"It's done, major, over here." One of the skirmishers said. She headed over and beheld what they had gathered.

  It was a mix of what she assumed were rifles, pistols, and what she knew to be two rocket launchers. Their associated ammo was separated into sections. There was a lot of rifle ammo, scarcely any spare pistol ammo, and 8 bundles of rockets. So, that would be 16. That along with a few grenades would help immensely.

  The food and water was packaged and set aside, along with the water. "Are you sure it's actually food and not mite poison?" She asked.

  "Yes, yes. We checked. Edible. We took anything similar as well." The skirmisher snorted.

  "Good enough." She said. She called over the skirmishers. "Give your plasma pistols to the jackels and take the human rifles. Get ammo and we work with that. You two, grab the rocket launcher and two spare ammo thing's. Grenades are first come. Don't touch the food. Tell the jackles that too, under pain of getting thrown out of the building." She said.

  She then went to the roof to try and get a connection on the battle net. It was choppy, but she got a connection.

  "Portable AA batteries have been hitting mul-"

  "-s the status on the corvette? Where did she l-"

  "-l forces in zone 0042, what is your status?"

  She checked her location, and she was in 0047. She switched channels. "-s your status, sub-commander?"

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  "Advancing, Commander. Heavy resistance along the front. Armor is advancing slowly, and is the reason were holding. But we need support."

  "Air cover is unavailable. Too many missiles. Thrice we tried clearing them, and it is working, slowly however. It will take time."

  Vez spoke on the net. "This is Major Vez. We have been forced into one of the large tall buildings. Our phantom got hit, and we landed. Where is this flak coming from? We found one site, so they are in the buildings, yes?"

  "Major? What, by the prophets are you- no, it matters little. Yes, major, they are in the towers. Are you able to deal with the rockets?" The Senghili commander asked.

  "Perhaps. Supplies are low. We escaped from that corvette that got destroyed, and we are low on much. If we can take out some of the aa, send some to us yes? I also need reinforcements to clear the building unless we are able to be extracted later."

  "No extraction, maybe reinforcements. Take out the aa, and you will receive supply. That will be all."

  She snorted, and replied. "Yes, Commander." She wanted to say more, but refrained. She went back down and gathered those not guarding.

  "Contacted command. No supply until the AA sites in the buildings are taken out. Go to the windows and find me targets. If we can see any from this tower in other buildings, all the better." She said.

  She went to look herself, and drew her rifle. She smashed the window, and began to look out. She looked for open windows, or anything like smoke from the windows.

  "Found something, major!" A jackle said. She moved to look, and crossed the floor. She stood beside him and scoped in to where he was pointing.

  A flash, and a rocket flew out, streaking away. She bared her teeth in a smile. It was a bad angle for her to shoot, but she had a solution. "Hey, bring the launcher here!" She called. Oneof the skirmishers approached, and she grabbed the tube.

  "Ok, back away. Let's see here... uh, ah. Here we go." The jackle shot the glass, breaking it, and she aimed. She had no idea how to aim it properly, but...

  She pulled the trigger. A rocket flashed out, and the tube rotated. She shot again, and the ammo cartridge ejected. "ANOTHER!" She barked.

  The skirmisher handed her another ammo box, and she tried slotting it in. She cursed when it was the wrong way, adjusting, and slotting it in properly. She closed the cover, aimed, and adjusted to where she thought the missiles were going. She fired again.

  Four explosions rocked the window and the area around it. She called over two others and they watched as the smoke cleared. She dropped the rocket launcher and aimed her rifle. "Shoot the area." She said.

  The skirmishers started shooting their captured rifles into the smoke, while the jackle squeezed a few shots with his plasma pistol. As she watched, she could see figures scrambling through the smoke. She smiled, and shot.

  She picked target through the smoke, and while it was a ways away, she was confident that she had hit something. "Hold fire." She called.

  As the smoke cleared, she looked at the area, and grinned. Success. She backed away, and called out. "Success! Now, find me another." It was time to hunt.