Ginger parried a stab that would have taken him in the chest, and did a quick strike that glanced off of the Dread's impressive armor. The plasma blade would only be effective if it was a powerful blow, and the Dread wasn't giving him that chance. Thinking quickly, Ginger swung the sword laterally in front of him, knocking the lance aside, and then tackles the Elite. He drives armored fingers through its helmet and into its eye sockets, then follows up with a punch to the jaw, and then a punch to the skull, crushing the Dread's brain with a sickening crunch. He gets up, dusts himself off, and searches for more hostiles.