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Post by Koith on Feb 20, 2013 21:23:17 GMT -4
At the time while Jakob threatening Vexus at the bridge, a cold gun pointed behind him, and will bust his skull if he does something stupid. A cloaking device turned off as the body slowly appeared. It's Kane. He's smirks:
-Just keep dreaming before I die, mister!
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Approaching to the fleet, Koith orders through the radio:
-Flak-cannons keep an eye on us! As Vexus' flagship marked, you're free to go!
-Roger that, Commander!
-Wings, on my mark! We'll drill into her ship and make ways for our boys to storm in.
-Roger that,
Then, the F-40 squadrons started rushing to the battle. The rain was more raging than ever, on radar, red blobs appeared more and more. Cluster flies used everything they could to protect the ships, and their firepower are raging. During combat, some F-40s gone mayday and went down in smokes.
-Secure the pilots,-Koith orders to the ground.
-Roger that,-Ground forces replied as they reaching to the crash sites for the rescue.
Suddenly, on Koith's cybernetic eyes, some schematics strangely appeared. Vexus' flagship? How, and who sent this to him? But, if it's the only chance, he will take it. Dodging the deadly plasma shots, the soldier maximized the engine power to storm in.
-What the hell is Commander doing?-One guy with a scope can't hide his shock when seeing that act. Based on the schematics, Koith pin-pointed the weakspots of the flagship and fired his rockets. The energy shield can't withstand the piercing weapons like that, so easily breached and hit into...engines, shield generators, power supplies and they're quickly caught the fire. Seeing the sign, the F-40s started rushing to the place while spraying the miniguns to make way from swarms of Cluster flying troopers. When the launching range was inside, they fired most of the rockets toward the fires, made the damages more critical. Seeing the smokes and explosions from the ship, Flak-cannons commander shouted:
-FIRE!!!
The Flaks started firing. The shield was down, so the AP shells easily hit into the armor. The fighters still fighting against the flies, also from the ship turrets. Finishing the job, Koith orders:
-Squadron, wipe out the bugs to carve a path for boarding team! We must driven them out of ships range.
-Roger that,-Then the wings started luring the hostiles out of the turrets' range and quickly disabled their effectiveness due to multi-targeting. While covering the fighters, Flak commander received a call:
-Order, Sergeant! Carry...It...Out!
-Roger,-He lowered the voice, then start aiming. But, neither Clusters nor ships, but Koith's wing.
The soldier's fighter got hit, by his own men...
-Mayday! Mayday!-Koith groaned through the radio. The fighter losing attitudes, but it still beyond the Cluster's flagship, and he suddenly got an idea.
CRASH!!!
An explosion popped out, and Koith's radio was dead. While on the chopper, Marie saw everything happened:
-NO!!!-She yelled, tried to get off to help Koith, but Grinder intercepted:
-No, Yellow Lily! You're now the Commander! You must push forward the attack.
-But...but, Koith...!-The girl can't stay calm for this time.
-Commander will be ok, I said it!-Grinder reassured-He's the die-hard, you'd known!
-Uh,-Marie remembered the time she'd always trusted that Koith never die during Hornet. He'd escaped from the maw of Death time to time, so why not this time?-Ok!-She nodded, then turned on the radio-This is Yellow Lily, Commander's assistant! Launching the boarding team, we'll put an end to Vexus.
-Roger that,-The radio replied, then choppers filled with marines and rangers storm into the field under the dense covering fire from flaks and miniguns.
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About Koith, his fighter not yet exploded, but stuck between the ship's plating. Pulling the overdrive lever, the soldier hardly opens his hatch, smokes and fires filled into his eyes as he can't make his sight clearly due to the shock of the impact. Taking out the Night Hawk and the MP5 from the cockpit, Koith staggered out to the hallway of the ship. He can't keep the balance and stumbles toward. But then, the soldier keep moving. Seeing the Cluster bots behind the smoke, Koith fired the SMG, killing them mostly. But, its ended up too soon and he doesn't have any ammo for it. Throwing it away, Koith used his Night Hawk to deal with, leaving many mudholes to the metallic dead corpses. Taking a good blaster on the floor, he kept moving forward, his suffering from the damaged balancing system still grievous...
