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MISSION: GET TO ZE CHOPPA

Date & Time: August 23rd, 2753 (OOCly forward-dated to the 1st)
Location: Uruguay National Defense HQ
Characters: All transports!
Summary: All transports are sent back to Uruguay to download a self-aware AI before it gets bombed out of existence by an early incarnation of the UE. Time distortion effects will be set right either on the way there or on the way back, according to player choice.
Warnings: violence, action movie tension, 3 terabytes of foot fetish porn.

The Transporter drops the entire transport population into what will quickly be established as Home Base, a mile from the vast, sprawling facility that is Uruguay's National Defense HQ. The low roar of helidrones moving above is pervasive, but the black ships can only be glimpsed here and there through the thick cover of trees overhead. If you keep calm and quiet, it's likely you won't be spotted. It's the UND HQ their attention is on, after all.

The population is quickly sorted by attending Initiate employees according to who volunteers to fight and who volunteers to protect, along with those with enough skill to access the computers, and those with enough skill to get them there. The fighters move out first, off to intercept the early UE's ships and ground troops, and to draw the automated defense systems of the facility alike. They'll be in a crossfire, and neither side will be happy to see them there.

The techies and their escorts are sent out far more quietly, in groups of three. Their task is to sneak past the front lines and into the facility itself. There might be alarms and automated defense drones, so those escorts may well be called on to earn their keep. The Initiative can't give any information about which building will house the AI's mainframe, that information was long since lost to history. All they can do is send out enough people to hope that one of them manages to find it.

And remember — as soon as the UE troops withdraw, there will only be minutes until the bomb drops. Everyone would do well to work fast.

[[ Mission information is here, and the techie/escort teams, along with their hacking results, are here. Each techie/escort group will have their own established thread, but Team Distraction and Team We'll Stay Here, Thanks are welcome to thread where ever and however they like! The newbie log that goes up on the 1st will also encompass the arrival back in Exsilium, if you'd like to play that out as well. ]]

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[Pippin has his short sword in his scabbard and is looking around at those gathered at home base. Yes, there are plenty of children that need protecting, and he's glad to see there are those with weapons at the ready, willing to do so.

Grabbing an apple from their food supply, he makes his way open to the woman with the bow, taking a bite of the fruit before he speaks, one cheek puffed out.]

I am glad to see bowmen -- and bowwomen -- here. I could never be any good at it myself, I am sure, but I have friends back home who are quite proficient!

Yes. Clearly.

[He's not trying to be unkind. But shame over the past two weeks roils inside of him--along with the memory of Bariyan's last words.

I'm using you.

He wonders how much alike this Bariyan and the one he knows so well really are.]

[ natasha's memories are once more intact. what she's just experienced will likely have a more lasting effect on her, but she's good enough at compartmentalizing that she can simply push it aside until later and shift her focus to the mission. rid herself of liabilities, do the job she's been assigned.

which will seemingly be easier than the other times. you're a spy, not a soldier clint had told her, and it isn't untrue; her place is not truly on a battlefield, so this is refreshing, in a way. familiarity. this is where natasha excels -- a single target or objective -- and information retrieval shouldn't be a problem. she knows next to nothing about the team she's on (barton is nowhere in sight, though she can make do) and that hinders them from working as smoothly as they perhaps could have, otherwise, but she assumes they're competent, and that's good enough for her. ]

I suppose we could flip a coin.

[ as they've been informed, the initiative doesn't have a sufficient amount of intel regarding the location of the AI -- and, well. here they are. one entrance to the left, another to the right. where to, team? ]

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[ Bariyan flinches mentally at Koltira's tone, but stands his ground. He still keeps his eyes on Byfrost; the sword is easier to look at, for the moment. ]

I don't know what to say, except that I'm sorry. Again. For my behavior. Though I'd hoped to catch you before you... left, I suppose. [ He looks at Koltira now. Left? Is that the word he's looking for? He smiles, and the expression comes easily to him, empty as it is. ] But I wasn't able to find you.

