Mission 247: "First Falcon, Last Raven"

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cubey@aol.pl (02:18:19): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_3sSQ6KNgM
cubey@aol.pl (02:20:20): At the moment, you're on a shuttle.
cubey@aol.pl (02:20:37): A shuttle that flies through cold Siberian air really quickly, while trying to draw minimal attention to itself.
cubey@aol.pl (02:20:39): Why?
cubey@aol.pl (02:20:49): Because we know where all the suicide drones came from.
cubey@aol.pl (02:20:58): Unfortunately we discovered that by being attacked by suicide drones.
cubey@aol.pl (02:21:34): To be precise, the ones who were attacked were the Clans - both Clan Wolf and Clan Jade Falcon. You didn't hear about the extent of the damages yet, but the sooner you can stop more drones from coming, the less people will get hurt.
cubey@aol.pl (02:21:56): So there you are - on your way towards the source. The hidden Layered.
VJockey (02:22:00): [Ryou's present mainly because he needed to finish this.]
VJockey (02:22:29): [Especially since this is all Jack's fault and the bastard laid it all at the feet of him and Naiza]
VJockey (02:22:36): [No... Zinaida.]
aldo salt (02:22:42): [Matthew's here because he wants this finished!]
aldo salt (02:23:09): [Especially since the evil of Primeval Force will only grow stronger if this conflict continues]
tengusaur (02:23:11): Tobia: "We gotta stop this soon before these drones spread everywhere!"
Peter Kampschroeder (02:23:25): [Eibon is here, as she expects the return of a certain red robot. One she has promised to destroy...Roads is here because he makes the robot go.]
aldo salt (02:23:26): [And…because his friends in Jade Falcon deserve better than this!]
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:34): Oh yeah, also the Layered is in territory occupied by Clan Jade Falcon. They were twitchy already, so if they discover you like this, expect a pleasant exchange of gunfire.
Kors (02:23:45): Ranna: "Aff, it will cause more damage if they spread beyond Siberia."
tengusaur (02:24:11): Tobia: "Does your plan even hold up anymore, Matthew? They threw a wrench into it."
aldo salt (02:24:24): Matthew: "I know not, Tobia."
aldo salt (02:24:44): He grunts to himself. "Regardless, if I see an opportunity to implement it, I shall let you know."
tengusaur (02:24:52): Tobia: "Well, we can't just let them kill people like that!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:19): Suddenly, Dan's holographic projection appears.
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:42): Dan: "You're really close to the entrance now! It's not guarded but, umm, I think you should see it for yourself."
aldo salt (02:25:46): "Aff!" Matthew declares with enthusiasm. "Whatever tries to continue this pointless worry against all rationality…we will stop them, one by one!"
aldo salt (02:25:54): *war
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:58): On your screens, you can see the exterior.
cubey@aol.pl (02:26:18): Indeed, gates to the Layered are visible. They seem to have been recently excavated because there are huge piles of dirt and snow everywhere.
cubey@aol.pl (02:26:20): Also
cubey@aol.pl (02:26:32): Huge piles of wrecked machinery.
aldo salt (02:26:44): Matthew blinks at this. "What in the Stravag–?"
VJockey (02:26:54): "......"
aldo salt (02:26:59): "Do you know anything about this, Ryou?"
VJockey (02:27:00): "They didn't.."
cubey@aol.pl (02:27:00): Most of these look like Jade Falcon mechs, but one or two wrecks are different.
cubey@aol.pl (02:27:05): They are Pulverizers.
aldo salt (02:27:11): "Did not do what?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:27:13): The wreckage is still smoking.
cubey@aol.pl (02:27:17): Dan: "Anyway, good luck!"
Kors (02:27:21): Ranna: "So the Falcons must have found this location already."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:27:23): Eibon: "So we are not the first ones here..."
VJockey (02:27:28): [Ryou's slooowly going to look at Matthew with a downright deadly look in his eyes before running to his AC.]
aldo salt (02:28:02): Matthew raises a hand towards the retreating Ryou, then lowers it helplessly, running towards his own mech.
tengusaur (02:28:11): Tobia: "This... This is bad!"
Peter Kampschroeder (02:28:18): Eibon: "They'll have adapted towards the Jade Falcon machines, as well..."
aldo salt (02:28:32): He straps himself in, inputs his authorization, then draws in a deep breath.
Kors (02:28:49): Ranna: "They probably had the chance to do so in their initial attacks too."
aldo salt (02:29:04): "Brigade Mechwarrior Matthew, Nova Messenger, moving out!" He declares
aldo salt (02:29:06): .
tengusaur (02:29:12): Tobia: "I thought we have little time, but now it seems we have even less. Crossbone Gundam Full Cloth, launching!"
aldo salt (02:29:21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCmrp38KjYg
cubey@aol.pl (02:29:56): There's only one way to go from here. Okay, actually there is a lot of ways, but only one that makes sense.
cubey@aol.pl (02:29:58): Into the Layered.
Kors (02:30:16): Ranna deploys in her Verfolger silently, watching the sensors.
VJockey (02:30:20): [Ryou is wordless in his launch, All that matters was getting in there and ending this problem.]
Peter Kampschroeder (02:30:45): "Roads Blackwell, Launching, the rest."
cubey@aol.pl (02:30:52): The corridors of the underground city are wide and tall. You hear nothing but deaf echoing sounds of your own units' steps. For those of you who walk anyway.
aldo salt (02:30:58): Matthew tries to think of something that could brighten Ryou's mood just a bit. He winds up saying this:
aldo salt (02:31:14): "If we find Jack-O…do you want him all to yourself?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:21): (Jack-O's dead)
aldo salt (02:31:32): [Derp. Retcon away.]
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:44): At least that is the case for several minutes, because suddenly!
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:49): The corridors split in several directions.
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:02): And you hear something else. Gunfire and sounds of battle.
Peter Kampschroeder (02:32:17): Roads: "Something tells me we're going that way."
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:19): Your sensors pick up units not too far away.
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:26): Total number: 3
tengusaur (02:32:37): Tobia: "Okay, which direction now..." He listens to the sounds. "Well, that was easy! Let's go, fast!"
aldo salt (02:33:51): "Moving to support!" Matthew says, following behind and switching to infrared sensors.
VJockey (02:34:29): "Don't rush straight in."
VJockey (02:34:51): [Ryou's going to move ahead carefully. Last thing one needs to do is to fly straight into the enemy and get stabbed.]
Kors (02:34:53): Ranna brings up the rear.
Peter Kampschroeder (02:35:06): Roads and Eibon follow alongside Ryou.
cubey@aol.pl (02:35:11): The corridor quickly widens into some sort of dome-like room.
cubey@aol.pl (02:35:19): Where you can find the three fighting.
tengusaur (02:35:23): Tobia: "No? Why?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:35:34): ???1: "Well, look what the cat brought in!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:35:42): ???2: "White Chalice forces. Here."
cubey@aol.pl (02:36:01): You recognize the pilots' voices, and the machines their pilot!
aldo salt (02:36:06): Matthew: "?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:36:15): It's Wayne Waco and Zinovie, the #1 Raven!
cubey@aol.pl (02:36:21): Dual Face (Zinovie)
http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100904073405/armoredcore/images/3/32/Fabb7beeecb98c614a880bd663abe304c9434392.jpg

Battlemaster (Waco)
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Battlemaster
VJockey (02:36:39): "Zinovie?"
tengusaur (02:36:41): Tobia: "Zinovie! You again!"
tengusaur (02:36:48): Tobia: "Why are you here?"
Peter Kampschroeder (02:36:51): Roads: "Oh god it's these guys-can-can we not do this now?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:37:04): Their units are moving around the dome, desperately trying to avoid energy blasts from a foe they fight with while they counter with their own shots.
aldo salt (02:37:05): Matthew grits his teeth while his nostrils flare. "…WAYNE WACO: somehow I knew we would meet again!"
aldo salt (02:37:22): He's not losing control like last time, but he is not pleased.
VJockey (02:37:28): "... Are they..."
aldo salt (02:37:32): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqaHy5xRUDY
Kors (02:37:33): Ranna: "I presume Wayne Waco has been hired."
cubey@aol.pl (02:37:35): Waco: "Matthew. Couldn't come in a better moment, I see."
cubey@aol.pl (02:37:38): Hover Pulverizer
http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100810050716/armoredcore/images/3/31/HoverPulverizer.jpg
cubey@aol.pl (02:37:40): The enemy.
aldo salt (02:37:48): "…working together?" Matthew finishes.
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:02): Zinovie: "My official reason of being here is to scout and eliminate the Layered's threat."
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:06): His voice is robotic and monotone as ever.
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:18): Zinovie: "A personal reason - is to finish this once and for all."
VJockey (02:38:18): [Ryou nods slowly... and looks at their enemy.]
tengusaur (02:38:40): Tobia: "...Sounds like we have the same reason, for once."
Kors (02:38:48): Ranna: "A common cause."
VJockey (02:38:49): "Agreed."
cubey@aol.pl (02:39:03): Waco: "Same here. I'm fighting this 'ere guy, my contract needs negotiating for White Chalice!"
aldo salt (02:39:47): "…whatever your reason for being here, Waco…we will address it after destroying these drones, quiaff?" Matthew says, a rumble underlying his words.
cubey@aol.pl (02:39:58): Suddenly, this banter is interrupted as the Pulverizer unleashes bit-like weaponry that covers the place with beam fire!
tengusaur (02:40:09): Tobia: "Gah! Look out!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:10): It adds laser blasts into the mix!
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:42): Waco: "Gah! Damnation!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:16): No need to react, but take the enemy barrage into consideration when writing descriptions.
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:22): Lineup: Ryou, Ranna, Matthew, Tobia, Roads
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:26): Ryou, Ranna, Matthew, go.
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:33): Enemy: Hover-Leg Pulverizer
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:50): Allies(?): Dual-Face (Zinovie), BattleMaster (Wayne Waco)
Kors (02:42:42): Ranna aims for what looks like its hip cannons, her Verfolger hovering in the air quickly as she lets loose with the beam cannons.+
VJockey (02:42:49): *So this bastard likes playing with lasers eh? Either way Ryou unleashes a swarm of missiles - taking full advantage at the lack of a visible anti-missile system! In addition he'll fire off several blasts from the Karasawa he appropriated from Jack quite some time ago!+
aldo salt (02:43:17): *Matthew triggers his jumpjets and shifts into Dom Surf Mode, bobbin and weaving through the hail of laser fire. "Take this–Novvvaaa Lightshowww!" A rave's worth of medium lasers reply to the laser bits!+
VJockey (02:44:06): "It has no missile defenses. If we can let loose enough of them at it that it won't be able to avoid them all it would have to redirect its weapons to protecting itself..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:44:28): The Pulverizer is swift! This machine moves in quick, irregular motions that make it hard to predict its moves. It takes advantage of being dogpiled by moving between you to let your gunfire get in each other's way!
tengusaur (02:44:33): Tobia: "If only I had missiles..."
VJockey (02:44:51): "Just throw as much as you can at it..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:44:54): To make matters worse, as it passes everyone it slashes with its blade arms. It has blade arms, apparently. And those bits are still firing, even if Matthew takes several down.
cubey@aol.pl (02:44:57): React, all three of you.
VJockey (02:45:09): "Tch!"
VJockey (02:45:51): *Ryou's going to parry the strikes with HIS blades! He still has a blade mounted on each of his AC's arms! In addition he's going to fire a volley of Napalm Rockets at it as it passes him!+
Kors (02:46:05): "Hmm," Ranna comments in a dry tone as she boosts away from the path of the machine, even as she designates the bits as 'missiles' for the laser AMS.+
aldo salt (02:46:24): *"Ghhh!" Matthew jump-jets straight upward, trying to avoid crashing into the ceiling! "Not so fast–Go, Heat Falcons!" He tries to disrupt the blade arms with his own radiator fins!+
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:00): The enemy is powerful! It looks like you'd be in trouble here.
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:04): But you're not alone.
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:19): Suddenly the Pulverizer is stopped dead in its tracks.
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:30): Zinovie: "My hand to hand skills... are without equal among the Ravens."
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:52): Dual-Face's laser blades block the Pulverizer arms - the foe quickly retreats seeing this.
cubey@aol.pl (02:49:10): At the same time, Waco shoots more and more orbital weapons out of the air, one by one.
cubey@aol.pl (02:49:38): Waco: "Much as I'd like to try these out on Clanner hide, we got more pressing issues to deal with here!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:49:46): Tobia, Roads, go!
Peter Kampschroeder (02:50:56): *And Roads opens fire with his two shotguns, aiming mostly for those pesky orbital weapons.+
aldo salt (02:51:14): "I look forward to tanned your own Merc pelt as well…when the time is right." Matthew shoots back, retracting his Heat Falcons.
cubey@aol.pl (02:51:36): Waco: "Ha ha, you're free to try boy."
tengusaur (02:51:41): * "However... I can do this!" Tobia dashes to the side, raising a beam shield-equipped arm to reduce the pressure of the lasers. And with his other hand, he suddenly pulls out Crossbone Gundam's crossbow-shaped multiple beam cannon weapon! "Aiming... Gotcha! Peacock Smasher, fire!" He shoots several beam shots at once, targetting the bits with most of them and the Pulverizer with two! +
cubey@aol.pl (02:51:50): Roads destroys the last orbital beam cannons!
Kors (02:52:28): Ranna sighs, "Male children will be male children."
cubey@aol.pl (02:52:55): The Pulverizer suddenly hovers up, turning upside down in mid-air - and lunges at Tobia from this position, its blade arms ready to cut down the mobile suit!
cubey@aol.pl (02:52:58): React.
VJockey (02:53:14): #?
cubey@aol.pl (02:53:17): Approved.
aldo salt (02:53:36): "…boy?" Still, Matthew shuts his mouth at Ranna's words.
