Mission 174: "Event Horizon"

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VJockey (02:23:19): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFCU68Gim3o
VJockey (02:25:29): For the first time in a while....
VJockey (02:25:40): The Chalice has a break
VJockey (02:25:57): Docked to the DSSD station to await the presentation of a newly developed AI
VJockey (02:26:21): An AI that would make Deep Space Travel more viable
Wyverncakes (02:26:25): And Julia's been pretty anxious
Wyverncakes (02:27:05): Especially with the FTL drive information she's been keeping hold of. But with the project so close to finishing...
Wyverncakes (02:28:37): Well, there's really no better time to hand it over
Mister Giggles (02:28:47): Casshern hasn't been in a space station before, so... he's excited.
tengusaur (02:28:48): An AI for space travel? As far as Lily is concerned, that sounds just like home!
Wyverncakes (02:28:53): To say nothing of the space data she'd gotten.
HyprKnux 1 (02:29:16): Christine's here to watch Julia make everything come true.
Wyverncakes (02:30:27): And taking the chance to look out of a window on the station, she's smiling really happily.
VJockey (02:30:33): The Presenting Doctor smiles, spreading his arms to the audience, his colleagues and his guests. "Ladies and Gentlemen! I am very glad that all of you have come here today to watch the dreams of an age come true!"
Wyverncakes (02:30:51): Sure other groups have already gone out into space and have their own FTL devices.
Wyverncakes (02:31:10): But for the Earth Sphere, for the late Bertrand Herrera... for herself? This still means a lot.
VJockey (02:31:22): "A dream that would not have been possible without the contributions of a good friend that is no longer among us... but whose dream lives on in a brave young woman as well as his family."
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:31): Felicita is not present in person, but her drone is watching. This is a very curious occurence indeed.
Mister Giggles (02:32:11): Casshern listens attentively, and silently.
VJockey (02:34:06): "It is my pleasure to present to you all, the fruits of our labours... The Stargazer AI!" [The tarp is pulled back. Revealing a computer system that comes to life. It's compact enough to be fit in a MS as well. Lily, you notice that the calculations its carrying out are incredibly complex.]
howmuchineedyou (02:34:50): Cradling Haro in one arm Lockon smirks a little. "Well now, what will they think of next, huh?" He asks his haro with a grin.
VJockey (02:35:03): "Earth is the Cradle of Humanity... and with this, we are one step closer to leaving the cradle and truly seeing the uni-"
Wyverncakes (02:35:04): Julia can't help but smile.
Wyverncakes (02:35:13): That's... a really great name for it.
VJockey (02:35:19): "Wrong"
tengusaur (02:35:24): Lily: "Wow... It's pretty amazing..."
HyprKnux 1 (02:35:29): Christine: "?!"
tengusaur (02:35:30): Lily: "Huh?"
Mister Giggles (02:35:47): Casshern turns to look at the source of the voice, startled.
Wyverncakes (02:35:54): Julia: "What?!?"
VJockey (02:35:57): "Earth is our home. It has been and it will stay that way until the day the stars burn out."
VJockey (02:36:28): "To tear through the stars, to draw unknowable eyes upon us and have the wolves come down to feast upon humanity!"
VJockey (02:36:34): "Are you truly that Naive?!"
HyprKnux 1 (02:36:42): Christine: "Tch..."
tengusaur (02:37:01): Lily looks around. "Who's speaking this nonsense?"
Mister Giggles (02:37:08): Casshern has nothing to say. His amnesia kind of prevents him from making an informed statement either way.
Wyverncakes (02:37:25): Julia: "Don't tell me..."
VJockey (02:37:47): [A tech is running over to the doctor, and damn if he doesn't look freaked out!] "Doctor! There's a massive war ship bearing in on the station! It's got an army with it-!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:37:50): The drone is changing the direction it faces rapidly, like a person looking around nervously.
Wyverncakes (02:38:02): Julia: "What?!"
HyprKnux 1 (02:38:06): Christine: "Not good. Not good at all!"
VJockey (02:38:09): [and as if to punctuate both statements - the station rattles as its struck by weaponsfire!]
HyprKnux 1 (02:38:26): Christine: "Woah! What the hell?!"
tengusaur (02:38:56): Lily: "I'm going out! We need to stop them before they pierce the walls!"
Wyverncakes (02:38:56): Julia: "So much for a repreive!"
VJockey (02:39:18): Dan: "Guys! Guys! You got to get out of there and back to the Chalice! The DSSD's security team is mobilizing but we don't know how long they can last! They aren't trained for something this big!"
Wyverncakes (02:39:34): Julia: "Fortunately we are though."
Wyverncakes (02:39:43): Well, time to play Soldier once more.
tengusaur (02:39:49): And the robot girl already spreads her wings and flies towards the closest hatch into the vacuum!
VJockey (02:39:56): Ayame: "Thaumata looks like its pulling out all the stops for this. I guess we can say they aren't a part of Bian's alliance anymore"
Wyverncakes (02:40:12): She certainly wasn't going to let this dream die so close to realization!
HyprKnux 1 (02:40:15): Christine: "...why were they a part of it anyway?"
Wyverncakes (02:40:22): "Because they didn't like aliens."
Wyverncakes (02:40:38): "But that doesn't mean they can't hate us too."
Wyverncakes (02:40:57): And thus Julia sprints back to the Chalice to get the Corona ready for battle!
tengusaur (02:41:01): Lily: "So much for their change of heart..."
Mister Giggles (02:41:13): Casshern sighs. "Must I always bring violence..." His mask closes. He's never fought in space before, but... here goes nothing.
HyprKnux 1 (02:41:25): Christine: "Of course..." And Christine quickly races back for her Astray.
howmuchineedyou (02:41:53): "Not good." Lockon holds onto Haro tightly, moving through the scared crowd with a practiced ease, hurrying back to his Gundam with a heavy heart. "Why must it always come to violence?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:42:44): The drone's camera changed its color from pale red to green, and it starts to retreat towards White Chalice automatically.
cubey@aol.pl (02:43:11): At the same time, someone was already helping Felicita get into her cockpit.
Wyverncakes (02:44:03): And he would've been out there too.
cubey@aol.pl (02:44:05): "Thank you. I'll be fine from now on." She nods and starts to connect the cables inside Deva with ports on her own body, one by one. It will take some time, but probably less than getting back to White Chalice from a space station.
Wyverncakes (02:44:13): But then again, wrecked MP Fafner and Mark Sein's way too dangerous.
VJockey (02:44:31): [At any rate, it doesn't take long before everyone's out and into the void of space. And what is seen there is most definitely unpleasant.]
Mister Giggles (02:45:40): Casshern had the advantage of being a small, fast-moving target, even by space combat standards. But maybe he can get in close to that ship...
VJockey (02:45:51): (Enemy List: The Gate of Ishtar, Hagia Sophia w. Byzantia, The Porcelain Tower, Pyramids x 80)
VJockey (02:46:39): The Gate of Ishtar: a 300 meter long flagship bristling with beam weapons and numerous missile tubes
HyprKnux 1 (02:46:43): Christine: "You gotta be kidding me?!"
Wyverncakes (02:46:48): Julia: "So much for Thaumata being on the straight and narrow."
cubey@aol.pl (02:47:09): Felicita: "There is so many of them!" She expected a terrorist attack on the scale of her last fight.
VJockey (02:47:13): Byzantia: a dendrobium-like weapons pack for the Hagia Sophia - adding more arms and close combat weapons
Mister Giggles (02:47:58): Casshern: "Can someone scan that monstrous ship? There has to be a weak point in its armor for me to get in.
VJockey (02:48:10): (Initiative: Julia, Lily, Christine, Felicita, Casshern, Lockon)
Wyverncakes (02:48:12): Julia: "From this range I don't think it's going to be possible."
Wyverncakes (02:48:31): "But we still have the space station backing us up though."
tengusaur (02:48:40): Lily rushes forward, watching the incoming army. What does a single human-sized robot girl says to a huge group of giant mecha?
VJockey (02:48:41): [Christine... one of the enemy machines is making contact with you!]
tengusaur (02:48:48): Lily: "Get out of here if you want to live."
HyprKnux 1 (02:49:01): Christine: "Huh?" Aaaand she's going to find out what's going on
VJockey (02:49:02): "Well well Chrissy.... fancy seeing you here~"
HyprKnux 1 (02:49:17): Christine: "...Victor..."
VJockey (02:50:07): "You should get out while you still can. We're about to wipe this eyesore out of existence and I'd rather not see you get hurt."
HyprKnux 1 (02:53:48): Christine: "Like hell I will! I'm not going to let you people ruin people's dreams like this!"
VJockey (02:54:51): "its just some childish fantasies Chrissy. You'll understand soon enough."
Wyverncakes (02:54:55): Julia: "Victor's with them, isn't he?"
Wyverncakes (02:55:03): Yeah, she can hear Christine's side of things, but not what the other guy's saying
VJockey (02:55:07): "We've given her enough chances! She dies like the rest!"
Wyverncakes (02:55:13): And she can sorta recognize his unit.
tengusaur (02:55:31): Lily: "Are you going to die just to dispel other people's 'childish fantasies'?"
