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Post by ev1lpoptart on Sept 12, 2007 21:03:36 GMT -5
Allistaire cracked his neck. "Well save some for me, will ya?" he chuckled a bit in his gruff voice and waited for the all-clear to suit up and see some action.
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Post by Airkshil on Sept 12, 2007 21:44:59 GMT -5
When her MS was up and running, Jehanna tried one last time to cement who she was into her brain. It was so difficult to know anything outside of the battle when it started, what with everyone's emotions running rampant through her. Schooling herself for what she was about to do, she checked her equipment, via the HUD, - it was suited for the ground, but they had at least gotten her rifle hooked up right - and headed out with the rest.
Following Lira's MS toward the ship that seemed to be on a ramming course for their own ship, Jehanna couldn't help but notice that many of their comrades were having trouble controlling their actions. Taking note, she muttered "For father." and opened fire at the enemy with her two handed rifle, using the recoil to switch direction - not as gracefully as she might have properly suited - and hopefully making her a more difficult target.
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Post by lighthawk on Sept 13, 2007 7:20:05 GMT -5
" No promises," the twins replied in unison. All four pilot's comms suddenly chirped at them and the captain's voice came through. " The mission has been aborted, the OSSF brought their flagship to the fight. They have already engaged the UESA mobile suits. Prepare to launch." " Kneeew iiiit," Aras said in a sing song voice as she and her sister rushed for their suits, red plated and yellow striped MS that had a distinctly feline feel about them. The ship made a hard turn that nearly tossed them all off their feet. " We're going to try and sneak around the main battle," the captain said. " And drop you behind the OSSF ship. Go for it's engines, and we might pull the UESA out of the cooking fire"
Jehanna's rifle fire cut through space and cored one of the enemy suits, perfect killing shot right through the pilot. Lira managed to get herself under control, and drifted back towards Jehanna, her beam saber switching off. " You shoot, I'll guard," she offered the younger woman, pumping more energy into her beam shield. Explosions and flashes of weapon fire lit up the space around them as both sides fully engaged. The UESA was outnumbered by half again as many OSSF, but Lira wasn't worried yet, it wasn't impossible odds. " Where's Jake?" she wondered, realizing she'd lost track of him in the confusion of the first moments.
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Post by Roara on Sept 13, 2007 9:26:49 GMT -5
"I'm right here Ma'am." He said, also shooting his rifle from a position that was being relatively unnoticed. He was scared. He had never been in a battle like this. He was too used to the simulations where if his MS exploded the ligths would turn on and he would step out of the fake cockpit in the UESA training stations.
"Umm... You think we should try to... flank them?" He asked, curiously. He was so used to having a C and C (command and control) unit guiding his actions, and he attacked or defended from enemy forces. When he repeatedly saw most of the hostile MS go for Lira and Jenna, he decided it was best. His MS lurched as he propelled himself without making too much of a flash around the enemy.When he was safely around them, he felt a rush of excitement. He was not noticed. He raised his rifle, then started shooting all the larger mechs in their unexposed backs. Seconds after he shot, half of the enemy turned around, seemed to stare at him for a moment, then all rushed at him. Some flanking left, right, below, over.
He managed to give off an "EEP!" as he holstered his rifle and drew his beam saber. He turned his engines to full power, raised his shield to protect his left, put his sword to protect his right, and shot straight up the middle.
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Post by lighthawk on Sept 13, 2007 9:37:13 GMT -5
" d**n fool is going to get himself killed," Lira muttered as she saw Jake's brave, but somewhat suicidal charge right down the enemy's throat. The surprise of such a brash move would buy him a few seconds, and any missed shots at him could become friendly fire incidents for the OSSF MS, but she didn't give him good odds of coming out the other end...not without a distraction. " Come on Jen," Lira said, hitting her thrusters on full. She shot towards the clustered enemy suits, and dumped as much power as she could into the beam saber hooked right into her reactor. The blade grew into less of a saber and something more akin of a greatsword, a broad, blood red bladed weapon that shone like a becon. The suits near the end of the cluster turned at the light, raised weapons, but she was already too close...and out of control. She smashed into the closest mobile suit, send herself and the other spinning through the enemy lines, and the cluster broke as they tried to dodge out of the way.
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Post by ev1lpoptart on Sept 13, 2007 11:32:11 GMT -5
Allistaire climbed the ladder up into the cockpit of Executioner. He grabbed the port at the back of the cockpit and slid it into the base of his head, near his spinal cord. Blackness. After a split second, he was seeing through Executioner's eye. His HUD showed that his shields were operating at full capacity, that his beam sabers were nominally charged, his shot claw was online, his beam rifle was fully loaded, and that his rail gun and thrusters were both at nominal temperatures. "good," he said.
The advantage of having a complete Central Nervous System overhaul was that all of Allistaire's senses were connected to Executioner. Not only could he see and hear through the gundam, but he could feel through it as well. The cold of space was always a bit of a wake up at first, but Allistaire adjusted quickly. The rail gun flipped up into position on his right shoulder. "Okay," he said into his comm, "Cover me while I get within range. Let's make this one quick," With that, he headed towards the back of the OSSF ship, closing the rather large distane between his drop and his target...
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Post by lighthawk on Sept 13, 2007 11:50:45 GMT -5
" Cover us," Aras said, speaking up and moving just before her sister, her mobile suit pulling along side Allistaire's. " I'm not letting you have all the fun," she shot at him over Sara's grumbles as she and thr fourth pilot, John, took up a rear guard over the the leading two MS. The giant OSSF seemed impossibly large as they drew near it, a sensation that was somewhat rare to feel when plugged into a mobile suit, when one has the sensation of becoming a giant being of metal. " They build em big on Mars, don't they?" Aras asked with a hint of seriousness, but then laughed. " That'll make quite the firework when it goes off." From the ship, shards of metal seemed to fly off the hull, a second later they became clear as fire flared from the ends, missiles. " Incoming," John spoke in his calm, flat voice.
