Mission 126 - Do You Remember Love?

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01[17:23] [@Cubey] The Boddole Zer fleet is in the Earth sphere. So is the Unicron.
01[17:23] [@Cubey] With their presence, very existence of humanity is at stake. But even if the enemy is overwhelming, you are not giving up.
01[17:24] [@Cubey] Everyone able to muster a defensive fleet, even if it was just a few ships, have gathered together. This is the Earth's final defensive line.
01[17:24] [@Cubey] But... that is not all they had in store.
01[17:24] [@Cubey] There is also Unity Group, which had a plan of its own...
01[17:25] [@Cubey] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyd8WxIOUY
01[17:27] [@Cubey] The Zentradi fleet is massive and there is too many ships to count.
01[17:27] [@Cubey] But even if it is a fair distance away, one ship still overwhelms them all in scope.
01[17:27] [@Cubey] Boddole Zer
01[17:27] [@Cubey] http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/dyrl/boddolezer.jpg
01[17:27] [@Cubey] The Boddole Zer flagship, 600 kilometers in width.
01[17:28] [@Cubey] And, even further away - Cybertron is under siege.
01[17:28] [@Cubey] The Transformer planet is under attack by Unicron. Unicron, who no longer looks like just a giant metallic sphere - but is still moon-sized.
01[17:28] [@Cubey] Just, a moon sized humanoid.
01[17:28] [@Cubey] Unicron
01[17:28] [@Cubey] http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/8/83/Unicron-UltimateGuide.jpg
01[17:29] [@Cubey] What is the course of action here?
01[17:29] [@Cubey] Commander Howe: "The first phase of our plan is simple. Clear a path to Unicron."
01[17:30] [@Cubey] Howe: "We are attacking from a flank, while the main defensive line holds for as long as possible."
01[17:30] [@Cubey] Commander Huffman: "Good thing the Zentradi and Unicron also don't like each other much, hmm? But the Macross's presence will alert them, so act quickly!"
01[17:31] [@Cubey] There are long-distance firefights between the ships in the defense line and the Zentradi already. It's but a skirmish since the main fleet is still around the Boddole Zer - but you can see explosions here and there already.
01[17:31] [@Cubey] There is not much time.
01[17:31] [@Cubey] Unity Group and the SDF Macross, move into the fray!
01[17:32] [@Cubey] Enemies (Only those that are very near to you):
[17:32] [Arach] Gloval: "Then it's our turn. All hands, battlestations! Prepare for combat, and advance at full impulse!"
[17:32] [Jockey] Kup: ... Never seen anything like this.
[17:33] [Aero] Willis: "This is the kind of enemy we were up against..."
[17:33] [@Steam] Selena's game face is set as she's looking at the fleet. It's big, but then again...
01[17:33] [@Cubey] Regult x too many to count, Glaug x300, Nousjadeul-Ger x200, Thuverl-Salan class x30, Quiltra-Queleual class x40, Quadol-Magdomilla class x20, Quiltra-Quelamitz class x60
01[17:33] [@Cubey] yes, no one said this is going to be easy...
01[17:34] [@Cubey] Initiative: Gloval, the Autobots, Selena, Hetepheres, Willis
01[17:34] [@Cubey] Gloval, Autobot team, Selena, go!
[17:34] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "Their mutual animosity is a small blessing indeed. Yet, we have no choice. There is not one, but two giants ahead of us to behead. Let us start the battle for the fate of Earth! Onward!"
[17:34] [@Steam] "... Zehiruts have beaten Zentradi fleets before, and we've beaten Zehiruts twice."
[17:34] [@Steam] ... Though at no small cost.
[17:35] [@Steam] "Elma, we're moving in!"
[17:35] [Aero] Willis: "Hopefully this doesn't work like rock paper scissors."
[17:36] [Jockey] Grimlock: Me Grimlock say... smash everything either way.
[17:36] [Arach] The macross moves forward at maximum acceleration, spreading CIWS fire and missiles towards the enemy ranks. Lisa: "Valkyrie squadrons, sortie!"+
[17:36] [@Steam] * The Soleares's thrusters flare up, the AS charging at the fleet's lines and letting the Stealth Boomerang fly, the weapon winking out of existence as it arcs around to catch unsuspecting mooks from behind.+
01[17:37] [@Cubey] The assault begins from the flank! Several squadrons of Zentradi units find themselves under attack, and they get obliterated!
01[17:38] [@Cubey] The survivors, before they can regroup and react, are cut down by the Soleares, with the VFs that take off from the Macross helping.
01[17:39] [@Cubey] But suddenly, two Nousjadeul-Ger squads notice the commotion and engage the mecha sized opponents with laser pistol strafing!
01[17:39] [@Cubey] Selena, Macross crew, react.
01[17:39] [@Cubey] Also
01[17:39] [@Cubey] Zentradi: "It is the Protoculture warship! Deculture!"
[17:39] [Jockey] *The Autobots sortie from the deck of the Macross! All of them open fire at the enemy ranks... with one exception. Grimlock had launched himself towards the Zentradi lines, Energo-Sword charged and swinging at everything that even comes into reach!+
01[17:39] [@Cubey] You have the capital ships' attention...
01[17:40] [@Cubey] Grimlock lands on a Thuverl-Salan class, starting to stab into its armor.
01[17:40] [@Cubey] The battleship fires anti-air beam turrets to try to fry the small target! React.
01[17:40] [@Cubey] Heph and Willis can go.
[17:41] [@Steam] * As those squads come, the Prism Phantom goes to work with a blinding flash of light and subsequent evasive manevuers!+
[17:41] [Arach] *Gloval: "Don't slow down! Continue the assault!" The Nousjadeul-Ger squads find themselves another target of the Macross's small guns, as it provides covering fire for Selena.+
01[17:42] [@Cubey] Selena is forced into evasive maneuvers... but fortunately the Macross's gunfire eases the strain on her, allowing the AS to get away.
[17:42] [@Steam] Selena: "Gracias, capitán!"
[17:43] [Jockey] *Grimlock snarls. As the shots go flying towards him he transforms into dinosaur mode to give himself a form more capable of weathering the incoming fire. What else does he do after that aside from tear the ship open even harder and unleash the scourging, flame-like roar of energy through whatever damage he made through the armor?+
[17:43] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "Unfortunately there was not enough time for Khaldun to send reinforcements against these opponents. But it matters not. Scaraber was sent to Earth with the purpose of being its guardian; a purpose it will now fulfill once again." Brandishing all four of its blades, Scaraber rushes forward, moving swiftly from one piece of space debris to another, and slashing at a Zentraedi
[17:43] [@Tengu] battle suit or a few with each pass. +
[17:44] [Aero] * Willis converts Quicksilver into a much larger weapon, extending both the blade and the hilt to form some sort of weird spear that looks more like a sword. With how overwhelming the enemy numbers were he couldn't take it lightly. Strahlend charges forward and starts to stab and slash at any Zentraedi he got near. +
01[17:45] [@Cubey] The lasers fly around Grimlock, most adding to the barrage that the space is full of at the moment - but some hit his body!
01[17:46] [@Cubey] It stops him, but not for long... the Dinobot bites into the hull, damaging it severely! Between this and the energy breath, the Thuverl-Salan's bow is wrecked badly.
01[17:47] [@Cubey] Hetepheres and Willis are charging into the fray, destroying remaining Zentradi battle pods and suits that remained in the nearest area.
01[17:47] [@Cubey] Unfortunately, others are alerted to your presence and arrive already! And also...
01[17:48] [@Cubey] The ships have taken notice of you - the gunships fire their cannons, and anti-air missiles are deployed to fly towards you en masse. Both react!
01[17:48] [@Cubey] However...
01[17:48] [@Cubey] ???: "Now is our chance. Gunner, fire!"
01[17:48] [@Cubey] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTZlfw8qH-M
01[17:49] [@Cubey] A blinding blast of shining energy sweeps across the Zentradi ranks, destroying several ships and shaking many more!
01[17:49] [@Cubey] Its source - the Shirogane's Tronium Cannon!
01[17:50] [@Cubey] Lee Linjun: "What are you waiting for? SSR, mop up the survivors!"
[17:50] [@Steam] Selena: "Oh hello there Captain Linjun."
[17:50] [@Steam] And to think she'd been just talking about him.
01[17:50] [@Cubey] Irm: "Handsome ace squad, here we go again!"
01[17:50] [@Cubey] Woolf: "I'll show you what an ace pilot can do!"
[17:50] [Arach] Shammy: "...Handsome aces...?"
[17:51] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "Here they are. Try not to look bad when the SSR are watching, Willis!" Scaraber starts evading between the incoming projectiles, cutting with its swords at the missiles to blow them up preemptively. Scaraber is protected by its golden, anti-physical Noble Barrier right now. +
[17:51] [@Steam] Selena: "Oh I'll give them credit where it's due, they live up to the name."
[17:52] [Fri] #
01[17:52] [@Cubey] Viletta: "That's not the official designation... nevermind. All units, engage! Watch your flanks!"
01[17:52] [@Cubey] The R-Gun, Grungust, G-Bouncer and others are moving on to provide cover from the Shirogane. And also...
01[17:52] [@Cubey] Approved!
[17:52] [Fri] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH6ZiySBy_w
[17:53] [Fri] And from the SSR fleet, a VF-1 zooms by alongside the So called handsome Ace Squad, shooting at missiles that are bristling toward the UG fleet+
[17:54] [Aero] Willis: "I'll try not to disappoint you, Zephyr." Strahlend's wings spread open and the machine starts to dart around to evade the projectiles. For the projectiles that he couldn't simply avoid the weird lance-sword was there to meet them to cut them down with the weapons nanothorn edge. +
[17:54] [Fri] ???" "Handsome 4, engaging enemies!
01[17:54] [@Cubey] Crowe: "Since when do we get callsigns like these..."
01[17:55] [@Cubey] Willis and Heph notice that the barrage going in their direction was cut in intensity pretty severely! You manage to escape the missiles, and destroy those that get too close!
01[17:55] [@Cubey] Thanks to the new arrivals.
01[17:56] [@Cubey] ???, Macross, Grimlock - go!
[17:57] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "...Now this is a surprise. I thought he is dead. Not a part of SSR. Especially not *that* squad."
[17:57] [@Steam] Speak of the devil twice-over then.
01[17:57] [@Cubey] The flanking attack is cutting deeper into enemy ranks - and towards Cybertron!
[17:58] [Fri] The VF-1 zooms in fighter mode, barelling in high speed and unleashing itano circus as it rolls, attempting to thin the swarm of minor enemies.+
[17:58] [Fri] A face pops in everyone's comm monitor.
[17:58] [Jockey] *With his target already severely damaged as it was he could leave others to mop it up. Elimination wasn't the goal here... clearing a path was. Transforming once more he kicks off the crippled Zentradi ship as he brings his Dual Rocket Gun upon the Nousjadeul-Gers to get their attention with high explosive fury!+
[17:58] [Arach] Vanessa: "Sir, squadrons Rose through Vector are in position!" Kim: "Reaction warheads are loaded!" Gloval: "FIRE!" Hundreds of missiles arc towards the enemy capital ships.+
[17:59] [Fri] "This is your chance, go punch through the hole we've provided"
[17:59] [Fri] And the face in your monitor is
[17:59] [Fri] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/2145281_zpsvwhysmfn.jpg~original
01[18:02] [@Cubey] The ship from which Grimlock escapes is one of many that suddenly are engulfed in explosions - reaction missiles!
