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srwuga_mods) wrote2011-07-17 10:07 pm
srwuga_mods) wrote2011-07-17 10:07 pm
Mission 006: Decay
[19:03] Nerdo: So, it's a relatively normal day aboard the White Chalice and associated warships.
[19:03] Nerdo: Albeit cold and dismal outside
[19:03] Nerdo: What's everyone doing?
[19:04] Nerdo: (And by everyone I mean Orlando, Hua Cheng, and Werter)
[19:04] Eric: Orlando is going over blueprints for striker units
[19:05] tengu: Werter is busy carefully assemling a Zakrello plamo in his room, while Prometheus plays on his console and totally messes up his saved games.
[19:06] Jockey: Cheng - who was still sore all over - was doing a check up on Behemoth. He wasn't sure of he would have to mission in this cold waste and the Behemoth had problems from time to time in cold climes
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[19:07] Nerdo: At around this point, the three of you get a message from Dan. In Werter's case, it shows up on his TV. Hopefully Prometheus knows to pause.
[19:07] Nerdo: Dan: "Hey guys! Uh, remember those people who robbed us last week?"
[19:08] Eric: Orlando: "How could I not? My life flashed before my eyes."
[19:08] tengu: Werter: "Seeing that I wasn't aboard yet..."
[19:08] Jockey: There was a low growl of annoyance. "Considering I was beat nine tenths to death...Yes I do remember"
[19:09] Nerdo: Dan: "Well, we got an SOS from a place around here and I figured it's either them or someone else getting attacked by them, so...could you go check it out?"
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[19:10] Eric: Orlando is not wild about this, but of course you've all got to do your part to survive.
[19:11] Eric: Orlando: "I'll take a look, but not by myself."
[19:12] Jockey: Cheng scowled. Honestly he was tempted to just leave the pink haired harridan to die, but still if she was attacking someone. "Alright. But don't expect me to save her in one piece if her lot need a rescue"
[19:12] tengu: Werter: "I'm not that kind of guy who ignores a call for help." He leaves the model for later and picks Prometheus up by his head. "Let's get going, okay? Stop playing the game, you just saved."
[19:13] Eric: Orlando: "Glad that's taken care of. I'll get the Handyman."
[19:13] Nerdo: Dan: "Great! Uh, and if you could stop the mechs before they get toooo much closer to us here, that'd be great too."
[19:14] tengu: Prometheus wiggles in the air in response, and both of them head to the hangar.
[19:15] Nerdo: Dan sends everyone clearance to deploy and directions to some large industrial structure nearby, situated in a large cleared area within the expanses of the Canadian forest.
[19:16] Eric: The Handyman thumps off of Orlando's ship and meets up with the others
[19:16] Nerdo: It's probably meant to be a factory of some kind, but right now it appears to be serving as target practice for an assortment of mismatched and haphazardly maintained mecha
[19:17] Jockey: Cheng grumbles as he got himself ready to go, muttering to himself about Dan's ill suitedness and was wishing there was actually SOMEONE INTELLIGENT doing mission control before marching the Behemoth off the ship. Its thrusters kicking in and giving it a softer landing.
[19:17] tengu: Werter: "Okay, ready? Let's do this, Prometheus. Transform." Prometheus grows into a mass of mechanisms that swallows Werter and turns into an 80-foot tall version of the robot! Which probably freaks out some people in the hangar. And then it runs towards its destination quickly.
[19:20] Nerdo: On the field are two (Link: http://www.mahq.net/mecha/srw/og1/rpt-007.jpg)Gespenst Mk IIMs, one (Link: http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/0080/rgm-79d.jpg)GM variant, one (Link: http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/00/vms-15.jpg)Realdo, and one...something. It looks like it was piled together from about 12 different mechs. The only readily identifiable part is something that looks like a Dom's head/camera setup.
[19:21] Nerdo: Facing them is the dilapidated pile of the factory, which occasionally flickers with anti-tank rifle fire, but only seems to have one or two vehicles defending it (Rosie and David, you can act or talk as you prefer)
[19:22] Eric: Orlando: "So which side has that awful woman fighting for it?"
[19:22] TK: David "Rosie! Who did you piss off this time?"
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[19:23] Lichi: Rosie's breathing was heavy. There wasn't a hell of a lot she could do those god damn fliers. "Weren't you listening!?"
[19:23] Jockey: Cheng: "I'm almost tempted to say we shoot everything and get it over with. But I obviously don't have enough ammunition for that"
[19:23] TK: * The Tank fires on the Gespenst with shells and missiles. If he can get a cockpit hit then score. If not, he aims for as decisive strikes as possible. Especially if they also disable the pilot. +
[19:24] Lichi: The DeWalt was a construciton mech ... it couldn't do a damn thing about anything in the air.
[19:24] Lichi: ((Nerd, did they give an ultimatum? Or just attack?))
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[19:26] tengu: Werter: "I'm a bit not up to date with the whole background here. All I know is that someone called for help, and it surely aren't those people attacking the factory."
[19:26] Lichi: "You can fight by me or you can run. I can't make you stay. But I ain't leaving without a fight!"
[19:27] Lichi: The DeWalt, arms in front of its cockpit for protection, lurched forward to close the distance with an enemy for a drill hand ended punch.+
[19:27] Nerdo: (Brief flashback! One of the enemy pilots demanded 'Rosie Li' over loudspeakers, but they didn't wait too long to attack anyway. This is valuable property after all.)
[19:27] Eric: Orlando sights. "Do what you must. I'll pick up the pieces."
[19:27] Jockey: Cheng's tone was somewhat sarcastic "You sure? Maybe she robbed the wrong person and they called for an angry mob"
[19:28] TK: David "Wait, Rosie these are those guys we jumped!"
[19:28] TK: David actually remembers their voices.
[19:28] Nerdo: [David] The tank shell can only land a glancing hit on the more agile Gespenst.
[19:28] TK: David is not surprised by this at all.
[19:28] Eric: What is the physical status of David and Rosie's mechs?
[19:28] Nerdo: [Rosie] However, it's slowed down enough by the shot to be open to attack, and the drill manages to at least give it a neat gouge in the frontal armor
[19:29] tengu: Werter: "That's why I'm not going to charge in guns blazing. Especially since Prometheus doesn't have any guns anyway."
[19:29] Lichi: "Aww, hell...! Just what we needed..."
[19:29] Lichi: "Son of a bitch, we had deal...!"
[19:30] Nerdo: (Initiative: Werter, Orlando, Hua Cheng, Rosie, David)
[19:30] Eric: (Seriously, how banged up are Rosie and David's mechs?)
[19:30] TK: ((I assume David's Tank and Rosie's mecha have seen better days, but are still mostly intact))
[19:30] Lichi: ((Fairly scarred, but not too bad yet))
[19:30] Nerdo: (The fight hasn't been going on very long, but honestly they're junk to begin with)
[19:31] Eric: (okay, carry on)
[19:31] TK: (Yes, that.)
[19:31] Nerdo: (Enemies: Gespenst x2, GM Cold Climate, Ugly, Realdo)
[19:32] Nerdo: (Allies?: Tank, DeWalt, goons with anti-tank rifles)
[19:32] Nerdo: (Mission Goal: Protect David and Rosie, or Dan will cry)
[19:32] Nerdo: (Werter)
[19:32] TK: David "Well... maybe we can like... agree to not shoot eachother?" His voice is rather shakey. This situation was bad enough without the White Chalice showing up to complicate things.
[19:32] TK: (That was to Rosie by the way)
[19:33] tengu: *The white giant leaps into the air, does a sommersault in the air (a move Werter instantly regrets because it makes his head spin) and lands on the ground between the two fighting groups! It extends its arms towards the attacking forces and creates a defensive barrier of green plasma. "Okay, what's going on here?", Werter asks over the radio.+
[19:33] Lichi: Rosie: "We just have to play it by ear!"
[19:34] TK: David "C... Contacting them couldn't hurt."
[19:35] Nerdo: [Werter] The nearest enemy, the Realdo, pauses, seems to consider Prometheus as its pilot obviously does so, then raises its railgun and fires directly at Prometheus. Fortunately, the plasma shield blocks the attack fairly well.
[19:35] Nerdo: (Orlando)
[19:35] TK: David being the scardy cat that he is decides to shoot the Chalice people a line, "Look, ...I won't shoot you if you don't shoot me." He says.
[19:35] Eric: *Orlando maneuvers his mech over to behind Cheng's and activates the tightbeam communication array, filling Cheng's computer system with advanced targetting data, allowing him to lock on to enemy targets with much greater ease and precision than he normally would be able to. Whoever he wants to shoot, it shouldn't be too hard.+
[19:36] Lichi: Rosie opens voice comms: "Hey, White Chalice! You--"
[19:36] Lichi: They're shooting her enemies.
[19:37] TK: David note's this as well, but better safe than sorry he supposes.
[19:37] Lichi: "... Keep helping out and we've got supplies in it for you! Good trade deals! How's that by you?"
[19:37] Lichi: Her voice is notably strained with this situation.
[19:37] Nerdo: One of the Gespensts, armed with a machine gun, darts around to try and attack Orlando's squishy-looking unit, now that his teammate apparently designated the WC crew as hostiles. He fires off a long burst. Fortunately, Orlando's under cover. Unfortunately, Hua Cheng's Behemoth is that cover (react Orlando and Hua Cheng)
[19:38] Nerdo: (Also act Hua Cheng)
[19:39] Eric: *The Handyman hunkers down and reveals that is, in fact, not squishy at all. It is covered in high quality armor plating, and anything other than a perfectly aimed shot from a conventional weapon will mostly likely just glance off.+
[19:39] Jockey: *Cheng was not about to move and allow a teammate to get hit. He chose to weather the storm for better or worse as his twin cannons lowered, and promptly errupted with a tremendous bang as the heavy armor piercing shells went forth to kill+
[19:40] tengu: Werter: "One side attacks us without saying a word, the other called SOS and offers supplies if we help them. I think the math is simple here."
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[19:41] Lichi: "We got a deal then!?" There's a bit of tense levity in her voice.
[19:43] Jockey: Cheng: let out a grunt of annoyance, prefering to ignore Rosie's voice. "Talk to us when they're dead!" no need to explain who the 'They' was.
[19:43] TK: David "Works for me."
