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[sH0tgUn jUliA]

The walk to the freighter seemed like an eternity to Anika, but in reality took less than five minutes. The guard escorted them to their quarters, closed the door and stood outside. T’goni went down to the area where the refugees were being held. She shouted for a girl named Zenon, got her attention, and told her to come with her: there were a couple of her friends that wanted to see her.

 

Anika removed her helm, grabbed Naleena’s arm and turned her to face her. “I know what you did. You said this was going to be simple, but instead you endangered the life of my Captain. It could have been bloodless. I’m sworn to protect her. Now I cannot do that. I’m a prisoner here.”

 

“You are not a prisoner…. And any blood is on the hands of Deidrus Androkan, not mine.” Naleena said, and she scanned the room for listening devices. It was clean.

 

Anika scoffed. “Shifting the blame? How convenient. Is this the way you operate?”

 

“I had no choice, Anika. I thought this was going to be simple. It wasn’t,” Naleena said, “Let me explain.”

 

“This better be good. Damned good, because I trusted you,” Anika said.

 

Naleena looked down. “I know.” She looked up at Anika. “Xanthe is a Council Spectre. My pardon had passed by a thread. Apparently, it took some extra convincing of certain parties on the Council. Xanthe could have it rescinded if I didn’t cooperate.”

 

“You wouldn’t have been any worse off than before.”

 

“Unfortunately, I was already in custody, and attacking a Spectre with intent other than to get their attention? Quite honestly I was lucky Deidrus didn’t shoot me on the Audron,” Naleena said, “Spectres are virtually untouchable unless the Council declares them rogue, which rarely happens.”

 

“So we could have escaped afterward.” Anika said.

 

“Not so easily. Xanthe threatened a charge of treason against the Republics. She threatened to turn that over to the Justicars, which I imagine would have been if I managed to escape somehow. I don’t know if you know anything about them, but they make the Special Tasks Group look like amateurs when it comes to dogging a quarry. There are not many, but even I would not wish to meet an experienced Justicar in combat. Their code is unyielding. They do not compromise. A charge of treason would most likely get a matriarch assigned to it. There would be nowhere in the galaxy to hide.” Naleena said.

 

“So you caved. I thought you were stronger than that,” Anika said.

 

“You don’t understand. We Asari live for over 1000 of your years. Do you understand why I run? I would spend the next 650 of them in prison,” Naleena replied, “That is 725 Thessian years.”

 

Anika was still trying to grasp the complexity of the situation. She was still very angry.

 

“And I did not tell the Spectre about the robbery. She figured it out on her own. I simply stated facts.” Naleena said, “If you will meld with me, I will show you.”

 

Anika sighed. “I need to know the truth.”

 

“I need you to trust me.” Naleena said. She took a deep breath and her eyes blackened. This was not a pleasant meld, but a very brief one. Naleena showed Anika the entire interrogation: Naleena had hoped that Xanthe would buy the first part that she was allowed to leave with a cargo of refugees after striking Androkan, but that didn’t work. Then she saw that Naleena told her the truth about the second half of the interrogation, and the key part that stood out….

 

 

 

Naleena took a deep breath and sighed. “Androkan said he spoke with authorities in the Asari base about securing a supply of Silaris armor for his mission against the Collectors. I assume that was you. We’d seen a Collector vessel before and the energy weaponry on it would cut through the hull of the Audron like it wasn't there. He said the negotiations broke down, so....”

 

Xanthe interrupted. “You left because the mission is to steal the supply from the train and you didn’t want any part of it because it would involve firing on Asari military. Dammit! That supply is critical for another project. He needs Council approval!”

 

“I suggested that he contact the Council,” Naleena replied.

 

“Well did he?” Xanthe demanded.

 

Naleena looked up at her. “I do not know. I took the small window of opportunity he gave us to leave.”

 

Xanthe sighed. “My guess is he didn’t!”

 

“I hereby request asylum for myself and my friend.” Naleena said.

 

When the interrogation ended in the meld, Naleena eased them out of it.