01[18:03] [@Cubey] Zentradi capital ships are not heavily armored enough to withstand them. Though the smaller scale pods fly between explosions - several of them suddenly becoming targets of Grimlock and Kakizaki!
[18:03] [@Steam] Selena: "... Is that...."
01[18:03] [@Cubey] Irm: "Oh yeah, it's quite a story. You really should've been there to see it yourself."
[18:03] [@Steam] Elma: "Facial recongition matches. At least before the eyepatch, of course."
01[18:04] [@Cubey] The Grungust's eye beams shoot out at Regults that try to get on the VF's six - but more are coming.
01[18:04] [@Cubey] The Nousjadeul-Gers are armed most heavily, and fire impact cannon blasts towards Kakizaki and Grimlock. React!
[18:04] [@Tengu] #
01[18:04] [@Cubey] Approved, but which one?
[18:04] [@Tengu] (Fumbles)
01[18:05] [@Cubey] Go
[18:05] [Jockey] *Grimlock is going to manuever past as many shots as he can before transforming once more to apply several copious helpings of death by incineration.+
[18:05] [@Steam] Selena:"We'll have to settle for just hearing it. Some better time, of course."
[18:06] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "It would be a pity if a man thought to be dead reappeared only to be killed again. Bitles, support Hayao Kakizaki!" Scaraber extends its arm, sending 4 small insectoid bits flying from its armor towards the attacking Zentraedi suits, trying to throw them into disarray by providing cover fire with quickly firing lasers. +
[18:06] [Fri] The VF-1 loops in high speed, releasing flares intended to blind and confuses the pursuing, hoping that it could loop tighter than the pursuer and shoot it back from behind or above+
01[18:08] [@Cubey] Grimlock is moving past the shots, evading the impact cannon blasts at first - but there is simply too many of them! He melts a few battle suits, but them gets shot in the body, the glancing blast spinning him in space!
01[18:09] [@Cubey] Kakizaki is desperately dodging, but the flares help - and Heph's support even more so! He manages to outmaneuver a group of battle suits, and fires! Several are ripped to shreds.
01[18:09] [@Cubey] Selena, Hetepheres, Willis, go.
[18:10] [Jockey] Grimlock: "Remember... why... hate... fighting... in...Space."
[18:12] [Fri] ???: "Thank you, ma'am. Eventhough we've never met before I owe you one."
[18:12] [@Steam] "Well there's always Tesla Drives if worse comes to-"
[18:12] [@Steam] "-Never met?"
[18:14] [@Steam] * She'd worry about that later though, there were still Zentradi to take down! The Soleares shoots forward again, making a beeline for some of the warships. "Full power to thrusters Elma!" The machine's Blade Railgun is readied, chainsaw whirring to life as she stabs into the first ship and just speed along it before moving on to the next!+
[18:14] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "...Are you sure? Both you and your machine look oddly familiar. Though I admit that you showed much less skill back then." While having this conversation, she charges her laser staff briefly and then swings it, trailing its beam over as many Zentraedi enemies as she can. +
01[18:16] [@Cubey] A Zentran dropship's massive hull is stabbed into with the Railgun. Selena proceeds to cause a deep gash in it by moving along, and then moves towards a gunship - which cannot fire accurately due to threat of hitting its own, and also due to Hetepheres' lasers engulfing those, and other units!
01[18:17] [@Cubey] The breach is deepening and enemies are not given time to regroup.
01[18:17] [@Cubey] However... a veritable swarm of Glaugs, Regults and other battle pods is coming this way, firing madly with everything they have as they serve as reinforcements.
01[18:18] [@Cubey] This includes shooting lasers and impact cannons, as well as a large number of missiles, At Selena and Hetepheres. React!
[18:18] [Corel] #?
01[18:18] [@Cubey] Approved.
[18:20] [Corel] ???: "I can't lose to the Handsome Aces again...! Here goes...! Eryaaaaaah!"
[18:20] [Fri] ???:"Have we met before? Sorry if I offend you then, I seemed to have lost my memories. But this is not the place to discuss this, what you know about my past won't have any use if we die here."
[18:21] [Corel] *While those Glaugs and Regults are focused on the two UG members, a dark figure has managed to flank them, drawing a blade that is engulfed in flames and swung to cut across their positions!+
[18:21] [Aero] * Willis: "There's the opening..." Strahlend's thrusters ignite and the machine charges forward again, this time intending on landing on one of the gunships to start tearing it apart. &
[18:21] [Corel] ???: "Go, Kazan!"
[18:21] [Corel] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bktzWCevWI8
[18:21] [@Steam] * Any missiles fired would suddenly find their targeting systems thrown off as the Soleares's jamming kicks in (not good when she's still close to the gunship), and the Soleares takes the opportunity to break off!+
[18:22] [Corel] The dark figure in question: http://i.imgur.com/yXGqldh.jpg
[18:22] [@Tengu] Hetepheres lays more defensive fire with her staff, mainly towards the missiles, evading behind the hull of a freshly destroyed Zentraedi battleship. She counts on it, and on her own Silver Noble Barrier, to provide protection. +
01[18:22] [@Cubey] A familiar unit, using a familiar ability - but not one you parted with on friendliest of terms.
01[18:23] [@Cubey] Now it's helping Unity Group and SSR, thinning the ranks of attacking Zentradi with a fiery attack that works even in cold vacuum!
[18:23] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "Lost memory. I see. You have quite a story to hear later..."
[18:23] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "Is that a Kijin?"
01[18:24] [@Cubey] Hetepheres seeks refuge behind a destroyed gunship, while Selena evades away from it. While her jamming means she escapes the missile swarm, several small laser blasts strike against the Soleares in non-critical locations...
01[18:25] [@Cubey] Willis manages to land on the gunship, which is too pinned down by the assault to immediately respond. A nearby Thuvarl-Salan aims its guns at Strahlend - if it will have to shoot its own ally to end you, so be it! You have a moment to react - continue!
01[18:25] [@Cubey] Kakizaki? and Lenore, go.
[18:26] [Corel] Lenore: "Yes...? Did someone mention me?"
[18:26] [Corel] Lenore: "Ah, I'm not supposed to talk while the Commander is watching, so..."
[18:27] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "A Kijin indeed."
01[18:27] [@Cubey] Viletta: "... Just do your job." You can hear a faint sight from the R-Gun.
01[18:27] [@Cubey] Crowe: "Heh."
01[18:28] [@Cubey] Crowe: "Talk about troublesome, even as we're going to get overrun by deadly aliens."
[18:29] [Corel] Lenore: "Yes ma'am!" *The black Craft draws its right arm back - a motion that is mimicked by a larger, silver phantom arm that appears out of nowhere! The hand is covered in light, but only for a brief moment...
[18:29] [Jockey] Cliffjumper: "Overrun? Heh! That's just another word for having more targets!"
[18:30] [Corel] Lenore: *"Photon Line!" The unit throws a punch, sending six golden beams into the enemy formations!+
[18:31] [Aero] * "That was quick..." Strahlend stabs Quicksivler into the gunship and then fires a beam to create an escape path from the Thuvarl-Salan's barrage and destroy the gunship at the same time. +
[18:31] [Jockey] @Lenore with Cliffjumper?
01[18:31] [@Cubey] Approved.
01[18:32] [@Cubey] Willis deepends the wound he dealt to the capital ship before - the beam pushing him away while also destroying the capital ship! The enemy barrage misses him, only making the other enemy unit explode further.
01[18:32] [@Cubey] *Deepens
[18:34] [Jockey] *See the thing about fighting on the deck of a ship is that Cliffjumper could have an excuse to bring all his guns with him. ALL of them. As of this current moment he was hefting a cybertronian gatling gun and unleashing large amounts of bullets to take out any strays trying to avoid Lenore's attacks!+
01[18:34] [@Cubey] The first lines of Glaugs and Regults are destroyed by golden beams!
[18:34] [Jockey] Cliffjumper: "Make it easier on yourselves and just fly into the light! You won't have to deal with me that way!"
01[18:35] [@Cubey] Further Regults try to back off while firing large missiles from assorted launchers... but Cliffjumper has that handled! A barrage forces several of them away, and others are obliterated.
01[18:36] [@Cubey] (not-Kakizaki still can go)
01[18:36] [@Cubey] Something is happening behind you.
01[18:36] [@Cubey] The hole left behind by the vanguard is being filled as more allies move in - a dozen or so Zentradi ships, but friendly ones!
03[18:37] * AldoSalt (490810aa@m-18-4-13-527.hsd7.il.comcast.net) has joined #srwumission126
01[18:39] [@Cubey] Britai: "Do not lose your determination. The Britai fleet is allied with microns of Earth Sphere, we will stand with you to the end."
01[18:40] [@Cubey] Exedol: "Culture allows you to perform some amazing feats, doesn't it?"
[18:40] [Fri] ???" "I don't know who you know me as before, but my callsign in this mission is Handsome 4. But you can call me Ben if you'd like"
[18:41] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "Your assistance is appreciated. Join us in this dance of death!"
[18:42] [Corel] Lenore: "We're going to need everyone that can help for this..."
01[18:43] [@Cubey] Britai: "As of now, we are entering stage two of the plan your Commanders came up with."
[18:43] [Fri] Ben zooms forward in fighter mode, thruster fires in maximum capacity in front of the others. Then after he's deep enough inside enemy line, the VF transform into battroid mode, and start spinning around, shooting the surrounding enemies with its weapon, like a flowery explosion of bullets and missiles.+
01[18:44] [@Cubey] The reckless maneuver destroys Zentradi units closest to the VF - and while others try to counter attack or evade the fire, suddenly they are under fire of their own, and obliterated!
01[18:44] [@Cubey] The Boddole fleet enemies are encroaching on your position.
01[18:44] [@Cubey] However...
01[18:45] [@Cubey] Unicron noticed it. His colossal face towards them - and breathes green fire, annihilating everything on the flame's path!
01[18:45] [@Cubey] Moreover, smaller minions fly from his direction into the fray, destroying everything on their way. This is what helped Ben.
01[18:45] [@Cubey] But...
01[18:46] [@Cubey] They attack not only Bodolza zentradi, but everything! One of the allied ships explodes!
01[18:46] [@Cubey] Britai: "Steady... hold your ranks!"
[18:46] [Arach] Vanessa: "That energy signature is off the charts!"
01[18:46] [@Cubey] Scourge
01[18:46] [@Cubey] http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/6/6f/DreamwaveMTMTE5-ScourgeFracas.jpg
01[18:46] [@Cubey] Sweeps
01[18:46] [@Cubey] http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/b/b1/FFOD3_Sweeps.JPG
01[18:46] [@Cubey] "Ben" is under attack by the Sweeps, react!
01[18:47] [@Cubey] New enemies: Scourge, Sweeps x80
[18:47] [AldoSalt] #Ben?
01[18:47] [@Cubey] Approved!
[18:47] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "Brace yourselves. This has just become a three-way battle."
01[18:48] [@Cubey] However, even as enemies move in your direction, Boddole Zer's massive eye is still centered at the Earth defensive line, the flagship slowly but surely moving towards it as its numbers falter little by little.
