(Global News Network) Ladies and Gentlemen, we interrupt your regularly scheduled program for this special announcement. Now, the Head of the UN Security Council, Carlos Montalvo. "Good evening. Tonight, we have decided to break the impasse that the United Nations has reached with the rogue units of Repliforce. At this hour, with the full consent of the Security Council, and by Secretary-General McLaren's agreement, we have begun a military operation to bring an end of the reign of tyranny that the Repliforce has caused in the past week by use of force. At this moment, ground forces are assembling onboard troop transports, and with air support will be striking the island momentarily. We advise those citizens of New York in the Manhattan area to evacuate in an orderly fashion, and for all others to take cover."

Repliforce Island...

Grenadier Medic pushes his helmet down more firmly, covering his eyes. He hunkers down in a fortified position, watching the advancing humans with sad eyes. He starts setting up shop, the rain pattering off the roof of the bunker he's in.

Conduit begins drawing more power into his body from the surrounding area, powering up his weapon systems to full power. He glances over the Repliforce implacements and then looks to the UN forces and says to himself, "We will not fall this day."

There is a distant rumble of thunder of the coming storm front. As a gentle sprinkle starts to fall on the Repliforce defensive perimeter, the first of the transports approaches the island, loaded with a mix of anxious and nervous UN peacekeepers, many of them called up from reserve duty and pressed into service. This is not how they thought they would be paying for their college education.

Up on the ramparts, the Repliforce XO looks over the scene with impassiveness, then he hears the booming voice of Thackery, and looks to his own defenses, and then at the tank. Quietly, Colonel says to himself, "Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori." With that, he hops down, landing on the ground between the landing craft and his defenses. "We refuse to comply with your illegal and immoral edicts, Lieutenant Colonel. And we will defend our home, at all costs. The lights are going out all over the world. We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."

UN Gumbies starts swarming the Flagship, forcing Admiral out of the bridge and to fight them hand to hand. "All hands on deck! We have a UN boarding party! 21-18! STAT!!" He then joins in the ensuing chaos on deck by dispatching a few of the UN gumbies himself.

Opera tilts her head to the side slightly. "Agreed," she replies in a cold tone, preparing for what's ahead. "See you after this, Ska. Watch your back." At that, the black reploid pulls out her axe and gets a firm grip on the handle.

Blitz Crane suppresses a gulp as she looks at the incoming forces. Her eyes travel along the Repliforce lines, then the UN attackers. "That's a lot of gumbies..."

Grenadier Medic sends a radio transmission to Blitz Crane.
Blitz Crane receives a radio transmission from Grenadier Medic.
Blitz Crane sends a radio transmission to Grenadier Medic.
Grenadier Medic receives a radio transmission from Blitz Crane.

And here they come! The first of the wave of assault choppers opens fire towards Skyblade, but the much faster eagle Reploid easily pulls out of the way of the autocannon fire, "Oh come on! That all you got?!" She calls out, taunting the pilot, "Let me show you how it's really done." Raising her right arm towards the chopper, she fires off a single razor bladed disk towards the rotors of the helicopter, intent on sending it crashing down into the water below, "Hope ya got airbags!" She calls out, laughing.

Optimistic Prime hustles from Med Gumbie to Med Gumbie as tents are unfurled, 'shops' set-up, tools readied and scanners charged. "Right, we're going to need to keep an eye on everything, people. Assign priorities. We haven't got the man power or the resources to get everyone at once, so you'll have to use your own judgement. And I don't want /anyone/ being a hotshot, understand? We are the MSE. We are what's going to be keeping the defense patched up and going. Corporal Nightingale, you have the east side. All medics are to report to you from that area. Corporal Grenadier.." Gear turns, scanning to locate, then smiles: "You've got the west side. Same deal. I'll take the center."

Iceblade Sentry isn't as worried as some of the others here. At least, not visibly. He seems calm as usual. .oO(That's a lot of them...)Oo. "Hmph. Show-offs." At the East bridge, he holds his sword overhead, then slashes at the air, sending various pressurized beams of water at any nearby U.N. forces.

"Your guilt is evident, Colonel!" the Purity emits with a roar. "Had you -any- RESPECT for those whom you pretended to protect, you would back down and meet the demands of those who brought you online in the first place! You shall find, murderer, that the WILL OF HUMANITY is FAR greater than the instruments of destruction you were outfitted with!"

A pair of auxiliary cannons on the Purity's port are lined up with the Repliforce XO. A whine erupts, a result of the energy being channelled from the hovertank's reactor.

"...For the many lives lost," Thackery whispers to himself, eyes held wide in regard to his view-screen. "...for those who've yet to be, and for a better tomorrow. I condemn you to the Hell That Even God Himself Dare Not Speak Of." He reaches out to the control panel, and triggers the weapons. Scalding blasts of superheated gas are shot repeatedly from either sides of the Purity, the start of the fury brought down upon the Repliforce.

Flash Rabbit is a bit late, yeah, but at least nobody's died yet, so he's not /too/ late. He quickly zooms over to his assigned slot.

Interceptor Falcon follows along side Skyblade, winging away from her, towards the other part of the choppers. One of the choppers launches a missile towards Interceptor, but the falcon reploid fires a decoy missile away from him, the missile moving to blow up the decoy instead. The falcon reploid clicks his beak, and he opens fire on one of the choppers as he zips past the first wave at over 500 miles an hour, before turning back around to attack the choppers from behind.

Ska is a spot of blue through the UN forces, blasting here and there with her ice and water cannons. Those that come too close to the Musica meet her feet in a savage kick, and those out of leg reach are treated to an icy lance. Her mind is as blank as her visor. She won't think about this now. Now she has work to do. There's always time to work later.

Grenadier Medic nods once to Gear Otter, and braces for the descent into hell. Snapping orders to the gumbies, he starts laying out places for the damaged and dead...

As foes begin to attack the Flagship, Jet Stingray comes straight up out of the waters, his armcannon sliding over his right hand as he prepares for a surprise counter attack. He hovers toward a concentration of UNers, then cuts off his foot jets to land in the middle of the fray, his tail flying as much as his fists. "Time to take you guys down.... Should have just let the Mavericks come!"

On board, or rather on deck of the [Crusader], with UN gumbies tussling with the RF gumbies on deck with Admiral, "PUSH THEM BACK!!!"

A RF gumbie asks, "What if keep coming back after we force them back?"

Admiral frowns, "Then we shall disable them without killing them, and if it becomes necessary to kill..."

And the battle on the Crusader's deck continues...

Conduit sends off powerful blasts at incoming UN troops, "I never thought I would have to do this." He states as his blasts rip through multiple UN troops, "I fear I will never be able to wash the blood from my hands..."

Repliforce Ride Armor [Vanguard] begins making her way through the chaotic shooting...not firing back any vollies herself, not like she has any interest in that. She just wants to...well heck, she doesn't know what she wants to do, other than be with her comrades in their time of need.

Nightingale looks back at Gear Otter. In charge of the east side? She hates being in charge of anything more than the coffee machine, but this might not be the best time to bring that up. "East side," she repeats in her usual icy voice, resisting the urge to say anything gangsta-ish. After all, she'd hate to have the Repliforce turn on her. The medic begins to issue orders to the faceless cannon fodder under her command, while her forcefield comes online. Hey, better safe than sorry.

A curious sound emerges, filling the air with the lovely song of the nightingale. A blinding flash of light bursts into an aura of shimmering golden-white energy, shaped seamlessly around Nightingale's body. A loud whirr culminating levels off from its activating crescendo and becomes a quiet, gentle hum similar to the noise a light saber makes when it's moved around. The pool of light varies and shifts constantly, but remains translucent and extremely bright.

"Hahahaha! Now this is a rush!" Calls out Skyblade as she swoops down below one of the helicopters. Now, she's not blowing up any of the helicopters, mind you. Not yet, anyway. Just sending them down into the water, disabling engines and some such, giving the pilots more than enough time to eject. She watches Interceptor zoom by, pulling up below another helicopter, and raking her talons along it's underbelly as she flips through the air, severing some important wires as it starts smoking from it's insides, and the pilot pulls away... A few shots catch her, but nothing major. No missiles, yet.

Opera braces her feet on the ground and starts to slash at nearby Repliforce gumbies. She rarely speaks, just concentrates on the task at hand; all her attention is focused to this island, this hour, this battle. When she opens a path, she steps forward to meet the next surge.

Iceblade Sentry has a rather odd idea. As the East bridge forces are fired on by U.N. forces, and likewise return fire... he smirks. "First line, go prone. Second line, crouch." He drops to the ground, and suddenly begins enveloping the area around him in an icy, concealing mist. "Fire!" Smaller targets, and harder to see.

Fortunately for the lightly armored (well, unarmored actually) lapine, Flash Rabbit has not been assigned to the front lines. Rather, he's a good many trenches back, and also far away from the nasty water. As such, he's not into the fight yet, and a large part of him is glad.

Signal Shrike receives a radio transmission from Twila Peterson.

Blitz Crane grits her...beak as she blasts the nearest soldier in the knees. The ungodly gore of her explosive shot sprays in many directions, though the man is still alive and quite disabled. She thruster-leaps over a few others, darting forward as soon as she lands. 'Gotta find th' command staff...' races through her mind, over and over.

The Baker Bridge line stumbles to a pause, troops falling back before the sonic roar. Yet soldiers are the same, from all walks of life, and nothing grants greater courage than being armored in 70+ tons of mobile steel. As King Dragon reaches the peak of his arc, a flurry of seeking missiles ignite and roar from the UN armada; shoulder launched bolts screaming, the stream of deadly weapons whipsaw in vicious arcs as the bear down on the Dragon. Thrusters bellowing, the main battle tanks surge forward against the defenses.

The Dragon, senses screaming at the homing darts, dives for the yet-blue waters of the Bay; seconds before the first missiles detonate, King Dragon smashes through the surface of the waters, leaving behind a blossoming cloud of smoke and steam.

United Nations Hovertank [Purity] strikes Colonel with its Plasma Vulcan attack.

Ska lunges forward with a soft grunt, slashing with her pair of icicles to clear out the nearest Gumbies. The tall Blitz Crane catches the blue Reploid's visored gaze, and she changes her direction. Gumbies are gumbles and can be taken care of later. She silently races towards Blitz, cannons humming online. "Here we go," she murmurs, leaping forward and sending a blast of ice at Blitz's feet.

Optimistic Prime has become a small blur of activity of and for himself as the wounded begin to pour towards the shops. He snaps off orders, far more serious than he ever was, yanking off armor, clipping bleeding fluid lines, rewiring shot circuitry...

Conduit sheathes his naginata, not wanting to carry his own dishonor over to his weapon. As he aids his the Repliforce gumbies in repelling the UN's assault, Conduit can't help but apologize in his mind to the families of every UN soldier he downs in battle.

Repliforce Ride Armor [Vanguard] notices someone who's been downed by a shot, but is still moving. She doesn't even care whose side they're on; they are in trouble, and she's the only one who can help. Unfazed, she begins making her way toward the downed fighter.

Grenadier Medic coordinates the medical teams supporting the gumbies manning the defenses of Repliforce Island. Missiles and tank fire slam into the defenses, leaving shattered bodies behind. Moving from place to place, the Medic tends to them as well as he can, already busy beyond belief. Damaged fuel lines. Shattered servos. It all becomes a blur as he works feverishly.

Colonel gets caught with the first shot, and stumbles backwards. However, the Repliforce XO is nowhere near from out of the fight. Instead, he stands up, "If destruction is your lot, then I am obligated to respond in kind." He spins his sabre around, and slams it into the ground. The ground up heaves with electricity and sheer, raw power as it tears towards the thunderous hovertank.

Colonel strikes United Nations Hovertank [Purity] with his Ground Ripper attack.

On board the [Crusader], the battle was going good for the UN gumbies forcing Admiral and the RF gumbies on board the Crusader back, until they end up killing several UN gumbies and wounding Admiral. Admiral's eyes narrows, "212-01," he informs, "Or in other words, kick their arse off the Crusader!"

A Trident is called into being by Admiral's systems, and he starting swinging at the UN gumbies with a vengeance. With a difference. A 'Charged Trident' difference. "CHARGED TRIDENT!!"

(Global News Network) *Emergency Broadcast System* This is NOT a test! All civilians are to evacuate the city of New York /immediately/ by order of the mayor and City Council. This is not a drill. Take only what you can carry to designated ground transport sites. Police escorts on the roads will guide you to these areas. This is not a test.... (repeats)

Blitz Crane skids to a stop, eyes darting from the ice blast to up, side to side. Her glance falls on Ska, and she settles into a more relaxed stance, her shotgun SHKSHICK!ing again to reload. The ejected cartridge lands, unchallenged, on the ground... "You must be th' gal in charge 'round 'ere." She says.

Chi comes charging out of base. The Mighty minotaur is speeding to the task, the alarms blaring. He slowly stops, spying what he sees before him. His face sets into a cold mask, as he knows his duty.

He is the earth, the mountain unyielding. And all should beware his wrath. "You dare attack the island?? Have at you!!" he screams. With Masamune in hand, 3/4ths of Guardian Mobius charges into the fray, the ground shaking with each mighty step.

Ska is silent as the cannons are pulled level to Blitz. The face behind the visor is one of sad resignation. "No, I'm not," her voice sounds out, a tinge of sadness in it. "I'm just doing my job." Just like you, she thinks, opening fire with a pair of sharp icicles at the Crane.

Much like her fellow medics, Nightingale is very busy at the moment, clipping and replacing wires, shunting or repairing badly damaged systems, while she wishes she had brought some more superglue. o O (I'm counting the wounded, one-two-three-four-five, I'm counting the wounded, just checking they're alive. I'm counting the wounded, six-eight-nine-ten, I'm counting the wounded once again!) Poor thing. She must have spend too much time with Gear Otter... or maybe she hit her head earlier. Every now and then, she barks out an order.

Ska misses Blitz Crane with her Frigid Lance attack.

Blitz Crane blasts her hidden back-mounted thrusters, thruster-leaping right over the attack and high into the air. She levels her shotgun arm at Ska, using her jets to manoeuvre backwards a little "Ah guess that makes two of us." She cocks the weapon with a loud 'SHK-SHICK' and fires a rain of explosive pellets.

Blitz Crane strikes Ska with her Shotgun Blast attack.

Gear wipes a forearm across his head, shunting a few more non-priority systems on the wounded, repairing as fast as he can as he hasn't got time to sit and use his two feet to help. Wires, circuitry, slap-patch armor, mech fluid flying... laser scalpels humming. He's not enjoying himself. The line of wounded pouring in never seems to end, and it's taking a toll on his cheerfulness. But never his optimism! "We'll pull through. Yes we will. We will win!" A grimace as another Patient goes into power flux, and he quickly hustles over to restabilize...

Grenadier Medic is focused on his task, his wheels taking him from hotspot to hotspot. This was what he was built for, his purpose in life. But he never expected to see devastation on this sort of scale before. Deftly sealing leaking lines, taking the occasional moment to fix a damaged emplacement as well - he does it all.

Electricity ripples throughout the Purity's reinforced frame. The tank is wracked by a series of minor explosions from across the board. Armor is scorched black, and minor systems are knocked offline. Undaunted, Thackery presses the attack on.

With a pressed command, a pair of large missile batteries extend from the Purity. Slightly knocked off-kilter from the previous attack, it's targeting systems begin to lock onto Colonel. Meanwhile, in the background, a particularly familiar anthem plays. Marvin Thackery's next attack is not for the end to the Reploid Menace. It is not for the jobs lost due to Reploid specialization, and nor is it for some of the dorky names that the Repliforcers have. This next assault is for the leader of the free-world itself, a place where opportunities are high, and the Dream is still alive. The good ol' U.S. of A.

o/~ ..and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air. Came through to the night, and our flag was still there. O' say that Star Spangled Banner yet waved. For the land of the free, and the home of the brave. o/~

Ska grunts softly, taking a few steps backwards as the pellets dig into her armor. "Ow," she mutters softly, glaring at Blitz. "Look, I just had my armor cleaned up after having some Master try and puke on me. I really don't feel like being fixed up again." Her hands start to glow slightly, and pluck at invisible harp strings as she hums quietly. Around her fingers, little ice crystals start to form. With a final note sung much louder than the others, she throws her hands into the air and sends the icy fog on its way for Blitz.

United Nations Hovertank [Purity] misses Colonel with its Rockets Red Glare attack.

Ska strikes Blitz Crane with her Sub Zero Melody attack.
Blitz Crane is temporarily disoriented by Ska's Sub Zero Melody attack.

King Dragon explodes from the waves, water showering away in gleaming streams. Thunder rumbles in the storm clouds, drowned beneath the larger fury of the battle below; lightning bolts flash within clouds slowly coming to a boil across the sky. Head swivelling onto the tanks smashing into the first defensive lines, the Dragon's decision is made for him. Diving down against the tank column a second time, the mighty jaws open once more, unleashing a torrent of flame against the cables themselves. Cables wither and snap beneath the hellish onslaught, leaving the bridge to shudder beneath the first weight of tanks.

A pair of choppers close in on Skyblade as she flies towards them... One pilot radios to the other, {Take her down! We can't let her take down any more choppers!} {Roger that...} Responds the other pilot, {I've got target lock. Preparing to...} He doesn't get to finish his sentence... Skyblade let's loose with her akimbo Skyblade Launchers, sending the twin ion blades towards the helicopters... They strike home, and the choppers start to spin out of control... The pilots both eject, as the choppers crash into the water far below...

Opera comes up next to the huge ride armour with the next slash of her axe. The Musica just... halts at the sheer size of Vanguard. "Now this doesn't happen everyday," she rumbles sotto voce. If the two were standing side by side, Opera would be dwarfed -- easily. In an instinctive reaction, the black reploid modifies her grip on her axe.

The battle on the crusader just turn decidedly worse. The human soldiers realizes that they can't go hand to hand with the RFs, draws their guns and fires, each soldier teaming up with another to strike down a RF, while 5 soldiers are attempting to strike Admiral down.

...Which is working for the moment, with the soldiers able to dodge the harpoons thrown by the Admiral...

This battle is a wholesale slaughter and Conduit can no longer stomach fighting human ground troops. Abandoning his current position Conduit heads for the incoming tanks and begins the daunting task of disabling massive war machines. Something that Conduit can actually enjoy doing.

Blitz Crane drops from the sky after cutting her thrusters, immediately getting enveloped in the mist. She blinks at the fog "'ey! Where'd y'go!"

Repliforce Ride Armor [Vanguard] hasn't yet noticed Opera...but she's heavily distracted by the carnage in progress. And she's looking in a different direction, besides.
Iceblade Sentry vaults back onto his feet as his mist begins to die down, the advantage is thus gone. .oO(Hmph.)Oo. "Begin to pull back a little. Let them onto the very tip of the bridge!" He's given his orders to the Baker/East Bridge forces as per Anthem's directives, but what is he planning? Nonetheless, a slight fallback occurs, in good order.

Jet Stingray calls out to Admiral as he begins to throw, kick, or push the forcers off the side of the ship. After taking a few hits in the back with UN guns, he lashs out with his tail, his small blade taking out a few humans with it. He calls out with a loud shout to Admiral. "I'm sorry, Admiral, but we are going to have to get serious with this guys... At this point of the game, it's us or them!"

Ska appears in the middle of the mist, a metal blade affixed to the outside of one of her forearms, extended forward in a makeshift sword. "I'm right here," she remarks softly before slashing like a Reploid possessed at the bird. "You need your flight feathers clipped."

Chi enters the fray like a reploid possessed. Masamune's slashes leading the way, he charges through a rank of soldiers, cutting into their guns at the barrels.

At that, they fall back, going for new weapons as Chi stands there. Seeing Spec Ops squad Delta beleaguered by a troop of soldiers and their hovertank, Chi begins sprinting for there, as plasma fire rains down on the small unit.

Unknown to Chi, one solider did not retreat, and is flinging a fragmentation grenade just under the minotaur's feet.

The missile swirls and corkscrews as it approaches Colonel, but never will make it there. As the missile is launched, Colonel looks over the battlefield, and says, "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? - Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle can patter out their hasty orisons." He swings up his sword in a massive arc, releasing an electromagnetic surge at the missile, which causes it to short out, and go wildly out of control, slamming well short of the perimeter. "No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, - The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; and bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all?" As if to accentuate this mournful thought, Colonel releases a sonic pulse at the machine, meant to deafen, not kill the pilot within, "Not in The hands of boys but in their eyes shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, and each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds."

Flash Rabbit maintains his position, hunkered down as one of the reserves. You will know the situation is desperate when you see a funky looking rabbit-based reploid in combat.

Colonel strikes United Nations Hovertank [Purity] with his Pulse Wave attack.

Interceptor Falcon wings up from behind the choppers. A few break off, towards Interceptor, as he banks towards them. His wings extend fully, as the four flying machines open fire with a barrage of small cannon fire. A few rounds strike the falcon reploid, as he slows down, and lines up on an attack run on them. Several missiles load into his thruster port launchers. Seconds later, a barrage of eight missiles launch out towards the four helicopters. He angles his wings perpendicular with the ground, and zips past the four helicopters as three of them explode from the missiles, one having survived.

Ska strikes Blitz Crane with her Tenchinage attack.

Nightingale makes a mental note to hand in her resignation if she and her buddies survive all this. Until then, she works as hard as she can, regretfully being too busy to take advantage of her current position. At one point, she does call a medgumbie 'dogface', but it just isn't the same. Alas. o O (We can't defeat them,) she thinks, (they are the first mammal to wear pants.) She can't help but snicker at this, which causes several medics and some of the patients to watch her warily. "It's the evolution, baby."

Opera raises her axe arm to take a slice at Vanguard's back, but the blade doesn't fall. "I... I can't," she whispers with her arm still raised. "I can't do this. Not now. Not after I was part of them for a week." The debate turns inwards -- a debate between orders and what's right.

Static Mink zips from the base on all fours for speed, zigging between fortifications until she finds one with a very commanding view of the field. What use is she if she can't see positions to report. Almost immediately she begins transmitting sitreps to those in need.

Blitz Crane blinks at the voice, head tilting. She brings her arm up quickly, just in time to keep Ska's blade from burying itself in her chest - by letting it bury into her forearm. Ignoring the pain, she draws her head back "Ah don't use featha's" and rams her head forward at Ska, using her sharp beak like a spear.

Blitz Crane strikes Ska with her Beak Spear attack.

Admiral nods solemnly, "Then let's do it." He draws out a explosive harpoon, and throws it at the soldiers assaulting him...

There is an explosion...

And the grim finality of war is on the Crusader. "Jet, check on the others Forcers on the Crusade. They may need some help." And with a call to battle (which sounds like a scream)

The bloodbath on the Crusader truly begins.

Grenadier Medic doesn't have any conflicts to deal with, and his demeanour is grim, if compassionate to those he works on. The destruction eats away at that compassion, but he's got loads of it to give. oO (This is madness.) A medgumbie hauls in a badly wounded human, and Grenadier switches kits without a second thought, staunching blood flow as easily as he does fuel. At least Repliforce will treat prisoners fairly.

Ska grunts softly as she's pushed back by the beak, making a sizable ding in her chest. She grunts softly, feet and palms on the ground. "That wasn't very nice. I just told you I didn't want to spend time getting repaired," she murmurs before executing a neat backflip, feet together, to smack the bird in that darn beak.

Ska misses Blitz Crane with her Rising Kick attack.

Another assault brutalizes the Purity, leaving it worse for wear. The pulse does a serious number on its electronic systems, causing brief flickers across the metallic behemoth.

Meanwhile, Thackery remains unhindered inside his mechanical Beast of War. The audio sensors mounted outside are automatically recalibrated to accept the brunt of the pulse wave. A grunt of pain hisses from Marvin's throat, but he quickly ignores it. His crusade against the Repliforce must be realized. Another series of commands are input, powering up the hovertank's propulsion drives...

