Futuristic Burning Sails [OPEN]

[Infab]

Kalien Station - Cargo Bay #1 - Loading/Unloading Zone - TURN 1
Upyri Federation Office of Naval Intelligence
ONI Task Force 21 'Steelbreaker'
(HP = 60.)

Special Buffs:
ONI Task Force 21 'Steelbreaker':
Remarkably Agile: ONI Troopers and Combat Drones are unable to be hit by retaliation attacks.
Heavy Hitters: Being a task force consisting of veteran Naval Troopers and combat drones, they know how to cause some real damage. They do 3 DMG per attack instead of the standard 1 against infantry. Standard 1 DMG against battlesuits/vehicles/mechs unless otherwise stated.

Blackwell's Reavers:
Carnifex - Nil is a walking super weapon. Every five turns, is able to unleash a portion of his true power. Instantly kills foes, the number being determined by a d10 roll. Doesn't work on mini-bosses and above.
Deathproof - Caiden is a born survivor, and passes that trait on to his allies. If downed, players can roll to revive themselves without the need of medical assistance. If successful, player revives with half HP.

Special Debuffs:
ONI Task Force 21 'Steelbreaker':
Last Man Standing: No reinforcements will be provided for the ONI forces, and they cannot flee.
Suppression: Being constantly shot at tends to throw off your aim, especially when that gunfire comes from mechs and machine guns. ONI forces have less of a chance to hit their intended targets.

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Lauren = 10 - 2 (8, Enemy behind cover.) Does 1 DMG to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 59. Retaliation Roll = 3 - 2 (1, Suppression.) Retaliation Failed.
Valk = 2 - 1 (1, Enemy behind cover.) Missed ONI Task Force 21. Retaliation Roll = 9 - 2 (7, Suppression.) Retaliation Successful. ONI Task Force 21 does 3 DMG to Valk. Valk HP = 7.
Shelby = 8 - 2 (6, Enemy behind cover.) Does 1 DMG to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 58. Retaliation Roll = 6 - 4 (2, Suppression, Enemy behind cover.). Retaliation Failed.
C-355 = 9 - 2 (7, Enemy behind cover.) Does 5 DMG (Mech vs Infantry) to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 52. Retaliation Roll = 3 - 2 (1, Suppression). Retaliation Failed.
Vance = 1. Missed ONI Task Force 21. Retaliation Roll = 6 - 2 (4, Suppression.) Retaliation Failed.
Ardent Pilgrim = 9 - 2 (7, Enemy in cover.) Does 5 DMG (Mech vs Infantry) to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 47. Retaliation Roll = 10 - 2 (8, Suppression.) Retaliation Successful. Does 1 DMG to Ardent Pilgrim. Ardent Pilgrim HP = 9.
Nil = 8. Kills 8 of ONI Task Force 21's troops on the spot (Carnifex.) ONI Task Force 21 HP = 39. Retaliation Roll = 6 - 2 (4, Suppression.) Retaliation Failed.
Caiden = 9 - 2 (7, Enemy in cover.) Does 5 DMG (Trench Raider) to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 34. Retaliation Roll = 4 - 2 (2, Suppression.) Retaliation Failed.
Damien = 4 - 2 (2, Enemy in cover.) Misses ONI Task Force 21. Retaliation Roll = 5 - 2 (3, Suppression.) Retaliation Failed.
Drav = 9 - 2 (7, Enemy in Cover.) Does 1 + 3 DMG (4, Uncommon Weapon) to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 30. Retaliation Roll = 2 - 1 (1, Suppression.) Retaliation Failed.
Typhon = 1. Missed ONI Task Force 21. Retaliation Roll = 7 - 2 (5, Suppression.) Retaliation Successful. Does 3 DMG to Typhon. Typhon HP = 7.
Amy = 10 - 2 (8, Enemy in Cover.) Does 1 DMG to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 29. Retaliation Roll = 3 - 2 (1, Suppression.) Retaliation Failed.

Perk discovered!
Caiden: Trench Raider - Enemies situated behind cover are no match for those with this perk. When an enemy is behind cover, those with the Trench Raider perk can rush them for massive damage (5 for most, 10 for minibosses and above.) Retaliation strikes by the enemy, however, do the same amount of damage if they connect.

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>> ONI Task Force 21 has deployed 2 Anti-Vehicular Railguns (5 HP each; 10 DMG to Infantry, 5 DMG to Mechs) to counter the Mechs! <<
>> ONI Task Force 21 are now using EMP and Sticky Grenades! <<

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ONI Task Force 21 = 6 - 2 (4, Suppression), 1, 8 - 4 (4, Suppression), 7 - 2 (5, Suppression), 2 - 1 (1, Suppression), 3 - 2 (1, Suppression), 4 - 2 (2, Suppression), 3 - 2 (1, Suppression), 3 - 2 (1, Suppression), 7 - 2 (5, Suppression), 6 - 2 (4, Suppression), 2 - 1 (1, Suppression). Does 1 DMG to C-355, 3 DMG to Drav. Drav HP = 7, C-355 HP = 9. Unable to retaliate (Remarkably Agile.)
ONI AV Railgun Team #1 = 1. Misses C-355. Unable to retaliate (Remarkably Agile.)
ONI AV Railgun Team #2 = 9 - 2 (7, Suppression.) Does 5 DMG to Ardent Pilgrim. Ardent Pilgrim HP = 4. Unable to retaliate (Remarkably Agile.)

