Middex Armory, Klos 4th, 350AC, 15:05

Arvak shouts out, “SOLDIER  I need you to throw some rations in here!”, and carefully strides up the ramp.  Arvak recognizes the soldiers in the foxholes as the members of “X-Squad”.  The one with the leveled crossbow is Puffy (big mutant w/ fat cell accumulation) who fills his own personal foxhole.  He looks up and lowers the crossbow.  Sergeant Dedrick X, decked out in black furs, stands up and starts talking:  “Yeee-ES!  Ow-ur champion has ascended into the light-a, vanquished evil with he-is might-a, stopped the sun-ray cookah that gave us fright-a, (and he goes on and on)…

Arvak sees a group of  five humanoids moving out from the corner of the base, just to his left.  They are wearing light-colored furs with hoods or hats that nearly blend in with the snow.  One holds a short bow, two have crossbows, and another holds an ancient hunting rifle with a large scope attached.  The fifth humanoid steps forward a pace, kneels down (so he is more level with Arvak’s head) and pulls back his hood.  Arvak recognizes him as Cam-Era, the first mutant he saw being chased by the Reevers so long ago.  He had joined the scout unit of Akton’s army, and was promoted to Sergeant of that unit within the past month or so.

“Well then, CHAMPION, its your lucky day.  We so happen to be carrying extra field ration packs, with orders to deliver them here, if possible.  Shall we throw them over, or just come in ourselves?”  His prehensile tail takes his ancient crossbow from his hands, allowing him to pull a bulging pack from his back. 

Meanwhile, Phallon waits in the command room with Mensa.  Ragnor, pacing and anxious, leaves and heads to the storage room to help out Zeebo.  He opens the door and sees Zeebo, sitting at a make-shift workstation, making masks from uniforms and bootlaces.  There are a pile of shredded and stained uniforms on the floor of the room, near the door.  Two slain ghoolz are also crumpled on the floor here.