Fandom Multiverse Protection Brigade! (Multiverse RP)

[JessieSune]

"It occurs to me," Cass says, suddenly drawing up beside her as they charge through, "That we may have made a mistake, Giffany. When you took that plunge I spent a fair amount of time trying to locate you, and in the process I believe we may have fallen rather behind. This building is clearly of some strategic importance, but it's not the one we're supposed to eventually take down..."

They look around, even while casually blowing up droids that get too close and covering their friend.

"This is a tertiary base...only one of several small factory-esque structures. I fear mayhaps we will be in trouble of our own if we do not fight our way out of this and find some way to assist our allies."

As they comment, they frown. It wasn't like them to charge ahead in such a fashion without thought to strategy. What had they missed -- and was something affecting their judgment?

"I hope you'll forgive my folly -- I promise I'll endeavor to make sure to harm comes to you as a result of it."

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[PopcornPie]

Giffany drooped upon hearing Cassiopeia's explanation. "You're right...It's my fault. I should have been paying attention to my map." She lamented, thinking about the abandoned wreckage of her mecha. "We'd better see where we are and get back on course before we're missed." She looked over the sea of short-circuited droids. "Well, at least we've still helped a bit, right?...oh, hey! I think I see stairs!" Indeed, there was a short flight of stairs for her to hop up. "We can see where we are from the top, I hope!"

It was a mess out there. Even through the beady eyes of the droid, Giffany could see several plumes of smoke slithering up from the trees. Things were exploding. Things were launching into the sky. Things got more and more hopeless each second. "Oh, gosh, we have to get out there..." She uttered, not noticing the new wave of droids marching into the base.

 

[Thawne]

Galen Marek - Pandora
Status: In combat


Galen nodded as the man hopped on the speeder, promising to watch their back. He tuned his comlink into the communication system for the group and made an announcement through the comm system.

“Keep your heads down. These droids aren’t smart but the’re dangerous in numbers. Try to take out larger groups at a time if you can,” he warned. After that, he revved the speeder bike an accelerated to near top speeds in a moment. He fired the laser cannon on full-auto, clearing himself a path through the droid line while simultaneously paving over what the laser couldn’t hit with a strong Force Push. He began heading due north, towards the last known location this ‘Nikolai’s’ squad was seen. If the droids had gotten to them, they may all be dead anyhow. If he failed at rescuing these soldiers, perhaps he could incapcitate a droid and try to get one of his teammates to slice into its memory banks and retrieve the base location. He shifted his focus back to the moment, however, weaving between trees and firing his vehicle’s weapon. He blasted some more droids with Force Lightning as well to keep their path relatively clear.

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[thatguyinthestore]

Quill nodded after hearing the man’s instructions towards them, instinctively grabbing the blasters on his side as he began to formulate a plan in his head. It didn’t take long at all, in fact, as he quickly ran over to Link, Cassiopeia, and Giffany. There were a few droids that had given him trouble along the way, causing him to trip and fumble whilst attempting to shoot them with his blasters.

“Okay! Okay... so... I have a plan!” He exclaimed tiredly through several large breaths, his hands falling to his knees as he spoke. He regained his composure quickly, however, with this being a life and death situation and all. With a quick nod to mostly reaffirm himself of what he was doing, he pointed his blaster towards the dark, smog covered sky above him.

“Alright... so... you guys keep doing whatever it is you’re doing on the ground. I’ll cover you from up there while you’re making your way there. That way those rusty Robocop knockoffs might fire towards me instead.” He explained, and before anyone could question or really disagree with his plan, Quill activated his jetboots and flew up into the air. While up there, he took out both of his blasters and began taking out droids left and right.