VJockey (02:55:32): "But not before I carve up those damned Alien freaks first!"
HyprKnux 1 (02:55:34): Christine: "Childish fantasies!?"
VJockey (02:56:37): [Julia, Lily. Go]
HyprKnux 1 (02:56:40): Christine: "The one with the childish fantasies are people like you! Staying on the Earth?! Bah!"
Wyverncakes (02:56:49): And at that, the Corona draws one of its HFM Blades!
Wyverncakes (02:56:57): "Coming this far to stop us...
cubey@aol.pl (02:57:05): Felicita: "The world is dying, and they want to force everyone to stay on it? I don't get it..."
Wyverncakes (02:57:06): "What are you afraid of out there in space?!?"
VJockey (02:57:14): "Well. I guess I'm going to have to knock some sense into your head. I'm sorry if I'm a little rough."
Wyverncakes (02:57:16): Yeah, there were plenty of things, but considering who she was...
Wyverncakes (02:58:02): * "Lily, let's do this!" And the Corona charges forward opening fire with its railgun to hopefully disrupt the enemy ranks and force the Pyramids on the defensive.+
Mister Giggles (02:58:09): Casshern: "I have to help them... the cure for the Ruin might be found on another planet."
VJockey (02:58:29): [CHRISTINE! The Porcelain Tower is barreling towards you - supported by a trio of Pyramids! There's beam fire being thrown all around you - trying to herd you into rushing right back into a counter charge! React!]
Wyverncakes (02:58:58): Aaaand the second Julia goes on the offensive, she suddenly sees that her girlfriend's come under attack too. "Christine!"
VJockey (02:59:47): [JULIA! The Pyramids indeed scatter! Four of them are damaged in your onslaught and one is blown up outright. But they aren't tenacious for nothing. Five of them regroup and are now rushing you with return beam fire!]
tengusaur (02:59:48): * "I won't let you destroy this space station...!" Lily flies straight towards the closest big group of enemies, spinning around and sending thin cutting beams from each of her six funnel-wings towards the targets around her.+
VJockey (02:59:55): [React]
HyprKnux 1 (03:00:45): Christine: "!!!" *Christine's not stupid, that's for sure. She's going to, instead, boost back and counter with her beam rifle+ "I'm not someone who's going to throw themselves into a fight haphazardly! I've changed since the last time we met!"
Wyverncakes (03:00:57): * They can be as tenacious as they want, the Corona releases a plume of anti-beam gas and falls back to use it as a shield, before firing on one of the offending Pyramids to take it down!+
VJockey (03:01:18): [Lily! You dismember 6 Pyramids and destroy another 3! But they pull away for some reason-... oh. That's why. There's a huge thing swinging a MASSIVE Axe at you! REACT]
Mister Giggles (03:02:13): # Lily?
VJockey (03:02:33): [Approved, at your peril]
VJockey (03:04:09): [CHRISTINE! At this the Pyramids split off and you force Victor to pull up!... However... you see the flicker of something in the dark of space. and the sporadic burst of thrusters that seem distant... React?]
Mister Giggles (03:04:20): Casshern's speed, even in space, is not to be underestimated. Boosting hard, he's going attempt to make use of his small size and speed to attack the arm of whatever it is attacking Lilly. "I need her... no!"
tengusaur (03:04:50): * Lily quickly zips to the side, changing her trajectory several times - she aims to get below or behind the enemy, away from its sight. She's not even trying to block the axe, way too big! +
HyprKnux 1 (03:05:38): Christine: "Huh?" *She does see something flickering... that's not good at all and she's going to try to boost to the side to evade what might be coming at her+
VJockey (03:05:49): [JULIA! Your beam gas renders the attacks impotent, the Pyramid takes damage and they pull away - returning to formation with the rest of the others!]
VJockey (03:06:27): [Felicita. Go, Christine, go after I finish the react result]
VJockey (03:07:17): [CHRISTINE! You move aside... however your beam rifle seems to SHRED apart! It's a good thing you moved because if you didn't that might've been the Astray's arm!]
HyprKnux 1 (03:08:27): Christine: "WOAH! The hell?!" *It's a good thing she has her other weapons, raising her other arm up and firing with its gatling gun at where whatever that thing was might be at.+
cubey@aol.pl (03:09:08): *Deva glides through space, its boosters burning at full power. Suddenly, with a slight adjustment of verniers it stops in front of the so many Pyramids. "Maximum spread." Felicita observes her controls calmly, just as Deva extends both of its hands and blasts the foes with two wide, conical megaparticle beams. It's like being shot with a battleship's main guns.+
VJockey (03:09:16): [LILY & CASSHERN! The axe doesn't even touch Lily and she successfully evades!...Casshern however will find that the arm is surprisingly more durable than the Ruin infected machines and common MS he's used to tearing through like tissue paper!]
Mister Giggles (03:09:38): Casshern: "Huh...? What kind of metal is this!?"
HyprKnux 1 (03:10:17): ((Ooops, scratch my react to that))
VJockey (03:10:24): [CHRISTINE! You hit nothing unfortunately... whatever it is, its too difficult to pick up unless its moving!]
HyprKnux 1 (03:10:32): ((Ne'er mind))
HyprKnux 1 (03:11:03): Christine: "The hell was that...?"
VJockey (03:11:42): [FELICITA! The Pyramids are scattering! 7 are caught up in the blast and destroyed.... however... you now have the Gate of Ishtar firing its Beam Cannons at you! React!]
tengusaur (03:12:03): Lily: "Why are you people such racists? What have aliens done to you?"
VJockey (03:12:10): "Like my toys Chrissy? It took some practice but I've got quite the hang of them~"
Wyverncakes (03:12:30): Julia: "Lily... to be honest there's been a lot of bad aliens in the Earth Sphere. And the Irgelions sorta counted at first."
VJockey (03:12:38): [To Lily, the pilot of the massive machine spoke... Valentine's eyes were crazed...]
HyprKnux 1 (03:13:33): Christine: "And you're using them for this?! There are other problems out there that could us something like that and you're using it for something petty like this!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:13:37): *Its shoulder-mounted verniers kick in first, making Deva lean back. But that's only a start - an entrance that allows it to flip backwards and start zooming downwards, soaring away and away from enemy blasts.+
VJockey (03:13:54): "What have you and your fellow freaks done? What haven't you done?! You and your filth are out there, plotting, waiting to slaughter us all! But I'll kill all of you before you even get a chance to try!"
VJockey (03:15:02): "But that blonde bitch is the worst! Working with aliens?! When I'm through with you... She's going to die more horribly than you can imagine!"
Wyverncakes (03:15:39): Julia: "Upset that Christine left your little group of xenophobes?"
VJockey (03:15:40): [Victor sighs at this.] "Now now Valentine, Christine's just confused. I'll get her back on the straight and narrow soon enough."
Wyverncakes (03:15:46): She snorted bitterly.
HyprKnux 1 (03:15:53): Christine: "...alright, you want me? Come and get me! Me and my Zero Astray'll put you all in your place!"
tengusaur (03:16:26): Lily: "There's a lot of life in space. Just because some of it is hostile towards you doesn't mean all of it is! You're just a hateful bigot."
VJockey (03:16:35): [FELICITA! You make it! Dodged! The DSSD station is a little scorched, but the trajectory of the blasts means its only surface damage]
VJockey (03:16:52): "I don't care about hostilities!"
VJockey (03:17:06): "What I want... IS TO KILL YOU ALL!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:07): "Uh oh..." Felicita takes mental notes to avoid having the station behind her.
HyprKnux 1 (03:17:24): Christine: "You've lost it..."
Wyverncakes (03:17:33): Julia: "They were always like this."
tengusaur (03:17:35): Lily shakes her head. "The only one you'll end up killing is yourself."
Mister Giggles (03:17:35): Casshern freezes. Did he just...
VJockey (03:17:49): [Casshern, Lockon. GO!]
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:32): Felicita: "It's okay. It's okay for you to want to kill us all."
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:40): Felicita: "That way, when you die no one will be sorry for you."
Wyverncakes (03:19:24): Julia: "That's..."
Wyverncakes (03:19:27): Damn, Felicita.
VJockey (03:19:28): "Sympathisers. ALIENS. All of you are going to be in a pile of corpses if there's anything left of you!"
Wyverncakes (03:19:37): Julia was pretty hardcore when she wanted to.
Wyverncakes (03:19:45): But this is pretty batshit
Mister Giggles (03:19:49): Yep, that was a threat. His eyes light up. That same axe-wielding thing he was attacking before might just notice that now Casshern's moving even faster. Casshern's bouncing from area to area, flash-stepping in space, testing its armor with his arms and legs. There has to be a weak-point on this thing's armor SOMEWHERE... and he's trying to find it. The hits aren't as much attacks as they are him testing it somehow.
VJockey (03:21:10): [And Laughter. Herbert Phillips... Iskandar - the leader of Thaumata. He's back on all comms.]
Wyverncakes (03:21:40): Julia: "... You!"
HyprKnux 1 (03:22:08): Christine: "...great..."
tengusaur (03:22:15): Lily: "...Wasn't he dead?"
