The moment the soldiers appeared, Lipton's rifle was up and he was taking aim. Different from his M1A1 paratrooper carbine, but he was far from picky. "We engaging, Sir?" He called to the Major or Sonya, whoever was nearest and could give the go-ahead. There was no 'hold your fire,' so his finger was on the trigger and his aim was on the approaching figures, but since they had no firepower there was time to be cautious. The warriors reached Cage and Kang first, and when they burst into action Lipton figured that was damn near close enough. He'd just gotten one shot off into the guy furthest on the right, closest to him, when something else flashed into existence.

He turned the barrel to him, but then the figure was taking out the soldiers for them. Lipton followed Sonya's lead - apparently he was on there side - and shot another, and turned to the others. With the others in close contact, Lipton stood back a few feet, eye to the rifle, and picked off the ones he could get a shot off on. He knew where his strengths lay, and while he was no Shifty, at this distance his accuracy was reliable and while the splatter might get his allies, they weren't in any real danger of friendly fire.