VJockey (02:54:49): *Ryou's going to trigger his overboost and bullrush the Pulverizer - fully intent on smashing the Moonlight's blade through the joint between its torso and lower half! Even if it didn't get slashed, odds were it'd get slammed away from Tobia... hopefully...+
tengusaur (02:55:02): "Haaa!" Tobia suddenly draws a beam saber with his free hand, trying to parry the laser blade by catching it in a lock between the saber and a beam shield! And while he's doing this, the mega machine guns in Full Cloth's chest are firing! +
Kors (02:55:09): Ranna: "I am not sure which of you is Phelan and which of you is Vladimir, but..." She trails off with some amusement.
cubey@aol.pl (02:55:50): Between the counter-tackle, the stabbing and machine gun fire - in addition to earlier beam crossbow bolts, the Pulverizer is thrown back!
cubey@aol.pl (02:56:03): It crashes against the dome's wall, its frame sparking and obviously damaged.
aldo salt (02:56:26): "…you cannot simply assign individuals into categories like that!" Matthew protests.
cubey@aol.pl (02:56:28): Its barely visible head lights dim for a moment... then light up again as it raises, even if heavily damaged!
tengusaur (02:56:31): Tobia: "Even the best AI can't stand against humans working together!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:56:33): Matthew, Ranna, Ryou, finish this!
cubey@aol.pl (02:57:06): Waco: "Kh! More Clanner talkety-talk. Quit you're affin', and focus on fightin'!"
Kors (02:57:23): Ranna laughs softly even as she targets it, this time a little more used to its movements, and fires the ERPPC and the autocannon as well.+
VJockey (02:57:30): *Ryou raises the Karasawa again and opens fire - aiming to reduce the Pulverizer's torso into a molten mess!+
VJockey (02:57:38): "The man's got a point."
aldo salt (02:58:09): *Matthew triggers his jump-jets and rushes forward at the Pulverizer…while still trying to stay out of Waco's firing arc! "This is your end! ALL-OUT…ALPHA STRIKE!" He fires all his lasers at once…then deploys all his Heat Falcons at the same time to skewer the Pulverizers's head!+
cubey@aol.pl (02:59:06): The merc and the Raven add to the barrage. Concentrated firepower causes the Pulverizer to explode!
cubey@aol.pl (02:59:14): Unfortunately this means Matthew's really close to the explosion as it happens. React.
aldo salt (02:59:19): "…trust mercenaries to agree with each other." Matthew grunts sullenly.
aldo salt (02:59:24): "Ah!"
tengusaur (02:59:41): Tobia: "That was reckless!"
aldo salt (02:59:41): Matthew trips his jump-jets and tries to sour over the explosion and to safety!
VJockey (03:00:17): *soar
cubey@aol.pl (03:00:29): Matthew's Nova escapes relatively unscathed, some of its lower body parts were on fire for a second though.
VJockey (03:00:34): "Its Matthew. What do you expect."
cubey@aol.pl (03:00:44): Waco does not comment. You can't tell if he's laughing in the cockpit or disappointed the explosion didn't get you.
aldo salt (03:01:07): It's all cool. The burning legs make Matthew's landing all…the more...awesome!
cubey@aol.pl (03:01:24): Zinovie: "This is the kind of enemy we face in the Layered. Jack-O did not listen."
aldo salt (03:01:50): "He who does not risk, mercenaries…" Matthew replies curtly as he turns his Nova around, "…does not win!"
tengusaur (03:01:53): Tobia: "Got any idea how many more are there?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:02:16): Waco: "Dozens, if we're outta luck. I reckon the girl's in trouble right now."
cubey@aol.pl (03:02:20): He sounds casual about this.
tengusaur (03:02:27): Tobia: "Girl?"
VJockey (03:02:29): "Wait.."
VJockey (03:02:32): "Girl?"
VJockey (03:02:38): ".............."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:02:46): Eibon: "...Ah, her."
aldo salt (03:02:49): "Do you mean the one called Zinadia?" Matthew asks.
VJockey (03:03:19): [Yeah you better believe Ryou's going to be rushing on ahead.]
tengusaur (03:03:21): Tobia: "Ahh, her! Ryou's girlfriend! We have to help her!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:03:21): Waco: "Zinaida? Who're you talkin' about? I'm saying there's this here Clanner girl and her little group of friends we were hired to babysit."
VJockey (03:03:31): [Remember that commentary about being careful?]
VJockey (03:03:35): [He kinda forgot.]
cubey@aol.pl (03:03:51): Zinovie: "Actually..."
Kors (03:04:04): Ranna: "...The Jade Falcons... How old is this girl?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:04:05): There's a problem though Ryou - there are no exists from the dome other than the way you came in.
VJockey (03:04:19): "Tch!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:04:20): Also you're being interrupted by a transmissiom from the outside.
aldo salt (03:04:20): "…Clanner girl?" Matthew exclaims. "You were hired by a CLANNER GIRL??"
VJockey (03:04:28): "Damnit... where..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:04:38): Phelan Kell: "Star Colonel? Ranna? Can you hear me?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:04:44): Hey, it's the Wolf khan.
Kors (03:05:00): Ranna: "Aff, my Khan."
tengusaur (03:05:15): Tobia: "Who's this guy?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:05:17): Phelan: "Falcons have started an all-out attack."
tengusaur (03:05:26): Tobia: "What!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:05:35): You can hear explosions and other assorted sounds of warfare coming from his side.
Kors (03:05:46): Ranna: "We are still locating the source of those drones, Phelan."
VJockey (03:05:48): "Then those idiots are stupider than I ever thought."
Kors (03:06:04): Ranna: "Alexia can take care of the 4th until I return."
aldo salt (03:06:12): "So it has begun…" Matthew mutters darkly, while weighing his options.
cubey@aol.pl (03:06:23): Phelan: "I am currently engaging their main attack force... not good, it is the 89th Falcon Strikers."
Kors (03:06:49): Ranna: "Please tell me you are in a heavier mech."
aldo salt (03:06:51): Matthew inhales sharply. That unit is–!
cubey@aol.pl (03:06:53): Phelan: "I do not see the..." Sudden explosion at his end!
Kors (03:07:10): Ranna: "Phelan?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:07:40): Phelan: "As I was saying, I do not see the Peregrine Galaxy command star anywhere in the vincinity! I really hope they are not on your end so do not die on me!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:07:59): During this transmission, Waco and Zinovie are tense. Understatement.
cubey@aol.pl (03:08:06): Their weapons are aimed in your direction.
Kors (03:08:10): Ranna: "If you are in your Wolfhound, my love, than you are in greater danger than I am."
tengusaur (03:08:40): Tobia: "Love...? Hey, wait! Zinovie, what are you doing!"
VJockey (03:08:44): ".... Lower those things right now unless you want to lose them."
cubey@aol.pl (03:08:53): Phelan: "Ha ha! Such conditions is when Clan Wolf in Exile shines best!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:09:06): Zinovie: "Is that a threat?"
Peter Kampschroeder (03:09:14): Roads: "We are not seriously doing this thing right now, right? I mean, come on."
VJockey (03:09:27): "I'm not bothering with threats."
cubey@aol.pl (03:09:29): But Waco's Battlemaster charges its weapons down.
cubey@aol.pl (03:09:34): Waco: "No. We're not."
Kors (03:09:37): Ranna: "Male child." But in an affectionate tone.
cubey@aol.pl (03:09:41): Waco: "We got bigger fish to fry."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:09:57): Roads: "Oh my god it worked for once!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:10:20): Zinovie: "Affirmative. The Clans' war is not mine."
cubey@aol.pl (03:10:26): Dual-Face sheathes its guns.
aldo salt (03:10:32): "You speak the truth, Wayne Waco." Matthew says, exhaling and lowering his trigger finger. "And after this is over, you can pick any time and place for us to resolve our business."
cubey@aol.pl (03:10:38): Zinovie: "I am here to shut down the Layered. Follow me."
aldo salt (03:10:39): "AFTER. This is over."
Kors (03:10:47): Ranna nods, "An admirable attitude to take."
Kors (03:11:26): Then a chuckle, "I was wrong, Matthew."
cubey@aol.pl (03:11:38): (Let's wait for Jockey to reappear)
tengusaur (03:12:07): Tobia: "We gotta hurry though. Or else these guys are going to stupidly kill each other! Matthew, your plan better work!"
VJockey (03:13:53): [Was so very sorely tempted to say that they should just leave the two clans to tear each other apart.]
VJockey (03:13:59): [But he holds his tongue.]
aldo salt (03:14:05): "Do not worry, Mechwarrior Tobia!" Matthew says with a grin. "As long as I present it right, it will definitively work!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:05): Dual-Face boosts through the corridor you just took, and takes a different turn on the crossroads.
tengusaur (03:14:24): Let's follow!
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:26): The BattleMaster follows, but it's not as fast and gets left behind in time.
VJockey (03:14:27): [Follow the leader!]
Kors (03:14:35): Ranna teases, "Your conversation with him are full of ... what is that Inner Sphere term.. Ah 'homoerotic tension'."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:14:50): Eibon and her meatsack keep pace with Ryou.
Kors (03:14:55): And she follows along in the Verfolger running.
aldo salt (03:15:05): Matthew follows after Ryou, muttering the black speech under his breath.
cubey@aol.pl (03:15:45): Waco: "This thing's here a death trap."
VJockey (03:15:50): [If the Black Speech is Clannerspeak, then its nothing Ryou hasn't already heard.]
cubey@aol.pl (03:16:23): Waco: "Falcons don't care about mercenary lives. The girl was assigned this here job to die as well. I bet."
tengusaur (03:16:54): Tobia: "She's not gonna die if I got something to say about that!"
VJockey (03:17:07): "... Trust me... I know just how much Falcons don't care for mercenaries."
aldo salt (03:17:07): Matthew opens a private channel to Ryou. "Who is this girl that Waco is speaking of?" He asks quietly.
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:09): You follow Zinovie into some kind of (mecha sized) control room!
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:24): Zinovie: "There they are. We are too late."
VJockey (03:17:27): "None of your damn business Matthew."
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:40): You see a star of Jade Falcon mechs.
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:49): They are in various stages of damage.
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:00): Three are absolutely destroyed, other two are heavily damaged but can still (barely) move!
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:05): http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Supernova

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Kit_Fox
aldo salt (03:18:10): Matthew pulls up to a stop. "You–!"
Kors (03:18:15): Ranna: "..I am not surprised..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:29): Supernova's pilot: "Who is coming? This is..."
aldo salt (03:18:35): "What are you doing here..Lola Helmar?!?!" Matthew exclaims.
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:38): "This is Star Captain Lola Helmar."
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:40): Suddenly!
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:46): Something leaps from the ceiling at the Supernova!
aldo salt (03:18:54): #Lola?
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:55): And tries to cut it apart with laser blades!
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:56): Approved.
aldo salt (03:20:47): "NOT A CHANCE." Suddenly, Matthew's Nova darts forward, whipping it's left arm forward and sending a Heat Falcon arcing into the new foe's body like grappling hook! Then he triggers his jump-jets and tries to yank the enemy away!+
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:28): The Heat Falcon is cut off by the enemy's many laser blades! But before it can do much more, it is chased away by an Armored Core that was also near the ceiling.
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:34): An Armored Core you may find familiar.
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:48): Zinaida: "Hmph. So you came - Ryou."
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:49): Fascinator (Zinaida)
http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100520075154/armoredcore/images/e/e4/07.jpg
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:56): Enemy:
cubey@aol.pl (03:22:02): Archangel Pulverizer
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs24/i/2008/016/0/9/Super_archangel_Pulverizer_by_Tsuranga.jpg
tengusaur (03:22:06): Tobia: "She's here too!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:22:20): (Deviant art image, there's nothing better online)
aldo salt (03:22:35): "Stravag!" Matthew curses, retracting the damaged Heat Falcon. Only three left!
cubey@aol.pl (03:23:01): Lola: "White Chalice? MATTHEW?!"
tengusaur (03:23:13): Tobia: "Damaged people, get outta here! We'll cover ya!"
tengusaur (03:23:27): Tobia: "...See if you can talk some sense into the idiots outside!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:23:30): The new Pulverizer zooms around the room ridiculously quickly. Lights on the walls start to flash to further confuse you.
aldo salt (03:24:13): "In the very flesh!" Matthew replies, maneuvering around the Pulverizer in a circle for a better firing angle. "It is good to see you again…but again, why are you here?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:24:26): Zinaida: "Evacuate? The Pulverizer would cut them down in an instant."
aldo salt (03:24:44): "And why on earth did you hire a dezgra piece of surat-slime like Wayne Waco?" He asks.
VJockey (03:24:51): "Zinaida..."
tengusaur (03:25:03): Tobia: "Then... We'll smash it to bits!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:15): Lola: "My star was given a mission of watching over the mercenaries. Make sure they honor their part of the contract."
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:21): Lola: "Yet..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:28): Yeah, not much left of the star now.
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:34): Ryou, Ranna, Matthew, act now.
VJockey (03:25:51): "The damn thing's fast..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:26:06): Zinovie: "Yes."
cubey@aol.pl (03:26:12): Look, Waco was left behind but he's still here.
VJockey (03:26:16): *Ryou's going to fire several shots at it, attempting to goad it into a pattern to make it easier for the others to hit!+
cubey@aol.pl (03:26:35): Zinovie: "Jade Falcon would never hire Wayne Waco, or me for that matter, if not for the circumstances. They are desperate."
