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Mission 23 (route B): "Why Must We Fight Here and Now?"
Session Start (overmanzs1:!aol://2719:10-4-srwuga023): Fri Sep 16 20:03:45 2011 -0500
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wyverncakes: (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr3yRv6bO-w)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr3yRv6bO-w
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wyverncakes: So then. It's a Friday evening on the L-Boat. Not that it changes much, but hey! Looking up at the clock and you'll all see you've been here for nearly one whole week!
wyverncakes: And nobody's dead yet!
wyverncakes: So then for the people who are awake and on standby, what're you all doing?
EricOverbringer: Hayato is standing on the bridge of The Tower
EricOverbringer: being on duty
EricOverbringer: because who the fuck relaxes on a Saturday Night?
EricOverbringer: Friday*
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: [Was eating an MRE next to the Behemoth. Because He'd like to get SOME dinner in before his shift]
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka as usual when on standby is messing around with the Rushbird, some simulation battles always helped with the wait for the Festum.
OvermanZs1: WOOOOORK! Workworkwork, work work work, and a little bit of work, that is when he hasn't taken his mind off things by flirting with Shirley
Nerdorama09: Misato is likewise aboard the Tower. The proper Alvis officials finally kicked NERV's management contribution to this project off the L-Boat proper.
Nerdorama09: She gives the sigh of an alcoholic who's on 24/7 on-call.
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wyverncakes: (Shirley, just to bring you up to speed, I was asking what everyone's doing right now since they're on standby)
ShaunGarin: Shirley's looking kind of relaxed, doing her nails with a file. But then again, she's as tightly wound as everyone else.
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EricOverbringer: The Tower is currently sitting on the shore of the L-Boat
wyverncakes: Those of you how see any of the Fafner pilots who aren't named Ryo might notice they're seeming a bit grumpy about things... and not only that, more than a few are starting to sport red eyes similar to what he has right now...
EricOverbringer: though it's big enough that it is probably the single most noticeable feature of the "island"
wyverncakes: ... But there's no time to worry about stuff like that! Suddenly the alarms go off!
wyverncakes: TSX pilot 1: "It's them again!"
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "I'm heading out..."
ShaunGarin: Shirley sighs and kicks off her perch. Time to get out there and shoot some aliens.
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "You guys stay behind for now."
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: [Flying away goes the container! And into the Behemoth Cheng goes. Strapping in and turning on all systems!] "Ready to move!"
EricOverbringer: Hayato brings The Tower up to combat alert. Into the breach once more
Daviddarsh: Without waiting for any permission Ichitaka is already out of the hangar.
wyverncakes: The issue for all available pilots to sortie comes out from the top brass, and the two TSX pilots on duty now scramble to their Fafners
OvermanZs1: MarKus cusses about new enemies and slinks his way over to the Type-T. Like a ninja... ONly Festum and Shirley know what he's doing. MarKus disappears, Technically arrives
EricOverbringer: Missile arrays and AA guns pop out of hidden ports at various places all over and the pathetic remains that Hayato laughingly calls an army start to deploy to face aliens once more.
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Colonel Jin."
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Hm?"
Nerdorama09: Misato: "If you don't mind, I'm going to be directing our forces from your bridge here. If you do mind, there's a few international treaties I can start rattling off that let me do so."
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: [The Behemoth is now on the field, setting up to provide fire support and generally shoot the living heck at anything in range.]
wyverncakes: When you finally get out there, you can see eight of the now-familiar Sphinx-type Festum floating down from the skies towards the L-Boat
ShaunGarin: A small form streaks out into the open. Shirley's launched and her grip on her machine gun is fairly white-knuckled.
wyverncakes: And not only that, the now-familiar words echo inside of your heads with the kind of force that all-but demands an answer
wyverncakes: Festum: "ARE YOU THERE?"
wyverncakes: (Enemy headcount: Sphinx-type Festum x 8-)
wyverncakes: ^ 8 )
wyverncakes: (Lineup: Hayato/Misato, Cheng, Technica, Shirley, Ichitaka)
wyverncakes: (Allied NPCs: Titan-model Fafner x 2)
wyverncakes: (Objective; defeat all Festum)
wyverncakes: (Hayato/Misato)
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "The 3rd super robot corps are my forces. You can do what you like for the White Chalice"
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Deal."
OvermanZs1: Technica has come to expect this so, he's focusing on the now LOUD rock blasting in his cockpit. He's nice enough to not be broadcasting this on an open comm channel
(Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU1BlSgTXxw)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU1BlSgTXxw
EricOverbringer: *"Now, open fire and engage at maximum distance!" At his order, the collection of robots lays down the law on the incoming Festum with missiles and machine guns.+
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Cheng, Shirlry, Ichitaka, spread out and begin artillery fire. Take out as many as you can before they come into close-combat range!"
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ShaunGarin: Shirley: "Roger."
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: Got it
OvermanZs1: "But Roger's off on the Chalice... At least he's calm enough to make dumb jokes to himself"
wyverncakes: [Hayato] The ragged "army" gives the Festum hell... or at least as much of it as they can manage. The Festum still descend... save for two who pause. Just as the missiles collide, the projectiles suddenly veer off course as if gravity itself was warding them off, and they explode harmlessly... right before tendrils shoot down suddenly, cutting through much of Hayato's rag-tag band.
wyverncakes: (Cheng)
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Dammit."
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: "Understood ma'am!" *Cheng readies the cannons and prepares to fire at what can safely be assumed to be as extreme long range. Taking careful aim before sending hot metal DEATH at the golden aliens+
vertigojockey@gmail.com: *one of the
wyverncakes: [Cheng] When you're fighting telepaths, there is no such thing as the "element of surprise", or at least in your favor. The Festum Cheng targets suddenly breaks its more slow, fluid descent to dart out of the way... though heavy artillery still blows away several of its tentacles. But it won't let things end with that, however...
wyverncakes: Festum: "ARE YOU THERE?"
EricOverbringer: Hayato does not answer
wyverncakes: [Cheng continued] In front of you, there's a speck of blackness, so profoundly insignificant you might think your eyes are playing tricks on you. Except not even a heartbeat later it suddenly expands, tearing apart everything around it!
wyverncakes: (React: Cheng)
EricOverbringer: And assumes his crew will not either
wyverncakes: (Technica)
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: *was alarmed to say the least! GODDAMN BLACK HOLES! He fires his thrusters as hard as he could to move back and AWAY from the DOOMHOLE+
OvermanZs1: *He's singing lyrics to himself as he aims the two beam pistols up into the sky. He opens fire rapidly, using the only long range capabilities the Type-T has. His vision strays for a second, keeping an eye on Shirley before looking back to the Festum and firing like wild+
wyverncakes: [Cheng] Yeah, after a week of fighting these things, you probably would be getting the hang of all their little tricks! The Behemoth may not be fast, but it's fast enough... the worst it gets being the tips of its fingers sheared off as the black hole just barely gets to him before the Behemoth escapes. And right where Cheng was, however, there's now a massive, GAPING crater. One that goes down far enough to expose the artificial nature of the L-Boat with metal plating
wyverncakes: [Technica] Pew pew pew! Beam weaponry's not quite the same as bullets and missiles, and the Festum finally decide to drop the "slow and steady" route entirely! The aliens suddenly blast down to the ground lever, tendrils and black holes both being thrown against the Type-T!
wyverncakes: (React: Technica)
wyverncakes: (Shirley)
ShaunGarin: *Lining up several shots, Shirley fires a short staccato burst before strafing to the side. Trying to keep as unpredictable as possible even know she knew it was pretty much impossible, she was devoting much of her effort to staying mobile. Fighting Neruoi was easier since they tended not to pick out your next move. She keeps firing from different angles at the furthest opponents possible.+
OvermanZs1: *Technica wheels back. He's seen this happen before too, and changes from firing in above to firing in front of him while making a swift backpedal on those wheeled feet+
wyverncakes: [Shirley] Dodging and predicting the attacks of Technica was easy enough when it was coming from just one source, but now things are starting to get a little trickier... Shirley's shots manage to pelt one particular Festum. And thankfully Shirley's weapon of choice isn't your usual human-proportioned gun either! The bullets sink into it, and suddenly the Festum spasms as lines of red open up all over its face... the creature falls to the ground!
wyverncakes: [Technica] Another daring escape by a now-veteran of the battle against the Festum! Sure the L-Boat's surface is damn near a wreck now, but who cares?
wyverncakes: That said though...
wyverncakes: (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDwpfXODVB4&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL99718ADFC0B427AC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDwpfXODVB4&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL99718ADFC0B427AC
wyverncakes: (???)
OvermanZs1: Technica: "Fuck yeah, Shirley" Still not using an open comm! you know, so he's not pissing people off with music blaring
griefgathering: A black mech appears out of thin air, scanning its surroundings. The pilot inside seems to be looking for something in particular, not really minding the presence of the Festum.
griefgathering: "This should be Tatsumiya Island...but..."
wyverncakes: (Said black machine: (Link: http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGnkW_4qHTZvCcO0UHBcJh-xL_eFTUpt2scAudjrfIy7pZ-TxuSHDXI4hc)http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGnkW_4qHTZvCcO0UHBcJh-xL_eFTUpt2scAudjrfIy7pZ-TxuSHDXI4hc)
griefgathering: It's not long before he spots what he's looking for; the Rushbird.
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Is that another person fighting the Festum? Alone?"
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: That's...Straybird.....YU?
wyverncakes: Suddenly one of the Alvis officials on the island comes through on the Tower's communication channels
wyverncakes: Alvis person: "That black machine... is that one of yours?"
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng:.."Negative it looks like he's ignoring them!"
wyverncakes: "It's certainly not one of ours!"
OvermanZs1: Technica: "It's not Festum, ignore it until it fires on us."
EricOverbringer: Hayato turns to someone on the bridge crew and says "Keep an eye on him." then focuses back on the battle
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: Wait everyone, that's my older brother...
ShaunGarin: Shirley is tight lipped. Uncommonly so.
wyverncakes: TSX pilot 2: "Older brother... how the heck'd he get here then?"
Nerdorama09: Misato hails the unknown black unit.
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Unidentified pilot, this is a combat zone. Please respond with IFF identification."
griefgathering: Yuunagi: My business is with the pilot of the Rushbird.
griefgathering: Yuunagi: *immediately hails his target* Stop playing around with these people and come with me. If you can fight, you should be looking for grandpa!
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: Eh? you're kidding right Yu...playing around?
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "If you're trying to take our troops, you can wait until we're not fighting"
griefgathering: And just like that, the Straybird brings up one of its Crow Machineguns and opens fire on the Rushbird.
wyverncakes: (+)?
griefgathering: (yeah)
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] Holy crap, Ichitaka! It's your brother... and he's FIRING ON YOU! In the middle of a life-and-death battle against the Festum!
wyverncakes: (React and then tak your turn: Ichitaka)
arachnion01@gmail.com: #?
