Chapter 10:
Cityscape Challenge
(cont...)

Truthfully he hadn’t paid attention at the time to which building he was running through.

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"All forces. This is Star Captain Dana Wimmer." Connor listened to the intercepted comms Sorenson had routed him. Apparently one officer had finally won out for dominance. "Enemy is moving north. Regroup at the canyon. Stop them!"

A narrow bluff separated Durghan City from the plains area on which the spaceport was situated. A jumping BattleMech might have cleared the steep cliff face and then walked down the far side, but not the MFBs. Even so close to escape, the commando was not about to abandon the critical vehicles. Too many things could still go wrong. Too many things already had.

Recon probe data, originally meant for Commandos Four through Six and provided by the Eclipse, had located a short canyon splitting the bluff. It also showed a wall with fortified gates warding the far end of the narrow pass. Sorenson had arranged with Keith Andrew to provide artillery support, his Catapult equipped with Arrow IV assault missile launchers. Epona’s Shadow Cat was modified to carry a TAG spotting laser, which would direct the artillery strike against the wall and blow open the gates. A simple plan, as the best ones usually were.

Who was it that said "no plan survives contact with the enemy"?

Autocannon turrets protected the pass along its entire length, slowing the commando to a crawl. An Avatar had also been stationed in the way, but by the time Sinclair reached the site, the MFBs had deployed a crane arm to raise its blasted hulk to a carrying trailer. The Avatar’s leg looked to have been crushed by giant hammer blows, a testament to the gauss rifle Allen Mattila’s Sunder wielded. Allen was already several hundred meters into the canyon, his Sunder’s armor protecting him while he methodically scrapped each turret along the way. Dominic’s Thor and Epona’s Cat protected the Mobile Field Base vehicles.

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