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. ]]

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[asskickersunite]

In Eddie's eyes, the whole grimdark thing totally reminded him of the Sea of Black Tears. This should have made him a little wary, instead he noticed something else. This new girl bore a striking resemblance to Roxy. Even if he had little time to spend with her recently, he was still keen on seeing her again.

However, that would come after helping out this new face. Eddie brought his guitar to bear, strumming out the Battle Cry solo. With the power of Metal imbuing her already potent abilities, Rose might find herself feeling stronger. More power behind each attack.

"Feel free to keep fuckin' them up!" Eddie calls over the sound of crashing rubble.

[flightybookshrew]

Rose hadn't realized anyone else was there until that strange feeling of euphoria and power and...was that rock and roll? washed over her. She actually sucked in a surprised breath and half-turned, peering down at the strange man with the magic guitar. Well, she certainly approved of magical instruments, at least.

Rather than saything anything she simply grinned and turned back to the army they opposed, waving her wand above her head as a series of rather unsettling purple and black stormclouds began to form, growing larger and larger with each passing second, bolts of lightning traveling between the clouds. When it seemed large enough she threw her hand forward and the storm surged ahead, washing over the approaching army, leaving waves of lightning everywhere it went, sending men and machinery flying.

[asskickersunite]

"Oh, we're doing this shit with lightning now?" Eddie calls out with an obvious grin on his face. He ceases playing the Battle cry solo, and instead begins playing what sounds like a random set of riffs and notes. However, these individual string plucks have a whole new effect. That of bolts of lightning descending from the clouds, striking wherever Eddie deemed necessary, or just plain awesome to look at.

As an added flaming bonus, Eddie began belting out various power chords. These new chords have a significantly different effect from playing the individual notes. These chords instead produce eruptions of fire beneath the enemy. The resulting blast of fire proves extremely destructive, as their foes are either burnt to ash or are forced away from the sheer temperature of the heat.

[flightybookshrew]

Rose floated up a bit higher at the pyrotechnics display, her head tilted to the side, watching appreciatively. Well, she certainly could approve of that sort of magic, really...although magic created my music was something new. She'd have to ask him about it when she could actually speak properly.

"Glub Hor," she called down pointlessly before turning back to the battle. A mech thing was approaching, adn she waved her wand towards it and it was wrenched up off the ground adn spun around several times before slamming back down into a nearby tank.