You decide to not call obvious attention to the fact that you are being watched. "Monat, someone on the ridge, left of the purple shack."

Monat keeps walking, though he speeds up just a touch. "Upwind. Can't smell them, can see metal moving. Only hard cover is the ruins."

You accelerate to keep pace, and contact the Aegis via your microbead, "Tristan to Aegis, detailed scan of area around the crater please."

Simo responds, "on it Sir."

But you are either too late, or your transmission tipped off the sniper, because she opens fire. A line of emerald fire connects the metal glint you saw to the ground just past your ear. As you begin to duck, the thunder crack of the shot reaches your ears.

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Monat is already returning fire, his rifle thumping out a steady stream of blue energy as he backs steadily for the ruins.

Elena simply books it for the ruins, her bolt pistols hopelessly out-ranged by the incoming fire.

Adam hits the ground behind a small outcrop or churned earth, taking what cover he can.

Yasha opens up with her laspistol, the venerable weapon cracking out red bolts in the general direction of the sniper with no visible effect.

Another line of emerald fire appears. Yasha crumples to the ground. As you hear the shot echo, you can see the blood weeping from the exit wound in her lower back, just above her pelvis.