Defiant

> > Squad one had no doubt laid down the containment foam to stop the ones that were small and quick enough to avoid most gunfire, but they’d trapped themselves in the area, and were now falling prey to the hail of spines.

> > Coldiron took one spine to the face.  He dropped like a puppet who’d had its strings cut.

> > The standard PRT-issue suits are supposed to sustain gunfire.  Those spines are hitting harder than bullets.

> Interlude 16

> > The creatures came in as a singular mass. Dozens at once, practically crawling over one another. A spine glanced off of Defiant’s armor and came within inches of striking the decoder.

> Sting 26.6