[18:48] [AldoSalt] *In a mission filled with spiraling waves of missiles, one more volley of rockets joins the fray. Arc Thorns to be precise, channeling currents of lightning between themselves as they fly through the incoming Sweeps!+
[18:48] [Corel] Lenore: "Ah, Mr. Ben!"
01[18:48] [@Cubey] Britai: "We will cover your rear. Your mission is to ensure safe transit of the boarding craft!"
01[18:49] [@Cubey] From Britai's flagship, a small shuttle-like craft emerges.
01[18:49] [@Cubey] It is of Zentradi design, however...
01[18:49] [@Cubey] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk2JyN6lM4M
[18:49] [AldoSalt] Dido Sybil: "No way am I letting you guys wreck the earth! It's where I get my coffee!"
[18:50] [Fri] Satisfied with his attack result, Ben transform back into fighter mode and retreat toward the relative safety of the fleet as fast as he can.+
01[18:50] [@Cubey] Shuttle pilot: "We're going to ram into Unicron. This thing is full of reaction missiles so I am counting on you to have my back, Unity Group."
[18:50] [Arach] Kim: "That's the plan?!" Claudia: "Well, it's something..."
[18:50] [@Steam] Selena: "-Ram?!"
01[18:51] [@Cubey] ???1: "This is not what I signed up for!"
01[18:51] [@Cubey] #2: "We are getting off first, right?"
01[18:51] [@Cubey] #3: "Come on, let's do it for her!"
01[18:51] [@Cubey] It seems a certain trio is on board the shuttle as well...
[18:51] [Jockey] Grimlock: "Not... like... have any other plan."
01[18:51] [@Cubey] http://i.imgur.com/eaNgbif.jpg
[18:51] [@Steam] "If it works then it works, but you better not be planning on making it a suicide attack?"
[18:52] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "I see the beheading is going to be literal. Let us protect the shuttle."
[18:52] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "A good time to enter the fray, my disciple."
01[18:52] [@Cubey] The shuttle accelerates forward - towards Cybertron, which also means the Sweeps are on the way!
01[18:53] [@Cubey] The Sweeps, ranks of which are currently disrupted by electric missiles, enough to allow the VF to get away.
01[18:53] [@Cubey] Dido, captain Gloval, Grimlock and the Autobots - go now!
01[18:53] [@Cubey] New objective, escort the shuttle.
[18:54] [AldoSalt] Dido chuckles slightly, rubbing her head sheepishly. "Well, Heph: I gotta represent my down brand of aerial bombardment!" ShelLancer flies forward on momentum, retro-jets firing as she follows the shuttle!
01[18:54] [@Cubey] Pilot: "Don't worry. I will not throw my life away needlessly while you still require my services."
01[18:55] [@Cubey] ???: "Insignificant..."
01[18:55] [@Cubey] Even in space, the power and scale behind these words hits you.
01[18:56] [@Cubey] Unicron spoke.
[18:56] [Arach] *Gloval: "That shuttle pilot needs a clear path. What's the status on the macross cannon?" Lisa: "All stations are reporting green! We're ready to fire!" Gloval: "Good. Keep up our artillery barrage, and prepare the cannon for firing. Once it's charged, shoot."+
01[18:56] [@Cubey] Unicron: "Insignificant, tiny beings. Your futile actions... do not matter in the grand scheme of the cosmos!"
[18:57] [Jockey] *Grimlock is soon charging the sweeps, swinging his blade at any he gets close to - seeking to land strikes that split them in two rather than injure. Accompanying him are Kup, Wheeljack and Bumblebee. The three opening fire to continue to draw any enemies away from the shuttle. The rest of the Autobots remaining on the Macross to keep it covered.+
[18:57] [@Steam] Selena: "If they don't matter, then just ignore us then."
01[18:58] [@Cubey] The shuttle is swiftly moving forward - Grimlock clears the path, with the Macross' anti air defenses hitting stray Sweeps and destroying them one by one.
[18:58] [Jockey] Grimlock: "Significant. Insignificant. Doesn't matter. Grimlock live as Grimlock chooses."
[18:58] [@Steam] "After all, if we're that insignificant, then wouldn't you say we're no threat to you?"
01[18:58] [@Cubey] However, the new enemy is much faster and more durable than Zentradi battle pods! The Sweeps swiftly regroup - with their leader taking the front position, they swoop down at the Autobots while another, much larger group approaches the Macross, all guns blazing at its most vital-looking components!
01[18:58] [@Cubey] React, both of you!
[18:59] [AldoSalt] Dido: "I've slain realities larger than you, metal moon! Bring it!"
[19:00] [@Steam] # Macross?
[19:00] [Arach] Gloval: "I'll show you what this insignificant being can do...Macross cannon, fire!" With valkyries engaging the sweeps nearby, the Macross cannon fires.+
01[19:00] [@Cubey] No need.
[19:01] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "Insects can fall an elephant. Do not underestimate tiny beings."
[19:02] [Jockey] *Well if that was the case, what other option was there other than a brutal melee? Fists and close range gunfire breaks out as the Autobots throw themselves wholesparkedly into a brawl with the sweeps!+
01[19:02] [@Cubey] The Macross Cannon fires - the beam destroying everything it reaches on an atomic level.
01[19:03] [@Cubey] The attacking group of Sweeps is obliterated, and so is everything behind it. It's like if opening a corridor in space, with nothing in it.
01[19:03] [@Cubey] The beam even reaches Unicron himself - hitting him in the chest.
01[19:03] [@Cubey] The beam sizzles against the devourer's ancient body... and then it's over.
01[19:03] [@Cubey] Unicron is...
01[19:03] [@Cubey] Barely even scratched!
[19:04] [Aero] Willis: "That's not good..."
01[19:04] [@Cubey] You hear deep, ominous laughter.
[19:05] [@Steam] "Maldicion..."
01[19:05] [@Cubey] The Autobots enter a melee fight with Sweeps - its leader engaging Grimlock, sending fists pummeling on his body!
01[19:05] [@Cubey] Scourge: "For Unicron, I command you to die!"
[19:05] [AldoSalt] Dido: "Hooh-boy..."
01[19:05] [@Cubey] And he gets thrown back by the Dinobot's mighty maul.
[19:06] [Jockey] Grimlock: "Me Grimlock command you to go first."
01[19:06] [@Cubey] The others are holding their own, but the Sweeps have superior numbers!
01[19:06] [@Cubey] They are slowly getting overwhelmed, and Cliffjumper's many guns are no use in melee.
01[19:06] [@Cubey] Selena, Hetepheres, Willis, go.
[19:07] [@Steam] Selena: "At least his followers know have the decency to get beat around."
[19:08] [Corel] Lenore: "That's really solid armor...his size isn't just for show."
[19:09] [@Steam] * And Selena'll try to help out on that front! The Soleares dives forward, gatling guns whirring before - "Elma! Magnum Tempest!" - suddenly spinning around, arcs of cannon fire hurtling out to strike down as many Sweeps as possible!+
[19:10] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "If this was not the case, the desperate plan would not be necessary. Keep up! We shall not lose!" Scaraber moves forward, drawing its electro-whip, grabbing one of the nearby Sweeps with it, zapping it with electricity, flailing it towards a group of a few other enemies and then rushing in to cut at them with two khopeshes in an X-shaped strike! +
[19:11] [Aero] * Willis: "Hopefully his head isn't as well armored." Strahlend joins Scaraber and starts to slash rapidly, unleashing several waves of energy out to cut through the Sweeps. +
01[19:11] [@Cubey] The Sweeps are scattered around, and away from the Autobots, many not making it.
01[19:11] [@Cubey] However...
[19:11] [Jockey] Blaster: "Nothing for it. We're going to keep on rocking as long as we can!"
01[19:12] [@Cubey] Scourge: "No! This is where your destruction comes!"
01[19:12] [@Cubey] They regroup and swoop down on the attackers again - some turning into alternate flight modes, resembling spaceships, but all firing at Willis, Hetepheres and Selena.
01[19:13] [@Cubey] With Scourge following up on the attack, trying to slam one of you into the others, and then shooting!
01[19:13] [@Cubey] React.
[19:13] [Jockey] #
01[19:13] [@Cubey] Approved.
[19:14] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "The helmet is probably as hard as the rest of his body. But there is a certain part of head that is, for almost every entity, the most fragile." She swings Scaraber's whip, trying to entangle another of the attacking Sweeps and then use him as a flail to throw Scourge's strike off-mark! +
[19:15] [Jockey] *Except with the Autobots now freed up from the meddling of the Sweeps they could fight back! Red Alert and Wheeljack send several rockets to intercept those that where in their more mobile forms... but as for Grimlock he was going to get in the way of Scourge with his sword drawn! Unleashing a mighty downwards swing on the Sweep leader!+
[19:19] [Aero] * Strahlend runs it's hand across Quicksilver, lining the weapon with a familiar coating. The weapon is then quickly spun in front of the machine, forming a rather simple barrier deflecting away any projectiles and hopefully ripping apart any of the Sweeps that got close. +
[19:19] [@Steam] * Leaving Scourge to Grimlock, Selena draws a Sol Razor beam knife, switching it to the whip Fencer configuration and lashing out with it again and again. Those Sweeps want to get at her? Well she's gonna play keep away with them!+
03[19:26] * Wandering_Orchid_Scholar is now known as Alice_Margatroid
01[19:28] [@Cubey] Soleares and Strahlend receive several shots... but they fight back! The Sweeps are suddenly knocked away by explosions of missiles, and Willis and Selena quickly counter with melee strikes.
01[19:28] [@Cubey] As for Hetepheres...
01[19:29] [@Cubey] Scourge knocks into the Scaraber with a mighty tackle - but while he tries to aim...
01[19:29] [@Cubey] Scourge: "What the?"
01[19:30] [@Cubey] He is forced to evade, Grimlock barely missing his aim to eviscerate Scourge. This gives Hetepheres time to slam him with another Sweep!
01[19:30] [@Cubey] Unicron: "Enough of this struggle."
01[19:31] [@Cubey] The giant opens his mouth once again, fire already visible inside it as he gathers energy for another breath attack!
01[19:31] [@Cubey] Kakizaki/"Ben", Lenore and Dido - go now!
[19:32] [AldoSalt] *"That's not good..." Dido fires ShelLancer's rockets to start veering out of the breath attack's radius. "Arc Thorns...launching!" She sends a volley of spikey missiles at Scourge's back, trying to pierce him with at least one...+
[19:33] [Fri] Ben: "Handsome Ace Squad, follow my lead! I might have lost my memory, but I know enough that when a giant enemy open itself to show a glowy thing, we should shoot at it!"
[19:34] [Fri] Ben fires all he has toward the giant mouth. Mostly vulcan bullets and missiles. Only vulcan bullets and missiles, actually since that's all he has. But there's a lot of it.+
01[19:35] [@Cubey] Crowe: "Is that it?! Come on, I saw larger world-ending abominations than you!"
[19:36] [Corel] *Lenore joins Ben in targeting Unicron's mouth, drawing her red revolver and infusing it with energy from that phantom right arm. "I liked you better when you kept that shut...!"
01[19:36] [@Cubey] The handsome ace squad moves up, firing what they have - DODS shots and a chest beam, all towards Unicron's mouth.
01[19:36] [@Cubey] Lenore joins in, but...