Kors (03:27:16): "Peregrine Galaxy.. Galaxy Commander Mattlov, I suppose," Ranna muses as she tries to take advantage of Ryou's firing, adding her own beam cannons and fast firing autocannon to the mix."+
cubey@aol.pl (03:27:22): The Pulverizer easily avoids anything thrown in its way, though you have a feeling you box it in somewhat.
aldo salt (03:27:34): *"That man led the mercenary company that killed Dex." Matthew said quietly, firing an Alpha Strike at the moving Pulverizer. "But…I understand the need to put the greater good over blind vengeance, Star Captain Helmar."+
cubey@aol.pl (03:27:56): Then, suddenly - a series of shockwaves booms through the air as it fires rail guns. Autofire railguns, each projectile hitting its target almost instantly.
cubey@aol.pl (03:28:03): Ranna, Ryou, react to the cannonade!
Kors (03:28:11): Ranna: "It is likely not her choice either, Matthew. Her commanding officer made the choi-"
aldo salt (03:28:29): #Ryou?
Kors (03:28:37): She instinctively twists the mech and floors the throttle.+
VJockey (03:28:40): *The most Ryou could do was attempt to angle himself to make sure the damage he took was at a lesser degree!+
cubey@aol.pl (03:28:48): You'll have your own thing to deal with Matthew.
Peter Kampschroeder (03:28:53): #ryou?
cubey@aol.pl (03:28:57): Approved.
cubey@aol.pl (03:29:28): The Pulverizer swoops at Matthew's Nova, slicing with one of its many laser blades before going up into the air again!
cubey@aol.pl (03:29:30): React to that.
Peter Kampschroeder (03:29:32): *And Roads dashes in, giving Ryou some cover with a good ol' Elder Sign barrier.+
aldo salt (03:29:34): "Ranna, Ryou!" Matthew shouts in alarm. Gah!"
tengusaur (03:29:55): # Matthew
cubey@aol.pl (03:29:58): Approved.
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:24): The Elder Sign barrier holds... for a second. Roads' magic potency is not exactly top class, and that weapon is very mighty!
aldo salt (03:30:48): *Matthew tries to deflect the blow with one of his own arm mounted radiator blades…then strike back with one of his shoulder Heat Falcons, aimed to dismember one of the Pulverizer's arm! "Fall!"+
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:55): Both Ryou and Ranna take damage to their units. You're in serious trouble - one more barrage like this, and!
tengusaur (03:31:58): * "Look out! Watch your own back too!" Tobia jumps in to block the incoming laser blade with Crossbone's armorede cloak wrapped around its arm like it's a bat-themed hero or something. Only the shoulder-mounted I-Field activates, for extra strong anti-beam protection! +
cubey@aol.pl (03:32:52): Matthew and Tobia tumble together in a heap as the Pulverizer flies away, unharmed. Fortunately you didn't receive any significant damage.
cubey@aol.pl (03:33:07): Zinaida: "Do not underestimate it. The Clanners were annihilated in an instant."
cubey@aol.pl (03:33:18): Tobia, Roads, go now.
aldo salt (03:33:19): "That thing is too fast!" Matthew curses. "How can we pin it down? Any ideas, Tobia?"
Kors (03:33:36): Ranna curses: "Stravag. Perhaps I should have deployed in the Warhawk."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:33:48): *And Roads goes for the "box it in with shots" strategy, filling the air with fireballs from his wonderful exploding grenades.+
Peter Kampschroeder (03:33:55): "This might help!"
tengusaur (03:33:55): Tobia: "I think I've got an idea!"
aldo salt (03:34:31): "Ohhhh?" Matthew says, perking up. "Come then! Let us hear it!"
tengusaur (03:35:17): * Crossbone Full Cloth rushes in, drawing the Hi Muramasa Blaster. But Tobia doesn't activate the beam swords yet, and instead uses it like a spear! He waits for the Archangel to dodge, and THEN turns on the beam swords, to cut into it as he passes by! +
cubey@aol.pl (03:36:19): The Archangel Pulverizer dodges - and then gets cut by Tobia. Good!
cubey@aol.pl (03:36:29): It counters with a storm of energy missiles at almost point blank.
cubey@aol.pl (03:36:30): Bad.
cubey@aol.pl (03:36:32): Really bad, react!
cubey@aol.pl (03:36:57): Also its arms start to charge up, some kind of energy gathering at their tips.
aldo salt (03:37:00): #TOBIA!!!!
cubey@aol.pl (03:37:02): You're not sure what it does but it can't be good.
cubey@aol.pl (03:37:03): Approved.
tengusaur (03:37:31): * Tobia: "It worke- gah! I-Field, I-Field!" Time to quickly back away from the incoming barrage, and extend an arm to create a large protective disk. Fortunately the I-Field hasn't run out on its timer yet! +
aldo salt (03:39:11): * No time to think! Matthew inhales, and narrows his eyes, feeling the Nova's gunpod through his Neurohelmet like an archer the string of his bow! He exhales, then–"Nova Burst Show!" A precise volley of lasers, aimed between the Crossbone and the Pulverizer, intercepting the energy missile salvo!+
cubey@aol.pl (03:39:55): The missiles can't be shot down! The lasers can, however, damage the Pulverizer a bit further.
cubey@aol.pl (03:40:38): Crossbone's I Field is overrun. The mobile suit takes serious damage from all the barrage! It'd be even worse if the I-Field wasn't there.
cubey@aol.pl (03:40:49): The charging up of the Pulverizer continues.
cubey@aol.pl (03:40:56): Ranna, Matthew, Ryou, go now.
cubey@aol.pl (03:41:09): Reminder that Zinovie and Zinaida are there as allied NPCs.
aldo salt (03:41:21): [And Lola?]
cubey@aol.pl (03:41:33): (Yes, but she's a bit too damaged to do anything useful)
aldo salt (03:41:40): [Ah.]
Kors (03:42:24): Ranna: "We cannot keep this attrition up! We need to destroy it soon."
VJockey (03:42:42): *Ryou's going to move in to attack from close range as well... no risk, no reward! He launches another volley of missiles from his launchers as well!&
tengusaur (03:43:10): Tobia: "Use weapons it's not familiar with!"
aldo salt (03:43:20): "The best way would be to pin it down, then annihilate it with a single, overwhelming group salvo…but how to pin it down?" Matthew mutters.
cubey@aol.pl (03:43:45): The flying machine does not counter Ryou's attacks, only dodges to avoid missiles - what is going on?
cubey@aol.pl (03:43:48): Continue.
VJockey (03:44:11): (@Zinaida and Zinovie?)
Kors (03:44:15): She switches to scattershot rounds, blasting at it - seeking for any weak spots that may be hit while she uses the beam cannons to attempt to herd it, before firing with the ERPPC.+
cubey@aol.pl (03:44:28): Approved.
VJockey (03:46:35): *Well whatever it is, Ryou will hit his OB system and suddenly pull to the side, firing several Karasawa blasts.... above it? He's trying to drop a chunk of ceiling onto it!+
aldo salt (03:46:46): *"Rraagh!" He concludes. "Something reckless will have to do!" Matthew triggers his jump-jets and leaps up in an arc, unloading volley after volley of Alpha Strikes at the Pulverizer, driving his heat curve further and further to the limit!+
Peter Kampschroeder (03:47:13): Eibon: "It seems to be stalling..."
tengusaur (03:47:27): Tobia: "Stalling for what?"
VJockey (03:47:41): ".... "
cubey@aol.pl (03:47:43): The roof falls down on the Pulverizer! Because of that, other attacks can hit it!
Peter Kampschroeder (03:47:46): If a book could give an audible shrug, that is what she would be doing.
VJockey (03:48:09): "Its trying to get a read on us..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:48:10): Zinaida: "Not too terrible, Ryou. Just this one time." She fires her AC's powerful railgun.
cubey@aol.pl (03:48:22): All the ranged attacks, fired together...
cubey@aol.pl (03:48:24): Do nothing.
cubey@aol.pl (03:48:41): Because the Pulverizer rises from the rubble, surrounded by a shield that absorbs all attacks. All of them.
aldo salt (03:49:08): "…it was adapting!" Matthew exclaims in realization. "Constructing a barrier that could nullify our attacks!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:49:10): Then, suddenly the air between you and the AI-controlled unit is full of laser sprays.
aldo salt (03:49:23): "Stravag!" He adds, to clarify.
cubey@aol.pl (03:49:27): Deadly beams are everywhere. The ultimate offense!
cubey@aol.pl (03:49:29): REACT!
cubey@aol.pl (03:49:48): (React everyone, just so we're clear)
Peter Kampschroeder (03:50:23): *Roads goes for the dash-dodge like crazy plan, since clearly the Elder sign is noooot going to be too much help here.+
Kors (03:50:31): In addition to trying to use the rubble strewn about to dodge, Ranna also turns the less-damaged side of her mech towards the barrage.+
tengusaur (03:51:13): Tobia: "Damaged people, get to safety! Quick!" He tries to jumps between the incoming lasers, putting both a beam shield and as many stuctural obstacles as he can between them and himself! +
aldo salt (03:51:32): *Matthew grits his teeth…then Dom-surfs to the side…in front of Lola and the other vulnerable Clanners! "Heat Falcon…INFINITY LOOP!" With all his remaining Heat Falcons, Matthew tries to shield his trothkin's group with a figure eight spinning shield of hot metal-carbon…and his anti-beam coating!+
VJockey (03:52:02): *Ryou's going to keep using the OB to weave through the blasts... TOWARDS the enemy!! There's not much of a chance that shield will stay up forever... and when it falls... he plans on tearing it to shreds up close!+
cubey@aol.pl (03:53:14): Zinaida and Zinovie over-boost like crazy. They are both Human-PLUS so they escape without harm. Not much else they could do though.
cubey@aol.pl (03:54:20): Did you manage to no-sell the lasers? No. Your units are starting to feel the heat. Fortunately the damage is minimized through the use of clever tactics.
cubey@aol.pl (03:54:28): And then, as the shield disappears...
cubey@aol.pl (03:54:32): Lola: "ALPHA STRIKE!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:54:55): The Supernova fires all its lasers at the Pulverizer. The Kit Fox adds its firepower a second later.
cubey@aol.pl (03:55:17): Both mechs overheat. Their reactors undoubtedly go critical...
aldo salt (03:55:28): Matthew's eyes widen.
cubey@aol.pl (03:55:36): But you have a chance as the Pulverizer is momentarily doing nothing - and the lasers actually damage it!
cubey@aol.pl (03:55:44): Ryou, continue!
cubey@aol.pl (03:55:49): Tobia, Roads, go!
aldo salt (03:56:55): "Lola…"He says hoarsely. Despite the heat, steam, and smoke wafting off his damage Nova and in his cockpit…he grins jauntily. "Did you just call out your attack?"
VJockey (03:57:19): *If its stalled... then he's going to carve and cripple the machine as best as he can - letting loose barrages of Napalm rockets all the while!+
cubey@aol.pl (03:57:37): Lola: "I was... caught in the moment..."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:57:38): *and Roads proceeds to hammer it with a railgun shot of his own.+
cubey@aol.pl (03:57:40): Zinaida: "Heh."
Kors (03:58:05): Ranna: "That is fine, Star Captain, we promise not to tell your Clan."
tengusaur (03:58:43): * Tobia releases several MS-shaped balloons to act as cover and distraction! But suddenly, a few of them pop loudly as he fires a barrage of beams from behind their back - time to use that Peacock Smasher again! +
cubey@aol.pl (03:59:11): The Pulverizer is now on fire. Thanks Ryou.
cubey@aol.pl (03:59:39): Also it is smashed by the high-powered railgun shot that actually punches a hole in its armor, while the beam crossbow removes several of its limbs.
cubey@aol.pl (04:00:04): But it does not give up yet. Damaged as it may be, the Pulverizer fires a barrage of energy machinegun beams at Tobia and Roads!
cubey@aol.pl (04:00:05): React.
aldo salt (04:00:15): "Heh." Matthew says with a grin. "Think little of it, Star Captain Helmar. It is not too different from a martial arts kiai: It is wonderful for focusing–"
aldo salt (04:00:18): #Ryou?
cubey@aol.pl (04:00:21): Approved.
Peter Kampschroeder (04:01:52): *Roads attempts more dash-dodging.+
cubey@aol.pl (04:02:48): (Oh yeah, Ryou wasn't attacked at all. My bad)
aldo salt (04:03:06): #Roads, then?
cubey@aol.pl (04:03:13): (Approved)
tengusaur (04:03:32): * "Now is the chance to take it down for good!" Tobia activates the second I-Field and rushes in, trying to zig-zag between the beams and holding the protective disk in front of himself for protection! He's not attacking yet, but moving in closer... +
cubey@aol.pl (04:04:07): Finally the I-Field holds without any painful addendums! It means the enemy is losing offensive power.
aldo salt (04:04:36): *"–Your intent! MESSENGERRRRR….SPIRAL!" Matthew's Nova dashes forward towards the left side of the Pulverizer…at an angle that will make him miss it! But then, with gritted teeth and a sideways yank of the controls, he flips the Nova into a midair curving spin! Heat Falcons deploy outward, streaking point-first towards the Pulverizer in off-kilter arcs!+
cubey@aol.pl (04:05:24): Roads finds that the floor under Zweilicht's feet was targetted, rather than Zweilicht itself. You are knocked off-balance and the unit falls to the ground, but there is no other damage.
cubey@aol.pl (04:05:50): You see that there is something underneath you though. The floor is pretty thin and there's a different, lit up room right under.
cubey@aol.pl (04:06:30): Matthew stabs the Pulverizer for heavy damage!
cubey@aol.pl (04:06:59): Ryou, Ranna, finish this!
tengusaur (04:07:24): @ Matthew
cubey@aol.pl (04:07:33): A bit late for that.
aldo salt (04:07:47): "HA-HA….whoah there!" Matthew tries to bring the Nova down on it's two bird feet without crashing!
Peter Kampschroeder (04:08:00): "...Huh..."
