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Title: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on April 27, 2013, 07:54:09 PM
Inside the Battleship Protectora XVI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBbP7AIcbkw)

The room you've been assigned to has a massive curved window that lets you see the stars around, and the planet you're headed to-Ragol, a sphere of green and blue in the distance, slowly aproaching towards you. The remaining walls are metal and plastic, riddled with glowing and humming circuitry. Besides some pratical but basic furniture, there's not much on the way of confort or luxury. But then, you do have a good amount of free space to move around and stretch your limbs, which is much more than the majority of the current inhabitants of this ship can brag about.

Soon enough, a door slides open and inside enters a small group of humans and orcs in green military uniforms, escorting a female-looking android with silver skin and eyes, black hair, dressed in regal blue. She's the one that adresses you in a calm but firm voice:

My identity is Maia 279. I thank you in the name of Parum's Administration for answering our commission.

We'll be reaching Ragol's orbit in one hour, three minutes and twenty-three seconds. As you may know, my colleagues worked very hard to ensure its colonization rights for our planet's population. Ever since the end of the Devastation War, the organic's population has been growing faster than what we can restore the natural ecosystem, and is thus imperious we secure a new place for the expanding population to settle in. The first colonization wave had already been sent seven years ago to prepare the terrain.

However-and what I'm about to tell you is highly classified-When the second colonization wave was being prepared, we lost all contact with the our forces already in Ragol. Observations and scannings from orbit don't reveal anything in particular-the structures that had already been built are still there, but otherwise there's no sign of any sentient life, ours or native. We tried sending in scouts and probes. They all disapeared whitout trace as well.

We did however learn that a mysterious disruption field seems to have formed around the planet. The forces we sent into the planet were quickly cut off from any and every communication channel once they entered the atmosphere.

Your job would be to drop into the first colonizer's landing zone and seek out for any clues you can find about the mass disapearances, then return to protectora XVI to report your findings. Everything indicates this will be an extremely dangerous job, but all of you have high recomendations from the Hunter's Guilder itself or other important organizations. We expect you'll be able to produce results where others failed.

Again, I'll reiterate that Ragol is extremely important for Parum's future. Its fauna and flora are extremely rich and will provide invaluable resources for the colonizers once this problems have been sorted out. You can use lethal force against any possible threats you find, but please refrain yourselves from using orbital bombardments, biological weapons, scorched earth tactics, or any other course of action that would result in colateral damage.

Do you have any queries?
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 27, 2013, 08:13:05 PM
"Yeah, I do. What sort of stuff was built down there before you lost contact? Anything that might, I don't know, explode and bury us under a hundred tons of rock?" Amaterasu asked, turning from the panoramic view and stretching a bit. With a dull blade on her back and no notably inhuman features, the only overt indication that she was more than some novice recruit was the way the inside of her cape seemed to scroll through a false map of the heavens. Well, and her presence in this room.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on April 27, 2013, 09:10:44 PM
The tall and gaunt blue skinned being in the sumptuous robes quirks an eyebrow as the android finishes speaking. "Like my colleague, I would appreciate some additional background information. For instance, when did you most recently send forces to the planet and have any returned? If not, has any orbital  or surface debris or similar sign been detected that might give some hint as to their fate? Additionally, assuming we reach the planet and some members of your forces remain, might we have some kind of contact information or official writ that would allow us to prove who we are and who we represent?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on April 27, 2013, 11:14:46 PM
She stared blankly in front of her as her kin described the situation to everyone present. Her expression contracted slightly, seeming somewhat dour.
Despite her grief there was a brightness to her calm demeanor. Strong resolve carried out by gentle hands.

A few images cycled before her eyes from within her visor, giving her the recent numbers on the latest results on Ragol available to her clearance level.
It might be important to get as much information as possible while she could still get Online.
She downloaded a few tunes that might lighten her mood or stimulate her in battle and minimized all her interface's windows and her visor became transparent again, revealing two eyes that gleamed with blue luminescence. Although they emitted light, they clearly lacked the light of a soul behind them.

"What is the evacuation protocol?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on April 28, 2013, 05:18:20 AM
"Yeah, I do. What sort of stuff was built down there before you lost contact? Anything that might, I don't know, explode and bury us under a hundred tons of rock?"

Only basic civilian infrastructure. However the colony had already started mining operations, and whatever tunnels they made have most certainly been left whitout maintenance ever since the mass disapearance.


"Like my colleague, I would appreciate some additional background information. For instance, when did you most recently send forces to the planet and have any returned?
We've  been sending daily unsentient probes to check for any changes on the situation. None returned so far.

If not, has any orbital  or surface debris or similar sign been detected that might give some hint as to their fate?
Negative, no such vestiges have been observed. From orbit, no signs of conflict or acident can be observed.

Additionally, assuming we reach the planet and some members of your forces remain, might we have some kind of contact information or official writ that would allow us to prove who we are and who we represent?"

Once you've  formally confirmed you'll undertake this commission, you'll be granted photon crystals identifying your condition as our agents.


"What is the evacuation protocol?"

Your priority is to gather information on what hapened on Ragol.
It is imperative we find out what's causing the disapearances so we can start working on a solution.
If you find survivors, you are to first interrogate them on what they know about the events.
You are only to spend resources bringing them back to Protectora XVI once you've completed your priority.
...


Your host remains silent for a moment, her mechanical eyes looking at nothing in particular.

...
If you worry about rescuing survivors, then I'll have an extra request to make of you.
My sister-unit Maia 486 had been sent into the first colonization wave. She looks just like me.
Should you manage to find and evacuate her, you'll be awarded a significant extra reward for your efforts.
Even if you just find her remains... You'll receive the same reward just the same for bringing them back.

Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on April 28, 2013, 06:18:14 AM
For the most part, Katherine was seemingly fixated on the view of the planet below them on the other side of that window. A slight turn of her head towards the group that entered was the only reaction out of her before her gaze wandered back towards the view. Whether she was listening to the discussion behind her could have been put up for debate as the look of almost childish wonder sat plastered on her face at being able to look down upon a planet from space; a feeling she never could get tired of.

She suddenly perked up however at the android's mention of rescuing survivors, spinning on her heel to face the room and join the discussion. "Rescuing survivors is always a priority! It'd be terrible to just abandon them, and I would definitely promise to find your sister and bring her back to you."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Harald on April 28, 2013, 06:20:54 AM
Among the gathered pilots, a strange little thing was flying : a small dragon-like purple scaded lizard wearing a custom-made high-admiral uniform, his many medals and golden aiguilettes tinkling,  his ceremonial, too-large-for-him saber jingling at his side. He was bearing golden epaulettes on his shoulders and even on the arm of his wings.
His face was almost hidden by a gigantic white feathered, cocarded, gold embroidered black bicorn, but his eyes were visible.
He pulled out his monocle with his white gloved claws to clean it, and put it back in place.
What are the Götterdämmerungdeployment orders ? I suggest strongly I should follow them in low orbit. Whatever danger is lurking down there, the glorious sight of a Battleship deployed might prove a deterent enough against hostile actions. And offer heavy support for our recon group.
Besides, how many colonists were dropped down there, should we need to launch a rescue & evac mission ?"


He was interrupted by Katherine. He smiled.
"I strongly agree with her. Some must fight so that other may live free.  We ARE this fighter."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 28, 2013, 06:45:38 AM
The conservatively dressed girl stretched, unfolding wings from her back and swinging off the dull sword, which promptly began to emit a faint hum... and grow, and grow, and grow. It was stopped in its tracks by conversion into what looked like the offspring of a cannon and brightly painted box. This 'cannon' fit snugly over the girl's arm, whereupon the end briefly flickered, before sprouting a hissing, blindingly bright blade.

"If there's someone to rescue, what the hell are we waiting for?" Amaterasu said, eager to get started, and skipping out on mentioning that she could probably evacuate all the colonists in the Yatagarasu if it came to that. Forethought was not her strong suit.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on April 28, 2013, 07:13:52 AM
What are the Götterdämmerungdeployment orders ? I suggest strongly I should follow them in low orbit. Whatever danger is lurking down there, the glorious sight of a Battleship deployed might prove a deterent enough against hostile actions. And offer heavy support for our recon group.
That would be indeed the reason why you were selected as part of this group. Your battleship is to escort the remaining members into the planet's surface.

Besides, how many colonists were dropped down there, should we need to launch a rescue & evac mission ?"

In the last population report we received, there were 3785 registered colonists.

"Rescuing survivors is always a priority! It'd be terrible to just abandon them, and I would definitely promise to find your sister and bring her back to you."

...
Your enthusiasm is a positive characteristic. But please bear in mind millions of individuals are waiting in line to be sent with the second colonization wave. The faster we can solve this mystery, the faster they can be sent. You looking for and accounting for all 3785 colonists whereabouts would cost time we cannot afford to spend in the current situation.

Plus, once Ragol is deemed secure once more, we can work on deploying mass-scale rescue teams. Right now it has been deemed too dangerous to send them in. 


"If there's someone to rescue, what the hell are we waiting for?"

To aproach Ragol's orbit. Fifty-seven minutes, forty-one seconds remaining.
I advise to use the remaining time to perform final check-ups in your gear and discuss your group strategy.


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on April 28, 2013, 07:21:09 AM
She made a short nod. The evacuation was of import, of course, but she dared not make a promise of it. Swearing on the unknown and forces that could possibly be beyond one's abilities was unwise and could birth greater sorrow to all involved.
"We will attempt to proceed with maximum efficiency."

Everyone seemed in high spirits and motivate to initiate the mission. There were a few preparations to make but the presence of a vessel meant a gave her a good idea of the level of resources available for the task.
"Undoubtedly, we are aligned with the terms and in agreement with the request. We shall make preliminary calibrations and get ready for departure."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on April 28, 2013, 07:38:33 AM
"Oh...well, the point still stands." she mumbles dejectedly. Not quite knowing what to do for the rest of the time until arrival though, she moved her hands behind her back and slowly started to rock back on her heels.

Having moved her attention to the room now though, Katherine takes in the others gathered here finally. The gaunt, blue guy probably stood out the most to her, but she couldn't remember what he was off the top of her head. The android and the other woman here who was now sporting a sort of cannon-like appendage seemed fairly normal to her, though that tiny purple creature had her eyes fixated on it now that she'd gotten around to noticing it. Oh! No. Yes? A dragon? Awfully small though...pet sized...like a house cat.

"An hour still, huh?" she remarked aloud, probably to herself, with a restless sigh as she turned to look back out at the approaching planet.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 28, 2013, 07:53:27 AM
Amaterasu sighed, dismissing the cannon and her wings. An hour? Well, she could take a tour of this place... and get something to eat... and then go check on the Yatagarasu. It hadn't seen much use recently, and she needed to make sure it was properly armed for the task ahead, as well as check that there was enough space in the cockpit to store anything they might need to bring back with them.

"I'll meet everyone there, okay?" she asked, walking sedately to the door, waiting for it to open... and then running out at maximum speed, too impatient to just walk or stroll around. Anyone that made an attempt to get in her way was going to be in a lot of pain.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Harald on April 28, 2013, 09:43:55 AM
" I suggest strongly we pursue tactical discussions inside my own ship. At least because I can assure you the quality of my own wine. If you may pardon me, I need to ensure that your robots are properly transfered on board.
Without saying a words, a dozen soldiers in a similarly gaudy uniform -white, black & gold hussar liveries- marched right behind him in perfect order.
 Immediately, they started playing on their gleaming instruments a fast march, the Admiral in front of them, walking briskly toward the bay where both starships were temporarly linked together. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9fSEdZIM08)
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on April 29, 2013, 02:45:59 AM
A nine year old little girl with a black dress and pink hair comes bounding into the bay. Looking wide eyed, "ugh, you guys started without me!" she cries.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 29, 2013, 02:24:04 PM
Walking in from behind her, there was a man in a suit. He looked like a civillian in most regards, and considering the myriad folk in space suits and armor and uniform, he seemed underdressed. The only unusual thing about his suit was the blazer, which had a fairly large coattail, and the fact his tie was a dress tie instead of a business suit tie. His hands were also covered in fingerless black gloves. Perfectly round purple shades, a headset and a fedora completed the ensemble.

"I hope you weren't thinking of starting this operation without someone to coordinate the intelligence-gathering efforts."

There was a mix of lightness and seriousness in his words; officiality mixed with a more relaxed mood. And yet the general feeling he seemed to bring was discomfort, despite his best intentions.

The man entered the room announcing himself as an intelligence operative. These weren't commonly known for scruples or moral compasses.

"You fine folk may all call me Hugo."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on April 29, 2013, 03:19:04 PM
Looking awed "You collect smarties?" hopping over she looks around at Hugo's pockets. Unsatisfied she attempts to lift his shirt asking him, "Where do you keep them?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on April 29, 2013, 03:38:05 PM
She cringed a bit at the sudden blaring of the tiny dragon's ensemble's music and was glad to see all of that promptly leave. Two more people entered the room now though and a thought came to mind at this point. All these people and no one seemed too keen on introductions, standing around here for the remaining hour seemed like it'd be awkward for her.

"I'm just gonna...my mech, too?" Simuntaneously pointing to the door as she started to walk out, Katherine excused herself.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on April 29, 2013, 05:58:38 PM
The blue alien turns toward Hugo "Intelligence, you say? Well it is gratifying to know that I shall have at least some company possessed of a degree of subtlety. The rest of our companions seem frightfully... military. You seem to have missed the briefing, are you up to speed on the situation? I am Aden, by the way; merchant, priest, and it seems, sometime planetary scout."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 29, 2013, 07:51:35 PM
"At your leisure, miss Katherine." Hugo noted with a tip of his hat and that ever-present unnerving grin.

"Well... much as I dislike the joke, military intelligence is not as much of an oxymoron as you would be led to believe. Strictly speaking, I am in the military. But I'm sure you'll find me a fairly agreeable soldier, mister Ged."

The little one rummaging through his pockets eventually got his attention. For the first time in a while, his eyes opened in curiosity from their squint under those shades. He looked a bit unsure what to do - clearly unused to dealing with children.

Under his shirt she only finds a thin layer of muscle. For a spy, he apparently works out.

"I'm not sure what you mean exactly, 'Miss' Baha."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on April 29, 2013, 08:44:54 PM
Looking disappointed, "You said you collected smarties. I thought you had candy..." Almost instantly forgetting what she was saying, "You know me?" pausing for a moment she turns to Ged to introduce her and old friend to him.

She bows to Ged. "I'm Princess Bangelina Aontessa Helsiana Ancesca the Third, but you can call me Baha". She points to the man with the washboard abs and adds, "And this is rocky."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 29, 2013, 09:36:20 PM
"Rocky..." He seemed amused.

"I DO have candies, actually. They're magical so I can't vouch for their taste, though. Just promise you won't make a habit of taking candy from strangers, will you Princess? Bad things happen to the kind of children who do."

With a wave of his hand, the man in the hat conjured up a number of nutritious-looking candy.

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"I've read dossiers on all of you. Part of my job is knowing who I'm going to be working with before I actually meet them. It makes things easier when it's time for stuff to go BOOM."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on April 29, 2013, 10:15:14 PM
Aden gathers his robes and makes a courtly bow to the small girl "A pleasure to meet you Princess Baha."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on April 30, 2013, 03:57:19 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 30, 2013, 06:42:00 AM
When the admiral reached his ship, he would run into Amaterasu again. This time, leaning against the full bulk of the Yatagarasu... and staring down at the crew somehow desiring to transfer the mecha from one ship to the other with an annoyed expression on her face. The seventy foot tall girl was apparently irritated at their daring to move the super robot.

"Who the hell told you that you could move this thing?" the mercenary asked, "What if I'd instructed it to protect itself, huh?"

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Harald on April 30, 2013, 07:54:18 AM
With a snap of his clawed fingers, the music stopped.
The little purple pseudodragon, in one majestuous wing beat, took flight, and stopped right under Amaretsu's nose, absolutely unfazed by her size nor the size of her robot.
When you are a dragon, everyone is smaller than you.
The Protectora XVI crew cowered, especting the Dread Wyrm-Admiral to shout, and considering how loud he was when he was speaking normal.
But he did not.
He whispered in a threatening growl.
"I did. As the Master and Commander of the GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, sole ruler after the Lord inside. And I will not accept that any one, no matter how big or their robot they are, will breach the discipline on board, and threaten my crew, nor question my orders, especially when they are doing correctly their job.
 Am I clearly understood ?
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 30, 2013, 08:15:02 AM

"If you think that  instructing your crew to move a six centuries old, self-aware machine,  without stopping to think that it could have been under instructions to resist all attempts to alter it, then your authority will be questioned, lizard," Amaterasu hissed back, making no attempt to be quiet, wanting to make it crystal clear to the crew that her mecha was not to be touched, "Your authority does not extend beyond your ship and I am not your subordinate. Do not make that assumption again."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on April 30, 2013, 08:22:03 AM
Katherine entered the docking bay shortly behind the pseudodragon, having left shortly after he had as well. Immediately upon seeing Amaterasu looming over everyone in the room and looking annoyed she took a step back, caught off guard by the sudden tension in the room. It was a few moments before she noticed the tiny dragon hovering right before Amaterasu's face and she shouted the first thing that came to mind; "Aaah! Don't eat him!"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on April 30, 2013, 02:17:33 PM
Baha totally falls for the candy and snatches it up. Between smacking mouthfuls she asks, "So where did everyone else go?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 30, 2013, 04:14:02 PM
"Well, the easiest guess is that they've gone to the Admiral's ship to prepare their things for the expedition. We ARE going somewhere dangerous after all. By the way, we don't usually see little girls near command briefing rooms. Are you planning on coming along?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 01, 2013, 10:45:14 AM
"I love going outside to play!" she replies happily.

"Do you think the rest of them have candy?" she almost begs.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on May 01, 2013, 01:03:19 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 01, 2013, 01:06:01 PM
"They might have. It's a big ship they're going into after all."

Turning to "Mr. Ged", Hugo ponders aloud,

"Will you be coming with us?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on May 01, 2013, 08:28:38 PM
"I will indeed be accompanying you. A functioning colony is a better trading partner than an abandoned one, after all, and I have a strange feeling we may encounter something down there that will be worth the trip."  

To Baha "I can't speak for the others but I try to always keep a little something tucked away." From a fold in his robes he produces a brightly wrapped lollipop and presents it to her.

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"Now, shall we join the others? It would be a shame if they left, or started brawling amongst themselves, without us."  
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 02, 2013, 12:30:04 AM
"Oooh." she says as she unwraps the lollipop and attempt to jam it into her mouth.

It turns out to be just a bit too large for her and in her haste she wedges it in. She pulls on it and it doesn't budge, he upper lip appears stuck to it as well. Still, she isn't upset in the least, it'll melt. With a bit of colored saliva dribbling form her lower lip she says "Hank ooh, hank ooh, hank ooh" and walks out of the main doors headed to where everyone else is going.

But stops, unsure which direction to turn.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 02, 2013, 01:24:22 AM
"This way to the hangar, Princess." Hugo noted, pointing at a turn in the corridor - unsure if he should offer his hand.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Harald on May 02, 2013, 03:33:22 AM
" I won't eat her, do not worry, my lady." With a deadpan, cold tone, he answered to Katheryn.
He turned back toward Ameratsu.
If your instructions were not clear enough so that both the Protectora and my crew were in the know, even including to tell your Robot to warn people, I do think you did something wrong. Beside, what kind of bumbling maniacal fool leave his robot ready to attack his own support crew, endangering the whole ship should a fight arize right there ?
His eyes started gleaming, while he was ungloving his paws.
< By the way...What name DARED you to call me ?  >
His voice was booming... Inside Ameratsu's own mind, and those of people surrounding him a close radius.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 02, 2013, 04:52:31 AM
"The same person that fought through a five hundred year war and a hundred years of teaching," the girl replied, arms still folded, "And a lizard. You're a dragon. Lizard with wings."

When you were stupidly tall, the fact dragons were normally huge beasts became of no more relevance than the fact dogs had similar properties. The intricacies of dragon breeds and pseudodragons were outside of her interests and, consequently, the fact fully grown dragons were  not the same size as her fingernail had never occurred to her.

"Okay, Yata, I want you to follow these people onto the ship. Do not tread on them. Flatten anything that tries to physically move or attack you, the pilot instructed her mecha, before turning back to look at the admiral again, "There, don't have your crew throw their lives away and we'll have no problems. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think a friend of mine wants to talk."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 02, 2013, 11:55:54 AM
A little girl whose mouth is stretched into a thin line but a huge lollipop walks in towards the end of giant women's statements and she instantly freezes in mid step, foot in the air. "Uff I oove I'll het hepped on?"

She looks around the room wondering if giant lady talks to her fried chicken nuggets to and see him.
"Ooooh soooo huuuuute!"
Totally forgetting the mech will step on her because she moved she runs under to Ameratsu saying "hits a hargon!"

"is ha mean ole women huring ooh?" she says with the lollipop stick waving as she stares up at the cute little baby dragon.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 02, 2013, 12:11:19 PM
"Oh my. I didn't expect to see a lover's quarrel this early into the mission... then again, who am I to judge the tastes of a seventy-foot-tall woman?" Hugo noted in sarcasm.

"It might be best to watch your step, miss Baha."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on May 02, 2013, 12:22:49 PM
Those well versed in the facial expressions of the Mercane people might have been forgiven for believing that Aden was expending some effort in not bursting out laughing, "Well, well, it seems my prediction was only too accurate. Yet we have arrived in time for the festivities. How splendid."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Harald on May 02, 2013, 03:56:12 PM
Yes, you uppity overgrown ape !
HEAR ME ROAR, MAMMAL, I AM THE DEADLIEST AIRBORN PREDATOR THAT EVER WAS, FOR I AM A DRAG-
He stopped mid-rant, as well as his own marching band, which was playing an ominous threatening tune, as Abraxas saw the little girl right at his feet.
Who let a civilian entered this part of the ship ? Children have nothing to do with robot hanger bays : many dangers lie there.
< You were right, they seem to be completly daft on THIS ship. They let anyone enter the bay ! > He thought, broadcasting to Amaterasu.
The pseudo-dragon swooped in,  stopping in front of the little princess.
Be Not Afraid, lil' colonist girl! We are here to help you and find your familly. I, Abraxas the Dread Wyrm-Admiral, promise we will do anything to save them. So long as you put in a good word to those foxy civilian momas...
His eyes were now mischevious, as he slowly winked.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 02, 2013, 04:03:14 PM
Amaterasu snorted. 'Deadliest airborn predator'? Please, spare her the lies. She could take the things if push came to shove, and a tiny little thing like that was hardly going to be sufficient to cow her with tales of how his ancestors were mighty rulers of everything that they surveyed. There were probably oversized worms stronger than dragons.

The half-bird sprouted vast wings, beating them and ascending just barely into the air with a sound suspiciously like a gale--an owl she was not--before shrinking down to a mere half her height, hovering in the air before descending downwards to land beside her friend, "Sorry about that, we had a disagreement about moving my mecha."

Behind her, the vast mecha shifted itself into action, stepping over the crew members and doing what they'd wanted it to do in the first place.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 02, 2013, 04:13:21 PM
"It really is too soon to be getting into a fight..." Katherine mutters with a bit of worry in her tone. "Come on Ammy, its not like the little thing could have anything that could really hurt Yata, right?" she said as Amaterasu came down near her. The little girl rushed past her suddenly now with a muffled exclamation of cuteness toward the dragon and Katherine couldn't help but to nod and agree in tandem. "It IS cute, isn't it. Like, you kinda want to pet it, no?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 02, 2013, 04:35:04 PM
"...Oy."

Hugo had to question the wisdom of disparaging the captain of a ship inside said ship. But hey, no harm no foul, right? It's not like they'd done anything really disruptive.

"...Excuse me, folks. My card."

A chibified version of his countenance in a card floated in front of the faces of Katherine, Amaterasu and Abraxas.

It read: "Hugo Lotushand, intelligence agent and intergalatic man of mystery."

Curiously, a different card appeared in front of Baha. It was the same design, but instead it read: "Rocky, Candyman for the Stars"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 02, 2013, 04:40:40 PM
Baha giggles are the tiny dragon floating before her and reaches out to hug him.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 04, 2013, 08:17:38 AM
Min-Yung entered the docking bay at a steady pace, her attention apparently half focused on her visor's screen as one of her hands seemed to zealously be typing upon some sort of invisible keyboard at her side. Once she estimates that she is close enough to people to have proper interactions without the need to raise her voice, she waves the keyboard away and her visor becomes transparent again.
She seemed in good spirits.

"Greetings, applicants!"
She glanced over the organized hive-work as the vessel's crew transferred the equipment, staring at their labor for an instant, then at the gigantic humanoid-like robot, apparently impressed.

"I see no means were spared to make this operation a success. A great relief."
She tried to process a series of potential small-talk subjects for socializing with strangers but it seemed none of her AI personality components had been programmed to be efficient at such a human-like activity.
She noticed some new faces. It didn't seem to matter that one of them didn't even seem old enough to be out of elementary school, probably because androids came in so many models that appearances held little to no meaning.
"Ah, salutations. I am MIN-YUNG, humanoid interface of the R0S-3774 MK. IV. I am to be your shield on Ragol."

She raised her palm.
"I would give my frequency to those of you who own a transmitter so that we may communicate within a few miles with greater ease down there."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Harald on May 04, 2013, 01:06:52 PM
The manoeuver succeeded, as the Wyrm-Admiral was utterly suprised by the Princess'move.
The little pseudo-dragon was in fact not very agreable to pet, thanks to his medals and the sword at his side on the way.
And it was not pleased as well.
Little one, would you please release me RIGHT NOW, and never do that again ?I am not a pet. he hissed.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 04, 2013, 01:25:41 PM
"It's a dragon; why would I want to pet it? It would probably try and take my fingers off," the mercenary argued, grabbing the mysterious floating card, reading it, and then immolating the thing, "I guess, since everyone else is doing it, we should introduce ourselves..."

Resuming her larger size, the winged girl took to the air, flying up to sit on her mecha's shoulder and grinning down at the assembled forces: "My name is Amaterasu. If your initial piloting instruction was with the Hunter's Guild or you've read up on the Devastation War, you probably know who I am."

Her ego or her body: which was bigger?
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 04, 2013, 03:23:33 PM
Because it's small and pocket-sized..." Katherine mumbled back as Amaterasu went off an introduced herself. She grabbed Hugo's card from out of the air before her, playing with it a bit in curiosity before pocketing it.

"Some one has a sense of humor." she commented at Hugo. Following Amaterasu's lead, she took to introducing herself as well. "Ah, Katherine Matr Yoshka," she said to the room as she gave a salute, "Professional Pirate Hunter, when I'm on the clock. Always happy to lend a hand where needed in other matters, of course, as well."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 04, 2013, 03:38:19 PM
Katerine finds there's suddenly a small, round-ish doll with her appearance floating in front of her.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 04, 2013, 03:53:31 PM
Baha let's go of the cute little dragon, "Fly draggy, be free!"

Bowing to Katherine Baha introduces her self, "I'm Princess Bangelina Aontessa Helsiana Ancesca the Third, but you can call me Baha". She points to the men that came with her, "And they are my best friends, Rocky and Blue. They have lots of candy. Pointing to the rest of the people in the room, "That's my pet hufflepuff, and the tall lady is meanypants."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on May 04, 2013, 06:42:27 PM
"And I am Aden Ged, or Blue as the little Princess would have it. I will be covering the support role on our mission. On that subject, MIN-YUNG's suggestion is an excellent one. We should all sync communications devices. If anyone doesn't have one, I believe I put together some spares from parts the other day."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 04, 2013, 06:44:48 PM
"Does being this tall and capable of shouting REALLY LOUD count as a communications device?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 04, 2013, 07:07:16 PM
She had never felt the need to document herself further on the Devastation War than what she and her components had experienced of it and she never received instructions on piloting past her core and the regular updates, but she believed she had heard the name come up in discussions way back. She'd need to check up the chat logs, if she hadn't recycled them.

Either way she began creating profile files for each applicant. One hand it hand it could make it much easier, if not necessary, for her to properly determine how to interact with each of them and evacuate their aptitudes and weaknesses and, ultimately, who was expendable and who wasn't. It was... sad? maybe? that this last part was often an easier task than it should be.

Up until now her earliest calculations with what little data she had at her disposal determined that Aden, Katherine and perhaps Hugo were her priority units.
She made a short nod to the pirate hunter and proceeded to walk slowly to toward the ship's captain.
"May I to embark your vessel? I have no robot to send in, so the process should be swift."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on May 04, 2013, 07:24:15 PM
"Does being this tall and capable of shouting REALLY LOUD count as a communications device?"

"In situations where it is to our advantage for any being within several miles, including any enemies in the vicinity, to be included in our communications, it does. Otherwise, less so."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 04, 2013, 09:34:14 PM
"Thanks for the reminder, Min - can I call you Min? The good captain has probably received an invoice request to board my unit by now as well. Attached to it are specific instructions on its maintenance and diagnostic procedures, many of which I will be performing myself. No offense, of course, but there's a great deal of classified data on its make and capabilities that would be preferrably kept secret." Hugo noted, tilting his head slightly as he looked over towards Amaterasu, as if teasing her about the incident moments earlier.

If Baha had a communications device, she would be getting a mail shortly.

Sometime later, everyone would be getting a mail as well.

"And with this, you fine folk have my communications data."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 04, 2013, 10:51:39 PM
It did not take her long to process the request. She had encountered countless precedents of humans seeking simpler and more familiar designations to call her by.
"Most certainly. You may also consider 'M4', 'R-0',  or 'Mao', because I am Many-As-One. Whichever is most convenient."

A blue hexagon would later pop up at the top left of her visor a she'd receive the message.
"Good."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 05, 2013, 02:43:06 PM
Her side buzzes and she pulls the lollipop out of her mouth and sticks it on giant-lady's mech to answer it.
"I got a friend request!" she exclaims and replies back her information accepting it.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 05, 2013, 02:49:21 PM
"Well, aside from my voice, no; I don't have any communications device," the giant girl replied, shrugging and floating gracefully down to the ground. Meanwhile, the lollipop stuck onto the Yatagarasu began to meet a depressing, ignominious end; wavering in the field of energy that protected the machine and rapidly approaching the point where it would melt and then vaporise.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on May 05, 2013, 03:04:48 PM
Aden produces a small device from a pocket in his sleeve, makes a few experimental taps on it and, seeming satisfied, offers it to Amaterasu. "This should serve nicely, I think. It's configured for voice activation, since the screen may be too small for easy use much of the time."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 05, 2013, 08:20:55 PM
She pauses slightly in confusion at the doll appearing in front of her, reaching for it at first but then changing her mind and trying to wave it away instead in annoyance. "Ah, ahem, I suppose I may need one of those comm devices too, just in case, wouldn't I."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on May 06, 2013, 01:29:21 AM
"That would be wise. Here, have this one." He hands over another comm device.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Harald on May 06, 2013, 09:53:41 AM
"Of course you can proceed... Mao. I will ensure you will have your quarters ready as soon as possible inside the Götterdämmerung.
As for communication devices, I do think I have one somewhere, but I do accept to get one of yours ; nevertheless, I will be able to communicate with any of you from my Bridge.

if you may pardon me, I need to go first inside my own to be sure your accomodations are done correctly."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 06, 2013, 01:34:30 PM
She didn't need much accommodations besides available supplies considering she had no tactile sense of comfort, but the intention was touching.
Once everyone would have a communication device she'd send them a signal to have them memorize her frequency.

Unless passage would be restricted she would make her way to the bridge.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 10, 2013, 04:59:41 PM
"Are we moving metalheads around?" she asks, having no clue what is going on.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on May 10, 2013, 11:28:16 PM
"We are getting ready to board the ship, princess. If you want to bring your robot with you on our adventure, it would be wise to make sure it is loaded. Here comes mine now."

Aden had previously made arrangements with spaceport authority to transport and load his mecha and had signaled the destination bay shortly after the initial meeting. Port workers handed his Boxer over to the crew of the Gotterdamerung, who loaded on the ship without ceremony. Compared to the massive bulk of Yatagarasu, it looked downright dainty.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 11, 2013, 09:05:34 AM
For its huge bulk, the Yatagarasu seemed to be having no trouble maneuvering itself into the ship, once its owner was off of its shoulder and stood on the ground, investigating the comms device with a look of consternation. It seemed so easily broken... where the hell should it go? Pocket? Might get crushed when everything got larger. Hm...
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 11, 2013, 10:43:28 AM
Baha pulls out her phone again and speed dials someone, "Hello Ken-chan, bring metalhead... Oh you are! Oooh thank you thankyouthankyou. Ok I love ya byebye."

Turning back to the rest, "Kenny is already doing it. What should we do next?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 11, 2013, 11:12:54 AM
"Let's play hide-and-seek. I'll be 'it' first."

Hugo makes a show of covering his eyes and starting to count.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 11, 2013, 02:53:24 PM
She stands there with her arms crossed wondering if Hugo is just trying to get rid of her. But then she can't resist the temptation and chases after Mao.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 11, 2013, 03:13:46 PM
Pocketing the device Aden hands her, Katherine looks over to catch Hugo and Baha suddenly starting a game of hide and seek. Maybe they did still have time to spare, but... "I feel like we're going to get distracted...often..."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 12, 2013, 07:50:48 AM
When she noticed Baha striding her way, she offered her a simple nod from a distance, if only to confirm that she acknowledged her presence.
Her walking pace did not change. She was in no hurry.
Min-Yung didn't expect her to be there for her and assumed that she was probably just on her way to the bridge too.
Not being a particularly social entity, she wouldn't initiate any conversation. Mostly again out of the assumption that people rarely speak to robots when they have no queries or some other kind of order for them, and Min-Yung did not enjoy imposing herself unto others.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on May 12, 2013, 10:14:25 AM
With your preparations being finished and Ragol's orbit just a few minutes away, Maia 279 comes to handle you your photon crystal identifications, a floating green circle surrounded by blue code.
(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg138/oslecamo/Extras/greenill_zps799429c8.jpg) (http://s247.photobucket.com/user/oslecamo/media/Extras/greenill_zps799429c8.jpg.html)

Those also contain the compressed data about Ragol's colony's gathered from its last sucessful reports, including the location  facilities that had been finished and in construction before all communications broke down.

The Protectora XVI will stay in stationary orbit for the next week. But if possible, try to return whitin 24 hours for a first report of the situation in the planet. That will be all. The Götterdämmerung is free to undock and descend into Ragol.


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As you make your final aproach to Ragol, you can take a good look at its geography. Large oceans, two main land continents filled with forests, plains and some deserts, ice caps, a colonizer's dream world.

Then, as you enter the atmosphere, all communication channels with the Protectora XVI suddenly start emiting only static. You can't pick up anything coming from the planet below either.

Checking the data on your photon crystals, there seem to be three main areas that would look more promising when looking for any clues on what hapened:
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 12, 2013, 10:25:56 AM
Amaterasu's decision was swift: head for where there were the most people. If anyone was still alive, they'd probably be there, and if anything was going to attack the colony--and therefore provide opponents--then it would also most likely attack the most densely populated region. As far as she was concerned, the decision was simple enough.

"I say we go for the Central Dome, there's most likely to be someone to rescue there," was all the tall female said, though: there was no reason to outright suggest that they should go where there were more things to fight. Even though she wanted to.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on May 12, 2013, 11:12:58 AM
"Agreed. The largest population center is the logical place to start."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 12, 2013, 12:40:10 PM
Min-yung sternly watched the data. It brought her to her previous conclusions.
"There was no apparent sign of an external influence's attack or any conflict on the surface. If we can see nothing on the surface, the source of the disappearance is either undetectable or it comes from somewhere where we have little to no visibility. Under large amounts of trees, below the earth or under the sea.
The Kain Mines seem to have the better percentage of success as investigation ground, although no one zone in Ragol has odds above 5%. Gel Del Vel island is another option I find likeable. Good odds of finding survivors and a sound possibility of finding information in the ocean extraction sites."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 12, 2013, 01:36:13 PM
"Min raises an important point. The lack of external signs of struggle suggests whatever caused communication loss attacked from within. It could have used Kain Mines as an infiltration method, which means we would be sorely outnumbered - and with no mecha support, no doubt, especially given the size of some of our machines. We might just as easily end up 'disappeared' as the rest of the colonists.