[19:36] [Corel] *Once the charge is complete, she pulls the trigger, sending a pair of seemingly ordinary looking bullets at the moon sized giant. These will explode violently after some time though!+
01[19:37] [@Cubey] The SSR's efforts are for naught as Unicron's mouth suddenly closes!
01[19:37] [@Cubey] And remaining Sweeps try to fire at your backs!
01[19:37] [@Cubey] Handsome Ace Squad + Kijin, react!
[19:37] [Aero] #?
01[19:37] [@Cubey] Approved.
[19:37] [AldoSalt] "Wait a sec–!" Dido blurts out. "If you've got memory loss...should you really be piloting?"
[19:37] [AldoSalt] #hunks?
01[19:37] [@Cubey] Also approved.
01[19:37] [@Cubey] (Feel free to combine with your action)
[19:39] [AldoSalt] *"Not a chance!" Dido shouts, changing source and flying into the middle of the back-shooting cloud of sweeps. She slams a hand down on her panic button. "Shell-Flak...erupting!" Shrapnel fires from every port in ShelLancer's armor, peppering the Sweeps like a claymore!+
[19:39] [Fri] Ben: "It's the kind of memory loss where I can still have all my skills but don't know who I am. I spend my free time questioning my identity while staring at night sky, really."
[19:40] [Arach] Kim: "Oh my GOD."
[19:40] [Aero] * "Heads up!" Willis aims Quicksilver towards the Sweeps and fires out a beam from the weapon, sweeping the beam across the...Sweeps to stop their attack. +
[19:40] [@Steam] Selena: "Seems to me like you've found your inner poet when you lost yourself."
[19:40] [@Steam] He's certainly more eloquent, she'll give him that.
[19:41] [Corel] Lenore: *"Crap...!" There doesn't seem to be much she can do, but her Craft's black scarf suddenly lashes out like a blade of its own to try to deflect those shots while she swings around to return fire!+
01[19:41] [@Cubey] Woolf: "Now it's time for the aces to make their escape!"
[19:41] [Fri] Ben dives away from Quicksilver's beam sweep, firing with his dinkier defensive laser if there's any surviving sweep (the robot, that is) that follow him.+
01[19:42] [@Cubey] Irm: "Guys, don't forget this thing's armor is not just for show!"
01[19:42] [@Cubey] The Grungust's arms are raised as Irm tries to tank the blasts... long enough for the retaliatory attacks to come!
01[19:42] [@Cubey] Irm: "Shame about the paint job, though..."
01[19:42] [@Cubey] You manage to escape, with minimal damage.
01[19:43] [@Cubey] And most of the Sweeps are taken care of, as well!
01[19:43] [@Cubey] On top of Unicron's massive face, something explodes.
01[19:43] [@Cubey] Bullets courtesy of Lenore.
01[19:43] [@Cubey] His mouth is closed, but something splinters from the face.
01[19:43] [@Cubey] Shards of glass-like substance - from his giant glowing eye.
[19:43] [@Steam] Selena: "Well well."
01[19:43] [@Cubey] Unicron opens his mouth - and breathes again!
[19:44] [Corel] Lenore: "Eh...?"
[19:44] [@Steam] "Someone should've been built with eyelids!"
01[19:44] [@Cubey] Without any warning, you have no time to react!
01[19:44] [@Cubey] However...
01[19:44] [@Cubey] You are not the target of it.
01[19:44] [@Cubey] The shuttle craft is!
[19:44] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "As I thought. The eye is his wea-"
[19:44] [@Tengu] She's interrupted by the beam!
01[19:44] [@Cubey] Shuttle pilot: "Hold on tight!"
[19:44] [@Steam] !
[19:44] [Arach] Gloval: "Evade!"
01[19:44] [@Cubey] The boarding craft is going to be engulfed by the giant breath...
01[19:44] [@Cubey] and at the last possible moment, it swerves to the side!
01[19:45] [@Cubey] However it is still on fire, its flank gone and its flight path destabilized.
01[19:45] [@Cubey] But it only accelerates.
01[19:45] [@Cubey] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjNVVmLCGQ&t=2m25s
01[19:45] [@Cubey] Shuttle pilot: "Follow us. We're going in!"
01[19:45] [@Cubey] The lolicon trio: "WHAAAAAA"
[19:46] [Corel] Lenore: "They made it out of that...?"
01[19:46] [@Cubey] The craft charges - and breaks through Unicron's cracked eye!
01[19:46] [@Cubey] The giant... roars in pain, smoke rising from the place on his chest where the Macross hit, but his hands go for the eye!
01[19:46] [@Cubey] The shuttle is entering Unicron's insides, but you need to help it!
[19:47] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "That pilot is exceptional. But he will not make it alone."
01[19:47] [@Cubey] The hole in the eye is easily large enough for most of you to make it - the Macross however has to remain outside...
[19:48] [@Tengu] Scaraber moves in, taking the route the shuttle cleared to quickly enter the giant's eye as well.
[19:48] [Corel] Lenore: "Yeah. He needs a hand!"
[19:48] [Fri] Ben: "I'm going in!"
[19:48] [Corel] Lenore's Craft takes off after the shuttle as well. Its scarf transforming into two batlike wings to help it along.
[19:48] [Jockey] [Grimlock is leading the Autobot charge into certain doom through the eye!]
01[19:49] [@Cubey] Due to Unicron being in a state of pain, his assault on the Zentradi fleet has ceased.
01[19:50] [@Cubey] The good news is that some of them are less interested in breaking the Earth defensive line now. The bad news...
[19:50] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "Captain Global. Britai. Hold the ground. We will be back as soon as we can."
01[19:50] [@Cubey] Is because they are going towards you, now!
[19:50] [@Steam] The Solares speeds to catch up everyone else to enter Unicron!
[19:50] [Arach] Gloval: "Rodger that. Come back alive, everyone."
01[19:50] [@Cubey] Britai: "Captain. If it is our last stand, then so be it."
01[19:51] [@Cubey] The allied Zentradi flagship and remains of its small strike force face the advancing Bodolza fleet ships.
01[19:51] [@Cubey] And on the inside...
01[19:52] [@Cubey] Unicron's inside is full of mega structures of unknown purpose. But they look vaguely biological, even if their surface is metal.
01[19:52] [@Cubey] Cables and oversized vein-like pipes everywhere.
01[19:52] [@Cubey] And under one of them, the shuttle has crashed. Fortunately it didn't explode.
01[19:52] [@Cubey] The lolicon trio are desparately trying to extinguish the fire on its side.
[19:53] [Corel] Lenore: "Is everyone there alright?"
01[19:53] [@Cubey] Pilot: "We need to locate a structural weak point. The brain perhaps, or a connection inside the neck."
01[19:53] [@Cubey] Suddenly, Unicron's body rumbles!
[19:53] [Jockey] Red Alert: "Do NOT let your guard down-!"
01[19:53] [@Cubey] Some kind of tentacles sprout from it, and the shakes send your units - and the shuttle, tumbling deeper down!
[19:53] [@Steam] Selena: "Elma, start scouting."
01[19:54] [@Cubey] However the tentacles try to grasp for you, and also some of them shoot lasers prematurely!
[19:54] [@Steam] "If you can find anything that seems vulnerable, we need to know."
[19:54] [Corel] The Kijin is trying not to mind the surroundings, until that happens.
01[19:54] [@Cubey] Gloval, Autobots and Selena, go!
[19:54] [@Steam] "Roger, scanning no- ah! Selean!"
01[19:54] [@Cubey] (The Macross is outside, but it has its own foes to deal with)
[19:54] [Arach] (which are?)
[19:55] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "Here come the defense systems! Or equivalent."
[19:55] [@Steam] * The Soleares does those tentacles one better, dashing in and past the tentacles to hack them down with her Sol Razors!+
01[19:55] [@Cubey] Incoming enemies: Thuverl-Salan x10, Qulitra-Queleual x12, Quadol-Magdomilla x8, Quiltra-Quelamitz x15, Regult x200, Glaug x120, Nosjadeul-Ger x40
01[19:55] [@Cubey] More incoming soon!
[19:56] [Jockey] *The Autobots despite their fall are quickly opening fire as best as they can while trying to seek some sort of hand hold or surface! All aside from Ratchet who attempts to aim himself towards the shuttle to assist with keeping its occupants alive and the shuttle in one piece long enough to be used+
01[19:57] [@Cubey] Ratchet is holding on to the shuttle, managing to somewhat slow it down...
01[19:57] [@Cubey] The craft's retroburners activate, making its fall even safer.
[19:57] [AldoSalt] Dido glances back and forth between The Zentradi foes and the eye of Unicron. "What would Optimus do?" She mutters to herself. "Heck if I know." She enters Unicron anyway.
01[19:57] [@Cubey] And Selena as well as the rest of the Autobots hack through the tentacles or shoot them, with minimal resistance.
01[19:57] [@Cubey] Almost like if they did not want to actually damage you.
01[19:57] [@Cubey] Only... lead you somewhere.
01[19:58] [@Cubey] The whole group lands in a new location.
01[19:58] [@Cubey] Around you, you see giant vats.
01[19:58] [@Cubey] Vats of molten metal.
[19:58] [Corel] Lenore: "..."
01[19:58] [@Cubey] Their covers are open so you can see what is inside them.
01[19:58] [@Cubey] And
01[19:59] [@Cubey] You can see what is being dropped into them.
[19:59] [Jockey] Ironhide: "Wha' in Primus' name are we looking at-"
01[19:59] [@Cubey] Transformers - dead transformers, Autobot, Decepticon, and unknown.
01[19:59] [@Cubey] Unicron is literally consuming those slain during his attack on Cybertron.
[20:00] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "...This is his stomach."
01[20:00] [@Cubey] ???: "All kneel before Unicron. Don't you see his might?!"
[20:00] [Arach] Shammy: "Captain! Incoming enemies-hundreds!" Gloval: "Aah, so the're rolling out the welcome wagon. Valkyrie squadrons-cover the macross! Engage the enemy capital ships in close quarters combat!" Valkyries swarm around the Macross, engaging the smaller zentraedi units-while the ship itself punches right into he bow of bow of one Zentraedi ship, then kicks another!+
01[20:00] [@Cubey] Suddenly, from the shadows someone fires.
[20:00] [@Steam] Selena: "... Big enough for his own dis-assembly line. Not surprising."
01[20:00] [@Cubey] Defend against the energy blasts, Selena!
01[20:00] [@Cubey] Cyclonus
01[20:00] [@Cubey] http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/a/a3/Cyclonus_G1.jpg
[20:00] [Aero] #?
01[20:00] [@Cubey] New enemies: Cyclonus, Sweeps x6
01[20:00] [@Cubey] Approved!
[20:01] [@Steam] * The Soleares dives to the side, hurling a Sol Razor at the attacker at the same time!
[20:01] [@Steam] ^+
[20:01] [Aero] * Strahlend leaps into the path of those blasts and starts deflecting the projectiles away from the Soleares and back towards the Sweeps and Cyclonus. +
[20:01] [AldoSalt] "What are these guys?" Dido blurts out in frustration. "Unicron Cultists? Or the equivalent of stomach bacteria?"
01[20:01] [@Cubey] The VFs initiate strafing runs, their pilots knowing well where to shoot to do most damage to the enemy!
01[20:01] [@Cubey] However, the Zentradi fire back, and more than one fighter turns into a fireball as it is destroyed.
