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

[skirtcladgunner]

I don't think this world could handle the loss of such beautiful hair! I'll do my best to cover you and make sure that doesn't happen~

[She's only getting more and more into it, still being careful not to fatally injure people. She's still far more ruthless with robots, however.]

Just make sure to return the favor, Kaneis! If you don't, I'll be really mad!

[She can feel all the practice she did by herself paying off. She's much faster than she was the last time she was on the battlefield, and everything feels lighter, now that she's letting go more.]

Ha... this is a piece of cake, isn't it?

["Worries will hardly help anything. All you can do is fight."

Again, Shadow had been right. She had been right to respect him. She's never going to forget the things she taught her in the short period of time he was here.

She just needs to keep fighting, just like she had back home. This isn't so different, is it?]

[wilder]

Thanks, love ya!

[It's light, not in the way that's sincere at all and never meant to be. And he just gives a salute before going back to firing more fireballs at a pair of robots. Cocky or not, he's not going to give much for conversation when they are knee deep in battle]

[skirtcladgunner]

[She concentrates more on battling as well, trying to get lost in it, trying to make it her one and only focus at this point. It works surprisingly well without her getting too carried away. She's able to keep an eye on Zelos and keep things at bay on her end--

That is, until she's caught off guard for a split second.

It's a long enough time for her to find herself on the ground. Goddamnit. She needs to get back up, and fast. She's not going to let someone else rescue her, not when she's worked so hard. Not when she should be able to protect herself. Those troops are fast approaching, though.

Shit. No. Not again.

She takes the risk, sending out a stronger gust of wind to push them back. It just needs to be long enough for her to regain her footing, that's all. Using her magic is what got her in trouble last time, but what choice does she have?]

[wilder]

[He catches her fall out of the corner of his eye, turning and yelling]

Tori!

[You need a gust of wind? Well Zelos is very much providing a strong one to blow them off their feet and injure them as he approaches]

You alright?

[skirtcladgunner]

[A small nod.]

Yeah, I'm fine! [She covers her mouth, coughing a little. She's thankful that this coughing fit is on the weak side and doesn't last very long. She didn't overdo it that much, it seems.] Thanks, Kaneis. Guess you had to save my ass instead! Sorry about that~

[Grabbing her guns, she pushes herself back onto her feet with a smirk.]

[wilder]

Heh heh, just be careful! We got a long way to go out here!

[skirtcladgunner]

You keep being careful, too!

[She shoots down a couple more robots. She's not going to allow herself to be kept down. She can rest later, and it's not like she's exhausted!]

[wilder]

Ahaha, don't worry about me!

[skirtcladgunner]

Can't a girl tell someone to be careful without being overly worried? I was being careful, and I still got caught off guard!

[All said while taking down a couple more robots and injuring a militant. Ugh, these guys just keep coming!]