, followed by two more. He opened his own eyes slightly, as he grabbed the railing, and quickly covered the short distance to the ladder nearby. He heard one final explosion beneath him, and could hear someone yelling beneath. Not hesitating, Rook grabbed the sides of the ladder, and slid down to the ground below. He turned to see Lux being the first one running through a hole in the wall, and raising his gun on a nearby guard.

"On the ground!" he yelled as he charged towards one of the guards, bowling him over onto his back. Lux was quick to stamp down on him, and kick his gun away, before training his Shredder onto one of the other guards nearby. "Now!"

Rook could see the other guard raising his weapon. He was fumbling, and trying to pinpoint the voice he could barely hear above his ringing ears. Rook knew Lux wouldn't hesitate to fire before the guard could finally target him, so he acted quickly. He readied a singularity, and threw it above the guard's head, trapping him. He could see the guard pulled up, as he started to helplessly orbit the singularity, blind, deaf, and now completely disoriented. Lux afforded him a glance as he looked over to see who had created the singularity. Lux hadn't expected Rook to appear in the middle of the fray, but wouldn't waste time worrying about it. He simply turned to train his gaze down on the rest of the guards nearby, and readying himself to react if they tried anything else.

 

[lemiel14n3]

Paladin split off from the group and headed for a large crate on the edge of the warehouse, one he had seen a smuggler hiding behind. He sprinted over and stayed close to the side of the container, hoping that the smuggler behind it would be too distracted by the Krogan to look behind him.

When he reached the corner of the crate, he held his hand up, indicating Terina to hold position, he then brought up his pistol and spun around the corner, lowering it, ready to shoot if the smuggler was facing the wrong way.

But the smuggler, a Turian, was slowly walking away from Paladin, trying to get a few shots off on Lux and the others. Ethan slowly got a bit closer to the Turian, then used his biotics to grab and pull the off-weight leg, sending the smuggler crashing to the ground. Paladin ran over and grabbed the smuggler by the fringe, then smashed his head against the floor, knocking him unconscious.

Paladin did a quick weapons check on the prone smuggler, finding a older model pistol and an assault rifle. He threw the pistol far enough away that the turian on the floor couldn't use it if he woke up to soon, and folded the assault rifle, a Banshee, according to the manufacturing plates, securing it to his back.

Ethan then started moving back and indicated Terina to follow, not wanting to make so much noise that the other smugglers caught on to where they were and what they were up to.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Terina nodded at Ethan, following Paladin carefully. Suddenly, she spotted another smuggler, a human, in the shadows, one who hadn't noticed the group yet. She nodded to herself. Time to prove her worth as a team member. Moving swiftly, she rushed up to the smuggler, holding her shotgun by the barrel. As the smuggler turned, raising his submachine gun as his eyes widened, Terina swung, hitting the butt of her shotgun against his temple, knocking the man to the ground. Seeing him move on the ground feebly, she slammed the butt again against his forehead, knocking the man out. Kicking the SMG away, she made sure to hit it against Paladin's heel, getting his attention with it as she approached Paladin. She couldn't use the SMG, but he might be able to.

 

[lemiel14n3]

Paladin felt the tap on his boot, he looked down and saw the SMG. He then turned back and saw Terina give him a nod towards the gun. Paladin nodded in thanks, tapped his own Kassa Locust, and kicked the gun off to the corner. He would probably make a search of the facility later, to find any weapons or equipment that he could use, and his weapons locker on the ship certainly could use some backups, even if it was just for parts or omni-gel. But for now, he had no need for the weapon.

 

[Athol]

John had been watching the batarian manager leave and just caught the end of Wires display with his mech.

"He's got an unhealthy obsession with that thing."

He turned to Brooks. "No kidding. I've been a merc for awhile now, but that's definably in my top ten of strange shit that I've seen." John was getting a little bored; waiting had never been a strong suit of his, so he decided to go pester one of the smugglers who were waking up.

"Fuck...my head, what the hell happened?" The man groaned, as he tried to get up. John lightly pushed him back then squatted down. "You boys dun fucked up reeal bad" he drawled. "Now youz might wanna be thinking reeal hard 'bout what yer gonna say 'ta my boss when we get back, but save yer breath fer now 'cuz I don't care."