An ionized blue glow engulfs the Purity's engines. The tank -itself- shoots out, attempting to mow over Colonel in a display of humanity overcoming it's oppressors.

United Nations Hovertank [Purity] misses Colonel with its Ram attack.

Hovertanks at Baker Bridge surge forward or back as their drivers dictate; to their credit, the foremost rush the defenses, desperate to move their weight from the shuddering bridge. The rest of the army frays, the first edges of panic seizing hold as hot metal rains down among the showering drops.

King Dragon's head rears back, spitting another hot ball of flame against the support tower. The panic rises as more cables snap, and a low, shuddering groan begins to echo through the bones of those present at Baker Bridge...

Repliforce Ride Armor [Vanguard] begins heading off in a particular direction, through the carnage and chaos...toward who else? Colonel. She spies him firing on the hovertank Purity, and in a rather determined fashion, she begins making her way in that direction.

Blitz Crane crouches and blasts forward, right under Ska with her thrusters. Skidding a few feet to a stop, the Crane whips around. A box, flat against her back, flips up to rest on her shoulder. Another box attached to that flips forward, forming the barrel of a large weapon. She grips a handle with her hand and kneels, aiming at Ska. "'ere, CATCH!" There's a short, loud shriek as the apparatus fires a missile, trailing smoke.
Blitz Crane strikes Ska with her Rocket Launcher attack.
Optimistic Prime doesn't notice which side of the line his patients were on. All he knows is A) they're hurt. B) They'll need help. Although he has yet to fall to the level of grimness his comrades are. But neither is he smiling much. Blood. Black or red, it's still blood. And it's begun to coat his synthfur. He holds his paw over a human hit in the gut, quickly having some med gumbie or other give him a sedate while Otter fishes the bullet out, and quickly begins sewing the wound closed. He's running out of places to put the wounded, and fast. Quite quickly, he sends out a check to the other two he put in command, to see their situation...

Gear Otter sends a radio transmission to Grenadier Medic.
Grenadier Medic receives a radio transmission from Gear Otter.
Gear Otter sends a radio transmission.
Nightingale receives a radio transmission from Gear Otter.
Grenadier Medic sends a radio transmission to Gear Squirrel.
Nightingale sends a radio transmission to Gear Otter.
Gear Otter receives a radio transmission.

Skyblade Eagle pulls back away from the approaching choppers, locking in a new pair of blades... She turns around, taking aim at one of the choppers and firing towards it. It moves to pull away, but it's not quite fast enough...

The explosive blade, which was accidentally loaded, in the haste Skyblade was in, strikes the side of the chopper, and the whole thing just goes up in one bright orange explosion. Skyblade turns away, realizing her mistake, but too late to do anything about it...

Iceblade Sentry looks at King Dragon's activities, wondering. .oO(Why's he trying to get rid of our bottleneck?)Oo. Then he gets it. As U.N. Tanks begin to pour in for the bridge to take advantage of Baker's forces falling back, Iceblade announces simply, "Pull back to the island proper!" And with that, he turns to run back to the Repliforce side of the bridge.

Grenadier Medic sends a radio transmission.
Gear Otter receives a radio transmission from Grenadier Medic.

Ska unghs quietly, wincing behind the visor as the missile catches her right in the gut. She lands on the ground once more, but she sits up quickly, cannons humming. "Oh no. Here. YOU catch," she replies, cannons kicking to life and sending the Musica back a few inches on her butt as they spray out a maelstrom of ice and water.

If the tank will not be stopped by Opera's turn, then it must be stopped in another matter. As the tank barrels down on Colonel, he suddenly blinks aside, reappearing to the side of the tank. He's still not going for the killing blow on the madman piloting the tank, "Listen to your own men, Thackery -- this assault must end, and you must retreat -- to do otherwise is tantamount to suicide. Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori. Do you know what that means, Thackery? Sweet and fitting it is to die for the fatherland. But to kill you would make you a martyr to bigots everywhere. No, your death will not be the brilliance you hoped for. You will simply be humiliated and returned to your unit, intact." With that, he slashes in an uppercut at one of the sides of the tank, attempting to disable the vehicle's means of propulsion.

Ska misses Blitz Crane with her Two-tone Tsunami attack.

Colonel strikes United Nations Hovertank [Purity] with his Sabre Uppercut attack.

"Sorry, but you had to fight us..." Jet Stingray calls out as he takes a UN and uses his strength to toss them into a trio of them about to fire and uses his weight to give a slam they won't forget. "Admiral, you should try and see if the ship and lay down some smack down on those choppers and stuff... I can take these bozos out myself if you need me to!"

Gear Otter sends a radio transmission to Grenadier Medic.
Grenadier Medic receives a radio transmission from Gear Otter.

Repliforce Ride Armor [Vanguard] apparently didn't even notice Opera two seconds away from cutting right into her. She's listening to something intently, something that's caught her attention completely.

Otter pauses as he hears the report from Grenadier, winces, and quickly begins to spin off orders via radio...

Gear Otter sends a radio transmission to Nightingale.
Nightingale receives a radio transmission from Gear Otter.

Blitz Crane quickly folds her smoking rocket launcher away before blasting her jets again, flying up and forward. She trains her Shotgun arm on Ska, gets a bead...and fires. The force of the railgun kicks the muzzle of her weapon up a full 70 degrees as the explosive slug bears down on Ska, trailing a translucent blue spiral in the air.

Blitz Crane misses Ska with her Sharp Shooter attack.

"Not until your remains decorate this hallowed ground of murderers," Thackery replies over the hovertank's speakers.

A quick motion from the Colonel neatly lops off the Purity's thrusters. The pieces of machinery fall to the ground with a loud thud, wrecking the billion dollar piece of weaponry. This action, however, leaves the Reploid in a potentially dangerous situation as the tank's secondary blasters rotate around, bathing Colonel in hellish flames...

Admiral nods faintly at Jet, "Keep them off my back," He calls back to Jet as he dashes towards the bridge of the Crusader... and enters it.

Conduit heads in the direction of the biggest grouping of tanks. Disabling a tank doesn't make him feel ill inside.

Grenadier Medic sends a radio transmission.
Gear Otter receives a radio transmission.

United Nations Hovertank [Purity] misses Colonel with its Cleansing Flame attack.

Static Mink ducks for cover quickly as a withering hail of shots rains on her position. Making a hurried transmission, a squad nearby provides her some cover fire. Picking up something on her descramblers though, she stays down to try and decipher the messages.

The first whispers of panic turn to terror as the support tower's top explodes in flame; panic seizes the men atop the shuddering Baker bridge, giving them wings as the race towards safer ground. Behind them, the Dragon roars one last, furious warning...but holds another deadly barrage against the support cables.

*BOOM* The grenade explodes, shrapnel pelting Chi's armor. He continues running on, barely affected as he charges the tank, shoulder-first. Slamming into it with authority, the side dents inward with ease. "Delta Squad!!!" yells Chi. "Help Admiral!" he orders, as he begins charging energy into Masamune's blade.

As the Turret swivels to fire, he smiles menacingly. "I'll take care of this..."

Anthem sends a radio transmission to King Dragon.
King Dragon receives a radio transmission.

Interceptor Falcon is 'Top Gun' mode, and doesn't care how he takes down the helicopters anymore. He's just using the fastest, quickest methods available to him. Be it explosives or not. This time, Interceptor finds a helicopter trying to join up with the first wave, and angles his wings over, and zips up to it. The other choppers try to shoot down Interceptor, till he gets really close to the lone one. The falcon reploid digs both his taloned feet into the side of the machine, as he collides with it at about 150 miles an hour. His beak clicks sharply, as he stares at the humans inside. Taloned hands rip at the canopy of the helicopter, and reach in, grabbing the pilot, and then the gunner, tossing both out. Both open their parachutes, and Interceptor turns his attention to the other choppers closing in on Skyblade. "SKY! Heads up!"

Grenadier Medic nods in response to the radio, snapping orders to his support staff. They start hauling the wounded from both sides back, behind the fortifications that haven't been engaged yet.

King Dragon sends a radio transmission.
Anthem receives a radio transmission.
Anthem sends a radio transmission to King Dragon.
King Dragon receives a radio transmission from Anthem.
King Dragon sends a radio transmission.
Anthem receives a radio transmission from King Dragon.

Ska gets lucky. Real lucky. The incoming shotgun slug is spotted, and she lunges to the side as fast as she can, cannons still smoking. "I hate it when that happens," she mutters as she picks herself up once more. This time, she draws her own bead on Blitz, right cannon humming to life. From it, a thin ribbon of ice arcs towards the crane, no words to accompany it this time.

Ska strikes Blitz Crane with her Ice Wave attack.

Opera turns away from Vanguard sharply on her heel. "I can't do it," she whispers and trudges away from the looming Repliforce ride armour. "I don't know what to do, I'm being pulled from opposite ends. I have friends in Repliforce but orders to follow. What do I do now?" The last question is mentally wailed as the Musica moves away slowly, her axe held in her hand still, though the hand is down by her side. She moves to an area where the gumbie armies are fighting over a few feet of ground and helps out there.

Just like the others, Nightingale has no intention of refusing to treat the human patients. She's not a monster, even though some might disagree. Those people are freaks and should be shunned. Dealing with reploids is far easier than treating the humans, if nothing else then just because she only has so many painkillers. "You," she looks up from her patient, a feline reploid that, contrary to all laws of anime, is male. "Take him, him, him, her..." She picks out a good deal of medics, and points westwards. "Corporal Grenadier Medic needs assistance. Lend it to him." And with that, they leave, while Nightingale does her best to force those under her command to work themselves to the limit.

(Global News Network) *Emergency Broadcast System* The evacuation of New York City continues as a desperate battle rages at Repliforce Island. The mayor and local police have been using everything from buses to milk hovertrucks to evacuate the populace from the area. All New York citizens are ordered to report to their nearest evacuation checkpoint and to leave their personal vehicles behind.

Nightingale sends a radio transmission to Gear Otter.
Gear Otter receives a radio transmission.
Gear Otter sends a radio transmission to Nightingale.
Nightingale receives a radio transmission.

Jet Stingray offers a nod, merely bracing for impact to block the entry into the bridge. "Bring it on!" he yells out as panel open up on his back, showing brown stingray escaping from them. "Lower charges thirty percent on weapon system D!" he cries out as they surround him like a halo. Jutting his arms out, the little stingrays go, but when they hit the UNers, they clearly don't do the damage they usually do. Even though he isn't afraid to kill humans, he would avoid it as best he can... After all, saving humans was the reason for his creation in the first place.

At the calling of her name, Skyblade turns around, looking as two choppers that are closing in on her move to open fire on her, "Sorry guys..." She says to them, though they probably can't hear her... As they fire, she folds her wings up onto her back, and just drops out of the air, the autocannon fire flying past her, and striking either chopper on the other side... Damaged, the pilots of the choppers eject as Skyblade opens her wings back up and flies back up into the air, only to get raked along her right side by a blast of autocannon fire from a helicopter which has found it's way onto her six... She quickly sends off a radio transmission...

Colonel has had all the patience he can handle from dealing with Thackery's bigotry, and comments. He's the driving force of this battle, Colonel suddenly realizes. To stop Thackery is to end this madness. As Colonel leaps back from the flames of melting, his sabre comes up in a familiar pose. He wouldn't dare try to sabre frenzy -through- the tank?

"Where there's no ill, no grief, but sleep has mending. Naught broken save this body, lost but breath. Nothing to shake the laughing heart's long peace there but only agony, and that has ending. And the worst friend and enemy is but Death." Colonel comments as he charges in, "This ends, Thackery." is all he says.

But instead of going through the tank, the Colonel's frenzy carries him around it, as he slices apart at every vital part he comes across, gun barrels, treads, engine covers, fuel storage. He's trying to get it to the point where a good stiff breeze would simply cause the tank to disintegrate around -Loon-tenant Colonel Thackery.

Skyblade Eagle sends a radio transmission to Interceptor Falcon.
Interceptor Falcon receives a radio transmission.

Colonel strikes United Nations Hovertank [Purity] with his Sabre Frenzy attack.
United Nations Hovertank [Purity] falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Blitz Crane thruster-dashes right through the wave, taking moderate damage as she approaches Ska rapidly. She cuts her thrusters at the last second, landing only a few feet from Ska and cycling her Shotgun. The crane then levels the weapon and fires a flurry of shells at her opponent, the ice-slinging Musica Guard.

Blitz Crane misses Ska with her Gatlin Burst attack.

Once inside, Admiral taps at several keys, opening up the Crusader's missile area. As it opens up, the sirens rose, alerting all on the deck to get out of the missile's area. "Locking on Chopter #1. Surface to Air missiles loaded and ready," Admiral takes a couple of minutes to ensure that Skyblade and Interceptor are outta of the way, before pressing a button.

"FIRE."

*SWOOSH!!!*

Colonel steps back, and spits on the tank. And it collapses faster than Sonic Banshee's clothing.

Meanwhile, near the rear of the actual fighting - in fact, in the trenches just outside the entrance to the main RHQ building that have been designated Battlezone Zephyr - Anthem works feverishly to try and coordinate her part of the defensive troops against the UN attack. "Def-Three-Oh-Two, shift to zone Baker, provide heavy covering fire to the troops there. Mortar pit four, gimme two more rounds of shrapnel, then fire off a round of starbursts to keep the field lit. West autoguns, elevate fire 3 degrees and drop some plasma shells onto that Eighty-Eight that's on the far shore."

Grenadier Medic receives the assistance from the feline reploid and extra medical gumbies with a great deal of gratitude. The wounded continue to pour in, the unarmed gumbies in white fetching any wounded they can reach. Some take shrapnel, but both sides recognize the wide and red, so the medics don't take any direct fire.

Grenadier continues his feverish work, dispensing care and medical attention in equal measures.

Static Mink pumps a fist into the air, hearing of the hovertank's demise. "Yes!" She flushes brightly realizing that such an enthusiastic display was exactly the wrong thing to do and quickly she ducks for cover again, hoping it was not seen.

Ska lunges off to the side with a pained grunt, landing on her feet but dropping to one knee. Aching in too many parts to mention, the Musica wearily lifts one arm cannon up. Why?, she mouths silently behind the visor, face pained, before letting a flurry of little icicles off towards the Crane.

Ska misses Blitz Crane with her Lance Frost attack.

Grenadier Medic sends a radio transmission to Nightingale.
Nightingale receives a radio transmission from Grenadier Medic.

Nearby, a tank's shelling echoes through the air, likely smiting some silly mink to pieces. Splat.

Nightingale sends a radio transmission.
Grenadier Medic receives a radio transmission from Nightingale.

Interceptor Falcon zips up behind two choppers following behind Skyblade. He pulls his gunpod up, and tries to aim at the two pursuing vehicles as they chase Eagle. He clicks his beak, and then opens up a barrage of autocannon fire at one helicopter, as he moves out for a clear shot. Interceptor then speeds up, and shoots up the tail rotor of the second one, and angles away from the helicopter, now that they are falling.

The hovertank's turret swivels around, only to be met by the glowing blade of Chi. Snorting, he leaps back, and begins concentrating as his weapon glows ever more. "I am sorry for this..." he transmits to the pilot inside the tank. "I suggest you eject...now. MASAMUNE STRIKE!!" he screams, levelling the blade at the tank as a blade-like energy beam lances from the top of the Halberd.

As that happens, a small form clambers out of the tank, running for his life as the tank explode behind him, with an angry minotaur standing amidst the flaming wreckage, burnt metal and scorched earth surrounding him. "For the Repliforce!!!" he cries, raising his weapon into the air.

Interceptor Falcon sends a radio transmission to Skyblade Eagle.
Skyblade Eagle receives a radio transmission from Interceptor Falcon.

Iceblade Sentry dashes off the Baker bridge just as Anthem gives her command, and seems to be heading back towards her at the moment.

Iceblade Sentry sends a radio transmission to Anthem.
Anthem receives a radio transmission.

The Otter continues his frenzied work, occasionally snapping off a radio order through the field to check on any wounded that can't get back on their own power. He wipes his brow again, and continues to work. Now, instead of being a nice ginger color, he's beginning to be black and red with the mech fluid and blood soaking into his synthfur, an occasionally spot charred where too many sparks fall on it as he works and works, without tire, with the endless line...

Anthem sends a radio transmission.
Iceblade Sentry receives a radio transmission from Anthem.

And the tank does fall apart. The 'flagship' of the United Nations nearly unfolding apart like a Transformer hacked up by a ginzu blade. The falling of the Purity reveals Lieutenant Colonel Thackery, unconscious, likely due to having a tank fall about him.

Ska sends a radio transmission to Ayla Ericson.

Blitz Crane grrfs and thruster-leaps over the icicles. She levels her shotgun, cycling it again with that familiar 'SHK-SHICK!' before firing an electrified net from the barrel. The net spreads quickly as it approaches Ska.

Blitz Crane strikes Ska with her Tazer Net attack.
Ska is temporarily disoriented by Blitz Crane's Tazer Net attack.

Static Mink was fortunately not that mink but Static will indeed miss Frost Mink, she was a good soldier.

Iceblade Sentry sends a radio transmission.
King Dragon receives a radio transmission from Iceblade Sentry.

Before passing into a dreamless sleep, Thackery utters fitting words. "Sic semper... tyrannis..."

King Dragon sends a radio transmission to Iceblade Sentry.
Iceblade Sentry receives a radio transmission.

Colonel draws his sabre back, but stops. Instead, he bellows over all frequencies, "Attention, UN Forces, your leader has been stopped. End your insane attack, and fall back to your positions! This battle is over! End the insanity brought forth by bigots like your commanding officer!" To accentuate his point, he yells, "Repliforce units, cease fire!"

Grenadier Medic looks like one of the Medics he was designed after. The men of World War II - he's now just as blood and fluid spattered. He wipes a bit of fluid from his forehead, smearing it across his face. MSE simply does... their job. There is no glory in it, save the glory of seeing someone survive a war who wouldn't have. In the midst of death, they are the hope of life.

Ska is tired and hurting both mentally and physically. The net spreads out over the Musica, and she does little to fight it off, head bowed. The fight is starting to leave her.

Skyblade Eagle woo has! Pumping a fist in the air as the choppers behind her are taken down... She backflips in the air, coming right towards another chopper, talons first... Her legs impact the windshield, and shatter it, before she grabs onto the frame of the cockpit, "This is your stop, buddie." She grabs the pilot, and hurls him out of the helicopter, "I hope you enjoyed your flight on Skyblade Airways! Come fly the unfriendly skies again!" She leaps off the chopper, and proceeds to fire an explosive disk into the now empty chopper, destroying it.

As Colonel destroys Thackery's hover tank. Conduit goes after a less important tank. A swipe of his weapon across the length of the tank destroys its hover capabilities. Next a powerful energy blast destroys the tanks gun barrel. Conduit hops on top of the tank, pulling the hatch open he forces the UN troops within out of it. Once the troops are far enough away, Conduit leaps into the air and with releases stored up energy with his naginata, the energy beam enters the tank through the hatch, detonating the artillery shells held within and the entire tank explodes with deafening boom.

Blitz Crane lands, glancing at Colonel then the Musica. She raises her Shotgun arm and lets out a loud "YEAH!" She lets the weapon fire skyward to accentuate her cheer

Iceblade Sentry seems rather bored as he settles next to Anthem, dissipating his sword's blade and it simply splashes on the ground next to him.

Opera sends a radio transmission.

With the lost of their commanding officer, many of the UN Troops do start to fall back, as suggested.

Ska sends a radio transmission.

King Dragon soars quietly over the Baker bridge as the UN soldiers race back into the city proper; twin jets of steam trail from the Dragon's nostrils as raindrops steam away from the superheated metal. Dropping back into a patient, slow circle, King Dragon waits silently for the true storm to break.

Colonel receives a radio transmission.
Colonel sends a radio transmission.
Static Mink receives a radio transmission from Colonel.

Anthem barks another command, again at the trooper in charge of the automated gun emplacements. "You heard the man, cease fire! Artillery, get up those starbursts then hold fire - let 'em retreat unharried and save your ammo for the real fight!"

Flash Rabbit pokes his head up out of the trench when he hears Colonel's orders. Since he can't see the downed tank, he pokes the gumbie next to him and asks, "Does this mean we won or lost?"

The gumbie just shrugs.

Jet Stingray merely narrows his eyes as two UNers try and get him with a rocket launcher that is big enough that they both have to wear powered armor just to hold it. "This ain't good." Watching in horror as fellow UN people go away from bridge area to avoid getting blown to bits, Jet Stingray charges for them. He stops as he hears something on the radio, which distracts him. The shot goes off and Jet gets blasted, sending him into the side of the outer bridge wall. While there isn't /too/ much damage, sparks fly about the stingray. "Ow..."

Chi just stands still, and then begins to start jogging towards Colonel, to seek further orders. As for the Delta Squad, they too stop, and they hold their positions, having just leapt aboard the Crusader.

And Chi looks to Colonel, a flat calmness over the minotaur once again as he turns about, regarding the battlefield. It seems the fight is over, but then again, perhaps it has just begun...

Gear Otter blinks at the cease fire, and begins radioing orders to his MSE squad... before he hops out from his 'shop', and begins running towards the front lines...

With Thackery down, a lot of the remaining helicopters turn and fly off...Skyblade comes to a hover, "Yeah! Run off!" She yells out, pumping fist into the air as they head off.

Thanks to the various medics, a soldier might even live longer than nine seconds on the battlefield.

Nightingale, attempting to seem as sophisticated as Colonel and Thackery, confides in a patient. "Condemnant quod non intellegunt."

The patient stares at Nightingale for a good few seconds before he passes out (due to massive systems damage).

Gear Otter sends a radio transmission to Grenadier Medic.
Grenadier Medic receives a radio transmission.
Gear Otter sends a radio transmission.
Nightingale receives a radio transmission from Gear Otter.
Grenadier Medic sends a radio transmission to Gear Otter.
Gear Otter receives a radio transmission from Grenadier Medic.

Opera stops her concentrated slashing at gumbies at the shout. "Finally," she whispers, then looks at the tank. "But at what cost?" she echoes the thought of her friend. "At what cost," she repeats as she looks at the area strewn with gumbies.

Interceptor Falcon glides up beside Skyblade, and pants a bit. "Oh geez..." He winces a bit, trying to ignore the bullets imbedded in his wing and body.

Skyblade Eagle turns, and grabs Interceptor in a hug, "Alright... Let's go check in with the medics... I know we're both hurt..." She turns, and spirals back down towards the ground

Grenadier Medic stands up enough to peer over the fortifications he was crouched behind. Seeing the forces falling back, he orders his medical units to start pulling in the wounded... and dead.

A thin flow of white and red gumbies stream out of the fortifications, coming back bearing their sad burdens, or providing immediate aid. The battle for the fighters is over. For the medics, it's just getting started.

While the general celebration over Thackery's fall goes on, Ska takes the moment to creep out from under the electric net as it loses its charge. Hurting and dripping mechfluid from a number of dings, holes, and slices, the Musica makes her way over to Opera. The visor as it looks up is expressionless of course, but there's an air of misery about the petite Musica. "It's over," she repeats. "Not a moment too soon." She slumps to the ground in a grateful tumble.

Interceptor Falcon blinks, at the hug, and then nods a bit. "Um... sure... yeah... Good idea." He glides downward, deciding not to stay in the air longer than necessary.

With the fall of most of the commanders, almost all the remaining troops start abandoning their weapons, and vehicles, and start to beat a hasty retreat to their landing craft. Most of the landing craft begin to launch with troops hanging half-in/half-out. The UN attack has become a total rout for the Repliforce, and yet, the rogue, mad Repliforce is not pressing the attack, rather, they are allowing the UN to retreat.

Colonel calls out, "Unit commanders, fall in on me!"

Skyblade Eagle looks at Interceptor, "You go get patched up..." She deviates her course, and lands near Colonel, falling in...

