Things had, predictably, gone from merely expecting things to go wrong to having gone completely wrong in a rather abrupt turn of events. The cut power was an attempt to disoreintate and distract from the primary assault, and while he had not been close enough to hear the sound of the canisters hit, Fauus could guess at the fact gas grenades were being employed when the order for filters on came across. Starting to scan higher up, he noted the hostile assault troops dropping in via jump jets instead of rappelling in or something more civilized. It would work well enough against anyone who couldn't aim worth a damn, as it was said, but as the Turian Spectre was quick to prove, a sharp shot could make short work of the exposed assaulting forces all the same as if they were roping in with a far less dramatic approach. That, and roping in would not have been nearly as easy to spot, considering the current lighting conditions. The roar of an anti material rifle, from the sounds of it, was attention grabbing. Affixing the scope to his own sniper rifle, some would deride for being merely a M-97, he began sweeping. From the sounds of it, it had been using explosive ammunition, which meant shock value as much as actually doing damage. The sniper responsible for wounding the VIP was already dead, but it was unlikely there was only one sniper.

	The venue and current closed in location would make for easy pickings for multiple snipers. Instead of adding sniper fire on top of the already considerable amount of firepower being thrown towards the incoming hostiles, and giving himself away, he instead kept sweeping for trouble. Sure enough, near the hole, his enhanced scope picked up movement, and after spotting the blackened barrel of the Widow variant, Black Widow, he put several shots in rapid succession into the gap. Unlike the explosive, messy result of the Widow being employed by the Turian Spectre, the only indication that anything had happened to the second sniper was the fact the hostile sniper's rifle sliding forward and tumbling downwards. [color=39b54a]"Focusing attention towards preventing any further sniper activity. Second sniper down, continuing to monitor for further attempts by hostiles."[/color]

	Fauus kept sweeping, firing another series of shots before ducking down and changing out thermal clips, which was fortunate since his timing coincided with the sudden flash that announced that the Citadel's defenses had blown the assailaint's ship apart. According to the report, the hole was temporarily blocked as well. Resuming his overwatch, he noted that overzealous citizens were joining in as well, opening fire with seized weapons, and he had to wonder how that would complicate identifying some of these terrorists if their weapon's had been cross contaminated, handling wise, by good Samaritans. Even so, the shooting and violence died down, and from what he could tell, there was no further movement or activity in the levels around where the hole had been created. [color=39b54a]"No further movement detected, maintaining overwatch until evacuation complete."[/color]

	At this point, Fauus was mostly thinking to himself how much of a field day the press was going to have with this. Civilian casualties, the human ambassador crippled, a vessel getting close enough to actually enable all of this, access to the power grid to drop the lights, and that was just the obvious things. Sure, the vessel may be dead, as are the assailents, but the odds were very much that this was as much a stunt to prove a point, not necessarily maximize physical damage. They would have to wait and see though, though Fauus kept silent on his thoughts for now. Doubly so on an open channel.