​

The cargo bay's layout was relatively organized, with stacks of large metal containers and boxes scattered about. Immediately around the Mordred's landing site was a circular open space, and just outside the circle was a set of metal containers just opposite of the ramp's opening. There were smaller metal containers and crates to the sides, which one could slide behind and crouch. The ONI troops were scattered about the cargo bay, in cover behind some of the metal containers, boxes, and some man-made fortifications like pop-up barricades and sandbags. The combat drones also sought out cover, but a bit louder as their metal limbs clacked across the metal floors. They didn't call out to their allies like the ONI troopers did, however. As soon as the ONI forces saw the mechs, they redirected their aim from the Mordred to the new targets. Two two-man teams quickly moved into position, carrying large anti-vehicular railguns to take on the mechs. The first laid down atop one of the metal containers, resting the railgun on a small bundle of sandbags as they targeted the C-355. The other laid down on the deck further back in the bay, with a clear line of sight on the Argent Pilgrim.

Vaulting off the cargo ramp before it hit the deck, Lauren tucked into a roll as she landed. As she popped up, she snapped her weapon up and squeezed the trigger as the muzzle pointed at a nearby trooper. The trooper had a split second to see that it was a stockless pump-action shotgun, before a wad of buckshot punched a hole through his chest. His allies nearby saw him go down, and quickly snapped around to open fire on Lauren as she slipped into cover behind one of the large metal containers. Valk was close behind, bolting off the ramp as it finally hit the bottom. Her shot went wide, however, missing an ONI trooper that had been shooting at Lauren. He counterattacked, swinging his carbine around and firing off a burst which clipped Valk as she slid into cover next to Lauren.

Nathalie slipped off the Mordred, cloaked but moving carefully to avoid becoming a target for the ONI troopers to shoot. Thankfully, the combat drones didn't notice her. At least, not yet. Shelby, however, was noticed as he blind fired over a crate he had ducked behind. His fire took out a combat drone, the bullets pelting the drone and shredding its headpiece. In retaliation, a pair of ONI troopers opened up on the box. Both missed, but their shots pierced the crate and hit the metal floor near Shelby's feet.

Vixaya, in her mech, quickly sprang into action, locking onto several of the ONI forces and opening up with its heavy machine gun. The high caliber ammunition ripped through the metal containers and crates, shredding both combat drones and ONI troopers alike. The return fire was insignificant, as the carbine's shots failed to really do much beyond put several dents in the outer plating of the mech. However, the railgun would likely cause some major damage. As it fired, the shot cracking loudly like a lightning bolt strike, Vixaya managed to avoid the shot by simply hopping to the side.

Vance darted down the ramp, sliding into cover on the left side of the Mordred and firing on an ONI trooper that had moved up into cover near where Lauren and Valkyrie had went. The shot missed, however, as the bolt collided with the box. Leaving a large smoldering scorch mark. The ONI trooper didn't have much luck either, as his carbine's shot ripped through the cover Vance was behind and completely missed the super soldier. Gunfire from his allies didn't do much to damage Vance either.

The Ardent Pilgrim, piloted by Katja, opened up on some of the ONI troops as well. Its coilgun opened fire, the thunderous clap sending a shot out that would obliterate a pair of combat drones in a makeshift barricaded positon. It followed up with a burst of laser fire, cutting down a pair of troopers, before firing off a missile from its shoulder launcher which decimated yet another combat drone. The railgun trained on it, however, would also score its own hit. After a brief retaliation from the ONI troopers, pelting the mech with shots, the railgun fired. The shot cracked like the other, and the round collided with the mech's left shoulder. The impact was hard enough to rattle the mech, forcing its shoulder to jerk back. The metal was caved in quite badly, a hole having been punched clean through. Electricity surged from the damaged limb, as bits of metal fell off onto the floor. The left arm, and its shoulder mounted missile launcher was no longer working either. Another hit like that in a vital, and the Ardent Pilgrim would likely be down for good unless the mech was tended to quickly.

Nil quickly slipped down the ramp, rushing towards one of the smaller crates to the side of the Mordred near where Shelby was. Weirdly, his eyes had shifted completely black yet again, and the three black marks on his forehead were rearranging themselves once more. "I'll try and contain myself a little better here!~" he said in Shelby's direction, before popping up with his rifle. A moment later, he let loose a flurry of rifle shots, his hand rapidly cycling the lever on the rifle after each shot. Eight shots were fired... and eight men dropped like sacks of rocks. Either shot through the head, or through the chest. With a final spin-cock of the rifle, he slipped back down. Laughing wildly, as he avoided any incoming retaliation fire.

Caiden, on the other hand, decided to get a little more personal with his attack. As soon as he slipped off the ramp, he rushed past the cargo crates to the left. A cluster of ONI troopers had moved around to try and flank from that direction, slipping behind a metal freight container, but what they got in exchange for that maneuver was Caiden darting towards them. LMG slung to his side, and a flat-headed machete in hand. What came next was a mix of machete slashes and fists flying as he beat, cut, and killed all five ONI troopers that had swung around to the side. An ONI trooper, falling back away from the massacre, attempted to shoot Caiden but missed. As did his allies covering him.

Damien's shots as he moved down the ramp and into cover missed their targets, his PDW proving to be inaccurate at the distance he was from his target. But it did assist in suppressing the enemy, as their shots also missed him. Following behind him was Drav, wielding her new heavy machine gun. As soon as her feet touched the deck, she opened up. The intense recoil didn't bother her at all, as the high caliber shots ripped through cover and killed four members of the ONI forces. She was hit by return fire, however, as a carbine shot hit her in the leg.

