Mission 017 - Field of Justice

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wyverncakes 7:40 pm
(7:40:35 PM):     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYn2Q-kVNAk
wyverncakes 7:41 pm
(7:41:16 PM):     Star Rose, Sakihama, Fort Alhambra... heck, possibly even playing guard duty on the otherwise-isolated Macross.
(7:41:40 PM):     It's another fairly quiet day.
(7:42:24 PM):     So how's everyone holding up?
frifreeman2 has left the room. 7:43 pm
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cubey@aol.pl 7:43 pm
(7:43:34 PM):     Several individuals on Star Rose may be more or less annoyed at regular noises of something bonking against the metal walls.
Ishikar3 7:43 pm
(7:43:49 PM):     The argos flight has commandeered one of the smaller break rooms so VG and Stella can fleece a bit more money off of Tarisa and Yuuya in the name of "teambuilding"
cubey@aol.pl 7:44 pm
(7:44:05 PM):     The truth is, Izuru decided to take his sports practice seriously. Unfortunately he cannot decide on a sport yet, so just throws random balls against possible surfaces to check what is his forte.
(7:44:22 PM):     Results are inconclusive.
Drascin 7:44 pm
(7:44:25 PM):     Kagura is currently "enjoying" the perks of being a liaison by filling in her weekly report about Unity doings. Not that the people back home don't know most of it. Paraoid secret organization and all
Meraxa 7:45 pm
(7:45:00 PM):     Ataru is, funny enough, actually going over footage of the last few battles. And comments pages ON said footage... quite intensive really, were it not for sudden balls in his face.
Meraxa 7:46 pm
(7:46:03 PM):     Ataru: ...Izuru...
cubey@aol.pl 7:46 pm
(7:46:48 PM):     Izuru: "Sorry, Suruga... I just can't stop myself! We can actually help avoid a war, is that not what heroes should do?"
(7:47:22 PM):     He starts dribbling. Not with a basket ball, either.
Meraxa 7:47 pm
(7:47:39 PM):     Ataru: Heroes also know not to engage in friendly fire. What are you doing?
wyverncakes 7:47 pm
(7:47:43 PM):     Your activities are going to have to be put on hold though, as those of you on standby get contacted by Commander Antov!
(7:47:58 PM):     So lucky for you, Izuru, someone's bailing you out!
cubey@aol.pl 7:48 pm
(7:48:13 PM):     Izuru: "It's for... ah, commander!"
wyverncakes 7:48 pm
(7:48:17 PM):     Roland: "Is everyone- yes, good."
(7:48:35 PM):     He nods, looking down at the notes he's holding outside of the display's field of vision.
Ishikar3 7:48 pm
(7:48:55 PM):     Yuuya takes a moment to look at the screen from the break room and takes a rather mediocre hand and places it face down on the table.
wyverncakes 7:49 pm
(7:49:18 PM):     "Approximately five minutes ago we received a classified message from the Graveyard, about a new PRAYER that has come about."
Meraxa 7:49 pm
(7:49:42 PM):     Ataru: ...oh jeez, thats not good...
wyverncakes 7:49 pm
(7:49:43 PM):     "At least... it's what they think it is."
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wyverncakes 7:49 pm
(7:49:51 PM):     He sounds uneasy while saying this.
TC 7:49 pm
(7:49:53 PM):     Ryuichi stretching once he is taken out of listening to his beats. "That sounds bad."
cubey@aol.pl 7:50 pm
(7:50:10 PM):     Izuru: "Another one?! But we just had one not too long ago. Is it attacking a city again?"
Drascin 7:50 pm
(7:50:42 PM):     Kagura, being herself, starts moving towards the hangar while keeping antov on one channel and starting up her own communications on another channel, to contact her own superiors
wyverncakes 7:51 pm
(7:51:08 PM):     Roland shakes his head.  "The presence of a Shaft can only mean a PRAYER's come about and is now active.  Fortunately, the Shaft's located well far and away from any habitation, at a point along the Tropic of Capricorn."
Meraxa 7:52 pm
(7:52:10 PM):     Ataru: ...wait, so its... not an immediate threat? Something we can destroy at our own leisure? This is too good to be true...
wyverncakes 7:52 pm
(7:52:14 PM):     "The problem is... the Graveyard's still reported a very large, extremely aggressive mechanical organism -along with several drones we know to be connected with the Shafts- well far and away from the Shaft."
Meraxa 7:52 pm
(7:52:32 PM):     Ataru: ...and thats why.
wyverncakes 7:52 pm
(7:52:34 PM):     A few images pop up, displaying the trashed remains of fishing boats.
Ishikar3 7:53 pm
(7:53:03 PM):     Yuuya: I thought that the prayers didn't leave the shafts without someone provoking them.  Do we have any visuals on what did this?
wyverncakes 7:53 pm
(7:53:31 PM):     "These were the presumed-PRAYER's first victims.  Well far and away from it."
(7:54:14 PM):     "We do, yes... but time's of the essence.  We're scrambling to send a team to assist the Graveyard operatives in the area where the PRAYER's been spotted."
cubey@aol.pl 7:54 pm
(7:54:15 PM):     Izuru: "It's going to destroy everything in its way... we need to stop it!"
wyverncakes 7:54 pm
(7:54:51 PM):     That's the spirit, Izuru!
Meraxa 7:55 pm
(7:55:23 PM):     Ataru: Guess that means no time to get the rest of the team. Come on Izuru. *Ataru lightly taps his tablet to Izuru's shoulder, before racing off to launch*
Drascin 7:55 pm
(7:55:29 PM):     Kagura: MY TEAM IS READY FOR LAUNCH. WE ARE MOVING IN TO ASSIST. IF ANY OF YOU INTEND TO COME ALONG, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
Ishikar3 7:55 pm
(7:55:29 PM):     Yuuya: Alright then, Argos flight is suiting up now, we sortie from Sakihama correct?
Drascin 7:55 pm
(7:55:52 PM):     Kagura, as usual when the chips are down, is all business
TC 7:56 pm
(7:56:18 PM):     Ryuichi: "Yeah I'll come along to help, can't have things messing around."
cubey@aol.pl 7:56 pm
(7:56:27 PM):     Izuru: "I'm on it Major! Don't worry, I have your back!"
Drascin 7:56 pm
(7:56:38 PM):     Kagura: JOY.
cubey@aol.pl 7:56 pm
(7:56:40 PM):     He gives Kagura a thumbs-up. She probably can't see it. For the better.
Ishikar3 7:56 pm
(7:56:40 PM):     Yuuya and VG break for the male changing rooms while Tarisa and Stella move to the females, an emergency buzz has the maintenance crew loading the TSFs for sortie and prepping systems.
wyverncakes 7:56 pm
(7:56:45 PM):     Roland: "Actually... it'll be quicker if everyone uses the TSEN to get to our little, well Shu's 'hideout' in South America.  The PRAYER was detected in the Atlantic."
Aero 7:57 pm
(7:57:20 PM):     Willis: "How convinient!" Wait was Willis coming along also?
wyverncakes 7:57 pm
(7:57:34 PM):     Before too long, you all manage to join up in spite of the tremendous distances that had been between you.
Ishikar3 7:58 pm
(7:58:15 PM):     Yuuya: So you handling meat shield duty again this time Willis or are you going to let someone else have a turn as a punching bag to show of their crazy healing abilities?
Meraxa 7:58 pm
(7:58:33 PM):     A transition so fast, they skipped Team Rabbits' stock footage. In any case, Ataru expresses brief amazement at the fact of a secret south american base.
Aero 7:58 pm
(7:58:42 PM):     Willis: "Jokes on you, I can't even function properly as a meat shield lately!"
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Aero 7:59 pm
(7:59:11 PM):     Willis: "So instead I'll just be dead weight carrying you all down, Wahahaha"
Ishikar3 7:59 pm
(7:59:12 PM):     Yuuya; "Heh, well I guess you just used up all your luck on the dragon then."
Aero 7:59 pm
(7:59:23 PM):     Willis: "Seems like it."
cubey@aol.pl 7:59 pm
(7:59:25 PM):     Izuru: "Red Five, taking off!" He barely noticed the change of scenery. Gotta focus on the mission!
Aero 7:59 pm
(7:59:39 PM):     Willis: "I'll be counting on you guys to keep me alive until I get it back."
Drascin 7:59 pm
(7:59:41 PM):     Kagura: "I WANT YOU WHERE I CAN SEE YOU, WILLIS. DO ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS AND I WILL SHOOT YOU DOWN MYSELF"
wyverncakes 8:00 pm
(8:00:04 PM):     Either by transport or by your own power you make your way to the battlefield... one that you'll just have to take Graveyard's word for that it involves a Shaft...
