The alert had come in to security in the early afternoon, from the radio they'd installed in the farming colony they traded with. Few details had come through, other than that a group of well armed and organized raiders had attacked and had almost breached the wall, before the transmission cut out. Storm had ordered an emergency recall sent to the team in the field while she assembled a team to send as reinforcements...and hoped they wouldn't be too late.

The smoke had been visible from miles away in the clear air, and the sound of gunfire and explosions had grown louder and louder as they'd approached. Raiders were still holding the smoking hole in the wall they'd obviously entered through, whether trying to prevent escape or the interference of reinforcements...or just watching in case the chaos attracted the infected, it was hard to tell. There were around ten of them there, assault rifles held almost lazily as most of them kept more of an eye on what was going on inside the compound than out.

Farther around the wall a small group of defenders were holed up in the guard house, trying to keep the raiders from forcing the gates. A half dozen trucks, buses and SUVs were pulled up just outside, most with roof-mounted weaponry, obviously intended to be loaded with the supplies they'd come to steal once they managed to force a way in.

The colony's storehouse was the sight of the fiercest fighting, though, as most of the colony had holed up in the most defensible building within the walls. The windows were barricaded and snipers had taken position on the roof, taking shots at any of the attackers who dared to show themselves. There was plenty of cover in the area, though, and a small group had managed to reach the relative safety of the doors. Out of the direct line of fire of any of the defenders, they were readying an explosive charge to blow it off its hinges. Other buildings were already burning, and bodies marked the progress of the fighting from the wall to the gate and storehouse. It was a good bet the only reason the raiders hadn't simply blown this building and all its occupants to hell already was the fact that they wanted - needed - its contents intact.

[OOC: almost all the raiders are wearing body armor and helmets, they're armed with an assortment of assault rifles and other guns, as well as grenades and...really, be creative. Whatever they could have found lying around a gun store or stolen off someone else in the wake of the apocalypse. They're organized, coordinated, and determined, and don't care who or how many they kill to achieve their objective. There are 9 at the initial hole in the wall, another 13 trying to take the gates, and 15 are trying to break into the colony's storehouse. They're being resisted by colonists with guns, but they're mostly inexperienced in any kind of serious combat and lack armor as well. There are at least a dozen bodies scattered around, some raiders but most colonists. Please use a separate sub-thread for each team and have at it. Orders are to use deadly force.]