Board Thread:Lores/@comment-30517583-20170822061505

"The mainland has gone under after a mass riot swept over the place. Crazies have been recruiting numerous members, and the whole country has risen in revolt. From what we know, this place will go under soon. You'll have to make yourselves self- sufficient because there won't be another fuel or supply run to keep your men fed for a year, maybe even more."The entire room stirred as the conference members muttured amongst themselves."The government is still functioning, though, and has been successful in stripping the riot of its power through convincement and redistrubution of supplies.""So, what is this riot about? What about our aquantances, our families? You can't just leave us in the dark like that." Fall stood up to face Victor."That, chief engineer, is one of those treasured occasions where I can say 'this information is confidential'.""We've been working non-stop for your Department, and we aren-"Victor, with speed and strength that betrayed his skeletal frame, picked Fall up by the collar."You'd be dead, or worse, if I had the time to deal with you!" Victor hissed directly at Fall's alarmed face, and threw him towards the masked soldier in the EOD suit.The soldier stepped aside and let Fall crash onto the concrete floor of the conference room. Fall remained still on the floor, blood oozing onimously off a crack in his skull.No-one moved to help him, in fear of being shot by the soldiers, who still had their guns raised at their heads."Fortunately, despite the insubordination that your friend there displayed, I have gifts for you, Leuitenant Colonel."Swallowing down his fear, Waltrun asked, "Is he dead, or not? I'd hope not to get into any trouble with the engineering faction, as they've been withholding fuel from us, as well as explosives.""Don't think too much about it. He's still alive, I only cracked the thickest parts of the skull, a skill that I've been using often for the current government...So far."Victor turned around and walked out the door, taking the two black-clad soldiers with him. The masked soldier stood in the corner of the room, sweeping his gaze across the occupants of the room, M249 held at the ready.It was at this moment that the two garrison soldiers, unarmed and unbound, lying down on the floor, decided to act.The soldier closest to the masked soldier kicked out at the soldier's legs, sending him sprawling on the ground.The other soldier, taking the chance to retaliate, took up one of the MP5s lying on the ground, hefted it at the masked soldier's chest, and sprayed all 20 bullets in the magazine right into the chestplate of the soldier.Through the haze of gunpowder smoke that now enveloped the room, nothing stirred at first.Then, two heavy calibre gun reports rang throughtout the room, and then one of the garrison soldiers stumbled backwards through the smoke, and fell across the table of the conference room.The M249 SAW uses the standard 7.62 x 56mm NATO round. When the 7.62mm round was introduced as the norm after the Second World War, the major countries of the NATO alliance found the round combursome for the purpose of an all round weapon. The 7.62 mm round heralded many half-hearted guns, like the FAL series, or the M14. However, after the nations had undergone the Korean War, they found that submachine guns for supressing fire were more preffered, and were more practical, over the heavy guns that the NATO Nations were equipping their men with. The Korean War saw the NATO nations swept aside by the sheer numbers of the Eastern Bloc's army. Furthermore, a study conducted by the US army found that, rather than open fire at 500m, the specified kill range for the M14s and Garands, their troops would hold fire until their target was within 100m or less on most occasions. The 7.62mm round became decommissioned following the American introduction of assult rifles like the 5.56mm M-16, but continued to be manufactured anyway, and no replacement round was ever set.Still, the sheer power of the 7.62mm round meant it would still be used on the battlefield. Guns like the M249 could shatter a man's spine at over 200m, or cause extreme wounds even if not directed at a vital organ.The wounds on the garrison soldier's body attested to that.One of the bullets had gone right through the man's skull at the temple, and out through the other end. Such was the power of the round, at point blank range, that it had pulled brain tissue OUT OF THE BRAIN CASE. Red chips of the soldier's skull lay fragmented in a pool of blood around his head, mixed in with bits of mucous-like tissue to create some kind of vile soup. The second shot had been directed at the chest, but the soldier had withdrawn his arm to pull out his side-arm- a razor sharp, 25cm long blade.The end result was the bullet going through the arm, chest, and then out the subsequent arm. The first arm had blood flowing out of the bullet wound, and the chest displayed a rib blade, forced out of place, protruding through the soldier's chest, blood pooling around the particular bone. The bone, having deflected the bullet, forced it into the side of the following arm, blowing a chunk the shape of a half moon off the arm.Bits of sprayed blood and scraps of body tissue and organs pointed out the path of the 7.62mm bullet, which ended in a small indentation in the concrete wall on one side of the room.The second soldier reloaded his MP5, took several clips with him, and quickly ducked behind a working table.The smoke began to clear, and out strode the masked soldier, chestplate scratched and dented, and covered in blood and bits of gore.The second soldier lifted up his MP5, and let loose with a burst, this time aimed at the head.The bullets never made contact with the mask, as the masked soldier dropped down onto the floor."F***!" The garrison soldier shouted, before rising up and firing sporadic semi-automatic shots at the general position of the masked soldier.That was before the masked soldier rose up and brought a similar-looking knife to the one the first dead soldier had carried, and sliced through the tendons of the garrison soldier's neck.Blood vessels snapped, and blood sprayed at the masked soldier, covering him in a fine mist of blood, before the dead body slumped onto the ground, blood still spraying out of the inert body.And throughout the whole scene, the seated members at the conference table had not lifted a finger."Cowards." The masked soldier sneered, before pointing the blood-splattered barrel of the M249 at them. 