[color=0072bc]Javi drove the modified Land Rover off road. He was headed for highpoint on the island inland and up the hill away from the base. They would get a good 360 view of what was going on from there. Javi had not been in the field as an operative in a long time. His role was support. He was the fix it and made it work vehicle guy. He knew they were facing a tough fight. He would do his part to help everyone get out safely. He could handle himself in a fight. He was not a special operator like Chuck or a sniper like Tahlia but he had worked inside the cartels. He was tough and knew how to duck when the bullets were flying. He had to admit that running into a fight with Raven Squad had a very different feel for him. He actually trusted them to back him up and not shoot him in the back. He whooped with glee as the Land Rover bounced as it went over a small boulder. The Land Rover roared up over the top of the hill and came to a rest rocking on the top. He looked over at Samantha “Ok boss now what?” 
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[color=8dc73f]Chuck bent his knees and tightened his hands around the roll bar he was hanging onto. He could take  the bumps and rolls better that way. He was moving with the vehicle. Duke had laid down in a tight ball in the floorboard in the back seat. His poor dog was doing his best to keep himself from being thrown around too much. Chuck was already scanning the forces he could see. It was not good. He could see that their docks had already been overrun. Artemis troops were hitting the shore in Exos in fireteam squads of 4.There heavily armored troops waiting to offload while the exos went unchallenged to create a beachhead. The guards that had been duty hadn’t been enough to stop such overwhelming numbers and force. He noticed the SAM launchers were active and causing some havoc with the incoming helicopters. He was scanning the area around the dock when he did a double take as a submarine surfaced off shore. “Shit!” He cursed under his breath. He spoke into his coms since he had his helmet on. He was using the optics built into his suit and its magnification to check the battlefield. “Chaos, we have a submarine off shore by the docks as well which have been overrun already. Artemis has the beach and docks.”[/color]

[color=ec008c]Samantha knew she would have time to fall apart later. She knew that base personnel had received the order to evacuate to the RV point in the emergency evacuation plan. She had BOB pull live satellite footage from Oracle so she could see what was happening. She was relieved to see the first of the support personnel were close to reaching the hidden evacuation boats. They were well hidden. Artemis seemed to think they only needed overwhelming force in a shock and awe campaign. They were all coming in from what would be the easiest and typical approaches to the island, from the location of the docks and mainland New Zealand.

Her attention was returned to the dock area as Chuck told her about the submarine. Losing people made her angry. She called into the coms “Raven Squad, I estimate our people need about 10 minutes to fully evacuate. Let’s buy them the time they need. Fire at will on targets of opportunity with extreme prejudice.” Samantha looked back at Tahlia “Tahlia use your gun to provide overwatch. Chuck I want you to mop up the docks and if you can target the sub. Javi get on the M2 Browning and give Chuck a hand.” 

Samantha focused on her HUD and used the interactive haptic features in her armor’s gloves to interact with her laptop. She launched the drone caches that she had programmed around the island. She programmed the larger ones to target the incoming aircraft. She then took control of a large drone that she could remote pilot. It launched off the hidden airfield. It was spotted quickly by the enemy aircraft. She had better mobility than they did and had better dogfighting skills. She got a few missiles launched towards the submarine. She strafed fire on the troops on the beach as she joined the fight leaving chaos and destruction in her wake. [/color]

[color=f26522]Tahlia stood up and braced her rifle along the roof. She got as comfortable and braced as well as she could. She began targeting heads along the beach. She began to fire smoothly, reloading and moving from target to target. 
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[color=8dc73f]Chuck told Duke to stay. He was going into the thick of it and knew his armor wouldn’t hold up to this kind of firepower. He ran to the edge of the hill. He had pulled everything he could carry and put it in the Land Rover. He put the rocket launcher up to his shoulder and began to fire down at the troops on the beach. Behind him Javi began to let loose with the heavy guns mounted to the back of the Land Rover. He fired the short range missiles from his shoulders at the sub. He wasn’t sure if they had the range for it but his AI did the targeting for him. He kept reloading and firing at any exo he saw moving.[/color]