One-on-one Zoid Challenge

[arodion]

*A radio message rips through the cockpits of every Zoid pilot*
"This is Pilot Arodion DarKor of the Liger Darkstar. I propose a challenge for honor and glory against another single pilot. Meet me at the following coordinates in two standard hours if you accept."
*the transmission terminates and a set of coordinates incripts across computer screens in each cockpit*

The coordinates mark a charred city ruin, battle scorched and desolate. Buildings crumble into piles of rubble and ash. A chilled wind blows through the ash, sending up pillars of dust and causing slowly dying embers to spark and glow in the darkness.

A crash in the distance causes an old wall to crack and then collapse. The soft humming of servos and pneumatics echoes from the smoke and a towing shadow descends over the rubble. A Black Liger with red trimming steps foward. The head sweeps back and forth, taking in the scenery and planning the battle to come.

The pilot flips a switch at his controls and spot lights glow to life on the Liger's shoulders illuminating the destruction before him. Another switch is flipped and the cockpit slowly rises open to reveal the pilot sitting in his chair. His long black hair flowing over his shoulders he looks out into the night and smiles.

"What you say Darkstar? Ready to test out your new systems?"

The Liger Darkstar roars softly in agreement with its pilot.

"Heh, I thought so..."

Arodion, Liger Darkstar's pilot, pulls a ciggarete out from hhis chest pocket and lites it, takes a deep draw, and waits on an opponent to responde to his challenge.

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Whoever wishes to face me in single combat, please accept my challenge and introduce your Zoid and pilot, then we can get this battle underway.

[christopheralexand]

A slow almost completely silent hum comes from the distance. Havok looks back and forth searching for any pilot worth challenging. All of a sudden a transmission echos into his cockpit. after the transmission cordinates pop up and he smiles.

"Mantis, lets do it"

He tilts his head sideways and the zoid does the same. It opens its boosters and wings and shoots off into the distance. Withing 5 minutes he arrives at the location where a black liger stands.

"arodion i wish to challenge you. My name is Havok and this is my custom zoid, the havok mantis."

At that the mantis raises its tail firing its lazer gattling gun towards the black zoid

[drako11]

On top of a charred building a cloaked bot sits watching. The pilot, Dice, sits inside lights flashing all around him watching as a manti ray type zoid pulls up to the black lige he had been watching for awhile now. Dice smiled as the mantis began firing off a laser gattling. "This should be interesting Gunthan, lets wait and see what happens, then we will strike."

[arodion]

As the Mantis came into sight, Arodion climbed back in his cockpit and botted up the Darkstar's weapon systems. Power surged through cool circuits and the Liger roared to life, lifting it's head and declaring its challenge. As Havok's voice cracked through the transmission, Arodion gripped the throttle and punched it foward, the Liger taking off in a cloud of raised ash as the gattling laser tore through the ground where he just stood.

Arodion strafes to the right of Havok, letting his scanners pick apart the Mantis' defenses and weapons. Arodion grinned slightly as the list of expensive and powerful system names scrolled across the Mantis' data screen.

"This is going to be fun Darkstar."

Arodion takes a final draw from his dying ciggarete and drops it in a can, then turns his Liger sharply, dodging behind a crumbling building out of sight or Havok. With a scream of steel on asphalt, Arodion turns sharply and dives at the building between him and Havok at full speed. At the last second before crashing into the old building, Arodion activates his Liger's Laser claws and punches through the building, leaps into the air and speeds toward Havok, his laser claws surging with power. With a roar the Liger lifts up on its hind quarters and slashes at the Mantis' raised tail cannon.