Typhon eventually joined the battle, taking aim and firing off a shot with his new Crimus revolver. He would soon find that the weapon's sights needed to be adjusted as the shot went several feet to an ONI trooper's right. The return shot from the ONI trooper hit him in the arm, leaving a nasty wound but something he'd live through. Amy's sniper shot, however, proved to be spot on. Her target's head exploded quite violently as the round hit, his body dropping afterwards. She dodged any return fire from the other ONI troopers, slipping off the Mordred and into cover.

"Heading back to get Olivia! I'll be back shortly!" said Aesha, her voice crackling through Valk's headset. And a moment later, the Mordred's ramp went back up as the ship rose and spun around. A moment later, it zipped back out of the bay, leaving the group to continue fighting the ONI troops that remained. It wouldn't be much longer afterwards that the Mordred arrived back in its hangar in the Mordred, quickly setting down and dropping its ramp. Olivia hurried inside with her mech, and the Mordred was on its way once more once she was loaded.

Back through space the Mordred darted, before arriving back in the cargo bay and dropping its ramp. It didn't lower very far, however. Instead, it moved just above one of the large freight containers. "Jump out, and get to shooting!" said Aesha through Olivia's comms.

 

[Breadman]

The Reavers were putting pressure on the ONI, but they needed to keep it up. Any moment they could, they would take to try and turn the tide in their favor. The railgun teams were going to be a problem for the mechs that they didn't need. She tried to align her next shot to severely cripple them.

 

[joshuadim]

Vance managed to successfully not get hit after bullets peppered his location, a close call to be sure but so far things were going decently well as a bunch of ONI goons were dropped by members of the Reavers as well as Nil and Caiden. However, several members were hit with retaliatory fire as well and the anti-mech guns being used were tearing through Katja's mech. Amy had the right idea as Vance saw her aiming at one of the railgun crews and Vance decided to help with that. "COVER ME!" he yelled aloud before pushing up his position to the right flank of the battlefield as he tried to get an angle on one of the crews and let off shots towards them before heading for the nearest available piece of cover again.

 

[ANIMAL MOTHER]

Typhon immediately jerks his arm back in reflex upon being hit; his yellow blood splattering on anyone unfortunate enough to be near him the moment he’s shot. He tries holding his breath in, holding back a yell as his frail body’s once again taken a hit that’s torn a part of it off. Seems like the serum hasn’t numbed all of his nerves just yet, and it sure seems tempting to take another dose. His hand slowly reaches to the back of his neck, the pain of being shot refusing to subside, and-

‘No... not now. Focus.’

He instead takes careful aim and fires ONI trooper that shot him while moving to find cover.

 

[Frankafurter]

While Katya's body is inert in the mech, her mind reels from the impact on her shoulder. A minor nosebleed begins as her body twitches from the feedback surging through her damaged implant. Her mech jerks slightly and recovers then the coilgun claps back at the railgun team that had targeted her. Her gun was bigger, it was louder, and it was definitely going to return fire. Another ear-shattering thunderclap goes off with another gout of plasma muzzle blast and cobalt sparks as the slug exits the barrel at near relativistic speeds. She follows up with another streak of near coherent light from the two laser units under her left arm, going for the overkill.

 

[SniperComZero]

Olivia was actually pretty surprised at how timely Aesha was to pick her up. She was all ready to go in her mech as she hopped up the ramp. "Man, here I thought we wouldn't be attacking what looks like a whole ass fuckin' blacksite."

Once Aesha kicked the door, the mech jumped down onto the freight container with enough force that the impact of her feet dented the box. "Cascade rolling out, you fuckers should've stayed in the office for this op!" Mostly, Olivia just wanted to draw some fire off of the foot troops that were in the hangar. The mech leveled its rifle, searching for targets-- oh, uh oh. Railguns very quickly became her priority number one, and she pulled the trigger, unleashing a deafening K-THMP with the rifle that kicked up dust and pelted a HE round across the hangar, towards the railgun team that was sitting in the back, behind everyone else.

...Was that too cheesy? Maybe she-- Olivia, you can think about this whenever you're not getting peppered by MG fire.

 

[Emperor Sagan]

Shelby wondered at the bullets that landed around him, piercing the crate and biting into the metal ground. Some of the bullets ended up cute and flat like pancakes. Others made jagged holes, the metal of the floor warped and twisted. This he could feel just by looking at, and the sharpness was a distinct flavor of not good that made him squirm. Vaguely, through the drug haze, he was quite aware of how dangerous it was to get shot, and how delicate the situation was.

He blinked around at Nil, who was nearby and easily shooting people like they were paper targets. Shelby had liked taking his time with his pistol back then at the academy, and he was pretty good. But range shooting was nothing in comparison to the mess that was a battle.

The mechs were just as cool as he thought they would be from all the anime, movies, and shows he had seen, but much louder. Every high caliber shot that thumped was like a bass speaker next to his head, and could feel the funny feeling of his body shake from every big shot they fired. He was glad his helmet muffled his ears - it was louder than any of his concerts, that was for sure.

He heard someone shouting about covering them, making him think of a blanket, until he remembered it was said all the time in movies, so he started firing indiscriminately again towards the enemy.

 

[K0mori]

Vixaya's hands moved about the controls automatically, targeting her foes and avoiding incoming projectiles. A less-experienced pilot may have replied to the rail-gunners with a rocket, as if to assert dominance, but she had lived these scenarios enough times before to know that there was no point in wasting good ammo on overkill. She'd save the heavier, explosive weapons for heavier, armored opponents. Plus, the mech itself was a weapon, one which many pilots were too shy to employ.