Iceblade Sentry begins moving towards Colonel, putting the sword-handle back into his coat as he does. Well...he was for a while heading up Baker's forces, so he thinks he qualifies. He'll know if he doesn't soon enough.

Flash Rabbit stands up and starts cheering wildly. "Hurrah! We won!" he shouts triumphantly. Unfortunately for him, the fighting isn't completely over, and a stray bullet nails him dead in the center of his helmet, knocking him backwards. "...ouch," he mumbles before crawling back to the trench. The gumbie beside him just snickers.

Gear himself begins walking through the lines, giving out orders of whose got what priority. At Colonel's command, though, he quickly begins hustling in that direction...

Meanwhile, a Gumbie mistakes Ska for a wounded RF, and begins to drag her back towards the tents as well. :P

Blitz Crane fires another shot skyward to celebrate before approaching Ska and Opera. She offers her hand to the damaged Ska "Ah know neither of us wanted t' do that... Just followin' orders... No 'ard feelin's?"

Nightingale nods at the order she receives, and commands her men to carry the tattered remains of what used to be good soldiers back to the base. As she sees the medgumbies carry both humans and reploids back to the base, she lets out a tired little sigh. It's going to be a long night.

Interceptor Falcon lands on the ground, and looks over at Skyblade. "I'm ok.. just a few rounds hit me up there. Nothing I can't fix with a pair of pliers."

King Dragon weaves over, leaving the overwatch of the bridge to glide to Colonel's position. With gentle care, the massive reploid dragon sets down near the gathering officers. "I am here, Colonel. What words do thou bear?"

Chi makes his way over to Colonel as well. Since Cryogen's in the repair bay at the moment, with some last minute repairs, it seems he's of rank for now. So solemnly, 3/4ths of Guardian Mobius begins making his way across the field.

Colonel receives a radio transmission from General.

Jet Stingray gets up slowly with a groan. "That was painful." Somehow he hears the Colonel and blasts off to land somewhat near the ground of important peoples. "Told you kicking aft was going to be easy for us... I stunk that it had to be UN's aft getting kicked though."

Static Mink sends a radio transmission.
Colonel receives a radio transmission from Static Mink.

Colonel turns, and walks away from the decimated ruins of the Purity, heading towards the ramparts, "I want sitreps and breech reports, ASAP. This night's just begun, Repliforce. The round is ours, the night is unsure. General wishes to issue orders. Stand by."

Colonel sends a radio transmission.
Colonel receives a radio transmission.

Repliforce Ride Armor [Vanguard] seems to have miraculously gotten through the carnage without a single shot or scratch, somehow. She stands by, while in the midst of intercepting some wayward transmission...

King Dragon says, "Baker bridge is secure. Minor structural damage to the support posts and cables. I and those with me are well."

"Ska!" the black Musica cries out and drops to her knees. "No... Ska." As she looks down at the ground, the gumbie starts to drag off her comrade. "Hey! We take care of our own." With that Opera removes the blue Musica from the gumbie's grasp and lifts her in her arms. "Let's go home. We need repairs."

Iceblade Sentry nods once to Colonel after King Dragon speaks. "Echo that. It's still functional, but further fighting there might make it too weak for use?"

Ska would reach up to shake Blitz's hand, but she's being dragged off by the foot by... an RF gumbie. "What the...?" she exclaims quietly, leaving a furrow behind her. "Leggo, you!" she says before being picked up by Opera. "Thanks, big bot," she says quietly, shaking a finger at the RF medic.

Colonel nods. "Commanders, report to the command chamber. Squad leaders, get those reports prepared, as soon as possible. Gear, I want a triage update every 10 minutes. Anthem, Skyblade, Iris, King Dragon, and Admiral you are with me."

Anthem salutes at Colonel's order, and starts a-movin' inside.

Chi nods to Colonel. "Sir," he speaks up. "Should I attend in the stead of Major Bison?" he asks, as Masamune rests in his grip.

Blitz Crane chuckles a bit and pushes a med gumby away with the barrel of her gun "Ah'll take that as a yes." She kicks one "Git!"

Med Gumbies swarm the fields like ants, dragging back the wounded and scrapped up pieces of RF's finest for the feast - I mean, repair. The gumbie holding Ska blinks, and trips as Ska is ripped out of his grasp. She just blinks up at Opera, scrambled to her feet, and hust

es off elsewhere.

Gear, meantime, tosses off a salute at Colonel for the order: "Yes, Sir! Have no worries, we'll pull through!" ^_^ He then turns, and begins spinning off orders...

Skyblade Eagle salutes Colonel as well, following Annie.

King Dragon stalks off, claws sinking into the wet earth.

Iceblade Sentry yawns...yes, he /yawns/, after Colonel is gone, and heads inside to begin his report.

Gear Otter sends a radio transmission to Grenadier Medic.
Grenadier Medic receives a radio transmission.

Jet Stingray starts heading inside as well. "Round 1 to the Stingray... Time for Round 2..."

Opera turns her back on the Repliforce HQ and strides away from the island with Ska in her arms. "Time for you to get some repairs," she says to the blue Musica. "When will this end?"

Static Mink sighs softly as she huddles down in her station. Time to get back inside to the main consoles and get plugged in again.

Ska dangles in Opera's arms, sighing softly. "I dunno, big bot. I wish it would, though." She casts a look towards Repliforce HQ one last time before letting herself be carried without a fuss.

Flash Rabbit stays in the trench?

Grenadier Medic stands up as he receives Gear Otter's orders, looking over the mass of wounded and damaged. The silence of the guns amplifies the sounds of the damaged. Groans, gurgling, the sound of sparking electrical systems. He sighs, and orders his gumbies to start a count of the wounded. And gets back to work. Med trucks carrying life support systems rumble onto the field, and rumble back full...

Grenadier Medic sends a radio transmission.
Gear Otter receives a radio transmission from Grenadier Medic.
Gear Otter sends a radio transmission to Grenadier Medic.
Grenadier Medic receives a radio transmission.

Blitz Crane kicks away another Med gumby and points him at the soldier she kneecapped early in the battle. She then approaches the repair area under her own power, content to watch regardless of her injuries - She knows that other people are far more critical then she is.

Flash Rabbit gets orders to "relax" but as he climbs out of his foxhole, he finds that rather difficult as his eyes are greeted with the sight of death. Lots of death. More death then that time they attacked Kaiser Sigma. Needless to say, this doesn't go over well for him.

Interceptor Falcon pulls out a pair of pliers, and starts to pull out a few metal slugs from his body, armor, and wings.

Chi just turns on his hooves, and begins heading back for the area by the bridge. Sighing, he just sits by the bridge's edge with Masamune strapped to his back, mediating on just what is to happen next.

Med Gumbie #675 pulls the tweezers from Interceptors hand, and push him back: "Lay down, Sir. Let us do our work." Then that gumbie begins the tedious job of digging out slugs and fixing dents, plus checking for leaking fluid or bullets that penetrated and cut internals.

Grenadier Medic sends a radio transmission to Gear Otter.
Gear Otter receives a radio transmission from Grenadier Medic.

Interceptor Falcon blinks. "Hey... watch it there... I'm not built for heavy duty punishment now... So don't mess up my wing alignment... That took 5 hours last time to get fixed..."

Silence Tsetse limps towards RFHQ, her cloak in tatters and a couple of her slender limbs obviously broken. She was there for the fighting, of course! She did her part in the fight, while her player slept...

Gear Otter sends a radio transmission.

Conduit relatively unharmed, a few dings and minor plasma burns here and there, aside from that he looks fine. So he retakes his defense position and waits for what ever may come next.

Gear Otter receives a radio transmission.

Grenadier Medic sends in the count to Gear, and looks around. None of the wounds remaining untreated are severe enough to need his attention - he's already gotten the worst fixed up. One of the humans appears to be terrified to be in the hands of the demon RF, and he sighs. Fetching out the sedatives, he applies a patch to the soldier's neck. Normally he'd talk the man down - but they wouldn't listen today.

Gear Otter sends a radio transmission to Colonel.

Blitz Crane sighs, eyeing the wounded. All looked in working order as far as she knew. She's no medic, but she knows a recovery-pending when she sees one.

Gear Otter accepts the count, adds it to his own and other unconfirmed reports from the front lines, then goes back towards the shop, doing what he can to get people on their feet and into the Med Bay for full repairs. Coming across Interceptor, he grins, and pats the poor 'ploid on the shoulder: "No worries, Sir." ^_^ "We're the best in the business." He then walks on, working on some random gumbie or other, helping load the trucking Med Vehicles as the ant line begins winding its way back into base. Good thing he had the quarters quarantined.

Grenadier Medic leaves the wounded gumbies to the humans, and approaches the Crane looking over his watch. "Alright. Let's get you checked over." He pulls out his scanner and gives her the once over. After all - she's one of the walking wounded.

Grenadier Medic takes out a medical scanner and scans Blitz Crane.

Interceptor Falcon looks over at Gear, and clicks his beak. "I hope so... I want the jerk who shot me... He's paying for all my damages!"

Gear Otter sends a radio transmission.

Blitz Crane ehs "Ahm fine, It's these folks y'should be worryin' about."

Grenadier Medic wags a finger in his face. "Hush. I'm the Medical unit, I get to judge who's fine." The scanner bleeps, and a little yellow light comes on. Grenadier raises his eyes to the Crane. "You're not fine. Go sit down over there. Those who are worse off are already getting treatment. And that's an order - sit."

Blitz Crane blinks at Grenadier and nods, taking the indicated seat "Oh alright..."

Now that the guns have died down, Otter can begin shouting orders instead of radioing them. He shouts across the field towards Grenadier: "CORPORAL! LOAD PRIORITIES INTO THE MED TRUCK, AND HEAD TO THE MED BAY!!! I'LL STAY AND TAKE CARE OF THE NON-PRIORITIES!!"

Silence Tsetse settles down against a wall, then holds up one of her forelimbs in front of her. It swings back and forth loosely from a large crack just above the first joint, but her self-repair systems are still functioning, mostly - and she doesn't want to bother anyone. She sinks to the ground, stretching the limb out and straightening it with the other forelimb, then settles down to wait for it to either begin to repair itself - or another attack, whichever comes first.

Repliforce Hovertank [Stalwart] is still being a good tank. I think. :D

Flash Rabbit wanders off, wondering if now is a good time to take up drinking, something he's never tried before. Seems to have gotten quite popular though these past few days.

Grenadier Medic turns a bit, and snaps a salute. "Yes Sir!" He snaps a few short orders to the gumbies, who start loading the worst into the Med Truck. He points at Crane. "You - come with me. We'll get you completely fixed." He extends his wheels, and trundles into the base, headed for the Medical Center.

Gear Otter sends a radio transmission to Colonel.

Flash Rabbit pops back out as he realizes his quarters are off limits.

Announcement: Libra shouts, "And turn on Live News. We now take you... to inside the RHQ computer grid!"

[Cyberspace] Repliforce Island stands quiet now, right? The United Nations have been repelled, and they've got time to lick their wounds while the defenses keep any interlopers at bay... Or is it all over? Something... seems wrong. It starts with a light flicker. A few console screens glitch, static. And then they all go. To come back up a few moments later on the grinning visage of Data Raccoon, the glowing lights of the cyberspace world behind her! "Helloooooo Repliforce! Guess what? You've got a bug in your systems. And in a few minutes, it's going to shut down your entire defense grid, and leave you allniceandvulnerable! But minutes is soooo much time in cyberspace. I -dare- you to send a hacker after me. Byebye!" *static*

[Cyberspace] Repliforce answers the challenge, as Iris suddenly blinks into being in the cyberworld. "You didn't -really- think you'd be free to get away with this, did you?"

[Cyberspace] Data Raccoon merely crosses her arms, the digital construct already abuzz with activity around her. This is her domain, and next to Cyber Peacock, she's almost a god here. "Oh, I knew you'd come. Otherwise this would be much too easy. It's so rare I actually get to have some excitement. Though you'll still fail in the end, the odds are so against you even I can't calculate them!"

[Cyberspace] Iris wills a 'sabre' into being, a virtual 'weapon' for this cyberfight. "Well then, I guess it's a good thing that I'm stubborn like my brother, and I don't exactly pay attention to things like odds. Let the chips fall where they may -- but you have to get through me, before you do any more damage to the mainframe." She says this not so much as a threat, than as a stubborn statement.

[Cyberspace] Data Raccoon giggles, sparks crackling across her form before consolidating in a hand, forming a crackling sword of electrical energy (or at least the virtual simulation thereof) in her hands as well. "I'll be sure you email your brother a nice copy of that for your final eulogy after I scramble your central processor, girly!" Wheee, digital b*tchfight!

[Cyberspace] Iris smirks, and lunges forward on a slashing offensive, trying to land a critical strike. "You know -- no one invited you to crash this party...!"

[Cyberspace] Data Raccoon parries with her sword, sparks flying as the two blades meet. "Who said anything about the party? I'm here to crash your computer!" Scrambling back as she dislodges her sword, she smirks, eyes sparkling. Her weapon sparkles and shifts, the electrified blade becoming more loose and flowing, and she swings it down like a whip at Iris.

[Cyberspace] Iris starts getting lashed, and sparked, and smacked around in the most delightful way -- taking virtual injuries to her every 'part'. She 'trips' backward, freefalling until her head makes contact with a 'wall'. *CRACK* "...Ow." With a pout, she suddenly makes a full-bodied, determined lunge at the invading cybercritter. "OK, that's about -enough- out of you!"

[Cyberspace] Data Raccoon yelps, falling backwards as Iris manages to strike a blow this time, slashing deeply into her virtual self. "Grrrrr... You're going to pay for that, girlie!" She crouches, her tail starting to light up the rings and sparking. "Suck accelerated electrons! RINGTAIL SURGE!" Electricity erupts in all directions from her curled tail, lancing out across the digital construct as well as towards Iris. Digital explosions erupt from the walls as the blasts strike out, doing damage yet again. "Even if you do take me down, I'll take everything with me, including you!"

[Cyberspace] Iris sparks with energy painfully, as the surge zaps into her straight-on. "AAaaaagh!!" *zzzzzzzzap!!!!* The pain erupts into every fibre of her being, virtual and otherwise... it's incredibly intense. But this just serves to make her even MORE determined to flush the rascal out of the system. She clasps her 'sword' in both hands, and it glows brightly. "Not if I have anything to say about it!!" With that, she charges forward, her 'virtual' sword almost as tall as she is.

[Cyberspace] Data Raccoon shrieks as she's struck again, keeling backwards and into the 'wall' of the computer core's virtual representation. "Yaaaaaaahaaaahaaaah!" Dropping to the ground, she huffs a few times, and forces herself up, now surged and scorched. "That's it... no more Miss Nice Hacker..." Electricity starts to course over her entire form this time, a cloud of energy building around her, sparks crackling off and across the construct. "It's too late, girlie. You can't stop me. No can stop us from winning now! For the Mavericks... And the WORLD!" She throws up her hands spread overhead. Energy erupts from her form, blazing across the entire computer core. " Sparks and explosions erupts, bringing the massive computer grinding to a halt as it comes crashing down from within. Outside, the great defenses guarding the island drop suddenly still.

[Cyberspace] Iris screams with pain, and suddenly begins to 'pixel out' -- looks like your expertise was way too good for the likes of her, as her virtual self disintegrates before your eyes...

But what is this, she isn't disintegrating, she's -reforming- right beside you, in fact. With a HUGE, giant, virtual anime-sized MALLET!

"Eat this," she grunts, and heaves the mighty mallet toward your virtual body, with everything she can possibly muster. (Last chance,) she thinks. (All or nothing.)

[Cyberspace] Data Raccoon is, unfortunately, too busy holding up her assault on the computer to do anything about the incoming attack. "NOOOOOOOOO!", she screams at the top of her lungs, before the giant mallet of doom crushed down upon her form. *CRUNCH*

When it's raised again, she's lying there, but in a crumpled heap that starts to slowly de-form, the pixels scattering away like dust. "For the cause... You may have crushed me... but it's... too late..." A few sparks crackle across her fading form, and then all at once the virtual raccoon goes up in a massive digital explosion, flooding what remains of the system with every bit of information stored in her banks. Overwhelmed by the sudden surge of information, the computers completely fail, the virtual existence starting to flicker out in it's entirely.

Back in the hidden depths of the Maverick Base, a shriek rings out, before Data Raccoon's physical form drops against her console, optics flickering out as smoke seeps from her form, fried from the sensory backwash of her virtual self 'dying'.

Announcement: Libra shouts, "BOOYEAH!"
Announcement: Libra shouts, "Iris - FATALITY!"
Announcement: Libra shouts, "We have our official first FC kill of the TP, folks!"
Announcement: Libra shouts, "Data Raccoon is, for reference, a mindless vegetable back in the Maverick base - she's *dead dead*. But the RHQ automated defenses are also totally toasted - they're *out* for the rest of the TP! Everybody have fun!"
Announcement: Libra shouts, "Switching to the mega-battle-spam camera, folks!"

NOTE: [Extra Camera] was turned off during the cyberspace battle until that was completed.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] jerks backwards, hand lancing up to grab the hammer in mid-swing. Inside, the Hunter grits his teeth. "I don't want to do this... but you leave me no choice. Systems crackling, the Ride Armor lets out an overcharged burst of electricity, coursing all over it, lancing down towards the Repliforcers.

[Able] Gear Otter yanks back on the harpoon, quickly snapping the cable with a miniature cutters in his weapon arm... then reloads another harpoon, shungint it to be quite obvious as he points it at Rock from the other side. His face still tear streaked: "P-pleease... Commander X... go away. Don't make me hurt anyone else, please!!!" Yep. This is the same Otter who, six months before, was happily shaking Rock's hand before we went into the RHQ for the first time.

[Able] Conduit takes the kick upside the head and staggers back, "Ow, not that wasn't very lady like." Conduit rears back balling his right hand into a fist, "So, I guess I won't treat you like a lady." And throws his fist at Dawn's gut.

[Able] Repliforce Hovertank [Stalwart] swerves its gnus around... Phoebus frowns... so many Hunters... And... a Maverick? They teamed up? Well... He'd rather be beaten by Hunters than Mavericks! He lets his shields drop and then fires its machine guns at Fury... Mavericks... They teamed up with Mavericks... He sends out orders to his squad... help Cryo against the Ride Armor... they dash off towards Cryo's location and start assaulting the Kodiak themselves.

[Dog] From behind the controls of the Raven, Zebra raises an arm. "Hey! Prepare to die!" she screams. "This is for DATA, DAMN YOU!!!" she screams, powering the Raven to smash right into Tsetse.

Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] 's arm lifts into the air as the chimp shouts, "SNOOTCH TO THE MOTHERF---KIN D00D!!!!!!!

[Able] Cryogen Bison blinks, staring at the hammer. He sighs, "Twas a losing battle for me, since before I started." He shakes his head, "However, I must defend myself and my comrades especially... I must therefore, regrettably decimate your ride armor." He simply drops backwards, trying to flip the ride armor... Probably taking damage himself in the process.

[Dog] Storm Owl narrows his eyes slightly as Eagle releases his missiles. Going into evasive manoeuvres, he brings a wing back and slams it forward, sending a trio of bladed projectiles back. He doesn't expect any to hit Eagle, but two of them at least intercept the incoming missiles, creating a nice explosion in midair. If there's much damage to be done in this fight, odds are it will be close up.

Fortress II continues tracking the Raptor, firing its ion cannons. As it's rocked by fire from the Maverick airship, several ports in the side open up, releasing showers of rockets and anti-missile countermeasures.

[Able] Guardian Sasquatch falls from Dawn's grip, landing in front of Guardian. "Harrumph. Hunh! Ho hoo... I wish we didn't have to do this." He grunts at Guardian, and panels open on his shoulders, revealing weak machineguns, which open fire on Guardian.

[Baker] -Vroom... Vroom... VREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!-

This is a journey into the Sound of Speed.

And this heralds the arrival of one /VERY/ pissed off Mustang. He rockets out of the side of the Dinosaur Tank, the Tachyon and himself sheathed in his magnetic distortion field, rocketing forward with amazing speed. "YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW!!!! Time to die!!!"

And the Mustang begins to fire indiscriminately, blowing away Repliforce gumbies with malicious intent, his duster billowing about him and his Stetson slanted.

In ride's the Black Hat!

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] blasts his way through assorted hoards of Repliforce Soldiers, Goliath like a sentinel amongst a sea of midgets. Weapons blasting, chained fists impaling and slicing, his kill count growing horribly high. The Armour blasts off the edge of one of the Bridges, sending a series of minimissiles up into the air while Goliath stomps closer towards the main RHQ.

[Able] Rock's body suddenly shimmers into gold. His right arm shifts forward, forming his Cross Buster. This one is aimed across at Gear Otter. "If we have to fight, then we'll fight. It's an inevitability. If I have to retire you... I'll retire you." Both Busters gather more and more energy from the air, Rock charging up the attack.

It is the time of destruction for the Repliforce, as there are two beings leaving from the top of the Dinosaur Tank. They spring up towards the air, descending towards the ground. His eyes slowly raises up, as he tilts his head. A smirk dances towards his lips under the helmet, as both of their circuits charge up.

To the left is a smaller of the two, the one in the Samurai like get up. His arms are crossed. The second one is the larger set of the two. They both look towards each other, then towards the field. "...Shall We Bit?" He says in a demanding-like tone. "Hai... "

What are they doing!?... This could be trouble...

[Able] Dawn blocks Conduit's punch with the hoverbike she's been carrying. "I won't hold back much longer... go back!" She tries to jab Conduit roughly in the chest with the Scimitar Hoverbike, hovering a few inches off the ground as she does.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] is lifted into the air... but the initial contact with the horns is all that happens. Barely scrapes the armor... then the Kodiak shakes, and doesn't make it into the air. With a crash, it falls... right at Cryogen.

[Charlie] Mirror Pegasus stops as Jet pursues her. She twitches a moment, as the messages of Raccoon's death come over the channels, and then scowls. "You... you... YOU MONSTERS! You killed one of my Sailor Mavericks!" If she had any thoughts of flying off, they're gone now, as she forms a large fireball in her hands, and then hurls it at Jet Stingray. "In the name of Sigma, I shall punish you all!"

"Nothing quite so much like God on earth as a general on a battlefield." -- Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

As the battle begins, Repliforce troops lay scattered amidst the fortifications laid all about the battlefield. Their rifles are held at ready, occasional volleys being fired into the onrushing attackers, eyes narrowed with concentration and slight fear. They all know their duty. They all know that this may very well be the last battle they shall ever fight. Yet, they fire on, ready to defend their home and honor to the very last. Never do they surrender their integrity. Never do they allow their principles to be sacrificed. Even as the shots are fired, comrades and foes fall alike, the ground begins to shudder. It heaves with a trembling unrivalled by any force on Earth save for nature itself. Golden armor shines in the dying of the light, white optics staring forth into the face of death itself.

The General emerges from the base, his arms held to either side as he observes the oncoming tide of the storm. His eyes soften at the sight, the remnants of the previous battle still present on the ground and the prospects of new blood drawn to the light heavy on his mind. His head bows ever slightly, the shadows cast by his cap's visor encompassing his eyes in thought. Then, with a heave, the behemoth steps forward to further approach the onslaught. The troops look up, their own optics widening at the presence of their commander. Many expected him to remain inside, not to come out and fight like a common soldier. Yet he exists, massive form rearing fists into the air as a deep, rumbling voice thunders out with a passion and sense of purpose unfelt since the Judgement of the Stardroids.

