Mass Effect RP: The Aegis Protection Firm - Full

[lemiel14n3]

Paladin heard the shots coming out across the street. Not wanting to feel useless in the combat, he made his way out from behind the bar. It offered excellent cover, but no line-of-sight whatsoever. So Ethan scrambled out and over to his barricade.

Paladin knelt behind a wedge formed between two tables and rested his rifle in it, to ensure a stable shot. He spotted one of the attackers hiding in an alcove across the street, lining up a shot he placed a round where the man was hiding. easing on the trigger a quick burst of three consecutive shots fired out of his incisor rifle. It missed the target, but forced him to rethink his position and stop firing at the snipers on the roof.

Paladin, realizing he would need to conserve ammo, at least while the attacking force was still as small as it seemed, flipped the switch activating his custom modification to the gun, converting it to a single shot, instead of the automatic fire.

Seeing the earlier assailant begin to regain his confidence, Paladin again lined up his sights on the man in the alcove, and fired at the portion that was exposed. He was rewarded with the sight of blood arc from the Batarian's hands, and the gun drop to the ground. It wasn't a kill, and in all likelihood medi-gel would heal the wound, but if that Batarian wanted his gun back, he would have to go right into the line of fire to get it.

 

[Robert632]

Preven settled onto a stool with a small glass of Turian whiskey in his hand and noticed Nathan was near by with his own drink. " You got sucked into this to, huh." Said Preven, tipping his glass a bit as a form of greeting before taking a sip.

A noise nearby made Preven turn before he could hear Nathan's response, and he watched some human move from behind the bar to some tables and then fire some shots from his sniper rifle. Setting down his drink, Preven turned back to Nathan and said "We should umm... you know, find cover or something, right?"

 

[XxSummonerxX]

R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-RETCON!

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Terina spoke up from behind the bar, having remained there with her shotgun in case someone got through the doors. "The issue with melee weapons is distance. You'd have to get within three feet of an opponent. With a pistol, you could take them down, shields in all, before they get within that three feet. And they could do the same to you."

 

[XxSummonerxX]

Retcon

 

[OutcastBOS]

(DOUBLE POST. DAAAAMN)

 

[OutcastBOS]

Knox sits on the floor in the corner of the bar, going over everything that that Turian, Yossar taught him about the shotgun, a little relieved that he didn't have to use a lame ass pistol or an SMG like his normal job entailed, but a little peeved about how all the events turned out.

"Shit...I couldn't just have a normal day off..." he said to no one in particular," Nooo...I have to fight some mad Krogan that wants to wear my spine as a necktie...greeeeaaaat..."

He flips his lighter on and off, staring into the flame as he thinks about the whole situation, and wishing that he could just burn their enemies.

 

[Robert632]

" Yes, it's just biotics you have to fear. It's not like a charging krogan would probably destroy you no matter what you did, or a sufficiently skilled sniper would be able to slaughter us, and explosives are just minor annoyances. Just biotics should be feared." Rambled Preven, happy to find something to release some of his tension as he aimed his pistol at the door as well.

 

[XxSummonerxX]

Retcon

 

[OutcastBOS]

"Why not go for the hat trick and say Batarians, Vorcha and A thresher maw attack as well!" Knox said with a nervous laugh. He kept flicking the lighter on and off without any hesitation.

 

[XxSummonerxX]

retcon

 

[OutcastBOS]

"Well, they aren't really much tougher than humans to kill, but they can be mean bastards...I had to throw a few out of a bar a few times, and they didn't go lightly...ugh...but, sure, I'll shut up. I see I'm makin' you nervous...last thing we need is someone around here having a heart attack or somethin'." Knox tries to sound cool and calm, but with the frantic speed he was lighting and shutting his lighter giving it away, his charade wasn't hard to see through.

 

[Athol]

Since he'd shot the two earlier, John noticed that they weren't taking any chances. He'd occasionally see a muzzle poke out of a window or door, or a quick flash of movement, but never anything clear enough for a shot.

His biggest concern was that he was seeing movement through a lot of the surrounding buildings, not just in the first apartment block where the shooting had started. Sliding out of sight on the roof, he commed Verhal. "Observation, command. Multiple tangos in the surrounding buildings, not just at initial contact point. Numbers unknown"

 

[Laser Priest]

Santius looked at Nathan, trying to give the most condescending look he could manage.

"Who's this," he asked no one in particular.