VJockey (03:22:19): "Very correct Valentine! These pathetic souls and hopeless, childish dreamers are about to face reality! The Mausoleum of Maussolos will see to their collective end!"
howmuchineedyou (03:22:35): Lockon has been taking advantage of all the shouting and drama to skim around the outskirts of the battle, taking time to line up the shots right, his mind closing out all the shouting around him so he could focus on each target. "Lockon Stratos, targeted and firing." He shot several short bursts, trying to thin the pack of grunts on the field, and pull some of that heat on himself, and off the main combatants. +
HyprKnux 1 (03:23:08): Christine: "...better to be a dreamer than a defeatist like you!"
VJockey (03:23:16): [At this... everyone will notice that the Gate of Ishtar has fired a beam at the Station.... its thin... and in fact isn't even doing any damage.... but... why?.... It's almost like its.... painting a target...[
Wyverncakes (03:23:26): Julia's eyes open wide.
Wyverncakes (03:23:29): "Wait..."
Wyverncakes (03:23:35): "Oh god. No. NO!"
tengusaur (03:23:44): Lily: "It's a targetting system!"
HyprKnux 1 (03:23:45): Christine: "Julia...?!"
Wyverncakes (03:23:46): Julia opens up a channel to the DSSD station!
Wyverncakes (03:23:51): "Everyone, get out of there!"
Wyverncakes (03:23:55): "Please!"
HyprKnux 1 (03:24:12): Christine: "We gotta stop that thing!"
VJockey (03:24:28): [LOCKON! You manage to snipe some grunts out of existence! 3 of them in fact! However. The ship's gunnery crews have sent a barrage of missiles your way! React!]
Wyverncakes (03:24:32): Julia shakes her head. Oh god, please don't let this just be the prelude to what she's afraid is about to happen.
cubey@aol.pl (03:24:36): Felicita: "What just happened?" The revelation flew over her head, but she can tell something is wrong.
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:11): #Lockon
Wyverncakes (03:25:58): Julia: "... The Irgelion Orbital Bombardment cannon..."
howmuchineedyou (03:26:04): "Let's go Haro!" He tapped Haro once on the head, and deployed his shield bits, firing back at the on coming missiles! Attempting to blow them up before they reach him, and trusting the shield bits to do the rest.
VJockey (03:26:04): [CASSHERN! So far you've found nothing, and before you can probe further a manipulator arm larger than you has grabbed you and put you to the front of the machine! "Oh look... little man wants to play..." She's moving her Axe closer to you... and its letting off a MASSIVE amount of Microwaves! REACT! QUICKLY!]
Wyverncakes (03:26:15): "They made a scaled-down model to try to blow up the Seattle Colony."
Wyverncakes (03:26:26): "... And when we fought in the scrap field the original one was missing!"
HyprKnux 1 (03:26:50): Christine: "...they rebuilt it..."
VJockey (03:26:51): [Julia... you get a transmission from the DSSD station...and its about to make your blood run cold.]
VJockey (03:27:33): "We can't! The initial blast levelled all the escape vehicles! The Shuttles in the hangar would get gunned down by their troops if we tried to leave!"
Wyverncakes (03:27:44): Julia: "No!"
VJockey (03:27:52): [...No survivors, Everyone corralled in and waiting for the end.... a Valentine plan if it ever was one.]
HyprKnux 1 (03:28:12): Christine: "...can't let it end like this...!"
tengusaur (03:28:16): Lily: "In that case..."
tengusaur (03:28:33): Lily: "We need to destroy that weapon before it fires."
VJockey (03:28:52): [Approved Felicita]
cubey@aol.pl (03:28:58): *Still flying high and fast, Deva performs a barrel roll - releasing its beam strings mid-roll, they fly out in seemingly random directions but they're all actually aimed at the missile swarm, to cut as many of them as possible.+
tengusaur (03:29:17): # Casshern
VJockey (03:29:52): [LOCKON & FELICITA! Not one of the missiles touches the Gundam... a few of the shield bits are knocked silly and damaged, but that's the extent of it!]
VJockey (03:30:02): [Approved. Lily.}
Wyverncakes (03:30:31): Julia: "But it's not even on the battlefield..."
Wyverncakes (03:30:42): But...
tengusaur (03:30:54): * As she flies past, Lily stops briefly to spread a defensive energy field between four of her funnels and shield Casshern with it! She can't stop the axe itself but she can at least block the radiation particles...+
cubey@aol.pl (03:31:02): Felicita: "Their big battleship fired a beam. Will it stop working if we blow it up?"
Wyverncakes (03:31:02): "... The ship still is though."
Wyverncakes (03:31:13): "If it's a targeting laser, it might!"
Mister Giggles (03:32:14): Casshern's there one second, and gone the next. Time to see if flash-stepping works in space as well as it does on the ground! He'll attempt to latch onto that manipulator armor, and jump off of it, using it as a springboard to attempt to avoid the axe. Lily's shield would have to work for the particles.
VJockey (03:33:03): [Casshern & Lily! So far so good, no damage so far and Valentine's pissed that her target has left her.]
VJockey (03:33:14): [Julia, Lily. Go.]
tengusaur (03:33:29): (enemy list?)
tengusaur (03:34:33): * Lily zips between the enemy lines, trying to draw the fire of as many Pyramids as possible! She focuses purely on evasion - she has a plan... &
VJockey (03:34:59): [Enemies: The Gate of Ishtar, Hagia Sophia & Byzantia, The Porcelain Tower, 73 Pyramids (10 Damaged badly)]
VJockey (03:36:06): [Lily! You got the attention of just about half of them! There is a MASSIVE amount of beam fire coming your way! Your evasive manuevers means that they don't do much, but if you've got a plan, do it quick! (continue)
Wyverncakes (03:36:33): * As much as Julia wants to thin out the crowd, she knows she has to worry about a distant and unseen killsat primed to blow apart the space station. And thus, she charges towards the Thaumata flagship, eyes fixed on where the targeting laser's coming from before the Corona's chest opens up to reveal its own beam cannon! "Alright... please work!" And the Corona fires its powerful beam at the ship!+
HyprKnux 1 (03:37:20): @ Julia?
VJockey (03:37:41): [Denied. You're about to have your own problems in a second.]
tengusaur (03:38:11): * If they fire too many beams, they can't see exactly what they're firing at (especially if it's so tiny and agile), and Lily uses this opportunity to draw all this fire in the direction of the Gate of Ishtar! She quickly drops out of the way of all the beams before they hit her. +
VJockey (03:38:30): [Julia! Your shot does respectable damage to the front of the ship! But the laser is still going! AND you've got the attention of multiple Pyramids AND the ship's gunnery crews! React!]
VJockey (03:40:29): [Lily! Your Gambit pays off as the Pyramids bombard their own ship in their frenzy to hit you! In fact they only stopped firing after Valentine axed one of the machines in half in an enraged attempt to get them to stop - it was too late though. The front of the ship is a molten mess!]
tengusaur (03:40:45): Lily: "It worked!"
Wyverncakes (03:40:49): * "Guess I was aiming for the right spot then." The Corona releases another blast of anti-beam gas, and also fires off its oft-unused chaffs as well before charging towards the ship to strafe past it, ideally to drag an HFM blade across the broadside of what's left!
Wyverncakes (03:40:52): +
VJockey (03:41:45): [Christine! Victor's not done with you yet! He's rushing at you once more! And those flickers you saw from before your Beam Rifle was diced were acting up again! On either side of your Astray!]
VJockey (03:41:51): [REACT!]
Mister Giggles (03:41:55): Casshern's AI only registers one thing in this mode: "VULNERABILITY DETECTED."
VJockey (03:43:34): [Julia! Your use of Chaff and Beam Gas means you only get superficial damage - you split the Gate of Ishtar open further - killing more crew and making it exceedingly vulnerable! Its crippled, barely combat capable in fact!]
HyprKnux 1 (03:43:59): *Indeed, she catches the flickers again and the fact that he's trying to rush her again. "Fine, you want me,so badly, Victor? Come and get me!" With that, she's going to boost backwards, leading him on a chase+
VJockey (03:44:14): [Without the targetting laser there's no way for the Mausoleum to fire-]
VJockey (03:44:57): [There's a MASSIVE energy reading heading straight for the battlefield. The Thaumata forces are scattering wildly. In fact Victor breaks off his attack on Christine as well!]
VJockey (03:45:16): [There's a second sun. Heading towards you. EVERYONE! REAAAAAACT!!!!!!!!!!!]
Mister Giggles (03:45:55): Casshern knows that's not something he can fight. PROCEED CASSHERN'S SPEED BEING TRULY TESTED FOR THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN IN THIS GAME.
Wyverncakes (03:45:56): Julia: "They still..."
HyprKnux 1 (03:45:56): Christine: "SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!" *And Christine's gonna push her Zero Astray as fast as she can AWAY from that second sun!+
VJockey (03:46:12): "I suggest you join us now Chrissy. You can't win."
Wyverncakes (03:46:13): * Julia's got no choice, she's just gonna try to abscond and fall back and pray she doesn't get killed!+
cubey@aol.pl (03:46:24): *Its arms spread wide for additional maneuverability, Deva backs off as fast as possible. In space, its speed is equally good in all dimensions.+
Mister Giggles (03:46:30): ... while throwing stuff at it, of course. Because what is Berserk Mode.
