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>>141421"Yes Sir."
Silver is ready to proceed
>>141423Silver enters the building cautiously, SMG at the ready for any sign of changeling remnants. Seeing the split fork in the hallway, he motions for his group to once again split, with one half going to the left and the other led by him going straight.
>>141424Silver is followed by the black colt and Sleetfall. The pink Pegasus leads the group off to the left.
Silver enters a room with a small assembly line that evidently bottles milk, a door on the right, and a number of bottles.
>>141425Silver wonders to himself how long the milk here has sat, and if it might be any good to drink still. He tries the door on the right.
>>141426This door opens directly to the trucks, where Silver was a minute ago.
Note that to the left of this door is a loading bay with a closed freight door
>>141427"Hmm..."
Silver tries the freight door.
>>141428This door opens up, and lines out approximately with the anti-tank gun outside
Silver can see that there are some crates on the ground nearby both inside and out, that contain not simply bottles, but what look like cans of carrots.
>>141429"Huh. If nothing else, we have found dinner."
Just in case, Silver looks deeper in one of the crates, moving cans of food aside to make sure the changelings weren't trying to be crafty by hiding cocoons underneath the carrots.
>>141430The crate seems to be among some left by the supply, as it stands out among the items inside. It is too small to hold a pony
>>141431Satisfied, Silver leaves the crates alone to continue his search. He goes back to the assembly line, taking a more thorough look through the room.
>>141432Looking away, Silver can see that behind the bottling line and equipment there is another line with jugs, as well as bottles, and a line of steel pipes above the gap between the two lines. There is a white colored wall at the end of the room with the words "Bottling Area" in red above them, perhaps fifty feet away. The bottling line is long and dominated by steel equipment. Actually, everything is dominated by shiny chrome steel. Beyond the line silver can see the tops of cylindrical tanks and masses of piping.
>>141433Silver trots over to the tanks and piping to see if there's anything of interest.
>>141459>>141434Silver hears the sound of metal clanking against metal, and can see two black metal guns - both, submachine guns, each edging out from behind a four foot wide stainless steel cylindrical tank.
>>141472>>141470At minimum, Silver can see that there are two in front of him, each a little to his right (Silver must have moved far to the left of the room to look around the line). Silver can hide or use the steel assembly line for cover. The two Changelings, one over to the right and another closer to the left, are barely looking out from behind the steel tanks, with only the edges of heads visible.
There is a discharge of
Tattattattat, evidently accidentally, angled towards the ground, with the sounds of bullets bouncing across the concrete.
[1d20 = 7][1d20 = 19][1d20 = 15][1d20 = 7][1d20 = 6][1d20 = 19] >>141470>>141474>>141472A rifle cracks and a machine gun's "
Changchangchang" goes off
[1d20+1 = 14][1d20 = 11] [1d20 = 15] [1d20 = 20] [1d20 = 14] [1d20 = 9] >>141472>>141475On one of the two tanks, deformations appear in the steel and white liquid splashes out, before beginning a pour. More important, a single round hits true on the creature on the right
[1d20 = 18] [2d8 = 10]Silver's turn, for both attack and movement if desired
>>141477>>141472>>141470The drone on the right is hit in the head, his helmet thrown back, and falling to the left and out in the open. His helmet follows with him.
>>141474>>141475>>141477>>141478Silver aims his SMG at the remaining changeling, and fires a burst.
Ratatatatata[1d20+4 = 23] [1d20+4 = 20][1d20+4 = 10] [1d20+4 = 11][1d20+4 = 5] [1d20+4 = 23] >>141482A shot hits the steel tank and scarcely dents it, forming a tiny trickle of a leak. Another bounces against the side and deflects off, while another flies past to the back of the room.
But one, two, three shots hit the drone, who is partly exposed
>>141484The creature slumps down to the ground, falling backwards, and dropping its submachinegun, which first lands on the drone itself, then hits the ground
>>141485Silver stays on alert for a few seconds afterwards, keeping a watch for any more changelings.
>>141486Does silver stay in position behind the assembly line?
>>141489>>141489No more changelings appear. It seems that these were the only two in the sprawling pipes
>>141491Silver relaxes, and looks down at his SMG.
