The assault rifle drones lit up, providing the necessary firepower that Team Armoury had been lacking, giving the Grey Bears on the 36th floor some breathing space as well as finally allowing them to move manoeuvre and control the battlefield.
The spider Mechanoids and scorpion Mechanoids were badly crippled by the wave of new attacks, allowing Tellie to finish them off with her sniping skills. Even using just Jin's P90 submachine gun, she was able to defeat the Mechanoids from a distance which was a testament to her ability.
However, the real deal was when she used the sniper rifle that was given to her by Old Famet. The Barrett M82 Sniper Rifle. 'Short' enough to carry around but also strong enough to finish off targets from various distances. (After all, weight was not an issue for most Mechanoids who have somewhat superhuman strength.)
That was also the reason why she borrowed Jin's submachine gun since she needed time to get to a vantage point and the sniper rifle was not exactly the best gun to counter against the enemies that were moving in on her. Even though her accuracy was second to none, she was not that confident to fight against insect shaped Mechanoids compared to the human ones that she was used to.
If they were the standard humanoids that they were used to fighting, Tellie could have easily dodged and fired her sniper rifle without any problem. Heck, maybe if the enemy mixed a few fighter planes as well, she might even be able to snipe those aircraft down when she was on the run considering that she had the data and experience.
Thus, it was not the same fighting against the new insect shaped Mechanoids. With their reinforced metal carapace and weird manoeuvres, Tellie was simply not equipped to waste her precious large calibre bullets as suppressive fire. All along she had been using an Uzi submachine gun as her secondary.
Considering how light it was and what her role was, she did not carry much ammunition. (And also for the fact that they were trying to restock their supplies from the armoury itself.)
Also to her surprise, it seems like Jin had modified his P90 to the point where it seemed like a magical item the moment she tried to use it to defend herself.
It was then the tactical System showed Tellie the change made to the P90, giving her some quick insights despite the frantic battle that was happening right below after she managed to climb to the loft floor of the cafeteria and hid for cover.
"Is it possible to replicate this?" Tellie asked the system seeing how the modified P90 was dishing out incredible damage to the insect Mechanoids. "The power ups I currently have does aid with the power of the bullet, but such a modification might increase the firing rate of the rifle."
"The System does not recommend this as it will break the rifle's barrel even quicker. In lieu of all the current options that Mechanoid Tellie has, it will drastically reduce your firepower especially when there are no other replacement rifles available for you to use.
"Click! Can you make me a rifle barrel?!' Tellie instantly asked their team's combat engineer in the system chat seeing how she was able to create drones from leftover metals and resources.
"I can but they will not last long enough! Its durability is not guaranteed!" Click shouted over the comms even though she knew it was through the System messaging but the assault rifle drones firing above her head were causing her to instinctively shout. "Unless you get those rifles from the guards we killed on the 35th floor!"
"That's way too far!" Tellie said. "Just make me one or two as spare!"
"Roger that, but you have to pick them up yourself! I am not going to run up the Loft just to pass the rifles to you!"
"Thanks!" Tellie replied as she now was confident to take her Barrett sniper rifle out and requested the System to push out the upgrade card for her.
"This particular upgrade card will consume significant amounts of power, rendering you to be immobile for thirty seconds. Are you willing to use it?" The System said as in this current firefight, thirty seconds was a game changer especially when they needed to drag the fight for as long as possible, allowing Jin to recover fully. However, they do not have the firepower to do so and if they were dead before Jin could recover, their commander would be equally dead.
Therefore, it was vital to remove any enemies on the field to the best of their abilities so Jin was able to have a 'safer' environment to regain his vitality. But both of the Grey Bears know that they can only do so much before the bigger badder Mechanoids emerge from the 35th floor, and eliminate them.
"Yes, I consent to the immobility. At most, Click will do the lifting." Tellie smiled as she knew her dear friend was hectically trying to make more assault rifle drones that she was not listening to at all. Thus, with the permission given to the System, it instantly installed the so called programmed codes into Tellie's AI processor, giving her the ability to overcome her current limits, even more so than when she shot a plane down and provided her with the necessary nano modifications to kill her enemies.
Her Barrett sniper rifle lit up like a Christmas tree and Tellie was able to shoot her rifle bullets like a mini piercing fireball onto the Mechanoids, immediately disabling the insect shaped Mechanoids in an instant. Click heard the loud shots and saw the aftermath, allowing her to cheer so loudly at Tellie's achievement of bringing down multiple Mechanoids in less than a span of a minute.
It was to the point the remaining Mechanoids stop coverting the remaining cloned Scorpion Mechanoid and started to look towards the loft to focus their fire.
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