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Post by Jakob on Feb 20, 2013 22:05:51 GMT -4
Time seemed to stop for Jakob. Somehow, a robot managed to not only get behind him, but also get a gun trained on his skull. His pent-up rage he was barely holding together had finally become too much to bear.
He slowly turned- his scattergun lowered as he did so- and stared daggers at the robot with the cylindrical devices that served as his visual sensors.
"Go ahead," Jakob growled as the mech was ready to vaporize the one with the pistol where they stood, "Make my day. Give me one good goddamn reason why I shouldn't just take your insufficient toy gun... and then tear your arm off... and beat you to scrap with it... If my little friend doesn't turn you into plasma fumes first."
The mech's cannon would easily vaporize the both of them- as they were too close together, but Jakob was willing to make that sacrifice at this point. At the current range, there was no way for either of them to dodge a shot from the mech.
But then the ship was hit by multiple impacts- most likely missiles. Jakob took the opportunity to close the distance. Dropping his scattergun, Jakob grabbed at Kane's gun arm to pry away, and he swnt his other hand right to Kane's neck.
A successful grip would allow Jakob to crush the robot's neck- and every system and circuit within... but he would need one good reason to not do just that...
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Post by Koith on Feb 20, 2013 22:20:17 GMT -4
Kane didn't expect that Jakob got his men. Even at this time, the black Koith-like smirks. With him, it's not so hard at all.
-I see,-It's not so easy to stay calm like him during this time-If you willing to die for US, then I will, but for My Queen! Then do it, if this planet sing for your sacrifice, and I will at Cluster.
Even being restrained at that time, he's still staying calm, like the time as the dealer with his brother before. Inside his body, there's a bomb, enough to fry Jakob if he want to kill.
Stopping for a while, Koith saw Gene and Plink.
((OOC: Jakob, Kane is essential character, so don't kill him!))
"What the...?" He self-asked.
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Post by Jakob on Feb 20, 2013 22:57:11 GMT -4
((OOC: Jakob, Kane is essential character, so don't kill him!)) ((OOC: Then don't have Kane point a gun at the back of Jakob's head out of nowhere... Especially since he's sick and tired of this war and wants it ended as soon as possible.)) //EXPLOSIVES DETECTED IN THE NEWCOMER'S ABDOMEN. Of course there are, Jakob thought, A Black Ops-level soldier decent enough to get behind me without my noticing would need such a safety measure."Keep Vexus tracked," Jakob replied to the mech as his first hand began to crush Kane's arm to make him drop the pistol, "As for you... If you wanted to stop me, you would've helped your precious Queen give the order to call off the fleet. As of this moment, I have both the President of the United States and the Queen of the response fleet of the Cluster on the same bridge- ready to talk it out on account of the fact that I will kill them both otherwise. "That means I, my mech, and my own men have done more physical work to prevent- correction: stop this war than everyone on this ship combined... and as far as I know: Dr. Wright comes pretty close by himself." The mech had Vexus' signal locked- and was ready to send a lance of plasma to decimate her cover- or herself if she would abandon the cover. The President was still cowering on the floor- hoping to God that no more destruction would happen. ... Though it doesn't need to be said, the situation could use a better peace-maker than the rampant android and the robot that put said rampant android over the edge.
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Post by Hunter on Feb 20, 2013 23:10:42 GMT -4
In truth, the various surprises that had been sprung in the past few moments had nearly paralyzed Gene. From Jakob's threat against Vexus's life, to the appearance of the strange robot that had earlier leaked the President's words to a crowd of protestors, to the sudden rocking of the ship by missile impacts, to the unknown robot claiming an allegiance to Vexus, to the fleeting glimpse of KM-08 on the other side of the hallway, it was all too much for him to take in at once. Only now, with things cooled to a stalemate, was he able to process everything.
"Enough!" he cried, sidling to the open bridge door. "Both of you, stand down. Now. This battle is over. This war is over."
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Post by Koith on Feb 20, 2013 23:12:03 GMT -4
-Nugh,-Kane groaned as Jakob crushing his arm-Well, if you said so. I used to think about capturing that idiot to show to My Queen, but you blown it off!-Releasing the gun to the floor, he continues-I'll lead you to the talk right now, just bring Prezzy on the showcase. As the top-secret intel agents, they won't fire at me, if you want to cooperate! And hurry before my brother and his men got their asses here, since they won't leave mercy to her.