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: [Well that certainly puts Yuunagi on the short shit-list Cheng has] "Has he lost his mind!?"
wyverncakes: (Support defend: Haruka)
Nerdorama09: Misato: "He's fighting us instead of the Festum?!"
Nerdorama09: She recovers from her shock quickly.
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "This is not what I need right now."
Nerdorama09: Misato: "All units, consider the black Rushbird-type hostile! Prioritize the Festum, but don't let him interfere!
griefgathering: Yuunagi: Don't get in my way! This is between me and the pilot of the Rushbird!
arachnion01@gmail.com: There's a deafening roar as Imber comes blasting out from the hangar bays. The white robot comes plowing through Straybird's machine-gun fire as it heads on a ramming course!
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: "Understood!" [Would follow those orders with extreme prejudice]
arachnion01@gmail.com: +
OvermanZs1: Technica: Knock your shit off for ten minutes, asshole. We're busy."
wyverncakes: The Alvis official on the screen scowls at you two. "You two... I have no idea what's going on here but it's certainly the fault of your one pilot... I'd say that dealing with it is your responsibility... we can't have our TSXes distracted by unknown enemies with the Festum breathing down our necks!"
OvermanZs1: Well, there's that obvious MarKus flare coming from the channel...
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka is silent for a bit, before being completely surprised by the sudden appearance of Imber. "Yu...."
EricOverbringer: While crude in phrasing, MarKus has nicely summed up Hayato's thoughts
OvermanZs1: Technica: "I'll keep the TSX's on me. They can play or whatever. Keep your focus on the Festum!"
wyverncakes: [Haruka] Imber CHARGES through the hail of gunfire, still getting dents and other superficial damage as it crosses the battlefield... nothing to stop it from throwing one of its massive fists at the Straybird!
wyverncakes: (React: Yuunagi)
arachnion01@gmail.com: (It's just a straight ram, actually. Transformed into high-speed mode, for now.)
wyverncakes: (Apologies. Yeah, not a punch, just a straight charge, Yuu)
griefgathering: Yuunagi: This kind of attack... *Straybird evades by rolling off to one side, its speed is more than enough to avoid a direct attack. As it does so, red afterimages trail behind it.
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Right. 'Technica' and the TSX pilots will focus on the Festum. Haruka, continue covering Ichitaka. Shirley and Cheng prioritize the Festum but keep an eye on the black one."
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Roger.
OvermanZs1: S-stupid Misato! Now you've got Technica's attention split! Good thing he's not saying that aloud!
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "Misato...let me handle him alone, everyone else will do better taking care of the Festum."
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "First and Third squadron, keep firing at the Festum. Third squadron, back up the White Chalice forces as per your best judgement"
wyverncakes: [Haruka] Imber wiffs past the black machine... its speed is ridiculous, especially for something that resembles the Rushbird so much!
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: "Orders recieved and understood...prioritizing targets." [Internally Cheng was seething at Yuunagi's idiocy and would like nothing more than to send a few cannon shells down the Straybird's tailpipe. But if he did that he'd waste ammo better spent on the Festum]
wyverncakes: TSX pilots 1/2: "Yes ma'am!"
wyverncakes: (Ichitaka, it's your turn)
wyverncakes: (Updated lineup: Hayato/Misato, Cheng, Technica, Shirley, Yuunagi, Ichitaka, Haruka)
wyverncakes: (Enemies: Sphinx-type Festum x 8 (1 wounded and severely injured)
wyverncakes: (Allied NPCs: Titan-model Fafner x 2)
wyverncakes: (Enemy NPCs: Straybird)
Daviddarsh: *Ichitaka would not let Haruka get injured from again especially not from fighting his own brother when said brother was being an idiot. "Yu WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU." The Rushbird flies up it's thrusters sending it towards the Black Machine his right fist glowing as he sent a Lightning Fist directly at it.&
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] The Rushbird lunges at the Straybird, right fist glowing green with energy before it swings at it! Yuunagi, you have a big, powerful punch coming right at you!
wyverncakes: (React: Yuunagi)
wyverncakes: (Haruka)
griefgathering: *Gotta do the obvious in a fast machine, so Yuunagi does the obvious and tries to sidestrafe to evade.
wyverncakes: (Want to redo that react, Yuu?)
arachnion01@gmail.com: Clearly, Ichitaka wants to fight this guy alone. And right now, Haruka can't see a reason to really say no…So she's going to do something odd. "Imber…let's take care of the Festum, alright? Everyone's counting on us…." She closes her eyes, and lets Imber take control. He floats there for a little bit, then promptly charges the nearest Festum, going for a punch.
griefgathering: (naw, i'll attack on my turn)
wyverncakes: (Alright then)
OvermanZs1: Technica watches Imber to see if those fist extensions are going to hold up. Yeah, how well can bolting on spare TSX arms really be?
wyverncakes: [Yuu] The Rushbird's fast. Hell, you helped make it, you know that better than nearly everyone! But the Straybird is faster still, and your own machine just barely skirts by the Lightning Fist... the raw power from it still knocking the Straybird away a bit!
wyverncakes: [Haruka] If there's one nice thing about highly-advanced AIs, it's that there technically isn't a mind for the Festum to read! It's a fairly good tactic... so good that the Festum Imber targets gets a fist blown COMPLETELY through it! ... But on the other hand, suddenly the alien wraps its arms around Imber's arm tightly just before a black hole opens up to envelope both you and it!
wyverncakes: (React: Haruka)
wyverncakes: (Hayato/Misato)
EricOverbringer: *Following Hayato's earlier orders, most of Hayato's army keeps up their surpressive fire on the Festum (Surely SOME of their fire would get through.) while part of them peel off to face Ichitaka's brother. One of them fires a harpoon on a line at the black machine while the others fire machine guns at him.+
Nerdorama09: (Enemy Count?)
wyverncakes: (Sphinx-type Festum x 7 (one grounded and severly wounded), Straybird)
EricOverbringer: (Hayato's forces are focusing on the uninjured ones)
wyverncakes: [Hayato] The great thing about grunts is that you can split your attention like that! And yeah, you're really just annoying the Festum right now but that's still better than nothing! But suddenly one of them lunges straight at the Tower, suddenly sending its tentacles shooting *INTO* the vessel!
arachnion01@gmail.com: Imber gets a leg up between itself and the Festum, firing it's good ol' workhorse rocket at full power to tear itself away from the Sphinx.
arachnion01@gmail.com: +
wyverncakes: [Yuunagi] Yuu, it seems that army's firing on you too! It's nothing too serious, but these guys are trying their damndest to make up for a lack of firepower with numbers and determination!
wyverncakes: (React: Yuu)
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wyverncakes: Suddenly, Hayato, you hear a very loud voice suddenly reverberate through your entire command bridge. "ARE YOU THERE?!?" There's somthing more to it though... the volume nearly enough to make the entire area shake!
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Ignore it! Focus on your jobs!"
wyverncakes: ... And then suddenly some random person onboard seizes up. "A-aaaah! N-NO! GET OUT OF MY HEAD! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"
griefgathering: *This time, Straybird doesn't just try to dodge; it's also trying to use the dodge to reposition itself while counterattacking. More Crow Machinegun shots are fired toward Ichitaka, but this time there's some for the new attackers too.
griefgathering: +
EricOverbringer: (React?)
wyverncakes: The man falls to his knees, clutching his skull and suddenly beginning to do nothing but scream louder and louder... right before his cries finally are drowned out by a massive wad of gold something flowing out of it and all over him, wrapping all around his body.
wyverncakes: (React: Hayato)
EricOverbringer: *Hayato pulls a gun from inside his jacket and shoots the man in the head without hesitating.+
griefgathering: Yuunagi: *to Ichitaka* If you won't come with me, then you have no right to pilot that machine. Get out.
wyverncakes: [Haruka] Imber's thrusters flare with all of its strength as the sphere of destruction grows larger and larger...Imber's leg and arm just flat-out getting anhillated before the tendrils are finally torn apart! The iDOL shoots away, crashing onto the ground... wounded but intact!
wyverncakes: [Hayato] The gunshot echoes through the bridge of the Tower, blowing through the brains of the semi-assimilated man. There's enough human left in him that brainmatter, and not more gold, splatters over the floor. The rest of the bridge crew just looks at Hayato... and you can't tell who they're more afraid of.
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Back to work. We've got a battle to run"
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Tch!" Haruka's going to suddenly start looking around for a spare Ruge Lance. They could come in handy now...
wyverncakes: The crew stirs somewhat nervously but then nods. "Y-yes sir!"
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] The Straybird's assault continues! A few more of Hayato's machines are downed as the guns blow apart limbs and weaponry, and some of those bullets are coming your way too!
wyverncakes: (React: Ichitaka)
OvermanZs1: Technica: Punchy robot. Thirty feet to your left. punch the metal plate!
wyverncakes: (Cheng)
EricOverbringer: To give them something to focus on besides the dead body, Hayato makes sure damage crews are being sent to the sites on the ship where the tentacles had breached the hull.
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Right!" And Imber flips over and punches the metal plate in question!
Daviddarsh: *The Rushbird flies directly into the way of the Crow Machinegun the Laplace Wall raising to absorb all of the shots fired the Straybird. "Gramps was going to give this machine to me...I have every right."+
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] The Laplace Wall does its job, taking in all of those beam shots and adding their power to the Rushbird's! At this rate, you two are at a stalemate; the Rushbird too slow to hit the Straybird and yet sturdy enough to ward off it's attacks!
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: *his eyes were flicking across the various screens. Ammunition, damage, sensors. main screen. He fires his Gatling gun in bursts at the Festum, followed by a few rockets+
OvermanZs1: It looks like someone planted a Ruge Lance under this metal plate. Also, the metal plate might make a good thing to throw or smack with!
OvermanZs1: Technica though, keeps having to split his attention... babysitting TSX pilots, watching Festum and making sure the Witch is safe. Really, his priorities are out of order, but... what can you do?
wyverncakes: [Cheng] The Behemoth's heavy weaponry rakes through one Festum before another and then another still! Once more, Cheng starts to hear the damn near only thing the Festum say echo in his mind... right before the missiles hit their targets... Two Festum are blown backwards while the third is destroyed outright, its black hole taking nothing inside of itself
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Right! Thanks, Mr. Rider!" Haruka has Imber grab the Ruge Lance in its normal arm on the right side. It'll make a good replacement for the now destroyed extendo-arm, while the other fist grabs the metal plate. Imber floats back up off the ground, ready for action!
wyverncakes: (Technica)
OvermanZs1: *He's wishing he'd finished up hooking up a Ruge lance to the Technica, but, meh, too late for that right now! All he has though is his guns, which he keeps in rapid fire on a Festum, picking on one that Cheng just tore into. But just in case, he flips on the plasma canon charge "EXCEED CHARGE"+
wyverncakes: (&?)