Aero 8:00 pm
(8:00:09 PM):     Willis: "That's not the first time I've been told that by a teammate..."
TC 8:00 pm
(8:00:14 PM):     Ryuichi: "Well that escalated quickly."
wyverncakes 8:00 pm
(8:00:31 PM):     Unlike the battleoutside of Sakihama, there's no massive pillar as far as the eye can see.  But what there is a lot of... is explosions.
cubey@aol.pl 8:00 pm
(8:00:37 PM):     Izuru: "Is it really necessary... PRAYER is our enemy, right?"
wyverncakes 8:00 pm
(8:00:39 PM):     Explosions and combatants already engaged in fight.
Ishikar3 8:00 pm
(8:00:44 PM):     Yuuya: "Eh I'm not too worried about it, if Willis bounced back from the dragon I'm not sure Kagura could finish him.
cubey@aol.pl 8:01 pm
(8:01:04 PM):     "Hey! We're not first!"
wyverncakes 8:01 pm
(8:01:21 PM):     Well yeah, Izuru.  The Graveyard's not going to make you do all the dirty work.
Aero 8:01 pm
(8:01:23 PM):     Willis: "I'll take that as a compliment Top Gun."
Meraxa 8:01 pm
(8:01:26 PM):     Ataru: ...Kagura, did your guys already get here?
cubey@aol.pl 8:01 pm
(8:01:44 PM):     Izuru: "I wish Kei was here..." He glances at his screens, trying to discern anything about the battlefield and the sides of the conflict.
Ishikar3 8:01 pm
(8:01:49 PM):     Yuuya: Well glad to see someone else is taking the initiative in something.  I can only hope it's not like the knights
(8:02:16 PM):     Yuuya: By the way Willis what did the rental place say about the car after that?
wyverncakes 8:02 pm
(8:02:19 PM):     There's a multitude of drones battling with Graveyard forces, many of which you've seen before.
Drascin 8:02 pm
(8:02:49 PM):     Kagura: "ENOUGH BANTER. WE'RE GOING INTO BATTLE NOW. AND THE REPORTS INDICATE THERE MIGHT BE MORE THAN ONE PRAYER OUT THERE"
wyverncakes 8:03 pm
(8:03:12 PM):     And also... without warning something suddenly moving out of the water.  Or rather two very large, bulky, spiked limbs... limbs that resoundedly crush one of the larger assault carriers!
(8:03:26 PM):     Kagura, those limbs certainly match up with what some people were saying before!
Ishikar3 8:03 pm
(8:03:28 PM):     VG: Oh a twofer, glad we're all young enough to have the endurance for a threesome, well maybe Willis aside...
Aero 8:03 pm
(8:03:30 PM):     Willis: "I'll give you the details after this then."
Aero 8:03 pm
(8:03:47 PM):     Willis: "I resent that....I'm only..."
(8:03:55 PM):     He's trying to count his age with just his fingers.
(8:04:01 PM):     Willis: "How old was I again?"
Meraxa 8:04 pm
(8:04:04 PM):     Ataru: ...A-Anyway. What was that?!
Drascin 8:04 pm
(8:04:11 PM):     Kagura: "PRAYER."
TC 8:04 pm
(8:04:12 PM):     Ryuichi: "...things I didn't need to hear on the battlefield."
wyverncakes 8:04 pm
(8:04:14 PM):     But curiously... as the limbs move back into the water, there's no sign of disturbance in the ocean, as if it were just empty air!
cubey@aol.pl 8:04 pm
(8:04:16 PM):     Izuru: "It's already here!"
wyverncakes 8:04 pm
(8:04:23 PM):     Yes indeed, everyone!
cubey@aol.pl 8:04 pm
(8:04:31 PM):     Izuru: "Or... is it? What just happened?!"
TC 8:04 pm
(8:04:45 PM):     Ryuichi: "Maybe it's a robot ghost...that's a thing right?"
wyverncakes 8:05 pm
(8:05:01 PM):     (Initiative: Kagura, Izuru, Ataru, Willis, Ryuichi, Argos team)
Ishikar3 8:05 pm
(8:05:08 PM):     Yuuya: "You know I never thought I'd ever consider missing fighting BETA, but at least they just swarm you and don't pull this dimensional pocket crap or whatever."
wyverncakes 8:05 pm
(8:05:54 PM):     (Enemies: Necrotroops x 100, Mono-Wings x 30, Water Leapers x 20, Missile Drones x 20, Assault Drones x 35, PRAYER? x ??? (underwater and currently unseen))
Meraxa 8:06 pm
(8:06:06 PM):     Ataru: Well, I'll gladly take a change from the Wulgaru for a while.
wyverncakes 8:06 pm
(8:06:10 PM):     (Kagura, Izuru)
Drascin 8:06 pm
(8:06:17 PM):     Kagura: "TIME TO ROLL. THIS IS KAGURA TO HIGH COMMAND. I'M HERE WITH MY SQUAD. AND SOME UNITY FORCES TOO. SO BE CAREFUL. ECLIPTIC CHARIOT TAKING OFF NOW"
wyverncakes 8:06 pm
(8:06:18 PM):     (Necrodroops: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u262/drascin/Hellsinker/Screenshot)
(8:06:21 PM):     ^troops
cubey@aol.pl 8:06 pm
(8:06:22 PM):     We're flying above the ocean, right?
wyverncakes 8:06 pm
(8:06:33 PM):     (Yes)
(8:06:38 PM):     ^http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u262/drascin/Hellsinker/Screenshot-06_04_201410_53_10_zps0df4a4fd.png
(8:06:49 PM):     (Mono-Wings: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u262/drascin/Hellsinker/Screenshot-06_04_201410_54_54_zpse456f94a.png)
(8:07:03 PM):     (Water Leapers: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u262/drascin/Hellsinker/Screenshot-06_04_201410_57_01_zps3670971f.png)
(8:07:12 PM):     (Missile Drones: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u262/drascin/Hellsinker/Screenshot-06_04_201410_59_44_zps16bded82.png)
(8:07:23 PM):     (Assault Drones: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u262/drascin/Hellsinker/Screenshot-06_04_201410_54_54_zpse456f94a.png)
(8:07:32 PM):     http://www.youtuberepeater.com/watch?v=HMqERmWjnws&name=Hellsinker+BGM+Segment+3+BEHIND
cubey@aol.pl 8:08 pm
(8:08:29 PM):     Izuru: "There is so many of them, just like the last time!" *Red Five hunches itself over the triple-barreled cannon, holding the gun steady with both hands. His aim secured, Izuru unleashes a barrage, rain of lead cutting through the air and into the Necrotroop swarm.+
wyverncakes 8:08 pm
(8:08:37 PM):     Graveyard command people: "Understood.  Engage with the Shaft's forces.  There... maybe be a silver lining to this situation.   We will be in touch."
Drascin 8:10 pm
(8:10:19 PM):     *And with that, Kagura and her squad jump out of the carrier like a well-oiled machine, a small gun skiff unlatching from the bottom and joining under her like a very large board. She surfs right into the thick of things, the transport under her shooting arcing firepower in a 360 degree assault into the missile drones' groups+
wyverncakes 8:10 pm
(8:10:25 PM):     [Izuru] The Necrotroops are fortunately about as mooky as one can get, the small little fighters being felled with ease as you lead the attack!  BUT... you can only shoot in one direction at a time, and more Necrotroops move to flank you from the side, opening up retaliatory fire.  Assault Drones join in, their wings raised up before they unleash VF-style missile swarms in your direction!
(8:10:28 PM):     (React: Izuru)
Drascin 8:11 pm
(8:11:12 PM):     Kagura: "UNDERSTOOD. KEEP ME APPRISED OF ANY UPDATES ON THE PRAYERS"
wyverncakes 8:12 pm
(8:12:17 PM):     (Also... corrected Assault Drone image: http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h454/Steamrollerssolveall/HellsinkerWingthing_zpsef7c4214.png)
Ishikar3 8:12 pm
(8:12:24 PM):     #Izuru
cubey@aol.pl 8:12 pm
(8:12:30 PM):     *AHSMB can fight in gravity, but it is not its specialty. Izuru quickly draws a beam pistol and counters with several shots while rapidly descending. He tries to evade the enemy missiles by zooming right near the ocean surface, spraying water behind him.+
wyverncakes 8:13 pm
(8:13:52 PM):     [Kagura] Your assault begins to wear down the Missile Drone numbers, but amidst that, two Water Leapers spring into action as their names would describe!  Inexplicably standing, walking, and running on the water, they spring up to attack the skiff from below, several missile drones opening fire on you as well even as they're blown apart!
