Wrath and Duty 11

<StaffenGM> You stand in the rubble and ruins of blockade checkpoint. Debris continues to trickle down from the demolished buildings on the street corner. The smoke has not even cleared from the destruction.
<StaffenGM> Ahead lies a canal crossing to the next city section.
<StaffenGM> You do not have much time.
<Priad> "What is your status brothers?" Priad says over the vox as he proceeds into the carnage of all the dead PDF and destroyed equipment and vehicles.
* Invictus makes his way down for the ruble of the building, "Not great, but there is little time."
* Draco "Injured and lying on my back."
* Herbert walks along the line of dead and destroyed PDF personnel and war machines, assessing the work of the killteam.
<Herbert> +Enemy position destroyed. We proceed now before the traitors attempt to plug the gap in their lines.+
* Draco gets up from the rubble. He says +Understood.+
<Invictus> +Understood.+
<Priad> Armed with knowledge and his trusty Narthecium and Reductor Priad goes about patching up his fellow killteam members. "Keep an eye on your pain-supressant systems brothers."
* Herbert proceeds ahead of the formation, scouting the crossing.
* Invictus begins making his way towards the crossing.
* Draco proceeds to the crossing with the other members.
<Priad> +Moving into position while you scout ahead.+ He moves up with his brothers, taking note of the cover.
<Herbert> +Clear up to the crossing. Advancing to the other side.+
<Invictus> +Understood, we are right behind you.+
<Herbert> With another burst of his jump-pack, Herbert jumps the distance across.
<StaffenGM> The canal crossing is not tremendously substantial -- about 40m at the bridge.
* Priad takes up a position at the end of the bridge.
* Draco waits at the end of the Bridge and says "See anything, Apothecary?"
<Priad> "Quite a bit of enemy movement, Draco. Mainly vehicles. Best keep your launcher handy."
* Draco switches ammo type to Krak.
<Draco> "Affirmative, Apothecary."
<Priad> +Brother Herbert, are there any obvious fortified positions around the enemies blockade?+
<Priad> Brings up the rear of the squad.
* Draco sprints across the bridge and ducks behind cover.
* Invictus starts running across the bridge following behind Draco.
<Priad> +Be vigilant brothers.+ Priad says to the two on the ground with him, as he swivels his head around every time they stop.
<Herbert> +We advance through the buildings parallel the street, until we rich the main avenue ahead to the Parliamentary Spire.+ Switching frequencies, Herbert continues, +Janissaries, belay order to return to the fort. You are to drive the comandeered armor across the bridge, all weapons firing to create as much confusion as possible while I lead the Killteam towards our objective. Am I understood?+
<Priad> +Affirmative, Brother Herbert. We are moving.+ He nods to Draco to lead the way.
* Draco leads the squad towards their objective with the missile launcher and bolter ready.
<StaffenGM> ++Leman Russ unit Leodex here, Lord Astartes. Orders acknowledged. Diverting to your current position.++
<Herbert> Satisfied that his orders have been understood, Herbert leaps down from his vantage point, landing at the breaching point ahead of his squad.
* Invictus follows keeping his guard up.
* Priad continues to remain vigilant, even as they crash through doors and windows. He turns aside every now and then to make sure no one is flanking them from behind.
<Herbert> Seeing them arrive at his position, Herbert readies to enter the building and navigate through the blocks towards the avenue overlooked by the planetary parliament.
<StaffenGM> This side of the street on this block appears to be occupied by a single building complex. The Kill-team breaks through into what appears to be a storefront.
<StaffenGM> In the distance, back towards the canal crossing, you can hear the sound of tank guns exchanging fire.
<StaffenGM> The structure vibrates ever so slightly with the explosions.
<Priad> +That will be the Janisaries then.+
<Draco> "I believe we have our distraction."
<Invictus> "May the emperors light guide them in their mission.
<Herbert> +Their lives are an expendable resource to our mission. Concentrate, we cannot afford any delay.+
<Priad> +Do you hear that? That whining noise?+
<Herbert> +Affirmative.+
<Invictus> +Yes+
<Herbert> +Proceed with caution.+
<Draco> +What sound?+
<Priad> +Sounds like a servitor of some kind...might be on a patrol pattern for the enemy. We should proceed Brother Herbert. Before we alert it to our prescence.+
<Herbert> Herbert nods, and leads the squad away from the source of the noise.
* Invictus activates his stummer.
<StaffenGM> The Kill-team passes by undetected.
* Priad keeps an eye out for the 'servitor' as he brings up the rear.
<StaffenGM> For a moment, a light flashes ahead of the team, but it flashes over the dim of the interior, before the whining sound starts to fade away.
<StaffenGM> After a little more travelling through the building, you come upon the northern exit.
<Draco> +Visual on enemies.+
<Herbert> +Mortal patrol. Low-priority. Keep an eye on them as we advance.+
* Invictus allows the stummer to remain on for now.