OvermanZs1: (nossir)
wyverncakes: [Technica] Against a Festum that's trying to recover from pre-existing damage, Technica's shots manage to take down another Festum! But the remaining ones aren't going down without a fight... and suddenly the Type-T is finding itself surrounded by razor sharp tentacles shooting at it from every-which way!
wyverncakes: (React: Technica)
wyverncakes: (Shirley)
arachnion01@gmail.com: #
wyverncakes: (Support defend: Haruka)
arachnion01@gmail.com: Imber takes the metal plate and flings it at the tendrils going for Technica, a whirling blade of death headed to cut them to ribbons!
arachnion01@gmail.com: +
ShaunGarin: *Shirley's unnatural silence for the upbeat girl is a sign that she's concentrating. Swapping magazines, she hefted the weapon again and sighted down the barrel. Pulling the trigger, she loosed a powerful round of explosive shells at several random Festum targets near Technica before darting away from her position in a tight aerial movement, changing her magazine in another go for her usual weaponry.+
OvermanZs1: *MarKus picks a direction between Festum and opts to rush through. Peeling out, he fires wildly at the incoming tentacles, hoping to get enough of an opening to get away with cosmetic damage+
wyverncakes: [MarKus/Haruka/Shirley] The concentrated efforts of the three of you manage to just barely clear the way for the Type-T to escape! The metal disc only tears away two tentacles before being destroyed, but that and Shirley's efforts manage to sav ethe day!
OvermanZs1: MarKus owes Shirley one... at least it's easy for him to pay her back. Maybe he won't drool on her Striker next time?
wyverncakes: Well, all things considered, even with Ichitaka's brother making like hard on everyone, it honestly does look like this battle will be won in short order!
wyverncakes: (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XISDHyZexLQ)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XISDHyZexLQ
wyverncakes: ... And that's the exact point where the grounded Festum suddenly swells and bulges
wyverncakes: A moment later and it bursts, and suddenly hundreds... no thousands... no possibly MILLIONS of small, car-sized Festums suddenly fly into the air!
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Damnit.
wyverncakes: Resembling fleas, suddenly they all rain down on everyone present!
wyverncakes: There is no rhythm to their calls to you all, the words wrapping around each other and becoming absolute pure chaos.
wyverncakes: (React: everyone)
EricOverbringer: Hayato keeps his head, directing The Tower's AA guns towards the largest clusters of the Festum
OvermanZs1: Technica: OH JESUS FUCK
OvermanZs1: ########################### (Shirley)
ShaunGarin: *Shirley's dodging like crazy, zooming around at top speed as she starts spamming her gunfire.+
EricOverbringer: Just in case, he pulls a shotgun from a hidden compartment by where he's standing
wyverncakes: (Updated enemy headcount: Sphinx-type Festum x 4, Grendel-type Festum x more than there are stars in the sky)
griefgathering: Yuunagi was about to continue his attack, but as soon as he notices the multiplying Festum, he finally realizes what he just got himself into.
griefgathering: Yuunagi: Dammit.
wyverncakes: (You can defend Shirley with your action, MarKus)
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: There are so many...
EricOverbringer: The Hayato Army is reduced to every man for himself, though
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Don't lose your head! We can't die here, there's too much more I have to do!"
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: *Cursing very very loudly in his mother tongue. Along the lines of 'GODDAMNIT PIG FUCKING - ' setting rockets on a timed fuse and FIRING ALL OF THEM at the Festum Jrs. hopefully clearing a small path to dodge through without getting flea'd on+
OvermanZs1: *Markus ignores his own safety in exchange for the tiniest unit on the field. Not that he expects the ABC scarf to help any, but he gets over Shirley, covering her with the Type-T's body+
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Mar...
arachnion01@gmail.com: *"More of them?!" Imber's not really good with this sort of thing, but it's going to do something it's quite good at: STRAIGHT FOREWARD FULL POWER RAMMING SPEED. What gravitic energy it can is going to be channeled through the Ruge Lance, forming the spearpoint to a shield as it flies upwards through the hail of Festum.+
griefgathering: *The Straybird starts spraying beams from its machinegun at the Festum, even trying to deal with ones that are close to Ichitaka.+
OvermanZs1: Technica: "Shirley...!"
Daviddarsh: *The Rushbird seems to return the favour firing both Maser Eye and the Light Blazer around them in large arcs to wipe out as many of them as possible.+
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Heh. Thanks love.
ShaunGarin: *Pokes her head out and fires through cracks at the falling Festum+
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka seems to have calmed down a bit. "We'll talk about this after Yu..."
griefgathering: Yuunagi's reluctant, but given the circumstances, he complies. "...Fine."
OvermanZs1: MarKus opens the cockpit hatch, since it's facing downward and all "W-whaaa...?"
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Love. What, I can't be a little Brit once in a while?
wyverncakes: [Everyone] The one saving grace when everywhere you look there's a thousand and one more enemies is you could attack anywhere and you'll hit the enemies by the boatload. Innumerable black holes tear through the sky as you kill the Grendel-types by the dozens... but it's not enough. Nowhere near enough. One lucky Grendel-type blows apart the upper levels of the Tower, ony just missing Hayato's command deck...
OvermanZs1: MarKus is glad that helmet hides his face. "Oh..R-right..." He still offers his hand out, you know... to further shield her.
EricOverbringer: Does Hayato have a skylight now?
wyverncakes: (Yes, yes he does)
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Don't get too excited. I'm not about to ask Hayato to marry us in the middle of the fighting. As amazing that would be.
wyverncakes: [Everyone continued] Hayato's army... is just gone. Completely. A slew of Grendel-types completely smother one of the TSXes, and a few black holes and one horrified scream later, the Fafner is destroyed. The Type-T's entire lower body is destroyed as one Grendel-type grazes it, but he barely manages to save Shirley. The Behemoth's efforts to stand its ground and fight sees hundreds of Festum killed in a matter of seconds, but then one manages to land on its arm, destroying its entire left forearm.
wyverncakes: [Everyone concluded] The Rushbird and the Straybird miraculously made it through unscatched. And lastly, Imber blasted through the ranks, tanking countless Festum with it, and now it hovers in the air, able to see that down below... the entire L-Boat is covered in Grendel-Types
wyverncakes: This is not something a small squad could handle... no. This would require the entire White Chalice here to stop...
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "All forces"
EricOverbringer: "General Retreat"
wyverncakes: And then suddenly they begin to generate their black holes, tearing into the L-Boat
EricOverbringer: "The L-boat is lost. Get out with your lives."
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Christ. Well you heard him. Mar, get on my back.
wyverncakes: Alvis commander: "Y-you can't!"
wyverncakes: "We have nowhere to go! No means to retreat!"
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "We can't just abandon the L Boat."
wyverncakes: (Yuunagi! Show them we can't give up!)
arachnion01@gmail.com: "No way…"
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "I have more important things to spend my life on then a fight to the death that won't make any goddamn difference"
griefgathering: Yuunagi doesn't really get what's going on, since he thought of White Chalice as a terrorist group, but he's giving it all he's got here since his brother's in danger too.
OvermanZs1: Technica does not want to give up his childhood work but... but FUCK what else can they do? He hangs his head and climbs out of the cockpit. There is no shame from getting a piggyback from a hot girl. Not to him
EricOverbringer: The Tower is taking off already, though who knows how far they will get with this many Festum on them.
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Don't worry... we're not going far. But you can't fight in that rig.
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "Yeah... no legs. The big gun's out...
griefgathering: *Straybird suddenly clones itself. The clones are red and transparent, but as they fire large beam grenades on the surrounding Festum, it should be apparent that they're not just there for show.+
OvermanZs1: That doesn't keep him from sounding shakey... he is made of sadface
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Don't worry. We'll pull through.
griefgathering: (about 9-10 clones, all firing Prava Grenades of course)
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "Yeah... I know..."
OvermanZs1: He kinda squeezes on her
wyverncakes: [Yuunagi] First one. Then two. Then three and four and more and more Straybird clones appear, right before a hail of gunfire that seems almost up to the task of dealing the Grendel-types comes blasting out! The small creatures are blown away, slowly but surely clearing out the horde. M-maybe... maybe you CAN turn this around!
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Yeah. So... how good's your aim...?
wyverncakes: (Ichitaka! Keep up the momentum!)
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "Probably better than yours considering the circumstances. " Yeah, he can fire a gun...
ShaunGarin: Shirley: She grins and hands him her rifle. "Use this. Let's do this." And she takes off again, forming her shield instantly as she shoots out like a tiny comet into firing range.
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "Yu..." Ichitaka is silent for a moment then just smiles. Raising the output of the D-Converter he raised both arms. "DOUBLE BLAZER." Finally both arms shot out what looked like the Light Blazer Ichitaka rolling both beams around to try to get rid of as much of the Festum as possible, he wouldn't let Yu show him up now.+
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: "We won't get far with this many Commander!" [Stands his ground. So he's missing the means to fire his shotgun. BIG WHOOP. He's still got more than a few guns left!]
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] Two more massive beams run across the entire length of the island! Grendel-type after Grendel-type is completely anhillated, stopping their burrowing into the interior of the L-Boat! But the Festum aren't just going to let this slide... Ichitaka, Yuunagi! One Sphinx-type each is suddenly looming in front of you, tentacles slashing out!
wyverncakes: (React: Ichitaka and Yuunagi. Haruka, take your turn!)
EricOverbringer: Hayato heaves a deep sigh, this wasn't how it was supposed to end, but he would be damned if he would let them take his life cheaply
EricOverbringer: His grip tightens on his shotgun
griefgathering: *The Straybird moves to intercept the tentacles, drawing two curved daggers in its hands. With the same agility it showed earlier, it attempts to slice apart the tentacles before they manage to entangle anything.&
arachnion01@gmail.com: *"…huh…Everyone! I'm going in!" Imber floats out over to some chunk covered in Festum, cuts its power, and stops its fall just above the L-boat's deck. "…IMBER!!" Every monitor in the cockpit goes blue, and there's a massive explosion of outwards force as Haruka and Imber try to blast all the Festum right off the boat!+
EricOverbringer: He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a pair of small, special grenades and loads them into his gun.
wyverncakes: [Haruka] Imber CRASHES onto the deck of the L-Boat! The shockwave does indeed knock countless Festum into the sea... and then a strange thing occurs!
