Crash Site, Elevator Shaft Commissar Rackham Looking down the elevator shaft, he stepped back and lit up his cigar before stretching and rotating his good shoulder. He then examined his Auspex hoping he might be able to determine the elevator's position. While analyzing the scan, "Do we have anyone who can pilot an aircraft? Because that will determine our next move." (Waiting for response before deciding) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cathedral Spire, Curtain Wall SGT Kroll "BREAK CONTACT! We can't deal with those tanks!" He lead their movement away from the carnage of the heretics and traitors going at it. After clearing the area he started looking for another breach point. They could have risked pushing forward but one stray round could have ruined the reinforcement mission. It was better to fall back and regroup than to needlessly throw their lives away against those tanks.
-Killroy Killroy shook his head. "wasnt trained to pilot only kill the heretic." he said as he waited for there leader to decide he quickly reloded his helgun with a smile. -Homes "Could we try climbing the cables that hold the elvetor up?" she asked the commissar
Crash Site, Elevator Shaft Commissar Rackham Taps the auspex and takes a long drag from his cigar before blowing a puff of smoke into the elevator shaft. "I need one volunteer to climb to the next level up. Then signal is when the area is clear. Whether we go up or down we will do it one floor at a time until we find the elevator. Don't want that crashing down on us do we?" He holstered his weapons ready for the climb ahead of them.
Crash Site, Elevator Shaft Electing their most nimble colleague, Pfc. Mikas put down majority of his equipment and began the ascent with only a las-pistol in hand. Watching him ascend meter by meter into the darkness until only his grunts of exertion and fatigue could be heard, they anxiously waited. Minutes stretched out into what seemed to be hours before an echoing shout could be heard in the darkness. Having reached the top and not finding anything except desolate corridors or burnt out hallways, Mikas had reached the landing pad. Pulling out a lumen-strip and tossing it down the shaft, it rapidly crashed down banging off the sides of the shaft with the sound of a Leman Russ being resurrected from the grave...too loud for comfort. Seeing the strip go flying by them, it would seem that was their que to ascend the shaft as well but they would have to hurry as the heavy thumps of the lumen strips descent began to draw unwanted attention towards them. The sound of bone talons clawing up the shaft slowly began to echo from the darkness below and Emperor knew what horrors were even now streaking ever closer to them. GM Note: It will take about twenty minutes to ascend the shaft, at least one person will have to stay behind and hold the line if the rest of the group plans on making it. You can choose a bot character if you would like but note there is very little chance of that person(s) surviving the encounter. _______________________________________________________________________________ Cathedral Spire, Hells Highway Overshot tank rounds and stray lasfire lit up the tarmac as the group retreated from the ever growing battle as more forces from both the traitors and Chaos warhost began to make battle over the ground so hastily stolen from the loyalist garrison. With this unseen respite, the defenders could be seen withdrawing towards the main sanctuary of the Citadel upon which they would most undoubtedly be making their last stand. With the Sororitas and loyalist guardsmen out in the open, there is a small chance they might be able to pick up their vox traffic but the farther way the group traveled, the less and less likely of making contact was realized. Having retreated almost two blocks away from the main engagement, the group broke out into a bombed out part of the road which revealed the burnt out skeleton of what would most likely be a sewer main. Sparking electrical conduits and burst piping gurgled out crimson fluids into the ever growing waste pool in the center of the crater but more importantly, a small rubble strewn passageway was revealed. This could be their chance to infiltrate underneath the battle zone or the group could continue to travel around and break through a weaker salient of the Cathedral Spire. GM Note: You may attempt a vox-transmission as the response may be made prior to coming to the sewer main. Chances of success without an vox-caster is minimal at best. The sewer line leads to an unknown location but definitely in the direction of the Cathedral. The road continues to the east and west for several blocks but traveling south is no longer an option.
