Having offered a fortune for each mine, it was inevitable that a gang would take him up on the offer, which the newly arrived gang of the Goliath "Onslaught Ryders" did this week.
Having moved to secure the location, word had it that the Golden Harpies, the most powerful gang in Zone 9, were close to getting their hands on the mine. The Goliath went prepared with locals Spike Deadshot and Clayton, along with newly arrived Bounty Hunter Irada. Furthermore, not willing to let his investment go to waste, Hans loaned the gang a Servitor to go up against the Escher.
The gangs spotted each other within a short distance of the Mine, and while Dirk Hardpeck, the Goliath leader wanted to charge straight away, Irada managed to convince him to take a overlooking position and let the Servitor and his man Slab Bulkhead do the work with his Grenade Launcher.
The Escher darted from cover to cover, dodging the overlooking Servitors Heavy Bolter. Spike Deadshot, moved forward to try and get a better shot with his Boltgun, only to be cut down by the Escher who then tried to cover their approach with smoke grenades. The imposing position of Slab and the Servitor allowed them to see over the smoke, and explosions rang out as frag grenades dropped down. The whole Goliath gang opened fire on the Escher, but having clearly been sold defective ammunition, were unable to wound anyone, or even hit for the most part.
The Golden Harpies, threw Smoke and Gas grenades, to try and choke out the Goliath, but despite being bunched up, they were simply too tough for the poison gas to take them out. While the Goliath were unable to injure the Escher with gunfire, they were certainly able to pin them in place as a firefight ensued from over a 20 metre distance.
For over an hour the Escher tried to move forward, trying to cover their approach, each time being forced to take cover once more due to the oddly disciplined firing line of the Goliath. As time wore on, the Goliath finally found "the right bullets" and began to take their toll on the Escher while the Escher finally managed to get into hand to hand with the Goliath. on both sides gangers were cut down, Dirk Hardpeck taking the centre with his massive power hammer. The Escher leader, Lavender moved to finally take the Goliath out before a being blasted off her feet by a Krak grenade from Slab Bulkhead.
Most of the gangs were cut down and injured with only a handful left standing. Only Slab with his grenade launcher, the Servitor (who finally managed to reload it's Heavy Bolter after 2 hours), and the champion Klog Chest thump stood, with 3 Escher left, Daisy, Jasmine and who thought better than to face a reloaded Heavy Bolter alone and fled.
Marigold, was captured by the Goliaths but before Irada could have a word with her, Dirk Hardpeck agreed to sell her back to the Escher.
Hans finally had one of the Mines of Zone 9, 2 more to go.
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