With a turn of her wrist, the C-355 lunged forward, its jump jets kicking in to assist the sudden burst of speed as it roared through the loading bay toward the enemy like a charging rhinoceros.

 

[Infab]

Kalien Station - Cargo Bay #1 - Loading/Unloading Zone - TURN 2
Amy = 9. Does 1 DMG to ONI AV Railgun Team #2. ONI AV Railgun Team #2 HP = 4. Retaliation Roll = 3 - 2 (1, Suppression.) Retaliation Failed.
Vance = 8. Does 1 DMG to ONI AV Railgun Team #1. ONI AV Railgun Team #1 HP = 4. Retaliation Roll = 8 - 2 (6, Suppression.) Retaliation Successful. Does 10 DMG to Vance. Vance has been incapacitated.
Typhon = 10 - 2 (8, Enemy in cover.) Does 1 + 2 DMG (3, Uncommon Weapon) to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 27. Retaliation Roll = 3 - 2 (1. Suppression). Retaliation Failed.
Ardent Pilgrim = 5. Does 5 DMG to ONI AV Railgun Team #2. ONI AV Railgun Team #2 has been eliminated.
Cascade = 2. Misses ONI AV Railgun Team #1. Retaliation Roll = 10 - 2 (8, Suppression.) Retaliation Successful. Does 5 DMG to Cascade. Cascade HP = 5.
Shelby = 7 - 2 (5, Enemy in cover.) Does 1 DMG to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 26. Retaliation Roll = 4 - 2 (2, Suppression.) Retaliation Failed.
C-355 = 9. Does 5 DMG to ONI AV Railgun Team #1. ONI AV Railgun Team #1 has been eliminated.
Nathalie = 5. Does 1 DMG to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 25. Retaliation Roll = 9 - 4 (5, Suppression, Enemy is cloaked.) Retaliation Successful. Does 3 DMG to Nathalie. Nathalie HP = 7. Nathalie is no longer cloaked!
Nil = 8 - 2 (6, Enemy in Cover.) Does 3 DMG (Blood for Blood) to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 22. Retaliation Roll = 3 - 2 (1, Suppression.) Retaliation Failed.
Caiden = 7 - 2 (5, Enemy in cover.) Does 5 DMG (Trench Raider) to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 17. Retaliation Roll = 1. Retaliation Failed.
Drav = 10 - 2 (8, Enemy in cover.) Does 1 + 2 DMG (3, Uncommon Weapon) to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 14. Retaliation Roll = 9 - 2 (7, Suppression.) Retaliation Successful. Drav HP = 7.
Lauren = 6 - 2 (4, Enemy in cover.) Misses ONI Task Force 21. Retaliation Roll = 3 - 2 (1, Suppression, Enemy in cover.) Retaliation Failed.
Damien = 6 - 2 (4, Enemy in cover.) Misses ONI Task Force 21. Retaliation Roll = 7 - 4 (3, Suppression, Enemy in cover.) Retaliation Failed.
Valk = 10 - 2 (8, Enemy in Cover.) Does 1 DMG to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 13. Retaliation Roll = 8 - 4 (4, Suppression, Enemy in cover.) Retaliation Failed.

Perk discovered!
Nil: Blood for Blood - Nil doesn't take kindly to losing friends. Whenever a player is downed, Nil's damage increases in +2 increments, continuously stacking until the downed players are revived.

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ONI Task Force 21 = 9 - 2 (7, Suppression), 7 - 2 (5, Suppression), 9 - 4 (5, Suppression, Enemy in cover), 10 - 2 (8, Suppression), 6 - 4 (2, Suppression, Enemy in cover), 2 - 1 (1, Suppression), 8 - 2 (6, Suppression), 8 - 4 (4, Suppression, Enemy in cover), 2 - 1 (1, Suppression, Enemy in cover), 4 - 3 (1, Suppression, Enemy in cover.) Does 3 DMG to Amy, Typhon, Shelby, Nathalie, Drav. Amy HP = 7, Typhon HP = 4, Shelby HP = 7, Nathalie HP = 4, Drav HP = 4.
ONI Task Force 21 uses Sticky Grenades against the three mechs! Chance Rolls = 7 - 2 (5, Suppression), 8 - 2 (6, Suppression), 10 - 2 (8, Suppression.) Does 3 DMG to Ardent Pilgrim, Cascade, and C-355. Ardent Pilgrim HP = 1, Cascade HP = 2, C-355 HP = 6.

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The group continued their offensive, determined to put down the ONI task force for good. Amy, taking up another sniping position, fired off a shot in an effort to put some heat on the second railgun team in the back of the cargo bay. The shot connected, hitting one of the pair of railgun team members in the leg. He let out a yelp, clutching at his leg before tucking it in close to his body and continuing with his duties. They attempted to retaliate, firing a railgun shot that zipped by Amy. Missing by a few feet. Other ONI troopers opened fire on Amy as well, several carbine shots hitting metal around her while one caught her in the shoulder.

Katja's mech then made her move, shifting about and firing a coilgun shot towards the same railgun team as well as a burst of laser fire. In a panic, one of the railgun operators tried to run as the mech took aim. He was successful in escaping the coilgun shot, which obliterated his comrade and the railgun. The laser fire, however, cut him down quite quickly. Before Katja could refocus, however, something rather explosive happened. The ONI Troopers around the bay, armed with sticky grenades, pelted the mech with the devices. Moments later, they detonated. Causing catastrophic damage to the mech and rendering it unable to stand. It dropped to its knees, on fire with sparks and electricity shooting from its damaged limbs and systems.

