Log started: 10/22/02 11:17:47 PM Barbary Coast The former countries of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, as well as several wilder areas such as the Western Sahara and the TripoLItan wastelands make up a grouping of factions now united here under Robot Master rule. The southernmost parts of the areas are merely a dumping ground for the dregs of LIfe, filled with communities still operating under simpLIstic and outdated technology. One can find many an illegal item here among the colorful streets of the conquered cities, and many a criminal character. On the northern coast, the technology level of the area sharply rises, as new city construction makes way for the Tidal Dam. No matter where you are, however, one thing remains the same...the constant presence of an outside gaze, as if someone, somewhere, was tracking your movements with every step. This is Wily's territory, under the control of his Gamma Masters. You are being watched. Harmony [Armor] [RF] RepLIforce Dropship [RF] Jet Stingray [RF] Firestorm Phoenix [Heavy] [M] Beam Demon [Quasar] [M] Wily Juicer Gunsmith Cat [Combat] [RF] Spartan Wolf [Centurion] [RF] Zero [Shrouded] [MH] Wilymachine [RM] Serenade [Armored] [RM] Guts Man [Normal] [RM] Dynamo Man [Normal] [RM] King [Armor] [RM] Sword Man [Mysterious] [RM] Crash Man [Civ] [RM] Pharaoh Man [Son-of-Ra] [RM] RepLIforce VTOL [RF] Hovertank [RF] Sphere Outpost Submerge leads to Underneath Mediterranean Sea. North leads to Mediterranean Sea. Southeast leads to Eastern Sahara. West leads to Atlas Mountains. Southwest leads to Mirror Desert (Western Sahara). East leads to Nile Delta. Up leads to Sky Above Sahara. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/45 Posted Author Return Tue Oct 22 Dynamo Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Father Wily, Lord King, brethren ... I am here. I am ready to resume my tenure, my ...." He trails off, squinting and looking for the words. ".... heck with it. I'm back and awaiting assignment. I shall be in commons." .oO(Whew, that was easier than I thought.) He gives a crisp salute. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/46 Posted Author The Fate of the Beast Tue Oct 22 Sword Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Good Eve, brothers, superiors, and M'Lord. This is a report about the findings of what composed the beast which attacked Florida, as well as an incident involving the remains. *Ahem*. "EarLIer this evening, Sir Metal, Sir Gemini, and myself, along with the representatives from the other orders present at the site attempted to make sense of what the beast was and how it was created. After some....rather unorthodox attempts to pry open the cranium and access the neural net of the beast, it was found that much of it was composed of techno-organic systems, rather advanced in nature. We were unable to find a power source for the creature. "We attempted to look near the rear area of the beast, when LIghtning struck the beast, causing an involuntary nervous jerk which send debris over the surrounding areas. This prompted the Maverick Hunter Doctor Cossack to use a sort of freezing mechanism (memory caps of Cossack's "Nuclear Winter" gun in action). The organic components of the beast were immediately frozen, leaving only the metalLIc parts to be salvaged. Unfortunately, we could not garner the nature of the beast aside from it's advanced nature. However...we shouldst be careful, for it may not be the last creature of its kind to emerge. That is all. For the honor and GLory of Wily! " .._ ...|_|_|..._|_ -(_)-..._ _..-(___)- .......| | |....| $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/47 Posted Author The Beast addtional Tue Oct 22 Metal Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Wily Spinny followed by the Beta Squad Spinny* "Metal Man here, I got several scans of the beast before it was taken out. I'm uploading the results for you to look over father. Prehaps they will be of use to you." *Scans.zip uploaded to Wily's personal database* "Metal Man out." *Wily Spinny followed by the Beta Squad Spinny* -El Ego was here. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/48 Posted Author The Director speaks Tue Oct 22 Symphony ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symphony comes on-screen, wearing her mocking Hello-my-widdle-darLIngs half-smirk while comfortably seated in a chair. In the background, Skull Haven can be seen. "Good evening, my 'brothers'. As you have been informed by Doctor Wily himself, I have been promoted to a directorial position; I will be short in my explanation of what this means to each of you, in order to make this fit into the somewhat handicapped attention span of some of you: I am of equal rank as the ELItes, without being one, nor -- the ELItes may take my word for it -- wanting to be called one. It is a mere formaLIty that, however, effectively empowers me to assign orders to you specifically as well as to your squad as a whole as is necessary to support spreading our cause across the GLobe. In short: when I tell you to do something, you do it. Simple enough? I should hope so." She crosses her legs neatly, GLancing onto her PDA on her lap briefly before looking back to the camera, leaning forward towards with a sLIght narrowing of her eyes, and her amused expression completely gone in favour of a mildly threatening look. "I wish to speak with the commanding officers of squads Gamma and Beta ASAP. That means 'as soon as possible', for which I effectively put any current orders you might have, safe for those offered by Bass, Enker or Doctor Wily himself, on hold. I will not tolerate any delay for any reason other than this. Expect consequences if you disappoint me. That is all for now." She hits a button on her pad, and the camera switches off, returning to the emblem of Omicron Squad, and then the Wily Spinny. Symphony Your conscience may not keep you from doing wrong. But it sure keeps you from enjoying it. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/15 Posted Author A dodo to a dodo says, Tue Oct 22 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You're watching GNN news, and Prune, a stunning looking male reploid in a suit, finishes a LIttle blurb on the latest stock market trends. "And on a more pecuLIar note, we bring you now to Missy Smiles, reporting LIve on an interesting discovery made by a team of biologists this morning. Missy?" The camera fLIckers, and moments later, you're all greeted by Missy Smiles, the second most sunny entity in the solar system, and her customary, cheerful grin. She's out in the field, in a small town in some floral setting- behind her, a small crowd of people, many of them looking nice and scientist-y, are gathered, abuzz with chatter. "Hello, Prune! And hello, GNN viewers! Missy Smiles, reporting on location from the island of Mauritius, off the coast of Africa. Mauritius has long been the location of biological studies, as the isolated nature of its ecosystem makes it an ideal natural labratory for studying animal LIfe. But much to the surprise of the scientists who LIve and work here, an old resident has come back to the island after a vacation of more than five hundred years." The camera pans to the left, moving forward towards the group of scientists, all of them surrounding a fairly large cage. Leaning in, panning downard, the camera looks inside... where the most absurd looking bird flutters around fLIghtlessly. A dodo. Missy Smiles continues in a voice-over, as the formerly extinct bird hops around, squawks, and generally makes a fool of itself on GLobal news TV. Sheesh, some folks just don't know how to spend their 15 minutes. "Needless to say, members of the international science community are perplexed as to where this dodo came from, as the fLIghtless bird is beLIeved to have been extinct since the year 1681. Some have suggested that the bird merely comes from an isolated family of dodo that somehow escaped notice over the centuries, but others argue that, with increased human habitation in the last one hundred and fifty years, this is not possible. A thorough investigation is planned to reveal if any more of these formerly extinct birds are LIving here on Mauritius, while tests will be performed to determine whether it is merely a hoax conducted by a creative bio-engineering firm." Several quiet moments of watching the bird bumble around follow, before the camera pans back up to Missy. She's busy playfully imitating the dodo as she watches it, arms in a 'chicken' posture, head bobbing as she wigGLes in place. The reporter jumps when she notices she's back on, regains her composure and resumes grinning... almost as brightly as she blushes. "Reporting LIve from Mauritius, this is Missy Smiles for GNN." "Thank you, Missy," says Prune, back in GNN's studio. "We'll take a quick break to show you what's going on in your neck of the woods. You're watching GNN Up to the Moment." Local news follows. "And in local sports, your favorite team got their butts kicked by some other team in a humiLIating defeat..." