Army of the Southern Cross

[Silanon]

"Heard their name a few times already - never found someone willing to tell me more than that they're the absolute worst opponent out there." The gunpod roars as she takes aim at the damaged pod, trying to take it out of the fight. "Giant bugs, from what they told me, archenemies of your species if you will, Moira, right? Any chance that they will show up here on Earth as well?"

 

[Sherwood]

Fia fires, but he attack falls a bit short.

Eric lines up a shot at the pod and manages to hit it, causing critical damage but the enemy is still active.

Orikanyo is up

Initiative Order
20 - Adrian 30/0/40 [5]
20 - Fia 0/50/0 [6]
15 - Eric 0/80/0 [6]
12 - Heinrich -130/0/30 [6] <====
11 - Battle Pod -5 [4] critically damaged
8 - Moira -150/170/110 [4]
7 - Infantry 1-5 [4]
5 - Infantry 6-10 [4]

 

[Orikanyo]

"...So... Intergalactic pest control is what you were?" heinrich asked, the realization suddenly coming to him as he rose his gunpod for, hopefully, one of the final times today.

 

[Sherwood]

Finally, the last pod is eliminated, leaving the heavy infantry as the last defenders.

Psychie is up

Initiative Order
20 - Adrian 30/0/40 [5]
20 - Fia 0/50/0 [6]
15 - Eric 0/80/0 [6]
12 - Heinrich -130/0/30 [7]
8 - Moira -150/170/110 [4]
7 - Infantry 1-5 [4]
5 - Infantry 6-10 [4]

 

[Psychie]

Moira says with all seriousness, "For Earth's sake, I hope that the Invid never find this planet. The destruction that they would cause can't be overstated. But less worry about what enemies we do have and finish off these soldiers!" She takes aim at the first man and fires a burst from her rifle at him.

 

[Sherwood]

Moira's blast catches the armored trooper in the chest, but his armor is still holding.

Not being as well trained or inside a powered mecha that enhances their abilites, the infantry are out of actions.

AldarisLordOfLight is up

Initiative Order
20 - Adrian 30/0/40 [5] <====
20 - Fia 0/50/0 [6]
15 - Eric 0/80/0 [6]
12 - Heinrich -130/0/30 [7]
8 - Moira -150/170/110 [5]
7 - Infantry 1 [4] damaged
7 - Infantry 2-5 [4]
5 - Infantry 6-10 [4]

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"That is a scary idea. Still want to see some vids or pictures though." Adrian then loads an MPAT round and aims his main gun in between Infantry 7 and Infantry 8. Without delay, he fires...

 

[Sherwood]

Misfire! The shell is ejected and it drops to the deck, inert.

Silanon is up

Initiative Order
20 - Adrian 30/0/40 [6]
20 - Fia 0/50/0 [6] <====
15 - Eric 0/80/0 [6]
12 - Heinrich -130/0/30 [7]
8 - Moira -150/170/110 [5]
7 - Infantry 1 [4] damaged
7 - Infantry 2-5 [4]
5 - Infantry 6-10 [4]

 

[Orikanyo]

"...you know there is medication for that lovebird, I can prescribe you something when we get back." Heinrich took another small shot at Adrian, snickering abit.

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Oy! I have you know I am a healthy young man! It's just the damned gun being uncooperative right now." Adrian cried out indignantly, embarrassed that another misfire happened again.

 

[Psychie]

She is not entirely sure what the joke is, but Moira is strongly suspecting that it had something to do with her kissing Adrian earlier. She glares at her screen and says, "It's just a misfire. Such can happen to any weapon. Be glad that the designers were careful enough to allow the old shell to be ejected without causing an explosion in his tank!"

 

[Orikanyo]

"Maybe Moira can help you check out your main gun when we're back at base huh? It's always more fun with two people you know." Heinrich chuckled deviously. Just keep walking into them you two, and Heinrich will just keep me comin.

 

[Silanon]

"I was about to propose switching to a new one, sarge - but somehow, that seems out of context right now." Once more the gunpod releases a volley at the foes ahead. "Ever thought about starting a dating agency once this is over? Could get you a good deal on the advertisements, you know..."

 

[Silanon]

Didn't take the bloody roll...

 

[Sherwood]

Fia lays down a blast from her rifle at the soldiers, striking the injured one and finishing him off.

Eric does the same, and scored a solid hit on the next soldier.

Orikanyo is up

Initiative Order
20 - Adrian 30/0/40 [6]
20 - Fia 0/50/0 [7]
15 - Eric 0/80/0 [7]
12 - Heinrich -130/0/30 [7] <====
8 - Moira -150/170/110 [5]
7 - Infantry 2 [4] damaged
7 - Infantry 3-5 [4]
5 - Infantry 6-10 [4]

 

[Orikanyo]

"Perhaps I should Fia, no sense putting these skills to waste eh? Now then, lets see if my Zentraedi is up the scratch." he cleared his throat and switched to outward comms. "Your commanders are dead, lay down your arms and get out of our damn way!"

