Re: Hive Number One
"Agreed. Standby."
There was a long period of silence, while he likely was setting charges.
It took him almost ten minutes, but he finally had the charges set where he wanted them. He had been correct, it had taken roughly three quarters of the C-4 he had to properly cover the engine and core to blow it up. He only hoped when they got to the main core itself that someone else had some C-4, otherwise they wouldn't be able to blow it up. Stepping back he pulled out the detonator, set to push the button when he realized the explosion would probably be larger than he thought. Frowning, he ran out of the room, and down the hall. When he was satisfied he was out of range, he pushed the button on the detonator, blowing the engines up real good, and about half the ass end of the hive too. Luckily he was far enough away to not be in the blast range, but he could spot the massive wreckage easily enough. As he moved to leave, shots rang out, pushing him for cover. Looking about he spotted a small army of bots, each with quad chain guns moving in on him from all angles, effectively cutting him off.
Copper and Grave likely would have felt the massive explosion even where they were, it was so powerful. The floor would shake for a few moments, a rumbling sound audible in the distance. When the explosions stopped, it was deadly silent, no word from Siphon at all. Should Copper or Grave try to call him on the radio, the only response they would have would be the sounds of a ton of weapons fire, and not all of it M249 fire. Some sounded much like chain gun fire, similar to what the bots had been seen using before, only much faster of a firing rate. Other than that, there would be nothing from him at all, no matter how much they tried to contact him. Whatever was going on, he apparently could not answer them.