Elijah MK III
Nihilistic Existentialist
Lt. Luthuli turned to Sgt. Atkins with fire in her eyes, and whispered fiercely: "Now you listen here, SERGEANT. This LIEUTENANT is in charge of this platoon, and I'm making the tactical decisions. You might know a good way to those lifeboats, and it's all fine and good for you to lead us there, but if any of these Marines gets killed, it's on my head, not yours. Ghandi, I want you and Dulles to create a distraction, straight up the middle. Atkins, you take those three Marines and flank around the left. Melbourne, you and the rest of the 'toon are with me, we're going around the right, through that corridor over there. You gonna be alright with that M6, honey? A peashooter won't help you much with these. Corporal Stanhope over there has a spare plasma rifle if you want it."
Raj and Greg Dulles moved out, keeping low until they were within four meters of the Elites, and then Dulles launched a frag grenade into the midst of the alien group. They threw themselves to the side, out of the way, and were undamaged except for a small drain on their energy shields. At that moment, Raj popped up and let loose a few rounds from his MA5B, then ducked down again. Dulles and Ghandi split, one going each direction, as the LT's group came out of the corridor and began to engage the aliens.
They had rather poor luck, however, and Lt. Luthuli was severely injured almost immediately, her legs charred from several plasma rounds. Another Marine was killed, and the entire group was pinned down. Luthuli radioed on the command frequency,"This is Lieutenant Luthuli with Bravo platoon, we're pinned down by a group of six Elites and request any assistance you can spare, over." She gave the coordinates for their position, and then radioed to Atkins, "I hope you got something good, Sarge, we're pinned down and we've taken casualties, including myself. I don't know if I'll make it, and that means my 'toon is in your hands. You better take care of them."