Art of Domination Thread 04

I want to go for the hidden entrance.

Battalions 1 and 2 are breaching into the hidden entrance. As expected, the motion sensors are triggered and a blaring alarm sounds. However, there is no sign of any enemy forces coming up to meet your soldiers.

You: Proceed with caution.

Lt. Malino: Understood, ma’am.

You: Ghulls, are the two Gargoyles at the elevator doing anything?

Ghulls: They seem to be behaving as usual.

After a minute, your troops come across a locked metal door. It seems it can only be opened from the other side.



Your soldiers blow it open, and are greeted with shotgun blasts. Lt. Malino’s battalion responds by throwing frag grenades, which decimates the defenders.



Lt. Malino: Surrender and you will not be harmed! Surrender and you will not be harmed!

Through the radio, you can hear various panicked screams. Some of the people inside have decided to surrender, most of them scientists.



However, the Gargoyles guarding the laboratory don’t understand speech, and attack. Your troops open fire without hesitation, and though your forces suffered a few deaths, they win. Some of the captured scientists tell you that they indeed have a weather-controlling device, which they have been testing for months.



Just as you are about to declare a successful operation, one of the scientists activates a machine. A portal opens. And then you see a Bodyjacker.



Bodyjackers. Armored, faster than most sprinters, and capable of making more of themselves by shoving their eggs into their targets.

In a flash of quick-thinking, Lt. Malino himself tosses a grenade into the portal, while shouting “OH NO YOU AIN’T!!!”

A muffled boom is heard, and dismembered organs pour out of the portal. Unfortunately, it does not deter the enemy’s reinforcements. You can hear a hint of panic as your forces tell you that more Bodyjackers are coming through!

Four of them have come through the portal, and it seems more are coming. They ignore your soldiers and immediately start attacking the scientists nearby, implanting their eggs.

It is very clear that if your troops stay here any longer, they will be overrun. Fighting Bodyjackers in close-quarters is suicidal. Some of the scientists you’ve captured have already started running for the exit.

Small arms fire cannot penetrate the Bodyjacker’s armor. Your troops are armed with rocket launchers and grenades, but in this cramped laboratory they will almost certainly cause friendly casualties.

Some of your troops are armed with laser rifles though, which should be able to penetrate the enemy’s armor easily. Unfortunately, the lasers are also powerful enough to cut the walls, designed to withstand temperatures lower than what your laser weapons can dish out. Using lasers could cause a cave-in.

Lagan: Vora, get the weather-controller and go!

Rainhar: Wait! Maybe we can get that portal-maker too!

You only have mere seconds to decide. What do you tell the lieutenant down below?

- Grab the weather-controller and run. Barricade the lab and burn the interior.
(Weather device gained, minimal losses, but wormhole tech will be lost)

- Destroy the portal-creating machine with rocket launchers.
(Weather device gained, effects of destroying portal device during operation is unknown)

- Tell someone to jump into the portal!
(Reckless, guaranteed death, but massive intel gain)

- Get someone to run to the portal-creator and flip the switch off!
(Risky, many losses inevitable, but leaves the portal machine intact and will grant immediate access to wormhole tech)

- STAND YOUR GROUND AND FINISH OFF THE BODYJACKERS!
(Extreme risk of infestation)

- Same as previous, but with full use of lasers.
(Risk of collapse)

- Something else?

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