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[Senate8]

Mewtwo was at a distance and he had seen the same human from the dropship the one talking about his life as a guardian he was heading toward the air it must have been a plan to help Cass and Giffany, Mewtwo conjured up an idea he knew teleporting would make this man he was helping feel sick but it needed to be done he teleported the man close enough that he could assist Giffany and Cass. teleporting the man inside he had a plan that required helping the man that was airborne. Mewtwo stopped in place and looked around at several of the droids, the incoming lasers and explosions an the distance, he thought why not defeat them all at once? To clear a path for us to make it through without many droids to oppose us. Mewtwo stretched his arm out and a blue aura surrounded it soon the wind became harsh and a blizzard at froze the several of the droids in place even the ones Quill was battling. "That should by us enough time to get to our mission before more involve he communicated to Giffany, Cass, Quill and Blain." thatguyinthestore JessieSune P PopcornPie Thawne Killerclown

 

[PopcornPie]

"Peter!" Giffany waved her hands. "Don't shoot me! It's me!" She ducked under her teammate's blasts, but the light weight of the droid was no match for the blasters, and she, too, went flying into the wall. Okay, maybe it was time for this sheep to drop the wolf's clothing. "How did you find us?" She panted, emerging from the droid while slowly regaining her physical form. Well, it didn't matter that much, but it was important to know that Giffany wasn't mistaken for dead. Though she felt like they were all going to be dead when something teleported behind them, and she had barely enough time to look behind her and recognize Mewtwo before he created a blizzard that froze her from nose to toe. "Th-th-thanks?" She managed to say through chattering teeth. "S-so-sorry for getting of c-c-course." She waddled stiffly to the door, nearly falling to pieces once the sunlight thawed her out. "Oh, that feels good..."

 

[JessieSune]

Cassiopeia looks about at the group that seems to have formed around them. "Either we're not as off-course as I thought, or everyone else is lost too. Andromeda, do me a favor and put up a shield around us, would you please? Lord of the Stars, keep up your fire, but aim for the larger opponents -- I would gather that some of the droids take orders from the differently colored ones."

They whirl around towards Giffany and Blain, and for a moment look a bit confused, but then shake it off.

"Is there anyone else I'm not seeing? It seems whenever I blink something changes." they chuckle good-naturedly.

( P PopcornPie S Senate8 thatguyinthestore Killerclown -- I think we're getting somewhere.)

 

[darkred]

Marcus Wright

Marcus made sure his feet were holding fast to the speeder Galen started up as he noticed a few straggler droids coming up on them. "I got these guys, Galen."

Marcus began to blast away droids with his Plasma rifle from the back making sure these tin cans fell so they didn't follow them."

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[Senate8]

A barrier formed around itself, Mew, Giffany, and Blain. If the droids were taking orders from the different colored ones than they would be are targets Mewtwo did more than place a barrier around them a blast of energy launched from the barrier and destroyed the colored droids and a few of the ones that were not. JessieSune Killerclown P PopcornPie thatguyinthestore

 

[animegirl20]

“I’ll team up with you. Do you need a ride?”

Amy glanced over to Link and smiled when she saw his ride. "Hey nice! Sure! I could use one." She ran over to him and hopped on. She had her hammer ready and tightly gripped and ready to swing. Before she could tell Link she was ready Quill mentioned something about a plan but before anyone could respond he was already gone. "Alright let's go Link we don't want to get left behind.
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[darkred]

Jak and Daxter

"Dax, handle the wheel while I clear some tin cans."

"Jak, what the hell are you doing?!" JAKKKK!" as he forgets he's on a comm with everyone else. Daxter scoots himself on the driver's seat and moved forward the wheel to follow Jak where he was going.

Dark Jak appeared and a demon like form appeared with jutted black horns, long fingernails, eco lightning, and even a purple face and white hair.

A purple like demon would be hopping from droid to droid, stabbing his fingernails into the robot creature before they were able to shoot their rifles at him. The eco lightning made a quick, painful death for these creatures.

Then when Dark Jak double jumped into the air, he slammed the ground releasing dark eco in a large circle that spread out among the ground.

Any droids within the area would go flying into the air, allowing either Peter Quill or the others to take out the corpses of the robots.

"Daxter here, Jak turned into his Dark Jak form and is taking the robots out. Where is everyone and how far ahead are you?" He called out out the communication device to everyone else."

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[darkred]

Ratchet and Clank

"I'll help clear some room for you to shoot, Vasu!"

Ratchet pulled out his "Glove of Doom" and sends little robot minions to blow up the other droids. As they get closer, they explode on contact on the droids they are on or near.