Daviddarsh: *Taking the opportunity Yu gave the Rushbird charged at the sphinx type. "LIGHTNING FIST." Slamming the fist into where the core would be to bring it down to the ground a huge crater appearing around the two. +
wyverncakes: The goldness of the Festum in the water seems to shift and then suddenly emit a bright light... before suddenly the Festum themselves are gone! No black holes or anything!
EricOverbringer: Hayato doubts his eyes for a moment.
EricOverbringer: "They can't be..."
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "Yes Ma'am!" Hopefully this thing isn't more complicated than point and shoot. It shoudlnt' be, right? "Hey... like, for real, you don't feel naked out here...
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "Did they...retreat?"
EricOverbringer: "It's a trap, getter ray radar pulse pulse"
EricOverbringer: The Tower emits a wave of greenish light, getting back a wealth of information about the world around them.
wyverncakes: [Yuunagi] The Straybird deftly dances through the tentacles, cutting them apart one after another. But suddenly the tentacles seem to redouble in speed! One of them shoots out, slashing across the length of the machine while one from behind stabs the Straybird and wrecks its wings. The machine falls to the ground!
wyverncakes: GOOD NEWS, Hayato! There is absolutely NO SIGN of the Festum that fell into the water!
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wyverncakes: It's like they have an "F" rank for underwater combat or something!
griefgathering: Yuunagi: "Damn...!"
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "Yu!."
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng:..."It cannot be this easy..." [Was not comforted...at all]
arachnion01@gmail.com: "I told you! We're better at living than they are at killing!"
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] The Rushbird, favoring offense for defense, is scarred severely by the Festum's tentacles... but its arms are still intact and that's what matters! The fist collides with the Sphinx-type, and a second later the massive wall of light blows it away too!
griefgathering: Yuunagi's going to at least try to cushion his landing, but there's still the enemy to worry about.
ShaunGarin: Shirley: ... [in a low voice.] Hey, MarKus... Spanish Inquisition incoming?
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "Yu are you alright?"
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "No... I meant like... armored and stuff..." Though, he's kinda looking around expecting the shit to hit the fan at any second...
griefgathering: Yuunagi: I'm fine, but my flight capability is gone. And the Imaginary Road...
wyverncakes: That said however... Hayato? You know that Festum that stabbed into your ship before?
wyverncakes: [Hayato/Misato] Suddenly the giant, golden head of one of the remaining Sphinx-type Festum smashes through the side wall of the Tower's bridge, stopping right in front of you Hayato? "ARE YOU THERE?"
wyverncakes: (React: Hayato_
EricOverbringer: *What the hell, he's survived shrapnel wounds before. As the Festum rears up in his face, he aim his shotgun and shoot the pair of explosive rounds into it's chest.+
EricOverbringer: aims*
Nerdorama09: Misato takes out her sidearm and empties a clip into the thing in support.+
wyverncakes: [Hayato/Misato] The force isn't exactly much, but it's still being applied to the head of the Festum! The alien gets knocked back... and seconds later the remaining TSX pilot jumps in, blasting it apart with its Ruge Lance!
wyverncakes: TSX pilot 2: "Hiroshi... he's gone... I can't believe it! But please! G-give me an order! We haven't lost yet!"
wyverncakes: (Hayato/Misato)
EricOverbringer: He mutters "I'm not going anywhere.", then focuses back to reality
EricOverbringer: "You don't need my orders."
EricOverbringer: "Just stick with your allies and destroy the aliens."
Nerdorama09: Misato: "This one's done with. I need you to take out one of the remaining Sphinxes. Charge and engage in hand-to hand with your lance. Cheng, give him some artillery support. GO!"+
wyverncakes: [Misato] The pilot nods! He's determined! These wonderful people... people Ryo had fought with hadn't given up yet! The TSX lunges at one of the Sphinxes, and with a hot-blooded yell stabs into it with its lance! BOOM! Suck on that. "All yours, Mr. Cheng!"
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: *Teeth grit and face set in a determined scowl, Cheng acknowledges and proceeded to open up with EVERY WEAPON HE HAD LEFT! He spent every shell, every rocket every bullet. Heck he even dropped the Gatling gun and fired round after round from the large CF sized pistol meant as a holdout weapon+
wyverncakes: [Cheng] EVERY WEAPON HE HAD LEFT can do a hell of a lot of damage, especially when one of the two Sphinx-types still alive was already on death's door and the rest were reliant on numbers to accomplish anything!
wyverncakes: [Cheng continued] The Sphinx-type is just fucking gone, and now, thanks to everyone's efforts, a noticable chunk of the island, though crater-tastic, is now Festum free!
wyverncakes: (Shirley/MarKus)
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Lets go, Technica.
*Shirley shoots into the air with Technica on her back, leveling her magically augmented sidearm and starts firing, holding steady for MarKus to fire!+
ShaunGarin: (target Cheng's Sphinx type)
OvermanZs1: *Since MarKus's job is the shooting, he does just that. To keep from getting too hot-blood in all this, he starts singing to himself (and vicariously Shirley) as he opens fire with that rifle of hers. Jesus christ kickback! She handles this thing regularly!?+
wyverncakes: (Cheng's Sphinx-type is gone. There's just one left)
ShaunGarin: (one left then)
OvermanZs1: (((Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKcaK8kw2PI)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKcaK8kw2PI))
wyverncakes: [Shirley/MarKus] The concentrated fire hammers into the last of the Sphinx-types! The two of you pretty much unload everything into it, tearing apart its body bit by bit before one last blast strikes its core! BOOM! Another black hole surrounding the Festum... no more Sphinx types left!
wyverncakes: That said though...
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: "I need a weapon" [Drops the pistol now that all mags were spent] "Are there any reserves available?"
OvermanZs1: MarKus: RIDER... SHOOTING
wyverncakes: At the rate things are going, the Grendel-types still around are going to get to the inner parts of the L-Boat, kill everyone down there, in just a matter of moments
arachnion01@gmail.com: (Haruka's doing as many bam gravity explosions as she can!)
Nerdorama09: (Can I point Cheng to some spare weapons?)
wyverncakes: (Sure, but they won't really be necessary now)
wyverncakes: [For the sake of dramatic concluding with the SRW L people, Haruka] Blast by blast the Festum are blown off into the water! There's still SO MANY though... but on the bright side... the Rushbird's facing them all
wyverncakes: (Yuu! Redeem yourself for your total dickery!)
griefgathering: Yuunagi: *to ichitaka* I've got an idea. Put up the Laplace Wall at full power, now!
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka does as told. "What are you planning?"
griefgathering: *The Straybird, using what's left of it's Imaginary Road, summons as many clones as possible, and they all turn to Ichitaka; spamming him with beam grenades.+
Daviddarsh: "EHHHHHHHHH."
griefgathering: Yuunagi: Use the energy on the enemies! Rushbird will be able to do it!
wyverncakes: [Yuunagi] The Ichitaka, dear god what the hell is your brother doing?!? SO MANY BLASTS!!!! One after another the Laplace Wall takes the beam grenades into the Rushbird, sending its powers higher and higher!
wyverncakes: Just a little further just a little further and...
wyverncakes: ... And suddenly it becomes too much for the battle-damaged Rushbird.
wyverncakes: The monitors inside of the machine shatter as an explosion rocks the machine, dropping it to its knees.
wyverncakes: Every sign that the Rushbird could fight suddenly dies.
wyverncakes: (Ichitaka)
wyverncakes: (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkF13YQkPx0)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkF13YQkPx0
griefgathering: Yuunagi: Ichitaka!!
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Rider Shooting? You adorkable nut. We'll have to come up with a better name though.
OvermanZs1: MarKus taps Shirley on the head. "Hey, the Type-T doesn't have a shooting finisher. Pardon me for borrowing from the show!"
ShaunGarin: Shirley: It's a show name? Clearly I need to watch this once we get back to the Chalice.
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Ichitaka? Ichitaka?!" Suddenly Haruka's mind is off gravity spamming the Festum. Ichitaka's in trouble!
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka is bleeding heavily from the explosion he continues to stay concious somehow. "Rushbird we can't give up now...NOW GET UP...GET UP."
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "So NOW you want to watch it? You know, me and Ichi out there were..." speaking of... EYES WIDE WTFMODO
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Oh crap...
Daviddarsh: *Despite all signs the machine roars back to life. The Rushbird stands up and raises both arms into the air. Above him there seems to be something sparking...the clouds in the way part out of a way as a hole in the space appears purple energy pouring out from it surrounding Rushbird entirely. For a second it looked as if the machine was gone however all the energy is getting absorbed into both arm the Rushbird barely able to contain it green and purple towers still flowing from it. Lowering it's arms in front of itself, the Rushbird seems to have gotten control of it. "Go to hell." Slamming it's fist together two giant beams blasted out before they swirled together. A HUGE tower of pure white energy now flowed towards the remaining Festum blasting through them and seemingly going past the atmosphere.+
griefgathering: Yuunagi, being a person that helped to complete the Rushbird, is wide-eyed now.
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] So close to its own death, the Rushbird has no difficulty in introducing the remaining Festum to their own. The massive pillar of energy roars out of the machine, completely covering the entirety of the remainder of the island, eradicating Festum after Festum effortlessly and causing, far off in the distance, a massive burst of water to be seen all the way back on the L-Boat
wyverncakes: ... And with that, the Rushbird collapses to the ground. Intact, but near-lifeless.
wyverncakes: The surface of the L-Boat displays just how trying, how impossible this battle had seemed. So much of it is cratered, devestated. And many of your machines too.
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "So he still had a few tricks up his sleeve..."
wyverncakes: But the Festum are gone, and already you're getting summons for everyone to get back into the hangar for repairs to begin
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "Fucking shit man... Hardcore..." Oooooh... Aaaaahhh...
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Phew."
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka collapses as well onto the monitor. With that the machine had been completely fried Ichitaka himself finally going unconscious.
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Your hands are on my boobs.
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Get me a damage report."
griefgathering: Aaand Yuunagi's awe quickly turns into horror.
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Ichitaka!" Imber's going to race over towards Rushbird to pick it up and take it back to base.
wyverncakes: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
griefgathering: Straybird's got nowhere to go with its wings damaged, so it has no other choice but to stay put.
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Get Ichitaka to the medical bay immediately. Everyone else return, we need to start repairs ASAP."
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Roger!"
Nerdorama09: Misato: "You in the unknown. It'd be in your best interest to stay here, if you're not going to try to kill Ichitaka anymore."
griefgathering: Yuunagi's just quiet now. Brooding. But even if he tried that he couldn't do much.
