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"Let's stick to the plan and secure the tower. Take the tower first, then use it to cover the rest of the groups cross. I am not giving a third guy the time to set up a rifle.

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Lt. Warner 'Doc' Prime
Gender Human Class 1
Languages: Mandate, Anthean dialects
Age: 38
Height:1.9m
Weight: 110 kg

Speed: X meters
Initiative: +0

AC: 16+1
Physical: 11
Evasion: 13
Will: 11
HP: 22/22

Attack Bonuses: +5 stab STR, +2 shoot DEX

Auto circular saw (Large advanced weapon): +5, 1d10+3, 2 points/AC 10
Knife (Small primitive weapon): +5, 1d4+2, 1 points/AC 10
Laser pistol: +2, 1d6 100/300r
Unarmed: +2, 1d2+2

Ammunition Loaded:
Weapon: X/X

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Healer Foci: Healer
Healing comes naturally to you, and you’re particularly gifted at preventing the quick bleed-out of wounded
allies and comrades.
Level 1: Gain Heal as a bonus skill. You may attempt to stabilize one mortally-wounded adjacent person per round as an On Turn action. When rolling Heal skill checks, roll 3d6 and drop the lowest die.
Level 2: Stims or other technological healing devices applied by you heal twice as many hit points as normal. Using only basic medical supplies, you can heal 1d6+Heal skill hit points of damage to every injured or wounded person in your group with ten minutes of first aid spread among them. Such healing can be applied to a given target only once per day
Close Combatant Foci: You’ve had all too much practice at close-in fighting and desperate struggles with pistol or blade. You’re extremely skilled at avoiding injury in melee combat, and at level 2 you can dodge through a melee scrum without
fear of being knifed in passing.
Level 1: Gain any combat skill as a bonus skill.
You can use pistol-sized ranged weapons in melee without suffering penalties for the proximity of melee attackers.
You ignore Shock damage from melee assailants, even if you’re unarmored at the time.
Level 2: The Shock damage from your melee attacks treats all targets as if they were AC 10.
The Fighting Withdrawal combat action is treated as an On Turn action for you and can be performed freely.

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Kaze, Tess, Hikaru, Kate
"Call my math if it's wrong, but I think that guy should have reloaded and returned fire by now if he was still able to," Cass calls out to those around him. "You guys see any movement on your scopes? Or we good to walk the cargo up now?"
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"Maybe we hang back around a bit longer?" Hikaru says, his body still tense even after the firefight seems to have stopped. "Javier thought it was just the one dude, but who knows if any more are holed up, yeah?"
 
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"Agreed.. i will keep eyes locked on that tower and call out any movement if i see any i still got some rounds ready if needed."

Kaze will nod to Hikaru and then look at the tower as he starts to whisper to himself like a small song
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"Yeah, alright," Cass agrees, still piloting the drone ahead and toward effective small arms range. "I've got the Owl's scopes up. I'll standby."

It's up to Creed and the Doc, now.
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"Seems like someone got hit, but checking my scope now," Tess responds through the comms, peeking out cautiously to take a look into the tower once more. I sure hope there's no one left, she thinks, ducking back into cover after what feels like a safe time looking.

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Notice/Wis? to check the tower once more: [2d6+1]=3+1=4 lol
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Warner and Creed
"Sounds good," Javier says, climbing into the buggy after Warner. Creed follows suit, getting behind the wheel, and hitting the gas. You race across the sand, catching air as you crest the tops of the burned desert dunes. Thankfully your vehicular assault proves to be unimpeded and you quickly reach the old bridge that sits in the shadow of the tower. Making your way across you, cautiously approach the tower, drawing your weapons.

"Hold up here for a second," Javier says, taking out the drone you had seen him using earlier when you first met. Booting up, it takes flight and heads up the tower, disappearing inside through a window at the bounty hunter's command.

"Looks clear, but stay ready," Javier says after a minute or so of scouting and the three of you head inside the crumbling sandstone tower. At its base, in a drafty entrance hall partially filled by a sand drift, you find a small camp with two empty sleeping bags, some survival supplies and rations along with the remains of a campfire.

