This sniper had talent.
Railick's head was buzzing from the impact. Turians where usually smart enough to ensure covering fire before looking for a target, but Railick's driving assaulter's must have been taking longer then expected.
One quick glance out of cover and he paid for it. It must have been a concussive shot meant to take down his shields, making him an easy target.
He pushed himself back against the small bench where he had been taking cover. He could hear his Batarian second in command barking orders over the ear comm. to his small squadron, while Railick recuperated.
Farack Del'mas was considered trash in Batarian eyes. Being thrown out of a high caste was normal if you spoke out against your higher up's. Especially if those higher up's where slavers.
Farack never talked about it be Railick knew about his past with the slavers. Railick also knew that Farack was done with them, after seeing so much pain he caused. Besides that, all that Railick needed to know was that Farack could watch his back in a firefight, and proving that over the years made Farack one of his most trusted allies.
Noticing his captain awake Farack gave the sit-rep.
"We got a sniper in the top breezeway, three commandos on the left, four on the right and 4 security mechs up front and in cover."
"Strome, and Campbell are pinned down in front of the Mechs. Lohm'Mas is moving his way up to get a good shot on the sniper, and Tareek is giving us cover."
In a flash Railick was already thinking of every scenario. Even under the constant fire of assault rifles and the sharp sound of the HMWSG sniper rifle being fired ever so often, Railick could think clearly as if he where simply in his quarters devising battle plans.
His constant thinking, and plotting was what boosted him as an officer on the Mehrnos frigate of the Citadel Fleet. He was an officer before he knew it. Always writing up new battle plans to turn into his CO, knowing they would just be filed away somewhere.
But that was ages ago. Back before he even considered leaving the fleet. Before he made this rag tag mercenary unit.
The plan seemed good enough in Railick's head, but only one way to see if it could work. Railick quickly tuned his Omni tool to all squad members. He quickly spoke to his team as a whole, making sure everyone knew their part.
Like clock work the team moved the plan in to affect. Farack started a full barrage on the snipers nest keeping him pinned down for the time being.
Tareek took this chance to move up and utilize his short distance Omni tool scrambler to immobilize the mechs. A special program the Solarian made in his spare time, being sure to boast about it every chance he could use it.
Farack took cover while reloading, which gave Railick his cue to start his own part of the plan. Moving up the alley he fired on one set of commandos, giving his driving force room to take out the others.
Normally opposites don't go well together on the battle field. This is something Railick learned plenty of times serving in the fleet. But he was proven wrong when he decided to pair a massive Krogan with a modified shotgun, and Human biotic with nothing but a pistol, and willpower.
The two where a wrecking team. Together Strome, and Campbell easily took out the right group of commandos. Using a combo of one of Campbell's singularity missiles, and Strome's quick fire shotgun the two where done in a flash and turned their attention to the security mech's that where still frozen where they stood.
Railick and Farack continued up the alley way to take cover from the final group of commandos. They continued to fire even though they where clearly surprised by the quick turn in tide of the battle. As the last shot was sounded Railick stood from his cover admiring the work of his team.
With out saying a word he moved up a small staircase, making sure not to step on the pieces of destroyed mechs while doing so. At the top of the steps he found his final team member exactly where he was told to be.
A silent Quarian named Lohm'Mas stood over the immobilized sniper. He had taken out the sniper during Farack's barrage just as instructed.
Now to figure out who this sniper worked for.