Mission 053 - Blind Game

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tengusaur (14:08:43): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYn2Q-kVNAk
tengusaur (14:10:14): Soon, the long voyage home will be over.
tengusaur (14:11:25): Macross is currently stationed in a debris field, making final preparations (including salvaging whatever is here to salvage) for descending into Earth's atmosphere.
tengusaur (14:11:39): We're close to the planet already! You can even see it from here!
tengusaur (14:11:59): All of you are on the ship. What are you doing?
tengusaur (14:12:01): Well...
tengusaur (14:12:15): Whatever was the reason, it's suddenly interrupted as an alarm rings!
tengusaur (14:12:28): Enemy units are detected, moving through the debris field!
tengusaur (14:12:54): Because of interference from all the metal around, it's hard to count their numbers... But there's a lot!
cubey@aol.pl (14:13:04): Ren was there to wish the Macross crew a happy "welcome home", but it looks like fate had other plans today.
VJockey (14:13:54): [Peola was present mostly to make sure that there wouldn't be any unpleasant surprises. Plus she was still security so this was her job.]
TormTerra (14:13:56): Alex for her part was enjoying the view. Some people might be used to being out here, but she wasn't so getting to see Earth from another angle like that was still quite an experience. However, she was quickly distracted by the alarm, moving to join the others wherever they were going to launch from. Hopefully Enki could even move in space, she'd never tried before
peter kampschroeder (14:14:26): Misa's been worried about some things.
frifreeman (14:14:58): Kakizaki's there because well, that's his actual job! He's actually a macross fighter pilot!
peter kampschroeder (14:15:42): But other than that, the bridge crew's doing well! Well, except for Shammy, who lost the Miss Macross contest to some random singer girl who nobody likes anyways and what kind of a name is 'minmei'???
tengusaur (14:16:11): Thinking about that will have to come later!
tengusaur (14:16:20): Enemies are quickly approaching!
tengusaur (14:16:39): ID comes in! They're definitely Zentraedi!
VJockey (14:16:52): "I remember these things..."
cubey@aol.pl (14:17:12): Ren: "The giants are here, but why are they attacking us time and time again?"
cubey@aol.pl (14:17:35): Ren: "Still... we need to stop them, right? Ren Ubuntu, launching!"
VJockey (14:17:39): "Hey. Kakizaki, wanna race to see who can take down as many of these things in the shortest time?"
frifreeman (14:18:11): Kakizaki: "That's an unfair bet. I know I'll win already."
VJockey (14:18:19): "Hah!"
peter kampschroeder (14:18:24): Kim: "Yeah, you show them, fumbles."
TormTerra (14:18:25): Alex: "How would we know, they're not talking?...I wonder what their culture is even like." She'd just had the realization that they might never learn about all of their enemies. "Regardless, Alexandra de Witt and Enki launching...Let's see if this works."
peter kampschroeder (14:18:39): Shammy: "You can do it, Kakizaki! I believe in you!"
tengusaur (14:18:47): Your units are launching, one by one!
VJockey (14:18:55): "Peola Nelfess, Regalis Filia! Moving out!"
tengusaur (14:19:21): Unfortunately, there aren't many Unity Group units on board... But there's UN Spacy with their VFs! And more reinforcements will probably come by TSEN at any moment now.
peter kampschroeder (14:19:24): Claudia: "Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets..." Misa: "Please, no gambling on the bridge! Especiallly not during combat!"
frifreeman (14:20:05): Kakizaki: Vermillion Three, Launching!
tengusaur (14:20:11): Regardless, you see a large group of Zentraedi move towards you, and already firing! They're taking advantage of the various asteroids and pieces of wreckage around and using them for cover.
cubey@aol.pl (14:20:11): The Genoace's head moves around as its pilot looks at the battlefield. There's so many units - on the Macross' side, too.
frifreeman (14:20:23): Kakizaki: "Hey, I remember my callsign this time."
tengusaur (14:20:27): And there's a big variety of them!
tengusaur (14:20:28): Gnerl fighter
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/sdfmacross/gnerl.jpg

Regult battle pod
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/sdfmacross/regult.jpg
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/sdfmacross/regult-lightmissile.jpg
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/sdfmacross/regult-heavymissile.jpg

Glaug battle pod
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/sdfmacross/glaug.htm

Nousjadeul-Ger power suit
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/dyrl/nousjadeul-ger.jpg
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/dyrl/nousjadeul-ger-quamzin.jpg

Thuverl-Salan battleship
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/sdfmacross/thuverl-salan.jpg
cubey@aol.pl (14:20:36): Ren: "Is it your first time in space?"
tengusaur (14:20:39): Enemy List: Gnerl x16, Regult x5, Regult light missile x5, Regult heavy missile x5, Glaug x4, Nousjadeul-Ger x3, Nousjadel-Ger commander type, Thuverl-Salan x2
tengusaur (14:20:57): This is just a part of the enemy forces - the ones heading in your direction.
tengusaur (14:21:04): The rest are engaged by UN Spacy forces!
tengusaur (14:21:21): Those battleships, by the way? They're larger than the Macross itself.
tengusaur (14:21:25): Initiative: Kakizaki, Peola, Alexandra, Ren, Gloval
tengusaur (14:21:32): (Kakizaki, Peola, Alexandra, go)
tengusaur (14:21:36): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yI3MUb0OpA
cubey@aol.pl (14:22:43): Ren: "Why are you attacking us? Please stop, I'm sure we can talk this out!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:22:57): Asked on an open line... Zentradi do use the radio, right?
peter kampschroeder (14:23:04): Shammy: 'Unity group forces, please engage the enemy in sector 4!'
tengusaur (14:23:17): There is no response from the giants.
VJockey (14:23:48): *Time to clear a path! Peola's going to need both hands for this as she charges up her sword with ki and swings the blade, sending a sweeping lash of energy through the largest concentration of enemies she could with the Horizon Edge! This was sector 4 right? Either way things will get cut.+
VJockey (14:23:54): "I'm on it! I'm on it!"