[19:43] Lichi: Rosie figured to quit while she was ahead~
[19:44] Nerdo: [Hua Cheng] The Gespenst pilot learns his lesson about underestimating the armor on what looks like a construction unit and retains it for several whole seconds before Hua Cheng's computer-assisted main guns tear apart his Gespenst, cockpit included
[19:44] TK: His voice is still shakey, but he has more important things to worry about. If the White Chalice crew decides to kill them all, then they kinda earned it anyway. Nothing they could do about that.
[19:45] Nerdo: The junkpile mecha moves to support the other Gespy in fighting Rosie, clomping behind the DeWalt with surprisingly agility and opening up on her with what must be a dozen small-caliber machine guns, all fired at once (react and act Rosie)
[19:47] tengu: #
[19:47] Nerdo: (support Werter)
[19:47] Lichi: The sturdy construction mech didn't have any kind of mobility to dodge that kind of fire.
[19:47] TK: #
[19:48] Lichi: All it did was whirl its body 180 degrees around to swing the shoulder mounted wrecking ball recklessly in at it.+
[19:48] tengu: *Prometheus spreads it force field just a bit further to cover the area where the enemy is attacking as well.+
[19:48] Nerdo: (David can support too)
[19:49] TK: *David swings the Tank's missile pod around and shoots at the junk robot. Aiming to the far side of where the DeWalt was to knock it around with explosions while avoiding hitting Rosie. +
[19:52] Nerdo: The plasma shield blocks most of the machine-gun fire, leaving only grazing hits to the DeWalt. The hapharzard counterattacks stagger it back, but it's clear most of the junk on the Ugly is there as makeshift ablative armor as it falls off harmlessly under fire.
[19:52] Nerdo: (David)
[19:53] TK: (Enemies?)
[19:54] Nerdo: (Gespenst, GM, Ugly, Realdo)
[19:54] TK: *David swivels the Missile Pod back towards the GM. They were gonna take some doing to hit. So he fires a spread of missiles more to cover the area than to hit anything while watching for an opening to fire a shell. &
[19:56] Nerdo: The GM pilot stands his ground for the most part, putting his unit's shield between himself and the rockets he can't avoid. He's stopped moving, at least (continue)
[19:58] TK: *That's what David was wating for! Armor piercing shell to the face! And by face, I mean the pilot's face in the cockpit! +
[20:00] Nerdo: The GM does its best to simply fall backwards to dodge, the AP shell making a huge crater on its torso and knocking it over regardless.
[20:00] Nerdo: Meanwhile, nearby in the forest, there's someone else in distress
[20:01] Nerdo: Alessandra! You were on your way to meet up with your mentor for the start of the campaign against House Flugen. Apparently, House Flugen doesn't like that idea, because five of their mecha just showed up and made short work of your escort.
[20:02] Nerdo: Cordell: "Hmph. So much for Consenesco's men-at-arms. Let's see if their Champion can do any better."
[20:03] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "You might want to run, ya know."
[20:04] Nerdo: (Alessandra's enemies: House Flumen Famulus x3, Proeliator Anguis, Proeliator Tigris)
[20:04] Nerdo: (Alessandra)
[20:04] Cubey: Alessandra: "Cordell Gubser! Arnoldo Fulwiler! I knew I would find the likes of you soon! The circumstances are not weighted in my favor, but worry not - House Consenesco will not fall today!"
[20:05] Nerdo: Cordell: "I don't care if you are in a champion unit, you're surrounded on three sides, girl."
[20:06] Cubey: *And with that, Alessandra's mecha acts bravely by... running away in the only available direction. However, she's not going to let these ruffians go unpunished.
[20:06] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "Called it!"
[20:07] Nerdo: The available direction for Alessandra is, obviously, towards an open area where, normally, the enemy's superior numbers would let them overwhelm her. Today, though, that open area is full of other mecha fighting each other in a completely unrelated battle.
[20:07] Cubey: *Memento Mori turns while it flees, letting the thrusters carry it backwards. It produces two flintlock-looking pistols. "Please accept my gift of appreciation!" Both of them shoot out in a barrage of sub-machinegun fire, not aimed at any target in general but rather trying to dissuade them from following.+
[20:08] Cubey: Alessandra: "Oh my... I seem to have gotten myself into quite a predicament. Salutations! Can anyone hear me?" She tries to establish contact with the other units.
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[20:09] Nerdo: Everyone on the battlefield around the factory sees an ornate, even barogue-looking black and white mecha running out of the forest, pursued by five other rather strange-looking machines, and firing somehow-automatic flintlock-styled pistols back at them
[20:09] Eric: Orlando: "What NOW?"
[20:09] Nerdo: (Everyone react. The mercenaries are doing so by wtfing at what's one their cameras now.)
[20:10] Eric: Orland is waiting to see what they do and who on his side needs help
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[20:10] Cubey: Whomever has a video feed in their unit's comms can see now a young woman with blonde hair wearing some kind of... armored dress. That kinda mimics the armor of the unit that just appeared.
[20:10] Lichi: Rosie: "It's like this place is suddenly some kind of robot magnet!!"
[20:11] tengu: Werter: "Huh, that's surprising." He doesn't sound too surprised. "Who might you be?"
[20:11] TK: * David takes the chance to fire on the mercenary which looks the most open by the distraction! With missiles, and shells, and more missiles! +
[20:11] Lichi: Despite griping, Rosie mostly ignored this as much as she could based on the rationale of 'kind of busy at the moment,' and, ejecting the drill bit, revealed the hand beneath.
[20:11] Cubey: Alessandra: "Greetings, kind souls! Would you be so kind to drop whatever you are doing and rescue a fair maiden in distress?"
[20:11] Lichi: Then it pulled out the cable of the wrecking ball and began to swing that ball like a massively heavy lasso above the DeWalt's head, swinging it at a gespenst in with more control this time.&
[20:11] Lichi: "If I have the time!?"
[20:12] Cubey: Alessandra: "My name is Alessandra Langolier of House Consenesco, and I was just ambushed by these honorless Flumen thugs. I appreciate their craftiness, but at the moment I am outnumbered. I would be honored if you helped remedy that!"
[20:12] Jockey: Cheng blinked at the gunfire that was coming from the direction that was NOT the battlefield before them, turning his machine to regard the chase. The plea from help also added to the situation. "More trouble. Orlando, can you and our Comrade take care of the bandit pr-...the problem the bandits are having." He turns the Behemoth towards the incoming ornate machine and moves to support it. "Its better than what I'm rescuing now."
[20:12] TK: David ignores her, and continues taking advantage of the distraction as best he can!
[20:12] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "Hey, Consenesco, this is supposed to be a private party! Would you invite just anyone to your funeral?"
[20:13] Cubey: Alessandra: "But of course! Otherwise it would be quite glum, wouldn't you say?"
[20:13] Nerdo: Cordell: "Ignore these people. Get the Champion!"
[20:13] tengu: Werter thinks for a moment. On one hand, they agreed to help those people and bury the axe in a touching gesture of cooperation. On the other hand, she's cute. "Sure. We'll help."
[20:15] Nerdo: David and Rosie managed to opportunistically batter back the remaining Gespenst, Rosie removing its head with the wrecking ball. However, the junkpile mech stands its ground and, ignoring Rosie now, blasts away at the factory with multiple grenade launchers, ignoring the ineffectual return fire from Rosie's gang.
[20:15] tengu: *The barrier disappears, and Prometheus starts charging towards the incoming enemies, its hands burning with plasma! Werter's plan is simple. Step 1: grab a mook's arm. Step 2: Pull it off. Step 3: repeat with the other arm.+
[20:16] Nerdo: (That'll be your turn in a second, if that's alright)
[20:16] Nerdo: (Enemies (mercs): Ugly, Realdo)
[20:16] tengu: (Ah, I thought that by react you mean we can attack now. Rightio, my mistake.)
[20:16] Nerdo: (Enemies (Flumen): Famulus x3, Proeliator Anguis, Proeliator Tigris)
[20:18] Nerdo: (The Famulii are flying geometr--wait, no, they look like (Link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Landsknechte.jpg/400px-Landsknechte.jpg)Prussian fops. Proeliator Anguis is a much larger version with a huge crushing claw on one arm, Proeliator Tigris is a much larger version with two giant shields)
[20:19] Nerdo: (Initiative: Werter, Alessandra, Orlando, Hua Cheng, Rosie, David)
[20:21] Nerdo: [Werter] Prometheus charges one of the Famuli and grabs its gun arm, melting it pretty seriously. It's getting a face full of metal saber for its trouble, though (Werter react)
[20:21] Nerdo: (Alessandra)
[20:22] Cubey: *"One by one, divided you shall fall!" Alessandra drops her guns - they're all out of bullets anyway. Instead she draws a long rapier and a smaller parrying dagger. The latter held in a defensive position, but the former slashes at another Famulus as her unit jumps forward.
[20:23] tengu: * "Woah!" The white mech jumps away from the attack, rolling on the ground at the end of the leap and springing back on its feet. It's very fast for something so large.+
[20:24] Nerdo: (+, Cubey?)
[20:24] Cubey: *Alessandra: "Memento Mori, at your service!" She slashes at the smaller unit's head, upper torso and limbs. And then, the blade sparks with electricity as she activates its zapper. And thrusts in the center where the previous strikes have joined.+
[20:25] Nerdo: [Werter] You escape with Prometheus only getting stabbed in the head a little.
[20:26] tengu: Werter: "Just a flesh wound."
[20:26] Nerdo: [Alessandra] The Famulus pilot tries and does a half-respectable job of attempting to parry Memento Mori's sword and dagger, but his machine can't keep up with both blades and it gets stabbed and shocked severely.
[20:28] Nerdo: Meanwhile, the remaining standing mooks are still taking advantage of the confusion to deal damage to the factory. While the Ugly stands its ground and fires covering shots against Rosie and David, the Realdo takes a thruster-assisted jump to the top of the building and hacks away at the vestigial smokestacks with its sonic blade, knocking pieces down on Rosie's men (react Rosie and David)
[20:29] Eric: #
[20:29] Nerdo: (Orlando support and then act)
[20:29] Eric: *Orlando activates the shoulder mounted grenade launcher and fires a grenade between the remaining mercenaries and Rosie's factory, filling the area with sensor disrupting chaff and making targetting with any kind almost impossible for computers and giving Rosie's guys a chance to catch their breath.+
[20:30] Nerdo: That is certainly making Rosie's men's running the hell away more effective.
