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Post by Ransac16 on Dec 10, 2012 16:18:24 GMT -5
"Oh great, automatons." Sighed Valen. He hoped that was merely speculation and not the truth. Otherwise things were going to get difficult once they touched down.
After an hour of flight the team finally made it to their destination. During that hour Valen had helped establish a hand signal system for the team. Now approaching the drop point, he stood up and strapped on his parachute. "Alright, from here on out, we are for all intents and purposes, dropping into hell. I want everyone in close formation, keep distance to prevent parachute tangles. You've all been told the hand signals, remember them."
Turning from the team, he faced a panel on the wall and pressed a button. With a loud hiss follwed by a loud roar the hatch opened wide, revealing the city below them. Sliding on his goggles he said, "Alright everyone, follow me" before performing a flip out of the craft.
"Here we go again..." Sighed Victor as he followed.
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Post by spiceracksargent01 on Dec 10, 2012 16:36:00 GMT -5
Axl and Alex both got up, Axl grabbing his sniper rifle, and followed suit, Alex went first with a bit of a spin while Axl did a simple running jump while keeping his rifle braced against his arm, seeing as the sling would be useless until he could shed the parachute pack upon touchdown.
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Post by wingstrike on Dec 10, 2012 17:06:13 GMT -5
Natalie double checked her SABREs and parachute before pushing her goggles down over her eyes.
"What's wrong boys, scared?" she teased, smiling
She walked over to one end of the Beetle before taking a run and somersaulting out of the craft and diving into the air.
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Post by Usam1981 on Dec 10, 2012 17:11:28 GMT -5
Leon Grinned at Natalie's comment, before taking a swan dive off of the edge of the transport.
"First to the bottom buys the beer."
He calls over the comms.
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Post by Azkaiel on Dec 10, 2012 17:15:20 GMT -5
Making sure that all his gear was properly secured, Marco pulled the goggles over his eyes and leapt out of the craft, whilst adopting a dive position, so as to streamline his body, and gaining an impressive descent speed, quickly catching up to Valen.
Not that he was trying to obtain bragging rights of being first to land, but the burly male was more interested in quickly securing the LZ whilst his other team members were still in the final stages of their descent.
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Post by Ransac16 on Dec 10, 2012 17:21:36 GMT -5
Valen looked around using the infrared, marking the positions of the team as they descended. Imitating Marco he pulled his arms in, greatly increasing his speed in a short burst before opening his arms and angling himself to slow his descent and put him just below his group. Flipping over he quickly signaled to the team to take position. Swinging himself back over he realized the city was approaching faster than he had expected. "Almost time, we need to slow descent." He thought, spreading himself out for maximum air resistance to reduce his speed. The moment he reached building level he deployed his parachute. With a sharp yank it caught air and began slowing his descent. Above him, Victor did the same.
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Post by Usam1981 on Dec 10, 2012 17:29:41 GMT -5
Leon noticed as well that the buildings were getting closer, and evened out his body so that it was as close to paralel to the ground as he could manage, putting out his arms as well, allowing him to slow down a bit as he fell. When he recieved the signal, Leon pulled the cord on his parachute, deploying the black Parachute. Leon quickly manuvered his chute downwards towards the ground.
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Post by Azkaiel on Dec 10, 2012 17:40:13 GMT -5
At the last possible moment, Marco pulled the cord, resulting in the black parachute bellowing out into the night sky. Manipulating the handles so that he could further reduce his rate of descent, the mercenary looked on ahead, so as to ascertain the safety of their pre assigned landing zone. And from what he could make out, it appeared to quite safe...for the moment.
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Post by spiceracksargent01 on Dec 11, 2012 20:30:04 GMT -5
Alex and Axl kept a relative proximity to each other as they descended, maintaining a good amount of air resistance as Axl used his helmet's rangefinder to maintain a tab on distance to the ground. Once at building level, Axl and Alex simultaneously pulled the cord, causing their parachutes to burst open, slowing down their descent. As his opened, Axl got his hands around the main body of the rifle and on the firing grip so it wouldn't continue on to the ground and break from the force of the impact.
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Post by wingstrike on Dec 11, 2012 21:30:25 GMT -5
Natalie saw the landing point quickly rush up towards her, she turned in mid air to adopt a flat position to increase air resistance and slow down. The buildings came closer and closer. Three, two, one, now! Pulling the release cord her black parachute expanded and took shape, as she descended towards the ground Natalie grabbed the two control cords on her parachute to maintain course as she floated down.
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Post by Ransac16 on Dec 11, 2012 21:36:22 GMT -5
A sudden gust of wind pushed the group west from the dropping point. "Oh crap." Thought Valen as the wind smacked him against a nearby building before he could correct his descent. Despite the unexpected shift, he managed to touch down on the ground, the collision with the building having shed some of his momentum he landed softer than he had expected. Calculating the distance from the landing point he realized they were only a small distance away.
"You alright? You smacked into that building so hard I was sure you had left a dent." Said Victor as he touched down, shedding his parachute the moment he could.
"I'm fine." Replied Valen.
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Post by Azkaiel on Dec 12, 2012 8:48:23 GMT -5
Othern than an unexpected wind blowing the team off course, the descent was otherwise swift and uneventful, just the way Marco preferred. With only a few feet left, the burly male shedded the chute, thus falling onto the LZ. Crouching his person, so as to brace himself for the impact of landing, he landed with minimal force, owing the SABREs, and quickly kneeled down on one knee, while smoothly bringing up his M4 into a firing position in one fluid motion, and swept his forward arc, checking for any hostiles.
"LZ clear."
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Post by spiceracksargent01 on Dec 12, 2012 16:22:11 GMT -5
Axl and Alex were blown of course a bit by the wind, but otherwise landed perfectly fine, though Alex did force back a snicker when Valen smacked into a nearby building. The moment they landed they shed their parachutes, with Alex drawing his pistol so he could use it when needed. Walking over to the assembling group, Axl flipped up his antenna and placed a hand on Victor's shoulder to use Touch Com. "Scrap-Tech and I have landed. Awaiting orders."
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Post by wingstrike on Dec 12, 2012 18:40:46 GMT -5
The gust sent Natalie off-course and into one of the buildings. She looked down and had roughly only 15 metres left to go, quickly she released her chute and landed quietly on the ground with the aid of her SABREs. Upon landing she quickly got up and drew one of her Berettas, releasing the safety, giving a nod to the others.
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Post by Usam1981 on Dec 12, 2012 19:15:28 GMT -5
The Gust blew Leon off course a bit, but he quickly righted himself, and released the straps on his Parachute, droping him to the ground. If not for the leg braces, it would have been a painfull landing. Leon had his Desert Eagle out instantly the moment he landed.
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