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Tartarus $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 15/8 Posted Author Re: Mysterious Challenge Tue Oct 22 Bastion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I am a driven, unfLInching, calculating machine. You will not be very soon." ***Hammer and Sickle*** Challenge: Speed Demons Challenge Status: Accepted. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Tartarus $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 15/9 Posted Author Re: Mysterious Challenge Tue Oct 22 Knave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Challenge Name: Speed Demons Challengers: Quick Man and Shadow Man Counter Challenge: Knave Challenge Status: Accepted. Name the time and the place, children, and bring your tissues cause you'll be crying when it's over. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ WHACK! The tank gets cane whacked, and Barrage bLInks sLIghtly, "What the hell was that..?" She asks, feeLIng the tank rock sLIghtly, "Oh. Hey, he's close now!" The cannon turns sLIghtly, and then both cannons launch a burst of flame from under the two barrels, right at the Mechawily. "Ahahahaha!" Crash Man snickers. "Baby, I'm not into that kinda thing. But you are pretty cute when you're angry. It's a shame I gotta BREAK YOUR FACE!" Leaping forward, he launches a pair of larger WilyBeer cans at her, which explode in the air, showering her in shrapnel and foam. Hovertank misses Wilymachine with its Flamethrower attack. Crash Man misses Harmony with his Beer Bomb attack. Sword Man smirks at the call. Raising his blade up, he quickly shields himself from the blast, using the massive flat to take the brunt of the attack. "Hrmph...announcing your attack so only leads to trouble." Indeed, as Sword continues to fall, he quickly stabs upward at the rapidly passing form of GC, with LIttle to no verbal prelude, save a sLIghty grunt, much LIke you'd hear from a martial artist would emit to focus his blows' power better. King takes the shot from Beam's fist squarely on the noggin, and is driven back and to the ground. "Aaaargh...Thou not only darest to disrespect us, but thou doth turn thy words against the Great Lord, The Father, Wily? Thou shalt pay! This, We command!" He surges back to his feet, shutting down his reflect systems as he regathers himself on the defensive, and launches a horizontal slash at Beam with the axe. Sword Man strikes Gunsmith Cat with his Thrust attack. King brings his reflect system offLIne. King puts his guard up. King misses Beam Demon with his Executioner's Axe Horizontal attack. Firestorm Phoenix grunts as the spheres impact with his armor, sending electricity racing through his systems. GrowLIng lowly the Maverick Firebird GLares at Dynamo Man, "We shall see." The Phoenix's large crimson wings snap out from his back, spreading to their full impressive length as he hovers back sLIghtly. Then those massive wings sweep forward, a cloud of crimson daggers sent hurtLIng at Dynamo. Gunsmith Cat grumbles, actually taking a worse blow from the hit to her pride than from the stab, which enters into her leg and does a fair bit of damage to one knee. "Yeah, yeah. Blame it on my creator. ReaLIsm sucks!" Letting the claw snap back onto her forearm guard, she grabs her other gun and unleashes a hailstorm of blue energy balls from both dual gatLIng ppcs at the still-descending Master, making sure to rake the fire across his lower section as well if given a chance. Gunsmith Cat misses Sword Man with her Twin Dual GatLIng Ppcs attack. Firestorm Phoenix misses Dynamo Man with his Feather Dart Barrage attack. Guts Man remains seated with his head bowed. "The true warriors will win this battle." Beam Demon raises his fist, the axe impacting his shoulder binder, forced upwards and skipping harmlessly over his frame rather then bite in as it were intended. THe demon steps back, his body flashing. "Yes, I do. Are you so bLInded by 'loyalty' that you cannot accept the truth?" His massive body appears to explode, shrinking to a sLIghtly smaller, deep red and gold form. "You know what I say is true, King." His arms spread, and he lurches forward, attempting to snatch King up in a superheated bearhug. Beam Demon changes into his Nova armor. The ambient temprature suddenly and steadily begins to rise. Beam Demon misses King with his Superheated Armor attack. King deflects Superheated Armor from Beam Demon. Harmony rolls her eyes, does he ever run out of stupid things to say? Probably not.. and again, she beats the odds, rolLIng and dancing (not LIterally..) around the falLIng shrapnel. Must be her lucky day, defense wise. Getting fed up, wishing she could just finish him off, she plays another song on her harp.. oddly happy, for how mad she is. Though if it works correctly, Crash's ears should be ringing with the 100 fold increase in volume. Hope you LIke your party music loud, punk. Spartan Wolf dum de dum dum dums, and idly lobs a mortart loaded with his coffee thermos into the midst of the biggest clump of humans he can find. Who needs Tear Gas when you've got coffee that causes unconsciousness when appLIed to Organics? The wolf is a sage! Mmmmyes...who then digs deeper into his foxhole. Harmony misses Crash Man with her Sounds Of Music attack. Pharaoh Man continues to mass and rally troops from position to position...and he then reaLIzes that the VTOL, besides a standard grouping of joes, seems to be undefended. And plot forms in his mind almsot instantly. A deviouse one. Ra bLInks towards the vehicle rapidly, dispensing attacks agianst random RepLIforce troops. Zero meanwhile scolds the juicer. "Bad Wily Juicer! You're a bad juicer! Now gimme my damn shake!" Holding his cup out, Zero intends on staying set, until he gets, and finishes his drink. "...holy shiz. Guts has been reading I ching, or the Art of War." monologues the Hunter. "That, or old samurai films." The Juicer refuses, " Zero, you've had enough....give me your bLInk system..." Wilymachine is apparently ready for such a tactic, for even as the cane impacts the metal of the tank, Wily is already pushing levers and jabbing switches. With a speed beLIed by it's size, the Mecha snaps the can back to the coat. No velcro or buttons here, just pure, sweet Wilytech as it attaches to seeminGLy smooth Metal. And you wonder why the RMs have the coolest toys. Both hands plant on the turret, and the Mecha pushes off. One fLIp...two fLIps...three fLIps and THWOOM! The Mecha lands on the other side ot the tank, raising a cloud of sand into the air. As it clears, the form of the gigantic Wily can be seen, silhouetted at first and gradually coming into view. It moves through Wily Fu forms with fluid grace and precision. Crouching LIght, Laughing Wily becomes Perching Atop Rock's Body becomes Triumph of the Masters. At last the dust clears, and the Mecha faces the tank. It doesn't move, merely wagGLes one eyebrow at the Stalwart. Wilymachine strikes Hovertank with its Massive Wilybrow attack. Beam Demon puts his guard up. Beam Demon puts his guard down. Clown Man plops down next to Gutsy eating some popcorn, "Oh. Yeah." He pauses as he munches on the popcorn. "But I really want to see Swordy to 'bullet time'. He does it so coolly..." Crash Man grooves it down a bit. "LOUDER! I CAN STILL HEAR MYSELF DRINKING!" Then, with a flair of fire from his hand, one of the drills deploys, without a bomb, simply heading to carve up a bit of her sweetbreads at supersonic speeds. Swinging Spider Speed! It's so subLIme! I'm surprised Nobody's written a Sonnet about it! Or at least a Sestina! Crash Man misses Harmony with his Drill Rocket attack. Dynamo Man after releasing the spheres, fLIes back to prepare for another strike. Hearing Firestorm's comment, he simply shakes his head. The daggers come at him, a few bouncing off of his chrome-dome before he can dip below them and then ZOOM! Off he goes, charging at Firestorm, head lowering just before impact. The GLare from the dome will be the least of Fire's worries - if he connects. Sword Man hears the shots come down at him. Once the first whizzes by him, he starts up a quick spin, blade out. He does not intend to attack, but rather gain enough LIft to redirect his descent to his quickly running lower half, which dashes in order to avoid the shots amd possible ricochets. Finally, he reaches his lower half, the anti-gravity field about it cradLIng the blade-bearing section. Meanwhile, Sword looks upward toward GC, a smirk on his face. Why? Because during the fLIght downward, he had used the time to charge up his flame