Calibration 22 [Accidental Video]

[officer_garrus]

[Garrus is shooting an alien creature knawing on his leg right as the video feed starts. He's in a cave covered in coccoons and slime, a crystal attached to his hip. From the look of his armor, he's been having a very rough time.

The turian quickly replaces his heat clip in his rifle and shoots the remaining hostiles. He leans against the rock wall, panting. Only then does he notice the device is on.]

If anybody's seeing this, backup would be nice. But if I don't make it, please give me a soldier's funeral.

I have to go now. Those things are relentless and are just going to keep coming until I make it out.

And I thought husks were bad.

[Feed ends.]

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[leviathanclaw.livejournal.com]

[Now isn't that curious. Well, perhaps not curious, but worrisome perhaps. He isn't much for technology, but he gives it a try anyway. On a scale of 1-10, Garrus, how difficult it is to find his location given the feed of the cave and environment, any tracking devices that might be built in, and just dumb luck?]

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[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

[Possibly a 6 or 7.]

[leviathanclaw.livejournal.com]

[Then it takes him about 45 minutes to get there. He takes the high ground and aims his weapon at one of the monsters.]

You are supposed to get bodyguards before venturing out, ja.

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

When you've gone up against genocidal machines, somehow everything else doesn't seem so tough.

[leviathanclaw.livejournal.com]

Zen zis world seems home to you? Or similar enough.

[Yeager fires at another creature coming by but it manages to get deflected by the armor. Not providing the best covering fire.]

Minus zese little friends.

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

More or less.

[leviathanclaw.livejournal.com]

Zen we better be making with ze escape, ja. How good are your friends at climbing?

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

Good enough. [He hopes.]

[leviathanclaw.livejournal.com]

[Yeager takes aim at a low hanging rock outcropping from the cieling. The blast knocks it on the creatures below.]

Up and up, ja.

[It might not be enough of a distraction, but Yeager holds down a hand from the ledge he's standing on to help Garrus up. He isn't that strong enough to pull up the other by himself, so Garrus will need to partially climb to get up on the ledge.]

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

[Takes the man's hand and pulls himself up.]

Thanks.

[leviathanclaw.livejournal.com]

[Yeager just replies with a nod as he is a bit busy kicking off one of those aliens that tried to come up with Garrus.]

Time to go, ja. Hold on tight to your prize.

[He doesn't waste more time with chatter as he heads back the way they came. Though, their gracious hosts seem quite upset they are leaving. They can't have that.]

[greatergone]

Tyranids....

...what is your location?

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

It's one of the caves outside the city, about due west. I'll send the coordinates.

[greatergone]

Is there a route you can retreat to in the meantime?

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

I... I think so.

[greatergone]

Use it. While your death would be a loss, with these creatures, your death would only serve to make them grow. I will arrive as soon as possible.

[He's SURE they're Tyranids but then again, he's never seen a Tyranid before. Only heard stories.]

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

I'll hold out for as long as possible. Get here quickly.

[greatergone]

[Oh boy, this place is BIG. Kais lopes along as fast as his hooves can handle and shows up at the spot about ten minutes later. Hopefully Garrus could survive that long.]

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

[He did, but not before having to fight off an alien that thought his elbow was food.]

What kept you?

[greatergone]

I am an infantry soldier, not battlesuit operator. Do you need a first aid kit?

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

I think I'll be fine. I've had worse.

[greatergone]

...of course. Are you looking to leave or continue forward?

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

Right now I'm just trying to make it out alive, now that I've gotten the crystal.

[greatergone]

This place can be collapsed so nothing will follow us.

[He reaches into his pack and pulls out two rectangular demolition charges and passes one over to Garrus.]

Each press of the right button adds fifteen human seconds. Each press of the left subtracts fifteen seconds. A minute will do, yes?

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

[Nods.] A minute.

[Sets the timer according to instruction and sets it.]

[greatergone]

[Kais sets his up as high as he can reach, intent on collapsing the room their in.]

After these are set, I believe the human saying is 'run like hell'?

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

Way ahead of you! [Bolts in the other direction, looking back to make sure the other alien is still with him.]

[greatergone]

[He has an awkward loping gait but he keeps up easily enough. Thankfully, his speed is nothing like his reflexes and eye/body coordination...which are poor.]

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

[Ducks behind a corner and covers his ears as the explosion goes off and the tunnel behind them caves in.]

Let's hope they can't dig through rock.

[greatergone]

Hopefully we will be long gone if they can.

[officer-garrus.livejournal.com]

Come on, let's find the exit. [Heads down the tunnel, reloading his gun.]