Beggar's Hole. This place was what passed for a major settlement on Deon B. A street, some landing pads, a few buildings. This planet was dotted all over with small, illegal settlements but every once in a while someone with a UCS charter manages to eke out enough of an existence to create something worth naming.
Beggar's Hole was such a place. Enzo Vangelos lived here. He was an information broker. If something was happening on Deon B, there was a good chance he knew about it, or knew someone else who knew. He was willing to meet with the team but they had to help him first. Enzo had gambling debts and was essentially under siege. The gang members would wait him out if they needed to.
The crew advanced up the road. Enzo was holed up in the green domed building at the far end of Beggar's Hole. Various gang members had seen them approach and had gotten into defensive positions. The leader, armed with a sniper rifle, hung back while all the others paired up in various hidden spots around town.
Augustus Holmes took cover behind a garage. The others were going to split up and advance behind the buildings.
Two gangers held themselves back in reserve, ready to run over to support the others. Then there were two pairs, who would either advance to jump out on the crew, or who would wait in place for an opportune moment to strike.
Bullets ricocheted off of the garage, sending chunks of plascrete flying. Holmes ducked down, where was that fire coming from? While looking he saw something and fired off a few rounds. A figure fell into view, collapsing to the ground.
The rest of the crew caught up, hugging the cover of the garage and other building. One of the ganger teams advanced up, hoping to get the jump on the crew.
Instead Phillips and Carrick burst out of cover, Phillips threw a grenade which sent one of the gangers diving for cover! Carrick fired off some shotgun bursts, killing the other. This route into town was one step closer to secure.
Baratski and EARL took up positions on the edge of the landing pad.
Holmes advanced across the road while Brenko camr around shooting at the remaining ganger.
The crazy ganger charged at Brenko, power claw ready to cause serious damage. Brenko drew her glare sword ready to defend. It was over quickly...one sliced up ganger. Meanwhile Holmes took fire again - there must have been a sniper somewhere! Baratski and EARL also came under fire. Baratski had to duck and dive for cover while EARL was already pretty safe behind some cargo crates. Another crazy looking ganger broke cover in an attempt to charge EARL.
A furious firefight errupted! EARL fired a grenade ad dangerously close range, tearing the ganger to shreds! EARL then fell, taking the force of some shotgun blasts. Baratski, while hugging the floor managed to get some shots off at another ganger, killing her.
Holmes' cover was not good enough. This time a shot struck true. That sniper had finally gotten his target!
With no more target, the gang leader repositioned to start firing on Brenko, Phillips and Carrick. He was too late as Phillips had already launched herself at full pelt to get behind him! A couple of blasts from the shotgun and the leader was down.
Enzo Vangelos was glad to have some breathing space now. While talking with the others he disclosed a possible location for the missing settlers. There were plenty of old, abandoned settlements where people could lay low and avoid attention. The big question was who was after them and why?
It was time to break this mystery wide open and find some missing settlers!
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