(8:14:33 PM):     (Ataru, Willis)
wyverncakes 8:16 pm
(8:16:04 PM):     [Izuru] Your shots do manage to snag another three of the Necrotroops... but escaping those drone attacks by  getting so close to the water MIGHT not be the best idea.  As before, without even so much as disrupting the sea at all, the PRAYER's humongous limbs swing up, one in front and another behind to crush you in between!
Meraxa 8:16 pm
(8:16:14 PM):     Ataru: Right then... *Trying to see if there might be a random island or two to take in, Ataru lines up several of the necrotroopers in his sights, one arm connecting to another for a particle gun, and then trying to thin the herd+
wyverncakes 8:16 pm
(8:16:20 PM):     (React again: Izuru.  Argos team can provide their backup now as well)
Drascin 8:16 pm
(8:16:39 PM):     *Without missing a beat, Kagura suddenly detaches from the Chariot, performing her own version of an Open Get and letting the leapers jump right through where she was and into the wave of missile fire, while both her and the skiff fan out into separate trajectories+
cubey@aol.pl 8:17 pm
(8:17:07 PM):     Izuru: "There it is! There it is again!"
Aero 8:17 pm
(8:17:58 PM):     * Strahlend directs it's flying armor towards the large crowd of Assault Drones, tossing it's sword to send it spinning into the machines. +
Drascin 8:18 pm
(8:18:30 PM):     #Izuru
Ishikar3 8:18 pm
(8:18:45 PM):     *Learning their lesson from their last mission against a prayer Yuuya and Tarisa open fire with Canister rounds to clear the robots on Izuru's tail while VG and Stella fire the first wave of missiles at the Prayer's emerging limbs in an attempt to damage or disable them long enough for Izuru to dodge.+
wyverncakes 8:18 pm
(8:18:53 PM):     [Kagura] Certainly a dangerous and risky tactic to say the least!  Still, you manage to evade the Leapers and trick them into their allies' crossfire!  One Leaper is badly damaged, the other exploding!  Which... actually isn't that great of a result when the force buffets you and the skiff around!
(8:18:59 PM):     (Approved)
Aero 8:19 pm
(8:19:49 PM):     Willis: "Man that's cheap! It's hiding underneath the ocean AND a Dimensional Pocket."
cubey@aol.pl 8:19 pm
(8:19:50 PM):     *Red Five starts to climb when the giant limbs materialize... and as they move in to crush the AHSMB, suddenly - a turn to the right.
(8:19:57 PM):     Izuru: "Make it... please make it!"
(8:20:01 PM):     (That was a +)
wyverncakes 8:21 pm
(8:21:04 PM):     [Willis] The sword chops through the ranks of the new and unfamiliar drones, slicing some into various halves while others simply lose one of their "wings".  Their retaliation however, is merciless as more missiles get sent to try to box you into the firing zone of massive beams of energy!
(8:21:07 PM):     (React: Willis)
(8:21:28 PM):     (Ataru, Ryuichi)
Drascin 8:21 pm
(8:21:28 PM):     *And as the enormous arms fire up, the Chariot is zooming past, pulling on Red Five with its force graspers to add momentum to its dodge while Kagura spins on herself and mombards the right arm from above with a stream of plasma+
(8:22:14 PM):     Kagura: HITACHI IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUICIDE JUST GO BACK TO THE FUCKING SHUTTLE. KEEP AN EYE ON THE WATER FUCK'S SAKE.
wyverncakes 8:22 pm
(8:22:15 PM):     (Wait, derp.  Willis and Argos team)
Aero 8:23 pm
(8:23:27 PM):     * "You'll have to use more than that to overwhelm me." A quick stop later and Willis sends the flying armor into a deep vertical dive to get the hell out of their firing vector while pulling the spinning sword back to him which would hopefully cut up more of the drones on it's way back. +
wyverncakes 8:25 pm
(8:25:01 PM):     [Kagura, Izuru, and Argos team] Fortunately there aren't many pursuers going after Izuru, but then again the massive size and speed of the limbs is threat enough.  VG and Stella's shots, along with Kagura's seem to do at best superficial damage against the machine, chipping away at the armor and the spikes, but the damage is still slowly piling up!  The spikes also seem to zero in, pointing at Red Five and start to glow... though the concentrated attacks seem to delay whatever the PRAYER was intending to do long enough for Kagura to wrench the ASHBM to safety!
wyverncakes 8:26 pm
(8:26:28 PM):     [Ataru] And thin the herd you do, several times more than you intended in fact!  Your long-range shots typically wind up piercing through your intended targets with enough force left over to destroy one or two more Necrotroops on top of it!
cubey@aol.pl 8:26 pm
(8:26:33 PM):     Izuru: "Y... yes..." That was close. He sighs in relief.
Ishikar3 8:28 pm
(8:28:22 PM):     *Seeing the light damage inflicted by their munitions the Argos flight breaks off from the limbs.  Leaving their missile packs for the prayer proper the Argos flight breaks into it's elements and begins to move around the outer edge of the swarm looking to contain the drones while focusing on thinning the heaviest concentrations they can spot with more canister rounds.+
wyverncakes 8:28 pm
(8:28:41 PM):     [Willis] It's a death-defying plunge towards the water you partake in!  The beams are now less a concern than the missiles, but those missiles are still hot on your tail with many of them exploding dangerously close to the Strehland!  Surely the Gs would be enough to put severe -oh wait,  You've survived much worse so this isn't too rough on you.  But what IS rough... is when another of the PRAYER limbs pushes out of the water straight at you!  Forget trying to crush you, it just wants you to run into a massive wall!
(8:28:44 PM):     (React: Willis)
Ishikar3 8:28 pm
(8:28:47 PM):     Tarisa: Hey Robo-gal you got any idea on where we need to shoot the big thing?
wyverncakes 8:29 pm
(8:29:06 PM):     Though wait... a THIRD PRAYER arm?  And this new one is very much separated from the other two!
(8:29:43 PM):     And all throughout the battlefield, you can see more arms rise up from the water...
Meraxa 8:29 pm
(8:29:53 PM):     Ataru: What the...
Drascin 8:29 pm
(8:29:56 PM):     Kagura: FUCK.
wyverncakes 8:30 pm
(8:30:03 PM):     Graveyard command people: "It seems the initial rumors were... accurate."
(8:30:15 PM):     "This appears to not be a 'conventional' PRAYER at all."
Ishikar3 8:30 pm
(8:30:22 PM):     Yuuya: Okay that's never a good thing, even worse when your specialist is reduced to such decisive language.
Aero 8:30 pm
(8:30:57 PM):     Willis: "Great!"
Drascin 8:31 pm
(8:31:01 PM):     Kagura: THIS IS KAGURA. STOP WITH THE MINCING WORDS. WE'RE GETTING SHOT IN CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE.
wyverncakes 8:31 pm
(8:31:18 PM):     Several of them continue to rise and rise out of the water.  Though perhaps "rise" isn't the proper word for it.  Not a single droplet falls off them.  There is not a single sign of them being soaked at all.
(8:31:28 PM):     (Sunken Bishop: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u262/drascin/Hellsinker/SunkenBishop_zps17093eac.png)
cubey@aol.pl 8:31 pm
(8:31:42 PM):     Izuru: "What kind of enemy is this? How do we defeat it, Major?"
Drascin 8:31 pm
(8:31:54 PM):     Kagura: MULTIPLE PRAYERS. I WAS FEARING THAT. COMMAND, HOW MANY SIGNATURES?
wyverncakes 8:32 pm
(8:32:05 PM):     Graveyard Command: "Very well.  What you see before you... we believe to all be just one PRAYER."
(8:32:16 PM):     "One PRAYER, one existence, multiple bodies."
(8:32:23 PM):     At least twenty visible to you, if anyone's counting.
Drascin 8:32 pm
(8:32:40 PM):     Kagura: MULTI-BODIED ENTITY? THAT'S NEW.
Ishikar3 8:33 pm
(8:33:08 PM):     Tarisa: Well I guess it'd be the same way you beat anything that's all legs and connecting joints.  Hit it really hard right in the jimmies between them sounds about like the best plan for now.
Meraxa 8:33 pm
(8:33:22 PM):     Ataru: So... what? Does that mean there's a single core? Destroy them all at once? What?
wyverncakes 8:34 pm
(8:34:00 PM):     [Argos team] And while all that's going on, you're playing straggler roundup!  As you circle your part of the battlefield, you manage to pick off the damaged Water Leaper from before, along with the other Missile Troopers that had been tricked into shooting it.  Unfortunately, you've got more trouble now, as Necrotroops move to divide and conquer the lot of you, bullet hells coming out!
