Talon's face quickly turned to 'oh crap' as he noticed the krogan leveling off at him. He kicked the ground hard, diving away from where he was aiming and off to the side, the quick movement allowed little time to cushion himself as he hit the floor hard on his right shoulder letting out a slight grunt and a growl of pain before getting to his feet and taking proper cover. Fuck, hit that wrong, he growled as his shoulder ached with every movement, Long as I can still hold a gun. he thought as he pulled out his pistol, switching the ammo for the shredder ones, wincing a bit as he moved his arm, Just take out the gatling gun, don't need a clean shot just need to hit it... I hope. he thought as he held his gun over the edge of his cover, not taking the risk of exposing himself as he fired off towards where the Krogan was.
The turians shots riddled off Tritop's armor as he grunted from the pain in his ribs. He aimed his gun and smiled as he pulled the trigger. However, nothing happened. "Wha?" Tritop gasped as he looked at his gatling gun only to see the turian's pistol had hit the thermal clip trigger rendering the gun useless. A one and a million shot and the bloody turian got it. Tritop roared as he tossed the gun, and then heard the distinct click of a turian sniper rifle. He turned in time to see the female turian take her shot and roared as the bullet struck a weaken area of his armor. The distruptor ammo did it's work as the armor's cpu shut down and a sheering electrical shock flowed through the Battlemaster's nerves as he roared in pain.
He slumped to his knees before falling forward as his armor sizzled from the electrical shock. He groaned as he looked to the female turian with her rifle still aimed at him.
"Not.....bad...." he said before losing conscious.
Tafina came out from cover and approached Tritop with his omni-tool reading over the old krogan. "He is still alive. Just unconscious. Heavy armor protected his nervous system from being completely burnt out. Very fortunate otherwise Krogan would be dead." Tafina finished as he eyed the computer terminal from before.
'Now back to further work." the salarian said as he walked over and started to resume his search over the krogan records.
Zevia holstered her pistols before standing up from her cover and approaching Talon helping him up. "A little risky, but not bad for a Turian." she remarked. "Now that you have gotten what you've came for, I think I'll be on my way." she said as she started to make her way to the buildings exit.
Talon grunted as his shoulder suddenly flared a bit, the adrenaline flow ceasing causing the pain to kick in. He grabed Zevia by the shoulder before she got far, "You, aren't going anywhere. Gonna have a few questions as to why you were here, not to mention debriefing you. This mission was a covert op, can't risk you blabbering anywhere." he said as he walked towards the Krogan, "Whatever their reason for taking him alive better be a good one. Status report, who's still standing?" he asked as he looked around at the team.
"I'm fine," Gerris gasped a bit as her shoulder bones began aching. The anesthetic properties of the the medigel had already ran out, so now she was dealing with her numb arms again, "Bastard got me good. I'm going to need a doctor to see this," she told herself.
Putting her rifle away the female turian made her way over to Tritops, kicking over his unconscious body to review his condition. She was about to add an extra kick out of anger but in his current unshielded condition too much force could snap his neck. Calming herself, Gerris turned to her team and added: "Talon, call HQ. We're ready for extraction."
"I'm fine. I second getting the hell out of here." Raddia holstered her assault rifle and took a moment to catch her breath before catching sight of the wild varren she had befriended. She walked over to the beast and gently caressed its hide, looking at the extent of its injuries. "Oi, I know you were trying to help me, but if you're gonna go charging in like that, at least let me get you some armor next time." Her arm lit up with an omni-tool which she used to administer some medi-gel to help mend the alpha creature.
The varren growled softly and licked Raddia's cheek as it got to its' feet wanting to show his new master how tough he wast.
Zevia turned around with a glare. "I appreciate your help in sealing my helmet, but I was only here salvaging parts for my ship and was captured by that Krogan. There is no point in keeping me around." she frowned as she crossed her arms over her ample chest.
Tafina finished reading over the records and downloaded them to his omni-tool. "Sergent Talon, it appears I have some clues as to who the krogan's traded the genophage vials to. It seems Krogans unaware what was in the containers but were offered large weapon supplies for it's contents." The salarian scrolled down the list. "Krogans did not know the person's ID, but based on the weapons supplied....most likely Turian Special Ops. High ranking. Seems Turian army has a traitor."
"Don't get cute with us, quarian. You're coming whether you like it or not. We've no time for any undermining from ANY side. We're at war with these assholes. If you want to be neutral, you don't come to these planets," Gerris snapped, but then she heard Tafina's deduction which made her turn and glare.
"That's impossible, the hirearchy is comprised of only the best militaristic turian minds with Palaven's best interest at the core. They wouldn't stand for any corruption..."
After giving the varren a quick pet, Raddia shook her head and straight up told Gerris, "It's possible someone's trying to incriminate someone in Special Ops, but I wouldn't dismiss the idea of a traitor either." She then looked over to Zevia and frowned, knowing that she had unwittingly become involved with everything as her comrades made their demands. "Please come with us. If there's anything you know that Tritop said or was doing, it could help save some lives in this bloody mess."
"It's no longer an option of choice for her," Talon said, "If there is a traitor amongst the hierarchy we can't let word out that we know, right now the only choices left to you are come along willingly, or try what the Krogan did," he looked down at tritops, "Bit of warning, you aren't nearly as tough as a Krogan, and our orders don't include taking you alive. We're offering you a chance here, this information CANNOT get out, we can't risk that on your word alone either. It'd be much easier to just kill any witnesses but I'm not that cold-hearted, and would prefer not being forced to make that call. So what'll it be?"
Zevia tilted her head as she gave the impression she was smirking while moving up close to the sergent. "Desperate to keep me around that bad hmm?" she teased. "You wouldn't be the first, but alright I will cooperate for now." she said looking at Gerris.
Tafina didn't seem fazed by Gerris glare and patriot comments. "Sadly most logical assumption on how Krogan's were able to acquire high level turian tech would be a traitor in the ranks." The salarian paused. "Hmmm shelling has stopped."
Suddenly, the wall to their right side blew out creating a large hole and within moments a squad of black heavily armored Turians marched in. Their faces covered in heavy battle helmets and fixed with specific white markings. They encircled the group covering all escape routes as they stood at still.
Soon walking through the walls, adorned in the same type of armor was Grevis, and Nila.
The older turian looked over the group noting Tritop still laying unconscious before looking to Sergent Talon. "Seems you succeeded your mission. Though I had hoped the brute would be awake for me to speak to him. It seems you also have extra guests then what we anticipated."