Crash Site, Elevator Shaft Commissar Rackham He threw the spent cigar down the shaft shaking his head at the idiot move with the lumen strips. "Damn fool. Get climbing! You (point at one of the boys) make sure nothing comes up after us!" He proceeded to climb the cable to the landing at the top. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cathedral Spire, Hells Highway SGT Kroll Attempted to us his vox bead to reach the fleeing Loyalist forces and Sororitas, "This is SGT Kroll to any loyalist forces we are trying to rendezvous in order to reinforce the Cathedral. Please respond." If they didn't get a response they would enter the tunnel and head for the Cathedral from the underside. (If they didn't get a response he would use the infrared goggles to see in the underground tunnel.)
OOC which one is commisar pointing at -Homes Homes was next to start climbing up the cabal her bolt pistol at her side and her maul on her belt she began to climb the cabals to ascendance the elevator shaft. "Leave something for the heratics to give them a nasty suprise." she said down to the other men below.
Crash Site, Elevator Shaft Watson saluted them and shook hands with each of them as they rapidly began their ascent. Closing her eyes and praying to the Emperor, she knelt down and began to recite the Litany of Protection. "Oh, Emperor of Mankind" The first taloned hand reaches over from the darkness. "Send your gaze to me with benevolence," Screams of malice and hatred echo as the mass of mutants charge. "Watch over Your servant and soldier," Percussive booms echo throughout the close interior as Private First Class Arthura Watson presses down on the detonator. "And protect me from peril." Explosive backwash consumes the entire level as the jury rigged lasgun cells and grenades from the deceased cultists ignite. Raging infernos of flame wash over the mutants and Watson alike before funneling both up and down the elevator shaft. A nearby wall breaks open and the heavy plume of escaping gasses flares brightly outwards which could be seen for kilometers in every direction were one to look. With her final sacrifice complete, Watson smiled as the fires melted her flesh from the bone like wax leaving no evidence except the silver Aquila that she had worn around her neck caged in the remains of her skeletal corpse in a now burnt out shaft. ______________________________________________________________________________ Cathedral Spire, Hells Highway Heavy vox static answered the return followed by incomprehensible chatter. The distance was far too great for their small gain micro-beads to clear the interference let alone the raging battle that was escalating only a kilometer away. Wreathed in smoke and the acrid aroma of burst septic lines, the gloomy tunnel beckoned towards them like the hand of death. Eerily quiet as if they were in a grave, the sounds of battle slowly drifted further and further away as they neared the opening. Lumen strips and torches turned on automatically as they encroached deeper into the warren of darkness yet even this did little to bring light. Scorched walls painted in uniform ferrocrete grey consumed the light unnaturally the further they went in and the confusing darkness gave no warning to what lie ahead or behind... Advancing forwards, the group slowly progressed deeper into the maze of tunnels before finding themselves in a massive clearing. Light shifted through small cracks in the ceiling to reveal a massive ante-chamber half filled with corpses and the desecrated remains that had slowly drifted down into the sewers. Overgrown mutant vermin retreated from the chasing light as they inspected their surroundings. The massive chamber broke off into seven smaller passageways (excluding the path they had come through) and a single curving catwalk that ascended towards the light. What appeared to be tainted water dripped from the ceiling and it wasn't until several drops smacked into Krolls face did it become obvious it was blood....wherever they were now, it was apparent that a massive battle had raged but it was unnaturally quiet now.
Crash Site, Elevator Shaft Commissar Rackham "We will not allow her sacrifice to be for nothing we will push on to our next objective." He lit a fresh cigar and took in his surroundings before flipping the auspex and scans for anything they could use to link up with the others."Salvage anything you can everyone Emperor knows when we will get another chance." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cathedral Spire, Catacombs SGT Kroll Wiping the blood from his mask he speaks to the group, "Be extremely cautious. We don't want these corpses to reanimate. Head for the catwalks so that we can find out where we are." He cautiousl made his way for the catwalk access.