(8:34:03 PM):     (React: Argos team)
Aero 8:34 pm
(8:34:19 PM):     * If it wants to push that limb at him then he'll gladly oblige. Once Quicksilver returns to him again the machine grips the sword with both arms and grows the sword several sizes larger to let the limb split itself across the blade.+
Drascin 8:34 pm
(8:34:39 PM):     Kagura: THAT ACTUALLY MAKES THIS SIMPLER THAN I THOUGHT. HARD, BUT SIMPLE. WE BLOW UP ALL THE BODIES UNTIL THERE'S ONLY ONE LEFT, ISN'T THAT RIGHT, COMMAND?
wyverncakes 8:34 pm
(8:34:43 PM):     Roland: "Ideally, I think that might be for the best.  Continue fighting them in the hopes that the Spirit Kernal would appear."
(8:34:59 PM):     Graveyard: "Correct.  However, there is one addendum we request for this plan."
Aero 8:35 pm
(8:35:10 PM):     Willis: "This won't make it any easier, will it?"
wyverncakes 8:35 pm
(8:35:11 PM):     "Attempt to draw out the fighting as much as is possible."
Meraxa 8:35 pm
(8:35:15 PM):     Ataru: ...
cubey@aol.pl 8:35 pm
(8:35:19 PM):     Izuru: "We can do that! What kind of heroes would we be otherwise?"
(8:35:22 PM):     # Argos team
wyverncakes 8:35 pm
(8:35:26 PM):     (Appoved)
Drascin 8:35 pm
(8:35:32 PM):     Kagura: REQUESTING EXPLANATION, COMMAND
Meraxa 8:35 pm
(8:35:35 PM):     Ataru: Izuru don't just agree!
wyverncakes 8:35 pm
(8:35:41 PM):     "This PRAYER is extremely territorial, but that means we can lure it as far as possible away from the Shaft."
Drascin 8:35 pm
(8:35:56 PM):     It's hard to see what Kagura is thinking under that robotic tone
wyverncakes 8:36 pm
(8:36:07 PM):     "Long enough for a team we're assembling to break into the Shaft and gather as much information as possible.  Once the PRAYER dies, the Shaft will vanish.  This is a golden opportunity."
cubey@aol.pl 8:36 pm
(8:36:13 PM):     *Red Five spins after its rescue. Beam pistols in hand, it starts picking off the attacking Necrotroops one by one, starting with those closest to TSFs.+
Drascin 8:36 pm
(8:36:15 PM):     Kagura: OPERATION BEYOND NIMBUS?
(8:36:55 PM):     Kagura: BUT THAT WAS SLATED FOR SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. HOW MUCH OF A TEAM CAN YOU EVEN WREST OUT FROM THIS CLUSTERFUCK? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO IN?
cubey@aol.pl 8:37 pm
(8:37:03 PM):     Izuru: "Even if I don't agree, we have to do it anyway, right? So it makes no difference!"
Ishikar3 8:37 pm
(8:37:22 PM):     *Taking note of the incoming enemy fire the argos team turns inwards towards each other and kicks their engines into full drive and moving towards what appears to be a head on collision.  At the last minute each pair break to the right and begin strafing the following units with gunfire as they once more rush towards clear air.+
wyverncakes 8:38 pm
(8:38:18 PM):     [Willis] Your blade grows larger, heavier, sharper... and you have momentum backing you up.  Your sword DOES manage to stab into and begin cleaving that Sunken Bishop's arm... but your speed drops rapidly from the toughness of the appendage before you finally stop.  And from there, the machine simply flicks you away, launching you and the sword free of the machine and smacking into a Water Leaper!  The drone explodes, but it also does a bit of damage to the Strehland!
Meraxa 8:38 pm
(8:38:20 PM):     Ataru: And last time didn't teach that maybe just blindly following orders is- Ugh, nevermind. Lets just try and make this work somehow.
wyverncakes 8:38 pm
(8:38:41 PM):     Graveyard: "We have enough."
(8:39:08 PM):     "Five is a sufficient number."
Drascin 8:39 pm
(8:39:15 PM):     Kagura: WHAT
Aero 8:39 pm
(8:39:44 PM):     Willis: "Mind giving us the 411?"
cubey@aol.pl 8:39 pm
(8:39:44 PM):     Izuru: "Well, it's not too bad, after all FIVE PEOPLE?!"
Drascin 8:39 pm
(8:39:57 PM):     Kagura: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING. BEYOND NIMBUS IS HIDEOUSLY IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS IN THERE. YOU CAN'T JUST SEND FIVE PEOPLE! HALF OF THEM WOULD HAVE TO BE NONCOMBAT PERSONNEL!
wyverncakes 8:40 pm
(8:40:29 PM):     [Argos team and Izuru] Fortunatley the Necrotroops are focused too much on the Argos team!  Izuru's attack thins out the herd AND creates a massive hole in the attacking force, letting the Argos team handily clean up the rest!
TC 8:40 pm
(8:40:36 PM):     Ryuichi: ...yeah five seems strange in that case.
wyverncakes 8:40 pm
(8:40:51 PM):     Graveyard commander: "One of the five partaking in this mission is Minogame."
Meraxa 8:41 pm
(8:41:03 PM):     Ataru: This is sounding more and more like a bad idea...
Drascin 8:41 pm
(8:41:10 PM):     Kagura stops for a second
wyverncakes 8:41 pm
(8:41:15 PM):     "Admittedly there was some concern about the probability of this mission succeeding, before we discovered that he had not yet sortied for this battle."
Drascin 8:41 pm
(8:41:36 PM):     Kagura: ...FINE. THAT WILL WORK. KAGURA ENGAGING PRAYER DESIGNATED SUNKEN BISHOP BODY 09
wyverncakes 8:41 pm
(8:41:43 PM):     "After that was pointed out, the entire command structure here was in agreement that we'll succeed."
Drascin 8:42 pm
(8:42:11 PM):     And with that she zooms right back into the action
wyverncakes 8:42 pm
(8:42:49 PM):     (Enemies: Necrotroops x 37, Mono-Wings x 30, Water Leapers x 16, Missile Drones x 10, Assault Drones x 17, Sunken Bishop x 3)
(8:42:59 PM):     (Keep in mind there are many more Sunken Bishops present)
(8:43:09 PM):     (It's just other teams have those ones under control)
(8:43:15 PM):     (Or are at least trying)
Ishikar3 8:43 pm
(8:43:19 PM):     Stella: Wow, seems this Minogame must be someone impressive to change the mission parameters so quickly.
wyverncakes 8:43 pm
(8:43:32 PM):     (Kagura, Izuru)
cubey@aol.pl 8:43 pm
(8:43:46 PM):     Izuru: "It must be their secret ace. It means we can't give up here, either!"
Aero 8:43 pm
(8:43:58 PM):     Willis: "I think changing Kagura's attitude is the more impressive part!"
Drascin 8:44 pm
(8:44:16 PM):     Kagura: HE'S AN IRRITATING SON OF A BITCH. I'M SURE HE'D GET ALONG WITH YOU ALL
Aero 8:44 pm
(8:44:26 PM):     Willis: "I like him already!"
cubey@aol.pl 8:44 pm
(8:44:52 PM):     *Red Five grabs at its chainsword. It opens and starts shooting an energy barrage at one of the Sunken Bishops, or rather its limb. While shooting, the mecha moves - to be more precise, it moves forward!
TC 8:45 pm
(8:45:16 PM):     *Well since this is over seas, Aotatsu drops to the surface of the water and strikes out with a kick sending the water blasting as a sharp wave into the Leapers.+
cubey@aol.pl 8:45 pm
(8:45:32 PM):     Izuru: "Uwooooh!" *When Red Five charges close enough to be in striking distance, the sword closes and revs up instead. The chain blade strikes at the limb, trying to damage or maybe even cut it off!+
Ishikar3 8:46 pm
(8:46:10 PM):     VG: What's wrong Kagura, don't like the tune he plays along to your dance?
wyverncakes 8:46 pm
(8:46:42 PM):     [Ryuichi] Fortunately, unlike the Sunken Bishops, the Water Leapers still seem to somewhat respect the laws of physics when it comes to water.  The torrent strikes the Leaper full-force, crushing it in one go!
Drascin 8:46 pm
(8:46:56 PM):     *With that remark, Kagura rejoins with her gun surfboard and dives in through the curtain of fire, trusting her reflexes and SEAL Field to get through the waves of shots and beeline straight for one of the Bishop bodies... and then suddenly swerve down and under as the massive arms stretch at her, setting herself on the exposed back of the thing before pumping it full of bombs!+
wyverncakes 8:48 pm
(8:48:32 PM):     [Izuru] Your chainsaw sword stabs and starts chewing into the very same leg that Willis previously had been attacking, with those countless spikes moving so as many of them can point at you as they begin to glow orange, brighter and brighter!  However, the ones closest to the segment of the leg you're stabbing into seem to be falling behind in comparison with the rest... though the rest still unleash a bullet hell-worthy storm of projectiles at your direction!