HyprKnux 1 (03:46:56): Christine: "...I'm not a quitter..."
howmuchineedyou (03:47:08): Lockon charges hand and fast to get away, ready to engage the Trans Am if he has,
tengusaur (03:47:17): * Lily gasps and quickly zooms away, trying to hide as much of herself as she can behind the defensive field in case she cannot outrun the explosion!+
Wyverncakes (03:48:16): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6sTnPo-j4g
VJockey (03:49:01): [Everyone. You manage to get away pretty well. Though admittedly Lily may have gotten her defensive field pushed on REALLY hard as she left the very outskirts of the blast radius!]
VJockey (03:49:07): [The DSSD station....]
VJockey (03:49:15): [Is NOT destroyed.]
Wyverncakes (03:49:29): Julia: "... Made it..."
VJockey (03:49:39): [In fact you can hear panicked damage reports on the comms and frantic calls to other sections of the station!]
cubey@aol.pl (03:49:54): Felicita doesn't say anything, only breathes heavily and audibly.
tengusaur (03:50:04): Lily: "Is everyone alright?"
Mister Giggles (03:50:21): Casshern doesn't answer. Just scanning for the next nearest threat.
VJockey (03:50:23): "You may have been spared from that shot... but the next one will finish you! I guarentee it!"
HyprKnux 1 (03:50:27): Christine: "...I'm fine... and it sounds like the station's... somewhat okay."
Wyverncakes (03:52:19): Julia: "Are you-"
Wyverncakes (03:52:20): Wait
Wyverncakes (03:52:21): No
Wyverncakes (03:52:21): Duh
Wyverncakes (03:52:27): Of COURSE Phillips was crazy.
Wyverncakes (03:52:48): "Your ship's wrecked. You can't use it for targeting!"
VJockey (03:53:38): "And so it is. I can still target the station manually! All it will take is the right numbers..."
tengusaur (03:53:42): Lily: "Is your hate so strong you're going to throw your life away for it? The lives of everyone who's working for you?"
VJockey (03:54:43): "YES! If it protects humanity in the long run I would kill every single one three times over!"
Wyverncakes (03:55:01): And here Julia thought Cheng was a bit overboard with the xenophobia.
VJockey (03:55:17): Ayame: "That man's a crackpot... Listen up. The DSSD station managed to lock onto this 'Mausoleum of Maussolous'! Its too far away to get to your machines alone... but the Doctors on the station have a solution for that as well..."
tengusaur (03:55:23): Lily: "You're not protecting anything. You're just making excuses to hate what's different from you."
Wyverncakes (03:55:26): But at this point... how could they-
cubey@aol.pl (03:55:33): Felicita: "If you kill eveeryone, there won't be any humanity left to protect."
tengusaur (03:55:49): Lily: "CO?"
Wyverncakes (03:55:51): Julia: "They do? What is it?"
tengusaur (03:56:03): Lily: "We're listening, miss Ayame."
HyprKnux 1 (03:56:16): Christine: "...that is?"
VJockey (03:56:52): DSSD Scientist: "We were working on a Solar Sail Prototype as well as an Acceleration laser. We were planning to use them in tandem with the AI... Conceivably a small team could take the Sail and make their way to the ...coordinates we found..."
Wyverncakes (03:57:44): Julia: "... That could work."
VJockey (03:57:52): Ayame: "Its probably going to give us some problems by splitting our forces, but the DSSD's remaining security detail is mobilizing to support whoever's staying behind."
HyprKnux 1 (03:57:54): Christine: "How small are we talking about?
Mister Giggles (03:58:03): Casshern's kind of... well... berserk
VJockey (03:58:58): DSSD Scientist: "There isn't much room... the design was meant for a single mobile suit sized machine... maybe two."
tengusaur (03:59:06): Lily: "If splitting is our best bet... We just need to hold out until the rest of the Chalice forces join the fray, right?"
Wyverncakes (03:59:11): Julia: "I'm going."
HyprKnux 1 (03:59:21): Christine: "I got things here, Julia..."
Wyverncakes (03:59:28): "Thanks..."
Wyverncakes (03:59:37): "But Phillips..." her hands clench tightly.
Wyverncakes (03:59:40): "He has to be stopped."
Wyverncakes (03:59:48): "And he needs to be brought to justice for Mr. Herrera."
VJockey (04:00:10): Ayame: "Exactly. The DSSD said they picked up another incoming signal as well... there's no telling what it could be..."
cubey@aol.pl (04:00:49): Felicita: "Will you be alright if you're alone?"
Wyverncakes (04:01:32): "I can't imagine he'd have much defense around the cannon... and besides."
Wyverncakes (04:01:53): "I've got a better understanding of the cannon than anyone else here."
Wyverncakes (04:07:09): "Everyone... I'll make sure the cannon won't fire again. I promise!"
Wyverncakes (04:07:15): And with that, the Corona falls back to the station!
tengusaur (04:07:59): Lily: "I need to make sure that too. I'll go with you!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:10:02): "Everyone's going." Felicita calmed down somewhat after the explosion, but it seems she will have to take on the whole enemy force with less and less allies. This is a good chance to show what Deva can do. But it's also... overwhelming. Possibly scary.
VJockey (04:10:12): [With that, Julia's team is prepped and ready to go! The Acceleration Laser flaring not too long after the team has hooked the Sail up - launching them towards the Cannon's coordinates!]
VJockey (04:10:32): [At the Same time, what's left of the DSSD security team is now launching]
Wyverncakes (04:10:46): Julia braces herself for the transit. Getting propelled by a laser isn't exactly the most sensible means of transportation
HyprKnux 1 (04:11:08): Christine: "...a bunch of Astrays, like mine."
VJockey (04:11:18): [Revised Initiative: Christine, Casshern, Felicita, Julia, Lily, Lockon)
VJockey (04:11:39): [Astrays can be used in attacks/supports by the Defending team]
Mister Giggles (04:11:41): (Enemy list for our group?)
VJockey (04:12:51): [Station Enemy List: Gate of Ishtar (Crippled), Pyramids x62, The Porcelain Tower, Hagia Sophia & Byzantia)
VJockey (04:13:39): [Everyone defending the station! You'll see that the Thaumata ranks have reformed around the Gate of Ishtar and are preparing for another assault when....]
VJockey (04:13:56): [Something in the distance literally MELTS into view!]
VJockey (04:14:01): [Its a ship.]
VJockey (04:15:09): http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed-stargazer/girtylue.jpg
VJockey (04:15:17): http://www.youtuberepeater.com/watch?v=Tm2b-VvX_8g
VJockey (04:15:36): [There's an incoming transmission.]
VJockey (04:16:44): "This is the 81st Autonomous Group of the Federation. We are under orders to appropriate the AI on the DSSD station. We request that all defending forces stand down and surrender."
HyprKnux 1 (04:17:16): Christine: "...oh, jeez..."
VJockey (04:17:36): "If you do not comply we will respond with lethal force."
VJockey (04:17:50): [And they mean it. They're already launching their Mobile Suits.}
cubey@aol.pl (04:18:20): Felicita: "Federation... wants to kill us? No, that must be wrong!"
HyprKnux 1 (04:18:36): Christine: "Welcome to the real world."
Mister Giggles (04:18:59): Casshern glances at Axis in the distance... and then back at the DSSD station. What. Even in his berserk mode he thinks this is ironic.
VJockey (04:19:06): Enemy Reinforcements: Blu Duel, Verde Buster, Dagger L x 15
VJockey (04:19:30): Nana Bukuru (Ship)
VJockey (04:19:43): Blu Duel: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061223060548/gundam/images/thumb/0/06/Gat-x1022.jpg/300px-Gat-x1022.jpg
VJockey (04:19:55): Verde Buster: http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090503124142/gundam/images/0/02/Gat-x103ap.jpg
VJockey (04:20:17): Dagger L: http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100516030908/gundam/images/thumb/a/ae/Dagger_L_Phantom_Pain_unit_colors.jpg/300px-Dagger_L_Phantom_Pain_unit_colors.jpg
tengusaur (04:21:16): Lily: "This is ridiculous! The Thaumata is trying to destroy the station, the Federation should go against them instead!"
Wyverncakes (04:21:39): Julia: "They're just here for the AI... I don't think they care about anything else that happens."
VJockey (04:21:42): [Christine, Casshern, Felicita go]
cubey@aol.pl (04:22:13): Felicita: "You must help us fight off Thaumata!"
VJockey (04:22:45): "So you aren't surrendering then?" [The Federation Captain's voice is mildly amused]
HyprKnux 1 (04:23:43): Christine: "Sorry, but a lot's at stake here!" *With that, Christine boosts ahead, firing missiles at the Daggers+
VJockey (04:24:11): "Very well then. Open Fire."
cubey@aol.pl (04:24:16): Felicita bites her lip. There's so many enemies... at this rate she will have to do that.
howmuchineedyou (04:24:30): Lockon: "No matter who pretend to be the good guys, we're all guilty of the same crimes." He readies himself, and Haro for the fight.