[20:31] Eric: That's it for now, he's mainly preparing to react to things
[20:32] TK: * David swivels the missile pod around (which is running low on missiles) as the Barrel is unfortunately pointed the other direction. There isn't much he can do other than fire at the Realdo, but he is careful to not make things worse for the men below. As much as he can be with low yield explosives anyway. As for the Ugly well... he's in a tank, he can't really dodge so he just returns fire with the main barrel while hoping the armor holds. But if it starts to buckle, he totally retreats to a more armored area of the inner tank and waits for an opening to escape. +
[20:32] Lichi: ((Is there a mech's gun on the ground anywhere? From a downed unit?))
[20:33] Nerdo: (The dropped Gespensts had a machine gun and a shotgun you can use.)
[20:34] Lichi: Rosie all but howls with palpable rage and fear as the big boots of the DeWalt kick up dirt as it charges over to pick up the shot gun, because her mech piloting marksmanship sucks...
[20:34] Lichi: then begins firing at pretty much anything that an ally.+
[20:34] Lichi: *that isn't an
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[20:36] Nerdo: The Ugly and the nearest Famulus both seem to flinch. The all-out assault takes the Ugly by storm and, despite all its extra armor, is blasted to its constituent scrap.
[20:36] Cubey: Only now does Alessandra notice there was a fight going on before she got there: "I hope we aren't interrupting anything too important?"
[20:36] Nerdo: Realdo Pilot: "Ah hell. I'm not getting paid enough for this."
[20:37] Nerdo: And with that, the Realdo on the factories roof immediately transforms to MA mode and flies off, the backwash from its thrusters collapsing even more of the upper floors of the factory as it goes
[20:37] Lichi: Rosie: "Oh hell no! You come back here you son of a bitch!"
[20:38] Lichi: Rosie: "You think you can come and leave as you like!? I will hunt you down...!"
[20:38] Nerdo: (Hua Cheng)
[20:38] Lichi: Everyone can feel her raging. Go go empathic powers.
[20:38] TK: David "Rosie! Fighting now, revenge later."
[20:38] Eric: Orlando: "She looks pissed."
[20:38] Nerdo: (Enemies: Famulus x3 (two damaged), Proeliator Anguis, Proeliator Tigris)
[20:38] TK: David echoes Rosie's sentiment though, that guy will pay. But they need to live first.
[20:40] Jockey: *Cheng sent the Behemoth into a charge, though it wasn't that fast. With a grunt he kicked the boosters into high gear, catapulting him into the air towards the undamaged Famulus, firing his rockets and shotgun all the way down+
[20:40] tengu: Werter: "Nothing too important anymore, at least..."
[20:42] Nerdo: [Hua Cheng] The Famulus backpeddles, firing a beam gun wildly at the falling Behemoth before it gets DYNAMIC ENTRY'D in the traditional sense. Behemoth takes a good deal of damage to its torso armor and runs through a decent number of its rockets, but the Famulus is smashed beyong recognition.
[20:42] Nerdo: The other two Famuli spread out to let the Proeliators at Alessandra's mech.
[20:43] Nerdo: Cordell: "We'll smash you before Ms. McLatchy has to dirty her hands!"
[20:44] Nerdo: Proeliator Tigris charges forward, shields up, seemingly trying to smash Memento Mori in the face (Alessandra react)
[20:44] Lichi: #
[20:44] Jockey: #
[20:45] Nerdo: (no supports at this point, but you'll be able to in a second)
[20:45] Jockey: (whoops, sorry)
[20:46] Cubey: *Alessandra: "Rana is here? She acts swiftly just as I expected of her!" The shields are too big to block, so Memento Mori jumps aside and only tries to deflect them to the other side with the twin blades.+
[20:47] Nerdo: Alessandra does that easily...only to find Memento Mori grabbed by Proeliator Anguis's claw, as Arnoldo's mech comes rushing in directly behind the bulky cover afforded by Cordell's.
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[20:47] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "Got ya!"
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[20:48] Nerdo: Proeliator Anguis starts crushing Memento Mori in its grip.
[20:48] Nerdo: (react Alessandra, supports now possible)
[20:49] Lichi: Rosie was pissed, and all be damned if she wasn't going to tear something up. The DeWalt hoisted up the body of a downed robot and hurled it something, which happened to be the Proeliator Tigris.+
[20:49] tengu: #
[20:49] Jockey: #
[20:49] Cubey: *Alessandra: "Oh poppycock! Keep your hands away from fair ladies, me included!" Her unit leans back and... double kicks Proeliator Anguis in the face.+
[20:50] Nerdo: [Rosie] The Proeliator Tigris catches the thrown GM with its shields. Literally. It seems to be sticking there.
[20:50] Nerdo: [Alessandra] The kicks cause the Proeliator to stagger back, and Arnoldo to give two shouts of pain, but its grip doesn't loosen.
[20:51] Nerdo: (Werter and Hua Cheng support)
[20:53] tengu: *"Leave her alone!" Werter pulls out a blob of plasma out of Prometheus' back generator and turns it into a vaguely javelin-like shape... with an energy tether attached to it! He throws it at the Anguis, and if it hits, reels in!+
[20:55] Jockey: *Cheng obviously couldn't fire anything without risking a hit to the Memento Mori. So he decided to do the one action that would eliminate that risk. He moved to flank the Anguis and kicked up the boosters into another leap - and made to punch it, with the arm that had the gatling gun attatched to it+
[20:56] Nerdo: The huge punch knocks the Anguis straight into Prometheus's energy javelin, and the mech is hauled off of Memento Mori, taking much of the MM's more ornamental armor with it.
[20:57] Nerdo: (Rosie)
[20:58] Cubey: Alessandra: "Ah, free at last! Thank you for the timely intervention, I am almost not mad at Memento Mori's sudden exposure!"
[20:59] Lichi: Hoping that caught GM is acting as at least a bit of a blind spot...
[20:59] Lichi: the DeWalt picks that shotgun bck up and cocks it as charges in, swinging its wrecking ball back and then forward through the GM and hopefully the Tigris as well.&
[20:59] TK: David "Who is this girl?" He asks no one in particular, but it is over the open comm.
[20:59] Cubey: Alessandra: "I will answer your question, young child. I am Alessandra Langelier of House Consenesco!"
[21:00] tengu: Werter: "No problem." He adjusts his glasses (not that anyone can see that), wondering what can a machine actually expose. And then hands on the controls again, because this is the middle of a battle!
[21:01] Nerdo: [Rosie] The wrecking ball smashes into the add-on to Tigris's shields and shatters it (so much for that pilot possibly surviving), knocking Tigris back and its shields apart for a split second with sheer weight.
[21:01] Nerdo: (Rosie continue)
[21:02] Lichi: *The DeWalt throws a kick forward, trying to knock the robot prone.&
[21:03] TK: David rolls his eyes. But responds, "Thanks."
[21:04] Nerdo: [Rosie] The attack connects!...with the Proeliator's shield.
[21:05] Nerdo: Cordell: "Don't think you can touch a machine of House Flumen with a worker model."
[21:05] Lichi: Rosie: "Aw shut up!"
[21:06] Nerdo: The DeWalt's leg, also, seems to be stuck to the shield. Apparently it's magnetized. With a flip of a switch inside Tigris, the EM current changes, and the DeWalt is fried with electricity.
[21:06] Nerdo: Most of the machine's electronics go out, though fortunately it's designed with pilot safety in mind.
[21:07] Nerdo: The DeWalt is no longer stuck, but it's severely damaged and smoking
[21:07] Nerdo: (David)
[21:07] Lichi: Radios are dead, sparing everyone from a string of cursing.
[21:07] TK: * David may not be able to maneuver Chi in others, but he can at still sense it! At this range it's difficult, but hopefully the strange mecha has enough Chi to make it managable. The Prolieter's shield had to have a weakpoint! Hopefully it's Chi would show it to him... If not then well... at least he would know! &
[21:08] Eric: Orlando can't do anything about that kind of damage mid battle.
[21:08] Nerdo: The shields are well-constructed...the whole machine is. David might notice, though, that the Tigris would have to crouch to cover its legs, and David IS in a tank...
[21:10] TK: * Then CHARGE FORWARD! But fire at the legs first, if it blocks the fire, then RAMMING TIME! Hopefully it doesn't come to that though. David REALLY doesn't want it to come to that. +
[21:10] Cubey: @
[21:10] Nerdo: (Alessandra support)
[21:11] Cubey: *"Cordell Gubser! You made a mistake by losing your sights off me!" Memento Mori flanks the (hopefully) knocked-off balance Tigris and... is that a gigantic two-handed axe in its hands all out of sudden? "Now you will not be able to see anything at all!" And with that, it slices to decapitate the Proeliator!+
[21:14] Nerdo: [David] The ankle-level attack takes Cordell by surprise, and he lets it be known with a stream of archaic swears as Proeliator Tigris is tripped up.
[21:15] Nerdo: And off-balance as it is, it can't get a shield up to prevent the axe from caving in its head.
[21:15] Nerdo: Cordell: "Tch. I got careless. Arnoldo, take care of her."
[21:15] Cubey: Alessandra: "Know my mercy and retreat while you still can!"
[21:16] Nerdo: And with an all-out shove from the electromagnetic shields to knock the commoners back, Proeliator Tigris stomps off.
[21:16] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "Uh..."
[21:16] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "Well, what are you waiting for? Get them!"
[21:17] tengu: Werter: "Maybe you should run away too."
[21:17] tengu: Werter: "Just a suggestion."
[21:17] Nerdo: Proeliator Anguis also runs off, though the Famuli gallantly stand their ground and fire beam pistols at Prometheus (react Werter)
[21:17] Jockey: #
[21:18] Nerdo: (You're out of Def. Support for the round, Hua Cheng)
[21:19] tengu: *Ranged attacks on Prometheus, when both of his hands are empty? That's more than enough time to use the force field. Werter lifts his arms and creates a small defensive bubble of green plasma.+
[21:20] Nerdo: [Werter] Sustained fire from the plasma-based weapons will wear the shield down, though. Some damage goes through to Prometheus's armor.
[21:20] Nerdo: (Werter act)
[21:21] tengu: *"So it's
[21:22] Eric: (Which is more damaged, Werter or Behemoth?)
