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>>190990Silver: "That would mean we would lose advantage of airship's cover. We also need photographic proof of destruction, which would mean returning back to airship after detonation."
>>190991"We can take photos as we detonate them, can we not? I suppose the ship could be partial cover, but I would prefer to draw out the GRU to fight them on our terms. We do not know when they will arrive otherwise."
>>190992Silver: "We would also lose advantage of mounted machine gun cover. It would also be difficult to do this and also attempt to parlay with Spetsnaz squad on its way."
>>190993"Very well. See to the artillery mounting then. Artillery is not my specialty."
>>190927>>190930>>190994Silver nods, and looks to Primed Well and the rest of the airship ponies. "They will have machine gun with them. If fighting starts, focus your fire on it and take it out. I can take some bullets, but not so many."
Next, Silver addresses the commies with the party. "Отряд спецназовцев идет. Мы с комиссаром попытаемся убедить их развернуться мирно, но вы все должны укрыться здесь, на дирижабле, на случай, если что-то пойдет не так, и они нападут на нас."
Next up is the rest of the party, including also the griffons. "Rest of you, take cover and keep eyes out for figures approaching from over hill. We can not allow them to get drop on us."
Finally, Silver addresses Mala directly, giving him pets. "Are you doing okay, my friend? If fighting starts, I want you to keep yourself safe, okay?"
[Read more] >>190995The ponies have varied responses, but seem to have difficulty simply accepting the explanation:
И вы не будете атаковать их?Зачем прятаться?
Они здесь, чтобы помочь нам.Прятаться?
Нам нужно бежать!
The white griffin, Johan, responds, his wings coming out and perking up
"Take cover? From what? Where? Above the rocks" Looking above the airship
"What's causing the gunshots is approaching?"
Mala's eyes move between the fog that veils the view to the west and down the slope of the hill, and to the restless griffins and ponies, with his eyes focused on the ponies until Silver talks to him. Mala smiles and closes his eyes as Silver pets him.
"Yes" he answers simply. He looks up towards Silver
"Okay"
[Read more] >>190996Silver: "Мы не знаем, почему они здесь. Вот почему мы с комиссаром поговорим с ними лицом к лицу. Тогда мы узнаем наверняка. Это просто мера предосторожности."
Silver points in the direction of where Kira and Cavaliere went off in when they found the approaching Sptesnaz squad. "Stalliongrad's special forces, Spetsnaz, are approaching from that direction. They shot two of our group who had gone off to scout."
Mala's response is certainly deserving of more pets and ear scritches for the good boy and friend.
>>190997To some degree, Silver has placated the ponies... or at least the skeptical Steppe Eagle
Правильно.
Ну, если комиссар уходит, я ему доверяю.
Не стоит ли нам сбежать?
Johan, on the other claw, extends his wings all the way out:
"Then why are we staying here?!"
Mala sits down and moves his ears up towards Silver's hooves. But he opens his eyes, looking over towards the fog, eyes periodically darting to the ponies. When Johan speaks, however, he sits back up, and moves his shotgun back into a low ready position. He does
not, however, move away from Silver's pets.
[Read more] >>190998His answer to both the last skeptical commie pony and Johan is the same, speaking first in Ponish and then repeating it in Severyanan. "We have airship for cover. We have defensive advantage. And we have machine gun ready to fire." "У нас есть дирижабль для прикрытия. У нас есть оборонительное преимущество. И у нас есть пулемет, готовый к стрельбе."
>>190990"While I don't like to stay here, some of these ponies are not in a good condition to be moved until we figure out how to keep them safe. We also risk being caught in the open while burdened. No, we will have to make our stand here.">>190998Cavaliere responds to Johan, still clutching his chest but looking determined.
"They have squads crawling all over the island. Running off alone is a death sentence. We need to stay together if any of us are going to make it." >>190999"It could take hours to wait for the GRU to arrive here, and time is of the essence. We should torch the system now to draw them to our location."