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[PopcornPie]

Giffany in Northeastern Patrol Tower with JessieSune , S Senate8 , thatguyinthestore , and Killerclown

Giffany's heart jumped. "Daxter? Daxter, hi!" Her cheeks flushed, feeling like an idiot for forgetting about the communicator. "Can you hear me?" She had to scream at the top of her lungs thanks to the explosions all around them. "I got sidetracked. I'm at a patrol tower somewhere northeast. Cassiopeia, Peter, Mewtwo, and Blaine are with me. We haven't found any of Nikolai's squad yet, and we're a little cornered." She paused to electrocute more droids and took a breath. "We've-well, Cassiopeia figured out that the droids might be taking orders from ones that have different colors, so watch out for them!" Her shrunken pink eyes scanned for an opening they could move through, but droids kept flooding in, covering up any openings. "Oh, this is all my fault! If I'd just paid attention to whatever was in front of me, we wouldn't all be trapped!"

 

[darkred]

Dark Jak- Backtracking to Northeaster Patrol Tower

"ROARRRRR!" Dark Jak's voice sounded through the communication device as his fingernails slashed droid after droid, landing on a droid tank, using it to view where the droids were trying to surround his allies. He slammed his eco fingernails into the tank and shocked the tank from moving. He took a running jump and roll in the sky and landed on another droid, continuing his rampage. Jak knew the four earlier so Dark Jak wouldn't attack them in his rage.

Just when the others thought it would be hopeless, Peter, Mewtwo, Giffany and Blain and Mew would notice a beast like a creature ripping down the droids like they were nothing and throwing them at another droid, doing the same to the other droid

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[PopcornPie]

Giffany in Northeastern Patrol Tower with JessieSune , S Senate8 , thatguyinthestore , Killerclown , and now darkred

Giffany smiled nervously at the others. "Okay, I've told Daxter where we are, and-owww!" Clutching her head, she yowled in pain. Something had roared directly into the microphone, nearly making her deaf. With her ear canals sore and her head aching, she bent down, staring at her own shadow. Suddenly, her shadow got bigger. Frighteningly bigger. She hated it, but she had to look behind her. "Oh sweet heavens, what is THAT?" The sight of the rampaging white beast made her blood run cold. It was shredding those tanks like they were styrofoam! Lord only knew what it would do to them...this was awful. Truly awful. "W-we must've stepped on its hunting grounds! Wildlife everywhere must be upset by this war, and we're about to face its wrath!" The only electronics she could hide in were the droids, and, seeing as the beast was annihilating them, that was the worst idea she could have. Well, second to crashing a mecha and causing explosions in the habitat of a creature with razor-sharp claws. Shivering, and coating herself with static electricity, she crossed her arms and pressed them against her head, bracing for the supposed end. "D-daxter, if y-you're still there, well...we're about to be torn to shreds by a creature...tell Jak to be careful if he wants to proceed... "

 

[Elekta Kount]

"-ZZZ- Squad come in -ZZZ- I'm picking up forces at your 12-ZZZ- Moving in your direction-ZZZ- Be careful!-ZZZ-"​

Mission Objectives:

• Welcome to Pandora:
  • Destroy the Droid Base
    • Link up with the squad Nikolai sent ahead
      • The squad's last known position was a few hundred meters North of the Main Base.
        • Use your Mask Beacons to signal for them.
    • Deal with the incoming convoy
      • Potential Options:
        • You could attack the convoy head on
        • You could avoid the convoy
        • You could ambush the convoy

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Spoiler: Background Music

If Nikolai's warning wasn't clear enough, the sound falling of foliage made it plenty obvious that somthing was up ahead. The first sound that was apparent were the clanking of metal, then came the sound of roaring engines. Moments later, they appeared into view: An entire battle droid convoy. There were battle droids of both B-1 and B-2 variants, some spread out acting as skirmishers, while the rest were marching in large block columns. Ahead and behind the columns of droids were tanks, not to dissimilar to those that had been bombarding the main camp not to long ago. It would seem like an entire convoy of droids, and that was what was coming over the horizon, with more no doubt following behind. They appeared were heading towards the main base....