01[20:02] [@Cubey] The Macross performs a not-quite Macross attack, but its mighty punch wrecks a capital ship - another one being kicked into a third, both destroyed.
01[20:02] [@Cubey] Of course the closest Zentradi ships decide to immediately start firing with everything they have, including large capital ship-level beams!
01[20:02] [@Cubey] React, Macross crew!
01[20:03] [@Cubey] Cyclonus: "As a Decepticon, I was weak. Powerless."
[20:03] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "When you are so large you consume moons and planets, you need"
[20:03] [Jockey] Ratchet: "Stomach bacteria wouldn't be that talkative..."
01[20:03] [@Cubey] Cyclonus: "As I lay dying, feeling my Spark escape me..."
01[20:03] [@Cubey] Cyclonus: "Unicron found me, and rebuilt me!"
01[20:03] [@Cubey] Cyclonus: "This is my new mighty form, for which I have nothing but endless thanks to give."
[20:03] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "When you are so large you consume moons and planets, you need minions to do more precise tasks for you..." (derp previously)
01[20:04] [@Cubey] The Soleares escapes, however Willis finds that Cyclonus' blasts are mighty.
[20:05] [Jockey] Grimlock: "Good for you. Kill you again. Make sure. You stay dead."
01[20:05] [@Cubey] He managed to deflect some, but roughly a third hit Strahlend instead, while the Decepticon... or is he? Sidesteps Selena's attack easily!
[20:05] [@Steam] Selena: "Willis!"
01[20:05] [@Cubey] Cyclonus: "Easier said than done. I am one of many. And from Unicron's minions, I am not even the strongest!"
01[20:05] [@Cubey] Hetepheres, Willis, "Ben" - go.
[20:05] [AldoSalt] "For stomach bacteria, they've sure been souped up," Dido grumbles.
[20:06] [Corel] Lenore: "I knew this wasn't going to be easy, but still..."
[20:06] [Aero] Willis: "I'm fine."
[20:06] [Aero] Willis: "You should be careful though, he packs a bit of a punch."
[20:06] [Jockey] Bumblebee: "Dido... please don't say soup."
[20:07] [Arach] *The Macross jukes as best its able, and focuses its pinpoint barrier right on where the heaviest enemy hits are coming through. Gloval: "Don't falter! Defend and then counterattack!"+
[20:07] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "They are not stomach bacteria. They are revenants. I shall make sure to heed your advice, Willis."
[20:07] [Jockey] [There's a cringe in the Yellow bot's voice as he glances to the vats.]
[20:07] [@Tengu] (enemy list?)
01[20:07] [@Cubey] Enemies: Cyclonus, Sweeps x6
[20:08] [AldoSalt] Dido: "...oh," Dido says. "Sorry, Bumblebee," she adds with genuine regret. "Can I make up by blowing stuff to hell?""
[20:08] [Jockey] Bumblebee: "Works for me."
[20:08] [Jockey] "just watch your aim!"
01[20:08] [@Cubey] The Macross's barrier holds, blocking attacks on one side.
01[20:09] [@Cubey] The enemies try to circle around it, to strike from another...
01[20:09] [@Cubey] And they are overpowered by beams - fired by Britai's flagship, as well as...
01[20:09] [@Cubey] The Shirogane!
[20:09] [@Tengu] * While others handle Cyclonus, Hetepheres turns around, opening fire with her laser staff at the Sweeps - the weapon fires repeatedly, sending a lot of bursts going into the direction of Unicron's minions. Hetepheres doesn't care much about collateral damage here, as long as none of the blasts hit the vats by accident. +
01[20:10] [@Cubey] Lee Linjun: "Don't mention it. I know how much of a help the Tronium Cannon is."
[20:10] [Arach] Gloval: "Don't worry youngster, I won't."
01[20:11] [@Cubey] Lee: "Hmph."
01[20:11] [@Cubey] The Sweeps scatter, Hetepheres frying two of them. She doesn't hit any of the vats, but...
01[20:11] [@Cubey] ???: "Someone, help!"
01[20:11] [@Cubey] You notice that some of the pieces of scrap metal that are making their way towards the vats are not quite scrap metal yet, and quite alive!
01[20:12] [@Cubey] But you have moments to react, and at the same time the Sweeps try to flank and fire at you from behind!
01[20:12] [@Cubey] React.
[20:12] [AldoSalt] Dido: "Ah, survivors!"
[20:12] [AldoSalt] #?
01[20:12] [@Cubey] Approved.
[20:12] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "...I am going to rescue them."
[20:12] [@Steam] Selena: "We'll have your backs then."
[20:13] [Corel] Lenore: "Go for it!"
[20:14] [AldoSalt] *Dido rushes in, grinding across the inner hull with a Shell-Boost. "I'll clear the way, Heph!" Down to the wire, she launches a volley of Arc Thorns at the conveyer belt system, piercing through several components and hopefully jamming it long enough for Hetepheres to get in!+
[20:14] [@Tengu] * Scaraber jumps up, ready to grab a few of the still-alive Transformers before they get dropped into the vat. Luckily Hetepheres' units has a lot of arms to spare! When it comes to defense, she relies on her armor and silver anti-beam Noble Barrier. Saving them takes priority. +
[20:15] [Aero] * "We'll start from the bottom then..." Willis takes the transformed Quicksilver in one hand as his nanomachines began to spread, gathering around the blade of the lance and reinforcing it. It's wings open up again and with a huge burst of speed Willis charges forward and swings the weapon down at Cyclonus. &
[20:16] [Jockey] @Willis
01[20:16] [@Cubey] Approved
01[20:17] [@Cubey] Cyclonus aims his short rifle - Willis charges quickly, but the Unicron minion stands fast. While frowning, he shoots at point blank range!
[20:17] [Jockey] *Cyclonus would find himself under fire from Red Alert! The Autobot Security Chief intent on clipping the Revenant's wings to keep it from escaping the attack!+
01[20:17] [@Cubey] React/continue
01[20:18] [@Cubey] Hetepheres' barrier manages to block the shots, though it starts to feel the strain. More importantly, the conveyers are stopped.
01[20:18] [@Cubey] ???: "Ah, thank you so much! I was just visiting the mausoleum, when... this happened..."
01[20:19] [@Cubey] You receive very frantic thanks from a Transformer sitting atop the belt, with some kind of devices holding him (her?) down. You don't recognize them, there aren't even any insignia.
01[20:20] [@Cubey] ???: "Paying respects to..."
01[20:20] [@Cubey] Behind the few survivors, you see... bodies.
01[20:20] [@Cubey] Bodies you recognize.
01[20:20] [@Cubey] Taken from the mausoleum in question, perhaps?
01[20:20] [@Cubey] You stare at the lifeless face of...
01[20:20] [@Cubey] Optimus Prime
[20:21] [AldoSalt] Dido freezes "Wait...what...how?"
01[20:21] [@Cubey] suddenly, a blink in the darkness - and a powerful beam shot flies through the air, threatening to shoot a hole straight through the Scaraber - and ShelLancer!
01[20:21] [@Cubey] React, both of you (again)
[20:21] [Jockey] #
[20:21] [Fri] #
[20:21] [@Tengu] Hetepheres: "...The minions of Unicron are not below stealing even the corpses of the dead... Watch out!"
01[20:21] [@Cubey] Approved "Ben"
01[20:22] [@Cubey] (The Autobots are supporting someone already)
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[20:22] [@Tengu] * Scaraber crosses its arms, trying to block the incoming blast with them and with the Noble Barrier . +
[20:22] [AldoSalt] *Dido, having frozen in that moment of shock, isn't as fast to respond as she should be. All she has time for is an attempt to raise an arm and shoulder plate to block the blast!+
[20:23] [AldoSalt] "-!"
[20:24] [Fri] Ben: "Watch out!" Ben fires a swarm of missiles at the ceiling, attemting to give the beam at least some debris to run through first+
[20:24] [Aero] * In the midst of his charge Willis suddenly releases his grip on the spear and shifts ever so slightly horizontally to avoid the point blank shot, at the exact same instant he catches his spear in his free hand in a reverse grip and drives the weapon into the chest of the former Decepticon. +
01[20:26] [@Cubey] Cyclonus has no intention of dodging! Red Alert's shot nicks him, but he continues firing at the damaged Strahlend!
01[20:26] [@Cubey] ... Which manages to avoid the hit.
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01[20:26] [@Cubey] Cyclonus: "Unicron... my master..."
01[20:26] [@Cubey] He stares at the spear in his chest.
01[20:27] [@Cubey] And then.
01[20:27] [@Cubey] The two of you are seperated from each other as things fall from above.
[20:27] [Steam] Selena: "Well now. Hurry up and die because we'd like to move onto his 'stronger' followers!"
[20:28] [Jockey] Red Alert: "Clades, you better be in one piece."
01[20:28] [@Cubey] Debris shot out by the VF pilot slowed down the blast, somewhat changing its route, but it still destroyed the conveyor belt, sending things and people on it scattering down.
[20:28] [Jockey] "I absolutely refuse to have anyone I know die in this thing of all places!"
01[20:28] [@Cubey] From the darkness emerges the one who shot the powerful blast.
01[20:29] [@Cubey] Megatron? No. It can't be.
01[20:29] [@Cubey] Galvatron
01[20:29] [@Cubey] http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/radicons-customs/27279867d1329569449-generations-galvatron-foc-galvatron.jpg
[20:29] [Jockey] Ironhide: "Megatron!"
01[20:29] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "Risking your own life to save others? You never learn, do you!"
01[20:30] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "That name is dead. I am now Galvatron, rebuilt by Unicron!"
01[20:30] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "More powerful than ever become!"
01[20:30] [@Cubey] On his chest...
01[20:30] [@Cubey] Worn on a chain around his neck...
01[20:30] [@Cubey] It's the Matrix of Leadership!
[20:30] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "...You used to be a leader. Now, you are but a servant."
[20:30] [Jockey] Wheeljack:"... No need to guess what happened to Starscream if he's got it..."
[20:31] [Corel] Lenore: "What's that...?"
01[20:31] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "Fool."
01[20:31] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "I have retaken the leadership of Decepticons already!"
[20:31] [Aero] Willis: "...I'm fine but he got away."
01[20:31] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "Unicron's power is mine to command. Witness how much it has increased!"
01[20:31] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "But first. The ultimate closing of an act."
[20:32] [AldoSalt] "...Megatron," Dido growls. "You put that Matrix down right this instant! Don't make me come over there!"
01[20:32] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "My ultimate opponent doesn't just lie dead. His allies will tremble as they see the fate that awaits him - and soon, them! Cyclonus!"
01[20:32] [@Cubey] Cyclonus appears from behind the rubble.
01[20:32] [@Cubey] He is flying up, towards the vat.
01[20:32] [@Cubey] And in his hands...
01[20:32] [@Cubey] Optimus' body!
01[20:32] [@Cubey] Kakizaki, Lenore, Dido - go now.
[20:33] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "...It is true I lived most my life risking it for the sake of others. This is how I will lose it, without a doubt."
[20:34] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "But that day is not today."
[20:34] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "And I will not let you feed anyone else to Galvatron. Dead, or alive."
01[20:34] [@Cubey] (And yes, Cyclonus is still severely wounded from the attack)
[20:36] [Corel] Lenore: "Some of this went over my head, but I'm not letting you melt anyone else!"