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wyverncakes: (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr3yRv6bO-w)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr3yRv6bO-w
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wyverncakes: So then. It's a Friday evening on the L-Boat. Not that it changes much, but hey! Looking up at the clock and you'll all see you've been here for nearly one whole week!
wyverncakes: And nobody's dead yet!
wyverncakes: So then for the people who are awake and on standby, what're you all doing?
EricOverbringer: Hayato is standing on the bridge of The Tower
EricOverbringer: being on duty
EricOverbringer: because who the fuck relaxes on a Saturday Night?
EricOverbringer: Friday*
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: [Was eating an MRE next to the Behemoth. Because He'd like to get SOME dinner in before his shift]
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka as usual when on standby is messing around with the Rushbird, some simulation battles always helped with the wait for the Festum.
OvermanZs1: WOOOOORK! Workworkwork, work work work, and a little bit of work, that is when he hasn't taken his mind off things by flirting with Shirley
Nerdorama09: Misato is likewise aboard the Tower. The proper Alvis officials finally kicked NERV's management contribution to this project off the L-Boat proper.
Nerdorama09: She gives the sigh of an alcoholic who's on 24/7 on-call.
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wyverncakes: (Shirley, just to bring you up to speed, I was asking what everyone's doing right now since they're on standby)
ShaunGarin: Shirley's looking kind of relaxed, doing her nails with a file. But then again, she's as tightly wound as everyone else.
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EricOverbringer: The Tower is currently sitting on the shore of the L-Boat
wyverncakes: Those of you how see any of the Fafner pilots who aren't named Ryo might notice they're seeming a bit grumpy about things... and not only that, more than a few are starting to sport red eyes similar to what he has right now...
EricOverbringer: though it's big enough that it is probably the single most noticeable feature of the "island"
wyverncakes: ... But there's no time to worry about stuff like that! Suddenly the alarms go off!
wyverncakes: TSX pilot 1: "It's them again!"
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "I'm heading out..."
ShaunGarin: Shirley sighs and kicks off her perch. Time to get out there and shoot some aliens.
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "You guys stay behind for now."
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: [Flying away goes the container! And into the Behemoth Cheng goes. Strapping in and turning on all systems!] "Ready to move!"
EricOverbringer: Hayato brings The Tower up to combat alert. Into the breach once more
Daviddarsh: Without waiting for any permission Ichitaka is already out of the hangar.
wyverncakes: The issue for all available pilots to sortie comes out from the top brass, and the two TSX pilots on duty now scramble to their Fafners
OvermanZs1: MarKus cusses about new enemies and slinks his way over to the Type-T. Like a ninja... ONly Festum and Shirley know what he's doing. MarKus disappears, Technically arrives
EricOverbringer: Missile arrays and AA guns pop out of hidden ports at various places all over and the pathetic remains that Hayato laughingly calls an army start to deploy to face aliens once more.
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Colonel Jin."
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Hm?"
Nerdorama09: Misato: "If you don't mind, I'm going to be directing our forces from your bridge here. If you do mind, there's a few international treaties I can start rattling off that let me do so."
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: [The Behemoth is now on the field, setting up to provide fire support and generally shoot the living heck at anything in range.]
wyverncakes: When you finally get out there, you can see eight of the now-familiar Sphinx-type Festum floating down from the skies towards the L-Boat
ShaunGarin: A small form streaks out into the open. Shirley's launched and her grip on her machine gun is fairly white-knuckled.
wyverncakes: And not only that, the now-familiar words echo inside of your heads with the kind of force that all-but demands an answer
wyverncakes: Festum: "ARE YOU THERE?"
wyverncakes: (Enemy headcount: Sphinx-type Festum x 8-)
wyverncakes: ^ 8 )
wyverncakes: (Lineup: Hayato/Misato, Cheng, Technica, Shirley, Ichitaka)
wyverncakes: (Allied NPCs: Titan-model Fafner x 2)
wyverncakes: (Objective; defeat all Festum)
wyverncakes: (Hayato/Misato)
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "The 3rd super robot corps are my forces. You can do what you like for the White Chalice"
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Deal."
OvermanZs1: Technica has come to expect this so, he's focusing on the now LOUD rock blasting in his cockpit. He's nice enough to not be broadcasting this on an open comm channel
(Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU1BlSgTXxw)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU1BlSgTXxw
EricOverbringer: *"Now, open fire and engage at maximum distance!" At his order, the collection of robots lays down the law on the incoming Festum with missiles and machine guns.+
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Cheng, Shirlry, Ichitaka, spread out and begin artillery fire. Take out as many as you can before they come into close-combat range!"
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ShaunGarin: Shirley: "Roger."
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: Got it
OvermanZs1: "But Roger's off on the Chalice... At least he's calm enough to make dumb jokes to himself"
wyverncakes: [Hayato] The ragged "army" gives the Festum hell... or at least as much of it as they can manage. The Festum still descend... save for two who pause. Just as the missiles collide, the projectiles suddenly veer off course as if gravity itself was warding them off, and they explode harmlessly... right before tendrils shoot down suddenly, cutting through much of Hayato's rag-tag band.
wyverncakes: (Cheng)
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Dammit."
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: "Understood ma'am!" *Cheng readies the cannons and prepares to fire at what can safely be assumed to be as extreme long range. Taking careful aim before sending hot metal DEATH at the golden aliens+
vertigojockey@gmail.com: *one of the
wyverncakes: [Cheng] When you're fighting telepaths, there is no such thing as the "element of surprise", or at least in your favor. The Festum Cheng targets suddenly breaks its more slow, fluid descent to dart out of the way... though heavy artillery still blows away several of its tentacles. But it won't let things end with that, however...
wyverncakes: Festum: "ARE YOU THERE?"
EricOverbringer: Hayato does not answer
wyverncakes: [Cheng continued] In front of you, there's a speck of blackness, so profoundly insignificant you might think your eyes are playing tricks on you. Except not even a heartbeat later it suddenly expands, tearing apart everything around it!
wyverncakes: (React: Cheng)
EricOverbringer: And assumes his crew will not either
wyverncakes: (Technica)
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: *was alarmed to say the least! GODDAMN BLACK HOLES! He fires his thrusters as hard as he could to move back and AWAY from the DOOMHOLE+
OvermanZs1: *He's singing lyrics to himself as he aims the two beam pistols up into the sky. He opens fire rapidly, using the only long range capabilities the Type-T has. His vision strays for a second, keeping an eye on Shirley before looking back to the Festum and firing like wild+
wyverncakes: [Cheng] Yeah, after a week of fighting these things, you probably would be getting the hang of all their little tricks! The Behemoth may not be fast, but it's fast enough... the worst it gets being the tips of its fingers sheared off as the black hole just barely gets to him before the Behemoth escapes. And right where Cheng was, however, there's now a massive, GAPING crater. One that goes down far enough to expose the artificial nature of the L-Boat with metal plating
wyverncakes: [Technica] Pew pew pew! Beam weaponry's not quite the same as bullets and missiles, and the Festum finally decide to drop the "slow and steady" route entirely! The aliens suddenly blast down to the ground lever, tendrils and black holes both being thrown against the Type-T!
wyverncakes: (React: Technica)
wyverncakes: (Shirley)
ShaunGarin: *Lining up several shots, Shirley fires a short staccato burst before strafing to the side. Trying to keep as unpredictable as possible even know she knew it was pretty much impossible, she was devoting much of her effort to staying mobile. Fighting Neruoi was easier since they tended not to pick out your next move. She keeps firing from different angles at the furthest opponents possible.+
OvermanZs1: *Technica wheels back. He's seen this happen before too, and changes from firing in above to firing in front of him while making a swift backpedal on those wheeled feet+
wyverncakes: [Shirley] Dodging and predicting the attacks of Technica was easy enough when it was coming from just one source, but now things are starting to get a little trickier... Shirley's shots manage to pelt one particular Festum. And thankfully Shirley's weapon of choice isn't your usual human-proportioned gun either! The bullets sink into it, and suddenly the Festum spasms as lines of red open up all over its face... the creature falls to the ground!
wyverncakes: [Technica] Another daring escape by a now-veteran of the battle against the Festum! Sure the L-Boat's surface is damn near a wreck now, but who cares?
wyverncakes: That said though...
wyverncakes: (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDwpfXODVB4&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL99718ADFC0B427AC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDwpfXODVB4&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL99718ADFC0B427AC
wyverncakes: (???)
OvermanZs1: Technica: "Fuck yeah, Shirley" Still not using an open comm! you know, so he's not pissing people off with music blaring
griefgathering: A black mech appears out of thin air, scanning its surroundings. The pilot inside seems to be looking for something in particular, not really minding the presence of the Festum.
griefgathering: "This should be Tatsumiya Island...but..."
wyverncakes: (Said black machine: (Link: http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGnkW_4qHTZvCcO0UHBcJh-xL_eFTUpt2scAudjrfIy7pZ-TxuSHDXI4hc)http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGnkW_4qHTZvCcO0UHBcJh-xL_eFTUpt2scAudjrfIy7pZ-TxuSHDXI4hc)
griefgathering: It's not long before he spots what he's looking for; the Rushbird.
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Is that another person fighting the Festum? Alone?"
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: That's...Straybird.....YU?
wyverncakes: Suddenly one of the Alvis officials on the island comes through on the Tower's communication channels
wyverncakes: Alvis person: "That black machine... is that one of yours?"
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng:.."Negative it looks like he's ignoring them!"
wyverncakes: "It's certainly not one of ours!"
OvermanZs1: Technica: "It's not Festum, ignore it until it fires on us."
EricOverbringer: Hayato turns to someone on the bridge crew and says "Keep an eye on him." then focuses back on the battle
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: Wait everyone, that's my older brother...
ShaunGarin: Shirley is tight lipped. Uncommonly so.
wyverncakes: TSX pilot 2: "Older brother... how the heck'd he get here then?"
Nerdorama09: Misato hails the unknown black unit.
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Unidentified pilot, this is a combat zone. Please respond with IFF identification."
griefgathering: Yuunagi: My business is with the pilot of the Rushbird.
griefgathering: Yuunagi: *immediately hails his target* Stop playing around with these people and come with me. If you can fight, you should be looking for grandpa!
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: Eh? you're kidding right Yu...playing around?
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "If you're trying to take our troops, you can wait until we're not fighting"
griefgathering: And just like that, the Straybird brings up one of its Crow Machineguns and opens fire on the Rushbird.
wyverncakes: (+)?
griefgathering: (yeah)
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] Holy crap, Ichitaka! It's your brother... and he's FIRING ON YOU! In the middle of a life-and-death battle against the Festum!
wyverncakes: (React and then tak your turn: Ichitaka)
arachnion01@gmail.com: #?