Kors (04:08:17): Ranna switches back to solid round, then alpha strikes at the point Matthew had stabbed. She does not shout it out, but fires everything anyway.+
VJockey (04:11:25): *Ryou's going to attack from above! What is his intent? To smash the damn thing into the ground and repeatedly fire the Karasawa into its body!+
tengusaur (04:11:34): @ Ryou then
cubey@aol.pl (04:11:41): Approved you opportunist.
tengusaur (04:11:59): (first offensive support this mission! anyway...)
tengusaur (04:13:05): * "Let me help ya with that!" Tobia was already getting in closer, and now, he shifts the I-Field into an attack mode! Covering Crossbone's fist with a pyramid-shaped field, he launches a powerful punch to knock the Pulverizer down! +
cubey@aol.pl (04:13:47): Ryou and Tobia crush the enemy into the floor!
cubey@aol.pl (04:14:08): Then, with repeated Karasawa shots and Ranna's Alpha Strike, the whole thing has more and more holes in it.
cubey@aol.pl (04:14:22): The Pulverizer just gives up. There is no explosion, the body just stops moving.
cubey@aol.pl (04:15:04): Lola: "Is... it over? Have we succeeded?"
aldo salt (04:15:15): "And thus…the limit of a mindless drone has been reached." Matthew declares cooling, spooling in his Heat Falcons.
Peter Kampschroeder (04:15:16): "...There's probably something like, super-lethal underneath this..."
Peter Kampschroeder (04:15:32): The Zweilicht is crouching down and examining the floor more carefully.
Kors (04:15:39): Ranna: "Neg, it is not over."
tengusaur (04:15:41): Tobia: "We still need to stop the suicide drones."
aldo salt (04:15:46): "Neg, I must agree with Roads Blackwell there, Lola. There is one more thing we must take care of." Matthew replies.
cubey@aol.pl (04:16:18): Lola: "This is the control room, quiaff?"
Peter Kampschroeder (04:16:23): "Woah woah woah, all I said was that it was dangerous, not that we were going in there..."
cubey@aol.pl (04:16:35): Suddenly, the poor broken down floor gives in. You're sent flying down!
aldo salt (04:16:47): "Aff, I think so. Based on your earlier observations, do you think the entrance to the drone factory is nearby?" Matthew asks.
aldo salt (04:16:51): "Stravag!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:17:03): Did you wonder where the drone factory was?
cubey@aol.pl (04:17:06): It was right underneath you!
tengusaur (04:17:09): Tobia: "Uwah!" Fortunately Crossbone can fly, so he quickly activates the thrusters!
VJockey (04:17:10): [Ryou bites back a curse.]
cubey@aol.pl (04:17:15): And you're falling down right into its positively huge chambers!
tengusaur (04:17:45): Tobia: "Wow... A fully automated factory, undetected for who knows how long..."
Kors (04:17:46): Not wanting to take more damage, Ranna gets Verfolger to float down into the chamber instead.
tengusaur (04:17:55): Tobia: "Of this size, too..."
Kors (04:18:13): Ranna: "More unmanned units." In an almost derivsive tone.
aldo salt (04:18:14): Matthew triggers the remaining plasma in his jump-jet ports to control the fall.
aldo salt (04:18:38): "Time for us to slash and burn this place then, quiaff?" He asks rhetorically.
cubey@aol.pl (04:18:51): You manage to make the fall without splashing on the floor. Lola and the other damaged Jade Falcon would be in trouble...
cubey@aol.pl (04:19:00): But they were never in any danger at all, because someone else rescued them!
cubey@aol.pl (04:19:06): Someone else that now falls to the floor right next to you.
macprysm (04:19:07): #Falcons
cubey@aol.pl (04:19:14): Approved.
macprysm (04:19:27): Yuu: DYNAMIC RESCUE!
aldo salt (04:20:16): "…Mechwarrior Yuushashiro!" Matthew exclaims. "Just in time and not a second earlier, as always!" He grins.
macprysm (04:20:24): The X-Buster crashes to the ground in front of you all, followed by its oversized jet backpack...with the two Mechs riding atop.
tengusaur (04:20:31): Tobia: "Nice catch!"
tengusaur (04:20:40): Tobia: "...But how did you appear here all of a sudden?"
cubey@aol.pl (04:21:15): Lola: "That was a close brush with death. You have my thanks." Relief emanates from her message.
cubey@aol.pl (04:21:23): Zinovie: "Not the time. Look."
macprysm (04:21:37): The X-Buster's eye gleams. "You were taking too long, and suddenly dropped off the radar...my hero sense well telling me you needed assistance...though I feel like I missed a big party already.
VJockey (04:21:41): [Oh, you better bet Ryou is looking alright... because what he sees...]
cubey@aol.pl (04:21:43): Dual Face approaches one of the tanks with units manufactured by the giant plant.
cubey@aol.pl (04:21:51): There are no suicide drones in those.
tengusaur (04:22:02): Tobia: "..."
aldo salt (04:22:05): "Yuushashiro is a master of German Ninjitsu, remember?" Matthew chides Tobia.
cubey@aol.pl (04:22:06): Instead, in the holding tank, you see a familiar red unit.
cubey@aol.pl (04:22:08): Nine-Ball!
Peter Kampschroeder (04:22:18): Eibon: "...So it did survive."
tengusaur (04:22:24): Tobia: "...It's here!"
aldo salt (04:22:25): Matthew inhales sharply. "That unit–!"
VJockey (04:22:25): "No..."
cubey@aol.pl (04:22:27): One of those gave you enough trouble of an ace.
aldo salt (04:22:33): "Whose is it?" He asks, confused.
cubey@aol.pl (04:22:36): One Nine-Ball Seraph was enough to destroy a whole city.
cubey@aol.pl (04:22:37): And now.
cubey@aol.pl (04:22:43): The factory is FULL of them.
VJockey (04:22:49): [Ryou's going to check the others.]
cubey@aol.pl (04:22:50): You can see tanks full of mass-produced Nine-Balls everywhere.
VJockey (04:22:59): "...."
tengusaur (04:23:00): Tobia: "They're mass-producing it?!"
macprysm (04:23:00): Yuu: Furthermore, I figu...*he cuts off mid sentence, wordlessly snapping the Kris onto the back of the X-Buster once the mechs are off.* ...Those are...!
VJockey (04:23:03): "This..."
VJockey (04:23:09): "This is bad..."
aldo salt (04:23:18): "Oh." Matthew says, getting the gist of it. "Ohhh."
VJockey (04:23:28): "If there's this many of them..."
aldo salt (04:23:36): He levels his weapon pods. "Slash and burn?" He offers hopefully.
tengusaur (04:23:47): Tobia: "This is even worse than suicide drones! Time to destroy this plant!"
Peter Kampschroeder (04:23:52): Eibon: "Tch, if I had my deus machina...Ryou! Seek some way to destroy this whole facility."
cubey@aol.pl (04:23:56): Zinovie: "No. Do not touch the container, you will activate it."
cubey@aol.pl (04:24:03): "Instead, we need to find and neutralize the control system."
VJockey (04:24:33): "If this is a Layered, then the controller has to be somewhere."
Kors (04:24:34): Ranna: "Perhaps I can call in orbital bombardment on it? But... by the time they burn through to here, who knows how many may have activated and escape..."
macprysm (04:24:36): Yuu: Factories like this often have some kind of self-destruct, yes?
tengusaur (04:24:54): Tobia: "Right. Let's go look for it!"
aldo salt (04:25:03): "Or a reactor!" Matthew exclaims. "If we could set an overload command on that–!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:25:08): ???: "Are you looking for a controller?"
tengusaur (04:25:09): Tobia: "...We should probably stick together, in case some of them are active."
tengusaur (04:25:15): Tobia: "!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:25:31): ???: "Surats, I am afraid you are too late!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:25:49): Suddenly, a star of Jade Falcon mecha approches between the holding tanks.
cubey@aol.pl (04:25:55): *Approaches
VJockey (04:26:05): "What the hell..."
Kors (04:26:06): Ranna: "...Peregrine Galaxy's command star."
cubey@aol.pl (04:26:08): No, not just a star.
VJockey (04:26:09): "Matthew."
VJockey (04:26:11): "What is this."
cubey@aol.pl (04:26:12): It is - yeah, that.
Kors (04:26:32): Ranna: "I see why Khan Phelan was unable to locate you."
aldo salt (04:26:43): "It is the commander of the whole Jade Falcon Touman, and his personal star!" Matthew explains to Ryou!
Peter Kampschroeder (04:26:48): Roads: "...Guys, please, can we really not do this right here, right now? Like, please?"
tengusaur (04:26:54): Tobia: "You fools! Do you know what happens if you try to control Nineball?!"
aldo salt (04:26:54): "And not just any commander! This is–!"
tengusaur (04:27:07): Tobia: "A whole city was destroyed last time someone did that!"
Kors (04:27:10): Ranna: "The Touman on Terra, at least."
macprysm (04:27:27): Yuu: ...this is going to get messy, isn't it?
cubey@aol.pl (04:27:28): Galaxy Commander Angline Mattlov: "Freeborn, Wolves, and traitors. What a company."
VJockey (04:27:42): "..."
Peter Kampschroeder (04:27:43): "I have had enough random fighting for a lifetime-" Eibon: "-And these are monsters, wholly beyond your control."
cubey@aol.pl (04:27:54): *Angeline
aldo salt (04:28:08): "…Traitor?" Matthew exclaims hotly. "Traitor? In what way, Galaxy Commander Mattlov, have I ever betrayed the Clan of Jade Falcon?"
cubey@aol.pl (04:28:30): Mattlov: "Of course you did. You have sided with the enemy. You are a dezgra!"
Kors (04:28:37): Ranna: "He was taken bondsman, as per proper clan tradition."
VJockey (04:28:47): "And you're an idiot."
VJockey (04:29:00): "Matthew's done more fighting for humanity than you did you trumped up sow."
cubey@aol.pl (04:29:14): Mattlov: "Bondsman? To be taken bondsman is one thing. To try to have the Clan Jade Falcon cooperate with our greatest enemy is another!"
Peter Kampschroeder (04:29:34): Eibon: "Now now, don't be harsh Ryou. Sows have the good sense not to play with fire."
cubey@aol.pl (04:29:38): Mattlov: "Yet your efforts are in vain. Your, and your co-conspirer's, Lola Helmar's."
VJockey (04:29:48): "Heh.."
cubey@aol.pl (04:29:51): Mattlov: "The power of this ancient Terran location is now at my command."
cubey@aol.pl (04:29:57): As the star draws closer you can see its setup.
tengusaur (04:30:04): Tobia: "You should put aside that greatest enemy crap! Earth's in too much danger for that stuff right now!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:30:07): http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Summoner
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Gargoyle_%28Man_O%27_War%29
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hellbringer
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Turkina
Peter Kampschroeder (04:30:17): Eibon: "I doubt that highly."
cubey@aol.pl (04:30:17): Those are Angeline Mattlov's wingmen.
cubey@aol.pl (04:30:19): Her own unit?
cubey@aol.pl (04:30:25): Nine-Ball Seraph
http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121117021155/armoredcore/images/c/cf/94790002a38a0dc3306c212a792fdb9a.jpg
aldo salt (04:30:29): "And even despite being claimed by the Dai-Gurren Brigade in honorable combat…" Matthew continues. "I have only the greatest of hopes for Jade Falcon's future…and it's honor!" He points a weapon pod at the factory. "What have you come to? Seizing a facility of drone mechs? Using mass-produced robots to fight your wars instead of true warriors? Neg, you are the ones performing dezgra actions here!"
VJockey (04:31:10): "Heh..."
VJockey (04:31:17): "Hahahahahaha..."
VJockey (04:31:22): "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA"
cubey@aol.pl (04:31:26): Mattlov: "I have no intention of using the same drone weaponry that was fielded against me. Yet it was this discovery that pushed me beyond - to find this 'mech!"
VJockey (04:31:29): "This..."
VJockey (04:31:36): "This is pathetic."
tengusaur (04:31:39): Tobia's words about controlling Nineball? Yeah, they ring even more true now...
cubey@aol.pl (04:31:48): Mattlov: "A single one has enough firepower to... what is this, freebirth?"
cubey@aol.pl (04:31:54): You can hear cold disdain in her voice.
VJockey (04:32:09): "There was another man who thought he could control this place."
VJockey (04:32:14): "These weapons."
VJockey (04:32:27): "You're making the same mistake he did."
macprysm (04:32:35): Yuu: While your clans have permission to find sanctuary on this planet, I'm afraid the same liberties do not apply to the conflict between clans! Nor mass producing armies of dishonorable AIs!
aldo salt (04:33:04): "I see." Matthew says coldly. "Then I cannot accuse of your dishonor, Mattlov…only gross stupidity and lack of responsibility! You persist in bringing war to Terra, when a threat that could destroy the entire human race looms above your heads! The threat of Kairos Aspida!"
VJockey (04:33:04): "He had an army of skilled pilots who'd die for their cause. Their way of life."
tengusaur (04:33:29): Tobia (private channel): "Matthew! Try your thing!"
VJockey (04:33:32): "And then he murdered them because he needed to find a way to fix his own mess."
aldo salt (04:33:36): "The threat of Primeval Force!"
Kors (04:33:41): Ranna: "Galaxy Commander, you represent just about the worst excesses of your Clan and none of its virtues."
cubey@aol.pl (04:33:57): Mattlov: "I see."
aldo salt (04:33:59): Matthew (private): "Aff, I am working up to it!"
VJockey (04:34:16): "You clanners hate mercenaries do you?"
VJockey (04:34:29): "Well here's the best part. You're acting like the stupidest one I've ever met."
cubey@aol.pl (04:34:50): Angelina Mattlov: "I see my decision to purge the Galaxy from disloyal warriors was a correct one! Your words mean nothing to me."
