"Ugghhhh man those last few moments were bad." I checked myself halfway expecting my left forearm and hand to still be gone. The phantom pain was still there but receding fast I test my fingers and clinch them into a fist, that last encounter was a failure, and those last few shots pure luck. I can never leave myself in a bad position like that again, CQC should only be a last resort or used as a sneak attack, I''m not good enough yet to totally rely on it but I will in time.
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The arena''s management AI sounded off once again it seems that the next portion is fast approaching I wonder how the other elites did in the close combat portion. I hope there luck was as bad as mine, well it does not matter now its time to plot I need a good strategy for the battle royal. Let''s look at my gear "Show my Stats"
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<td style="width: 47.651172583735956%">Name:(Asa)Asandria Tonoute </td>
<td style="width: 49.385411251605404%">Alias:</td>
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<td style="width: 47.651172583735956%">Military Rank: Cadet Grade 1</td>
<td style="width: 49.385411251605404%">Noble Rank: Lady</td>
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<td style="width: 47.651172583735956%"> Navy Rank: None</td>
<td style="width: 49.385411251605404%"> Education Level: 3 Bachelor''s and a minor in math</td>
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<td style="width: 47.61052140032211%">Infantry Primary: Forward Scout, Sub-support engineer, Sub- tech expert</td>
<td style="width: 49.42606243501926%">Navy: None</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Skills</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Bladed Weapons Lv 2 > 4</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">Knife throwing Lv 2 > 3</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Programing Lv 7</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">Evaluate Mind Lv 4</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">AI Lv 4</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">Search Intentions Lv 6</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Computer repair Lv 7</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">Marksman Lv 6</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Rifles Lv 7</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">Stealth Lv 4>5</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Hacking Lv 5</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">Map Making Lv 5</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Countermeasures Lv 4</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">Drone Hacker Lv 2</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Demolition Lv 4</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">CQC Lv 4 >5</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Pistols LV 5</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">Team Combat Lv 7</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Ethical Hack Lv 7</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">Military History Lv 7</td>
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<td style="width: 49.75997740963856%">Computer systems Lv 6</td>
<td style="width: 47.27660642570281%">History Lv 8</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">Equipment</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">Scout armor Mk (half armor options-decrease defense increase flexibility) Comes with waist pouches</td>
<td style="width: 17.146711847389557%">PAL</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">Health Kit, Foam injector</td>
<td style="width: 17.146711847389557%">Civilian clothes</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">KillerBee-Light mini Pistol(Hidden Weapon)</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">Saint 231- Pistol,Silencer</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">Hawk30-Scout Rifle.</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">Badger 3T-Multipurpose.</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">Frag, smoke grenades, Plasma nades, Nanite nades</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">Mini remote bombs, Remote Demo Charges, Breaching Charges, Smart bombs</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">Rounds: Tracker, Anti-Armor, Heat, Plasma, Regular, Bladed silent, Stun</td>
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<td style="width: 79.8898719879518%">Curved knife, knuckle knife, 3 throwing knives, Plasma EdgedSaber(New)</td>
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<td style="width: 59.566390562249%">Body Stats Height: 6''1 Weight: 171bs </td>
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<td style="width: 59.566390562249%">Health: 9.30</td>
<td style="width: 37.47019327309237%">Intelligence: 17.34</td>
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<td style="width: 59.566390562249%">Speed: 10.10</td>
<td style="width: 37.47019327309237%">Wisdom: 15.89</td>
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<td style="width: 59.566390562249%">Strength: 8.22</td>
<td style="width: 37.47019327309237%">Charisma: 9.22</td>
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<td style="width: 59.566390562249%">Endurance: 14.46</td>
<td style="width: 37.47019327309237%">Mental Endurance:20.44</td>
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<td style="width: 59.566390562249%">Attraction/Beauty: 8.59</td>
<td style="width: 37.47019327309237%">Flexibility: 14.13</td>
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<td style="width: 59.566390562249%">DNA limit: 22.78</td>
<td style="width: 37.47019327309237%">Learning:15.22</td>
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Ok, everything looks good my stealth with some of my combat skills went up now time to pick my loadout I can''t take everything in my equipment section. let''s see I have two small pouches on my sides and a medium-large pouch on my lower back. So I''ll take 2 foam injectors, a health kit, 2 frag nades, 2 smoke, 5 mini remote bombs, 2 smart bomb, and 5 throwing knives. That takes up all my pouches but I still have some slots on my armor that hold my pistol and my main combat knife I''ll take the Badger 3T-Multi as my main weapon it can act as a medium-long assault/scout rifle it might not have as much punch as the Hawk rifle but it has more flexibility. Oh ok, I need to have some extra ammo and some special ones so let''s add a large pouch and not the medium one so now I have an extra 5 bladed rounds and regular mag, 1 mag of tracker rounds, a mag of stun rounds, and 1 mag of heat rounds. So a total of 14 damage dealing mags and 2 support mags all with 30 rounds each oh and a carbon rope never know when you might need one.