[speaking of seasoned veterans, Peter is perfectly in his element as a distraction. It's not that he actually cares about the Initiative or this mission. He's just been itching to cause trouble, so getting into a battle feels really good right about now.

He notices the girl's power, and her nervousness]

Hey, you think you can aim that lightning toward the ships? I can take care of the ground troops.

[Zelos meanwhile, seems to have no trouble raising his weapon against people. If they didn't want to die, they shouldn't try to kill people- simple as that. Once he clears a couple soldiers, he'll spare a glance at Tori and smirk]

Yep! Just fine!

You my darling?

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[Shu had been running around all this time. Trying to get to the half way point was actually somewhat challenging for him. He was never good at anything that involved physical labor.

After everything that's happened so far Shu couldn't help the fact that he felt afraid. He was scared of getting into some trouble and not being able to do a thing about it. It was actually quite clear by the expression he was making that he'd been terrified all this time.

But alas, all he could do was keep going forward and hoped this ended as quickly as possible. ]

[She's been scanning the perimeter constantly, wary for any appearance of other troops, but the sight of this child wandering in such a dangerous place shocks her more than the enemy drawing near could. She hurries towards him, dropping down so she's at eye level, placing a hand on his shoulder.]

What are you doing here?

[Elza stood away from everyone else after the instructions had been given. The only reason she was helping at all was because her Guild Master had ordered her to. She knew that Clive was still trying to decide how much they should offer their aid, and respected his decision either way.

Watching as the others moved about, the gunner huffed lightly to herself in amusement before glancing away from the crowd. Elza was never much one for social interaction when it wasn't necessary to her survival, and she was displaying that here as she turned to begin walking away from the gathering.]

[ooc: prose or action is fine! I'll adapt.]

[ Riku doesn't notice Jesse right away, keeping his eyes on the scattered soldiers on the ground and the ones advancing. he, Kairi and Sora always played at battles, but this is his first glance at it and it--

it isn't pretty. his sharp whispers jolt Riku to look at Jesse, and immediately, all he can think of is that the same thing's going to happen to him and he falls backwards on the ground, hands laced over his head as he keeps his head down, curled in a ball for protection. ]

[Johnny comes by while out patrolling, carrying a pipe weapon behind his shoulders, arms slung over it. Clearly, patrolling is not very exciting. When he comes across someone just lounging about shirtless, when they could get attacked at any time, he decides to stop.]

Sure ya wanna sunbathe at a time like this?

Just peachy~!

[It's not entirely the truth, but it's close enough. She raises her weapon, finally shooting at people. She aims for non-lethal areas of the body, hoping that will be be enough. She doesn't want to kill anyone--

"Death is inevitable."

--but she knows it might still happen. It isn't as if Shadow wasn't right--they are, in fact, at war. When Tori returns home, she'll have her own battle to fight... and she may have to kill then, too. But ever the stubborn one, she keeps hoping she can avoid what's supposedly inevitable.]

Keep holding up, okay? I don't want to have to save your ass because you're being stupid! [More honest words here would be "I don't want you to get hurt at all, so please be safe." But words like that don't belong in a war zone, do they?] But hey, if you need help? I'll totally have your back!

[Another shot at a robot, another small gust of wind at a person from the other side trying to approach. Another attempt to not take a life. Yeah, she's got this.]

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[She looks over and feels relief when she sees it's Peter. But wait: what happened to his face? Why does he seem so different?]

Um, I think.

[She focuses her attention on the sky, directing lightning bolts near the ships to push them back. Her grip on her staff tightens, and she adds wind to encourage the ships to turn around, unable to continue their mission. She hopes it works.]

[Finally, some action! (Older) Johnny heads out of the base to take care of them, carrying some kind of homemade pipe weapon in his hands. When he hears Sayaka, he chimes in.]

Don't hog 'em all!

