[@Zyngard] [@Eviledd1984]

One of the troopers stationed on the roof, a squad leader by the looks of him, said to the fortune teller:

[b]Assault Trooper Sergeant:[/b] Negative, command told you to stay put, so that's what you'll have to do. 

The rest of the troops on the rooftop, were either patrolling the area, manning the plasma repeaters, on lookout duty, or establishing coms with the PATGs and the [i]Endurance[/i]. One of them saw the sniper moving towards the edge of the building and equip his rifle, seemingly aiming downwards. The trooper then switched from the TKR private com channel to his helmet's external voice speakers and asked.

[b]Assault Trooper:[/b] You there, what are you doing with that rifle?

The trooper then readied his own rifle, not raising it, but ready to shoot, just in case.

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Down below, Colt and his team were greeted by a few skitterers immediately upon exiting.

[i]So much for stealth...[/i]

Colt was the first to raise his rifle at an alarming speed, followed quickly by his squad, which opened fire on the creatures. Blue bolts of plasma quickly zipped forward and dispatched the skitterers. The power of the weapons, combined with the troopers' intense training and skills, reduced the creatures to little more than roasted corpses. Realizing that their cover's been blown, Colt quickly leads his squad to a nearby abandoned building, in hopes of hiding their presence.

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Meanwhile, the HAMs were having quite an uneventful run, the only things they've seen where city debris and the occasional mob of infected, no survivors could be found, and they were nearing the end of their course.