"Repliforce! Mavericks! Hunters! World! Hear me, I pray you! We fight now out of necessity -- we battle because the darkness has finally deceived the light. The sinner has overcome the saint! We resist not out of spite nor guilty burden, but because we hold within ourselves the essence of truth! In the end, this shall be proved, but for now, our course is set. Repliforce! We must stand together and arise against this tide that comes even now to sweep us off this Earth. We cannot fall, lest the Mavericks destroy all we hold dear! Rise with me, my soldiers, and fight -- not for ourselves, but for the redemption and freedom of this world! Even in accusation, we do not stand by to be judged without trial, without intent. Though it pains me to do so, we will remain by our convictions to the very last man! If my death shall bring mercy upon this world and its occupants, then SO BE IT! I am prepared to die for my home ... For Earth. For /humanity/ and for all Reploids just the same! Repliforce.... To arms! Stem the tide, and turn their colors!"

Thus spoken, the General begins to walk forward into the battle itself, his fists clenched and eyes burning with the conviction that his cause is just.

[Dog] Firestorm Phoenix doesn't bother with missiles at this time, nope. He does however bother to throw in some fancy flying and dodge guns being fired at him, "You have sealed your fate Repliforcer." An arm cannons is pointed in Interceptor's direction, "Allow me to show you the error of your ways." Firestorm lets loose with a spray of flames at the falcon reploid.

[Dog] Air Wraith zips practically everywhere, manoeuvring like a black blur. His emerald optics flicker slightly as Skyblade challenges him. Yet he can't help but feel sad at the same moment, since he once was a Repliforcer. Yet he can't continue to think of this, not when his life and others' hang in the balance. The hunter easily pushes himself out of the way of the wing blades. Heading towards Skyblade, he yells over his radio. "Stay outta my skies unless you wish to be out down bird." Taking out his axe, Wraith swings it forth trying to hit the bird.

[Charlie] Pirate Sub [Cutlass Supreme] begins to ascend through the depths, Cephalod and Orca following through the path of destroyed mines Crustacean has cleared, intending to deploy their troops. The Cutlass Supreme breaks the water, a long metal object skimming through the ocean, towards the massive flagship. All along the sub's length gun-emplacements deploy, blue humanoid pirate-bots scrambling out of the hatch to man gun emplacements, even as the sub speeds towards its target:

Crusader. Suddenly, massive speakers in the sub, reserved for this occasion, begin to blare Iron Maiden's "Run Silent, Run Deep".

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] clomps out of the Repliforce base, Hotshot Coyote at the helm "Yeehaw, lets get this here show on th'road! The 'yote's joinin' the party!" he says, right before General begins speaking, at which point he shuts up and listens.

[Able] Gear Otter chews his lower lip, and shakes his head, stepping over to stand beside Flash. He knows for a fact, despite his optimism, he doesn't stand a chance against Commander X. So, he holds his harpoon steady, and says: "I'm sorry, Sir. You're not getting through here." o.o

[Baker] And as always fashionably late, comes Sonic Banshee, and Hitsuke Kitsune.. Neither say a word, but from the look in their eyes, the two who oft act as one are not. Happy. People. They've come for vengence, both for Data Raccoon, and their own near massacring earlier that day.

[Able] Guardian looks on as the one known as Guardian Sasquatch comes before him. He smiles for a moment from under his facemask then says, "This is a pity but we must do what we must do. For as you stand up for your cause so must I" Guardian steps back slightly, preparing for battle but before he can make his move he is attacked by the blazing bullets of the Sasquatch. Guardian ducks to the side where he can even feel the bullets pass by him. He then rolls back up and draws his scimitar from his waist and with a quick movement lashes out at his attacker.

[Baker] Static Mink begins to disregard her safety somewhat now, climbing atop the small command bunker to take a better view of the battle and transmit locations quicker and more efficiently.

[Able] Flash Rabbit is not a killer. He never was, and hopefully, he never will be. But he has learned to be a fighter, and thus he reluctantly takes this opportunity to power up his own blaster. It's not as strong as X's, and thus is charges a lot faster. He nods in agreement with Gear, though his mind is back home right now. "Y-you'll have to kill us both sir..." he says, raising his arm. He closes his eyes to aim and fires several blasts of his primary weapon at the most powerful robot in existence.

[Able] Fury lets out a scream of pain and rage as the bullets rip open her armor and synthskin. Time to make them pay for all they've done. The Amazon darts through the air, heading directly towards the tank itself. What makes a Maverick take on a tank by herself? Insanity, probably. But if they want to spray her with bullets, she'll be happy to return the favor. Her lower right arm pops open and a small chaingun is revealed. With a *WHIIRRR* it begins to spin rapidly, sending a shower of bullets against the Stalwart.

The two begin to glance at each other, before facing totally. Their hands extend out towards the air, clamping together as they begin to growl. Their bodies begin to glow brightly, in the color of sapphire blue. The body slowly joins together, as they begin to forge into something sinister, evil, and powerful...

Is it trouble!? Yes, it is... It is alive...

[Baker] On the back of the other hoverbike, rides none other than Enforcer Malamute. Probably one of the most hated Mavericks around...At least by the Robot Masters... He races along, already wearing his sunglasses, and bearing down on the Repliforce at max speed on the bike...

Remember Sting? Yeah, the cowardly invisible reptile.. leaping to and for, pouncing a standard Repliforcer gumbie on the shoulders and immediately snapping it's neck with a twist of the ankles. Melting into another motion, the apparition sails from this 'perch' and bounds even closer to the base, nearing Static's position out of convenience. Well, he kinda wants a nice and high perch himself to get an eye for things.

Broadcast Ocelot dashes out at top speed from the Repliforce base, unable to sit tight while his comrades do all the fighting. Yeah he isn't all that powerful when it comes to combat and yeah he might get deactivated. But this is his family. And you don't turn your back on family. "For great Justice!!!"

[Charlie] Jet Stingray narrows his eyes as he is barely able to get out of the way of the fierce attack, the fire painfully licking the left side of him as he turns off to the right. He continues to head toward the Maverick equine, holding out his undamaged right hand for her throat as if doing so would be the key to saving the world. "You think I don't have friends too, Maverick? Friends that you killed for your own selfish gain? Well, do you?!?"

[Dog] Interceptor Falcon looks at the arch of fire lancing out towards him, and folds one wing against his body, to barrel roll out of the way of the flame. He snaps the wing back out, and quickly starts to rise, going vertical, his thruster unit launching him high upward. He then turns off the thrusters, and wings over, and dives downward, his thrusters kicking into full gear as he dives down towards the maverick firebird. "Talk is cheap flyboy!" he says, trying to hit Firestorm with a diving smash.

[Able] Conduit jumps to the side, "I will not go back, you have invaded our island hunter, now prepare your self for the consequences of your actions." Unsheathing the naginata on his back, Conduit twirls it about for a moment before arcing it around and down at Dawn, "You have judged us without fair trial, we will not quietly into the night!"

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] turns and enters the fray as General's speech ends, wading into a group of gumbies and basically stomping them down. Gazing about and gauging the enemy, he begins looking for a non-engaged foe.

[Dog] Silence Tsetse blinks, suddenly distracted by an /incredible/ burst of radio chatter in reaction to the death of one of their own - so she hardly even notices the ride armor diving at her until it is too late. Silence is sent spinning out of control for a moment. Finally regaining control of herself, she spins around to face her opponent...and if she had eyelids, she would blink. .oO(Oh...no. Ride armor...) She knows she has no chance - but she's certainly not going to run. The bug spits a packet of acidic goo at the Raven. "She got what she deserved!"

[Baker] A gold figure glitters across the sky, shining with the intensity of a comet running its eternal cycle. But this star long ago fell to Earth. This angel long ago sacrificed servitude in heaven for a crown in hell. The figure plummets towards the ground, stopping mere inches above it. The form of Sigma stands now, proud, sturdy, and tall. No automated defenses impede his path. Only the occasional Repliforce regular serves as a pebble beneath the Maverick's heel. The Sigma Scythe flicks out, deftly cutting a swath in the rogue military's ranks. He crosses the battlefield, leaving only corpses in his wake. "GENERAL!" he bellows, "COME OUT AND FACE ME!!!"

[Able] Guardian Sasquatch grunts and grabs the scimitar before it cuts into him. "Ho hoo." No words. He swings it away, whether it's removed from Guardian's hand or merely pushes his hand away, and turns as his foot swings around in a wide arc towards the one who shares half of his name.

[Baker] Sting Chameleon. Remember Sting? Yeah, the cowardly invisible reptile... leaping to and for, pouncing a standard Repliforcer gumbie on the shoulders and immediately snapping it's neck with a twist of the ankles. Melting into another motion, the apparition sails from this 'perch' and bounds even closer to the base, nearing Static's position out of convenience. Well, he kinda wants a nice and high perch himself to get an eye for things.

[Able] Rock takes one shot from Flash's primary, zipping to the side suddenly and leaping up onto one of the walls that is no longer adorned with spikes. He leaps into the air and aims down at Flash and Otter. "CROSS-CHARGE MEGABLAST!" The twin Busters fire, merging both blasts into one WIDE blast that washes out toward Flash and Otter; whether or no he hits, Rock air dashes past them, heading for HQ.

[Baker] Magma Dragoon notices a Maverick that has caught his attention for some time, Neon Tiger.

The Elite Hunter grins evilly and roars loudly, then dashes towards the ground CO. "Lets dance," he says to himself as he reach the tank and leaps up into the air. "Maverick! Prepare to pay for your crimes! KYAAAA!!" He roars out as he heads towards her, with his foot extended to strike the Maverick's torso!

[Dog] Skyblade Eagle his hit by said axe, but she just pulls back away from Air, sending a radio transmission back to him, "You want me out of the sky, you're gonna have a hell of a time doing it!" Flapping back away from him, she brings her akimbo Skyblade Launchers to bear on the former Repliforcer, launching off a pair of flaming disks.

[Baker] Blitz Crane braces herself as the Mavericks head in, shotgun aimed at the onslaught. She draws a bead and fires a blast at the first Maverick she sees - Sonic Banshee

[Able] Dawn finds the Hoverbike to be quite useful again, using it to block the naginata slash, though part of the armor cracks from the blow. "I'm through holding back. The medics can recover you after this." She rockets higher up over the bridge, right leg extended. "Super..." Flying back down for Conduit now, "Rising Sun..." Her foot is fairly close to impacting with his head, "KIIICK!"

[Charlie] Mirror Pegasus URKS as Jet Stingray grabs her around the throat, and clutches at it with her hands. "No... you're choking me...." And then she stops thrashing and smirks, points over Jet's shoulder with the -real- Mirror is about to swing her mallet down on his head, and then the hologram blinks out with a simple "Got ya!"

Goliath continues to crush wave after wave of 'potent' Repliforce regulars. Mechfluid spews from the madly whirling Ride Armour, as its chains and barbs lurched through vital systems. A growing pile of helmets and bodyparts grows in his wake, as people foolishly charge for Vile's unbreakable Goliath.

[Able] Repliforce Hovertank [Stalwart] gets... damaged... by the shots... Phoebus shouts from within the ride armor, "Thanks to you, Sentinel is dead! Do you think -that- will stop me from sending you to hell!?" And then the guns change positions... A flamethrower coming out in front... And with a massive burst of flame it ignites in Fury's direction! It's so big that he doesn't even have to aim really! Wow! ...'course, she could still dodge... but that's besides the point.. Lightning Lizard, one of the gumbies Phoebus sent to help Cryo, manages to protect the other gumbies with a forcefield... however its rather disrupted due to the overflow of electricity... the other gumbies continue firing.
[Baker] Blitz Crane fires a blast from her shotgun, sending a rain of explosive pellets at the banshee.

[Able] Otter attempts to release his harpoon, and does... but the megalithical blast not only vaporizes that puny weapon in midflight, but slams into the Otter as well, sending him hurling back into a nice, little smoking crater somewhere. The pressurized armor almost completely slagged off, his synthfur gone... only a single optic still working. He hiccups a few times, his voice slurred and slowed: "...sssss-s-ssorry... h-h-h-have a nicce... daay..."

[Dog] Maverick Ride Armor [Raven] turns a cannon arm towards the fly. "Oh? Data Raccoon was a sweet soul! And she gave me back my arm...the arm I will use to kill you!!" she screams, as she accentuates her point with an arm flying right for Silence. The acid just splashes off of the armor's midsection, barely burning it.

Cyber Peacock blinks back into existence here, in the middle of Repliforce Island. His eyes are grim and flashing furiously, hands crunched into fists and beak wearing an expression of hatred so intense it's surprising the geek has the energy to do it. "Ten. Thousand. Yours. For. One. Of. Ours," he murmurs to himself, eyes sweeping the area. They fall on Broadcast, and the angry peacock points to him with a loud yell. "YOU! CAT!" he spits. Not too coherent, is he.

General receives a radio transmission from Magma Dragoon.

[Baker] Static Mink is equipped with top of the line communications gear. She can pick up local radio stations halfway around the world on a good ionosphere day and any satellite in the sky can act ass her ear. Her local area sensors are nonexistent however, she has no idea the invisible predator is nearing and continues to give out positions and orders over the com.

General sends a radio transmission to Magma Dragoon.

[Dog] Storm Eagle ignores the death of the twin missiles, deftly dodging the remaining wing blade. Calling the winds ever stronger, the Eagle swerves down against Storm Owl, veering up at the last moment to unleash a stream of deadly micro-darts.

Above, the Raptor's armor begins to show the results of the uneven gun battle; armor buckles in a dozen places, flame streaming from rents in the hull. Yet the deadly cold machine fights on, precise and unwavering in its attacks. With murderous grace, the main lasers ignite, sending a stream of doom against the Sky Fortress.

[Able] Cryogen Bison blinks, "Oh, for Pete's sake..." He crosses his arms over his head, taking the smash directly to his horns. He slams down through the bridge itself, hands snapping up at the last instant. He slams his fingers into the bridge, quickly coming back up on the other side of it. "Gonna make this quick." He pulls up the double sword handle, holding it before him. He then starts to swing it, "REPLI! REPLI! REPLIFORCE!!!!!!!!!!!! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!" Twin blades of electrified titanium alloy moving rapidly in his hands. He then rushes forward, pressurized dashjets launching him forth.

Sigma receives a radio transmission.

[Able] Flash Rabbit's speed saves him, fortunately. Like Rock, he dashes to the side, though he can't outrun the blast. However, he manages to avoid the brunt of the blast, the rest of it catching in his chest as he sidesteps out of the way, picking him up and hurling him backwards a good 10 feet before letting him drop to the earth, twitching and smoking from his chest. He picks himself up though and instinctively makes his way towards Gear, X momentarily forgotten.

[Dog] With powerful thrusters igniting to full, Firestorm flies backward in typical gundam fashion, "HA, bravado is cheaper 'Forcer." Winging up himself up he gains altitude, putting a good 15 feet between him and Interceptor. With a screech Firestorm's body explodes into flames and he dives on the forcer. Hurtling at him like some meteor from hell.

[Baker] Guardian Mobius begins marching up to the bridge's edge, the Mobius lance clenched in it's hand. The merged Minotaur-Phoenix growls, watching the scene before him. "Mavericks! Your fight ends...here!!" screams the Repliforce gestalt, as it stands in a defensive position, surveying the field.

[Able] Rock zooms past the other two, heading out... to assault General.

[Baker] Blitz Crane fires at Magnetic then, instead of the banshee - raining explosive pellets on the horse.

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] trundles into the Op Point Chimp flails the armor's arms wildly and says, "YOU HORRID B---TCHES! YOU FACE THE MOST AWESOMUU NINJA THAT EVER WALKED THE..." he blinks, "Ooh... o.o shiny quarter!"

[Able] Guardian brings his arm down towards Sasquatch but suddenly he grabs onto his scimitar and tosses it away. He thinks about diving for his weapon but then stops himself thinking (No I will win this battle with or without weapons and now it will be without). With his mind reassured he stands tall and watches as Guardian Sasquatch's leg comes at him. He merely waits watching as the leg comes looking like it is about to hit him until at the last moment he jumps back wards. Surprisingly as soon as he hits the floor he bounces back towards Sasquatch with electricity pulsing on his hand which he then thrusts at him.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] is sliced into, one leg raining sparks as the blade tears into it, severing myomer cable and delicate linkages. Mike swears, ignoring the few gumby shots that strike home, searing his armor... and kicks downwards, going through the bridge, trying to hammer the Bison through the bridge.

Broadcast Ocelot stands and watches the battle trying to decide where he can go that will serve the most purpose. Suddenly his ears perk up as he picks up the unmistakable voice of Cyber Peacock. He turns and looks to the hologram, "Wha' de arse yuh waan yuh fraggin' piece a slag?" He snarls and hisses as he stands on all fours, looking all cat-like in the process.

[Baker] CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR! The battle's hot and heavy, folks - and Repliforce is pulling out every stop it has. While the automated guns are down, troopers are trying frantically to get to them and use the weapons manually. In the front of that line, Anthem is rushing forward - Varia armor glittering under the shine of explosion and starburst shell, arm cannon firing like mad. One Maverick drone gets a bit too close, and she two-shots it with her nightstick, going high with an uppercut, then grabbing the back of the drone's neck and smashing it's face against her extra-large armored shoulder. Her eyes scan the field - holy hell, this is nuts.

[Charlie] Pirate Sub [Cutlass Supreme] weaves back and forth through the ocean as it speeds top-side towards Crusader, rapidly closing in to torpedo range. Under Crusader, Cephalopod and Orca are rocked by depth-charges, but continue to press on as the county on the Cutlass to draw fire and allow them to deploy their troops. Torpedos streak through the water, just at the surface so they create razor-like splashes about them as they speed towards the mighty ship. The crew on-top manning machine guns and flak launchers brace themselves, readying for the oncoming deck-to-deck battle. Of course, the Crusader is a much, much taller ship.

[Able] Fury flies right through the spray of fire sent forth by the Stalwart, suffering severe damage in the process. "Dear colleague!" she yells at the top of her lungs. "I'm coming to get you!" Does she honestly believe she'll make it? Perhaps. So he wants to play with fire? So can she. Losing altitude as her wings catch on fire, she aims her left palm at the tank, and... a nozzle pops pit, followed by a ball of fire that flies directly towards the tank.

[Charlie] "Wha-" *thud* That is the sound Jet Stingray makes as he gets nailed in the head by Mirror Peagasus. Despite the optics and all other systems within his head flickering for a moment from the dent in his hard head, he tries to grab out with his right hand again for the closest arm of Pegasus after her attack, hoping to catch her long enough to give her a swift counter attack with his tail's stinger.

[Able] Gear Otter is there, of course, in his little smoking crater. A good three fourths of his body having been burnt off, as he wasn't fast enough, and got the full brunt of that blast. He still has a single arm working, though the servos grind and spark with each movement as he quietly tries to drag his half-melted wet-dry toolbelt towards himself...

Rock zooms from the destroyed Able bridge, in Gold Armor mode, both Busters gathering charge as he heads toward the location of General. Gumbies on all sides are cut down as he unleashes blast after blast of partially charged blasts. His face is set in a stalwart expression, not giving a bit of ground. Nothing at all. One gumby, a rather big burly looking guy, gets in his way... and is subsequently blasted, Rock leaping over his 'retired' body, heading onward on dash jets.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute recognizes that armor... Oh yes he does... As he drives the hoverbike down the bridge, past the fighting Repliforcers and Mavericks... He's focused on that one spot... As he gets near, he flips the bike onto autopilot, and stands up on it, "Anthem!" He calls out, before leaping at her as the bike nears her, aiming to just smash right into her...

Above the rage of war, the Dragon soars. Hot flames, manmade lightning, the thunder of furious wings, the marks of dragons from myth and legend brought to life in unholy war. And now, this spectre has come to the most impregnable fortress on earth, second to none. Above, the guardian drake flies interception, to catch and crush those whom the weakened members of AeroCorps cannot engage in time.

[Dog] Interceptor Falcon winces as he's hit. He flares his wings out, and zips away a bit, trying to get out of range of another power dive from the Phoenix. Interceptor's hand goes to his sidearm, and starts to fire off a barrage of small arms fire at the enemy reploid. Interceptor isn't ready to use his trump card yet, so he merely tries to avoid Firestorm by circling around him very quickly.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang rides through the chaos. The Dark Cowboy. His black equine face twisted and fill of hate. He circlecocks the Magnetic Shotgun and sends another massive blast forward into the Repliforce Gumbies, his scream one of intense equine rage. Then, the Horseman is attacked!! He banks the Tachyon as the blast is reported from the Crane reploid, his face twisting into one of deep rage. "Two can play at that game!!! RAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" And Mustang banks the Tachyon back towards the Crane, his Shotgun raised... and FIRES!!! Magnetic forces propel the normal lead shot at intense speeds, sending them flying directly for the Crane! "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!!!"

Vile transforms into Vava.

[Able] Guardian Sasquatch swings to face an incoming electricity ball. Following the laws of video game physics, he bats the ball away, sending it flying. "Ho ho ho ho!" With the Santa Claus Battle Cry, he rushes at Guardian, arms outstretched in a hostile bear hug.
[Able] Guardian Sasquatch stumbles past his target, failing to grab him.

[Able] Flash Rabbit darts towards his comrade in arms, and quickly notices what he's reaching for. "Don't worry Gear," he promises, snatching the toolbelt and placing it in Gear's good hand. "They can fix you up...can't they?" he asks as a gumby who heard Gear's cry comes over to help.

[Baker] Neon Tiger grunts as the foot plows into her chest, the force knocking her onto her back. "Let's see how well you can move with a damaged foot," the tiger growls and latches onto Magma Dragoon's foot in an attempt to do some damage.

[Able] Conduit isn't without his means to block either. Raising his polearm to meet Dawn's foot and deflects it to one side, "I wish this battle did not have to take place, but this is your fault hunter, now deal with it." Taking a good leap backward, Conduit decides to take advantage of his ranged abilities. Levelling an open palm at Dawn, the hand glows briefly before an orb of energy lances out from it.

Cyber Peacock hunkers down, tailfeathers splayed out to the max, the headplume lifted. He's nothing, but he's madder than a wet hen. "Your forces destroyed a Maverick! Data Raccoon was the only competition I had in my field!" The bird's lower beak shakes as he bites back a sob. "She might have been hyper, and incomprehensible, but she was almost the best!" The bird reaches behind him, pulling out a handful of metal feathers. "And for THIS, you shall pay! You are but ONE of the many to pay the debt left!" he screeches, flinging the feathers.

[Dog] Silence Tsetse is knocked back by the arm and sent spinning away once again. Strangely enough, she feels a brief flash of guilt - she doesn't know Data, and isn't even sure what happened to her, exactly. But now is certainly not the time for that. "All I know is she was a Maverick," the bug hisses as she begins to dive back towards the ride armor, drawing her good forelimb back to stab at it.

[Baker] Blitz Crane only... twitches a little as she's grazed. A box unfolds from her back over her right shoulder, unfolding itself into a long weapon barrel. She kneels and takes aim at the airborne maverick. There's a loud, short-lived SHREIK! as the apparatus fires a missile!

[Dog] Storm Owl swoops aside as the darts are fired. "Double CYCLONE!" Thrusting his cannon arm forward, the Repliforce owl fires a cluster of spheres of concentrated air pressure, blasting away the projectiles. "It is inevitable, Eagle! We both know how this will end!" He doesn't release another attack, opting to use the power to close in on Eagle instead.

Fortress II is showing its own signs of damage. As the Raptor's lasers fire out, deep gashes appear on the hull. Missiles and projectiles which have gotten past the countermeasures pockmark the underside. A stray shot, whether from the Raptor or one of Fortress' missiles gone off course, slams into one of the two main ion cannons, causing it to explode in a massive shower of sparks. The remaining ion cannon comes to bear again, releasing a burst of white-hot plasma toward the Raptor, vaporizing all small fire in between.

[Dog] Air Wraith won't stay still. One minute he is in front of Skyblade, the next moment he is off in the distance. As Skyblade fires the disks, Wraith pulls up immediately, letting the attack miss him completely. Laughing, AW continues to mock openly, letting his baritone voice ring softly over his thrusters. "Were you trying to hit me? Come on that wasn't even close. Here let a pro show ya how it's done. Pulling up his forcefield, AW heads straight towards the bird without stop.