(8:48:37 PM):     (React: Izuru)
Aero 8:48 pm
(8:48:47 PM):     #Izuru
wyverncakes 8:49 pm
(8:49:16 PM):     (Approved)
(8:49:21 PM):     Roland: "Oooooh wait!'
(8:49:24 PM):     "Wait one moment!"
(8:49:29 PM):     "I mean, don't stop fighting but just remember!"
Aero 8:49 pm
(8:49:34 PM):     [Physical or Energy Projectiles?]
wyverncakes 8:49 pm
(8:49:40 PM):     (Energy)
Drascin 8:49 pm
(8:49:42 PM):     Ether because she's busy or because she doesn't want to dignify them, Kagura doesn't reply to the needling
cubey@aol.pl 8:49 pm
(8:49:46 PM):     Izuru: "Hold!" *He raises Red Five's left arm and creates a large energy field emanating from its palm... while continuing the cutting!+
wyverncakes 8:50 pm
(8:50:00 PM):     "PRAYERs need to be destroyed from the outer layers to the most inner ones in order for the Spirit Kernal to manifest!"
(8:50:25 PM):     "We're dealing with a PRAYER like one we've never seen before, but we need to at least try to stick with what we know about them!"
cubey@aol.pl 8:50 pm
(8:50:49 PM):     "Eh? Which one is the outermost one?" Izuru is surprised by this comment. His concentration slightly wanes...
wyverncakes 8:51 pm
(8:51:37 PM):     Roland: "Well... I think the whole leg counts as one layer.  It's all just more of the same."
Drascin 8:52 pm
(8:52:19 PM):     Kagura: AND EACH OF THESE BODIES IS ANOTHER LAYER. FIRE AT WILL. BUT MAKE SURE THERE IS ONE LAST ONE LEFT FOR THE SOUL VOLATILING
Ishikar3 8:53 pm
(8:53:22 PM):     Yuuya: Still not all that certain about that bit of phrasing there.  I think we should move to change it so something less potentially offensive.
wyverncakes 8:53 pm
(8:53:27 PM):     [Kagura] You slip through all the crossfire to get to the Bishop's backside, those bombs being scattered all along the length of its arms.  BUT,,, those two big round shoulder-y parts also begin to glow in response, blasting out more shots in your direction in wide arcs!
(8:53:29 PM):     (React: Kagura)
Aero 8:54 pm
(8:54:26 PM):     * Willis directs the separated Quicksilver to get in the way of those projectiles. "Looks like I'm going to have to borrow one of your tricks..." The blade suddenly applies a mirror-like coating to itself before it spins in the way of those projectiles to either deflect them back or away from Izuru. +
wyverncakes 8:54 pm
(8:54:43 PM):     (Ataru, and Willis can take his action after he does his support defense)
(8:54:53 PM):     (And there it is!)
wyverncakes 8:56 pm
(8:56:53 PM):     [Willis and Izuru]  Willis's totally original sword maneuver helps keep the pressure off Izuru, as does Red Five's shield!  You continue hacking through the limb more and more before finally... there's the loud sound of cracking!  And finally, the entire appendage just seems to collapse and explode!
Aero 8:57 pm
(8:57:04 PM):     *And while that was being taken care of he sends the flying armor out at max to tank some of the shots for Kagura. Of course, he jumps off of it at the last moment. +
Meraxa 8:57 pm
(8:57:16 PM):     Ataru: Alright then, if you say so! Lets see how well the big fish fare! *And indeed, Ataru turns his rifle on one of the Sunken Bishops, and tries to riddle it like swiss cheese+
Drascin 8:57 pm
(8:57:45 PM):     *As expected. But where most people would probably panic, this is elite executor Kagura. Moving very economically, Kagura weaves left and right in small shifts, using the Chariot's fins to shift carefully - progressively gaining distance and shooting her passage through a group of Assaul Drones, using them as cover from fire and each other+
cubey@aol.pl 8:58 pm
(8:58:29 PM):     Izuru: "Alright! Thanks mr Willis!"
Aero 8:59 pm
(8:59:00 PM):     Willis: "No problems Izuru!"
(8:59:12 PM):     He says while quickly descending towards the very dangerous water.
Ishikar3 9:00 pm
(9:00:51 PM):     Yuuya: Willis do you at least have a plan this time?  I'd like to know before you go diving into the killer giant whatever this time.
cubey@aol.pl has left the room. 9:00 pm
Aero 9:01 pm
(9:01:11 PM):     Willis: "It's like you don't know me, I never have a plan!"
wyverncakes 9:01 pm
(9:01:31 PM):     [Willis and Kagura] Your experience does really show at times like these, your small movements adding up more and more as you move to safety... and the explosion blasting Sunken Bishop 2 HARD, damaging much of he PRAYER's entire frame!  But celebrations would be pre-emptive at this point, as it retaliates not with a normal bullet-hell... but rather an absolutely HUMONGOUS energy beam sent straight at you... one that blasts Willis's armor pretty thoroughly!  Holy crap that attack came out fast!
Aero 9:01 pm
(9:01:59 PM):     Willis: "Looks like I have it's attention."
Drascin 9:02 pm
(9:02:26 PM):     Kagura: WONDERFUL. OF COURSE EVERY BODY HAS A PARTICLE-WAVE SOL CANNON. BECAUSE WHY THE FUCK WOULDN'T IT.
wyverncakes 9:02 pm
(9:02:55 PM):     [Ataru] And at the same time, your attacks begin to pelt Sunken Bishop 1 -the one that Willis and Izuru already robbed of one limb- but its response is exactly the same as its further-damaged friend.  Massive destructive energy blast, straight at Gold 4!
(9:02:58 PM):     (React: Ataru)
wyverncakes 9:03 pm
(9:03:33 PM):     (Ryuichi, Argos team)
Meraxa 9:04 pm
(9:04:39 PM):     Ataru: Oh come on! *As he tries to evade, Ataru unloads several missiles in a general spread - perhaps the beams expend themselves on hitting a targer?+
TC 9:05 pm
(9:05:56 PM):     *Ryuichi decides to keep to cutting down the smaller enemies, launching ice spikes from the water with rapid motions of the Aotatsu's arms manipulating the water.+
wyverncakes 9:06 pm
(9:06:28 PM):     [Ataru] Well, the beam doesn't seem to have much trouble getting through your missile defense, but it also seems to still be concentrated in the general area around the Sunken Bishop's front.  Said "front" is still a fairly large area, but all the more reason to flank!
Ishikar3 9:06 pm
(9:06:48 PM):     *Taking note of the much thinned mook swarm Yuuya draws his TSFs blade while he and Tarisa work to keep the remaining mooks away from VG and Stella while they approach Bishop 2 and contribute their second wave of missiles into the badly damaged prayer.+
Drascin 9:07 pm
(9:07:38 PM):     Kagura: COMMAND, DO WE HAVE SIGNAL ON NIMBUS TEAM? HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO KEEP PULLING THESE THINGS?
wyverncakes 9:09 pm
(9:09:28 PM):     Graveyard Command: "They've succeeded in entering the Shaft... though we've lost contact.  They then shortly left the Shaft, and it just seems that communications inside have some amount of interference going on.  We're sending everything we have available to either your location, or on intercept paths to where we've detected the PRAYER's forces."
Drascin 9:10 pm
(9:10:17 PM):     Kagura: SO THEY'RE HOME FREE?
wyverncakes 9:10 pm
(9:10:57 PM):     Command: "Hopefully.  But until they radio back, continue with your end of the operation.  That's an order."
Drascin 9:11 pm
(9:11:14 PM):     Kagura: ROGER THAT. KAGURA OUT.
wyverncakes 9:11 pm
(9:11:33 PM):     [Ryuichi] Your icicles skewer several more of the Necrotroops and one of the Water Leapers, making amusing little kebabs.  BUT... even if you're not super-eager to engage in the PRAYERs themselves, the Sunken Bishops are an angry, aggressive lot.  Aggressive enough that another arc of energy blasts are fired at Aotatsu's general direction!
(9:11:35 PM):     (React: Ryuichi)
TC 9:13 pm
(9:13:05 PM):     *Ryuichi's going to drop from the surface and into the water proper to dodge and shoot backwards away from the energy- hopefully the water will slow the blasts down because phsyics has been really friendly this mission right?+
wyverncakes 9:14 pm
(9:14:40 PM):     [Argos team] Saving up on those missiles was probably a very smart idea, because your attacks pelt the PRAYER's limbs, before destroying both of them!  There's still the main core and its bulbous shoulders though, which means more than enough energy blasts available to make sure you guys didn't slack off anti-Laser maneuvering practice!
