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>Recommend to Paula that she regroups her forces and attacks the enemy shuttle.
You manage to convince Paula that she should regroup her forces and attack the enemy shuttle.
It is not exactly the hardest sell in the world since the team that spotted the shuttle is nearby, and the team out in the jungle has the half-track.
However, clearly Paula resents even the appearance of taking orders from you, so you back off for now to keep her from doing something stupid just to contradict you.
Your group links up with the group watching the shuttle, unfortunately, someone gets spotted while you wait for the group out in the jungle, and a shootout breaks out.
The enemy is numerous, but for the most part poorly trained. You can’t help but wonder if this is just because the least valuable fodder were left to guard the shuttle, or if this is a sign that the enemy has already managed to land significant numbers of soldiers on the planet.
You recognize most of them as ordinary Thorakara foot soldiers despite the fact that the majority have ditched their distinct bowl helmets and masks in favor of grey field caps, and in many cases have stripped down to their undershirts and grey trousers. The backbone of the Iron Horde by sheer dint of their numbers, most ordinary Thorakara are conscripts, turncoat PDF, and recruits from relatively sane cults. You never encountered them during your previous fights with the Iron Horde back on Archipelagia, but heard their reputation is pretty lackluster. You don’t need to be a great soldier to kill someone at close range with a autocarbine though.
There is also a few Thorakara intelligence officers and enforcers present, but the group that really stands out are the House Kijeck soldiers.
You knew from past encounters that House Kijeck are fond of black, gold, and white, but while Madame Tweezette’s followers mostly stuck to laces and leathers, this group also dresses in silks, chains, robes, and impractical elaborate suits of armor. Probably because they are Rogue Trader crew rather than just bored nobles and their lackeys.
There seems to be at least three types, soldiers in turbans and light armor, armed servants in silk pants and half veils, and muscular servitors in gold helms. There are also several officers present, each of whose clothes is more impractical and unique than the next.
Under fire from a group with superior numbers, everyone scatters and vicious house by house fighting ensues. You and Namara killed several during the opening shootout, but find yourselves separated from the others, hiding in a bathroom stall after a large squad of enemies swept through the restaurant you were using as cover.
>Stay hidden for now.
>Sneak out, kill remaining enemies in the restaurant and try to regroup with the others.
>Get up onto the restaurant roof , block the access, then snipe down on the enemy.