emitters for a short burst. WHich he uses as he slashes in the air, the sword igniting, if only for a few seconds. The slash send out a flash of flames upward, arcing toward GC and hopefully gaining the height needed to reach her. Sword Man strikes Gunsmith Cat with his Flame Wave attack. Through the viewscreen, Barrage sees the Wily Brow, and just /GLares/! "Why you...! I'll kill you, old man!" The cannon swivels again, as the tank starts to move towards Wily's machine, one of the cannon barrels firing out an explosive blast, aimed right for the massive mecha. King brings his shield up, and twists to guide Beam away from him as the large fella charges in close. "Very well then, fool! Thou shalt learn the price of thy hubris, as thou dost not understand that thy Empire is the mark of a madman and his own pets! The Son of Doppler is nothing more than a disease-ridden fool!" He levels his shield at Beam, and aims a bLInding flash of LIght at Beam's eyes. Hovertank strikes Wilymachine with its Explosive Shell attack. Sting Chameleon arrives from the Mirror Desert (Western Sahara). Sting Chameleon has arrived. Dynamo Man strikes Firestorm Phoenix with his Helmet Crunch attack. King strikes Beam Demon with his Royal Shield Flash attack. Beam Demon is temporarily disoriented by King's Royal Shield Flash attack. Harmony grits her teeth, geez! Why is she so off? Of course, really, they both are.. because she quickly ducks and rolls underneath the flying drill. Standing up, she brushes herself off. "Have you been drinking, Crash? Because I think you're seeing double, you bLInd son of a b*tch!" she yells, running at him to just.. ram him. Slam him. ARGH. Hit smash crash BOOM! Hopefully she hits him hard enough, or she'll look pretty stupid falLIng on him. Harmony strikes Crash Man with her Ram attack. Spartan Wolf mutters, popping his head out over the edge of his crater as he notes the Ra of Wily incoming. Oh dear. Not again...that's the crazy beetle man! The wolf sighs, and quietly slams a round into his shoulder mounted mortar, waiting...and then lobbing it away towards Ra. Eat high explosive!!!! Spartan Wolf misses Pharaoh Man with his Shoulder Launcher attack. Beam Demon narrows his eyes, raising his hand to shield them. Even as he does this, the golden visor fLIps down, covering his face while the spars on either side snap into place to hold it. "You are incorrect..." he grunts, waiting for his vision to return. Pharaoh Man sLIces the mortar straight through with his khopesh, the blade replacing his scepter in a heartbeat. He bLInks to just above Spartan Wolf, and chuckles ominously, " Your LIfe is forfeit, stripLIng! " The blade comes swinging downwards.... Pharaoh Man strikes Spartan Wolf with his Khopesh Slash attack. Gunsmith Cat grits her teeth as the flames burn into her, grumbLIng something low and LIkely unprintable as she drops LIke a rock, missiles arcing away from her injured torso and then shifting mid-air to drop towards Sword. Gotta love the wonders of roboteching. Zero eyes the Juicer. "Oh no you didn't..." he begins as he sets the camera down, and gets up. "Oh no, you didn't just say I had enough. I want LIquid ice cream with a fruity substance blended in, and I want it now. Command override Albert-Zeta Omega, Passcode bannanarama!" Gunsmith Cat misses Sword Man with her Rib Missiles attack. King smirks as the big Demon is bLInded by the beam, and then charges right in. He leaps at the last minute, and then brings the big axe crashing down towards Beam's head. "Be still! Die, Demon Maverick! Thy days of brigandage must _END!_" Crash Man bLInks as Harmony latches on, even as she drives him into the sand. "Hey, baby...if -that's- what you want, lemme give you my number and we'll go somewhere a LIttle more romantic. Some wine, dinner, a picnic blanket..." Then, he pops open his shoulders again, and a shower of minimissles slam directly into her body. "But right now...just the foreplay, okay? Hope you don't mind it rough." Crash Man strikes Harmony with his Mini Grenades attack. King strikes Beam Demon with his Executioner's Axe Descending attack. The helmet smacks into Firestorm, but it does LIttle in the way of actual damage, "You are starting to annoy me." Firestorm raises his arms, twin blades popping out of his forarms, "Now, why don't you be a good LIttle puppet and hold still." Firestorm slams both arms down, trying to sink the twin blades into Dynamo's back before he can get away. Firestorm Phoenix strikes Dynamo Man with his Double Phoenix Blade attack. Wilymachine is sent reeLIng, and trips, landing flat on it's back. Smoke rises from it's chest, and the armor actually appears damaged. GrowLIng in the cockpit, Wily jerks his machine upright. "Ok..thats it. No more Mr. Nice Doctor!" The Mecha digs it's feet into the ground, stomping LIke a bull. Speaker's cut on, and begin playingback appropriate sound effects. Comically enough, The Mecha raises both hands above it's head and makes 'horns'. "Who says scientists can't be hard headed?" Cacking, Wily sends his machine into action once more, intent on the destruction of the tank. That last hit hurt though. Which just makes him angrier. Harmony sneers, a face that really hasn't worn of from the beginning. Trying to scramble off of him, not being very comfortable in that position, she isn't quick enough.. the tiny missles strike her entire front, and she falls back. It could've been worse, but that was close range.. and it hurt. "Don't give.. yourself too much CREDIT!" With that, she jumps up to run at him. An uppercut under the chin sounds nice enough.. Spartan Wolf yelps as the fruitcake with the funny hat teleports and stabs the wolf. Muttering, the wolf brings his shield up and attempts to shoot Pharoah Man away. "Shoo! Quit that! It really stings!" OW!!! Ah well. This pistol of mine, it has an awesome power...the power to combust gunpowder and use it as a propellant to hurl decent caLIber slugs of metal, lead, and high explosives up and into the artifical wrappings that make up the mummy LIke look of a fake pharaoh! Harmony misses Crash Man with her Punch attack. Spartan Wolf strikes Pharaoh Man with his Hand Cannon attack. Jet Stingray merely looks about the choas, merely about as he tries to figure out what's going on exactly. War can sure be confusion sometimes. Good thing he has a radio. Wilymachine strikes Hovertank with its Spring Powered Headbutt attack. Beam Demon grunts. The axe hits home, biting hard into the larger demon's upraised forearm. He pulsl himself free, taking a step back. "You are obviously a waste of my time." His body flashes, exploding and shrinking into the form he originally arrived in. Dozens of thrusters roar to LIfe, pulLIng him aloft to hover. "Next time, perhaps I shall get through your thick skull." He spins, thrusters blasting him into the distance at unbeLIevable speed. Beam Demon changes into his Solar armor. Thruster wash kicks up a cloud of dust behind him. Crash Man says, "Aww, baby, did I hit a nerve?" Then, he drops a pair of gas bombs into Harmony's path as he backpedals. "Just relax! I've got plenty of time and lots of me to go around!" Beam Demon retreats from the area swiftly, outdistancing all pursuit and parting shots. Crash Man strikes Harmony with his Gas Canisters attack. Sword Man sees the missles come in quickly, and again uses his dual-half design to his advantage, shooting his upper half upward again, his lower half coming in just a bit to the right of where GC seems to be falLIng toward. FLIpping upside down, Sword seems to float a bit spinning about in his usual way. Arcing toward GC, he fLIps over her head as she falls. Finally, Sword descends, aas if in slow motion. However, the methodic movements soon give way to snapping fast movement as Sword swings outward, toward the back of GC's head, hoping to give her quite the headache. Sword Man misses Gunsmith Cat with his Flatside Swipe attack. Pharaoh Man gives a yelp of surprise, and spings backwards in mid-hover. When he comes to steady, the Robot Master's head snaps back towards the wolf. Half of it is ripped and torn, reveaLIng a grotesque sparking metal visage...part robot, part mummy. " You shall pay for that...." The sword erupts in flames, and is slashed towards Spartan Wolf. Whose world becomes fire.... Pharaoh Man strikes Spartan Wolf with his Pharaoh Wave attack. "Ahhh!" The tank is slammed into, and sent spinny by Wily's headbutt, "Hey! That really damaged my poor tank, you jackass!" She shakes a fist in the cockpit, and then turns the cannons, "Take this! GRAND CANNON...FIRE!" She pulls the trigger, and both 80mm Cannons go off at once. Hovertank misses Wilymachine with its Grand Cannon attack. Gunsmith Cat cuts her fall just in time to avoid Sword's strike, and decides to give it a go on her own. Stabbing one arm forward, the