kola2134
The marines turn to face the tumbling rocks. The radios, gave them quite a surprise as they failed to work when they tried to contact the hogs at the entrance. They hold their position. They wait to advance, setting up a defensive perimeter.
The marines on the surface use the large tow cable mounted between the M12s frontal “tusks” to haul away any of the larger rocks to assist in the cave-in. They also radio back to base to get a dropship with drilling equipment to help out. Suddenly the hogs are bathed in another explosion, destroying them.
At the base, the portable drilling device is clamped down snuggly on the dropships troop bay with additional personnel sitting in their crash harnesses.
As the dropship comes into view of the mountain it radios back to base to alert of another explosion that had taken out the original group that had gone to investigate. Instead of landing at the explosion site, the dropship hovers high in the air, its nose gun-tracking the landscape.
The base then communicates to one of the ships in orbit to use its planetary sensors and cameras to get a better view and perhaps missile strike the area.
@Brank
The team notices the commotion of the dropship leaving the base. They can see that there is nothing on the rear mag mount as it heads towards the mountains.
From their hidden encampment, they can see the city of Tune being constructed as buildings begin to take form. As they lay waiting, they hear a rumbling as a civilian 4x4 comes into their view. Its passengers disembark with what seems to be just civilian-grade weapons. Oddly enough the civilians wander closer to the group as they hear the civilians talking about hunting local birds to sell back on Tune as there was still a need to make money, and they wanted a profit.
Back in space, more ships both military and civilian come and leave. The abundance of a military presence here has grown quite large as they seek to defend the colony from anything that decides to attack.