Thomas turns on his helmets radio and broadcasts to all the HRMC members
"We're being watched. E, Nick, they're right by the stairs. I'm going to try to get the element of surprise. May, can you give us approximate locations of any enemies you see?"
After he finishes talking, Thomas ducks, and turns the power up and the spread down on his laser rifle. He army crawls towards the stairs, watching for any movement.
As you finish your sentence the thing on the stairs rises up a bit more. The body of it is a metal cylinder with the phrase "Enviro-suit" written on the chest in fading black. Out of the sides of it sprout arms, not like the nicely jointed arms of your suit, but simple floppy tube like arms. Those arms end in heavy looking gloves, and resting in those gloves is something you don't recognize. Something that looks an awful lot like a gun of some sort though.
[rebel conwep:4-1]
The man in the tin can raises his rifle in an instant and fires exactly once before retreating back down the stairs in a way much to silent for a man in a giant metal tube. The bullet, for that is what it is, not a gauss rifle round or a laser gun, but a gunpowder driven slug, clips your chest, cutting a gash through your suit and a shallow cut into your side. [end: 6]
"Get the fuck back here!" You yell after the man. "If you're gonna shoot me you could at least have the decency to kill me! Some people. "
You adjust the settings on your rifle and point it at the stairs, silently wishing for him to stick his rusted helmet back up.
((If you have any complaints at E's actions, say it IC, after all it is Sky's character after all. I don't want to screw Team B even more.))
Sky Mode
"May be a defense bot."
Action for Empyrean: Back off, but shoot the thing that just poked out of the hole if it reacts in any strange way.
You're in the middle of backing away as the thing pops up and wings Thomas. You immediately take aim and fire at the thing as it ducks back down. [con:5+1] You fire a 3 round burst into the area around the stairs, raising a cloud of pulverized supercrete and a hell of a racket as the shells strike the ground.
Have hallucinations about ice cream, rainbows, executions, arson, puppies, chocolate, drugs, sodomy and kittens.
[Will:3-1] You try to imagine something. You find yourself strangely incapable; your mind is filled with nothing but white noise.
Milno sighs and motions outside with his head.
"Well, I think we are ready to move then."
Even as he prepares to move out once again, he still wonders if the shooter was just a trap or a moving enemy and why he still has an odd feeling.
Milno thinks about the situation while moving back in front of the group to the area Lukas was hit -halting to check the first door by the left with the rod with a diagonal positioning - and keeping the same safety measures from before, stopping if anything worth of notice happens or is understood by him.
[Intuition:4] You think about the situation for a minute. You assume that the thing that shot Lukas was a rebel. How did they know you were coming? Was it luck? And better yet, how did they see you without any lights? Hmm.
You take a step out, rod in hand, and stop beside the first door on the left. You run the rod around the edge of the doorframe before using it to open the door. You peak in. It's an office of some kind, with a large desk along one wall and a few filing cabinets. Nothing of interest.
Milno sighs and motions outside with his head.
"Well, I think we are ready to move then."
Even as he prepares to move out once again, he still wonders if the shooter was just a trap or a moving enemy and why he still has an odd feeling.
Milno thinks about the situation while moving back in front of the group to the area Lukas was hit -halting to check the first door by the left with the rod with a diagonal positioning - and keeping the same safety measures from before, stopping if anything worth of notice happens or is understood by him.
Stay behind Milno and don't do anything stupid like before: don't go stand in places until Milno made sure it is safe to stand there.
You and your human crutch stay behind milno, sliding along the left wall and attempting to use your teammate as cover.
Assist Lukas, keep lamps aimed at hallway in front of us.
Listen for any movement in back, though.
You listen carefully as you and Lukas advance, but don't hear anything out of place.
MOve forward in the same manner as them, and if anything starts firing, fire a three second laser sweep on it with both lasers.
You slide along the wall with everyone else, keeping your hands and by extension your hand lasers up by the side of your head. You do your best to look cool.