As they were suiting up, Huntly said,

"We are gong to Dioscuri, that is where my base is. It is called Ice Walker as it is a mobile base."

Denise thought what a strange set up. But it would be perfect for corsairs. That might also explain why Huntly has an armory that would be the envy of most police forces on Earth. She let the idea slip away now as she had other problems to contend with.

Looking around she saw Yulp having trouble getting into a Ptokh K'se which is the Tsa's equivalent of a bullet proof vest. Denise moved to help him do it up. She noticed he had a pair of Diat'sya hidden up his back. She smiled at what she noticed next. There on the rack next to Yulp was an AGC -7 Auto felechette shotgun. The Aggic, as it was called, was devastating at close range, firing out bundles of razor sharp needles that could shred almost anything. Then, finishing the outfit with an ammo/utility belt, helmet with built-in sensors and comlink. He was all set to go.

Denise then looked around and almost broke out laughing, for there was Pogo in an old Tiger Polymere powered body armor. The older Fraal had a rather pear shaped body. Now imagine that in jet black body armor; with a chuurkhna, a werner battle axe, in his hands and a Dragon 3 Heavy Flame Thrower on his back. The picture is quite comical but she controlled herself. To help keep her from laughing she looked around the room at the rest of the group. They were all dressed in armor and had at least two weapons, some had more.

Denise did not like this. She had never seen these people in action. How would they react under the threat of death or seeing someone they know die in front of them? Denise looked at Linda. She would be the one to worry about. Moving up beside Connor she whispered,

"I want you to look after Linda. Who knows how she will react to all this." He nodded that he understood.

Huntly had left as soon as they got to the Armory and now her voice came over the intercom on ship wide.

"We got an emergency call from Ice Walker. It seems it is under attack. We are going at best speed to help. At the last message the attackers had not breached the defenses, but it would not be long. Hopefully they can hold out until we get there and we can make a difference and save our home. As soon as we land everyone report to your battle stations. That is all. Good luck!"

The group looked at Denise and Pogo said,

"Who do we help? These people are pirates, maybe the people attacking are the law?" Denise looked at each of them and then said,

"We will scout out the attackers and see who they area. If they represent the local government we will go with them. Everyone nodded their agreement and then they sat in silence waiting. It was the waiting of begins getting ready to go into battle.

Denise's thoughts were interrupted by Huntly's voice over the intercom.

"Five minutes until we land." Denise looked around and said with a big smile on her face,

"Let's move to the closest hatch."

They moved out.

As they moved through the ship it was shaken by hits from ground weapons. As they rounded the last corner the ship was hit by something very powerful because they all got thrown to the ground. Denise looked around to see if anyone was hurt. One at a time they all picked themselves up off the floor and signaled they were all right. Then Warbird landed and the hatch was opened. Denise signaled for Pogo, Graham and Martine to make for cover off to the right. While Connor lead Linda and Yulp off to the left behind some large crates. Denise moved out after them and found some cover. There was weapon fire all around and she could see bodies all over the place. It seemed the attackers were cyborgs with black light lasers. This at once ruled them out as a government force of any kind.

She switched on her comlink to the others.

"We are best to help the pirates. The attackers are cyborgs with black light lasers. Let's try and circle around to the right. There does not seem to be much action over there." She then moved that way. Taking point herself she lead them away from the heaviest fighting and looked for a place they could hole up in until it was over. At the edge of the landing pad she found a large pile of crates. Getting the group under cover she signaled for Connor and Graham. When the two had made it to her she said,

"Let's use the crates to make a fort. That way we can protect ourselves from every direction."

They nodded that they understood and went to work. The rest of the group took up positions to cover them while they worked.

They had been at it for about ten minutes and were almost done when a blast from a black laser hit the box they were moving. They dropped it and took cover. Linda was there as two cyborgs came towards them with their lasers blasting. She had a SMG and pulled the trigger. Bullets were flying everywhere and the two cyborgs were cut down as they walked towards the home-made fort. Denise quickly moved beside her and saw Linda was still holding down the trigger, but the magazine was empty. Denise pulled her hand off and said,

"It's over. You got them."

Linda turned to her and replied,

"I was not watching. Is Connor alright? I am so sorry."

"It's all right. No one got hurt. Now get back under cover and make sure Connor is not faking it." Linda smiled and moved back into the fort. She went to Connor and saw he had a small cut on his face. She took out her med kit and patched him up.

The others also moved into the fort while Denise went out to look at the two cyborgs. When she got there all she found were two pools of goo with crystuliun cybernetic components in them . She could not believe it, they dissolved themselves.