Vance, moving out in an effort to distract the other railgun team firing on the mechs, opened fire upon the team atop the freight containers. The shot from his weapon hit the railgun operator in the shoulder, the man groaning in pain before swiveling the weapon around to aim at the supersoldier as he darted across the bay towards more cover. "[Fucking scum.]" spat the railgun rather loudly, squeezing the trigger and letting loose another loud, thunderous shot. The round from the railgun connected, hitting Vance in the shoulder and ripping his entire left arm and shoulder off. Vance tumbled to the floor, rolling as his arm was sent to the floor a few feet from him.

After cycling a new round into the chamber of the weapon, the railgun operator took aim at a new target on the battlefield. Olivia's mech. He took careful aim, and even as the Cascade fired off a shot which went a bit wide, he remained unaffected as he fired off a shot at the mech. The shot tore through the mech's right shoulder joint, ripping it away from the body and forcing it to drop the weapon it its hand. It would be set upon afterwards by ONI troopers with sticky grenades, causeing even more damage.

Another round was racked into the chamber, and the operator shifted towards yet another target. But he wouldn't get the chance to pull the trigger, as the mech already had the drop on him. Quite literally. It darted across the bay at high speed before jumping and dropping in from above. Thanks to its jets and high jumping ability, Vixaya's mech landed right on top of the railgun team. Crushing both men with its weight and powerful legs. However, the mech would soon recieve its own batch of sticky grenades, detonating and rocking the mech with explosions.

With the railgun teams out of the way, the ONI troops doubled their efforts to put down the Reavers. Typhon stepped out and fired on some of the ONI troopers, managing to hit 3 of them before he himself was hit by return fire as he tried to get to cover. Shelby had fired off a burst in an attempt to cover Vance before he was hit, killing one trooper, but was hit by return fire that ripped through his cover.

Nathalie's stealthy attempts to get the drop on some ONI Troopers in cover proved a bit fruitful, as she snuck around behind a container to find some troopers in wait. She fired off a burst, killing one of the troopers in a surprise attack. However, the troopers seemed to have particularly sharp eyes. The other troopers reacted quickly, swinging around and picking her silhouette out and opening fire. Nathalie caught a bullet in her side and left thigh, as her camo was broken by the attack. She quickly slipped back into cover to avoid getting shot even more.

Nil, a deep from forming on his face as he watched Vance go down, looked about for more targets. "Now why did you have to go and hurt one of my friends like that!?" he spat, popping up with his rifle and gunning down three troopers. Bullets ripped by him, missing by mere inches, as he slipped back into cover afterwards. Meanwhile, Caiden continued his vicious push through the ranks of the ONI Troopers, hitting and slashing five more troopers that he came across with his machete. He noticed that Vance had gone down, however, so he doubled back to try and get to the downed supersoldier.

Drav covered the mercenary with her heavy weapons fire, cutting down four combat drones with the high caliber ammunition. During her covering fire, she took three carbine shots to the torso and two in her arm. She seemed to shrug them off, merely grunting in pain as she contined to fire the heavy machine gun. Lauren, Damien, and Valkyrie all tried their luck to put down some of the troopers with their own gunfire, but only Valk would manage to score a hit. All three managed to avoid being hit by return fire.

"TYPHON! We got wounded! Time to work!" shouted Valk. Lauren, meanwhile, poked her head out briefly and caught a glimpse of Vance. "Holy shit, they blew his fuckin arm off!" she exclaimed. Caiden, meanwhile, arrived at Vance. The merc grabbed the supersoldier by his remaining arm, dragging him along to cover. He also managed to get his weapon and arm along the way. "I'll get him up! Just keep fucking shooting!" shouted Caiden, as he propped Vance up behind a crate.

 

[joshuadim]

Vance collapsed first before realizing what had happened to him and was confused for a brief second before the intense, world-cracking pain shot through his entire body signified that something bad had happened. He took a look and realized that his arm had been shot off and was nearby which further intensified the pain in his body to the point where he nearly blacked out. He would have lost consciousness completely had his body not started to dull the pain with a massive flood of endorphins before Caiden dragged him, and his missing arm behind cover. It was odd seeing his arm away from his own body, and he simply looked at Caiden with a nervous chuckle.

"Damnit... not again." he commented as he heard the dulled sounds of fighting continue to rage around him as he breathed in deeply to calm himself as best as he could given the situation. "Just... just... j-just stitch it back on..." Vance then managed to get out in between labored breaths, "It'll... it'll be f-fine... good as n-new in a f-few days."

 

[Breadman]

The railgun teams were down, but they weren't fast enough. Amy cursed under her breath as she saw Vance go down and his arm go sailing somewhere else. The bullet ripping through her shoulder made her reconsider gawking any longer and instead duck behind her cover. Looks like it made a clean exit, so the damage wouldn't be as bad. The sniper popped out of cover to get another shot at the ONI for payback.

 

[Frankafurter]

Katja's body jolts hard in the cockpit of the mech, her mouth coughing up a spat of blood as the mech is wracked with serious damage. Her mind is reeling inside the somatic link from the overload of feedback. She stabilizes herself with her left arm and aims another coilgun shot at a group of soldiers sitting in cover, the cannon looses another shot off before the mech finally hits the emergency shutdown due to operator injury and dumps her out of the somatic link. The medic pump that Typhon had attached kicks off and sends the amphetamine into Katja's bloodstream, she's roused from the stupor rather quickly but she waits to open the cockpit as it's still a bit too hot outside and she's trying to recover from the link severance. She takes her time to pull on a simple armor vest she had packed and grabs her SMG, she waits for a break in the bullet impacts against the hull before she opens the cockpit and hops out. She hits the floor a bit hard but drags herself into cover behind the mech's legs, taking a moment to gather her breath and continue to shake the awful feeling welling inside her head.

