[Center][h2][b][i]The Nest is burning, Destroy to save it[/i][/b][/h2][/center]

Freya smiled down at her friend then around at rhe rest of the gathered team, "I for one do not welcome our new house guests." She broke ranks and headed over to a wall of crates. She gave a sniff and rested the AEW on the crates bracing it, activating the sniper attachment. "Now let's see. Let's reach out and touch someone." Her visor popped closed and a single big red "eye" blazed into light on the front of it. She looked out and down to where thr enemy are landing, "They brought a fair amount of people and gear with them..." She said almost conversationally. She took aim and carefully squeezed the trigger. A pencil this lance of energy racing down, and missing one of the soldiers by a hairsbreadth. She hums, "Oops..." She lined up and fired again this round taking the radio antenna off the shoulder of the soldier this time, "okay I swear I'll get better with this thing
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Her shots sending that particular squad of Artemis soldiers running for cover and distant calls of "Sniper! Sniper!" Could be heard as the jets flashed over head again.

Frigga grinned and sing-songed softly, "Yes sniper sniper watch your heads." She let them scramble abit and feel like they are safe in cover before taking another shot. This one burning their squad exo down. A shot to the side of the throat, as good as a slit throat really. And then she saw something she thought only happened in movies. The exo fell to his side still gripping his throat. And another Artemis soldier ran over a red cross on his shoulder. Frigga blinked as the medic started to tend to the exo soldier. And Frigga said words into the radio that likely drew chills from some perhaps,"Well in tomes of battle the Geneva convention really more becomes a checklist.." She lined up the shot, and fired the medic flopping over the exo soldier a hole burned into his chest. With a nod Frigga lowered her gaze, "Okay not bad." She moved to line up another shot.

[b]Elsewhere on the Island[/b]

The team has scrambled. Freya didn't like to admit it, buy BlueSword worked closely with Jotunnhiem. And often had several mobile teams ready to help out Freyas operations. This tactical team luckily had been nearby. Not too far out. And the Kaitaki research team on site had immediately started to pack up everything vital. Hard drives, prototypes, the muzzle of the rail cannon, as it wad still under investgati9nnas to why it exploded a few weeks back.

So when a BlueSword osprey came in on an aggressive flight plan and swung in on the small landing pad the research crew had scampered out and started loading tech and gear and information into it.

As they did two older men stepped out. One Carl Cardinal in a command vest and a command headset. The other an older man carrying a best up rifle with a scope atop it. Not often Carl and Howard come out into the field these days. But their favorite pupil needed their help. With Carl out on a overseer position and Hiward guiding a new sniper team through a long involved stalk practice mission they were in good place. So the pair look towards thr main base seeing the flash and hearing the distant bang of weapons fire.

One of the snipers called, "Almost all loaded their demo charges are set!" Carl made a circling motion with his hand, "Cover team start falling back up." Howard growled "Think she'll be alright." Carl hummed, "That girl doesn't know the meaning of give up. You ought to know, you taught all of them how to stalk. What was her record again? Six days hiding from our best? We just need to trust she'll call when she needs our help."

A researcher shouted, "Two minutes on the demo charges." Carl jumped aboard, Howard backed up slowly, "Snipers mount up. We are moving. And wish your senior good luck." The sniper team loaded up, Howard thr lady aboard.

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A distant crackle, nearly unnoticeable as several termite charges ignited and started to incinerate the research site. An Osprey exiting the combat zone.

Frigga aimed again. And fired cutting down another soldier. The AEW then protested and over heat warning. She sighed, "Had to be something. Fine, I'll do it myself."

The charge of a very passed off battle goddess down the hill, Starbreaker in hand, and the cacophony of her impact into a squad of exos backed up by two squads of infantry is like a thing of beauty. Her hammer whistled and rent open armor and all alike.