Jace watched as the mechs piled a stack of the crystal spikes to the side. He hummed and then looked around at the area they had cleared. It was not enough for all of their ships. But it was enough to land the mechs and the mining device. The transport crafts were still floating above them.
"The mining laser is operational." The captain of the Tailwind Squad informed him. Jace nodded. "We will need to-" He stopped and held up a hand to his helmet as he heard something through his comms.
He did not get a chance to speak again because Jace could hear what was going on. He pulled his wisp rifle off his back and aimed across the opening and fired a burst of bullets. A few of them hit the charging kitinol in the side and a few ricocheted off a crystal spike and hit another charging kitinol that he could not see.