 

“Do you understand? I did not betray Jess,” Naleena said, “Xanthe made an assumption. The fact that her assumption is correct is another matter. And you forget that I also have someone whom I’m supposed to safeguard: Dahlia. Eventually I would have had to tell Xanthe. I was stalling, waiting to tell her at the last minute. Unfortunately Xanthe is highly intelligent.”

 

At that moment the door opened.

 

"Here are your friends, Zenon." The guard said.

 

Zenon entered the room. She could feel the negative vibes between them. "Uh... awkward. Were you two just having a fight?"

[Redbelle]

"No we weren't". Anika snapped. "We're talking about this whole thing being a bad idea". Anika paced. "I don't care how you rationalise it... The Spectre caught on because we were here. That makes this our mess. We own this". Anika stopped and pulled off her helmet. "Fact is she wouldn't have a clue what's happening out there if we hadn't come here".

 

"Maybe she'd have found out.... but she's scrambling right now to go after them. Not because there was an alert sent out. We just narrowed our people's window of opportunity. And Jess took on board my suggestion they use the ships riot gear for the assualt. Non lethal ordanance! When we rode the Medusa we both knew..... not killing wasn't a moral choice, it was a business model. Dead people demand action over time. There's no way Jess would let the team go in guns blazing except as a last resort! Because our focus isn't to keep their side alive.... It's to keep ours alive! And yet we're still trying to limit the body count to zero on both sides"!

 

Anika resumed her pacing shaking her head. "That commando team. I know Asari commando's.... They'll go in hard. Biotics to paralyse so they can line up a nice clean kill shot. Guns blazing to secure their asset's as fast as possible. Then the after action tally up whose alive after...... You've got the warn the team Naleena. Get VERA to warn them that their coming. Or tell the Spectre that our team's using non lethal ordanance. Save some lives my ass. You've put them at risk"!

 

Zenon looked between the two. "So this.... isn't fighting"?

 

Anika turned. "This is a FUBAR situation where a Spectre is under the impression that another Spectre is attacking her train with lethal intent and will respond in kind. This is our team's time frame being cut to do the work. Meaning less time to to the job than they miight have otherwise had".

 

She turned to Naleena. "I'm..... not mad.... I know your pardon's important.... But you just increased the risk to Jess and all the people who believed in us because you couldn't follow Deidrus. I'm fine with that. Not wanting to go against your own people. And having a Spectre's not an easy thing to have breathing down your neck. Jess hates them! Something from her past. But you need to do one of two, or both things. you need to warn the team. Or you need to tell the Spectre that the group's trying to do this without a body count so the commando's don't push our people into a gun battle on a moving train. Because if you want to look them in the eye when this is done, they need to know you did what you could to limit the Asari response to match our groups non-lethal approach".

[Kel Riever]

Morgan noted the design of the train was odd as far as its configuration went, at least to him.  Aside, from the engine, there were three cars, not all alike.  The first and second car had loading doors each on the right side and roof.  The last car had no roof door, but doors on the left and right.  The space between cars and engine were covered, allowing seamless passage between the four distinct parts of the train.  It was good news in the sense that gas might flow from one car into another.  It was bad in that the housing meant the couplers were hidden, at least from the tops and sides.

All of this passed through his mind as he reached the last car and slammed the red door clamps onto the side doors there.  He was quick enough that the loading doors were sealed without resistance.  Morgan then put the gassing rig on the roof, listening to it begin his work.

 

The sound of gunfire forward on the train had Morgan look in that direction.  The roof door on the side train had apparently opened, but fire from Vayne’s shuttle suppressed whoever was trying to get out.  Dahlia was there then, sliding the door shut again and placing the clamp down to keep it closed.  No attempt was made from the side door, so Morgan guessed Dahlia had already locked that.  There was no more disruption as he saw her place her rig as well. 

Above, the Audron lowered towards the second car, just avoiding the mecha-steeds with its ramp, and leaving enough room between itself and the top of the car for people to move freely.  Deidrus and Frank stepped leapt off, onto the train car that Jess was handling.  Eteon was there too, wary for trouble.

