Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-1734134-20190911202955/@comment-1734134-20190916152140

Hen and Cyradon find themselves reinforcing Ishmael and the few remaining Penal Legionaries, with only a trio of Tau Stealthsuits between them and the opening in the palace wall. The comn channel is however, riddled with static – with the occasional panicked voice managing to stammer through indicating the sheer confusion of the defenders. Upon spotting the Astartes, the Stealthsuits begin to recloak.

The hail of fire from Lem draws the Tau’s attention, managing to bring down one of the Stealthsuits by hammering laser bolts straight through its eye-piece, the blasts melting the brain of the Tau. The other Stealthsuits turn their fire on Lem, pulse fire slamming into his cover, a shot catching his shoulder. The governor dips out of cover for a moment, taking advantage of the distracted aliens to incinerate one with a blast from her pistol.

Another Stealthsuit falls as the razor sharp shuriken embedded itself in the head of its wearer. By this point the Tau forces have clearly thinned, the hulking remains of several of the assassins now piled on the cracked marble floors of the throne room. The remaining suits begin to fall back to the breach, some re-activating their cloaking mechanisms.

Dion is almost lifted off his feet as he reaches into the void and draws power from it – the hair on his skin stands on its end. A strong gust of freezing wind surrounds him, throwing up dirt and papers, and drawing the attention of every man and woman left in the room as bright white light flies out from his fingertips. The Tau that is hit is not only scorched but is literally burned to a crisp, reduced to ashes as the force of the crackling blast throws his colleagues off of their balance.

The caught Stealthsuit refuses to yield, repeatedly firing its fusion blaster into the roof, covering both himself and Tarkhan in a thick layer of ash and suit. The other Battlesuits however, continue to pull back, moving for the opening they’d previously created.