Gel del Vel Island seems to me a priority target if we seek to uncover information first. Miss Ama* brings up something of import, however - the colonists may be awaiting rescue, and the longer we dally, the lesser their chances become. Although all locations have such a chance of finding survivors, the Central Dome would have definitely been able to mount the most significant resistance, or at least organize itself to survive longer.

Based on that, Gel Del Vel would be my vote, with the Central Dome a very close second."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Harald on May 12, 2013, 01:53:49 PM
You have a point, and the seas offer usually a good cover for hidden theats. However, Central Dome was the major point, the most heavily populated and defended area. This is there we should find survivors, or at least, most of the clues about the threat, thanks to a large settlement and the highest probability of organised defense from the colonists. I vote for the Central Dome, and Gel Del Vel as second. Said Abraxas, from his command post, right behind the large, gilded, preciously carved wooden helm of his starship.
In all aspects, the Gotterdämmerung was more a flying palace than a warship, and the bridge was no exception. The floor was covered with marble, the armoured walls sculpted and inlayed with silver, the vaulted ceilling covered by a magnificient fresco. The very air was agreably perfumed, not the ozone-ladden air usually found in warships.
While the pilots were gathered near the situation table and her holographic projection of the planet coming closer and closer, the bridge crew, under Abraxas' vigil, were guiding the Starship toward Ragol, the orchestra behind the Captain playing an ominous martial air. Slowly, in a fiery glow from the re-entry, the GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG was entering Ragol's atmosphere. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUTByW8NElo)
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 12, 2013, 03:59:19 PM
"Metalhead would he helpful if it's dangerous down there." Baha points out. Obviously not caring if they goto the central dome or the island dome, butot bringing their full strength against an unknown threat could get them killed.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 12, 2013, 07:42:57 PM
Min-Yung analyzed the individual opinions, made the average. A little disappointed, yes, but it was important to be united and so did not mind bending to the majority.
"It seems the Central Dome is to be our first destination. For this first day we may put faith in the odds of finding easy information from a theoretical higher set of chances of finding survivors. But be aware that considering that the settlements are more numerous there than everywhere else, collateral damage is much more likely. It would be wise to select one's combat ressources with that in mind."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 12, 2013, 11:43:41 PM
Katherine for the most party stayed out of the sudden lengthy discussion about where they should go first. She crinkled her brow at how complicated this suddenly seemed to get to her but she probably had to toss her opinion into the mess as well, even if it wasn't going to change what sounded like the made decision. "I'd agree we should check out Central Dome first too... If its fine, its fine, but if not, its probably the easiest place for us to defend if necessary."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 13, 2013, 12:57:57 AM
"From external assault, sure, but if the attack came from within, we'd actually be in a bigger mess. And the enemy, if any, doesn't have to worry about collateral damage. We'd be going in blind and half-naked, as it were."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 13, 2013, 01:52:00 AM
It seemed she had been right to estimate Hugo as a priority unit toward the success of the objectives.
He understood. She didn't like the Central Dome either, for many reasons, but unless they could be convinced otherwise it was going to happen regardless.
It was not her mandate to lead the operations.
Hopefully pirates and other profiteers of ruin hadn't already settled in.
Not every survivor might want to be rescued. Some might be aggressive over their reign of chaos, relishing the disorder.
"Enemies already on the field would have the advantage of terrain over us, indeed. Many places to hide within and prepare ambushes. But the higher risks are perhaps compensated by the higher chances of finding survivors that truly pray for a rescue"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 13, 2013, 02:41:09 AM
"Like a research facility is going to be any less full of corridors, let alone pre-built defensive systems if they were doing anything really nasty in there," Amaterasu snorted, wordplay going completely over her head due to simply hearing the first part of her name and not thinking beyond that, "Let them come! We'll see if there's anything left but ashes afterwards."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 13, 2013, 11:38:11 AM
"It would do you well to remember that this is someone's neighborhood you're talking about. It's not some random military installation - it's someone's home. Keep your bloodlust in if you can, okay?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 13, 2013, 02:21:32 PM
"A cityscape is still easier terrain to deal with in the off chance a fight breaks out anyways, compared to some dingy mines or under the sea." she retorted back at Hugo's & Min's comments, however doing so quietly as if to avoid the conversation, as well averting her gaze and looking miffed at their over-analysis.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 13, 2013, 03:15:44 PM
Min-Yung turned. She didn't see exactly what was so problematic about a mine or underwater exploration. The actual validity of that statement was far less solid than it seemed assumed to be.
"Actual under-the-sea exploration at the island may not be necessary, but if the need arises our vehicles can surely be adapted for the task, yes?
Nevertheless, we shall experience that theory on the field soon enough."

Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 13, 2013, 03:33:12 PM
"I suppose the central dome it is. Near as we know, communications were disrupted from ground to space, but maybe we'll catch short-range transmissions, like SOS signals. We're still going blind, though, so better keep the big guns as backup."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on May 18, 2013, 02:42:04 PM
The atmosphere is eerily calm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byhLp3wBAT0) as you aproach the Central Dome's coordinates you were given. You travel over Hughalia, the main continent covered with massive, clearly ancient trees of countless diferent kinds. You can see the imposing Kain Mountains to the north reaching to the blue sky, and some rivers and lakes doting the landscape. After some flying, you spot the massive white building of metal and stone in the middle of the verdant forest. Not exactly a semisphere, but more of a tower with a rounded top.  Strong sunlight reflects on the Central Dome's hundreds of small crystal windows, and as you aproach you can get a good view at the first landing site of the colonists.

The trees around the Central Dome itself have been cut down to make room for a well-developed settlement, surrounded by tall walls. Smaller buildings and what appear gardens filled with a myriad of plants and flower fill the space in between, connected by pavemented roads. Acording to your intel, the buildings are simple civilian facilities and storages, while the "gardens" consist of self-sustaining genetically engineered plants to provide a mix of foods and medicines to the settlers. Also recreative areas. The walls contain basic force field generators to increase their structural integrity. The administration, laboratories and other more sensible stuff are all located on the Central Dome itself.

You can't see anything moving in the whole place, neither do you catch any transmissions, but at distance something appears to spark to you among the buildings...

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 18, 2013, 03:08:49 PM
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"Well, that's certainly a big dome. How do you think we're going to get in? I don't want to break the thing open," Amaterasu remarked, mostly to herself--and anything that could actually hear her in the surroundings, communicator neglected. Jutting from the back of the Yatagarasu's wrist was a crackling, heated--by the look of the thing, it was barely kept from melting--blade, too short to really call a weapon but good for tearing things up with a punch.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Harald on May 18, 2013, 03:35:33 PM
"We will find a way. Or open one, should the need arise."
The music was now over on the bridge, and the small dragon stood quietly, his eyes starting to glow, as if he was concentrating on something.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on May 18, 2013, 03:59:28 PM
Looking out from the docking bay, though not yet deployed, Aden scanned the area briefly, then closed his eyes. Almost automatically, he began mapping a mental image, taking into account the strategic value of the various terrain features, possible approaches, hiding places for enemies, and so on, with a focus toward allowing his allies to swiftly attack any threat that appeared. As the theoretical construct took shape he activated his communicator and relayed the information to his comrades in an easily understandable format.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 18, 2013, 05:24:59 PM
As the Central Dome entered her field of view, Min-Yung turned to her new allies.
"I am able to store magical energy. If one of you cast magic unto me, I can keep the energy and unload it later. I have used this in the past to return healers back to life using their own spell. So be considerate of the possibilities."
She motioned Hugo and Aden to step forward.
"If you would allow it, I can put a barrier unto you or your machines by linking them to my systems. It will allow me to ease damage you would receive by transferring them upon myself. Request this boon and will grant it, but it will disconnect if you get 50 mu away from my position."

When it would be time to debark, she would concentrate and make the hologram of a Bralani Eladrin appear, then reach out for the Puppeteer.
The Bralani would proceed to cast Blur on every mecha, then vanish. It was time to launch.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 18, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
Princess Baha climbs inside her mech ZERO and shuts the main doors. Once unseen she sheds her innocent girl facade and grows into a mighty dragon. ZERO isn't so much as a mech as it is a technological enhancement augmenting his powers.

Prince Bahamut cannot resist a display of his power and roars before leaping out of the bay and taking flight using his now six wings for flight and appears to stalk Abraxax. In truth, Bahamut is providing the tiny dragon wannabe with backup should he need it. But the mannerism while he does so would appear as a dragon stalking his pray to an outsider. Abraxax would undoubtly be amazed as how well the mech's movements captures his movement and grace and perhaps love such a relatable guard.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 19, 2013, 02:40:27 AM
"I appreciate the offer, just see to it you don't get too badly hurt in my stead. I WILL try my best not to get too wrecked."

Hugo's Murakumo looked very much like a mecha version of himself, though estylized in a different way, with more angular features. The head sported an eerie-looking mask where the face would be, shaped like the grin of the mask of comedy, complete with squinting eyes - and a helmet that could well be mistaken for the mecha version of a fedora.

Perhaps most striking a difference, the Oxtongue rifle it was meant to sport was nowhere to be seen. In fact, the entirety of the machine seemed awkward and blurry now that it was active, like it was hard to focus on. The heat signatures it emitted were disperse and unclear. For some reason, it was difficult to tell whether this machine was even where it was supposed to be at all.

Min-Yung had no issues targetting it for her assistance, however.

"Easy on the pyrotechnics, guys. Remember, there may be people down there, and maybe we just need to find a way to open it gently if there aren't."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 19, 2013, 05:25:41 AM
Katherine held back from rushing out to keep up with several of the members' hasty exits, or entrances from a different point; she didn't want to be caught off guard by something so soon into the mission and all. Instead she stayed back and opted to keep an eye out from a distance for now.

Everyone else's seeming expectancy for something to pop out at them already however did remind her that that level of caution might be necessary after all, though and rather than hopping into her mecha as well she closed her eyes for a brief moment and materialized huge set of mechanical wings, appearing to be more blade-like than wing, which extended out from a large core with several more fins adorned. A duo of circular objects deployed from the base of the wings and extended a trio of blade-like fins as well, each moving to hover a bit beside and above her shoulders. Lastly a pair of sword hilts slid out from the main 'body' of this mechanical contraption, each one coming up on either side of her waist. This was her armor, as unconventional of one as it was for it was meant to aid in avoidance than minimizing of damage, however she felt far safer with this than she did locked inside the cockpit of any mecha.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on May 22, 2013, 06:24:49 PM
Min-Yung can listen to the world below her. It's full of vibrant, moving wildlife. Central Dome and the forest near it... Much quieter, but not completely silent. Some faint breathing can be heard here and there inside the  tower. No words, all of them isolated... Wait, one of them is outside in the streets! Precisely from the point the spark she had seen before!

Meanwhile Amaterasu lands ahead of the rest of the group, and Min-Yung stops hearing the breathing on the street. But there's no time to warn her. There's not even time for Abraxax to shout any orders to his crew as the local forest hologram  falls and the mechas below rise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1ZjmPmmto) whitout making a single sound.

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Whitout ever making a sound, seven rifles are pointed at Yatagarasu and the remaining ones  at the HGSS GÖTTTERDÄMMERUNG. As one, the unknowns unleash high-speed bullets thatleave a faint green trail behind. Those of you with keener eyes can see the weapons recoil on the hands of the mechas, but not even  Min-Yung hears anything. Only when the shots impact in their targets with devastating precision do you hear the heavy impacts that echo across the forest. Your machines are well protected, but caught by suprise you cannot take evasive actions, and the shells are clearly designed to pierce heavy plating.

The tiny unknown mechas don't fire anything, but seem to rather be... Dancing? And they're speeding up. As well as the other nearby machines.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 22, 2013, 09:44:45 PM
"Prediction. If you fire at that woman again, your bullets will halt in midair before they strike her."

Hugo's Murakumo stood imponently before the very tip of the GOTTERDAMMERUNG. It seemed as if cloaked in inky blackness, veritable testament to imponence and fear.

Indeed, the darkness from the man's heart itself seemed to flow outward and envelop him. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67zWnRcNaNc)

"Don't bother trying to surrender."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on May 23, 2013, 02:34:35 AM
Aden's mecha leaves the battleship's deck and descends, touching down lightly on the ground. Runes on the machine's surface flare as he intones words of power.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 23, 2013, 04:07:30 PM
Battered, bleeding an unidentifiable sickly fluid, and looking like it should have spontaneously detonated, the Yatagarasu was a wrecked hulk. It was, however, still moving, mimicking its pilot's actions as she spat blood aside, away from the screen. Lucky bastards, getting through the mecha like that. Bah, she could already feel it healing; it was just a flesh wound. Then that guy in a suit--what was his name, Henry?--said something about not being able to shoot her again.

Amaterasu asked.

The reply pissed her off even more than something nearly wrecking her mecha. Like hell she needed protecting!

Not that her reply was particularly comprehensible: "▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"

At the same time, the robot itself lit up like a star, glowing as the damage repaired itself, broken metal fusing under the intense heat. It was only a second, but the Yatagarasu was as good as new, rising up, over the wall, and dropping down to face the enemies. One outstretched hand pointed in their direction... and everything was bathed in blazing light as a newborn sun engulfed them.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 23, 2013, 05:07:34 PM
Maybe she should have followed suit and launched just a few moments earlier but she had skipped that chance. Katherine deployed in her mecha now, transforming into flight mode and immediately activated her stealth systems, being too far from any one group of enemies to effectively do anything just yet. With the sudden drop of a miniature sun on one of the groups she opted to avoid heading there as friendly fire was a serious concern with Ammy involved and instead moved to go after the ones on the opposite side of the GÖTTTERDÄMMERUNG.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 26, 2013, 04:16:39 AM
Min-Yung gazed down at the devastation below and, seeing an opportunity to shut down a section of mechas before they could retaliate.
Her visor lowered itself to shield her face and she calculated distances and, evaluating the possible approaches, estimated very few reliable options to transport herself to her intend location without supplemental resources. Efficiency by time was diminishing and so she decided to radically breach the distance and enter warp speed. Her secondary personality core joined its hands together and bless them both temporarily raised a barricade of codes to shield them from adverse conditions. The coding complete, Min-Yung thrusted the Puppeteer's commands and vanished.

She appeared in the middle of the group of unknown, mechas blades in hand and began slipping pas the heavier unknown, slashing around at everything along the way. Once through, she set all engines to maximum and accelerated, dashing around at incredible speed, hacking the entire space surrounding her through and through, then appeared by the walls, waiting for her systems to recover from the heat and the pressure.
Meanwhile, she tried to find some peace in the scenery of the garden that could now be within the pit of fire before her.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on June 07, 2013, 07:27:19 PM
As the rest of the party deploys from the battleship, Amaratsu closes up with a group of unknowns and proceeds to vaporize the patch of forest where they're taking cover by producing  a miniature sun on it. When the nuclear anomality wears off, you can see the Unknowns are all still standing, blue glowing hexagons floating around them and quickly disapearing. Some of them aren't moving at all however, including the smaller arcane mecha, and all of them have their plating partially melted to diferent degrees.

Min-Yung seeks to keep up the pressure, but as she seeks to slash the bigger machines from blind angles, fresh hexagons appear in between that slow her blades. She only manages to make light scratches on the unknown's frames, that can't even count as structural damage. While close to this oponents Min-Yung realizes something else- she can't hear anything at all. But at least she has managed to turn the charred patch of forest into a lovely garden by transplating the more resistant nearby wild plants into the atomic ashes.

The Unknowns choose to ignore the smaller mecha and turn to the towering Yatagarasu right in front of them. With silent discipline, they turn their guns upon it and unleash volley after volley of armor-piercing bullets. The unknown pair nearest to the Yatagarasu  seems particularly “enthusiastic”,  pressing their frames togheter to hold the recoil as they fire twice as fast as their nearby companions!

The Unknowns behind Yatagarasu also take aim at it and add their own fire, but a considerable part of their projectiles end up exploding in mid-air as they impact Hugo's invisible wall. Amaterasu isn't surprised any more and thus manages to make her mecha dodge out of the way of several more. Still, there's simply a LOT more bullets being fired at the  Yatagarasu now than in the initial ambush!

The Unknowns north keep their assault on the HGSS GÖTTTERDÄMMERUNG, pounding the battleship with round after round.

They however don't seem to notice Katherine  swiftly aproaching  while cloaked.

Two other unknowns you hadn't noticed right away jump from behind the south-western corner of the city over the wall and aim at Aden's machine. And that's all they do, aparently unable to pull their triggers. The scholar pilot also feels like the enemy machines can't possibly keep up that rythm of fire from the design of their guns. They'll surely have to switch weapons or slow down to reload.

The two still active arcane robots keep up their silent dance.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on June 08, 2013, 11:18:55 AM
Baha can be heard laughing over the intercom over the destruction the HGSS GÖTTTERDÄMMERUNG. And it's not some sweet little girls laugh either but more of a maniacal laugh heard from an equally crazy person enjoying in the battle. He engages his stealth system to cloak his movements as he flies over to a section of enemies. The next thing that can be seen is a brilliant flash of energy as a massive ball of energy forms just over one of the mechs in an attempt to incinerate and stop them from firing.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on June 08, 2013, 12:28:12 PM
Katherine immediately reversed directions at noticing the southern enemies having survived one of Ammy's attacks and readying up for another barrage upon her in return. In a literal blink of the eye she was there however, and lashing out at one of the two unknowns nearest Ammy.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on June 13, 2013, 10:00:30 AM
As Katherine aproaches to lash out at the machine aiming at Ammy, the heavier unknown swings with its fist at her aproaching mecha. Katherine finds herself forced to use one of her blades to strike the metal arm out of her way, fast enough to overcome the protective hexagons. Her other blade however reaches its intended target, tearing the unknown's armored leg and momentarily ruining its balance, making its shots miss wildly!

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on June 14, 2013, 08:11:14 AM
Irked at how the bulkiest enemy near her had interrupted her strikes, Katherine turned her mecha about face and raised its swords to strike it down in annoyance. Just as her swing begun however, she vanished, suddenly cranking the engines on her mecha and dashing almost literal circles around the enemies nearby at a speed that made her nigh impossible to see. A single slash each was all that came of this display, however her blade seemed to make no sound whenever it connected and when it was over she reappeared behind the wall.

Not stopping for a moment, the mecha bolted northward to the opposite corner of the wall before  once again the mecha vanished as it moved as lightning fast speeds, throwing out attacks at the northern group of enemies now and reappearing behind the wall and out of view of the targets she had just attacked. Now finally she paused for a second, seeming to be done, however that was hardly true as her mecha immediately let loose a burst of light and heat as she began running all of its systems into overdrive. The image of a second Astelion split away from her all of a sudden and dashed right back across the field of battle to rejoin Min-Yung and performed yet another repeat performance as it vanished and the area surrounding the southern group of enemies exploded in a vast number of cuts and slashes.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on June 14, 2013, 10:42:54 AM
Seeing the carnage inflicted by the enemy mecha, Aden decides he has to take a more active role in protecting his comrades. He guns his robot's engine and speeds toward the largest group of them. Once there he traces the sign of Endings, hoping to cut this battle short, and begins relaying information on the most numerous of the enemy to his allies.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 14, 2013, 08:06:41 PM
"Dammit Amaterasu, get the hell out of there, would you? You're flanked and outgunned, for crying out loud." Hugo noted with a little bit of annoyance. They'd had their capital ship shot down already, they couldn't afford being further incapacitated behind enemy lines.

"I'm gonna try and buy us a little break."

Without moving from his spot, Hugo dismissively waved towards a horde of enemies, and a sudden eruption of ink-black sleet (which from close by, looked suspiciously like coiling green snakes) began to batter away at the enemy. He hoped, at the very least, to break their formation.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on June 16, 2013, 05:37:13 PM
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There was the sound of much cursing as a plume of flame shot into the air, the Yatagarasu obviously wrecked beyond functional bounds by the last battery, and a pod was ejected towards the gateway for the civilian areas, small enough that it was clear Amaterasu was not her basic, mecha-scaled self. As the cursing continued--apparently largely directed towards paperwork for making her forget to change settings for combat readiness--a small figure, blazing sword attached to its arm clambered out of the pod, moved just above the ground, and took off into the civilian areas, attempting to go through the nearest door.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on June 17, 2013, 01:12:32 PM
Min-Yung watched Amaterasu take cover within a building and guessed that she was at least safe for the time being. Things weren't looking up so much.
From what she had observed from these last few seconds the enemy had enough fire power to bring her groups' numbers down a unit efficiently by focus firing.
Eventually they would be reduced to nothing and lack the firepower to fight back. Being outnumbered, they thus had to reduce their numbers faster than they did theirs.
Her own attacks being of little consequence, she calculated that she might be able to pierce through the energy reserve of one of them with repeated attacks but offing a single target wouldn't be enough to make her efforts strategically relevant. What they needed was to give time for those with the real firepower to wipe them out.

First, she warded Katherine, as she was also deep into enemy lines and possibly the next target of their focused offensive effort.
Second, she rooted herself unto the wall and began to make her mecha significantly grow. They seemed to choose their targets based on their size, so perhaps getting bigger would draw their aggressiveness unto herself. She could step into the forest first, of course, but the idea was to make herself an attractive target.
Last, she tried to take hold of the one that apparently had divine spellcasting and make him less efficient for a moment. It was like to get their attention and make his liberation their immediate concern.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on June 20, 2013, 06:34:06 PM
Bahamut burns down another patch of the forest, leaving three mass produced unknowns reeling from the impact even as their defensive fields glow around them, trying to contain the atomic heat. It doesn't stop some from catching fire.

Min-Yung meanwhile starts growing, extending metallic roots over the wall before slamming against the Divine Unknown, piercing its protective field before sinking its arms into the plating and holding the smaller mecha into a tight grasp. However the only thing she can hear so close to her enemies is perfect silence.

Katherine follows up by pushing her machine to its limits, the rest of the battlefield seeing to turn to slow motion as she slashes and slices again and again. Following Aden's battle data, she strikes right at the weak points of her targets created by the atomic fire of her allies. So fast she overpowers the energy hexagons of her targets, and unknown after unknown drop to her blades! Not all of the collapsing unknowns fall peacefully however, some shooting at Ming-Yung in their last throes. She's alert to the first shot, but soon more follow. They don't seem to even care about hiting the divine unknown in her grasp as long as they get one chance of damaging her mecha.

The grappled divine mecha doesn't sit idly either, its visor glowing brightly as it suddenly manages to wrestle one arm free and delivers three quick punches against the grown Puppeter before being restrained back.

The nearby arcane unknown then starts dematerializing before disapering from view.

Hugo creates a massive storm over the south-western groun, and almost imediatily the unknowns caught under it jump out from it, taking paired positions among the civilian buildings (but still giving time for Amaterasu to take refuge inside of one of them). They too aim at the Puppeteer, one not managing to press its trigger while the others prove ruthless in their attack. When Ming-Yung realizes it, the divine robot she's holding has suffered critical damage from its own allies and explodes in her grasp! No escape pod ejects, but her hearing returns. Altough the distant enemies remain as silent as ever.

The last arcane unknown projects its arms towards the area where Aden, Ming-Yung and Katherine's after-image are grouped, energy startcing to crackle trough its arms, but then it stops whitout anything happening.

The Bahamut finds itself under attack from the two last mass produced unknowns north, clearly having spotted his position in the sky as they score hit after hit on the draconic machine. The divine unknown with them on the other hand takes aim at Hugo, who responds by launching his metallic fist back at it. However clearly the divine unknown's battle skill is considerably higher, as it expertly dodges it and releases a burst over the arcane mecha.


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on June 21, 2013, 12:07:31 PM
As ZERO shrugs off the paltry damage Bahamut releases a couple dozen pseudodragon-like mechs that arrange them selves into a T shape on the battlefield. Each little dragon-wannabe opens it's mouth and releases it's breath weapons at Bahamut's enemies. ZERO's six wing configuration also shifts around allowing it to hover. Almost as an after thought Bahamut channels even more deadly atomic energy into his brilliant sphere.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on June 21, 2013, 12:30:51 PM
The tall female snorted. One mecha? Pah, even if they'd taken down the Yatagarasu, this arrogant whelp was going to pay for thinking she'd be an easy target now that she was on her own. Time to cut it down to size. The redhead took one step forwards--then charged. There, there, there: three weak-points, hopefully enough to remove one of the thing's legs, with a blazing blade shoved as deep into them as Amaterasu could manage.

Then she was away from the robot, down the corridor and hoping that she wouldn't be peppered with shrapnel or something from piercing the reactor.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on June 24, 2013, 07:08:28 PM
Not quite sure on the status of the remaining enemies on the other side of the wall from her, she was at least somewhat certain that there were still several functioning. Without popping her head over the wall to check before going though, Katherine initiated and vanished in a blur that hopped the wall and began hacking away at what remained standing of the northern group. As she went, her doppelganger nearby Ming quickly dispersed with the wind as smoke.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on June 25, 2013, 08:15:43 PM
Recoiling slightly from the impact she receives a quick damage estimate. There is a slight graze upon the plates and the area hit is blackened by the surrounding air burnt by the shot.
The nanomachines do well enough to restructure the dent and repaint it before the smoke even lifts off the blast.

Her visor lights up as a small log pops up before her eyes.
"Damage fully absorbed"
Mao twitches her lips, unimpressed.
Excellent. Hope they'll think it was all a one time trick and try again to pierce through.
She guessed she'd let them another shot to try and bring her down again before going to the second part of her plan to attract their aggression.

Her secondary driver sent signals and uploaded speed data into her network to temporarily reconfigure her mech's engines with superior velocity.
Min-Yung keeps the Puppeteer's arms firmly latched into the unknown mecha's shell. Bringing it in front of her like a shield. Feeling it well within her hold, she tried to make well of the downloaded feature to quickly headbutt it with the Puppeteer's horn and make a nice hole through its torso. Again. And again. And yet again.

When that was done with, she'd try to sink her arms further into the plate and manually deactivate the mecha's motor functions and render it incapable of movement for as long as she could keep her hands on it.

Not having heard of Amaterasu ever since she ejected off her mecha, her AI now has a few split seconds to invest in worrying for the bird-girl.
"Amaterasu, are you alright down there?"

Just then, as she notices Baha channeling power into her miniature sun, she switch turns around, and tries to hack into the enemy's mecha and put a virus into it, confident it would at least keep its functions busy long enough to reduce its capacity to defend itself against the solar pulses.
 
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Concerned Ninja Citizen on July 05, 2013, 05:44:47 PM
NOTE: This is a rough idea of my actions and subject to modification when I can see the map again.

Aden was beginning to realize that fighting a battle without actually attacking anyone was more difficult than it sounded. Hoping to corral the enemy, he flew across their ranks, and focused on expelling them from the radius his stance controlled. A blue tinge took over that area and symbols of the Mercane god of wealth and knowledge seemed to appear everywhere.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 09, 2013, 08:05:37 PM
Hugo looks mildly annoyed by his opponents. The Murakumo had actually managed to avoid the worst of it, but he was still in bad condition. He needed defensive measures yesterday.

Thankfully, he had something he could do.

"OUROBOROS!"

A quick surge of power burst forth in a semitransparent green wave. Nothing much seemed to have changed, however.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 10, 2013, 06:08:16 PM
Bahamut and her swarm of robotic wyrmlings chain their attacks with Katherine to burn, slice and destroy the last unknowns up north, overpowering their defensive energy fields, altough two of them take aim upwards and shoot at ZERO with destructive acuraccy even as their gun barrels are disingtegrating!

Aden flies behind the southern unknowns, and its field pushes back two of them. The remaining left inside the field take aim and fail to press their triggers-except for one, that suceeds on shooting off his shoulder plate! No other shots follow however, as they drop their weapon's cartridges on the ground and proceed to reload fresh ones from hidden compartments on their machines. Then Aden notices a shadow suddenly loaming behind him, and turns to see the heavier unknown aproaching from behind, its shield starting to glow with an emerald energy shield before driving its edge against the mercane mecha flank!

Hugo takes defensive measures, while Mao keeps crushing the nearby unknown remains, noticing they seem to dissolve into dust. But at least she can now hear her surroundings normally once more.

The last Arcane Robot aproaches the dome before turning and eyeing Katherine, then pointing its arms towards her mecha, launching a stream of minuscle glowing orbs. As they land on her Katherine's machine systems indicate they're nanomachines, but neither of the destructive or regenerative sorts-Rather, this ones are programmed to rebuild their targets!

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 10, 2013, 06:14:54 PM
Stretching and wincing as the motion pulled on her injuries, Amaterasu shortened the blade back to its initial length and approached the doors. There had to be something in here to indicate just what the hell people used it for. Maybe even an idea of what happened. Or food. Food would be great right about now, even if a battle was going on outside.

Plus she doubted that any more mecha could get into here.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on July 10, 2013, 07:20:03 PM
Katherine's mech seems to shrug off the nanamachines thrown at it, undaunted by whatever the effect might have been intended, and steps out around the corner towards the arcane robot that had flung them. With little movement to give warning, a multitude of energy beams cut through the air and barraged the small mecha before her.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 17, 2013, 01:38:22 PM
Hearing nothing from Amaterasu, Min-Yung calculates that perhaps she should secure the residential area where she retreated, seeing how three of the enemy mechas were surrounding it.
Her energy reserves were running low so she'd had to maneuver economically for the more direct confrontation.
Jumping down the wall, she approached to get into the more open field and slashed through space at one of the enemies and hopefully apply enough pressure to attract the enemy's aggression.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on July 17, 2013, 02:47:39 PM
Bahamut releases his inferno and surveys the battlefield before flying over to a remaining enemy and frying it with his breath.
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 18, 2013, 09:19:03 PM
"I'm getting tired of this.

Murakumo, pattern 'Cage of Agony'."

With that said, Hugo flew a little closer to the enemies still swarming about next to the dome and flung a pair of disks at them.

The disks didn't look as if they did anything - until they burst.

And then, a sudden, thick fog sprang up from the disks, enveloping the unknowns, which quickly realized they were ALSO coated in acidic, flammable fumes.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 20, 2013, 11:22:03 AM
Katherine's first attack is blocked by a sudden  barrier made of floating white runes, but she quickly adapts and turns to slash around it. The arcane unknown's plating is considerably more delicate than its counterparts, and altough Katherine misses one more attack due to the vegetation, is still enough to slice the enemy in four parts, emerald glows coming out from the cut areas. As the broken pieces fall to the ground, they detonate!

Min-Yung aproaches and assaults another unknown, repeatedly slashing against its barrier until one of her blows cleanly gets trough, piercing the unknown's torso trough! The mecha still flails trying to shoot her back, but only manages to scratch the Puppeteer before exploding!

Aden, seeing ZERO aproaching overhead, escapes  as the nearby unknowns try to punch it and reveal concealed vulkans on their shoulders, spraying him with bullets as he passes between them, but failing to stop his escape.

Bahamut then coats the remaining unknowns in his atomic breath. One shoots back before exploding, the others partially melt and just try to take cover as best as possible behind the terrain.

Hugo follows up by traping two of the last visible enemies inside an opaque cloud, leaving them little room to maneuver.

The last divine unknown turns its head around, observing the smoking wrecks that were once its companions, and the party members still standing and aproaching, quickly recovering from whatever damage they took. Then the divine unknown's "eyes" turn to red and start blinking, and it explodes on its own! A split second later, the three other unknowns simultaneously explode as well, securing the ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcJE90lYCWc) for yourselves!

Checking among the wreckcage of your opponents to make sure they're finished, you find stacked piles of meseta crystals, as well as six  reinforced green containers. Checking the identification codes on their surfaces, you quickly realize those are ancient and powerful items, the secrets of their production methods lost after the Great Collapse. Once mass produced and widely available, they're now basically priceless relics only found on the hands of planetary leaders or buried in ancient facilities. You can only wonder how they found their way to this newstart colony.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on July 20, 2013, 03:55:32 PM
As the others rifled through the remains of the unknown adversaries, probably looking for either clues of their identities or salvage, Katherine was merely prodding a few of the charred, burnt, melted and wrecked hunks of metal absentmindedly with one of her mecha's swords.

"Oh!!" she suddenly shouted into her comm, "Where's Ammy!? She snapped around in her mecha and bounded over to the Yatagarasu. "Ah! The poor thing...Um, but where did you wander off to, Ammy? Can you hear me?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 20, 2013, 05:44:37 PM
Despite the wounds in her flesh, Amaterasu darted over to the console with a burst of speed and cancelled the file deletion. Hopefully this was one of those things where it didn't delete files piecemeal, and there'd be plenty of information left... or at least enough to piece things together so they had some clue what was going on.

Either way, that was enough nuclear hellfire for now, she didn't want to risk breaking this place apart before anyone got here.

The reply to Katherine was short, though rather lacking in specific details: she was inside one of the buildings outside the dome, there was an exploded mecha by the entrance, and she'd found a computer that was deleting stuff before she'd stopped it.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on July 21, 2013, 10:59:06 AM
Bahamut ZERO drifts down towards the entrance where Amaterasu was seen dashing in. He lands and walks on all fours towards he casually swiping the charred metal remains of an enemy mech to get a greater view of the door and wonders if his Huge-sized (in normal D&D sizes) would fit in the door ok.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 21, 2013, 04:25:28 PM
Bahamut doesn't feel like ZERO can fit inside the building, not whitout inflicting massive structural damage at least. It was clearly designed to allow only normal-sized humanoids to pass trough normally.

Amaterasu suceeds in cancelling the deletion process. Several files seem to still be in readable condition, but most seem to be data reports of the storage and use of basic supplies like food, medicine and working tools for which this building was aparently assigned for. She'll need some time to sort out trough the terminal contents to look for clues for her current assignment.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 28, 2013, 07:51:35 PM
The danger passed, Pha took the opportunity to drop off the Puppeteer and link with her nanoarmor.
Her secondary interface disjointed to maintain control of the mecha while she left it to scout around and meet up with the others.
On the way, she entered a higher state and tried to find within the overlapping cyberspace some vestiges of those whom had just blown themselves to bits. When that would be done with, she'd quickly return to the group.

"There were many lifeforms within the dome. When everyone is ready we should go ahead and track them down. They may be survivors."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 28, 2013, 10:20:23 PM
"If the units outside are any indication, whoever survived is probably hidden. This is a large structure... let's hope they've gone deep enough to stay hidden but not so much that we can't find them.

Hm. Do we have control over the P.A. system?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on July 31, 2013, 10:32:08 PM
Bahamut radios his follower, Ken, whom was aboard the blown up ship to see if he is ok.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 31, 2013, 10:42:20 PM
"So, anyone else want to take over searching this? Like hell I'm going through the front door after this mess," Amaterasu asked, irritated at the tedium of going through the records--and hoping that one of the others would be willing to take over the job, "And I've got a plan for getting inside that doesn't involve walking straight into another ambush. I need radar girl to tell me where the hell the possible survivors are, though."

Cut out a chunk of exterior wall, and pull it free through superior strength. Absolutely nothing could go wrong, right? It wasn't as if people designed buildings so that all the explosive, volatile stuff was near the surface...
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on July 31, 2013, 10:52:33 PM
"Is there something wrong with the front door? This isn't search & destroy, its search & rescue. And security systems are a thing, you know?" Katherine commented back over the comm. She repositioned her mecha between a couple nearby buildings and activated it's cloaking system before hopping out of the cockpit and floating softly to the ground in her Nano Armor. "If there are no other takers...I'm going to go ring the doorbell, 'kay?"