VJockey (04:24:39): [The Ship's Gottfreid cannons fire on the station, dealing more damage to it!]
HyprKnux 1 (04:25:38): Christine: "You're even crazier than Thaumata!"
VJockey (04:25:58): [Christine! You find the daggers are shooting at your missiles as they dodge them, you have vulcan fire coming at you... and to make matters worse... there's also Beam fire coming from your flank! Thaumata has restarte their assault, and Victor and his wingmen are attacking you again! REACT]
Mister Giggles (04:26:50): Casshern's already charging at that ship. Nice little exposed bridge you've got, there. Flying erratically, and attempting to weave in and out of cannon fire, he's heading straight for the battleship. He's a very small, and very fast target to hit with such cumbersome cannons.
cubey@aol.pl (04:27:35): * "No, stop!" Felicita cries out - and suddenly, silence. The Deva goes limp for a second... then it lifts its head up, and proceeds to fly forward. It's different than before - it technically uses the same thrusters, but now moves with minimalistic grace, turning and performing every movement with purpose. Its beam strings are released, trailing behind the unit and slashing at Daggers as it passes them by - the Deva goes straight for the battleship.+
cubey@aol.pl (04:27:41): (That's a &)
HyprKnux 1 (04:28:02): Christine: "You're ALL FRIGGIN' INSANE!" *Christine's gonna have to push herself big time to dodge all of these assaults, raising up her shield to block those attacks before unleashing cannon fire from her pack's main cannons+
VJockey (04:28:32): [Casshern!... Funny that... Phantom Pain's MS teams were so caught up with the larger opponents they outright ignored you... you soon find yourself slamming into the bridge. Needless to say the crew are shocked.]
VJockey (04:30:04): [Felicita! You carve up three daggers! and that's all well and good! But you have LITERAL Daggers flying at the Deva along with multiple beam-rifle shots AND a massive beam blast! React! then continue!]
Mister Giggles (04:30:06): Piercing blue eyes start scanning the crew. Hopefully they have an emergency partition so they don't get spaced. Either way...
Mister Giggles (04:30:09): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xryhm6YVhk
Mister Giggles (04:30:12): Hope these bridge bunnies can fight.
VJockey (04:30:57): [Casshern!...The answer to both of those is no. Have FUN!]
Mister Giggles (04:31:48): ... yeah, those are horrified screams over the comms, because there's one hell of a curb stomp battle going on on the enemy bridge.
VJockey (04:32:44): [Christine! The Vulcans don't do much... mostly because they're vulcans.. and you dodge the beams and return enough fire that the mooks are blasted to dust!... Victor though... He manages to carve up one of the cannons and is now having the Tower punch your Astray upside the head! (no React)]
VJockey (04:33:06): "Come on Chrissy... you know this is a waste of time. Come back home! It'll be just like old times..."
cubey@aol.pl (04:33:15): *In her current state of heightened perception, Felicita sees all of these coming a mile away! She sways a bit from side to side, avoiding each shot while losing as little momentum as possible. And that's less than you'd expect, because the Civilian Astrays see a friendly mobile suit making a break for it and open covering fire!+
VJockey (04:34:06): Julia Team! You've arrived at the Mausoleum... and... DAMN.
VJockey (04:34:09): it is a BIG
VJockey (04:34:09): DAMN
VJockey (04:34:11): GUN
VJockey (04:34:25): Bigger than you can destroy on your own!
VJockey (04:34:43): not without being clever...
tengusaur (04:34:44): Lily: "...This will be a challenge..."
Wyverncakes (04:34:45): Julia: "... I imagined it being smaller."
cubey@aol.pl (04:35:01): *While Casshern was attacking the bridge, Deva approached the Federation battleship from a different side. It's by the engines - and its palms glow, as it fires a point blank shot. Two blasts of beam cannons, aimed with maximum deadly intent.+
Wyverncakes (04:35:10): "But... but we don't need to destroy all of it!"
HyprKnux 1 (04:36:03): Christine: "Gyah! I... I am home, Victor! Don't you get it?! I don't need to be re-educated and I refuse to go back to that way of thinking! Don't you get it? I'm happy!"
Wyverncakes (04:36:06): "We just need to stop it from firing..."
VJockey (04:36:14): [Felicita! You manage to avoid the shots! Between your reactions and the covering fire, the enemy gundams pull away! And to top it off the Nana Bukuru is now crippled! Dead in space with no way to escape as Casshern goes absolutely wild on the crew!]
VJockey (04:36:35): "Chrissy... you don't know what you're saying!"
VJockey (04:36:52): "Wake up! You're being used."
cubey@aol.pl (04:37:15): Deva turns away from the Girty Lue class.
cubey@aol.pl (04:37:20): "Go away. Just... go away."
VJockey (04:37:34): Enemy Count (Julia Team): Slaughter Dagger x5, Pyramid x10
Wyverncakes (04:37:56): Minimal protection... not much to worry about all things considered.
HyprKnux 1 (04:38:06): Christine: "No, it's YOU whose being used! Short sighted and full of yourself! I've changed and grown up since I met everyone else and you? You haven't changed a bit."
Wyverncakes (04:38:16): "Lockon, Lily... we can't get tied up here."
tengusaur (04:38:36): Lily: "Let's do it fast so we can rejoin our friends again."
VJockey (04:38:45): [Team Julia. Go)
howmuchineedyou (04:38:51): Lockon: "You got it. Let's take out this trash."
VJockey (04:39:40): ".... Fine then... if that's what you want Ms. Diaman."
Wyverncakes (04:39:45): * Once more into the breach. The Corona lunges towards the cannon, firing a few scattershot rounds from her railgun to disrupt their ranks... but her REAL target is to make an opening for herself in the cannon
VJockey (04:39:58): "Valentine? I think its time we took care of this traitor."
VJockey (04:40:04): "With... pleasure."
VJockey (04:41:15): [Julia, your plan succeeds! The Daggers and Pyramids are pulling away - not even realizing what you're doing as they return fire with their beam rifles... seriously, don't they know that won't work?+
HyprKnux 1 (04:41:49): Christine: "Heh, fine then..."
howmuchineedyou (04:42:13): Lockon let loose a volley of Gn missiles from his Gundam's skirt, each seeking it's own target out the pack. and as quickly as Haro could calculate the shots, he followed each one with a powerful bolt from his sniper rifle.+
tengusaur (04:42:57): * Lily: "Trance Bit." Four additional funnels appear, which are send whirring around and cutting into the nearby machines like spinning blades as she makes her way towards the cannon.+
tengusaur (04:43:12): Lily: "Get out of here if you want to live!"
VJockey (04:43:23): [Lockon! Your Volley hits home, damaging every one of the home guard and outright taking down two!]
VJockey (04:43:44): [Lily! Your Trance bits dismember even more! And surprisingly....]
VJockey (04:44:36): [They take your advice! They flee! With most of their numbers over at the station and the damage you did to them with the span of seconds they aren't risking their lives for this!]
Wyverncakes (04:45:12): Julia: "Phillips chose the wrong people to guard him. Let's go!"
tengusaur (04:45:25): Lily: "For once it worked... Do you know where is the generator on this thing?"
VJockey (04:45:44): [Defender team! Go!]
Wyverncakes (04:46:38): Julia: "It'll be somewhere. And there's always just killing Phillips too."
Wyverncakes (04:47:31): Indeed. A gun can't be fired if there's nobody to pull the trigger.
Wyverncakes (04:47:42): Not that you shouldn't eventually get around to disposing said gun.
HyprKnux 1 (04:49:14): *Christine's ready to deal with these two at long last. Drawing the Zero Astray's anti-ship swords, she goes charging for Victor, slashing as she gets close+
cubey@aol.pl (04:49:28): *Deva flies down, relatively speaking - but it's an arc, and after dropping it rises again. Felicita calmly notices every single beam shot fired by the defending Astray detachment. Judging from where they go and which enemies seem overwhelmed the most, she rushes the Blu Duel and stabs it - her dagger hand going straight for the cockpit.+
Wyverncakes (04:50:24): The Corona dives into the innards of the "Mausoleum of Maussolos", railgun and sword at the ready. She was going to end this, dammit.
VJockey (04:51:25): [Christine! You'll find those anti ship swords wrapped by some kind of wire - stopping the attack cold! Wire that is from the Tower... and to make matters worse the Byzantia is looming over you with several close range weapons in hand! Bringing them down! REACT]
tengusaur (04:52:16): There's a way in? Well, that makes things simpler. Lily tries to get inside the station too. "Wait for me! I'm smaller and can probably find it easier..."
VJockey (04:52:31): [Felicita. Close. But no dice! Several beam shots rain towards you as the attack closes, and the Blu Duel Pilot manages to fend off the attack... mostly... it lost its arm doing so. React]
HyprKnux 1 (04:53:28): *Christine grunts in annoyance as the Byzantia attacks, forcing her to release her weapons and push back to evade.+ "Dammit..."
VJockey (04:54:03): [Christine! Good news! No extra damage! Bad news, both swords were lost.]
VJockey (04:54:17): "Is that all you have Diaman? All that talk, I thought you'd be better."