TormTerra (14:24:17): * "...How did they even make those giant things?" Alex was staring in wonder, even as she experimentally started using little jets of water to serve as verniers for moving around, finding her bearings. As she did so, she turned to one of the large pieces of debris. She might not really have many tools to transmute out here, but a powerful enough blast, should knock it out of its trajectory and towards the enemy forces. Following that plan, she fired a strong jet of water at a large piece of particularly jagged debris, sending it flying towards a massed group of enemies and herself backwards for a bit, before she managed to halt her momentum with a jet shot the other way. +
cubey@aol.pl (14:24:42): Ren: "So be it... I'm sorry, but I'll have to stop you!"
VJockey (14:24:48): "Do we have a plan to take care of their ships?"
cubey@aol.pl (14:25:14): Also, the horned pilot is cautious of allied units which are in trouble. If a VF is in danger of getting shot down, they'll make sure the pilot will get out safely, at least.
tengusaur (14:25:39): Peola's blade cuts through several of the Regults and one of the power suits with a very long name, making them blow up! The rest of them scatter and then fly towards her, shooting beam shots from various angles!
tengusaur (14:26:24): The one leading the charge is the power armor with black details... And it's attacking in an aggressive, acrobatic style, hiding behind debris and even allies momentarily to shoot from cover!
tengusaur (14:26:32): This tactic looks quite familiar...
tengusaur (14:26:42): Ddin't the enemy leader on Mars do this?
tengusaur (14:26:45): The one who went away?
tengusaur (14:26:48): (react)
VJockey (14:27:52): *Peola was going to use the debris to her advantage... that being stabbing a large chunk and swinging it like some kind of crazy shield on a stick at the incoming shots!+
tengusaur (14:28:08): Five of the Gnerl fighters are destroyed by a large chunk of meteorite smashing into them, and a few other enemies are damaged by shards of metal and rock flying everywhere! The other Gnerls engage in evasive maneuvers, and then counterattack, rushing in close to Enki and firing a swarm of missiles! (react)
tengusaur (14:28:27): (Ren and Gloval can also move)
VJockey (14:28:31): [She recognizes the moves somewhat... still...]
VJockey (14:28:50): "I think we might have an old friend out here..."
frifreeman (14:29:01): "Sector 4? I'll get them!" Kakizaki fires a swarm of missiles toward the Gnerls as he flies closer into the fray.+
VJockey (14:29:12): [Peola sends the data to the bridge bunnies...]
tengusaur (14:29:19): Peola takes a few grazing shots, but nothing serious. Her impromptu shield protects her from the rest of them! It shatters into pieces eventually though, having taken on too much fire.
frifreeman (14:29:52): Kakizaki: "It's my arch enemy! My rival from mars!
cubey@aol.pl (14:31:02): Ren:"Someone you recognize?"
tengusaur (14:31:22): Kakizaki's missiles blow up four of the Gnerls, limiting the pressure they put on Alexandra! But watch out, the Regults are coming in, firing their guns and missiles!
tengusaur (14:31:35): Not the heavy missile ones, though. Those are going for bigger targets!
peter kampschroeder (14:31:36): Vanessa: 'Oh, hey...Sir! The enemy commander from mars is among the soldiers!" Gloval: "Another ambush, is it...Shoot down the commander if you can!"
tengusaur (14:31:38): (Kakizaki react)
VJockey (14:31:47): "It turned up on mars."
VJockey (14:32:09): "Guess it wants another shot at the ship."
TormTerra (14:32:56): * Okay, other than the degree of success, that was to be expected. Stabilizing herself in space, Alex swept Enki's hand up to form a watery shield between her and the Gnerl's to sweep whatever attacks they were dealing away. Biding her time behind it, she split it up into jets of water shooting straight at them the second they veered off to avoid a crash. +
tengusaur (14:34:59): Thanks to Fumbles' interference, Alex's watery shield protects Enki from suffering any damage, and the missiles explode on its surface. One of the Gnerls is hit straight on by a jet of water and damaged too heavy to fight anymore! The rest of them split into evasion again.
tengusaur (14:35:03): (Ren and Gloval go)
cubey@aol.pl (14:35:10): *The Genoace engages through space, peeking from behind its raised shield. Ren fires the beam spray gun at the Zentradi fighters, aiming at the wings to shoot them off and destabilize the craft.+
frifreeman (14:36:08): Kakizaki: "I can't count shot down enemies like this!" Kakizaki loops back to get away from his attackers, doing crazy barrel rolls to get away from bullets and shooting defensive lasers to get away from missiles+
tengusaur (14:36:56): Ren shoots the wings of four of the Gnerls, destabilizing them and sending them spinning out of control!
peter kampschroeder (14:37:40): *While Valkyries zip zip around blasting the various zentraedi mecha, the macross's CIWS guns lend support, filling space with railgun shots. The ship's larger missile tubes and laser cannons pick their own target-one of the enemy capital ships!+
tengusaur (14:38:06): The other Gnerls are in no position to counterstrike... But suddenly two Glaugs attack the Genoace, firing their heavy arm-mounted impact cannons! A single shot is enough to shatter a nearby meteor! (react)
tengusaur (14:39:02): Kakizaki manages to get away from the enemy fire and shoot down the incoming missiles! He also penetrates one of the missile Regults with holes, damaging it too much for further combat.
cubey@aol.pl (14:39:24): Ren: "... Ah."
tengusaur (14:40:05): SDF Macross helps the rest of allied forces, shooting down some of the Zentraedi forces they're engaging! Its large barrage of missiles and lasers heads towards the two battleships, damaging their armor...
tengusaur (14:40:16): But they're still standing. Zentraedi vessels are tough!