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: [Well that certainly puts Yuunagi on the short shit-list Cheng has] "Has he lost his mind!?"
wyverncakes: (Support defend: Haruka)
Nerdorama09: Misato: "He's fighting us instead of the Festum?!"
Nerdorama09: She recovers from her shock quickly.
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "This is not what I need right now."
Nerdorama09: Misato: "All units, consider the black Rushbird-type hostile! Prioritize the Festum, but don't let him interfere!
griefgathering: Yuunagi: Don't get in my way! This is between me and the pilot of the Rushbird!
arachnion01@gmail.com: There's a deafening roar as Imber comes blasting out from the hangar bays. The white robot comes plowing through Straybird's machine-gun fire as it heads on a ramming course!
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: "Understood!" [Would follow those orders with extreme prejudice]
arachnion01@gmail.com: +
OvermanZs1: Technica: Knock your shit off for ten minutes, asshole. We're busy."
wyverncakes: The Alvis official on the screen scowls at you two. "You two... I have no idea what's going on here but it's certainly the fault of your one pilot... I'd say that dealing with it is your responsibility... we can't have our TSXes distracted by unknown enemies with the Festum breathing down our necks!"
OvermanZs1: Well, there's that obvious MarKus flare coming from the channel...
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka is silent for a bit, before being completely surprised by the sudden appearance of Imber. "Yu...."
EricOverbringer: While crude in phrasing, MarKus has nicely summed up Hayato's thoughts
OvermanZs1: Technica: "I'll keep the TSX's on me. They can play or whatever. Keep your focus on the Festum!"
wyverncakes: [Haruka] Imber CHARGES through the hail of gunfire, still getting dents and other superficial damage as it crosses the battlefield... nothing to stop it from throwing one of its massive fists at the Straybird!
wyverncakes: (React: Yuunagi)
arachnion01@gmail.com: (It's just a straight ram, actually. Transformed into high-speed mode, for now.)
wyverncakes: (Apologies. Yeah, not a punch, just a straight charge, Yuu)
griefgathering: Yuunagi: This kind of attack... *Straybird evades by rolling off to one side, its speed is more than enough to avoid a direct attack. As it does so, red afterimages trail behind it.
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Right. 'Technica' and the TSX pilots will focus on the Festum. Haruka, continue covering Ichitaka. Shirley and Cheng prioritize the Festum but keep an eye on the black one."
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Roger.
OvermanZs1: S-stupid Misato! Now you've got Technica's attention split! Good thing he's not saying that aloud!
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "Misato...let me handle him alone, everyone else will do better taking care of the Festum."
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "First and Third squadron, keep firing at the Festum. Third squadron, back up the White Chalice forces as per your best judgement"
wyverncakes: [Haruka] Imber wiffs past the black machine... its speed is ridiculous, especially for something that resembles the Rushbird so much!
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: "Orders recieved and understood...prioritizing targets." [Internally Cheng was seething at Yuunagi's idiocy and would like nothing more than to send a few cannon shells down the Straybird's tailpipe. But if he did that he'd waste ammo better spent on the Festum]
wyverncakes: TSX pilots 1/2: "Yes ma'am!"
wyverncakes: (Ichitaka, it's your turn)
wyverncakes: (Updated lineup: Hayato/Misato, Cheng, Technica, Shirley, Yuunagi, Ichitaka, Haruka)
wyverncakes: (Enemies: Sphinx-type Festum x 8 (1 wounded and severely injured)
wyverncakes: (Allied NPCs: Titan-model Fafner x 2)
wyverncakes: (Enemy NPCs: Straybird)
Daviddarsh: *Ichitaka would not let Haruka get injured from again especially not from fighting his own brother when said brother was being an idiot. "Yu WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU." The Rushbird flies up it's thrusters sending it towards the Black Machine his right fist glowing as he sent a Lightning Fist directly at it.&
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] The Rushbird lunges at the Straybird, right fist glowing green with energy before it swings at it! Yuunagi, you have a big, powerful punch coming right at you!
wyverncakes: (React: Yuunagi)
wyverncakes: (Haruka)
griefgathering: *Gotta do the obvious in a fast machine, so Yuunagi does the obvious and tries to sidestrafe to evade.
wyverncakes: (Want to redo that react, Yuu?)
arachnion01@gmail.com: Clearly, Ichitaka wants to fight this guy alone. And right now, Haruka can't see a reason to really say no…So she's going to do something odd. "Imber…let's take care of the Festum, alright? Everyone's counting on us…." She closes her eyes, and lets Imber take control. He floats there for a little bit, then promptly charges the nearest Festum, going for a punch.
griefgathering: (naw, i'll attack on my turn)
wyverncakes: (Alright then)
OvermanZs1: Technica watches Imber to see if those fist extensions are going to hold up. Yeah, how well can bolting on spare TSX arms really be?
wyverncakes: [Yuu] The Rushbird's fast. Hell, you helped make it, you know that better than nearly everyone! But the Straybird is faster still, and your own machine just barely skirts by the Lightning Fist... the raw power from it still knocking the Straybird away a bit!
wyverncakes: [Haruka] If there's one nice thing about highly-advanced AIs, it's that there technically isn't a mind for the Festum to read! It's a fairly good tactic... so good that the Festum Imber targets gets a fist blown COMPLETELY through it! ... But on the other hand, suddenly the alien wraps its arms around Imber's arm tightly just before a black hole opens up to envelope both you and it!
wyverncakes: (React: Haruka)
wyverncakes: (Hayato/Misato)
EricOverbringer: *Following Hayato's earlier orders, most of Hayato's army keeps up their surpressive fire on the Festum (Surely SOME of their fire would get through.) while part of them peel off to face Ichitaka's brother. One of them fires a harpoon on a line at the black machine while the others fire machine guns at him.+
Nerdorama09: (Enemy Count?)
wyverncakes: (Sphinx-type Festum x 7 (one grounded and severly wounded), Straybird)
EricOverbringer: (Hayato's forces are focusing on the uninjured ones)
wyverncakes: [Hayato] The great thing about grunts is that you can split your attention like that! And yeah, you're really just annoying the Festum right now but that's still better than nothing! But suddenly one of them lunges straight at the Tower, suddenly sending its tentacles shooting *INTO* the vessel!
arachnion01@gmail.com: Imber gets a leg up between itself and the Festum, firing it's good ol' workhorse rocket at full power to tear itself away from the Sphinx.
arachnion01@gmail.com: +
wyverncakes: [Yuunagi] Yuu, it seems that army's firing on you too! It's nothing too serious, but these guys are trying their damndest to make up for a lack of firepower with numbers and determination!
wyverncakes: (React: Yuu)
*** Nerdorama09 has left the conversation.
wyverncakes: Suddenly, Hayato, you hear a very loud voice suddenly reverberate through your entire command bridge. "ARE YOU THERE?!?" There's somthing more to it though... the volume nearly enough to make the entire area shake!
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Ignore it! Focus on your jobs!"
wyverncakes: ... And then suddenly some random person onboard seizes up. "A-aaaah! N-NO! GET OUT OF MY HEAD! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"
griefgathering: *This time, Straybird doesn't just try to dodge; it's also trying to use the dodge to reposition itself while counterattacking. More Crow Machinegun shots are fired toward Ichitaka, but this time there's some for the new attackers too.
griefgathering: +
EricOverbringer: (React?)
wyverncakes: The man falls to his knees, clutching his skull and suddenly beginning to do nothing but scream louder and louder... right before his cries finally are drowned out by a massive wad of gold something flowing out of it and all over him, wrapping all around his body.
wyverncakes: (React: Hayato)
EricOverbringer: *Hayato pulls a gun from inside his jacket and shoots the man in the head without hesitating.+
griefgathering: Yuunagi: *to Ichitaka* If you won't come with me, then you have no right to pilot that machine. Get out.
wyverncakes: [Haruka] Imber's thrusters flare with all of its strength as the sphere of destruction grows larger and larger...Imber's leg and arm just flat-out getting anhillated before the tendrils are finally torn apart! The iDOL shoots away, crashing onto the ground... wounded but intact!
wyverncakes: [Hayato] The gunshot echoes through the bridge of the Tower, blowing through the brains of the semi-assimilated man. There's enough human left in him that brainmatter, and not more gold, splatters over the floor. The rest of the bridge crew just looks at Hayato... and you can't tell who they're more afraid of.
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Back to work. We've got a battle to run"
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Tch!" Haruka's going to suddenly start looking around for a spare Ruge Lance. They could come in handy now...
wyverncakes: The crew stirs somewhat nervously but then nods. "Y-yes sir!"
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] The Straybird's assault continues! A few more of Hayato's machines are downed as the guns blow apart limbs and weaponry, and some of those bullets are coming your way too!
wyverncakes: (React: Ichitaka)
OvermanZs1: Technica: Punchy robot. Thirty feet to your left. punch the metal plate!
wyverncakes: (Cheng)
EricOverbringer: To give them something to focus on besides the dead body, Hayato makes sure damage crews are being sent to the sites on the ship where the tentacles had breached the hull.
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Right!" And Imber flips over and punches the metal plate in question!
Daviddarsh: *The Rushbird flies directly into the way of the Crow Machinegun the Laplace Wall raising to absorb all of the shots fired the Straybird. "Gramps was going to give this machine to me...I have every right."+
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] The Laplace Wall does its job, taking in all of those beam shots and adding their power to the Rushbird's! At this rate, you two are at a stalemate; the Rushbird too slow to hit the Straybird and yet sturdy enough to ward off it's attacks!
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: *his eyes were flicking across the various screens. Ammunition, damage, sensors. main screen. He fires his Gatling gun in bursts at the Festum, followed by a few rockets+
OvermanZs1: It looks like someone planted a Ruge Lance under this metal plate. Also, the metal plate might make a good thing to throw or smack with!
OvermanZs1: Technica though, keeps having to split his attention... babysitting TSX pilots, watching Festum and making sure the Witch is safe. Really, his priorities are out of order, but... what can you do?
wyverncakes: [Cheng] The Behemoth's heavy weaponry rakes through one Festum before another and then another still! Once more, Cheng starts to hear the damn near only thing the Festum say echo in his mind... right before the missiles hit their targets... Two Festum are blown backwards while the third is destroyed outright, its black hole taking nothing inside of itself
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Right! Thanks, Mr. Rider!" Haruka has Imber grab the Ruge Lance in its normal arm on the right side. It'll make a good replacement for the now destroyed extendo-arm, while the other fist grabs the metal plate. Imber floats back up off the ground, ready for action!
wyverncakes: (Technica)
OvermanZs1: *He's wishing he'd finished up hooking up a Ruge lance to the Technica, but, meh, too late for that right now! All he has though is his guns, which he keeps in rapid fire on a Festum, picking on one that Cheng just tore into. But just in case, he flips on the plasma canon charge "EXCEED CHARGE"+
wyverncakes: (&?)
