[center][color=02fc5e][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4828914][img]https://i.imgur.com/NFJre65.png[/img][/url][/color] [hider=Interactions]Brief reply with Gideon ([@Starlance]), sarcastic response to Laurence ([@Vulkan]), brief advice to everyone in the office, introduction and brief dialogue with Taria ([@KaiserElectric]), some announced covering fire for Elijah ([@RangingWolf]), some announced covering fire for Alexis ([@Rune_Alchemist]), and finally throwing up a barrier for the kids ([@Letter Bee]) and anyone else to take cover behind, and a general distress call to get the gunship taken down.[/hider] [hider=Post Theme][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPL1GoWcfGc[/youtube][/hider] —————————————————————[/center] As Lokea was preparing the defenses, she looked back to the Geth unit and gave it a little smile. [color=02fc5e]"The pleasure is mine, Gideon."[/color] Lokea nodded softly to the synthetic. The asari still didn't trust the thing, given her implanted memories of the ones that opened fire on innocents at Feros, but this one doesn't seem all that bad. Yet, at least. She turned back to Laurence, hearing his rather... cold demeanor. She didn't really know what he meant by 'former slave', and assumed it wasn't directed at her, so she ignored it. Looking towards Laurence, she raised what resembled an eyebrow, or at least a part of her face above her eye. [color=02fc5e]"You're a real people person, huh?"[/color] She sighed. [color=02fc5e]"I look forward to working with you."[/color] She said sardonically, turning her attention towards the window, bringing her assault rifle up as she eyed the incoming targets. There seemed to be some gunships, aided by small swarms of drones. [color=02fc5e]"Gideon's right, you need to spread apart. Stay away from the windows too if you don't want a direct hit from one of their missiles. My biotic barriers could only defend against so much."[/color] She then moved some of the desks and crates up to the windows, to better protect against missiles, and give them a smaller opening to attack through. Lokea looked to Taria once she arrived. [color=02fc5e]"Hey, welcome to the clubhouse. Lokea Zhu at your service."[/color] Having herself resting behind a cubicle for cover, and aiming through one of the smaller openings that she created, she let off a two round burst at one of the drones. Shields down, and one well-placed shot... the drone was down. She could barely see what was happening outside, but considering that quite a few drones were focused on one area, maybe Elijah's plan was a little [i]too[/i] effective. She spoke into the radio to Elijah. [color=02fc5e]"Lokea to Elijah, I'll try my best to keep the pressure off of you. No need going in alone."[/color] She said before scoping out and designating some of the drones, shooting one down with a well-aimed burst of fire. She turned back to Taria. [color=02fc5e]"Sorry for the small openings, I wanted to make it harder for them to shoot missiles at us. You might get a decent firing arc from that angle though."[/color] She said, letting off a small burst of fire again, downing another drone. [color=02fc5e]"Good to have a biotic with us though. The more barriers the better!"[/color] Having heard Alexis in the comms, Lokea replied in the shortband. [color=02fc5e]"Copy that. I'll give 'em the one-two. Come back to the offices once you've had your fill."[/color] Lokea said before bringing her rifle to shoulder once again. Having lightened the load for Elijah a bit, she decided to lighten the load for Alexis too, trying to shoot down the drones that would threaten one of the few RPGs they had on the front line. A few bursts of fire downed a few drones, and with some longer bursts of suppressing fire to let them sustain damage, Lokea tried her best to provide covering fire for her teammates. It was the least she could do at this point, other than provide the barriers that protected the non-combatants in their crew. The vague bubble of force that protected them remained there for the time being while Lokea shot out from it, downing one drone at a time. However, there seemed to be a problem. While Lokea hadn't been paying attention to the kids' strange chatter this entire time, instead having focused entirely on the mission at hand, she saw the gunship that came for them. [color=02fc5e][i]Are you really going to try it?[/i][/color] Lokea thought as she saw the gunship. [color=02fc5e][i]Son of a cunt, he's really going to try it.[/i][/color] While having the small opening to prevent missile fire was a nice preventative bonus against explosives... it wasn't necessarily effective against autocannons. Instinctively, Lokea lowered her assault rifle and concentrated hard on her existing biotic barrier, allowing the kids and other non-combatants some time to take cover while the bullets sprayed past them, many of the bullets slowing down in the force of the barrier and falling to the floor. [color=02fc5e]"I can't hold this for too long! Someone please take that cunt out!"[/color] Lokea shouted as she kept the barrier up as strong as she could, as long as she could.