cubey@aol.pl (14:40:19): *The situation is very dangerous! Still hiding behind the shield, the Genoace wooshes to the side, trying to use the destroyed asteroid as cover.+
tengusaur (14:40:52): And they respond back, their turrets turning and firing a swarm of heavy beam shots in response! (Macross react)
tengusaur (14:40:59): To make it worse, enemy reinforcements are deploying!
tengusaur (14:41:04): Reinforcements: Gnerl x10
tengusaur (14:42:50): The remains of the asteroid aren't very useful for defense, but they help a little bit. Still, Ren's shield takes on the majority of the enemy attack, and is looking very strained now. The horned person dodges a few of the shots, at least.
tengusaur (14:43:00): Also...
tengusaur (14:43:18): You can see something incoming, among the debris.
tengusaur (14:43:20): Something huge.
tengusaur (14:43:51): Slowly, it emerges from the darkness.
tengusaur (14:44:10): A large beast, covered in scales, bigger than anything on the battlefield other than the Macross and Zentraedi battleships.
cubey@aol.pl (14:44:11): Ren: "Even more Zentradi units show up?"
peter kampschroeder (14:44:16): *"Pinpoint barrier, activate!" The three little barriers skitter about the surface of the Macross to intercept beam shots, while the ship maintains its barrage on the enemy fighters.+
VJockey (14:44:44): "We've got more incoming-"
tengusaur (14:44:48): It has a hunchbacked pose, and its arms are thick, ending in massive claws.
peter kampschroeder (14:44:53): Shammy: "E-eh?! These signatures-a space dragon?!"
VJockey (14:45:04): "What in the sun's light?!"
tengusaur (14:45:32): Its face is a grotesque image - a mass of pulsating meat, like the entrails of an animal, only with very faint face-like features present.
tengusaur (14:45:43): Also, it has a long tail, ending with a serpent's head.
tengusaur (14:46:40): The Macross is hit by the first shot due to the barrier being too slow to move, but intercepts the rest of them! Furthermore, its counterstrike destroys many of the just-deployed Glaugs.
TormTerra (14:46:50): Alex: "Goddamnit..." Her face blanched for a second as she observed the data. "That isn't a space dragon. It's Humbaba, an ancient Mesopotamian monster. It shouldn't be here..."
cubey@aol.pl (14:47:02): Ren: "An ancient monster from Mesopotamia, in space?"
cubey@aol.pl (14:47:13): "That's not something you see every day!"
tengusaur (14:47:23): The monster turns its head towards you... And suddenly its meaty maw opens, revealing a huge mouth full of teeth! And it roars loudly!
tengusaur (14:47:30): You can hear this even in space somehow!
peter kampschroeder (14:47:32): Claudia: "Those mesopotamians really got around, didn't they..."
tengusaur (14:47:52): Humbaba: "Enki will fall!!"
tengusaur (14:48:07): Humbaba: "Rest of you, give tribute to Humbaba!!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:48:23): Ren: "... Tribute?"
peter kampschroeder (14:48:32): Vanessa: "I'm more worried about how it's doing that." Kim: "Asking for tribute?" Vanessa: "No, talking."
cubey@aol.pl (14:48:46): Not commenting on the noise in space thing because Ren doesn't know it's a law of physics.
tengusaur (14:48:55): Enemy List: Gnerl x3, Regult x4, Regult light missile x3, Regult heavy missile x4, Glaug x4, Nousjadeul-Ger x2, Nousjadel-Ger commander type, Thuverl-Salan x2 (damaged), Humbaba
TormTerra (14:49:12): Alex: "That's not the point. The point is that Enlil was supposed to only send one champion...I think we need to prepare for more of them. Now or in the future."
tengusaur (14:49:28): Not bothering to elaborate, Humbaba rushes forward towards Enki, pushing itself away from the debris with obviously aggressive intent!
tengusaur (14:49:41): (Kakizaki, Peola, Alexandra, go)
VJockey (14:51:22): "...Damnit..."
VJockey (14:51:38): [On one hand there's a giant monster, on the other there was an army...]
TormTerra (14:51:48): * This was serious now. The monster came for her and she better find some way to defend herself before it was too late. Not like Enki could actually complain that Enlil was cheating, after all. Dipping in and out between the debris, she kept firing stuff at the thing in the hopes of hurting it or at the very least slowing it down for the others to win the rest of the battle and coming to her aid. +
tengusaur (14:52:39): Alexandra's attack... reflect harmlessly off Humbaba's skin! You notice something unusual now...
VJockey (14:52:41): "Alex! Can you hold it off long enough for us to get rid of the rest of these guys?!"
tengusaur (14:52:50): The monster's body is surrounded by some kind of force field.
frifreeman (14:53:00): Kakizaki: "Why does it have to appear now?"
tengusaur (14:53:01): A field that seems to be compromised of several layers...
tengusaur (14:53:17): And your attacks only make the outermost layer a bit dimmer...
tengusaur (14:53:36): But no time to look now! Suddenly Humbaba rushes forward, opening its maw wide and breathing fire at Enki! (react)
cubey@aol.pl (14:53:57): # Alexandra
tengusaur (14:54:18): (approved)
TormTerra (14:55:26): * Oh shit...Acting on pure instinct, Alex immediately fired a powerful jet of water to the side in the hope of accelerating herself as quickly as possible out of the way of the fire. If it could burn in space, a shield of water was probably no good. +
VJockey (14:56:04): "...I've got no clue... but we'd better finish these guys off fast so we can help out!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:56:09): Ren: "This is all the tribute you will receive from me! Ei!" *The Genoace heaves and throws its already damaged and mostly useless shield at Humbaba, with Ren aiming for it to get in the way of that breath of fire.+
VJockey (14:56:14): "Lets hurry it up Kakizaki!"
tengusaur (14:56:46): Humbaba turns its head around, looking at the shield going in its direction...
frifreeman (14:56:53): Kakizaki: "To fight hundreds of enemies or a single giant space dragons.... choice choice..."
tengusaur (14:57:06): Humbaba: "Humbaba accepts!!"
