"More gunfire Xan, closer than before still less than a mile off." Elly had been rattling off the reports of gunfire since she had woken up Xanthiana early that morning. It started two miles out, Xanthiana was doing the one crazy thing available and actually moving towards the gunfire. She wasn't moving very fast because she was still bringing the supplies from the day before, Xanthiana would be damned if she didn't save that medical convoy for nothing.
"Do we have any idea on numbers?" Xanthiana could easily pick out the different rifle reports now, earlier they had been more of a samey sound from a distance; now she could definately hear the diffference between the two forces fighting.
"I'm processing at least three seperate Ark Hunters involved, their EGO devices are reporting undetermined numbers with air support. The ereps are currently held up in a bunker, they are requesting any assistance possible on emergency channels, the battle does not appear to be going well Xan."
"Thank you Elly, notify the Ark Hunters I'm in route, can you work with their intel to find an optimal attack pattern?"
"Already processing the route, optimal attack appears to be a ridge nearby, several enemies are already up there, and the ATV would not be able to make it on its own."
"I was planning on going on foot anyway, don't want to risk the supplies in the middle of a huge firefight." Xanthiana did hope the supplies would still be there after the firefight, but the Ereps would have to survive for the supplies to be worth a damn to anyone. She parked near some bushes and rubble hoping at least to hide it from potential thieves and then started the slight climb up the ridge. The sounds of battle were all over, Elly was doing her best to try and keep an updated map of friendlies and mutants, but it was a complete disaster from what Xanthiana could see. The ereps were too few, the mutants were too numerous. Xanthiana had hoped the Ark Hunter reports about air support were wrong, but she could see herself there were choppers in the air.
Xanthiana reached the top of the ride, there was a bit of brush between her and the mutants up there so she was at least hidden for the time being. Things were about to get a lot worse for the ereps. The mutants were setting up a minigun on the ridge, with its field of fire the scattered erep forces would be easy pickings. As a plus for Xanthiana though it also meant the mutants would be easy picking for her when she got the mini gun. There were three of them up there, Xanthiana took aim with the rifle and gunned them down before they could turn around. The battle helped keep what she had done off the mutant radar, though she could hear from a nearby radio that the mutants were actually coordinating their strikes, so she knew she had to act fast to turn the tide around. The minigun looked to be in decent shape, with the ammunition supply connected and a tripod already set up. Xanthiana wondered for a brief second what the mutants were waiting on, or if the gun had been damaged beforehand. She couldn't wait to check it over though, the ereps were losing, Elly had reported an Ark Hunter was fatally wounded and the surviving two were running low on ammunition.
"Elly give me an overlay I need to know generally where the mutant positions are." Xanthiana's vision swam for a moment and then the battlefield was full of red outlines, the EGO device was anything if not efficient in information gathering. The miniguns rotating barrels started to spin up, and the light next to the barrel went from red to green indicating the weapon was properly ready for firing. Xanthiana took aim at the nearest chopper and squeezed the trigger, the minigun went from a whine to a roar and the chopper exploded in shrapnel taking out another chopper that was too close to it. Xanthiana swung the minigun down towards the red, and like a farmer threshing wheat she turned the red outlines in her radar to grey. The mutants suddenly caught in the crossfire between her minigun and the ereps surging out of their bunker scattered in the chaos. Xanthiana did her best to hobble the mutant numbers as they fled, but they fled too eratically and not in enough groups for her to catch a signifigant number after her opening salvo. She did get three of their choppers, which she hoped would at least cripple them in some way. Xanthiana could hear the chatter, the Ereps were ecstatic, she couldn't blame them, since they looked like they were about to be slaughtered.
"Elly open me a channel to the erep command."
"Opened."
"This is Operator Roeyka, checking in sir."
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