Chuckling to himself he walked back to Brooks. "Well, that'll give him something to ponder while his head clears." He then started to fiddle with his rifle while whistling a very old song.

Spoiler: ooc

If anybody cares John is whistling this song:

 

[XxSummonerxX]

"He's got an unhealthy obsession with that thing."
"I heard that!" shouted Wires, checking the last of the rifles.

He walked over to Brooks with a disapproving frown on his face.

"You really know nothing about mechs do you human? A FENRIR is armed with a heavy taser on the upper "eye". This one, which is called "Erebus" has extra armour plating, and additional anti hacking software. It is also..." Wires babbled, giving Brooks a full lecture on the wonders of FENRIRs.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Brooks:

Brooks tuned Wires out as he started his rant on how stupid Brooks was for not knowing anything about mechs. He couldn't care less about what the Salarian was going on about. He had similar conversations with Keith, but at least Keith didn't get in his face about it, and would stop once he realized he was ranting on about it.

After a couple minutes of Wires buzzing around him, spouting out useless facts and statistics, Brooks finally turned to glare at him.

"You know all you're doing is proving my point," Brooks flatly said.

 

[XxSummonerxX]

You know all you're doing is proving my point
"And what point would that be human? The tazer? Every mercenary, even those Blood Pack morons would know about the taser, yet you had to guess! Amazing!" babbled Wires.

Wires gestured at the prisoners that Brooks had talked about earlier. "Why are they still able to get up? Can't we just shoot them in the feet? No lasting damage, inability to walk, and I can make them dance. It is fairly amusing." laughed Wires, turning to the prisoners to show them an evil grin.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Brooks:

Brooks was getting more and more annoyed at each passing second.

"And what point would that be human? The tazer? Every mercenary, even those Blood Pack morons would know about the taser, yet you had to guess! Amazing!"

He watched as he turned back to the prisoners, and spoke to them.

"Why are they still able to get up? Can't we just shoot them in the feet? No lasting damage, inability to walk, and I can make them dance. It is fairly amusing."

Brooks started to snap at the Salarian.

"No, that you're an obsessive, sadistic, little shit that no one can stand for more then five minutes," he said, getting more aggressive and bitter with each word. "No wonder you're obsessed with mechs, they're the only things you can keep around you."

 

[XxSummonerxX]

Wires shook his head, and led Brooks away from the prisoners. "You fool human. Make them fear us, they'll beg and they'll..." at this point Wires put on an over-exaggerated face and crying voice "tell us anything, just please don't kill us." Wires shook his head again. "Think for a moment human!"

Wires walked back to the group of prisoners. "Who wants to get shot first?"

 

[Viking Incognito]

Spoiler: OOC

Sorry I've been out for the last few days guys, I've got some traveling coming up and I've been really busy. I'll post as often as I can for the next few days but it probably won't be consistent (hotel internet and so forth)

 

[Chicago Ted]

Rhyl:

The inside of the crate was dark and cramped. There was almost no room for Rhyl and Nelson to work, and the only light they had were from a few flashlights they had attached to them, and the slight glow from the small terminals they had open. Rhyl knew how critical his work was though. The sounds of gunfire and flashbangs outside motivated him to hurry.

"They're on the attack," Rhyl could hear from the outside of the crate. It was Vera, she was outside, now having moved back to protect the crate that Rhyl and Nelson were sheltered in. "We can only buy you another minute or two!"

"I can only get an 85% charge!" Nelson exclaimed from somewhere underneath Rhyl.

"It'll have to do," Rhyl said as he focused on the tiny terminal in front of him, displaying a wide variety of options and statistics on its small screen. "Just get as much of it online as possible!"

 

[Chicago Ted]

Vera:

"I need another clip!" Vera said as she ducked back between the crates after firing another round at the approaching mercenaries, sending them darting for cover.

"Bottom back pouch!" responded Tyrus, the only remaining Turian guard that had been able to make it back to help defend her and the crate. Tapping the side of her helmet, she lowered the strength of the visor?s tint so she?d be able to find the zipper holding the pack closed. Opening it, she reached into the pack that he had kept on his back, and pulled out as many spare thermal clips as she could, and placing them on her belt. A couple spilled onto the floor, but they had spares for the moment, as she closed the pack back up, and turned back. She was thankful that he had made it back to her with the spare ammo.