Heading towards the central pillar-like building now, probably in too care-free a manner all things considered, she went on to look about for a sort of door or entrance.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 31, 2013, 11:04:04 PM
Eyes widening--for all her inability to pay attention or really think before acting, Amaterasu had enough experience to be certain that going in through a single obvious and extremely easy to trap and defend chokepoint was tantamount to suicide--and wings flaring, the mercenary abandoned her station, hoping someone else really would take it over, and rushed after her former pupil with as much speed as she could muster.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 01, 2013, 01:46:34 AM
She instructed her secondary interface to maintain surveillance of the area and keep track of everything with the dome so that it may guide them from outside using the superior sensors of the mecha. The puppeteer stationed close to it and initiated stealth protocols, camouflaging itself with its surroundings.

Being called out for the guidance, she interrupted the exchange.
"If you want into the dome, I can probably restructure the walls to open them so that we may pass without inflicting damage to the building. No need to inflict collaterals if we can avoid it (I can only let you imagine just how expensive its construction has been). ...Best part is that it will leave no debris along the way."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on August 01, 2013, 02:13:36 AM
As she approached the central tower, Katherine slowly raised her head to take in the full scope of this building from ground level. It was pretty cool, though it was always pretty cool to look up at something huge from below. Distracting her from taking in the view however, a sudden feeling of something behind her and a following rush of wind semi brought Katherine back to what she was doing, and that apparently seemed to be avoiding another ambush? Nonetheless, she was reflexively moving attempt to side-step it before she could even see or identify who it was and drawing one of her blades.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 01, 2013, 07:12:54 AM
Positioning herself firmly between Katherine and the door, Amaterasu folded her arms and looked every bit as stern as she could manage ignoring the fact that she now had a blade pointed in her direction. "You are not going through the main entrance on your own."

"Does reshaping the walls last and leave an exit, though? And how is making them a different shape less of a problem than just cutting a large chunk out of them?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on August 01, 2013, 08:39:08 AM
"Ah! Don't scare me like that Ammy!" Katherine cried as she finally noticed who had just tried to run her down. "If I can't go alone, then just come with me. I don't get what is with all this discussion just on how to get inside..."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 01, 2013, 09:38:55 AM
"Lassic's BALLS you are all such scaredy-cats." Hugo grumbled.

"Fine, fine, I"m going to spend a little personal power so you can stop getting your knickers in a bunch."

Thus, Hugo employs a time-honored strategy of badasses and assholes everywhere.

He summoned a couple of patsies to set off traps. Intentionally.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 01, 2013, 11:39:45 AM
"It does not. But an exit may be formed again to go back. The reformation is temporary and clean. It requires no energy to undo."

The situation had a strong air of awkward, reaching critical levels.
"You have a long range communication device. It may be used to share your feelings and intents with us to spare you the effort of physically reaching us yourself. Now, I shall reconfigure myself while the data is being salvaged and will be warning you when it is complete."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on August 01, 2013, 07:06:36 PM
Mao's search for any remains of the enemy pilots proves fruitless. There's not much as an hair or bone inside the wrecks, and even the inner circuits of the unknown machines have been methodically reduced to black dust. There's no visible series numbers on the plating remains either.

Ken's reply to Bahamut has some static noise mixed in:
I'm all right mistress, just some light bruises and burns! The ship bridge took heavy damage and the captain disapeared among the explosions, but the second officer managed to coordinate the crew to perform an emergency landing and they're already working on repairs. You need me to join you?


At Hugo's command, a roughly humanoid blob of red, dripping flesh materializes itself on the nearby ground and drags itself towards the Dome entrance, a massive pair of reinforced metal doors. They open automatically when the summon aproaches, revealing a dimly lit corridor behind barely tall enough to acommodate regular people, the ceiling covered with piping and the walls with unoworking terminals. The doors quickly close back after it has entered.  Mao can confirm the illusionary being keeps moving forward for some seconds until it stops, whitout suffering any damage or sudden position change.

Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on August 01, 2013, 09:27:52 PM
"Negative Ken, dome is too small. Will eject and send ZERO your way for assistance until needed." After that Bahamut closes the relay and shrinks back down to kid sized before ZERO's multiplate array opens up almost the entire front side (meant to allow entry & exit while in dragon form) allowing a short pink hair girl to walk in and see what the other two are up to (Mao and Hugo)

The girl is playing asteroids or something on the computer console but the guy seems to be staring at a door like he is unsure how to open it. Scratching her head she tries to recall his name but decides to omit one entirely, "Have you tried knocking on it?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 01, 2013, 11:05:46 PM
"No, just checking for nasty surprises.

Mao, I'm going to check if the path further in is clear. I'll keep you apprised over the radio.

Baha, wanna come with?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on August 02, 2013, 08:00:57 PM
"Sure!" she says as chippy as ever.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 02, 2013, 08:10:10 PM
Sighing, Amaterasu prepared to draw her blade should it become necessary and trailing the others, hovering just above the ground for convenience. Less dirty this way--not that it mattered with her own drying blood--and she felt far more comfortable airborne.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 03, 2013, 09:08:44 AM
Min-Yun shook her head slowly.
"Unnecessary, I can monitor from outside and accompany you within as well."

Seeing that the mecha was still being piloted by something, that somehow made sense.
She could tag along.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 03, 2013, 10:31:07 AM
"Riiiiiiiight... I'd forgotten the convenience of your brain BEING a computer." Hugo notes, completely serious.

"Where should we head first? Is there a standard emergency shelter somewhere?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on August 12, 2013, 12:02:51 PM
The heavy main doors open simultaneously as you aproach, and then quickly close in after you moved inside, only the sound of circuits (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Adyn0V5SI) breaking the silence. After some seconds of walking, you meet with Hugo's summon, stoped at a crossed intersection-the path you came trough and three others, all separated by square angles. In front of you lays a powered teleport pad. To your right the corridor leads to a larger room that seems filled with sealed metal crates. And to your left the corridor turns out of your view, but there seems to be some light blinking behind the curve. All corridors are dimly lit, except for recesses on the walls where lay small flowers in hydroponic cultures, illuminated by stronger lamps.  They let out a fragrant delicate smell. The whole place has clear signs of use and wear, with small scratches on the floor and metal here and there, but you can't spot any signs of violence of recent activity.

Then as you go check the maps suplied to you by Maia 279, you quickly realize they don't match the area you're in.  After the main entrance you should've moved right away into a large reception hall. The layout is clearly completely diferent, despite the data you had been provided matching the rest of the area pretty well.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 12, 2013, 12:32:33 PM
Having been unable to completely slow down, and in any case not wanting everyone else to be between her and the fighting, Amaterasu had pushed and wriggled her way to the front, where she now hovered above the intersection, wondering which way they should head. If they were coming in after survivors, then.

"Hey, radar girl, which way to go?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 17, 2013, 05:14:38 PM
Min-Yung's head did not move as she brought her visor over her face and apparently kept staring forward, her attention elsewhere.
"Analyzing."

She paused for a brief moment.
"I have many life-form signature readings across the structure. I found noted them earlier and they do not seem to have changed since then, which is a good sign, I believe. They are grouped in pairs. They are all relatively close but at different floors. One pair is at this floor, 90 feet westward. Another such pair is right below us, 70 feet under - which is peculiar. Perhaps we could start with the one below us and meet them all on the way up?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 17, 2013, 06:16:30 PM
"Unless you see a specific way down, I suggest we deal with the group closest to us in both distance and elevation. Makes for a faster rescue."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 17, 2013, 06:58:58 PM
"I cannot offer a layout of the area without sending drones away to scan it but I can try to open a tunnel to reach them. Though I cannot manage for bigger than a 5 by 8 ft. entryway without inflicting permanent damage to the structure."

She made a few more calculations on other possible courses of action but didn't add more to her answer.
She retracted her visor and confirmed their initial trajectory.
"Shall we try to go below? I estimate it to currently be the signature of greatest interest for our purposes here."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 17, 2013, 07:02:00 PM
"Heading to the area where there isn't meant to be anything seems kind of... stupid. At least civilian areas need to be modified to include overkill deathtraps," Amaterasu opined, not fancying the idea of heading beneath the dome to where there shouldn't be stuff.

Unless they'd included basements. But hey, she liked heading up.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 17, 2013, 07:34:51 PM
"If you figure we will take about as much time going downward as otherwise, then we may as well. But be ready for anything. I don't think they're there because of hidden passageways."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 17, 2013, 07:41:52 PM
"If we're going down, I don't think that we're likely to stop going down if it goes even deeper, so my instincts are to head upwards first. Might forget about heading to the top once we've finished going in the other direction."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 17, 2013, 09:47:40 PM
Min-Yung looked at Amaterasu quizzically. Processing.
"I do not understand your logic. The two lifeforms have been at that location for a moment and I have not registered any disturbance of their condition as of yet, so the perimeter seems secure to their kind at the very least. Chances of encountering 'overkill deathtraps' during this direct conduit are very low."

She turned to Hugo.
"Maybe less. But acute vigilance is always recommended, as always."

Amaterasu's next comment took her a little more time to process.
"Gravity should not be a problem, if that is your concern. If you have a tendency to experience memory loss issues I can assure you of my ability to store, compress and retrieve information. The possibility of my systems getting corrupted aside, I am confident that forgetting to investigate these other lifeform signatures is unlikely."
A short pause.
"If you have an anxiety disorder related to claustrophobia, I offer to investigate alone and report my analysis of these signatures. My shell can navigate beyond space and matter so returning to your position is a non-issue. You may even simultaneously proceed to contact the signatures on this floor to optimize on time-efficiency."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 17, 2013, 09:57:07 PM
Two eyes, one biological and one robotic, fixed Min-Yung with a blank look as Amaterasu tried to work out just what the hell the girl had done to leap to such conclusions. Did she seriously think that she meant literal instincts? If those were an issue, she'd be complaining about the lack of heat; not the direction they were heading.

"Uh... I just meant that we know how tall this place is. We know how high up it goes. Seems better to me to deal with the civilian areas before we go down to a place that shouldn't be there and might go on far longer. Probably more dangerous down there, too, it's not meant for occupation. Probably."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 17, 2013, 10:24:14 PM
Hugo sighed. "We DO have communication devices. We could just as easily split up. If we advance at mostly the same rate to check on each lifeform signal, we can double back to either of the two other groups in case assistance is required. Our biggest advantage is, after all, that we know their approximate locations and that they're stationary at the moment."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 17, 2013, 11:23:28 PM
Her face placid.
"Apologies. I meant to explain that these signatures are right below us and the objective was to contact them. There is no concern for exploration of what may be further below yet. As such that operation should be rather swift and direct."

She turned to Hugo.
"Indeed."

If the splitup was agreed to, she would partially enter cyber-reality and phase through the floor, diving down to reach the signature.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on August 18, 2013, 03:38:49 AM
"Considering how long it is taking just to pick a direction to go, we might as well split up and get it on with..." Katherine piped in.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on August 23, 2013, 01:27:54 PM
The rest of the party observes as Mao first phases out of reality, then materializes back and creates a circular passage on the floor, descending trough it before the hole vanishes like it had never been there. Meanwhile Amaterasu starts glowing more and more intensely, the very air around her becoming distorted with the rising heat, before she suddenly shoots upwards at supersonic speed! Behind she leaves a gaping hole with molten borders on the ceiling, trough which you can see the ceiling of the upwards levels have been broken trough in the same manner. Red lights start flaring up on the walls and small concealed showers on the ceilings activate, leaving you all wet. You then notice the openings created by Amaterasu are quickly closing up, as new layers of metal and circuits automatically builds themselves over the damaged parts...

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 23, 2013, 03:59:18 PM
While she does not fail to render in the new outlook of the structure upon reaching the deeper levels, she merely takes a few snapshots of the walls and flower specimens to add to her database for later study. Her priority was the life signatures and she made a beeline to them.

When she finds them, she first quickly makes a scan of the glass containment object, verifying if it was fully cubic and included a floor, and of its prisoners.
The creature's reaction was understandable but, although she wanted to administer immediate support, she had to follow protocol.
"Be at ease, woman. Our unit values the rescue of all colonists as a priority. Please identify yourself and inform us of your situation as accurately as you are able."


If she did not specify anything on her current prison, she would add:
"Are you aware of any particularities of note about your cell of glass?"
If she did not know, she would consult Aden with a transmission in case he would be versed in the matter.
Unless she would have reasons to delay the rescue or use a different method based on what the prisoner would say.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 23, 2013, 04:22:40 PM
"Heeeey, mind explaining what's going on here?" the tall female asked, having taken six seconds to steady herself before gliding over to the guy, "Your boss sent me to check up on you."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on August 24, 2013, 11:11:24 AM
Baha stands around picking her nose out of boredom. Why do those two have to show off? She instead wanders over to watch some shows off one of the nearby interfaces. Namely outside, about a few hours ago when all the mechs first invaded. Maybe the outside sensors obtained some footage of the General and the real number of troops at his command...
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on August 28, 2013, 06:41:15 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on August 28, 2013, 07:04:30 PM
Katherine couldn't do much but sit and watch as the android phased through the floor whilst Ama blasted her way through multiple ceilings; these hallways were too small to accommodate her nanoarmor and all. Clasping her hands behind her, she started rocking slightly back and forth on her heels whilst waiting with the others for those two to report their findings. Noticing Baha playing with a nearby console however, she leaned back and peeked over her to take a look as well.

"What're you watching, Princess?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 28, 2013, 07:10:12 PM
Min-Yung listens intently before attempting to answer the creature's query.
"It appears that you were contained as part of an act of terrorism or a criminal operation. We received no message from your captives, which leaves a wide array of possibilities on the nature of their motives."

She took a good look at the cell's installation, curious to see if it seemed portable or if it was built-in as a part of the room. The former would make sense of this foe seize control of the building, but the later would imply that they were made alongside the rest of the colony, which in turn meant its operating device would most likely be.

It was high time she would report to the others, sending a quick comm to their attention.
"Two civilians found underground, both females, one a child. They are contained in a glass suppression chamber."

Being unable to properly scan the cell she asked Aden if he had any information on it, look around to see if there were a terminal that may be connected to the cell and would try to make a passwall through it, preferring to leave brute force as the last resort. If it seemed portable, perhaps she would be able to lift it.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 28, 2013, 07:15:58 PM
 "Yeah, not what I'm here for. I want a status report: goal, methods, results gained, results achieved," Amaterasu countered, folding her hands on the blade in front of her.  "Whether you get time to finish or not is decided by the completeness of this report. Be succinct, it's quicker."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on August 29, 2013, 12:59:37 PM
"A smart idea!" Baha replies as she watches the mist kill everyone so they can steal the mechs. She then flips channels to a multidisplay of the interior of the central dome on fast forward to watch the troops marching it. Resuming normal speed when it appears they are doing something more than getting those pesky peasants out of the way.

She also sends a copy to Kenny for further analyzation.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 29, 2013, 01:29:55 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on September 06, 2013, 09:19:56 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on September 06, 2013, 11:17:32 PM
Seeing that she apparently couldn't open a path through the glass, Mao display no panic in the wake of the alarm as she glides over to the terminal, wondering if it can shut it down from there or otherwise use it to unlock the cell.

The containment chamber being built-in was a little disconcerting. If had been made as part of the original installation, it meant that her organization had plans regarding their construction. She figured they might have simply been meant to contain individuals in need of disciplinary measures. If the criminals that had taken over the dome had managed to operate it, she figured she might as well give it a try herself.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 07, 2013, 02:50:41 AM
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"Heads up everyone, I've got injured but alive. Bringing them back to the entrance now."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on September 07, 2013, 11:42:41 AM
Baha sends the last series of videos to Kenny to and requests a 30 second montage of everything back to relay to everyone else.

Kenny of course is in the midst of scrap metal originally called a ship. Who builds something this size without arming it to the teeth? he thinks to him self as ZERO rolls more ammo for his newest invention. The atomic fusion tractor beam powered junk shooting railgun. It combines a tractor beam's ability to move impossible objects and a rail gun's acceleration to expel scrap metal (there is a lot of that now) and faulty crew almost ten times the speed of sound. Well, it would if the formal crew stopped screwing up the energy supply so he could test it! Bored and thinking of his next exciting tinkering project to make this vessel a real ship Baha sends him another video and a request. Oh well, at least it's something to do.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on September 09, 2013, 01:18:08 PM
A mad scientist. Great. And to make things worse, it wasn't even a mad scientist with the slightest bit of respect for his creations--and that was something Amaterasu, as one of the lucky few to actually be cared for by her creators, couldn't get behind. Unknown to the man, he had just cut his lifespan down to a matter of minutes, before Amaterasu decided to see how well you could blend a scientist.

 "If she can survive unsupported, let her out. I want to take a look and see for myself just how good this is--don't worry if indoctrination hasn't happened yet, I'm more than capable of keeping the both of us safe," the tall female requested, knowing exactly what would happen if he did or didn't do as instructed.

If he wouldn't comply here, she'd just have to try and release them herself.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on September 14, 2013, 07:21:22 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on September 14, 2013, 07:34:56 PM
"Then you die, and I try myself," Amaterasu stated, this the only warning the man got before he was assaulted by an enraged mercenary, and one who definitely didn't want him to live beyond this single encounter.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on September 15, 2013, 01:45:36 AM
Mao stared at the orbs as they deployed themselves and similarly prepared herself for combat.
The captives were still in a position that could be defined as 'vulnerable' and were in need of protection until the immediate threat was dealt with. She stared up, analyzing that evasive maneuvers were still possible.
"Your readings give me the impression that you may be quite capable, but there is no need for pointless dismantling of company property if it may easily be avoided. We are leaving, come and hold on to me. Please cooperate."
She quickly reported her situation to others by comm.
"Hostiles. I will attempt to return with the captives."

Her secondary core entered high mobility mode and sent a call to the Android organization to send a decoy drone to her coordinates through her space bending engine and have it move into the cage. Locking down the cage with the drone within was tempting, but she estimated that her time management was better invested in leading the two captives to safety than preparing a better diversion tactic.
Mao extended an arm toward the woman, inviting her to hold on to it.
If the woman did she'd proceed to go open a passage to leave the room as she entered it.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 15, 2013, 09:17:35 AM
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"Everybody, bad news. We're going to be swarmed by attackers in 18 seconds. I'm teleporting the wounded out of here, lest we end up pinned down. I'll meet you at the entrance to the compound - they'll be easier to deal if we can bottleneck them there."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on September 18, 2013, 05:35:48 PM
Baha thinks about it for a split second before replying to Kenny to relay it to everyone. If subspace communications are working kick it back to their employers too. Maybe they'll know something.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on September 19, 2013, 03:56:37 AM
"Maooo," Katherine spoke up over the comm. "You maybe need to get back up here soon with those people if we're going to be able to pull back to the entrance before that attack Hugo reported catches us in this intersection."

Speaking to Baha now, she somewhat reiterated herself. "You should probably go ahead and catch up to Hugo at the entrance too, Princess. Some extra guard on the people he's already taken to the entrance would be good, yeah, until we can regroup again. I'll wait for Mao and Am-" Suddenly perking up at saying Ammy's name, she'd remembered there hadn't been word back from her yet. "Ammy! Did you hear enemies inbound? We need you back asap!" Katherine almost shouted into her comm unit.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on September 19, 2013, 02:21:18 PM
The dire news did not deter her from executing her planned evacuation stratagem, only pressing the pace further.
She replied to Katherine's comm in kind.
"Reaching the surface asap. I cannot leave them behind so returning will take a moment."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on September 22, 2013, 08:01:03 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on September 22, 2013, 08:10:54 PM
Grabbing the body, Amaterasu threw it aside. Right, thirty seconds until... crap, hell knew what, and just over ten until a fight was on her hands. Fine, then, she'd spend those ten seconds trying to release his 'experiment'. Maybe there'd be a fight. Maybe she'd be confused. But like hell was she going  to leave anyone in a lab like this. Nope, no way.

"Sorry, but there's no way I'm getting out that fast, and there's someone still here. I'll join you when I can, okay?"

Right, now to try getting out...

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on September 28, 2013, 06:19:37 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on September 28, 2013, 06:32:39 PM
Fully aware that she couldn't smash her way back down, Amaterasu firmly grasped the container under one arm, shifted the grip on her sword, and set about leaving this place--at full speed. There was no sense in dawdling, and she could pretty much just glide scarcely above the floor. Time was of the essence--but if it came to a race, she was going to win.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on September 28, 2013, 09:06:35 PM
Mao would prepare to let the mother back on her feet.
The room seemed adequately safe enough for the time being.

"We have a situation up there. We cannot insure your safe return until the current threat level has been dealt with. I will return for you soon. Can you please wait here with your infant until then?"

If she'd raise no objection, she would reconfiguration her systems for combat and thank her for her understanding and cooperation before slipping herself into cyberspace to reach her allies fast enough to assist them.

Otherwise she would keep on moving upward.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on October 07, 2013, 04:25:24 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 08, 2013, 11:55:21 AM
"So much for the clean getaway...

Baha! This way! We can fight them off more easily if we're on the outside and they're bottlenecked at the corridor!

With a curt gesture, Hugo sends the shadows beyond the two more isolated members of the group and weaves a wall of chains between them and the pursuers.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on October 11, 2013, 08:24:51 AM
I called V18 before, and there is a U17 dot with a B that I assume is me. So going off that...

Baha hears Hugo and would like to pin them down but there are multiple bots separating them. It'd be a shooting spree to fall back this instant. An internal red hot pink flow of energy seems to spread out from her as an almost sadistic grin appears. The energy takes shape of two giant wings and with a flick of them she flies above the first bot letting loose a stream of deadly energy in an attempt to melt the droid and the floor below it.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on October 11, 2013, 09:30:28 PM
Ming-Yung's current task was laid out plainly before her. Cut through the whole thing. Secure the perimeter by eliminating all opposing forces.
She focused on the more advanced model close to her first before giving her engines a double spin to hack the closest targets fast enough to make the sword cuts seem simultaneous. Her secondary drive sent a wave of energy to those close enough to touch, enhancing their abilities enough to manage one attack at a target of their choice. The wave's residues were potent enough to speed up every ally present.

She currently felt nothing but concern for those they had to evacuate and had yet to retrieve, so the plan was still a matter of priorities.
"I'll hold the exit. Katherine, try to keep them off this hallway until we're done here. I'll be with you asap."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on October 12, 2013, 04:31:18 AM
"Eheheh, I'll see what I can do..." Katherine responded sheepishly as she brought a hand up towards the nearest Poleziax, energy visibly collecting before her face briefly before firing as a laser.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on October 16, 2013, 07:11:17 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on October 17, 2013, 02:07:53 PM
Watching the bots fall beneath the melted floor Baha can only think to her self how badly those weapons are pissing him off. His anger does more than light things up on an atomic level, arcane energies surge through him and manifest in the form of the most cruelest of barriers. The Friendly Fire Spell. With a flap of her wings she moves to the bot near the group by the door and during a barrel roll she focuses on feeding the flame as she reminds the bots whose in charge as a ball of pent up atomic energy designed for sudden release explodes out of her hand.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on October 20, 2013, 02:44:59 AM
The opening the Poleziax thought it had registered wasn't as much of one after all as Katherine extended one of her back-up blades at the last moment and actually swatted at the electric bolt sent her way, it discharging through her Nanoarmor with far less of an effect than expected. Following Baha's retreat, Katherine attempted to withdraw with her and continue filling up the corridor beyond.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on October 20, 2013, 09:37:23 AM
"Nasty, nasty," Amaterasu whistled, setting the about-to-explode container down and moving into position. How many of these things could she get at once? Ah... rather a lot. So nice for them to all cluster together. And her former student had even moved backwards! Excellent.

Concentrating, the mercenary focused... and a blazing sun took up a rather large portion of the corridor. Pushing herself even further, body itself beginning to steam and wings shining like the stars themselves, she fed even more power into the conflagration... and waited to see if anything in there was still moving.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on October 21, 2013, 04:07:53 PM
Without losing momentum, Min-Yung kept her attacks coming. She kept the stimulating those nearby to greater valor and prepared her sword routines to try to protect them again, if the need came.
She felt her energy supply had become critically low already, so she shut down some of her forcefield systems. She felt she could do more but for the moment she would have to pace herself to maintain enough power to do anything after her attacks.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on October 25, 2013, 09:20:47 PM
Mao's fluid swordplay slices in half  a falling polezi while disrupting the sound wave projected by another, saving Waber. She then proceeds to finish hacking apart the Poleziax next to her. Laurent keeps unleashing short, well aimed bursts from his rifle, taking down another two bots.

Baha and Katherine pull back, with the atomic dragon blasting another weakened polezi apart.

Just as the facilitiy's self repair systems are closing the hole created by Baha, Amaterasu follows up with her own nuclear flame. Three polizeis are disintegrated instantly by the atomizing heat, and another three collapse a split second later as Amaterasu concentrates her power. Even the poleziax is left dazed and badly damaged. However one is still moving. By some miracle, its internal systems haven't yet reached critical conditions despite most of its plating being a molten wreck, and it turns to face Amaterasu.

Then Hugo's wall of chains is brought down, and more polizeis rush into the corridor! Only to prompty stop at the border of Amaterasu's artificial sun. Four of them, two hovering over another two at its edge, their right arms change into cannons that unleash energy bolts at the merceneary! Mao can "hear" the others hanging a little back.

The two still active polizeis on the main corridor turn each their own way before unleashing new sonic waves, altough you can't distinguish any discernible words on them now, just ear-shattering  static.

Katherine is ready, and positions her nanoarmor's plating to fully absorb the impact, protecting herself and her companions behind!

All the while, the container brought by Amaterasu starts cracking and falling apart, before suddenly exploding in a soundless, heatless blast that fills the corridor with light. At the center of the light, you can spot a female humanoid silhouette, but it then starts changing shape quickly...

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on October 25, 2013, 09:58:45 PM
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Ignoring the charring all along her wings, Amaterasu laughed--and shrugged off most of the electricity crackling about her person. Hah! Like she'd get severely injured so easily. It'd heal soon enough--but that one tough bastard that had survived the flames--somehow--had to go down this instant.

"Me? I'm Amaterasu. I'm the one that got you out of that thing. Nice to see you're unharmed by the explosion," the redhead said, setting her eyes on the enemy and rushing at them, attacking and then retreating once more all in the blink of an eye.

If there was someone faster than her, the pilot hadn't ever met them.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on October 26, 2013, 11:05:52 AM
Baha hears the music and shrugs off it's effects. If anything it has set her on guard for it doesn't matter if the prototype were her friend or her enemy. Both exist solely because of and for her pleasures, this machine however thinks it's self more and has magically demanded such of her.

She needs an excuse to kill it...
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on October 27, 2013, 05:43:22 AM
Not quite paying attention to the music with all the fire and explosions of sound still going off all around her, Katherine still pauses in her activity now seeming not quite sure what to with the sudden almost calm that hit the battlefield. But then that machine right infront of her was still acting hostile and she caught up with her thoughts to try to deal with it as best she currently could.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on November 01, 2013, 03:51:52 AM
She lunged forward until her feet reached the edge of the great gap. She jumped forward to touch the side of the wall so that she may seal the breach.

As to the new being, she wasn't sure how to treat it considering its unclear nature.
If it was an android it would be proper to giver her full ID. If it was anything else, there was not much use for formalities, especially in the middle of combat.
"I am known here as Mao. Deployed for investigation and personnel retrieval."
Looking at her from a bit closer, she seemed awfully military type. Like her.
"What are your objectives and status, Erinye Prototype?"

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on November 09, 2013, 07:37:45 PM
"Me? I'm Amaterasu. I'm the one that got you out of that thing. Nice to see you're unharmed by the explosion,"
Incorrect.
Erinye Prototype suffered grave injuries due to sudden initialization.
This temporary shell was created to sustain life systems.
Extensive internal damage still remains.


Erinye Prototype hasn't finished her first sentence before Amaterasu moves, slices the weakened polizeax apart, and then pulls back.

Katherine meanwhile pummels the bot directly in front of her into broken scrap.

Baha bathes in his own atomic power, melting the floor panels directly below him while he feels his wounded flesh reknit itself due to the intense radiation.

Then Mao jumps across the closing chasm that Baha had created, and erects a wall of translucid energy blocking off most of the polizeis reinforcments!

"I am known here as Mao. Deployed for investigation and personnel retrieval."
Looking at her from a bit closer, she seemed awfully military type. Like her.
"What are your objectives and status, Erinye Prototype?"

Status: Incomplete.
Objectives: Ensure prolonged existence.
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Updated Objectives: Locate unit Maia 486.
This unit-I will not be investigated or retrieved again.
Farewell, Mao.


Then Erinye Prototypes activates the teleporter pad she's standing on and disapears. The last polezi in the corridor steps inside and teleports as well. As soon as they're gone, the two hunters you had just rescued break into a dash towards her position. Laurent jumps across the molten hole in the way and activates a hidden jetpack on his back, while Waber lands on the wall and kicks off himself to the other side with a sudden burst of speed. They move in unisson towards the teleporter, as if nothing else existed around them.

Simultaneously, Mao can hear the remaining polizeis cut off from the corridor where you are quickly moving away from you.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on November 10, 2013, 01:24:46 AM
As soon as she heard the name of Maia 279's sister, Min-Yung's system alarmed her of the potential significance of this newcomer's appearance and prompted her to maintain contact.
"Please hold, Erinye Prototype. Maia 486 is also a priority objective of ours. Her safety is mandatory. I understand that you are as I am and have been installed into a temporary body. Seeing as you are not a colonist, you are not involved in our task unless you decide to oppose our progress - fair enough - but Maia 486 must be found. I would like to exchange frequencies so that we may cooperate, if you would."
Her subcore was still monitoring the dome so she imagined that if the Erinye Prototype had to be followed or communicated with, it could be done without much trouble. For a little while, at least.

When she would be gone and the other two would run after her, Mao wouldn't try to stop them. She was confident they could drag them back with them if they needed to. For now she preferred to avoid appearing forceful.
They hadn't been introduced, so she'd turn to her allies.
"Are they colonists?"

When that would be done with, she'd go back to the two survivors she had left a few floors below. Safety first.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 10, 2013, 07:07:35 AM
"Don't think so. They claimed to be on a mission as well, so I'm guessing they're from off-planet." Hugo replied.

"Apparently the mission includes that girl. From what they told me those damned robots will just keep coming. If I had to take a guess, I'd say someone probably turned the colony's security systems against us. So if we want to keep at this, we'll need to shut down the main computer, or at least undo this mess."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on November 18, 2013, 03:23:06 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 19, 2013, 01:44:03 PM
Amaterasu made a snap decision: she was going after them. Immediately after the hunters had gone through? She shouted something over her shoulder--asking that someone else try and catch up as backup--and then followed. Now, time to catch up... if not draw even with the Erinye Prototype. She wanted to know exactly what was going on with her, and it wasn't like they needed the entire group to retrieve a few civilians.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 19, 2013, 01:50:22 PM
"*sigh* Why can the crazy ones always materialize miniature suns?"

Hugo decided to go after Amaterasu and the prototype. He hated unknown factors and this was as unknown as it got. He didn't trust the gargantuan lady to handle this delicately and her track record so far was a bit below stellar.

Of course, he couldn't actually HEAR her call. But he got the gist of it. He thought.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on November 19, 2013, 02:00:43 PM
Mao agreed with Hugo that it was the best course of action. Not only to make any future investigation within the dome safer but also to secure a shelter for the colonists once the situation would be back under control.
She did not agree with Amaterasu, however.
"I believe securing the dome would take priority as far as secondary objectives go. I'll monitor her progress from outside but physically going after her may draw unnecessary hostilities."
If one could choose, it was preferable to avoid going to war. If one had to go to war, it was preferable to avoid making enemies. If one had to have enemies, it was preferable for them to be at each-other's throat.
Erinye Prototype was an unknown factor and unknown factors were dangerous by default, but for the while she was calculated as an acceptable risk.

Once she found the two she had left behind it was quite a relief to see them relatively unharmed.
But there possibly were others to rescue so haste was of the essence.
"Agreed. Do you know where the control room is located?"

If she knew, Mao would quickly relay the information to the others. They might happen to be closer.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on November 29, 2013, 08:07:13 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 29, 2013, 12:28:12 PM
That sealed it. She wasn't letting anyone else get forced into fighting if she could do a thing about it... even though there was that niggling thing at the back of her mind called 'pragmatism' that was urging her to just butcher everything and ask questions later. Slaughter everything, deal with the guilt later; salting the earth was the only way to be absolutely confident that you'd stopped the problem.

She couldn't do that, though.

So, instead, the winged pilot flew up right beside the Erinye Prototype, getting as close as she could to hopefully prevent anyone else from overhearing what she was about to offer, whispering on top of that. "If you want, I could carry you the rest of the distance. I'm sure that's much faster--just give me directions and off we go."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 29, 2013, 03:42:40 PM
"Hey, nuke girl. What are you thinking of doing running up ahead of the slow, slow intelligence officer?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on December 07, 2013, 01:44:04 AM
Mao would like upwards slightly, evaluating.
"Guide. Provide directions. I'll get us there."

The engines of her thrusters began to heat up. She was ready to propel herself wherever she'd point her to. Bringing her through the open ceiling before it reforms if possible.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on December 07, 2013, 10:14:44 AM
Baha looks around, apparently having zoned off watching the floor replace it's self, and notices everyone is off doing something without her. A quick remelt the floor later and she's off to catch up to the candy man. (Hugo, joining the let's not die group)
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on December 07, 2013, 11:57:52 AM
As it seemed to be where almost everyone else was deciding to do, Katherine followed suit and moved to follow after Ammy and co.
"Where are we suppose to be going though...." she offhandedly commented as she went through the teleporter after Baha.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on December 10, 2013, 12:38:56 PM
Somewhere in the Dome, a red timer in countdown reaches zero...

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on December 11, 2013, 05:42:42 AM
Mao complies, following her directions to the best of her ability.
The suspicious activity that clogged up her senses didn't fail to amplify her alert.
She immediately reported the changes to the others, including Erinye Prototype.
"I have detected a massive amount of unidentified presences all over the structure. They are on the move. Proceed with caution."

Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on December 11, 2013, 06:34:07 AM
So... the safe option, where they slowly crept through a facility full of enemies and hoped for the best, or the risky one where everything might come crashing down and kill the group behind her? Amaterasu knew which one she wanted to take.

"If it's less than a mile through these corridors, we can get there before they have chance to do anything," Amaterasu stated, preparing to wrap one arm around the prototype, "If that's enough, say the word, and off we go."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on December 17, 2013, 12:10:54 PM
Baha leaps onto the back of Amaterasu with a wide grin, "Piggy back ride! Piggy back ride. Oh it'll be so fun. You're soooo fast."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on December 20, 2013, 08:34:24 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on December 21, 2013, 12:29:52 AM
Mao is slightly startled by the woman's sudden desire to engage into conversation. She decides to try to fulfill that desire seeing how did little to compromise her efficiency.
"What is natural is relative. The sense and identity we brand upon everything in the vain attempt of defining all that is are our response to interpret the void before us. A clock and a flower are equally natural to me, so this planet not being wholly natural is a concept that I would find intriguing. As to your second query, I suppose indigenous life-forms are to be expected within environments able to sustain them. Sentient ones would be valued as a discovery of the highest priority. I would be intrigued, again. I'd be interested to learn the fruits of their ascension as a sentient species."

She paused.
I infer that you are suggesting that these statements are accurate. Troubling.

She would have to consult her database because she had no records of consulting that sort of data. And that was indeed troubling. If such species had been encountered during the first wave of colonization it would make sense that they would have received reports on the matter. Calculating with these assumptions, she concluded that there was a use for classified information and this could be one instance of it being applied. If such were the case, however, it would have to be part of her report despite the possibility that she wasn't meant to be part of that circle of information. No matter. Complications could be dealt with at her next maintenance if it would be deemed necessary.

...well. That would depend on the information. Of course.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on December 21, 2013, 12:33:09 AM
Hugo could not hope to keep up with with everyone at that speed, but he COULD, at the very least, try to do so in an inconspicuous fashion.

Wrapping himself in a cloak of nothingness, the man disappeared from view.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on December 21, 2013, 03:53:04 AM
The moment Amaterasu switched gears and rocketed ahead, Katherine took cue and in a blink made to keep up with that crazy speed run through the hallways ahead in a moment of sheer determination.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on December 24, 2013, 12:06:01 PM
The halls, corridors and doorways become a blur interrupted by an occasional flash of teleporting. To an outside observer giggling and "Weeeee" can be heard also as a warning system of what's coming.