Peter Kampschroeder (04:35:03): Eibon: "Then at least listen to this."
aldo salt (04:35:28): "…but what if you were granted the power to face Kairos Aspida on a equal turf?" Matthew asks Star Commander Mattlov. "Access to a power from the same source as Primeval Force?"
aldo salt (04:35:45): "Surely that would be worth something, even from a so-called traitor to the clans!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:35:49): "The Wolf clan shall fall. Its gene pool will be obliterated. Kairos Aspida? How can a freebirth group in retreat threaten clan Jade Falcon in its hour of triumph?"
VJockey (04:36:02): "...."
Peter Kampschroeder (04:36:05): "That unit is under your control only as long as it decides to follow your will."
VJockey (04:36:18): "Matthew."
cubey@aol.pl (04:36:29): "At this very moment, my Galaxy's forces engage and obliterate the wolves. You will not live to see the outcome."
Kors (04:36:32): Ranna: "...I am going to end you, Galaxy Commander."
aldo salt (04:36:37): Matthew clears his throat. "Galaxy Commander Matlov! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A TRIAL OF POSSESSION FOR THIS FACTORY!"
tengusaur (04:36:38): Tobia: "She's delusional... Another tyrant who tries to spread war all over Earth Sphere if not stopped."
cubey@aol.pl (04:36:49): The Seraph suddenly engages forward (on foot), firing its weaponry in a huge barrage.
cubey@aol.pl (04:36:52): Its target?
VJockey (04:36:55): "Don't bother.... her head's stuck so far up her own ass, the fumes burned whatever brains she had left."
cubey@aol.pl (04:37:02): Matthew... as well as Lola and the Kit Fox!
cubey@aol.pl (04:37:04): React!
VJockey (04:37:08): "!"
VJockey (04:37:13): #?
Kors (04:37:14): #?>
macprysm (04:37:16): Yuu: Diplomacy has failed! #Mechwarriors!
cubey@aol.pl (04:37:22): Approved!
cubey@aol.pl (04:38:06): Enemy list: Nine-Ball Seraph (Angeline Mattlov), Summoner, Man o'War, Hellbringer, Turkina.
VJockey (04:38:14): *Ryou may not be the defensive sort but he's countering as many of those shots as he could with several energy waves from his blades!+
macprysm (04:38:18): The big, bulky super is still at the front, and it moves into a defensive position in front of the battered mechs, plasma field and all! +
aldo salt (04:38:18): *"And I bid only myself!" Matthew adds. Matthew charges towards, opening fire with his own salvo in an…"Alpha Strike!"+
cubey@aol.pl (04:38:19): Revised initiative: Ryou, Ranna, Matthew, Tobia, Roads, Yuu.
Kors (04:39:18): Ranna's mech is only 65 tonnes, so she is not going to be able to do much about the Supernova, but she will boost over to try and get the Kit Fox out of the way.
macprysm (04:39:53): Yuu: You talk of honor, and try a sucker punch like that...Everyone, the legacy of Nine Ball breaks today! As well as the war brought to this beautiful blue earth from beyond the stars!
VJockey (04:40:09): "Shut up."
VJockey (04:40:12): "And just fight!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:40:26): The barrage of pulse rifle shots and machine gun bullets is tanked by Cross-Buster. Nova, on the other hand...
cubey@aol.pl (04:40:43): Nova is in a very sorry shape. The burst fire knocks it down. Damage is critical!
cubey@aol.pl (04:40:57): Lola: "Galaxy Commander?!"
tengusaur (04:40:59): Tobia: "Hey, clan guy! You okay?"
aldo salt (04:41:11): "Gah!" Matthew gets thoroughly knocked down. "Lola…bail out now!" he hoarsely shouts.
cubey@aol.pl (04:41:20): Angeline: "For once I agree with the freebirth. You talk too much!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:41:35): Ryou, Ranna, Matthew, you can act now.
aldo salt (04:42:24): "The Galaxy Commander has gone mad!" Matthew clarifies to Lola, picking his Nova up. Red warning lights are blaring all over his damage monitor…but he can still fight.
VJockey (04:42:39): *Ryou's going to hit his overboost systems and charge towards the Seraph... which is still grounded... his eyes narrow as he takes stock of his opponent's grasp of combat and fires several shots at the red death machine!+
tengusaur (04:42:58): Tobia: "The plan fell apart... But as long as we can win this fight, her ambition will be stopped here and now!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:43:11): Zinovie: "This cannot be the controller. This configuration of Nine-Ball is being mass produced."
Kors (04:43:18): Ranna: "Do not underestimate her in her madness. She was the youngest Galaxy Commander in Jade Falcon's history for a reason."
VJockey (04:43:47): "..."
VJockey (04:44:02): "Is there a container seperate from the others..."
cubey@aol.pl (04:44:08): Zinovie: "There must be something else. Stay alert!"
tengusaur (04:44:29): Tobia: "An even stronger Nineball..."
VJockey (04:44:36): "I know..."
aldo salt (04:44:37): *Matthew triggers his jump-jets and Dom-Surf forward in a zig-zagging motion! Then suddenly, he zooms to the side, circling around the Seraph as he bomards it with chain-fired laser blasts! "Your madness will lead this Terra to extinction!"+
Peter Kampschroeder (04:44:38): "Eibon, look for that." "Containers apart from the rest?" "Yes." "On it."
Kors (04:44:40): Ranna places shots at the Seraph, firing her ERPPC from long range even as she keeps an eye out for controller, or anything for use.+
VJockey (04:44:45): [How horrifying.]
aldo salt (04:44:58): *bombards it.
cubey@aol.pl (04:45:03): Nine-Ball Seraph boosts away from Ryou's Nevermore. It aims up and shoots with a rapid series of laser blasts.
cubey@aol.pl (04:45:05): React!
Wyverncakes (04:45:35): # Ryou
cubey@aol.pl (04:45:45): Approved.
Wyverncakes (04:45:58): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6OibOPRG18
VJockey (04:46:04): *Ryou flicks at his controls to strafe aside - firing off several napalm rockets!+
Wyverncakes (04:46:34): "Let's see just how long range this can really be."
cubey@aol.pl (04:46:44): As Ranna fires, the Turkina and Hellbringer counter through PPCs of their own! Powerful projectiles fly through the air, react!
Wyverncakes (04:47:03): * And off from the horizon comes a massive pillar of destruction straight at the Nineball. What better way to take off heat from a fellow merc than serious firepower?+
cubey@aol.pl (04:47:37): Likewise, Matthew finds that the Summoner fires a missile swarm from its long-range launcher. What do?
Wyverncakes (04:47:47): ^ (off in the distance, did not know we were underground)
Kors (04:48:26): Ranna sidesteps with help from the thrusters, and fires back with a burst of autocannon at the Hellbringer - heavily armed but underarmored for a mech of its tonnage. Glass cannon, so to speak.+
cubey@aol.pl (04:49:07): Suddenly, the Nine-Ball is thrown off-balance by the unexpected allied attack!
cubey@aol.pl (04:49:17): Nevermore is glanced by several laser shots, but the Seraph is now on fire.
aldo salt (04:49:20): *Why, charge forward and under the volley, of course! long-range missiles have a poor turning radius! As Matthew closes in towards the Summoner, he rears back his weapons pods and lights into the battlemech with a furious– "NOVA….CUTTTTEEERRRRR!"+
cubey@aol.pl (04:49:37): Angeline: "What is this freebirth tactic?!"
VJockey (04:50:00): "Its called common sense."
VJockey (04:50:09): "something you obviously don't have."
Kors (04:50:13): Ranna: "Your Star is responding the same way, quiaff?"
cubey@aol.pl (04:50:21): Ranna takes refuge between the facility's mass production equipment. The Hellbringer is damaged by the attack, but not out of commission yet!
aldo salt (04:50:39): "Neg, not a freebirth tactic…but MY TACTIC!" Matthew declares, as he aims for the arms. "Filled with honor and grace in every movement! That is the Dai-Gurren Brigade way!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:51:42): The Summoner is seriously damaged by Matthew's recklessness! But your mech is starting to look worse for the wear. All this swift action does nothing to help its critical damage.
cubey@aol.pl (04:51:58): Now.
cubey@aol.pl (04:52:02): Good news:
cubey@aol.pl (04:52:13): The attack came from Josh! He's here to help!
cubey@aol.pl (04:52:26): Bad news: One of the stray PPCs that missed Ranna hit a container.
aldo salt (04:52:27): "Surat-spawn." Matthew curses. "Hold on just a little longer, Nova!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:52:32): From inside, a Nine-Ball awakens.
cubey@aol.pl (04:52:38): http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110204230613/armoredcore/images/3/36/Wp2_low.jpg
cubey@aol.pl (04:52:49): Worse news:
cubey@aol.pl (04:52:59): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FPwjdaOhaw
cubey@aol.pl (04:53:14): Suddenly, something blinks into existence! A unit was present here, heavily cloaked!
cubey@aol.pl (04:53:31): Zinovie: "What in the..."
Wyverncakes (04:53:32): Josh: "What the...?"
Peter Kampschroeder (04:53:41): Eibon: "You're here."
cubey@aol.pl (04:53:44): The Dual-Face is cut apart in an instant! Pieces of the AC fall to the ground before exploding.
cubey@aol.pl (04:53:48): Fall in front of...
tengusaur (04:53:50): Tobia: "Zinovie!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:53:53): A new Nine-Ball you never saw before.
macprysm (04:53:56): Yuu: ..."I believe the word we're looking for here...is Stravag."
cubey@aol.pl (04:54:00): Nine-Ball Novem
http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100822040729/armoredcore/images/e/ea/ACER9Ball.jpg
(Ignore the Cynthia cameo)
VJockey (04:54:00): "Tch- that fast!"
Aero (04:54:45): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8bsD1w6DHo
aldo salt (04:54:52): "You speak more truly than you know, Mechwarrior Yuushashiro." Matthew says softly.
cubey@aol.pl (04:54:58): Nine-Ball Novem floats to the air and looks down on the battlefield like a judging god.
cubey@aol.pl (04:55:07): Mattlov: "There it is!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:55:18): "The last obstacle between me and the Wolves' assured destruction!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:55:31): New enemies (yellow): Nine-Ball x1, Nine-Ball Novem
tengusaur (04:55:58): Tobia: "Do you even realize how dangerous this thing is!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:55:59): Tobia, Roads, go now.
VJockey (04:56:04): "she doesn't"
VJockey (04:56:11): "She's that arrogant."
Kors (04:56:34): Ranna: "Anything to ensure the destruction of my Clan, quiaff?" The disdain in her tone is thick.
cubey@aol.pl (04:57:04): Mattlov: "Aff. Why not join your beloved Ulric Kerensky?!"
aldo salt (04:57:31): "There is far more at stake here than your stravag war with the Wolves, Galaxy Commander!" Matthew shouts in frustration. "You are like the nobles of the Inner Sphere, fighting over meager star systems while the Clans massed for our invasion!"
VJockey (04:57:31): [To Matthew] "She's still piloting the Nineball she got her hands on like a Battlemech"
Peter Kampschroeder (04:57:41): *"Master? Now is the time for that matter we discussed." "I question the wisdom of this, but okay!" And Roads opens fire on the new Nineball, blasting up into the air with that railgun of his.+
Peter Kampschroeder (04:57:46): (Novem)
Kors (04:57:47): Ranna: "I believe it is not quite my time yet."
macprysm (04:57:51): Yuu: "...and you say I talk too much! The true enemy of mankind stands before us, and you yet squabble like kids!"
tengusaur (04:57:54): * Tobia flies around, taking cover behind the various containers (but staying away so he won't touch them and activate any Nineballs by accident). He tries to flank the normal Nineball! Suddenly, he jumps out of cover and slashes at it with Muramasa Blaster's multiple blades with an upward swing! +
aldo salt (04:58:01): Matthew (on a private channel to Ryou): "You noticed?"
aldo salt (04:58:14): "What do you have planned?" He asks.
cubey@aol.pl (04:58:51): The Nine-ball Tobia attacks tries to get away - but it was damaged by the PPC that awakened it, so it's sluggish and gets sliced. It still counters with a beam machinegun. React!
aldo salt (04:59:05): #Tobia?
cubey@aol.pl (04:59:17): Wait.
cubey@aol.pl (04:59:40): The Nine-Ball Novem is too fast!
cubey@aol.pl (04:59:59): It activates Over Boost and in the blink of an eye is in a different place altogether!
Peter Kampschroeder (05:00:11): Cursing ensues.
aldo salt (05:00:19): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNlMuiOdnpI&list=PL9644B77115BBCFA0
Wyverncakes (05:00:38): Josh: "Fast bastard, isn't it?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:00:39): Suddenly, it releases a lot of orbital weapons, and fires them all, as well as a missile swarm and a barrage of energy beams.
cubey@aol.pl (05:00:45): The target?
cubey@aol.pl (05:00:47): EVERYONE
cubey@aol.pl (05:00:49): Everyone react.
VJockey (05:00:52): [To Matthew] "Take her on up close, keep her as off balance as possible. Something about her movements... she keeps trying to compensate for problems that aren't there."
Wyverncakes (05:01:36): * Forte Gigas readies its Storm Blades once more, joining them together and spinning them like a propeller blade of protection in front of it? But that's not all, Nineball... because you're not the only agile fucker who can double-image like that!+
aldo salt (05:01:41): Matthew inhales sharply. "Of course! She is piloting a mech without a Neurohelmet system! I had the same problems when piloting–understood, Ryou!"
