Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-4794494-20141014230422/@comment-4794494-20141117024832

Specialist K'lada "What's taking so long 'Putah? Losing your touch?"

Specialist 'Putah "This virus is persistant. It tinkered with our ship AI and tricked it into working against us. Hacking our own encryptions is easy, but it's getting tedious after doing it fifty-seven times."

Suddenly, everyone on the command deck tenses up as something on the other side begins to open the bridge door with a cutting tool.

Specialist K'lada "Everyone take defensive positions! Zealots on either side of the door, and behind the pillars."

She raises her plasma repeater and fixes it on the door. Whatever came through would get a mouthful of searing energy. The HC Zealots obey, and fortify themselves.

Meanwhile...

Pov released another burst, and a mercenary falls flat. A semi-circle of covenant barriers easily held the hostiles at bay, on the other side of the hangar. A major domo is shot in the leg while attempting to take cover. As the higher ranking sangheili falls and flails on the ground mere meters from the minor, Pov momentarily leaves cover to pull his comrade to safety. A grenade detonating nearby throws him off-balance, forcing him to back away. As he once again begins to haul the injured sangheili, a sniper bullet pierces the major domo's heart, instantly killing him.

Pov scrambles back to cover, but not before a sniper literally takes off his headpiece. By a stroke of luck, the shooter must have utilized some low-end sniper rifle, and only succeeded in dropping his shields, althought the headshot left him with a concussion.

The disoriented minor stumbles back to cover and falls flat on his chest. Around him, the other minors, kig-yar and unggoy continue to defend the position.