>>6306158You went to look at the control panel in your APC, which showed the diagnostics of all vehicles in the group to see if they were nominal as you expected them to be, and they were. Weapons were primed, engines had cooled off, ammunition was distributed, the armour plating had been in mint condition except some surface level damage battle damage from previous fights. You made a quick formation for the operation, with your force being in the middle, breachers in the front, heavier scav vehicles by your side and the lighter craft surrounding them. Satisfied, you patiently waited for the signal from your would-be reinforcements, which came by shortly. They sent a rendezvous point at the northern side of the town. With haste, like a bunch of rad-ants your crew scurried to their vehicles and initiated the take-off procedures. Your APC taking point, you were the first one to see the scav force in full.
They appeared to be made up of strange vehicles that had absolutely no standardisation between them, seemingly using the grav panels of the surrounded buildings welded together with hopes and dreams to what could be classified as 8 hoverbikes, 3 hover cars with an unreasonable amount of fornax canisters attached to the front and 5 rather spacious hover cars with an assortment of turrets of chem weapons and flamers dotting the surface of across the surface of all but the cars carrying the fornax. Two things stood out to you, one of which was that all of the vehicles lacked a roof, and being open topped meant that they almost certainly did not have an internal artificial gravity, and another was that one of the large hover cars had been painted black and red, much more armoured than the others and crewed by the same soldiers that guarded the office of the ruler.
You transmitted the formation plan to the black vehicle as they’d have an easier time herding the scav force which you didn’t wish to bother with if you could help it. After they received the plan, you started travelling to your destination. The scavs speed couldn’t match yours due to their rudimentary and taped together nature but fortunately, the nest was situated relatively close.
It didn’t take long for you to reach the tunnel leading to the ventilation shaft. You gave the command to your supply truck to stay outside at a safe distance from the wall, and went in with the rest of the group. When you came to the shaft entrance, it became apparent that it was only wide enough to fit a vehicle at a time. The scans indicated there was a solid object between it and the reactor room and you gave the orders for one of the breachers to speed off first and gave the orders to organise the rest so that they wouldn’t get caught up in the explosion caused by the breacher but still exit the shaft with the element of surprise. The suicidal scavs happily speeding off signalled the rest of you to follow after waiting for a short time.
