Tank O The Lake

Myriad Reality

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*Places the rifle back over my shoulders*
Yes and no.
*Reaches into my jacket and pulls out a pair of sleek looking handguns of my own, that have several multicolored lights dotted across them*
I can keep them from seeing us for a bit
*Points up into the sky between us and the snipers and fires a handful of rounds from the handguns that detonate mid-air, unleashing white hot clouds of gas that linger in the air and obstruct both normal view and thermal vision*

@Armed Forces

That works!

*Katyusha fires two more shots, each on destroying a different android.*

*I go still as I realize something.*

ALEXANDRIA!

Myriad Reality

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*Contemplates for just a brief moment, before looking back to you and nodding*
Alright, then how do you usually handle this?

@Armed Forces

We have to hold them back, so we can move our operation. We need to buy time!

*The deafening sound of dozens marching in perfect unison fills the air. Turning the corner is a group of skeletal androids, not even flinching as rifle bullets ping off of their armor. Behind them, five hunter-killer drones advance, their weapons primed.*

*I duck my head as a laser light illuminates it, barely dodging a sniper's bullet, which continues on to dome one of my subordinates.*

You have anything to suppress the snipers?

Myriad Reality

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Don't worry about me.
*Reaches behind me and pulls a burly yet sleek looking rifle*
Far from my worst scrap.
*Aims with it around the corner and fires off a singular very loud shot, shredding one of the vehicles with a very power anti-materiel round*

@Armed Forces

*A missile flies by, detonating a second. Behind you, Mikhail reloads a rocket launcher.*

You don't know what you're up against, Leon. The NKVD is a very powerful enemy. We cannot face them!

Myriad Reality

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*I draw my SMGs as Mikhail raises a gigantic machine gun. The sound of engines roaring becomes apparent as an armored car pulls up with a mounted machine gun*

It's the NKVD!

@Tank O The Lake

Katyusha: *Gestures to Leon* Prove your mettle! *Lets off a shot with a sniper-rifle*

Myriad Reality

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*My expression quickly changes as I dash to the nearest wall for cover*

@Armed Forces

*I draw my SMGs as Mikhail raises a gigantic machine gun. The sound of engines roaring becomes apparent as an armored car pulls up with a mounted machine gun*

It's the NKVD!

Myriad Reality

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...
*Looks around*
What? Don't act surprised. After what I've shared, you should expect it.

@Armed Forces

No, you idiot! We're under attack!

*Puts both hands to my mouth*

NIGHTWATCH, TO ARMS!

Myriad Reality

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Such is the way of technological advancement.
*Taps a wristband that I'm wearing with a grin*
It's best when it's wearable, I'd say.

@Armed Forces

*Goes completely still*

*Raises one hand in a 'shh' motion*

*The rest of the group goes silent as well*

Myriad Reality

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Hmmm... That's an ambitious goal. I don't take it any of you developed the ability to travel dimensions freely, by chance? Or do you require the gate for travel.

@Armed Forces

Not quite, but I don't doubt that with enough training, Alexandria could learn, and with enough research, we could shrink the Gateways to fit in the palm of a hand.

Myriad Reality

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*Taps my chin*
What promise have you seen in this seemingly primitive world?

@Armed Forces

It's untouched by any sophisticated life. All the natural resources Earth now hungers and starves for, they're there. If I can get this and bring it back, I can dangle so much in front of the rest of the world, and they will pay me any price I wish.

*Chuckles darkly*

Myriad Reality

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I'm sorry to hear that, truly. But I suspect that your attachment to it means you've found something grand on the other side, in some form or fashion?
*Crosses my arms*
But of course, proper introductions. Call me Leon.

@Armed Forces

*Bows*

Alexei.

Yes, I have found things beyond this. A world, not like Earth. There are humans there, at least they look human, but they live in caves and roast aliens on spits. Their world is very bountiful, unlike this hellscape, but I will need to grow in manpower before I can set up any meaningful operation.