Gauss the wall. Aim away from allies.
You aim your large Anti-Everything Gauss rifle to a section of the wall away from the main fighting and squeezed the trigger. In an instant, the weapon's large power reserve projected itself into accelerating the stake within. By the time it pushed itself out of the barrel, it was going fast enough to break several sound barriers, causing an ear-shattering explosion of force that sent shockwaves not unlike that from a tank's cannon, kicking up dirt, grass and branches. The recoil dampeners hisses and strained as they do their part, mechanically absorbing the shock, leaving it only kicking like an oversized mule on steroid.
Within an instant later, the wall section that you've been aiming at wrapped at the contact point, the swirling force causing it to implode into itself as wood and dirt was pierced right through, the shockwave following behind it widening the hole until it became an explosion of dirt and wood, literally leveling that section of the wall entirely.
The stake continues, going through a house unopposed. It's mud construct useless in stopping the destructive force and both ends of the house shattered into dozen wrapped hardened mud pieces, straw roofing kicking up high into the air from the force.
Not content to only destroy the wall and a house, your stake continues onwards and managed to punch itself into the windmill's support, snapping off the structure's leg before flying through to who-knows-where. Knocking down a few trees along the way, presumably.
The Windmill groaned under it's own weight before it tilts then collapses entirely onto itself into a heap a moment later.
[Penetration Success.]
[Penetration Success.]
[Penetration Success.]Frazz swoops down, picks up Jon, and deposits him on top of Zach
"SPECIAL DELIVERY!"
Picking Jon up, you just realize how fucking heavy the man is. It almost snapped your damned wrists picking him up as fast like that, he weights like a damned T-800 or something! but you're a dragon and managed to fly him over to drop him like a bomb in Zach's general area anyway.
[Strength Success.]
[Flight Success.]
[Accuracy Success.]Zach throws another knife at the man's throat.
Despite swimming in a world of pain, you manage to draw another knife out and toss it at close range, connecting it to the man's throat as you had hoped, dooming him. You didn't have time to congratulate yourself before everything went dark and the pain finally left your mind, for now.
[Accuracy Success.]
[Penetration Success.]
[Good Damage.][Heavy Bleeding.]
[Right Arm disabled.]
[Legs Disabled.]
[Will save failed.][Death save 1 Success.]Off to where Zach might have landed. The dragon would be a good indicator of where he is.
You sprint through the village to find Zach just as he killed the Militia close to him, all seems well until your squadmate just kinda droop and crumple into the floor there.. An instant later something crashes close to him.
Get to Zach, carried by Frazz if it's faster. Avoid landing on Zach. Start fixing him. If the guy that stabbed Zach still lives, shoot him.
In retrospect, it may not have been a great idea to be carried by a dragon and then dive-bombed into the ground without having any idea on how to land safely, after all it is what got Zach into the situation at first.
But as you contemplate on this meaning of life while falling at the ground with the grace of a solid brick, you finally realized the answer to that damned puzzle in that Water level in Half Life 3.
Then it hit you.
The ground was unsurprisingly hard, and you crashes into it with a dull 'Thunk!'. Creating a perfect imprint of yourself on the ground without even bouncing once. Your body strained and ached, but it got better just as fast as it got uncomfortable.
Huh, doesn't hurt, really. You think you're perfectly fine! not wasting a moment, you pushes yourself off of the hole that you have made and went to stabilize Zach. Your built-in scalpel comes incredibly handy to cut open his arm and remove the spear, you think it might be better to just amputate his right arm and legs entirely and work from there. Whatever you do, you'll have to do it quick.
[Armor save Success]
[Medical success]Drones are to encircle. All runners are to be shot. Lets begin the slow relocation of the main base to nearby, Zach is going to need longterm medical treatment and having to haul his ass back to the base over the course or several hours through a zone of rough terrain is a bad idea.
"Alrighty, mopup time. Terminate anyone armed or attempting to flee. Someone secure Zach's body and stop him from bleeding out, it's easier to repair living tissue then it is to raise the dead. A reminder, do not touch the kelpie like creatures. You are free to terminate one from afar for dissection later however. Jon, as you aren't particularly squishy, find a local and attempt communication, if they can speak Terran Common or a dialect we can focus on uplifting. If they cannot then we are going to focus on using them for materials until we figure out their language. Notably I wish to see how plausible it is to create a sympathetic bond between one person and another to transfer Zach's wounds to the bloke who gets the short end of the bond. Easier to heal wounds that never existed in the first place."
You ordered the drones to rush into the village and secure it, Leftover Militiamen were shot without a second thought. The bullets ripping into them with ease, leaving nobody outside alive. Looks like the only people left are the ones hiding inside the stone building.
The mobile base rumbles to life once again as it begin to move towards the village, turning over trees and anything in it's path.
Get to Zach, carried by Frazz if it's faster. Avoid landing on Zach. Start fixing him. If the guy that stabbed Zach still lives, shoot him.
"Will do, Tal. As soon as I'm done with this mess, that is."
As an addition to my previous action, once Zach is stabilized - follow Tal's suggestion and find a local and attempt to communicate. Try to get them to surrender.
Did you amputate Zach yourself? Either way, you think you've done all you could. And whether Zach survives or dies is no longer in your hands. The remaining natives seems to be inside the stone building, how do you proceed?
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While Vigil was sprinting over to see Zach being stabilized, Maximus enters through one of the many holes in the wall with the drones. Having little to do and nobody to shoot, the Pseudo roman just seems happy to get to walk outside again.
One of those Kelpie-looking creatures that was grazing obliviously looks up at Vigil, tilts it's head and begin to approach him.
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