Flying Saucers and Zombies, Sixton City Limits

[Dracos]

And so they ate in the underground caves that Phil had traveled through earlier in the mountains.  the steady drip-drip of water audible to their ears, echoing in the stony passageways.

It was about mid day now.  A few more hours travel and they would be at the alien base.  Assuming it was still where it was.

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Sorry sorry >_<

[Brian]

After a good meal, Liao carefully packs all of his things away (cloth napkin, empty cookie-bag), and stretches a bit.  "Are you ready?" he asks, not eager to help Phil with putting any of the machines away.

[Halbarad]

"Ready if you are," Phil nods, putting the last of the lunch equipment away (of course they have to have an automatic pickle slicer!) "Shouldn't be too much further now."

With the meal behind them, Phil starts off through the caves once more, wielding a flashlight as he makes his way through the winding passageways towards the far end of the mountains.

[Dracos]

They headed out of the caves, the sound of construction audible as they stepped out.  The winds were pretty warm, this time of year and the sun was still reasonably high in the sky, giving them easy visibility.  The trees were pretty packed, keeping them relatively hidden as they slipped out of the cave.

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[Halbarad]

Phil leads the way towards the construction noises cautiously, making sure to stay under the cover of the trees for as long as possible.

"Sounds like they're still going up here," he says softly to the other two.

[Brian]

Liao nods wordlessly, keeping an eye out for any immediate threats.

[Zenthor]

"I'll say," Jade whispered back, ready to blast the aliens with her firepower if necessary.  And even if not, if it wouldn't get them killed.

[Dracos]

Sneaking past the pile of junk Phil saw earlier, they got a good glimpse of the layout.  Not much cover aside from the UFOs themselves down in the valley.  If they weren't careful, some of the robots might hear them and attack.  The robots were scattered around the valley, some patrolling, some building, some just seeming to be walking back and forth as if they were following some estoric commands.

In the center, the same huge radio tower stood, lights flaring on it.

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[Halbarad]

Phil takes a moment to study the radio tower, trying to see if there's any good way to shut it down. He expects that his railgun can definitely put a dent in its operations, but where to shoot it?

[Brian]

Liao studies the tower.  The Tower is a martial arts stance, one that can be defeated simply by attacking the base of the tower.

But this tower is a person, not a martial artist.  Still, the theory should stand, soo....

"I think that tower is the middle of their base," Liao whispers to the others.  "We should figure out a way to knock it down."

[Halbarad]

"I think you're right," Phil agrees. "I'm trying to figure out a way to do it with one shot though. Right now they don't know we're here, though, and if I can get rid of that tower with the first shot I take, it'll hopefully mess them up enough that we can take care of the rest of this a lot easier. I'm just trying to figure out the best place to hit it to do that, though."

[Brian]

Liao nods, and then looks at the tower.  Were this martial arts, he might have an answer.  But this is a tower, and Phil's got a gun.  One or the other might make sense to Liao in some form of obscure martial parable, but he can't come up with one for this situation.

Well, not a good one, anyway:  "I'm thinking we'll need to do something to the base of the tower."

[Dracos]

Well, he could try for the antenna.  But that's going to be hard to hit with how thin they are.  He could try for the antenna base, easier, but still a bit tough shot.  He could also try for the base itself, easy to hit, and he might just blast through and hit some circuitry.

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[Halbarad]

Phil considers his options for a moment, finally deciding to aim for the base of the tower. It's easier to hit, and if he hits it on one side, he MIGHT be able to make the whole tower collapse, antenna and all.

Digging out his gun, he takes his time in aiming, lining up the shot carefully before...

*click*

"...I forgot to load it."

The process repeats, this time with an actual ball bearing loaded into the strange contraption. Once again the trigger is pulled...

[Dracos]

The antenna tower shook as lights flared and alarms sounded, sparking visible far off down at the base where his shot smashed into.

the base though was now on full alert by the loud noises and it'd be hard to judge from here quite how much damage his shot did.

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