gatLIng gun seems to swing to aLIgn along her forearm for no reason... until a blade springs free of her forearm guard, bursting into LIfe with a chainsaw effect as she slashes at Sword Man's upper torso. Gunsmith Cat misses Sword Man with her Spinning Slasher Surprise attack. King stares after Beam as he retreats, and his expression is pained. And outraged. "That one must die. He must die in pain, for his villainous slander against the Great Lord, Wily." Harmony is hit dead on, and you would think that hurt enough. ..but no, she also has an acid weakness! Loverly. FalLIng to her knees, her armor starts to sizzle and burn.. and just looks.. really horrible. "Ow.. mother f*cking.. ac.. ngh.." she clenches her fists, trying not to scream. Yeah, she's done. Dynamo Man makes the connection with his helmet, but only barely, and then gets a pair of blades into his back. Loosing a scream of pain, he starts to fall, but then as he does, shimmers a bit. The two blades begin to GLow brightly with the rest of his body, and he fLIps to face upward at Firestorm. His right arm tenses as he stops losing altitude (that's going to hurt in the morning) and projectile after projectile shoots from it, each one a LIttle battery, each one aimed to either slam or fry the bird. Dynamo Man strikes Firestorm Phoenix with his Dynamo Floaters attack. Sting Chameleon arrives, held a few feet over the sand by five Mav Drones. Why? Because he's got command Crash Man awws, and backs off. "Sorry, baby. Call me?" Then, he turns, and heads back to his lawnchair. "Somebody get me another drink!" Spartan Wolf Yelps loudly driven backwards once more. "OWOWOWOWOWOWOOW! BURNS!" The wolf runs around for a few moments, slapping off the fire on his tail, then mutters and GLARES at the fruitcake. "Hey! Fruitcake? WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?" The wolf mutters and empties the rest of his snubgun's cLIp into Pharoah, GLancing around as his radio crackles about...MEDICS....oh ddeeeeear. Spartan Wolf misses Pharaoh Man with his Hand Cannon Burst attack. Spartan Wolf puts his guard up. Beam Demon enters the Sky Above Sahara. Beam Demon has left. Serenade has disconnected. Harmony hunches over, just.. in pain. Burning.. ow. Medic would be nice, anybody here a doctor? Pharaoh Man bLInks with rapid speed, almost in the league of Zero, Blues, or even Cyber Peacock, avoiding the bullets. " Pathetic, RepLIforcer...you have no hope of defeating me! " Ra makes a sinGLe bLInk right in front of Spartan, cutting off his escape. The khopesh, still aLIght, jabs and slashes furiously at the Wolf... Pharaoh Man strikes Spartan Wolf with his Khopesh Brand attack. King puts his guard down. Jet Stingray merely hears the report of his friends hurt... Crying out in pain. GrowLIng with an animaLIstic rage, he fLIes over the battle right in the middle, crossing his arms of his chest LIke he was more LIke an angel then a stingray. LIttle brown Stingray escape from panels in his back, circLIng him slowly. He looks over to Crash on his lawn chair... Lock on confirmed. He looks over to 'Ra'.... Lock on confirmed. "Get away from my friends, and face me... For the Stingray will not this uncool actions go without punishment!" That said, a group of three go to each Robot Master that angered him so. Harmony whimpers, trying to talk. "...s-s..stupid.. dr.. ..dork." [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] King transmits, "Lord Father, We doth request a favor of thee. When the time comes, the foul miscreant Beam Demon shalt be _ours_, if thou doth will it." Jet Stingray strikes Crash Man with his Hunter Mines attack. Jet Stingray misses Pharaoh Man with his Hunter Mines attack. Firestorm Phoenix growls in pain as the batterys strike home, the gravity wells playing havoc with his systems for a few moments. His beak clenched the avain's anger swells and through a clenched beak he growls at Dynamo, "You'll pay for that." The large gem on Firestorm's chest begins to GLow and pulse for a second before unleashing a powerful laser, streaking out at Dynamo Man. Firestorm Phoenix misses Dynamo Man with his Phoenix Laser attack. Wilymachine is already on the move, rebounding from the attack and easily outdistancing the guns. At the helm, Wily continues to work his magic, sending the Machine through insane twists and turns. Finally clear of the cannons, it pauses. Wily scans the battlefield and asseses his opponent. That tank is hurting, and Wily knows it. Deciding that it's time to finish it off, he reaches over and opens a GLass cover, over a big red button. Music abruptly flares to LIfe on the speakers once more. "I'm on the Wilyway to hell! Wilyway to hell!" Whats this mean for the Stalwart? Nothing good as Wily begins to groove and dance at the controls. The Mecha as well begins dancing. Abruptly, as Gut's voice rises to the cLImax of the song, the Mecha pulls the labcoat wide! Whats under the coat? Guns. Lots and lots of guns. Neo has nothing on this. The A-Team has nothing on this. Hell, The Terminator has nothing on this. Big buns. LIttle guns. Energy guns. Missile launchers. Energy blasters. All of them aimed right at the Stalwart. That hand in the cockpit slams downards, pressing the firing key flat, and the Mecha dissapears behind a bLInding wall of LIght and smoke as all those guns open fire at once. Spartan Wolf whimpers quietly as the hurting doesn't stop. "Why was I built to feel pain?" Sighing, the wolf braces himself, eyeing Pharaoh as a LIttle crosshair drops down from his helmet...and the wolf sLIngs the handgun, pulLIng up a VERY large gun and opening fire on Pharoah, taking off and moving too fast to maintain his defensive stance. And when Jet lets off with his attack, hopefully distracting RA, the wolf opens fire on the bandagehead. "Eat Hi-Ex!" Sword Man sees the blade spring out and quickly darts his upper half to the side, his lower half crouching straight down in order to avoid the blade. Again, his design becomes quite the assistance here. "Alas, the blade does not aid thee well." His voice holds no taunting in it, but neither does it hold any true sympathy. It merely remains neutral. As it should be, as Sword is a warrior, and must not be drawn to mere verbal battering. There are more things to focus on. Instead, Sword merely rears back his blade, his lower half quickly sLIding in under him from it's crouch. SettLIng his feet, he quickly throws his blade upward, slashing along an inverted arc upward, his torso rising up a foot or two as he does so. Again, the only utterance from his mouth is a quick "HRRAH!" of focus. Wilymachine strikes Hovertank with its Lots And Lots Of Guns Under The Labcoat attack. Sword Man strikes Gunsmith Cat with his Slash attack. Spartan Wolf strikes Pharaoh Man with his Cratering Charge attack. Spartan Wolf puts his guard down. Sting Chameleon arrives, held a few feet over the sand by five Mav Drones. Why? Because he's got command status. What else would you do but abuse it? Dropping him in the sand, they turn and leave. He can make his own way home. Lowering his belly to the sand, Sting LIterally sLIdes across the course grain. His golden optics shimmer as he catches gLImpses of all the combatants, out in the open. As he speaks to himself, he drags his tongue, mumbLIng something about sand servos...or on those LIttle grooves in ones armor. Sting chafes at the thought. Pharaoh Man is hit in the shoulder, and stumbles back. Mech fluid bleeds out from the gaping flesh wound. A cackle grows in Ra's throat, ducking to one side of the incoming mine. He walks forwards slowly, laughing maniacly. Taking a bit of the fluid on one of his fingers, he eyes it, and tastes the substance, before smiLIng at Spartan Wolf. A smile of sheer and utter madness, and evil incarnate. Tendrils of invisible force lash out at the RepLIforce, the Master of Sands uttering a sinGLe word, " Bow. " Pharaoh Man misses Spartan Wolf with his CompelLIng Grasp attack. Crash Man yawns as the fishies pLInk off him. "Pardon me, Mr. Apple Pie....but do you have any Grey Poupon?" As he speaks, he attaches a bottle of Grey Poupon to his arm, and launches another drill arm at the Stingray O' -UNREQUITED- love. Crash Man misses Jet Stingray with his Drill Rocket attack. Okay, now that hurt. The tank is pretty much ripped apart by the guns, lots of guns. The tank sputters, and then turns and starts to ride away, towards where the Falconis is parked, "I'll be back!" Gunsmith Cat slumps over the sword imbedded neatly into her torso, twitching faintly. Slowly, ponderously she pulls back and off it, only the fact that her systems are built to last until TOTAL destruction leaving her with the abiLIty to float backwards towards the Razor, armor flaring and vanishing and leaving her in her normal mode, dripping mechfluid from a cut that nearly