[21:23] Jockey: (Behemoth took some hits to the torso as far as I know)
[21:24] tengu: *"So it's not entirely indestructable..." Werter creates a large plasma wheel with a very sharp edge, and sends it running on the ground towards the one-armed enemy! His goal - make it zero-armed.+
[21:24] Nerdo: (Behemoth overall)
[21:25] Nerdo: [Werter] The Famulus is now zero-armed! And also running awkwardly back towards the edge of the forest.
[21:26] Nerdo: ????: "Tch. Those guys."
[21:27] Nerdo: Suddenly, another huge unit, which looks rather like someone strapped a giant-sized military fur-lined coat and a pilot's helmet and goggles to one of the Proeliators from earlier, suddenly leaps out from the woods to land near the fighting mecha.
[21:27] Nerdo: Rana: "Rana McLatchy and the Hoc Age. I'd say it's a pleasure to meet you, but...I kinda have to destroy you now."
[21:28] Eric: Orlando: "Can't we talk this out?"
[21:28] Cubey: Alessandra: "Rana! It has been too long! I see you are still intent on defeating me?"
[21:28] Nerdo: Rana: "Oh, the rest of you can leave if you like. I'm just here to finally beat Langelier real quick so I can get on with my life."
[21:28] TK: Meanwhile, while this is happening, David is going to drive the tank over to the DeWalt, and see if he can't get Rosie out of the cockpit. Beaking the door with Chi powered Wuxia punch if necessary,
[21:29] Nerdo: (David can do that while everyone's talking, yes)
[21:29] Cubey: (Hoc Age is unarmed, right?)
[21:30] Nerdo: (Yes)
[21:30] Cubey: Alessandra: "Please, I see your sense of humor is as terrible as ever! How do you intend to beat anyone with no weapons?"
[21:30] Cubey: Memento Mori casually rests the gigantic axe on its shoulder.
[21:30] Lichi: Rosie: "I've been waiting. Like hell I'm gonna step up into that mess on foot."
[21:31] TK: David "Come on, the missile launcher needs reloading anyway."
[21:31] tengu: Werter: "This sounds like tempting fate to me."
[21:31] Lichi: Rosie was already climbing in.
[21:31] Nerdo: Rana very carefully and deliberately turns on video comms just long enough for Alessandra to see her smirk, turns them off again, and promptly shoots bolts of lightning out of its hands at Memento Mori (Alessandra react)
[21:31] Nerdo: *Its = Hoc Age
[21:32] TK: David reloads the Missile Launcher. Then gets in. Not that he needs Rosie to wait for him, running around on a moving tank is childsplay for both of them.
[21:32] Nerdo: (David and Rosie now copiloting Tank)
[21:32] Cubey: *"In hindsight, I really should have seen this one coming!" Memento Mori leaps and tries to roll out of way. As a side effect, it loses the last weapon it had, the axe.+
[21:33] TK: David "We are almost out of missiles." He says to her as he sits down in front of the Dishwasher/Missile pod aiming control system.
[21:33] Lichi: Rosie: "Today is just all bad news."
[21:33] Nerdo: The sole remaining Famulus fires at Alessandra as she rolls, trying to suppress her from getting up again.
[21:34] Nerdo: (Orlando)
[21:34] Eric: *The Handyman scrambles to catch up with the Behemoth while it reaches into the storage pod on it's back and pulls out an armor patch. Orlando gets on the comm to say to Cheng "Hold still for a moment" while the mech's free hand unfolds into a welding torch, allowing it to quickly cover up the damaged spot on the larger mech's torso.+
[21:34] Nerdo: The Behemoth is repaired! Somewhat!
[21:34] Nerdo: (Hua Cheng)
[21:35] Cubey: Alessandra: "Helpful strangers, beware! Rana McLatchy is an expert at utilising her unit's Fundamental Engine, as you just witnessed!"
[21:36] Nerdo: Rana: "Throwing around secrets like that in exchange for help? Are you THAT desperate already?"
[21:36] Jockey: *Cheng checked over the screens, green on armor, yellow on ammo. "Doesn't matter. That pain in the fundament's going to deal with some ventilation" Cannons armed. FIRED+
[21:37] tengu: Werter: "It's not exactly a secret if you use it out in the open like that."
[21:37] Cubey: Alessandra: "Is it not the principle of House Flumen to keep a watchful eye out on opportunities?"
[21:38] Nerdo: [Hua Cheng] The shells approach Hoc Age quickly and, with a wave of its hand, are deflected upward and over the unit. That lightning ability can ALSO apparently mess with magnetic fields.
[21:39] Nerdo: Rana: "We also understand there's always a price for revealing your own weakness." With that, the Hoc Age jumps forward, attacking the still-probably-prone Memento Mori with electrically-charged punches and kicks (Alessandra react)
[21:39] Nerdo: (Rosie and David)
[21:40] Lichi: Rosie: "Wait why do I have to drive?"
[21:40] Lichi: "What if I want to fire the missiles?"
[21:40] TK: David "You can still fire the main cannon."
[21:40] Lichi: Rosie: "Those don't explode."
[21:40] Lichi: ((Enemies?))
[21:41] TK: "Besides, the foot pedals on the piano drive right now anyway."
[21:41] Nerdo: (Hoc Age, damaged Famulus x1)
[21:41] Cubey: *Fortunately, this means Alessandra can roll to situate the Hoc Age between herself and the Famulus that provides cover fire. Unfortunately, she can do little but try to block the punches with unarmed guards as well as she can.+
[21:41] tengu: #
[21:42] TK: David lets Rosie use the dishwasher though and loads more anti-armor shells. They seem to be the best bet for now.
[21:42] Nerdo: (Werter support)
[21:42] Lichi: *Rosie drives the tank along, strafing the enemies as turns the pepper grinder to rotate the main cannon toward the Famulus before swapping over to the dishwasher and opening fire. Boom.
[21:43] tengu: *Body slam on Hoc Age!+
[21:43] Lichi: "Why haven't we replaced that crappy grinder yet?"
[21:43] TK: *David fires the main cannon at the thing too, before reloading and firing again. With Rosie at the wheel, he can actually keep the shells coming. +
[21:44] Nerdo: The Memento Mori takes several heavy, shocking blows to vulnerable points from the Hoc Age before the latter is bodily shoved off by Prometheus.
[21:44] TK: "Because Dack broke the steering wheel we had before remember?"
[21:45] Nerdo: Rana: "ExCUSE me?" Offhandedly, she zaps Prometheus as well, sending a damaging current through it as long as it's already trying to tackle her. (Werter react)
[21:45] Cubey: Alessandra felt that one. "Ah... ah! Am I going to die in such an unromantic way?! Death... whatever the circumstances, a human cannot help but welcome you." And then she realizes the killing hit does not come... yet.
[21:45] Cubey: #
[21:45] Nerdo: [Rosie and David] Meanwhile, with most of the tank's remaining ammunition, Rana's remaining ally mech is obliterated
[21:46] Nerdo: (Alessandra support)
[21:47] Cubey: *"Everyone dies one day... but destiny had it that my day was not now! House Flumen may have its principles - House Consensco does as well!" Alessandra makes Memento Mori stand up painfully.
[21:48] Cubey: *One could swear that a flash of bright light shines around the battered robot if only for a fraction of a second. "Fundamental Engine, overcharge."
[21:49] Cubey: *Memento Mori suddenly rushes forward, its hands risen as if to pummel Hoc Age. "I will make you taste my own PRINCIPLES NOW! BETA SHOWER!" Alessandra shouts as her unit... slaps the enemy machine on its robotic face. And then punches from the other side!+
[21:51] Nerdo: The slap causes a sudden change in Hoc Age. It almost begins to glow, and the telltale shock patterns of frying circuitry crawl over it.
[21:51] Nerdo: Rana: "damn damn damn damn"
[21:51] Cubey: Alessandra: "Punishment!"
[21:51] Nerdo: And the punch connects solidly, and knocks it back way farther than it should, Rana's defenses having dropped completely.
[21:51] Nerdo: Rana: "DAMN!"
[21:52] Nerdo: Hoc Age staggers back and falls from the knockout punch and a fried balancer.
[21:52] Nerdo: Rana: "Tch. I guess I lost my opportunity today..."
[21:53] tengu: Werter: "I don't want to pick at something that helped me out... But what was that?"
[21:53] Nerdo: Rana: "Alright, Alessandra, you win. I surrender."
[21:53] Cubey: Alessandra: "R... really? Is this not a ruse to stab me in the back while my guard is down?"
[21:54] Nerdo: Rana: "Of course it is. You know me better than that."
[21:54] Nerdo: And with that, she picks up the remains of a Famulus, hurls them at Memento Mori, and Hoc Age quickly stands and runs off.
[21:54] Cubey: Memento Mori tumbles comedically under the extra weight.
[21:54] Nerdo: MISSION COMPLETE
[21:55] Eric: Orlando: "What the devil was that all about?"
[21:56] TK: David "Rosie... what do we do now? The only people left are us and... those people. I... *shiver* I don't like these odds."
[21:56] tengu: Werter: "That was the second most bizarre day in my life." He thinks for a second. "...Okay, third. Is everyone okay?"
[21:56] Lichi: Rosie: "... fuck, it's all trashed, the whole place..."
[21:56] Cubey: Alessandra: "Oh, it is but the tournament to decide the fate of the world."
[21:57] Lichi: Rosie: "... WELL. I guess I can't trade anything now that it's under god damn rubble."
[21:57] Lichi: She sighed, yelling at no one in particular over the comms.
[21:58] Jockey: Cheng: Rosie's yelling somehow felt like music to his ears. Ah yes.
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[21:58] Cubey: Alessandra: "At any rate, thank you for the timely rescue, good if unknown friends! It was no coincidence that you just happened to battle around here. In other words, I am going to follow you."
[21:58] Lichi: "Don't think I can give you anything for it... but I'd be grateful if you help me move this rubble... look for survivors."
[22:00] tengu: Werter: "I think Prometheus will like if I let him play with blocks for a while."
[22:00] Lichi: "It's not a god damn game!"
[22:00] TK: David "Yeah..." He sounds rather defeated.
[22:00] tengu: Werter: "I know, but you tell him that."
[22:00] Lichi: She stands up onto the rubble and starts looking for chi and pain with her powers.