HyprKnux 1 (04:54:45): Christine: "Just because I lose one set of weapons doesn't mean I'm out of the fight!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:54:53): *Deva spins around its prey, like if it was not a battle to the death but some sort of beautiful dance. It certainly looks the part though. Felicita does the old "position the enemy between the shots and yourself" trick, her off-hand's beam strings unleashed and whipping at Blu Duel as she does so.+
VJockey (04:57:00): [Felicita! The Blu Duel is now interposed between you and the beam fire! And the Beam strings immobilize it! You hear an absolutely terrified scream as the Suit is repeatedly perforated by the shots, the Pilot's last words being "SHAMS! NO! STO-" Then... nothing.]
VJockey (04:57:34): [The Verde Buster seems to jerk back. Friendly fire realized. It doesn't do anything. Its pilot in a state of shock.]
cubey@aol.pl (04:58:19): @Felicita by Astrays
VJockey (04:58:40): [Approved]
cubey@aol.pl (04:59:59): *You really shouldn't freeze up like this, Verde Buster. The surviving defenders notice that - and swarm over you, firing their beam pistols from all directions. A single shot might not be able to do much, but dozens and dozens of them?+
VJockey (05:01:07): [For some reason the Buster Pilot feels a sense of Deja Vu before he dies. The MS is torn up by the beam fire. There's plenty of salvage left but the MS itself is completely unusable.]
VJockey (05:01:43): [Julia team. As you get further into the ship you'll pick up a pair of signals.]
VJockey (05:01:46): [That's it.]
VJockey (05:01:49): [A pair
VJockey (05:01:50): ]
VJockey (05:01:52): [Just.]
VJockey (05:01:56): [Two]
Wyverncakes (05:01:58): Julia: "What?"
tengusaur (05:02:41): Lily: "Only two? Let's check it out..." She flies in closer towards whatever their location might be.
VJockey (05:02:51): "Reilev.... I was wondering how long before you'd show up."
Wyverncakes (05:03:16): ... "No..."
Wyverncakes (05:03:48): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RayNdfHR0Q8
tengusaur (05:04:14): Lily: "Someone else who calls you Reilev but me? That can only mean..."
VJockey (05:04:24): [Enemies (Julia Team): Great Wall (Bairoft Giryilel), Strike Noir]
Wyverncakes (05:04:27): "... But he's supposed to be..."
Wyverncakes (05:04:34): But still!
VJockey (05:04:38): Strike Noir: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090913150445/gundam/images/9/98/Gat-x105e-aqme-x09s.jpg
VJockey (05:05:33): "Hahahaha. No. I didn't die clearly."
Wyverncakes (05:05:37): Julia: "You're still alive..."
Wyverncakes (05:05:46): "... And you're still helping a bunch of xenophobes!"
VJockey (05:05:55): "I'm far too useful after all,"
VJockey (05:06:27): "Yes. I am... because they're helping me get what I want... not too different from what you do with the humans... isn't it Reilev?"
Wyverncakes (05:06:52): Julia: "That's a lie!"
Wyverncakes (05:07:06): (Julia team go y/n?)
VJockey (05:07:11): (y)
VJockey (05:07:15): (GO TEAM JULIA!)
tengusaur (05:07:16): Lily: "Are you trying to bring a bad name to aliens?"
Wyverncakes (05:07:26): Julia: "He's been doing that for years now!"
VJockey (05:07:35): "No."
tengusaur (05:08:07): Lily: "Shall I leave him to you?"
Wyverncakes (05:08:26): * The Corona charges at Bairoft's machine, unloading first with several railgun blasts before following up with the Corona's beam cannon! Overkill? Yes. But dammit, she wasn't going to let him cheat death again!+
VJockey (05:08:40): "This isn't about Reputations. This isn't about Thaumata."
VJockey (05:08:48): "This is about the war"
Wyverncakes (05:08:57): And Lily, let Julia's aggressiveness answer that for you.
howmuchineedyou (05:09:26): Lockon: "And that's why I'm here. To stop war mongers like you!" already locking his sights on the machine.
tengusaur (05:09:45): *Lily's giant cannon unfolds around her arm, Her eyes flash bright blue and she targets the black Gundam, charging energy at its end...
VJockey (05:10:25): [Julia!, the railgun shots are stopped. COLD. The Beam Cannon is dodged as well. You'll find the Great Wall letting loose a swarm of missiles from its leg at the Corona! React!]
Wyverncakes (05:10:30): Julia: "Bairoft, the war's been over for over a decade! And you still haven't let go of it! You've just made life miserable for people all this time!"
tengusaur (05:10:39): *Lily: "Get out of here! This is not your fight! EVE Shot!" And a huge, bright beam fires, tearing through the innards of the space weapon towards the Noir!+
Wyverncakes (05:10:44): Julia: "A Kinetic Dispersal Unit?!?"
Wyverncakes (05:10:58): * Missiles? Meet chaffs. The Corona's going to dodge as well though.+
VJockey (05:11:11): "A Decade... of course that's what someone like you would say... Someone like you who hasn't seen or lost from it!!"
VJockey (05:12:22): [Lily! The Noir fires a rocket anchor and triggers its boosters in tandem! It pulls away from the shot RAPIDLY and now replies with rapid beam pistol fire! React!]
howmuchineedyou (05:13:00): Once the ladies had freed their munitions and dives into the fray, with this shield bits out he dives between lily and her attacker, firing back at him with missiles and rifle in hand. +
VJockey (05:13:37): [Lockon! You'll find that at as the Noir rebounded itself off the surface it latched to, spinning gracefully through the missiles as it has fired a pair of railgun shots at you!]
tengusaur (05:13:53): * Small-scale beams? That's exactly what the shield is best against! Lily spreads the defensive field between her wings, hiding behind her completely.+
VJockey (05:15:19): [Julia! The missiles explode harmlessly.. but... the Great Wall is suddenly upon you! Bringing a beam saber down on the Corona! This thing's FAST!]
VJockey (05:15:34): [React]
VJockey (05:16:06): [Lily! The Beams do nothing, your shield is impenetrable it seems!]
VJockey (05:16:20): (Lockon, your react)
Wyverncakes (05:16:20): * "Geh!" It might be fast, Bairoft... but Julia knows your moves! Irgelion muscle memory and all that! She moves to parry, letting her experience help predict how Bairoft will attack!+
howmuchineedyou (05:16:32): With not a moment to spare, he skips the drama and slams on the Trans Am, his Gundam suddenly slowing pink. His shield bits fire weakly as they cover his escape, dropping down through space like a stone in gravity, firing between his shield bits as he dose.
VJockey (05:17:06): [Julia! You find that.... The Great Wall has put a tremendously hard kick to the Midsection of the Corona! That isn't how things usually go!!!]
Wyverncakes (05:17:42): Julia: "Gaaaaah!" It's all she can do to right herself afterwards.
Wyverncakes (05:17:46): "That machine..."
tengusaur (05:17:49): Lily: "Reilev!"
VJockey (05:18:16): "I've spent so much time here on Earth... and do you want to know what I found Reilev?"
VJockey (05:18:22): *in the Earth Sphere
Wyverncakes (05:18:47): "You weren't able to find a home for yourself, that's for sure!"
VJockey (05:19:59): "That Co-existence doesn't benefit us at all! When your father damned us, those of us that stayed were sentenced to a slow death! Those that gave up their Pride as people as Irgel are letting their brothers and sisters here die a slow genocide!!!"
VJockey (05:20:45): "Our people here will die within the span of a few generations!"
VJockey (05:21:03): "And for what?!"
Wyverncakes (05:21:44): Julia: "So that the entire fleet wouldn't be killed off! We had our lives!"
VJockey (05:22:06): [Lockon! The other Gundam may not have Trans-Am, but it's fast enough to get away from your attacks with but superficial damage! Just who or WHAT is this pilot?!]
VJockey (05:22:57): "And what about the lives that were sacrificed?! The friends and comrades who were slaughtered?! Are you saying I should have just let them die in vain knowing that their deaths remain unavenged?!"
Wyverncakes (05:24:11): "They died for a meaningless dream of imperialism! Recognize that, Bairoft!"
Wyverncakes (05:24:15): "And more importantly..."
Wyverncakes (05:24:19): Julia grit her teeth.
VJockey (05:24:42): (DSSD Station Team. Go)
Wyverncakes (05:24:49): "You talk about the Irgelions here doomed to a slow death, but look at what you're doing! What's going on right now!"
tengusaur (05:25:02): Lily: "If Irgelions really are in such a bad situation... It's because of people who thought like that, caring more about vengeance than improving the lives of their people!"
Wyverncakes (05:25:05): "The means to go out into space... a means for more Irgelions to settle in the Earth Sphere, or return home!"
Wyverncakes (05:25:32): "YOU are killing our people in the Earth Sphere more thoroughly than anything else!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:25:37): (Enemy count plz)
tengusaur (05:25:41): Lily: "Of could you couldn't find any cooperation with humans if you only thought about them like this!"
VJockey (05:26:19): "I'm doing this because of my duty as a soldier of Irgel!"
VJockey (05:26:35): "Because I promised those on the homeworld victory!"
Mister Giggles (05:27:02): Casshern's bursting through the hull of the ship. Thankfully, decompression does wonders for getting blood off of the type of outfit he wears.