Morgan moved to look at the connection between cars.  It wasn’t on the schematic so it must have been newly added.  It seemed flexible, almost accordion like, allowing the joints between cars to bend properly while maintaining atmospheric stability inside.  They’d likely have to be cut through, but in the bits he had brought, Morgan had a mini saw which could do the trick.  Jess had the drill on her back though, so Morgan went to her and pulled it while she worked. 

“The connection between the cars looks like it has to be cut through,” Morgan explained.  “I can do it, but it will take a minute.  If people want to get at the coupling, they’re going to have to go underneath, once the train stops moving, and unlatch or break them from there.”

Ahead, Morgan then noticed the plateau drop off into another chasm.  Soon the train would stop but not before the cars were all on the bridge crossing it. 

“And whoever undoes those couplings better make sure they have a rope attached to them, in case they slip,” Morgan added.

[Terca]

"We can get some of the cord from the bay, the drop along the side isn't that long." Eteon mumbled as the sound of wind started to die down with the slowing of the train. She looked to Morgan and then back up the train. "Do you have an estimate on how long it will take for the gas to take effect?"

 

They needed to cut the connecting material quickly so that breaking the container away wouldn't disturb the other cars too much. Unfortunately they didn't have all the time in the world because at some point someone is expecting this train to arrive somewhere. If they cut too soon then the Asari might get reprieve from the gas and be able to fight back. Too late and they risk closing the window of opportunity.

[Cknarf]

Frank hit the train with Deidrus.  He pulled the scanning device and attached it to the car.  "Scanners up."
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“...And whoever undoes those couplings better make sure they have a rope attached to them, in case they slip...”

You've got to be kidding me.  And I thought the jump was bad.

 "F***.  I'll handle it."

Frank removed his pack.  "You may find something useful in here."  He dropped it next to Morgan.

 

[Kel Riever]

"Time for gas is Jess' department, but I don't think it should take long," Morgan replied.  "I have cable with me.  So do Jess and Dahlia.  We made sure we were packing.  For cutting the material, I figure it will take me a minute or two each with the saw I have.  If the couplings are broken while I'm doing that, we can be lifting in two to four minutes, from the time we know the gas has done its work."

[Terca]

"That leaves finding the right car then." Eteon glanced at the scanning device and then to the different cars. "My suit can be sealed so when I enter I'll have a period of time to find the right car..." With three cars they had a thigh chance of being able to decouple the right one just during the separation of the trolleys. It would be quick, hopefully, though the Commandos who may or may not have been at their end of the train weren't moving still despite the fact they should have had word of there being use of gas.

 

She sighed, the sound filtered out by her mask's internal mic. "Let me know if something goes wrong. I can force a decoupling with an explosive blade but there I only packed one because they're... Particularly unfriendly to flesh."

 

She hopped over the accordion piece before turning on her heel and looking at Morgan and Frank. "Frank, could you..." She shook her head. "Nevermind. Be ready to decouple the cars in case the ruffled sections aren't all that's holding this together." No need for worst case scenarios. Just get through this. She was going to wait for the scanner to do its job before getting truly worried. It would take a moment with the larger search radius but hopefully it only had good things to say.

[Redbelle]

Jess finished planting the explosive on the coupling she'd brought along when Morgan's comm came through. She coughed nervously. "Were we given saw's? No one gave me a saw! How come I didn't get a saw"!

 

She pulled out a detonation receiver and stuck it in the putty like substance and got back up to reach towards getting back on the roof. "The gas is in on my end. No idea if it's knocked out the target's. Just be ready in case and remember. We don't want a body count if we can help it. It's fast acting stuff though from what Elara told me so as soon as the gas front hits.... their under. Given the spray output and size of the car? Call it five to ten minutes for area dispersal enough to put the Asari under".

 

Getting on the roof Jess keyed her Omni tool for detonation. "Just give me the go ahead when we're ready. Gotta say.... This is going swimingly! I mean, nothing I'm involved in ever goes this well..... What could go wrong now"?

