19:10 Log in. 'Empire Need' says Vanu, so pick my VS Engineering specialist. (Eng, CE, Fortif. Eng) Only on for a bit, so pick Instant Action. Am spawned to a heavy base defence already underway at Tech Plant Seth, on Solsar.

19:12 TR have the western Air Tower and are all over the ridges W, SW and S, with snipers, strikers (tracking anti-veh rocket launcher) and those sodding great robots with tank cannons for arms. Adjoining base tower, E, is still friendly. Our courtyard is still unbreached but the wall tops are dangerous now and all the wall turrets are toast. Grab my glue gun and get up on the walls. Can upgrade the wall turrets to be quite powerful AV or AA, but have to dodge snipers while doing so.

19:14 Given up on the turrets. Am only target on the W wall, and far too many tank shells and rockets incoming to keep turrets alive. Nobody about to man them anyway. Falling back to courtyard and working on mines and spitfires (deployable mini turrets) instead.

19:16 Just helped repair one of our own giant robots, which promptly ran up the E side of S hill and surprised a TR giant robot camping up there, lobbing shells into CY. Never seen two BFR go hand to hand before – outstanding sight, silhouetted on the hilltop like something out of One Must Fall 2097. Didn’t see who won – had to take cover; last I saw, TR robot in retreat, but awful lot of TR AV on the hills around; don’t rate our robot’s chances even if he does win.

19:19 CY now dangerous too. Am stopping laying spitfires as a TR cloaker is loose in the area and hacking them to fire on friendlies – very nasty as name still shows green. Trying to lay mines before we’re driven inside. TR Prowler pushing at S gate - driven off, but bought TR foot advance time to move in.

19:24 Broadcast shouts of 'BD!' TR grunts and MAX pushing at back door. Am too far away and not equipped for or any good at to-to-toe stuff. Have moved up to rooftop Air Pads and am laying mines in case of paradrops.

19:27 CY AMS just got OSed (Orbital Strike); just about got clear before the blast hit, but major resupply setback for the minelaying. E tower now belongs to TR. Plinking at TR on tower roof with HSR; is surpressing them, but not landing any kills.

19:29 0/1 Killed by sniper - always annoying, since I fancy myself as one. He was using the proper Bolt Driver though, not the HSR like me - he needs two hits - I need about five. With that many enemy snipers at large possible I was hit by two different guns at once; instakill. Smart snipers work in pairs for this reason.

19:31 Respawned, but staying inside now, CY too hot and TR tanks inside the walls now. Orange Alert on map! Need to defend four ways into the base; Vech Tunnel, Back Door, Roof and Front Door Lobby. Roof is nearest the Control Console.

19:34 0/2 Killed by a whole heap of things. Was trying to lay mines on the roof walkways; TR paradroppers keep EMP blasting and clearing them all off, so need replacing. Way too many big guns on the surrounding ridges now, all focussing on the roof doorways. Silly death, but worth a go.

19:35 1/2 I'm a goddamned hero! Just got a cloaker with the sweeper; was hacking the CC. Only popped in the lil room out of force of habit and saw his laserbeam tweeting away. TR would still need to stop us rehacking it back for 15mins to win the base, but much inconvenience averted by me!

19:36 Mayhem! Entire online VS army is in this one base. Am now working the main lobby and front door. Very noisy; can't see, but TR must have well and truly set up in the CY by now, tanks, AMS, the lot. Am using Punisher with jammer grenades, lobbing one out the door every time it opens; will shut down their implants, mini-map radar and also freeze vehicle weapons, but does no damage. Don't trust my aim with Frag or Plasma Grenades! TR Prowler parked right outside the doors and firing 100m shells back at us when door opens. Messy, and he's hitting his own foot troops as well as us. Caught one of them as they tried to run in with the Punisher; good all-round utilty gun. 2/2 Broadcasts for help at the other entry points, but am needed where I am. Can't be everywhere! Prowler Jammed by me and Decimatored (dumbfire bazooka thing) by the other VS in here; door camping in tanks can be risky!

19:37 3/2 Boomered a TR Machinegun goon as he Surged (Run speed buff implant) into the base. Ran past an explosive pack I'd put on the wall; bang! One hit kills, but very very slow and awkward to use well - I got lucky with the timing. Ding! Am now BR10, go me!

19:38 Stalemate in the lobby. They can't push in, but we can't get out. Am using the lull to assist the auto-repair machine fix a big queue of MAX units (Power armour). Machine auto repairs, but faster throughput if I help too. Got to get them back out there asap! I'm not a great shot, so try to be useful in other ways.

19:39 Spectacular pair of friendly Orbital Stikes. Didn't see them, but big list of killspam in chat window suggests direct hit on TR CY AMS (Respawn truck), and at least one tank. Various keen VS poking heads out of doors and not having them shot off. Could be on the turn.

19:42 Pushed back outside. Seems the NC have showed up and taken the W Air Tower, behind the TR on the ridges. TR caught between two armies and in some retreat. Friendlies now out and about in CY and a Magrider (VS Tank) climbing the S hill, shooting at distant AA MAX. Seems we survived the assault!

19:48 E base Tower now in VS hands again, and W Air Tower still NC; TR driven all the way back to the next base along. NC force doesn't seem to want to push out of the tower; can't blame them - Jackhammer is brutal indoors. I'm repairing our turrets! Also upgrading them to AA and AV variants for extra kick.

19:52 Base now very quiet, most of the VS are attacking the W Air Tower, or pushing at the next base. Idly laying some mines, etc and finishing up repairs. Distant gunfire on SW hilltop and a half-arsed enemy Liberator run (high altitude bomber); Lib shot down by Mosquitoes (Air scout/recon) before I could finish upgrading the turet to AA flak. He didn't hit anything at all with the bombs.

19:55 Logging off satisfied; 3 Kills, 2 Deaths and 16 Assists (via repairs). I really didn't expect the base defence to hold. OS helped, but tenacity more so. Got other online places to be for 20:00, but the war continues without me.