[he, of course, doesn't know he's supposed to know her. He just sees a girl who clearly has a lot of power. He makes sure she's doing okay while he telekinetically starts throwing the troops against each other. He's got his eyes on their weapons, too. You know, just in case they drop them or anything]

[ Riku half-jumps when he hears Mukuro suddenly by him, raising a rock in one hand. it's not very threatening, no, but he feels a little safer with it in his hand. when he speaks, he lowers his hand and looks at his feet, at the ground. ]

I don't wanna be fussed over. It's better out here.

[ at the sudden touch, Riku squirms a little, wanting to put a distance between himself and the new adult. he's sure she means well, but he's not particularly great with touch when initiated by other people he doesn't know--especially when it's in such a high-tension situation. ]

I'm--

I wanna see what's going on.

Not me, but my best friend was eight.

[wait, "as well" ...]

So you got switched? And I missed it?! [POUTS ...]

[Jim had spent his time being the odd man out on three sided conflicts, getting one to chase the other around long enough to get his people in or organize an evac so this wasn't something too odd to him. Even in his power suit he was pretty good at moving across the terrain and keeping a low profile and frequently he would take a few potshots at the automated defenses with his hand gun and lead them towards incoming UE troops when he could or if there were just UE troops, he had a machine gun and power armor.]

"Well hell, I guess this is better than getting drunk all day."

[Oooh, it sounds interesting. He nods along, though the idea is a little foreign... N would probably understand better, if he'd been raised like Hilbert heard he was.]

That's pretty cool. There's kind of a legend in Unova that tells a tale of an orphaned Pokémon who was taken in by three powerful Pokémon and raised until he grew old enough to take care of himself, though I'm pretty sure that isn't exactly what you mean... But your friend was raised by a dragon! Wow. What were you raised by?

[ although he's one of the escorts for a techie, Larsa breaks away from the group for a moment or two to try casting the spells he knows will come in handy. for a moment, it likely looks like he's praying, gloved hands laced together, brought to his lips as his eyes close.

as a wind starts to pick up around his feet, however, and a light blue glow starts around him. in a second, he completely vanishes.

Vanish is a potent spell against humans. if all goes well, he should be able to use this to protect his group.

it's only when he starts to walk that there's a slight shimmer of a figure moving around. he dispels the spell a moment afterward, coming back into focus as the twelve-year-old boy he is.

that might cause some confusion for those in home base. ]

[ being small has its advantages. Larsa's able to scope out ahead, diligently keeping himself hidden from prying eyes. it's not too difficult to hide when he's so small, but when he returns, he has a frown. ]

I have a spell to turn we three invisible for the time being if it is deemed necessary. There are many [ what was the word ] drones ahead, it is not advisable to fight unless it be to draw their attention somehow.

[And here Maya is as a distraction.]

[Except it isn't a fighting distracting, it's a more like 'attempt to keep other people in the homebase occupied' kind of distraction. So expect to be approached and bugged by a (slightly restless) little spirit medium]

What are you up to?

[he snorts; in truth? This is easy for him so he'll give a shrug]

Don't worry, I'll be just fine! But you can watch my back all you want~!

[And back to fighting he goes to make sure troops from the other side are covered.]

{another elf? Though he had never seen an elf with ears so long; why, that was more rabbit than small and leaf shaped. Frodo quickly turned his attention back to the great shapes that flew over head, before he got caught staring]

Just machines. I can't imagine how anyone could even get such a thing up in the air!

Aren't you at all curious about them? Or about all the others people that went off?

[it's just a little accusing. How could this Man- elf look so bored? This place is anything but boring.]

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MISSION: GET TO ZE CHOPPA

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let's gooooo

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Re: B, of course >:D

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b!

Homebase || Open || Set before teams head out to escort the techs

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Jim Raynor - Distraction - Open

Maybe a Ghost-type...!

homebase | before escort groupings

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Maya Fey | Homebase

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