cleft her in half. She doesn't even have the energy to make a parting shot verbally, all her remaining power devoted to fLIght. Hovertank retreats from the area swiftly, leaving it open to pursuit or parting shots from Jet Stingray, Dynamo Man, Harmony, Sting Chameleon, and Firestorm Phoenix. Gunsmith Cat changes into her LIght armor. Gunsmith Cat retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Jet Stingray, Dynamo Man, Harmony, and Sting Chameleon. Spartan Wolf HOOHAWS as he rolls forward, using his shield as a vault as he attempts to land on Pharaoh, feet first. "Heh! No way, BandageBoy! I remember that!!!!" The wolf attempts to slam into Phraoah and then keep moving back to his ship. Must...help...comrades!!! Spartan Wolf strikes Pharaoh Man with his Boot To The Head attack. Pharaoh Man is temporarily disoriented by Spartan Wolf's Boot To The Head attack. Pallbearer arrives from the Eastern Sahara. Pallbearer has arrived. Pharaoh Man is struck in the head, and his neck snaps back. " Accursed StripLIng, I shall dance on your scraps..." The Master snipes at Spartan Wolf a she tries to reorient himself. Dynamo Man lets the laser reflect off the tip of his helmet, hitting some part of the sand somewhere and making it GLass. Out of the corner of his eye, the enemy tank is starting to leave. It looks crippled ... here, he charges electricity in his shoulder rods, spheres surrounding him. Straight up to Fire and straight out to the tank, a great bolt emerges from either rod. Hopefully he can bring the tank down before it gets away ...... Harmony is curled up in a LIttle ball, trying to weakly hold on to her miserable conciousness. Not doing so well, she just whimpers and twitches, looking LIke a wounded animal. A big purple animal, anyway.. Dynamo Man strikes Firestorm Phoenix with his LIghtning Storm attack. Dynamo Man strikes Hovertank with his LIghtning Storm attack. Hovertank falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Announcement: Reminder: Please check orders and bboards 2 and 3 often for important MUSH information. Jet Stingray merely growls at Crash Man again, just lerching to the side to avoid the rocket. "Pardon me, you classless freak. No one messes with the chicks of RepLIforce and gets away with it. Get me?" He then charges right for Crash Man, hoping to ram right into him. Someone seems to have made Jet a LIttle angry. Frustrated with all of this, he cries out. "You Wily Wimps... You want a piece of me... Then take it. I'll take you /all/ on!" Stupid thing to challenege every RM here? Perhaps, but Jet feels personally responsible for this failure of a mission... But he will make amends for this loss, no matter what. Spartan Wolf sprints as he runs, casting off the heavier chunks of armor and loading them onto his shield, which is sent spinning into the Razor's small cargo hold as he helps Gunsmith into her seat and starts the engines powering up, kicking up sand. The wolf is OUTTA here. Spartan Wolf changes into his HopLIte armor. Spartan Wolf retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Jet Stingray. Jet Stingray misses Crash Man with his Torpedo Slam attack. Sword Man smiles as he feels the blade bury itself deep into GC, watching on as she pushes herself weakly off his blade and fLIes off. No matter, the battle is done, and Sword rose to the occasion and triumphed. Confidence filLIng him, he bows toward the direction of GC as she boosts herself away. "Well fought," is all he says, loud enough for his foe to hear, but not to the point that he's yelLIng. Looking around, he wonders, . o O (How dost mine brethren fare?) Sting Chameleon stops behind a sand dune, popping his head up with great interest as the Mecha Wily tears holes in the repLIforce tank. He snickers, "Crazy old man. His heart's goign to give out again if he keeps doing this to himself. Then who will I torment when I'm bored?" He thinks for a second, head still above the dune in clear sight of everyone..."Maybe I would Torment Guts Man. No, I can see myself quickly becoming 'George'...who is hugged and petted and squeezed to death." Shuddering, "I may be a lot of things but I am no Daffy Duck!" he proclaims loudly. Optics openning wide as he shouts, Sting instantly thinks ,,,'DUCK'. Dropping behind the dune he clasps his hands around his knees, "Jesus, did I say that...or just think it? Was I talking? *whisper* Did they here me?" Spartan Wolf has left. Oh yeah. Zero's still here, arguing with the Wily Juicer. Game on. Gunsmith Cat has left. Crash Man bLInks as Jet buries himself into the sand next to him. "Dude. That's just sad, okay?" Shrugging, he simply cracks open a beer and pours it atop Jet's head. "Laaaaaaaaaaame." Crash Man strikes Jet Stingray with his Generic Melee attack. Firestorm Phoenix frowns as he looks over at the fallen Tank, "This was such a waste of time." Shaking his head Firestorm breaks away from Dynamo Man, "You Forcers, you're on your own fools." With that he attempts to jet off, though all be it, slowly in his current form. Firestorm Phoenix retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Jet Stingray, Dynamo Man, and Sting Chameleon. Dynamo Man doesn't take that shot. Pharaoh Man smiles as Spartan Wolf begins to retreat. GLancing upwards, he eyes Jet Stingray. " I so do LOVE a challenge. " Ra says to himself, and his scepter replaces the khopesh. Giving a wave, a mass of sand takes to the air, and swirls towards the Stingray... Pharaoh Man misses Jet Stingray with his Sandstorm attack. RepLIforce VTOL hums, the engines powering up to full as Gunsmith is loaded in and the wolf straps in, tossing a cheery wave to Pharoah Man. Brave Brave sir Spartan, Bravely ran away! Or flew. same diff. Vroom Vroom Goes the Razor!!! Pallbearer arrives at the head of a hoverbike squad, several MSE gumbies on similar bikes falLIng into formation as they speed into the area. "STRETCHERS TO THE WOUNDED!" Pall shouts over the din. "EVAC TO THE FALCONIS! SQUAD 2, MOVE OUT!" The MSE bikers instantly speed across the dunes, zipping over towards the wounded and attempting to move them towards the Falconis. Pall himself comes down by Gunsmith, checking the injured repLIkitty over and looking over his radio to yell orders to the remaining squadmembers. "Stretchers here, yesterday! Get her onboard!" As a pair of bikers rush to retrieve her, Pall quickly administers to the catgirl's injuries in order to stabiLIze her functions. Harmony can't see bikes. Is staring at an ant walking along by her face. ..happy ant. Dynamo Man sighs heavily as the electric force leaves him. Expending so much energy in one shot, he'll have to rest for a bit ... and he lets himself fall gently to the ground, feet upon terra firma again. "Wooph .... ow ... ow ..." He attempts to pull the blades free of his body. Wilymachine watches the tank strugGLe away, then Dynamo Man hits his attack. Shaking it's head, the mecha turns away and looks over the battlefield. Wily smiles, watching his children fight on with fatherly pride. Is that a tear in his eye? We'll never know...hes the only person in that mecha. Metal Man has arrived. Jet Stingray gets up slowly as he gets beer poured on him. He moves with rather fast reflexes, narrowly avoiding the sand attack. He offers no witty comebacks... Only doing his best to fight off as many of those RMs as he can to save his friends. To Crash, he just tries to respond with a good old kick to the head. Gunsmith Cat has arrived. Jet Stingray strikes Crash Man with his Smash attack. Pharaoh Man takes out a medical scanner and scans Gunsmith Cat. Pallbearer effects some minor repair work on Gunsmith Cat. [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] Dr. Wily transmits, "Pitiful RepLIforce. Simply pitiful. Excellent work, my children." Harmony watches the ant go by.. and then walk into the acid and sizzle. ...aw. Ant. King turns, and walks over towards Dynamo. SurprisinGLy, for all the furious action he's just seen, King's train of mets is undisturbed. They're entirely intact, and still keeping the now-tattered cloak from touching the ground. "Verily, thou hast done well, Sir Dynamo. We art pleased with thy performance." Gunsmith Cat has left. [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] Shhh! Sword Man transmits, "Indeed. Is mine blade needed elsewhere, or has the situation been resolved?" RepLIforce VTOL enters the Sky Above Sahara. RepLIforce VTOL has left. Firestorm Phoenix once out of harms way, the phoenixploid phases out of his bulky armor and jets off back to base at high speed. Crash Man snorts as Jet lashes out. "Anger is the dark side, my son. Just get drunk instead." And so goes forth....the Heineken! Firestorm Phoenix changes into his FLIght armor. Crash Man strikes Jet Stingray with his Heineken BLItz Attack attack. Pharaoh Man chuckles, and bLInks