Day #33 - Payback
26 Jun 2021Comrey
CMDR Gene ComreyJune 26th, 3307, 18:11
Jaques Station, Colonia, 22000.47 Ly from Sol
I was more careful this time around. Dropped by roughly 4km out, then took the SRV, and finally snuck in on foot. After getting inside the main power hub, shutting down power was an easy task. I didn't need any finesse, I just cut the necessary wires. Breaking things is much easier than fixing them, after all. In any case, the lights were off, and all important defences too.
Two raiders were sent to investigate. Two raiders never made it back. They had all this armour, but soft spots remain soft. It's kind of funny. Ironic, even. Humanity has come so far; 4th millenium, thousands of systems colonised, bleeding-edge laser tech — yet nothing beats a knife in close quarters. The raiders had completely taken over the settlement, overridden the original protocols with their own. Luckily, cloning the user profiles of those two scouts gave me all the access I needed. I still had to cut open access panels and jumpstart the doors for them to actually open, though, but at least I had contingency in case backup generators came into play. They didn't, though. Place was dead quiet.
I made my way into the hallway of the main hab-hub and held a chokepoint. Shot two as they passed, which lured the remaining raiders to me, at which point two grenades was all it took. One EMP to deal with their shields, one shrapnel to deal with them. After that I just had to clean up the stragglers.
In the end, I got my payback. Oh, and completed the contract too, I suppose.
Comrey out.