VJockey (14:57:23): *Peola lets loose with another Horizon Edge at the Zentradi lines! And another! She rushes forward to break through and take on the leader!+
frifreeman (14:57:32): Kakizaki finally arrives in the middle of the enemy swarm, and he transform his VF into battroid mode, and starts shooting around with his vulcan.+
VJockey (14:57:37): "We won't have to fight a hundred if we take out the boss right?!"
tengusaur (14:57:43): Reaching out, Humbaba grabs the shield in a noticably greedy manner! You can see that the outermost layer of its aura disappears!
tengusaur (14:57:56): Thanks to this distraction, Alexandra evades the attack easily.
cubey@aol.pl (14:58:41): Ren: "Ah."
cubey@aol.pl (14:58:44): Not sure what to say, really.
cubey@aol.pl (14:58:51): Ren: "I'm... glad you liked it."
tengusaur (14:58:58): Humbaba: "More!!"
frifreeman (15:00:04): Kakizaki. "That's enough of a tribute?"
tengusaur (15:01:33): Kakizaki and Peola enter the fray, destroying several Regults and Glauts! That's three and four kills, if anyone is paying attention. However, the Nousjadeul-Ger squadron is suddenly rushing towards them, firing their shoulder- and chest-mounted cannons repeatedly! (react)
TormTerra (15:01:46): Alex: "You all saw that, right? The forcefield seemed to weaken...We need to give it six more gifts. Humbaba has seven radiances. They're apparently forcefields. Gilgamesh defeated it by giving it a gift for each of them and now Ren just gave it a gift and a frocefield vanished." All of a sudden all that time reading Sumerian mythology books started to look like a good idea
tengusaur (15:01:50): This includes their leader, who tries to outmaneuver them!
tengusaur (15:02:03): (Ren, Gloval, go)
tengusaur (15:02:14): (Also, giving Humbaba a gift doesn't take an action)
cubey@aol.pl (15:02:33): Ren: "I don't think giving all our weapons and equipment to Humbaba would be a good idea... perhaps there is something else?"
cubey@aol.pl (15:03:55): *Ren circles around the hard-to-pronounce squadron. As it attacks Kakizaki and Peola, suddenly the yellowish spray beams are causing interference, as the Genoace is bushwacking from behind the asteroid thicket!+
cubey@aol.pl (15:04:52): Ren: "But on the other hand... if we give it enough things, maybe Humbaba will stop attacking! Wouldn't it be nice?"
peter kampschroeder (15:06:10): Gloval: "Now why would anything nice happen?"
VJockey (15:06:42): *Peola grits her teeth and resheaths her blade, using it as a shield with one hand and a scarf-lasso in the other! Seeking to grab one of the Nousjadeul-Gers and bat it towards Humbaba!+
TormTerra (15:06:47): Alex: "Or at least be distracted so we can kill it."
VJockey (15:06:50): "...If that works... I might just have an idea..."
TormTerra (15:07:22): Alex: "If not, try saying that it's a present the next time. Humbaba doesn't seem very smart."
VJockey (15:07:40): "....Think we can 'gift' him the Zentradi ships?"
peter kampschroeder (15:08:16): Kim: "It might be worth a shot..."
TormTerra (15:08:18): Alex: "If you can find a way to present something thousands of times larger than you, maybe..."
cubey@aol.pl (15:08:28): Ren: "But they're not ours. Isn't that theft?"
VJockey (15:09:01): "Is it theft of they're trying to kill us?"
tengusaur (15:09:03): Ren's shots cause the attacking Zentraedi suits to scatter to the sides, but not after landing a few heavy hits on Peola! Still, her armor can take this... Though probably not for very long.
peter kampschroeder (15:09:10): Misa: "Forward batteries, fire! Anti-ship batteries-focus on the enemy's engines!" The Macross bestows its gifts upon the regults and Glaugs-in the form of more bullets. Its primary guns and missile tubes focus on the rearward sections of the Zentraedi capital ships.+
cubey@aol.pl (15:09:17): Ren: "It still is, yes! But probably an excusable one."
TormTerra (15:09:31): Alex: "Who cares, it's worth a shot. I'd rather like not getting killed than worrying over theft."
tengusaur (15:09:39): Peola's maneuver works though, and she sends one of the Zentraedi units towards Humbaba! Who seems to be confused by what's going on.
VJockey (15:09:54): "....Well...... either way..."
tengusaur (15:10:04): As he evades, the enemy leader takes a potshot at Ren with hit shoulder-mounted plasma cannon!
VJockey (15:10:20): [Lets hope her diplomacy lessons weren't too rusty...]
tengusaur (15:10:27): And to make it worse, Ren can see that two nearby VFs are getting shot up by enemies!
tengusaur (15:10:30): (Ren react)
VJockey (15:10:59): "Great and Mighty Humbaba! I am First Princess Peola Nelfess of the Kingdom of Magnolys. I wish to offer you the tribute of two mighty ships!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:11:03): Ren: "!!"
VJockey (15:11:15): [She points out the Zentradi ships.]
tengusaur (15:11:29): Humbaba: "Two...?"
VJockey (15:11:37): "Un...fortunately they seem to have been stolen by pirates who believe that they can steal what belongs to you!"
tengusaur (15:11:52): The monster grabs the Nousjadeul-Ger thrown its direction, then throws it aside and roars!
tengusaur (15:12:11): Humbaba: "Humbaba accepts!!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:12:17): *As far as defensive maneuvers go, the Genoace... does nothing. Nothing, but its body shines intensely, as Ren braces for a painful experience.+
tengusaur (15:12:35): You can see that two of the monster's auras disappear! Now there's only four layers!
cubey@aol.pl (15:12:36): Ren: "Please rescue the shot down pilots. They should be over th...ere..."
tengusaur (15:13:20): The Macross fires a barrage at enemy forces in another sector, thinning them out.
tengusaur (15:13:24): And, more importantly...