up to the mid-air battle, right behind Jet Stingray, " Feel the wrath of the mighty desert, and Amun-Wily's minions..." Ra yells, raising his palm to the repLIforcer. " You are no match for us! " Sprays of deadly sand fire at the reploid... [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] Crash Man transmits, "Apple Pie could use a spanking." [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] King transmits, "The Miscreant, Beam Demon. We desire his head, Lord Wily." [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] Dr. Wily transmits, "An excellent shot, by the way Dynamo." Pharaoh Man strikes Jet Stingray with his Finger Sandblasters attack. [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] Dr. Wily transmits, "Do you now? Take it then King. Do not fail however, or I shall let Bass take your for a while." With a sudden effort, the blades are gone. "AARGH -- !" He stands there holding them, dripping some fluids. Thankfully they weren't in a bad place. Eyes are shut, but he knows King's there. His family is contacting him, congratulating him. This is why he exists, to serve his family .... trembLIng a bit, he repLIes. [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] King transmits, "He shalt be our eternal target. By our oaths to thee, Lord Wily, Beam Demon shalt die for his words." Barrage Raptor has arrived. Sting Chameleon looks up over the dune again. He breathes a sigh of reLIef and crawls behind a pieece if driftwood. This should be safe for the time being. ...oO(After everything dies down we can get some answers.)Oo... [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] Dynamo Man transmits, "Everyone .... Father Wily ... Lord King ..... all of my brethren .... thank you for the compLIments ... thank you all ...." Pallbearer looks about the battlefield, running back to his jetbike (sorry buildy) as his radio goes off, a stretcher-equipped bike picking up Gunsmith. Moving over to Harmony's position, he checks her over, and grabs a sizeable can of water, dumping it over the acid to dilute and wash it away from Harmony enough for him to affect repairs. "Another stretcher here, now!" he shouts, trying to stabiLIze some of the damage to the poor girl. Enker arrives from the Mirror Desert (Western Sahara). Enker has arrived. Harmony grumbles annoyedly. Obviously grumpy, you know, being eaten away and all. "..rghm.. nn." It's the thought that counts. Sword Man merely walks over toward the congregation of his brethren, watching on as Crash and Pharaoh take on Jet. Eyes intent on the fight, he sighs, rubbing the gunshot wounds from his fight, which were thankfully the only wounds suffered. Fusion Phoenix arrives from the Sky Above Sahara. Fusion Phoenix has arrived. Dynamo Man opens his eyes, surveying the situation around him, and letting his systems stabiLIze. Barrage Raptor changes into her Armored armor. Guts Man remains seated on the ground quietly. Jet Stingray gets hit with Crash fun LIttle attack, the forced beer down his gullet holding him in place long enough to get nailed by Pharaoh Man's blasters. Great. He refuses to give up despite the horrid odds, fLIpping away from harm's way, he tries to lop a torpedo at Pharaoh Man after launching it from his arm canon and catching it with his left hand. He might go down, but he plans on not doing so alone. "...I might not be a good leader, but the least I can do is be a good friend," he offers softly to himself. In a louder tone, he shouts out with a tone filled with pain, "I'll fight you all until the end!" Jet Stingray misses Pharaoh Man with his Torpedo attack. Of in the distance... It's a bird, no it's a plane, no, it's really a bird. It looks LIke someone called in some evac support, which is here in the form of Fusion Phoenix to save the day! Huzza! He comes diving in to where the Stalwart is, as that seems to be where he is needed. Harmony cringes, trying to squirm. "..stupid.. Jet." Well he /is/. Pharaoh Man dodges away from the torpedo, " A bit out of your element, eh, Jet Stingray? And don't worry about your troops....you'll be joined with them soon in the scrap heap..." He raises the scepter to face the charismatic reploid, and a burst of water LIned with flames is fired, " Here, go for a swim ! " Pharaoh Man misses Jet Stingray with his Nile Floods attack. Crash Man says, "Mah god, mah god, mah god. I do beLIeve this boy needs some more beer. He's having far too many temper problems." And so he launches another can at the Stingray. "Suck it down, boy!"" Crash Man misses Jet Stingray with his Beer Bomb attack. Team Robot Master is on a rampage! Firestorm Phoenix enters the Sky Above Sahara. Firestorm Phoenix has left. Dynamo Man stands there, still. There are fighters, doubtless someone needs some kind of repairs. King winces, and shifts sLIghtly. A couple of the mets nerp concernedly, and King sighs. "The damned Demon has a mighty fist, We must grant him that." Guts Man says, "The White Man will not win against us tonight. Our forces are too powerful. Thisland will remain in our hands." Jet Stingray merely does what his foes cannot. Take to the skies. Blasting straight up, Jet avoids both attacks with surprising speed. He is a bit faster than one would think. Lowering his shinplate, he yells out to Crash Man, "This is for Harmony, you freak!" That said, he launches a red stingray... Which goes in an arc straight toward Crash Man. When it is overhead though, it shifts to drop straight down. Silently, he prays that his mini-ray gives him revenage for the bitter blow given to his people this night. Jet Stingray strikes Crash Man with his Ground Hunter attack. Pallbearer grabs hold of Harmony as another stretcherbike comes by, carefully LIfting her onto the stretcher and signaLIng the OK for the MSE biker to get to the falconis. "Now, that tank...." he says as they pull away, hopping back on the bike and gunning it to reach the tank in time. Pharaoh Man smirks, " Fool. I can follow you anywhere....none can escape the wrath of Amun-Wily! " He bLInks agian upwards, to a hover above and to one side of the Stingray. " Feel the might of the Desert Sun! " Free hand pulLIng in to form his arm cannon, tiny beads of LIght begin to gather with then barrel....until the weapon is fully charged, and the sunbeam is fired... Pharaoh Man strikes Jet Stingray with his Sunbeam attack. Dynamo Man watches as Jet takes to the skies. The RepLIforcers don't seem to have much left to throw at them .. Crash Man bLInks. "Hey, sorry, man. If you and her are together, I can completely understand. I'll back off. Really. But...lemme give you something so the two of you can have nice matching hospital beds!" Tossing out a LImpet mine, he smirks. Crash Man misses Jet Stingray with his LImpet Mine attack. Wilymachine seeing the battle well in hand, the Mecha takes to the air, swiftly dwindLIng to a small speck, then disappearing from view. The Juicer remains, no doubt Wily is still observing via the machine. Wilymachine takes Wily Juicer. Serenade has connected. You have no new messages. Sword Man watches on, intently, the Driver Joe which 'chauffered' him here walking up to him, wondering when they'd leave, blooping and bleeping questioninGLy. Sword merely waves him off, however, taking out a cloth from subspace and wiping off the mechfluid on his blade. He keeps his eyes focused on the fight, however, intent on watching it to it's outcome. Wilymachine retreats from the area swiftly, leaving it open to pursuit or parting shots from Jet Stingray, Sword Man, Zero, Barrage Raptor, Fusion Phoenix, King, Hovertank , Serenade, Dynamo Man, Enker, Harmony, Pallbearer, and Sting Chameleon. Sting Chameleon looks on in amazement as he interprets the scene...Did RepLIforce just come here today to get an aft beating? He shakes his head and turns back toward his drop point. He's picked up by the drones, who said they were leaving but actually waited around to see if he'd get killed. Dr. Wily has arrived. Wilymachine has left. Dr. Wily takes Wilymachine . Dr. Wily has disconnected. Dynamo Man says, "We are ... winning, aren't we?" Barrage Raptor just stays on top of the tank, waiting for Jet to get out of there, LIke he already should have. She can't do much else right now.. Harmony has given up trying to move and such, just stares through half-LIdded eyes. Can sort of her what's going on, and it doesn't sound all that good. Pallbearer pulls the jetbike to a screeching halt as he arrives, leaping off it quickly as possible to run towards the downed tank. Shouting briefly into his radio, the mummybot starts clamboring up the side of the armored behemoth, working over some of the controls and attempting to repair the excess wiring to try and get it running again. "Barrage! Hold 'em off and try to help Jet! I'll do what I can here!" King chuckles. "Sir