She's never experienced this before, the feedback, the pain is intense but the drugs in her system work to push it down to let her function. She realizes her face is smattered in blood from her nose and her mouth. All she can taste is a coppery tang and her eyes feel like they're going square. She sits in cover while bullets rip past her, her mech's inert and damaged body shielding her.

 

[K0mori]

An alarm sounded inside the cockpit of the C-355 to alert Vixaya of the damage done by the sticky grenades. Barely glancing at the diagnostic panel, she casually silenced the alarm with one hand while guiding the mech with her other, twisting the stick to make it turn on its axis. As she sighted her targets on her HUD, she pulled the trigger repeatedly, firing bursts of machine gun fire at the enemy.

The others would hear her voice faintly crackle over the radio as she did her grim work.

"Sar dar syaren Sakaya sekikat,
rahr span zizh - rah shadetat..."

 

[SniperComZero]

Olivia had already racked the bolt, and slammed a second shell into the chamber... and before anything else, a blindingly red warning flashed up across Olivia's holoscreen.

< < RIGHT ARM CONNECTION SEVERED > >

That wasn't strictly true, and over a wireless connection, Olivia could, theoretically, control the severed limb, it'd be pretty fucking useless just having one arm on its own. "Motherfucker." Okay, gambit time. Olivia had a pretty advantageous position in that she wasn't in the middle of the shit, and had a drop, Olivia would rather sacrifice a couple dents for the sake of superstructural integrity. She gave a running jump, belly-flopping towards the edge of the enemy formation to, hopefully, land on top of some of them.

Whether or not she actually lands on any of them, Cascade rolls itself onto its side, allowing Olivia to kick the door, and drop out of the mech's cockpit, awash in crimson warning lights, and scrambling to grab her PDW as fire from ONI peppers the mech. "Would you--" KPING "--FUCK OFF!" If she can't use the thing to kill people, at the very least, she can use it as cover... and hope to fucking hell that Zadra can fix the thing up.

 

[Infab]

Kalien Station - Cargo Bay #1 - Loading/Unloading Zone - TURN 3
Vance attempts to revive with Caiden's assistance (Deathproof.) Coin Flip used. Heads = Revived, Tails = Remains KO'd for this turn. Coin Flip Outcome: Heads. Revive successful. Vance has been revived with half health! Vance HP = 5.
Amy = 10 - 2 (8, Enemy in Cover.) Does 1 DMG to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 12. Retaliation Roll = 8 - 4 (4, Suppression, Enemy in cover.) Retaliation Failed.
Ardent Pilgrim = 8 - 2 (6, Enemy in cover.) Does 5 DMG to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 7. Retaliation Roll = 3. Retaliation Failed.
C-355 = 9 - 2 (7, Enemy in cover.) Does 5 DMG to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 HP = 2. Retaliation Roll = 10 - 2 (8, Suppression.) Does 1 DMG to C-355. C-355 HP = 5.
Cascade = 7 - 2 (5, Enemy in cover.) Does 5 DMG to ONI Task Force 21. ONI Task Force 21 has been eliminated.

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"Damnit... not again." he commented as he heard the dulled sounds of fighting continue to rage around him as he breathed in deeply to calm himself as best as he could given the situation. "Just... just... j-just stitch it back on..." Vance then managed to get out in between labored breaths, "It'll... it'll be f-fine... good as n-new in a f-few days."​

Caiden smirked. "You do this shit often?" he asked, as he dug through his equipment for something. "This is gonna hurt. Probably not as bad as getting your arm shot off, but still."

He eventually drew out what looked to be a staple gun, a tube of some sort of substance, and a pair of small needles. Carefully, he applied the tube's contents to the wound's edges, then pushed Vance's arm back into place. Once he was comfortable with how it was supposed to go, he took the staple gun and began to shoot several staples into Vance to hold the arm on. All the way around, making sure the arm wouldn't come loose for now. Then, the needles were put to use. "I used super glue and staples. This is morphine and adrenaline. You know what the hell they're for." he stated quickly, before sticking the morphine into what was left of Vance's shoulder. The adrenaline was shoved into Vance's chest. The contents flowed into Vance's system, cutting the edge off the pain and providing him with a boost of energy.

He put his things away, before giving him a pat on his good shoulder and placing his pistol in his good hand. "Now get the fuck up. You'll be good for now, but the doc will need to look at you later." was his final statement, as he grabbed his own weapon and moved into cover against the wall next to Vance. He peeked over, just in time to see the finale of the fight. Amy eased up from behind cover, taking aim and firing off a shot from her sniper rifle. The bullet punched through an ONI trooper's skull, dropping him on the spot, and she slipped back into cover as they returned fire unsuccessfully. The Ardent Pilgrim, heavily damaged, managed to get off one more shot before Katja bailed out. The coilgun unleashed hell upon a group of ONI Combat Drones, blowing them to pieces before going silent.

The C-355 swiveled about, opening up with its machine guns and cutting down a handful of ONI troopers and combat drones whom were preparing for another sticky grenade bombardment. Nil took note of the singing quietly coming through comms, recognizing it as the song that Vixaya had sung before. It made him grin, as he watched the mech fire upon the soldiers. Some return fire from the last remaining troopers collided with the C-355's hull, but little damage was done. Finally, the Cascade attempted something rather risky for a mech. It leaped into the air, and belly flopped directly on top of the two remaining ONI Troopers behind their own cover. The Cascade came crashing down, a loud noise of metal colliding with metal sounded off along with nasty crunching noises of men being squished beneath it.

