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The sun rose over the Indian Ocean to the east, the vast expanse of water a stark contrast to the arid environment the Eriu travelled through now. The deicision had been made to follow the Nile upwards into North Africa, avoiding the most inhospitable regions in Africa by doing so. Unfortunately, it also exposed them to attack by Zeon aquatic units, such as the four blue painted Goggs of the appropriately named "Blue Barracudas". Like the crocodiles name after the famous African feature, they waited for their prey in still silence. Only the team commander spoke over the short range communications system. "Alright, I'll attack first, the rest of you follow after." the bearded man spoke in barely more than a whisper. Three clicks, one from each pilot, was the signal for affirmative. "I don't know, Cayden," Tobias Kendrick Obrien spoke as skirted his S-Type GM alongside the Big Tray ship, "I just feel really uneasy right now. It's like when you leave the house and can't remember if you brought your keys, you know?" "You're just jittery, we lost two MS teams up here last week after all." his friend and comrade replied, his own GM S shadowing Tobias'. Tobias sighed and glanced toward the water of the river just in time to see a mono-eye flash. "Cayden, break!!" the Federal Newtype shouted, boosting his high performance model into a short jump just as a clawed hand broke the surface and thrust into the area his mobile suit had just occupied. It was followed by the bulky body of the Gogg, which was followed by three others from nearby points in the river. Cayden had boosted back, landing his GM on the deck of the Eriu awkwardly, unable to immediately return fire with his 100mm. Tobias had no such problems, and aimed his 305mm GM bazooka at the Gogg that had tried to attack him, firing a single shot into the Marine Mobile Suit, destroying the head and cockpit. The one on the left.. Twisting his GM mid-air, Tobias had his bazooka aimed almost before he finished his turn, sending another bazooka shell at the Gogg, which detonated in a fiery globe of destruction, pelting the nearby land battleship with shrapnel. Behind me. Dropping the bazooka as he hit the ground, Tobias grabbed the beam saber from his wrist storage rack and activated it as he spun his GM, thrusting the saber into the cockpit of the Gogg trying to sneak up on him. As he deactivated the saber to safely disengage without chance of the weapon hitting the reactor and causing another explosion. In the time it took to do this, the remaining Gogg had lined up a shot with it's chest-mounted mega particle guns, the reactive armor doing little deflect the energy damage the right shoulder of Tobias' mobile suit melted under the assault, freezing the right arm in place. Dammit, where did he come from? The stacatto chatter of machinegun fire interrupted his thoughts, and he threw his GMs thrusters foward, the armored and agile GM leaping into the air. "Dammit... he made it back to the river," Cayden spoke next, "You're all clear." Tobias landed his mobile suit well away from the waters of the Nile, examaning what was left. The one he had stabbed remained standing upright, only the neat hole from front to back where the cockpit used to be located, the first missing most of it's upper body, and the third was scattered over a much wider area than the designers had intended. "Hey, Tobias, you okay over there man?" Cayden asked, his GM hopping off his perch on the Big Tray and walking toward Obrien's. Shaking his head clear, Tobias replied, "Yeah.. I'm fine. Let's get moving." I hope.. Tobias Kendrick Obrien: 7 VP gained, 2 days damage. |