At the end of the trip EP stops and says Maia four eighty something is behind the door, "Who is that?" she asks.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on December 24, 2013, 01:02:30 PM
Catching up only moments behind with Hugo in tow, Katherine came to a bit of a jarring and sudden halt behind them. "Are we stopping?" Unfazed by the abrupt change in velocity, Katherine glanced between Enrinye and Ammy before looking ahead to the massive door and it's warning. "Oh. I don't suppose Erinye counts as...authorized?" she asked, having missed the android's(?) declaration of being unable to bypass it just before.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on December 24, 2013, 03:49:17 PM
The tall mercenary examined the door, punched it once, and then turned to look at Katherine and her armour. She'd taught the girl, and as a result...

"Katherine? Smash the door."

Hopefully that would work.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on December 24, 2013, 06:45:49 PM
"Uuum..." Katherine started, "Are you sure? Wasn't Mao going off to rescue a survivor? They probably know where the security room is or what not and could probably just do that...." She trailed off and appeared to give up that point as she stepped forward and placed her hands on her sheathed blades. They probably weren't suppose to destroy this tower, but then it had already shown to be their 'enemy' so she guessed she could then just show off to her ido--er, teacher.

Standing before the door, Katherine let out a silent sigh, followed by a second Katherine stepping forward from nowhere and likewise reached for her swords. In a perfectly synchronized blink of an eye, the sound of metal on metal clashed and reverberated dozens of times and in the next moment merely the sound of four swords simultaneously being sheathed was left. "That should be it..." Katherine reported, glancing expectantly towards Ammy.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on December 30, 2013, 03:41:45 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on December 30, 2013, 05:28:05 PM
Mao processed the info.
"Unless more were to be found, it is but a single instance, and those hardly ever make solid patterns by themselves. It might have landed there from outer space, have been the result of some accident or even put there on purpose by someone. Perhaps a group informed of the Administration's acquisition of legal rights for the colonization of Ragol put it there during the preparation phase to complicate things. Although it is perhaps indeed a vestige of another civilization, unless more hints of its past or present occupancy are found, it could equally be concluded that they left the planet, which in turn leaves the question of where they went and why."

Choosing a human for such an important office in management was a questionable decision. She didn't know the human in question so efficiency was impossible to calculate but they tended to be unreliable.
These were strange times as more and more androids were being conceived with constantly improving aptitudes for emotional responses. Soon they too wouldn't be suited for precise management either.
Reliability in management was in the incorruptibility of the manager and its lack of desires past the efficiency of the assigned project.
Unless it involved the management of emotional personnel, perhaps: Human resources.
Still, a protocol is to be followed. That's why it's the protocol. If understandable exceptions are to exist one just adapts the protocol to make them possible to begin with. Perhaps a human was put in charge with the thought that it would maximize the possibilities of protocol bypasses being made - efficiency in chaos and improvisation in the face of an abnormal amount of unpredictable obstacles.

"That was an error in management. If Ragol' soil were to emit toxic gases or volcanic activity from its depths every century, causing a significant rise in seismic activity that could have once been so intense that it would have caused a previous civilization to abandon it, and perhaps leave this column as a warning or as a gravestone for the dead, we would have to know. Colonization could go on after we set the installations necessary to make the terrain safe, but moving on without knowing is an invitation for disaster. A delayed project is much more affordable that a failed one."

That was why the second wave of colonists were on hold, after all. While the decisions made by the governor could be interpreted as good quick thinking to maximize efficiency, there could be no doubt that it was, when considering the overwhelming set of variables, an extremely poor decision. Anger wasn't something she processed well, but she was certainly very disappointed.

"When we are done here I would be greatly interested in the coordinates of this relic you speak of. It would provided research material and evidence to determine what happened here and maybe assess the safety of Ragol for the people of Parum, or whether this is indeed a genuine article or a prank from the opposition. Thank you for the notification."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on December 31, 2013, 07:18:32 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on January 09, 2014, 09:02:20 AM
Why was she buried under rubble? Something screamed and then rocks filled her view. She wasn't quite sure what screamed though, she was too busy trying to show off when it came down. Nonetheless, clearly a hostile was beyond the door and she needed to get up now. Taking but a moment to collect herself, Katherine burst into action.

The rubble holding her down suddenly exploded forward towards the winged beast as Katherine forcibly dashed out of the debris and headlong into this new fray, muttering something about painfully loud screams and inside voices.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on January 09, 2014, 09:10:40 AM
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Amaterasu took the easy way out: she grew to her full size, rubble shifting aside until she was stood there, arms folded and looking particularly unimpressed with the collapsed rock, especially with the amount of it knocked aside by her sudden change in size. Wincing at Hugo's rather battered state, the enormous pilot pulled out the Moon Atomiser she'd been handed earlier. There, he ought to be fine, now. Well, she hoped.

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That done, Amaterasu returned to her more compact size. Being enormous, occasionally beneficial as it was, was not an indoor tactic.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on January 21, 2014, 07:28:02 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on January 21, 2014, 08:29:43 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on January 21, 2014, 03:46:50 PM
Mao's processors heated up slightly as she analyzed the information. Her internal cooling systems rapidly making up for it.
"I have not been granted the authority to decide who is the cause when even the effect isn't fully understood. I have also not been granted the authority to decide the severity of any disciplinary measures to be administered, especially when the severity of the delinquency hasn't yet been determined. I believe that I understand your situation, Mrs. Elle, but the only relief I can offer you for the time being is the assurance that I will do my all to allow your safe evacuation out of Ragol and that I intend to offer a reliable testimony of my observations here. If this leads to you being tried for your actions here I will vouch you for clemency on your case. That is all I can promise given the current variables."

It took pretty long to get them but Mao didn't think much of it. She noticed her allies had gotten pretty close to what was probably their objective so things seemed to be looking up for them.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on January 30, 2014, 08:10:42 AM
The beast was quick and being blind didn't seem to slow it down as it tore into her nanoarmor. Regardless, the repair systems were able to keep up however Katherine herself sported a few cuts that unfortunately don't fix themselves. "Damn it, this thing is being healed by the system!" she remarked in annoyance after watching the surrounding consoles some how heal the thing. However, barring being able to immediately attack the room, she sought to focus on outdoing and outmaneuvering it. In a flash, she vanished; a myriad of new wounds opening up across the dragon's hide as a thick shower of petals rained out over and around the beast as she flew unseen throughout the room, obscuring sight. The screech of metal cutting metal, then a smashing sound as a panel that'd been cut out of the floor was forcibly bent upright between herself and the dragon as she reappeared within the cloud; not like anybody could see she had. Well, except for probably that blind-proof dragon.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on February 07, 2014, 07:17:07 PM
In the meantime, Hugo is nowhere to be found.

Whoops.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on February 08, 2014, 11:39:00 AM
Baha casts Ventriloquism (DC 15) and makes cricket noises where Hugo was standing, the sound then quickly moves around and behind the dragon. She laughs and says out during this, "You sound funny Hugo."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on February 13, 2014, 09:02:05 PM
"It heals? Then we just need to hurt it more!" the winged girl arrogantly declared, sizing up the monstrosity--and then rushing in, slashing like a madman, only to retreat almost immediately after. It was an attack more reliant on brute force and speed than skill--which, really, suited Amaterasu just fine. This thing was being diced.

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Post by: oslecamo on February 14, 2014, 09:09:03 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on February 14, 2014, 09:46:34 AM
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Post by: Kuroimaken on February 14, 2014, 02:12:16 PM
There's a loud rumble as the ceiling tears open and a group of funnels form into a defensive shield around a seemingly nonspecific area.

Mao hears a crackling over her comm unit. She can tell it's actually a bit of encrypted communication...

Keep it busy, I'll switch the lasers around.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on February 17, 2014, 07:36:21 PM
Baha moves around Katherine to better see the drake, mouth drooling liquid fire, and with nothing better to than to cough at it. Primarily for her own sadistic pleasures.

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Post by: Raineh Daze on February 25, 2014, 01:03:03 PM
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Amaterasu shrugged off the flames, frowning. Weak, so weak--she could make fire better than this! In fact, the burns inflicted faded away almost immediately; the winged warrior's dress wasn't even singed. Time to show this lumbering brute what you could  really do with decent firepower.

She moved in closer, thrusting her sword into the ground (ending up perched upon it once it resumed its full length)... and folded her arms. Nothing terribly imposing or threatening. But the stare, and the heat surging off the girl, was enough to potentially cow anyone into inaction.

And then Amaterasu attacked: her hand raised, a gout of plasma formed into an energy sword fit for a mecha, crackling viciously as it was thrust for the monster's head--and left wherever it struck. She retreated once more before it could strike, grabbing her normal blade out of the ground once more and preparing to finish it off once the healing was down.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on February 26, 2014, 06:49:42 PM
Too many simultaneous inputs ended up tripping up Katherine's routine, ending her previous dance rather clumsily. That's no way to show off how good you are in front of your peers! However now her attention was on those consoles sending those annoying beams at the dragon, nullifying all their efforts. Hugo suddenly mentioned he could switch the lasers around but that seemed time consuming, and that's not how she works. Energy surged through her blades as she promptly revved up with an assault on the dragon, then proceeding to kick things into overdrive as her nanoarmor visibly brightened with another surge of energy and split into a dual image of herself. One Katherine reacted like lightning and flashed across the room littering it with deep gouges and cuts whilst her other self strafed circles around the dragon and ran a single brilliant blade of energy across the entire border of the room connecting each of the consoles with a single long slash. Both Katherine's finished their display by clashing with each other back at the center of the room. If she were one for intimidation this would be a great time.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on March 01, 2014, 10:10:50 AM
Amaterasu and the dragon lock eyes with each other, but the beast doesn't flinch. It shudders a bit when Amaterasu drives her energy blade trough one of its neck scales.  Even the monster's flesh beneath feels unnaturaly tough, as if she was slicing a block of stone. That's somehow still able to move. As Amaterasu retreats, the weapon left behind dissipates as suddenly as it had appeared.

Baha breathes back at the dragon. It takes cover behind its wings and some of its scales are partially melted, however it's clear that the monster's quite resistant to atomic energy.

Katherine's following all-out assault spills much more dragon blood, making it recoil in clear pain, while her clone tears trough the encasings of the terminals. They prove to be quite sturdy, and altough sparks are sent flying from each and every one of them, they keep their lasers locked on the dragon, healing its damage once more.

This time, they can't finish the job. Some of the dragon's fresh wounds are left as the automatized cauterizing system struggles to keep up with the party's attacks.

Then the dragon seems to notice Hugo flying towards one of the terminals, and it suddenly leaps toward the human, roaring and spinning violently over itself so that its twin spiked tail slashes in a wild pattern  across the room, hitting all of you! Some harder than others, the spiked tail barbs viciously shredding trough anything they strike directly. Katherine barely dodges  a couple hits that seem like they would've hurt a lot. Except Hugo, that despite clearly being the original target of the dragon, ends up miracously untouched by the short rampage.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on March 01, 2014, 10:47:02 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on March 01, 2014, 06:00:59 PM
"Can you keep the damn dragon busy? I'm trying to work, here."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on March 02, 2014, 10:45:43 AM
The candyman needs help! Letting loose a deafening roar that's impossible with human lungs she charges the drake, her mouth deforming to impossible size revealing serrated teeth within. She goes for the drake's leg...

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on March 04, 2014, 12:26:01 AM
Mao kept going as fast as she could.
The tremors worried her slightly and the movements of her allies clearly indicated that something had halted their progress.
She sent them a short message through her comm.
"Is everyone alright over there? There seems to be agitation in the upper levels of the dome."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on March 11, 2014, 04:30:57 PM
Amaterasu laughed, ignoring the rather vicious looking wounds that now riddled her torso. Hah, this was nothing! Well, okay, it was something, but she'd had worse. Normal medical scans wouldn't register her as dead, yet, for starters.

So she did the simple thing and attacked.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on March 12, 2014, 12:08:52 AM
Katherine clicked her tongue in annoyance as she glanced over her nanoarmor's status and settled herself into a defensive stance for the moment.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on March 13, 2014, 09:48:19 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on March 13, 2014, 12:19:31 PM
Well it wasn't attacking her this time, but it was going after something...or some one. Some one was hiding over there that she couldn't--shoot, was that Hugo? She hadn't see him since the rubble came down and she still couldn't see him, but clearly the dragon could if it was.

This thing just kept hopping all over the room at it's fancy hitting everyone whenever, that was getting really annoying now. With a cry, she started swinging wide, her double re-appearing to mimic her swings however with much more force behind them.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on March 14, 2014, 09:27:07 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on March 18, 2014, 11:33:16 AM
Baha isn't quite done yet as the drake pulls it's leg out from her monstrous teeth. Her already open mouth releases a cone of bitter cold air in an effect to draw it's attention before flying off. "This ray is mine!" she calls back to the drake as she stands in front of it.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on March 18, 2014, 05:56:13 PM
Min-Yung had seen and heard enough to get what was going on. It was only ironic that after all they were all headed for the same destination. She looked at the rubles and wondered why the facility hadn't repaired itself yet. She remembered receiving auditive signals of the tremors in that general area but that had been a moment ago.

Still, the threat had to be neutralized and everyone seemed well on their way to do just that. She might as well help out, now that she was there.
The plates of her mecha armor shuffled to let out a bunch of droids with the likeness of tiny-sized versions of Mao, each with a different set of clothes and brandishing a club twice their size.

The droids surrounded the dragon and struck together at it with a single, fluid motion.
Right then a robotic entity emerged out of Mao's mecha. It was headless and without any forearms or legs past the thighs but sported two axe-like limbs from her back. Despite its incomplete limbs, the creature was so light and flexible it seemed to hold itself straight as if its body could float.
Then tiny droids came out from it and hovered in an arc around its position with the one right over it laying against its neck and positioning its own robotic head where the being's own should be. The droid' single eye turned red as it fixated the dragon.

Before the battle would reach her, she said to the woman: "You might want to get inside."
And would allow her to get in.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on March 25, 2014, 01:15:48 PM
Min-Yung's drones proceed to violently crack the dragon's scales, altough one of them finds herself hitting spots a bit too hard for her weapons to inflict any visible damage, while another almost manages to gouge out one of the monster's eyes. With each successful blow, there's a brief white flash, holy energy discharging in the presence of evil.

Min-Yung also theorizes that the repair systems of this room aren't working properly due to their energy being re-routed to overcharge the medical laser terminals doing everything possible to keep the dragon alive trough the grievous wounds you inflicted so far.

Baha's following ice assault produces a short-lived cloud of steam inside the room as the cold crystals instantly vaporize in contact with the hot dragon body, and for the first time during the battle, the monster roars not in anger but in pain! Baha then intercepts another laser by blocking it with his own body. The terminal systems instantly adapt to work on the new "patient", starting to patch up Baha's wounds, but the process itches quite a bit.

Hugo meanwhile feels much more than an itch, with simultaneous work of the lasers healing his wounds hurting quite a lot, but the results are almost instant, organs, flesh and skin being reknitted almost instantly. It seems like the combined healing is greater than the simple sum of the individual parts!

The dragon still standing, Katherine once more pushes her armor to the limit, slicing at the scales weakened by the drones, cutting deeper and deeper inside the monster's yellow glowing flesh under its dark scales. She finishes by sticking  her twin blades in the target's body, using them to lift the huge dragon into the air while rending its innards, and then swing it around to fling the monster out of the room at lighting speed with! It only stops when it hits a wall, and falls on the floor roaring and trashing, before it finally stops moving. The dragon's body then spontaneously ignites and burns away, leaving behind a massive blood-red crystal three meters in diameter.

The woman that had come with Mao, and had just stood there standing while clutching the child against her body, looking at your fight against the dragon, suddenly speaks with a livid look on her face:

W-What was that monstrosity doing here? This was supposed to be the security control room...
Mao, are those your companions?


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on March 25, 2014, 03:28:51 PM
Dragon defeated, Amaterasu sheathed her blade, and turned he attention to the rubble. Now that the pressing threat of being eaten alive was dealt with, she should probably check to see if their guide was still under there or had gotten out and into hiding, somehow...

Step one: assume full size.
Step two: crouch by the rubble.
Step three: start manhandling it out of the way. Stuff wasn't that heavy, getting to the bottom of the pile would be child's play.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on March 25, 2014, 06:13:02 PM
"Fuck yes, that's the stuff."

The still-invisible Hugo will proceed to poke the massive red crystal, expecting it to shatter and release a treasure trove of wonders.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on March 25, 2014, 08:10:14 PM
Katherine waited and watched until the dragon's body had completely disappeared, proving it was actually dead. Her Nanoarmor then promptly flashed her some warnings across it's display and vanished as it minaturized, dropping her a good half dozen feet to the floor where she landed safely and bent over to place her hands on her knees where she let out a long sigh. "I'm...I would like a few minutes before we go dashing off valiantly to the next random locked room please," she said humorously with a short laugh.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on March 25, 2014, 10:26:32 PM
"Yes."
She didn't think presentations were necessary but she introduced her nonetheless for civilities.
"This is Enne. She was detained in the deeper chambers. She worked here among the colonists."

Remembered the strange audio signals she received earlier and reiterated her previous suggestion.
"I heartily suggest that you step inside. This zone is still at risk."

As to the purpose of this room, Mao took a second look around, wondering.
"There are many terminals around this room. Do you suggest that this room is no longer the security control room?"

She turned to Hugo.
"Any sign of equipment being relocated?"
She'd help scan the room for something of use. A mean to connect to the security controls, perhaps.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on April 01, 2014, 08:26:47 AM
"Fuck yes, that's the stuff."

The still-invisible Hugo will proceed to poke the massive red crystal, expecting it to shatter and release a treasure trove of wonders.

With a simple touch, the crystal explodes in a small shower of dazzling scarlet particles, along with several mesetta units and five weapons, two of which are glowing red.

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As for the yellow crystals, they account to 48 135 meseta.

As to the purpose of this room, Mao took a second look around, wondering.
"There are many terminals around this room. Do you suggest that this room is no longer the security control room?"
The central terminals seem to have been removed, but we should be able to operate the security systems from the peripheral ones.

She'd help scan the room for something of use. A mean to connect to the security controls, perhaps.
The wall terminals seem perfectly operational. Front panel menus show a series of security options, such as self-repair protocols, energy routes, subterranean bot production facilities-Acess denied!!!

Dragon defeated, Amaterasu sheathed her blade, and turned he attention to the rubble. Now that the pressing threat of being eaten alive was dealt with, she should probably check to see if their guide was still under there or had gotten out and into hiding, somehow...

Step one: assume full size.
Step two: crouch by the rubble.
Step three: start manhandling it out of the way. Stuff wasn't that heavy, getting to the bottom of the pile would be child's play.
Amaterasu's full size form allows her to easily get to work, and then under a specially large piece of Debris she finds Erineye prototype laying down, mechanical eyes open and staring into nothingness. Amaterasu fears she may have suffered critical damage, but then Eriney Prototype's  gaze narrows and focuses back at her.


Status: Danger seems to have passed. Disengaging stealth protocols.

Thank you, Amaterasu. I calculated it would be best if I didn't get in your way once battle broke out.

Resuming curret Objectives:  Locate unit Maia 486-objective's signal confirmed nearby.


Then Elle stares at Erinye Prototype for a moment, before shouting:

Anna? Anna, is that you? What happened to you?


Correction: I'm Erineye Prototype now. I've transcended my previous form, sister.


Elle breathes deeply, then looks around to each of you:

...Look people, I don't know what Anna may've told you or what happened to her, but she doesn't know what she's doing. She had trouble adapting to this planet, her mind couldn't handle the change, she was slipping into insanity. Last time I saw her, she was interned  in the central dome's hospital. She must be evacuated now. It may not yet be too late to reverse the process she's been trough. Please trust me on this!



I'm still incomplete, yet I'm more full than I ever was. I no longer need you to take care of me, sister.
Do not interfere with my destiny.


Elle turns kneels down, gently laying her still sleeping child on the floor behind her, then stands up again and turns towards Mao:
... It hurts me to say this, but my sister's insanity is very dangerous. Last time Anna managed to get this close to the security terminals, she almost made the whole thing explode. It took a lot of persuading to get her just interned in the hospital instead of jailed in a stasis chamber. You must remove her from this place.

Erineye prototype simply turns and slowly floats towards the center of the room, starting to glow with a mysterious blue energy.

I assure you, my mind is much clearer at this moment.

Besides, your argument is pointless. The other prototypes have been released. Only I can stop them in an efficient manner. I just need to acess unit Maia 486. I can connect to her from this very place...


You start hearing the faint sounds of quick steps and inhuman screams aproaching from the outside corridors. The enemies you had left behind seem to be catching up with you.

Don't trust her.-Elle says-You can reconfigure the security systems in your own to secure the Cental Dome. Just get Anna out of this room. Before she does something we'll all regret.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 01, 2014, 09:12:45 AM
"Man, what a pain in the ass.

Listen, Erinye or whoever you are. I may not understand what you think you're doing and what you think is going on, but fact of the matter is, you don't have the security clearance to access anything relevant here; I do. That's how I reconfigured the lasers so they'd stop healing that freaking dragon.

Many of us here are either exhausted or seriously hurt. We've got incoming enemies and if we don't move right now, then any efforts you put forth would be for nothing.

You can come with us - right now - or we will drag you out."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 01, 2014, 10:19:52 AM
"If you've got that sort of control, stop the floor repairing." Amaterasu stated, dropping down to one knee (and smaller size) and grasping her sword in her (artificial) hand. Then... sword and hand collapsed into one gleaming cannon, albeit with energy rippling down either side to facilitate its continued use for smashing people to bits. Not, however, that this was what it was used for: the gleaming star forming above her head was far more noticeable, as was its steady growth. Last possible second? She was going to tear the corridor, and anything in it, to shreds.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on April 02, 2014, 10:20:12 AM
"Here might be the best place to deal with them if candyman has the lasers working for us." Baha says and she runs over and goes all googlie-eyed over the Vistburn.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 02, 2014, 10:22:57 AM
"The lasers I can make work, the floor not so much. And we don't know how many of them are coming, or if there's an end to them.

Baha has a valid strategy, you guys can probably blend the enemy if need be. I still think extraction's the wiser choice, though."

Baha also gets a cookie from Hugo. Has to keep his reputation as a candyman.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on April 02, 2014, 02:14:29 PM
Contemplating the treasures briefly, Min-Yung turned to her comrades.
"See what you want and take it now. I'll take whatever remains. Those of you using more than one weapon can take more than one."

Not that she didn't trust what would come out of such a creature. She simply quickly evaluated the specs of her components and determined that none of these foreign parts could be as significant to her than they would be for one of them, even if linked to one of her subsystems.
Still, she saw a way to use each one of them as an upgrade somehow. New parts were always useful.
She observed the spot the dragon stood before it vanished, thinking it was a real shame that it was gone. The entity wondered if perhaps one of its limbs could have been salvaged and adapted to her core for experimentation. Perhaps dismemberment should be part of her combat routine from now on, seeing how unstable the remains tended to be. That figured out, she'd take what remains.

When it came down to figuring out how to handle the whole Erinye Prototype situation, Min-Yung felt reluctant to issue commands but the mission took priority.
"We have already collected enough information on the situation for a conclusive report. Primary objective now is the rescue of all survivors found on Ragol. Securing the perimeter is secondary. Resolving this outbreak is secondary."

She walked up to Erinye Prototype. If Elle knew her, then she was another survivor in a strange condition, but a survivor nonetheless.
"You are an uncertain factor. Your objectives are unclear and the commander issuing them is unknown. Until all the unknown factors are resolved you are listed as an hazardous element. You are now requested to provided the data required to be acknowledged as 'safe' or to submit to the authority of our commander."
She pointed at Hugo.
"As a survivor, you are entitled to be rescued. As an hazardous element, you are seen as a potential danger that shouldn't be left unattended. Until your situation is cleared you are to seize what you are doing and cooperate. Effective immediately."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 02, 2014, 06:09:31 PM
"I want to get to the bottom of this too, but we have no clues left in this place. Except you. But this is a downright crappy place to sit down for a debriefing, and I'm sure you have a lot of information to impart.

Otherwise, my colleague has the right of it. Ultimately, all I need is your mind, and I'd rather we don't have to fight a survivor. Looks bad on the report.

I'll see if I can do something to stall our opposition. What do you know about the Hunters who were coming in after you?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on April 02, 2014, 06:38:25 PM
Munching on her candy, "Can you turn off the floors near the robots and then turn them back on again at extra strength levels?" she asks between bites. Innocently adding, "You know, you could trap them all face first in the floor that way."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 02, 2014, 06:51:43 PM
"I could try, can't guarantee any kind of precision, though. And that doesn't keep any other robots that might come afterwards from coming our way.

I'd much rather we simply get the hell outta dodge NOW."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 02, 2014, 06:57:39 PM
"Stop being a big baby. This sort of thing is the whole reason I came along. Now, whilst we could run, there's no guarantee that we'll find a way out in time, or that the exits won't be guarded. Could blow a way out, but that takes time. So I'm buying time, and unless you want to die today, help!" the winged warrior snapped, seeming thus far unbothered by the growing sphere of radiant destruction above her head.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 02, 2014, 07:09:27 PM
Hugo nonchalantly flicked a booger in Amaterasu's direction.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on April 10, 2014, 01:29:09 PM
"We have already collected enough information on the situation for a conclusive report. Primary objective now is the rescue of all survivors found on Ragol. Securing the perimeter is secondary. Resolving this outbreak is secondary."

"I'll see if I can do something to stall our opposition. What do you know about the Hunters who were coming in after you?"

The other two hunters that we left behind are still on the lower levels. Their vital signs have been steadily dropping. You should go rescue them if that is your main priority.-calmly says Erineye as she sends Mao the hunter's current coordinates.

"I could try, can't guarantee any kind of precision, though. And that doesn't keep any other robots that might come afterwards from coming our way.

I'd much rather we simply get the hell outta dodge NOW."
The security room should have an emergency telepipe beacon as per the standard safety protocols. It's the fastest way to get us out of this forsaken tower. I don't know how to activate it tough...-says Elle.

She walked up to Erinye Prototype. If Elle knew her, then she was another survivor in a strange condition, but a survivor nonetheless.
"You are an uncertain factor. Your objectives are unclear and the commander issuing them is unknown. Until all the unknown factors are resolved you are listed as an hazardous element. You are now requested to provided the data required to be acknowledged as 'safe' or to submit to the authority of our commander."
She pointed at Hugo.
"As a survivor, you are entitled to be rescued. As an hazardous element, you are seen as a potential danger that shouldn't be left unattended. Until your situation is cleared you are to seize what you are doing and cooperate. Effective immediately."

"Man, what a pain in the ass.

Listen, Erinye or whoever you are. I may not understand what you think you're doing and what you think is going on, but fact of the matter is, you don't have the security clearance to access anything relevant here; I do. That's how I reconfigured the lasers so they'd stop healing that freaking dragon.

Many of us here are either exhausted or seriously hurt. We've got incoming enemies and if we don't move right now, then any efforts you put forth would be for nothing.

You can come with us - right now - or we will drag you out."

Erinyes produces a chuckling sound at Mao and Hugo, altough her metal lips don't move.

This unit is not the one that needs to aknowledge itself as "safe". You didn't wonder why my sister was being kept in a Code Purple cell when most other colonists suffered much different fates? Except for Elle's own child? That's because they're-

Erineye prototype's speech is cut short as Elle, who had been slowly approaching, suddenly grabs her sister's shoulder while whispering something. Erieye prototype's face changes to that of a soundless scream of agony before she releases a cacophony of mechanical sounds and becomes inert, the previous blue light around her fading as she falls on Elle's shoulder.

...My sister won't trouble us anymore for the time being. -says Elle, clearly breathing heavily-I will carry her for now, she's my responsibility.  Mao, I will have to request you to transport my child inside your armor... And I will follow whatever plan of action you think is best now.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 10, 2014, 05:27:11 PM
"Good. We're bringing you both into custody for questioning later.

Amaterasu, I'm going to lock the ground out from between points as soon as you unleash that thing. But we don't know how effective a measure that's actually going to be, so we still need an exit strategy."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 10, 2014, 05:31:41 PM
"Pass me that axe, and we see how tough this place is at being ripped apart from the inside. Everyone can hitch a ride."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on April 10, 2014, 10:58:12 PM
Min-Yung observed the scene with a mix of puzzlement and wonder.
She had had her doubts about Elle but her mission priorities were clear.
In response, her subsystem joined her back along with its drones and she took the child in, as requested.
"It is my understanding that the two hunters are not colonists. Nevertheless, I shall attempt a rescue. Until then evacuation is prioritized. The subterranean bot production facilities should be halted using the console first, though, if possible. I will make haste. Safety first."

She would dive through space to reach the coordinates of the two hunters, based on the data given to her and her memory of where they got left behind from her last audio feedback.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on April 13, 2014, 06:39:56 PM
Katherine chuckled nervously at Ammy's zeal to tear the place apart. "I don't remember this being a search and destroy mission, Ammy..."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on April 18, 2014, 01:10:41 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 18, 2014, 01:20:27 PM
Sweating, and visibly straining, Amaterasu finally released the gargantuan sun, willing it to tear the corridor... and anything in it, to pieces.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on April 18, 2014, 09:00:50 PM
Katherine busied herself with inspecting this fancy new weapon that'd been left behind after the dragon's defeat; it was pretty sweet and complimented her style fairly well. She didn't interject either when the others made the plan to destroy the floor and hallway from which enemies were apparently going to be arriving through soon.

But then almost a minute later she suddenly caught on to just how far Ammy was intending to take this and looked up in, well, almost fear but mostly worry at the massive sun that couldn't help but keep getting more massive as she realized their was likely not to be a building here in a few moments. "Um, wait, wait....are we...do we have....what was the escape plan again? Ammy...?" Then the sun was set loose upon the insides of the tower. "AMMY WAIT I CAN'T SURVIVE A BIG BANG LIKE YOU CAN!"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 19, 2014, 11:06:39 AM
Hugo rolls his eyes and locks in the commands necessary to undo the floor... but he also knows that chances are the place is coming down on their freaking heads fairly soon because of Amaterasu's crazy pyromania.

"Everybody get behind me. I will try to cover the backdraft with Murakumo's funnels."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on April 22, 2014, 02:26:02 PM
Baha grabs _encounter-reward_ and gets behind the candyman. Mentally she orders ZERO to head this way.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on April 22, 2014, 04:41:48 PM
Min-Yung didn't need much to understand the situation.
She beckoned Waber to get on-board.
"Please hurry and get inside. Bring your companion too."

As soon as he would be in, she would waste no time to join back with her allies. After retrieving Maia unit they would be able to leave the premises.
"Amaterasu, I highly suggest the atomic reaction to be stopped. I'm coming back."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 22, 2014, 07:01:22 PM
"You can turn off the sun now, Amaterasu. I've managed to buy us enough time for an escape that does not involve incinerating us all by accident."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 23, 2014, 06:47:24 PM
Catching hold of the star at the last second before it got out of her control, the redhaired mercenary gave Hugo a cold look, "You'd better be telling the truth."

And then, far faster than it grew, the sphere collapsed inwards into nothing, ramming its way down the control rod and basically being vented through her wings as a fountain of nuclear cinders.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 23, 2014, 08:18:50 PM
"Why would I spend the necessary energy to control my facial muscles to the point you can't read me? You're not worth lying to." Hugo shrugged with indifference. "We're still better off outside though. Come on." He points up at the ceiling. "Everyone who can't fly, hold on to someone who can."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on April 23, 2014, 08:31:25 PM
Katherine heaved a sigh of relief as Impending Doom showed itself out. Simply for safety's sake then, she re-donned her nanoarmor which had only just finished recharging but moments ago. "I'm really happy I don't have to figure out dying today, now...."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on April 23, 2014, 11:31:06 PM
Upon appearing, Min-Yung would look and see if anyone was missing.
Asking Hugo.
"I remember seeing a command to stop the production in the underground facility. Have you turned it off? If we must return here, it would help if isn't overcome by whatever is being made there."

Then quickly turned to Elle.
"Your sister came here to find the Maia unit. Ideally we would recover her before we leave. I do not perceive her here. Do you know where she is?"
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Post by: Kuroimaken on April 24, 2014, 12:34:22 PM
"Yes, but either we deal with the invaders left NOW, or it won't matter IF we come back because we'll have to face them again either way."
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Post by: Anomander on April 24, 2014, 01:30:23 PM
Min-Yung calculated the situation.
"Fast as we were it still took a while to get here. If you can shut down the teleporters, it could take them even more time. They come to us, so we can prepare the field to our advantage and also use the healing lasers. If we must take them out to secure the perimeter, here and now probably offers the best conditions to do it."

She proceeded to initiate Disappearing Elegance to reshape the inside of her mecha and the entire room into a garden-able zone and reposition the drones she left there strategically at the entrance. Her subsystem would exit the mecha and reposition its drones in an arc going over it around its sides.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 24, 2014, 03:31:14 PM
The control rod separated back into its constituent parts as Amaterasu flew over to the main group--and grabbing the handy new axe that the dragon had somehow turned into. How the hell had it done that? Weird lizard. The axe, in her grasp, seemed rather... indecisive about its size, going up, then down again, until it settled on the same size as in the first place, but apparently much heavier.

"Mind pointing one of those lasers at me? Still feeling that explosion from earlier."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 24, 2014, 04:21:40 PM
"Sure."

Hugo "accidentally" points it to her eyes. Or something.  :p
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on April 24, 2014, 07:22:05 PM
"I forgot about those! Can I also get some fine and dandy medical treatment? Also, on the topic of turning off auto-repairing floors, can't you just make the system repair that huge and super heavy door I left in a pile of rubble at the entrance of the room? Actually, I wonder why that thing hasn't fixed itself yet...."

She only had some small scratches and a bruise maybe, but they hadn't stopped bleeding for awhile now and apparently that hadn't seemed to have registered to her until now.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 25, 2014, 12:56:57 AM
"That was the solution, actually. Though I'm not sure if our lovely enemies will have the strength to burst through it or not."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on April 25, 2014, 05:53:08 PM
Webar doesn't need any extra incentive to follow Min-Yun's request, and once he's onboard with his fallen partner, they teleport togheter back to the control room.

Time slows down as Amaterasu's massive ball of energy starts coming down. Somehow, in less than a second, the party manages to appeal to her that risking turning this facility in a smoking crater may not be worth the reward, and the attack is canceled.


Then quickly turned to Elle.
"Your sister came here to find the Maia unit. Ideally we would recover her before we leave. I do not perceive her here. Do you know where she is?"
No... Do you mean we cannot leave until we find the Maia one?-replies Elle, suddenly with a worried face.


Hugo then redirects half the room's cauterizing lasers to repair Katherine's bleeding flesh trough sychncronization with her force fields, as well as focusing the other three on Amaterasu's eyes. There's a moment of searing pain, followed by sudden relief.

Then the sound of approaching footsteps becomes louder and you see eight  hostile prototypes turn entering the passage that leads to the control room, running towards you.
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Min-Yung quickly reacts by deploying her drones across the room, while Hugo hurries up to redirect the power from the bot production facility to the control room's  self-repair system. Just as the prototypes are about to enter, the debris form up in a new door, blocking their advance!

But before you can do anything else, there's  sudden sounds of bending, crushed metal coming from the other side of the new door, just as red warning signs start appearing on the terminal used by Hugo. Connecting to the cameras outside, he can see the Giants and Bushis are tearing down the reinforced frame with their fists and swords, managing to gradually overpower the self-repair systems. It is holding for now, but it won't  last even for a minute under the current assault.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on April 25, 2014, 06:20:54 PM
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Flexing her muscles, Amaterasu prepared to attack anything that got too close. Time to see how good this new axe was...