[Kel Riever]

Xanthe was livid as she ran into the Scythe waiting for her.  The four elite commandos she had worked with for years were already aboard and the pilot was literally lifting off as Xanthe jumped onto it through its open side door.  “Everybody strap in,” Xanthe ordered as she grabbed a seat herself.  To the pilot, she commanded, “Full burn, to the Audron!”

The Scythe shot into the air.  Xanthe raised the fighters with her com, “Ice Queen, where are you?”

“We’re vectoring hard, but the flyby has us coming to you from behind.  Should we overtake the shuttle for intercept?”

Xanthe thought for a moment before answering, “Negative.  Form up on my wings.  We’re going in together.”

Then Xanthe switched channels to raise the Audron. 

~ ~ ~ ~

Aelias contacted Deidrus.  “Sir, I’ve got Xanthe trying to raise us.  She’s on her way.”

“What’s she saying?”

“Stand down and surrender immediately.  Perhaps something else but it’s hard to make out.  I’ve never heard an asari curse so much.”

[Redbelle]

Jess hummed happily as she waited for the order to blow the coupling. Yep. She thought to herself. Smooth sailing from here on.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

"What? Anika? What do you mean non-lethal? No one said anything to me about this being non-lethal. This is the first I've heard about this. F*ck!" Naleena turned and slammed her fist and forearm into the wall using a barrier to cushion the shock. She turned to Anika. "The commandos are going to hit back hard and so is the Spectre. Okay, Anika, this better not cost me my pardon."

 

Anika blinked in astonishment.

 

Naleena opened the door. "Guard! Get Lt. T'goni, now! There isn't time to waste!"

 

T'goni was cruising the hall nearby. "I'm right here, Naleena, what is it?"

 

"I need to talk to Xanthe, immediately. I have new intel." Naleena said.

 

"What, your friend in there not as close to you as you thought?" T'goni asked.

 

"Cut the sarcasm! This is a matter of life and death." Naleena said.

 

T'goni wrinkled her forehead. "Seriously? Whose? Your friends on the train?"

 

"They're using non-lethal means, and I've got an idea. I know Matriarch Alestia." Naleena said.

 

"Follow me." T'goni led Naleena up to the com room of the ship. They passed through several corridors and bulkheads. "You realize this is a restricted area, right?" They continued and the com officer was in front of them. "Hey, Sparks, raise Xanthe for me. Tell her it's important."

 

Naleena casually flipped on the recording device of her omni-tool. to pick up audio and video with date and time stamp. It was dark and no one noticed.

 

The com officer got on the radio. "Zephyr to Scorpion. Zephyr to Scorpion."

 

"Scorpion. I thought I ordered radio silence, Zephyr?" Xanthe said. "What's so important? Over."

 

Naleena grabbed the com. "I've got new intel, Spectre, and an idea."

 

"So now you decide to come clean. Go ahead." Xanthe said.

 

"The Audron's specialist team is using non-lethal means to secure the car." Naleena said.

 

Xanthe scoffed. "So you're worried about your friends?"

 

"In a word, yes. And I've got another idea. As soon as your troops adapt and start using a lethal response, my guess is that Androkan will deploy his armigers. Rather than have a bloodbath and resulting diplomatic incident, why not let them take the armor and let the Council deal with it?" Naleena said.

 

"You're f*cking kidding me?" Xanthe replied.

 

"I know Anotaria Industries, and I know there are only three places in the galaxy that can apply Silaris armor," Naleena said, "The shipyards on Cyone, Thessia, and the third place is in dry dock at The Citadel. Two are off limits to Turian naval ships. The Council will have to approve its application at The Citadel, and you have your case. So you make the call here."

 

"Interesting. I've got 15 minutes until intercept." Xanthe said. "Yeah, yeah. That's real interesting. I'll think about it. Thanks for the heads up."

 

(KEL: YOU MAKE THE CALL. HOW DOES XANTHE RESPOND - DOES SHE TELL THE COMMANDOS TO ROLL OVER?)

 

Edit again to include Sopwith Camel speed of shuttle.

Modifié par sH0tgUn jUliA, 30 juillet 2014 - 11:13 .