VJockey (15:13:26): "Praise the sun..."
VJockey (15:13:31): "It worked..."
tengusaur (15:13:46): It manages to hit the engine of one of the battleships straight-on! It's a sitting duck now!
tengusaur (15:14:10): In fact, further shots cause a chain of explosions on its surface, and the battleship slowly falls apart!
tengusaur (15:14:34): Humbaba: "That's mine!! Groaaah!"
tengusaur (15:15:36): Humbaba rushes towards the Macross, roaring loudly! Its roar causes a sonic boom, which shatters nearby pieces of debris into dust! Who knows what it will do to the Macross when it hits!
TormTerra (15:16:19): Alex: "Okay...Here we go. Oh, mighty Humbaba, I gift you this asteroid. It likely contains rare earths and metals!" It's worth a shot, at least
peter kampschroeder (15:16:25): Gloval: "Brace for impact!"
tengusaur (15:16:32): To make it worse, the enemy leader and his wingmen are also moving towards the Macross, trying to move around it and fire at the ship's more vulnerable components. The sensor array, in this case!
tengusaur (15:16:36): (Macross react)
VJockey (15:16:41): [Peola curses wildly.]
tengusaur (15:16:49): And finally, more enemy reinforcements come in from another sector!
VJockey (15:16:51): [Plan backfired! CRAPCRAPCRAP!]
tengusaur (15:17:01): Reinforcements: Normal Regult x8.
tengusaur (15:17:41): Humbaba: "Humbaba accepts!! Grroar!"
VJockey (15:17:55): #Macross against Zentradi?
tengusaur (15:17:56): The monster reaches out to grab the meteor greedily, but its attack doesn't stop!
tengusaur (15:17:58): (approved)
VJockey (15:18:08): "Moving to assist!"
tengusaur (15:18:36): Ren's Genoace is hit hard by that single attack, and heavily damaged. Also, Ren gets hit hard when absorbing the wounds the pilots take on!
tengusaur (15:18:44): But they're safe, and another VF moves in to recover them!
peter kampschroeder (15:18:46): *Thinking fast, Misa inputs a set of commands into the Macross really quickly-and the ship starts to shift its posititioning, so the prow faces Humbaba's charge. Two of the pinpoint barriers go to either prong of the ship's front, to help buffer it against the impact-while the third tries to protect the ship's sensors from the Zentraedi assault.+
cubey@aol.pl (15:18:59): "Ugha!"
tengusaur (15:19:02): (Kakizaki, Peola, Alexandra, go)
VJockey (15:19:13): *Peola rushes towards the Zentradi commander, kicking off debris to build up more speed before seeking to get in the middle of them and cause chaos to their formation with a wild 360 degree swing!+
VJockey (15:19:22): (that was my support defend)
tengusaur (15:19:26): Enemy List: Gnerl x3, Regult x10, Regult light missile x2, Regult heavy missile x2, Glaug x2, Nousjadeul-Ger x2, Nousjadel-Ger commander type, Thuverl-Salan (damaged), Humbaba (3 layers)
cubey@aol.pl (15:19:41): Burns appear on Ren's body - not a pretty sight which fortunately others can't see.
VJockey (15:19:55): "...At least it can't get any worse...."
tengusaur (15:21:36): The whole Macross shakes! Pinpoint barriers provide defense against the sonic attack, but they can't cover the ship's whole surface. At least the third barrier, combined with Poela rushing in to cause physical interference, protects against the enemy fire and the sensors are fine!
tengusaur (15:21:47): The Zentraedi units scatter to avoid Peola's strikes.
TormTerra (15:21:58): * Goddamnit. She'd hoped Humbaba would at least have been slowed by that. At least it was focusing on something else, giving her more freedom to try to do something. Moving around the battlefield as well as she could, she hit upon the Glaugs. Firing a powerful deluge more aimed at pushing than cutting she knocked them towards Humbaba. "Hey, Humbaba, please accept these giant power armors." +
cubey@aol.pl (15:22:43): Ren: "I..." Hard to breathe. Ren won't die from something like this but it's still unpleasant.
cubey@aol.pl (15:22:59): Ren: "I have a gift for you too, Humbaba. Do you mind... if I call you that?"
tengusaur (15:23:09): Humbaba: "What you have?!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:23:20): Ren: "Please accept the gift..."
cubey@aol.pl (15:23:23): "Of my love!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:24:26): The Genoace is emanating disgustinly positive energy - for people who can detect this kind of thing.
VJockey (15:24:53): *Peola unsheaths her sword once more, the blade held out in challenge to the Zentradi commander before she moves in to let loose at it with a brutal ki empowered pommel strike!&
tengusaur (15:25:05): Humbaba: "Yes! Accept! Bow down and worship Humbaba!!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:25:41): Ren: "It's not worship. It's love... love is unconditional, and equal."
cubey@aol.pl (15:25:45): Still, Humbaba accepted.
peter kampschroeder (15:25:50): Gloval: "..."
tengusaur (15:25:55): The two Glaugs are pushed towards Humbaba... Who grabs them and then throws them into Enki's direction with great might! Looks like he's not above using his gifts as projectiles.
frifreeman (15:26:24): Kakizaki: Can we gift the giant space dragon seven bullets?
tengusaur (15:26:30): Still... Between the gift of power armor and love (bleugh, so cliche), there's only one layer of Humbaba's aura left!
tengusaur (15:26:33): (Alexandra react)
VJockey (15:27:35): "We only need to give him one more..."