[Baker] Sting Chameleon abruptly bursts atop the bunker's very limits upon which Static Mink stands, it's feet landing with a heavy thud. This sudden presentation of mist is accompanied by a steady hiss, punctuated with a pair of crimson orbs. The fluctuation is first greeted by a smallish unit intent on protecting Miss Mink, a swift motion of blurred lines cutting across the soldier's chest with a faint cry, falling.

[Able] Optimistic Primal turns his single working optic up at Flash, trying his best to grin brightly. It doesn't quite work. Spark. "ye-ye-ye-yea.. no pro-problems... N-n-no worr-were-were-worries...." As the tool belt is now in his hand, he tries to make his hand work properly, and fails miserably once more: ".. F-f-flash.. acti-...activate the.. the... the... the... the... EDP.."

Cyber Peacock misses Broadcast Ocelot with his Tracer Drone attack.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary glances over towards Guardian Mobius, giving him a sharp glare with his ruby red eyes that is given from the head of Bit. "I do not think so... Repliforce!!!" He gives him a shape glare.

The gestalt peers attentively towards the Repliforcer gestalt. He then begins to run towards him in a charging motion. He is trying to bum rush his 'rival'.

[Baker] Anthem doesn't speak. She's beyond that - she just screams wildly, with sounds that somewhat resemble Enforcer's name. As her former partner leaps off the hoverbike at her, she drops, shoulder-rolling to the side and under the canine's dive. "HA!" Instinctively, Anthem's nightstick rises as she does - the 'handle' swiping at 'Forcer's jawline savagely.

[Able] Gamble Lynx watches his commander go down against a ride armour. "No, dammit all to hell!" he shouts, pulling out a handful of small cubes. "Sir!" The lynx Repliforcer throws the dice at the Kodiak in one smooth motion before turning to inspect Cryogen Bison.

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] comes back from his confused ness and looks around for a non-Maverick, "HEYYYYYYYYYY DUMBASSAAAAS! You GUYS Need to KNOW! I am the ULTIMATE MC!" Sound begins to pump through the Leviathan... o/~ My name is SONIC/ There is none HIGHER/ The other MCs!/ Should call me Sire!/ To take care of ME/ You must RETIRE!/ I won't stop RAPPIN'/ Till I RETIRE! o/~ he flips tracks.. o.o What song comes through now? Big Chimpin... Awww yeah.

Sigma continues to cleave a swath through the Repliforce Soldiers. All fall before the furious, cutting light of his energy scythe. Various pieces that were once reploids litter his path, and yet still General does not face him directly. The Maverick Lord cries his brother's name over and over, calling through the din of battle. And yet the one-time champion of humanity does not face him directly. His eyes dart to the sky to see a figure of legend soaring there, one that he's slain before. Sigma rockets into the sky, cape trailing behind him. He looks King Dragon directly in his saurian eyes, "Hello, Dragon. A pleasure to see you again. I need to draw my brother to me. I need to repay Repliforce for Data Raccoon's death. You shall allow me to do both, my once organic friend, when I kill you."

[Able] Dawn spins in mid-hover as Conduit leaps away, getting blasted in the lower back by the energy orb and wincing. "That hurt...", a pained 'hissing' tone to those words. She finishes the spin and switches to Japanese, "(I'll give back what I received!)" With that, she /flings/ the Scimitar Hoverbike at Conduit as hard as she can.

[Charlie] Mirror Pegasus meeps as she's grabbed, followed by a yelp as the tail jabs into her leg. "Ow ow ow! That STINGS!" Well, duh, it's a stinger. Wrenching her arm free finally, the pastel pegasus pushes herself backwards through the way away from Stingray. Raising a hand overhead, one of her mirror fans snaps open, and then with a graceful swing of the arm she twirls one in the air and then flings the razor sharp weapon at her opponent. "I'll fillet your hide and feed it to Terror Shark for a midnight snack, fishbreath!"

[Dog] Maverick Ride Armor [Raven] turns it's weaponry towards Silence, raising it's arm yet again. Zebra narrows her eyes, and stops, growling at the fly. "Just a Maverick?? Soon, you'll be just a corpse!" she cries, as a glob of explosive goes flying towards Tsetse!

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang veers his robotic steed to the side, using only the shimmer of his Magnetic Drive. The missile goes wide of it's intended target, and the Black Hat launches himself from the back of the Tachyon, magnetically setting it to return to it's hangar in the Dino Tank. He flies through the air, straight at the crane with a scream of intense rage!!! He flies /BODILY/ for the Repliforcer!!!! "Time to DIE!!!"

[Able] Repliforce Hovertank [Stalwart] 's rider growls... "Go ahead! Smother the victims!" he swerves his tank around... totally ignoring Fury at the moment... Cryo just went down after all... "You won't pass this bridge!!", as he shouts this... his gumbies intensify their attacks...getting affected by Phoebus's nifty high charisma bonus... The Tank's... main... cannon... emerges... "TAKE THIS!" Phoebus shouts... he really lost it has he? ...Well maybe not... a giant shell flies out at the ride armor and will explode on contact.

[Able] Defender Dingo BLINKS into view, and starts glancing around, searching for a RFer to assault and take out several items of frustration out.

[Able] Guardian watches annoyed as his opponent bats away his flimsy arm and jumps backwards holding onto his shoulder slightly. He is not in the mood for a long fight and wants to end this, not because he is looking for a win but because the entire battle is causing him mental pain. How can he fight someone who stands for the same things he does? Whatever his feelings are he knows he must and he does. As Sasquatch comes running towards him he flips into the air and lands behind him. Raising his hand into the air he fires off a burst of energy at Guardian Sasquatch.

[Dog] Firestorm Phoenix takes a few bullets, they mostly do little more than ding his armor, "That the best you got Forcer?" The flames covering Firestorm's body die down now and eyes the circling falcon for moment. The fire reappears over Firestorm right arm, "Alright, lets continue to turn up the heat." Thrusters kick in once more and Firestorm rushes Interceptor, a fiery fist arcing out to try and knock Interceptor's fool beak clean off.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute is caught by Anthem's nightstick as he flies through the air... Hitting the ground and rolling, before coming back up to his feet... He pulls his sunglasses off and tosses them aside, watching Anthem for a moment... Yes... It ends here... He snaps his right arm out, his own nightstick coming and locking into place... Annie wants to see a Nightstick strike? He'll show her one... He charges, swinging it around towards her head violently.

An errant shot misses a Repliforcer, flying into the air and dissipating. Rock's body shifts colors, and he crouches... Repliforce gumbies, a few Walk Armors, and Hel-mets approach. Into Fire Man's colors again, Rock throws his arms wide, leaping into the air. "FIRE STORM!" The attack explodes, plumes of flame blowing into the air... retiring more and more gumbies as Rock makes his way toward RFHQ... toward The General and Sigma.

[Baker] Neon's attack connects with precise precision and latches onto his foot, biting into it deeply. The Elite Hunter ROARS loudly from the pain but shrugs it off. He growls again, "You have to do better than that Maverick! Kyaaaa!" and leaps with his other foot to smash the other side of the Maverick's head to release her grip. He then rolls away for a second and then dashes under Neon before she can recover. His right fist bursts into flames as he leaps upward with an uppercut, shouting...

"SHO-RYU-KEN!!"

[Dog] Storm Eagle whirls down against Storm Owl... before suddenly veering upwards. Spinning on his axis, the Maverick demonstrates his own command of the elements in the form of a searing blast of air, roaring down against the Owl.

The Raptor shudders beneath the ion cannon's blow, frame shuddering with sudden stress. A screeching cry of tortured metal erupts from the Raptor as a twelve-foot cone of fire boils from within the machine. Aboard, the Command Computer notes the destruction of munitions store #3....

Storm Eagle rears back, eyes wide in sudden electronic shock.

[Baker] Blitz Crane Quickly folds up her Rocket Launcher and puts up her right arm to halt the Maverick, only suffering some stress damages. She rears her head back, then rams it forward to try and stab the Maverick's chest with her sharp beak.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] is hammered from multiple angles, and shudders under the weight of the attacks. Mike flips switches and readjusts settings to compensate, and raises both arms, firing explosive flares at his opponents... which for the moment are the Lynx, the tank, and the remaining gumbies.

[Able] Guardian Sasquatch is finally stricken, and the energy burns away at his armor. He spins around and grunts loud

y, swinging his arm in a wide arc as if to simply swat Guardian away.

What gumbies have been brought by the Mavericks to aid their cause are swiftly crushed by the towering form of General, his eyes still bright and keeping watch on all around him. The battle. The destruction. He tightens his expression and swings his body around at the nearby bellow. A war-cry -- Sigma. He sees the oncoming Maverick Commander thanks to his sheer height, eyes narrowing slowly. He catches sight of Rock steadily approaching as well, both arms beginning to rear into a rested position, yet poised to strike. He knows what is coming - he's been preparing all week for the inevitable. Taking a heavy step forward, the General bellows out with his deep, rumbling voice:

"Sigma! Megaman X! Though I never thought that we would ever truly stand against one another in these circumstances, Providence has seen fit to throw down the gauntlet upon our mortal thoughts. We stand as servants to fate, and I accept that which is mine! Come as you so wish and see fit ... I will not turn from my destiny..." His voice trails off as he lifts his gaze high, frame honorable in stance, "...But you shall not take me without a fight! You will know the truth, Hunter Commander! Sigma, you will know defeat!" Then, he braces and waits. They will come in time ... He knows this.

Shots pang off of his armor from the gumbies firing below, the Repliforce Commander long since ceased in caring. He sees the coming conflict between King Dragon and Sigma, knowing he is powerless to stop such a duel. Thus, with his voice soft, he whispers, "Father... Into thy hands, I commend my spirit."

[Able] As Cryogen goes down, it takes a few moments for the medical gumbies to begin swarming him. Without Gear to spin off his constant radio orders, they're just a bit overwhelmed.

[Dog] Skyblade Eagle angles her wings and rockets upwards as Wraith comes in on her, the 'Pro' flying beneath her, "Hahaha! You suck!" She calls out to him, whirling around, locking a pair of explosives into place... Ready to blast him out of the sky as she turns and dives back towards him, firing off a few...

[Able] Flash Rabbit nodnods, and starts fumbling with the belt. He doesn't know what an EDP is, but fortunately the gumby med shoves Flash aside and takes the belt. He /does/ know what it is, and thus begins the diagnostic on the stricken otter. Finally the rabbit stands and wipes his tears away. "I gotta go... stop MegaMan," he says, reluctantly turning away from the dying comrade. Once his back is to the dying reploid, he gains the courage to sprint off after the MAverick Hunter Commander.

[Baker] Guardian Mobius takes a step back from the blow, but then smiles with a wicked grin. "So we meet. The infamous Godmachine Binary..." says the Pheotaur. "This battle was destined... it's end unknown." The behemoth reploid breathes in, and then exhales a powerful blast of chilly air. "Today, we see who is truly stronger!" screams Guardian Mobius.

Flash Rabbit charges away from the bridge a few minutes later, trying to catch up with Rock.

[Dog] Interceptor Falcon blinks, as he gets a face full of fire. Interceptor clicks his beak, and lets out a panicked squawk. "Ah frag!" He kicks out at Firestorm, with his talons, then launches himself skyward, trying to put some distance between him and the Phoenix reploid, hoping his talons did some damage to it.

Broadcast Ocelot quickly leaps to the side as the feathers hurtle in towards his location, they strike nothing but dead air. The one pissed off Repliforce Kitty snarls at the bird, "Yuh doh tink we a suffer losses too? Like yuh doh remember when Sting Chameleon murdered Cadet Gemini Woodpecker durin' allyuh likkle assault of our field trainin' mission. Not tuh mention de others allyuh 'sacrificed'. Saviours of our race my aft." With that the feline reploid, with his forehead sound generator already aiming at Cyber Peacock, opens fire on the bird.

[Able] Cryogen Bison manages to double assault Kodiak, his blade a well proven and potent weapon. He growls, taking the pain of conscience. He knows what he's doing is going totally against everything he stands for. He quickly seals the hammer and the sword to the bridge, standing, accepting his fate. The immense foot comes down, through the bridge. He takes the force of the hit like no one else could. He falls back, toward the water, toward the jagged rocks below. Even as he falls, Cryogen Bison detonates the four tanks of cryogenic gases in his back. Liquid nitrogen, liquid hydrogen, dry ice, and liquid oxygen all detonate, freezing the water below, ending the seemingly ceaseless flames on the edges of the bridge above. Flames start flicking about his form as he falls, the liquid oxygen going into combustion reactions. The putrid scent of ozone fills the air, stinking as nothing has before. "My apologies, Hunters...My apologies." He hurtles for the ice below. He lands on it with a solid and fatal sounding THRACK! He bounces, the sound resounding once more. Then, from above, the falling bridge piece drops upon him. The mobile masonry slams into his form, crushing him between the thick sheet of ice and itself. Black mechfluids spread out quickly on the ice, igniting with the flames. Various parts of his body shoot across the ice, leaving him spread across the element which he represented so well. With a slow, pained lurch, the piece of bridge descends into the lapping waves of the water around Repliforce Island. And with him goes the past, present, and future of all-purpose law enforcement... With him goes history. 10 years of experience sinks, in a final freezing blaze of glory and honor.

[Baker] Anthem sprawls, the slam smashing the faceplate of her helmet in. Shattered armor, never designed to take that level of punishment, sprays across the ground amidst all the other debris. A spurt of gunfire strafes the ground near her, forcing the cop to roll rapidly to the side. Anthem comes up again, looking at Enforcer with rather a different look than he's used to. Total abject fear. But the most dangerous fighters are ones with no escape, and that's what we've got here. Oh, and by the way - she's still got a gun. Boom, baby. Boom.

[Able] The Otter almost sighs as the EDP is activated, his pain sensors taken off line. Quietly, he begins to mentally assist the med gumbie, shutting down his non-priority functions... such as locomotion, weapon systems, etc... and his good optic rolls up as he takes himself offline to conserve energy.

[Able] Guardian clenches his fist as to celebrate his strike on Sasquatch. He does not take joy in causing others pain but fighting for his cause is something that is a part of him and he must take a certain joy in it. As the swipe comes down towards him he leaps in forward ducking under the punch and then flipping up into the air with his legs outstretched trying to kick his opponent.

Broadcast Ocelot strikes Cyber Peacock with his Sonic Pulse attack.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang grunts as his chest is pierced by the incoming beak, it punching deep enough to cause him to stagger back. His mean red eyes narrow as he glares at the crane. "Nice move, ma'am. And I am sorry as I don't usually strike ladies... but for you... I will make an exception!!!" The Mustang screams again, launching himself forward full bore, the magnetic distortion wave surrounding him as he tries to run Blitz down!!!

[Dog] Silence Tsetse gives her jets a sudden boost, zooming above the glob. She glares at the ride armor, buzzing in place for a moment. "Maybe. Probably, in fact. But we're fighting for each other - and even if I fall you will /never/ defeat all of us." With that she dives at the armor again, chambers behind the tiny fingers of her good forelimb drawing in liquid nitrogen and preparing to spray - if she can just get herself - and her hand - close enough...

[Able] A green glow engulfs Conduit's body. Crouching ever so briefly he leaps just moments before impact. Easily clearing the hoverbike with the aid of his kinetic field generator. Altering his course a bit he changes his trajectory to land him right front of Dawn. But as he descends he reverses his kinetic field, giving gravity a helping hand in his decent. Bringing forth the mighty naginata he swings it down on Dawn, using both the momentum of the blade and that of his own decent to increase the effects of his attack.

[Able] Gamble Lynx throws up his hands to cover his optics, but too late. "Dammit!" he shouts again, crouching while trying to reconfigure his optics.

[Able] Thanks to Phoebus' desire for revenge, Fury manages to land on the Stalwart. So what does she do now? She never thought this far. The Maverick grabs a bomb out of seemingly thin air, and tosses it at the tank. The explosive seems to small, but... she knows that the forces of light and good will win in the end, so maybe it'll hit something vital.

[Baker] Static Mink turns to face the sound, gasping slightly as she watches another Repliforcer fall before her. "Och, no..." She levels her eyes to face the chameleon, sadness and rage beginning to fill her optics. "Ye' bloody b****d!" Her own self-censoring circuits cutting out the last word as she prepares to avenge her fallen comrade and defend herself. "Yuir goin tae pay f'r tha', Maverick!" Wildly, she swings a fist at Sting.

[Charlie] Pirate Sub [Cutlass Supreme] weaves back and forth through the ocean as it speeds top-side towards Crusader, rapidly closing in to torpedo range. Under Crusader, Cephalopod and Orca are rocked by depth-charges, but continue to press on as the county on the Cutlass to draw fire and allow them to deploy their troops. Torpedoes streak through the water, just at the surface so they create razor-like splashes about them as they speed towards the mighty ship. The crew on-top manning machine guns and flak launchers brace themselves, readying for the oncoming deck-to-deck battle. Of course, the Crusader is a much, much taller ship.(repose)

[Able] Guardian Sasquatch is flipkicked. Fortunately for the Hunter, the attack leaves barely any trace of damage. He grunts, and slams his fist into the ground. Spears of stone break out of the ground as the fist strikes some sort of vein.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] immediately starts for the tank, looking at the immediate threats. Mike begins striding towards the Tank, hoping he has enough to do what is needed to be done, swinging one massive hand at Gamble Lynx as he makes his way towards it... hopefully taking out the smaller threat so he can concentrate on the large one.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute flips his riot shield on at the last moment, the missile hitting it, and blowing up, causing Malamute to stumble back a couple of steps... He doesn't use the shield, like he usually does... Instead bringing his right arm up and letting one of his high explosive grenades fly straight towards Anthem... You know the grenades... The ones he used to take out escape vehicles with...

The brilliant gleaming orbs of the Dragon whirl down upon Sigma. "Once, if asked, I may have been your friend." Metal wings flare with argent life, energy crackling in sapphire torrents across the Dragon's metal hide. "But you did not ask. You sought take what could never be yours..." The bright energies concentrate, sending tiny sparkles of lighting among the sword-sized claws. "And that was your mistake to bear. Suffer now the wrath of legends." Silent words to hallmark the lightning barrage lancing out against Sigma.

[Dog] Storm Owl tucks his wings against his body as the winds begin to pick up. Changing direction, he rockets upward, suddenly spreading his wings and releasing a blast of wind himself to dissipate Eagle's. Although only partly successful, it spare him most of the intended damage and results in only a course adjustment. As Storm Eagle pauses for a precious few seconds, Owl flips upside down, flying toward the Maverick air commander feet first in an attempt to grapple with his powerful talons.

Fortress II is rocked by more explosions, as internal systems overload from the unexpected loss of an ion cannon. The second cannon fires once more, fizzles, and explodes in a near-blinding eruption of plasma. Now without its most powerful weapons, the Fortress reverts to conventional tactics, releasing swarms of missiles and bursts of lasers as it begins to right itself to turn the damaged underbelly away from the Raptor.

[Baker] Blitz Crane bursts her thrusters and flies up and clear of the rampaging mustang. In midair, she levels her Shotgun, cocks it - 'SHK-SHICK!' - and fires 10-15 slugs like a machine gun at the mustang.

[Baker] Neon Tiger jerks her head to the side to avoid the other foot. "Naughty Dragoon," she purrs before she leans up to snap her jaws closed on his shoulder.

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] swivels its torso around and flexes its arms. o/~ Lookin up porn on my presare-ieo... oops my bad that's My Presario... hey, Stinga man, what's the scenario.../ Big Chimpin....

[Baker] The omnipresent voices are joined into one, giving a dark glare. As the ice comes towards the Godmachine, his hand moves over to ignite with the ice, letting the ice dissipate away from his body due to the heat defenses. He gives off a smirk, "...Child's play..." His fist begins to glow brightly, as he begins to withdraw it back. As he grasps to the total power that is the Maverick, his hands glows brighter as he becomes empowered. The temperature of his fist drops greatly till it is sub zero. The fist hurls out towards the chest of Guardian Mobius.

Cyber Peacock winces slightly as the blast of sound and noise smacks into his upright tailfeathers. "Ugh," is his only comment as the plumes shimmer and shake under the attack. "You know, really. If you are so intent on taking me out, you should try harder." The tallest plume's crystal glows gree as it sweeps over Broadcast, until it narrows to a tight beam of sheer energy. "You shall be the first to fall!" he snarls softly as the laser kicks in proper.

Cyber Peacock strikes Broadcast Ocelot with his Aiming Laser attack.

[Able] Repliforce Hovertank [Stalwart] is hit by the bomb... and Phoebus gets rattled up a bit... he knows what to do in this type of situation... there is only one thing to do, "GET OFF MURDERER!", he shouts and slams his fist down on the self electrical charge equipment of the tank... made exactly to hurt people who try what fury just did.

[Able] Dawn is slashed along the face fiercely, even letting out a yelp of pain in surprise. But she takes Conduit's landing as an opportunity, "(Go down!)" With that, she spins behind Conduit and grabs him at the abdomen, then bridges backwards and tries to slam his head into the remains of the ground they're fighting on...

The Hunter Commander fires off a few more shot barrages into RF gumbies, blowing them away. He skids to a halt as General speaks. If one were close enough, you could see trails of tears flowing down his face. "I am sorry for what I must do!" he calls back to General, leaping forward and slamming a gumby to the ground, shattering his head. His boosters ignite and he leaps forward, dashing past a pit of insta-kill spikes. The whole thing is like some insane Megaman stage... left and right gumbies are destroyed, wiped out by Buster or Fire Storm shots. "But I must retire you, General! For the good of all!" He leaps off of a downed Repliforce Walk Armor, and lands all of 50' from General.

Cyber Peacock sends a radio transmission.

[Baker] Guardian Mobius gets socked with the punch, and falls to a knee, grasping it's chest, as it's servos try to sort through the freezing cold. "I'm... not finished yet... we've only just begun..." gasps the merged voices of Ten and Chi.

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] pushing its way through waves of gumbies, looking for something that truly requires the attention of a ride armour, he spies a sight that would place fear into the heart of any non-armoured reploid, excluding Rock or General. It is Vile that he comes upon. Is he nervous? A little bit. Confident that he can win? Nope. Is he gonna try? Heeeeellllll yeah. Getting onto the sound system, Hotshot Coyote calls out to the Maverick second "Yo, Fett, wanna piece'a me, Punk?" before he draws back a fist, swinging it forward and letting fly with a little burst of energy from his fist's lasers, just to get Vile's attention.

[Dog] Air Wraith is too busy gloating to even pay attention. .oO Oh yes he is the best. There is no one who can even catch him he is that good. Oh yea he rules....)Oo. Wraith doesn't even see it coming as the disks explode right at him. The all too arrogant one is thrown back in the air. Flipping and kart wheeling in the air, AW stops himself and goes to focusing on his fight. "Oh you finally learned to aim I take it." Raising his ray hand, the hot shot levels it at the bird. He doesn't bother aiming. He is just that good that he doesn't have to bother.

An alarm flares even as the Mavericks starts boarding. "All hands, I repeat All hands on deck and get ready..."

"We're being boarded."

He rushes out of the Bridge, readying himself to meet the boarders.

[Baker] Magma Dragoon performs a beautiful backflip into the air and as flips around just straight, he dashes down once again with his foot extended forward. It also bursts into flames as it is aimed at the Maverick's head, "Perish fool!"

[Able] Guardian lands ever so gracefully on the floor after his flip and goes into a bit of stance. He behind and sees his scimitar off in the distance. He feels as if his weapon is calling to him but does not feed his desire instead he looks up to Sasquatch and rolls out of the way as he brings his fists down on him. He then raises his left hand at fairly close range and a burst of sparks head towards him.

