Earth-Shattering Kaboom

Well, that worked.

The exploding doomtruck bit, at least.  Did a real number on the clearing, and we had moved down to clean house.  We picked off a few of the thralls when a slight problem came up.  A bunch of bombs that -didn't- explode were about to catch fire.  Yeah, it worked out just as well as you could expect.  Hal got Kenny and Lexi clear...leaving me and Cindy to get exploded.  But Cindy's a tough gal and survived with just her clothes being vaporized, pretty much giving everyone there and eyeful.  Hal pulled the same stunt shielding Kenny and Lexi.  We lost track of Andrew at that point, but more on that later.  That damn bomb torched my favorite flannel shirt. Didn't do much to the body armor I snagged from headquarters, at least...and what cover there was managed to keep at least part of my pants intact.  My boots were a lost cause too, though.  So here I am, in kevlar and Daisy Dukes.  Charming, isn't it?

We didn't really have much time to lose after gathering up who we could, so we all ended up hitching a ride on Hal.  I was quite willing to simply wait a few extra moments, but Cindy ended up grabbing me and hauling me along for the ride.  Of course, as I have a reputation to uphold, I threatened to murder her if she dropped me.

Strangely, the bad guys didn't really have much in the way of people, or at least seemed that way after we went in and found the gate.  It was being guarded in this huge as hell feast hall by a quartet of giants and some dude with goofy skin who seemed to be in charge.  He didn't last long...Hal charged in to avenge the loss of the Boy Band...and, hell, I'm not just going to sit around and let my friends do all the fighting, even if they're shmucks sometimes.  So, I fired off a shot.  It didn't do much but get him looking at me, right before the Hal Express slammed into him and pretty much punched his head off.

Lexi was again doing her thing, too, and her and Hal's display pretty much convinced the giants to run off.  We got the gate disabled(Andrew showed up around now, too), and some Valkyries are apperantly holding the main gate for us...for now.  Guess the reinforcements were a ways off and are coming back.  I really wish I had brought some extra firepower.  Like, I don't know, an E-web Blaster or a hypervelocity missile launcher.  It sounds like there's -alot- of pissed off giants and thralls swarming the place, and all I've got is this pea shooter.  Might have to start a little side project to arm myself properly.  Guess it's time to see if I can build a bolter gun or something.

Assuming I survive long enough to get back to base.  Eh, details.