tengusaur (15:28:01): Peola's attack is noticed by the enemy commander, who moves away from the initial strike, suddenly drawing two laser pistols and firing a big barrage of beams at her, point blank! (react/continue)
tengusaur (15:28:06): (Ren and Gloval can also move)
cubey@aol.pl (15:28:24): # Peola (going to combine with the action)
TormTerra (15:28:28): * Okay, that wasn't the plan. Suddenly finding the power armors returning her way, Alex fired another powerful deluge at them aiming at pushing them away from her. As she did so, she also fired another quick jet to knock herself out of their way. +
tengusaur (15:28:31): (go for it)
VJockey (15:28:51): (will let Cubey do the thing so I can better move)
cubey@aol.pl (15:29:15): Ren: "I do not discriminate. My love is meant for everyone. Yes, even you. Even if you are not willing to receive it."
cubey@aol.pl (15:29:27): *Suddenly the Genoace leaps at the commander unit from behind and tries to grab it!
cubey@aol.pl (15:29:43): Ren: "I believe we could understand each other rather than fight, but it requires both sides' cooperation."
peter kampschroeder (15:30:02): Misa: "...All pilots, please evacuate sector 1-blue." Oh, hey, that's the one right in front of the ship.
cubey@aol.pl (15:30:43): *While one hand tries to do its best to twist the enemy's limbs, Genoace raises its stabby heat rod - and drops it in a thrust at the arms, hoping to disable them!+
tengusaur (15:31:09): The Glaugs fire a few shots at Enki as they are thrown forward, but it's nothing the tough god can't take. None of them reach him, too - Alexandra's attack pushes them away, causing them to smash into Humbaba! One of them blows up.
cubey@aol.pl (15:31:13): Ren: "Please understand me. I would not fight if there was no other choice!"
VJockey (15:32:23): *Peola brings her sword in front of the shots to cut the beams! However as Ren has taken ahold of the enemy commander Peola can't exactly attack normally... so she resheaths the blade and proceeds to attempt to punch out all of the Commander's weapons! She attempts to channel ki into the arms... arcs of blue sweeping through them... and then fizzling out halfway. Peola just curses softly. Regular robot punches then.+
tengusaur (15:35:01): Ren and the Zentraedi commander engage in grappling as each is trying to overpower the other! This results in a few of the laser shots hitting the Genoace and Regalis, but nowhere near as many as there are fired.
tengusaur (15:35:28): And then, the enemy's arm is hit by the rod. And Peola's machine punches him straight on, sending him flying backwards!
tengusaur (15:35:41): In fact, Ren's Genoace is sent flying back as well!
tengusaur (15:36:11): (this attack will be fully resolved in a moment)
tengusaur (15:36:54): (Fumbles still has to move)
cubey@aol.pl (15:38:14): Ren: "Aaah!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:38:27): Desperately trying to regain balance as the two units fly off.
cubey@aol.pl (15:38:30): "Don't worry about me!"
tengusaur (15:38:45): (Gloval as well)
VJockey (15:41:17): "....................."
VJockey (15:41:20): "Too late."
VJockey (15:41:23): "WORRYING!"
frifreeman (15:42:24): "Hey Humbaba! I'm giving you the most beautiful gift of all. I'm giving you... a gift of song! Listen to my song!" Kakizaki starts to sing as he shoots zentradi's power armor left and right. "MY BOYFRIEND IS A PILOT~"+
peter kampschroeder (15:42:58): *Gloval: "That's it! Now!" Misa: "Macross Cannon-Fire!" Humbaba is perhaps going to regret his choice of attacking the macross-as now its main gun fires!+
peter kampschroeder (15:43:46): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvOs9gpnPRo
tengusaur (15:44:13): (any specific target Gloval?)
peter kampschroeder (15:44:26): (The space dragon stuck on his prow)
tengusaur (15:45:07): Kakizaki's singing is awful. You'd think the fact that it's combined with Regults around him exploding would help...
tengusaur (15:45:09): But it doesn't.
tengusaur (15:45:32): The Zentraedi must think the same, because after he takes down 5 of them, the rest try to surround him and catch him in a crossfire of shots.
tengusaur (15:45:34): (react)
tengusaur (15:45:36): But...
tengusaur (15:45:48): Humbaba: "I accept your gift!!"
tengusaur (15:46:04): The monster's last aura disappears!
tengusaur (15:46:12): And then it gets hit head-on by the Macross Cannon!
tengusaur (15:46:16): It roars in anger and pain!
tengusaur (15:46:28): But when the shot disappears...
tengusaur (15:46:55): Humbaba is still standing there. But its body is scorched, and there are many wounds on it, bleeding nasty-looking acid.
tengusaur (15:46:59): It looks pissed.
peter kampschroeder (15:47:53): Gloval: "Tenacious, isn't he..."
tengusaur (15:48:01): Humbaba: "You die now!!"
tengusaur (15:48:37): The attack comes from another direction though... The heavy missile Regults, and the enemy battleship, fire a swarm of rockets at the Macross! (react)
tengusaur (15:48:44): And to make it worse...
tengusaur (15:48:59): The enemy commander's boosters turn on, and he changes his trajectory!
tengusaur (15:49:25): The Nousjadeul-Ger, and the Genoace, smash into SDF Macross' sensors like a cannonball!
tengusaur (15:49:31): Then they separate, floating in opposite directions.
tengusaur (15:49:54): The Nousjadeul-Ger looks damaged, and rather seriously... But the same can be said about the sensors.
tengusaur (15:50:11): The enemy commander doesn't say anything, but you can almost see the smugness emanating from his machine.
peter kampschroeder (15:50:45): *Kim: "Oh no!" The ship responds to to the heavy missile regults with more shots from its railguns-some aimed at the launchers, others at the missiles themselves, while the barriers try to cover whatever gets through.
cubey@aol.pl (15:51:17): There's a pained grunt coming from Ren's Genoace, and then silence.
tengusaur (15:51:29): The regults are destroyed, but a few of the missiles explode on the Macross' surface regardless. It's hard to fight well without sensors!
