- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Well, you see, here I am, running around with one bar of health and no shields on legendary (those banshees are murderous), and as I round a corner, guess what I find. A Scarlet Elite. So I think "Damn, I'm screwed", when all of a sudden, two white lines impale the elite and smite him to the ground. I look around and as luck would have it, a marine was right there bailing my butt out with his S2-AM.
Another time, I had my back against the outcropping thing that a shade rests on in AotCR. In a tank on heroic with Sarge, a needler, and two AR wielders, I came under heavy fire from the two wraith tanks. Sarge having dropped the ghosts takes out a shade while an AR wielder took out a Jackal. After eliminating one tank, I, with no shields yet again find myself in mortal danger as a Plasma Mortar arcs through the air towards me. As I began to think about what went wrong, an elite came flying over from another marines grenade. As unbelievable as it may sound, it intercepted the roiling blue instrument of death, and set it off in midair, saving me. After taking out the Wraith that attempted to kill my men and I, Sarge amazed me by dropping two hunter in two shots. Sarge yelled to the Marines "I'm so proud of you men!" To which a Marine responded "YEA!" Also another marine ran up yelled "LET ME GET THAT!", and shot a dead jackal.
I like to think of the Marines as men who depend on me as much as I depend on them. Very, very rarely will I kill a marine just for ammo.
I Salute you men who have given their lives in defense of Earth, their comrades, and most importantly, me. <sniffle>
[Edited on 4/28/2004 6:34:01 PM]