Ok, I think I''m readily taking the chance to look at myself in a mirror interface I took my reflection on thescreen. My armor a slate gray with black and green camo hugs my figure the carbon silk bodysuit clings to my skin and placed over it layers of metal and organic composite armor designed to be light and flexible but still providing decent protection. To think this is only basic scout armor nowhere close to the good stuff higher-ranked officers get. A few good shots in the chest and it will fail and one well placed shot to the head can end my life even with the helmet some weapons are just too strong for this basic armor.
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Well, guess its time, doing a final check I waited for transfer. In a flash of white light, I found myself at the edge of a field between a small town and a forest. I was about 100 meters from the town and 200 from the forest, the second thing I noticed was that the whole area was surrounded by this large dome shield blue in color. Well, enough sightseeing I have to find a good over watchpoint and scout the area then maybe a base of operation.This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.
Accessing my PAL I activated the GPS functions and the map application my AI started processing data from the local network of the town and determining the layout of the area. Just to be cautious I set up some protections and erased my tracks while also placing spy programs in the network I might get lucky and track some people. While that was happening I started heading towards high ground, based on the map I searched, this area is made of two towns one relatively in the middle of the map the other a few miles to the southwest of the map. They are connected by a road that zig zags through the small valleys that make up the low hills in the southern half of the map which is in turn covered by the forest that stretches over three-fourths of the map. Except for the Northeastern corner which consist of farmland and a large lake.
Based on my GPS marker I''m somewhere in the southwest close to the smaller town, which has about 60 houses and a few larger buildings. The larger town seems to be about 200 houses and an industrial area. I could see the taller buildings in the town and the church. "umm.........ok the three tallest points around this area are a rocky hill with tree cover to my north, the bell tower to the church near the center of town, and the roof of a four-story mansion right outside of town to my southeast."
The belltower is good but too obvious, the mansion only covers one-third of the town, and the hill is 300 meters to the edge of town so all long shots with my current rifle. The mansion is the best choice even though it sticks out but it''s good for pre-scouting and the hill a good base and fall back point. As for the belltower that''s a good place to set a trap or for distraction purposes, so too the mansion it is. Setting a waypoint for the mansion I head southeast along the edge of the trees my camo almost making me disappear. Minutes pass and I continue to move at a slow pace watching my surroundings and so far everything is quiet.
The slight wind and rustling of leaves masks any noises I make but the same can be true for others, and that''s when I start hearing the gunshots. I jump to the ground and wait but it seems the shots are not towards me but in a different direction. That''s the first sound of combat I''ve heard, using the built-in zoom function of my helmet I scan the surroundings finding nothing there close though. In the past seven minutes, I have come to a lot closer to the mansion it''s only about 300ft to my south now I can just make out the outline through the underbrush.
Clack clack clack the sound of gunfire is getting closer whoever is fighting is moving in my direction. I decide to increase my pace and get into that mansion sprinting forward it takes about 3min for me to get along the brick wall of the perimeter. I peek overlooking for anybody or any indication of activity recently, seeing nothing I vault over the wall and sprint to the back door of the mansion through the garden. It''s actually a very pretty garden full of all kinds of flowers and plants I''ve never seen in all the colors I can think of there are even a few in my favorite color a kind of violet-blue.
"No distractions I can sightsee later." I bring out my tool kit and start lock picking the back door all the while my AI is scanning the mansions security system I don''t want any alarms going off when I walk in. Click the lock opens but I wait for my Al to finish it''s work before I open the door. Eventually, all kind of data pertaining to the mansion comes up including references to a hidden armory and a panic room along with an emergency hidden exit that leads to a bunker in the forest about halfway up the closest hill which happens to be the second largest one on this side of town. It''s my lucky day now I need to hide this data so it won''t become someone else''s luck break.
I start erasing data and hiding traces of my presence all the while bringing the mansions security system under me and my AI''s control. I enter the mansion and lock the door behind me as cameras and automatic defense systems come under my influence, the alarms shut off, and the emergency systems on standby. I really lucked out this just turned into the best location for me to set as my base. The sounds of fighting still persist but now I can do something about it this mansion comes with five security bots and two security drones with cameras. I activate one of the drones and feed the image to my PAL.