As Vera loaded her shotgun, she watched as Tyrus leaned out again, and fired a few shots towards the closest mercenary, before shifting his aim, and firing a concussive shot at another.

"I'm not running low on ammo!" Tyrus taunted as he pulled back behind the crate for cover. "I can do this all day if you make me!"

 

[Chicago Ted]

Rook:

Rook's ears rang and his vision blurred as the concussive round exploded near his head. He swore as he tried to regain his senses, and focus once more on the fight at hand. He had to commend them though for the job they had done. As soon as they had been breeched, the remaining guard and his boss had been able to fall back to the corner of the warehouse, in between a few crates at the back. From here, they only needed to worry about Aegis approaching from two positions, that each was able to cover. It also made Biotics almost impossible to curve correctly to hit them. Either the crates would get in the way, or the narrow spaces between shelves wouldn?t give enough room for it to be properly and accurately curled into them. It would only be a matter of time though before they either ran out of ammo or made a mistake.

Rook leaned back against a crate, popping his head out once more and firing a couple shots down range at the two that remained. He moved back before the Turian could return fire on him, but it was what was asked of him. Raven had ordered them to simply attempt to either suppress or coax a move. He knew that if he ordered Aegis to simply flood their position, that it would result in bodies for both sides, and it was something he was trying his hardest to avoid. Even Lux was hesitant about charging headlong into their position. He had been able to recognize the model of shotgun that the leader was carrying. It was an M-300 Claymore. Apparently it had been designed for Krogan to only be capable of wielding, and was primarily used against other Krogan and light armoured vehicles.

Rook knew that charging someone holding such a cannon would only lead to bits of him scattered around the factory, so he was fine with simply holding their position until their ammo reserves were done. While it wouldn?t be the most efficient method of dealing with them, it was certainly the safest option they had for all parties.

 

[The Zango]

'Ah, haven't been in a straight up firefight since I joined, refreshing' thought Ocara as the rounds whizzed around him and past his head, some of them even slamming into the large metal crate he'd taken cover behind. In his hands, Ocara held his pistol and every couple of minutes, Ocara would pop out from behind his crate to help the others suppress their foes and once they were suppressed, Ocara would ram into his crate and slide it forwards another meter.

The Turian was tempted to use his tactical cloak to get inside their position and try his luck from there, but he knew that he would almost certainly perish if he attempted such a stunt.

"Wires you psychotic little shit, please, leave the prisoners alone and help us keep these guys wasting ammo" spoke Ocara down the comms to Wires, having heard his creepy sadistic rant in his ear.

 

[Laser Priest]

Santius took cover behind another of the crates. He blindly fired a few shots toward the enemy. His first thought was to charge straight into the center and try to take at least one of them down personally, but soon rationality seeped into his thoughts and he decided against it.

"Are wars of attrition going to be a regular thing for us," he said over the comms, sending a shockwave past the enemy.

 

[Athol]

John was pacing the landing pad, listening to the rest of Aegis bog down on the dug in smugglers. Fuck, this is starting to go pear shaped real quick!

"Hey I've got an idea," he said. "How 'bout since I've got heavy kinetic shields and armour, why don't I just bulldoze my way through their barricade. If everyone else throws down suppressive fire, with biotics and flash bangs, by the time their heads clear I'll be behind them. I promise not to kill all of them..."

 

[Laser Priest]

"I'd prefer not to get your insides all over the floor," Santius replied, ducking as far into his cover as he could manage. "They could take out a krogan before he got close. If we got you in range, they'd rip you to pieces before you figured out where they were. Stay back."

 

[Chicago Ted]

Brooks:

Brooks moved his hand over his pistol and its holster. He readied himself in case Wires did anything stupid. He decided if he saw that Salarian draw, he would as well.

"You call me a human like that again, and I'll put one fucking through you," Brooks said as he approached Wires. "Now back off them. They're three guards, protecting the exterior of the base. Even if you knew what to ask them about, which, may I remind you, you damn well don't, they wouldn't have answers."