"Hey, what's that up ahead?" The beeping voice of a droid called out from the tank it was currently commanding. Said droid was a B-1 battledroid with yellow markings painted on it, marking it out as the commander of this convoy. The commander droid had a pair of rangefinder and was observing the path ahead of him. In the distance, he could barely make out somthing that was quickly moving towards their position.
"Maybe it's jedi"
"Or it could those heroes we from their main camp."
"Yeah, or maybe it's jedi!"
"Roger roger." The commander droid beeped, as it lowered the range finder and pointed it's metal claws forward. "Let's not take any chances. Forward column, take up defensive formations and prepare to fire on the incoming anomaly."
As the commander droid gave the command, the droids on foot immidatly began to spread up, forming a firing line on the position, overlapping themselves to allow more droids to fire downrange. The tanks meanwhile also began spread out, as the positioned themselves next to each other, cannons and heavy blasters also pointed down range.
"Remember, we need to protect the MTT." The commander droid barked, as it raised it's rangefinder...

"Squad one! Go check that out!" The commander droid called out, commanding to the first block column to move forward and scout out the fast moving force. "If it's the heroes! Intercept!"
"Roger roger" A number of droids from the first squad replied, before the group began to move forward, they're weapons at the ready to blast whatever it was that dared stand in their path.
"What do you think it is?" One of the B-1s asked his companion to his left. Which only started a wave of chatter from the squad.
"I dunno, could be jedi."
"Jedi? Ha, They'res no jedi on this planet! They can't breath on this planet!"
"It's probably one of the native lifeforms on this planet."
"Hey, I think it's moving this way."
"It's going really fast!"
"I got a bad feeling about this..."
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[Cocogerber13]

Link - tags: animegirl20 , Elekta Kount , Specialist , anyone else nearby

Link was very curious about the girl he had just teamed up with, since she certainly didn’t seem like the humans he had met previously. This was not the time to discuss that though, so with a nod to her comment Link stepped on the pedal.

Her hammer also didn’t appear to be as deadly as the enemy’s firepower, but if the teen’s plan worked out then stealth would be on their side anyway. As he drove off, the cycle appeared to start following the tracks of the previous vehicles that stormed on ahead. He was thankful the closest wave had been taken care of, though he couldn’t really determine how well things were going up front because of the chaos that he tuned in to on the communications device. Hell, that roar almost seemed as loud as a Hinox’s, and it was right in his ear. The blond flinched but the Master Cycle Zero was smooth enough not to let it deter its movement.

“Hang on!” Link ordered over his shoulder just before the bike diverted from the path and into the underbrush. Link was using Daruk’s protection as they whirred through the alien vegetation and debris, the transparent red shield pushing the objects away from the two with ease. The line of droids that they had intended to take out from the south had been driven thin, though the few that remained the Hylian attempted to slice with his sword as he was driving by. The ones he didn’t scratch he hoped Amy would get instead. A glance towards his side revealed the sight of a titan apparently cleaning up a number of the robots.

This caused Link to stop his vehicle for a moment, then glance towards the north. “We’ll try to sneak up on the convoy- there’s only a couple of us though, and if we need to I can create a lightning field. It’s more for stun than damage, so I’d appreciate some other attacks if you see it.” Link reported despite the cluster of voices on the other end. With a glance back to Amy, he suggested, “are you okay with that? They need backup at the patrol north of here, and I can drive this thing through the woods.”

He had started the engine again now and was about to try a risky ascent into the tree line, though both of them would be safe from harm if Link used Ravali’s gaze to blow them into the air. Hell, Link might even have enough time to let loose a few bomb arrows, though they definitely weren’t as high tech as some of the other weapons people had.

( Specialist what exactly does the droid look like? She can join them too if she’d like)

 

[darkred]

Ratchet and Clank

"Clank, what was THAT?"

"That Roar didn't sound friendly at all.. Think we should check it out?"

"I don't want to know, honesty, but that roar hurt my ears."

"Hey Vasu, did you hear that noise in the comm?"

