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The soldiers had been moving cautiously, using the armored marines as human shields. Once they'd established that lethal force had been used against them and that they'd met only resistance upon boarding, they'd switched to live ammunition. It wasn't long before they'd followed the source of the nuisances towards what looked to be a cargo bay. "Eyes open boys." One of the marines said as he readied himself to open the cargo door. The other marine stacked behind him and when they opened a door the one in front charged directly into a face-full of anti-armor thermal paste. He screamed in agony as the neural links connecting him to his suit began to catch fire and melt.

The soldiers and the remaining marine opened fire blindly into the cargo bay, trying to shoot past the smoking, flailing wreck that had been their commanding officer.