Silence soon settled in. At least in the cargo bay where they were. Elsewhere on the station, gunfire and explosions still sounded. "Sound off!" shouted Valk, as she peeked out of cover. Voices called out, signifying they were alive and kicking. Typhon was on the move, darting over to where Nathalie was. Resting against one of the freight containers, wounded. Afterwards, he moved to Drav and Amy, patching both up as best he could with what he had left. Afterwards, he searches the bodies of the ONI troopers for any left over medical supplies.

Typhon uses his first aid kits to heal Nathalie, Drav, and Amy! Nathalie, Drav, and Amy regain 3 HP! Nathalie/Drav HP = 7, Amy HP = 10. Typhon has used up his first aid kits!
Typhon searches the bodies for medical equipment. Chance Roll = 8. Chance Successful. Resupplies first aid kits! Typhon now has three first aid kits.​

 

[Viper Actual]

Nathalie cursed underneath her breath and was about to retaliate when the battle concluded within a few, very decisive moments. As Typhon approached she uttered her thanks and grabbed the first aid kit from his hand. "I'm good, get to the others. Make sure Vance is alright, okay?"
That said she used Typhon's supplies to patch herself up. Getting shot in the thigh and body wasn't the greatest thing in the world but at least her SSOID gear had done its part in keeping her mostly intact, though Nat suspected that because of the damage her cloaking duration might have been halved- at least until she could find time to repair it.

Getting up, Nathalie scurried over to Vance and grimaced behind her mask as she observed the quick-fix solutions to his blown-off arm courtesy of Caiden. It was rudimentary and would most likely have made things worse for someone without genetic modification or someone who didn't have self-regenerating abilities. Luckily Vance fit at least one of those categories.
"Vance, you there?" Asked Nathalie with a soft voice.

 

[SniperComZero]

It... took Olivia a couple seconds to realize that the shots pinging off of Cascade's hull weren't ONI fire, but the last vestiges of the group who had been firing at whoever she'd crushed. Granted, she did only learn this once she'd poked her head out of cover once the fighting stopped. So really, it left another question that got answered right as she looked down-- "Oh-- ohhhh. Fuckin'. Eugh."

She stepped out from her impromptu cover, dragging her feet to wipe them clean on the floor. "...You know, are we sure this place ain't just a whole ass fuckin' black site?"

 

[joshuadim]

It wasn't certainly pretty, but Caiden's patchwork surgery did the job as Vance's arm was reattached to where it should be. His body would do the rest of the work over a period of days as he sluggishly stood up as Nathalie arrived to asked how he was doing. He looked at his reattached arm for a moment and managed to sluggishly move a few fingers before sighing: "Well, I can still feel my fingers so that's a good sign." he joked to Nat before massaging and trying to move his shoulder in a rhythmic pattern to return what little blood flow could be pumped back into his limp. "Don't think I'll be able to use this arm for the rest of the op as well as I should."

He took a quick glance around at the scene and saw that the ONI task force had, quite spectacularly, been dispatched by the group. But they were not out of the woods yet, as there were likely more things to deal with the further they had to go into the station. This was likely just a taste of things to come given they're still only in the hangar bay. "That's why we need to stay sharp." Vance replied to Olivia's concerns as he put his ray-gun into the grip of his right hand. By now, he was able to move his left arm a bit more but still felt very sluggish and limp as if it was asleep.

 

[Breadman]

"That's better." Amy grunted as Typhon did his work. He shoulder would be fine, but it will probably sting for a bit. That reminded her. VANCE! The bounty hunter walked over in a hurry to where he was dragged off by Caiden only to be relieved that he was ok...and his arm was attached and moving again? The hell is this guy on?

"Area looks secure, but that was just the welcoming committee. More guys like that are probably deeper in. Likely tougher bastards."

 

[Emperor Sagan]

Shelby hadn't realized he had been hurt until after the shooting stopped. He rolled sideways from his seated position on the floor and managed to push himself up, at this point noticing his left arm was bloody. He blinked at it, poked his finger at it, and realized he had a long gash across his forearm. There were lots of bullets going off around him - he was pretty sure he could see them individually, they were not very nice - but he wasn't sure if it was a bullet that hit him, or some torn metal from the containers. Or anything else sharp and dangerous.

He wiggled his arm a little, feeling it radiate and throb, though there was little direct pain. But it did feel funny. Shelby wandered towards the others, mouth slightly agape, looking at some of the carnage. A lot of dead people, the mechs were covered in scorch marks and blood, parts missing, looking like bigger people blown to bits. Vance was getting his whole arm reattached, like a toy, and Shelby giggled at the thought.

He spotted Typhon nearby, and Shelby wandered towards him. "Doctor, my arm feels funny," he said, wiggling it again, causing blood to streak down in rivulets and splatter over the ground and his pants leg. A vague memory entered his mind of tripping once at the beach and cutting his hand on a shell. Before he had the chance to stand up, his security team had lifted him up and carried him away to one of the nearby paramedics that followed him. He had to wear finger-less gloves for the following concert.

 

[ANIMAL MOTHER]

"This... is why," Typhon angrily mutters through his teeth as he painfully finishes bandaging his own wounds after attending to the others who also took hits. "I do things... QUIETLY." It's also why he very much prefers fighting in the back instead of the front.