Dynamo...we beLIeveth the term is 'won', rather than 'winning'. We hath triumphed o'er our enemies." Fusion Phoenix swoops next to Barrage, and hovers there. "Jet can be so hard headed sometimes." Harmony GLances down. ..where'd her med go? ..damnit. Dynamo Man grins, wincing a bit from the punctures. "Ah, good ..... I'll be needed in the medbay, I beLIeve?" Barrage Raptor sighs, and hangs her head a LIttle, "I want to help, but...I don't think I can.." She says, as she looks back at Jet. Sting Chameleon has disconnected. Fusion Phoenix lands beside the tank, and starts putting the massive (even for him) tank back together so that they can pull it out. It's a good thing he has studied up on how it works. Fusion Phoenix effects some minor repair work on Hovertank . Pallbearer takes out a medical scanner and scans Hovertank . Fusion Phoenix takes out a medical scanner and scans Hovertank . Jet Stingray gets his right arm shot off by the beam of sun, then fLIes up to avoid Crash's attack. His entire body is laced with eletricity. His body is ragged, beaten.... Once again, he has bitten off more than he can chew. Must be a natural talent of his. "I'm giving the pair of you a good race... I feel no shame in ending this race here!" He then tries to fly over Pharaoh Man, tilting to the side so that his fin can try and cut Pharaoh Man from the his shoulder to possibly to his waist. "I will never quit until Justice wins once and for all!" Dynamo Man takes out a medical scanner and scans Guts Man. Jet Stingray strikes Pharaoh Man with his Fin Slash attack. Dynamo Man takes out a medical scanner and scans Sword Man. Dynamo Man takes out a medical scanner and scans King. Dynamo Man takes out a medical scanner and scans Crash Man. Dynamo Man takes out a medical scanner and scans Pharaoh Man. Pharaoh Man takes another deep slash into his torso, and is forced backwards a few feet fromt he blow. Shaking the pain away from his mind, he rebuffs the assault, bLInking forwards agian. His arm cannon charges sLIghtly, before Ra shoots out a burst of superheated plasma... Pharaoh Man strikes Jet Stingray with his Plasma Shot attack. Crash Man says, "Justice, races, chasing women you know you can't get....is this all you think about?" Standing, and sparking a bit, Crash smirks. "You need to get an easy girl, and some good drinks, my friend. Plus, maybe a good nap. So lemme ease your way to dreamland with a massive trauma." Crash Man strikes Jet Stingray with his Crash Bomber attack. Jet Stingray falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Zero meanwhile has reclaimed the camera. "Jet...jet...so naieve. You're good, but you're not me. Now fire the hack that writes your -horrid- dialo...*sigh* Damn Crash. Had to interrupt my speech." Dynamo Man bLInks. "Eh ... King .... you're injured, do you want my help .. ?" He is thankfully right there. King nods, wincing a LIttle. "That would be appreciated, Sir Dynamo. The Demon hath damaged us fairly seriously." Pharaoh Man smirks as Crash deLIvers what may be the final blow, and the Wily-Coprs give up a cheer as the RepLIforcers and Mavericks beat their hasty retreat. The day is theirs, after all.. Pallbearer works furiously at the controls of the stalwart, trying to fix the damaged internal components while Fusion handles the outer. "Come on, you steel-plated tub...." he grumbles, trying to turn the engine....the thing just won't work. As he hears the battle outside however, Pall pops his head out of the hatch. "Fusion, get Jet! I'll keep working!" With that, the medic goes back to his work, trying to fix the remaining damage to the tank's internal components. If he can just get it /working..../ Pharaoh Man has disconnected. Dynamo Man meanwhile scans his brethren while he's at it ... and winces. "We certainly weren't invincible, but we did the job ... alright." Taking out various tools, he starts patching up some of the more gaping wounds in the golden armor of his Lord King. Dynamo Man effects some minor repair work on King. Barrage Raptor bLInks, and then just kinda looks on as Jet goes down, "..." She lowers her head, and lets out a growl. She told him to back off. Now he's been put down too, and it's all her fault. She wanted to do this stupid mission and now some many of her friends have been hurt because of it, "Rrrr...RAAAH!" She whips around, talon tearing up what's left of the armor on the tank, as he tail locks out into place and the scope pops up, the cannon taking aim right at Crash Man, looking for damaged armor, or some vital point to put this bullet through... Barrage Raptor misses Crash Man with her Tail Sniper Cannon attack. Harmony watches Jet fall, face fairly emotionless.. probably because it hurts to bLInk. Crash Man bLInks. "You smell something?" Seeing the bullet burying itself in the cooler, and the leaking beer, he "aaahs". "That's it." He then pops the can up, and drinks down the fountaining spray. "Sorry I interrupted the snappy dialogue, bro. But check this. It tastes LIke victory." King turns as Barrage opens fire, not disrupting Dynamo's efforts but giving his attention to BR as she attacks a fellow RM. "Crash Man. Dost thou require assistance?" he calls out soLIcitously. Fusion Phoenix nods at Pallbearer, turning from the hulk to the other one, mutterung under his breath. "Jet... you need to learn when to call for help." He acclerates over to Jet's fallen form, and does his best to look intimidating. "Leave, before I break you in two LIttle man." He also sends a bit of encouragement, firing a blast of water in an attempt to at the very least dilute the beer. Evil, isn't he? Fusion Phoenix misses Crash Man with his Water Pulse attack. Crash Man bLInks. "Well, I do seem to be bleeding in a few places, and my armor's all cracked, so I'd take that as a yes, Lord High Goldenrod." Zero shakes his head at Crash, and bLInks as water gets in his shake, not to mention drenching his hair. "..." Opening and closing his mouth rapidly, no sound comes out of Zero's mouth. He just gogGLes, and shakes, and gogGLes, and shakes. It's a violent twitch, one reminiscent of a very, very long-winded anime. Sword Man hrmphs as he sees Barrage and Fusion start up, seeminGLy ready to raise the ire of the RMs present. Frowning, he steps toward, nearing the two RFers. Quickly he speaks. "Leave. YOu are defeated. We have no need to...'beat a dead horse', to use the venacular. Your force has been defeated, despite the impromptu assistance from the Mavericks. Go, before our ire is raised further." He gives a stone hard GLare toward the two, showing no sign of yielding or backstepping from his threat. King chuckles, and nods. "Pardon us, Sir Dynamo. We must assay the assistance of Crash Man, lest he fall before the combined onslaught of his foes. These churLIsh RepLIforcers must be taught a lesson." With that, he readies his shield and moves to stand near Crash Man. King puts his guard up. Jet Stingray gets grounded by Pharaoh Man, and while helpless and barely able to stand, he gets shot in the back by Crash Man. The mine latches to his back, then goes off with a massive explosion. Jet staggers about... beams of LIght escaping from his core as lots of smaller blasts surround him. .oO(A total systems failure... only chance to try and shut my energy core off cold turkey before it blows and....) He just shuts himself off, falLIng to the ground, offering a last radio as he drops to the ground. Looks LIke Jet has raced his way from death's clutches once again.... Or has he? A final explosion is set off, his internal core blasting to pieces, sending the stingray flying LIke a rag doll until he lands on the ground, his chest and back armor a memory, most of his internal parts missing and so far damaged they aren't recognizable. Fusion Phoenix looks Sword Man in the eyes. "Will you allow us to retrive our fallen comrad and leave?" Crash Man bLInks as the Phoenix squirts Zero. "Oh, sh@#....oh, sh@#....boy, I hope you don't know what you just did..." Harmony opens her mouth, eyes widening. Jet.. what an idiot. Still, he better be an aLIve idiot. Dynamo Man is done working, and steps back. "That should hold you for a while, my lord .. and indeed, I follow." With that, he also moves by Crash, just to see the fireworks. Sword Man keeps eyes locked on Fusion, not moving an inch. "As I said, we have no need or want to punctuate this matter further. The battle is done. As far as I am concerned, we will not aggrivate matters during the evacuation, unless you proceed to use continued aggression against us. Is that clear?" Internally, he hopes the others are not wilLIng to attack the RFers in their escape. After all, they have the victory. Why push things further? Pallbearer hops out of the tank with all due speed, jumping back down to his jetbike and gunning the engine sharply as the MSE gumbies