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 groans and rolls his eyes, before leaping over with ease to help bring his sword down on that robot's arms]

-Hadn't paying attention. Yeah, I know.

[debtor]

I hadn't expected that!

[SLICE SLICE. This robot's not gonna be moving again.

He moves back once it's been dispatched. And he's pointedly not looking at Zelos directly, scanning the surrounding forest instead.]

There!

[Allen's arm shoots out, using his belts to tie up an UE foot soldier who'd been leveling his gun at them.]

[wilder]

Because you didn't notice me.

[Zelos looks where he's aiming, and once the belts take hold, he'll use magic to lift up the earth behind the guy's feet to make him lose balance with that shot]

[debtor]

[And Allen swings the poor fellow into the ground, hard enough to hurt.]

I hadn't known you could create wind.

[wilder]

[Poor dude will feel that in the morning]

Earth, Fire, Wind, Lightning! Water's still tricky.

[debtor]

But you'd rather not practice, right...?

[wilder]

'Course not. I get soaked enough from the rain.

[debtor]

Perhaps you could control the rain!

[Whoops, 'scuse me, gotta punch some dude in the face. These UE guys just don't quit.]

[wilder]

[he lets out a bark of a laugh as he turns and kicks a UE guy in the face]

Sorry, but you'd need a Summon Spirit for that!

[debtor]

--A what?

[wilder]

[he rolls his eyes, you really are clueless]

Summon Spirits. Immortal beings of incredible power. They are usually attuned to a single element, and their magic is so strong just hanging around somewhere can influence an entire region's climate.

[debtor]

No way...

[YOUR WORLD IS CRAZY.]

Are those common??

[wilder]

Nah, not really. There's less than a dozen of them total.

[debtor]

...And you can summon them?

[wilder]

Nah. Only a summoner can.

[debtor]

I see. Oh well.

[LAME.

Reinforcements arriving at twelve o'clock, though. Allen immediately turns his attention to them.]

[wilder]

[SORRY GO ASK THE NINJA NEIGHBOR ]

[Zelos also turns his attention towards them. A few of the troopers with what seems to be lethal taser sticks try to rush at them, but Zelos is quick enough to meet them with his sword]

[debtor]

[Be gentle to them...!

Allen knocks over the ones that rush at him with a sweep of his cape, and rushes at them with his Initiative-given gauntlet, to punch them out.]

[wilder]

[Uh...sure...]

[Zelos meanwhile knocks away the rod he met the sword with. There's a few swings swung at him, but with his reflexes and speed they don't hope to hit. When he attacks, it's mere seconds before both of them are dead on the ground, with slash wounds that hit vital organs- clearly quick deaths]

[Once that's done, he'll glance over his shoulder to see how Allen's doing]

[debtor]

[And then suddenly there's a scream and Zelos has a shounen hero flinging himself at him, with the intent to knock him to the ground.]

[wilder]

[You know, you'd think a guy who died via his own companions would be more cautious- but Zelos is caught off guard by Allen suddenly going berserk and attacking him- so he'll hit and fall to the ground]

What the- Allen!

[debtor]

[He looks a BIT UPSET.

And he's moving to pin Zelos to the ground with the palm of his clawed hand, talons caging around his neck. Practically screeching:]

You killed them—!

[In case you hadn't noticed.]

[wilder]

[And since Zelos can't really match Allen in raw strength with that claw? Consider him pinned]

[Also looking at Allen like he grew a second head because seriously this is like freaking out over a baker baking for Zelos]

Well yeah! They were trying to kill me and this is a battle! What did you expect?

[debtor]

[Allen has no grudge against the UE's soldiers; they're opponents (and easy ones at that), but they're not his enemies. Humans aren't. They're just men, under orders, defending their land from invaders and thieves.

So far, Zelos is the only one he's seen taking anyone's life.

He curls his other hand into a fist, eyes flashing in rage.]

You could have stopped them! You left the others alive!

They didn't need to die!

[wilder]

[Zelos meanwhile seems completely unaffiliated by Allen's rage beyond annoyance. You kill in battle. That's a rule Zelos has known his entire life. Death in battle is an honorable death]

You really are an idiot, aren't you? You think I'm some sort of monster for killing people?

[He makes a humorless scoffing noise]

Remember how this whole place is gonna blow in about twenty minutes? You know what that means? All those people that you've knocked out? Are going to die. And much much more horribly than the two dead guys right there. And that's if they're lucky and don't get trampled to death first.

Grow up kid, this is war. People die.