[22:01] TK: David does the same thing, as much as he can.
[19:03] Nerdo: Albeit cold and dismal outside
[19:03] Nerdo: What's everyone doing?
[19:04] Nerdo: (And by everyone I mean Orlando, Hua Cheng, and Werter)
[19:04] Eric: Orlando is going over blueprints for striker units
[19:05] tengu: Werter is busy carefully assemling a Zakrello plamo in his room, while Prometheus plays on his console and totally messes up his saved games.
[19:06] Jockey: Cheng - who was still sore all over - was doing a check up on Behemoth. He wasn't sure of he would have to mission in this cold waste and the Behemoth had problems from time to time in cold climes
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[19:07] Nerdo: At around this point, the three of you get a message from Dan. In Werter's case, it shows up on his TV. Hopefully Prometheus knows to pause.
[19:07] Nerdo: Dan: "Hey guys! Uh, remember those people who robbed us last week?"
[19:08] Eric: Orlando: "How could I not? My life flashed before my eyes."
[19:08] tengu: Werter: "Seeing that I wasn't aboard yet..."
[19:08] Jockey: There was a low growl of annoyance. "Considering I was beat nine tenths to death...Yes I do remember"
[19:09] Nerdo: Dan: "Well, we got an SOS from a place around here and I figured it's either them or someone else getting attacked by them, so...could you go check it out?"
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[19:10] Eric: Orlando is not wild about this, but of course you've all got to do your part to survive.
[19:11] Eric: Orlando: "I'll take a look, but not by myself."
[19:12] Jockey: Cheng scowled. Honestly he was tempted to just leave the pink haired harridan to die, but still if she was attacking someone. "Alright. But don't expect me to save her in one piece if her lot need a rescue"
[19:12] tengu: Werter: "I'm not that kind of guy who ignores a call for help." He leaves the model for later and picks Prometheus up by his head. "Let's get going, okay? Stop playing the game, you just saved."
[19:13] Eric: Orlando: "Glad that's taken care of. I'll get the Handyman."
[19:13] Nerdo: Dan: "Great! Uh, and if you could stop the mechs before they get toooo much closer to us here, that'd be great too."
[19:14] tengu: Prometheus wiggles in the air in response, and both of them head to the hangar.
[19:15] Nerdo: Dan sends everyone clearance to deploy and directions to some large industrial structure nearby, situated in a large cleared area within the expanses of the Canadian forest.
[19:16] Eric: The Handyman thumps off of Orlando's ship and meets up with the others
[19:16] Nerdo: It's probably meant to be a factory of some kind, but right now it appears to be serving as target practice for an assortment of mismatched and haphazardly maintained mecha
[19:17] Jockey: Cheng grumbles as he got himself ready to go, muttering to himself about Dan's ill suitedness and was wishing there was actually SOMEONE INTELLIGENT doing mission control before marching the Behemoth off the ship. Its thrusters kicking in and giving it a softer landing.
[19:17] tengu: Werter: "Okay, ready? Let's do this, Prometheus. Transform." Prometheus grows into a mass of mechanisms that swallows Werter and turns into an 80-foot tall version of the robot! Which probably freaks out some people in the hangar. And then it runs towards its destination quickly.
[19:20] Nerdo: On the field are two (Link: http://www.mahq.net/mecha/srw/og1/rpt-007.jpg)Gespenst Mk IIMs, one (Link: http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/0080/rgm-79d.jpg)GM variant, one (Link: http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/00/vms-15.jpg)Realdo, and one...something. It looks like it was piled together from about 12 different mechs. The only readily identifiable part is something that looks like a Dom's head/camera setup.
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[19:21] Nerdo: Facing them is the dilapidated pile of the factory, which occasionally flickers with anti-tank rifle fire, but only seems to have one or two vehicles defending it (Rosie and David, you can act or talk as you prefer)
[19:22] Eric: Orlando: "So which side has that awful woman fighting for it?"
[19:22] TK: David "Rosie! Who did you piss off this time?"
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[19:23] Lichi: Rosie's breathing was heavy. There wasn't a hell of a lot she could do those god damn fliers. "Weren't you listening!?"
[19:23] Jockey: Cheng: "I'm almost tempted to say we shoot everything and get it over with. But I obviously don't have enough ammunition for that"
[19:23] TK: * The Tank fires on the Gespenst with shells and missiles. If he can get a cockpit hit then score. If not, he aims for as decisive strikes as possible. Especially if they also disable the pilot. +
[19:24] Lichi: The DeWalt was a construciton mech ... it couldn't do a damn thing about anything in the air.
[19:24] Lichi: ((Nerd, did they give an ultimatum? Or just attack?))
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[19:26] tengu: Werter: "I'm a bit not up to date with the whole background here. All I know is that someone called for help, and it surely aren't those people attacking the factory."
[19:26] Lichi: "You can fight by me or you can run. I can't make you stay. But I ain't leaving without a fight!"
[19:27] Lichi: The DeWalt, arms in front of its cockpit for protection, lurched forward to close the distance with an enemy for a drill hand ended punch.+
[19:27] Nerdo: (Brief flashback! One of the enemy pilots demanded 'Rosie Li' over loudspeakers, but they didn't wait too long to attack anyway. This is valuable property after all.)
[19:27] Eric: Orlando sights. "Do what you must. I'll pick up the pieces."
[19:27] Jockey: Cheng's tone was somewhat sarcastic "You sure? Maybe she robbed the wrong person and they called for an angry mob"
[19:28] TK: David "Wait, Rosie these are those guys we jumped!"
[19:28] TK: David actually remembers their voices.
[19:28] Nerdo: [David] The tank shell can only land a glancing hit on the more agile Gespenst.
[19:28] TK: David is not surprised by this at all.
[19:28] Eric: What is the physical status of David and Rosie's mechs?
[19:28] Nerdo: [Rosie] However, it's slowed down enough by the shot to be open to attack, and the drill manages to at least give it a neat gouge in the frontal armor
[19:29] tengu: Werter: "That's why I'm not going to charge in guns blazing. Especially since Prometheus doesn't have any guns anyway."
[19:29] Lichi: "Aww, hell...! Just what we needed..."
[19:29] Lichi: "Son of a bitch, we had deal...!"
[19:30] Nerdo: (Initiative: Werter, Orlando, Hua Cheng, Rosie, David)
[19:30] Eric: (Seriously, how banged up are Rosie and David's mechs?)
[19:30] TK: ((I assume David's Tank and Rosie's mecha have seen better days, but are still mostly intact))
[19:30] Lichi: ((Fairly scarred, but not too bad yet))
[19:30] Nerdo: (The fight hasn't been going on very long, but honestly they're junk to begin with)
[19:31] Eric: (okay, carry on)
[19:31] TK: (Yes, that.)
[19:31] Nerdo: (Enemies: Gespenst x2, GM Cold Climate, Ugly, Realdo)
[19:32] Nerdo: (Allies?: Tank, DeWalt, goons with anti-tank rifles)
[19:32] Nerdo: (Mission Goal: Protect David and Rosie, or Dan will cry)
[19:32] Nerdo: (Werter)
[19:32] TK: David "Well... maybe we can like... agree to not shoot eachother?" His voice is rather shakey. This situation was bad enough without the White Chalice showing up to complicate things.
[19:32] TK: (That was to Rosie by the way)
[19:33] tengu: *The white giant leaps into the air, does a sommersault in the air (a move Werter instantly regrets because it makes his head spin) and lands on the ground between the two fighting groups! It extends its arms towards the attacking forces and creates a defensive barrier of green plasma. "Okay, what's going on here?", Werter asks over the radio.+
[19:33] Lichi: Rosie: "We just have to play it by ear!"
[19:34] TK: David "C... Contacting them couldn't hurt."
[19:35] Nerdo: [Werter] The nearest enemy, the Realdo, pauses, seems to consider Prometheus as its pilot obviously does so, then raises its railgun and fires directly at Prometheus. Fortunately, the plasma shield blocks the attack fairly well.
[19:35] Nerdo: (Orlando)
[19:35] TK: David being the scardy cat that he is decides to shoot the Chalice people a line, "Look, ...I won't shoot you if you don't shoot me." He says.
[19:35] Eric: *Orlando maneuvers his mech over to behind Cheng's and activates the tightbeam communication array, filling Cheng's computer system with advanced targetting data, allowing him to lock on to enemy targets with much greater ease and precision than he normally would be able to. Whoever he wants to shoot, it shouldn't be too hard.+
[19:36] Lichi: Rosie opens voice comms: "Hey, White Chalice! You--"
[19:36] Lichi: They're shooting her enemies.
[19:37] TK: David note's this as well, but better safe than sorry he supposes.
[19:37] Lichi: "... Keep helping out and we've got supplies in it for you! Good trade deals! How's that by you?"
[19:37] Lichi: Her voice is notably strained with this situation.
[19:37] Nerdo: One of the Gespensts, armed with a machine gun, darts around to try and attack Orlando's squishy-looking unit, now that his teammate apparently designated the WC crew as hostiles. He fires off a long burst. Fortunately, Orlando's under cover. Unfortunately, Hua Cheng's Behemoth is that cover (react Orlando and Hua Cheng)
[19:38] Nerdo: (Also act Hua Cheng)
[19:39] Eric: *The Handyman hunkers down and reveals that is, in fact, not squishy at all. It is covered in high quality armor plating, and anything other than a perfectly aimed shot from a conventional weapon will mostly likely just glance off.+
[19:39] Jockey: *Cheng was not about to move and allow a teammate to get hit. He chose to weather the storm for better or worse as his twin cannons lowered, and promptly errupted with a tremendous bang as the heavy armor piercing shells went forth to kill+
[19:40] tengu: Werter: "One side attacks us without saying a word, the other called SOS and offers supplies if we help them. I think the math is simple here."
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[19:41] Lichi: "We got a deal then!?" There's a bit of tense levity in her voice.
[19:43] Jockey: Cheng: let out a grunt of annoyance, prefering to ignore Rosie's voice. "Talk to us when they're dead!" no need to explain who the 'They' was.
[19:43] TK: David "Works for me."
