The Reconquest of Line Maria [IC/Semi-OPEN]

It was now that Carver noticed the heavy machine guns. He commanded some of the better shots in the unit, "Snipe the gunners, before they get a chance to open up!" He also noticed the tattered Colonial flag. It was a tragic sight. But soon, the prisoners would be free, and hopefully the planet as well. As the group advanced further, he got behind a small rise in the ground. Seeing the Invaders fairly close by, he expected his scattergun was in working range. The other commandos were a good distance behind, but Carver knew they would catch up. He pressed a button in his gauntlet, and felt a needle puncture his right arm. In poured liquid enhancement. For the exceptional focus he already had, it climbed higher as he fired the first shell towards the Invaders.

As the snipers and HMGs began to fire, the spiders jumped. Some landing at the sides of the towers, while others even toppled Invaders as they landed. An Invader that moved quickly enough was able to shoot at the 'spider'. The bullet, however, went through without much resistance, and not a second later, a spike grew out of the spider towards the Invader's head giving it a quick death. The other ground units soon followed the suit, quickly eliminating the Invaders at the observation towers.

Archene simply followed the commandos from behind, he was sure enough that they could take care of the other Invaders, specially without fire support from the towers.

It didn't take too long, but unsurprisingly, the Confederates and the Acruani managed to kill off the Invader guards... and only a few minutes later, all weapons went silent. It was over...a small fight, but one that ended with a few causalities for the Confederates. Nothing too big though, so the operation could be considered a success.. even if the humans inside the camp didn't seem to be realizing what was happening at all. After all, they had probably seen too much to actually believe that someone was going to come for them... they probably believed that this was one of the many traps of the Invaders.

As soon as the shooting stopped though, a certain white haired and green eyed little girl started to run for the camp, crying, stopped in front of the gate by two of the Confederates, since running to an electrified fence wasn't exactly a good thing to do. She tried to escape and continue her run, but the soldiers were holding her quite tight. "Mom! Brother!... Are you... are you there?!", the girl said, crying.

Archene followed Carver and Sylvia, some of his spiders following him while other just stayed at the towers in case this was just a trap. Carver seemed to be good enough handling Sylvia for Archene to not need to meddle into that.

Not wanting to intrude on the reunification, Carver walked a short distance away while still keeping a good view of Sylvia's family. He said to a subordinate, "Talk to the prisoners. Find out if there are any Colonial men left. If not, talk to the prisoners about whatever they can remember. If they're hungry or thirsty, give them part of your rations. Much as Sylvia told us, there are still a lot of gaps in our knowledge. Like where are the Markers, what exactly happened to this planet. Where are the Invaders? We've only seen a handful, which is awfully odd in an occupied place like this. And most importantly, let them know who we are and that they're safe. We may have an official mission, but it's our duty to help these people as well. Keep me informed of what you discover." The subordinate nodded his understanding, and went to carry out the orders.

He then returned to Sylvia's family, and hoped they spoke Galactic Standard. He said in what he hoped was a reassuring voice as he removed his helmet, "Hello. My name is Sergeant Scott Carver. I'm a soldier of the Dothvalian Confederacy, and we've come to rescue the prisoners here." He then pointed at Sylvia and added, "Your daughter has been extraordinarily brave. She told us about these camps, and led us here. So dont thank me. I only secured the compound. She's the one who brought help."

Luckily, by now, Sylvia, her mother, and her brother had all calmed down, and her mother, looking at the Confederate spoke first, speaking in the same accent and Galacting Standard as her daughter, showing that she was also a native of this planet. "Thank you for rescuing us, Herr Unterfeldwebel.",she said, translating his rank in the closest rank of die Koloniale Heer, probably out of habit, even if the word was in Colonial Standard. "Even so... thank you very much for taking care of my daughter. She managed to run away and the guards didn't notice her.. but if not for you and your men, she never could have brought help. We are deeply indebted to you.". Sylvia's mother than made a short pause, probably thinking at the exact way to say it. "We never thought that someone might come to rescue us... it's not like the Federals wouldn't have done anything to save us.. we know that the Federal Government puts the safety of its citizens above everything else, but so long as passed... and they were so harshly defeated.. even if you were enemies in the past, thank you for coming here. We.."

Unfortunately, the woman's words were suddenly interrupted as a strange sound was heard, and a couple seconds later, a shockwave hit the camp, sending some of the people flying, and causing the wooden towers to collapse. It almost seemed that something had exploded somewhere, further away, and suddenly, the strange energy signature in the middle of the continent, about 50 kilometers away from them, seemed to rise. And then, out of the fog surrounding the camp... they appeared.

Lines after lines of dead, Abyssalized Colonial soldiers, white, dead, with glowing blue eyes. Quiet, and not breathing.. they were now surroundering the camp. But strangely, they didnt fire... and soon enough, one of them made a step forward. A rather well known Invader... with a white hair that had a slight tent of pink, and dark pink, glowing eyes... Sigma.
"Well, well, well, Look what we've got here..", Sigma said, smirking. Strangely, even if she wasn't shouting, everyone could perfectly hear her..

As the towers fell, the ground units on them came to the ground... and after quickly regaining their bearings they organized themselves around the group. Obviously, the general direction of the strange energy signature was recorded for clear reasons... why did they stop around to help the clear-trap girl again. They again remaining alive while being affected by Invaders does make her perfect for a number of experiments. Either way, there were matters of greater importance to be dealt with, such as Sigma.

Archene gave Sigma a light smile, and if it were for Carver beginning to talk to the Invader, he'd have given her a bit more than that. Immediately, it was heard on Carver's helmet, "Distract her for long enough and we might find a better moment to attack. Part of my units will stay closer to the civilians, so I hope that your commandos can focus entirely on winning this. If it truly comes to a fight, I'll be Sigma's opponent, unless you require to settle any personal fight."

From the moment the girl was not shot earlier, they have already gotten side-tracked, so why not humour Carver a bit more. The chances of a fight breaking out were just over 90%, nothing too astonishing after all.