[Cainhurst Crow]

Vayne kept his chakram launcher trained on the cars as his shuttle cruised alongside, making sure no one peaked their heads out from any doors to cause any trouble. The train kept slowing, but so far the amount of fighting they'd done had been minimal, almost eerily so.

 

"This might be the cleanest heist I've been been part of..." Vayne said, sounding half astonished as he kept himself from blocking the doorway, relegating his bulk to a corner of the ship, so the others could aim through.

 

"Should be a bit smoother sailing from here...I hope." Vayne said, reaching over to a piece of metal as he knocked on it. One could never be too careful.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

"Yeah, this is going a bit too smoothly. I'm getting worried, Vayne," Irina said.

[Terca]

Eteon walked silently from the edge of the middle car to the center of it on the opposite side from the doors on the right side. She crouched down for a moment, her knee softly coming in contact with the roof as he monitored the decibel readings and the accelerometer in her suit. She was as silent as it got and compared to the ambient noise elsewhere she was confident she was impossible to hear.

 

There was ambiance all around as the train continued on with its momentum. Since it looked like it was quiet for now she raised her omni-tool and opened up the sound analysis. It started by allowing all the noise which was usually part of the environment in before noting patterns and distinct values and organizing them from the loudest to the quietest. First was the sound of wind which was discarded. it was followed by that of the wheels on the track which were quickly dropped as well. Following was the sound of the compressor forcing air through the hole in the first car.

 

None of this matters. She thought to herself when she got into the chunk of sounds which could be called 'less than distinguishable'. People walking, someone tying something, the sudden revving of a saw... It was tossed away as well. She was looking for something which would explain the silence. Those were the hardest to find and usually the most suddenly obvious. She stilled herself once the friction of her soft armor against her hard armor became distracting.

[Kel Riever]

Mira could hear the first team in the car behind the engine shouting.  There were also sounds from all around now, people likely moving on the roof of the train, although some of the footsteps sounded particularly heavy.  There was also a heavy clang on the now closed door she had been looking through.  Iole had her gun ready, was listening to the com from the other commando teams and trying to assess the situation.

“Cut it out!”  Mira grabbed Iole by the arm.  “Get your gear on from the case!”

Tallis already had hers open.  Inside was an Explorer full environmental helm, a set of gloves, and an extended life support packet that attached to the back.  The package, along with the specialized commando leathers, would protect from any external environmental conditions up to a Level 2 hazard; in other words anything found on a planet that could support any known kind of life.  As Mira’s team donned their extra gear, she also made sure they were attaching their grav chutes.

It was only seconds later that a drill bit spun through the door and created a hole.  Pressurized gas vented through the aperture into the car.

Forward, along the walkway, Mira could see the first team put on respirators and attempt an exit through their roof door.  A burst of gunfire forced them back in, almost hitting the asari opening the door, and then the door was shut from above.  They tried their side door, but it had been locked.

Jenus pointed out the obvious.  “Locking us in, gassing us.”

“It’s not poison,” Iole said, coughing a bit as she was the last to get her helmet on. “It’s knockout.”

“Dirty tricks.  Dirty tricks,” Tallis remarked.

Mira saw the gas affecting the first team commandos.  One had dropped and the others were going down.  She could feel the train slowing, and while she couldn’t see the team in the rear car, Mira knew they’d suffer the same fate without the extra Explorer life support equipment. 

“How did you know about the gas, Textbrain?” Jenus asked with genuine curiosity.

“I didn’t,” Mira tried to explain. “It was a gut feeling.  Maybe it was something about the way they approached.  A frigate, they could have shot the engine if they didn’t care about lives.”

“What are we going to do locked up in here?” Iole wondered.

Mira looked forward and backward along the walkway.  The connected cars had doors opened between them to allow free access and a stable environment.  It also made it possible to easily traverse the cars whether you had feet or were an airborne knockout agent.

“For now, they control the exterior,” Mina began to tactically think.  “If they want us in here, then we stay in here.”