Peter Kampschroeder (05:01:41): *"ARGH WHY" And Roads throws up another Elder Sign in front of him as he crosses his arms, the Zweilicht's physical shield warping in to help block shots.+
VJockey (05:02:03): *Well isn't that just fantastic. Ryou's ditching his missile launchers for more mobility and focusing on dodging the lasers and orbit weapons, as for the missiles - he trusts his AMS can take care of that.+
aldo salt (05:02:08): *Matthew dodges and weaves back and forth on a pillar of plasma shooting down any missiles that get too close!+
aldo salt (05:02:18): [, ]
griefgathering (05:02:21): (permission to join the reacts?)
cubey@aol.pl (05:02:26): (Approved)
Kors (05:02:29): Again activating the LAMS, Ranna dodges once more, firing beam cannons at the orbital weapons in return.+
macprysm (05:02:29): Yuu: "Teleportation? Funnels? PLASMA FIELD!?" Even as fresh as he is to the battle, Yuu's unsure of how much longer the Guardian Robot will be able to tank hits like these...he still moves to the forefront to try to guard any of the weaker/damaged units!+
tengusaur (05:03:53): * "Almost out of time on this thing... Hold up, I-Field!" Tobia jumps away from the beam machinegun fire, raising the barrier for protection! The second attack is overwhelming and he can't do much to dodge it... So he slashes at a wall with the Muramasa Blaster, to create some physical rubble to hide behind in addition to the I-Field! +
griefgathering (05:04:16): *Any counter attempts are joined by a single shot...one that while precisely aimed, doesn't actually need to be. The blue projectile streaks across and detonates in close vicinity to the orbital weapons.+
aldo salt (05:05:04): Matthew blinks. "Another ally joining the fight…this is a good day indeed!"
Wyverncakes (05:05:26): Josh: "It'll be a good day when we're clearly winning!"
Kors (05:06:09): Ranna: "This is the next best thing considering our current predicament."
cubey@aol.pl (05:06:10): The attack was spread among many targets. Cross-Buster starts to accumulate damage because it is protecting allies, while Ranna's counterattack was... a bad idea. Should have focused on the defense - missiles approached in such a swarm that even anti-missile system are overwhelmed, and the Verfolger's topmost cannon is damaged into uselessness.
cubey@aol.pl (05:06:32): The rest take damage, but somehow it's not much worse than what you already had, or not something too terrible in case of a fresh Forte Gigas.
cubey@aol.pl (05:06:49): (the ally who helped you was Zinaida who was already there)
cubey@aol.pl (05:06:53): Also
cubey@aol.pl (05:06:59): Novem attacked the Jade Falcon forces as well.
cubey@aol.pl (05:07:04): But not Angeline's Nine-Ball.
cubey@aol.pl (05:07:26): Man o'War and the Turkina are damaged. The Summoner and the Hellbringer, which were already damaged, are destroyed!
cubey@aol.pl (05:07:32): Yuu, Josh, go now.
Wyverncakes (05:07:38): (Enemies?)
cubey@aol.pl (05:07:45): Enemies (red): Nine-Ball Seraph (Angeline Mattlov, on fire), Man o'War (damaged), Turkina (damaged)
Enemies (yellow): Nine-Ball x1 (severe damage), Nine-Ball Novem
cubey@aol.pl (05:07:58): Nine-Ball Novem lost some orbital weapons (bits). Some. Very few.
griefgathering (05:08:14): Zinaida: "I got tired of waiting. It's clear that this won't be ending any time soon, so let's cut through it."
Peter Kampschroeder (05:08:19): Eibon: "Now do you see where your choice of weapons has led you?"
Peter Kampschroeder (05:08:34): more book-loli scorn at the clanner boss.
tengusaur (05:08:44): Tobia: "Are you still going to insist on fighting us?"
tengusaur (05:08:51): Tobia: "Look what's going on!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:09:08): Angeline: "Every single Jade Falcon warrior will eagerly lay down their lives to ensure our operation's success."
Wyverncakes (05:09:19): Josh: "Matthew's obviously not."
tengusaur (05:09:26): (what's the status on Matthew's friends and Waco?)
aldo salt (05:09:33): Matthew maneuvers in closer to Mattlov's Nineball, holding back from engaging for the time being. A thought occurs, and he opens a channel to Lola. "Star Captain…do you think you can restart your Supernova?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:09:34): Angeline: "He is not a Jade Falcon anymore!"
Wyverncakes (05:09:38): "But more importantly, let's see you lay down your own!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:09:50): (They are unhurt thanks to Yuu's defensive support. Waco is nowhere around)
Kors (05:09:53): Ranna: "All the better for it, it appears."
Peter Kampschroeder (05:09:58): Eibon: "I see. Then you and your men shall all die in vain."
Peter Kampschroeder (05:10:07): "Have fun with that."
aldo salt (05:10:23): "But I shall always owe much to the Clan that made me and reared me as a warrior!" Matthew replies to Angeline. "Which is why, for the sake of the Falcon's honor, you must be stopped, Galaxy Commander!"
Wyverncakes (05:10:30): * Forte Gigas charges off at the Clanner Nineball, launching its beam mace at the machine with a flick of its wrist!+
aldo salt (05:11:09): @Josh?
cubey@aol.pl (05:11:13): Approved.
aldo salt (05:12:36): *Matthew charges in at a complimentary angle, leaping up on his jumpjets briefly to shoulder check Mattlov's mech! "It is a shame you cast aside Zelbriggen so quickly, Galaxy Commander!"+
cubey@aol.pl (05:13:57): The Galaxy Commander just... laughs bitterly.
macprysm (05:14:06): The X-Buster unwraps its arms from its defensive position, stretching them over its head as plasma starts to crackle between the fists. "Final Cro-no, the term I'm looking for is....ALPHA STRIKE!"
macprysm (05:14:09): Its eyes glow, its chest starts to burn with justice...and its crotch rocket fires off, a single, huge missile that seperates into a cluster of micromissiles! And coming up behind that cluster of missiles is the eye beams and chest blaster! A blast of offensive Plasma Spark follows up the destructive beam and missiles, as the X-Buster FIRES THE EVERYTHING at the Man-O-War and any other units close to it.+
aldo salt (05:14:27): "We could have fought in honorable one-on-one combat! And perhaps you could have beaten me, and gained a valuable prize!" Matthew adds.
cubey@aol.pl (05:14:32): Nine-Ball Seraph enters overboost!
aldo salt (05:14:46): "!" Matthew exclaims.
cubey@aol.pl (05:15:07): "My victory is prize enough!" It backs off quickly and takes to the skies, firing a swarm of missiles back at Josh and Matthew. React.
Kors (05:15:25): #Them.
cubey@aol.pl (05:15:31): Approved.
Kors (05:16:15): "Careful!" Ranna turns her marksmanship to the missiles, blasting at them with the beam cannons and autocannon. She flies closer so her LAMS is in range as well!+
cubey@aol.pl (05:16:17): Hey Yuu, the Man o'War didn't stand a chance. It's obliterated.
macprysm (05:16:43): Yuu: ...the pilot ejected, right?
cubey@aol.pl (05:16:47): But the Turkina fires its PPCs at you, the powerful cannons charging up and then shooting powerfully!
cubey@aol.pl (05:17:21): Jade Falcon: "Die, surat!"
aldo salt (05:17:30): *"Victory! Do you truly value that more than honor, Mattlov?" Matthew dodges backwards. "Go, Heat Falcon!" He deploys a back-mounted Heat Falcon to slash the remaining missiles out of the sky!+
cubey@aol.pl (05:17:54): React Yuu.
Wyverncakes (05:18:17): * Seeing the missiles coming in, Josh closes his eyes, focuses, and adds a bit of a spin on the Beam Mace attack. Suddenly the cable begins to coil up, Josh intending to use it to shred any missiles Ranna doesn't manage to hit! But that's not all, as the spin lets the hammer arc up to once more strike at the Ninebal!+
cubey@aol.pl (05:18:23): Also the Man o'War's pilot did not eject despite having an opportunity to do so. Fanaticism in action? Perhaps.
Wyverncakes (05:18:24): "I don't blame it if she does, Matthew."
Wyverncakes (05:18:33): "But I DO blame her for being abasolutely insane!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:18:52): The missiles are shot down from the sky with your shared efforts!
cubey@aol.pl (05:19:04): Unfortunately, the Seraph is out of reach for Josh.
Wyverncakes (05:19:09): There's a bit of an edge creeping up into his voice again... an anger he managed to bury after the fight with the Ruina.
cubey@aol.pl (05:19:18): Suddenly.
Wyverncakes (05:19:32): What can he say? Unearthing some terrible, horrifying monsters, be it eldritch or just mechanical gets to him.
cubey@aol.pl (05:19:36): Nine-Ball Novum's chest opens. A hidden compartment!
cubey@aol.pl (05:19:49): Usually, there is a period of charging.
macprysm (05:19:51): Yuu's X-Buster is a bit spent after that Final Cross...but its plasma field is there to absorb the the incoming fire all the same...+
cubey@aol.pl (05:19:51): Not this time.
cubey@aol.pl (05:20:00): Instantly, it fires a HUGE beam at the battlefield.
cubey@aol.pl (05:20:31): Everyone, react as the beam cuts its way through the factory.
VJockey (05:20:45): *UP! UP! Boost upwards as fast as he can! Damnit this thing is just insanely armed to the teeth!+
Peter Kampschroeder (05:20:54): *Yeah, Roads is NOT going to be sticking around to get in the way of that! Dashing go!+
cubey@aol.pl (05:20:57): The PPCs are not to be taken lightly. The second shot penetrates through the field, and X-Buster is knocked flat on its ass!
aldo salt (05:21:10): *Matthew follows Ryou, boosting with his jump jets at full power!+
macprysm (05:21:42): Yuu WILL be awkwardly dodge rolling out of the way of that though, using the momentum from getting knocked back to evade the big beam of death.+
Kors (05:21:51): Ranna throws the Verfolger upwards at full thrust.+
aldo salt (05:22:18): "Toh!" Matthew shouts, hoping the exhortation will give him a bit more lift!
Wyverncakes (05:22:27): * Forte Gigas puts all power into its thrusters to pull up and away from the shot!+
tengusaur (05:22:49): * "It's destroying its own mother facility?!" Tobia knows better than to try to tank this, so he gets away from the beam, into mid-air! BUT... If it looks like some of the allies aren't gonna escape this, he fires magnetic anchors at them to go with the Crossbone! +
cubey@aol.pl (05:23:10): You manage to escape, because...
cubey@aol.pl (05:23:18): Something throws itself in the line of fire and absorbs most of the blast!
macprysm (05:23:19): Yuu: ...no, it's probably not from this facility...
cubey@aol.pl (05:23:26): The Supernova!
cubey@aol.pl (05:23:38): It's annihilated by the giant beam!
Kors (05:23:43): Ranna: "Star Captain!"
aldo salt (05:23:52): Matthew: "!!!!"
aldo salt (05:24:07): "Lolaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:24:17): Lola: "... I punched out."
tengusaur (05:24:18): Tobia: "Why did she..."
tengusaur (05:24:24): Tobia: "Oh!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:24:25): Lola: "Did you really expect me not to do that, Matthew?"
aldo salt (05:24:29): "…of course!" Matthew says in relief.
Wyverncakes (05:24:45): Josh: "Could have told us in advance!"
aldo salt (05:24:46): "I was merely *cough* expressing emotional support!"
aldo salt (05:24:55): Matthew says, utterly lying.
cubey@aol.pl (05:25:02): Lola: "There was no advance time!"
aldo salt (05:25:05): He coughs again.
cubey@aol.pl (05:25:11): Unfortunately, the damage to the factory wakes up more Nine-Balls.
tengusaur (05:25:18): Tobia: "You're a bad liar, clan guy."
cubey@aol.pl (05:25:19): New enemies; Nine-Ball x2, Nine-Ball Seraph x2.
cubey@aol.pl (05:25:22): Also
Kors (05:25:35): Ranna: "By Kerensky's Ghost!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:25:37): Novum fires its beam blast once again.
cubey@aol.pl (05:25:50): It goes wildly astray.
tengusaur (05:25:55): Tobia: "No chargeup time?!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:26:01): Why?
aldo salt (05:26:04): "Aff, it seems I am." Matthew admits. "Star Captain Lola…I think I will have to destroy the commander of your Touman in order to stop this. Is that alright?"
Kors (05:26:22): Ranna sends a message back Phelan: "What is the situation up there, Phelan?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:26:34): Because someone jumped on Novum's back from above.
cubey@aol.pl (05:26:51): (I will handle dialogue in a minute.)
cubey@aol.pl (05:27:07): Waco: "Damn."
aldo salt (05:27:13): "Additionally…" Matthew adds. "I am sorry for the loss of your Supernova. I remember how you loved vintage Battlemechs."
cubey@aol.pl (05:27:22): The BattleMaster holds to the Nine-Ball. Novum starts flying around the room wildly!
cubey@aol.pl (05:27:39): But the mech holds! And fires its PPC at point blank range, time and time again!
aldo salt (05:27:51): Matthew inhales sharply. "Wayne Waco! You–!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:27:55): Waco: "This is why I hate 'em Clanners."
aldo salt (05:28:04): Are kind of being badass at the moment, Matthew does not say.
cubey@aol.pl (05:28:07): "You can never give up, can you? Always with the grudges. Clan wars."
cubey@aol.pl (05:28:23): "Don't care about what's right in front of you!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:28:39): "And what is, is something that'll kill much more than just... gack."
Kors (05:28:41): Ranna counters in an almost amused tone: "Succession Wars."
aldo salt (05:29:00): "Vendetta with Wolf's Dragoons." Matthew deadpans.
cubey@aol.pl (05:29:06): Suddenly, the Novum throws BattleMaster back and impales it with an energy laser blade! The mech continues shooting in feeble resistance.
Wyverncakes (05:29:14): Josh: "D-dammit!"
aldo salt (05:29:19): Matthew: "Waco!"
tengusaur (05:29:24): Tobia: "Old guy!"
VJockey (05:29:24): #Waco?
aldo salt (05:29:29): He can't believe he's about to do this, but–
aldo salt (05:29:32): #Waco?
cubey@aol.pl (05:29:35): Waco: "Stop with the smug, wolf woman, just..."
cubey@aol.pl (05:29:36): APPROVED
macprysm (05:29:37): Yuu: Don't just watch him! Support fire! #Waco!
