A/N – Update for this one…might as well port all my chapters over here…Tinywarz isn't mine, but the character of LordRex is. Well…it's ME.

Part Two –

Three days…

They had been on the planet for three days and the dropship hadn't come yet. No bandits either, which was strange, but he convinced himself it was because they were far out of their operation zone. He checked his course, got up out of his seat and stretched. LordRex, or LR, was an enigma to most of the other factions, he was surrounded with mystery – but no one seemed to mind. A crack shot with lightning reflexes…that's what the Supreme Commander had reportedly said about him. If only they knew what he had seen…

Suddenly, an alarm started blaring from the command console. He sat down and checked his radar view. Bandits – four of them…in Mercat tanks. He knew what those energy weapons could do to unarmoured flesh, he had seen it too many times before. He buckled down and checked his weapons…all in the green. A few steps later and they were on top of him and his team. A sharp crackling noise told his battle-hardened senses that the Hermes had fired from its ballistic weapons, striking one Mercat head on. The electric blue shimmer told him everything he needed to know. The shields of the leading one were almost depleted. He grabbed a control stick and pressed the trigger at the top.

He gritted his teeth as the emerald laser tore from the main cannon, flying towards the Scout tank like a bat out of the farthest reaches of Hell. He was rewarded with a grim note of satisfaction as the tank in front of him vanished in a cloud of smoke and fire, leaving scattered wreckage. One down, three to go. Suddenly, he found himself on the receiving end of laser fire. Purple light flashed on his viewscreen for a split second, the regenerators kicking into gear as a quarter of the shields were vaporised. Quickly reversing, he sent a quick nod to the Akimos, even though the crew inside couldn't see him.

Various shades of green light pulsed steadily out of the twin barrels on both Mekas, lancing through the air and striking all three Mercats dead on. As the Akimos retreated, LR moved forward again, his fingers automatically moving to the second trigger, which he depressed, targeting the tank on the left. More cracking and a slight, imperceptible recoil told him that the Cobra's ballistic weapon had discharged, along with his ballistic DeathDealer that he had slotted in. He didn't even blink as the tank blew up, already swivelling his turret to aim at the other two.

From out of nowhere, four streams of pure energy raced past him and slammed into the two Mercats, reducing them into slag instantly. LR unconsciously jerked back in his chair and looked at the slag. Over the vehicle intercom came the familiar tone of his girlfriend, Nisha Gressieux, Call-sign: Power Birds.

"Save some for us, Wei, we need it".

As Weihan Liang, or Commander LordRex stared at the four heaps of melted metal and plastic in front of him, he knew that the main battle was ahead.

TBC…