Securing the Backline
I am sorry, the words on the screen flickered for a moment before vanishing, raising countless questions in my mind, but I had to push them all aside.
I watched as the red dots of movement on my motion tracker closed upon this room. Far too much to make an accurate count of the enemies we were facing and no idea what enemy either.
The rest of the room was in movement as well, Merak and Thrusk directing the six other marines into position as best they could in the open room, covering the three hatches without exposing themselves too much. However, the room was all too open and without cover. If the enemy just rushed in it would be a chaotic blood bath.
I quickly turned to the Rezbit drone. Though its remote control was being jammed, it had switched to its basic AI functionality instead and I quickly instructed it to head to one of the hatches, using its shield to create some manner of cover for the marines there.
I then personally headed over to another of