Athena had been taken down, but not before taking Carthage with her. That was a pivotal kill to swing the momentum back in Blue team’s direction. The Red team flag had been dropped, but it was closer now, at least, and Carthage’s respawn timer would give them an opening to push and claim it. If they could take out Thebes as well on the way, their opponents would have less effective leadership for a time. 

Once again, it seemed like Vreta’s opponents were not rating him too highly as a threat. Saddam elected to shoot Athena rather than Vreta, but it suited him to go under their radar. They might not have realized that Vreta was constantly marking their positions. If all went well, they would have the enemy flag captured before they realized Vreta’s contributions. About a dozen marines had respawned around him in their spawn, which was a good-sized force to make a second push for the enemy flag. Since Saddam was recovering his shields, Vreta focused his fire at first on the remaining marine on the ground floor. Though the supersoldier on the floor above would be a persistent problem that would need to be dealt with. 

After firing a volley of shots at the marine on the ground floor, Vreta picked out three of the Blue team soldiers around him and directed their attention up to Saddam’s window on the first floor. “Saddam is firing from that position. You three, take him out if you can, or at least keep him suppressed. I’ll keep him marked, so you can predict his movements.”

For the remaining nine marines, Vreta decided it was time to join them personally in moving forward. He would be moving near the rear to stay within his weapon’s preferred range, granted, but it was time for him to help with one good, final push. “Help Kjartan. We’ll take out Thebes, then push for the flag.” He ordered to the soldiers around him. It also seemed like there were some Blue team soldiers on the upper floor of the apartments that had managed to claim part of the building. It was a pleasant surprise, and it would be good to have their covering fire for the push ahead.

As he moved out into the street once more, Vreta jumped onto a pile of rubble to get an angle on Thebes while his allies were advancing. He put more of his implant’s focus on predicting Thebes’ and Kjartan’s movements based on their momentum so he could weave in shots from a distance in the midst of their melee.