MISSION: GET TO ZE CHOPPA

[initiatesnpc]

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. ]]

Comments

[wilder]

[He gives a sheepish smile]

Ahaha- sorry dude! Didn't see you there!

[Or didn't notice, whatever. He'd question what a teenage boy is doing here- but lets be real he had twelve year olds fighting with him back home]

blow is a word autocorrect knock it off...

[inthejunk]

Yeah, yeah, just-

Aaah!

[He's got a set of lungs on him, anyway. And enough experience in spite of his age to deal with a big slash across one side simply and effectively. By calling forth some magical ninja frog creature in disco pants to heal it for him. Nothing weird about that, right?]

Shit. Who's throwing knives? That's really dangerous!

autocorrect you devilish fiend

[wilder]

[Whoa shit- he is quickly heading over to that kid's side ready to heal when he sees...oh okay a magical ninja disco frog that's not weird at all. That causes him to stall but still be looking around for the source of the attack]

Probably someone out to kill us! You alright?

my nemesis

[inthejunk]

[He's panting a little now, and his eyes are wide as he glances around too. Being right out in the open is great for drawing fire away from the stealth teams, but then on the other hand it's great fror drawing fire.]

Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

[He wipes a bit of leftover cold sweat out of his eyes. Abdominal injuries always add up to shock so quickly. Yikes.]

H-heads up, I guess.

[wilder]

Ahaha, sure! Let's put it that way.

[He nods as he keeps looking around, seeing a person about to throw more knives and quickly throws up a magic sphere around him and Yosuke to block them while shouting "guardian!"]

Hey! I think I found your guy!

[inthejunk]

That's alright, you can have him!

[Yosuke sees the knives without understanding the shield, and does a funny sort of cringe, while trying to shakily block one. Naturally, it never lands. He gives an appreciative nod, and fixes his posture.]

Hey, not bad. I wish I could do that one.

[wilder]

If you say so!

[He'll lower the shield before swinging his sword to let several energy waves at the guy, since he doesn't want to leave the kid too far behind]

[And he'll laugh at his remark] Maybe if we both live, you can learn! [Since hey if magicless Lloyd can learn HOW HARD CAN IT BE?]

[inthejunk]

You mean it?

[His eyes definitely light up a bit at that, and he does an energetic dart forward to disarm someone. The guy promptly punches him. Yosuke is quick and agile, so it doesn't hit him in the face, but even a punch to the shoulder from a guy twice his size sends him to the ground with a pained grunt.

A pained grunt the dude returns when Yosuke pounds his foot with the butt of one kunai. He rolls out of kicking range just in time for the return attack not to land.]

Because...that would be...awesome!

[wilder]

Sure!

[He's not really sure why he offered. Isn't it better to stay out of everyone's business? ]

[At the same time, it's better not to see someone die-- ugh where did he get that logic? It sounds too much like that guy-]

[Whatever. Now's not the time to worry about it. He'll follow over and start taking on a guy that is running to help his ally- banging them hard in the face with his shield to stun them]

It's not hard to learn. And you'll probably need it if missions are like this!

[inthejunk]

No kidding.

[Yosuke makes a face and gives his sore shoulder an exaggerated rub.]

I'm Hanamura Yosuke, by the way.

[wilder]

Kaneis. A pleasure, Hanamura.

[He'll spin and give the person a kick to send him flying. He then takes the moment to breath]

How much longer do we have to distract these guys anyway?

[inthejunk]

Until something explodes, wasn't it?

[Woah, he should have paid better attention in that meeting. He'd kind of assumed that other people would be paying attention instead. He'd just been so excited to finally see some action again that he might have started daydreaming a bit.]

[wilder]

...There's a lot of explosions going on, if you haven't noticed.

[inthejunk]

Right...um. I guess there's going to be a better one? Or maybe some kind of signal...

[wilder]

[...]

Watch my back, will ya? Maybe the tablet will have the mission info.

[inthejunk]

Yeah, sure.

[Probably a bit too enthusiastic, but hey. Battle is kind of a game to this kid at the moment, so he's planning to enjoy it!]

[wilder]

[He'll give the kid a raised eyebrow at the over enthusiasm at getting the "protect the dude' quest, but he makes no remark. Instead he's loading up the tablet to look for that info. Try to make sure he doesn't die, yosuke! ]

[inthejunk]

[Not as cool as 'save the princess,' but better than nothing, dude. He throws a few little microbursts of wind at would-be assailants, who probably have much better weapons and yet are blown over. Quite literally.]

Anything?

[wilder]

[give him a moment and...!]

Got it! It's when the troops withdrawal. Gotta get out of here before the explosion.

[inthejunk]

[...]

Good call.

[wilder]

Yeah. Glad I checked!

[And he'll put that tablet away and pull out his weapon again with intent to fight more]

[inthejunk]

I think we would have noticed a retreat anyway.

[But Yosuke cheerfully brandishes his kunai again anyway. Hey, it's not time to retreat yet!]

[wilder]

Aha, I guess. Still, we'll only get a couple minutes to get out once they do- so don't get too distracted!

[Sheesh so violent. But Zelos lunges at a soldier who was trying to attack, moving to take him down]

[inthejunk]

[Hey, how often do you get to play in real life video game scenarios? It's fun!

Except OW, what the hell was that? Did someone just throw a rock? Yosuke hisses and holds his side, but at least it didn't hit his fa-

Ow, damn it! His nose! Try to ignore the ugly screech, dude. That's a lot of blood. And it really smarts!]

Rogs, loogoud vor rogs!

[wilder]

[He turns when he hears that screaming and turns- what the hell?!]

Where are they coming from?!