Rumble in the Sand

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"Strap something electrical to your bare skin! It'll absorb the electricity! You'll still feel some serious pain but you won't soil yourself!" he yelled, assured that he was already fortified against all attacks electrical.

The vanguard came over the hill, and the defenders opened fire. The shields took the brunt of the damage, deflecting the bullets and energy rounds with ease. Boyd tossed a grenade next to an unsuspecting trooper. The high-intensity explosion cut the trooper to ribbons.

"Use the explosives to get the shields down!" Someone shouted.

The grenades worked, scattering the group and killing two more.

Three of the vanguard charged towards the group. Dave was able to rifle butt one away, but the other two managed to scale the wall before assaulting the group with shit sticks, to no avail.

Artemis was once again beaten half to death with a weapon that didn't quite work on him. Boyd put a round in the back of a vanguard's head, while Herbie took care of the last one. Artemis fired off a grenade to take out a straggler...the first wave had been defeated....albeit with some severe burns and broken electronics.
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Evelina watched the approaching wave of soldiers were running towards the ship through the scope of her sniper rifle. Evelina grew nervous as she thought, "This is not good. Those guys have defensive shields. Now I have to wait till they loose the shields or show me their back. I better wait till Jaxx jumps in and not waste my ammo."

Meanwhile, Jaxx watched as the first wave of soldiers came rushing towards the ship. He carefully pulled out a grenade from the small bag he had with him and held it with his claw head. It wasn't long till the crew opened fire on the Romans. It was then that everyone realized the Roman shields were bullet proof. However the grenades were still highly effective as several Romans were quickly blown to pieces. As soon as the first wave of Romans reached the ship they funneled at the entrance. Jaxx quickly used that chance to drop a few grenades in the middle of the Romans to make a opening for himself. Using one of his hollow whips, Jaxx swung from the top of the ship into the swarm of Romans and picked up a shield with his claw head as he unleashed his holo whips at max power and speed. Many Romans dropped to the ground in pain as the holowhips flayed their skin. Some of the Romans tried to attack Jaxx with the pistols and SIC sticks but only managed to hit the shield he was using.

Evelina watched as Jaxx was attacking the Romans from behind while the crew inside the ship was defending against the front of the first wave. As Evelina watched her Jaxx fight she felt slightly excited to see him doing so well despite his size. Of course not wanting to take any chances Evelina made it to snip any Romans who showed their back to her.

Eventually the crew got the upper hand since the romans were not used to an enemy with the same level of technology. As the remaining Romans fell the crew took a moment to prepare for the next attack Evelina reloaded her rifle and Jaxx climbed up the side of the ship and his behind the array again. Jaxx and Evelina nervously waited for the next attack.

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