OvermanZs1: (nossir)
wyverncakes: [Technica] Against a Festum that's trying to recover from pre-existing damage, Technica's shots manage to take down another Festum! But the remaining ones aren't going down without a fight... and suddenly the Type-T is finding itself surrounded by razor sharp tentacles shooting at it from every-which way!
wyverncakes: (React: Technica)
wyverncakes: (Shirley)
arachnion01@gmail.com: #
wyverncakes: (Support defend: Haruka)
arachnion01@gmail.com: Imber takes the metal plate and flings it at the tendrils going for Technica, a whirling blade of death headed to cut them to ribbons!
arachnion01@gmail.com: +
ShaunGarin: *Shirley's unnatural silence for the upbeat girl is a sign that she's concentrating. Swapping magazines, she hefted the weapon again and sighted down the barrel. Pulling the trigger, she loosed a powerful round of explosive shells at several random Festum targets near Technica before darting away from her position in a tight aerial movement, changing her magazine in another go for her usual weaponry.+
OvermanZs1: *MarKus picks a direction between Festum and opts to rush through. Peeling out, he fires wildly at the incoming tentacles, hoping to get enough of an opening to get away with cosmetic damage+
wyverncakes: [MarKus/Haruka/Shirley] The concentrated efforts of the three of you manage to just barely clear the way for the Type-T to escape! The metal disc only tears away two tentacles before being destroyed, but that and Shirley's efforts manage to sav ethe day!
OvermanZs1: MarKus owes Shirley one... at least it's easy for him to pay her back. Maybe he won't drool on her Striker next time?
wyverncakes: Well, all things considered, even with Ichitaka's brother making like hard on everyone, it honestly does look like this battle will be won in short order!
wyverncakes: (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XISDHyZexLQ)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XISDHyZexLQ
wyverncakes: ... And that's the exact point where the grounded Festum suddenly swells and bulges
wyverncakes: A moment later and it bursts, and suddenly hundreds... no thousands... no possibly MILLIONS of small, car-sized Festums suddenly fly into the air!
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Damnit.
wyverncakes: Resembling fleas, suddenly they all rain down on everyone present!
wyverncakes: There is no rhythm to their calls to you all, the words wrapping around each other and becoming absolute pure chaos.
wyverncakes: (React: everyone)
EricOverbringer: Hayato keeps his head, directing The Tower's AA guns towards the largest clusters of the Festum
OvermanZs1: Technica: OH JESUS FUCK
OvermanZs1: ########################### (Shirley)
ShaunGarin: *Shirley's dodging like crazy, zooming around at top speed as she starts spamming her gunfire.+
EricOverbringer: Just in case, he pulls a shotgun from a hidden compartment by where he's standing
wyverncakes: (Updated enemy headcount: Sphinx-type Festum x 4, Grendel-type Festum x more than there are stars in the sky)
griefgathering: Yuunagi was about to continue his attack, but as soon as he notices the multiplying Festum, he finally realizes what he just got himself into.
griefgathering: Yuunagi: Dammit.
wyverncakes: (You can defend Shirley with your action, MarKus)
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: There are so many...
EricOverbringer: The Hayato Army is reduced to every man for himself, though
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Don't lose your head! We can't die here, there's too much more I have to do!"
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: *Cursing very very loudly in his mother tongue. Along the lines of 'GODDAMNIT PIG FUCKING - ' setting rockets on a timed fuse and FIRING ALL OF THEM at the Festum Jrs. hopefully clearing a small path to dodge through without getting flea'd on+
OvermanZs1: *Markus ignores his own safety in exchange for the tiniest unit on the field. Not that he expects the ABC scarf to help any, but he gets over Shirley, covering her with the Type-T's body+
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Mar...
arachnion01@gmail.com: *"More of them?!" Imber's not really good with this sort of thing, but it's going to do something it's quite good at: STRAIGHT FOREWARD FULL POWER RAMMING SPEED. What gravitic energy it can is going to be channeled through the Ruge Lance, forming the spearpoint to a shield as it flies upwards through the hail of Festum.+
griefgathering: *The Straybird starts spraying beams from its machinegun at the Festum, even trying to deal with ones that are close to Ichitaka.+
OvermanZs1: Technica: "Shirley...!"
Daviddarsh: *The Rushbird seems to return the favour firing both Maser Eye and the Light Blazer around them in large arcs to wipe out as many of them as possible.+
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Heh. Thanks love.
ShaunGarin: *Pokes her head out and fires through cracks at the falling Festum+
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka seems to have calmed down a bit. "We'll talk about this after Yu..."
griefgathering: Yuunagi's reluctant, but given the circumstances, he complies. "...Fine."
OvermanZs1: MarKus opens the cockpit hatch, since it's facing downward and all "W-whaaa...?"
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Love. What, I can't be a little Brit once in a while?
wyverncakes: [Everyone] The one saving grace when everywhere you look there's a thousand and one more enemies is you could attack anywhere and you'll hit the enemies by the boatload. Innumerable black holes tear through the sky as you kill the Grendel-types by the dozens... but it's not enough. Nowhere near enough. One lucky Grendel-type blows apart the upper levels of the Tower, ony just missing Hayato's command deck...
OvermanZs1: MarKus is glad that helmet hides his face. "Oh..R-right..." He still offers his hand out, you know... to further shield her.
EricOverbringer: Does Hayato have a skylight now?
wyverncakes: (Yes, yes he does)
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Don't get too excited. I'm not about to ask Hayato to marry us in the middle of the fighting. As amazing that would be.
wyverncakes: [Everyone continued] Hayato's army... is just gone. Completely. A slew of Grendel-types completely smother one of the TSXes, and a few black holes and one horrified scream later, the Fafner is destroyed. The Type-T's entire lower body is destroyed as one Grendel-type grazes it, but he barely manages to save Shirley. The Behemoth's efforts to stand its ground and fight sees hundreds of Festum killed in a matter of seconds, but then one manages to land on its arm, destroying its entire left forearm.
wyverncakes: [Everyone concluded] The Rushbird and the Straybird miraculously made it through unscatched. And lastly, Imber blasted through the ranks, tanking countless Festum with it, and now it hovers in the air, able to see that down below... the entire L-Boat is covered in Grendel-Types
wyverncakes: This is not something a small squad could handle... no. This would require the entire White Chalice here to stop...
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "All forces"
EricOverbringer: "General Retreat"
wyverncakes: And then suddenly they begin to generate their black holes, tearing into the L-Boat
EricOverbringer: "The L-boat is lost. Get out with your lives."
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Christ. Well you heard him. Mar, get on my back.
wyverncakes: Alvis commander: "Y-you can't!"
wyverncakes: "We have nowhere to go! No means to retreat!"
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "We can't just abandon the L Boat."
wyverncakes: (Yuunagi! Show them we can't give up!)
arachnion01@gmail.com: "No way…"
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "I have more important things to spend my life on then a fight to the death that won't make any goddamn difference"
griefgathering: Yuunagi doesn't really get what's going on, since he thought of White Chalice as a terrorist group, but he's giving it all he's got here since his brother's in danger too.
OvermanZs1: Technica does not want to give up his childhood work but... but FUCK what else can they do? He hangs his head and climbs out of the cockpit. There is no shame from getting a piggyback from a hot girl. Not to him
EricOverbringer: The Tower is taking off already, though who knows how far they will get with this many Festum on them.
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Don't worry... we're not going far. But you can't fight in that rig.
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "Yeah... no legs. The big gun's out...
griefgathering: *Straybird suddenly clones itself. The clones are red and transparent, but as they fire large beam grenades on the surrounding Festum, it should be apparent that they're not just there for show.+
OvermanZs1: That doesn't keep him from sounding shakey... he is made of sadface
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Don't worry. We'll pull through.
griefgathering: (about 9-10 clones, all firing Prava Grenades of course)
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "Yeah... I know..."
OvermanZs1: He kinda squeezes on her
wyverncakes: [Yuunagi] First one. Then two. Then three and four and more and more Straybird clones appear, right before a hail of gunfire that seems almost up to the task of dealing the Grendel-types comes blasting out! The small creatures are blown away, slowly but surely clearing out the horde. M-maybe... maybe you CAN turn this around!
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Yeah. So... how good's your aim...?
wyverncakes: (Ichitaka! Keep up the momentum!)
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "Probably better than yours considering the circumstances. " Yeah, he can fire a gun...
ShaunGarin: Shirley: She grins and hands him her rifle. "Use this. Let's do this." And she takes off again, forming her shield instantly as she shoots out like a tiny comet into firing range.
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "Yu..." Ichitaka is silent for a moment then just smiles. Raising the output of the D-Converter he raised both arms. "DOUBLE BLAZER." Finally both arms shot out what looked like the Light Blazer Ichitaka rolling both beams around to try to get rid of as much of the Festum as possible, he wouldn't let Yu show him up now.+
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: "We won't get far with this many Commander!" [Stands his ground. So he's missing the means to fire his shotgun. BIG WHOOP. He's still got more than a few guns left!]
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] Two more massive beams run across the entire length of the island! Grendel-type after Grendel-type is completely anhillated, stopping their burrowing into the interior of the L-Boat! But the Festum aren't just going to let this slide... Ichitaka, Yuunagi! One Sphinx-type each is suddenly looming in front of you, tentacles slashing out!
wyverncakes: (React: Ichitaka and Yuunagi. Haruka, take your turn!)
EricOverbringer: Hayato heaves a deep sigh, this wasn't how it was supposed to end, but he would be damned if he would let them take his life cheaply
EricOverbringer: His grip tightens on his shotgun
griefgathering: *The Straybird moves to intercept the tentacles, drawing two curved daggers in its hands. With the same agility it showed earlier, it attempts to slice apart the tentacles before they manage to entangle anything.&
arachnion01@gmail.com: *"…huh…Everyone! I'm going in!" Imber floats out over to some chunk covered in Festum, cuts its power, and stops its fall just above the L-boat's deck. "…IMBER!!" Every monitor in the cockpit goes blue, and there's a massive explosion of outwards force as Haruka and Imber try to blast all the Festum right off the boat!+
EricOverbringer: He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a pair of small, special grenades and loads them into his gun.
wyverncakes: [Haruka] Imber CRASHES onto the deck of the L-Boat! The shockwave does indeed knock countless Festum into the sea... and then a strange thing occurs!
Daviddarsh: *Taking the opportunity Yu gave the Rushbird charged at the sphinx type. "LIGHTNING FIST." Slamming the fist into where the core would be to bring it down to the ground a huge crater appearing around the two. +
wyverncakes: The goldness of the Festum in the water seems to shift and then suddenly emit a bright light... before suddenly the Festum themselves are gone! No black holes or anything!