[20:36] [AldoSalt] *"Oh No you don't!" Dido fires another volley of Arc Thorns at Cyclonus, then raises ShelLancer's lance. "Taste my own storm, Cyclonus...Lance Shock!" A bolt of lightning leaps out and leaps from Thorn to Thorn, especially any that pierce Cyclonus!+
[20:37] [Corel] *This time, her Craft's left arm is raised, and the second phantom arm, covered in darkness, lashes out at Cyclonus. Black spheres are launched, not to do damage, but to blind the revenant!+
01[20:37] [@Cubey] Cyclonus is under attack - blinded and zapped, he drops Optimus' body and groans in pain and surprise!
01[20:38] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "Didn't have enough? Very well!"
[20:38] [Aero] #Optimus?
01[20:38] [@Cubey] Approved.
01[20:38] [@Cubey] He transforms into the form of a large beam cannon - which fires at Lenore and Dido, taking advantage of them targetting Cyclonus!
01[20:38] [@Cubey] React, both of you!
[20:39] [Aero] * Strahlend doesn't waste a second and moves to catch the body of the Autobot leader. The last thing he wanted was to let them desecrate his body further. +
[20:39] [Jockey] #Lenore& Dido?
[20:39] [Fri] Ben's VF stands up in batroid mode, lean forward, and run, rumbling step by rumbling step. "Do you need to understand more than the need to stop monsters from doing what they want?" Ben ducks under the beam and fire from under the cannon+
01[20:39] [@Cubey] Approved.
01[20:39] [@Cubey] Willis holds on to Optimus' lifeless body. You manage to secure it without any further harm.
[20:40] [Jockey] *There was the sound of screeching rubber as Bumblebee transformed and rushed towards Galvatron at full speed before transforming and throwing himself into a flying drop kick at the barrel of the cannon!+
[20:40] [Corel] *Fortunately, the same left arm has another purpose. Lenore quickly directs it at Galvatron and the beam he's fired, and a diamond-shaped dark barrier forms! Multiple layers emerge on top of that one as well!+
[20:40] [Corel] She doesnt know how well it will hold, though.
[20:41] [Corel] Lenore: "This is my first battle on this scale. I'm not letting it end like this!"
[20:43] [AldoSalt] *Dido Shell-boost left to dodges, and deploys a defensive Algorithim! "Thorn Barrier!" Arc Thorns fly towards Galvatron's beam-form in tight formation. She zaps them with a Lance Shock to create a web of lightning that'll absorb some of the beam's strength!+
[20:43] [AldoSalt] "I've got your back, Lenore!"
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01[20:46] [@Cubey] The multi-layered barriers and other defensive measures... are being overpowered by the beam, one by one!
01[20:47] [@Cubey] Galvatron's massive force powers through them like it was nothing!
01[20:47] [@Cubey] But...
01[20:47] [@Cubey] The beam is aimed too high to hit anyone - because the gun's barrel comes under attack by Ben's VF and Bumblebee simultaneously!
01[20:48] [@Cubey] You did not damage it that much, but you managed to dent, and somewhat deflect it. And also...
01[20:48] [@Cubey] The Matrix of Leadership, still on a chain, was loosened.
01[20:48] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "Graah! Off me, you tiny bits!"
[20:49] [Corel] Lenore breathes a sigh of relief at the beam missing.
01[20:49] [@Cubey] He transforms back to humanoid form and throws Ben and Bumblebee away!
01[20:49] [@Cubey] But...
01[20:50] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "Nooo!"
01[20:50] [@Cubey] With them, the Matrix comes flying through the air!
01[20:50] [@Cubey] Gloval, the Autobots - act now.
[20:50] [Aldo] @Autobots?
01[20:50] [@Cubey] On the outside, the SSR and the Britai fleet are holding up.
01[20:50] [@Cubey] But not very well.
01[20:51] [@Cubey] The Zentradi are coming to you in greater numbers with every passing minute.
01[20:51] [@Cubey] (Rejected, as no action was taken yet)
[20:52] [Jockey] *Grimlock is going to rush at Galvatron. Forgoing the use of his sword in the likelihood it would get wrested out of his grasp he's simply going to pummel the transformed Decepticon Leader with his bare hands!+
01[20:54] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "Yes. Come... come into embrace of your own demise!"
[20:54] [Arach] Kim: "There's really no end to them..." Gloval: "Well, at least we were told to expect that...The team inside needs more time. Pull back and maintain our barrage, see if we can't get them to spread out." "Rodger!"
01[20:55] [@Cubey] He blocks the first attack, and quickly slams Grimlock with a double-handed hammer punch!
01[20:55] [@Cubey] His speed and power in melee are exceptional, as he prepared for further attacks. React.
[20:55] [Steam] # Grimlock?
01[20:55] [@Cubey] Approved.
[20:56] [Arach] *Lisa: "Should we..." Gloval: "No-we're saving our final trump card for the ultimate climax." The macross opens its Daedalus arm, firing a wall of missiles at the oncoming Zentraedi-then it clumisly grasps another ship and throws it at the oncoming horde for cover while it backs off.+
[20:57] [Aldo] "The Matrix!" Dido exlaims, watching it fly through the air. "Someone catch it!" She urges urgently.
[20:57] [Steam] * She's a far cry from Grimlock's level of firepower, but Selena still moves in anyways, jumping up and over Grimlock to pepper Galvatron with gatling gun fire from above!+
[20:57] [Jockey] *Grimlock stumbles backwards from the blow, seemingly falling to one leg... then he transforms to unleash the blazing fury of his dinosaur form's breath weapon upon him! The other Autobots open fire as well, not letting up for a single moment!+
[20:58] [Jockey] Cliffjumper: "We'll keep them this oversized scraplet off your backs! Go get the Matrix!"
[20:58] [Aero] #The Matrix?
01[20:58] [@Cubey] Approved.
01[20:58] [@Cubey] Grimlock was getting pummeled - the breath forces Galvatron back!
01[20:58] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "Graah!"
01[20:58] [@Cubey] But the beam shots seem to do little more than annoy him.
01[20:59] [@Cubey] The missiles cause a capital ship in front of the Macross to bloat with inside explosions, allowing the unit to perform another battleship melee maneuver.
[21:00] [Jockey] Wheeljack: "I think we're just making him angry!"
01[21:00] [@Cubey] But even with the SSR and Britai covering you, the Zentradi manage to spread around - and they shoot large beams from both directions simultaneously!
[21:00] [Aero] Willis: "Hang on Optimus..." Being the only one free to move right now, Willis flies over towards the Matrix, reaching for it with his free hand. As long as he kept these two things away from Galvatron he would be satisfied. +
01[21:00] [@Cubey] Willis grabs for the Matrix...
[21:01] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "Angry, he is bound to make mistakes. Good catch, Willis."
01[21:01] [@Cubey] But he doesn't hold on to it.
01[21:01] [@Cubey] As Strahlend's fingers reach out to the Matrix, it begins to open.
01[21:01] [@Cubey] It isn't something you're doing. It is doing it out of its own volition.
01[21:02] [@Cubey] The shell around it is falling off, leaving only the Matrix itself, round and shining.
01[21:02] [@Cubey] Galvatron covers his eyes from the bright light!
01[21:02] [@Cubey] Selena, Hetepheres, Willis, go!
[21:03] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "...Did you do that?"
01[21:04] [@Cubey] The inside of Unicron is flooded with light.
[21:04] [Steam] * Well THAT's an inviting opening! The Soleares charges at Galvatron while he's being blinded, drawing its Stealth Boomerang short swords and slashing down at the Transformers arms. "What the matter, can't handle the light?"+
[21:05] [Tengu] * Taking advantage of the distraction, Scaraber leaps towards Galvatron, attaking with a wide, low strike with two of the khopeshes, aiming to knock him off his feet, and then following up by stabbing with all four swords at once. +
01[21:05] [@Cubey] (Oh yes, Macross needs to react)
[21:05] [Arach] *Gloval: "Defend!!" The macross tries to block those beams wih its pinpoint barriers!+
01[21:05] [@Cubey] Willis - you feel almost a kind of presence.
[21:06] [Aldo] Dido: "Willis...!" She exclaims, confused. "Did the Matrix react to your pure heart?" She pauses. "What am I saying?"
01[21:06] [@Cubey] But... it's not one meant for you.
[21:06] [Aero] Willis: "It's...not me."
01[21:07] [@Cubey] The Matrix needs a leader. One who is both worthy and of the Cybertronian kind.
[21:07] [Fri] Ben: "I see. So your heart isn't pure."
01[21:08] [@Cubey] Optimus Prime has perished. But...
01[21:08] [@Cubey] A Transformer's Spark, their soul, is as much a physical as it is a metaphysical concept.
01[21:09] [@Cubey] Galvatron is being temporarily overwhelmed by the simultaneous attacks.
01[21:10] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "I am not the old Megatron. My power... is INFINITE!"
01[21:10] [@Cubey] He is hacked down to the ground - but as the Scaraber stabs down at him, he tumbles to the side and fires up at point blank! React.
01[21:11] [@Cubey] The Macross is being attacked from all sides! The barriers hold, but they slowly grow weaker and weaker, and some minor shots and beams start moving past them, shooting into the ship's interior.
[21:12] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "Powerful or not, you are but a servant, and do not even realize it!" Scaraber raises its blades, crossing them in an attempt to block the incoming blast. +
01[21:13] [@Cubey] The force of the blast knocks the weapons off Scaraber's hands, the unit itself flying into the air, damaged heavily!
[21:14] [Steam] Selena: "General!"
01[21:14] [@Cubey] In the darkest hour, the greatest time of need...
[21:14] [Corel] Lenore: "Ah!"
[21:15] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "Ghh... I am not done... yet..." Scaraber slowly gets up on one foot.
[21:15] [Aero] Willis: "Heph!"
[21:16] [Arach] "Damage report!" "Sectors 3 through 13 are reading moderate damage! The J block has been breached!"
[21:18] [Aldo] Dido: "C'mon...we're not down and out yet!"
01[21:20] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "You are no match! Now give me what's mine!"
01[21:20] [@Cubey] He stands up, his opponents defeated, and leaps towards the opened Matrix - and the damaged Strahlend!
[21:21] [Aldo] #Willis?
[21:22] [Jockey] #
[21:23] [Aldo] (I bow out)
01[21:23] [@Cubey] Approved
01[21:24] [@Cubey] An explosion of light emanates from the Matrix of Leadership.
01[21:24] [@Cubey] What was taken can, in specific circumstances, be returned.
01[21:24] [@Cubey] Arise...
[21:24] [Aero] Willis: "I'm not letting you take the Matrix!" Willis stands his ground only to be interrupted by that explosion.
[21:26] [Jockey] *Galvatron would find his assault stopped by a hand. One that would meet his face with an almighty force. The Light of the Matrix was held in the free hand of...
[21:26] [Jockey] of....
01[21:26] [@Cubey] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSh73d3TZcA
[21:27] [Jockey] ( http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11116/111163466/4410355-4443454559-commi.jpg )
[21:27] [Jockey] Optimus Prime+
01[21:27] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "Prime!"
01[21:27] [@Cubey] He stares in shock - as Optimus' fist punches him away from the Matrix, Willis, and the Autobot leader!