Peter Kampschroeder (05:29:58): @waco?
tengusaur (05:29:58): #
Kors (05:29:59): #Ranna joins in too?
cubey@aol.pl (05:30:06): Everyone is free to go.
VJockey (05:30:13): *Ryou's going to carve off that arm the blade was on and KICK the Novem in the HEAD!!!+
Peter Kampschroeder (05:30:36): *Roads, being an agressive sort of person, opens up on the Novem with his magic-boosted railgun.+
Peter Kampschroeder (05:30:43): Eibon: "Perish."
VJockey (05:30:56): "Old man, I agree with everything you just said... but damn, focus when you're making your speeches."
tengusaur (05:31:08): * Tobia rushes in. Time to scare that Nineball away by repeatedly punching it in the face with Beam Markers! +
Kors (05:31:08): Ranna grabs and tears out the now uesless PPC barrel... and jumps onto the back of the Novem, hammering at its back while the torso beam cannons blaze away.+
aldo salt (05:31:25): *"We will not resolve our affair like this! Go Heat Falcons!" Matthew launches all his heat falcons and directs them at the shoulder and leg joints of the Novem. Then…He tries to yank the Novem off the grizzled mercenary!+
Wyverncakes (05:31:26): * Forte Gigas doesn't have much in terms of precision weaponry, but Josh still takes a Storm Blade and hurls it at the Ninveball, using the Sympathia System to guide the attack._
griefgathering (05:31:55): *Zinaida's Fascinator quietly joins in on this with a blast from its back mounted plasma cannon.+
griefgathering (05:32:05): As quiet as that can be, anyway.
macprysm (05:32:06): Yuu: "Fist of Radiant JUSTICE!" The X-Buster's remote-controlled Rocket Punch flies off, its precise movements aiming to slam right into the side of the Novem and knock it off!+
cubey@aol.pl (05:33:49): Everyone pummels Novem at once! The unique Nine-Ball is overwhelmed by your attacks. Severely damaged, it is thrown to the ground and disappears under a pile of rubble that crashes down on its position.
cubey@aol.pl (05:34:00): Waco: "You did it...? You've done it!"
Kors (05:34:16): Ranna: "There is still Mattlov."
tengusaur (05:34:31): Tobia: "And several other Nineballs."
cubey@aol.pl (05:34:40): Waco: "No one's going to die today no more, no one's going to follow the same path as my poor boy! Because of!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:34:45): Click
cubey@aol.pl (05:34:48): Boom
cubey@aol.pl (05:34:55): The BattleMaster explodes.
Peter Kampschroeder (05:35:00): Roads: "I'm not calling it dead until I see it destroyed in front of-"
cubey@aol.pl (05:35:02): People who were near it, react to the explosion.
aldo salt (05:35:03): "And the raging war between the Clans…!" Matthew begins to add.
tengusaur (05:35:05): Tobia: "What!!"
aldo salt (05:35:10): "Wha–!"
macprysm (05:35:17): Yuu: "There was a man once, named Lordgenome, who attempted a similar feat...and I still regret to this day my inaction. Never aga-"
tengusaur (05:35:17): * Back away, back away! +
Kors (05:35:21): Ranna again boosts away, no time to even exclaim.+
cubey@aol.pl (05:35:27): Mattlov: "A means to the end." Her Seraph lowers a pulse rifle.
aldo salt (05:35:31): *Matthew, shocked, backpedals in his Nova frantically!+
Kors (05:35:54): Ranna: "May the Great Father spit on you, Mattlov!"
tengusaur (05:35:55): Tobia: "You piece of shit! He could no longer fight!"
macprysm (05:36:12): The X-Buster should be a good distance away, but its fist kicks up its afterburners to escape the fireball and return to the mech!+
VJockey (05:36:19): *Ryou's going to do his best to pull away from the blast... but...+
VJockey (05:36:24): "....That..."
aldo salt (05:36:24): Matthew: "You…that man was my foe to kill, Galaxy Commander! You hear me?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:36:27): You escape the explosion.
VJockey (05:36:35): "That was...."
cubey@aol.pl (05:36:39): Lola: "Matthew."
cubey@aol.pl (05:36:57): "I understand. Galaxy Commander Angeline Mattlov - you cannot be allowed to live anymore."
aldo salt (05:37:02): Matthew starts in his cockpit. "Lola?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:37:25): Unfortunately.
cubey@aol.pl (05:37:35): More Nine-Balls start converging around you.
cubey@aol.pl (05:37:41): There must be a dozen of them if not more.
cubey@aol.pl (05:38:03): Phelan: "Star Colonel Ranna Kerensky, do you hear me?"
tengusaur (05:38:10): Tobia: "...Will they stop moving if we destroy the controller?"
macprysm (05:38:17): Yuu: "...so, did we ever find that factory Self-Destruct button...?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:38:17): One of the Nine-Balls suddenly is thrown back!
cubey@aol.pl (05:38:28): It was shot in the face. Not with a beam, but with a physical shell!
cubey@aol.pl (05:38:35): Phelan: "I managed to find you some reinforcements."
cubey@aol.pl (05:38:48): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgUfIAnBNwI
aldo salt (05:39:00): "Aff." Matthew says to Lola, relaxing and drawing in a breath in his cockpit. "For the sake of the world…for the sake of our dignity, Mattlov shall be stopped once and for all!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:39:02): Where the shot came from, you see a trio of units.
cubey@aol.pl (05:39:16): Primitive-looking metal mushrooms with limbs and cannons on top.
Kors (05:39:17): Ranna: "I could kiss you now, Phelan, but that shall wait until this over, quiaff?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:39:23): Enge: "Ha ha! Did you see that?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:39:31): Kejinan: "That was totally my shot, you glory hog!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:39:50): Jaboli: "Stop arguing! It's coming back up!"
tengusaur (05:39:55): Tobia: "...Well, that's better help than nothing."
macprysm (05:40:02): Yuu: Those are..no way, you guys are still alive?!
cubey@aol.pl (05:40:03): Indeed, the Nine-Ball is not hurt by the round at all...
aldo salt (05:40:20): "That is one way of putting it. " Matthew says, in response to both Tobia and Yuu.
cubey@aol.pl (05:40:23): And suddenly it's annihilated by a RAIN of projectiles of all kinds. Bullets, beams, missiles, who knows what else.
Peter Kampschroeder (05:40:24): Roads: "I have no idea who you are, but do keep shooting the bad guys."
Wyverncakes (05:40:41): Josh: "Especially because it's working."
cubey@aol.pl (05:40:42): A large army of all kinds of robots starts swarming into the room.
Kors (05:40:56): Ranna: "But how are the rest of the Clan doing, Phelan?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:41:01): Clanner units, garage sale GMs, various Silhouette Machines (Siberian Railroad crap units).
tengusaur (05:41:29): Tobia: "Okay, that's better!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:42:05): ???: "This is Star Colonel Sandra Pryde speaking. Newly formed 3rd Wolf Guards are here to assist!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:42:10): Hey, another familiar voice.
cubey@aol.pl (05:42:33): Kejinan: "Wolf Guards? I thought we're here on scout duty! PAID scout duty!"
macprysm (05:42:37): Yuu: The Wolves have been busy adopting more freebirths into their ranks, I see!
aldo salt (05:42:37): Matthew pumps a fist in his cockpit. "Star Colonel Pryde! You finally made it, quiaff?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:42:54): Enge: "We're just here for our paychecks, okay?"
Kors (05:43:11): Ranna: "It is good to see you, Sandra."
aldo salt (05:43:12): "How have things been?" He asks his old commander.
cubey@aol.pl (05:43:14): Phelan: "Ranna, I do not know what happened in there, but something is going on among the Jade Falcon ranks."
cubey@aol.pl (05:43:26): Phelan: "They seem to be hesitating. The 89-ers, at least."
tengusaur (05:43:26): Tobia: "You can't cash in money if you don't survive, ya know. So make sure we all survive!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:44:20): Sandra: "Likewise. I have been busy organizing this rabble into something resembling a coherent unit."
Kors (05:44:22): Ranna: "Ah, Phelan. The 89ers is the only frontline cluster in the Falcons to accept freebirths as truebirths equals."
VJockey (05:44:25): [Ryou's trying his best not to laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation.]
VJockey (05:44:41): "Jack... you complete idiot... oh if only you were alive to see this."
Kors (05:44:44): Ranna: "Perhaps you can charm them into standing down, my love?" A laugh.
VJockey (05:44:49): "Weed out the chaff my ass..."
cubey@aol.pl (05:45:01): Angeline: "Disgraceful! This place will become your eternal resting place!"
Peter Kampschroeder (05:45:08): Eibon: "He'd be rather upset."
cubey@aol.pl (05:45:11): Phelan: "I will see what I can do." He sounds amused.
cubey@aol.pl (05:45:16): But watch out, the enemies are still here.
VJockey (05:45:29): "I know. That's why I wish he was here."
Kors (05:45:30): Ranna (to Sandra): "I look forward to pitting my 4th Wolf Guards against your 3rd in future exercises."
cubey@aol.pl (05:45:32): And Novem raises from the rubble - severely damaged, but still functional.
cubey@aol.pl (05:45:38): Matthew, Ryou, Ranna, go.
aldo salt (05:45:38): "Indeed, Ryou!" Matthew exhorts. "This is the true strength of humanity…that even the most unlikely of people can fight for the sake of the world!"
macprysm (05:45:50): Yuu: ...It STILL stands?!
Peter Kampschroeder (05:45:54): Roads: "Hah! Called it."
VJockey (05:45:57): "Not for long..."
tengusaur (05:45:59): Tobia: "It's not destroyed until it explodes!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:46:11): Matthew!
cubey@aol.pl (05:46:20): You feel a strange surge of energy pulsing through your very veins.
Peter Kampschroeder (05:46:24): Eibon: "Master, the task of destroying it still remains."
cubey@aol.pl (05:46:28): No. It's not strange at all, and is in fact very familiar.
cubey@aol.pl (05:46:45): Camraderie, sacrifice, feelings of unity and a shared goal...
cubey@aol.pl (05:46:54): All of those make your unit briefly shine in green light!
aldo salt (05:46:57): Matthew bows his head in his cockpit, a maelstrom of emotions running through him. Regret, Pride, Hope, Zeal, Rage, Love...
VJockey (05:47:05): *Ryou's going to let loose as many shots as he can! Moving and manuevering closer towards the Novem!+
cubey@aol.pl (05:47:07): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7zXi_senk
Kors (05:47:17): Ranna is not meleeing it this time, not with the friendly fire potential. She goes after Angeline Mattlov instead, firing the autocannon as she closes in, before beam cannons rake at her Nineball.+
tengusaur (05:47:29): Tobia: "Woah. I didn't know his machine can do that!"
griefgathering (05:47:45): @Ryou
cubey@aol.pl (05:48:04): Approved.
Peter Kampschroeder (05:48:35): @Ryou as well
cubey@aol.pl (05:48:41): Approved.
griefgathering (05:49:15): *Your charge is supported by a barrage of missiles and machinegun fire, Ryou. Zinaida is content with providing this much assistance.+
Peter Kampschroeder (05:49:15): *Roads lays into the boss nineball with his railgun again. Monsters get priority, after all.+
aldo salt (05:49:52): *Then he raises his head, and glares at Mattlov's Nineball! "Galaxy Commadner Mattlov!" He declares, voice resonating. "I RELIEVE YOU OF COMMAND OF THE FORCES OF CLAN JADE FALCON!" He rams his controls forward, and the Nova Messenger leaps forward, light as a thistledown on snow! &
cubey@aol.pl (05:51:05): Mattlov: "What stravag tactics is this?!" She activates laser blades and tries to impale Matthew's mech on them as it draws close! React/continue!
aldo salt (05:52:33): & He fires an Alpha Strike at Mattlov…then another. Then another, and another! The heat backlash drives his Nova's reactor to critical levels! Alarms blares, a core explosion imminent! But then, Matthew bares his teeth in a wide grin, and throws all his will and emotion and guts into his attack, and the built-up heat…blasts outwards in a spherical shockwave, scorching the very armor of Mattlov's Nineball!
aldo salt (05:52:34): &
aldo salt (05:52:48): "Giga…." Matthew growls.
aldo salt (05:53:17): "NOVVVVAAAA–––!!!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:54:18): Mattlov: "The true spirit... what have you learnt from the freebirth?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:54:49): Mattlov: "Ha ha ha ha ha! Such a mistake!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:54:56): The Seraph explodes.
aldo salt (05:54:58): He rams right into the Nineball, as his radiator blades shine like the sun itself! "WAAVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEE——AH!!!+
cubey@aol.pl (05:55:33): The intense waves of heat cause the remaining Turkina to shut itself down. Overheat.
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:05): At the same time, Ryou is being assisted by fire from several people at once as he goes for the kill.
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:13): Novum is suppressed and damaged further.
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:19): But once again, it fires its chest cannon.
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:21): But this time.
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:35): No - this time, there is a delay. It is too damaged to fire instantly.
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:38): React/continue!
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:42): Use this opportunity!
tengusaur (05:57:10): @/#/however you call it
aldo salt (05:57:12): @Ryou?