 

[XxSummonerxX]

Retcon

 

[Laser Priest]

Santius stared blankly at Nathan for a few moments, analyzing him. Why does he have that? his eyes landing on the machete. Compensating for something?

"Well, good luck," he said. "Try not to die too quickly."

 

[Chicago Ted]

Ambushers:

Murphy looked back at his rifle laid in the street. He knew it was nothing more than bait for him now. The snipers on the roof, and the rifles from the doorway were almost certainly trained on it, waiting for him to go for it.

"Nyx," he said, getting the Batarian's attention. He had managed to right himself, and to get on his feet, but was leaning against the wall of the lobby, clutching his head. "Nyx, we've got to move, we stay here any longer."

"What about..." Nyx said, straining with his words. "What about---"

"Don't you think I fucking know?!" Murphy snapped as he grabbed Nyx by the shoulders. "But if we stay we'll wind up like them!"

He pulled Nyx from the wall, shoving him towards the back door. Nyx started to make his way forward down the short hall towards the back door, as Murphy quickly passed him. He closed his eyes, concentrating as much as he could on the situation at hand and getting out of there as quickly as possible. When he opened them again though, the room still felt skewed as the dizziness remained, and the lights were still as bright and burning to him before. He took a deep breath, and started running after Murphy, following him as best he could into the alley ways behind the apartment complex, heading away from Aegis's base.

 

[Robert632]

Spoiler: OOC

I'm gonna be gone till Sunday. Just letting you guys know in case posting starts up again.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Lux:

The elevator doors slid open in front of him as he saw Karnak running through the lobby and into the back hall of the Elixir. He knew that the Batarian was more than eager to see a fight once again, but this conflict would be over soon enough.

He could see him rushing to the barricade as he walked into the club itself. He saw a handful of the mercenaries of Aegis manning it, as well as a few of the guards standing a bit further back.

The fodder should be up front.

Lux grunted as he strolled across the club floor, drawing his Claymore. He knew that his chance to use it in this engagement would likely be minimal, but even holding it made him feel a bit more collected, slightly simmering the rage that had been boiling inside of him since Meer's announcement.

"Where are they?" Lux asked as he approached the barricade, but keeping his head directly out of its protection so he could look out to see the carnage that had erupted. He looked down the street. The only people he could see in it were two humans that were in the middle of it bleeding.

"Is it that one?" Lux asked, pointing towards the apartment building closest to them. "Or did they crawl out of some other hole?"

"That's it," Rook responded as he peeked his head out from behind to see where Lux was pointing. "Batarian was standing in that doorway, drew a pistol as I ran by."

Lux paused for a moment as he looked down at the two humans again, before turning back Rook.

"A Batarian? Why isn't he in the street with the others?"

"He's still in the apartment I think, another's with him, but Paladin was able to disarm him," Rook said, as he now moved more out of cover to look down the street. The ambusher had neglected to return fire for some time now. He then turned to Paladin and murmured to him. "Great shot as well."

Lux gave a slight grin as he looked down the street once more. He was happy that at least two were still alive for him to claim.

"And is there any reason you're not pursuing them right now?" he asked, his voice ringing with condescending tone, almost sounding as though he was accusing them of their inaction.

Rook stammered a bit, trying to figure out how to word his response correctly, but Lux cut him off before he could even begin.

"Exactly what I thought," he said as he moved his Claymore to his left hand, and grabbed part of the barricade, pushing it out of his way and moving out into the street and towards the apartment. "Time to even the score Meer!"

 

[lemiel14n3]

Paladin saw the big Krogan shoving the barricade aside. Lux was a superior, and a massive one at that, but he still saw a distinct flaw in his maneuver. But since the brute with the shotgun had already made his way outside into the street, there wasn't much point in voicing his objections. But advice was still an option.

"Try to bring one back alive!" Paladin shouted to the Krogan down the street.

The fact that they hadn't yet seen Meer was a bit disconcerting, a prisoner might be able to tell them what his plan was, and avoid any unnecessary casualties. Maybe even bringing this fight to an early close.

Paladin pulled up his gun, the street was empty, and he'd rather not miss something in front of his face by looking down a scope, especially since the ones on the roof were no doubt doing exactly that right now.

It was at this moment that Ethan felt nature call, all those drinks from earlier floating back into consciousness, trying not to be forgotten. Paladin shouted at the militia that had been pressed into service. "Oy! one of you come over here to relieve me." When they finally picked among themselves who would man the barricade, Ethan strode off, the the recessed bathrooms in the club.