“Not that I’m actually questioning your leadership, Textbrain,” Jenus said, “But we can’t let this armor fall into these people’s hands.  If for no other reason than I can be a really sore loser.”

Mira listened carefully to the sounds outside the car.  “We’re not going to let them take the armor.  I’ve got an idea.”

[Terca]

The hissing. The hissing.

 

Technology is a beautiful thing but by the time Eteon had distilled everything down it was just too loud from the gas being poured in. She stood, turned to look at Deidrus and shook her head. "I have nothing." The message was sent to the Commander's omni-tool as opposed to projected from her location. "They shouldn't be knocked out here and it's quiet enough that I can't hear anything with the ambiance removed." She turned to look at Jess. "Could I jump through into your car without a wide-awake commando on me?" She asked. This was off.

 

Turning back to those on the far car she spoke again. "We need to know what is going on inside. I can make the jump while you continue with breaking apart the train."

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

The guard escorted Naleena back to her quarters. She joined Anika. Anika didn't look too happy.

 

"Why didn't you alert our people? Why Xanthe?" Anika asked.

 

"First, if I used VERA, they would have picked up the transmission and traced its origin to here. We would no longer be guests," Naleena explained, "And second, I had a better idea. I told Xanthe to let them take the car and let the Council deal with it."

 

Anika looked astonished. "What?"

 

"Anika, it's not like the Audron's engineering crew can attach Silaris Armor. There are only three places in the galaxy that can do it: the shipyards on Cyone, Thessia, and the dry dock facilities on the Citadel. Androkan is going to have to get Council approval for the armor. He's going to face disciplinary action for the robbery. At least I put forward a plan where everyone lives, and it gets Xanthe off the hook because the Audron is too big for her to deal with. And it stops a potential diplomatic incident," Naleena said.

 

Anika smiled. "What if she doesn't go along with it? What then?"

 

"Then both Spectres are going to get reamed by the Council. People on both sides are going to die... good people. There is going to be tension between the Asari Republics and the Turian Primacy. In other words, in your language, a sh*tstorm." Naleena said, "And it is on record. All communications are recorded. If she is as smart as I think she is, she will go along with it." Naleena put her hand on her omni-tool and looked up at Anika with her I'm not stupid I also recorded it look.

Modifié par sH0tgUn jUliA, 30 juillet 2014 - 10:58 .

[Kel Riever]

Iole examined the motion detector on her Hellbringer.  “I can see several of them moving about on the roof.”

Mira directed Tallis and Jenus, “Get those doors between cars closed and locked.  They’re windowless right?”

Jenus nodded.  “Totally opaque.”

“Good.  We’re sealing ourselves in.  Break out the stuff.”

[Terca]

The Scanner kicked on and that's when Eteon was surprisingly more calm about things.

 

In the rear of the train and the front car along with the engine there were people knocked unconscious. The issue that bridged from this was that there were Commandos that were still conscious and active in the center car. The image was visible to her because her visor was on and instantly she was leaping over onto the first car which held the knocked out individuals.

 

She lifted her omni-tool and directed the rendering to all of those with omni-tools around her so they could see the rendering if they had visors. "We gassed most of them. The remaining active people are in the center. I can't tell what they are doing but there are four commandos inside. The payload is probably there."

 

... What are they doing. She warped down into the car beside it and walked to the door that divided the carriages. Well, that should have been expected in all honesty. She thought to herself. You wouldn't allow free movement if you have different classifications of items with you.

 

She checked the Asari behind her and found them knocked out cold as they should have been. As she checked the last one she hailed Deidrus again. "If the front and back cars were gasses that means that they must have done something to divide the middle section. They may have protected themselves from the gas somehow and locked themselves in the middle car. It's the target."

[Kel Riever]

Xanthe had to deal with someone who she’d been interrogating trying to tell her what to do.  Exactly who did T’Sarius think she was anyway?

'The Council sort it out.'  The Council appointed Xanthe to act in its behalf!

And it appointed Androkan.

The Audron outgunned Xanthe and the two fighters, until more forces could be brought to bear.  She knew the Nefrane and a group of frigates were on their way.  So time was against Deidrus.