<StaffenGM> The PDF troops pass by, unaware of your presence.
<Herbert> +We make our exit here. Advance to the other side of the street.+
* Priad nods, hefting his bolter.
* Draco gets ready to run across.
<StaffenGM> You successfully cross, unimpeded.
* Invictus nods as well.
<Herbert> +That takes care of one building. Same procedure, through to that den of conspiracy.+
<StaffenGM> The next building appears to be a hab complex of 4 separate structures -- there is, however, an alleyway between each of them.
<Priad> +Alleyway?+ He asks the suggestion.
* Herbert nods
* Invictus sees the red laser sight coming from a servo skull bearing down twoard his group, quickly reacting, he pulls out his bolt gun and opens fire.
<StaffenGM> Invictus's bolter shot passes clear through the scouting servo-skull, annihilating the unit, which tumbles from the air to the ground. The round, having failed to detonate its fuse, then penetrates the building on the corner, detonating with a muffled blast -- blood is sprayed against the window closest to the perforation in the hab wall.
<Herbert> Actually surprised, Herbert replies, +Good shot.+
<Invictus> +Thank you brother.+
* Invictus looks at the stummer, +Only have 10 mins of power left, Draco you think you can get some more power out of this.+ He says as he hands the stummer over to Draco.
* Draco put his bolter away and hold the stummer. He uses the inductors in his hands to recharge it.\
* Priad watches the spectacle a bit before going to scanning their surroundings.
<StaffenGM> The rest of the way to the Parliamentary spire is clear -- a series of streets and alleys.
* Draco activates the stummer after a quick charge.
<StaffenGM> You arrive in the proximity of the Parliamentary spire. You are a block away from the perimeter.
<Priad> "Brothers, there are...a variety of defenses as I can see it. Auto-turrets, mortal soldiers, mines. But some good news, there is no enemy armor." He chuckles to himself, though it does feed over the vox. "We are short on time I fear, if we dither too long another one of those servo-skulls will probably trundle by and discover us.+
<Priad> "A suggestion, Borther Herbert. It occurs to me that the Central Ministry would probably have an evacuation route to the bunker. And it just so happens it's on the southern side, nearest to us. The route would be more easily penetrated than what we're seeing right here." He pauses in thought. "We just need to locate it."
<Herbert> +Be that as it may, a frontal assault simply will not do.+
<Herbert> +We will establish a firing position up there+  Herbert points to an adjacent building overlooking the enemy position.
<Herbert> +Take out what defenses we can before assaulting. Missiles can be used to burst over the minefield last second, facilitating our approach once we have softened them up.+
<Priad> +Very well.+
* Draco gets the missile launcher ready and nods.
* Priad prepares himself as well.
* Invictus prepares himself with his boltgun at the ready.
* Herbert examines the killteam's surroundings, scanning for the emplacements as well as the patrols.
<Herbert> With a short prayer to the Emperor, Herbert readies himself.
<Priad> +Moving into position.+
<StaffenGM> There are various decorative posts and statues and garden boxes along the street, between the lanes, and on the sidewalks. Cover is not absent.
* Herbert unholsters his boltpistol, and discharges the weapon in anger.
<Herbert> +DESTROY THEM!+
* Draco clicks the stummer on.
* Draco aims his missile launcher and destroys the northern missile turret.
<StaffenGM> The northern PDF squad, hearing the gunfire and seeing the missile strike, sprint to cover, opening fire on the building on their way.
<StaffenGM> The central group follows their lead, taking cover within the guardhouse by the plaza entrance.
<StaffenGM> The southern group also hurries into a safe position on the opposite side of the street, shooting at Draco's position.
<Priad> The Apothecary lines up his shot, after picking himself up from his improptu dodge, and fires a quick burst or kraken rounds into the missile auto-turret.
<Priad> "Pick your targets!"
* Invictus summons up the power of the warp to create a force dome to protect them from the enemies weapons, he is successful but something goes wrong.
<StaffenGM> Something goes wrong with Invictus's conjuring: the air crackles and distorts; reality pitches and bends; and the street seemingly darkens. Lights flicker. And in your eyes each of you sees the truth of un-reality behind the veil -- the wretched nightmare which waits beyond the seeing eye.
<StaffenGM> The PDF troopers below, bearing witness to this vision as much as you, break down into panic and flee in terror.
<StaffenGM> The auto-turrets, however, are indifferent to the anomaly.
* Herbert fires his bolt-pistol again at the enemy position.
* Draco fires another krak missile at the northern turret emplacement and destroys it.
<Priad> The lessened blast of the missle turrets delivered munitions only pushes Priad's aim a little, but he corrects and finishes the turret off with another burst.
* Invictus sustains his force dome while shooting one shot at the last turret.
* Herbert fires in kind - one last bolt round to the turret below.
* Draco switches to his Bolter and finishes off the last turret.