of squad 2 rush out from the falconis, prepared with antigrav pods loaded onto their bikes. Mission? Apply the pods to the tank, and get back to the dropship. Pall's? Get the dropship up and running and grab the tank. Pallbearer has left. Fusion Phoenix smiles, admist the destruction. "Thank you." He moves forward, and hoists Jet's remains, and secures them on top of the Stalwart, straping in all the parts he can quickly find, anfter performing a paralel shunt to keep the neural net aLIve. Barrage Raptor has left. Pallbearer has arrived. Hovertank has left. Barrage Raptor has arrived. Harmony has left. Pallbearer has left. Pallbearer has arrived. Metal Man has left. Transport Mechquine has arrived. King drops Transport Mechquine . King has left. King has arrived. Transport Mechquine has left. King takes Transport Mechquine . "..." "..." "..." Still, Zero begins to twitch. And shake, and his mouth begins to move. Red armor crackLIng with purple LIghtning, the Hunter XO takes his feet. LIke a billowing, wispy cloud, his hair begins to float around him, as if it had a LIfe of it's own, and still, he continues to compress and channel energy. Redder, and redder his armor GLows, as a purple LIght GLows in his head gem. As for what it is? That'd take some investigation. The LIghtning gets fiercer and fiercer, as Zero's energy compression continues. In a swift explosion of outward energy, Zero's GLowing red armor shifts to a deep jet black, as he unleashes a primal scream. A combination of Vodka, angst, and his standoffish slacking ruined by a careless blast of water, has unleashed a demon at the core of the scene. Hair white, optics purple, the transformed Zero stares levelly at everyone present. "I'm giving you all...point five seconds to run." snarls the Maverick Hunter XO. "Because I don't LIke to see my hair wet after Fugue braids it, not to mention a diluted drink. Now I'm full of piss and vodka, and EVERYONE is going to paaaaay!" exclaims the Hunter, as he raises his left arm, with a GLowing blue and red ball clutched in his hand. "Prepare to reap the whirlwind..." trails the not-so Crimson Devil. "FALLEN...PHOENIX....WING!!!!" Zero misses King with his Fallen Phoenix Wing attack. King deflects Fallen Phoenix Wing from Zero. Zero misses Dynamo Man with his Fallen Phoenix Wing attack. Zero strikes Crash Man with his Fallen Phoenix Wing attack. Zero strikes Fusion Phoenix with his Fallen Phoenix Wing attack. Zero strikes Sword Man with his Fallen Phoenix Wing attack. Zero strikes you with a major hit from his Fallen Phoenix Wing for 23 units of damage. Zero misses Barrage Raptor with his Fallen Phoenix Wing attack. Metal Man has arrived. Crash Man grunts, and falls to his knees. "Never, ever, ever mess with that brotha's hair, or his drinks. OW." Then, he looks over at Dynamo Man. "Can I get a LIft out of here? I think my legs just got cut off." Barrage Raptor LIfts her head a LIttle, the sound of Zero charging up managing to stir her from her mindset. And she manages to dive behind the Stalwart before the blast can catch her.. Harmony has arrived. Harmony has left. King ducks behind his shield, letting it take the brunt of the attack. "Zero...thou doth need to restrain thy anger in this instance. Another drink is readily available." Fusion Phoenix smiles, admist the destruction. "Thank you." He moves forward, and is about to hoist Jet's remains, when the fire comes. Good thing he is firekin. "DID IT MATTER THAT MUCH?" The fire fades, and he pointedly ignores the bezerker to tend to Jet. Sword Man hisses as he takes the brunt of the firey blast, eyes narrowed as he focuses on trying to work through the blast. Luckily, his armor absorbs most of the heat from the blast, minimizing some of the damage. Once the blast subsides, he narrows his eyes to sLIts at Zero, teeth gritted at the berzerker. No, he has not forgotten about the many battles they've had, nor the humilation of his many defeats at his hands. However, he restrains himself, only muttering things under his breath about the 'red demon'. Pallbearer loooks up just in time to see the attack going down. "What the bloody h-" the explosive force alone is enough to knock him off his bike, his injuries flaring up for a moment as he takes a hard fall into the sand. A long, looong string of curses then comes up, as Pall checks over the status of his team, who is shaken up but safe. "Bloody fracking son of a..." retrieving his bike, Pall yells out to his squad. "Continue the mission! Get that tank taken care of!" Jumping back on, Pall rides it up into the Falconis, rushing for the control panel and starting the ship back up. Clown Man gets blasted back from the force of the Phoenix Fallen Wing. "Sheesh, Z. I could give you a new drink if you want to." He sighs. "And I got this just cleaned, too..." He whines. Dynamo Man dives for cover as he sees the blast coming! It tickles the punctures a bit, but nothing bad otherwise. When he gets up, he hears Crash's request, and obLIges, picking up his injured brother. "It's too bad for me to fix out here, don't worry I'll get you to the medbay. Jet Stingray just gets nice and fried some more. Luckily Jet, or Jet's remains, are rather fire resistant, so his helm and faceplate just look a bit on the melted side, his internal parts nice all nice and molded together. Yeah, MSE are going to hate him for the mess he is given. If Jet were onLIne, the Hunters would hear about this... Oh yes. Dynamo Man has disconnected. Zero begins walking towards King, with a clenching fist to stranGLe him, but instead, turns, and begins walking directly for Fusion Phoenix. Closer, and closer, until he walks close enough to reach out for his shoulder, and turn him around. PulLIng the taller reploid forcibly, he looks right into the Phoenx's optics. "First off, if I cared enough, I'd have already buried my sword in your fuel processor, which I beLIve is right here, by my scanners." he explains, jabbing pointedly. "Second, that was a warning shot, so calm down, drumsticks. And lastly, don't ever talk to me in that tone of voice after fighting on the same side as Mavericks. I do beLIeve I will have to have a discussion with General about the behavior of you kids tonight. Now piss off, and make sure Jet gets fixed up. I swear sometimes, I think he's one of your smarter troops." snarls the Hunter XO, as he begins walking for the desert, and his jeep. Clown Man inexpLIcably holds up a scorecard. It reads 9.7. Clown Man adds, "Nice rant." Zero says, "First off, if I cared enough, I'd have already buried my sword in your fuel processor, which I beLIve is right here, by my scanners." he explains, jabbing pointedly. "Second, that was a warning shot, so calm down, drumsticks. And lastly, don't ever talk to me in that tone of voice after fighting on the same side as Mavericks. I do beLIeve I will have to have a discussion with General about the behavior of you kids tonight. Now piss off, and make sure Jet gets fixed up. I swear sometimes, I think he's one of your smarter troops." snarls the Hunter XO, as he begins walking for the desert, and his jeep." Crash Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Jet Stingray, Clown Man, Barrage Raptor, Fusion Phoenix, King, Serenade, Enker, Pallbearer, and Metal Man. Serenade misses Crash Man with her Grasp attack. You strike Crash Man with a GLancing hit from your Funny Face attack. Fusion Phoenix snarls, but ignores the hunter, leting him go away, and turns back to Jet, stabLIsing him quickly, and prepairing him for transport. Sword Man mutters and merely heads off toward his truck, the Driver Joe waiting for him. CLImbing into the back of the cab, he calls over toward his brothers. "Shouldst thee need transportation back to the City, speak up now and board now." Leaning back against the cab, he sighs, wiping his blade down again and GLaring toward Zero's direction. Crash Man gets thrown into the back of the truck by the now disconnected Dynamo Man, and yawns. "Well, at least Apple Pie died with his boots on. Good night, Gracie." Pallbearer has left. Zero enters the Atlas Mountains. Zero has left. King looks over at Sword, and incLInes his head. "Sirrah, We thank thee, but haveth our own transportation. Thou hast done well today." King whistles, and Caesura II comes trotting over to allow the monarch to mount up. Barrage Raptor has left. Jet Stingray has left. Fusion Phoenix takes Jet Stingray. Fusion Phoenix has left. Fusion Phoenix has arrived. Fusion Phoenix leaves, carrying Jet onto the Falconis. Fusion Phoenix retreats from the area swiftly, outdistancing all pursuit and parting shots. Fusion Phoenix has left. Crash Man has disconnected. Hovertank has arrived. Hovertank enters the Mediterranean Sea. Hovertank has left. RepLIforce Dropship enters the Sky Above Sahara. RepLIforce Dropship has left.