Prophet and Strickland took a few minutes to catch up. Basically, Strickland told him that he was glad to see him again. Like the rest of us, we all thought Prophet was dead a few days ago when one of the machines stole him without warning.
From looking at my radar, the area around the rock where the machines escaped has turned into a large sphere of ice. I am going to guess that the temperature inside the sphere is in the negative 100 degrees Fahrenheit range now. Too cold for even the Nanosuit, in my opinion.
Our next objective is to meet up with Keegan, who has assumed control of this part of the island. Keegan's team is going to help us evacuate the island. Just as we arrived into the area, quickly came some of the aliens/machines.
Since I pushed the remaining SCAR ammo from my fallen teammates into one of the last machines we met near the bridge, I left the SCAR behind and picked up a Gauss Rifle again. I also kept the futuristic gun Prophet stole from the machines. I still need to figure out where and how he managed to get that gun. He's not asked for it back yet, so I am going to not bring up the topic just yet. This gun just might save me!
After several of the smaller machines arrived, we were met with some of the larger machines. Using the Gauss Rifle, I was able to destroy the smaller machines with one or two shots and the bigger machines with two or three shots. This is what it looks like when you take down one of the big machines with the Gauss Rifle.
I used the shelter of the base to recover my health after being hit, which recharged the armor function of the Nanosuit. Within a few minutes, the area was clear. With a finite amount of ammo and that ice sphere seeming to be migrating toward us, our next step is to continue down toward the valley so that we could prepare for extraction from this crazy island.
So, Prophet got in the driver's seat of the Hummer and I took position at the gun. I was really wishing I could use the Gauss Rifle while riding, because of the amount of power behind the gun. As I thought about it more, I would probably not be as accurate with the driving style Prophet had to employ to keep us moving down the hill.
I believe I ended up waxing two or three more large machines on our way down to the valley. Including this last machine that tried to surprise us from behind the trees.
The key was to wait until the machine closed in on us, then release as much lead as possible into the center core of the machine. The vehicle-mounted gun was very good at taking down these machines, while still allowing us to travel toward our next way-point.
We received radio contact. The VTOL that was going to take us off the island had been hit. Both pilots were not moving and the distress call came from a female aboard the ship. It was Helana, Dr. Rosenthal's daughter. She was hiding out in the crashed VTOL and needed to be rescued. We could see the flame from the crash just ahead.
The Hummer was in bad shape by this point, so I decided to venture toward Helena on foot. I would plan to use the speed mode of the Nanosuit. I need to get over to her as soon as possible, because I am pretty sure she is unarmed.
I need to get to her now, so I will touch base soon.
Nomad ... signing out.
