Daniel North bursts into the open with Justin Forester half-supported at his side and the field radio clutched tight. Smoke rolls across the yard, and the barracks behind them keeps groaning like it is about to fold.
Above the base, small machine-gun drones drop through the haze, their legs and rotors flashing as they angle toward the yard. Tracers stitch the dust where they first spot movement.
Sgt. Douglas
Move, North! Left side, hard cover now! Keep the radio low!
Daniel hauls Justin toward a concrete blast wall near the motor pool entrance. Justin stumbles but keeps hold of the radio, his face white with shock.
Justin Forester
I have it, I have it, just get me behind something solid!
A drone dips lower, guns chattering. Sgt. Douglas plants himself in the doorway rubble and fires out into the smoke, buying seconds as the squad jams into cover.
For one tense beat, FOB Dagger is a blur of fire, concrete, and screaming metal. The squad survives the first lock-on, but the drones are still hunting.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure a defensible position against the drones
✓ Quest Accepted
Get the squad clear of the drone attack
“Daniel sprays a volley of machinegun fire at the drones, shredding a few as Justin and Sgt. Douglas run for a nearby trench with a few other soldiers.”
SUCCESS (Great Firearms, rolled +0)
Daniel swings the heavy gun up and hammers the sky. Tracers rake the smoke, and one drone buckles, spinning down in sparks.
Another burst catches a second machine mid-dive. It jerks hard and drops out of the air behind the blast wall.
Justin Forester
I am moving, I am moving! Keep them off us!
Justin and Sgt. Douglas sprint for a shallow trench near the motor pool, with two more soldiers already throwing themselves into it.
Sgt. Douglas
Good fire, North, keep pressing them! Everybody into the trench!
The surviving drones break upward and circle, giving the squad a brief lane to dive into cover.
Daniel North
The trench is the next hard cover.
Quest Complete
Secure a defensible position against the drones