[h2]Charlotte - Research Facility[/h2]

As the small creature was going through the corridor to witness what was going on, a sudden explosion caused a rock slide to begin above and before her. The Pyotr following her quickly proceeded to snatching her out of the way to save her little witch butt from being crushed by the falling debris. She was a bit dumbfounded at first but eventually realized what was going on with Cinder's little message concerning the sudden blockade created by the assailant's final endeavor to stop them. 

Charlotte starred at the pile and puffed her cheek, considering it as the ultimate antagonist of the day. Nonetheless, she started to get a little tired with things and it could be seen with her Labyrinth slowly disappearing. The Pyrotr vanished first and her Grief Seed turned into black vapor. She was as normal as ever, but her instinct pushed her to stop the little game. Her mouth opened up instead of mutating this time, revealing the bizarre monstrosity her real form was. 

The giant worm monster that was Charlotte opened its mouth wide, making it large enough to engulf the entirety of the hallway's volume if she charged forward. With quick movement she swallowed the whole mass of debris blocking the way. Cinder could see her chewing the remaining debris in her mouth as the hallway was cleared. But she could only see the shadow of her real form, but as it cleared out, she could only see the small doll she usually was. 

"[b]Hi Cinder![/b]" 

She wailed randomly as the path was cleared and the coveted machine at eye's reach. 

[h2]Corporal Faures - GFS Cargo Bay[/h2]

The Corporal didn't really question the Ork's ways, quite the contrary he would probably not hesitate to agree with such a threatening individual. Between Ridley and the Ork, there was no question, contradicting orders was a no go. While the ork handled the remaining soldier, the two grunt SE troops were starting to cut open the nearest ventilation system using various plasma tools. There was no way they were going to go through the ship's corridors while they're already on edge with Ridley's frontal assault. 

"[b]W-what the hell do you want?! I'll do anything please don't eat me! I have a daughter... And a Wife![/b]" 

The hostage panicked at Arragoz's intimidating grasp on him, while Faures could only shrug it off as the usual type of work he would expect from Shadow Eternity. They were nearly done with the ventilation system being accessible. Let's just hope no more patrols come by and make the job a whole lot harder. 

[h2]Meta-Ridley - Over the New Phaaze, Attacking the Mothership[/h2]

As with his ship, Ridley didn't have much time to waste either. He was doing his best to get to the Mothership before the bigger yet slower threats would blitz him with heavy weaponry. Luckily for him, his small size compared to the ship made it easy for him to bypass the Ship's primary security turrets, most of them barely having effect on his metal body. As her arrived at the ship, he landed on what would appear to be the roof of the giant monolith ripping apart two turrets during that landing. He quickly proceeded to crushing the remaining two turrets near him before he paused a second to look up at the masses of huge ships over him. 

He couldn't smile, or at least show any form of emotion with his beak. But one could notice the mocking expression on his face with his eyes half closed. He could see those threatening ships not taking action at all, in the exception of a few small caliber shots. The reason for that was simple, they didn't want to screw over their mothership by shooting large beams of plasma on its roof, risking heavy casualties and big problems for the ship's functionality. He was used to this kind of approach, being a Spire pirate and all, and now he expected ground troupes to show up. 

"[b]Arragoz. I'm on the ship. I'll get a few plans of the air systems when I catch one of these troopers. Or perhaps you can steal one from them.[/b]" 

He said via his telecom/translator module to his associate while he started to get surrounded by two dozens of GFS troops, at least half were PED bearers. This was a dangerous gamble, but Ridley was always a sucker for chaos. They didn't shoot as long as he didn't move. He simply waited for Arragoz's response before causing even more havoc. Sooner or later, they were going to call backup and that's where Ridley would have his true role in this assault. These soldiers were the typical pawns he'd handle during raids. He wanted Hunter-class fighters, even if he were outmatched he was confident he could be of an efficient stalemate until Arragoz could get the job done.