"Scans are all clear, Strike-1." Wilhelm reported. "No alerts on enemy activity."
"Copy that. We're moving."
The shuttle had dropped them on the shore of a river, not too far from the mountainous area where the depot was located. The squad had to march for a couple kilometers, during which they received gradually the signals that the other strike teams had also made their drops and were moving against their targets.
The Tambaran clearly weren't expecting anyone to show up, as Jane and her group entered into the gorge they had marked as entry point without any opposition.
"I get it that they control the planet, but I mean...come on." Garrus commented sarcastically.
"Well, I'm in no rush to run into those giant monkeys." Kovalenko said in return.
"It would be better to fight them in the open, rather than in close quarters." Chandraptali reminded.
They proceeded toward the trail that EDI was marking on their Navpoints and found the access they needed into the network of surface caves linked on the two sides of a cascade by a thin stone bridge. And now the scanners were picking up something.
In front of them a pillar, separating a descending path and an ascending one. Deciding that she wanted the advantage of the high ground, Jane motioned the squad to go on the right. Up there, it didn't take long for them to spot a patrol of Tambaran beneath them.
Jane had only seen them in the holograms, for during the war on their first contact, she was just admitted into the N7 program in Rio. Seeing them up close was entirely a different matter. The three aliens were indeed similar to huge primates, slightly bigger than a gorilla clad in plates of armor. The protections were different, for most of them had their face visible and only what seemed to be the leader of the patrol had a more elaborated helmet.
"Switch to piercing ammo." Jane whispered in the comlink and also set the weapons with her omni-tool. The rest of the team followed immediately. "Take position."
The squad used a series of crate and the holes in the cave to spread and be read to shower the Tambaran with a rain of lead.
"Now!" Jane ordered.
The group sprang into action. Garrus happened to be next to her, so the two of them concentrated fire on the leader while the others took out the other three aliens.
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