It flyes out a service vent and into the sky over the mansion the surrounding area comes into view. With the edge of town and the mansion insight, I spot two individuals that are poping shots at each other from separate sides of a street about 200ft from the mansion. Ones in a coffee shop the other in the top floor of a shoe store they seem to be both using traditional ammo and not stuff like blade ammo as that would be quieter. Either way, they are making noise, doing damage, and drawing attention to this area of town and I can''t have that with my new base being here and all. So I make my way to the roof to find a good vantage point so I can put some shots out at them hopefully catching them off guard.
I get to the roof access and climb up through the roof hatch I go to the edge and scan for a good spot with cover and set my bipod up between two roof panels trying to hide my outline and reduce the chance someone sees me. I can see the closest street and the back, sides, and roofs of houses in this section of town I take my time to range my scope for the house halfway up the street then reference the drone feed to find the shooters.
"There you are" I see the two guys fighting one in regular infantry armor the other in heavy gunner armor it seems the heavy gunner has the edge and is chasing down the other guy through the streets. The biggest threat is the heavy gunner so I load a blade mag because I want to reduce my sound profile and because I''m aiming for armor gaps. In through the nose out through the mouth I calm my self and relax finger on the trigger he''s behind cover so I can only see his face and shoulders I aim for his faceplate and send two rounds. A second later I see the impact one round clipped his shoulder plate and bounced off the other actually barely missed his faceplate and hit the side of his head snapping his head back but not killing him.The helmet saved his life but he seems dazed, he ducks down taking cover I''ll have to wait for another shot.
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"Hahahaha it''s my good luck to run into Kyler that idiot, who runs right in the middle of the street." Burtttttt my heavy chain gun shreds the coffee shop in front of me tunning it into swiss cheese Kyler ran in there and cornered himself. He will be my second kill in 5min my day is going just too well Wizz Wizz Snap that''s all I heard when something smacked me on the side of my head sending me stumbling and dizzy I took cover behind the counter and collected myself. Shaking me head a little.......where did that come from is there someone else around here that hit me from the left, Kyler is to my front so it can''t be him.
Looking at my armor I see a scratch mark that''s the telling sign of a blade round lifting my hand to the side of my head I find one logged into my helmet. Sweat starts on my brow I need to sneak out of here there''s a sniper somewhere to the south this area is not safe. I hear more Whizzing sounds but there hitting the coffee shop so Kyler got spotted as well nows my chance to skip out. I launch myself full sprint out the back and northwest deeper into town I don''t want to be caught around here. But I''ll be back that''s for sure can''t have some sniper taking all my kills.
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I scan the shoe store for that gunner but he''s staying down, I switch my focus to the coffee shop where that another guy is, he is either dead or very good at hiding because that store is almost collapsed. But I eventually spot him crawling through the rubble drawing his gun and stalking the other guy, but I decided to take him out the equation now I lined him up for a shoot his armor is not as thick as the heavy gunner so it won''t deflect and stand up as well. Firing a few rounds he stopped moving, "beep" that''s when my AI notified me that the heavy gunner was running away I turned my scope in that direction and saw his back for a second but he moved behind some buildings before I could get off a shot.
Dang now someone knows there''s a person in this area hunting from range. I stayed on the roof for a while with the drone patrolling the sky tagging points of interest and monitoring any fights that came to my side of town. But about an hour later it needed to charge so I called it back and sent the other one while I placed bomb traps at the front and back entrance of the mansion in case someone broke in despite the security system in place. The new drone after about 30min informed me that someone was walking in my section of town, grabbing my rifle I went back to the roof and set up.
He was sneaking around where the battle from earlier took place on his approach he went from cover to cover only exposing himself for a few seconds. His destination the body of my first kill he started looting his gear and ammo. "Well, I can''t have that those belong to me." I slowed my heart rate and rested my finger on the trigger and pulled three times, I watched as the Impacts happened one was off and hit the ground the other two were center mass near the heart and collar bone. Blood sprayed they went through, he collapsed and stopped moving.
One more person came into my range by days end and I, of course, took them out but many other fights seem to be happening in town over points of interests like the church were about 3 hours after my second kill there was a battle between four people over equipment in the church. I decided to loot my kills then do an inventory of the armory in the mansion and then survey the escape tunnel and panic room.
I have a feeling I''ll need it sooner rather than later.