Using the Gauss Rifle, I was able to eliminate the smaller machines without any issues. I saw Helena. She is still alive and looks to be in good shape, albeit very scared. I told her to stay in the hull of the ship and I will keep the area clear until more troops arrive.
I jumped into a heavy machine gun and prepared for battle as some of the larger machines arrived.
The true challenge here was being able to navigate the guns toward the machines before they managed to hit me first. Since the gun on the Hummer was able to take down these machines, the heavy machine gun that I was sitting in had no trouble taking them down.
I could still catch a glimpse of Helena from time to time. She seemed more calm now that more of us had arrived into the area and were taking care of the situation. Special Forces - there really isn't a better job when it comes to saving lives!
We cleared the area and a second VTOL arrived. To keep Helena safe, we sent Prophet with her. Hopefully, he could some much-needed repairs done on his Nanosuit. I still can't wait to hear about his adventure with the machines. I thought my adventure was wild, but I was never stolen by the machines. Instead, I took a private tour of their facilities - nearly paying the ultimate price before I managed to escape. At any rate, Helena and Prophet's VTOL left the area without us noticing any issues.
A loud rumble began to shake the area. I would tell you that I was shocked by what I heard, but I think my surprise mechanisms have all turned numb by this point. When I looked behind me, I noticed an even larger machine/alien walking toward us.
This huge spider-like alien/machine destroyed my heavy machine gun shortly after I tried to take it down using the remaining ammo in the guns. The spider machine continued onward, toward the same location which is our next way point. The other troops tried to take it down, but their ammo didn't even stun the machine. I used Prophet's alien gun, which had no effect either.
My goal was to race forward and try to beat the machine to my next way point. I took a high road on the way there and managed to get a pretty decent photo of the spider machine for potential future reference.
I need to head toward my next way point, because I can see a lot of fire power heading from the direction. My guess is that Strickland is down there and he probably has his name of this spider-machine. Heck, he probably wants to mount it's head or something on his mantle back in the US.
I will be back in touch soon!
Nomad ... signing out.
