"Oh, Damien.....TARENTES.WeLl, QuIcK, question" he asked. "You wouldn't...no, it REALLY doesn't MATTER. You HURT my FRIEND AND ARE likelllllllllllly the one to have caused her. Much. Misery. SO." He shouted and whispered in equal rage. "YOU are going to be my friend. MY SPECIAL FRIEND! DAY IN AND OUT. UNTIL YOUR THROAT GIVES OUT AND YOU CRY NAUGHT BUT BLOOD." He was a little unhappy Is what he was saying. "SO" "VILLANOUS SCUM" Seryu chipped in. "IMMA PLAY JUMPROPE WITH YOUR INTESTINES IN YOUR CHEST CAVITY" His guns roared, and the battle began anew. A little upset
< PLANET TEAM > < @WanderingJester > Commander Calban Yilli returned Kelley's call of bad news. "What!? Damn... I assume their next target would be the Anti-Orbital Cannons. Rider Kelley, you must not allow those guns to fall into enemy hands! If all else fails, destroy them!" "Roger, Kelley. Kyras, Yalei, I am incoming, hold on!" With that Dunni spun about, heading towards his allies. This left Kelley surrounded by Splinter Troopers, the drop in morale having all but wiped out the UTC forces. The survivors huddled near Kelley, ready to give him cover. [ 20 Bladesmen ; 20 Riflemen Wipe out up to 20 Troopers, using 10 Bladesmen and 10 Riflemen as support ] < @Xanxas > The blast from Kyras' Shoulder cannon was easily dodged, the Damien's cackling with glee. From behind the Sword Damien threw a cut, planning to disconnect the second cannon... while the Gun Damien was nowhere to be found. "You see? They are so attatched that they can't stand to have an ally die." They taunted [ Whatcha gonna do? Teleporter is available ] < ORBIT TEAM > < @Andraina @Shadhunter > As Freya stabbed into the Corvette, she hit somthing volatile, an explosion throwing her back, rattleing her but dealing no damage. It seemed to have been a critical wound as a chain reaction consumed the Corvette, the ship going down in a stellar explosion About that time, Leiutenant Holoi opened a comm link to the both of them "Bishop, Unison, Return to the StarRunner, the situation has changed... our mission has failed and we need all units nearby to be ready for extraction. Keep our firing lanes and extraction zones open!" She roared as guns and Sergeant Gorgon destroyed multitudes of Troopers "Captain, request permission to use the-" Lieutenant Desero began "Negative. We mustn't show it too early. Fire a broadside barrage at the destroyer!" "Captain! It is outside optimal range!" "Then make it work! I know you can do it!" [ 123 Bladesmen ; 98 Riflemen ; 35 Missile FRAMEs ; 9 free FRAMEs ; 7 Corvettes (No strikes) ; Destroyer (No strikes) ] [ Both - Up to 15 Kills, or 10 and pick a fight with a FRAME ]
There is a thing about melee FRAMEs. Even though they are fast, faster than even an Olympic athlete, their blows when compared to a laser are...lacking. That and the obvious trajectory their blades had to take made them "PREDICTABLE" he screamed, as he once more lost one of his guns.\Not for nothing though. To do that, his arm had to take a certain route, a certain ark. Thus Kyras's own arm flew up and caught it as it cut through his last rapid fire weapon, and pulled himself in with it. He stabbed the RoTC forwards into the cockpit of the FRAME, and with a grin that honestly does not belong outside a mental hospital as the soon to fire weapon powered up, said "YOLO motherfucker" a blast from that stick could take out a couple minions if lucky. If this hit, it would not be pretty.
< @Xanxas > If it was possible for a FRAME to smirk, the Damien would. "You may destroy me, and maybe I, but HE will always survive." And with that, the Rod blasted a hole through a FRAME that was pure circuitry... no Rider was anywhere inside. "And that is why you fail" the second voice said from behind, the laser-cannon aimed point-blank at Yalei's Iron Wall. "Watch your 'friend' die!" [ Do what you want. Take another medium wound if you save Yalei. You may also attempt a gambit (An action such as a double teleport) it may fail or succeed, with a large penalty if it fails ]
"DOUBLE TEAMING IS HAX!!" there was no doubting it, he was pretty much throwing a temper tantrum at this point. A screaming, murderous temper tantrum. Still, there was no way he would shoot him in time. Still, Seryu was his friend, and every wound on this FRAME was a wound on her. "Seryu" he started, "I'm sor-" "Its fine" she said weakly, "I can bear a bit more for a bit longer". He sighed, and prepared himself. This would hurt the both of them quite a bit. With a crackle, he phased into reality directly in front of the gun, his Rod's head lowing with onholy ligh. It was obvious to bow riders in the split second they had what was about to happen. The gun fired, and the rod exploded with a sound like reality had cracked. The world turned a vivid emerald, and Kyras and Seryu screamed as one as they felt "their" right arm's reduced to its molecular components and were thrown back, slamming against and through nearby rubble along with the pointed remnants of their staff, its head glowing bright with heat. They hit the ground with a crash, shattering the pavement around them. This really wasn't their day.