[21:27] [Aldo] "Prime!" Dido exclaims.
[21:27] [Aero] Willis: "Optimus?"
[21:28] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "...Optimus Prime. You are alive."
01[21:28] [@Cubey] The insides of Unicron start to shake and rumble.
[21:28] [Jockey] "Never. Never will you harm another so long as I live."
01[21:28] [@Cubey] Where the Matrix' light falls, the internal structures start to fall apart.
01[21:29] [@Cubey] Better get out of here, and fast!
01[21:29] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "No! You dare defy me?!"
[21:29] [Corel] Lenore: "It's starting to come down...?"
01[21:29] [@Cubey] He raises his arm cannon again!
[21:29] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "Do not let your guard down!"
[21:29] [Aldo] #Optimus?
01[21:29] [@Cubey] Ben, Lenore, Dido, go!
01[21:29] [@Cubey] Also.
01[21:30] [@Cubey] Optimus, go!
[21:30] [Jockey] "This is the end of the road Galvatron!"
[21:30] [Fri] Ben: "Now! It's our chance!"
[21:31] [Fri] Ben dives and shoot at Galvatron's side at the same time wiuth his hand-held vulcan, matrix-style (or max payne style, if you prefer).
[21:31] [Fri] +
01[21:31] [@Cubey] In the outside battlefield...
01[21:31] [@Cubey] Suddenly, Unicron's form starts to shake and rumble as well.
01[21:31] [@Cubey] And the assault on the Macross... seems to pause a little.
01[21:32] [@Cubey] What is this feeling? It cannot be conveyed in words, except possibly one (If you're Zentradi).
01[21:32] [@Cubey] Britai: "Proto... culture..."
[21:32] [Jockey] *Optimus charges forward, refusing to be cowed by the weapon aimed at him. His arm transforming into its axe form... the light of the matrix empowering him, its blade shines to banish evil and its servants as he swings it at Galvatron!+
01[21:33] [@Cubey] Galvatron is distracted - rounds of gunpod fire hit his body. No, more than that - sparks appear on his torso, visibly damaged!
[21:33] [Corel] Lenore: "Right! Here goes...!" *Her craft's right fist slams into the already unstable floor of the chamber, accompanied by the corresponding phantom arm. From under Galvatron's location, a giant geyser of light erupts!+
01[21:33] [@Cubey] Galvatron: "Enjoy your own obliteration!"
01[21:33] [@Cubey] He aims the gun at the VF...
01[21:34] [@Cubey] and Optimus' charge swiftly strikes it down. The cannon arm is cleaved!
[21:34] [Aldo] *"That's it, Megatron!" Dido shouts. "I'm coming over to you!" She launches a volley of Arc Thorns at Megatron...which disguise her true aim. Triggering ShelLancer's rockets, Dido sours up...and then rockets down at Galvatron's head, both feet leading! At the moment of impact, Dido triggers the Shell-Boost mode, causing ShelLancer's feet wheels/roc
[21:34] [Aldo] kets to spin and grind in the Decepticon leader's face! "Give me Your Face!"+
[21:34] [Fri] Ben: "Good cleavage, mysterious autobot person!"
01[21:34] [@Cubey] Galvatron is hit from down and above simultaneously.
01[21:35] [@Cubey] Lenore and Dido's joint attack overall causes him to fall back, critically damaged!
01[21:35] [@Cubey] But...
01[21:35] [@Cubey] rubble starts to fall down on you!
01[21:35] [@Cubey] You need to get out of here!
[21:35] [Tengu] Scaraber gets up on both feet.
01[21:36] [@Cubey] "This way!" The Transformer from before waves at you.
[21:36] [Steam] Selena: "So much for a giant planet-attacking robot..."
01[21:36] [@Cubey] Behind, lies the shuttle.
[21:36] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "...There are a few other Autobots here. Let us make sure nobody gets left behind."
01[21:36] [@Cubey] The lolicons: "We had to remove the bombs to make place for everyone!"
01[21:36] [@Cubey] There is a pile of reaction missiles on the floor. Very dangerous.
[21:36] [Steam] Selena: "Not complaining about that at all."
[21:36] [Steam] Riding with bombs is, yeah. Dangerous.
[21:37] [Jockey] Optimus: "Then let us roll out!"
[21:37] [Tengu] Time to get out of here. As soon as everyone is accounted for, Scaraber gets into the shuttle.
[21:37] [Corel] Lenore, likewise, follows.
01[21:37] [@Cubey] Shuttle pilot: "I suggest haste."
01[21:37] [@Cubey] Shuttle pilot: "The missiles are rigged to explode in... hmm."
01[21:37] [@Cubey] Shuttle pilot: "Five minutes from now on."
[21:37] [Aero] Willis: "Time to go then..."
[21:38] [Aldo] Dido rushes towards the shuttle bay, tracking bits of Galvatron face onto the carpet.
[21:38] [Jockey] [Surivors, Autobots and Decepticons and unaffiliated alike rush towards the shuttle with haste. Like Hetepheres said. Nobody gets left behind.]
01[21:38] [@Cubey] The shuttle is full of people and various machines, almost too full to fit anyone in. Almost.
01[21:38] [@Cubey] Pilot: "Hang in tight."
01[21:38] [@Cubey] It takes off, while the insides of Unicron start falling apart!
01[21:38] [@Cubey] On the outside...
01[21:39] [@Cubey] Unicron: "No... it cannot be. I am... Unicron. I am!"
01[21:39] [@Cubey] Your foes seem somewhat confused by this turn of events.
01[21:39] [@Cubey] Somewhat, but their aggression picks up again as they start assaulting again.
01[21:39] [@Cubey] Now is the time.
01[21:39] [@Cubey] Macross crew - do it.
01[21:39] [@Cubey] Act now.
[21:41] [Arach] Claudia: "-They're all set up down on stage 1." Gloval: "Alright, let's do it. All friendly ships! Relay and boost the following signal! Anything that doesn't is an enemy!"
[21:41] [Arach] And, a stage rises in front of the bridge...atop it, one girl.
[21:41] [Arach] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdxm79enZps
01[21:43] [@Cubey] As the (entirely offscreen) love triangle gets resolved, the song begins to play.
[21:43] [Jockey] [Blaster transforms! Following the order to relay the song he acts as both a transmitter and radio as the song plays!]
01[21:44] [@Cubey] The song, whose tune was based on an ancient Protoculture creation, but reinforced with a modern composition.
01[21:44] [@Cubey] As Fleet Commander Britai said, almost all of Boddole Ger fleet troopers had no contact with Culture.
01[21:44] [@Cubey] Until now.
01[21:44] [@Cubey] Zentradi everywhere: "DECULTURE!!"
[21:45] [Aero] Willis: "..."
01[21:45] [@Cubey] Too shocked to act, whole fleets stand still.
01[21:45] [@Cubey] Behind the escaping shuttle, reaction missiles go off.
01[21:45] [@Cubey] The shuttle leaves Unicron's body, light shining through cracks on it, just on time.
[21:46] [Jockey] Optimus: "Wisdom and Love... two of the greatest forces in the universe."
01[21:46] [@Cubey] Unicron... explodes.
[21:46] [Aero] Willis: "The lyrics are a bit..."
01[21:46] [@Cubey] Howe: "This is it! Stage three! Stage three!"
[21:46] [Steam] Selena: "Well unfortunately I think explosions are going to have to finish what they start."
[21:46] [Corel] In her Craft's core, Lenore blinks as she hears the song. Her ears twitch too as she tries to see where its coming from.
[21:46] [Steam] "Unfortunate for the Zentradi, I mean."
01[21:46] [@Cubey] Britai: "All units, attack!"
[21:47] [Arach] Gloval: "Now's the time! Open fire! Make a path straight for the Boddole Zer flagship!"
01[21:47] [@Cubey] The remains of the defensive line are pushing forward, shooting at the Zentradi ships unopposed while they still can!
01[21:47] [@Cubey] Towards the Boddole Zer!
01[21:47] [@Cubey] Britai: "Captain."
[21:48] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "It is a bit corny, yes. But sentimental things are also a part of the cultural heritage of all people."
01[21:48] [@Cubey] Britai: "I am leaving the rest to the SDF Macross!"
01[21:48] [@Cubey] The allied Zentradi flagship is firing its main cannon!
[21:48] [Aldo] "Man...!" Dido exclaims at the sight of the explosions. "Talk about accompaniment..."
[21:48] [Aero] Willis: "No it just, hits a bit too close to home Heph."
01[21:49] [@Cubey] The beam flies through space - punching a hole into Boddole Zer's hull!
01[21:49] [@Cubey] A hole large enough for the shuttle - no, for even the Macross to pass through!
[21:49] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "...I see. Well then."
[21:50] [Arach] Gloval: "We won't let this go to waste! MACROSS! ATTACK!"
01[21:50] [@Cubey] Britai: "With Lord Bodolza's death, the battle will be won!"
[21:50] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "One of the titans is beheaded. Time for the second one. Let us dance the kind of dance I am much more used to."
01[21:50] [@Cubey] The opening into the huge and biological-looking battleship is inviting.
01[21:50] [@Cubey] But...
01[21:51] [@Cubey] As the shuttle approaches, something fires from within.
01[21:51] [@Cubey] Pilot: "You will have to take the rest of the way on your own. It's too hot in here."
01[21:51] [@Cubey] And who fired from inside?
01[21:51] [@Cubey] A squad of Nousjadeul-Gers is flying towards you, within the ship's spacious insides!
01[21:52] [@Cubey] Including one in ace colors.
01[21:52] [@Cubey] Quamzin: "I am not afraid of your Culture! I am immune to it!"
01[21:52] [@Cubey] Selena, Hetepheres, Willis, go now!
01[21:52] [@Cubey] (Actually the Macross can also move, since it only played a song and that is a free action)
[21:53] [Aero] Willis: "Fine then."
01[21:53] [@Cubey] Enemies: Culture-resistant Nousjadeul-Ger x30, Quamzin's Nousjadeul-Ger
[21:53] [Steam] Selena: "Well what do you think the weapons are for?"
[21:54] [Aldo] "Dumbnuts!" Dido replies to the ace. "All that means is that you've got no taste!'
[21:54] [Corel] Lenore: "You're only making this harder on yourselves!"
[21:54] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "Are you immune to blades as well? Scarab Power!" Energy emanates from Scaraber as its field intensifies! The beetle-tastic mech grabs its laser staff with all four arms and rushes forward, a very long beam blade emitting from the polearm! Hetepheres cuts through Zentraedi battle suits on the way with wide, sweeping strikes, the last one of them aimed at Quamzin! "Let us
[21:54] [Tengu] dance the dance of death!" +
[21:55] [Arach] *The macross moves straight into the hole, bow first, with its barriers reinforcing the front of the ship. It keeps up an AA barrage, but doesn't try very hard to engage the Nousjadel-Gers. It tries to run them down.+
01[21:55] [@Cubey] Three of the battle suits are caught in the laser blade and obliterated, but Quamzin dodges it by wild swerving.
[21:55] [Aero] * After spending a bit of time repairing itself inside the shuttle Strahlend is back in fighting shape, the machine explodes out following Scaraber. The angelic mech grabs it's lance and starts to slash at anything it got near, supporting the beetle mech. +
01[21:55] [@Cubey] Quamzin: "They are entering! Flank attack, now!"