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Post by ev1lpoptart on Sept 13, 2007 14:43:15 GMT -5
"I see them," Allistaire said. There were two OSSF Mobile Suits closing in on his 2 o'clock. He drew his beam rifle and opened fire on them. Their shields easily deflected the attack, but the attack served more as a way of painting the enemy to his comrades. He holstered his beam rifle and activated the left beam saber in his left forearm and waited for the two Mobile Suits to close in. When the first one was close enough, Allistaire fired his shot claw into the Suit's armor, and reeled it in, preparing for a finishing blow with his beam saber. "You know, the rest of you could join in at any time," he said jokingly.
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Post by Airkshil on Sept 13, 2007 14:54:13 GMT -5
"Jeez," Jehanna complained in voice that seemed more gruff than she had before, "You both oughta watch what you're doin'." Her personality was already starting to slip. If the battle lasted long enough, she was likely to become another person altogether. Trying to stay fairly close to Lira, Jehanna attempted to pick off the MS who managed to dodge the other woman's charge, of course trying to not send beam fire too close to Jake. Most of the enemy seemed to be confused by the awkwardness of the assault and were too off balance to effectively dodge again so soon, becoming easy targets for the younger pilot.
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Post by lighthawk on Sept 13, 2007 14:56:05 GMT -5
" Why thank you for the invintation," Aras replied with heavy, but playful sarcasm. She came down on the second suit, her own tiger striped mobile suit just dodging a beam shot as the one struggling in Allistaire's grip drew it's own saber and blocked his blow. Above them both, relative to their orientation, Sara and John opened fire on the lead missile, detonating the warhead in a blinding flash. " Lot more firecrackers comming," Sara announced as they adjusted aim for the next one.
Lira managed to kick free of the other MS, and cored the enemy suit with a quick thrust of her beam saber. From behind came a sense of warning, and kicked the thrusters just in time to dodge a beam shot. She saw Jehanna's own shot take the head off one the enemy suits, noticed another about to take a shot at her, and sent a quick burst of cannon fire that way. The shoulder mounted weapons shattered her target's beam rifle, leaving it momentarily unarmed, they also kicked her back and around, and a laser burst just missed her. This was getting out of hand, the confusion and surprise was wearing off and they were in the middle of a hornets nest. " Jake, Jehanna, we should regroup," she said, hitting her thruster and aimming out of the battle.
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Post by ev1lpoptart on Sept 13, 2007 15:19:29 GMT -5
Allistaire took advantage of the flash and flicked out his saber, thrusting deep into his preys core. Sparks flew and the suit went dead. Allistaire couldn't speak(nor did he care to) of the pilots health, but the suit itself was most certainly inoperable. He kicked it loose of his shot claw and reeled it the rest of the way in. "Keep me covered," he said as the rail gun on his shoulder completed its plasma charge. "I'm going in."
He kept his beam saber drawn and made his advance on the OSSF ship...
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Post by lighthawk on Sept 13, 2007 15:30:59 GMT -5
" Oh no problem," Sara remarked, she and John blasting a fourth missile to debris. The weapons were almost on top of the group, and they began to split apart, seeking targets. Three of the missiles turned after Allistaire, each one as long as his MS was tall, and moving much faster. Two were chasing after Aras, the woman having torn the chest out of her target with the collection of tiny beam sabers in her suit's fingers, claws to complete her mobile suit's feline design. She raced after Allistaire, shooting back over her shoulder with her scatter rifle at the chasing missiles. " Behind you Allistaire, you got three boombooms," she warned.
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Post by ev1lpoptart on Sept 13, 2007 17:41:36 GMT -5
Executioner maneuvered around so it was facing the missiles, still moving away from them, though. "Watch yourself, Aras," he said. The rail gun fired a beam of plasma at the center-most of the three missiles after him, and the missile exploded violently. The shrapnel from the original explosion interfered with the other two missiles, and the result was a massive explosion between himself and Aras. "sh**," Allistaire said, "it's going to take about 3 minutes for my rail gun to reach maximum capacity again." He held his position. "Aras, report," he said.
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Post by Roara on Sept 13, 2007 20:25:32 GMT -5
"Sounds like fun..." Jake sighed heavily as he drifted to a stop near the protective umbrella of the guns mounted on the allied ships. His purple armor was charred and dented in some places, and he could feel some restraint from the tempered mobile suit.
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Post by lighthawk on Sept 13, 2007 21:07:57 GMT -5
" You okay there Jake?" Lira asked with some concern, given the state of his armor. She'd taken a few grazing shots, but nothing more that some surface scarring. She took a quick scan of the battle. They had started off outnumbered by half again as many enemy MS, but now the sides were nearly even. She counted 19 UESA suits and 21 OSSF. In the distance but still closing, the massive OSSF ship was firing off to it's right rear, and Lira realized that the Lanchester forces had gone after the ship's engines. That might just be the key to turning this into a win, as the two ships would reach firing range in the next minute. If the OSSF couldn't manuver, than the UESA ship might be able to hold it's own, with a bit of MS backup.
" Do you prefer your wingmate extra crispy or deep fried?" Aras said, coming around from behind the debris field, a few sharp scraps dotting her mobile suit, but nothing critical. " Reminds of the time my dad told me not to play around with his blasting caps, and I went ahead and..." " We can have the family talk later sis," Sara interrupted as she and John drifted nearer. " We've still got a date with a monster, and after the flowers there, I bet the kisses are going to be a lot of fun." Even as she spoke, points on the OSSF ship glowed a threatening yellow-white, and lines of energy jumped out towards them.
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