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((Agreed. I need to rest. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. Bye.))

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He walked into Twombley's office and wanted to help anyway he could since he was never givin word when echo 601 was going to leave, so he didn't get to go with them. He looked at the map and then to the new face he stod at attechin and waited so he could answer the question thatw as phased.

He stared down at the southern pass area. "Yes, set up the machine guns apart from each, so when the enemy tried to come up the pass they would get caught in the minefield along with the crossfire of the machine guns." Looking over at the Major he again said, "plasma grenades? i believe so, we may have several picked up off the covenant infantry that alpha team drove off down in the forest. What do you have in mind?" the Lieutenant asked Major Orden curiously. Hoping he had a plan to make the covenant pay if they tried to come up the southern pass.

Eager and Cheeks did their jobs well. Each turret had at least 3 Marine guards armed with SMG's or BR55's. Thanks to Forte, the guns would run cleaner and smoother. Not as much recoil thanks to the new shock absorbers he put into the gun.

His turret was modified with special with his favorite bullets, the Fluker Specials. The Fluker's used a Special Brass shreader Casing with a small amount of Ntiro Gliserin soaked into the head. The body was filled with a amall ammount of Uranium. Not enough to leak and cause a Radioactive wasteland, but just enough to make sure if they survive through the hailfile, then they'd die later on of radiation.

Forte took his auto turret and slung it over his back. And went off to fix a Warthog's suspension system.

"Well, it's only a rough idea. We could work out details and add other things as we come up with them, but...I was thinking about rigging some explosives obviously. I was thinking we could place low barriers a small distance behind the mounted guns. We could space them out and give them good angles for covering all the ground of the southern pass for certain people to be placed behind them. They could use them for cover while firing on the covenant forces. If the enemy makes it past the mine field and either destroys or makes it past the mounted machine guns, the placed marines should be able to deal with them. I was thinking a few marines per barrier. The thing is...we wouldn't want the covenant to overwhelm the barriers and use our own placements to protect themselves." He stopped again and considered the options: What to use to create the low barriers, exactly how many marines to place at each one and of course the marines would be equipped with their normal weaponry and fragmentation grenades, and which marines to select for the risky business of defending the southern pass.
"What would you recommend we make those barriers out of, Lieutenant? What do we have left that would make for good protection?"

Major Orden looked at Sergeant Forte and saluted him in return. He was somewhat surprised by Forte's idea. "Very good thinking. You're using the same tactic I am hoping to employ on our southern pass, except yours is on a larger scale and a little modified for the better. We won't want the Covenant using our own walls for defense. Just make sure you don't take too many of the mines. We will also be needing them. Take only what you need and place them in the most effective areas so that you can use as few as possible. Get to work on that right away."
He considered asking Sergeant Forte a question, but he decided it could wait and he let the sergeant leave.

The Lieutenant answered the question Sergeant Forte had asked before leaving, "a mixture of both. Cause remember the Grunts, which theyll probably have leading the charge, breath methane. Over heat their tanks, or put a hole through them and itll explode."