(9:14:43 PM):     (React: Argos team)
(9:14:57 PM):     (Kagura, Ataru, Willis)
Meraxa 9:15 pm
(9:15:53 PM):     (Enemy count?)
wyverncakes 9:16 pm
(9:16:40 PM):     [Ryuichi] For the most part physics hasn't been a douchebag, yes.  But... the Sunken Bishop is an entirely different can of worms.  Entering the water does NOTHING to weaken or slow down the Bishop's energy blasts, though fortunately water's also the Aotatsu's home turf.  It's very tough going, but you narrowly manage to avoid the attacks by the metaphorical skin of Aotatsu's teeth!
Drascin 9:17 pm
(9:17:44 PM):     *Well, given her orders, she can't go for the kill on the Bishops yet. But now that she knows what they're packing, she can deal with it. She zooms around the Bishop body attacking the Argos, pelting it with high power Luna shots, eating up its plating and calling its attention to herself+
wyverncakes 9:17 pm
(9:17:58 PM):     (Enemies: Necrotroops x 14, Mono-Wings x 30, Water Leapers x 14, Missile Drones x 10, Assault Drones x 17, Sunken Bishop 1 (moderate damage/1 arm destroyed), Sunken Bishop 2 (severe damage/both arms destroyed), Sunken Bishop 3 (undamaged)
wyverncakes 9:18 pm
(9:18:40 PM):     (Quick addendum: Sunken Bishops have  five components.  The arms, the circular "shoulders", and the core)
(9:18:49 PM):     (As seen here for a reminder: http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u262/drascin/Hellsinker/SunkenBishop_zps17093eac.png)
Meraxa 9:19 pm
(9:19:43 PM):     Ataru: Tch... *Much as Ataru appreciated the flanking position, so far it seemed he couldn't make as much use of it. So instead, he turns his attention back to the necrotroopers, ans with his trusty particle gun, tries to wipe them out! They're way easier to shoot through at least+
Ishikar3 9:20 pm
(9:20:42 PM):     *Dodging instantaneous lasers emitted with a 2 second lead time is tricky, something that telegraphs as much as the Bishop does is easier except for the volume of fire.  Yuuya and Tarisa quickly move out of the line of fire.  While VG and Stella dive to skim the water for distance and to get underneath most of the barrage before breaking into a hard climb.+
Aero 9:20 pm
(9:20:43 PM):     * If they couldn't destroy them he could at least destroy the limbs to prevent them from doing any further damage. Willis calls Quicksilver back to him and using added force from his fall will try to cleave off the arm of the third Sunken Bishop with the oversized sword.+
wyverncakes 9:20 pm
(9:20:59 PM):     [Kagura] Your attacks keep up the pressure on the most-damaged PRAYER, with one of the shoulders giving way from the damage!  And yeah, it does turn its attention to you Kagura... though curiously it doesn't seem to keen on attacking just yet.
wyverncakes 9:24 pm
(9:24:51 PM):     [Willis] Your fall suddenly gets retooled into an attack, the Strehland hurtling towards the third Bishop and managing this time to cut clean through the Bishop's gigantic arm!  That's the difference when you choose to cut something along its circumferance rather than its length!  Unfortunately, waiting for you as you zip on by is the flock of mostly-ignored Mono-Wings, opting to use their own forms as blades to return the favor and chop and stab at you from what seems like every which way!
(9:24:54 PM):     (React: Willis)
Meraxa 9:25 pm
(9:25:27 PM):     #Willis
wyverncakes 9:25 pm
(9:25:33 PM):     (Approved)
(9:26:24 PM):     [Argos team] You all make a beak for it, though VG and Stella take a couple of minor glancing blows due to their more complicated evasive maneuvers.  Nothing super-serious though!
Meraxa 9:26 pm
(9:26:39 PM):     Ataru: Watch it! *And on a swift beat, Ataru turns towards the mono-wing swarm, and swiftly tries to ward them off with the rmainder of his missiles!+
wyverncakes 9:27 pm
(9:27:07 PM):     [Ataru] YES THEY ARE.  BLAM!  BLAM!  BLAM!  In short order, the Necrotroop swarms are finally done away with!
(9:27:20 PM):     (Ryuichi and the Argos team can act now too)
TC 9:31 pm
(9:31:32 PM):     *Seeing at the Bishop was going to engage even if he stayed out of the fray, Ryuichi moves below them under the surface before revving up energy and launching a dragon shaped aura with a punch to soar out of the water and upwards towards one of their arms.+
Aero 9:32 pm
(9:32:09 PM):     * "I know!" Willis focuses for a moment before quickly spinning in place to slash at everything around him. +
wyverncakes 9:33 pm
(9:33:36 PM):     [Willis and Ataru] It's a costly save, with Ataru expending what he had left of his missile supplies.  But very much well worth it as Strehland becomes a whirly chopping machine to cut into the Mono-Wings that get through the missile storm!  Some do manage to stab into the machine, but the Strehland's speed dislodges them quickly and its sword does the rest!
Ishikar3 9:34 pm
(9:34:13 PM):     *Continuing their assault Yuuya and Tarisa switch to APCBCHE rounds and VG and Stella ready for the next to last round of missiles.  Closing in on Bishop 1 the 120mm cannons open fire to try to open holes before the missiles find their appropriate marks.+
wyverncakes 9:34 pm
(9:34:48 PM):     [Ryuichi] Your punch goes hurtling up fast, very fast, and you smash through Bishop 3's damaged leg and finish what Willis started!  That's the good news.  The bad news is the Bishop's retaliatory massive energy blast, now aimed at your very-close form!
(9:34:52 PM):     (React: Ryuichi)
TC 9:36 pm
(9:36:20 PM):     Ryuichi: "Sssshit-" *The Aotatsu condenses as much Ice around it as it can while putting forth it's shield. Hopefully he won't be COMPLETELY murdered with this defense.+
Drascin 9:37 pm
(9:37:38 PM):     #Ryuichi
wyverncakes 9:37 pm
(9:37:42 PM):     [Argos team] Your cannons strike all along the Bishop's body, hitting primarily the remaining arm since that made up most of the Bishop's form.  But it still strikes its shoulders and core as well, leaving the overall PRAYER in prime state for those missiles to pound into it and take off its exposed shoulder!
(9:37:47 PM):     (Approved.)
(9:37:59 PM):     (After that, Kagura can take her turn.  Willis and Ataru can also take theirs now as well)
Drascin 9:38 pm
(9:38:08 PM):     Kagura: MOVE BACK
wyverncakes 9:38 pm
(9:38:46 PM):     (You can do so as a free action, Ryu)
TC 9:40 pm
(9:40:45 PM):     Ryuichi: Falling's all I got- kinda in the middle of it already, do whatever you're doing.
Drascin 9:41 pm
(9:41:02 PM):     *And with that, Kagura is right in the middle of the beam's trajectory, SEAL field pumped to full... and in a maneuver requiring nerves of steel, takes it straight on, flying along the beam's path steadily, as the SEAL field slows the beam down and slowly decoherences it into absolutely nothing. But it takes a special kind of person to fly along for fifteen seconds with a beam of instant death floating a feet away from your face - thankfully Kagura is exactly that+.
Meraxa 9:43 pm
(9:43:34 PM):     Ataru: Back to clean up then. *Having mopped up the necrotroopers, Ataru turns his eye on the missile drones. Wondering if perhaps he could make them true to their classification with a well placed shot... Mind you, gettimg in that distance away from Kagura+
wyverncakes 9:44 pm
(9:44:33 PM):     [Kagura and Ryuichi] And thus Aotatsu's shield turns out to not be super-necessary!  Kagura's SEAL field is what the defense banks on, slowing the attack down to a crawl and giving Ryu plenty of time to escape!  Unfortunately Kaugra, there's a very SPECIAL reason why a maneuver like that isn't all-that-common.  The energy of the attack isn't lost on you, the heat and power putting strain on your robotic form, even starting to make several of your limbs start to melt into slag.  The effect is short-lived, but plain to see with smoke rising from your body, parts of you warped and misshapen.
TC 9:45 pm
(9:45:20 PM):     Ryuichi: "Ah hell- are you okay!?"