"Right, I'll follow the others with vehicles since Vasu was on weapon duty right now."

"We can hold back as many droids and try to hold back the convoy from advancing. Ratchet replied through his communication device to the others.

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Cocogerber13 P PopcornPie Killerclown Thawne Specialist S Senate8 Steve Freeling JessieSune thatguyinthestore darkred animegirl20

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[darkred]

Dark Jak and Daxter

Daxter replied through the communication device "Whoever heard that roar, that's Jak when he gets angry."

Dark Jak's noises echoed through the communication device "Rrr. RRR. (Droids are getting worse, and we have an upcoming problem with a huge amount of tanks and convoys all heading toward our goal.)

Dark Jak looked over at the others with a scary face but not enough that he was going to hurt anybody except their enemies.

Daxter replied, "Is everyone alright?"

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[PopcornPie]

Giffany in Northeastern Patrol Tower with JessieSune , S Senate8 , thatguyinthestore , Killerclown , and darkred

"K-keep away! We're sorry! We were just trying to protect your home!" Giffany began to charge up, her arms and cheeks especially glowing blue. She hated to hurt the innocent, but if her life was on the line, then she had to make like an eel and give it the most nasty warning shock she could. Had Daxter not confirmed that the strange monster was, indeed, Jak, the latter would probably have gotten paralyzed. "Wait, you mean...that's really-Jak?" With her cheeks changing from neon blue to vibrant red, she uncurled, bowing. "Jak, I'm so sorry! I don't think I've seen you like this before. I'm glad it's just you! But it does raise the question of where the actual natives are..." She craned her neck, seeing if she could spot at least a couple birds flying away. But all she could see above the trees was smoke. And, what's worse, she could hear heavy machinery coming through. She needed to answer her communicator, stat. "We're all okay, but I did crash my vehicle and...well, we should regroup? Maybe?"

 

[Thawne]

Galen Marek - Pandora
Status: In combat


Galen veered the speeder into a small clearing away from the combat as he heard and saw the trees being toppled by the droid convoy. As the mission parameters displayed across his comlink, he looked down to them. That tank column would hinder their progress heavily. He boosted his comlink’s signal through the speeder so the rest of his allies.

“Everyone, this is Galen to all points. We’ve got to deal with that incoming tank group as soon as we can or it’s going to be a real pain, and I think i might know how. I’ll attack them head on and pull focus. Everyone else should get into flanking positions and hit them at the same time. Take out the tanks first, and I’ll handle the big one. Everyone copy?” he instructed.

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[animegirl20]

Amy Rose​

Amy held on tight as they made their way. She watched carefully when she saw the droids heading their way and whatever Link missed she swung her hammer at smashing what she could. One of the drones she missed she couldn't seem to get at it finally for mmoment she let go and held on to the hammer with both hans and quickly swung hard at it. "Take that!" She then quickly held on to Link so she wouldn't fall off. When a titan was spotted Link slowed down and stopped.

“We’ll try to sneak up on the convoy- there’s only a couple of us though, and if we need to I can create a lightning field. It’s more for stun than damage, so I’d appreciate some other attacks if you see it.” “are you okay with that Amy"

"Yeah that's fine with me." Amy held on to link got ready just in case she needed to do any swinging. "I'm ready when you are."
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[Cocogerber13]

Link - tags: Elekta Kount animegirl20 darkred

The blonde startled when he heard the message relayed through the comm. That roar before... was Jak..? Link sniffed in belief, a small grin coming to his face as he continued to drive the cycle up a fallen tree. “Jak when he’s angry? Sounded more like my stomach after clearing a shrine.” He joked light-heartedly, not wanting to keep any negativity around.

Despite his comment, the Hylian’s expression hardened when their ride started to approach the other end of the “platform”; this really reminded him of Smash, now that he thought about it. Just before they were about to become airborne in a fall, Link grunted and kicked off the ground with a foot. As soon as it made contact with the wood-like material they were shot into the air on a gust of wind. For a brief second, the boy saw the judgemental gaze of Revali as the bird-like being flew around them- then he was gone. Link took that as his cue.

