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<span class="mu-i">”We’re on our way. Just make sure we have a place to-“
“Damn it all, flyboy, can’t you make this thing fly any smoother? I’m about to take my chances jumping.”
“…Copilot, Check rotor synchronization.”
“Deviation is within acceptable range.”
“Thank you. No, Sergeant, not unless you want me to land and make us later than we already are. Jump out if you want, you’re paratroopers.”
“Smartass. Could at least try and cram a tank in here like they did over west, if you’re gonna fly like you brought your anvil collection.”
“I was interrupted. As I was saying, make sure we aren’t shot up as soon as we land. It’ll ruin my record if I lose this on a combat trial…”</span>
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No, no help needed. You had a plan- and it wasn’t time to doubt it quite yet. The Netillian Squad at the gates hardly needed to fight to the death- they just needed to delay, to give you time. Give the garbage boys a few more minutes to burn away the taint that you’d come here to destroy, a few more minutes for you to get away. The squad at the armory with you had set up one of the mortars that had been captured- and they had been directed to prepare to saturate the south gate with plunging bombs once the enemy tried to break through there. Though, they could certainly fire elsewhere, if the opportunity presented itself.
Unlike anybody else with you now at Site 12, the squad, made up of Netillian armored cavalry infantrymen had the queer and oddly effective Munitions Casters- weapons that made you envious of something that wasn’t made in Caelus, which didn’t happen often. That would give them an advantage- the weapon could spout smoke grenades, but also tear gas, which was quite effective on unsuspecting armored vehicles. The Netillians did carry gas masks, as they were wont to wander into their own clouds, but even still.
More importantly, no tanker would willingly immerse themselves into a cloud a smoke. Much less these tankettes, whose armor was thin enough that bundled grenade charges were well enough to disable them. Perhaps one of the explosive grenades from a munitions caster might be enough- you wouldn’t want to risk it, if you were them.