Drascin 9:45 pm
(9:45:51 PM):     *Then as the beam ends Kagura moves back in, splitting from her Chariot and performing a pincer attack with herself, taking out the two shoulder pieces with double barrages of chain shots before throwing down one of her huge plasma bombs right at the core. Let's take one out and make these things angry at her+
wyverncakes 9:45 pm
(9:45:56 PM):     [Ataru] Your shot, unfortunately, does not trigger a massive-chain reaction.  But it does trigger a last, dying counterattack as the Missile Drone looses its entire arsenal on you even as the second Sunken Bishop opens fire with its own bullet-hell as well!
Drascin 9:46 pm
(9:46:32 PM):     Kagura: THIS IS MY JOB, REMEMBER? I PRACTICALLY INVENTED THAT MANEUVER. NOW FOCUS.
Meraxa 9:48 pm
(9:48:12 PM):     Ataru: Really?! I'm the sniper! This kind of treatment is for the 'hero'! *Ataru expresses his exasperations as, in an odd move, he attempts to evade the bishop, but in so doing, weave around it so that its body might protect from the missile barrage+
wyverncakes 9:48 pm
(9:48:47 PM):     (Sunken Bishop 3 still had one arm left.  It was Bishop 2 that was just down to the shoulders and core.  Was that the one you were aiming for?)
Drascin 9:49 pm
(9:49:00 PM):     (for example)
wyverncakes 9:49 pm
(9:49:41 PM):     [Kagura] It's hard-pressed in your damaged body, but you retaliate in full, the assaults blowing apart the shoulders and leaving just the core.  A core that quickly goes up in smoke!  One down!
(9:50:02 PM):     And in fact... across the battlefield, several of the Graveyard teams are managing to take down their own Bishops as well!
wyverncakes 9:50 pm
(9:50:50 PM):     (Ryu and Argos team)
Drascin 9:51 pm
(9:51:44 PM):     Kagura notices that, andmessages all the other teams around
(9:51:46 PM):     Kagura: GOOD. WE'RE DOWN TO HALF. LET'S TRIM DOWN A BIT MORE, BUT DON'T GO FULL TILT UNTIL WE HAVE WORD OF NIMBUS TEAM. REPEAT, DO NOT DESTROY ALL BISHOP BODIES.
wyverncakes 9:52 pm
(9:52:05 PM):     [Ataru] Gold 4's under pressure now from the two-pronged assault, but you actually do manage to lure the missiles to hammer into Sunken Bishop 1's remaining -and already damaged- leg, finally taking it down!
wyverncakes 9:53 pm
(9:53:15 PM):     (Updated enemy list: Water Leapers x 14, Missile Drones x 9, Assault Drones x 17, Sunken Bishop 1 (severe damage/both arms and 1 shoulder destroyed), Sunken Bishop 2 (moderate damage/one arm destroyed))
TC 9:53 pm
(9:53:24 PM):     *Since Ryu was nice enough to deliver an  attack to that Bishop he only find it fair to move away and back into the fray of small fries- jumping out of the water again like Dolphin to fling the collected disc of ice off his shield at Drones+
Ishikar3 9:53 pm
(9:53:36 PM):     (did we lose a bishop somewhere?)
wyverncakes 9:53 pm
(9:53:50 PM):     (Kagura just finished off number 2.  The one that was just down to its shoulders and core)
(9:54:40 PM):     (Err.  Sunken Bishop 2 on the enemy list should be Bishop 3)
(9:55:00 PM):     [Ryu] Compared to the Bishops,, the mooks -now lacking their tremendous numbers- are much easier to deal with.  Your shield hurtles out Captain America style, cutting through two of the Water Leapers!
wyverncakes 9:55 pm
(9:55:18 PM):     And suddenly, another message from the Graveyard Command!
(9:56:04 PM):     Command: "Beyond Nimbus is nearing completion.  Several of our operatives have completed their personal objectives, there's only one left we're waiting for."
Aero 9:56 pm
(9:56:36 PM):     Willis: "Looks like it's almost go time."
wyverncakes 9:56 pm
(9:56:40 PM):     "Minogame has also engaged in several of the Shaft's attack teams single-handedly at the site itself.  He should be finished with them shortly."
Ishikar3 9:56 pm
(9:56:47 PM):     *Turning to the last Bishop with an arm the Argos flight begins to circle, Yuuya and Tarisa opening fire at the base of the arm to chew through the armor before the final wave of missiles from the TSFs is fired into the weakened base.  As the expended launchers drop from the TSFs shoulders the flight breaks in 4 directions before circling back to meet at a safe distance.+
Drascin 9:59 pm
(9:59:56 PM):     Kagura: ...UNDERSTOOD. WE WILL BEGIN FINAL PHASE THEN.
(10:00:01 PM):     Kagura: THIS IS KAGURA TO ALL EXECUTORS. TWO MINUTES FOR CLEARANCE TO GO FOR THE KILL. SOUL VOLATILING ONLY NECESSARY FOR LAST BODY. START PUMMELING THESE THINGS THE FUCK DOWN.
wyverncakes 10:00 pm
(10:00:10 PM):     [Argos team] Moving in for the attack run, the Bishop does not go down without a fight, as many of its arm turrents being brought to bear against you... but four TSFs together can shoot at a lot of places at once, impede the firing of a lot of cannons all at once.  And the missiles that strike the damaged limb finally finish off that component!  The hot streak just continues... or at least it would have just as suddenly Tarisa's TSF gets backhanded by a sneaky Water Leaper... knocking the machine towards a crossfire of beams and missiles from the Assault Drones!
(10:00:16 PM):     (React: Argos team)
Aero 10:00 pm
(10:00:19 PM):     #Tarisa
wyverncakes 10:00 pm
(10:00:22 PM):     (Kagura, Ataru and Willis can attack)
(10:00:24 PM):     (Approved!)
Meraxa 10:02 pm
(10:02:00 PM):     Ataru: You're mine! *Well, whilst he's here... Ataru turns his gun on the bishop before you, so damaged as it is, and fires near point blank. He tries to distance back as he pulls the trigger repeatedly+
Ishikar3 10:03 pm
(10:03:36 PM):     *Cursing loudly Tarisa tries quickly to regain control of her TSF and dash clear of the crossfire.  In a bid to buy their wingmate time the rest of the flight begins to open fire on the approaching missiles to open a clear escape corridor for the recovering machine.+
Aero 10:04 pm
(10:04:22 PM):     * Well if it worked before it should work again, spinning sword shield go!+
wyverncakes 10:04 pm
(10:04:29 PM):     [Ataru] With only its core and one shoulder left, Sunken Bishop 1 can't manage nearly the same dakka assault that it could previously!  Still, even as your shots destroy its remaining shoulder -thus leaving just the core- it still has its fuckhuge death beam and you're pretty damn close too!
(10:04:32 PM):     (React: Ataru)
Meraxa 10:05 pm
(10:05:59 PM):     Ataru: Come on...! *There's only one thing he can do... and thats bend back like the women with an uncanny resemblance to Commander Suzukaze! You know, out of the beam's path+
wyverncakes 10:06 pm
(10:06:03 PM):     [Argos team and Willis] It's a close call, especially with Tarisa's TSF damaged and a little slow to respond.  Still Willis and her teammates keep her alive with little more than a few burns from close missile detonations the worst she gets.
Drascin 10:06 pm
(10:06:48 PM):     *Well then. Let's stop the pussyfooting around. Minogame is still in the Shaft, but he should be finishing shortly anyway. So let's get real in here. Kagura is going to find the nearest Bishop body, and with a burst ofspeed spiral around it, keeping its guns confused and firing wildly - and a few seconds later the Ecliptic Chariot comes out of the water like a missile pumping enough Luna-coated bullets into the PRAYER's underside to build a house!+
wyverncakes 10:09 pm
(10:09:12 PM):     [Ataru] So close to the beam, Gold 4's barely sufficient evasion is barely even worth that description.  The same overwhelming power as what Kagura had to deal with wreaks havoc on the machine's back, melting part of the machine's back and sorta... locking it in that position.
(10:09:33 PM):     (Ryu and Argos team can act now as well)
wyverncakes 10:11 pm
(10:11:29 PM):     [Kagura] Your attack run on Sunken Bishop 3 hammers the PRAYER hard, destroying one of its shoulders and then the other right afterwards.  Now all that's left of both is the cores!
