"Disarm immediately! I repeat, disarm immediately!"
The roar of the helicopters and the blare of the loudspeakers caused the glass curtain wall of a nearby casino to resonate. The glass shattered, raining down with a CRASH as electrical arcs flashed and one neon tube after another burst.
The crowd cried out in alarm and retreated again, making sure to fall back to a safe distance.
These were five Apache helicopters. With a hydraulic WHIR, their nose-mounted 30mm M230 chain guns slowly calibrated. The 19-tube 70mm rocket pods were also armed; each Apache carried four, capable of firing 76 rockets, for a combined total of over three hundred.
The distinct whine of the fire-control systems pierced the sky. An overwhelming storm of metal was about to be unleashed.
"Drop your weapons and submit to an inspection!"
"Hands on your head! Do not resist!"
