Varan vs gattling gun

Kip chose to lead the attack with the eight GAU-8/A Avenger cannons mounted on the fuselage of Raptor-One, four to each side. He keyed in the selection on his weapons menu.

Inside the bowels of the Raptor, hundreds of thousands of rounds of 30mm armor-piercing shells were fed into the guns automatically. When the cannons were armed, the HUD turned green.

Kip aimed the cross hairs of the targeting computer at the retreating monster and opened fire. Over 4,000 rounds per second blasted toward Varan from each of the eight cannons. Kip used a three-second burst - any more would slow down the Raptor's forward momentum and put them out of range.

The shells bounced off Varan's thickly armored flanks, but the attack got the creature's attention. With surprising maneuverability, Varan turned in midair and rushed back toward them.

This time, Kip opened up with the cannons right before he dived. In the darkening sky, the bullets glowed brightly. Kip, busy fighting the controls, could not tell if he inflicted any damage with his second attack. But at least Varan was heading away from the heavily populated Houston area.

"He's coming around, Kip!" Lori warned.

Again, Kip spun the Raptor like a top and pointed its nose at the monster. As Varan rushed toward the aircraft, Kip opened up with the cannons for a third time.

Varan bellowed as the shells pounded its neck, face, and head. The mighty roar was so loud it shook the Raptor. But instead of retreating, Kip faced down the creature and continued to pump shells into its body at a murderous rate.

Still, Varan came at them. Finally, like a game of chicken played by titans, Kip flinched. He dived the Raptor in another gut-wrenching descent as Varan again passed over their heads.

And once again, Kip turned the Raptor around and charged.

Martin whooped, and Tia's eyes never left her monitors. She noticed that they had lost altitude each time Varan attacked.

Kip was successfully leading Varan away from Houston, but they were getting dangerously low over the suburbs.

Because the 30mm shells had been ineffective, Kip quickly called up the menu and switched over to the rockets. The Raptor carried a soupcon of various missiles, all of them armor-piercing. Under the Raptor's wings, four rocket pods containing fifty projectiles each dropped out of their protective bays.


Godzilla 2000, Chapter 22