Gerad let out a pained sigh as the lone human that [i]had[/i] been being held at gun point, disabled one of his captors and then levelled his weapon at the being that seemed to be in charge of the group. [i]Spirits Below, why’d he have to go and complicate things?[/i]

He was already bringing his Barrier into position when one of the henchmen called out his warning; the stun grenade went off, but it had no effect of Gerad as his armour’s systems automatically moved to counter-act the blinding flash and thunderous bang. Weapons fire erupted immediately, but all Gerad did in response was to hunker behind the Barrier a bit, more out of habit than anything else, and return fire. Scattered, light small arms fire was exactly zero threat to Milita armour.

His first targets where the two ‘tagged’ thugs that had wrecked his truck; he’d [i]hoped[/i] he would have been able to convince them, forcefully if need be, to compensate him for his loss, but now seeing as he was being fired at, he decided to cut to the chase. The first one was simply trying to run away, so he fired a burst from his VLA into the runners back, burning a roughly fist sized hole in his torso. The second took cover behind a large waste bin and was firing a one handed automatic slug thrower at him, the bullets, spalling and fragmenting uselessly against Gerad’s Barrier. Another burst cut that thug down as well as igniting the contents of the bin.

“[color=lawngreen]Ancestors…[/color]” He muttered out loud as some of the others continued to fire at him, despite it having no effect. “[color=lawngreen]This is becoming a pain in the hind quarters.[/color]”
The Barrier wasn’t really needed so he collapsed it and switched the VLA to his left main hand and unhooking the hammer from its mounting point between his shoulders. He snapped a few bursts off at targets of opportunity, chewing up the environment as he did, while advancing on the largest cluster of thugs who were in cover. “[color=lawngreen]If you clanless stone-throwers are done wasting ammunition, I promise [i]I[/i] won’t kill you.[/color]”