Army of the Southern Cross

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Of all times dammit." Adrian grumbled as he quickly got to work in clearing his Chimera's main gun. When the obstruction was cleared he got back inside his tank and proceeded to move close to the hole. Seeing it was dark as sin down there he checked his scanners in hopes of getting a clearer picture.

 

[Sherwood]

As Adrian begins to do a sensor sweep of the area, shouts in Zentraedi can be heard coming from the hole in the deck above you. Whatever it is up there has caught up to you. Below you, though, you are not getting much in the way of signals back; could be the material of the deck that is blocking you. But you can say for certain that there is nothing generating a reading down in the hole - at the moment.

 

[Orikanyo]

"Hmm, Seems we've really kicked the bee hive. I was wondering when that alarm would go on. Surprised they didn't do it earlier actually." heinrich mused as he kept watch on THIs level for any who would dare try and attack them, and keep his eyes skywards. Towards the hole they fell from, he took the occasional shot to disuade any possible attempts at firing upon them from above.

 

[Psychie]

Moira looks over at the Good Doctor. "Its your call, Top. Do we slide to the nearest lift, or risk the unknown? I'm willing to jump if that's what you want to do." She then raises up her own gun pod and fires a burst through the hole up above them, letting the enemy know that there is a nasty reception waiting for them down here.

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"I'm not getting any significant readings from my scanners. Must be the material from the ship or there's nothing down there at all for the moment." Adrian shifted his tank back to its Battloid mode and quickly held its Gun Pod at the ready.

"With the sound of hostiles swearing up a storm at top side, I suggest we jump and say 'Hail Mary'. We can take our chances down there than here." He suggested as he aimed his Gun Pod at the hole below. "Besides, what's life without a little adventure eh? Should be fun, I heard."

 

[Silanon]

"Life without dark holes like this one might be duller, but certainly longer on average, I'd say." Fia gets closer to the newly-opened entrance to deck five, trying to see something despite better knowledge. "Never liked the boredom too much, though. Think I'd take a nasty surprise right now over a fight against most of the ship's defenders; whatever might wait for us down there could easily just hold position on the bottom of the lifts later on." With that, she points her gunpod downwards, firing a volley of shots into the darkness - trying to see if there is a reaction, before they all jump into the maw, surrounded by teeth of blackened, melted steel.

 

[Sherwood]

From the bright flash of the weapon, you see something down below you that you just had not expected; water. You are standing over a massive water storage tank, holding perhaps millions of gallons of water in it. Your mecha are environmentally sealed, so as long as you are not over a mile deep, being in the tank won't cause you any negative issues. The fun part would come from when you try to blast your way out of the tank. It would send a flood of water flowing out like a tidal wave, knocking over anything in its path that was not well braced for the onrush of water.

 

[Psychie]

Moira looks down and wants to smack herself in the forehead. Damn, how could I forget the water storage tanks? Shit. "Well, we can go for a swim, or look for another way down. Either way, we need to make the call soon. We'll quickly become overrun if we idle here for too much longer."

 

[Orikanyo]

"Or perhaps... think we can turn this to our advantage? What lays around the water tank? We can easily cause a lot of havoc with this amount of water if we burst it the right way." Heinrich walked to the edge of the water. "That aside, we should be gone from here as is, let's figure out which way we're breaking and get swimming!"

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Praise the heavens, water! I agree, where does this storage tank connect to? If we blow a large enough hole, we can make life hell for the poor sucker at the other end. I'm jumping first boys and girls. See you on the other side!" Adrian announced in the end before securing his Gun Pod on his Battloid before taking the plunge.

 

[Psychie]

"This should be a part of the ship's main water storage. There will be many tanks like this scattered across the ship. Whoops! Adrian has already jumped! Lets go!" She takes a running leap behind the other tanker and takes the plunge.

 

[Silanon]

"Maybe we should at least agree on which direction to take... nevermind." As the one squad member who knows where the hell to go from here jumps right into the darkness, the idea of planning ahead seems somehow irrelevant. A last look upwards, at the hole, a single volley to scare them off - then, she jumps down as well, water splashing. "I'm in, sarge. Never thought I'd be diving through something like this. You see something further down, Adrian? Other than more water and the tank, I mean?"

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"It's like a pool party in here. Although there's tanks involved and less of the swimsuits for my taste." Adrian said as he checked the Chimera's systems if they're still green. It was strange for the tanks to be in water; but these things were built to last, as command would promise. He just hopes that he didn't screw over the team with this.