Proceeding up the stairs, you pass and clear several rooms, finding them devoid of anything but sand. Eventually you reach the top of the tower where you find two men, dead on the floor by the window, a sniper rifle lies cradled in one's hands.

"Looks like this is my man - good thing he was wanted dead or alive," Javier says, examining the weapon-less corpse. "That must have been his brother," he adds, pointing to the man holding the sniper rifle. Several boxes of ammo are scattered about the room, and a combat rifle lays propped up against the wall by the stairs.

As you look around the room, you spot Cass' drone, the Black Owl, hovering by the window, peering inside.
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As you start to make a plan, you see Warner, Creed and Javier climb into the bounty hunter's off-roader and set of towards the tower. You cover their approach with Kaze and Tess, but thankfully no more shots come from the tower as the trio race across the sand, catching air as they crest the burned desert dunes.

Though faint in the distance, through your scopes you are able to see the three men cross the bridge and dismount, heading inside the tower a few moments later and disappearing from view. The Black Owl is able to catch up a couple of minutes later, with Cass piloting it up to the window of the sniper's nest.
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As the trio speed off you are unable to keep up with the Black Owl, however you continue your approach, seeing the three men enter the tower from a distance. Eventually, reaching the tower, you pilot the drone up the exterior of the crumbling sandstone tower to the window your attacker had been firing from.

Looking inside through the Black Owl's cameras, you see Warner, Creed and Javier examining the a room, stood over two bodies, one of which holds a sniper rifle. Javier's own drone hovers nearby, while several boxes of ammo lie scattered about the room and a combat rifle lays propped up against the wall by the stairs.
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"Creed, can you take the buggy back, and get my patient here safely?" Warner asks the pilot wonder. "I will take point, and cover from the tower."

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Lt. Warner 'Doc' Prime
Gender Human Class 1
Languages: Mandate, Anthean dialects
Age: 38
Height:1.9m
Weight: 110 kg

Speed: X meters
Initiative: +0

AC: 16+1
Physical: 11
Evasion: 13
Will: 11
HP: 10/22

Attack Bonuses: +5 stab STR, +2 shoot DEX

Auto circular saw (Large advanced weapon): +5, 1d10+3, 2 points/AC 10
Knife (Small primitive weapon): +5, 1d4+2, 1 points/AC 10
Laser pistol: +2, 1d6 100/300r
Unarmed: +2, 1d2+2

Ammunition Loaded:
Weapon: X/X

Active Effects: none

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Healer Foci: Healer
Healing comes naturally to you, and you’re particularly gifted at preventing the quick bleed-out of wounded
allies and comrades.
Level 1: Gain Heal as a bonus skill. You may attempt to stabilize one mortally-wounded adjacent person per round as an On Turn action. When rolling Heal skill checks, roll 3d6 and drop the lowest die.
Level 2: Stims or other technological healing devices applied by you heal twice as many hit points as normal. Using only basic medical supplies, you can heal 1d6+Heal skill hit points of damage to every injured or wounded person in your group with ten minutes of first aid spread among them. Such healing can be applied to a given target only once per day
Close Combatant Foci: You’ve had all too much practice at close-in fighting and desperate struggles with pistol or blade. You’re extremely skilled at avoiding injury in melee combat, and at level 2 you can dodge through a melee scrum without
fear of being knifed in passing.
Level 1: Gain any combat skill as a bonus skill.
You can use pistol-sized ranged weapons in melee without suffering penalties for the proximity of melee attackers.
You ignore Shock damage from melee assailants, even if you’re unarmored at the time.
Level 2: The Shock damage from your melee attacks treats all targets as if they were AC 10.
The Fighting Withdrawal combat action is treated as an On Turn action for you and can be performed freely.

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"Two confirmed. Looks like you got our sniper, and his friend," Cass reports candidly, his eyes glued to the drone vid feed. "Seems things have calmed down up there, but let's wait for their signal."
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Good riddance, Tess thinks, a smirk forming on her face at the news of the sniper's death. Now feeling much safer, she moves to a position where she can keep her scope trained on the tower while still remaining as obscured from view as possible, in case any others might make their way up. Now hopefully they've not got any friends still hiding in there.
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"Damn good shot Tess i'll stay close and support you." Kaze says with a smirk and a playful wink he then positions himself in a spot near tess
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"Javier did mention this guy had a brother. Guess that's the other one," Hikaru says, finally breathing a sigh of relief at Cass's confirmation. He leans his forehead up against the stone pillar, closing his eyes as he tries to let go of all the tension. We're good now. Safe for now. And just a little longer til we can drop off this damn box. "But yeah, let's wait a bit longer. Better safe than sorry."
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Warner
"Uh ok," Creed says, before disappearing back down the stairs the of the tower.

