(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9h_FmmDtwcQ/TkWBhEQm8NI/AAAAAAAABFs/zAjdm4rAZCI/s400/CCG_Unlimited_Hatchetman_S.jpg)<br/><br/>Ranna Krannok<br/>Western Barracks moving towards the Hangar<br/>Harlequin - controlled chaos?<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Ranna watched as Graff's PPC blast tore through the second turrent.  Smiling at the effective chaos behind her, she turned Harlequin to finish the job on the Barracks.  Another swift stroke of the hatchet and the brig and ferrocrete building fell in on itself.<br/><br/><em>"MacLeod here, power neutralized. Yellow, check the Mechbays with blue, we're on the hangars. Bastion, you are clear to land."</em><br/><br/>Hearing the call from Walter, Ranna turned towards the center of the compound, expecting to rally in the center were Bastion would land to begin salvage operations.  Ranna's instincts screamed at her from some unseen threat as she noticed heat signatures on her HUD that were too small to be mechs but were obviously swarming around the position of Walter's Command Lance.  Then it came as if she had be expecting something like this.<em>"FUCK! LANCE! On me, I'm goin" </em>The static on the emergency channel was deafening.  Something just took out Walter's Highlander without so much as a fight.  Ranna tried to re-tune her sensors to break through the fog as the rest of the Lance appeared to be frozen to inaction.<br/><br/><em>"Company lead is down. Assault Lead is taking command. All units, check in, and head to the South edge of the airstrip. We have... something hostile; hard to get a lock.  Repeat; break off from the base buildings; We have infiltrator units of unknown type and number hiding on-base."</em>Ranna switched back to visual light only as the fog began to clear.  Erich's Awesome and the rest of assault lance were moving towards the hanger.<br/><br/>The chaos on the horizon near the mechbays with Mechs running every direction and lasers and PPC shots flashing on the slowly dissipating fog the channels showed no less sign of chaos with pilots screaming back and forth trying to get a handle on what was going on.<em>"Uh-o-OK Blue Lance, Brick is taking over Company command.  All units make for the southern road and regroup." </em><br/><br/>Ranna began working her way towards the southern edge of the field when she noticed Graff being attacked by a small swarm of the battle armor that had broken from the main group.  In a daring yet scary display of piloting, Ranna watches as Graff tries to blast the group with a PPC.  Scoring a couple of hits but unable to take down the rest, he nearly crushes another one underfoot as he moves towards the hangar with the little armored men in tow.  Aiming carefully, Ranna targets one with a steady blast from all of her medium lasers, while targeting another with a full salvo of her AC/20.  As the two men are torn apart by the blast, the third, the one Graff stepped on gets a solid introduction to the ground by her falling hatchet before he has time to move.  "Annoying little things. Graff your ass is clear."  She reports over the Lance channel as she moves towards the field.<br/><br/>Before Ranna could get any further assessment of the situation, the sky lit up with fire, burning the fog away as Bastion arrived overhead, scorching the airfield with PPC's and Lasers.  Ranna chuckled.<em>Never hurts to have air support</em>She thought as she moved towards the main rally point.<br/><br/><em>"O-ok guys, it looks like MacLeod is alive. Lets set up a perimeter around the Bastion, Ninja and Little Bit I want you paired up in a 10 km past the mountain.  Harlequin, form on me and we will patrol 5km out.  Stay in pairs and if you see anything radio it in and make for the dropship."</em>Ranna could hear the stress in Graff's voice.  He wasn't handling the command very well under pressure, but she wasn't going to push the issue.  She formed up on Graff's right side, just behind him, her IFF and Infra-red on sensitive.  "Graff, you took some heavy damage on your back.  Another hit or two and you would have lost something important."  She remarked across the mech to mech comm channel as she surveyed the damage to his rear armor.