[21:56] [Steam] * The Soleares becoming a dark blur as it flies at the ranks, and one of the Nousjadeul-Gers is going to find a Sol Razor plunging into its back as Selena brings out its Blade Railgun in a half-length grip for better handling in a close-quarters hackfest!+
01[21:56] [@Cubey] A group of enemies approach you - from outside, circling around the giant battleship!
01[21:56] [@Cubey] But... they promptly explode under fire from two units!
01[21:57] [@Cubey] Units that broke off from the, steadily advancing, defense line, and are now destroying the Zentradi one by one like it's nothing!
01[21:57] [@Cubey] One of them, a red Meltrandi-use battle suit, the other, a blue VF.
01[21:57] [@Cubey] Max: "I'm sorry for taking so long. I had trust in your success!"
01[21:58] [@Cubey] Millia: "Quamzin the Ally Killer! Why am I not surprised to find you here!"
[21:58] [Aero] Willis: "That's some skill..."
01[21:58] [@Cubey] Quamzin: "Traitor!"
[21:58] [Corel] Lenore: "...They're good."
01[21:59] [@Cubey] The Macross makes the hole a bit wider by passing through, and smashing several battlesuits on the way.
01[22:00] [@Cubey] Quamzin decides against attacking it, and quickly circles around Strahlend and Soleares, sending impact cannon bolts their way.
[22:00] [Jockey] #
01[22:01] [@Cubey] At the same time, Willis destroys the battlesuits that get too close, with Selena skewering them in melee range - so the Zentradi decide to back off and support their leader with laser fire! React.
01[22:01] [@Cubey] Approved.
01[22:01] [@Cubey] Lenore, Dido, go now.
[22:02] [Jockey] *See those incoming bolts? They were going to be fired at by Optimus Prime! Refusing to let any harm come to his friends after coming back from the other side he was going to deflect those shots with his own!+
[22:02] [Corel] Lenore: "We have to take down the leader, right? I'll do my best."
[22:03] [Steam] * Quamzin can fire all he want, Selena uses the first mook she backstabbed as leverage to spin out of the way... sending the machine flying at Quamzin too!+
[22:03] [Aero] * And with complete trust in Optimus shooting down those bolts Willis takes aim at Kamjin, a familiar shimmering cloud gathering around Quicksilver before he tosses the Spear of Devouring towards the Armored Suit. +
[22:04] [Corel] *The Craft exits the shuttle with its scarf in the form of those bat wings. It zips around with impressive speed as it targets Quamjin, or the units closest to him, with its handgun!+
[22:04] [Aldo] *"No point in holding back...Arc Thorns Launching!" ShelLancer spreads its shoulders mounts wide and empties its bins of Arc Thorns. They soar ahead of the Macross, impacting the laser-firing Zentraadi ahead. Then Dido raises her mech's lance to the sky, gathering a giant spark. "Lance Shock...Discharging!" Lightning leaps out towards the Arc Thorn
[22:04] [Aldo] s and anything near them!+
01[22:05] [@Cubey] Quamzin: "Heh!" He doesn't have his nickname for nothing. Seeing Selena use a human shield, he continues to fire regardless!
01[22:06] [@Cubey] However - his bolts are intercepted by Optimus Prime's attacks.
01[22:06] [@Cubey] Quamzin: "That's ridiculous!"
01[22:06] [@Cubey] The spear flies off towards his unit - the Zentradi commander dodging at the last possible moment, it only grazing his arm - but it is already getting reduced to component parts by the nanomachines!
01[22:07] [@Cubey] Quamzin's wingmen are getting electrocuted, forcing him to flee some more from Lenore's Craft's handgun shots!
[22:08] [Jockey] "This battle is over! Surrender and you will be treated fairly, I promise you this!"
01[22:08] [@Cubey] Britai: "Captain!"
01[22:08] [@Cubey] You get a transmission from the Zentradi fleet commander - and you can hear some explosions in the background. fortunately ones that do not come from his ship.
01[22:09] [@Cubey] Britai: "The Boddole Zer soldiers are coming by. Strike at the center of the flagship!"
01[22:09] [@Cubey] Quamzin's force is temporarily scattered, you can progress further!
01[22:09] [@Cubey] But... there are thick, if biological, walls in front of you.
01[22:09] [@Cubey] Macross, go!
[22:10] [Arach] *The Macross does its best impression of the kool-aid man.+
01[22:11] [@Cubey] The Macross wrecks its way through...
01[22:11] [@Cubey] Into a massive chamber.
[22:11] [Arach] Kim: "...Yeah."
01[22:11] [@Cubey] In the middle of it is a platform.
[22:11] [Jockey] Cliffjumper: "OH YEAH!"
01[22:12] [@Cubey] On the platform, surrounded by biological control computers that show him everything that is going on in the battlefield, how the Zentradi are losing - but a lot of their fleet is there, ready to smash the Earth defense force to bits as soon as they stop deculturing...
01[22:12] [@Cubey] Is the fleet commander some of you may have seen before, a long time ago.
01[22:12] [@Cubey] http://www.oocities.org/hollywood/guild/1591/robotech/dolza.jpg
01[22:12] [@Cubey] Fleet Commander Bodolza
[22:12] [Arach] Gloval: "All allied units within the Boddole Zer flagship. We will now commence assault on the enemy commander. Once your attacks are complete, board the macross-trust me, you won't want to be around for phase 2."
01[22:13] [@Cubey] Bodolza: "Protoculture... we should have destroyed your planet as soon as we discovered it."
[22:13] [Arach] Gloval: "Fire!"
[22:13] [Corel] Lenore: "There he is..."
[22:13] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "I doubt you are going to surrender peacefully, are you?"
01[22:13] [@Cubey] Bodolza: "Britai had his orders but he betrayed me instead, swayed by your influence."
01[22:14] [@Cubey] (Anyone going to take a shot here?)
[22:14] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "I figured."
[22:14] [Arach] (The macross would)
[22:14] [Tengu] * Scaraber aims its laser staff and fires a focused beam at Bodolza's chest. +
01[22:14] [@Cubey] Bodolza: "Zentradi will not surrender! We will fight until all traces of Protoculture are obliterated!"
01[22:14] [@Cubey] (Take your action, Macross!)
[22:14] [Jockey] Grimlock: "Talk too much."
01[22:15] [@Cubey] Quamzin: "I don't think so!"
[22:15] [Steam] * Gatling guns are go. Time for chunky salsa, Zentradi-style!+
01[22:15] [@Cubey] Suddenly, as the Scaraber aims to fire, it is tackled by Quamzin's battlesuit!
01[22:15] [@Cubey] React, Scaraber!
[22:15] [Jockey] *Grimlock and a number of other Autobots are going to open fire.+
[22:15] [Aldo] #Heph?
01[22:15] [@Cubey] Approved.
[22:16] [Arach] *From the Macross, lights twinkle out-missiles. Thousands of them, each loaded with a reaction warhead powerful enough to sink a battleship. Their target: The entire room!+
[22:16] [Aldo] *"Oy!" Dido shouts. "Leave Heph and our Protoculture alone!" Dido charges in with ShelLancer, and, absent Arc Thorns, tries to counter-tackle Quamzin away from Heph!
[22:16] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "You again...!" Scaraber tries to overpower the attacker, using three of its hands - but the fourth arm goes for one of the khopeshes, trying to draw it and quickly stab at Quamzin's chest! +
[22:17] [Aero] #Heph?
01[22:17] [@Cubey] Approved
01[22:18] [@Cubey] The room is engulfed in explosions - so is Bodolza's command center, in addition to all the gunfire aimed at him specifically.
01[22:18] [@Cubey] Bodolza: "Decul..."
[22:18] [Aero] * "Don't even think about it." Willis moves in to take the blow from Quamzin and aims to let Kamjin impale himself onto his spear, now flowing with nanomachines. +
01[22:20] [@Cubey] Quamzin is forced off by a counter-tackle, and then he is stabbed into the chest - twice.
01[22:20] [@Cubey] Quamzin: "Wounded? Me... wounded? I had enough of this!"
01[22:20] [@Cubey] He quickly flees!
01[22:20] [@Cubey] And so should you - towards the Macross's hangars, because Captain Gloval is already preparing a stage two of the attack...
[22:20] [Arach] Gloval: "Fire everything you have and get aboard! We're ending this!"
[22:21] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "Flee while you still can, Ally Killer. Everyone, let us return to the Macross. Quickly."
[22:21] [Jockey] Optimus: "Go! Quickly!"
[22:21] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "...Also, thank you for the assistance."
[22:21] [Tengu] Hetepheres: "...Also. Do not call me Heph."
01[22:22] [@Cubey] More units - Zentradi who were NOT immune to Culture, are moving in on your position. They shook it off, it seems, and now there are hundreds of them coming!
[22:22] [Jockey] [Everyone was rushing into the Macross as fast as they could. This was probably going to get crazy.]
01[22:22] [@Cubey] However...
[22:22] [Arach] Claudia: "...Captain, the barrier field is ready for operation."
01[22:22] [@Cubey] Macross crew, continue!
[22:22] [Aero] Willis: "I...make no promises. Hetepheres."
[22:22] [Corel] Lenore books it as well.
[22:22] [Steam] Back to the Macross Selena goes!
[22:22] [Aldo] "Gah!" Dido rushes back to the Macross, zaping stuff with her Shock Lance as she goes.
[22:23] [Tengu] Hetepheres is already inside.
[22:24] [Arach] Lisa: "All surviving Valkyrie squadrons and Unity Group fighters are aboard or out of range, sir." Gloval: "Good. Barrier field, activate!"
[22:24] [Arach] The macross is surrounded by a pink sphere of energy...
[22:25] [Arach] ...Which distorts, warps, and then explodes, rippling outward through the Boddole Zer flagship.
[22:25] [Arach] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY2jwnDyURo
01[22:26] [@Cubey] The attacking Zentradi pods are obliterated before they even get close.
01[22:26] [@Cubey] The Boddole Zer ship explodes from within! What remains of its structural integrity, areas farthest from the Macross, cannot hold itself together and collapses.
01[22:26] [@Cubey] In the middle of the destruction, the SDF Macross stands. Unharmed by its own weapon - unlike the flagship.
01[22:27] [@Cubey] The Zentradi numbers around you are still huge...
[22:27] [Corel] Lenore: "....."
01[22:27] [@Cubey] But just like Britai said, their doctrine says that in the event of the acting commander's death, they are to retreat.
01[22:27] [@Cubey] And one by one, with Earth fleets still firing at them, they fold out - seemingly at random.
01[22:27] [@Cubey] As far away from the Earth Sphere and its cursed Culture as possible.
01[22:28] [@Cubey] The surrounding space, full of ships just moments ago, now feels empty and quiet.
01[22:29] [@Cubey] Almost peaceful, not counting for wreckage floating everywhere.
01[22:29] [@Cubey] But, despite all the life lost today.
01[22:29] [@Cubey] The truth is, not one but two world-threatening invasions were prevented.
01[22:30] [@Cubey] Humanity - and the Cybertronians, managed to survive.
01[22:30] [@Cubey] One by one, crews of surviving ships start to receive a message.
01[22:31] [@Cubey] Cheers, and congratulations.
01[22:31] [@Cubey] But for many, just surviving is enough.
01[22:31] [@Cubey] MISSION COMPLETE