[dcs_p]The three pulse lasers spat across the enemy’s left leg. The Gauss slug
shattered armor off the Vanquisher’s left arm. His short range missiles struck
hardest, smashing with a wall of fire and completely hiding the Mech’s torso from
view for several moments. As soon as Devon could begin to see the Mech’s
midsection again, the familiar flash of lasers stabbed back at him from the rising
smoke.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]Double hits on the right leg. Fortunately they hadn’t converged on the left or he
might have been on the ground. Before Devon could brace himself for further
damage, the Vanquisher fired both of its light Gauss rifles towards him. One
missed wide and the other sped right between the Direwolf’s legs. The enemy’s
aim had obviously suffered from minimum range targeting errors.
My turn.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]Devon fired back with all his weapons. The Gauss rifle smashed into the center
of the large Mech, barely budging the massive machine but no doubt doing
considerable damage. His pulse lasers were not so kind. The three pulsing
beams splashed light across the Vanquisher’s mid-section, adding insult to the
Gauss slug’s injury. Devon’s short range missiles failed to launch, simply
because they’d not had enough time to reload from their previous launch. He
backed off of the trigger on his controls, throttling up into a slow run while
awaiting his enemy’s response.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]Devon couldn’t believe his eyes when the Vanquisher stopped moving. The
machine seemed to have had a massive myomer musculature failure. He knew
this was unlikely but nothing else could explain the Blakist’s stillness. Devon knew
he could not trust his foe however. Some sort of trap could have just been laid.
Switching to his pulse lasers, he slowed down his Mech and stopped completely
himself. He focused the weapons carefully on the cockpit area of the Vanquisher
and fired all three pulse lasers.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]The 100-ton Mech’s only response was a gentle fall to the ground. Apparently
the pilot had been killed or the circuits and machinery destroyed. Regardless, the
Vanquisher was now only another defeated enemy. Its pilot had cost Devon’s
Direwolf precious leg armor, but that mattered little considering what he’d
reduced the enemy assault Mech to.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]Andrew rolled onto his stomach. Though he knew he’d been hit, he was afraid to
look down. He couldn’t bring himself to do it. He felt new pain in his legs, then
realized his body was shaking violently as his vision began to blur. Before he
could focus on anything, his eyes rolled backwards, betraying him. He could only
hear things now. But that wasn’t to last either. A piercing screech faded in
slowly, seemingly taking away what remained of his senses. After the sound
peaked he felt something like an insect’s sting. And then there was silence.
Peace.[/dcs_p]