MONGO 8 : THERE WILL BE BLOOD, BOTH RED AND GREEN

The screeching, wreaking horde had attacked and sent the Verms into chaos.

The first step in recovery was to get some of the Duck!ed Verms back into action. YOU jumped back to his feet but because he could not move over to the door mechanism and close it, had to be satisfied with holding his blaster ready and going onto WAIT - training it on the Harpy whose clutches he had so recently managed to escape.

SimultaneouSly, the Robo-Gun snapped into action and the Harpy clambering over the nest-entrance in front of it disappeared in a fiery green mist.

Next it took on the Harpy which threatened YOU. Whirring servos whipped the Robo-gun left and its six barrels belched fame. The heavy projectiles smashed into the Harpy's tough, shiny carapace which fragmented as they exploded. The Harpy collapsed into a formless, steaming mass.

The immediate threat to YOU was alleviated and no more Harpies would enter the Cargo Bay for now.

The next pressing problem was the Harpy on Higgins. Encumbered by the HEMG he at last managed to draw his cutlass but the fact he was Duck!ed guaranteed he was fighting for his life. He rolled no hits on the monster as it stood over him, snapping and grabbing. It could have been worse but the creature slashed him viciously across the abdomen. The fight continued but Higgins could not muster any more strength and he succumbed to unconsciousness as the Harpy sank its teeth in his thigh. Higgins form was snatched up by the wildly chattering victor , whcih intended to drag the human into the nest.

But cometh the near-catastrophic event, cometh the sharp-shooter. Higgins comrade, YELLOW, levelled his HAR and with  single shot cracked the Harpy in its head and forced it back, dropping Higgins.

YELLOW rolls well, saves Higgins and gets a Gold Star

This had the effect of attracting the attention of the Robo-gun which was not now blocked from acting by the presence of a Verm in the same SQ. The Rob-gun whizzed its battery of barrels round and they ripped heavy rounds into the Harpy at close range. Problem solved. Next ?

Harpy that nearly killed Higgins is mown down by Robo-gun

Blue next got into action. He jumped forward with his flamer and, swinging it round on his left hip took aim at the Harpy which had retreated to the back of the bay but remained unwounded and active.
There was no time for half-measures. To ensure the threat was eliminated BLUE gave it a triple blast of flaming jelly.

 As the Harpy sizzled in the corner, the edge was slightly taken off the victory by the proximity of a flask of flammable gas. It began to warm up..

Gas flask starts to warm ...

The last Harpy to be taken care of in the cargo bay was the one grappling with the loader.
Orange has successfully gripped the Harpy's head and now tried to finish it off.
Verm rolled badly, Harpy rolled well. It shoul dhave been crushed but the Harpy held on for another round, though wounded, and even damaged the loader.

Loader now has 4 of 6 damage points...it is leaking hydraulic fluid everywhere..Harpy is leaking blood..

Now what to do ? The immediate danger of the Harpies running amok amongst the Verms, most of whom were Duck!ed, has now past. Kongo acted to put a lid on it. He purposefully lunged forward and slammed his palm on the door control. The intense stench and fetid heat from the SciTech's pestiferous inhabitants was shut away in a second. The screeching ringing in the ears of the Verms subsided to a distant murmur. Everyone who was conscious and not holding a struggling Harpy at arms length in their loader arm breathed a sigh of relief.......

That was the end of the Verminator's turn.

Now, the Threats' turn........ exciting........ 

End of Verm activation....situation semi-normal, half-F'd-Up.