The siege units were out of direct line of effect from the tower, but the constructs in the hastily dug pits were taking a beating, though the new arm shields seemed to hold up fine through the blasts, but the pinpoint strikes blew through them line they weren't even there. Draiss winced, as the portal came up, exhaustion hitting him like a hammer as the portal wavered into existence. "That ain't up long, MOVE!"<br/><br/>The death squads coming with them dove through the portal even as it formed, clearing it of defenders, though Draiss had picked on that shouldn't be more threatening than a cargo bay, his ears told him he seemed to have dropped them directly into a barracks or something similar. Dangerous, but nothing the constructs couldn't handle. He staggered through the portal, his defenses up, intent on resting on the other side, as the portal wouldn't stay up long. The shadow stalkers would squeeze as many through as they could, but mostly they were tossing demo charges through, so the strike team would at least be able to trap the place as they went. Once the strike team was through, they began rushing the portal, dozen through at a time, though only a few handful got through before the portal slammed down, the rest diverting to the bombardment location, where they continued to try to advance onto the tower.