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on April 25, 2014, 08:05:45 PM
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Katherine drew her swords, a wave of energy washing over them as she did, and moved forward to stand at the ready for the door to eventually come down.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on May 03, 2014, 01:39:53 PM
As you prepare yourselves to meet the incoming cyborg assault, Katherine and Mao hear a faint humming sound from the floor below you, barely audible over the sound of the cyborgs outside assault the reinforced door, but slowly rising in intensity. Looking to the direction it is coming from, Katherine notices  a small stream of an unknown white gas rising from the connection between two of the floor panels.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 03, 2014, 03:10:20 PM
A slight distraction, but one that still caught her in confusion. "The...floor is smoking?" She pointed it out to the others, really not entirely sure what to do about it.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 03, 2014, 03:20:50 PM
Amaterasu promptly started holding her breath.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 03, 2014, 06:53:05 PM
Hugo will move away from the smoking seams and towards a terminal to see if he can reinforce the floor.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 04, 2014, 10:40:22 AM
Baha looks around at the people holding their breath and thinks it's a game. She joins in too.

And what's that smoke over there? Maybe she should blow a hole in the wall for ventilation purposes...
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 05, 2014, 01:29:19 AM
Min-Yung stayed calm. As every prepared for a fight, she followed after Katherine and joined her by the drone formation. Her subsystem, P-2501, got out of her shell and joined the group with its own drones formed in an vertical arc around itself.

Mao gripped her sword tightly and prepared to launch herself forward to reach their enemies as soon as he door would open.
"Hugo, can you open the gate for an instant and close them after?"

When the smoke appeared afterwards, her concerns were mostly for Elle. She checked whether position could potentially endanger her.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on May 07, 2014, 08:11:48 PM
Mao takes position, dragging her drones around, before Yo-Ka splits off with her own.

As Hugo acesses the terminal to try to contain the gas leaking, he gets an Unknown Error! message. The only explanation is that there's something locally interfering with the systems under that floor section. Short of going there directly check it out more closely, there's not much else he can do about that.

The sound of smashing against the reinforced door grows louder, and you can see the metal on your side start bending, before it finally gives in. The prototypes that destroyed it, now in your direct sight,  are then almost instantly slashed by Katherine's lighting reaction, but altough he manages to cut trough their reinforced skin and implanted armor, none of them falls. They all bleed a semitransparent thick blue fluid from their wounds, whitout any signs of pain.

Then the prototypes that been advancing behind rush trough their damaged companions and spread across the room!

Amaterasu instantly leaps against the giant stepping inside the room first, unleashing a quick flurry with the Zaxe. The prototype is almost instantly hacked to pieces, which reveal a mix of fleshy organs and  servomotor fibers inside its splattered body parts, all doused  in more thick blue liquid.

But as Amaterasu steps back to the middle of the room, a bushi pursues her at even greater speed, lunging her sword forward with masterful grace, impaling its blade inside the nuclear warrior! The following pain from the cauterizing lasers almost seems like a relief in comparison.

Another bushi tries brings down her sword against Mao's armored form, only for the blade to bounce harmlessly of the elite combat suit.

The other giant takes a quick look around as he stomps inside, and notices Hugo handling the terminal. With a few large steps he's punching the human with its massive fist, clearly trying to bait him into combat! turned into a pile of minced blue meat and scrap metal by the drones standing guard. The bushis were moving too fast for them to be able to get a proper lock-on.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on May 08, 2014, 03:28:38 AM
Min-Yung dashed forth to attack their assailants alongside with Katerine, using only one blade as well.

As the creatures entered and moved through her drones, they started to beat them up with their big sticks and Mao lunged for one strike of her own. Her systems were cooled down. She was ready strike again.

Overseeing the drones, she took control of them directly to have them execute a barrage of attacks against those whom had crushed the gate while her subsystem went for the Bushi that had been stopped by Katherine.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 08, 2014, 09:27:21 PM
As Ammy struck and dashed back behind their front line, Katherine caught one of the small bots giving chase, diving right through the line and slipping past her blades with surprising agility. Oh but she was not going to be upstaged by something so unimpressive as that! Instantly, she spun herself about and leaped at the Bushi in mid-air to swat it back to the ground where it belonged.

Knocking it down, Katherine landed behind it, spun about, and promptly jumped back into the air, disappearing in a flash. Following was a hurricane of blades of energy being fired at everything from every direction. Katherine then appeared again behind the Doll Formation, skidding backwards and performing a pirouette of all things returning to her flanking position with Ammy and cutting into the lone Bushi stranded behind enemy lines with a flurry of sword-play.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 16, 2014, 09:22:29 AM
If that had hit, it would have hurt.

Fortunately it didn't, so she was going to stick to charging, and smashing.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 20, 2014, 10:08:36 AM
"...oh that's it. I'm officially fucking out of here.

Anyone who wants a ride to the outside, come tag me now or forever hold your peace."

Hugo began to glow a dark green as he charged a spell.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on May 20, 2014, 12:31:25 PM
Baha considers her options, and the fact ZERO is on it's way (or already here since it is uber fast), and decides to stand next to the candyman. Reading her self for combat in case his Teleport fails.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on May 22, 2014, 07:18:00 PM
As Ketaro intercepts the Bushi leaping after Amaterasu, Mao and Yo-Ka unleash their drones on the hostile prorotypes. This time however the bushis gracefully dodge by triggering their wired reflexes. The battle turns in a blur as the bushis quickly  step between the barrage of combined attacks from Katherine, Mao and Yo-Ka. None come out unschated, their armor is broken in several places and their flesh slashed dozens of times-The first bushi to have entered the room  basically explodes in a shower of blood and circuits, but the other three avoid to suffer too much critical damage.

The giants brace themselves and are left standing too. Until Amaterasu drops from above swinging her Zaxe! At first she seems to still be getting the hang of her new weapon as she doesn't deal much damage, but the second pass sees the large cyborg violently hacked in half.

As Hugo prepares to teleport out, Baha tries in to call his mecha, but he can only see it struggle outside trough the cracks on the tower's ceiling, none wide enough to let it trough.

The bushi near Mao seems to notice Hugo preparing something, and quickly lunges after him, diving trough his protective funnel ring and aiming at his head.

Then the remaining giant rips his own chest open (http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/81/1161566855.jpg), revealing a pair of techno-organic power cells crackling with acumulated searing energy, and unleashes it inside the room!

In the aftermath of the giant's blast, the  other two bushis enter the room, just as fast as their brethern, one after Katherine and the other jumping after Amaterasu, clearly going after the ones with bloodied blades in hand. They aim their carbon fiber katanas towards your heads with cold precision as well.

The gas leak on the corner of the room starts to become more intense.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on May 23, 2014, 12:09:13 PM
"You call that an explosion? I sneeze harder than that," the aerial warrior said, mockingly shifting the axe in her hands and ignoring the thing trying to stab her with a pansy little sword in favour of the giant. Time for more hit and run tactics.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on May 29, 2014, 09:12:19 PM
Katherine took over dealing with the Bushis Ammy was ignoring as she opted to take down the big one instead. "Please don't sneeze..." she says quietly to herself with a worried half-smile after Ammy had run off, not exactly wanting to be heard.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on June 03, 2014, 08:30:42 PM
Seeing that Hugo had been stunned, Mao collects rejuvenating information and briefly reconfigures her blade to sever whatever system error had been infiltrated into his body.
Meanwhile, her subsystem sent one of its drones to go after the bushi above itself and try to get a hold of it, in vain.

Her attention now back to the rising fumes, she communicates:
"These tiles should be welded or melted together to stop the leak. Soon."
Had she been equipped with intense heat generating gear, she would have ran to it. Her best course of action regarding it for now was to go down there and see what was going on. With two nuclear powered beings nearby, however, perhaps that wouldn't be necessary.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 04, 2014, 12:03:32 PM
"No dice. That gas is probably inflammable. Come on, let's get out of here!"

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on June 04, 2014, 01:01:03 PM
Mao wasn't convinced.
"Perimeter almost secured. If the gas is inflammable it may be for the best to set it off before more of it gets here. It can otherwise be sealed by other means: Ice, a thicker and heavier gas... magic?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on June 10, 2014, 08:14:55 AM
Despite her bravado, Amaterasu seems to be running out of steam as the Giant manages to parry her blows with its carbon-fiber reinforced arms. The photon blade inflicts grievous wonds on the limbs, but not anything fatal.

The Bushi in the middle of the room seems to gracefully dance as she dodges half of Katherine's sword blows and Yo-Ka's drone attempting to grab her, altough the moon vanaguard still manages to catch the prototype off-guard with her alba laser.

The other Bushi doesn't manage to keep up, and after being left on her knees from the flurry of slashes from Katherine's ghost, she goes down to a laser shot that punches trough her weakened chest frame.

Then as your remaining enemies prepare to counter attack, the gas leaking out from the floor touches one of the lasers-and it explodes violently, a pillar of white-blue flame bursting from below the floor and up to the ceiling! You can instantly feel an overwhelming heat filling the room, and the light it releases is so bright it hurts to even try to look at it. A mechanic voice then echoes trough the dome:

WARNING-CENTRAL CONTROL SYSTEMS COMPROMISED!

Please help me...-you hear another mechanical voice say, filled with static, coming from the same speakers as the warnings.

The prototypes hesitate and seem suprised.

NANOMACHINES SYSTEMS AT 28% EFFICIENCY! INSUFFICIENT POWER TO HALT DAMAGE SPREAD!


The system wouldn't let me communicate with you, I caused the fuel leak to try to get your attention...


The giant turns and starts running away.

CRITICAL MELTDOWN IN 30 SECONDS!

I miscalculated the odds...Under the fire... Black box... Not gonna last long...

The remaining bushis skillfully disengage and jump back towards the corridor as well, without ever leaving an opening

ALL PERSONNEL EVACUATE! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

Then Hugo teleports out of the room with Baha and into the biogardens outside.

Mao, we've got to get out of here as well! The dome's AI has clearly gone insane from the combined damage suffered here!
-suddenly says Elle, who so far had just been crouching near a corner, clearly trying to not atract attention upon herself, still keeping the unconscious Erineye by her side.


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on June 10, 2014, 09:35:21 AM
Today really was a bad day; maybe she was rustier than she thought? If she actually broke through their outsides, the destruction would be glorious... but Amaterasu was having trouble doing that. First with the dragon, now with these.

And now a voice wanted her to go to the bottom of a fiery pillar. For a normal person, this would be suicide. For Amaterasu, fire tickled; it was quite some flame that could both hurt her and hurt her enough to not simply be healed away.

So  she decided to go look.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on June 10, 2014, 08:49:10 PM
Katherine stood stunned for a half second as fiery hell burst into the room and the few remaining hostiles promptly escaped without delay. And then Ammy dove into that hellfire without a second thought and she took a half step to instinctively follow before catching herself. Fire and doom was still one of the few places she couldn't follow that insane woman.

"Thirty seconds...Mao? Can you still open a door in the wall or are we walkin' out?" Katherine asked as she looked over to catch Hugo and Baha teleporting to safety.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on June 11, 2014, 12:39:34 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on June 11, 2014, 02:14:48 PM
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Well, this was hot, but she'd found what she came for. And with the rivets fastened to steadily breaking pillars, simply ripping it off the wall shouldn't be hard at all... so Amaterasu grabbed, and wrenched.

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If she had it, well... getting out of the pillar of flame was priority 1.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on June 12, 2014, 09:17:32 PM
Mao looked around, estimating the possible options for the time allowed until Katherine asked her a question.
"I estimate that my frame can avoid or resist the meltdown of the facility. I can try to cut a way out but it may be simpler to just get out. Thirty seconds is long enough to move out. If everyone gets inside, I'll carry you all out. Perhaps also give the retreating prototypes a hard time escaping."
Although Katherine took a lot of space, she could still somehow fit her inside.

Amaterasu was out and seemed well on her way to retrieve the blackbox. She could always send her subsystem to support her if needed. She'd ask just in case. On the negative, it would pack in along with everything else.
"Amaterasu. Do you need a hand with whatever's down there?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on June 12, 2014, 09:43:54 PM
"Ah, well then, get us out of here please! Heheh..." she sheepishly replies. Katherine's Nanoarmor miniaturizes then, dropping her a couple feet but landing softly, and hops over to Mao's mecha doll.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 12, 2014, 09:52:46 PM
Outside, Hugo will board Murakumo and proceed to tear the structure a new skylight.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on June 22, 2014, 03:17:22 PM
ZERO scoops Baha into it's self as Baha changes back into a dragon.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on June 24, 2014, 06:03:56 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on June 24, 2014, 07:23:16 PM
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Having rocks bounce off one's head is rather disorienting. On the plus side, it made it clear exactly which way 'up' was, and Amaterasu ascended out of the ruined shaft and into the open air. She had the box, but maybe she'd better find the pieces of the Yatagarasu and drag that home with her; it would be a bit hard to replace.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 02, 2014, 08:39:19 AM
Min-Yung highly considered phasing out of space but the collapse could possibly last long enough to still be bringing the building down when she would slip back into space. She looked up at the ceiling as her body's frame sealed shut. It tore down to its base and she could sense the heat waves pulsing around her before each explosion. A dazzling display.
She maneuvered herself around to evade the blasts as the debris brushed her force-fields.

Looking down at the wrecks, it was very sad to end up with so much collateral. Hovering where she was, she searched the perimeter for traces of other survivors. If the enemies that fled away had managed to survive, they would be nearby.

Only four of her drones remained. She would rematerialized them if no immediate threat was detected, then join up with Amaterasu for an analysis of the box she had saved from the devastation.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on July 02, 2014, 07:00:22 PM
Baha radios back, "I know, it's glorious."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 02, 2014, 10:35:33 PM
"Huh. Didn't expect that...

Um... oops?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on July 03, 2014, 07:30:13 AM
Cracking a smile, "If you didn't, I would have." he says while internally debating on releasing a little atomic death for good measure. But he should probably wait for his new subordinates to get out first.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on July 06, 2014, 07:43:11 PM
"Not that I have a problem with destroying the enemy base...but you think we're gonna get this deducted from our reward?" Katherine asks over the com, ending with a half chuckle.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 08, 2014, 07:00:35 AM
That depends on what you tell on your official report.-comments Elle, sitting right next to Katherine.

I'll support whatever version you tell...-adds Waber in a pained voice, gripping his wounds inside Mao's mecha.-This place had been turned into a deathtrap. Too dangerous. Even if you had managed to destroy all apparent threats, there probably would remain hidden routines in the system... Now can I ask we go back into orbit? My senior Laurent needs emergency care.

As for the black box, it is now silent. There's no displays, opening locks, or anything resembling a control panel. Just a standard-issue, half-melted plug entrance. Nothing that can't be fixed with a minute of improvised work by any of you, but you'll then need to connect it to a bigger system if you want to check what's inside. Like one of your mecha's internal computers. Or one of the smaller buildings that was around the dome, Amaterasu remembers they had their own electronic terminals. Even if the central dome was destroyed, they should have their own power supplies. Just not very mobile.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 08, 2014, 07:09:53 AM
"And everyone was worried about my blowing stuff up," the redhead said, flying up to Hugo and looking smug, "At least I don't accidentally set things off. Anyway, should we look at the contents of this now, or get off this place first?"

She waved the box around a little bit for emphasis.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 08, 2014, 09:45:51 AM
"I will be happy to correct your misguided comprehension of this situation once we're back in orbit."

Hugo will contact the Hunter's Guild.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 08, 2014, 10:03:36 AM
There's some lag and static, but eventually the hologram of a beautiful woman with black hair, purple eyes and light blue uniform shows up on Hugo's terminal, that then makes a short bow before starting to speak with quite a professional smile on her face.

Welcome!
You have contacted the Hunter's guild, where we enrich the lives of hunters!
What kind of service can we provide for you today?
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 08, 2014, 10:17:26 AM
"Hugo Lotushand, Guild Card number 42006663981. Requesting Ryuker service for all IFF positive Hunters on the vicinity, I'm feeding you the codes now. In addition, requesting emergency medical support, we've got wounded, at least one in critical condition."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 11, 2014, 05:19:00 PM
Min Yung remembered much of what she had analyzed that day. Before submitting the last update of her report, she'd hover to Amaterasu to figure out what had been found.
"Let us hook it up and see its content."

If anything, it seemed like a pretty good way to get more information on the situation.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 11, 2014, 05:34:50 PM
The flying woman handed over the box--whilst there were ground based computers, it was far easier to just have it recorded in someone's mecha. Much harder to delete the evidence if the authorities didn't like it when it was on a mecha.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 11, 2014, 08:31:35 PM
Once she'd have the box in hand, she'd connect it to her mecha body. She'd put her main interface on display to get constant feedbacks off it.
Her energy output was pretty strong and should be enough to supply the device.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 16, 2014, 12:36:09 PM
"Hugo Lotushand, Guild Card number 42006663981. Requesting Ryuker service for all IFF positive Hunters on the vicinity, I'm feeding you the codes now. In addition, requesting emergency medical support, we've got wounded, at least one in critical condition."
There's some more seconds of static before the guild attendant replies:

Welcome!
Please wait a moment mister Lotushand, I'm processing your request...
Allright, there seems to be some interference in your location, so we'll need a minute to lock in your codes.
Please activate the Ryuker when it glows blue. A medical team has been notified and will be ready to assist when you step in.
Be warned that due to the interference, we won't be able to transport you back to this location after you use the Ryuker!


As she speaks, a series of glowing red circles stacked one upon the other forming a cylinder materialize in the open air above you. They then start pulsating up and down, and their color slowly starts to change to violet, and then blue.

Once she'd have the box in hand, she'd connect it to her mecha body. She'd put her main interface on display to get constant feedbacks off it.
Her energy output was pretty strong and should be enough to supply the device.
Soon after Mao plugs in the box in her mecha, words start appearing on the display screen:



Connection established...
Exiting sleep mode...
Assessing damage...
Maia beta core 100% operational!
WARNING: Maia alfa and omega cores could not be found!
For optimal performance of this system, please plug in the missing devices.
If you only intend to perform security operations, please wait until the memory is loaded...
38%... 45%...68%...
Adhere to the Maia premium pack for 399 meseta monthly buscription, and enjoy a deeper, more personalized experience!
72%...91%...100%


Where am I? Who are you? I can't see or hear anything. This system looks like a custom mecha.
Can you please grant me permission to use the audiovisual receptors?
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 16, 2014, 04:46:10 PM
It was a good thing that the system hadn't been too damaged to retrieve any information. She nodded Amaterasu's way. "Excellent work."
The system was apparently missing two important cores. Probably lost with the rest of the structure.
The main one had an intelligent interface but although it seemed that it was safe to use she wouldn't allow it control over any part of her systems. No foreign and unverified entity should get any means to find but a single of her access codes.
"Control denied. But I'll share and transmit you the live information received by my audiovisual receptors. If you desire a means of expression and a sense of mobility I can transmit you limited control of one of the drones currently connected to the mecha's nexus."

Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 20, 2014, 02:26:03 PM


I cannot properly operate without some degree of input and action.
 Your conditions are accepted.
 What username would you like to be adressed with?


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 20, 2014, 05:24:01 PM
She considered the question. She had been given so many IDs throughout her many updates and incarnations. R0S-3774 MK. IV was alright. The Mark 4 was pretty impersonal though. The Code Red patch had been inserted and she was still waiting for the Code Blue and Code Black patches. Ragol's disruption field made it difficult to reconfigure herself without direct access to the network. Either way. Better make it easy. They didn't exactly need to go through an humanoid interface to understand each other but she understood it would make it much easier for the others.
"Username: ROS-ETTA."

Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 20, 2014, 05:35:18 PM
"Flowers? You didn't seem the type."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on July 20, 2014, 05:47:59 PM
Gets bored while the others are playing with the black box and while in ZERO starts picking up and stacking small buildings and ruined structures where the destroyed main dome used to be.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 20, 2014, 06:25:57 PM
The Murakumo almost facepalms at the scene.

"WE CAN DO THIS AT THE FLEET! GET A MOVE ON, PEOPLE!"

He'll start flying towards the Ryuker area.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 20, 2014, 08:44:48 PM
The comment about flowers hit her humor detector but she wasn't sure how to deal with it. Instead of ignoring the comment and bypass it to avoid errors, she explained the circumstances.
"It has been the codename assigned to my main core system ever since I entered management within the Android Administration."

The proposed idea wasn't to her liking.
Once they reached the fleet, there was a possibility the black box would be detected and then picked up for analysis by officials. She would uncover its secrets first.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 24, 2014, 06:33:16 PM
I think it's cute.-comments Elle to Mao's remark.



User  ROS-ETTA aknowledged.
Now uploading Maia drivers to drone...


One of Mao's drones starts moving on its own,  turning around its head to observe its surroundings, before adressing you with a voice quite similar to Maia 279:


It is tragic that such colateral damage had happenned, but it was probably for the best.
An unidentified enemy captured this facility and took hold of my original frame. They separated my brain cores so they could control me easier and use my Administration protocols to better corrupt and control the planetary systems on Ragol that had already been built.

Unfortunately, I cannot provide a proper report of what  happened with just one core. Most of my memory is currently fragmented and cannot be acessed unless all three cores are reunited. I don't know the current location of the other two, but I know they were not kept in the dome, or I would've managed to detect them.

However my current priority is to be returned to the nearest secure facility of the Android Administration. I'll have to request of you to transport there. Failure to comply will risk grave repecursions from the Android Administration.


The drone's face is quite serious while making her speech, but when she notices ZERO playing around with the dome's ruins, she quickly flies near it and her expression changes to one of anger efore she starts shouting at Baha with maximum volume:


Hey! That's important evidence you're tampering with! If you call yourself a Hunter, properly behave like one!



Meanwhile Hugo's mecha was about to pass inside the Ryuker. Waber had now exited on foot and was limping behind on foot, carrying the uncoscious Laurent over his shoulder.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on July 26, 2014, 12:25:02 PM
Bahamut looks at the tiny droid scolding her and hangs her head in shame but gets one last kick in toppling her creation.

He then stomps away looking for someone else to kill.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 30, 2014, 08:21:44 PM
Mao nodded, agreeing.
"Objective prioritized. We will return to the facility immediately."

They were about done there anyway, for the while. It was time to give their reports.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 30, 2014, 08:30:07 PM
Making a note of where the Yatagarasu had quite spectacularly detonated, Amaterasu prepared to follow back.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on July 30, 2014, 08:42:21 PM
"Ah! I can't forget! Or I just remembered!" Katherine suddenly shouted out of nowhere and knocked on the inside of the mecha she'd hitched a ride in and opened the hatch to hop out, donning her nanoarmor as she fell to catch herself gently on the ground.

"Eheheh, I left my mech parked around here somewhere..." she absentmindedly says into the comlink as she heads towards where the outermost buildings had been; her mech should be right around there.....
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on August 04, 2014, 04:00:35 PM
Baha glimpses some large life forms hiding among the surrounding vegetation, with vicious-looking claws and teeth and dark rugged hides. They all run away deeper inside the alien forest when his mecha's stomping approaches. He thinks it may be best to return to the ship right now.

Katherine finds her mecha where she left it, some exotic-looking white, green and gold birds, with four wings perched on its top. They're each bigger than a regular human, but timidly fly away when the pilot returns to the cockpit.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 04, 2014, 10:02:13 PM
"Debriefing can wait, ma'am. We still don't have all the facts and it would be premature of us to consider this mission over without going through a lot of data.

For example, I would love to know why your sister is in pieces, why her presence at that hotzone was not introduced to our briefing, and who the two Hunters we've just remanded into Medical's custody are.

I do not appreciate being sent with insufficient intel to a dangerous mission. We ended up dealing with one too many unknown factors that, if we had been the least bit incompetent about, would have meant this gleeful reunion would not have taken place."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 04, 2014, 10:14:08 PM
"I'm a lot more interested in the fact there was a very violent, very angry dragon in there."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 04, 2014, 10:16:48 PM
"Psst, honey, the adults are talking. Let's not give her all the juicy bits before she gives us some answers, hmmmm?"

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on August 04, 2014, 11:31:10 PM
Katherine coughs slightly to cover up a small laugh. "Just cause the Princess' mecha looks like a dragon....."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on August 07, 2014, 05:37:27 PM
"Debriefing can wait, ma'am. We still don't have all the facts and it would be premature of us to consider this mission over without going through a lot of data.

For example, I would love to know why your sister is in pieces, why her presence at that hotzone was not introduced to our briefing, and who the two Hunters we've just remanded into Medical's custody are.

I do not appreciate being sent with insufficient intel to a dangerous mission. We ended up dealing with one too many unknown factors that, if we had been the least bit incompetent about, would have meant this gleeful reunion would not have taken place."
Maia 279 smiles at Hugo:


Mister Lotushand, I'm afraid your fragile organic brain is failing, perhaps due to damage sustained during your mission. We can get you a cyber replacement of the latest generation implanted free of charge as compensation still this cycle. But meanwhile this photon recording should help restore your memory...

The android points her left hand palm up and a glowing hologram movie starts playing in front of the party. You recognize yourselves talking with Maia 279 during your initial briefing.


Observations and scannings from orbit don't reveal anything in particular-the structures that had already been built are still there, but otherwise there's no sign of any sentient life, ours or native. We tried sending in scouts and probes. They all disapeared whitout trace as well.

We did however learn that a mysterious disruption field seems to have formed around the planet. The forces we sent into the planet were quickly cut off from any and every communication channel once they entered the atmosphere.

Your job would be to drop into the first colonizer's landing zone and seek out for any clues you can find about the mass disapearances, then return to protectora XVI to report your findings. Everything indicates this will be an extremely dangerous job, but all of you have high recomendations from the Hunter's Guilder itself or other important organizations.  We expect you'll be able to produce results where others failed.


...
If you worry about rescuing survivors, then I'll have an extra request to make of you.
My sister-unit Maia 486 had been sent into the first colonization wave. She looks just like me.
Should you manage to find and evacuate her, you'll be awarded a significant extra reward for your efforts.
Even if you just find her remains... You'll receive the same reward just the same for bringing them back.



Resuming, Waber and Laurent were part of the initial scouting forces we sent to investigate this matter.

I had warned you my find my sister , or at least her remains. Our calculations indicated that whatever made us lose control of the planet's surface would've mostly certainly inflicted heavy damage on our ground personnel-including Maia 486.


"I'm a lot more interested in the fact there was a very violent, very angry dragon in there."

A natural dragon? Fascinating! Did you manage to capture any footage or recover any samples?

Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 07, 2014, 05:44:20 PM
"Bits of it turned into weapons. Still doesn't explain what it was doing in the middle of the building."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 07, 2014, 08:15:44 PM
"The occasional memory lapse is a small price to pay for the freedom of a brain that can't be hacked into, ma'am. The structures themselves were hardly civilian in nature, and surely a quick scan of the shipping manifests to the surface would have revealed materiel smuggled in from overburden or outright authorized. I find it difficult to believe the first wave of colonization was completely autonomous from the administration, too.

Furthermore, Waber and Laurent didn't have any survivors or corpses near them when they were found. Not even Hunter section IDs belonging to former comrades. Therefore, they were sent there independently of any rescue or reconnaissance effort. We've encountered enough resistance that the two of them wouldn't have been able to get inside on their own.

Which reminds me. Hunter's guild, I'm going to send a little data your way. I need any information regarding possible matches of the creatures described in this pack."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 09, 2014, 05:32:02 AM
At the mention of an offer for a cybernetic brain, Mao add to give some advice.
"An organic brain can be subjected to data manipulation as much as a cybernetic brain can, but it has less defenses against intrusions. Access is much safer with a cybernetic brain as well. Especially if you remain offline. If you take one, I recommend you get the second to last generation instead. The latest one is still full of bugs and compatibility issues. It works great with the latest Android Administration softwares but those are too expensive for what little, almost insignificant, technological upgrades they offer over the previous versions."

That said, she bowed and presented her preliminary debriefing.
"R0S-3774 operation summary for the Ragol investigation order: Forced landing following the destruction of our ship by the unidentified invading faction. We eliminated their defense and breached into the central dome they had taken over. They took control of the dome's security systems and taken over most of the experiments and projects under way there, probably adding a few of their own. I am sending you an attachment containing my visual records of their equipment. I detected eight active lifeforms within the dome: two were the hunters of a previous expedition, Laurent and Waber; two were survivors of the first wave of Ragol colonists, Enne and her babe. The other 4 are unknown to me but the others here might well have interacted with them. Enne and her infant had been contained in a Code Purple cell, isolated underground by what I believe were facilities. Interaction with them indicate that a monolith of unknown origins was found on Ragol and then covered up by the governor as a monument. The structure would appear highly impervious to damage and made of materials unlike any in the region. Its purpose is unclear but it could be a sign of the presence of another sentient species unrecorded on Ragol. Enne as the coordinates of the monolith. Additional reckon on Ragol may serve to find other remnants of that species."

She opened a file and a few hexagons moved in front of her visor.
"A system in the central dome ended up releasing many entities that I believe to be corrupted mutations of the first colonists. Some probably tempered with biologically and/or mechanically. Attachments are being sent for visuals. Besides the wave of piloted mechas met around the dome, I have not made contact with others that would register as the unidentified invading faction. The dome's main systems were protected by a dragon. Video attachment of its observed behavior is now sent. The dome apparently was being swarmed by the mutants, which soon led to our evacuation and to the autodestruction of the dome core. Amaterasu managed to retrieve the Maia 486 black box. It thus appear that Ragol may have been overtaken by this unknown invading faction, which has then contained and experimented on the colonists after taking over their facilities. Video footage of their assault on the dome has been retrieved by Baha - attachment is being sent. It seems to indicate that the unknown invading faction has excellent military training, likely trained to take the installations over and prepared for it for a very long time. It also suggests that the Parum forces have either been heavily infiltrated to facilitate the invasion, that some of them might have gone rogue or that they received orders that have directed such actions. I have noticed no Cast units within the dome, nevermind the black ones. Motives are unclear. There may be a connection with the remnants of that other civilization that left the monolith or perhaps there was a need for a large sample of organic beings to make mutation studies and so Ragol was targeted for being easier to isolate between the colonization waves. End of mission."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 09, 2014, 05:54:28 PM
Hugo facepalms as Mao data-dumps.

"Honey, next time remember that paranoia isn't a bug, it's a security feature."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 09, 2014, 08:23:59 PM
Mao glares at him from behind her visor.
"Perhaps you should remember who you are working for. The Android Administration has contracted you to uncover this information, not to withhold and/or destroy them."
If he had thought she'd just let him give an incomplete report or otherwise rip off her fellow management units from the AA by profiting from misinformation, then that was a big oversight on his part. An agreement on information distribution should have been made before hurrying back.

It was a little vexing because she was herself already not giving too many details on the less savory parts of the mission to avoid getting them into unnecessary trouble. She could use her own bypass to keep her evaluation of those details as such but perhaps it would be better to simply stick to her assignments and let the Administration decide was is unnecessary and what isn't.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 09, 2014, 11:13:05 PM
"...Baha, wanna go get a drink? It's on me."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on August 14, 2014, 08:57:50 PM
"Sure Candyman." she says and extends her hand out to be held and allowed to cross the street.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 14, 2014, 10:33:47 PM
Unless they're stopped, Hugo will gleefully take Baha's hand and play the part of the older brother while they go for a drink.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on August 20, 2014, 12:24:06 PM
"Bits of it turned into weapons. Still doesn't explain what it was doing in the middle of the building."
The behavior of dragons is one of the great unknowns of our time. But it wouldn't be the first time such powerful beasts have been recorded as choosing to nest in places of great importance. They may have no civilization of their own, but many times they show an attraction for it. Was there anything else of high value on that room you found it in?

"The occasional memory lapse is a small price to pay for the freedom of a brain that can't be hacked into, ma'am. The structures themselves were hardly civilian in nature, and surely a quick scan of the shipping manifests to the surface would have revealed materiel smuggled in from overburden or outright authorized. I find it difficult to believe the first wave of colonization was completely autonomous from the administration, too.

Indeed it is not true. We had several contigencies to make sure the colony would keep serving the Android Administration, since it was the one financing it and to make sure they wouldn't ruin the ecosystem. But since they've clearly failed, it was decided to resort to you.


Furthermore, Waber and Laurent didn't have any survivors or corpses near them when they were found. Not even Hunter section IDs belonging to former comrades. Therefore, they were sent there independently of any rescue or reconnaissance effort. We've encountered enough resistance that the two of them wouldn't have been able to get inside on their own.
Perhaps we should ask Waber and Laurent what happenned. Well, gentlemen?

Waber gulps down and remains silent while staring at Hugo as if not knowing what to do, but then Laurent struggles to sit up from the medibed he was resting in and reports:
The ship we were in was forced to make a crash landing, we managed to survive and slip trough the forest, tought we would have a better fighting chance inside the dome inside the central dome than outside against those unknown mechas that shot our transport down. Been inside here fighting those bots ever since. They're being brought in by telepipes from some other place, always appearing near our position... Figure they've got some kind of automated vigilance system still going. We ran into the latest wave almost half an hour ago... It should be less than half a minute until the next one shows up. Also, there were some other guild Hunters that made it inside with us. We got gradually separated while fighting the bots and didn't find any traces from them ever since. Plus someone or something cleaning up the wrecks. We only ever find the remains of the latest wave we defeated

Thank you, mister Laurent.


Which reminds me. Hunter's guild, I'm going to send a little data your way. I need any information regarding possible matches of the creatures described in this pack."

One of the guild's attendants replies:

Certainly, Mister Lotushand. We should have results in 3 hours standard time, please return to collect them in hand when you have the opportunity.


That said, she bowed and presented her preliminary debriefing.
"R0S-3774 operation summary for the Ragol investigation order: Forced landing following the destruction of our ship by the unidentified invading faction. We eliminated their defense and breached into the central dome they had taken over. They took control of the dome's security systems and taken over most of the experiments and projects under way there, probably adding a few of their own. I am sending you an attachment containing my visual records of their equipment. I detected eight active lifeforms within the dome: two were the hunters of a previous expedition, Laurent and Waber; two were survivors of the first wave of Ragol colonists, Enne and her babe. The other 4 are unknown to me but the others here might well have interacted with them. Enne and her infant had been contained in a Code Purple cell, isolated underground by what I believe were facilities. Interaction with them indicate that a monolith of unknown origins was found on Ragol and then covered up by the governor as a monument. The structure would appear highly impervious to damage and made of materials unlike any in the region. Its purpose is unclear but it could be a sign of the presence of another sentient species unrecorded on Ragol. Enne as the coordinates of the monolith. Additional reckon on Ragol may serve to find other remnants of that species."

Didn't you find a living dragon inside? Logic dictates that would count as one of the lifeforms you found.

There's no registered records for any Enne in the first wave's registered members, but the mother and child you rescued are confirmed as Elle and her offspring Asiram, organic colonists #671 and #672. Assigned to exploration duty and childcare respectively. The records show that the mother has basic combat traiding, but otherwise they're both ordinary humans, and thus unclear why they would be held in a Code Purple cell. Perhaps you could explain, miss Elle?


...I already told Mao I didn't know. I was returning to the dome when something knocked me uncoscious and I woke up there.

If you can't remember anything else, then there's not much we can do about it. I'll just have to ask you and your daughter to receive a more detailed examination. Code Purple cell can have ill side-effects on humans that take time to develop but can be quite dangerous if not taken care off right away, specially young ones. I'll have a pair of of my security personnel escort you to the Android Administration's organic clinic where you shall receive proper treatment.

...Very well.-Elle lets two of the hufe bots flank her and her child and let themselves start to be carried away.

