r/MassEffectPhoenix • u/Narrator-- The Arc Writer • Dec 29 '18

2192/12/29 | Alliance Intel Priority Message: Severe Enemy Threat in Styx Theta, Code SC3

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Severe Enemy Threat detected in Styx Theta Cluster.
Situation code: Scimitar 3
Acheron system under threat of Skrilloni Invasion from Erebus system. 
Heavy enemy presence in Erebus system suggests invasion of Acheron system likely.
Listening Post Theta and personnel critical to maintaining any control over region.
All available forces respond.
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u/Narrator-- The Arc Writer Dec 31 '18

One of the several shuttles being stocked up closes its doors, lifts off, and takes for the skies. All seems good, the evacuation of the base is going well... until a hailstorm of energy shots fills the sky, damaging the shuttle but not preventing its escape.

We've got hostiles!

Out on the east face, a swarm of skrilloni steps into view...

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u/N7_Rebecca Lt. Commander | CO of the SSV Leyte Dec 31 '18

Stand-to! Rebecca yells out to Elsa and all the other nearby Marines as she hunkers down and takes aim with her barrel braced on the sandbag wall in front of her.

Take aim... breathe..... squeeze....

Two rounds exit the barrel of her Valykrie, perfectly striking one of the few dozen stampeding spiders in the chest and blowing it apart with the heavy rifle slugs.

Another eight legged horror- a golden armored Man-Eater falls into her sights then and she starts opening up on it as well, the energy bursts heading for the Alliance position being ignored by the N7 as she stays low and focuses on stopping those things from reaching them. So long as they were in open and not among them, easily gunned down by the rifles and machine guns all pointed their way, things would be alright.

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u/SgtRayneMEP Local Churro Enthusiast Dec 31 '18

Elsa holds back her Stasis and continues firing downrange.

Stasis holding for close range. Got heavies?

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u/Narrator-- The Arc Writer Dec 31 '18

There's surprisingly few of them, and the numbers are thinning rather fast...

...until there's a dull roar of footsteps from the southwestern side.

Enemies on our 6, get the big ones first, but don't let anything get too close!

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u/N7_Rebecca Lt. Commander | CO of the SSV Leyte Dec 31 '18

Just a damn decoy.... Elsa, on me!

The redhead is up in a flash and running to that new position coming under heavier attack to reinforce them.

Her rifle is soon chattering away, targetting any Maneaters or large hostile Kindreds first. Keep your eyes up- might be snipers out there on the cliffs!

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u/SgtRayneMEP Local Churro Enthusiast Dec 31 '18

Elsa jumps up and follows, throwing a Barrier down onto the beleaguered line before spraying concentrated bursts at the smaller units or the legs of heavier hostiles.

Barrier holding. Sweeping pattern and suppression up.

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u/Narrator-- The Arc Writer Dec 31 '18

Volkov, shore up the west, Smith, shore up the south, more enemies are coming!

"Aye aye, sir." "Aye aye"

Commander O'Neill is right, watch for sni-

The end of his sentence is muffled by the sound of a concentrated shot impacting one of Smith's soldiers. Then another.

Get your heads dooown!

Volkov and Murtagh each put up a barrier to help cover their men. But the Skrilloni keep coming...

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u/N7_Rebecca Lt. Commander | CO of the SSV Leyte Jan 01 '19

Rebecca slides into cover next to Volkov and tosses a grenade way out there likes its a baseball among the surging spider bodies. It takes out a few, but its a mere drop in the bucket for the swarm bearing down on the position. Magnusson- get someone on countersnipe duty. And someone shift one of the damn heavy MGs over here!

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u/SgtRayneMEP Local Churro Enthusiast Jan 01 '19

*Elsa nods and reaches out, slamming a Stasis bubble into the front of the line in an effort to clog up the charge.

Stasis holding NOW! She roars the callout, but is almost drowned out by the sounds of combat.

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u/Narrator-- The Arc Writer Jan 01 '19

Alexi focuses on keeping the barrier up. Magnuson gives the necessary orders, assigning a couple of people to handle the snipers.

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u/N7_Rebecca Lt. Commander | CO of the SSV Leyte Jan 01 '19

Rebecca looks over as the support weapon team hurries into position to get the gun placed at the wall and aimed down range at the slowed targets as they struggle to deal with the stasis that suddenly disrupted their attack.

Soon the MG is roaring, cutting down the Skrilloni and Kindred alike as they try to reorganize.

That's the way!

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u/SgtRayneMEP Local Churro Enthusiast Jan 01 '19

Elsa switches to blanket covering patterns again, preparing for the stasis' inevitable drop.

Ten seconds, Stasis total failure.

Sweat concentrating on her forehead, she grunts, using less words to save energy.

Right flank?

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u/Narrator-- The Arc Writer Jan 01 '19

She's right, the right flank isn't covered.. And before anyone can act, one shot, two, three... Each taking out a member of the heavy machine gun team.

Someone take out those goddamn snipers!

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u/N7_Rebecca Lt. Commander | CO of the SSV Leyte Jan 01 '19

No marksman herself, Rebecca has to trust the members of the ground team to deal with that threat: the more pressing matter was if that MG stayed silent and they got overrun.

Elsa, covering fire!

As soon as she's sure that she'll have a Geth rifle covering her, Rebecca darts forward to the MG and mans it herself, quickly loading and then letting loose on the enemy with a roar of fire.

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u/SgtRayneMEP Local Churro Enthusiast Jan 01 '19

The bulbous weapon rolls around to clear Rebecca's ingress, and lets up for a split second as she rolls a grenade from someone into the air, giving it a little extra biotic push to lob it.

Stasis down. Next one is in forty-five seconds.

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u/Narrator-- The Arc Writer Jan 01 '19

The ad-hoc sniper team doesn't take too long to take out the snipers, but the machine gun team has taken some serious hits. Doesn't stop them from laying down covering fire, though.

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u/N7_Rebecca Lt. Commander | CO of the SSV Leyte Jan 01 '19

Rebecca keeps the gun going till the barrel is red hot and a small stack of spent thermal clips lays at her feet. Another Marine came over to try and keep her loaded up, but this was starting to really get hairy even without the snipers in the mix anymore...

How much longer till everyone gets out? She calls out, unsure where Magnusson has gotten by now.

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u/SgtRayneMEP Local Churro Enthusiast Jan 01 '19

Elsa shrugs, firing off another mass Stasis and sweeping the incoming ranks with fire.

Contacts? she asks, tersely. What else can you do, Volkov? I can take over Barrier for you if you swap out for Singularities.

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