VJockey (05:27:08): "because the people I fought alongside BELIEVED in that meaningless dream you trample upon!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:27:09): "Hello. Can you hear me? Don't worry." Felicita calls Christine. Voice only.
HyprKnux 1 (05:27:37): Christine: "...yeah, I hear you. What do you mean, though?
HyprKnux 1 (05:27:38): "
HyprKnux 1 (05:28:19): *Despite this, Christine might not have her blades or beam rifle left, but she isn't going to back down just yet! Going for her shield's beam boomerang, she launches it at at Valentine's unit+
cubey@aol.pl (05:28:43): @Christine
tengusaur (05:29:39): Lily: "I'm a soldier fighting for my race too. But..."
VJockey (05:29:52): "Every Irgelion that did not side with me had forgotten themselves. They willingly laid down to die... they don't deserve to go home..... and neither do I. I'll carve the fear of our people back into the Earth Sphere... even if our people don't ever return... the fact that the very mention of them will terrify humanity! That will be enough!!"
Wyverncakes (05:30:15): Julia: "You're fighting for fighting's sake!"
tengusaur (05:30:17): Lily: "Murdering those I see as my enemies was never my duty! Protecting my people is!"
Wyverncakes (05:30:35): "You're not a soldier any more, Bairoft... you're just a murderer!"
VJockey (05:30:59): [Christine!... About that beam boomerang.... that...didn't do much. KDU + I Field means that thing isn't going anywhere... And in return... Valentine's rushing at your with four arms and four axes!]
VJockey (05:31:05): [React]
Wyverncakes (05:31:10): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJqLQkODKnk
VJockey (05:31:11): [Approved Felicita{
cubey@aol.pl (05:31:18): (Enemy count please)
cubey@aol.pl (05:31:41): *While Valentine is being attacked from the front, Deva approaches from behind. "Don't worry... because I am here. Mother's machine cannot be beaten." It flies by, pausing only
cubey@aol.pl (05:31:48): (Disregard this)
VJockey (05:32:24): [Enemies: 62 Pyramids, 12 Dagger L, Hagia Sophia, Porcelain Tower]
HyprKnux 1 (05:32:36): Christine: "...crap!" *And Christine's going to rush in, ready to tackle her as she comes in+
cubey@aol.pl (05:33:49): *While Valentine is being attacked from the front, Deva approaches from behind. "Don't worry... because I am here. Mother's machine cannot be beaten." It flies by, slowing only for a second to swing with... seemingly, nothing, at Hagia Sophia. But once Felicita is a fair distance away from her target, she activates the beam strings - which should have wrapped themselves around Valentine's arms by now, and are now cutting into them.+
VJockey (05:34:12): [Bairoft scoffs at this Julia.] "We're all murderers. All of us. But it doesn't matter."
VJockey (05:34:33): "All I care about.... is making sure the Earth doesn't forget what we were capable of!!"
Mister Giggles (05:34:51): Casshern's heading for those pyramids. A nice, big mass of them. Time for him to live up to his title of 'mook destroyer.'
VJockey (05:37:31): [Felicita & Christine! Felicita's attack disarms the Byzantia's arms!... But the Hagia Sophia is pulling out and... oh shit! That red glow is NOT pleasant! The Byzantia is SELF DESTRUCTING! CHRISTINE! REACT! NOOOOOOW!!!!]
HyprKnux 1 (05:38:49): Christine: "So, that's how thing's gonna end, huh? Well, then!" *And as it glows, Christine's gonna kick the thing and send it right for Victor!+
VJockey (05:38:59): [Casshern. There's so many Pyramids where you're heading you may as well be in Neo-Egypt. They're so occupied with the DSSD forces that only a pair of them noticed you! Have some beam cannon fire. On them. React]
Mister Giggles (05:39:52): Casshern will respond by flashstepping in and out of the range of fire. He's trying to make them shoot each other. Hopefully, he's small and fast enough for this to work. He has to be a fairly hard target to hit, right?
VJockey (05:42:51): [Casshern. Size difference is hell for people who practice on MS sized targets! Friendly fire ahoy!]
VJockey (05:43:42): [Victor was most certainly caught off guard by that Christine. He barely even has time to say anything-]
VJockey (05:43:51): "Chrissy-!"
VJockey (05:44:01): [Boom.]
VJockey (05:44:28): [The Porcelain Tower is gone. The scrap that's left is tangled with what's left of the Byzantia.]
HyprKnux 1 (05:44:49): Christine: "...I wish you had listened, you two..."
HyprKnux 1 (05:46:13): (Scratch that)
HyprKnux 1 (05:46:21): Christine: "...I wish you had listened..."
VJockey (05:46:34): (Julia Team GO!)
Wyverncakes (05:47:53): If Bairoft's machine had a KDU, then railgun shots would be completely out. So Julia re-holstered the weapon and drew her second HFM Blade before charging in again. "I don't care how much faster your machine's gotten, you're not the only one who's improved!"
Wyverncakes (05:48:25): * The Corona stabs out with one of the swords before following up with a spinning slash to the other, aimed to take off the Great Wall's arms!+
Wyverncakes (05:49:03): "Lily, Lockon... we're running out of time! You need to find Phillips or the generator!"+
VJockey (05:49:28): [Bairoft dodges past the stab before parrying the slash! Drawing a beam rifle - whipping it across the Corona's head before pointing its barrel right at it! React!]
tengusaur (05:52:27): Lily: "Right! Mr Lockon, I'll try to spot one of them for you! Snipe them, okay?"
howmuchineedyou (05:52:44): Lockon:"You got it! Fire away!"
VJockey (05:53:23): [Lockon. Problem with that. Your Dance Partner isn't finished with you. There's a rocket anchor headed your way! React]
Wyverncakes (05:53:27): * Both of her attacks spent and rattled by the whipping... Julia does the only thing she can think of to save herself! The Corona's elbow swings out to hit the Great Wall and knock away its gun... and from there Julia slashes down with her swords again to take care of the rifle!+
tengusaur (05:53:30): * Lily sends four of her funnels spinning towards the Strike Noir... But this is just a distraction to keep the machine occupied, she herself flies away from the fight, scanning around either for the reactor or the control center where Philips is!+
VJockey (05:54:46): [Julia! Success. The Rifle is gone! But Bairoft stabs the Corona in the arm before pulling back and- HOLYSHITLASER! REACT!]
howmuchineedyou (05:54:56): Lockon: "I forgot about you!" His remaining shield bits form a wall between him and the ordinance, firing around it he tried to knock the anchor of course first, before firing back at it's wielder. "Sorry Lily, this is going to take a second."+
VJockey (05:56:09): [Lockon&Lily. The Rocket Anchor is destroyed and the Noir has to pull away - losing part of its pack... and the funnels distracting it as its pilot is now rapidly trading fire with them to get them out of his way]
Wyverncakes (05:56:37): * It's become a battle of reflexes at this point... and Julia only has one weapon left to work with: the Corona's own beam cannon which it fires in response to Bairoft's!+
VJockey (05:56:39): (Defence team)
VJockey (05:57:29): [Julia. The beams collide! The explosion of energy is spectacular to say the least!]
VJockey (05:57:52): "Come on Reilev! is that all you have to offer?! Its like you're not even trying!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:58:24): "Haah... haaah..." Felicita breathes heavily, the battle has taken the toll on her. Regardless, she is calm and relaxed in her dark, cramped cockpit.
HyprKnux 1 (05:58:45): Christine: "So, just me and you, huh, Valentine? Let's finish this once and for all!"
HyprKnux 1 (05:59:40): *With that, Christine races for... one of the lost axes and heads back towards Valentine's unit, swinging as she gets close!+
VJockey (05:59:43): [Valentine has a sadistic smile on her face. She still has an axe in hand.] "You say that like you have a chance little girl"
HyprKnux 1 (06:00:03): Christine: "I do!"
VJockey (06:01:10): [Christine! Valentine counters your axe with her own! The two weapons grind against each other as massive amounts of sparks spit from them! Your opponent however has something up her sleeves... and legs. ROCKET ANCHORS! ALL FOUR OF THEM! REACT!]
cubey@aol.pl (06:01:32): *Making sure not to hit the tiny humanoid figure, Felicita aims with precision and quickly shoots one beam blast after another - to cover as much of space as possible, and strike down those pesky Pyramids.+
Mister Giggles (06:01:58): Casshern's strategy of speeding in between pyramids and taking pot shots occasionally by slamming his fist or a foot into the side of a pyramid.
Mister Giggles (06:02:05): (err)
Mister Giggles (06:02:18): Casshern's strategy of speeding in between pyramids and taking pot shots occasionally by slamming his fist or a foot into the side of a pyramid seems to be working. No need to fix what isn't broken.
HyprKnux 1 (06:02:41): *Christine growls as she starts to juke, hoping to use that momentum to slash at the Byzantium+
VJockey (06:03:41): [Felicita&Casshern. The Pyramids break formation. With Valentine focusing all her attention on Christine, they panic and are getting in each others way. As a threat they may as well be neutralized.]
