McTavish stayed at the back of the pack for a couple of reasons. First, there was some hostility going on with him in the group right now. His disagreement with them was largely due to their discipline and lack of military practice. He had [i]insisted[/i] that he take control of the group rather than some civilian however his new commanding officer shot that down. The rest of the way he had felt their stares on the back of his head. It would have been so easy to- Though that would have been against orders. So he had stayed with the group and did as he had been ordered. All the way into Oking. Once there he decided that the best course was to patrol the immediate area, his mission objective did say that he was to recon the area. While technically speaking Duela had been put in charge of the mission the Mayor did not explicity place her in charge of him and so he was not disobeying orders.

He would have smelt the ghoul first had they not been traveling with one, he never liked the smell. He would have heard him next if Duela hadn't suddenly decided to take out several targets. There was a definite call to go back to check that everything was in hands but with three shots and no more obviously their side had been victorious. With their own number being more than three any confrontation that they were loosing would create substantially more noise. While this ghoul, likely not feral as his stance was all wrong, watched the rest of the group and then took a tumble McTavish took the quietest sprint he could towards the ghoul, reaching to his back with his right arm he grabbed the handle of his supersledge. Current weapon of choice till he lost it, broke it or it was stolen from him.

As a warning shot he struck the sledge down beside the Ghoul, as he grunted "Ngeaghhh!" Scare tactic, announce yourself to your enemy (Honourable thing to do). Determine threat level, then act accordingly. If individual poses significant threat, eliminate. "YOU!" His voice was deep, grating and pretty much like that of most other super mutants... just with a slight accent. "You stupid! Trying to sneak up on people? What is it you want?!"