"I can see why these are so popular, now."
Curious, he goes over to smell at the white liquid pouring out of the tank.
>>141495Milk. Pasteurized. It's at an comfortable temperature above that of refrigeration, but below room temperature.
>>141496Silver decides that, instead of letting it all go to waste, he'll try using a large milk container to capture the stream of milk.
>>141499Getting a bottle off the line is simple enough, just place it in the line of the pouring milk.
From behind, more ponies come up
"We got those bastards!"
>>141501Silver turns to face the ponies, smiles, and nods.
"That we did. One less group of changelings to deal with."
He decides to check behind the mass of pipes that had concealed the changelings for anything of note.
>>141505This area holds a number of pipes and more tanks, it ends in a wall, the area to the left is open, and...
Crack[1d20+2 = 7] >>141509>>141505A rifle shot rings out from the left, going wide and evidently planting into the right wall
>>141509>>141510Silver turns to face the left, SMG at the ready.
>>141511Another note: more wide and low vats exist in front of Silver
The drone that shot at Silver has evidently moved back out of line of sight behind a wall to the left. But to the left, Silver sees something: Cocoons. These are all white in color, and barely stand out with a white wall in the back, and low, wide stainless steel cylindrical vats in the fore. There are maybe a dozen visible, between the vats. Pink, red, green and yellow forms are visible through the translucent white
>>141513Silver keeps his SMG aimed down sights as he slowly advances on the changeling's position. He shouts out again.
"Found cocoons and one changeling guarding then. Rifle. I need backup."
>>141514A pony slides in behind Silver, then another, and another.
From further away, Silver can hear a,
TattattatChinching CrackAnd a loud
BANGAs Silver slowly advances inward
>>140529 →I think we left off here.
>>141517Silver rounds the corner quickly now that he has backup, SMG pointed forwards.
>>141518Miskobag is still alive and conscious in the coffin. He tries to stand up.
Spark has the same challenge of how to move the wolves around
>>141519CrackA rifle shot
[1d20+2 = 21]This room has much larger horizontal cylinders, some of which narrow into cones, and all of which are connected by very large steel pipes. A few of these are red. This room ends in a wall that cuts that side in half, and ends in a steel door that is closed behind the creatures in front of it.
Silver sees five changeling drones in total.
One stands tall and in the center. A drone in Equestrian commissioned officer's uniform, looks like a first lieutenant. This drone holds a submachinegun up in an aura of blue magic. What is most notable about this drone is the blue metal helmet it wears, that covers part of the way down the face, covers the cheeks, and extends outwards with mandible-like ends around the mouth.
There are four other drones, everyone of which has bandages and wears no uniform, appearing rather as naked black chitinous creatures with bags and bandages. One on the right carries a submachine gun. Two, nearer the center, have picked up carbines. And one, who has backed himself into a corner, sits down with a rifle.
Roll for initiative[1d20+2 = 21][1d20+1 = 5][1d20 = 14][1d20 = 15][1d20 = 3][1d20 = 20][1d20 = 2] >>141520>>141519Silver is hit with a rifle bullet
[2d8 = 14] [1d20+4 = 18]>>141520>>141521Silver is shot poing blank in the chest, the bullet ripping through flesh and internal organs that have already taken a significant toll from the earlier combat. There's a lot of blood, a grunt of pain, and he staggers backwards from the force of the shot, but he manages to keep himself upright.
>>141522>>141520The drone in the center shoots first
[1d20+3 = 22] [1d20+3 = 20] [1d20+3 = 12] >>141523>>141522The drone seems to miss Silver, or so he seems, until a pony who jumped further into the room behind Silver is considered
[4d6 = 19] >>141525>>141522The pony behind Silver falls. Another pony - who also jumped behind Silver - aims his rifle, and fires
[1d20+1 = 14] >>141526>>141522Hitting the drone on the right,
[2d8 = 9] >>141527>>141522This drone drops his submachine gun, stands straight up for a moment, and then falls
Silver's turn
>>141520Well, wolves are in this city. Could we not pass as a lowly funeral?