tengusaur (15:51:37): (Kakizaki, Peola, go)
tengusaur (15:52:02): Enemy List: Gnerl x3, Regult x10, Regult light missile x2, Glaug x1 (damaged), Nousjadeul-Ger x2, Nousjadel-Ger commander type (damaged), Thuverl-Salan (damaged), Humbaba (damaged)
tengusaur (15:52:09): (Kakizaki still has to make his react)
frifreeman (15:52:14): Kakizaki:" I LOVE YOU YOU LOVE ME ow ow ow...." Kakizaki can't hold his concentration as he tries to dodge ALL the bullets by doing crazy barrel rolls left and right.+
tengusaur (15:52:19): (also make that 5 normal Regults)
tengusaur (15:52:49): A few of the shots leave scorch marks on Kakizaki's armor, but he manages to dodge the vast majority of them, luckily.
peter kampschroeder (15:54:04): Shammy: "Aaaah, this is no good! I can't see anything!"
VJockey (15:55:40): "Ren?"
VJockey (15:55:43): "Ren?!"
frifreeman (15:56:07): Kakizaki: "And this way, I can't fly much longer!" Kakizaki will try though. he switch into Gerwalk mode, spin backward as he flies, and fire missiles toward the enemies he left behind that he had just dodge shots from.+
tengusaur (15:59:18): A chain of explosions blows up behind Kakizaki, devouring four of the Regults. But watch out, there are still some enemies left - Gnerls and missile Regults fire their own rockets at him! And to make it worse, Humbaba spits out a large ball of fire towards all of this! (react)
cubey@aol.pl (15:59:24): The Genoace's arm lifts.
cubey@aol.pl (15:59:35): It waves at Peola.
cubey@aol.pl (15:59:39): Well, slightly.
VJockey (15:59:56): "... I'm going to get you out of here Ren..."
VJockey (16:00:07): "Just give me a bit."
VJockey (16:01:26): *Well this isn't good! Still... Peola has a job to do here... so she ties the Genoace to the Regalis Filia's back with her scarf and moves back to the Macross, sending a Horizon Edge at the Regults to disuade them from following!+
frifreeman (16:01:30): Kakizaki. "Uwaah!" He won't try to counter attack any of this, he'll just fly as fast as he can as far away as there.+
tengusaur (16:02:38): The ball of fire explodes behind Kakizaki, devouring the missiles. Getting away from them as fast as he can is a smart move.
tengusaur (16:03:12): The Regults scatter, Peola's attack keeping all of them away.
tengusaur (16:03:21): But there is one enemy who is not being kept away!
tengusaur (16:04:30): The enemy commander moves in again, suddenly appearing from behind a piece of debris! His shoulder-mounted plasma cannon is already charged up, and sends a few shot at Regalis Filia! (react)
tengusaur (16:04:41): (Ren and Gloval can move)
tengusaur (16:05:30): (Alexandra can move too)
VJockey (16:05:50): *To which Peola honestly has absolutely no time or patience to deal with, so she pumps as much ki into her sword as she could without breaking it to return the shot right back to sender!!+
cubey@aol.pl (16:06:19): *As the commander appears from behind cover - the Genoace's arm is raised already. In its grip, a DODS Gun. Ren focuses, overcoming the painful sensation just for a second - and fires!+
peter kampschroeder (16:06:22): *The macross keeps up its barrage, but the primary beam cannons don't go for the zentraedi-instead, their massive beams are aimed at the enemy space dragon.+
tengusaur (16:07:44): In a timely tradition, Peola hits the enemy's shot and deflects it, sending it flying back to the leader! This, combined with Ren's shot, hits the Nousjadeul-Ger - neither attack is a direct hit, but the damage accumulates, and the enemy flees before his damage becomes critical!
cubey@aol.pl (16:08:19): Thumbs up.
TormTerra (16:09:03): * And there went Humbaba's final aura. Thank god the monster was an utter moron or they'd have been entirely screwed. Following up on that thought, Alex used the fact that nobody appeared to be targeting her to zip behind the largest asteroid nearby to fling it towards Humbaba as well. Managing to nudge it enough to get true momentum knocked her back once again, even as she tried to brace herself with jets of water firing in the other direction. Hopefully it was worth it, at least. +
VJockey (16:09:20): [Thumbs up right back.]
tengusaur (16:10:09): Humbaba is scorched by plasma shots flying into its direction and hitting its limbs directly! Then the monster gets hit by an asteroid as well, which shatters, leaving several more bloody wounds on its body!
tengusaur (16:11:24): Humbaba roars in anger and rushes towards Enki, trying to claw at it with its massive arms, and smash it into Macross' surface - and then breathe fire at both! Also, its blood is acidic and burns through anything in contact, as it turns out. You should do something about this as well!
tengusaur (16:11:30): (Alexandra, Gloval, react)
peter kampschroeder (16:12:41): *Being a ship that's not extremely mobile, the Macross has an answer to this problem-and the answer is missiles. A lot of missiles.+
TormTerra (16:13:50): * Rather than try to somehow block the blow, Alex pushed herself down and hopefully out of the way of the blow and the fire, as she went below Humbaba. As she did so, she raised Enki's arm to fire a single jet of water up at the monster, while also pushing herself away to give her some distance. +
tengusaur (16:14:22): Many of the missiles don't hit. It's hard aiming when your sensors are damaged...
tengusaur (16:14:27): But some do!
tengusaur (16:15:35): Humbaba's claws dig into Enki's body, and his blood burns into both Enki and the Macross... But then missiles explode on its scaly skin, and the powerful stream of water hits it like a typhoon, pushing it far away and smashing it into a nearby piece of debris!
tengusaur (16:15:44): Humbaba looks heavily wounded now...
tengusaur (16:15:48): But he's still going.
tengusaur (16:16:14): The monster roars, baring its bloody teeth and shattering nearby asteroids with its sonic shout.