Kors (05:57:21): @Ryou.
cubey@aol.pl (05:57:26): Matthew already had his minute of glory, everyone else approved.
macprysm (05:57:28): @Ryou.
tengusaur (05:58:35): * "An opening!" Tobia suddenly draws and throws a single metal blade! His target - the charging-up chest cannon! "Let's see how you like this!" +
Kors (05:59:20): Ranna turns, her autocannon out of ammo, her beam cannons still recharging... Boosts at the Novem, then rearing the Verfolger's arm back, she tosses the PPC barrel in its hand at the chest cannon like a javelin. May it strike true!+
Wyverncakes (05:59:56): * "Kinda glad I don't have to compete with this..." Josh says as Fote Gigas opens up its own chest cannon once again. "Giga Blaster.... FIRE!" Yeah. Huge wave cannon blast once more.+
VJockey (06:00:31): *Well that won't do at all! Ryou ditches the Karasawa and kicks up the Overboost as he watches the cannon charge.... his world narrows to his target as he focuses... and moves... Three... distance closing.... two... blades flare, blue-white light and burning air cracks around the blades....one.... he pushes as much power as he could in them and swings them both outwards - intending to quarter the AI machine from its torso - right from its cannon before kicking off in a backwards somersault.+
VJockey (06:00:55): "Black Feather Cross."
cubey@aol.pl (06:01:32): The Nine-Ball Novem is hit by thrown projectiles. They do... nothing.
cubey@aol.pl (06:01:37): Nothing except give it a second of a pause.
cubey@aol.pl (06:01:47): Which is enough to be fired at by the blaster.
macprysm (06:02:07): Yuu: "ANCHOR CHAAAAAAIN!" The X-Buster's movements are swift, thanks to the added boosters of the Kris! It makes its way past the Turkina, letting its Anchor Chain catch the sitting duck of a Mech on the way past. With its core still overheated, itll be a nice, explosive head for this HAMMER of JUSTICE! The X-Buster growls as it brings the clanner mech down at the end of his allies attacks!+
cubey@aol.pl (06:02:24): Ryou strikes at the damaged Novem.
cubey@aol.pl (06:02:43): The risky maneuver to cut out the AI unit
cubey@aol.pl (06:02:45): Is successful.
cubey@aol.pl (06:03:08): This time, there is no explosion either.
cubey@aol.pl (06:03:14): Oh wait, there is.
cubey@aol.pl (06:03:26): The whole factory starts to shake and parts of machinery break down one by one.
cubey@aol.pl (06:03:34): The whole place is tearing itself apart!
Wyverncakes (06:03:41): Josh: "... So it's over then?"
cubey@aol.pl (06:04:11): Novem is a lifeless pile of junk now, seperated from the control module. Other Nine-Balls fall to the ground.
macprysm (06:04:15): Yuu: Someone finally hit the Self Destruct...
VJockey (06:04:23): "...."
Kors (06:04:28): Ranna: "Not quite yet!" She flies over to pick up the ejected/disabled Jade Falcon pilots.
Wyverncakes (06:04:29): Josh: "Ryou, you've got the module?"
tengusaur (06:04:43): Tobia: "Finally! Everyone, let's get out of here!"
cubey@aol.pl (06:04:45): The Turkina is destroyed by Yuu's smash. Somehow the pilot survived. Somehow.
VJockey (06:04:49): [Ryou lifts it up towards Josh.]
tengusaur (06:05:00): Tobia: "Nobody stays behind!"
cubey@aol.pl (06:05:10): Sandra: "Halmar, Halmar, all units - evacuate the premises! I order you not to die!"
aldo salt (06:05:21): Matthew Nova, suddenly backpedals out of the hole it gouged out of the wall. It's pretty dented, but can still move as it rendevouses with Lola's position. "Do you need pickup, Lola Helmar?"
aldo salt (06:05:30): *Matthew's Nova
cubey@aol.pl (06:05:38): Lola: "Aff."
cubey@aol.pl (06:05:47): She looks tired by this all.
Wyverncakes (06:05:48): Josh: "Alright then."
cubey@aol.pl (06:05:59): Lola: "One day you will need to inform me just how you achieved this."
aldo salt (06:06:13): Matthew lowers his mech's hand towards Lola's position, lifts her up, then pops the cockpit for her to get in.
cubey@aol.pl (06:06:15): Bzzt! New transmission.
aldo salt (06:06:40): "…it is complicated." He says. "But I will try, when that day comes." He says to Lola.
cubey@aol.pl (06:06:43): ???: "This is the commander of 89th Falcon Strikers, Star Colonel Devinnia Guili speaking."
cubey@aol.pl (06:07:13): Devinnia: "I received news of Galaxy Commander Mattlov's demise. This leaves me as the highest ranked warrior present."
Wyverncakes (06:07:28): Josh: "Then don't be an idiot and cross us."
Peter Kampschroeder (06:07:34): Roads will pick up nameless Turkina pilot. Gotta be nice.
cubey@aol.pl (06:07:48): Devinnia: "We accept your offer of Hegira. If it still applies, that is."
cubey@aol.pl (06:08:09): Enge: "I don't speak space warrior dude-speech!"
Kors (06:08:13): Ranna (to allies): "Their Clusters must have been shot, if she is the highest ranked warrior now."
tengusaur (06:08:14): Tobia: "Finally someone with reason!"
Kors (06:08:26): Ranna: "Phelan?"
cubey@aol.pl (06:08:27): Jaboli: "It means they surrender. Come on, you've been around those space warrior dudes for months!"
aldo salt (06:08:29): He looks out at the wreckage of Waco's Battlemaster. "I wonder if I should look for that mercenary." He mutters to himself, before turning the Nova away and moving out.
VJockey (06:08:34): "Makes a change after everything we dealt with."
macprysm (06:09:01): Yuu: Shall I retrieve his wreckage?
cubey@aol.pl (06:09:05): Phelan: "The offer still stands, of course. I am glad you came to see the light of reason, Star Colonel Guili."
tengusaur (06:09:23): Tobia: "No time, let's go!"
tengusaur (06:09:35): Tobia: "...Sorry, but I think he's dead."
cubey@aol.pl (06:09:39): There is no wreckage of the Battlemaster left to retrieve.
aldo salt (06:09:41): "I leave it up to you, Mechwarrior Yuushashiro." Matthew replies. "Prioritize escape."
cubey@aol.pl (06:09:42): The unit was annihilated.
cubey@aol.pl (06:09:45): Along its pilot.
cubey@aol.pl (06:10:06): The rabble that Sandra brought in and that actually kinda helped hold the Nine-Balls at bay is making its escape.
cubey@aol.pl (06:10:09): So are you. All of you.
cubey@aol.pl (06:10:12): ... Are you?
cubey@aol.pl (06:10:26): Zinaida.
aldo salt (06:10:27): "It looks like we never got to settle that unfinished business…" Matthew muses as he moves out.
cubey@aol.pl (06:10:27): Ryou.
Kors (06:10:40): The Verfolger is getting out of there after making up whichever Falcon pilots are left.
VJockey (06:10:46): [Ryou calmly drops the AI core.]
cubey@aol.pl (06:10:47): You are left behind by the rest as the factory is breaking down around you.
macprysm (06:10:49): *Yuu simply grabs a piece of shrapnel (with a model number, if possible), before getting the heck out.*
VJockey (06:10:54): "Naiza."
griefgathering (06:11:00): Funny thing about stupid stuff to do here.
tengusaur (06:11:09): Tobia: "...Aren't we missing someone?"
Peter Kampschroeder (06:11:13): Eibon: "Ryou, do not tarry." But that is all the mind she gives him, as Roads leaves.
Wyverncakes (06:11:26): Josh: "Ryou..."
griefgathering (06:11:26): Zinaida: "I told you, it's Zinaida now. And there's just one thing left..."
Wyverncakes (06:11:29): He's kinda frowning.
Wyverncakes (06:11:33): "You going to be okay?"
VJockey (06:11:43): ".... I'll see you guys in a while."
VJockey (06:11:46): "Don't worry."
griefgathering (06:11:47): The Fascinator raises it's railgun...it's pointed at Nevermore.
aldo salt (06:11:50): "…Do what you must, Ryou. We will be waiting." Matthew says quietly, then books it.
VJockey (06:11:58): "Keep Matthew out of trouble for me."
VJockey (06:12:04): "The idiot can't look out for himself."
Wyverncakes (06:12:20): Josh: "... Alright."
macprysm (06:12:22): Yuu: Of course.
aldo salt (06:12:27): …and then Matthew pouts. "Stravag! I have had it up to here, Ryou!"
Wyverncakes (06:12:32): "Make sure you come back."
tengusaur (06:12:35): Tobia: "Ryou! What's going on in your head?"
aldo salt (06:12:37): He makes a gesture. "UP. TO. HERE!"
VJockey (06:12:45): [The Raven let out a soft chuckle.]
VJockey (06:12:56): "We never got to have that fight. Did we Zinaida?"
griefgathering (06:13:25): Zinaida: "Not quite. I always did want to try, though."
VJockey (06:13:46): "...No better time than the present I guess."
griefgathering (06:13:57): Zinaida: "In the end, this is all that's left for me. There wasn't much I could do without PLUS after the drones attacked."
cubey@aol.pl (06:14:00): Something explodes in the background.
VJockey (06:14:26): "... I didn't take that option."
VJockey (06:14:47): "Some stubborn people talked me out of it."
VJockey (06:15:11): "But here I am... standing here in front of you...."
VJockey (06:15:36): "Strange isn't it? Coming down to the two of us. The bottomfeeder and the outsider."
griefgathering (06:16:26): Zinaida: "Well, an opportunity is an opportunity. That's how we've always lived, right?"
griefgathering (06:16:38): And without further delay, the Fascinator opens fire!
VJockey (06:16:42): "It always has been."
cubey@aol.pl (06:17:02): Zinaida, act!
cubey@aol.pl (06:17:10): Or if that counts as an action - Ryou, react.
griefgathering (06:17:24): (Forgot *, my mistake)
cubey@aol.pl (06:17:32): The latter then.
VJockey (06:17:54): *The Nevermore kicks aside, what does Ryou do to further avoid the strike? Detatch one of his AC's arms to take the hit!+
griefgathering (06:17:54): Zinaida: "I never agreed with that bunch...that's why I left..."
VJockey (06:18:06): *kick-leaps
cubey@aol.pl (06:18:15): The arm is destroyed, but the rest of the AC is unhurt.
cubey@aol.pl (06:18:17): Ryou, act now.
VJockey (06:18:28): "I had my differences with them. But I never regretted staying"
VJockey (06:19:37): *Ryou fires up his boosters, sending the Nevermore on a wall run before kicking off of it and firing off the OB system - intending to send an axe-kick at the Fascinator!+
cubey@aol.pl (06:19:50): Zinaida, react.
griefgathering (06:20:28): Zinaida: "Everything I've learned, all of it was for the sake of being the best. I do things on my own."
VJockey (06:21:32): "Queen of the hill... but..."
VJockey (06:21:40): "When everything's over..."
VJockey (06:21:43): "What's next."
griefgathering (06:21:55): *"That is my pride." Her voice is almost robotic, but her actions are as fluid as ever. Fascinator joins the wall run, dashing straight at Nevermore with its railgun armed, but Zinaida brings the weapon down in a melee strike to counter the kick instead of shooting with it!+
griefgathering (06:23:05): Zinaida: "It ends when it ends, Ryou."
cubey@aol.pl (06:23:08): The Fascinator slams down on the kick - but with the Overboost active, Ryou manages to melee the railgun away! It is damaged and knocked off-balance.
cubey@aol.pl (06:23:10): Zinaida, act.
griefgathering (06:24:12): *Momentum is still there! Zinaida suddenly executes a spinning kick, drawing her hangar slot machinegun as she fires at almost pointblank range!+
cubey@aol.pl (06:24:38): Ryou - react.
VJockey (06:27:34): *Indeed... Momentum IS still there Ryou's going to take that kick but tilt Nevermore enough in hopes of avoiding the shots... then spear the Moonlight's blade into the Fascinator's head!+
VJockey (06:28:09): [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql8KgsC7vjE ]
cubey@aol.pl (06:29:08): In dramatic slow motion, Nevermore twists its body - yet the bullets ding against its torso anyway, causing damage.
cubey@aol.pl (06:29:20): But the damage is slightl, and the blade removes Zinaida's AC's head!
cubey@aol.pl (06:29:25): Ryou, you can go now!
griefgathering (06:30:02): Zinaida: "I see...that's your resolve..."
VJockey (06:30:26): *Ryou's not going to relent here! Moving to flank around Zinaida and let loose with a blade wave!+
cubey@aol.pl (06:30:40): React to that, Zinaida!
griefgathering (06:31:41): *That plasma cannon on the Fascinator's back unfolds up just enough to aim and fire in Nevermore's direction, which happens to be Zinaida's blindspot! Whether it succeeds or not is another story.+
cubey@aol.pl (06:32:52): The plasma cannon fires in defiance. In a second, it seems like both of you are engulfed in a sea of flames.
cubey@aol.pl (06:33:32): This is because the Layered is collapsing as a whole, rooms being destroyed by self-destruction mechanisms and even the place you're in is mostly on fire right now.
cubey@aol.pl (06:33:41): But the shot was... inaccurate.
cubey@aol.pl (06:33:59): Ryou moves under it, and unleashed a blade wave attack.
cubey@aol.pl (06:34:03): The Fascinator is cleaved in two.
VJockey (06:34:15): "...Goodbye... Zinaida."
griefgathering (06:35:32): Fascinator does indeed fall apart like its surroundings.
griefgathering (06:35:57): Zinaida: "...That's as far as I go, huh...?"
cubey@aol.pl (06:36:11): The Armored Core is destroyed and can no longer fight, obviously.
griefgathering (06:36:17): Zinaida: "You're the last one now, Ryou."
VJockey (06:36:28): "...Yeah..."
VJockey (06:36:34): "I guess I am..."
griefgathering (06:36:39): And with that...
griefgathering (06:36:50): Whatever remains of the AC explodes.
cubey@aol.pl (06:37:18): No more Ravens, high profile mercenaries that pilot units known as Armored Cores, remain.
cubey@aol.pl (06:37:21): No more, except one.
cubey@aol.pl (06:37:22): Ryou Kimura.
cubey@aol.pl (06:37:26): The Last Raven.
cubey@aol.pl (06:37:28): MISSION COMPLETE