[19:43] Lichi: Rosie figured to quit while she was ahead~
[19:44] Nerdo: [Hua Cheng] The Gespenst pilot learns his lesson about underestimating the armor on what looks like a construction unit and retains it for several whole seconds before Hua Cheng's computer-assisted main guns tear apart his Gespenst, cockpit included
[19:44] TK: His voice is still shakey, but he has more important things to worry about. If the White Chalice crew decides to kill them all, then they kinda earned it anyway. Nothing they could do about that.
[19:45] Nerdo: The junkpile mecha moves to support the other Gespy in fighting Rosie, clomping behind the DeWalt with surprisingly agility and opening up on her with what must be a dozen small-caliber machine guns, all fired at once (react and act Rosie)
[19:47] tengu: #
[19:47] Nerdo: (support Werter)
[19:47] Lichi: The sturdy construction mech didn't have any kind of mobility to dodge that kind of fire.
[19:47] TK: #
[19:48] Lichi: All it did was whirl its body 180 degrees around to swing the shoulder mounted wrecking ball recklessly in at it.+
[19:48] tengu: *Prometheus spreads it force field just a bit further to cover the area where the enemy is attacking as well.+
[19:48] Nerdo: (David can support too)
[19:49] TK: *David swings the Tank's missile pod around and shoots at the junk robot. Aiming to the far side of where the DeWalt was to knock it around with explosions while avoiding hitting Rosie. +
[19:52] Nerdo: The plasma shield blocks most of the machine-gun fire, leaving only grazing hits to the DeWalt. The hapharzard counterattacks stagger it back, but it's clear most of the junk on the Ugly is there as makeshift ablative armor as it falls off harmlessly under fire.
[19:52] Nerdo: (David)
[19:53] TK: (Enemies?)
[19:54] Nerdo: (Gespenst, GM, Ugly, Realdo)
[19:54] TK: *David swivels the Missile Pod back towards the GM. They were gonna take some doing to hit. So he fires a spread of missiles more to cover the area than to hit anything while watching for an opening to fire a shell. &
[19:56] Nerdo: The GM pilot stands his ground for the most part, putting his unit's shield between himself and the rockets he can't avoid. He's stopped moving, at least (continue)
[19:58] TK: *That's what David was wating for! Armor piercing shell to the face! And by face, I mean the pilot's face in the cockpit! +
[20:00] Nerdo: The GM does its best to simply fall backwards to dodge, the AP shell making a huge crater on its torso and knocking it over regardless.
[20:00] Nerdo: Meanwhile, nearby in the forest, there's someone else in distress
[20:01] Nerdo: Alessandra! You were on your way to meet up with your mentor for the start of the campaign against House Flugen. Apparently, House Flugen doesn't like that idea, because five of their mecha just showed up and made short work of your escort.
[20:02] Nerdo: Cordell: "Hmph. So much for Consenesco's men-at-arms. Let's see if their Champion can do any better."
[20:03] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "You might want to run, ya know."
[20:04] Nerdo: (Alessandra's enemies: House Flumen Famulus x3, Proeliator Anguis, Proeliator Tigris)
[20:04] Nerdo: (Alessandra)
[20:04] Cubey: Alessandra: "Cordell Gubser! Arnoldo Fulwiler! I knew I would find the likes of you soon! The circumstances are not weighted in my favor, but worry not - House Consenesco will not fall today!"
[20:05] Nerdo: Cordell: "I don't care if you are in a champion unit, you're surrounded on three sides, girl."
[20:06] Cubey: *And with that, Alessandra's mecha acts bravely by... running away in the only available direction. However, she's not going to let these ruffians go unpunished.
[20:06] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "Called it!"
[20:07] Nerdo: The available direction for Alessandra is, obviously, towards an open area where, normally, the enemy's superior numbers would let them overwhelm her. Today, though, that open area is full of other mecha fighting each other in a completely unrelated battle.
[20:07] Cubey: *Memento Mori turns while it flees, letting the thrusters carry it backwards. It produces two flintlock-looking pistols. "Please accept my gift of appreciation!" Both of them shoot out in a barrage of sub-machinegun fire, not aimed at any target in general but rather trying to dissuade them from following.+
[20:08] Cubey: Alessandra: "Oh my... I seem to have gotten myself into quite a predicament. Salutations! Can anyone hear me?" She tries to establish contact with the other units.
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[20:09] Nerdo: Everyone on the battlefield around the factory sees an ornate, even barogue-looking black and white mecha running out of the forest, pursued by five other rather strange-looking machines, and firing somehow-automatic flintlock-styled pistols back at them
[20:09] Eric: Orlando: "What NOW?"
[20:09] Nerdo: (Everyone react. The mercenaries are doing so by wtfing at what's one their cameras now.)
[20:10] Eric: Orland is waiting to see what they do and who on his side needs help
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[20:10] Cubey: Whomever has a video feed in their unit's comms can see now a young woman with blonde hair wearing some kind of... armored dress. That kinda mimics the armor of the unit that just appeared.
[20:10] Lichi: Rosie: "It's like this place is suddenly some kind of robot magnet!!"
[20:11] tengu: Werter: "Huh, that's surprising." He doesn't sound too surprised. "Who might you be?"
[20:11] TK: * David takes the chance to fire on the mercenary which looks the most open by the distraction! With missiles, and shells, and more missiles! +
[20:11] Lichi: Despite griping, Rosie mostly ignored this as much as she could based on the rationale of 'kind of busy at the moment,' and, ejecting the drill bit, revealed the hand beneath.
[20:11] Cubey: Alessandra: "Greetings, kind souls! Would you be so kind to drop whatever you are doing and rescue a fair maiden in distress?"
[20:11] Lichi: Then it pulled out the cable of the wrecking ball and began to swing that ball like a massively heavy lasso above the DeWalt's head, swinging it at a gespenst in with more control this time.&
[20:11] Lichi: "If I have the time!?"
[20:12] Cubey: Alessandra: "My name is Alessandra Langolier of House Consenesco, and I was just ambushed by these honorless Flumen thugs. I appreciate their craftiness, but at the moment I am outnumbered. I would be honored if you helped remedy that!"
[20:12] Jockey: Cheng blinked at the gunfire that was coming from the direction that was NOT the battlefield before them, turning his machine to regard the chase. The plea from help also added to the situation. "More trouble. Orlando, can you and our Comrade take care of the bandit pr-...the problem the bandits are having." He turns the Behemoth towards the incoming ornate machine and moves to support it. "Its better than what I'm rescuing now."
[20:12] TK: David ignores her, and continues taking advantage of the distraction as best he can!
[20:12] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "Hey, Consenesco, this is supposed to be a private party! Would you invite just anyone to your funeral?"
[20:13] Cubey: Alessandra: "But of course! Otherwise it would be quite glum, wouldn't you say?"
[20:13] Nerdo: Cordell: "Ignore these people. Get the Champion!"
[20:13] tengu: Werter thinks for a moment. On one hand, they agreed to help those people and bury the axe in a touching gesture of cooperation. On the other hand, she's cute. "Sure. We'll help."
[20:15] Nerdo: David and Rosie managed to opportunistically batter back the remaining Gespenst, Rosie removing its head with the wrecking ball. However, the junkpile mech stands its ground and, ignoring Rosie now, blasts away at the factory with multiple grenade launchers, ignoring the ineffectual return fire from Rosie's gang.
[20:15] tengu: *The barrier disappears, and Prometheus starts charging towards the incoming enemies, its hands burning with plasma! Werter's plan is simple. Step 1: grab a mook's arm. Step 2: Pull it off. Step 3: repeat with the other arm.+
[20:16] Nerdo: (That'll be your turn in a second, if that's alright)
[20:16] Nerdo: (Enemies (mercs): Ugly, Realdo)
[20:16] tengu: (Ah, I thought that by react you mean we can attack now. Rightio, my mistake.)
[20:16] Nerdo: (Enemies (Flumen): Famulus x3, Proeliator Anguis, Proeliator Tigris)
[20:18] Nerdo: (The Famulii are flying geometr--wait, no, they look like (Link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Landsknechte.jpg/400px-Landsknechte.jpg)Prussian fops. Proeliator Anguis is a much larger version with a huge crushing claw on one arm, Proeliator Tigris is a much larger version with two giant shields)
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[20:19] Nerdo: (Initiative: Werter, Alessandra, Orlando, Hua Cheng, Rosie, David)
[20:21] Nerdo: [Werter] Prometheus charges one of the Famuli and grabs its gun arm, melting it pretty seriously. It's getting a face full of metal saber for its trouble, though (Werter react)
[20:21] Nerdo: (Alessandra)
[20:22] Cubey: *"One by one, divided you shall fall!" Alessandra drops her guns - they're all out of bullets anyway. Instead she draws a long rapier and a smaller parrying dagger. The latter held in a defensive position, but the former slashes at another Famulus as her unit jumps forward.
[20:23] tengu: * "Woah!" The white mech jumps away from the attack, rolling on the ground at the end of the leap and springing back on its feet. It's very fast for something so large.+
[20:24] Nerdo: (+, Cubey?)
[20:24] Cubey: *Alessandra: "Memento Mori, at your service!" She slashes at the smaller unit's head, upper torso and limbs. And then, the blade sparks with electricity as she activates its zapper. And thrusts in the center where the previous strikes have joined.+
[20:25] Nerdo: [Werter] You escape with Prometheus only getting stabbed in the head a little.
[20:26] tengu: Werter: "Just a flesh wound."
[20:26] Nerdo: [Alessandra] The Famulus pilot tries and does a half-respectable job of attempting to parry Memento Mori's sword and dagger, but his machine can't keep up with both blades and it gets stabbed and shocked severely.
[20:28] Nerdo: Meanwhile, the remaining standing mooks are still taking advantage of the confusion to deal damage to the factory. While the Ugly stands its ground and fires covering shots against Rosie and David, the Realdo takes a thruster-assisted jump to the top of the building and hacks away at the vestigial smokestacks with its sonic blade, knocking pieces down on Rosie's men (react Rosie and David)
[20:29] Eric: #
[20:29] Nerdo: (Orlando support and then act)
[20:29] Eric: *Orlando activates the shoulder mounted grenade launcher and fires a grenade between the remaining mercenaries and Rosie's factory, filling the area with sensor disrupting chaff and making targetting with any kind almost impossible for computers and giving Rosie's guys a chance to catch their breath.+
[20:30] Nerdo: That is certainly making Rosie's men's running the hell away more effective.