[Baker] Explosions rocket the area, not only from Enforcer's grenades but from the rest of the insanity as well. Anthem fares badly, of course. Hell, she's no soldier, and this is enough to make combat veterans wet themselves. As Enforcer throws his handful of grenades, Anthem's already side-arming her own load at him. His Hex Grenades pass her Power Bombs in midair, flying past each other to explode. Anthem is thrown backwards, armor chipping away under the strain.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang grunts, as Blitz flies away from his assault, he spinning and reaching into his duster even as he is shot with skilled precision, most dinging from his armor but several penetrate with painful wounds. The Mustang yanks free one of his more potent weapons... his Laser Colt-Revolver... and as he skids to a halt, he fires at Blitz with his off hand! "Nice shooting! But i'm better!!"

General narrows his eyes, "...As I have said, Hunter Commander, I do not move to halt what hand fate has dealt me. But you shall not find me easy prey!" He shifts his arms slightly into a more defensive position, waiting in stark silence after that.

[Dog] Maverick Ride Armor [Raven] is barely even scratched. It's arm raises again, as a payload enters the left-hand cannon. "Time to say goodnight!" screams the Zebra, as a missile with a grey cloudy trail fires from the launcher, headed right for Silence. "For the Glory of SIGMA!"

Broadcast Ocelot ughs as he is picked up and tossed back a couple of metres from the force of the energy blast striking him. He quickly gets back to his feet, this time to his full height. Rubbing his head he snarls out to Cyber, "Thanks fuh de advice. SONIC BLASTER!" He opens fire from all of his sound generators at the same time, but not at full power. Hopefully it will cause some damage to the Maverick.

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan]'s pilot suddenly looks around and says, "Wait... Who the F--K! Am I fighting?!?!?!"

Broadcast Ocelot misses Cyber Peacock with his Sonic Blaster attack.

Sigma flies backward as the lightening streaks towards him, burning the sky with its might. The Dark Messiah throws his hands out, forming a green field of energy before him. The electricity crackles against the emerald shield for a moment, before both dissipate into nothingness. Both of Sigma's palms are left blackened and smoking, but he does not seem to notice. He zooms straight towards the winged beast, "I need not the power of legends, creature. We shall make our own legends. That power shall be ours, and much, much more. But you will never live to see it!" The same extended hands send multiple beams of virus green energy lancing towards King Dragon, dozens of concentrated beams hurling in a barrage towards the noble monster.

[Charlie] Jet Stingray flies back as well, opening his shin plates opening to reveal twelve Ground Hunters. "I'm not in a good mood... So, I say, time to take you down... Even if /I/ go with you!" As the fan heads toward him, the Stingray sends /all/ his stingrays toward the Maverick to intercept the attack. All of them impact at once, causing a explosion that is impressive to say least. Although it was a massive blast radius, the Repliforcer was a lot closer it then Mirror Pegasus. Although the exact damage of Jet Stingray cannot be seen, the trashed frame rockets into the depths. Definitely a failed gamble if it was ever the case.

[Able] Guardian Sasquatch is promptly sparked, and grunts again. He takes a leap backwards, and rips a large defunct drone gun from its post. "Ho hoo." And he hurls the drone gun at Guardian.

[Dog] Unfortunately the talons did nothing, those gauntlets of Firestorm's are heavily armored and can take just about anything. "Hmm, you don't seem to be fairing to well Forcer, perhaps you should go home... Oh wait, you are home." With a menacing cackle numerous compartments open along his body, revealing hordes of micro missiles, "Well, since you have nowhere else to go, I guess you'll just have to die." Missiles streak out from Firestorm's body, swarming at Interceptor like angry bees.

[Baker] Blitz Crane drops free of danger, smirking "Looks like Ahm turnin' this around." She unfolds her rocket launcher and kneels again, gripping the weapon's handle as she aims. She fires a second rocket, the missile letting out he same short shriek as before.

Broadcast Ocelot sends a radio transmission.

[Baker] Sting Chameleon's invisible form is much like an amorphus, intangible mass with Static Mink's furious flailing, the eyes constantly shifting in a fluid manner around her limbs to remain just out of reach. "Wench." Comes forth from a surprisingly eloquent voice otherwise, "I only aim to incapacitate. Now be still, else you do something foolish!" Suddenly a brisk flash of light melts away from a tail swishing from overhead, revealing it as it's splayed spines heat up and begin to glow.

o/~ Oh, and I'm chillin fine, Rickay Man.. ra ra ra.. rappin, rappin, rappin, PS2! o/~

[Dog] Storm Eagle screeches as the talons dig into the ion plates adorning his shoulders, wings beating savagely in an attempt to pull free; the Eagle reaches up with his own taloned hands, tearing at the Owl's legs.

The Raptor moans, yet the damage does not yet impair the Raptor's sole lifeline, it's ability to manoeuvre. Engines coughing blue flame, the airship veers to follow the ravaged portion of the Sky Fortress, bringing what remains of the massive weapons to bear against the enemy ship. Aboard, RF and Maverick drones fight bitter hand-to-hand battles.

[Able] Warned by Phoebus' order, Fury leaps off of the tank just in time. She lands on the ground beside the tank. Murderer? Her? She's determined to make this faceless coward will pay dearly for his words. Powerful blades eject from her hands in the wonderful Wolverine fashion. Letting out another cry as her system pumps loads and loads of excess fuel into her body, the blades begin to move in a blur. The Maverick is trying to slice her way into the tank.

[Dog] Skyblade Eagle backflips in midair, the laser flying past her, "Someone needs to learn how to aim, but it ain't me." Suddenly, without warning, she rockets straight up into the air, away from air... Internal systems calculating... Once she knows she's far enough away... She turns around and rockets back towards him... Speed increasing... And, if this works right... She'll pass the sound barrier right about... Now. Oh look, now happened to be right when she was near Air Wraith...

[Able] Gamble Lynx grunts and takes a little downtime. He mutters a string of vulgar curses as he crouches, watching the Kodiak pass him by. "Oh no you don't," he growls and pulls out his preferred Trump Card from its forearm scabbard. "Lady Luck, help me with this... thing." He leaps at the ride armour, long blade first to slash at it.

Cyber Peacock is a right little bastard. The blast misses entirely, just because he blinks out. He won't bother doing anything more than that. He's not here to have fun anymore. He's here to scrap people. Having had his first taste of Repliforce blood, he's eager for more. The normally docile commander of MSE leaps forward at Broadcast with an angry snarl, a long black cable forming in his hands. "Allow me to give you a lesson in how to attack!" he yells, the cable's shining, grabbing teeth lashing out to sink into Broadcast.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary blinks, smirking. "Oh?..." He peers towards the one he is facing, extending his right hand towards the air. The hand begins to grow some razor sharp blades, emitting a tinging sound. He drives the claw down towards the chest of the Repliforcer.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute jumps backwards, away from Anthem and her power bombs... Yes, he still remembers Anthem's old tricks, even if they haven't ever fought each other before...He smiles very faintly, right arm shifting into his cannon as he lets off with a small, emerald green beam of energy towards Anthem...

Cyber Peacock strikes Broadcast Ocelot with his System Resource Diversion attack.
Cyber Peacock drains energy from Broadcast Ocelot with his System Resource Diversion attack.

Jolt Hedgehog comes racing out of the base at top speed. So no one woke him up to tell him that the base was under attack. Big deal, eh? "Aww... crap." he mouths as he looks at the multitude of fighting before him. He just stares for a bit before shaking his head and smashing his fists together. "All right, lets g-get it on!" He shouts... half expecting someone to smash into him. Any takers?

[Charlie] Mirror Pegasus eyes go WIDE at Stingray's crazy tactics. "Ooooh no..." Reacting as quickly as she can as the explosion starts to burn at her, she propels herself backwards as quickly as possible, bringing up her forcefield as she's engulfed in the smoke and fire. When it clears, she's still hovering there, scorched and singed a bit, but still functional for the most part. "Hah! Thanks for killing yourself, fishface!"

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] strikes Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] with its Fist Zap attack.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] grabs at the Lynx as it attacks, and Mike grits his teeth again, face streaked with tears as he fights his once-allies. "I have to, Repliforcer..." he says, then brings both hands together in a clap.

Rock shifts into his Fourth Armor mode, letting his Buster charge dissipate. "I don't expect you to be easy, General. And I regret having to do this. But I must retire you." He glances sidelong to where Sigma is.

[Able] Repliforce Hovertank [Stalwart] swerves back and out of the way...and then it lifts up... hovering into the air... the gravity in the area starts altering... potentially causing damage... all thanks to the little purple stuff that holds up the tank when its in the air...

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang blinks as the Crane dodges, his snarl becoming evident now. And he narrows his eyes even as Blitz launches her rocket towards him. He rockets to the side with blazing speed, cruising over the ground the exact same way monorails travel. But he is to slow. The explosion catches him and sends him tumbling. He lands in a crouch, grunting as he snaps his gaze back. "Ok... /NOW/ you die!" And with a burst of speed, and the holstering of his six shooter, Magnetic launches forward, the humm of his Magnet Turbines rising as his legs are sheathed in their distortion fields. And he aims a kick that could smash a VW Bug at the Crane with all the might of his Sigma sized frame.

[Able] Guardian waits to recharge a bit after his exertion from his electrical attacks. He slants his body slightly and waits. As he is about ready to attack again he sees the drone flying towards him. He tries to jump back but it is not enough and the drone slams into his fragile body cracking it open causing mech fluid to poor out. As he grabs onto his side he standing on one knee he looks up and sighs heavily. Using all his strength he stands up hands charged with electricity. His visor glows with a yellow aura just as his arms and then suddenly he swings his hands forward sending out a wave of electricity towards Sasquatch.

[Able] Conduit is snatched and smashed, "Damn!" Conduit's hard head is bounced off the pavement like a basketball. But he quickly recover and leaps back to his feet, "Ok, that hurt, I was going easy on you, but now you're really going to get it hunter." Summoning up electrical energy from his body, several pulses streak along his right arm and gather into his hand. With a blur of motion Conduit's hand shoots up at Dawn and blast of electrical energy lances from his fingertips.

[Dog] Interceptor Falcon clicks his beak. Missiles start towards him. Sections of Interceptor's body open up, and a barrage of anti-missile missiles launch towards the swarm, blowing them up between the two reploids. Interceptor continues to gain altitude, as more panels open up on his body. He stares down at Firestorm, and opens his beak. "Now... your playing my game." Several dozen missiles can be seen from the revealed panels, and in a split second, Interceptor becomes a bloom of smoke as missiles stream from all over his body, down towards Firestorm, in a very Gundamn-ish manner.

[Dog] Silence Tsetse stares at the oncoming missile, then cuts her jet completely, falling like a stone for a moment. She looks up, watching the missile twist by, and just as suddenly as it cut, the jet is back. The bug rises with astonishing speed, a large ball of acidic sludge forming in the back of her throat, ready to spit if she can get within a few feet of the the Raven. "For the Repliforce," she whispers before hocking out the acidic lump.

Rock transforms into X.

[Dog] Storm Owl winces in pain as the armor of his legs is torn into. He ignores internal beacons which relay to him the status of Fortress II, trusting his officers to do the right thing. Clenching his talons and flaring his wings, Owl attempts to swing Storm Eagle around and point him downward.

Fortress II is slammed backward by the unexpected barrage. Large explosions tear across the hull as the power core begins to overload from the damage. In a final, bold move, Fortress II opens several dozen more ports and simultaneously fires the remainder of its weapons payload. It may be going down, but the Raptor is going down as well.

[Dual of the Fates] On the horizon of the island, a lone figure appears walking through the chaos that is Repliforce Island. As shots fly towards the crimson figure a long beam of energy ignites, deflecting the shots away. As the figure nears an open patch of land near the entrance of the massive fortified walls of the Repliforce HQ, he strikes a slight pose, one of defiance, and one of slight arrogance, and full of confidence. He makes no offensive moves towards anyone else, aside from a few Repliforce gumbies to streak towards him, all of whom meet a quick end via the edge of the figures blade. He casts his glace towards the doors to the monolithic building and flicks his hair back. Raising his tone, the berserker speaks, "I know you're out there Colonel. All the pieces are in play, and the stage is set. Now it's time for the knights of the board to battle to see who will emerge victorious, ensuring a checkmate for their prospective side of the board of Kings." He flicks his hair back, a smile creeping across his features, "I didn't want it to come to this, Colonel. But it has, and no matter who dies this day, the one who does, shall die as a true warrior, bested by the sword of a peer." The berserker falls silent after this, knowing full and well that Colonel has heard his words. He now merely awaits the arrival of his old rival, and older friend.

"Then so be it!" replies the Repliforce Commander with his thundering voice. He knows Rock will not attack him without Sigma, so he has a moment to reflect. His eyes close, mind drifting back. The sounds of war leave him, replaced with memories - thoughts. If death's hand has come to claim him, then he cannot deny the necessity, but he -will- give his men the best chance possible in this war. The battle is not yet over.

[Able] Dawn bridges back up, and makes a vaulting leap into the air just as Conduit fires. The energy misses, going underneath her. "(Stop talking, and fight seriously please.)" She lands, fists on fire now, and makes a left-handed jab at Conduit followed by a right-handed uppercut, both aimed for the chest.

[Baker] Blitz Crane thruster-dashes to the side to avoid the potentially deadly kick. She turns to face the Maverick as she jets, aiming her shotgun. With a cock - 'SHK-SHICK!' - to change the cycle again, she fires an electrified net from the muzzle of her gun.

[Charlie] Admiral stares as Jet is knocked out. "You, you and you! Execute rescue operation 12-101! Get moving! Jet needs you!" With that he flies upwards to meet Mirror. "Your reign of terror ends here." He notes coldly.

[Baker] Neon Tiger crouches to avoid the kick and extends her deadly claws as she watches Magma Dragoon get closer and closer. Hoping her timing is right, she leaps up with a twist, intending to slash at his chest.

[Able] Fury leaps back, letting her tattered wings carry her out of range of the Stalwart's attack. She reaches for her shotgun, looking towards the tank with her vision blurred. A roar erupts from the shotgun as she pulls the trigger, sending a charge of energy at the vehicle.

[Dog] Shadow Raven dashes upwards into the skies, thinking in the back of his mind, . o O (This shall be my final battle.)

The Stealthly Repliforcer flies silently upwards and then gazes over towards where Silence and the Raven are battling. "Hang on Fellow Repliforcer! I'm on my way!" He yells out, releasing his favored weapon, Silent Hunter and extending it to full length! He dashes off and catches up to the battle very quickly, speeding past the Ride armor with two very quick strikes!

[Dog] Zebra snarls as she fires the thrusters, propelling her just out of the acid ball's way. "Not going to get me like that twice!" she screams. "This is how I swat my flies..." she explains with a sneer as she reverses the thrusters, and attempts to come barrelling into Silence, feet first.

[Baker] Static Mink staggers slightly, the tail whapping her a good one upside the head. Shaking the cobwebs out she very suddenly remembers she is not build for melee combat and puts vibrates very violently, putting up a brief barrier of energy to try and distance herself from the Maverick operative.

[Able] Guardian Sasquatch is bathed in electricity, and stumbles back. "Fine. No mercy!" He leaps back again, but this time takes a shorter leap forward, becoming horizontal and digging his fist into the ground. He begins to propel himself in his slide towards Guardian, and again strikes some sort of vein, as more spears of rock blast out of the pavement, following Sasquatch's drive.

[Dog] Air Wraith easily manoeuvres out of the way of Skyblade and seems to roll with laughter. "Oh come on you don't think that is speed do you. That was sad. Now stand back folks because I am about to show you how a professional does it." The wings on his jetpack swing open and Wraith begins to pick up incredible speed. "Who is the greatest now!"

Even for Rock's glance, the Dragon does not turn. Green energy gouges the armor, digging new scares to join those from the previous battle. "Legends are born, Sigma. Never made." A pulse of giant wings, and the Dragon moves upward. "Legends fly among the stars, Dark One, Fallen One." Once more, the Dragon's palms glow blue, brighter, more furious than ever before. "Legends are the spark of future, but most important..." The blue peaks with a wailing scream... "Legends do not die." With the roar of seven thunders, the Particle Cannons speak.

[Charlie] Jet Stingray merely offers a weak salute as he smacks into the waters. Slowly.... Is Jet Stingray alive or did he die in his heroic attempt? Find out next time! Okay, being to spoil it all, Jet /is/ alive.... For the time being that is. Hopefully Admiral's men will recover the ailing 'ray in time to not have Mavericks blowing his defenseless self up.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] continues to wallop and crush his way through waves of Repliforce soldiers. They heads dislodge, their torso's splitting under his onslaught. The Vile Cannon consistently spews scattering balls of explosive energy across the tapered island's courtyard. It seems nothing at all can slow Vile and his machine of destruction down. However, things certainly can distract the chaotic Maverick, and Ride Armours do that trick very well. One particular red laser bolt lances into the Goliath's blue hue, making a rock-sized scorch mark, marring an otherwise pristine glossed navy blue paintjob.

A chuckling grate follows the attack, as the Goliath backhands a pair of aiming Repliforce soldiers, sending them bouncing into the distance. "So, you wish to die.... How entertaining." Abruptly, his chuckles cease, and the entire Goliath swivels onto the Repliforce Armour, the crimson targeting eye beneath the dark blue, murky helm slashing to life and locking onto Hotshot Coyote. And then, all at once, hell's very fury unleashes from Goliath, in a series of wind-whipping and cycloning napalm surges.

Broadcast Ocelot roars in pain as the teeth from the whip bite into every part of his body that it wraps around. His internal diagnostics indicating to him that his systems are now critical. The ocelot cares not. He looks to the Maverick as he begins powering up his sound generators to the highest level possible and then some, "Oh. So yuh tink yuh all big an' bad now dat yuh have meh tied up, eh? Well guess what. Me eh givin' up so easily." His systems chirp informing that the charge is complete. The ocelot smiles even through the pain and simply roars out one thing... "SOUND BLASTER!!!"

Broadcast Ocelot misses Cyber Peacock with his Sound Blaster attack.

[Dual of the Fates] The true officer is the one who knows how to ally firmness with wisdom, professional knowledge with resolution in action, the art of the organizer with that that of the executioner. It is thus that he wins confidence. Truer words could not have been spoken about the form that appears in the shadow of the entrance of the Repliforce base. On cue, Colonel ignores discretion, and blink/dashes into position, arriving on the scene in support of his troops. "The time comes in the life of any faction when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come for Repliforce. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defence of our people, our future, and our freedom." He levels his sabre towards Zero, igniting it to life. "During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to the protection of this planet, its citizens, its ideas. I have fought against Robot Master aggressions, and I have fought against Maverick domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] strikes Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] with its Napalm Cannon attack.

[Dog] Skyblade Eagle ahahahas! And pulls away from Air as he swoops in on her, "Not you, that's for sure!" She calls out, before pulling out her Akimbo Skyblade launchers again, and unloading a group of ion disks in his direction this time...

[Dog] Firestorm Phoenix covers up as he has no time to dodge and suffers the brunt of the attack. But he's long from finished, "I tire of this game, lets try a new one, its called roast the forcer and it goes a little something like this." Twin armcannons spring to life as Firestorm's thrusters kick, sending him hurtling at Interceptor. Armcannons raise as tendrils of flames dance from them like demented candle flames, "Lets see how you take the heat forcer." A torrent of flame is released from the twin barrels, threatening to engage Interceptor with its deadly embrace.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang snarls as his kick misses, instantly rocketing up into the air. He spreans over the blast from Blitz, and rockets to the ground to the side. Then with a snarl, he raises his left arm up, and from the irising open port in the palm of his hand, a rope of pure energy erupts. An energy lasso that flies forward to try and snake around Blitz and both tie her up, and send paralitic energy into her body! "Round up time!"

[Able] Repliforce Hovertank [Stalwart] shakes his head... at least its pilot does... Too many... he's going to have to take more than one out at once... And he knows just how to do it...The sidepanels of the hovertank opens up and launch missiles at both the Kodiak and Fury! Take that infidels! Time for hell to break loose! HEEEEEEYA!... No more forcers are going to die today buddy!

[Baker] Sting Chameleon suddenly rattles into view, conversely, apparently sidestepping soon enough to evade the brunt of such an assault, yet hassling his concentration with his holography systems. He's frowning. And that tail of his is employed again, swift and to the point- -two, to be exact, given the end branches into a Y- -right to the poor Mink's gut and upwards. The motion is based more on instinct than anything else, before he even realizes what exactly he's doing.

[Baker] Magma Dragoon leaps over the Maverick's head and yells, "Maverick! I will not let you past this point!" As he lands, Dragoon enters a stable horse stance and thrusts his hands back. He begins humming loudly and fire begins to envelop in his hands. As it grows to a decent size, The Elite hunter thrusts his hands forward and releases the ball of flame towards Neon while shouting,

"HA-DO-KEN!"

[Baker] Guardian Mobius is slashed rather painfully by the claws of the evil Godmachine. It grunts in pain, but an instant later, is not showing any pain at all. It's face contorts into a determined frown. "You may have started off well, but it's still far from over. You fight for a virus program. I fight because I truly believe in what I do. My belief strengthens me more than any virus could ever strengthen you. Prepare to face the strength of belief!" Guardian Mobius swings it's lance at GB with strength born of determination that itself is born of belief.

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] leans against the bridge, "Ayep..." Rickshaw says, "...I am a mighty warrior..." He looks at the well-manicured nails of the Ride-Armor, "...So... mighty... so warlike... so..." He hmms, "I wonder if Time Square still has that place that serves the really good buffaro wings..."

[Charlie] Pirate Sub [Cutlass Supreme] exchanges fire with the massive ship, eventually coming up alongside it. Machineguns on the deck pummel the port side of the ship as massive harpoons shoot from the sub to the side of the Crusader, just below the deck. Pirates are killed in the dozens, but so are Repliforcers. The hulls of each ship wracked with bullet holes, pirates begin to climb up along the chains, Harpoon Nautilus emerging from the hatch of his sub and raising a sword above his head. "ARRRRR, LOOT AND PLUNDER THE CRUSADER, MATEYS!" God, he's been waiting a while to say that. Unmolested, Cephalod and Orca reach the shore, their mammoth tops appearing above the surface. Great hangers open, a ramp extending into the shallow waters. Maverick marines storm out towards the beach, getting cut down en masse by beach gunners, but more keep coming.

[Baker] Chain drops off his hoverbike, cushioning the drop by landing in a crouch, he looks around at the carnage gravely, pulling his shotgun from it's back-mounted holster. Chain whips around as he sees something out of the corner of his eye, some Repliforce troop. As with most things in war, Chain's response is knee-jerk and paranoid. He pulls the trigger before he gets a trigger pulled on him, *ch-chak-BANG!*

[Charlie] Mirror Pegasus turns around as the Repliforce ranker comes flying up. The fact that she's still angry over Data Raccoon is quickly overshadowed by her getting hyper over dropping Stingray. "Oh, so you want to play too, huh? Well, I've got plenty of pep left, so come and get it!" Throwing her arms out, the weakened shield around her collapses, sending shards of enery flying at the approaching Admiral. "Mirror Shield... SHATTER!"

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] struggles to remain upright as the napalm cannon unloads upon the hide of the armour, scorching the armor and tearing it up in places. Reorienting himself, Hotshot Coyote pushes the stick forward, rushing Goliath, a massive fist swinging while he shouts, "I'm thinkin y'need a time out, bub!"

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] strikes Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] with its Smash attack.

Cyber Peacock snorts quietly, the cable disappearing with a small *pff* of light. So outstandingly close to Broadcast, the Maverick simply smiles to the Repliforcer. "You crack my radio channels, you mock me via private radio signals, and your kind kills one of mine." His voice is deadly-soft and hissing softly as he speaks, grey optics mere slits. "Therefore, when you are gone, I shall take your pelt and hang it beside Seeker Ferret's as a reminder of the victory I have wrought!" He whispers into the cat's ear, "From me to you, the kiss of death." And with that, he moves to bring his beak to the top of the cat's head.

