Thread: Fight the power!!!(Razgriz and I)

Viral just moved with the company, putting the incident behind him he was a General, and he had a unit to lead after all. Breaking up fights like this was actually one of the more constant things about this job Most Beastmen were grunts who loved trying to prove who the 'alpha' was. It was one reason why Genome created the hierarchy, as well as the Divine Generals He needed to ensure that some form of cohesion existed so that they could keep the surface free of apes. And now that he was one, it was like having a hundred or so disposable fodder at his beck and call. Except he wouldn't play as fast and loose with their lives like his former superiors did. But then, to shake him from his own mental dwellings, Lily's voice came from the onboard comm array followed by the transmission of the location of a very large signature. Well, at least she was still focused on finding the humans. Still...Something about it seemed too good to be true. However, he ordered his troop forward until they reached the side of the mountain a giant hole seemed to be drilled into the side of it. And it was roughly the size of the flagship seems they went in and likely down. Those apes loved playing in the dirt. Damn it Viral muttered as he stared at the gaping entrance, biting on his thumb in contempation and impatience. What to do, he thought. No way he was risking sending everyone in, but he couldn't take too few either. Though he couldn't wait forever as night was encroaching, and unfortunately, he had to make a decision Send everyone in and risk them running out of power partway through the fight, send in a small group to scout out the area, or wait and let the sun come up so that they would have more time to engage the humans. After all, it was a relative handful of smaller Gunman versus an - admittedly - experienced yet likely shorthanded crew in command of a Dai-Gun. Plus, there were a few notable enemies onboard The leader Simon, a redheaded crackshot, the Spiral King's daughter Nia, and one of Adiane's little 'creations' that she herself had failed to exterminate. He still winced from the last time they met granted he was weaker then, but it was one of the few times he actually almost died. Still, he was weakened like the rest of them and perhaps that would play to his advantage. To avoid giving away their position from potentially intercepted communications, he used visual signals to force everyone to spread out. Once that was done, he then pointed to four random Gunman - two of which were Andri and Etoc - and ordered them into the cave. They hesitated at first, but Viral reaching for the scythe blade on his Gunman's forehead again was more than enough motivation to carry out their duty. The signal he gave Lily was one of 'Stay right here, and don't move. Before long, the blackness of the entrance seemed to swallow them whole as they disappeared into the mammoth cavern. Minute by minute ticked by, and nothing was heard. Suddenly, however, a bright light flashed from the dark depths, proceeded by a massive column of fire and ash and shaking from the force of the explosion. What the hell?! Form a perimeter! Nothing gets out! Lily, Bo, Zanr, on me! Viral then shouted, his mech charging into the now well-lit cavern entrance small pockets of flame pocked the inside, providing a set of lantern-like glows for the small squad to follow their comrade's path. What came next was a big surprise A massive crater formed at the very center of the cave itself, charred debris from the wrecked Gunmen he'd sent in. Unseen by the others, Viral's hands clenched in rage what the hell had they done?! Those damned apes... he growled suddenly Bo spoke up, General...It appears they removed the IFF module and rigged it to transmit automatically. Viral then snapped, That's obvious, you moron! Otherwise the flagship would be here! Go outside and tell everyone we're setting up camp for the night! Zanr and Bo just kind of looked at each other, intimidated by the General's aggression, before going off. Viral then shouted, And make sure you yell out the safeword! I don't want to see any fratricide!