[20:31] Eric: That's it for now, he's mainly preparing to react to things
[20:32] TK: * David swivels the missile pod around (which is running low on missiles) as the Barrel is unfortunately pointed the other direction. There isn't much he can do other than fire at the Realdo, but he is careful to not make things worse for the men below. As much as he can be with low yield explosives anyway. As for the Ugly well... he's in a tank, he can't really dodge so he just returns fire with the main barrel while hoping the armor holds. But if it starts to buckle, he totally retreats to a more armored area of the inner tank and waits for an opening to escape. +
[20:32] Lichi: ((Is there a mech's gun on the ground anywhere? From a downed unit?))
[20:33] Nerdo: (The dropped Gespensts had a machine gun and a shotgun you can use.)
[20:34] Lichi: Rosie all but howls with palpable rage and fear as the big boots of the DeWalt kick up dirt as it charges over to pick up the shot gun, because her mech piloting marksmanship sucks...
[20:34] Lichi: then begins firing at pretty much anything that an ally.+
[20:34] Lichi: *that isn't an
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[20:36] Nerdo: The Ugly and the nearest Famulus both seem to flinch. The all-out assault takes the Ugly by storm and, despite all its extra armor, is blasted to its constituent scrap.
[20:36] Cubey: Only now does Alessandra notice there was a fight going on before she got there: "I hope we aren't interrupting anything too important?"
[20:36] Nerdo: Realdo Pilot: "Ah hell. I'm not getting paid enough for this."
[20:37] Nerdo: And with that, the Realdo on the factories roof immediately transforms to MA mode and flies off, the backwash from its thrusters collapsing even more of the upper floors of the factory as it goes
[20:37] Lichi: Rosie: "Oh hell no! You come back here you son of a bitch!"
[20:38] Lichi: Rosie: "You think you can come and leave as you like!? I will hunt you down...!"
[20:38] Nerdo: (Hua Cheng)
[20:38] Lichi: Everyone can feel her raging. Go go empathic powers.
[20:38] TK: David "Rosie! Fighting now, revenge later."
[20:38] Eric: Orlando: "She looks pissed."
[20:38] Nerdo: (Enemies: Famulus x3 (two damaged), Proeliator Anguis, Proeliator Tigris)
[20:38] TK: David echoes Rosie's sentiment though, that guy will pay. But they need to live first.
[20:40] Jockey: *Cheng sent the Behemoth into a charge, though it wasn't that fast. With a grunt he kicked the boosters into high gear, catapulting him into the air towards the undamaged Famulus, firing his rockets and shotgun all the way down+
[20:40] tengu: Werter: "Nothing too important anymore, at least..."
[20:42] Nerdo: [Hua Cheng] The Famulus backpeddles, firing a beam gun wildly at the falling Behemoth before it gets DYNAMIC ENTRY'D in the traditional sense. Behemoth takes a good deal of damage to its torso armor and runs through a decent number of its rockets, but the Famulus is smashed beyong recognition.
[20:42] Nerdo: The other two Famuli spread out to let the Proeliators at Alessandra's mech.
[20:43] Nerdo: Cordell: "We'll smash you before Ms. McLatchy has to dirty her hands!"
[20:44] Nerdo: Proeliator Tigris charges forward, shields up, seemingly trying to smash Memento Mori in the face (Alessandra react)
[20:44] Lichi: #
[20:44] Jockey: #
[20:45] Nerdo: (no supports at this point, but you'll be able to in a second)
[20:45] Jockey: (whoops, sorry)
[20:46] Cubey: *Alessandra: "Rana is here? She acts swiftly just as I expected of her!" The shields are too big to block, so Memento Mori jumps aside and only tries to deflect them to the other side with the twin blades.+
[20:47] Nerdo: Alessandra does that easily...only to find Memento Mori grabbed by Proeliator Anguis's claw, as Arnoldo's mech comes rushing in directly behind the bulky cover afforded by Cordell's.
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[20:47] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "Got ya!"
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[20:48] Nerdo: Proeliator Anguis starts crushing Memento Mori in its grip.
[20:48] Nerdo: (react Alessandra, supports now possible)
[20:49] Lichi: Rosie was pissed, and all be damned if she wasn't going to tear something up. The DeWalt hoisted up the body of a downed robot and hurled it something, which happened to be the Proeliator Tigris.+
[20:49] tengu: #
[20:49] Jockey: #
[20:49] Cubey: *Alessandra: "Oh poppycock! Keep your hands away from fair ladies, me included!" Her unit leans back and... double kicks Proeliator Anguis in the face.+
[20:50] Nerdo: [Rosie] The Proeliator Tigris catches the thrown GM with its shields. Literally. It seems to be sticking there.
[20:50] Nerdo: [Alessandra] The kicks cause the Proeliator to stagger back, and Arnoldo to give two shouts of pain, but its grip doesn't loosen.
[20:51] Nerdo: (Werter and Hua Cheng support)
[20:53] tengu: *"Leave her alone!" Werter pulls out a blob of plasma out of Prometheus' back generator and turns it into a vaguely javelin-like shape... with an energy tether attached to it! He throws it at the Anguis, and if it hits, reels in!+
[20:55] Jockey: *Cheng obviously couldn't fire anything without risking a hit to the Memento Mori. So he decided to do the one action that would eliminate that risk. He moved to flank the Anguis and kicked up the boosters into another leap - and made to punch it, with the arm that had the gatling gun attatched to it+
[20:56] Nerdo: The huge punch knocks the Anguis straight into Prometheus's energy javelin, and the mech is hauled off of Memento Mori, taking much of the MM's more ornamental armor with it.
[20:57] Nerdo: (Rosie)
[20:58] Cubey: Alessandra: "Ah, free at last! Thank you for the timely intervention, I am almost not mad at Memento Mori's sudden exposure!"
[20:59] Lichi: Hoping that caught GM is acting as at least a bit of a blind spot...
[20:59] Lichi: the DeWalt picks that shotgun bck up and cocks it as charges in, swinging its wrecking ball back and then forward through the GM and hopefully the Tigris as well.&
[20:59] TK: David "Who is this girl?" He asks no one in particular, but it is over the open comm.
[20:59] Cubey: Alessandra: "I will answer your question, young child. I am Alessandra Langelier of House Consenesco!"
[21:00] tengu: Werter: "No problem." He adjusts his glasses (not that anyone can see that), wondering what can a machine actually expose. And then hands on the controls again, because this is the middle of a battle!
[21:01] Nerdo: [Rosie] The wrecking ball smashes into the add-on to Tigris's shields and shatters it (so much for that pilot possibly surviving), knocking Tigris back and its shields apart for a split second with sheer weight.
[21:01] Nerdo: (Rosie continue)
[21:02] Lichi: *The DeWalt throws a kick forward, trying to knock the robot prone.&
[21:03] TK: David rolls his eyes. But responds, "Thanks."
[21:04] Nerdo: [Rosie] The attack connects!...with the Proeliator's shield.
[21:05] Nerdo: Cordell: "Don't think you can touch a machine of House Flumen with a worker model."
[21:05] Lichi: Rosie: "Aw shut up!"
[21:06] Nerdo: The DeWalt's leg, also, seems to be stuck to the shield. Apparently it's magnetized. With a flip of a switch inside Tigris, the EM current changes, and the DeWalt is fried with electricity.
[21:06] Nerdo: Most of the machine's electronics go out, though fortunately it's designed with pilot safety in mind.
[21:07] Nerdo: The DeWalt is no longer stuck, but it's severely damaged and smoking
[21:07] Nerdo: (David)
[21:07] Lichi: Radios are dead, sparing everyone from a string of cursing.
[21:07] TK: * David may not be able to maneuver Chi in others, but he can at still sense it! At this range it's difficult, but hopefully the strange mecha has enough Chi to make it managable. The Prolieter's shield had to have a weakpoint! Hopefully it's Chi would show it to him... If not then well... at least he would know! &
[21:08] Eric: Orlando can't do anything about that kind of damage mid battle.
[21:08] Nerdo: The shields are well-constructed...the whole machine is. David might notice, though, that the Tigris would have to crouch to cover its legs, and David IS in a tank...
[21:10] TK: * Then CHARGE FORWARD! But fire at the legs first, if it blocks the fire, then RAMMING TIME! Hopefully it doesn't come to that though. David REALLY doesn't want it to come to that. +
[21:10] Cubey: @
[21:10] Nerdo: (Alessandra support)
[21:11] Cubey: *"Cordell Gubser! You made a mistake by losing your sights off me!" Memento Mori flanks the (hopefully) knocked-off balance Tigris and... is that a gigantic two-handed axe in its hands all out of sudden? "Now you will not be able to see anything at all!" And with that, it slices to decapitate the Proeliator!+
[21:14] Nerdo: [David] The ankle-level attack takes Cordell by surprise, and he lets it be known with a stream of archaic swears as Proeliator Tigris is tripped up.
[21:15] Nerdo: And off-balance as it is, it can't get a shield up to prevent the axe from caving in its head.
[21:15] Nerdo: Cordell: "Tch. I got careless. Arnoldo, take care of her."
[21:15] Cubey: Alessandra: "Know my mercy and retreat while you still can!"
[21:16] Nerdo: And with an all-out shove from the electromagnetic shields to knock the commoners back, Proeliator Tigris stomps off.
[21:16] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "Uh..."
[21:16] Nerdo: Arnoldo: "Well, what are you waiting for? Get them!"
[21:17] tengu: Werter: "Maybe you should run away too."
[21:17] tengu: Werter: "Just a suggestion."
[21:17] Nerdo: Proeliator Anguis also runs off, though the Famuli gallantly stand their ground and fire beam pistols at Prometheus (react Werter)
[21:17] Jockey: #
[21:18] Nerdo: (You're out of Def. Support for the round, Hua Cheng)
[21:19] tengu: *Ranged attacks on Prometheus, when both of his hands are empty? That's more than enough time to use the force field. Werter lifts his arms and creates a small defensive bubble of green plasma.+
[21:20] Nerdo: [Werter] Sustained fire from the plasma-based weapons will wear the shield down, though. Some damage goes through to Prometheus's armor.
[21:20] Nerdo: (Werter act)
[21:21] tengu: *"So it's
[21:22] Eric: (Which is more damaged, Werter or Behemoth?)