“Non-lethal my blue *ss,” Xanthe said aloud.  She paused to think, and then she told the pilot, “I want us hovering just outside of the Audron’s range when we get there.  Lock them but I give the command to fire and hands off the trigger until I do.”

Androkan didn’t need to know if Xanthe would shoot or not.  And Mira was a little miracle worker.  She might come up with something.

[Cknarf]

"Hold off on those explosives."  Frank said as he tied off  "Don't go blowing anything up while I'm hanging off the side of this thing."  He slowly began to climb down the side.

Holy sh*t that's a long way.

"I'm almost--" He felt his stomach drop.  He lost his grip on the last rung of the maintenance ladder, and came to a stop several feet below the tracks, dangling from the rope. "Nevermind.  I'm there." He wheezed.  At least he had a clear view of the rails and couplings. 

"I expected them to be reinforced, but nothing like this."  Frank said, still swinging. His muscles burned, as he struggled to climb up. "It would take too much time to separate with conventional tools."  He pulled himself onto the rail. "We have to blow the couplings, but I need to prep them first."  Frank carefully removed a grinder from his bag.  "How are things up top?"

[Terca]

"The Commandos are in the middle car. They are working on something though the scanner can't read hard signals," The Cabal called from the top of the last car. She was crouched and looking over the edge to where Frank was hanging. "They'll be done cutting through the covering soon." She watched the progress from where she was situated at near the corner of the middle car. As she was looking around she saw the shuttle Vayne was in hovering off to the side. For a moment she didn't think anything of it until she had an idea which was about as at her pay grade and responsibility as Deidrus' attempt to rob a train.

 

"Uh, Vayne? Do you have any more concussion grenades?" This was asked through the headset inside her helmet as opposed to broadcasted outside her armor.

[Kel Riever]

Morgan had assembled the saw bit to the Drill.  He had Dahlia covering him with her Phaeston when he carefully sliced through the flexible material, hiding most of his body with the top of the car.  He stopped, making his first cut a scouting hole.  When he took a look through, he saw that the door to the central car allowing passage through the interior had been closed.  

"They've closed off the car from this side," Morgan let the others know, "Whoever's still up probably barricaded themselves in."

Deidrus came over, his heavy boots thumping on the roof.  Moving along the top of the train had become much easier now that it had come to a halt on the bridge above the chasm.  He affirmed, "That's fine.  They can stay inside safely.  Frank, go ahead and let us know when we need to clear.  Morgan, keep cutting."

Morgan began slicing through the material to free the central car.  

Deidrus called to Frank below the train.  "Frank, can we attach the anchors now?"

[Cainhurst Crow]

"I got two...why?" Vayne asked as he checked it bandalieor looking to the turian curiously as he watched her through the shuttle door. "Bring it closer to the middle." He says to the pilot, who obeys his command, should he need to toss her some.

 

His eye goes to where she is, to the car, and thinking over the situation they are in, before he chuckles a bit. "Scratch that last order. Bring us over the car." He says as he holsters his rifle, looking to Irina and the other amagir in their shuttle.

 

"I'm going to do something crazy..." he says as he addresses irina, "Don't let them leave me, case it goes bad." he says as he points to the turian and pilot, "No offense." he then says before he looks out the open door, now over the slow train.

 

"Let me show you a little move we like to call a krogan airdrop." He says as he jumps down, free falling a few moments before he lands with a thump on the roof, dragging back for a moment before his feet magnitize to the roof and he starts walking over as he sees the cabal, hands going to his bandoliers, "I got two concussive, and 1 flash." vayne says plainly, looking to eaton.

 

"Which one you think would work better?" He asks.

[Terca]

MAJOR EDIT

 

Eteon smiled, almost laughing behind her visor. At least she wasn't the only crazy one. "The flash first. If they are still hard to deal with concussive but make sure they are far enough away that you don't melt their lungs."

 

She spoke softly so that the people below her didn't know what she was saying. They would hear him landing but what comes next would be quite surprising no matter how well you were to prepare for a situation.