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Kilo squadron had just caught up to the remains of Echo squadron, all that was left was their medic “Delta”, sniper “Kraken” and private “sparks”. Shortly after the rendezvous Seargent Thoth the ranking officer attempted to contact HQ again. The signal seemed to fail over the thunderstorm brewing overhead the city.

“Team we’re going to have to find a terminal linked to a satellite on one of these buildings, it’s our only way to boost our signal and get into contact with HQ”.

“My Intel indicates there should be one up ahead, we’ll split into two fireteams; Brick, Delta, sparks on me; Aleph, Arcturus and Kraken find high ground and provide cover to draw away as many of the infected as possible”

“All clear? Good. Once we’ve made contact with HQ we clear the area”

Kraken opened up with two shots from his sniper rifle in rapid succession, killing two of the beasts but more importantly drawing off the bulk of the infected in front of Thoths fireteam. Aleph opened up next slaying another one of the beasts that had just clambered onto their building. Before Arcturus did the same.

“Sparks I want you to head to your 3 o clock as quickly as possible, let me know if you see the terminal”

He nodded before activatin gb his jump pack and rapidly leaping from building to building ahead.

“Brick and Delta I want you two to cover us, I’m heading up too”

“Understood seargent” they replied in unison.

Thoth then leapt forward before opening fire and killing a zombie to his left.

Delta had just cleared onto the platform of the ruined building in front of her to be surprised by one of the creatures which failed to claw through the state of the art enforcer armour she was wearing.

Brick upon seeing this leapt up and knocked the z over the edge of the platform killing the creature as it impacted the ground below.

“Seargent I cannot see a terminal on this building” sparks said over the crackling comms relay, their short range communications more or less still working as the thunderstorm gained in strength. Suddenly two infected were upon him, but his combat conditioning allowed him to hold both the creatures off. Another z climbed onto Brick and Deltas position but failed to harm either of them.

Once again Kraken took aim at the creatures who were now swarming sparks he opened fire coolly and expertly killing both zombies with well placed shots even in the midst of combat.

Arcturus then opened fire killing an infected rapidly approaching Seargent Thoth. The melee with Brick and Delta continued  neither the infected nor the enforcers making much gain as the rabid beast fought on. Finally Delta saw her opening and tripped the creature up before bringing her monomolecular lade into the beasts throat.

The success was short lived as yet another one of the endless horde made it’s way up to their position, the melee beginning anew.

Private sparks now free of his assalaint made his way to his 11 once a ghain failing to find a terminal. Aleph opened fire into the distance killing a far of zombie in an attempt to show the new sniper her own mettle.

Seargent Thoth meanwhile made his way to a location which looked promising before coming face to face with another damaged soul.

Looking around Kraken could see zombies approach in gb from all sides of their positions, they needed to find the terminal soon or they risked being overwhelmed.

All of a sudden a zed was on Aleph, the creature clawing and slashing away but met it’s match in the enforcer who flung it from the building dead. Kraken let out another shot killing one of the infected closing in on Sparks  who opened fire and slew another undead himself. Arcturus opened fire shortly thereafter the energy beams from his weapon making crackling noise as they slew another creature and impacted the building behind it.

Delta brought her wristblade up catching the zed in front of her off guard slicing it’s face wide open as it fell down dead.

Seargent Thoth looked around and there he saw it, right behind the beast in front of him was the terminal he pull his pistol up calmly and fired into the beasts heart killing it outright before he went ahead to contact command. Brick meanwhile slew another infected heading towards him and Delta.

contact had at last been made with command, the thunderstorm crackling overhead leaving peels of white lightning in the skies above.

“Squadron we’ve received coordinates for an extraction point, clear out.” ordered Thoth, his shortwave comms still grainy but understood by his comrades. Aleph and Brick cleared out first making it to safety, whilst a z grappled with Kraken it’s vicious claw cutting through his armour before being slain in kind by Arcturus. Kraken the  cleared out followed by sparks who was doggedly being pursued by the infected, Seargent Thoth and Delta both made it out but not before sustaining injuries themselves from the accursed creatures. Finally Arcturus left as the infected scrambled and circled around and on the building he had been firing from.

I had alot of fun playing through the second mission, with a larger strike team and better tactics I think I have figured out how to deal with the infected, though I must admit I got very lucky with some of my roles especially in defending private sparks when he we caught out be two of the ghouls!