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The shot rang out and Harmon crumpled. In a moment Buck had sighted down his rifle at a couple of Vargr that had stepped from the jungle.<\/p>\n
\u201cLay down your weapons, and no one else needs to get shot!\u201d called out a figure at the top of steps leading to the ruined city.<\/p>\n
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While there were only five visible ambushers, Haank\u2019s laser warning screamed he was the target of at least five other unseen assailants.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike hell we will just lay down scum!\u201d shouted Kelso as he started to raise his rifle in response.<\/p>\n
Click<\/em>, and Kelso was staring into the barrel of Lur\u2019s drawn pistol, \u201cDon\u2019t even think about it\u2026 boss,\u201d he said with a cruel smirk.<\/p>\n \u201cAgain, drop you weapons! You armor may protect you for a moment, but what good is it going to do for the rest of your friends? Lay them down, if I have to warn you again someone will be dead.\u201d<\/p>\n The look in Kelso\u2019s eyes at Lur\u2019s betrayal was like two hot knives, promising a painful demise if he was given half a chance. Lorain, looked upon the situation in shock and fear, willing Captain Stanbridge to order the group\u2019s surrender. Ross could do nothing but try and keep Harmon from bleeding out. Aris stood helpless over the disabled body of his drone. Abe tried to move in an nonthreatening manner toward Harmon.<\/p>\n They were trapped. Like Haank\u2019s, Ella\u2019s laser warning system was calling out multiple hostiles aimed at her and the others.<\/p>\n It was obvious to her crew, she was more than pissed.<\/p>\n \u201cCaptain, I can hit ’em from here, but not before they shoot somebody else,\u201d stated Buck, but Ella waved him off.<\/p>\n \u201cLay them down fellas, surrender your arms,\u201d the words bitter in her mouth.<\/p>\n —-<\/p>\n He looked at the bound and disarmed group, laughed for a moment then, \u201cMove them to the camp, I am sure Bren will be interested to\u00a0see them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Captured The shot rang out and Harmon crumpled. In a moment Buck had sighted down his rifle at a couple of Vargr that had stepped from the jungle. \u201cLay down your weapons, and no one else needs to get shot!\u201d called out a figure at the top of steps leading to the ruined city. While […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[38,36,39,37],"class_list":["post-3058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tnd_logs","category-the-new-deal","tag-campaign","tag-gurps","tag-recap","tag-traveller"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3058"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3075,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3058\/revisions\/3075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.olympusrpg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/cf\/ba\/fb\/cfbafbc541dc3739747f2cf5d493ad1f.png?w=600&ssl=1\")
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The Vargr were rough and thorough, the crew was subdued-their weapons and armor stripped from them. Harmon lay dead, Abe\u2019s hand covered in his blood. Kelso could only speak about his plans for Lur\u2019s demise, and how he was going to have a grand old time kicking some puppies, at least until he was struck unconscious by one of the Vargr. It was only once the Vargr gave the all clear, did the man descend the steps to reveal himself.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/de\/ca\/d1\/decad13bb8457523477af8f47104cdf7.jpg?w=150&ssl=1\")
The scared man moved menacingly through the group and stopped at Lorain, \u201cWell, well, well\u2026 looks like we have the good professor\u2019s daughter now boys. Maybe now, we might actually find something.\u201d<\/p>\n