Character: Adventures of NPC Greycloak "Iron-Borne"
Location: The Slit-Trenches Occupied by Rexus and Twigg
Objective: Cover the GA forces pushing into the Citadel, hold down the position, save Hardock
Allies: [member="Mao"], [member="Djacen Koyne"]
Enemies: [member="Rexus Wenck"],
Attacking Rexus- 2 medium
Mobile Weapon Platform Spider Droids, 2 armed with
RC-1 rotary cannons (One completely disarmed),
1 damaged heavy Spider-Droid
Mobile Weapon Platform, equipped with one
RC-1 rotary cannons mounted on the left side, one main
MD-1 mass driver gun, right side melted and destroyed from previous FO bombardment
1 Greycloak, the Iron-Borne, clad in Protectorate Power Armor, 2x Electro-Cestus and chameleon cloaks, armed with Magnetic Revolvers, heavy Magnetic Repeater, generic blue-crystal lightsabers, and Spear of Rae.
The droids pulled back slightly as Twigg's men rushed to meet them and try to outflank them, allowing the GA soldiers who rushed into combat with them under Djacen's command to take point and meet the remaining FO troopers head on, after all the droids moved in to charge against FO lines only because there was this movement from GA infantry at the same time to do so. So, if stormtroopers wanted to outflank the droids, they would probably have to do so while leaving themselves open to GA infantry who were there supporting the slower machines in the charge.
That said, in their maneuvers the stormtroopers managed to outrun the remaining heavily armed Medium Spider droid with two mass drivers and take the mechanical beast out, its outer armor plates eventually buckling under repeating barrages of FO blasters and the plasma bolts melting their way through. However it would be quite an ordeal to take it down, while the lighter models had tougher plating on front but its flanks and rear were lightly armored to reduce weight, making it vulnerable to flanking, the medium models had the tough plating all over their body, flanking only giving the bonus of not being shot at by them, which was still a rather prominent bonus. Either way, the spider droid eventually collapsed down to the ground in a smoldering husk that was its body like an empty exoskeleton after molting.
The remaining droids kept fighting, churning out bursts of bullets from the rotary cannons on its back, the long limbs ended with pincer claws extended from its back in order to grapple the stormtroopers in melee, attempting to crush and cut through their armor at their joints by grasping them with the pincers and applying pressure in the vice-like grip until their armor and body gave in. If that didn't succeed at least it would slow them down enough, if they got too close to the machines in the proximity of the trenches, for GA infantry advancing alongside the spider droids, sent by Djacen, to finish them off. The spider droid that was disarmed of its rotary cannons joined the fray as well, the machine held its weapon still in the pincer-limbs, swinging it about like a large mace, using the heavy weapon to bring it down upon unlucky stormtroopers and bludgeon them into submission or death with them, should any be unlucky or slow enough to be trapped within the droid's path in the mud and chaos of the battle within the trenches there would be a painful groan or scream heard along with the wicked thudding noise of metal object hitting armor and shattering armored plates underneath immense force, the noise of the droid battering down its enemies.
As to the droid tank, it kept firing the rotary cannon that it still held, keeping its position at the edge of the trenches behind the attacking spider droids and GA forces sent by Djacen, it did not took shots from its heavier mass driver piece, saving that for potential armored enemy units, and it adjusted its position, trying to find some cover from the side and rear mindful of enemy reinforcements coming at it from the flank.
To make maters worse two new variables entered the scene, one was anti-infantry fired being thrown towards Twigg and his remaining stormtroopers, that wouldn't be anything new except one factor- it came from the battlements of the Citadel behind them. As Abregado droids and other GA troops cleared out more and more of the Citadel, pushing out another battalion of FO troops into retreat, a team of droid soldiers dismantled one of the heavy FO E-Webs first set up by FN-888 on the Southern Trenches, the machines managed to take the gun through the trenches and up onto the Citadel walls over the course of 3-4 posts or so more or less unchallenged and set it up there. Now the FO gun was spewing blaster bolts towards Twigg's ranks, turning one of their own weapons, and portion of the Citadel itself, against them, hopefully to strike from the rear or flank.
Of course there also came an explosion soon after at the nearby portion of the Citadel's wall as BE's troops detonated charges they set near Rexus' position, interrupting the E-Web fire shortly after although from the looks of it the battlement was not directly harmed by it, so it was safe to say the gun would begin to fire once more in the near future unless Twigg had a plan to stop it in the face of increasing assault from the GA and allies aimed to drive them off of the planet.
The cherry on top was the change of commander who was controlling these droids, for as stormtroopers begun to outmaneuver the machines behind one of the squads a pair of glowing red eyes would materialize as if out of thin air.
"
Hello boys."
A droid would spoke out dropping the stealth field of its chameleon cloak, turning it back to its usual grey appearance as its lightsaber activated and the Greycloak raised the magnetic revolver, emptying its chamber in the stormtrooper's direction. It was Iron-Borne, the Greycloak who was previously charged with hunting down Vaas but was forced to end the fight abruptly to save a life of a young soldier from the Outback before deciding to head towards the Citadel and join the fray.
The machine finally made its way over there and it seemed that it was to play part of a savior once more as the group of troopers firing towards Hardock would find the droid dashing towards them, opening fire from its reloaded magnetic revolver and swaying the lightsaber here and there to deflect blaster bolts and dodge sonic rings from troopers who saw his bravado maneuver and attempted to interrupt it.
"
Get up!"
He ordered to Hardock as the droid attempted to deliver a strong punch towards one of the sonic-rifle wielding troopers before rolling through the field towards Hardock as he tossed a concussion Anti-Force user grenade towards the rest of the troopers.
"
Get up!"
He repeated to Hardock as he leaned down to try and pick the soldier up.
One the droid's armor there were numerous grey patches of durasteel to mark the spots where Ludolf and his soldiers managed to hit the droid, it was pretty clear that while Vaas received bacta treatment the machine had a visit at one of the field technicians, perhaps that was why it took for the Greycloak so long to rejoin the battle. Either way, the droid still lacked his magnetic repeater and the mud he tumbled through now coated his grey cloak, it would be unlikely he would manage to use it effectively until taking some time to specifically clean it, and good luck with that in the middle of a battlefield.