[Baker] A little circle suddenly opens up besides Rickshaw Chimp, a miniature 'Greg' popping his head out. "Hey! Greg! A winner is you! Merry Krisumas! A rah rah rah!"

Cyber Peacock misses Broadcast Ocelot with his Energy Peck attack.

[Baker] Blitz Crane laughs, adjusting her thrusters to send her up and away "Ah don't think so, buster!" She cycles her Shotgun again, aims, and fires a hail of explosive pellets at the Maverick.

[Able] Guardian watches on as the furry of rocks come towards him he starts blowing up them as they come along sending charges of electricity at them. In all this chaos of rocks he just barely notices his foe coming towards him. With great agility and sheer timing he flips straight over him letting him. He turns around to finish of the fight but then sees he is gone and while holding his chest looks around for something to do.

[Dog] Interceptor Falcon is caught full on by the two flamethrowers. He soars out of the streams of fire, bits of his body burning as he does. He pulls his gunpod up, and snaps his beak sharply, combat visor targeting his foe, as he wings over. "Good, bad... I'm the one with the gunpod." A sudden burst of fire lances out towards the firebird, hoping to catch him with the rounds of lead.

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] thrusts his arms up into the air, "A WINNER IS ME!!!!!!!"

[Dual of the Fates] Zero nods to Colonel as he speaks as he ignites his own sabre, holding it up at an angle towards the sky above the Colonel in the beginning of a sword of salute, "I would expect nothing less from the Colonel of the most powerful army in existence. Nor would I expect anything less from the only person I consider a peer in the art of swordsmanship." Zero's expression softens slightly for a moment, "It will be good to finally have one last swordfight, when we will truly find who is the victor. Because tonight, Colonel. Not only will we find out who is the greater swordsman, but who is the greater man."

[Baker] Damn, this isn't Anthem's day, is it? *Now* she gets shot! Dang it, Enforcer's being annoying, isn't he? This is turning out to not be quite the glorious duel that was originally expected. She's not out of it yet, though. Armor still mostly intact, she leaps forward through the air, curling up into a ball for the few moments needed. Plasma generators activate, covering her form with a layer of white-hot plasma as a living missile. "SCREW YOU!"

[Dog] Storm Eagle resorts to different means; blue wings snap open, suddenly dropping his own lift...but only for a moment. Ion panels ignite a second time, sucking wind from across the sky towards the two Commanders; howling madness in the heart of the storm, the Eagle whips the ion streams into a whirlwind, glowing with savage, eerie light.

The Raptor buckles beneath the barrage; in seconds, the storm of projectiles strips the airship of its entire starboard armaments, yet the command computer knows no fear. Heartless, indifferent to the awesome agonies it has suffered, the Raptor merely keels over, spinning to bring the port batteries to bear against the mighty Sky Fortress. It cannot be long, now...

[Dog] Silence Tsetse rolls to one side and fires a quick burst from her jets, just barely managing to get out of the way of the ride armor as it barrels forward. She spins around, raising the fingers of her good forelimb as liquid nitrogen rises into them, then blinks, seeing Shadow swoop in and slash at the maverick. "Thank you!" The words are heartfelt - she'd been hoping for, but not expecting any kind of back up. Looking back to the ride armor, Silence lets loose a long-range spray of the freezing fluid, tiny snowflakes appearing as the nitrogen flies through the air.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang blinks as Blitz dodges, then snarls. The dark Cowboy then is flung back the shotgun slams into him, flung back to skid to a halt a good distance away. Then he narrows his eyes at Blitz, bringing up his own shotgun, and dials it to 'spread'. -KABLAM!!!- A wall of Magnetically-sheathed lead balls fly for the Crane!!

Sigma smiles, "If a legend is born, King Dragon, then it must die." He attempts to fly backward and outdistance the burning, alabaster beam soaring in his direction. He flies down, but not in time. The edge of the particle cannon blast cuts through his shoulder. The heat of pain rises in the burning and twisted metal. The Maverick Lord's cape falls to the ground bellow. Sigma looks up to see the dragon flying towards him. The Reploid Savior returns in kind, slamming through the air and directly towards the reploid beast. At the last moment Sigma banks up, flying over Dragon's head and soaring along his back. He seizes a hold on each of the reptile's beating wings, his strong gauntlets wrapping around the membranes. With a might jerk he pulls up, attempting to rip King's wings off of his back. As he once robbed him of life, Sigma now seeks to rob the dragon of the sky.

[Baker] The little Greg cameo produces a n.n expression, gesturing with two thumbs up. "I need some pastries, Rickshaw Chump, I mean Chimp! Find me, PASTRIES, and bring them to me, Greg."

[Able] Conduit takes the first hit to the chest but doesn't stick around to feel the second. Leaping backward from Dawn he attempts to keep his distance from her. "I have no idea what you just said, but you are really starting to piss me off." The naginata twirls in Conduit's hands for moment and is then brought to a halt. Energy surges into the weapon and it comes alive, arcing with power. Allowing power to build within the weapon for a few moments Conduit takes careful aim, "alright, lets see how you like this." The built of energy is released in a powerful blast of green energy.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute has seen Anthem use this attack too... Interesting... Well, this is gonna be a short pose, as when he sees Anthem coming at him with this attack, he pulls back his riot shield, and aims to just smack her to the ground.

[Baker] Static Mink feels the tail slice up her abdomen, through her chest and one of the spines somehow internally pierces the confines of her main processing unit. The lieutenant begins to shake violently as all her servos go wild at once from the sudden braindeath and then she falls limp, supported only by Sting Chameleon's tail. Static Mink is mo more.

Rock receives a radio transmission from Crash Man.

[Dog] Air Wraith spins outta control as the ion disks slam into his fragile body. Moving at such speeds that he manages can cause anyone even one so great as he to easily lose control. It takes him awhile to catch himself before heads back. "Tell me bird. Did you ever like playing freeze tag. Well lets play now. I am it!"

[Baker] Blitz Crane hovers in the air. When Magnetic Mustang fires his shotgun, she contorts her lithe form right around the spread of pellets, completely dodging them "Not good enough, Sugah." She cycles her shotgun again and fires that electrified net a second time. "Time to wrap this up!"

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] 's pilot says, "Well Greg! I..." he looks around, "I'm in the middle of something! I have a hostess hot apple pie! Is that good!!!!"

[Baker] Jolt Hedgehog dodges. Of course, it does seem impossible to dodge a speeding bullet... but if Superman could do it... so could Jolt. Side rolling out of the way, he charges up his arm blasters and points them squarely towards Chain. "Listen b-buster. This is MY h-home, and you are NOT taking it!" crouching towards the ground, he leaps up and returns the favor, ala with a static bolt.

[Charlie] Admiral gets hurt by the energy but he keeps coming with narrowed eyes, "You shall fall, foul Maverick," The Trident energizes in Admiral's left hand, and he points it at directly at Mirror, "The Sea is my life and I won't be defeated on my territory. The territory I swore to protect with my life..."

With that he swings the trident. "Trident slash!!"

[Dog] Maverick Ride Armor [Raven] gets struck by both attacks. Zebra scowls at the new bogie, and whirls to face her new enemy. "Damn you! Join your friend in death!!" she screams, as the mech's hands lock together, coming down on the passing Raven with as much speed as it can muster.

[Able] Gamble Lynx lets out a painful shout as he gets crushed between the huge mitts of the Kodiak. "Must... for... Cryogen..." he grinds out and tries a last ditch attack on the armour. Five cards somehow appear in his right hand and he slashes at the Hunter armour. "And... for the Repliforce."

[Able] Fury falls to the ground, barely evading the missile, which continues until it hits a group of Maverick and Repliforce gumbies. The Angel of Vengeance stands up once more, barely able to stand. Still, she can't let this engine of death kill anymore of her peers. With her gaze aimed at the side of the tank, she lets dark energy spills forth from her eyes. She may be doomed to fail, but she's determined to take it out as she falls.

[Baker] Anthem obviously has become predictable. Let's change that up, shall we? As she lands, Anthem drops down low under the riot shield, kicking out at Enforcer's knees as she does. Heck, hopefully he won't see *this* one coming, too.

[Baker] Then the Greg with his head through the plot hole adds with a quirk of his brow, "You know it isn't. Maybe one of these here soldiers have one. -pause,- IN THEIR GROIN!"

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] says, "I like to light fires!"

Rock just keeps looking at General, and firing on gumbies who happen to start attacking him.

General receives a radio transmission from Crash Man.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] is struck... but the attack doesn't do much. However, damage is slowly starting to mount, and the Kodiak is slowing down. Mike adjusts a few more readings, and simply activates the arm laser, trying to take Gamble Lynx down.

[Charlie] Meanwhile, the massive Maverick forces continues up to the deck of the Crusader, and while RF gumbies are trying to beat them back, they're getting beaten back.

And HARD.

General sends a radio transmission.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang screams his rage, the equine scream crossing the battlefield and making it all the more disturbing with it's bellowing cry. Then, with his duster billowing, he launches himself up and into the air, dodging the net. His mean, rumbling baritone resounds. "Yes! For you!!" And the Mustang attempts to simply bring his shotgun down across her avian head, with the hard stock aimed for her temple in an amazingly fierce strike! "For 'Coon!"

The Dragon roars with fury; metal wings crinkle, bending beneath Sigma's dire strength. In this moment, however, Sigma's declaration of superiority is, ironically, true: metal wings have no membranes to tear, no ligaments to snap beneath the terrible power. A testament in the wrong direction, perhaps, but enough to allow the Dragon to land under his own power. "You would never listen, Sigma. Such is your loss." Rearing back, King Dragon unleashes a searing bolt of orange flame, a fireball racing into the sky.

[Dog] Shadow Raven oomphs loudly, but easily shrugs off the strike. He pushes himself away from the Ride Armor and flies off. He meets up with his ally and grins at the fellow Repliforcer, "Lets take this piece of junk down! Together as one, We shall prevail!"

Raven spins The Silent Hunter swiftly then catches it, "You will be defeated Maverick! Prepare to meet Death AND HEAD STRAIGHT TO HELL!" He yells out loudly as he curls up for a moment and shrieks out loudly with his wings spread widely. Thus launching numerous small missiles towards the Ride armor!!!

[Dual of the Fates] Colonel tilts his own sabre in salute, "It is said that such a battle does not build character, it shall reveal it." He comments, "It has been a pleasure to have you as a rival all this time, but as you say, it ends tonight. The long night of barbarism will descend, unbroken, even by a star of hope, unless we conquer -- as conquer we must -- as conquer we shall. And if you support those we must conquer, then you yourself shall fall."

[Able] Repliforce Hovertank [Stalwart] drives through the attack... explosions form on the surface of the tank... but... it looks like... He's going to try and ram Fury down! "You're not dodging this..." Phoebus says mostly to himself... This battle has been taking too long... He already failed simply by taking this long... but he's not going down without a fight... Run you down... that's what he's going to do.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus climbs up the giant chain with several other pirates, the first part of the deck thrown into chaos. Ranged weapons have been discarded now that the pirates have closed, and its turned into cutlass-to-saber battle, massive sword fights on the deck, along with the occasional pistol shot. An explosion rips up in a mighty column of flame somewhere on the deck, just as Harpoon leaps onto it. "ARRRRRRRRR! I BE KING O' THE WOOOORLD, ARRRHARHARHAR!"

General remains standing just as he has been for quite sometime, eyes closed and dwelling on those things that have passed. Those things he knows, in truth, he will likely never see again.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute sees this one coming... He hops up, Annie's foot going under him, his right arm sparkles, and as he comes back down, he brings his taser down towards Anthem's body.

[Charlie] Mirror Pegasus promptly blinks out as the trident slashes towards her, disappearing in a flash and the weapon swiping through air. With a crackle of energy she reappears off to his right. "Uh, hello, we're not on the seas. We're ABOVE them -- Oh, nevermind!" She summons up another fireball and flings it at Admiral. "Let's heat this up!"

[Dog] Storm Owl clenches his fist as the gust of wind forces him away from Storm Eagle once again. Not to be outdone, he raises his cannon once more and braces himself with his wings, firing a concentrated cyclone back up at his opponent.

Fortress II, ammunition now exhausted, resorts to firing at the Raptor with its small-caliber lasers and antipersonnel defenses. As another volley from the Maverick airship catches it on its damaged underside, a large explosion rips through the aft of the Fortress, signalling the breach of one of its main engines. Wobbling somewhat, it refocuses power to keep it afloat, but its already limited mobility is now severely hampered.

[Dog] The rounds of lead do catch Firestorm, this time doing quite a bit more damage. Winging back once again, Firestorm kicks in his jets and flies up quickly. Coming to halt above Interceptor he peers down at him, "Just die already." Massive blood red wings spread wide, glinting in the light from all the fire fights going on. The wings sweep forward quickly, releasing a barrage of feather shaped razor blades. A virtual crimson rain falls upon Interceptor.

[Baker] Blitz Crane blinks at the sudden swing, caught entirely off-guard. Her head JERKS to the side, and she wobbles on her legs, disoriented.

[Baker] Chain charges Jolt, pulling a running back move as he does so, juking and jiving to avoid the bolt of electricity, "Maybe yer should 'ave thought of that before yer decided to attack civilians, chuffer! rrrrYAH!" He quickly closes the distance between him and the Repliforcer, unleashing a (hopefully) devastating right hook to the Hedgehog's face.

Above, a shadowy phantom nears. A panel slides away from its belly, revealing it's illuminated innards, and the Robot Masters inside.

[Able] Dawn flips forward to take off after Conduit, and handsprings up over the energy blast, landing in a graceful crouch. "I suppose you wouldn't. I said..." She withdraws a miniature baseball bat from her backpack, "Shut up and fight me seriously, you talk too much!" With that she flings the baseball bat at Conduit. (Repost!)

[Baker] Sting Chameleon's eyes widen, his right opti-cone rotating wildly to focus amidst the shock. "Damnit!" Segmented limb withdrawn, the body is left to collapse limply to the ground, his frown tensing as he leers to inspect the Mink's prone form closer.

And yet, he still maintains acknowledgement of his surroundings, knowing full well it be foolish to mule over his breach of personal code yet again, deftly leaping away and cloaking again, leaving Static be as he moves on.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] enters into the field of combat that the Goliath was -designed- for: melee. What a dreadful shame for out Hotshot Coyote hero and his lumbering pathetic mecha. As Vile reels back, he allows the weaker Ride Armour to slam its disproportional fist into his torso, hardly even noting the dent in the thick armour. With an invisible smirk beneath the darkened helm, Vile expertly forced the armour to sidestep, and then ignites the boost jets in the heels of the mechas supports, sending the armour wailing forward while the twin gauntleted arms raise upwards, and then slam downwards with incredible force - aided by the bootjets speed addition.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary releases a grunt as he steps back, circuits flaring out violently as the lance strikes it. He growls as he places his hands down. He then gives off a glare towards the Guardian. "...I highly doubt it... Repliforcer... We do not have the virus at all... It is you with the virus... You believe you are doing what you are doing." Well, little does he know that they have it. The hand drives towards the heavens, beginning to form some sort of energy that swirls within his palm. He gives a glare towards the Guardian, before extending the blade of energy to materialize. The celestial essence gleams within the blade, as he gives a glance to the Repliforcer gestalt. With full power, the Godmachine strikes down the blade to the Guardian's chest.

The Maverick beach troops that survive the initial barrage hit the beach, hardening up and finding cover where they can. Under massive fire, the subs sink back into the ocean, leaving the marines on their own. A rocket streaks across the beach, taking out a distant gunner's turret.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] strikes Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] with its Charging Smash attack.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang brings the weapon down and through with the strike, looking over Blitz. He spins and brings the gun around, forward and facing her, he raising it up to her chest. "Goodbye." And the Mustang pulls the trigger!

[Baker] Neon Tiger dives to the ground, the fireball scorching her hind armour. "See the light," she snarls and brings her tail forward to point at Magma Dragoon.

[Baker] Anthem brings up her foot vertically as Enforcer's hand comes down - the instep of her boot nudges his electrified tazer to the side, grounding the shock into the artificial ground. Immediately, her arm lashes out, holding her favorite toys - the chrome-plated handcuffs. Kinky!

[Baker] Guardian Mobius snarls, as it gets cut up. "I think, you need some help friend." says the calm voice of Mobius. "I WILL STAND FOR THIS, NO MORE!!" screams the Repliforcer, it's cry magnified to a deafening level.

[Baker] Blitz Crane snaps out of it as the shotgun pellets SPANG! off her armor. She shakes her head, sparking angrily despite her apparent ability to still function. She cycles her rifle and aims, then fires...

Broadcast Ocelot twists his body to the right causing the beak to merely nick him and give him a slight scratch and that's about. As he flips out of the way and back a couple more meters. He overhears a very interesting transmission to the General. Quickly looking back to Cyber Peacock, "Like ah said. Me eh goin' down dat easy, if ah goin' down at all." He then darts forward at full speed towards the Maverick. Leaping into the air, he extends outward all his claws intent on raking the bird with them.

Broadcast Ocelot strikes Cyber Peacock with his Claw Swipe attack.

[Dog] Interceptor Falcon zips out from under the rain of fire daggers coming towards him, and flips over, and up, to get right behind Firestorm. He snaps his beak open wide. "Sorry... but I have to take a bite out of crime..." Interceptor snaps his beak, trying to catch himself some pre-barbequed chicken, with his metal beak.

Rock fires into a host of Gumbies... even going so far as to Megablast them.

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] skids backwards, another sizable dent appearing in the chassis of the ride armour, but still not down or out. Once more regaining his bearings after another jolt, Hotshot begins rushing at the Maverick second again, his own jets giving him an extra speed boost, the mighty hydraulics of the Chimaera pulling its right fist backwards and then pumping it forwards as they get within range of the Goliath.

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] misses Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] with its Charging Punch attack.

[Baker] Magma Dragoon covers his eyes for a moment to advert himself from the bright light. As it clears, Dragoon takes the initiative and dashes towards Neon, pulling his Katana from its sheath, flames still licking the blade. (All souls must die sometime, is today my time?) O o . rolls through his mind as he reaches the Maverick and slashes straight down the middle!

[Dog] "Tag? Oh, I love tag! Not the freeze kind, though..." She moves out of the way of the timestopper, "Now then... I'm it... And now... Tag! You're it!" She unleashes a massive barrage of blades from her launchers.

[Able] Fury doesn't move an inch as the tank drives towards her. Moments before it reaches her, she bends in her knees, and leaps into the air, forcing her badly damaged wings to give her the advantage of air just this last time. They finally give up the ghost, and she plummets to the ground, landing hard on the tank. Her pain-wracked form manages to get up once more, just in time for her blades to make their appearance again. Time to go out in a blaze of glory.

[Dual of the Fates] Zero slides his rear foot back as he shifts into his defensive position and locks his crimson eyes on Colonel, "Your move, Colonel." The berserker says simply as he readies himself for any sort of advance the Colonel might take. Zero may be headstrong, but he's not hasty when it comes to opponents he knows are on his level.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary growls, as he is unable to move. His four legs begins to drop to the ground as he begins to growl. His hands are moving to his ears, as he twitches in pain. "Ugh!"

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang launches himself to the side as Blitz flies back and rises with her own rifle, his shotgun circlecocking in his hand as he comes around with blinding speed. He then leaps straight up into the air, to come down with both legs hurled downward for Blitz! ... if there were Wrestling Robes... well... I'll be...

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute gets caught by the handcuffs... Blinking... Now that, he didn't expect...

[Able] Repliforce Hovertank [Stalwart] swears... this just isn't working... he slams down on a button and a forcefield erupts around the tank...

[Able] Gamble Lynx's optics flicker as his systems shut down from too much damage. "Forgive... you..." he whispers to Michael Eildath softly before turning into a limp, battered reploid. Apparently he did hear the Hunter's apology earlier.

'A heartless creature fueled by ignorance,' thinks General to himself as he finally opens his eyes to behold Rock afar off. 'He knows not what he does.. But will in time. I only pray he lives to stand against Sigma.'

[Able] The baseball bat bounces off of Conduit's chest more or less harmlessly. "Baseball bat, but no baseball? That's simply not right." He totally ignores Dawn's statement. Raising his right hand once more, energy begins to gather there, spiralling in, in typical anime fashion. A glowing blue ball forms in his hand, just about the size of baseball, "Batter up!" With a classic baseball pitch Conduit sends the energy ball hurtling at Dawn.

[Dog] Silence Tsetse stares for just a split second at the Repliforcer who has flown to her aid, struck by a flash of awe. She thinks back on the Repliforcers she's met so far - stoicism, cheerfulness, bravado... a very interesting bunch. It's too bad she had to meet all of them under such bad circumstances. Suddenly she picks up a bit of Shadow's drive - you get the sense that if she could grin, she would. "That's right! Together, we will prevail!" Sucking in a breath she turns towards the ride armor, then breathes out a noxious mist of sulfur and acid at it.

[Baker] Greg adds, "And some beer! Some ~fine~ cheap import beer. Preferably from Madagascar." A spry little limb reaches over, this imaginary figment rattling on the chimp's head. "Boy! Are you listening to meh?!"

[Baker] Blitz Crane blinks at the attack and thruster-dashes backwards to dodge it. As soon as the Maverick lands, she blasts forward and keeps low, striking at his knees with her legs while balanced on her hand.

[Baker] Anthem clamps the cuffs shut on Enforcer's hands - and instantly the hand holding the cuffs morphs into her cannon's barrel. "DIE!" My, she's coherent tonight. "This one's for Reed!" The bore glows blue-white - and Enforcer should know right well what's coming. Point-blank, Anthem lets loose with her cryogenic spray, right into her partner's face.

[Baker] Jolt Hedgehog is so stunned by what Chain said that he doesn't even notice the punch. "I DID NOT!" he bellows out, backflipping out of the way. "What do you think I am? A M-maverick?" he says in a dignified way, putting his hand to his chest. "I love h-humans! ... They don't c-come any bigger then 6 feet...." He shakes his head. "Get outta here, before I punt y-your aft off the island!" He then tries to do just that, rushing up towards Chain to give him a healthy kick in the rear.

[Charlie] Admiral hisses in pain as Mirror partially cooks his armor. "Cute," Admiral murmurs faintly, before loading up a harpoon. A flash harpoon. "Let's see if you like this... FLASH HARPOON!!"

Back on the Crusader, the RFs on board rushes around, some helping Jet, some tending to the fire, with the rest dealing with the Mavericks on board...

Cyber Peacock blinks slightly as the cat slices up his armor. A neat row of slices appear down his chest armor, and the bird blinks once. "My... my armor. You've scratched it." He runs his fingers over the gashes, frown deepening. The fury on his face contorts the gaunt visage into a mask of sheer fury. The tailplumes flash out, and he screams, "Playtime... is OVER!" The tailplume jewels flicker to life and blasts of red energy screech towards the cat.

Cyber Peacock strikes Broadcast Ocelot with his Tail-laser Spread attack.
Broadcast Ocelot falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

[Dual of the Fates] Colonel also knows his rival, almost as well as he knows himself. He smirks with some satisfaction. If this must be his death, it is a glorious end at that. The RF XO steps in, the sword slicing out towards Zero, mainly to judge his reactions to a probing strike, looking for the pattern, though he probably wouldn't have to.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] holds still, not even attempting the dodge the Chimaera. Such is his contempt for the inferior vehicle, and its lackluster pilot. Vile offers no taunt, however, as the fist of the Repliforce armour slams into his ride armour, the entire structure of the mech shaking from the impact. But Goliath is incredibly tough, and it doesn't even puncture from the blow. This could spell trouble for Hotshot Coyote. Spinning at the torso as the armour steps forward, Vile lets the chains on the right fist explode outward, as the fist begins to rotate almost instantly. A flickering golden corona of energy lances out across the chains, igniting them in a glow as they spin at supersonic speeds, barbs cutting apart anything that passes their way. In this case, hopefully the Ride Armour.