EricOverbringer: Hayato doubts his eyes for a moment.
EricOverbringer: "They can't be..."
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "Yes Ma'am!" Hopefully this thing isn't more complicated than point and shoot. It shoudlnt' be, right? "Hey... like, for real, you don't feel naked out here...
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "Did they...retreat?"
EricOverbringer: "It's a trap, getter ray radar pulse pulse"
EricOverbringer: The Tower emits a wave of greenish light, getting back a wealth of information about the world around them.
wyverncakes: [Yuunagi] The Straybird deftly dances through the tentacles, cutting them apart one after another. But suddenly the tentacles seem to redouble in speed! One of them shoots out, slashing across the length of the machine while one from behind stabs the Straybird and wrecks its wings. The machine falls to the ground!
wyverncakes: GOOD NEWS, Hayato! There is absolutely NO SIGN of the Festum that fell into the water!
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wyverncakes: It's like they have an "F" rank for underwater combat or something!
griefgathering: Yuunagi: "Damn...!"
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "Yu!."
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng:..."It cannot be this easy..." [Was not comforted...at all]
arachnion01@gmail.com: "I told you! We're better at living than they are at killing!"
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] The Rushbird, favoring offense for defense, is scarred severely by the Festum's tentacles... but its arms are still intact and that's what matters! The fist collides with the Sphinx-type, and a second later the massive wall of light blows it away too!
griefgathering: Yuunagi's going to at least try to cushion his landing, but there's still the enemy to worry about.
ShaunGarin: Shirley: ... [in a low voice.] Hey, MarKus... Spanish Inquisition incoming?
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka: "Yu are you alright?"
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "No... I meant like... armored and stuff..." Though, he's kinda looking around expecting the shit to hit the fan at any second...
griefgathering: Yuunagi: I'm fine, but my flight capability is gone. And the Imaginary Road...
wyverncakes: That said however... Hayato? You know that Festum that stabbed into your ship before?
wyverncakes: [Hayato/Misato] Suddenly the giant, golden head of one of the remaining Sphinx-type Festum smashes through the side wall of the Tower's bridge, stopping right in front of you Hayato? "ARE YOU THERE?"
wyverncakes: (React: Hayato_
EricOverbringer: *What the hell, he's survived shrapnel wounds before. As the Festum rears up in his face, he aim his shotgun and shoot the pair of explosive rounds into it's chest.+
EricOverbringer: aims*
Nerdorama09: Misato takes out her sidearm and empties a clip into the thing in support.+
wyverncakes: [Hayato/Misato] The force isn't exactly much, but it's still being applied to the head of the Festum! The alien gets knocked back... and seconds later the remaining TSX pilot jumps in, blasting it apart with its Ruge Lance!
wyverncakes: TSX pilot 2: "Hiroshi... he's gone... I can't believe it! But please! G-give me an order! We haven't lost yet!"
wyverncakes: (Hayato/Misato)
EricOverbringer: He mutters "I'm not going anywhere.", then focuses back to reality
EricOverbringer: "You don't need my orders."
EricOverbringer: "Just stick with your allies and destroy the aliens."
Nerdorama09: Misato: "This one's done with. I need you to take out one of the remaining Sphinxes. Charge and engage in hand-to hand with your lance. Cheng, give him some artillery support. GO!"+
wyverncakes: [Misato] The pilot nods! He's determined! These wonderful people... people Ryo had fought with hadn't given up yet! The TSX lunges at one of the Sphinxes, and with a hot-blooded yell stabs into it with its lance! BOOM! Suck on that. "All yours, Mr. Cheng!"
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: *Teeth grit and face set in a determined scowl, Cheng acknowledges and proceeded to open up with EVERY WEAPON HE HAD LEFT! He spent every shell, every rocket every bullet. Heck he even dropped the Gatling gun and fired round after round from the large CF sized pistol meant as a holdout weapon+
wyverncakes: [Cheng] EVERY WEAPON HE HAD LEFT can do a hell of a lot of damage, especially when one of the two Sphinx-types still alive was already on death's door and the rest were reliant on numbers to accomplish anything!
wyverncakes: [Cheng continued] The Sphinx-type is just fucking gone, and now, thanks to everyone's efforts, a noticable chunk of the island, though crater-tastic, is now Festum free!
wyverncakes: (Shirley/MarKus)
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Lets go, Technica.
*Shirley shoots into the air with Technica on her back, leveling her magically augmented sidearm and starts firing, holding steady for MarKus to fire!+
ShaunGarin: (target Cheng's Sphinx type)
OvermanZs1: *Since MarKus's job is the shooting, he does just that. To keep from getting too hot-blood in all this, he starts singing to himself (and vicariously Shirley) as he opens fire with that rifle of hers. Jesus christ kickback! She handles this thing regularly!?+
wyverncakes: (Cheng's Sphinx-type is gone. There's just one left)
ShaunGarin: (one left then)
OvermanZs1: (((Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKcaK8kw2PI)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKcaK8kw2PI))
wyverncakes: [Shirley/MarKus] The concentrated fire hammers into the last of the Sphinx-types! The two of you pretty much unload everything into it, tearing apart its body bit by bit before one last blast strikes its core! BOOM! Another black hole surrounding the Festum... no more Sphinx types left!
wyverncakes: That said though...
vertigojockey@gmail.com: Cheng: "I need a weapon" [Drops the pistol now that all mags were spent] "Are there any reserves available?"
OvermanZs1: MarKus: RIDER... SHOOTING
wyverncakes: At the rate things are going, the Grendel-types still around are going to get to the inner parts of the L-Boat, kill everyone down there, in just a matter of moments
arachnion01@gmail.com: (Haruka's doing as many bam gravity explosions as she can!)
Nerdorama09: (Can I point Cheng to some spare weapons?)
wyverncakes: (Sure, but they won't really be necessary now)
wyverncakes: [For the sake of dramatic concluding with the SRW L people, Haruka] Blast by blast the Festum are blown off into the water! There's still SO MANY though... but on the bright side... the Rushbird's facing them all
wyverncakes: (Yuu! Redeem yourself for your total dickery!)
griefgathering: Yuunagi: *to ichitaka* I've got an idea. Put up the Laplace Wall at full power, now!
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka does as told. "What are you planning?"
griefgathering: *The Straybird, using what's left of it's Imaginary Road, summons as many clones as possible, and they all turn to Ichitaka; spamming him with beam grenades.+
Daviddarsh: "EHHHHHHHHH."
griefgathering: Yuunagi: Use the energy on the enemies! Rushbird will be able to do it!
wyverncakes: [Yuunagi] The Ichitaka, dear god what the hell is your brother doing?!? SO MANY BLASTS!!!! One after another the Laplace Wall takes the beam grenades into the Rushbird, sending its powers higher and higher!
wyverncakes: Just a little further just a little further and...
wyverncakes: ... And suddenly it becomes too much for the battle-damaged Rushbird.
wyverncakes: The monitors inside of the machine shatter as an explosion rocks the machine, dropping it to its knees.
wyverncakes: Every sign that the Rushbird could fight suddenly dies.
wyverncakes: (Ichitaka)
wyverncakes: (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkF13YQkPx0)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkF13YQkPx0
griefgathering: Yuunagi: Ichitaka!!
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Rider Shooting? You adorkable nut. We'll have to come up with a better name though.
OvermanZs1: MarKus taps Shirley on the head. "Hey, the Type-T doesn't have a shooting finisher. Pardon me for borrowing from the show!"
ShaunGarin: Shirley: It's a show name? Clearly I need to watch this once we get back to the Chalice.
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Ichitaka? Ichitaka?!" Suddenly Haruka's mind is off gravity spamming the Festum. Ichitaka's in trouble!
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka is bleeding heavily from the explosion he continues to stay concious somehow. "Rushbird we can't give up now...NOW GET UP...GET UP."
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "So NOW you want to watch it? You know, me and Ichi out there were..." speaking of... EYES WIDE WTFMODO
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Oh crap...
Daviddarsh: *Despite all signs the machine roars back to life. The Rushbird stands up and raises both arms into the air. Above him there seems to be something sparking...the clouds in the way part out of a way as a hole in the space appears purple energy pouring out from it surrounding Rushbird entirely. For a second it looked as if the machine was gone however all the energy is getting absorbed into both arm the Rushbird barely able to contain it green and purple towers still flowing from it. Lowering it's arms in front of itself, the Rushbird seems to have gotten control of it. "Go to hell." Slamming it's fist together two giant beams blasted out before they swirled together. A HUGE tower of pure white energy now flowed towards the remaining Festum blasting through them and seemingly going past the atmosphere.+
griefgathering: Yuunagi, being a person that helped to complete the Rushbird, is wide-eyed now.
wyverncakes: [Ichitaka] So close to its own death, the Rushbird has no difficulty in introducing the remaining Festum to their own. The massive pillar of energy roars out of the machine, completely covering the entirety of the remainder of the island, eradicating Festum after Festum effortlessly and causing, far off in the distance, a massive burst of water to be seen all the way back on the L-Boat
wyverncakes: ... And with that, the Rushbird collapses to the ground. Intact, but near-lifeless.
wyverncakes: The surface of the L-Boat displays just how trying, how impossible this battle had seemed. So much of it is cratered, devestated. And many of your machines too.
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "So he still had a few tricks up his sleeve..."
wyverncakes: But the Festum are gone, and already you're getting summons for everyone to get back into the hangar for repairs to begin
OvermanZs1: MarKus: "Fucking shit man... Hardcore..." Oooooh... Aaaaahhh...
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Phew."
Daviddarsh: Ichitaka collapses as well onto the monitor. With that the machine had been completely fried Ichitaka himself finally going unconscious.
ShaunGarin: Shirley: Your hands are on my boobs.
EricOverbringer: Hayato: "Get me a damage report."
griefgathering: Aaand Yuunagi's awe quickly turns into horror.
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Ichitaka!" Imber's going to race over towards Rushbird to pick it up and take it back to base.
wyverncakes: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
griefgathering: Straybird's got nowhere to go with its wings damaged, so it has no other choice but to stay put.
Nerdorama09: Misato: "Get Ichitaka to the medical bay immediately. Everyone else return, we need to start repairs ASAP."
arachnion01@gmail.com: "Roger!"
Nerdorama09: Misato: "You in the unknown. It'd be in your best interest to stay here, if you're not going to try to kill Ichitaka anymore."
griefgathering: Yuunagi's just quiet now. Brooding. But even if he tried that he couldn't do much.
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Session Close (!aol://2719:10-4-srwuga023): Fri Sep 16 23:03:16 2011 -0500