Chapter 9:
Deadly Embrace
(cont...)

The commando escorted forward their trio of MFBs, heading into the city’s southwest edge. Behind them they left a pair of smashed Vultures, whose pilots had thought themselves up to the task of taking on two 180 tons combined weight in BattleMechs. Further back an Annihilator and a Puma were little more than burning hulks. Dominic’s Thor limped along with a ruined leg actuator, but so far his was the only major damage.

In the cockpit of his salvaged Mad Cat, Connor Sinclair felt the tremors of light autocannon fire slamming into the shoulder of his OmniMech. His scanners screamed their warnings a split second later, then painted a set of threat icons over his head-up display. A trio of Bulldog armored vehicles, patrolling the outskirts of Durghan. The lieutenant weighed the delay in time with the necessity of clearing the field behind them. "Allen, you and Dominic deal with the tanks, then circle around to meet us on the north side of Durghan. Epona, with me." Splitting their forces was a calculated risk, but time was beginning to weigh against them. With Corbett and Osis away, the defense of Durghan was lighter than it should be. Patrols were being called in, however, and Sinclair had no intention of being here when they arrived.

The two commando ’Mechs speared into the city proper, Epona’s Shadow Cat pacing along at Sinclair’s best speed of 85 kph. They were after Galaxy Commander Corbett’s command and control building, located in the southwest reaches of Durghan. Though the Smoke Jaguar’s possessed a well-fortified base outside the city, the cramped conditions had forced several critical components to be relocated to an auxiliary site. It was a target they couldn’t pass up and in easy reach along their path to the spaceport.

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