"So, who'd you fight for? Before this Cartage Guild job I mean," Javier asks, pulling out a scanning device of some kind and beginning to scan the eyes and fingerprints of the two bodies. "No judgement either way, I've known plenty of fine folks from either side of the Bronze Rebellion. You just carry yourself like a soldier is all, and well you look to be around my age, give or take," he adds as he continues with his task.
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You only have to wait a couple more minutes before you see Creed emerge from the tower and get back into the buggy. He sets off, making the minute or so drive back across the open ground before pulling up next to you.

"Looks like you two got them both," the pilot says, looking over at Kaze and Tess. "It uh... should be all clear to start moving up, if you want. The Doc wants me to get his patient up there asap though."
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"Careful now friend. As far as anyone is concerned, I just a doctor from Strocho. Don't start digging up old graves, while there're still bullets flying. You should know well that there's always someone who does care." Warner locks eyes with the hunter as he starts treating his minor injuries.

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Warner checks the bodies to see if either of them carry a knife.
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Cass watches uneasily as the buggy returns, this time with only Creed. His shoulders relax as the pilot recants their efforts.

"Good shit. I'll hang back, make sure the cargo moves along. Kaze, you got me?"

The tech temporarily lands the Black Owl in the top of the watchtower in the distance so he can have his hands and eyes free.
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"So you're League then," Javier says with a smirk. "I thought I could hear a bit of Anthean in your accent, but I must be wrong. Don't worry I'll cease my prying," he adds, offering up his hands in a gesture of peace.

After treating yourself, you begin searching the bodies, finding a knife on the belt one of the men. It is a simple steel knife with a wood and leather grip, of a classic Anthean design, favoured by homesteaders and hunters who find little need for mono-edges or other technology one might find on a more advanced blade.
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"Let's not completely let our guard down, yeah?" Hikaru says, aware that they're still in an active warzone. "But sweet, let's get moving then. The sooner we finish this, the sooner we can get back to the Mak." My bed's gonna feel so good after today. Hopefully Marko cooks up something good tonight.

 
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Kaze nods to cass "Hell yeah i got you Cass."
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"Sure thing, take us up, Creed," Tess says, happy to get off the sand and into a more defensible position in the tower. Will have a good vantage of the whole area from up there, no wonder that piece of shit chose it as his perch. Just gotta make sure I don't get too cocky and end up the same way, she thinks, as she climbs into the buggy and returning the rifle to her back in exchange for her mag pistol.
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You load up the wounded soldier carefully, before Creed hops back in the driver's seat, with Tess riding shotgun. They take off towards the base of the tower, while the other four of you begin walking the container across the open terrain, a journey that should take about 15 minutes given the container's speed.
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"Well that went better than it could've," Cass says as they walk the grav container the better part of the kilometer to the watchtower. "Never been pinned down by a sniper like that. That was... an experience. I'm just glad the guy seemed to shit his pants once Kaze sent some lead downrange. It'd be another story if we were dealing with a crackshot."
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"This planet sucks balls," Hikaru says bluntly, letting out an exhausted whine. "But yeah, I'm glad we're all okay. Hope our League friends can give us a lift back to the Mak after all this walking. Don't know how we'd get back across that canyon otherwise."

 
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a light smirk goes across Kaze's face as he looks to Cass "Yeah i agree, but hey hasn't been the first time I've dealt with a sniper like that, but hey me and my gun have been through a lot I'm glad to be apart of the team and I'm glad I'm actually being useful here. But hey still got a job to do right." He then gives a grunt in agreement to Hikaru and a nod 
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Walking the container across the open desert takes about fifteen minutes, but they thankfully pass uneventfully and you soon all regroup at the base of the tower, where you find Warner monitoring his patient while Creed assists Javier in loading two bodies onto the back of his vehicle.