While the way on the bridge, Koith heard Gene's voice. Using every power he could, the soldier get into the place. What the? Kane's being restrained by Jakob, the President cowering on the floor.
-What...what the hell?-The badly wounded Koith can't hide his feelings.
At the another door, a kick pushed it open, with Marie leading the strike team with guns ready. Seeing both the scene and the tattered Koith, she said:
-Koith...you're alive...! And...-She asked for the scene-What the hell happened...?
One soldier identified the President, he intended to rescue him, but Koith halted:
-Don't! This war is over. Don't get anymore bloodshed!
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Post by Jakob on Feb 20, 2013 23:42:05 GMT -4
"Enough! Both of you, stand down. Now. This battle is over. This war is over."
Gene's words gave the android pause. Something whirred in the eye mechanisms on Jakob's face- albiet for a split second. His head then bowed down.
It's not what XJ-0 would do... It isn't... I'm not XJ-0... but I have to try... I should've tried harder...
I'm not strong enough...
"I'm going to let go," Jakob said, suddenly calm. His grip would finally ease, and he would step back when he fully let go.
The mech weapons cooled down as Jakob stepped away and began to slowly reclaim his weapons- slipping them under his armour as he did so.
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Post by TheRealBullet on Feb 20, 2013 23:51:10 GMT -4
((OOC: Mein Gott! I've fallen behind. Gotta catch up!))
Bullet had lost a connected with Plink for quite a time, and in the metaphorical silence amidst the roar of battle, Bullet was getting a strange feeling something bad was going down in the bowels of the mothership. Though robots like Bullet normally didn't have such strange instincts, he knew that when they did happen, it's best to listen. He flew off into the hole that Plink had made earlier in the hull and found a trail of eviscerated drones.
Hopefully this will lead me to Plink, uless he's in a trap, then I hope these don't lead to Plink. Either way, they're all I've got for a lead, so I'm going to follow them. Bullet sprinted his way through hall after hall of the carnage and oil-shed that stained the once glorious battleship, using a powerful katana-like sword to chop down any enemies along the way. As Bullet progressed towards what he assumed was the bridge of the ship, the drones derelict remains began to heap up, nearly entirely covering the floors.
I hear shooting up ahead, I must be getting close. Suddenly the ship was rocked with a barrage of missiles, nearly sending the typically-nimble Bullet to the ground. Only taking a fraction of a second to recover, he continued down the hall at a breakneck pace.
Finally Bullet came to the large doors to the mothership's bridge. Deciding at the last second not to bother to check the room before entering, Bullet was met with the sight of Plink, Gene, Koith, Jakob and his mech, Vexus, a man bound-up lying on the floor, and another man who Bullet somehow recognized.
"Holy roller! I hope I'm not too late to the party!" Bullet blurted out before he could stop himself.
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Post by Hunter on Feb 21, 2013 0:46:48 GMT -4
Gene winced at the unexpected voice, then turned to the source. "You are," he said to Bullet. "But don't worry; the party sucked. Now back off." He looked at the strike team, led (to his surprise) by Marie. "You too. This is between Her Majesty and Mr. President." He angled his neck as if to look behind Vexus's cover. "All right, Your Majesty. Get out here and let's start talking terms."
"Oh, what's there to discuss?" she asked. "This nation has suffered unprecedented devastation. My ground forces have been all but annihilated. I'd say we both got what we wanted."
"That might be enough for you and this dingus here," Gene said, gesturing to the President, "but I think the rest of us would like to make sure it doesn't happen again. A good place to start would be rescinding your declaration of war on this planet, no questions asked."
"You're talking unconditional surrender."
"No, just 'surrendering' the right to blow up their homeworld, which is clearly more trouble than it's worth these days. If some genius decides to invade Cluster territory again, you can still defend yourself, and then you can talk to their U.N. about smacking down the offenders. The nice thing about Earthlings is, they're not gonna pass up an opportunity to fight each other, if you don't give them something else to fight. I mean, it was less than a year ago that they were all united against General Balaam -- and now it's like it never even happened."
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Post by Plink on Feb 21, 2013 1:25:33 GMT -4
Plink felt the missle shots but didn't seem too phased by them.