TormTerra (16:16:39): Alex: "We almost have him." Hopefully at least, another attack like that and she might be done for herself
peter kampschroeder (16:16:40): Claudia: "Of all the times to lose our sensors..."
tengusaur (16:17:32): Without its sensors the Macross cannot fight very well. But is there something that can be done about it?
peter kampschroeder (16:20:35): Misa: "...Captain! Please let me repair the external sensors!" Gloval: "...What?" Misa: "I studied engineering in the academy! Please, let me help!" Gloval: "...alright then, suit up and assist the engineers. Millione, please take over for Hayase." Shammy: "Yes, captain!"
tengusaur (16:21:17): Looks like there's a way to do it after all!
tengusaur (16:21:46): Just a moments after that, an ELINT craft launches, its purpose to repair the damaged sensors!
tengusaur (16:21:50): But...
tengusaur (16:22:02): This unit is unarmed.
tengusaur (16:22:13): Is it a good idea to let it go on its own?
tengusaur (16:26:15): Fresh enemy reinforcements appear! They're a group of Regults, heading towards the ELINT craft!
frifreeman (16:26:21): "It's definitely not a good idea to go alone. I'll escort you" Kakizaki flies to follow Misa's ELINT
tengusaur (16:26:24): It's not too late to intercept them, however!
VJockey (16:26:31): "We're counting on you Kakizaki!"
tengusaur (16:26:47): (people who are escorting, do a # and then react to that)
VJockey (16:26:57): [Peola moves to help out Alex.]
tengusaur (16:27:05): (people who are fighting the Zentradei or Humbaba, go now!)
tengusaur (16:28:30): (this includes the Macross, if you so desire)
VJockey (16:28:35): *Peola readies her blade before rushing at Humbaba with great speed, her goal? To cleave through as much of it as she could!+
peter kampschroeder (16:28:58): (Let's not shoot at the space where some allies are swording while also having accuracy penalties)
cubey@aol.pl (16:29:22): *From Regalis Filia's back, the Genoace fires like a back-reaching turret. Spiralling beam shots fly haphazardly through space, sowing chaos and disarray through the Zentradi ranks.+
TormTerra (16:30:28): * "We'll keep Humbaba and the enemies already there off of you." Alex called out to Kakizaki as she prepared to do just that. Focusing on speed of her attack, rather than power, she fired a quick succession of jets against the giant monster, making sure to target somewhere Peola wasn't attacking. Between the two of them Humbaba should go down. +
tengusaur (16:32:19): The Zentraedi forces are kept away after one or two of them are hit by the flying DODS beams and blow up. This gives Peola and Alex an opening to charge at Humbaba!
tengusaur (16:32:40): The blade slashes right into the horrible monster, sending acidic blood splashing around!
tengusaur (16:33:11): Peola tries to cleave through the creature, but its skin is very thick, and that goes slowly... And its snake-like tail moves in to attack!
tengusaur (16:33:38): But then a barrage of water shots falls upon it, pummeling its body and leaving bloodt holes in it! Several of them hit the tail, severing it!
tengusaur (16:34:05): And then the blade goes all the way through!
tengusaur (16:34:10): Humbaba is cleaved in half!
tengusaur (16:34:20): Humbaba: "Ghh... No..."
tengusaur (16:34:32): Humbaba: "More treasure!! I want... more...!!"
tengusaur (16:34:45): The horrible monster's body explodes into acid!
tengusaur (16:35:24): shards of scaly, thick skin are flying around as well. Considering they're covered in acid, better not get hit by any of them.
tengusaur (16:35:37): And while this is going on...
cubey@aol.pl (16:35:53): Ren: "The real treasure isn't acquired like that..."
tengusaur (16:35:54): Kakizaki's interception keeps the Zentraedi attackers away.
cubey@aol.pl (16:36:10): The Genoace's radio is kinda operational now, though static-y.
TormTerra (16:36:21): Alex: "Depends on what you considers real treasure."
VJockey (16:36:21): "!!"
tengusaur (16:36:25): But, suddenly, several Nousjadeul-Gers emerge from nearby asteroids! It's your old (not-)friend, with reinforcements!
VJockey (16:36:36): "Right! We better get her back inside quick!"
tengusaur (16:36:58): Attacking from surprise, one of them kicks Kakizaki's gunpod away! Then they grab both crafts and start to scram!
tengusaur (16:37:24): Actually, all Zentraedi forces are in full retreat now!
tengusaur (16:37:57): The other parts of the battlefield aren't doing too bad - they have a few UG units helping out as well, and their Zentraedi enemies are escaping as well.
frifreeman (16:37:57): Kakizaki: "Wait what!? Lemme go!"
tengusaur (16:38:00): But!
tengusaur (16:38:13): They nabbed a few stragglers from the edges of the battlefield as well!
cubey@aol.pl (16:39:17): Ren: "Ah!"
tengusaur (16:39:42): The enemies quickly escape into their remaining battleships, which engage their hax engines and jump away, one after another!
VJockey (16:40:05): "!!"
TormTerra (16:40:09): Alex: "...Fuck."
VJockey (16:40:09): "Kakizaki!"
VJockey (16:40:17): "Crap..."
peter kampschroeder (16:40:31): Gloval makes a sort of low growling noise.
tengusaur (16:42:06): The good thing is... You should be able to track them down. But first, the sensors will have to be repaired.
tengusaur (16:42:30): The bad thing is... Why would the Zentraedi take prisoners this time, when they didn't do so in the past? What do they want to do with them?
cubey@aol.pl (16:42:35): Ren: "Why did they do it...?"
cubey@aol.pl (16:42:59): Ren can't say more though... the injuries they sustained mean medical attention is necessary.
tengusaur (16:43:03): We'll have to find out in time... And launch a rescue operation.
tengusaur (16:43:07): But for now...
tengusaur (16:43:10): MISSION COMPLETE