With another growl he crossed his legs around the “head” of the horse-resembling motorcycle and unfurled a worn glider cloth he had been given by the king of Hyrule’s ghost.

The wind died down slowly, and with the extra weight Link knew that they would be grounded much faster than he was used to. A huff emitted from his mouth as he shifted his torso to catch a drift with the glider, then guided it to the destruction towards the back of the convoy. Behind the shelter of the remains of a base Link killed the engine and then fell on the ground breathing heavily. The mask was definitely not helping the situation. After a few moments he struggled up and his eyes flashed towards Amy. “Okay, I think we landed quick enough that we weren’t caught. Plus it seems like the rest of our team is doing a good job distracting them. What do you say we got wait to jump out?”

At the words of someone unfamiliar giving an order through the helmet, Link was suddenly distracted. “Um, c... copy?” He repeated, not really having heard the term in this context before. An exhausted glance back to Amy and the hero nodded. “Nice work. And... I guess we really do have to wait to attack. You want to get into position..?” Link asked, already walking to and peering over the debris. They were a bit far from where the droids were, but it was nothing a little shield surfing wouldn’t cover.

 

[Specialist]

Lyra Clarise and LZ-1156: On Operation - Flanking the Convoy from the North; [Interacting with: Cocogerber13 , P PopcornPie , Killerclown , Thawne , S Senate8 , Steve Freeling , Elekta Kount , thatguyinthestore , darkred , animegirl20 ; OPEN TO INTERACTION.]
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Just when she was about to begin her Southern flank, Galen called over her helmet along with the varying plans from the other team members. Apparently, there was a convoy headed somewhere in front of their location. At the rate which Amy, Lyra and Link were progressing, the warning about the unawareness of the convoy gave her an idea. She was quick to speak over the communications upon turning to spot Amy and Link in the massive Titan. "They don't know we're here, and I can only get so close before we're effectivley spotted. How are we playing this apart from the other team? Ambush, or direct attack? What's the other team's status at the moment?"

Vasu 'Koromai: On Operation; Northern Frontline (near convoy?) [Interacting with: Elekta Kount , darkred ; OPEN TO INTERACTION (let me know if I need to tag anyone else.] ​

Vasu kept knocking down droids, but the turret's barrel began to melt from the intense heat of continuous firing. "Agh, blasted thing! I shall continue the assault on foot! Ratchead, keep me covered!" Vasu then proceeded to disembark the turret, stand on top of the ring swivel and jump off the side of the Runner, hitting the ground and executing a forward roll right into the nearby droid patrols. Releasing a hellishly demonic warcry, he activated his energy sword as soon as he sprung up and engaged a group of twelve in close combat. Despite having only a one-handed melee weapon, the giant alien effortlessly began a choreographic-like battlefield dance of evading blaster fire and landing heavy blow after blow against each droid he saw. He chortled as his enemies fell, relishing in the tactfulness of his swordsmanship. "Disgusting machines of metal, prepare to DIE! HAHAHAHAAAAA!"

 

[PopcornPie]

Giffany in Northeastern Patrol Tower with JessieSune , S Senate8 , thatguyinthestore , Killerclown , and darkred , replying to Thawne

Galen! Fortunately, he could be heard loud and clear. Maybe they weren't so hopeless after all! "A convoy? That must be that big rumbling sound I heard." She squinted, wondering if she could see any tanks between the trees. She pursed her lips as Galen spoke...holy cow, he was brave to challenge them head on! Suicidally brave...but was the girl who couldn't even drive a cat mecha properly really one to argue? "You attack head on, we get the smaller tanks from the sides, got it!" She let her voice thicken with worry. "Just, please, be careful...whatever's going on out there, it looks bad." Once she was certain that Galen had nothing else to say, she whipped her head around to face her team, her eyes shiny thanks to a determined glaze. "Did everyone hear that? We have to flank around the convoy and take out the smaller tanks while Galen challenges the big one!" Unfortunately, a big explosion somewhere out there knocked the newfound wind right out of her. "We'd better hurry before anyone gets hurt..." Well, even if they did end up getting hurt, they'd win, right? United, they stood like the thick, twisting trees covering the planet!