< @Xanxas > "Again, that is why you fail. You harm yourselves to save your allies. well." Said the Damien, Aiming the Cannon at Kyras' torso, the gun beginning to charge. "NO!" Dunni's voice came from the side as a golden laser blew both legs off the Damien, but to no effect. It somehow floated above the ground. "Die, wretch!" The Damien cackled in glee before suddenly stiffening as something penetrated its head, and it collapsed to the ground. "K-k...Ky...ras... Are you...alive?" Yalei's voice came through comms extremely weak as Kyras spotted her standing 10 stories above, her left arm holding a smoking handgun. "Thank...goodness..." she said when she saw his FRAME still operational, before passing out and beginning a freefall, plummeting down towards the ground.
NO. He had sacrificed to much, suffered to much, for it to end this way. He shakily got up and ran to where his friend was falling, tachyon arrow charging the whole way. He was ready for this, he might even die here but.... He turned and looked at the fallen mech as he finally aligned himself to block his comrades fall. With his arrow charged he looked at the man who had hurt him and his two closest friends. He may die here, but this motherfucker was too. And so, with the Yalei a split second above him, his FRAME about to take massive damage cushioning her fall, he fired the arrow. He didn't know if it would hit, he didn't know if this would work, he didn't know if either he or Yalei would live, but he did know one thing. This was going to hurt like a bitch.
< @Xanxas > The Tachyon arrow pierced the core of the frame, again revealing no Rider. This was soon pushed out of Kyras' mind by virtue of Yalei landing on him, thankfully doing minimal damage. Dunni was there soon enough, dragging Yalei off of Kyras and Propping her up against a wall. A quick look told him that the situation was no good. He left to give Kelley an update. "Ky...ras..." Yalei spoke weakly, it obviously was a strain to speak. "Could...y-you sit... with me? P-p-please?" She whimpered out a request "J-just... sit?" < @WanderingJester > "Kelley, the situation is not good. Both Kyras and Yalei are out of action. Enemy FRAMEs down as well, but we have lost most of our fighting ability. Recommending immediate evac." Dunni radioed to Kelley, standing watch over the wounded. "Negative." Lieutenant Moren chimed in "The Anti-Orbital guns have begun to fire on our forces, it is too dangerous to leave atmosphere before taking those guns offline."
Kyras almost laughed at that. It wasn't like he was exactly in standing condition at the moment. He slumped down next to her, wincing at the loud claxons going off in his cockpit. He still had his arrow and a sharp metal stick, but not much was honestly left of the once proud PRAETORIAN. He sighed again "Lo-ooks like he got us both" he coughed "Wasn't even here. That's just cheating that is." He meant it to come off as a joke, but even he could tell how weak he sounded. There was a fair amount of blood flowing from his body at this point, synaptic overload wreaking havock on the connections. He sighed again. "It'll be fine. P-probably" Seryu popped up in his peripheral vision, her model missing an arm and covered in scars. "They got away this once, b-b-but we'll get them next time, right friend? Justice always wins out, right Kyras? K-Kyras?' He was just way to damn tired to answer her at that point, but nodded his head in response. "Anyways, we took way to much damage, and the connectors overloaded and..." He closed his eyes there, listening to the worried babbling of Seryu and the oddly calming sound of claxons. Hopefully, he mused, the others had done a bit better. He sighed again. He would just have to wait it seemed.
She cried out as she felt herself being blown back, "AHHHH!" The force was unexpected. She didn't think she managed to make the kill. Her first ship kill, "Mama... I did it..." She whispered as she recovered smirking her confidence. The Orders came to her ears and she quickly replied, "Understood." Crap, well this was probably not what they were expecting. Keep the lines of fire clear and prepare for extraction. The enemy FRAMEs would be the biggest issue, but... "Agalia, can we take a proper FRAME like this?" She asked deciding to take some words of advice, "There's little choice sister. Missile equipped Destroyer FRAME detected Distance 800, There's a Guard unit but judging by the level of the other Grunts this isn't as much a problem." Freya nodded weighing her options, The Destroyer would be the biggest risk to a retreat. She decided and launched herself at the craft stabbing and shooting at its guard unit as she approached. 8 Bladesmen, 2 Riflemen destroyed, Approaching Missile FRAME.