"Well thanks for the assist," Javier says as the second corpse is lifted up onto the truck bed at the back of the buggy. "I would've been sat out here for hours if you hadn't come along. Looks like you got one with the machine gun and the other with the sniper - for those who keep count," the bounty hunter adds for the benefit of those arriving with the grav container.

"What'd we say? Thirty percent right?" He asks, turning to Hikaru, pulling out his compad to transfer the credits.
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Glad we hired Kaze back on Asteria, Cass ponders, watching the bounty hunter load the dead onto his buggy with a mixture between disgust and fascination. Otherwise there might have been a different set of bodies out here on the sands.

He looks toward Hikaru, knowing the man had brokered the deal, though having overheard none of it. This Javier guy's not snaking us, is he? Thirty percent... split how many ways? Damn. Better than nothing, though. Never turn down a bit of side-cred.
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"Yeah, thirty," Hikaru replies back at Javier, satisfied with the easy payday. Might not be much but it's something. "But it seems like our guns did the heavy lifting, so maybe you could sweeten the deal? Say, that 30% and some wartime intel or rumors you've heard?" Deal was a deal with the percentage, but maybe he can still help us in other ways.

 
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Javier nods, transferring the credits. "There you go."

"And sure, the guilds have got to look out for each other right? Anything specific? It's a big war," he adds with a small chuckle.
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"Too big," Cass interjects. "You heard anything about the South Pole lately? Got a contact down there, but they've gone dark for now."
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Creed grimaces as he helps lift and move the bodies up into the buggy, still not accustomed to death. As he finishes, he wipes his hands clean and steps back toward the others. I think when this is over, I should go back to being a freelance driver. It's safer than all this crap. he thinks, standing just behind Cass now and watching Javier.
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"Too big indeed. I'm from the South so tend to operate out of Dacron," Javier replies to Cass.

"I was there last, near enough two weeks ago. Things were going pretty well for House Kylen and the League. Last I heard, most of the rebel houses in the South had been dealt with and the main fighting had moved on into the desert. Expect we'll see a consolidation before a push northwards - take out House Eedlon and the Diktat forces and the whole rebellion comes crashing down, just like last time. Should just be a matter of time, unless the Diktat land any more troops or any houses flip sides," he explains.

"Your contact involved in the war? If not, they shouldn't be in much real danger, unless they're in the pole's border regions. I'd be happy to track them down for you, if you wanted," the bounty hunter adds, a glint in his eye. "Given some time, I can find anyone in the M-Cluster. You'd get the inter-Guild rate of course."
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Warner pockets the knife, and tends to his patient after the group arrives.
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"Thanks for the offer, but our job's less about how to find them and more about how to get them out of this absolute paradise," Cass explains, glad to hear House Kylen is in a relatively stable scenario. "Just seeing what we're headed into, is all."
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Kaze takes a earbud out and speaks "Yeah i agree Cass and i"m here to just follow my orders from my captain so we will see what else presents itself here in the coming time." He says before popping his earbud back in and bobbing his head a bit
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While Cass and Hikaru discuss the intricacies of their current job with their temporary companion, Tess makes her way to the bodies of the enemy snipers, looking them over for any spare ammunition, and to check out which guns they were using. Pretty fucking good shots, bet they got some nice stuff. No harm in taking things from someone who just tried to kill you, right?

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Searching the pockets of the two men, you find little of interest, save for four rounds compatible with your sniper rifle in the breast pocket of a hunting vest - whatever weapons they had must still be in the tower.
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"I already took the good stuff, Tess." Warner says as he shows her the Anthean knife. "I do owe you a drink, though. Do you drink mezcal? Every desert town here has their own traditional recipe. And each is so much better than the one from the town next over, if the locals are to be believed."
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"We should keep moving," Cass warns. So we came out a few credits up, but the real job's not done yet.

He shrugs a goodbye to the bounty hunter. "Maybe we'll see you around then."
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"Yeah, no need for that, but thanks still," Hikaru says at Javier's offer. "We've got a pretty good idea of where our guy is, just curious if Dacron's still holding up." He flashes a warm smile toward the bounty hunter, happy to have made an ally of sorts in these wastelands. "But if we run into trouble, maybe we'll hit you up."