"Both of you, stand down. Now. This battle is over. This war is over." Gene said. "Right...anywho...I'll be on call to send this puppy home." Plink said as he stood behind everything.
"Holy roller! I hope I'm not too late to the party!" Bullet said.
"No idea. They're missing hats." Plink said.
Plink watched the heated argument before speaking. "My first remark will be that blowing up another species homeplanet for a mere attack is kind of a petty move. This, dear vexus kind of reflects badly on you. Im only 3 years old and I dont have that kind of hostility. You're what? 30? 25?
But in all honesty, i want to know mr president. Why did you attack the Cluster? What did you hope to gain? I'm sure the rest of the world who youve doomed to destruction would like to know."
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Post by Koith on Feb 21, 2013 2:35:35 GMT -4
Jakob released Kane, and the talk commenced. While Koith can't make a stand anymore, he fell, slammed his back to the wall got wet by the rain leaking from the crashed windows, like a waterfall. Leaving a sign for the men to calm down, Marie gets near to her boy, asked:
-Honey, are you ok? Can you stay?
-Yup, I can still stand!-Koith nodded-I want to see how this battle ended,
-Excuse for my insolence, Your Majesty!-Kane bowed to Vexus-But now, I'll bring you the one who all behind this war! A dead head, of course.
Then, he ran through the large broken window and dived into the raining sky. As the matter of time, he gone cloaked again.
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Post by Jakob on Feb 21, 2013 11:00:01 GMT -4
"Not necessary, not to mention uncalled-for, given the current state of affairs!" Jakob called to Kane, though the robot didn't seem to listen- and was already outside via one of the massive holes the mech had blasted open.
//I'VE IDENTIFIED HIS SIGNALS. HE'S NOW BEING TRACKED.
"That guy's only just going to make things worse," Jakob muttered, "Remind me why I didn't just kill him?"
//THE BOMB IN HIS ABDOMEN.
"Right, yeah..." Jakob shook his head as he picked up his pistol and slipped it under his armour again, "Send the punk's info to XJ-9. She can capture him and bring him back here with no effort at all."
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Post by Plink on Feb 21, 2013 15:24:13 GMT -4
Plink was momentarily distracted by Kane's disappearance. "Well where is that dummy going?" Plink muttered before turning back to the president. Plink crossed his arms "We are waiting Mr.President." He said.
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Post by Koith on Feb 21, 2013 20:32:25 GMT -4
While seeing the talk, Koith got a message from Kane:
-You want to know why I'd worked with Vexus?
-I don't mind,-The soldier replied-You want to serve who, then so be it!
-So, you want to know who shot down your fighter during the battle?
-Cluster droids, of course!-Koith answered.
-Cluster droids?-Kane laughed-Why are you so naive, bruder? The Defense wanted you dead, and they will make an "accidental fire" to cover their intention. Cause, your questions against their authority just pissed them off. The Hornet, also planned to kill you!
-Kill me, what?-Koith rises his eyebrow
-Yes, they want to kill you!-Kane replied-You're not the model for their ones called "patriots"! Since you're too shrewd to know their true plan and up against it. Besides, you're from the Commnunists, and those cowards always want to you and your "comrades" die, just because of their dearly chairs and money! And now, I'll make them pay, for agitating this war.
-You means,-Koith worries-You're gonna kill them?
-Nein, bruder!-Kane smirked-Just sending the evidences and having some fun with them. I just talked with Vice Prezzy about his Big Boy still alive and talking with Vexus now! He wanted to pull the ones responsible for this to justice,
-Then just show me the true reason why you didn't support me during Hornet?-Koith asked back.
-Ah yes, the truth! The truth is, capturing Vexus solves nothing nor lead you to victory as what the papers said. It's only got her daughter Vega to get inside this battle, broken the alliance with her and will cause the far greater consequences than whoever could imagine!
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Post by Plink on Feb 21, 2013 22:40:32 GMT -4
The sudden message from Kane to koith piqued Plinks attention. "So that's the reason?" Plink said. "A plan to murder?" Plink scowled at Kane through Koith's monitor. "Foul move...unethical...and laden with decietful hearts!" Plink said. "Why has the US become so Liberal?"
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