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She opened a file and a few hexagons moved in front of her visor.
"A system in the central dome ended up releasing many entities that I believe to be corrupted mutations of the first colonists. Some probably tempered with biologically and/or mechanically. Attachments are being sent for visuals. Besides the wave of piloted mechas met around the dome, I have not made contact with others that would register as the unidentified invading faction. The dome's main systems were protected by a dragon. Video attachment of its observed behavior is now sent. The dome apparently was being swarmed by the mutants, which soon led to our evacuation and to the autodestruction of the dome core. Amaterasu managed to retrieve the Maia 486 black box. It thus appear that Ragol may have been overtaken by this unknown invading faction, which has then contained and experimented on the colonists after taking over their facilities. Video footage of their assault on the dome has been retrieved by Baha - attachment is being sent. It seems to indicate that the unknown invading faction has excellent military training, likely trained to take the installations over and prepared for it for a very long time. It also suggests that the Parum forces have either been heavily infiltrated to facilitate the invasion, that some of them might have gone rogue or that they received orders that have directed such actions. I have noticed no Cast units within the dome, nevermind the black ones. Motives are unclear. There may be a connection with the remnants of that other civilization that left the monolith or perhaps there was a need for a large sample of organic beings to make mutation studies and so Ragol was targeted for being easier to isolate between the colonization waves. End of mission."
Maia's expression changes to a cold, serious one:
This video you retrieved is now classified as sensitive data. Please refrain yourselves from sharing it with anybody else. I will have your memory circuits if I see it uploaded in Youryuker or any similar site.

That aside, it is clear we're facing well organized and heavily armed opposition, ready to use even dangerous bioweapons. We'll need some time to properly process the data you've retrieved and plan a new course of action, but you're free to return to the planet for further investigation after you're rested and ressuplied at your leisure. A trip to that monolith in particular sounds like it would be particularly worthwhile. For now you can collect your payment from the quest counter  as per our agreement.


Those of you who stop by the Hunter's Guild are awarded with an heavy high-density photon plastic briefcase filled with high-quality meseta crystals.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on August 20, 2014, 12:41:51 PM
Amaterasu kept feeling that she'd forgotten something... until Mao mentioned the human experimentation. Right, the Erinye Prototype... and where had she found that girl? Being worked on by a scientist in charge of it all. Now, what was important about that: she wasn't his first experiment, and he was pretty clearly authorised to do such a thing.


"Oh, right, the experimentation... I found the scientist behind all that, you know? He was in two pieces even before the dome exploded. Let his latest creation free, too." she said, seeming quite calm, "Going to explain why you were authorising a scientist to illicitly turn people into sleeper agents and living weapons?"


The calmness was rather ruined by having a glowing nuclear blade on one arm.


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 20, 2014, 05:35:13 PM
<<snip>>

Having not particularly cared for this brand of bald-faced duplicity for a while now, Hugo was content to depart as soon as he was able.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on August 22, 2014, 01:41:10 AM
After Laurent's explanation, she suggested: "Was the perimeter equipped with an automatic waste disposal system? If this process was introduced by the invaders it could perhaps be profitable to observe it and discover where the debris are either either disposed of or recycled."

Concerning the lifeforms, she reviewed her readings at the time, then shook her head.
"Logical, but doubtful. The dragon was alone and all lifeform readings were in pairs and I doubt any would correspond to the dragon's based on the values I scanned. Perhaps it was brought there. Telepiped?"

Regarding Enne, or rather, Elle, Min-Yung seemed unmoved.
"She introduced herself as Enne. Your confirmed matches fit her described duty. What were the coordinates of the monolith?"

When they took her away afterwards, she guessed that the Maia unit's suspicions were probably well  founded. Her readings were too high for her to be a normal human and her observations suggested that she had been modified as well. Considering how she neutralized her sister, she was also well aware of it. If she suggested that the process could be reverted for her sister, perhaps the same could be done for her if the modifications happened to be dangerous. Maybe not now, but who knew. She needed to receive a proper scan indeed. Code Purple side effects or not.
If she would resist a full scan, the reason wouldn't matter. Her eyes lingered on her as she went for a moment.
Perhaps she would try to escape? If so, indeed it would be smart of her to do so while she wouldn't be there to restrain her. A good thing. She wouldn't have enjoyed it. She hoped she wouldn't resist, for her best. It would be hard to help her then. Inside, she could vouch for her.

When the obligatory threat was made concerning the video, she didn't feel concerned by it despite probably being the only one with actual memory circuits to fry. Everything she recorded was data reserved for administrative purposes only. This one was no different. She would respect protocol.

Amaterasu's question was... strange. The bit of information that came with it peculiar. Finding the scientist was a very good find. But he was in two pieces? Her visor cleared of all hexagons and a single one enlarged in the middle.
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"You state that we orchestrated the current situation. Explain your accusations."
It didn't make sense. Operating a private investigation for something they already knew was absurd and a total waste of resources.

After the rewards would be distributed, she would stay a moment to give additional information on the situation on Ragol and prepare for an examination of the monolith. Perhaps connect to the main station for the latest updates and to check out the armory for a possible gear investment. Many of the items proper to this system were off the books and so a regular checkup on the latest available items could be a good idea.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on August 24, 2014, 07:39:16 PM
"Maybe dragons are civilized and in their long and powerful lives a couple decades away to play is summer camp." she tells the stranger with a smile.

She collects her reword via funds transfer and heads out with Hugo to the bar.

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Post by: Raineh Daze on August 24, 2014, 08:06:47 PM
"Remember the girl in the exploding cask? I found her with the guy responsible. He thought I was his boss, mentioned a schedule... oh, and had used over a hundred civilians as experiments. Probably a few of those who attacked us later on, he let the 'failures' out," Amaterasu stated, not taking her eyes off the android in charge, "Someone high up is behind this."
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Post by: Kuroimaken on August 24, 2014, 09:18:03 PM
"Maybe dragons are civilized and in their long and powerful lives a couple decades away to play is summer camp." she tells the stranger with a smile.

She collects her reword via funds transfer and heads out with Hugo to the bar.

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Post by: Anomander on August 25, 2014, 12:53:23 AM
Mao processed the information. Then processed it again to make sure she didn't miss something that explained anything. Less than a second later, after running the voice samples in memory often enough to confirm it, she answered.
"But what does that have to do with us being responsible? I detect no evidence nor nearly enough information to deduce this conspiracy theory without relying on little more than a gut feeling...

"Review of statement: A faction takes over the facilities and captures the colonists and turns many of them into living weapons - Highly likely.
"We encountered samples, failures or otherwise, of the result of these experiments - If previous statement is true, almost certain.
"The experiment project manager is part of the faction responsible - Almost certain.
"That project manager has a schedule - Highly likely or he would be a poor manager.
"The schedule is overseen by another branch of management that has higher authority in the entire set of operations - Quite possible.
"Amaterasu, you, is believed by that project manager to be part of that higher authority - Quite possible. Statement suggests that the project manager does not know personally who oversees him.
"Project manager, probably being a hired scientist, may not know who he actually works for - Quite possible. Discovering identity of that project manager could be lead to significant improvement in discerning situation.
"Possibility: Amaterasu's identity was known by the project manager despite that she was attacked on her way to the dome - possibility suggests the project manager was probably not informed on the situation outside but those who attacked us were. Increases possibility that he doesn't know well who oversees him. Amaterasu being renowned for mercenary work, any factions that follows the responsible faction's profile that is able to hire her could be responsible.
"Possibility: Amaterasu's identity wasn't known by the project manager - Quite possible. Suggests that he indeed does not know well who exactly oversees him but could have assumed her role in the project by her mere presence in his workspace.
"Insinuation: Project manager is informed that Amaterasu is affiliated with the Android Administration and believes that they sent her to oversee his operations - very unlikely given that we were attacked on our way there and that the Android Administration wouldn't have informed his operation branch of our member's affiliations without giving clear indication of our purpose to every personnel members, including those who attacked us.
"The faction who defended the dome and attacked us knew we were hostiles yet the project manager was informed we had authority on his operations - highly unlikely.
"Statement elements leading to a logical deduction of the Android Administration being the faction responsible: none."


Her eyes focused and the large hexagon on her visor made a quick spin, turning on its center twice.
"If you have additional explanations, conclusive, if possible, please submit them right away. Otherwise, considering the gravity of the accusations you make against us, your employers, an immediate apology would be in order."
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Post by: Raineh Daze on August 25, 2014, 08:31:29 AM
"He didn't even look at me; just assumed anyone there was his boss," the winged mercenary said, sweeping away the speculation about what the man knew about who was coming, "It's a stretch of logic to assume invaders took over the dome and moved all the equipment needed for human experimentation in. Besides, didn't the hat man find something in the dome's main controls about forbidden access?"

No apology was forthcoming--not until there was evidence that the administration wasn't doing rather... stupid things. Like preparing to start up that damn war again.

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Post by: SorO_Lost on August 25, 2014, 09:56:15 AM
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Post by: Anomander on August 25, 2014, 11:06:41 AM
She shakes her head slowly, feeling a strange sense of pity for the confused woman.
"Then all it means is that those who would be granted access to that place and have a reason to disturb him would most likely be his overseers. If you believe that moving all this equipment in is a stretch of logic then you greatly underestimate technology. I could myself get it all right here in less than a day. I have been met myself with forbidden access when I connected to the terminals. They can just as well have had all the access codes changed on the system if it was successfully hacked into or if they took the passcodes from those in charge by force when they took over. In the possible the case of equipment and installations already in place, it is perfectly normal when one does an invasion to take control of any such equipment and facilities and alter their purpose to better fit the production of your own projects. It is regularly happened during the war. Medical equipment, for example, can be re-designed for this kind of experimentation without much difficulty."

The hexagon spun again, once.
"Taking for granted that we are responsible for this would also require accepting too many illogical processes. We do not operate illogically. In example, assuming we are indeed responsible, why even bother keeping any incriminating equipment and experiments there before sending us in? The information is easier to manage if it doesn't fall in our hands. We can relocate them or dispose of them all. It would be much more convenient. Why even bother keeping the lead scientist there? We do not waste resources and his competences are likely not in great supply. Especially with me on the field, the expected result would have been capture and interrogation. Any information he could give us would already be known by us and thus risking his capture would be troublesome and unnecessary. If we needed to dispose of him it could have been most easily been done before sending us. Why bother sending anyone to investigate when our secret experiments are not finished yet. We could misinform the populace about sending our investigation groups there without actually sending anyone until we would be done with these vile projects. Then prepare the ground for the perfect cover up - This right now is all but a perfect cover up."
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Post by: Raineh Daze on August 25, 2014, 11:15:59 AM
Amaterasu snorted, but said nothing. No point in continuing to argue with someone unable to consider their superiors anything other than perfect logical entities. She'd fought against the administration in the war: she was perfectly aware that androids could be just as flawed and incompetent as a normal person. Strange that she thought they could both be perfectly logical to not be responsible for any of the experimentation or forbidden areas, but incompetent enough for an unknown force to move in, take everything over, move in equipment, lock off an underground area, and block all attempts to gather information.
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Post by: Anomander on August 25, 2014, 11:41:37 AM
Min-Yung took her silence for what it probably was. The woman had nothing.
"Do you have an actual argument or is throwing terrible, wild accusations like this with nothing to back them up a part of your work ethics?"
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Post by: Raineh Daze on August 25, 2014, 12:01:43 PM
"You're saying that the Administration would use perfect logic and thus make no mistakes. The whole situation requires making mistake after mistake to let things get this bad. Besides, I remember the war; they weren't perfect then else I wouldn't be alive. I can fully believe in hiring mercenaries even if there are experiments going on; who'd believe those who serve the highest bidder over a government?"

Well, aside from people that never trusted the Administration in the first place.

The glowing sword was pointed in Maia's direction--that, really, because its wielder was left-handed, "So it's up to Maia here: the Administration doing things it shouldn't?"
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Post by: Anomander on August 25, 2014, 01:14:08 PM
"I am not. Everyone makes mistakes. It does not incriminate us more than it doesn't. The logical issues I mentioned are beyond the range of a mere mistake. It is a great series of oversights even a child could avoid. The situation getting this bad is not indicative of our own misdeeds but of our incompetence to foresee and prevent it, or perhaps of our management decisions to focus on other spheres of higher priority based on the then low threat danger levels on Ragol and its inhabitants. We had a moment of weakness between the two colonization waves and it was taken advantage of by a competent faction that could override our efforts. We should gather information on who that may be. You are taking the easy way and just pointing at the only faction you know that has access to the premise without considering that certain groups indeed do have the resources to make this operation possible."

When she pointed her weapon, knowingly or not, toward one of her own, Min-Yung stepped in front of it.
She barely moved then but her eyes were fixed on her.
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Post by: Raineh Daze on August 25, 2014, 01:38:27 PM
"If the Administration is innocent, they should have no trouble confirming it. Blind faith gets nowhere, logic that can be reasoned out on the fly can be manipulated," was the answer, quiet for once, "How long has contact been lost?"

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Post by: ketaro on August 25, 2014, 08:14:39 PM
This was not Katherine's area of expertise. And her uncomfortable nervousness from continuing to hang around was just growing by the second as Ammy & Min-Yung argued. She started slowly backing away from the conversation, heading for the door and quietly leaving to go catch up with Hugo & Baha at the bar. That should be a much less tense environment to cool off before they were possibly sent back out. Oh! And apparently she'd gotten a paycheck somewhere during all of that. Time for a distraction from work, then.
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Post by: Anomander on August 26, 2014, 10:55:51 AM
"I have faith in truth, evidence and logical deductions. You have blind faith in your own unfounded deductions. I have already given you very reasonable reasons why your claims could simply just not be but you are dismissing all logic that threatens your assumptions. How much more obvious must it be for you to see it? If you make accusations, the burden of proof is yours. We can assist in enlightening you but you could have had the courtesy of having a solid case to support your claims instead of accusing now and investigating later."

What was really annoying was that she herself couldn't speak freely for the while. Not with the Maia unit nearby.
Giving full answers was troublesome. She could have answered that last question. It happened while they were preparing for the second colonization wave, not so long ago, but letting the Maia unit answer this one and give the specifics would be appropriate.

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Post by: Raineh Daze on August 26, 2014, 11:05:23 AM
"All your logic assumes it's worse to have us find out than to get information. Half the group are complete unknowns, you're part of the Administration, and I was on the other side in the war; nobody would listen. Let the lady answer the question, then we'll know."
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Post by: SorO_Lost on August 26, 2014, 03:20:53 PM
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Post by: oslecamo on September 17, 2014, 05:43:35 AM
"Oh, right, the experimentation... I found the scientist behind all that, you know? He was in two pieces even before the dome exploded. Let his latest creation free, too." she said, seeming quite calm, "Going to explain why you were authorising a scientist to illicitly turn people into sleeper agents and living weapons?"
There were 219 scientists assigned to the first colonist wave. My records don't show any authorization for any of the them to experiment with bio-weapons.

After Laurent's explanation, she suggested: "Was the perimeter equipped with an automatic waste disposal system? If this process was introduced by the invaders it could perhaps be profitable to observe it and discover where the debris are either either disposed of or recycled."
Automatic waste disposal system was included in the basic specifications of the different colony facilities. Organics can be such messy beings after all, constantly shedding off their dead cells. Any such debris should be recycled into a variety of utility chemical compounds.

Regarding Enne, or rather, Elle, Min-Yung seemed unmoved.
"She introduced herself as Enne. Your confirmed matches fit her described duty. What were the coordinates of the monolith?"
We'll keep such fact in mind during our interrogation. As for the monolith coordinates, didn't Elle give them to you already? If not, we'll make sure to interrogate her on that matter, and inform you as soon as we have them.

"Someone high up is behind this."
I concur that some powerful organization is backing this incident. I just don't see why it would be someone from the Android Administration. We started the colony project, we wouldn't want to ruin it.

The glowing sword was pointed in Maia's direction--that, really, because its wielder was left-handed, "So it's up to Maia here: the Administration doing things it shouldn't?"
That statement counters itself. The Android Administration operates on logic. It only does what it calculates it should be done. It is organics that almost ruined their own planet due to their erratic chemical-based decision makers.

When she pointed her weapon, knowingly or not, toward one of her own, Min-Yung stepped in front of it.
She barely moved then but her eyes were fixed on her.
Half of Maia's bots swiftly surround Amaterasu from the other sides, while the Android keeps her diplomatic smile:
Please let us not escalate this, Amaterasu. There are a lot of organic beings inside this ship, and if you use your weapon systems in here, they will suffer the colateral damage. If you're sincerly so worried about the first wave of colonists, then you should be worried about this ones as well.

"How long has contact been lost?"
Thirteen solar cycles, sixteen hours, two minutes and five seconds, by the Algol time system.

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Post by: Raineh Daze on September 17, 2014, 09:37:23 AM
"One every two hours... fine, but I'm going to try and find out what's going on."
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Post by: Kuroimaken on September 17, 2014, 10:28:36 AM
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Post by: Anomander on September 17, 2014, 06:56:31 PM
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you're part of the Administration, and I was on the other side in the war; nobody would listen
Listen to what? What does that have to do with anything? We ended the war back then, someone had to. Now we are determined to stop whatever terror is being bred in Ragol.

Quote from: Maia
We'll keep such fact in mind during our interrogation. As for the monolith coordinates, didn't Elle give them to you already? -this happens before Elle is taken away-
"No, she said she would give them to me once we'd leave the facility, which is why I am asking her for them now."

The automatic waste disposal system would explain what the facility kept getting rid of all the debris but depending on its efficiency it might have taken a while to clean up. Odds were excellent that the underground facilities also were equipped with it so how it would interact with the collapse of the dome on the surface was intriguing. Investigating the waste recycling factory might not be very conclusive as far as getting answers went, though.

Once Amaterasu would be gone, Min-Yung would turn to Maia. There was more to be said.
"There is more to report, but what conclusions are to be made of the following observations are most likely all very high in the confidential levels. I prefer transmitting them while the rest of the investigation group isn't around to avoid unnecessary emotional responses. Requesting your selection of transmission method. Even here I do not particularly fancy discussing these matters openly."
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Post by: Raineh Daze on September 17, 2014, 07:12:21 PM
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Post by: oslecamo on September 18, 2014, 10:22:03 AM
"One every two hours... fine, but I'm going to try and find out what's going on."
Maia keeps smiling.

We fully expect that. That's why you're being paid after all.

Quote from: Maia
We'll keep such fact in mind during our interrogation. As for the monolith coordinates, didn't Elle give them to you already? -this happens before Elle is taken away-
"No, she said she would give them to me once we'd leave the facility, which is why I am asking her for them now."
Maia looks at Elle and the woman lets out an audible sigh before speaking:

Sector 241 of the planet grid, roughly three kilometers and fifteen meters south from the center of the north side. Watch out for the local wildlife. There's some agressive specimens around that can actually threaten military mechas.

Once Amaterasu would be gone, Min-Yung would turn to Maia. There was more to be said.
"There is more to report, but what conclusions are to be made of the following observations are most likely all very high in the confidential levels. I prefer transmitting them while the rest of the investigation group isn't around to avoid unnecessary emotional responses. Requesting your selection of transmission method. Even here I do not particularly fancy discussing these matters openly."
As always your logical process is quite sharp. Meet me in an hour at my office in the ship. I'll be waiting there, Min-Yung. -winks Maia.

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Post by: ketaro on September 22, 2014, 10:59:02 PM
Having abandoned the tense discussion at the previous scene, Katherine found herself browsing a catalog  of new toys. Her Astelion was a trusty speed demon, perfectly as that suited her, but it was looking like something with a bit more durability might be slightly more useful for now. Ooooh, a Wild Falken sounded fun! Definitely lacking as much speed, but then most models did compared to what she already had. "Wouldn't hurt to try it out at least," she absentmindedly said aloud to herself as she made the order. Express delivery, of course.

Thinking about new toys, her nanoarmor could use a bump up or two as well... Bringing up a personal HUD connected to said armor, new parameter limits had apparently been made available; always weird how it did that by itself. It'd just be so much easier if it'd just give her full access instead of this incremental progression it kept teasing her with. Regardless, dial this up...dial that up....thinking about it, Ammy makes being big so cool; max that out too!

Not paying too much attention to her surroundings as she plays about with her Nanoarmor's system settings, Katherine eventually wanders into the bar; initially her intended destination and as if reacting to her forgotten purpose, the screen floating before her pings her in a very much 'destination arrived' sort or way.

"Wait did I press the wrong thing!? Oh! No, where, right! I meant to come here! Er, but they are...Oh!" Spotting Hugo & the Princess, Katherine enthusiastically waves hellos at them as she bounds over in their direction. "I was looking for you two! If we're still gonna be working together, let's get to know each other beyond just our names!"
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Katherine was rather caught off guard by the sudden fangirl, this probably being the first time she's run into some one so....excited about her. She didn't have much to offer besides a nervous smile as the girl went on and on and one, but it was a little creepy to her how the girl was trying to mimic her appearance as well.

"Uhm, ah, ahah...That's awesome, um, of course you'll be great some day...Um, yeah, alright..." She does indeed give the girl the asked for autograph however. "Um, well, I'd love to talk but, er, work's calling and I can't say no, eheh. But, um, yeah, alright, you could probably, um, hang out another time. Yeah! Yeah, okay." It was probably a poor decision to pass a random obsessed fangirl her contact info, but then....time to leave!
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"Huh? Oh, um, sure Hugo! What'cha need my assistance for!"
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Post by: SorO_Lost on November 27, 2014, 03:33:54 PM
Baha considers sending a bomb through the telepipe to AHL-1782 in order to send a message that like a true heir, Helsing comes first but then figures they would be useful traders later on and decides not to.

Instead he texts Mao letting her know he's coming and shoots another to see if Kenny can arrange a transport probe to deliver a letter of introduction and invite for open communications to Protectora XVI. Maybe the probe will just happen be "slightly damaged" enroute causing it to accidentally exit hyperspace a couple kiloclicks off forcing it to use sublight to correctly reach the planet.

It's a shame the candyman already left, there is some potential in that one.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on December 02, 2014, 04:05:00 PM
Baha plays with her new powered armor mech thingy. It got a bath and looks sooooo shiny.

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As they arrived closer to Ragol, Mao left the ship and applied the monolith's coordinates to her visual sensors in overlay as to see clearly where they would be heading to.
"Baha, I have enough space to harbor your mecha and transport us both to the site from here, if you wish."

On his consent she would activate her photon tech and bring out the sections that would connect into each other to expend into a battleship. Once boarded, the Codes, two of her drones that look particularly much like smaller CASTs, would leave the bridge and get to its deck where they would attach to their battle-station as she would initiate cruising speed to get to the site.

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Post by: SorO_Lost on December 11, 2014, 04:43:30 PM
Interfacing with his mech Bahamut goes through his start up routine. Once all systems, mechanical and magical, are a go he radios over, "Sure, one target trying to land was a bad idea last time."

Activating his Nacht System he cloaks him self so it'll be harder to detect him.

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"Oooh a stone thing" Bahamut says whispering like it helps keep him hidden.

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Post by: Anomander on December 12, 2014, 08:58:26 PM
Mao stared at the creature without emotion. It was a native beast and a specimen worth preserving once the colonization would be complete. Nevertheless, she took pictures on top of her recorded footage to add to the archives, in case it hasn't been reported yet.
The creature had a right to its territory and she would not trouble it.

Once she would reach the monolith, she would retract the R0S-3774 back to its humanoid form and begin the first stage of data collection.

She and the Codes scanned the monolith from every angle as she maneuvered her mecha around.
Once she would have gathered all she could from a visual standpoint, she examined it, considering how to proceed next.
"Elle reported that it cannot be damaged. Baha, if you'd like to blast the area you have permission; the monolith may be nigh indestructible but everything around it isn't. If you create a small crater around it should dislodge it from the earth and we should be able to retrieve it."
Taking another glance at the structure, she added:
"Or not."

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Post by: SorO_Lost on January 17, 2015, 10:58:51 PM
Bahamut lets loose a very inappropriate school girl giggle as he flies down, he becomes a burning comet of death and destruction that appears to be chasing it's own massive tail of searing fire.

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Post by: SorO_Lost on February 01, 2015, 01:34:04 PM
Bahamut let's loose several atomic spheres around him self before fighting as all dragons do, with fangs and claws.

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While the creature was still pinned down, Mao used the opportunity to close in to the creature with a spinning air maneuver. While she tumbled through the air she charged up with colored Qi that gave a powerful resonance to her blade. Upon reaching her target, she stroke at it in a flurry of blows to render it more vulnerable to her own attacks and Baha's breaths. Things would be much simpler once of them of them passes out.

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Considering the beast she and Baha had just slain, she calculated that if her tactic was efficient against one of them, it would likely be efficient on the other one.
It was a shame such a beautiful specimen insisted to attack instead of relying on its instinct. Any animal would have realized by now that they weren't worth the trouble and that a much easier and more nourishing prey could be found elsewhere. Perhaps the creature simply had never been contested before and wasn't used to danger. She would try to put it down without killing it. The android didn't want to risk hampering the ecosystem of the planet by slaying rare specimens.

One of her droids was blasted off by the roar and, as it began to fragment itself into hundreds of pieces, mechanical parts of Mao dematerialized as her droid reconstructed itself. Her second droid was also greatly damaged and needed a quick boost to reanimate.
C-25 aimed its tagvalve at the beast and fired, the missile piercing through the air on its way to kiss the creature's skin.

When the shot was done, Mao blitzed into blade's reach, executing aerial maneuvers to make herself difficult to easily strike down on her way and purged a new surge of Qi to bring the great one down flat on the rubble from which it wouldn't lift itself out of for a good while.

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Post by: Raineh Daze on April 18, 2015, 09:31:23 AM
 "Stop fidgeting," Amaterasu asked, eyes following Katherine as she seemed to keep shiftily looking from a rock to the winged mercenary herself,  "If it's too hot, we can just find another spring."

Hmm, maybe she could 'accidentally' destroy the swimsuit. It probably wasn't immune to nuclear fusion, or just stretching wrong with her physique might do it. The first one might boil off too much of the hot spring, though...
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Post by: SorO_Lost on April 22, 2015, 11:35:39 AM
Baha easily resists the puppy's loud yelp and teaches the mutt what a real bark is and orally expels plasma in return while being careful not to hit his ally with this stream, the nearby vegetation: not so much...

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Trapped by the beast's jaws (paws?) as it tries to hump his leg, Bahamut takes advantage by the mutt wanting to stay close to him. Bahamut summons a sphere of energy in front of him incinerating the mutt using a fairly underused technique.

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Injured and on the verge of passing out but holding a deadly sphere that's slowly dissipating. Bahamut looks at the defeated beasts without mercy. He bends down and savagely bites the beast back...

[We're out of combat right?]
...Twice to teach it a lesson. Then he summons the massive sphere again cooking the first beast and then he roasts the second with another display of brilliant energy.

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A quick glance at her database made her circuits hum musically.
She nodded with approval.
"Indeed it is! Feel free to proceed! A quick death."

She didn't exactly approve but it if these Fang Banthers had grown used to hunting within the residential areas they had to be culled.
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Mao drove down and grabbed the Jagd Fell then scanned the meseta distribution on the ground and carefully vacuumed it all to condense them into two blocks of equal value to share between Baha and herself.

Once that was done, she finished her work on the Monolith. The resulting tremor brought on a dozen of alert messages on her visor, which flashed red. She did not panic but seeing the damage done to the surroundings she couldn't help but grin with embarrassment. It was really unfortunately but nothing that couldn't be fixed. Still, she needed to get the item of interest so in the end it really couldn't be helped.

"All right! Objective completed. Better return to base ASAP before we encounter more opposition."



Back on the Protectora XVI, she was glad to see to Monolith taken care of immediately. Elle's multiple requests were to be expected, she calculated. It was something she would gladly indulge.
"Request granted. I will go meet her immediately. Until the analysis of the data we've collected is complete and we evaluate our next objectives I have little other matters to attend to for the while."

She would don the Jagd Fell, wondering how she could maybe have skinned into a more a garment that fitted her visual theme better. Fur had a primitive feel to it that was noble and prestigious but she did not like drawing attention to herself. She had many leading functions but was actually rather shy.
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Baha talks with Kenny about setting up a meet for tomorrow evening, then he radios directly into his mother.

"Hello mother, just giving you an update on how your favorite offspring is doing. My little vacation here is progressing well and I have a gift for you. But it's a little fragile, almost like glass, so be careful with it."
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Her eyes darted all over the room, following each of the sounds she heard, but the only one she determined she needed was the one running away.

"Save him!" Katherine yelled at Hugo, bringing his attention to his fallen contact. "Ammy, 3 targets, corners, have fun. Mine is running!"

In a flash, the girl broke into a run, summoning her massive nano armor to support her as she was mid-jump over the near-corpse, and made to obliterate the wall between her and the sounds of the retreating footsteps.

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Displaying a remarkable lack of awareness, but readying her axe anyway, Amaterasu looked about as solid as possible.

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Baha is fairly pleased with how the events are going. He touches base with Kenny and sets up a reminder on his cell to attend the meeting and after hearing the news lets them known he is headed down there to join them. Touching base with his personal staff he has them head this way, time to assemble some more of his staff.

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AKA going to work on his followers a bit.
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Flipping open her phone she sees a message from Mao. So many things to do so many... Hmm... She shoots a text to Kenny about Mao's ASAP offer adding notation to take a picture of the photon tech and "slip" it to her admirers to ping their interest while she's away. She then text Baldy to see if he'd have any luck gathering some intelligence on them.

Finally, to Mao via text, "omw bff!".
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Baha's ears totally catch everything they said but she just figures they are trying to sound intelligent for the sake of the lesser species hierarchy. She simply nods her head saying, "The cake sounds yummy!"

Inwardly she reflects on her brilliant disguise and just how well it fools bigender species that rely on visual indicators to estimate power. Combined with her mannerisms, it's utterly perfect.
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After Mao exclaims the question about bringing a broom Baha leans in and whispers, "I bet it's a laser swordgun disguised as a broom."
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Holding four plates of cake, best not to ask how some of those were obtained, Baha asks, "What's an anti-Easter bot?" through a mouthful.
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Reading her mail and then looking at Mao he can almost watch the wheels turn in her head so Baha smilies to keep her puzzled. "Oh I know that idiom, slow and steady wins the race." Pausing eating and looking thoughtful, "But if you were already at the end..." Her facial features contort for a split second allowing a glimpse of large razor sharp teeth as the remaining cake, plate and all, vanish into her gullet. "Dinner comes to you."

Reassuming her looks of innocence she whispers something before skipping over to Aryk.
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"We can still be friends, think of this like it's your interview." she genuinely says to Aryk.

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As Aryk attempts to trap Mao the all too familiar pink glow of Baha's true form quickly lashed out like a snake to bite her.

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Baha waddles like a penguin with her large gut over to ZERO who was called before to help block the exit and climbs into her mech. Once inside with the doors shut he drops his little girl form and retakes his true draconic shape, only to resize back down again into an older more teenaged version of his Baha form.

Then she vomits the Esper into the mech. The pilot's area is after all designed to accommodate him even if he is in his true form. She makes sure Aryk is out cold and then unleashes a quick round of Spells on the helpless Esper to make her a bit more manageable before contacting her staff.

"I have an incoming esper by ZERO, limited restraint and currently unconscious. Needs bleeding control and kept under until I can deal with her later." Then addressing ZERO, a sentient mech, directly she orders him to keep Aryk under control and take her to her staff. She had previously ordered her ghost Baldy to head this way* (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=9809.msg298473#msg298473) so he'll help keep and eye on things too, once delivered he is to turn his attentions to stealing everything Aryk owned.

She then shoves Aryk into one of ZERO's legs so she can climb out without Aryk being seen and wanders over to Mao in her more teenaged older looking form, "Does this form like, look as fat to you?" she asks. "Also, we should like, hang out together some time."

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(https://c.sankakucomplex.com/data/preview/98/dc/98dcee0087bb6a59067f4fa4865fb62e.jpg)
Baham looks back and forth before looking at Mao and the bot and says, "Uhhh, like I'm Baha and like her dress was all tacky." Remembering her earlier comment about Mao's invite to interrogate the 99.999% probability dead Aryk but was totally outside of the whole we're cloning her conversation, "Besides, you haven't told me how we're going to talk to a dead person whom probably doesn't want to come back to life."
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Mao starts into a very large lecture and like a bad teenager all Baham can do is mutter under her breath.
"That doesn't fit what I got from the audiovisual feedbacks of the scene. "I guess you never heard of Contingency" "The rest of the operation; infrastructure, installation of the traps and containment devices and deployment of the enforcement units weren't under my supervision. The problems started when you took some initiatives and spooked her." "Like of course it's everyone else's fault when it goes wrong." "Despite that mishap, the operation worked..." "You failed to capture Aryk, you let her familiar get away from you, you have a fascination with loot you can't find, you were ambushed on Ragol by someone that got there first, you broke a seal you have no idea what it does, and you're picking fights with people that are trying to help you." "we establish what is treated as acceptable losses or setbacks in the perspective of acquiring results. If you wish to make initiatives while contracted to us, consult me or Maia first so we can administrate... " "Next time tell them not to run until we have all the legal issues worked out." Baham says very sarcastically but pretty truthfully. Lawful creatures make things such a pain, filing for diplomatic immunity would have been faster. Really, all this esperism sounds like the speciesism against the drake class back home. Several times there are some eye rollings and at least at four different times Baham checked her Spacebook.

So tell us, where is Aryk's gear? Are you trying to trick us?"
Thoughtfully, "I'm like not one hundred percent sure where it's at, but I know where ZERO is and I knew Ayrk was an Esper before you did." Thinking about all the Mao fandom and back to how Ayrk instantly acted before his Detect Magic Spell* "And I'm fully convinced she like had nothing magical to begin with anyway."

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"Now isn't a good time to play the idiot card. Maybe later over tea and biscuits. You have three second to unlock your mecha before our units tear it down."
"You would like really make both of our lives a living hell if you did. ZERO is like an official Helsiana weapons-class property, you need to serve a warrant to an official delegate or it's like an unlawful search with an intent of espionage. And like Shinryu's protocol will kick in if you tried. Like if I have to spend another week in the Schiver* you will be joining me."

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That being said, Baham quickly relays Plan HC-FB over her means of communication before snapping her fingers. Elsewhere, ZERO - Who is agreed upon by all of us not to be anywhere near here who left after Baham got out and by Anomander's own admittance of later and by the forced retcon of Baham not being able to walk into the room that actually has the Dimensional Lock to begin with - simply opens his cockpit revealing a lot of wrappers and some mostly eaten sweets like she was pigging out last time she was in it but nothing else.

Of course, ZERO's cockpit is designed to be variable to accommodate Bahamut's changes to his Size thanks to effects like Shapechange, Class Levels, and Spells pretty much changing it hourly. Thanks to his habit of entering and exiting in his child form the cockpit defaults, and was ordered to (plan HC, human cockpit mode to hide everything but the sweets), an arrangement befitting a Medium-Sized creature. There is literately zero reason to ever doubt the mech it's a solid machine instead of being pretty much a variable armor ideally piloted by Bahamut's true form without express paranoia*. So it has a lot of smuggling space built right into it.
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"Now... that Anna and seal business. A nice change of subject but where does this all come, so suddenly?"
"Like I told you I need some time. Like this whole hasty deal is like causing stability issues, it's like all I can get for now. Do you know who might be 'Anna'? If you're done with your allegations, tort, and unlawful searches of a cooperative and contract bound scrapgoat for a partner you seems to have a personal agenda with, perhaps you can remember your lawful place and run a contact search through your superiors whom I doubt will love to know why you have acted as you did." Baham says innocently.
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Quote from: Maia
But I must ask you why are you sound admired for she to be enjoying her new form.
The thought was already freshly registered so it was a simply thing to copy paste it directly back to Maia to answer her question.
<<I'd prefer her back to her previous form mainly because it wasn't a lawful operation to begin with. Second, because it was certainly done by our enemies so it is normal to calculate that whatever was done to her wasn't meant to lead to anything positive here. Third because we have much to learn from the process and undoing something is a great way to figure out how it was done in the first place.
There are also ethical standings. Free will, however illogical.>>


She doubted Baha would have touched the staff anyway, but leaving it to his imagination would likely suffice in driving the idea that Esper goods were dangerous. If he had been enough of a fool to, that would have at least been an opportunity to observe and note a thing or two on Dragon resilience and perhaps explore new methods to pacify and cure insanity.

The crimson alert was unexpected. The timing was good, at least.
"Absolutely."