HyprKnux 1 (06:03:43): ^Hagia Sophia
VJockey (06:05:15): [Christine! You manage to avoid most of the Rocket Anchors but one! It slams into the lower body of your Astray! However... your Axe manages to smash into the Hagia Sophia! And the microwaves cooking off everything inside... well... You can HEAR the enraged and pained scream from Valentine as the machine seems to warp.]
HyprKnux 1 (06:06:10): Christine: "Gotcha!"
VJockey (06:06:12): "You...little.... alien... loving bitch!... Gh.!.. You'll pay!... Everyone'll suffer for... what you did! You sick...whimpering-"
HyprKnux 1 (06:06:32): Christine: "Oh, shut up!"
VJockey (06:06:48): "H.. heh... why.. .don't you..."
VJockey (06:07:00): [Christine... that Rocket anchor?]
VJockey (06:07:05): [It EXPLODES]
HyprKnux 1 (06:07:17): Christine: "AHHH!"
VJockey (06:07:29): (Julia team. Go)
tengusaur (06:07:45): * Lily just keeps on looking for one of the two things she's trying to find, before they run out of time! + (&?)
VJockey (06:07:48): [The Hagia Sophia soon follows in short order.]
Wyverncakes (06:08:19): Julia: "... I won't..."
Wyverncakes (06:08:21): "Give up..."
VJockey (06:08:31): [Lily! As you race through the Cannon you find the Generator... and an observation deck... you can spot several people there... INCLUDING PHILLIPS!]
Wyverncakes (06:08:33): And more importantly...
Wyverncakes (06:08:41): "Bairoft!"
VJockey (06:08:57): [The Leader of Thaumata is rapidly hammering at a control station, the Generator is rumbling ominously!]
VJockey (06:09:06): (Continue)
tengusaur (06:09:31): Lily points a Psigun at them. "Step away from the generator!" And at the same time she's sending data to Lockon. "Mr Lockon, the coordinates! Wait for my signal!"
cubey@aol.pl (06:09:39): "Did we do it?" Felicita asks - one of her allies having gone berserk, another having just suffered from an explosion. Not to mention the civvie Astrays, most of them probably either in disarray or blown up by now. "Hello...?"
Wyverncakes (06:09:50): * If she couldn't just charge in and kill Bairoft hand-to-hand... well, she's going to just settle on... her railgun? Wut? But Julia opens fire on the Great Wall, going full-auto!&
VJockey (06:10:53): "Trying to overwhelm me Reilev? You know that won't work!" [Bairoft is charging you, he doesn't even care about dodging Julia! All he intends to do is take his beam saber and stab you repeatedly with it! Continue]
Wyverncakes (06:11:20): "I know it won't work."
Wyverncakes (06:11:26): "I also knew you wouldn't bother dodging."
Wyverncakes (06:11:26): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJT-cnaAPS4
VJockey (06:11:46): [Phillips sneers at Lily, while the people around him look panicked.] "You think I'll surrender to an extraterrestrial piece of filth like you? This gun is firing whether you like it or not!"
howmuchineedyou (06:12:30): Lockon: "Alright!" First thing was first was to get his little challenge of his plate. He slung the sniper rifle away, and pulled out his beam sabers in tandem, riding out the last of his TRans Am to dash at his enemy, aiming for it's torso, his shield bits ready to deflect any incoming damage. +
VJockey (06:13:11): "So do us a favor and step in front of the barrel! May mother Earth forever shelter us from this hateful universe!"
Wyverncakes (06:13:16): * The Corona's not just trying to brute force their way through the KDU though. No! Each shot is being aimed at one specific spot: right where the Great Wall's cockpit is! And just because the KDU would stop one shot... doesnt mean that the shots, all together, couldn't help push themselves forward! KDUs could only reach so far, after all!+
tengusaur (06:13:29): * "You're not the only one with a gun here, Mr Philips..." Lily just fires a beam at his head.+
tengusaur (06:14:17): Lily: "Mr Lockon, I'm sending you the engine's coordinates! Fire!"
tengusaur (06:14:30): (requesting @)
VJockey (06:14:33): [Lockon! The sabers are countered by sabers of the Noir's own! Its pilot is clearly more skilled at close combat as it forces your sabers away and repeatedly hammers at your Gundam's head with its vulcans! React!]
VJockey (06:14:54): (Assuming Lockon can break off, it has approval)
VJockey (06:16:22): [Lily. Congratulations. You headshotted the Leader of Thaumata - his body flying backwards.... between the vacuum of the area you were at and the observation deck... not to mention the fact you may have hit something important as well... the entire control area just DETONATES.]
tengusaur (06:17:06): Lily: "The rest of you, get away from here! The whole place will explode!"
howmuchineedyou (06:17:12): Lockon: There was time for this! With a mighty push his gundam tried to break their locked blades, dumping the last of his gn missiles into the unit at point blank, praying the explosion would be at least enough for him to get away and assist Lily. "give them to Haro, he'll take care of the rest!"+
tengusaur (06:18:16): * Well, Lily's going to send those target coordinates to the Haro as promised. All the round robot needs to do is aim...
VJockey (06:18:23): [Lockon! The Noir was forced back - and even with Phase shift, those missiles were no joke! The Noir is blasted badly and sent flying out of the cannon!]
howmuchineedyou (06:20:37): Lockon: "Alright pal, lead the way!"
VJockey (06:20:44): [Lockon. Continue]
VJockey (06:21:57): [Julia... your Gambit... it pays off. The shots force each other forward! Creating a hammer and nail effect! The Great Wall's cockpit is blown apart. Bairoft not even getting the chance to see what hit him... for him though.... his war is finally over.]
Wyverncakes (06:23:14): Julia: "Good riddance."
Wyverncakes (06:23:19): "Lily, Lockon, we're done here?"
howmuchineedyou (06:23:37): Lockon races after the coordinates he's been sent, Haro leading the way. "this is Lockon Stratos, Targeted, and..." And when he finally see his target he wasn't not a moment before filling the engine full of a thousand holes. "firing."
tengusaur (06:23:43): Lily: "The cannon is about to fire! But..."
tengusaur (06:23:48): Lily: "We've got it covered!"
VJockey (06:24:31): [Lily. You may wish to leave. Things are exploding. A lot. Massively in fact.]
VJockey (06:24:41): [Julia team may wish to flee the scene!]
Wyverncakes (06:25:35): Julia: "Alright... we need to go now!"
Wyverncakes (06:25:44): The Corona's going to make a break for it now.
tengusaur (06:26:00): Lily: "Let's get out of here, everyone." She follows her own advice.
howmuchineedyou (06:27:26): Lockon dashes out just behind Lily, watching for anyone who might try to impede their escape.
VJockey (06:28:15): [And no one does. From what you can hear on the frantic communications of the crew, every single member of Thaumata's leadership is DEAD]
VJockey (06:28:36): [No one is giving any orders. Everyone is just fleeing like rats from a sinking ship!]
VJockey (06:29:34): [And the massive rumbling crash from behind signals your attention to a rapidly growing wall of EXPLOSION. FLEE FASTER]
tengusaur (06:30:26): Speed is Lily's forte, but she needs to make sure not to leave her allies behind! So she accelerates but makes sure not to lose them from her eyesight.
Wyverncakes (06:31:08): Full power to the Corona's leg thrusters... Julia's gonna GTFO!
Mister Giggles (06:31:52): Casshern's going as fast as his relatively small thrusters can carry him.
howmuchineedyou (06:32:14): Lockon puts on the speed but keep an way ward eye for any stragglers.
VJockey (06:33:14): [You escape - just as the explosion reaches full power! The entire canon tears itself apart in the blast as you're flung away from it!]
Mister Giggles (06:33:24): (nix that)
VJockey (06:33:43): [That's it... Thaumata is done. Gone. There's no way it can recover from this...]
VJockey (06:34:22): [No charismatic leaders, no ace pilots, no behind the scenes manipulation through catspaws and blackmail, no psychotic super strategists.]
VJockey (06:35:23): [They have nothing left. They're finished....]
VJockey (06:35:47): [And humanity's journey to space, coexistence with the Irgelions in it's sphere can continue.]
VJockey (06:35:51): [Mission.]
VJockey (06:35:54): [Complete.]
cubey@aol.pl (06:36:18): "Hello? Can someone answer me?" Felicita's voice sounds weak, it could be because of the distance though.
tengusaur (06:37:42): Lily has to check if Casshern is still berserking and activate his limiter, but...
tengusaur (06:37:45): Lily: "Yes?"
Wyverncakes (06:37:56): Julia: "Y-yes, we can hear you."
cubey@aol.pl (06:38:08): "Did you do it?"
HyprKnux 1 (06:39:18): Christine: "...and when you get back... I could use a tow here... a little sore here..."
Wyverncakes (06:39:19): Julia smiles.
Wyverncakes (06:39:24): "Yes. It's... finally over."
cubey@aol.pl (06:40:31): "Okay. That's great..." Felicita interrupts due to sudden chest pains. She'd better go back to White Chalice. Fast.
Mister Giggles (06:42:05): Casshern is floating. Someone already activated his restraining bolt to deactivate his berserk mode.
tengusaur (06:42:36): Well that makes it simple. Lily will simply grab him and bring back to the ship, then.