The idol gives a nod to Cass, knowing how the man's nerves get. "Yeah, still got the delivery to do. So let's get to it I guess."
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"Your loss," the bounty hunter shrugs as you turn down his offer of finding Bao's contact. "Until next time then. Try not to piss off anyone too powerful, or it might be under different circumstances," he adds as you part ways, in a tone that suggests he is half joking half serious.

As Javier gets in his buggy and drives off, you continue your trek across the desert sands, now on the home stretch as you target location draws near. Progressing forward, you soon come to an area where the canyon wall turns into a gentle slope. Down the slope, in the opposite canyon wall across a wide valley, you see a structure that appears to be the location you are meant to deliver the container to.

Old and dilapidated, though not as old as the sandstone bridge or tower you just passed, the structure appears to be an old mine. A pair of large rusted metal blast doors sit cracked open, flanked by a number of windows build into the cliffside, many of which are broken.
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With the Black Owl overhead, you are able to spot a small dust cloud on the horizon to the northeast. Zooming in it appears to be a number of vehicles, headed your way. Though you can't tell who they belong to that this distance, it won't be too long before they arrive.
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Cass frowns at Javier's joke, hoping he doesn't find himself on the wrong side of the man's contract. Who knows with those League wankers these days. I didn't quite leave on a good note.

He sighs as the old mine finally comes into sight, but the hair on his neck prickles at what he next sees on his drone feed.

"Tess, Kaze, do me a favor? Point your scopes at compass bearing 50°," he suggests, trying to keep calm. "We got vehicles headed our way. I can't tell if it's who we're expecting, or who we're not. You see any insignias?"
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Kaze nods while still humming a song and he takes his LMG and takes a look in the direction of the coming Vehicles
"Alright, you got it Cass lets take a look." 
he then looks around to see if there are any places to either go prone and setup or use for cover while scanning for anything specific about the vehicles
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Resting your machine gun on a rock to steady it, you train your sights on the horizon. There you are able to make out a number of hover vehicles heading directly towards you. The dust kicked up by the convoy makes it hard to discern their total number, but there appear to be a mix of grav tanks and troop transports. On the lead vehicle you are able to make out the symbol of a great house, identical to that on the burned out tanks you passed earlier, belonging House Eedlon, the Diktat aligned house that rules these lands. This must be a task force that was dispatched to investigate your landing after the Makkuro was able to successfully avoid House Eedlon's planetary defences.
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As kaze is looking through his scope he updates his team about what he sees "Well looks like a mix of Grav tanks and troop transports they are heading straight for us i cant scope a exact number but regardless a bit of trouble as i also see a symbol of House Eedlon on the lead vehicle my only thought here is they were called here because of our landing and because we avoided they're planetary defenses."
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Cass curses under his breath, scanning the horizon again with the drone.
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How much time do we have? Could we get the gravbox to the drop point in time before they reach effective firing distance?
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Yes, assuming the abandoned mine is the drop point, it is now only a few minutes away at the container's speed, while the approaching forces look to be about 10 minutes away judging by their current speed.
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"We should get there, and quick," Cass warns, pointing to the old mine's entrance. "Somebody — run ahead, find us cover, get in touch with our contacts."

He sends the Black Owl into the air, monitoring the approach of the Eedlon sortie. "We got, what, ten minutes before they're here."
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"Not picky with drinks, happy to try some," Tess responds to Warner, offering the man a smile at his show of the knife. She grabs the four bullets from the pocket, placing them into her own pack, before turning to the others. She checks the scopes when prompted, listening as Kaze explains what they've spotted. Not good. An army? Tanks? Why did we take this job...

"Yeah this is bad," she says, after he is finished. Listening to Cass, she nods and turns to run. "Meet you there, will set up a position once there's time. Let's go!" she shouts, before sprinting ahead. Fuck this planet, seriously. Give me some more corporate bullshit.

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"I'll go with," Hikaru says after Tess, gritting his teeth at the news of imminent danger. "Contacts are gonna wanna see this, after all." He brandishes his Cartage Guild ring to the others for a moment before taking off behind Tess. All those fucking cardio days prepared me for this.
 
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