You bring the Reaver to it's feet, metal grating on metal, warnings flash across the HUD. Snarling in disgust, you dismiss them. The muster ground is littered with piles of scrapped Reavers, fires gutter from the shattered buildings that used to be Section Twelve's headquarters. "Dispatch 3, this is 5-5, I am in bad condition, but I can still move. What the hell is going on out there?"
The voice on the other end pauses, "...It's not good captain, so many dead, so much damage..." You hear muffled voices across the line, then he begins again "Captain, the Ocarai have completely obliterated our forces, they are currently purging the city of survivors. You and your reaver are the only things left capable of protecting those civilians long enough for the rescue crews to evacuate them."
Checking the clock you see that only an hour has passed since the muster call. You blink in disbelief, Labyrinthus had been on high alert, more than twenty thousand reavers had been stationed here. Looking above, you see streaks of light flashing across the night sky, the battle in orbit must still be raging. Half a million ships, over ninety percent of the human fleet, had been stationed in orbit. Briefly you wonder how many have already been lost. "What are my orders dispatch."
"...We need you to get to the west side of outer ring, there are about ten thousand people still trapped there. Our intel indicates that there are only four Ocarai mechs in the city, and also that those four mechs are the only ones that entered the city, meaning..."
Meaning twenty thousand reavers had been crushed by only four hostiles. "I need some kind of repairs, and probably some heavier weapons."
"There's nothing we can do about repairs captain, but the colonel gave me authorization to open the armory before she died, you can take whatever you need, her treat."
Mission: Protect civilians in western outer ring hab block, engage hostiles as needed.
Status: Badly injured, deeply disturbed.
Reaver: Damaged armor 41% remaining, left arm servos 72%, right arm servos 80%, left leg servos 60%, right leg servos 22%.
Main weapon: Starlight rail cannon, 10 shots.
Secondary weapon: GD Polaris laser rifle 70%, unlimited shots.
Auxilliary weapon: GI 'Flayer' plasma knife, 60 minutes use
Location: Reaver 5-5 (standing), section twelve motor pool muster, Labyrinthus colony, Mars.