"What's there to see in here, I wonder?" He mumbled, after checking the Chimera's systems, before he cycles through the different modes in his scanners and other related systems in order to get a better picture of what to do next.

 

[Orikanyo]

"Well, time for a dip old girl." heinrich patted his mecha's controll station before hopping in last.

Activating his lights he let his fans do the work in regards to floating him around. "Alright Cheesecake, which way to we blast this thing?" he asked, trying to keep tabs on everyone. "it's not everyday you go scooba diving in a Spartas, just another thing to add to this growing story Fia, just be certain to add a sea monster or two when you do this part alright?"

 

[Silanon]

"Sure thing - maybe a school of hyperactive dolphins on top of that, just to get the youngsters' attention as well? Or Nessie, for the mystery fans?" As the hover tank slowly sinks, Fia eyes the unusual surrounding. For now, this is certainly one of the stranger places they've seen - unfortunately one where the camera recordings might not be too interesting. "So we're just blasting our way through at some point, right - does this whole thing end on the fifth floor, or does it reach further down?

 

[Sherwood]

No sea monsters or dolphins, just lots of water. The ceiling height of the level is 100 feet, and the water level is just about 75 feet high from the bottom of the tank. As you set down on the deck, Eric says, "According to my computer deck plans, that way," he points with his mecha, "leads to the front of the ship. That's the direction that the Command Bubble is in. Lets not flood that direction, but to the side. That way, we only flood the officer quarters, and not anything too critical." He raises up his main gun and aims at the port side. "Don't forget to lock in with your magnetic feet or you'll get washed away by the rush of water."

He fires, and a large hole is blasted into the side of the water. He sifts his aim and fires again, and under the pressure of the outrushing water, an even larger hole is ripped, sending out a wall of water into the ship. Fortunately, there is not enough water in the (relatively small) tank to wash away the whole deck or destroy any delicate electronics, but it does make for one hell of a mess.

Once the rush of water has eased enough to let you run out, the Hussars are on the move again. Alarms are still blaring, this time the voice is calling out, "Intruders are now on Level 6, approaching the Command Center! All units, engage the micronians! Kill them all!"

Adrian can now see on his radar that there is a cluster of armored targets roughly eight hundred feet away down the main central corridor of the ship, next to the forward lifts and stairs. They are between you and the Command Bubble.

 

[Orikanyo]

"Seems like they finally got the mind to make a true rush against us." heinrich sighed, trying to free some water that may have been still stuck on his mecha. "Just wonder what they plan to pull out, fighting inside this place makes me miss my explosives even more... if only we had missiles upon this tank." the man mused, before stepping forwards.

"their going to be focusing all they have protecting their command bubble, all we have to do is burst it and capture the flag. So, lets make damn sure they feel every shot we fire! No more room for accidents or mess up, Lets bring this war to a close!"

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

With the a quick shake, Adrian maneuvers his Chimera out and cracks open the comms. "Good news friends! We've got big, armored buggers between us and the prize, roughly eight hundred feet down what appears to be the main corridor and the stairs from the looks of it." He said as he grabbed his Gun Pod.

"We better move and bag our target before everything goes to hell. Let's finish this!"

 

[Psychie]

Moira muses out loud, "I heard a phrase a while ago that seems to apply: This will be a knife fight in a closet. Nasty, close up warfare. Even dismounted infantry will be dangerous at these ranges, just from the sheer volume of firepower. Just remember, we are trying to capture the High Lord alive. Don't get trigger happy and blow her away. That would suck. Ready to go when you are, boss man."

 

[Sherwood]

Those with the Sensory Instrument skill can make a roll to try and identify what targets are out there.

Everyone can also add initiative rolls, please.

 

[Psychie]

Sensory Equipment roll and Initative

 

[Orikanyo]

Sensory Equipment and initative

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

Sensory and Initiative Rolls!

 

[Sherwood]

After working some electronic magic with your computer crunching the numbers, it looks like mostly infantry; or at least; small mecha that don't have any radar signature. That gives you ten soldiers in heavy armor, five Male Powered Armor, five Battle Pods, and one Female Powered Armor.

Just holding on Silanon and his roll to get rolling!

Initiative Order
20 - Adrian
15 - Eric
12 - Heinrich
8 - Moira

 

[Silanon]

Ini and sensory (yay, finally picked that up!)