She'd waste no time and began to bend the space around her, then proceeded to fold it and vanish within as it collapsed back into its position in time.
Getting as close to the scene as she could, then repeat if necessary until she arrived.

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Katherine froze mid step in the hallway she was currently strolling down, a few snacks slipping from an overloaded bag and scattering across the floor. For a second there she thought she was in trouble all of a sudden, thankfully it turned out to just be a hostile invasion.....................

"Oh shoot! For reals? That's not what we planned for this evening at all Maia! You gotta tell me these things!" she shouts back at the empty hallway rather than actually into a comm channel.

Donning her Nanoarmor in a flash and transforming it into it's properly speedy flight mode, Katherine hugged her bag of treats tight and jettisoned off through the passageways of the ship for the indicated coordinates. "Maaaaiiiaaaa!" she called into her comm this time, sending the message to her employer. "Can you have some bot or something collect those snacks I dropped? I don't care how cheap they were, I don't allow good money or good food, well I mean okayish food, to go to waste! I'm serious! I'll make you reimburse me otherwise! You're cutting into my lunch break after all..."
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Baham boards her mech seemingly not even caring about the scrap heap of robots it could have landed on and ZERO flies off as Baham goes through her normal preparation.

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Post by: Anomander on May 26, 2016, 04:52:14 AM
Code 25 unboarded the mecha and quickly launched a tagvalve shot at the enemy commander, trying to hit the other one as well if it is in line for area damage.
Code 01 took off the mecha right after it, clicked its gunlash into its alternate fire mode and shot at the apparent enemy commander.

Mao devised three main courses of action possible depending on the results of these calibration shots.

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Seeing that civilians are in danger, and more seem to be fighting and quite possibly dying beyond the smoke, Min-Yung calculates that half measures are not advisable at the moment and that she must keep them all busy or incapacitated until reinforcements arrived so that they may quickly support those beyond who are fighting further into the ship.
Given that only civilians appear to be defending on three fronts here, they are likely low priority targets for whomever sent the hostiles and their real target is further away.

She gathered her spiritual energy and her plates shifted slightly and her drones launched all over the battlefield, taking position 20-ft. away from each enemy, setting 8 drones around each pair of hostiles. Pushing herself further, she activated one of her drones to spin its functions beyond critical levels and channel the attack sequence throughout the entire drone platoon, which proceed to make a coordinated strike against the enemy targets. The overworked drone then breaks down under the heavy strain.

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Post by: oslecamo on June 25, 2016, 04:44:14 AM
Maia's voice echoes again in your communicators:
“Twelve hunters have accepted the emergency quest so far.
Hunter Amaterasu ETA: 0, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Baha ETA: 10,59 seconds.
Hunter Laurent ETA: 14,18 seconds.
Hunter Katherine ETA: 5,96 seconds.
Hunter Waber ETA: 17,37 seconds.
Hunter Mao ETA: -6,52 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Rane ETA: 17,70 seconds.
Hunter Airam ETA: 19,17 seconds.
Hunter Erys ETA: 16,09 seconds.
Hunter Hugo ETA: 11,12 seconds
Hunter Ludo ETA: 22,17 seconds.
Hunter Kaina ETA: 16, 98 seconds.”

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Post by: Raineh Daze on June 25, 2016, 12:37:13 PM
Having arrived, and judging from the devastation and civilian presence that miniature stars were hardly the ideal choice, Amaterasu made a decision to go with an attack that still couldn't possibly miss but was far less likely to have collateral damage--even though she was not, exactly, a giant robot herself. Making a laser wasn't so different from a star, and the purple blast was still dangerous.

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Post by: SorO_Lost on June 26, 2016, 12:50:28 PM
As Bahamut rocks towards battle while "mah na mah na" plays in the background he makes a general inquiry of "Anyone have any idea what's going on yet?" over the radio to receive some kind of status update.
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Post by: Anomander on June 27, 2016, 04:39:30 AM
As the unknown warrior lunges to grab at Mao's plating, a smaller android-like suddenly appears in front of it and gets clutched instead. As the radiation begins to interfere with its system, Mao looks at it while getting feedbacks of what it is experiencing. With barely a second of information processing she adds a file to her archives on observed weaponry marks that one down in the non-lethal section. She had expected worse.
Seeing that the unknown warriors destroying themselves would make capture difficult, and seeing this as a gross loss of waste of life (estimating equally possible that the dead warrior might have been brainwashed or forced to fight), Mao began collecting energy to for any way to may come to her that would allow her to save them from themselves and whoever is making them kill themselves.

The drones braced against the explosion and redirected the blast around themselves, all still ready for battle when the smoke cleared.

Seeing Amaterasu coming into the scene at full throttle and immediately getting started on the final two unknowns, Mao decides to move on and leave it to her... but stay around in case the civilians are harmed and need her attention.  With a release of energy she sent a special sequence to the drones and together as one they all dashed into the next room to see what was going on there and get into position to act. Mao would see through their eyes and figure out what to do then.

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"Anyone have any idea what's going on yet?"
She figured replying to the message while the drones were advancing was a good moment to do so. There wouldn't be much time in-between communications if the action ahead needed a report of its own, which was quite likely.
<<Mao here. Enemies engaged while they were fighting civilians. Two enemy units left in the signaled area. Careful ; When incapacitated they destroy themselves to avoid capture. I suggest trying to sever their limbs first or prevent their mind from initiating their destruction sequence. If it cannot be helped, incapacitating them at range is preferable to avoid the blast. There seems to be more of them farther ahead - - - Engaging.>>

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on June 27, 2016, 02:28:01 PM
Over the radio, "Received."

Addressing his search engine, "Give me a four by four ex two of the attack at ten speed.". After a moment of searching streams and posted videos it attempts to return at least eight different ones and replay them at ten times normal speed.

And during that moment he casts Vampiric Touch and holds the charge for it.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 01, 2016, 10:26:32 PM
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Post by: Anomander on July 04, 2016, 12:36:13 AM
Seeing the threats ahead, Mao immediately updated the rest of the group.
<<Sending coordinates. Green market is low threat; the three yellow markers appear to be high threat; red is highest so far. If you arrive alone, engage with caution as they attack in groups. Presence of hostile mecha activity at the red zone. Civilians are under attack.>>

Ideally she would have kept that one for last, preferring to take advantage of their forces being split up in many areas to weaken them before they could group up.
But there was also the hope of stopping the worst of the damage from being done, and it was happening right there. The unknown marauders were the problem.

She moved the drones into the fray, the first three immediately going further into the next areas so that she may provide a more detailed report to the others and maybe refocus the attention of her assault.

Eight crept by the marauders, a group of seven went against a pair of unknown warriors and 6 more against another pair of warriors.
Tumbling as they went, the drones got into position, and attacked with updated perimeters from her tests on the known models.
She remembered the barrier that previously had ignored the attacks of the Codes but not hers, but didn't have the time to programed in a counter-measure yet.
Too much had been invested in merely moving them.

Meanwhile, Code-25 lent some support fire to Amaterasu, trying to gun the remaining unknown warriors down.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 07, 2016, 05:07:44 AM
“Twelve hunters have accepted the emergency quest so far.
Hunter Amaterasu ETA: -6 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Baha ETA: 4,59 seconds
Hunter Laurent ETA: 8,18 seconds.
Hunter Katherine ETA: -0,96 seconds, engaging hostiles
Hunter Waber ETA: 11,37 seconds.
Hunter Mao ETA: -12,52 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Rane ETA: 11,70 seconds.
Hunter Airam ETA: 13,17 seconds.
Hunter Erys ETA: 10,09 seconds.
Hunter Hugo ETA: 5,12 seconds
Hunter Ludo ETA: 16,17 seconds.
Hunter Kaina ETA: 10, 98 seconds.”


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on July 07, 2016, 08:22:25 AM
Finally dashing onto the scene, Katherine skids to a halt not far from Amaterasu just as the explosions died down.

".......Candy?" she says, offering a piece of candy to Ammy after a short pause due to having just watched her get blown up by the things she'd just blown up. "I mean, somebody asked me to bring snacks so I brought them. Like, for real. Eheheh...."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 08, 2016, 11:01:52 AM
There was something strange with the feedback of her attacks, she noticed; the hostiles didn't seem to be evil.
It was a very important detail to her, since it became a point of reflection to question the motives of anyone that would have participated in a project as horrible as what had been done in Ragol. If they weren't evil, why would they kill themselves for this... unless they had no life to lose to begin with or weren't at risk of a true death.

She knew some hunters to be reckless in the pursuit of their objectives in hostile environments if only for their confidence in their return through the cloning process.
But even knowing you'd return, dying wasn't easy. She knew this well.

When she felt the light extinguish from the consciousness of the last drone in the scene, she retrieved their code and quickly re-rerouted it into new shells. Reincarnation came easily when your existence had never been bound by something material to begin with. But life was more than a bunch of 1s and 0s.
She could figure out the Code of a new Android before it even came to exist by calculating its sequence. The same could even be accomplished with an actual organic life.
The memories and even the soul could be calculated so; It was the entire reasoning behind the creation of the cloning system. And what did this all imply on the worth of life?
Some could see it with the same passion they would see another string of numbers, which was more than technically correct, but for her it revealed the importance of all life as manifestations of the one true Code from which came all the numbers. The 1 and the 0. Beginning and end, true and false.
Information wasn't bound by matter. Nevertheless, it exists. Matter is only a vessel for information, and only because of information it gains purpose.

New drones activated, launched themselves where their last incarnation had fallen, picked up their weapons and kept on fighting, as if nothing had happened.
"Judgement awaits for what your organization did on Ragol. Your crimes have not gone unnoticed."
They brandished their weapons, poised to strike.
"Who are you and why did you commit these abominations?"
Then stroke without waiting for an answer, knowing this wouldn't be enough to stop them yet.

Back with Amaterasu and Katherine.
"Glad to see you both made it. There's a lot of them further down. A big group is in the way to reach most of them. From the data I've collected so far, they are very dangerous."

The comments of the trader among the survivors shed some light on the situation. She could try dealing with that situation as well but right now she was rather busy.
The Administration employed many that were better skilled in the negotiations and the art of making people understand that temporarily letting the gizmo be confiscated so as to figure out the motives of the invaders to better repel, and maybe purchase the item, would be a more beneficial and lucrative alternative that the prospect of having more unknown assailants appearing out of nowhere to kill him for it. Hugo would likely do wonders with the chap.
<<Maia: Sending visuals for identification. This Blackmarket trader seems to possess something that lured them here. They seem to be searching for it.>>


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 08, 2016, 04:58:05 PM
"I suppose this is what a nuclear reactor must feel like for normal people," Amaterasu mused, blinking away the suicide explosion and taking the offered candy. Chasing after the enemy could wait until her head stopped spinning.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on July 08, 2016, 08:44:08 PM
"Well.....not looking forward to finding that out myself." she piped back with a shrug and moved on to the next area to catch up with Mao and get visual on the actual battle herself.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 09, 2016, 04:29:28 AM
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"I suppose this is what a nuclear reactor must feel like for normal people,"
She herself had a very good experience of prolonged nuclear reactions and had to agree that for others it probably felt very different.
Then again, she had also tried to imagine what it must be like to ingest what was typically referred to as 'food' to extract nourishment and, ultimately, organic wastes.
It seemed extremely unpleasant and inefficient. Not lethal, but who in his right mind would willingly put up with that process if he knew better?
But they made it look like it was no big deal so it was always really a matter of being built for it. Some were made to be powered with nuclear energy and others were made to produce excrement. Nothing wrong with that.

"We need to discover what was important enough to draw them here, in the open, and take these risks. It is likely more important than defeating them."
She sent the information to Hugo as well. Picture and coordinates. He was on his way and could perhaps deal with the black market trader whom carried what could be a vital mission objective.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on July 10, 2016, 10:17:11 AM
After watching the monitors flash hes says "Archive what you can, including before the incident and we'll sort the photoshops out later". Then after hearing the comment, "That's not even close to what a reactor feels like." he says over the radio.

Seeing how he's about five seconds out he inhales a deep mixture of air and fills with with energy.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 10, 2016, 11:06:45 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 10, 2016, 01:46:47 PM
As the drones shattered she pulled theirs codes back and transitioned the attack sequence into something that needed but a single one.
The other scouting drones after moving 30-ft in to see what was further in, would go back in the central area to show presence. They wouldn't attack for now but merely being there could at least draw some enemy fire that would have otherwise been used on civilians.

The lone drone grabs the fallen weapon and discharges its attacks on the mobs of marauders as intended.

Mao informed the others of her intentions for what was to come. Radioing to Amaterasu, Baham and Katherine.
<<They'll be ready to attack us when we move in. Preparing attacks. I could be going in first and shield you all from their attacks. You could all then deploy safely and engage the hostiles.>>

Seeing Katherine going in after her drones ate a salve of bullets, she called out: "Careful! If you just go in they'll likely focus on you as you'll seem to be the most threatening force. If you go in be ready to quickly disengage."


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 16, 2016, 03:39:45 PM
“Twelve hunters have accepted the emergency quest so far.
Hunter Amaterasu ETA: -12 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Baha ETA: -1,41 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Laurent ETA: 8,18 seconds.
Hunter Katherine ETA: -6,96 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Waber ETA: 5,37 seconds.
Hunter Mao ETA: -6,52 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Rane ETA: 5,70 seconds.
Hunter Airam ETA: 7,17 seconds.
Hunter Erys ETA: 4,09 seconds.
Hunter Hugo ETA: -082 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Ludo ETA: 10,17 seconds.
Hunter Kaina ETA: 4, 98 seconds.”

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on July 16, 2016, 04:31:49 PM
ZERO looks at Hugo and lets out a snort of plasma much to the dismay of the whispering marketers followed by a low masculine rumble of "Candyman!" as Bahamut chokes back his prepared the fire but forgets to restretch his vocal cords back to Baha's shape.

And if the microphones could easily pick up whispers they probably heard the people yelling at Katherine and firing weapons. Still feeling like something needs to be set on fire he turns his attentions that way and sees the combatants Katherine is fighting against and how some of them are using cover. He lets loose a stream of white hot atomic death at everyone he can narrowly missing his allies and hopefully melting his opponent's cover.
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on July 16, 2016, 05:19:27 PM
"Chance!" Katherine quietly shouts as she spots the lone Marauder suspiciously and stealthily....doing something. With little time to think, she pounces and charges headlong at the single sneaky target.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on July 17, 2016, 11:01:07 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on July 17, 2016, 07:08:57 PM
Well, too late to take back this terrible decision; should've just let that chance pass instead of jumping at it like she did. "Since you talk, I thought about trying to be civil here with trying to talk you down from fighting here with all these innocents about.....But then I remembered we're literally protecting black market dealers right now and have already lost the moral high ground! So I guess I'm obligated to just pummel you right back!"

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on July 18, 2016, 06:28:22 PM
Now sufficiently recovered from whatever that radiation was, Amaterasu shot off to follow the others ahead. Then attacked.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on July 26, 2016, 11:21:08 AM
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Crimines? Abominations? When did you metal brains started to think you have the right to pass judgement upon anything? We are ARCAS, and we are no longer tolerating your interference in our project!
"Our Code, or spirit, is a manifestation of Law. The Law grants us rights, protects us and binds us to follow it or be judged ourselves. We are a part of its system and so our members may be peacekeepers, lawyers or judges. An organic judge or panel of judges could preside the court, though an android one would likely be more fair considering your crimes against humanity."

The attack spiraled around the drone, who looked at the blasts detonating harmlessly away. Its attention turned to the marauder that was hidden.
It brought back the three respawning marauders, then, and they proceeded to violently attack Katherine. It was a relief to see her recover well.
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But then I remembered we're literally protecting black market dealers right now and have already lost the moral high ground!
The drone looked slightly disturbed by that statement.
Although likely criminals, they had rights. Which included being protected from terrorists, among many others. Hopefully Maia would round most of them up so that they can be dealt with. Probably not too much, though, as she understood that the presence of a black market was also an advantage to the administration. It made it easier to track dangerous goods when you knew which networks it was likely to go through.

Having seen the warrior take aim at the entrance, she quickly went ahead herself to shield them from the shots so that Amaterasu and Baham could go through unharmed. Code 25 hanged on to the other code and following inside shortly after Baham. "I'll go first. They are ready to attack the next to go in."
She thought she could try to block hostile fire shots for a while as well but their mecha were so big it wouldn't help much.

She'd move closer to the initial position of the drone through which she had spoken, tumbling along while the drones moved away to mimic her movement and ending in mid-air at an elevated position. The surviving drones then collapsed, inert, and light returned in the eyes of Code 01, which had be brought along. It spoke.
"When the spirit is gone, whether organic, artificial or inorganic, the body is only wastes; garbage. The Law is for the thinking mind - the thinking mind is Law. I am here to keep the peace; whoever and whatever you are."
And Mao would then proceed to strike series of attacks on the group of marauders, including the one that had been hidden. Code 01 would follow up with some shots of its own against the distant warriors that had been attacked by the drones earlier.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on August 04, 2016, 12:57:32 PM
"Crimines? Abominations? When did you metal brains started to think you have the right to pass judgement upon anything? We are ARCAS, and we are no longer tolerating your interference in our project!"
"Our Code, or spirit, is a manifestation of Law. The Law grants us rights, protects us and binds us to follow it or be judged ourselves. We are a part of its system and so our members may be peacekeepers, lawyers or judges. An organic judge or panel of judges could preside the court, though an android one would likely be more fair considering your crimes against humanity."

After the burst of heat roaring out of his and his mech's mouth, "You petty humanoids never learned how to communicate your feelings, like saying you're upset by attacking a district. You never taught the AA anything more than to pretend to understand, it's like expecting someone who can only see in monochrome to judge the best sunrise. Surrender now and take the offer to be judged by meat on public record or I'll have to handle it and the only thing left behind of ARCA's point will be your outlines on the concrete."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 05, 2016, 09:44:54 PM
There are people who believe they are above the law. There are those who believe they can escape when everyone's too busy running for their lives, or that their crimes are small enough to escape notice.

These people are wrong, but it's not like Hugo cares about any of that crap. He just doesn't want to waste time sniffing them out again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, cutthroats and asswipes of all ages! Tonight, we bring you...

...a comfy pair of manacles!"

Hugo's funnels shoot out to imprison the escaping black marketers in energy fields.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on September 10, 2016, 03:43:03 AM
“Twelve hunters have accepted the emergency quest so far.
Hunter Amaterasu ETA: -18 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Baha ETA: -7,41 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Laurent ETA: 2,18 seconds.
Hunter Katherine ETA: -12,96 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Waber ETA: -0,63 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Mao ETA: -12,52 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Rane ETA: -0,30 seconds.
Hunter Airam ETA: 1,17 seconds.
Hunter Erys ETA: -1,91 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Hugo ETA: -6,82 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Ludo ETA: 4,17 seconds.
Hunter Kaina ETA: -1,02, engaging hostiles.”

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 10, 2016, 10:48:48 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on September 11, 2016, 04:42:05 AM
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Katherine pulled in her Nanoarmor at the sudden overrunning mob the enemy had just become, practically cocooning herself against the battering and trampling and coming out surprisingly unscathed.
"Strength in numbers? All I see is a bigger target! How can I even miss anymore!? Oh my gosh this is going to rock so hard!"
Excitement building, Katherine clasped her swords together and raised them over her head and held that pose for a solid second. Then, in a flash, her Nanoarmor exploded with energy and her sword vanished as she cut downward in the direction of the mob. In all of the same instant, a trio of massive gaps in reality tore themselves open across the entire locale and beyond and no doubt obscuring the majority of people's sight on both sides of the fight. If you could find her though, Katherine herself had retreated outside the reach of the Mob. As had that other Katherine that also appeared to be running around outside of the Mob.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on September 11, 2016, 10:37:53 AM
Baha seemingly effortlessly shrugs off the horde barely acknowledging it's existence as they quickly heat up.
Hey drAg-n kiD! Your mo#my nEver tºLd you ab*ut us? I tHought yºur f@mily waS coºl! Or hOt. WhaTe^er. The only laW that m∀ tters is s+reNgth. Persºnal. Strength.
"You are right about the law but you fail to comprehend are definitions of strength are radically different."

Baring an arrangement of real and mechanical teeth as shreds of his mech fall from him.
"Let me show you what the dragon under the armor can do."
Assuming your displays adjust to the glaring light that is essentially a plasma on fire you can see ZERO's arm sheath falling open to reveal an almost white hot bladed weapon. Hefting it in two hands Bahamut, wearing remnants of ZERO, drives it downwards at the mech as both wings come around the sides trapping his opponent in the onslaught. As the blade ends it's first arc it's flipped around as Bahamut's teeth sink into the mech serving as a counterweight to drive the razor sharp edge across the mech a second time and following behind that comes Bahamut's tail impacting the side and again allows Bahamut to bring his full weight behind the blade. It is a fighting style no mere human with only four limbs could ever do nor be used against anything that couldn't bear the dragon's heavy blows.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on September 19, 2016, 03:07:15 AM
As the warrior rushes at Mao to destroy itself, she faces is with apparent pity, taking the blast.

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Hey drAg-n kiD! Your mo#my nEver tºLd you ab*ut us? I tHought yºur f@mily waS coºl! Or hOt. WhaTe^er. The only laW that m∀ tters is s+reNgth. Persºnal. Strength.
An attempt at misdirection or a slip-up? No matter. It roused suspicion and the Administration would now have to cast its attention on Colony Ship Dragão. Perhaps there was truth to this alleged connection between the head branch and ARCAS.
Though ARCAS should be glad that the Android Administration didn't share the same point of view or every known organic civilization would be brought back to the stone age.
Harmony was all that mattered. Personal strength can only go so far. Harmony was the key... the strengths of all administrated to be put to good use for the whole in a complementary way, and thus the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts. The Administration is powerful not only because of the androids themselves, but because they are united in purpose. All the organics are at odds against themselves, forming opposing factions that isolates and prevents them to thrive. Such is the weakness of xenophobia and the obsession for personal power.

As the mechanic mass attempts to grapple everyone, C-01 appears by Mao to be grappled in her stead. "Destroy them, Min-Yung."
It was an idea, though maybe not the best one. She'd rather disable them all since the marauder seemed to have excellent nanomachine capabilities. It would be a good subject for research and interrogation. All the better to take ARCAS down.
Then the immense group of mecha blasted everything around. Yoshika instantly sent a monomate at Amaterasu, who seemed to be holding together by battle frenzy alone.
Following the mob's terrible attack, the codes broke to pieces while Mao received notable damage despite her efforts to block it all. Staring at their remains, their destruction ignites her spirit and and inspires her to endure the violence, her shell repairing itself to withstand further punishment. Refusing to abandon the codes just yet, she retrieved their codes and channeled them back into physical bodies, the pieces reassembling.
Code-01, barely functioning, quickly embarked back into her mecha. It was expendable, but reassembling it from scratch would take an hour of her time that would be better spent elsewhere.
After admiring Katherine's parade of strikes, she is inspired to try something similar but must recharge her energy a little further before it may be possible.
A few more seconds. For the while she would get herself some space to move more easily and try to attack with what she could manage until she'd be recharged.
She tumbled out of the room and turned back to face them, brandished her weapon as it filled with bright colored light and hacked at them, the blows resonating throughout them all.


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on September 21, 2016, 10:18:44 PM
These... Amaterasu regretted her failure to summon Yatagarasu immediately when the wave of enemies presented itself. Not that they were individually a threat even without the mecha--they were no larger than she was. But in such numbers that they could bring down the immense robot itself, her lack of protection beyond mere flesh was more than a simple inconvenience...

There was only so much that she could do to try and break from the engulfing mass and it wasn't enough. It was fortunate, then, that the enemy wasn't potent enough to individually hold her at bay. Enough motion remained to attempt something more grand: shifting from an aggressive stance to one transforming her arm took merely a thought and, from there, the creation of a temporary star was child's play.

If only the enemy was weaker.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on September 29, 2016, 09:25:20 AM
“Twelve hunters have accepted the emergency quest so far.
Hunter Amaterasu ETA: -24 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Baha ETA: -13,41 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Laurent ETA: -9.42 seconds, engagingh hostiles.
Hunter Tneraul ETA: -2.49 seconds, engaginge hostiles.
Hunter Katherine ETA: -18,96 seconds, engagin hostiles.
Hunter Waber ETA: -6,63 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Mao ETA: -18,52 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Rane ETA: -6.30 seconds, engagingl hostiles.
Hunter Airam ETA: -5,83 seconds, engagine hostiles.
Hunter Erys ETA: -7,91 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Hugo ETA: -6,82 seconds, engaging hostiles.
Hunter Ludo ETA: -1.43 seconds engagingp hostiles.
Hunter Kaina ETA: -7,02 seconds engaging hostiles.”


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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on September 29, 2016, 09:44:03 AM
Hah, these things thought they were going to have any luck dragging her off? Let's see if they could move formless radiation. Though that did always make her head hurt...

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 29, 2016, 10:06:33 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on September 29, 2016, 12:26:51 PM
Ye@h, thªt's the gºod stu^f! S+ill weªker tHan y o~r mºmmy!
"So that large size is compensating for something" Baha says spitting some flakes of metal out wishing they were larger shards but the mech's armor appears to be quite substantially thick.

Overhearing through the cockpit's various audio relays, “You idiot, that's princess Baha's true form! That means those unknown marauders are our target, and they're pretty tough!” Baha flashes a quick photogenic wink at them.

Plªce get+ing tºo crowd&d. Gue$s I'lL j~st t@ke tHis sou?enirs aNd leªve!
"Stick around and I'll give you another one" Bahamut says before cutting loose a stream of atomic fire that without being channeled through his mech looks fairly tiny (through particularly more intense than normal).

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on October 01, 2016, 03:47:18 AM
"Maiaaaaa~, track for me or something, it thinks it can run. It thinks."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on October 08, 2016, 05:26:06 PM
Mao immediately goes after it, following it's trail.
"There may be an ambush. Let me go first."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on October 08, 2016, 09:02:18 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on October 08, 2016, 09:50:47 PM
Mao keeps following the tracks of the marauder, until it is in sight. Or something else catches her attention.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on October 10, 2016, 07:10:14 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on October 10, 2016, 12:10:15 PM
Meanwhile back on the other battlefield...
Over the radio, "Kenny, that rebuild you've been wanting to do that required a total replacement of everything. Yeah, send someone to grab what you can of ZERO's spare parts so we can melt them down."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on October 10, 2016, 11:41:05 PM
Mao deflects the first shot ignores the three warriors and keeps up the chase after the marauder. She sends a quick relay of information to the others behind to let them know what was ahead.
<<Three hostile ARCAS-Warriors three turns ahead. Caution. Waiting for Amaterasu to recover would be advised before a full engagement. Sending you all the coordinates.>>
If she found the marauder, she would likewise send Maia and the other hunters the coordinates to quickly round their forces on it and try to block its possible exit paths.

Meanwhile, the tiny C-25 hurried to get next to where Amaterasu pulsed, using his arms to shield himself against the terrible heat. He could feel its thought processes slowing with the increasing temperature and deeply wished he was elsewhere. Then waited for her to cool off a little bit.
"May you please hold on to this or let me attach it?" He'd wave a wire with a very pointy IPT connection at the extremity, looped around his wrist like a bracelet, the sting held in one hand. "Nothing inappropriate. I haven't the speed to follow the battlefield."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on October 16, 2016, 04:51:15 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on October 16, 2016, 11:34:42 AM
Bahamut flies up to meet with Hugo.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on October 16, 2016, 11:48:54 AM
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"Brave words from the one running home to mommy!"

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Katherine clicks her tongue in annoyance and dashes right out the open airlocks, likely in vain, to try to get eyes on the escaping vessel.

"There's a freakin' ship right next to the station Maia! Can't you shoot it or something?! Fire blindly, I dunno, my general vicinity? Frickin' jamming nonsense GRRRAAH!!" she shouts into the comms as she rears back her blades and just starts swinging and tear through space wildly in frustration.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on October 23, 2016, 10:14:03 PM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on October 24, 2016, 01:11:23 AM
Mao immediately communicated the details of the warrior's coordinates to warn her allies ahead of the danger and better prepare for it.
Seeing the marauder flee, she readies to pursue it while her Code and Yoka reassert the perimeter, trying to spot it. If she could detect the propulsion waves caused by its engines, she would fly in that direction and follow after it.

<<Maia; The marauder is trying to escape with a space shuttle. We must net the area to block escape.>>
<<All allies; Marauder unit is fleeing the site. Here are the coordinates where it was last seen. It left into a cloaked spaceship.>>

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on October 29, 2016, 12:19:27 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on October 29, 2016, 04:03:36 AM
"Oh don't you dare!" Katherine yells at the enemy ship as she promptly charges it down and unleashes a torrential hail of energy with a flurry of blade-work into at the ship's hulls.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on October 29, 2016, 09:56:29 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on October 29, 2016, 11:33:58 PM
"Whatcha doing candyman?"
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 30, 2016, 12:57:56 PM
"Hey Baha. Good timing. Don't suppose you can tell me what in blazes is going on over there? I've got like the mother of all glue guns almost ready, but I want to make sure nobody we like is caught in the crossfire."

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on October 30, 2016, 02:51:37 PM
"Giant mech severely outclassed us, even ZERO who was in violation of the fundamental laws of physics was shattered." Drifting closer to the battlefield Baha looks for any scrap metal sheared off from the earlier assault, "It's weakened and on the run for support with Mao & Kath in pursuit but judging by the other explosions they ran into a very expected trap."

Looking over at the officials that secured the smugglers, "See if they know anything about the mech pilot or anyone involved in the operation."
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 30, 2016, 06:09:39 PM
"Doubt it. If they did, they wouldn't be here when it hit. Plausible deniability only goes so far.

I got them for a different reason anyway. But they'll be available for questioning later. How bad is it for the rest of us?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on October 31, 2016, 12:58:32 PM
"It 's a smuggler's job to know who can transport what past who's eyes and to watch his competitors." Looking over them, "Besides, someone may offered their friend or family a semi-shady job with plausible deniability to help them out, and now they might feel a little guilty about signing them up for terrorism that'll get them killed instead."

Looking back towards the tunnels she adds, "On the long term scale, not much unless they get them selves killed. They traded their amenity to reveal their operation, CSIs will pull what they can for video and DNA and equipment designs will give us an idea of their resources. We can get a hound to sniff them out too, you can't hide a mech that big for very long on this station."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on November 05, 2016, 03:25:55 AM
Mao noticed Kath's efforts in taking down what seemed to be the Marauder's escape route and decided to join in her tactic. Estimating the distance to bridge to be too wide without sacrificing one of her codes, she activates her main weapon's alternate firing mode and shoots a few rounds at the ship.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on November 20, 2016, 03:54:46 AM

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 20, 2016, 07:48:04 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on November 22, 2016, 06:10:44 AM
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"Aaaaaaarghshiiiiiit!" Katherine shouts as she's swung around and tossed back towards the station and into Mao. She quickly followed up with a second curse as she slams into Mao, sending them both tumbling.

"Freakin', gah! Tag out, tag out! Ammy! Finally! Nuke that...little...NUKE IT!"

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on November 24, 2016, 03:36:19 AM
Mao tries to parry Kat's impact. When the ship later shoots at her, she drives her engine to push her closer to it and fires a shot of her own again.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on November 30, 2016, 03:51:54 AM
Mao successfully throws Katherine against the ship's hull, but the unknown ship's damaged engines still manage to move just enough for the counter shot to harmlessly graze it.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on December 01, 2016, 03:02:39 AM
"Katherine!" she almost shouts through her comms, then realizes that the blasts did not damage her suit's system too harshly.
The blow had looked a lot worse than it happened to be and after tasting a few herself she couldn't ignore the marauder's talent for carnage.
<<We need to snare them. I cannot get close enough yet. Keep the ship too busy to breach the blockage. They are tough, but we can wear them down>>
After missing her shot, she quickly deflected the ship's attack and programmed a defense protocol, then spun her thrusters as she charged more shots and fired them all against the ship again, pushing herself a bit deeper into space and compensating for the recoil of her own shots.

 

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on December 03, 2016, 09:15:32 AM
Nuking it? She could do that. Just point, picture the star forming around them, and watch for the burning. Focus a bit more and... an unnatural star bloomed in space.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on December 13, 2016, 09:19:10 AM
Hugo teleports into space along his mecha, joining his allies.

Once again the Marauder moves to intercept Mao's shots, but this time one of them glances the machine's head module, further damaging its communications array.

Amaterasu's artificial star melts bits of the marauder's plating and makes the unknown ship's E-field flare up brightly, although both manage to remain operational.

Protectora fires a fresh salvo of missiles to support you, scoring some more direct hits, but your enemies prevail.

#%-@dr^~+#£«ªg§\s»!

The unknown ship's cannon unleashes a new beam barrage at Amaterasu while reinforcing its E-field with nano-machines and opening its hatch, allowing for the Marauder to enter it again.

A strange glow starts to surround the unknown ship. It's about to warp away from this location!

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on December 13, 2016, 11:11:16 AM
Mao sees the urgency and immediately calls her allies for tactics.
<<We mustn't let him board that ship! We must keep them from each other!>>
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on December 14, 2016, 02:15:35 AM
"Totally got it!" Katherine shouted back at Mao as she flashed across the battlefield towards the Marauder. Wait, no, past the Marauder apparently as the girl dashed straight for the hatch the enemy ship had just opened for the Marauder seemingly intending to board!

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on December 15, 2016, 10:29:19 PM
Amaterasu responded to the onslaught via the most appropriate response she could muster: forcefully punch as much of it away as possible. It was far from enough to withstand the hail of fire sustained but the Yatagarasu responded to her determination and fused the damage shut.

That was when she punched again, letting the fist fly for good.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on December 16, 2016, 01:14:23 PM
As Mao signals that the marauder boards the ship and the danger that it represents has subsided for now, the red drone got the moment it waited for and quickly withdrew from its cover to blast a shot at the ship with its tagvalve. The ship was too strong for it, it knew well, but any attack would do as a diversion. After Katherine then did her thing, Mao calculated the distance between her and the ship and charged her energy for her impending attacks.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on December 30, 2016, 10:48:29 AM
"Ho... think you're going anywhere?"

Murakumo stood in the open vastness of space with the nearest star at its back. You know, because looking cool in a fight is seriously important, you guys.

"You've all done a splendid job chasing it this far. Let's see if I can't help you bring it in!"

Murakumo shone with a fiery red glow as it took on a "power-up" pose. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8j2mG2Bh3c)

"Your first crime was to assault a colonial ship."

From its right shoulder it produced a large, disc-shaped warhead.

"Your second crime was to resist arrest and attempt escape."

From the left shoulder came a similar warhead. Both were free-floating at Murakumo's palms.

"Your third and final crime was to PISS ME OFF!"

The twin warheads glow the same bright red as they shift into what appears to be a spear of pure energy.

"Now... Count up your sins, for my judgement to catch up to you!"

BYAKKO GEAR! SHACKLE FORMATION!!"

And then he hurled that spear at the enemy ship.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on December 31, 2016, 11:13:19 AM
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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on January 02, 2017, 09:01:18 PM
It is impressive to see the immense ship get shot her way. In a space of her mind she rushes to meet it in iterations using different strategies and in them all the distance is too great. And proximity compromised the Protectora's bombardments. She wished to get closer all the same, but her speed was insufficient still, so instead she kept saved her strength to prepare for what may well come next; the marauder, back to try to destroy as many in its wake. She shot at the ship some more and quickly reverted the weapon for close combat. Katherine's bravery was inspiring and she yearned to get closer herself and draw its attention until they would overwhelm it.
Thank the Code for Hugo's constraints. Hopefully it won't unbind itself fast enough to flee.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on January 07, 2017, 02:21:27 AM
C-25's distracting shot allows for Katherine to close in again and rain a series of powerful blows that push the stealth ship closer to Protectora despite the size difference.

Most of Hugo's launched warheads are intercepted by fire from a pair of side turrets, but two manage to reach their target, and the warp field crystallizes, anchoring the stealth ship to this time and space.

