The "street fighting" inside the antigravity carrier continued. The enemy used defensive systems and all manner of strange, advanced technology to hold off the Astartes, while Kazhaniv's heavily radioactive armour played a decisive role in killing their troops.
Well, aside from almost injuring a certain helmetless Librarian...
A minor Drukhari leader realized that more and more enemies were arriving and that they could no longer gain the upper hand. Gritting his teeth, he shut down the Antimatter Transporter's propulsion system.
Dozens of Astartes and roughly a hundred Drukhari plunged toward the ground. Er... the sea.
An ocean lay directly beneath them.
The Astartes used their magnetic locks to stay firmly planted on the "ground" and continued fighting the Drukhari.
Weightlessness struck without warning. Evan had intended to order a full retreat, but once someone told him there was an ocean below, he began slaughtering without restraint.
Evan took a laser weapon carried by one of the warriors who had boarded, put on his helmet, and advanced toward an area of fierce fighting.
Laser weapons held a considerable advantage in narrow passages.
A metallic sphere was tossed toward the corner ahead and exploded violently. A mass of transparent, gelatinous material appeared out of thin air.
Through faint vibrations in the "floor," Evan sensed that an enemy was probably hiding behind the gel ahead and immediately fired his Lasgun.
The searing beam struck the gelatinous mass, but instead of penetrating it, all of its energy was absorbed. The entire mass rapidly heated up.
Once its temperature approached two hundred degrees, the gel became slicker. It no longer clumped at the corner, instead sliding around the passage as the antigravity carrier rocked.
A Drukhari stood behind the gel, aiming a Heat Lance at Evan.
That shot would surely reduce both the gel and