[21:23] Jockey: (Behemoth took some hits to the torso as far as I know)
[21:24] tengu: *"So it's not entirely indestructable..." Werter creates a large plasma wheel with a very sharp edge, and sends it running on the ground towards the one-armed enemy! His goal - make it zero-armed.+
[21:24] Nerdo: (Behemoth overall)
[21:25] Nerdo: [Werter] The Famulus is now zero-armed! And also running awkwardly back towards the edge of the forest.
[21:26] Nerdo: ????: "Tch. Those guys."
[21:27] Nerdo: Suddenly, another huge unit, which looks rather like someone strapped a giant-sized military fur-lined coat and a pilot's helmet and goggles to one of the Proeliators from earlier, suddenly leaps out from the woods to land near the fighting mecha.
[21:27] Nerdo: Rana: "Rana McLatchy and the Hoc Age. I'd say it's a pleasure to meet you, but...I kinda have to destroy you now."
[21:28] Eric: Orlando: "Can't we talk this out?"
[21:28] Cubey: Alessandra: "Rana! It has been too long! I see you are still intent on defeating me?"
[21:28] Nerdo: Rana: "Oh, the rest of you can leave if you like. I'm just here to finally beat Langelier real quick so I can get on with my life."
[21:28] TK: Meanwhile, while this is happening, David is going to drive the tank over to the DeWalt, and see if he can't get Rosie out of the cockpit. Beaking the door with Chi powered Wuxia punch if necessary,
[21:29] Nerdo: (David can do that while everyone's talking, yes)
[21:29] Cubey: (Hoc Age is unarmed, right?)
[21:30] Nerdo: (Yes)
[21:30] Cubey: Alessandra: "Please, I see your sense of humor is as terrible as ever! How do you intend to beat anyone with no weapons?"
[21:30] Cubey: Memento Mori casually rests the gigantic axe on its shoulder.
[21:30] Lichi: Rosie: "I've been waiting. Like hell I'm gonna step up into that mess on foot."
[21:31] TK: David "Come on, the missile launcher needs reloading anyway."
[21:31] tengu: Werter: "This sounds like tempting fate to me."
[21:31] Lichi: Rosie was already climbing in.
[21:31] Nerdo: Rana very carefully and deliberately turns on video comms just long enough for Alessandra to see her smirk, turns them off again, and promptly shoots bolts of lightning out of its hands at Memento Mori (Alessandra react)
[21:31] Nerdo: *Its = Hoc Age
[21:32] TK: David reloads the Missile Launcher. Then gets in. Not that he needs Rosie to wait for him, running around on a moving tank is childsplay for both of them.
[21:32] Nerdo: (David and Rosie now copiloting Tank)
[21:32] Cubey: *"In hindsight, I really should have seen this one coming!" Memento Mori leaps and tries to roll out of way. As a side effect, it loses the last weapon it had, the axe.+
[21:33] TK: David "We are almost out of missiles." He says to her as he sits down in front of the Dishwasher/Missile pod aiming control system.
[21:33] Lichi: Rosie: "Today is just all bad news."
[21:33] Nerdo: The sole remaining Famulus fires at Alessandra as she rolls, trying to suppress her from getting up again.
[21:34] Nerdo: (Orlando)
[21:34] Eric: *The Handyman scrambles to catch up with the Behemoth while it reaches into the storage pod on it's back and pulls out an armor patch. Orlando gets on the comm to say to Cheng "Hold still for a moment" while the mech's free hand unfolds into a welding torch, allowing it to quickly cover up the damaged spot on the larger mech's torso.+
[21:34] Nerdo: The Behemoth is repaired! Somewhat!
[21:34] Nerdo: (Hua Cheng)
[21:35] Cubey: Alessandra: "Helpful strangers, beware! Rana McLatchy is an expert at utilising her unit's Fundamental Engine, as you just witnessed!"
[21:36] Nerdo: Rana: "Throwing around secrets like that in exchange for help? Are you THAT desperate already?"
[21:36] Jockey: *Cheng checked over the screens, green on armor, yellow on ammo. "Doesn't matter. That pain in the fundament's going to deal with some ventilation" Cannons armed. FIRED+
[21:37] tengu: Werter: "It's not exactly a secret if you use it out in the open like that."
[21:37] Cubey: Alessandra: "Is it not the principle of House Flumen to keep a watchful eye out on opportunities?"
[21:38] Nerdo: [Hua Cheng] The shells approach Hoc Age quickly and, with a wave of its hand, are deflected upward and over the unit. That lightning ability can ALSO apparently mess with magnetic fields.
[21:39] Nerdo: Rana: "We also understand there's always a price for revealing your own weakness." With that, the Hoc Age jumps forward, attacking the still-probably-prone Memento Mori with electrically-charged punches and kicks (Alessandra react)
[21:39] Nerdo: (Rosie and David)
[21:40] Lichi: Rosie: "Wait why do I have to drive?"
[21:40] Lichi: "What if I want to fire the missiles?"
[21:40] TK: David "You can still fire the main cannon."
[21:40] Lichi: Rosie: "Those don't explode."
[21:40] Lichi: ((Enemies?))
[21:41] TK: "Besides, the foot pedals on the piano drive right now anyway."
[21:41] Nerdo: (Hoc Age, damaged Famulus x1)
[21:41] Cubey: *Fortunately, this means Alessandra can roll to situate the Hoc Age between herself and the Famulus that provides cover fire. Unfortunately, she can do little but try to block the punches with unarmed guards as well as she can.+
[21:41] tengu: #
[21:42] TK: David lets Rosie use the dishwasher though and loads more anti-armor shells. They seem to be the best bet for now.
[21:42] Nerdo: (Werter support)
[21:42] Lichi: *Rosie drives the tank along, strafing the enemies as turns the pepper grinder to rotate the main cannon toward the Famulus before swapping over to the dishwasher and opening fire. Boom.
[21:43] tengu: *Body slam on Hoc Age!+
[21:43] Lichi: "Why haven't we replaced that crappy grinder yet?"
[21:43] TK: *David fires the main cannon at the thing too, before reloading and firing again. With Rosie at the wheel, he can actually keep the shells coming. +
[21:44] Nerdo: The Memento Mori takes several heavy, shocking blows to vulnerable points from the Hoc Age before the latter is bodily shoved off by Prometheus.
[21:44] TK: "Because Dack broke the steering wheel we had before remember?"
[21:45] Nerdo: Rana: "ExCUSE me?" Offhandedly, she zaps Prometheus as well, sending a damaging current through it as long as it's already trying to tackle her. (Werter react)
[21:45] Cubey: Alessandra felt that one. "Ah... ah! Am I going to die in such an unromantic way?! Death... whatever the circumstances, a human cannot help but welcome you." And then she realizes the killing hit does not come... yet.
[21:45] Cubey: #
[21:45] Nerdo: [Rosie and David] Meanwhile, with most of the tank's remaining ammunition, Rana's remaining ally mech is obliterated
[21:46] Nerdo: (Alessandra support)
[21:47] Cubey: *"Everyone dies one day... but destiny had it that my day was not now! House Flumen may have its principles - House Consensco does as well!" Alessandra makes Memento Mori stand up painfully.
[21:48] Cubey: *One could swear that a flash of bright light shines around the battered robot if only for a fraction of a second. "Fundamental Engine, overcharge."
[21:49] Cubey: *Memento Mori suddenly rushes forward, its hands risen as if to pummel Hoc Age. "I will make you taste my own PRINCIPLES NOW! BETA SHOWER!" Alessandra shouts as her unit... slaps the enemy machine on its robotic face. And then punches from the other side!+
[21:51] Nerdo: The slap causes a sudden change in Hoc Age. It almost begins to glow, and the telltale shock patterns of frying circuitry crawl over it.
[21:51] Nerdo: Rana: "damn damn damn damn"
[21:51] Cubey: Alessandra: "Punishment!"
[21:51] Nerdo: And the punch connects solidly, and knocks it back way farther than it should, Rana's defenses having dropped completely.
[21:51] Nerdo: Rana: "DAMN!"
[21:52] Nerdo: Hoc Age staggers back and falls from the knockout punch and a fried balancer.
[21:52] Nerdo: Rana: "Tch. I guess I lost my opportunity today..."
[21:53] tengu: Werter: "I don't want to pick at something that helped me out... But what was that?"
[21:53] Nerdo: Rana: "Alright, Alessandra, you win. I surrender."
[21:53] Cubey: Alessandra: "R... really? Is this not a ruse to stab me in the back while my guard is down?"
[21:54] Nerdo: Rana: "Of course it is. You know me better than that."
[21:54] Nerdo: And with that, she picks up the remains of a Famulus, hurls them at Memento Mori, and Hoc Age quickly stands and runs off.
[21:54] Cubey: Memento Mori tumbles comedically under the extra weight.
[21:54] Nerdo: MISSION COMPLETE
[21:55] Eric: Orlando: "What the devil was that all about?"
[21:56] TK: David "Rosie... what do we do now? The only people left are us and... those people. I... *shiver* I don't like these odds."
[21:56] tengu: Werter: "That was the second most bizarre day in my life." He thinks for a second. "...Okay, third. Is everyone okay?"
[21:56] Lichi: Rosie: "... fuck, it's all trashed, the whole place..."
[21:56] Cubey: Alessandra: "Oh, it is but the tournament to decide the fate of the world."
[21:57] Lichi: Rosie: "... WELL. I guess I can't trade anything now that it's under god damn rubble."
[21:57] Lichi: She sighed, yelling at no one in particular over the comms.
[21:58] Jockey: Cheng: Rosie's yelling somehow felt like music to his ears. Ah yes.
[21:58] *** Eric has left the chat.
[21:58] Cubey: Alessandra: "At any rate, thank you for the timely rescue, good if unknown friends! It was no coincidence that you just happened to battle around here. In other words, I am going to follow you."
[21:58] Lichi: "Don't think I can give you anything for it... but I'd be grateful if you help me move this rubble... look for survivors."
[22:00] tengu: Werter: "I think Prometheus will like if I let him play with blocks for a while."
[22:00] Lichi: "It's not a god damn game!"
[22:00] TK: David "Yeah..." He sounds rather defeated.
[22:00] tengu: Werter: "I know, but you tell him that."
[22:00] Lichi: She stands up onto the rubble and starts looking for chi and pain with her powers.
[22:01] TK: David does the same thing, as much as he can.