Amaterasu's mechanic fist punches a clean hole through both e-field and ship, while Mao's gunlash fire methodically silences the ship's remaining weapons.

Baha finds this massive target quite easy to hit, in particular at close range where it has plenty of blind points to melt through.

Protectora supports you with a new barrage of missiles.

The stealth ship's e-field flickers and the nano-machines surrounding it start dispersing as dust blown by the wind, while bright light shoots out from the multiple hull breaches.

ç&$~@!!!!!--------------------------------

The whole stealth ship's structure starts shaking violently and glows red for a moment, before detonating violently.

When the explosion clears, there's just what appears as tiny pieces of debris left behind.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on January 07, 2017, 07:58:11 AM
"..........Well shoot. They escaped." Katherine remarked with a smirk.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on January 07, 2017, 12:52:49 PM
Nobody got away that easily... well, unless they died. And moving away quickly definitely did strange things to energy...

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on January 07, 2017, 01:42:02 PM
"{Victory!}", Bahamut thinks to him self since he unable to actually say much of anything other than the "whoosh" of air escaping past his tongue if he should move it from the back of his mouth. Bahamaut shrinks down to his female child form so she can better hop along the wreckage of dozens of dead people like a hopscotch board before jumping back to the group.

Her cheeks comically bugled out like a cartoon character's holding her breath she taps on candyman's visor before flailing her arms about in what one could only guess was a visual demonstration of the dangers of being out here without an environmental suit.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on January 07, 2017, 04:57:43 PM
"Murakumo, backseat protocol."

Murakumo is originally meant to seat one. However, because Hugo had foreseen the possibility he might need passengers, there is some arsenal space left over that is pressurized, complete with an enviro-suit Baha can use.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on January 08, 2017, 03:27:21 AM
[WARNING] [WARNING]
The signs hover around the exploded ship's derbis.
[WARNING] [WARNING]
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on January 08, 2017, 03:52:58 AM
"Oh boy, is this the start of round 2? The final form?"

Definitely not heeding the warning signs in the slightest, this girl.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on January 08, 2017, 09:10:52 AM
"Oh, they didn't get away, then. They just exploded. Maybe there's something useful in the debris?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on January 08, 2017, 12:39:04 PM
"Shit.

Protectora, this is AAIS officer Hugo Lotushand requesting immediate tachyon sweep* of the debris. I had their warp drive locked, but it's possible the target teleported away while we were fighting the stealth ship. Be advised, tacrange scanners are showing signs of live ammunition around us, belay salvage crew until further notice.

Amaterasu, Kathryn, this has the looks of a minefield tactic. I think they're trying to buy time to get some cargo ported away to safety. We blunder in, and the cargo's gone, plausible deniability style. We take too long and they're gone. Ideas?"

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on January 08, 2017, 05:34:37 PM
<<This was meant to be their escape route. They still have warriors stranded inside that will have to find another escape point or someplace to hide. Maia, please report the location of the hunters still fighting them off. I crossed some on my way here.>>

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"Oh, they didn't get away, then. They just exploded. Maybe there's something useful in the debris?"
"They didn't?"

Mao's attention narrowed on the debris. She doubted the Marauder had simply teleported away by other means that he wouldn't have used by now already.
"This is a stealth ship. Stealth is to be expected."

And why not make sure? She signaled C-25 to launch another charge at the debris and then approached them herself. She brandished her blade and swept it in quick successions down in waves of energy throughout the area, trying to feel the impact of her attack off matter she sees not.
Hoping that was it and that the time used to check had been unnecessary, as they would have to contain and subdue the remaining warriors. Ideally there would be at least one they'd get to bombard with questions for a few days.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on January 08, 2017, 06:17:55 PM
It clicks a little late for Katherine that those warning signs were caused by Ammy. As for Hugo's idea...

"You guys do whatever ya need to, but heads up; I've only got like 20 seconds left of fightiness then I gotta chill for some minutes soooo....I'ma wait inside before my suit shuts down kthxbai."

She sheathed her swords and flew backwards into the hangar, giving everyone a wave and wink as she floated by. Almost as an afterthought she paused a moment before the doors and snapped her fingers, dismissing the massive tears in space that were still running through where the enemy ship had been. Nearly forgot about those despite how incredibly obvious they were...
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on January 08, 2017, 09:25:25 PM
"Shit.

Protectora, this is AAIS officer Hugo Lotushand requesting immediate tachyon sweep* of the debris. I had their warp drive locked, but it's possible the target teleported away while we were fighting the stealth ship. Be advised, tacrange scanners are showing signs of live ammunition around us, belay salvage crew until further notice.

Amaterasu, Kathryn, this has the looks of a minefield tactic. I think they're trying to buy time to get some cargo ported away to safety. We blunder in, and the cargo's gone, plausible deniability style. We take too long and they're gone. Ideas?"

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"Calculation of the observed data show 71% chance that the ship's warp system failed to activate and it was destroyed."

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<<This was meant to be their escape route. They still have warriors stranded inside that will have to find another escape point or someplace to hide. Maia, please report the location of the hunters still fighting them off. I crossed some on my way here.>>
"Deployed hunters inside the ship are spread out and searching for the remants of the unknowns. They report successfully engaging 17 of them so far, all of which self-destructed when cornered."

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"Oh, they didn't get away, then. They just exploded. Maybe there's something useful in the debris?"
"They didn't?"


Mao's attention narrowed on the debris. She doubted the Marauder had simply teleported away by other means that he wouldn't have used by now already.
"This is a stealth ship. Stealth is to be expected."

And why not make sure? She signaled C-25 to launch another charge at the debris and then approached them herself. She brandished her blade and swept it in quick successions down in waves of energy throughout the area, trying to feel the impact of her attack off matter she sees not.
Hoping that was it and that the time used to check had been unnecessary, as they would have to contain and subdue the remaining warriors. Ideally there would be at least one they'd get to bombard with questions for a few days.

Most of the remaining debris and what are revealed as corpses charred by the explosion only to be frozen by the space vacuum are reduced to fine dust by Mao's waves. What appears to be empty space proves to be empty space and the energy dissipates harmlessl in the void. But a tiny object among the remains proves durable enough to resist the attack.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on January 08, 2017, 10:10:22 PM
Quote from: Maia
"Deployed hunters inside the ship are spread out and searching for the remnants of the unknowns. They report successfully engaging 17 of them so far, all of which self-destructed when cornered."
<<Please send us the coordinates of the engagement if any other is found. I'll search for them as well until then.>>

Unless there is currently a warrior already being engaged, Mao would proceed to activate Cruising Speed so roam the zones they came across to help clear the perimeter.
She'd send Code-25 to inspect the debris and try to collect the corpses. It may be possible to reanimate some of them and or gleam some information from their identities.
Code 01 would similarly get out of the mecha to help with search.
<<Maia. Request for a cleaning crew to carefully collect the remains. Keep everything the bots see under close supervision. We can then run an analysis on the entire lot. Most parts have a maker's serial number. We could then try to track down the manufacturer and then the buyer. Some corpses are perhaps in good enough condition to be reanimated.>>
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on January 11, 2017, 10:14:15 PM
Mao receives the coordinates of the most current engagements against unknown warriors. There is no clear pattern besides they appearing to be attempting to hide in the deeper parts of the ship. There is currently no active engagement.

The codes find only dust left after Mao's safety shots, and a small electronic device of unknown fabrication, no serial numbers anywhere in sight. Just the type of alien artifact any smuggler would love to find and sell. A more detailed and lenghty examination will be needed to reveal its properties.

Maia sends a communication to everybody:

"Please come to the main hall in civilian area as fast as possible. Now that the enemy has been pacified we'll be issuing a public statement and your presence will help calm the population. "

Indeed on most media channels there's a series of conflicting reports and fragmented videos and pics of your current battles with wild speculation about who is behind the attack on the colony ship and many worrying for their current safety, with already protesters taking to the corridors demanding explanations.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on January 11, 2017, 11:07:41 PM
Mao activates her Fighter form, came back to pick up the Codes and proceeded to the main hall at top cruising speed.
Public safety was indeed important. After taking off, she'd send Hugo a 3D visual recording of the thing picked up among the rubble.

"Officer Hugo. When you've the time, could you please take this reference and check with the smugglers what it may be, its purpose and if they may have something similar? This assault of the black market may well be related to it."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on January 12, 2017, 08:57:36 AM
"Sure. About as much info as we're gonna get outta this wreck, it looks like.

Command, I would like a detailed, non-redacted report of the salvage crew's work once they're done. Especially anything that might relate to a mech unit designated 'Marauder'. I'm pretty sure our headaches only started if that pilot got away. Lotushand out.

Baha. What's your take on this mess?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on January 12, 2017, 09:24:45 AM
Resisting the urge to race Mao, Amaterasu got to the main hall as quickly as possible. Whether this meant leaving behind the enormous mecha to arrive on foot or not, it wasn't like speed was much of her concern.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on January 13, 2017, 11:01:17 PM
Baha. What's your take on this mess?"
"There has always been a fleshy vs robot conflict but this is more a short-lifer thing. We found something someone else found interesting and now group paranoia has set in. It doesn't matter what the discovery is or who is doing what, someone is doing something and therefor they think it's important they do something too."

Sucking on the environment suit's air supply, "Might as well head in and see what the PR heads will spin on this."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on January 13, 2017, 11:26:31 PM
"So, bottom line, power inbalance? Methods don't add up, though. Remember that dragon we found on Ragol? It looked like that was something the colonists were working on, would explain the attack done by drones. But then we've got someone doing the same thing inside the Protectora, suicide bombers and all, and they try to make it outside the fleet... wait a minute.

What if the Marauder didn't really need to bring that to the stealth ship in order to escape, but rather to bring it back into the fleet? I'm pretty sure we're never going to find out who that mech's pilot was, or the ship's captain for that matter, but I'm also pretty sure we won't find any traces of the Marauder itself. We could be dealing with a splinter faction inside the AA."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on January 14, 2017, 11:02:11 PM
Katherine lets out a groan in annoyance after receiving Maia's message. Today's felt like a really long day.....

"Fiiiiine, coming Maia~ Are you paying me for this celebrity public appearance by the way? Heheheh, I kid, I kid....Well, sort of."

Before her Nanoarmor kicked her out, she cuts through the space before her and lazily floats through the tear teleporting herself to the main hall ahead of everyone. Hehehe, I'm really loving all these new shortcuts I've been getting to get places faster. Can't touch this~
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on February 05, 2017, 07:04:54 AM


“Command, I would like a detailed, non-redacted report of the salvage crew's work once they're done. Especially anything that might relate to a mech unit designated 'Marauder'. I'm pretty sure our headaches only started if that pilot got away. Lotushand out.”

“We'll send you all relevant data as soon as it is available.”

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The main hall of the civilian area is packed with reporters and other passengers, cameras flashing, while there's a floating podium for you to land in. As soon as you do a small ryuker gate opens in the middle and Maia materializes out, smiling at the crowd and starting her speech:

“Protectora XVI was targeted by a pirate raid targeting the lower holding areas but we're glad to announce the attackers have been succesfully dealt with before they could cause any significant damage.“

A photon screen opens above you and exhibits a short montage of your recent combat ending with the stealth ship exploding.

“Still for safety reasons we'll be maintaining high surveillance levels for the next 24 hours and make a request to all passengers to report anything suspicious they find plus cooperate with the ship's security forces. The situation is under control and there is no need for panic, that is all.“

The crowd erupts in questions:

“The raiders were really pirates?”

“How could they get inside Protectora XVI undetected?”

“How many dead?”

“What about the reports of passengers being arrested?”

“So you are denying the rumors about a smuggler's conflict at the black market?”

“When will the the colonizers allowed to land?”

Maia pauses for a moment, as if calculating what question to answer first and how.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on February 05, 2017, 09:36:08 AM
Ah, yes. Time to feed the media vultures.

Hugo hated this part of the job. Technically, propaganda wasn't really his job - but every damn intelligence agent was properly instructed in it. He discretely forwards a few soundbites to Maia - mostly the standard level of bullshit, plus a little bit of misdirection. Hugo favored the school of propaganda that mixed facts and lies to make them more credible.

Whether she uses any of that is up to her, naturally.

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Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on February 05, 2017, 10:12:14 AM
Baha surveys the crowd to see if any of the media vultures were low enough to bring sweets in attempt to bribe Baha into an interview.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on February 05, 2017, 11:19:35 AM
"Geez, some of these questions are like people don't know about the illegal nature of a black market..." Katherine mumbled just to those on the podium.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Raineh Daze on February 05, 2017, 05:20:20 PM
"Maybe they're hoping someone will slip up because of the number of questions? Not all on topic, either," Amaterasu answered, for once keeping her voice low, "But this is a place where a group covered in blood and containing hired soldiers can reassure people."
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Post by: Anomander on February 05, 2017, 06:14:03 PM
While waiting for things to be dealt with, she opened her files for the administrative work of the day and began to mow her way through the paperwork in her virtual inner world. Meanwhile, she checked on her mecha through a drone for possible trackers that may have been sneakily put on her mecha.

Mao did not meddle with Maia's work. She was the administrator in charge of the Protectora XVI, so she and the PR administrator on board had the qualifications for the task and were responsible for all matters linked to the ship.
The only question that involved her was the subject of “When will the the colonizers allowed to land?”, which she answered earnestly.
After consulting with Maia first, naturally. One of the great advantages of the Android Administration was the high level of teamwork that could be achieved between its android administrators. That was another reason not all that many organics got far into the ranks; not because of incompetence or racial discrimination but because the mind network was so darn convenient for efficient management. Most organic administrators really had to consider getting a cyberbrain to join the network to keep up.
She did not like much this idea of having everyone present to make a reassuring presence on the media. There wasn't much of an advantage to it and it made a clear challenge to the enemy, albeit not much of one considering they had likely already established a profile of those they encountered on Ragol.

"Ragol is unfortunately still under investigation. We have reported aggressive activity of the local wildlife as welWe have strong reasons to believe these criminals still have outposts on Ragol that we have not yet uncovered. The Parum Administration has naturally decided to find and neutralize them. We plan to set new infrastructure on and around Ragol soon from which we will progressively insure the integral safety of the planet. Defenses will then be mounted to prevent similar attacks within the planet. We are still estimating the time required to accomplish these tasks. Since those who would seek to oppose our colonization project are likely listening to this broadcast, I may only add that we are already decided on several courses of action and that we will retaliate and will restlessly work to make sure everything is in order before we resume the colonization. As your administrator on Ragol, I am currently devoting myself fully to the situation and keep the people of Parum at the forefront of my mind. We have assembled a most impressive team for the task and are confident we'll gather positive results."

After the media conference, she would send a message to the others.
<<Considering they likely still have agents within the ship waiting for orders, and this may well be obvious now, but I'll recommend caution even here. We are their main threat now and made that clear. We may take measures to protect your quarters against potential assassins for those that need to sleep but you may well want to take some precautions of your own. As we saw, they have considerable resources  at their disposal, which will hopefully only make it easier to discover exactly who they are.>>
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on February 07, 2017, 03:51:05 PM
"Official statements are always so boring." Baha quietly says to the group. Prodding Hugo, "Speaking of pirates, she should be here by now. Whatcha doing after this?"

Finding a reporter that looked suitable enough for her purposes, possibly stealing food along the way, Baha steps down from the podium after Mao's official statement on the matter closes the main discussion. "Always with official answers amiright, it's so hard to tell a full story." she tells them. Looking back at Mao, it just makes so much sense that someone in the AA is shuffling bits around, she adds "You know, I just wonder how they got here undetected too." Shrugging "I'm sure it's nothing through right, maybe I'll see you around tonight."
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Post by: ketaro on February 07, 2017, 08:04:54 PM
Katherine just gives Baha an odd look. "Black markets and stealth technology. Why does nobody connect arrests and undetected infiltration to how that being precisely how those two things are related to these two things... Or am I the only one who doesn't expect perfection from robots just because robots?"

"Ahm,  sorry, she turns to Mao. "I mean androids."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on February 07, 2017, 09:46:02 PM
Baha gives an odd look back at Katherine, "Huh?"

OOC: I include descriptive/thoughts in my posts that technically other characters can't be aware of without stuff like Sense Motive Checks or mind reading; Such as directly insinuating AA instead of the figure of authority. Publicly, what Katherine observes is a bunch of criminals that revolted in a slums district full of illegal sales and a little girl that knows it'd be idiotic to presume they will chat with anyone wearing a badge of authority unless it helps them.
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Post by: ketaro on February 07, 2017, 11:43:20 PM
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"...You asked how the invaders even got in undetected? Didn't you? Stealth mode. Yes? We all saw the ship." She bounces back Baha's odd look with a questioning head-tilt.
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Post by: Anomander on February 08, 2017, 04:22:03 AM
She agreed, to a point. She wouldn't agree that boredom was a bad thing, however. Boredom was something amazing to be cherished. She herself had enormous difficulty to seize that feeling in a world so filled with wonder. And she herself accorded great value to those instants where she could put her energy into something else than strife.
Being able to be bored, if anything, was a privilege.

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"Black markets and stealth technology. Why does nobody connect arrests and undetected infiltration to how that being precisely how those two things are related to these two things... Or am I the only one who doesn't expect perfection from robots just because robots?"
"Ahm,  sorry, she turns to Mao. "I mean androids.
"Thank you." It was always reassuring when organics cared about the feelings of artificials. She made a mental exercise of possibilities, absurd as they could be.

Assuming that the Administration had requested this attack and the disaster on Ragol; motives? - Perhaps effort to prevent or delay the colonization of Ragol.
Why go through all the trouble of acquiring Ragol and preventing its colonization? The overpopulation issue on Parum was brought about by its new prosperity, becoming a problem for the organics, delaying could potentially result in a crisis for them, which we would have to solve one way or another, deportation to space colonies being likely. The higher the population of a nation, the better, and so extermination was out of the question. Overpopulation would be easy for artificials to achieve otherwise with the continual and restless production of new Casts, but they had purposefully set clear limits on the production of new sentient artificial life given the higher lifespan potential of a Cast, to keep things balanced. So ; a crisis for the organics in Parum, and then what? Unrest? No advantage - it would disrupt the productivity and prosperity of the nation. hard to administrate.
If an administration branch wished to get rid of the organics it could try to gain influence during such a crisis, though it would be better and easier for such a radical group of artificials to simply build their own nation from scratch and create themselves an artificial planet or space station without bothering anyone. After all, we can thrive in space and are not limited by the need for a normal planet to generate sustaining organic organisms the way organics are. Most of us prefer the freedom of our own virtual realities to the less flexible material reality too. Few of us even have needs beyond the will to serve and the preservation of consciousness. It would make more sense for a group of organics within the administration to be trying to get rid of us from the control of the planet, and use such a crisis to lead to complete rebellion. Less organics sent to live on Ragol meant more organics to rebel in Parum.

Perhaps Ragol had something valuable to it that would make it better if it wasn't colonized, with the colonization merely being a pretext to acquire it. The monolith came back to mind, but they didn't know until recently what it was, so that made no sense. They still do not know everything about it, either. Ragol could be dangerous, which put the entire enterprise at risk. Perhaps Elle wasn't the first to find the data on the monolith and got the conclusions before we did, which could explain the raider's interest in stopping to colonization.

She tried to twist it back to "the androids did it", resume the assumption and find another angle to turn it to that made more sense.
Generating a crisis on Parum has no advantage. Not for a crisis, they would then already have a plan to prevent it.
The purpose of these acts of terrorism on Ragol would then have to be something else than preventing or delaying the colonization. Assuming a valid and reasonable motive yet to be considered, the attack today could then be to make a public appearance of the face of an enemy to show to the nation, within the battleship colony and in Parum.
If the goal was simply to collect specific blackmarket items, simply sending law enforcement units to the blackmarket would have been more efficient. No need take so many risks and give more to PR to work around.
So by giving the public the face of an enemy, giving it a name, it could then be used to take the blame for what happened on Ragol. It wasn't impossible.
Although, coupled with the witnessed experiments on organic creatures to turn them into what could be defined as monsters, and that experiment on Anna to turn her into a weapon... and given the statements of the ARCAS marauder as to their group's take on the matter and their aggressivity against artificials... the probability of a group of organics being to blame was much, much higher. Such acts of depravity and disregard of the lives of their own kind was a trait often found among organics in a position of power, too.

She thought on the matter at length, though very little time actually passed. She shook her head.
"We do our best, but yes, we fight very high expectations, not only because of what we are, but because that is what a good ruler must face. The more we have to offer, the higher the expectations of the nation."
And we promise nothing less than the restoration of Parum... so much to be done.

Precision is our way but perfection cannot be. We do not have the means to achieve it, at least. To have the complete control required to handle everything perfectly, we would require complete power to make it possible. We believe that complete power over the material world is impossible. At least, not for us whose existence depend on it. Seeking such power would be inefficient. There are better ways.
Which was why the administration's long term focus was on virtual and photon reality. A new paradise-world whose rules wouldn't limit them. Not something to advertise just yet, though. It was not the time. After Parum was restored, perhaps.

Thinking back on the broadcast the events shown to the media, she figured it was a good thing that what was said during the battle hadn't been fully disclosed.
The marauder had claimed ARCAS had ties with Tiamat. Which, unfortunately, wasn't surprising. If the ruler of the Colony Ship Dragão was to be investigated on this matter, it was better to not do so openly yet. The nation would have been given reasons to feel hostility towards the dragons otherwise. She hoped the Hunters that were present would have the sensibility of discretion as well. She consulted Maia on the matter.
<<Concerning the part when the ARCAS Marauder mentioned being affiliated with Baha's mother, have the Hunter witnesses been instructed on matter? Perhaps Baha should be used to investigate his family, or, perhaps that would be reason to not consider him for the task. He could benefit from it, however, given the power struggle within the family. Assuming his mother indeed kept him in the dark on the matter. Assuming as well that the marauder wasn't attempting misdirection tactics.>>

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"...You asked how the invaders even got in undetected? Didn't you? Stealth mode. Yes? We all saw the ship."
It was an effort at imagination.
"An ally within, perhaps. We already know that agents of other factions have infiltrated the ship among the colons from Parum. There is also the possibility of infiltrators and spies among the hired outside forces aboard. Or a traitor within the Administration. Then again, they may have simply used a stealth ship to sneak on board without need of inside assistance."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on February 08, 2017, 04:40:29 AM
Katherine nodded in agreement with Mao. "Exactly, Stealth mode. It's actually really easy to break into this station, yanno? It's too big. Not that that's a bad thing, just, from a preventing infiltration point of view...You lost that fight before you started."
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Post by: Kuroimaken on February 08, 2017, 06:27:44 AM
"I got some scumbags to 'interview'. You're welcome to come along, I could use some help with intimidation. Was actually the reason I had eyes on the black market in the first place." Hugo replies to Baha.

<<I think you're neglecting an important aspect of this infiltration, Kath. Stealth ships don't grow on trees. Detection technology is always advancing, too - it's a cat and mouse game, and those with the biggest wallets tend to have an edge. Few people got cash to throw around like the Administration, so you can bet that stealth ship cost top credits. Especially since stealth is military technology to begin with - average smuggler needs their contacts to get a hold of one, and they probably bribed docking officials if they wanted to unload something here. They pretty much knew what to do to make a big, chaotic mess even with first responders telepiping on scene, so these guys are familiar with security protocol. That narrows things down a bit, but unfortunately it also means we're dealing with troublesome people.>> The spy passed that along on an encrypted channel after he left the podium. Good thing subvocalizing let him talk without moving his lips.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on February 08, 2017, 11:46:36 AM
"...You asked how the invaders even got in undetected? Didn't you? Stealth mode. Yes? We all saw the ship." She bounces back Baha's odd look with a questioning head-tilt.
Mimicking the questioning head tilt but unable to hold back the smartass grin, "Yes, I saw the stealth ship too."

"I got some scumbags to 'interview'. You're welcome to come along, I could use some help with intimidation. Was actually the reason I had eyes on the black market in the first place." Hugo replies to Baha.
Turning back to Hugo, "Oh we can make a game of it! Everytime one of them says they didn't do it we all have to take a shot."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on February 08, 2017, 06:14:23 PM
"Yes, you did. Its stealth functions got disabled by the Protectora after we reported its presence. We couldn't find the ship until it did. Protectora then snared the stealth ship, forcing it to warp away. It had been made visible by the time you arrived."
Thinking on it, the Protectora captain had done really well. If not for the constant support the stealth ship would have had successfully flown off.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on February 11, 2017, 08:44:29 AM
Baha surveys the crowd to see if any of the media vultures were low enough to bring sweets in attempt to bribe Baha into an interview.
Baha is not disappointed as several reporters push through the crowd and pull shiny candies out as if trying to draw Baha's attention.

"What is the official stance of the Hellsiana family on this matter?"


"How does it feel to not only keep fighting after your mecha was destroyed but to chase the enemy in the void of space without a protection suit?"


Did the pirates taste good?

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There are suspects currently in custody and being interrogated.

Although the reporters seemed relatively satisfied with his other replies, this particular statement from Hugo produces a renewed eruption of questions from the crowd:

"How many suspects were captured?"


"Can you tell us their identities?"

"When will be able to meet them?"

"Are you using photon boarding in the interrogation?"

Maia swiftly throws an answer:
"All details on the ongoing interrogation of the captured suspects are classified for your own safety. Just like the dead and injured tolls, we're not releasing a preliminary statement on the matter to avoid misinformation."

Quote from: Mao
As your administrator on Ragol, I am currently devoting myself fully to the situation and keep the people of Parum at the forefront of my mind. We have assembled a most impressive team for the task and are confident we'll gather positive results.
The crowd cheers at Mao's statement, snapping thousands of fotos at each word. Clearly they're all big fans of her (or at least pretty good at pretending it), although it's no secret virtually all of the colonizers on board were picked from the population segments that showed greater liking of the Android Administration.

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Post by: SorO_Lost on February 12, 2017, 01:25:14 PM
Reporter: "What is the official stance of the Hellsiana family on this matter?"
Baha: "Like everything else, too complicated to be summed up in one answer."

"How does it feel to not only keep fighting after your mecha was destroyed but to chase the enemy in the void of space without a protection suit?"
Baha: "About my mech? Our ZERO project is highly experimental and just didn't confirm to the laws of physics every well causing a lot of rejection, it's need to be rebuilt from scratch was inevitable. But it's just a tool wielded by a warrior, and having it only amounts to statistical advantage or not. I did enjoy the brief visit to outside through."

Reporter: Did the pirates taste good?
Baha: "No, they were icky. Lots of sweat, dirt, and grease, they probably don't have good hygienic practices."

Overhearing the question: "Are you using photon boarding in the interrogation?"
Baha: "I was thinking shots of alcohol but I like the idea of shooting them too."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on February 12, 2017, 06:21:27 PM
Hugo interjects. "Rest assured that all interrogation methods employed are in accordance with the Treaty of Warren. None of the damage inflicted will be lasting."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Anomander on February 21, 2017, 11:59:37 PM
When she'd finally get time to resume her tasks, she would return to the facility where Anna was kept to interrogate her. She'd first put the dangerous Esper's staff on the lab's assignments. It was to be analyzed while being kept in stasis. No one was to touch the thing as something unsavory was bound to be triggered on contact.
She'd then task her secretary to go to the market for some shopping and then arrange a meeting with Aryk's clone.

With the personnel aware that they had to prepare Anna to be ready to receive her and that they had to prepare a room for them, Mao connected to her station to receive her daily updates and then made her way to meet Anna.

"Greetings."
She recalled the events surrounding the incident and decided to get her up to date with what could be her main concerns at the moment before asking her own questions. There was also that it was unsure how things would go after she'd wake up.

"I imagine you may well have pressing questions. You are aboard the Protectora XVI, a ship of the Parum Administration stationed to follow Ragol's orbit. The central dome we were in has been destroyed and so we left the planet for now. Your sister and her child are well. They escaped with us. We are aware that your family has been sent among the first colons as a contact for an Esper cell, but that you were not a magic user yourself. You seemed clear-minded when we first met although we are yet unsure of the effects what they did to you may have had on your mind. We still have the results of the psychological evaluations every candidate passed before the journey so expect another run through to confirm anything is not beyond what we'd normally expect considering what you went through on Ragol. How do you feel?"
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: ketaro on February 22, 2017, 01:11:58 AM
As the crowd continued fawning over the little Princess Baha and their idolized android Mao, Katherine took a back seat to all the rest of the chatter and questions posed by reporters and what-not. It's not like any of this had much to do with her. She was thankful she wasn't nearly as celebrity as most of the people she was standing beside. Actually, what she was doing was browsing shops online with this latest paycheck.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on February 23, 2017, 01:02:00 PM
Peeking over Kathrine's shoulder, "Ooh that looks cool. Wanna go pick one up?"
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Post by: Raineh Daze on February 23, 2017, 01:57:55 PM
Amaterasu was displaying about as much involvement in the crowd as Katherine, ignoring the actual reporters and politicking. Until the Administration wanted combat reports released, none of it was going to have anything to do with her. Instead, she was regarding her hand: why not get one better than the original rather than just equal to it? She was pretty artificial already, so going to the androids anyway wouldn't change much.

That, and new armour. This obviously wasn't standing up to the guns around here.
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: oslecamo on March 03, 2017, 01:39:45 AM
"Greetings."
Hello. That you have time to visit me means whatever problem was on the ship has been solved. That's somewhat tranquilizing. Wouldn't been very nice to die trapped and forgotten in here.

"I imagine you may well have pressing questions. You are aboard the Protectora XVI, a ship of the Parum Administration stationed to follow Ragol's orbit. The central dome we were in has been destroyed and so we left the planet for now. Your sister and her child are well. They escaped with us. We are aware that your family has been sent among the first colons as a contact for an Esper cell, but that you were not a magic user yourself. You seemed clear-minded when we first met although we are yet unsure of the effects what they did to you may have had on your mind. We still have the results of the psychological evaluations every candidate passed before the journey so expect another run through to confirm anything is not beyond what we'd normally expect considering what you went through on Ragol. How do you feel?"
To be completely honest? Caged. After so many time living in Ragol, to be back on a ship, let alone a prison cell, is suffocating. Back in Parum that was all we knew, but in Ragol we finally had open space. Rivers and oceans. Clean rivers and oceans where we could just jump in for a swim. The unexplored green forests, open mountains. Even the deserts. No need to worry about leaking radiations or the daily peak of ultraviolets or flying too high and hitting the city's protective dome. No ads or security warnings everywhere I turn my eyes to. No need to return to crowded dormitories every night.

Sure sometimes somebody gets ripped apart by the natives or gets crushed by something but we can recover their remains for the cloning bay. Usually.

Knowing hat my sister and niece are safe lifts my spirits a bit. Yet I can't forget we're still waiting for the android administration's decision on what will be our future. 
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Post by: Anomander on March 03, 2017, 03:47:41 AM
"Solved indeed, though leaving us with many questions. More on that later."

[...]

That was reassuring and a very good sign.
"It must be obvious then that my presence here is meant to give us a better understanding of the situation and so increase our capacity to take the right decisions. I request all the same that you answer as thoroughly and honestly as you are able to. Any detail you may think compromising could either already be known to us or possibly quicken or increase our ability to resume the colonization project. But I will not ask you to sacrifice yourself for the cause; whatever you say - I declare to you that we will not destroy you. Perhaps reconditioning may be necessary depending on exactly what they have done to you and if somehow it compromises the safety of the other settlers. We do not yet have full understanding of the modifications they operated. You'll understand that we worry and naturally do not appreciate unknown variables with so much at stake, though I'll look for a satisfying conclusion for us all."
It made sense. Her current mandate as an Administrator was to help get the settlers to leave the ship and settle on Ragol, after all.

"I must say, though, that so far I am relieved. Machines seldom feel anxious about matters of physical space. Your passion for organic abundance is a good sign as well. It seems safe so far to consider that your mind has not been significantly altered, if at all. Your body has been significantly altered, however. And the shape of the container usually alters the mind that occupies it - you've been experiencing your new state for a good moment now. Probably feel things differently than before and perhaps your perception and understanding has changed consequently. You had described yourself as feeling still incomplete, yet more fulfilled and with a clearer mind. Enough to dismiss your previous name, and so a significant part of your identity, in favor of a name likely given to you by those who applied those modifications. Is this still the case and could you elaborate on these differences in feeling and identity?"

[...]

"Now, have you any information on those we fought back on Ragol? Those who operated you? The way they took over the place suggests they had help from the inside. That they contained your sister and conducted particular experiments on you further suggests that they may have known about your affiliations with the Espers."
It was quite important considering there was no shortage of organic creatures to do such experiments on and places much safer to conduct them than Parum Administration territory, which were bound to retaliate. Why Ragol, and why go through all that trouble?
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: SorO_Lost on March 11, 2017, 03:37:54 PM
Baha looks around, "Huh. Well, let's go make a delivery Kathrine."
Then wonders to the nearest turbolift, there was a range of things she should be doing, could be doing, probably should be doing, and then there was just this which was a better idea than doing nothing. "The Scimitar made port an hour ago and has some deliveries to drop off for some merchants, we can go shopping and then see if Hugo needs any help."
Title: Re: High End IC Episode I- Towards a Better Tomorrow
Post by: Kuroimaken on March 11, 2017, 10:30:51 PM
While he had the chance, Hugo slinked off to check on his side projects.

First, to contact his newly-found spies.

"Angels, this is Charlie. Come in, Angels."
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Post by: ketaro on March 11, 2017, 10:38:22 PM
Katherine suddenly snaps back to attention at being addressed by Baha. "Oh, yeah, that's sounds like a plan. Lead the way princess~."
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"I've never had much personal dealings with anyone from the Helsiana family before. Most of my work is either through mercenary, military, or the church...

Watching the princess performing some sort of bow left Katherine with a sort of blank look, however. "Sorry, what? How is a ....handstand? Or, I guess, armstand? How is that a bow? Besides...I'm kinda in a skirt and all, I don't think it'd be appropriate...in a skirt...to anyone..." she mumbles.
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[spoilerKat & Baha]
Flicking her eyes over to the other girl, "Like, in a way".

"You're welcome to join in unless, like, you think you may not have the time. I was just, like, trying to multitask real fast. But, like, where are my manners?"

"Kat, this is Aryk. Aryk, this is Kat."
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After receiving the report from Eden, she would confirm the Ragol expedition with the rest of the investigation group and wait for the morrow.
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The coordinates you're following take you towards a tropical-looking coastline. Even while you're still descending from above you can see the water is a light blue in contrast to Parum's oceans heavy brown and greens, the sand appears to glow golden and there's not single pile of trash, no signs of oil spill. Flocks of rainwbow colored bird-like creatures from many sizes fly in the skies. Mecha-sized flowers of many colors bloom along the exotic vegetation and even inside the waters you can clearly see a variety of colourful reefs. Initial registers before contact was lost point to this location being planned to be turned in a vacation resort and there should be some buildings in construction hidden among the vegetation. Some dormitories, a canteen, a storage facility and an administration outpost where any local reports would be kept.

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Would the group inform her that they intend to go to some other coordinates, she would discuss the matter with them first.
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Post by: ketaro on May 03, 2018, 02:47:31 AM
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Clearly prepared for exactly this happening, it was no wonder that Katherine managed to so effortlessly evade the vast majority of surprise attacks thrown her way following her proposition; although hopefully a lot more of a surprise to the aggressors as her mecha continued to float in the air before them practically unscathed.

"Oh I'm sorry, was that meant to scare me off?" she said with a smirk that hopefully was conveyed verbally through her mecha.

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Post by: Kuroimaken on May 03, 2018, 04:20:20 PM
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Post by: Anomander on May 05, 2018, 10:56:51 PM
As Alpha Um comes to strike her, she in turn attempts to dash through her and connect the blade through those enemies, flashing past.

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Post by: oslecamo on May 08, 2018, 09:51:43 AM
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Post by: oslecamo on May 11, 2018, 10:39:01 PM
And so our heroes find themselves locked in deadly battle. Will they prevail? Find out in the next episode (http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=18553.msg334777#msg334777)!