Typhon didn't expect taking down ONI troopers to be any bit of easy which is something experience chasing down just one of them years ago had taught him, but he's quite disappointed not only at how they were almost torn up immediately (almost unfortunately literally in the case of Vance) the moment they boarded, but at himself since once again his body took a beating as it seriously doesn't need to. Perhaps the next time they board a station, they ought to creep their way inside instead of just ramming through the gate guns blazing and giving the occupants proper time to take positions. Though before he can think of how to express this to Valkyrie, that weird boy approaches him.

"Doctor, my arm feels funny,"

Typhon lifts his arm up and briefly examines it through his scanner; looks like a bullet made impact and slid down to the elbow, leaving a long cut. "Yes, it has been shot." he sarcastically gives his diagnosis. Good thing he found a few medical supplies on some of the dead surrounding them, and treating this won't take much. He pulls out a small bottle of medical disinfectant, gauze pads, and bandages from one of the kits he looted. Shelby's wound is cleaned, padded, and wrapped in bandages. Finally, Typhon checks the time and writes it down on the bandage with a marker.

"See me later when this is done." he says as he puts the marker away.

 

[Infab]

As Lauren and Damien walked around the room, checking on each of the dead troopers to make sure they were actually dead, Valk stood alone near where the Mordred was currently hovering above. Gazing up towards its cockpit, she tapped on the earpiece of her headset before speaking. "Aesha, head back to the Guillotine and get Zadra and some of her boys. The Pilgrim and Cascade are gonna have to be hauled back. Drav, you'll hang out here. Keep the bay secured and shoot any fuckers dumb enough to come check things out. Vix, hop out of the mech. The engineers will take care of it while you're on foot, and we'll need the manpower later."

"Got it, boss." was Aesha's reply, before the ship slowly spun around and moved towards the bay's open exit. Drav, meanwhile, moved over to a nearbly crate and saw down on it. Letting her HMG rest against it next to her, and flexing her bandaged arm a bit. Valk eventually tapped the earpiece again, before noticing something. As she glanced towards her hand, there was a large streak of red staining her arm and hand. Her fingers coated in the liquid.

Blood had been streaming down her arm from a wound in her shoulder. She hadn't even noticed it during the fight. Truthfully, she hadn't even felt it. Her eyes traced her fingers again, before she flicked the excess blood from her hand and looked to the others. "Alright. We're going to push inward. Black site or not, we've got a job to do. And let's hope the assault team took out that battlesuit." she said.

"I hope not. Battlesuits spice things up." responded Caiden, whom had moved over near Nil. Lauren was quick to voice her own two cents on the matter. "Damn right they do. Hope ONI brought more than one." she said with a chuckle. Nil laughed quite loudly himself, as he loaded new cartridges into his rifle. "Then let's go see, shall we?" he said, before quickly jogging towards the exit at the rear of the cargo bay. Caiden followed behind, glancing down at some of the corpses as they stepped over them. "Poor fucks didn't know who they were fuckin' with, eh?"

The exit at the back of the bay lead into a wide hallway, large enough to fit a forklift or other larger lifts inside as they carried containers from one bay to another or into storage. Gunfire and detonations could still be heard, although not as often now elsewhere. Oddly, there weren't any signs of workers. Nor criminals for that matter. This seemed more and more like an ONI black site by the minute. The group passed down the hallway, peeking into different rooms along the sides as they went. Smaller cargo storage rooms, undisturbed beyond some small spots where the ONI troopers that attacked them before had set up camp. Partially used Upyri rations cast on the floor.

As they came to the end of the hallway, markings on the wall directed one left towards the elevators and other crew areas of the station. Including shipping related locations such processing and hazardous materials storage. There was also a location on the diagram marked specialized cargo storage. "If my ship is here, its probably there!" said Nil cheerfully, patting the marking on the diagram as he looked back to the group.

 

[Breadman]

"What are the odds of them just having that team as security and nobody else is left standing?" Amy wondered out loud as they made their way through the base. "Yeah, its zero. Why did I ask?"

 

[K0mori]

In a bit of a daze, Vixaya popped the hatch of the C-355 and wormed her way out of the cockpit, feet-first. She climbed down the chain ladder before hopping to the floor with a clack of her heels, surveying her surroundings with a look of mild disgust. Having just heard Valkyrie mention repairs to the mech, Vix finally turned to assess the damage herself, and was relieved to see that it was minor; the machine had only taken serious damage to its armor plating and was otherwise mechanically sound. It would probably be ready for use again before the end of the mission, although she'd leave that call to her commanders.

Joining the others on their jog deeper into the base, the kanad didn't have anything to say about the lack of civilians. It didn't make much of a difference to her if this was an ONI black site or not, as long as Nil's ship was there and could be destroyed as planned.

 

[Viper Actual]

Relieved to see Vance already back on his feet Nathalie sighed and shook her head. "You lucky son of a bitch," she said with a faint smile, head still shaking.
Nathalie continued, now with her facial expression and tone far more serious;
"One of these days you're not gonna get off as easily."
When Valkyrie came with a new set of orders Nathalie glanced at Vance and shrugged before walking off towards the rest of the group. Most had fared relatively well with the mechs having taken the brunt of the ONI operators weapons fire- not counting Vance.

Clearing the station room by room Nathalie decided to not engage her cloak but rather sticking close to the more heavily armored and armed members of the group. Upon reaching the junction with the signs Nat glanced at Nil before clearing her throat and looking at Valk.
"Ma'am, if you don't mind I'd like to disengage and scout some of the rooms in detail. Maybe I can recover something of use."

She gestured towards Damien. "I could use the help from another operative."