About 02:20, Docklands, NMK, Monday the 26th of April, 2055.

About 02:20, Docklands, NMK, Monday the 26th of April, 2055.

Quick recap for those not paying attention:
The Jamaicans have found us. Six of them. Wearing leather armoured jackets and trousers, and carrying Sternmeyer Type 35s and AK-47s (J1-5). Plus one with a flame- thrower (J6). We're cornered in an alley. Talking didn't work, they just want to take us down. For the record, that makes what follows all their fault.

Roland and Crash shot two of them with no apparent effect. I put a hole in one of the tanks of fuel for the flame-thrower with an API round. Burning fuel was leaking and that's where I left it last time (T). Here's a quick 'back of the envelope sketch for those of you who are still confused:

T + 0:00
J1 & J2 open fire, both loosing two rounds from their Type 35s. One of the rounds strikes Roland, the others do nothing more than chip stonework. Sykes lets rip with a 3-round burst from his Ronin and hits J3 with one of them. It bounces off the guy! J4 & J5 have got caught in the spray as J6 panics.

T + 0:03
POP! Time's run out for J6. He's not running any more. J4 & J5 get more flaming goo splashed on them, while J3 gets his first taste of running around in flames. The explosion surprises Crash and Sykes, and they dive to the floor. Roland hits J2 in the leg, but the guy stays standing. J1 hits Roland in the right arm. J2 scores two hits in Crash's right leg. Crash stops moving. I shoot J2 in his right leg. He notices, but that's all. That's it, no more Mr Nice Guy. I've tried threat elimination (flame-thrower) and wounding (leg shot) but we've got to drop these guys quicker. J4 & J5 finally quit running and lay quietly in the road. Yuki fires two rounds at J1. One misses, but the other hits him in the left leg.

T + 0:06
Roland takes a slug from J1 in his right leg. He then takes another two rounds from J2 in his torso and left leg. He retaliates by hitting J2 in the leg. J3 falls over and lays in the road smouldering. No more messing. I put an API round through J1's face. He looks momentarily surprised, then falls over. 5 down, one to go. Yuki fires another two rounds, but fails to make contact. Sykes lands a 3-round burst on J2's torso, but it seems to cause no more than a mild itching.

T + 0:09
Roland shoots J2 in the face and the guy drops to his knees. Taking no chances I shoot him in the head too, but get no further reaction. He's done for.

T + 0:12
The gunfight is over. Yuki goes over to attend to Crash. With the beating they took, the Jamaican's were obviously cyber'd up to the nines. I go to check the three who were just burnt. They're still breathing, and it looks like there's a thin, glossy film over their exposed wounds. I'd swear that as I watch, their skin is being repaired. I don't want to take any chances, I've lost colleagues who thought they'd put the cyberpsycho down when they got shot, so it's orbital fractures all round, courtesy of my X-9. Wonder if Yuki'll be able to fix Crash?