It always helped to be a tad forceful when making demands, there was no use fighting at this point for them, they would surely die.

 

[Sherwood]

The soldiers hunker down behind their cover as the various tanks fire at them "We will never surrender to you! We are going to stand strong, protecting the High Lord!"

Psychie is up

Initiative Order
20 - Adrian 30/0/40 [6]
20 - Fia 0/50/0 [7]
15 - Eric 0/80/0 [7]
12 - Heinrich -130/0/30 [8]
8 - Moira -150/170/110 [5] <====
7 - Infantry 2 [4] damaged
7 - Infantry 3-5 [4]
5 - Infantry 6-10 [4]

 

[Psychie]

Moira lets out a chuckle. "I could have told you that they wouldn't surrender. Lets give them some more persuasion!" She pops up and fires a burst at the injured trooper.

 

[Sherwood]

Being behind partial cover, your shot is not as effective as usual, but you do score a hit.

AldarisLordOfLight is up

Initiative Order
20 - Adrian 30/0/40 [6] <====
20 - Fia 0/50/0 [7]
15 - Eric 0/80/0 [7]
12 - Heinrich -130/0/30 [8]
8 - Moira -150/170/110 [6]
7 - Infantry 2 [4] seriously damaged
7 - Infantry 3-5 [4]
5 - Infantry 6-10 [4]

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Such zeal, commendable but foolish. You should have taken the offer." Adrian commented as he loaded another MPAT round and aimed between Infantry 7 and Infantry 8. "For the love of the Gods, I hope you fire and not prematurely misfire..." After saying his prayer, he fires...

 

[Sherwood]

This time, the shell fires off and explodes in the air as it is supposed to. The damaged infantry man is finally taken out of the fight, and troopers 3, 4, and 5 are all caught in the blast.

We are nearing the end of the round, so keep track of how many attacks you have left.

Silanon is up

Initiative Order
20 - Adrian 30/0/40 [7]
20 - Fia 0/50/0 [7] <====
15 - Eric 0/80/0 [7]
12 - Heinrich -130/0/30 [8]
8 - Moira -150/170/110 [6]
7 - Infantry 3-5 [4] all damaged
5 - Infantry 6-10 [4]

 

[Silanon]

"Well, no malfunctioning this time." As she raises her gunpod, she starts to speak Zentraedian as well. "There's a line between heroism and stupidity, and you certainly crossed it. Noone remembers the fools, you know - and no High Lord will be thankful for wasted lives if she truly deserves that position. One last time, turn around, find yourself an equal opponent."

 

[Sherwood]

The sight of the tiny mecha being able to tear into the Zentraedi units with ease puts a pause into the troopers. They seem uncertain, and they trade a glance back and forth. One finally calls out, "If we surrender, you'll just kill us! We know how you micronians operate!"

Eric takes a risk with his mecha and steps out from behind his own cover. Keeping his rifle aimed at the troopers, he says, "We don't do that, but I can guarantee you that if you don't surrender, we will gun you down where you stand. Surrender now, and you will live. If not," he raises up his rifle menacingly, "you'll die here and now. Up to you."

Once more, they trade a look between them. Finally, one of the solders slowly stands. "Very well. The High Lord obviously underestimated the tenacity of you humans. We will stand down."

Eric continues to keep a close watch on the infantrymen as he orders them to strip out of their armor. "Sarge, we can't leave these guys unsupervised, but if its ok with you, I'll escort these losers out in their skivvies to the troops waiting outside. Once they are stripped down and unarmed, I shouldn't have any trouble with them by myself. Otherwise, we risk having them run to some other part of the ship and rearm themselves and come after us once more."

What do the rest of you do?

 

[AldarisLordOfLight]

"Ah, thank the Gods! Good idea Eric, having them walk out to the troops even if they'll have their egos bruised for walking out in their birthday suits. Better restrain them too just to make things a bit too difficult for them if one of 'em does a runner." Adrian said with a breath of relief.

"Maybe we can salvage some of their gear while we're at it. But it's your call, Doc." He said as he turned his attention to his Chimera's scanners. "I just hope that nothing would come out of the woodwork and bugger us over..."

 

[Orikanyo]

"it might be possible you will be met by resistance Eric, We've carved our way in, but I'm not certain I think we're in the clear yet..." he kept his hands on his gun, thinking. "But if you can make it out, I will trust you on this. Not that you've ever failed us before of course. But if shit goes down, don't be careless. if I have to sew any part of you back together when i find you next I will make damn certain each stitch hurts to hell and back."

By whatever god that was watching, he hoped he wouldn't meet resistance...

Or at least they could force a surrender before they even got out.

"Alright, we have our plan. Moira, how should our upcoming travel time look like? Do you know anything about the command post of this ship? Automated defenses? Choke points? escape routes?"