Ishikar3 10:16 pm
(10:16:35 PM):     *Following the attack by Kagura the Argo flight opens fire on the core of Bishop 3 with a mix of 36 and 120mm fire while Yuuya closes in.  As Yuuya reaches the core he stabs with his blade first to widen the damaged sections before firing the last of his HE rounds into the inside of the core.+
Aero 10:16 pm
(10:16:36 PM):     * "Now then." With the shoulders taken care of Willis retrieves Quicksilver before setting his sights onto the core before lunging straight at the Core to impale it with his sword. +
TC 10:18 pm
(10:18:15 PM):     *Jus the Cores you say? Well Aotatsu surfs back towards Bishop 3  on the waves billowing with water and energy around him and launches a Dragon Aura punch again- much larger than the last at it's core "Soaring Dragon Fist!"+
wyverncakes 10:20 pm
(10:20:04 PM):     [Argos team, Ryichi and Willis] Getting pincered like that, Bishop 3 really doesn't have much of a grasp of who to turn its deathray against.  And hesitation in battle is not a good thing, as getting shot, smashed, and then stabbed up will attest!  The entire core cracks from the impact of the Argos team's dakka and Ryu's punch, making it easy for Yuuya to pry open and shoot up the innards... and Willis to blast through the entire thing in one go!  Another Bishop down!
(10:20:16 PM):     One left now.  And in fact...
wyverncakes 10:22 pm
(10:22:13 PM):     Graveyard Commander: "Attention all Executors assisting in Operation Beyond Nimbus.  Minogame and the rest of the Shaft team have succeeded in their objectives and vacated the Shaft's area."
Aero 10:22 pm
(10:22:33 PM):     Willis: "Perfect timing..."
wyverncakes 10:22 pm
(10:22:34 PM):     Roland: "That's good then!  We can finish up here!"
(10:22:45 PM):     (Everyone, take a free action)
Meraxa 10:24 pm
(10:24:05 PM):     Ataru: Take it...! *Taking advantage of 3 dimensional flight, even if the pose is ridiculous, Ataru lines up a shot to fire on the last bishop...!+
Drascin 10:25 pm
(10:25:29 PM):     Kagura is going to spend a moment before acting checking the battlefield. How are the other teams doing with their own Bishop bodies?
TC 10:26 pm
(10:26:07 PM):     Ryuichi: "Sounds like a good time to power through then!" *Ryuichi lands back on the surface again and channels his energy, revving up another dragon aura, however this one splits into several heads and  Aotatsu swings forth with both fists towards the enemies sending at least a dozen dragon shaped bursts of water outwards+
wyverncakes 10:26 pm
(10:26:31 PM):     The other Executors are cutting to the chase and just finishing them off as quickly as they can, Kagura.
Drascin 10:26 pm
(10:26:37 PM):     Kagura: CAREFUL, EVERYBODY. REMEMBER, THERE HAS TO BE ONE LEFT TO SEAL PROPERLY
wyverncakes 10:27 pm
(10:27:11 PM):     They're not really caring too much about who gets the final kill, though they radio to each other -and in fact you- before delivering their killing blows.
Ishikar3 10:27 pm
(10:27:20 PM):     *Allowing the empty assault cannon to be holstered on the empty mount pylon Yuuya takes his blade in both hands and charges over the surface of the water towards the final core.  The rest of his flight flies up and begins bombardment with the last of their heavy munitions from above as Yuuya approaches at a speed that only can be described as recklessly fast Yuuya strikes the core with the blade, raking across the majority of it's form before continuing on clear of any counter attack.+
Drascin 10:31 pm
(10:31:47 PM):     Kagura: DAMN IT. WHAT DID I JUST SAY.
Ishikar3 10:32 pm
(10:32:21 PM):     Yuuya: "We're out of heavy munitions, That shouldn't be enough to crack it Kagura."
wyverncakes 10:33 pm
(10:33:00 PM):     To be fair... Yuuya's got a point there, Kagura.
Ishikar3 10:33 pm
(10:33:43 PM):     Yuuya: "Just preparing so we can get this down quickly when all hell breaks loose."
wyverncakes 10:34 pm
(10:34:01 PM):     Ataru and the Argos team have hit the remaining core with what they had left, but the core itself was in decent shape to start and the damage being inflicted hasn't been aimed dead center.  There's a nice big gash in it though.
(10:34:18 PM):     [Ryuichi] Not to mention Ryuichi's own attack was just clearing a nice big path by downing more of the drones in the general area!
Drascin 10:34 pm
(10:34:41 PM):     *And with that Kagura moves in, shooting intermittently as she does so, reading the hull integrity and beginning the careful process of cracking this open - and when she's satisfied with the result, sending twin Luna beams to rip the core off from both sides, to tear the core open like a coconut+
wyverncakes 10:35 pm
(10:35:00 PM):     And it's only then... that-
(10:35:21 PM):     Roland: "O-oh!  Right!  Everyone, don't forget that when the Spirit Kernal forms, there's usually a lot of destructive energy that comes-"
Drascin 10:35 pm
(10:35:36 PM):     Kagura: NOW STEER CLEAR. EXECUTOR SQUAD SEVEN, TO ME. EVERYONE ELSE, DEFENSIVE POSITIONS.
wyverncakes 10:35 pm
(10:35:46 PM):     [Kagura] He's cut off unfortunately by Kagura's Luna beams piercing cleanly through the Sunken Bishop Core.  The last core, no less.
wyverncakes 10:36 pm
(10:36:15 PM):     The core that, as it collapses in on itself, suddenly goes supernova as waves upon waves of destructive energy is suddenly unleashed!
Meraxa 10:36 pm
(10:36:36 PM):     Ataru: Aghhhhh!
Aero 10:36 pm
(10:36:59 PM):     Willis: That's intense....
wyverncakes 10:37 pm
(10:37:04 PM):     And deep, deep in the center of it all... the faint glowing form of whispy green, spectral pieces of cloth, orbiting around perfectly rounded sphere.
(10:37:07 PM):     The Spirit Kernal.
(10:37:15 PM):     ... But not your concern because HODAMN BULLET HELL!
(10:37:18 PM):     (Everyone: React)
Drascin 10:37 pm
(10:37:18 PM):     And here we go. The last twenty seconds of pure hell. A clear target, and do or die. The best part
TC 10:38 pm
(10:38:21 PM):     *Welp time to DIVE DIVE DIVE and put up a barrier of ice around himself as he goes down to avoid the bullets because AAAAAAAAH!+
Meraxa 10:38 pm
(10:38:25 PM):     Ataru: Gotta move! *Ataru struggles given how his frame is jammed, but he can at least try to shift about left and right!*
(10:38:31 PM):     *+
Ishikar3 10:40 pm
(10:40:19 PM):     *Yuuya and the rest of the Argos flight are already in full burn clear of the waves of destructive force.  Pulling every bit of accelration they can they make for a save evasion distance.  Given his much closer distance to ground zero Yuuya disables the pilot safeties and redlines the engines.  Unable to vector safely at that speed he relies on adjusting the control surfaces of his unit to keep clear of the energy blasts.+
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Drascin 10:42 pm
(10:42:28 PM):     *Kagura and her squad, rather than taking cover, move in from all directions, dodging through the streams and oscillating waves of energy spikes and beams with their SEAL fields, letting go a few shots as often as they can and the Bishop lets them. Which is not very often, but it piles up. And unsusprisingly, the best shot of them all is Kagura herself, slow and calm as ice as she and her Chariot weaving through the patterns in an exhilarating flight, with bullets shaving chinks out of their armor as they spin around and retaliate at every opportunity, blam blam blam, the luna-coated sealers hitting the Kernel again and again+
Aero 10:43 pm
(10:43:16 PM):     * The only thing he can do here is try to deflect as much of it as he can while backing up. He could afford the stray hit but letting the damage pile on here would only make the deflecting harder. +
wyverncakes 10:46 pm
(10:46:32 PM):     [Defending people] You're on the defense, and this kind of assault is not really something you want to see at the end of a fight.  Especially one where, in some cases, your machines are damaged and not operating at 100%.  I'm looking at you, Ataru and Tarisa.  But you have at least some distance from the epicenter of this attack, and not getting hit isn't the issue here so much as just not getting hit in a way that'll kill you.  Strahland, Yuuya, and Ataru end up getting hit with more than a few glancing blows, Gold 4's engines even breaking down and causing the machine to just plummet into the ocean below.  But it was enough.
(10:48:08 PM):     [Kagura] And compared to last time, the Kernal lasted for considerably less time thanks to so many more Executors on-hand.  Almost as soon as it started, it ends, with Kagura's sealers landing the decisive blow and destroying the Spirit Kernal in a flash of energy.
wyverncakes 10:48 pm
(10:48:32 PM):     The remaining drones immediately shut down, falling into the ocean.
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wyverncakes 10:48 pm
(10:48:47 PM):     Kagura though... your suit has seen many, many better days...
(10:49:02 PM):     But still...
(10:49:15 PM):     Graveyard Commander: "... Kernal neutralized."
(10:49:20 PM):     "The Shaft's disappearing."
(10:49:21 PM):     MISSION
(10:49:23 PM):     ACCOMPLISHED
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