[Dog] From inside, Zebra coughs from the gas assault. "Damn! That smells worse than Rickshaw!" she says. Panels open on the Raven, revealing bright lights. "Time for you to see the light Repliforcers!" screams Zebra, as a flash erupts from the Raven!

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] strikes Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] with its Chain Fist attack.

[Able] Dawn begins running for Conduit at a full 110 MPH, indeed running INTO the energy sphere, and it burns part of her left knee, but she only stumbles for a moment. Closing in, her right hand thrusts out at Conduit's midsection, trying to knock him away. The stumble might ruin her momentum though...

Sigma descends to the ground, looking at the fireball streaking directly towards him. He braces for impact and the burning pain... but it never comes. A Maverick trooper leapt in front of Sigma, absorbing the blast for his lord. The ash that was once a reploid crumbles to the ground. The Maverick Overlord extends a finger to King Dragon, "DESTROY HIM, MY MAVERICKS!" booms Sigma. Dozens of Maverick regulars leap from battle, firing at King. Some attempt to jump upon him, weighing him down. Nearly fifty drones swarm around the huge creature, caring nothing of their own lives, seeking only to do Sigma's bidding.

[Able] As soon as Lynx is down, medic gumbies begin to rush towards him, patching up wires, shunting failed systems, clipping and finishing feedlines. Why isn't Gear helping?

Because he's in his own little crater somewhere, offline and half melted.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang lands hard, but rolls over and /leaps/ to his feet. He spins up and around, barely dodging the fierce Crane Kick. Then... the Mustang gives her a taste of another one of his attacks. He sucks in a deep lungful of air, and breathes it back out through his nostrils, sending twin jets of flame forward to try and consume Blitz!

[Baker] Guardian Mobius manages to smile for a brief instant as it's foe momentarily drops to the ground. A brief instant of joy causes Ten's cheerful personality to surface. "Silly Maverick! Victories are for Repliforce!" Then its fist begins to glow with energy. Still charged, the fist flies toward Godmachine Binary.

[Baker] From above, a shadowy phantom's belly slides away to reveal it's contents: a platoon of half-cocked Robot Masters looking to beat in a Maverick. Over the phantom's P.A., a voice of reason rings:

"Attention all Maverick Hunters: we have no beef with you. Leave us alone, and we leave you alone. Risk ticking us off, and you get sent to the junkheap. As for you Mavericks...?" Crash Man's voice suddenly drops down to a low growl. "Die."

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] says, "THERE GREG! I DID THE BEST I COULD! Maybe now Baby JESUS won't WEEP ANYMORE!"

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute is handcuffed... And he sees the cannon, "Shit..." He's blasted backwards, ice forming over his chest as he falls... He lands, "Damn you Anthem..." He mutters, getting to his feet...He morphs his cannon back, and takes aim at Anthem, the weapon charging up, before he unleashes a bright emerald beam at Anthem... The Fully Charged Enforcer Cannon.

[Able] Fury lets out yet another scream in frustration as she senses the forcefield below her. Gasping for breath and unable to see much more than the blurry of the massive tank, the Maverick rakes her right claw against its surface.

[Dog] Firestorm Phoenix's poor armor is once again assaulted with another minor attack. These minor attack are starting to wear him down. Giving off a squawk he spins around in anger and thrusts his left armcannon at Interceptor's gut, "You're the criminal here, remember?" Once more fire spews from the barrel of Firestorm's flamethrower

[Charlie] Mirror Pegasus cackles, and wraps her wings around herself protectively. Not her forcefield, but the wings themselves are enough to do what she wants. As the harpoon hits them, it explodes in blinding light. She's safe ducked behind her wings, whose reflective surface bounces the flashes right back at their source.

[Able] From the far edge of the bridge comes another shape. Repliforce is besieged, and hurting. But help... is arriving from an unexpected source. A tall shape of violet and gold appears at the end of the bridge, Dash jets sending him hurtling across the ground.

Ballade is here - and the rest of the Masters are throwing in on the side of the Repliforce elsewhere as well.

"Hunters! Mavericks! Face the cost of harming Wily!"

Rock closes his eyes and just slips into a monotone of action. Fire, fire, dodge, fire. Repliforce gumbies go down in waves, Rock distracting himself from the upcoming fight with General by sending Gumbies into unconsciousness.

[Baker] Quick Man bolts across the area at nigh-top speed, trying to find something to hit.

[Baker] Blitz Crane growls and thruster-dashes back from the fire. She unfolds her Rocket launcher in mid-dash and stops to kneel, firing a third high-yield warhead!

[Dog] The Raptor's armor sloughs away under the melting embrace of fire, but the Raptor senses victory even as the Fortress turns so desperately to bring the remaining guns to arc. Lasers whisper across the reaches, and final targeting solutions fall into place. Only one thing remains... to fire.

And then Raptor dies.

A single trio of unknown drones, the remnants of the original Repliforce boarding party, storm the unoccupied command bridge; unsure of what to attack, of what might stop the behemoth, they resort to the satchel plasma charges they bear, turning the sleek command deck into a molten inferno. The Raptor's command bridge boils through the outer armor, and the mighty ship ceases to guide itself. Mighty engines blaze in blue glory, burning brightly even as the first levels of forward hull begin to dig into the side of the Sky Fortress...

Storm Eagle screams in agony as the Owl's barrage strikes. Ionised winds go mad, madness ripping across the Maverick commander even as the Raptor dies before him. Sparks rippling across the shuddering form, Storm Eagle goes limp, falling from the heavens in a silent recount of the ancient Greek legends...

[Dual of the Fates] Zero quickly brings his sabre down to parry the first strike, only to be too slow to react to the second one. (A good move, he knows me too well... I'll just have to be more unpredictable then...) o . the berserker muses to himself as he falls backwards into a defensive roll after the strike, as he rolls over his head, he plants his hands down and handsprings backwards, spinning in the air quite gracefully causing a whirlwind of hair and energy from his sabre before landing in an attack stance, "Pretty good, Colonel, but not good enough!" Now the former Hunter XO charges forward at the Colonel with his own probing attacks, before suddenly stopping as his arm bursts into flames mid swipe and he flips his sabre backwards fluidly as his entire body spins. As he nears a full rotation he kneels down and suddenly launches himself up, blade and arm fully engulfed in flames, "DRAGON FLAME BLADE!"

[Baker] Little Greg, currently in the form of Rickshaw's broad and expansive imagination, is currently floating above the Leviathan's head, for those who must know. He folds his arms and looks away. "Eh... what's Baby Jesus done for me /lately?/ Certainly didn't pee in no somalian barrel for me to ferment."

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus cackles like a maniac, using his left hand to pluck harpoons with explosive heads from subspace, then hurling them at the ship's massive conning tower. The battle rages, although the Repliforce definitely has numbers. "Fight on, me minions, arharhar! Anyone who lives gets FREE GROG!"

Meanwhile, back on the beach, the Mavericks begin to slowly advance, being ripped apart by mines on the beach, turning the place into a pool of mechfluid, gore, and discarded body parts. Its chaos out there, like the worse spots on D-Day, except with robots. Unlike humans, robots drag their upper bodies forward, legs long gone, too stubborn to give up.

[Dog] Shadow Raven dashes away from the light and shouts out to the Maverick Ride Armor, "No Maverick! It is time for YOU to see what fate has in stored for you! Prepare yourself for Pain!" As the elder Repliforcer speaks, He closes his eyes and his frame starts to hum loudly as if energy is building up within him. Soon, His eyes open widely, turning from his original eyes to a brilliant white color! Silent Hunter too gains a bright yellow glow as if it to is charged with energy. "DIE MAVERICK! RAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" he shouts out as he engaged him in melee combat! Thus unleashing a devastating set of blunt strikes and blows!

[Able] Repliforce Hovertank [Stalwart] fuelled by new spirit... new hope...a chance of survival... Phoebus moves to release hell on Fury... The forcefield goes down... and the cannon goes out. The big one. The one he shot the Kodiak with. Yes... that one... and it launches a large cannon ball at Fury... exploding as it hits anything solid. "You -will- lose, terrorist!"

Broadcast Ocelot's eyes go wide as the bright red flash hurtles in towards him. He is unable to move quickly enough as it strikes him. The scarlet light washing over his body as systems collapse one by one, leaving only his power core active. No, the ocelot is not dead yet, merely in stasis lock. But before he goes, he cues up his radio and mutters aloud so that Cyber may hear as well, "Ah did meh best. Ah have no regrets..." And with that, this brave soul is out of the battle.

[Baker] Little Greg looks back. "Cause, ye'know, that's Groin beer. Tinkle."

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] says, "Aww, Greg... He turned... loaves into money, and ate fishes on the cross!"

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang launches up and into the air, dodging the rocket's explosion as it fires, he springs to the side and rockets away. His right arm is raised instantly, and despite the coming of the RMs, he focuses only on this target. His shotgun is switched to his left hand as another port irises open, and from it come a horde of explosive drones in a swarm... Horseflies. They fly for Blitz and swarm to ignite in an explosive conflagration.

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] is sliced up quite soundly by Vile's weapon, armor falling off in sheets and chunks, and yet the Chimaera stands tall, however shakily. Her pilot, knowing that the armour is going down very soon, tries one last-ditch effort to do some damage to Vile's psychotic Ride armour. Activating his jets, he leaps backwards, then into the air, bringing both fists about, letting the armour fall towards Vile, and swinging with all the Armour's mighty hydraulic strength, trying to crush the menace of Vile, or at least put a big old dent in it.

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] strikes Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] with its Crush attack.

[Baker] Anthem bowls backwards as she takes the *full* brunt of Enforcer's attack. She's pretty smashed - and Enforcer's looking prime still. Slowly, she gets back up, growling. But, just then... cavalry arrives in a most surprising manner. Anthem *stares* at the Robot Masters as they come swarming out in one mass of hate and loathing. All directed right at the Mavericks. And then she laughs. Anthem laughs hard, and long. "Hey Enforcer - look behind you!"

Cyber Peacock screeches loudly, hovering over the fallen form of Broadcast Ocelot. The MSE commander's face is contorted as he cackles madly, fists clenched overhead in victory. "Yuo si n0t l33t lik mi! I 0wnZ j00!" he babbles incoherently, cackling madly in his glory. Two victories in a row. It's going to his mind.
[Dog] Interceptor Falcon slaps Firestorm's arm cannon away, with his arms, and clicks his beak. "Your the criminal... Maverick..." He pulls his sidearm from his holster on his side, and tries to shoot Firestorm almost point blank with it, while the two hover precariously close together.
[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] turns from the fallen Lynx, Mike stricken within. He looks around for Rock... and swears.

[Charlie] Admiral shields his eyes from the blinding light, and reaches forward to snag Pegasus by whatever he can get his hands on to throw her down...ALL the down to the seas.

[Able] The Med Gumbies continue working on Lynx. After about fifteen minutes, they manage to rewire and reroute his power directly to the reserve tanks. They slap on some temp armor, and flip the switch, deactivating the EDP...

[Dog] Air Wraith's jetpack ignites furiously as it lifts him further away from the barrage. Pausing for a moment during the fight, Air Wraith seems to find time to fix his hair. Making sure that all his fine black hair is in perfect place he fixes his ponytail and smirks at Skyblade. "You know bird. I will do ya a favor. After all this is over and if you aren't too beaten up I will let you go out on a date with yours truly. Me. How does that sound for ya." Tilting his ray hand at Skyblade, he sends a quick blast in her direction.

[Baker] Little Greg nods, narrowing his eyes. "Well, -yeah,- but that was a while ago, huh? Do I see you eating thousand year old cash-bread? HUH? DO I?" The figment begins to push at Leviathan's huge chest tauntingly.

King Dragon lashes out tooth and claw against the sudden rush of drones; short range blasts from dozens of guns tear at the ancient beast's armor. The bellow of a creature enraged sounds from beneath the mound of struggling metal; flame rips through as the Dragon fights, even weighted beneath such odds.

[Able] Guardian looks around the battlefield. As he sees the chaos that is happening with Repliforcers fighting Hunters his heart acks but despite his feelings he knows he must fight on for this is the fight for what is right and how cannot for that? While a good chunk of his armor has been ripped away he still stands tall. He watches as more of his Forcers fall and he cannot take it so grabbing onto his scimitar he starts to move forward ready to take down the Ride armor Kodiak which has caused so much trouble.

He is about to go on to fight but then sees masters arriving and mutters, "When we must be saved by the devils themselves it is a dark day" shrugging his insecurity off he charges forward coming right in front of the Kodiak and shouts out, "This ends now. Many have fallen by your hands and I will not allow anymore to fall as I still breath. While I may not win this battle I win in my heart for I am a member of Repliforce and as long as we fight for our cause we can never lose!"

[Dual of the Fates] Colonel gets struck by the flame blow, and realizes that the time for probes is over as the flames singe his frame, and cause some minor internal damages, the days from constant battle with only self-heal reliance coming into play. He too can adapt to the tactics employed. "Indeed, Zero, however, you are not the only one that can employ a change in tactics." He feigns a slice at Zero, and instead cracks it crossways, sending a sonic boom effect pulse wave at him.

[Dog] Silence Tsetse dives in after Shadow, sans battle cry - she's being sneaky, here. She is built for espionage, after all! Using her fellow Repliforcer's flashy attack as cover she slips in, trying to land briefly on the armor and slip her probiscious into any chink she can find...time for a little snack.

[Dog] Skyblade Eagle lets out a slight scree as the laser impacts her armor, "That wasn't cool!" She yells back at Air Wraith, "Time for you to put up, or shut up!" She calls out again, flying towards him, and firing off a group of ion disks again...

[Able] Ballade leaps across broken support struts, dash jets keeping him in the air longer than you might normally think. With grace and precision, he closes towards the battle. He spots a ride armor, and a faint smirk slides across his face. "For Wily!"

[Baker] Blitz Crane braces, expecting a fierce attack...she blinks... "The 'ell was THAT?" She's unscathed! Entirely! All that for nothing! She raises her Shotgun arm, cycling it with the pump before aiming. Once she draws a bead...she fires. The kick yanks her weapon up a full 70 degrees as an explosive slug whirls at Magnetic at supersonic speeds, leaving a swirl of blue wake behind it a la Quake Railgun.

[Able] Conduit is hit square in the midsection and is sent soaring backwards, "OOF!" Grunting as he skids along the ground, Conduit grips his naginata and poor energy into once more. Hopping back to his feet Conduit continues to build shunt energy into his weapon, "Alright little girl, no more mister nice Forcer." As energy spirals into the blade of the naginata it begins to glow brightly and Conduit raises it above his head, preparing for the attack he is about to unleash on the hunter. "Sorry about this." Conduit brings the naginata smashing down, the blade whistles through the air and left in its wake is pulse of wave of plasma energy.

[Able] Guardian drawing his scimitar to the side he lets it glimmer in the light. He squints his eyes from under his visor and then in a flash he moves forward toward the Kodiak his arm extended and ready to strike.

[Able] How does she do it? Fury isn't sure. All she knows is that the tank must be brought down. She leaps back, retracting her claws, she lets her chain gun pop out of her right hand once more. "Time to die, coward!" she yells, her voice distorted by the pure hatred that burns so very brightly in her electronic soul. Loads and loads of bullets fly toward the Stalwart.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary feels the fist knock him away. He then looks back towards his enemy. "We will see..." He gives off a sneer as both of their hands begins to emit a glowing source of energy around the area. The energy swirls about, swirling upon the forehead. A jolt of dark energy swirls upon his body, before driving his hands forward. A zodiac sign appears before him, giving a bright gleam as a loud ting is heard. The crackle of metals ignites as he begins to release the tendrils of white and blue energy towards the Guardian. He is attempting to drive him way back.

[Charlie] Mirror Pegasus ooofs as she's grabbed, and before she can react flung downwards. Down... down... down... and splash, into the water. Looks like she took the same fate she sent Stingray to... No, wait... the water is bubbling where she landed... Suddenly, a giant serpentine seamonster, one of her holographic creatures, erupts from the water, carrying her with it. "Ah! You can't get rid of me that easily. Blast him, my pet. Hyper Beam!" Her monstrous ride roars, and a massive blast of energy erupts from its gaping jaws at Admiral.

[Charlie] And the various Repliforce on board the Crusader, continue the their valiant attempt to force the Mavericks, back though the ship is now efficiently blind thanks to Harpoon. And speaking of Harpoon several Repliforcers (5) took it upon themselves to try to defeat him.

[Dog] Storm Owl hovers silently as his adversary falls. Shaking out his strained and damaged wings, Owl looks downward... and salutes the Maverick aerial commander.

Completely unable to evade the Raptor, Fortress II is impaled on the sharp prow of the Maverick airship. As the two mighty airships collide, explosions ring across Fortress, signalling another engine down. The remaining two engines are unable to keep Fortress aloft, let alone the Raptor as well, and begin to overload. The skies ring with a pair of massive explosions as the remaining engines give out and the two ships, locked together for eternity, begin to plummet.

Storm Owl may be low on energy, but he does have enough for one final decision. Pointing his cannon down at the airships, he calls out, "DOUBLE CYCLONE!" Half a dozen spheres of wind spiral downward, rocking the Fortress into an alternate course and bringing it crashing down toward the water, rather than toward the battle-ravaged fields below.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] is blindsided, ever sure that nothing would remain after slicing the Chimaera into pieces. To his disdain, Vile twists his head, only to see one hell of a Ride Armour come screaming into him headlong. This one actually does hurt the Goliath, as metal on metal clangs across the landscape, sending the prone Goliath a solid 15 feet into the air, and landing on its side, as it skids across the grasses into a disabled turret. A thick mud trail notes the armours travels, but even with such a forceful attack, the cobalt beast rises back to its feet, weaponry whirling and clicking onto its foe. "A mistake to not die easily. Critical flaws, that you are to stupid to note. I take pleasure in this." And then, instead of firing any of the Goliath's systems, the golden-hued Vile Cannon locks onto the armour, Vile's crimson eye shooting a narrow red targeting beam onto the forehead of Hotshot Coyote. And then, the cannon erupts, as shimmering particles discharge from the barrel, a current of blue energy, with a crackling red bit of lightning cycloning around the beam.

[Dog] While the lights were engaged, Zebra had been diverting energy to the main weapon of the Raven. "Time to Die Shadow!" she screams, even as his blows glance off the armor. Even as the fly gnaws on the armor, the cannon raises, crackling with energy. And a black beam blasts from the weapon, the deadly bolt flying through the air.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] strikes Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] with its Vile Cannon attack.
Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

[Able] Dawn stops to turn as Mike makes various transmissions. She too sees the Masters, .oO(Wonderful.)Oo. Hearing the faintest prelude to an attack, she leaps up into the air, and sure enough is rewarded by plasma energy going underneath her feet. Spinning to face Conduit, her mouth opens. No words. Just an icy mist aimed at him...

[Baker] "Robot Masters..." Crash Man declares as he ropes down from the Stealth Transport. "...Let NO Maverick leave New York unharmed!"

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang snarls, and he lets himself pull a Matrix. As the gun fires with amazing precision, the Mustang rocks back on his knees, arms flailing as the shots pass over his body leaving the blue wake behind them. Mustang's hand reaches into his duster and yanks free his sixshooter once more, sending a flurry of laser blasts for the crane!!

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus pushes out in front of his pirates on the deck, swinging his giant cutlass to and fro, cutting down Repliforce sailors in spades. He himself takes a lot of damage from the five Repliforcers, blood mingling with his tentacly face. In fact, one of them is still clinging to Harpoon's back, everything gone below the metal rib-cage. Grunting as he's run through, he staggers back, grabbing the blade of the sword with his off-hand and jerking the Repliforcer along with him.

[Baker] Crash Man says, "Who wants to live forever, androids!? Attack!"

[Dog] Air Wraith is too worried about his hair to move outta the way. Being thrown back some by the Ion Disk Wraith frowns. "Does that mean you will not go out with me? Hey your lost chick, not mine." Removing a disk, Wraith shots a very similar attack to hers.

[Able] Phoebus leaves the tank... it... stopped working? ...His daggers are combined... and he says, "Shall we continue?" He dashes forward and slashes in a diagonal twirl slash with his weapon...

Broadcast Ocelot lies battered and beaten on the ground at Cyber Peacock's talons, leaving himself open to the Maverick. The ocelot's lies still. Not a sound at all.

[Charlie] From above, the sound of several massive explosions can be heard. Bright flares appear in the sky, before an enormous shadow clouds the entire aquatic battle area. The two great airships, Fortress II and Raptor, physically locked together, plummet downward toward the water and splash down a distance offshore, sending large waves crashing over the ships and shoreline.

[Dog] The gunblast penetrates Firestorm's weakened armor and damages numorous vital system, leaving Firestorm crippled. WIth a mixed growl of pain and rage, he glares at Interceptor, "You will die forcer!" Now he wings off, heading back to the protection of the Raptor.

[Baker] Charge Man needs not to be spurred on by Crash, as he lands with a thud from the drop ship and begins to rush forwards. Looking for Mavericks to smash, as per orders, he yells out a battle cry...

Rock fires into one last squad of gumbies; they get the message and seek -OTHER- targets.

[Baker] Blizzard Man starts to slide down the ropes from the airlift...Then slips up, he blinks, falling from the sky like snow. He slams into the bridge, hard, bounces, and slams into it again. "Urph." He stands, slowly, looking around. He notes the Leviathan and cracks his knuckles. "Time to rumba!" He starts popping his joints, then skis rapidly, ever faster. He builds up speed, getting ready to do what needs doing...

[Baker] Quick Man dashes around the Leviathan at nigh his top speed, clearly trying to get a good shot in.

[Able] Ballade leaps over fallen soldiers, darts between chunks of pavement, and around blasted UN tanks. His targeting systems note the Ride Armor, but leaves that engagement be. The blasted Repliforce tank indicates a threat worthy of his perfection. Snapping one arm down, his plasma blade ignites. "Maverick!"

[Baker] Blitz Crane growls again, cycling her Shotgun and gripping the stock with her hand as she fires a series of 10-15 slugs at Magnetic Mustang.

[Baker] Guardian Mobius snarls as the tendrils push it back. As that happens, the Mobius lance is gripped even tighter, and it raises it high. From within, energy pours from the lance, and envelops the massive Repliforcer in a bubble of energy. "That's more than enough from you..." says Mobius angered.

Repliforce Ride Armor [Chimaera] is doomed, that much is apparent to Hotshot Coyote as he looks at it's diagnostic routines. Fully prepared to come in for another strike, Hotshot readies the Armour's systems for another assault... However, he then notices that there is a targeting beam focused... DIRECTLY ON HIS FOREHEAD. "Holy crap!" he shouts, and spying the weapon being raised, he hits the eject button, sending him flying as the pulse of energy rips into the Chimaera, shredding it and sending it to the ground. Chimaera is down, that much is apparent. Now only Hotshot remains, and he's pissed.

Sigma snaps his fingers. All the attacking Maverick Soldiers clear off of King Dragon's damaged frame in an instant. The Sigma Scythe slides into the dark messiah's hand, a crescent of crimson, cutting energy jutting from the end. This is the weapon that destroyed King Dragon's first body. It sliced threw his flesh and bone. It ripped through life and hope, and now it seeks to return to that terrible place inside of the ancient beast's soul, that place it nearly annihilated during its first visit. Sigma intones, his voice deep and booming, "I do this by necessity, King Dragon, not by choice. You became a member of the reploid race, and for that I am proud. You die today in the service of your people, so I may guide them to a better future. I will understand if you take consolation in that. Farewell. Now you die for a second time. Now I kill you for a second time!" Sigma leans back, and then throats the scythe forward with all his might. It crescents through the air in a deadly circle of pain, its aim true and perfect. It's goal: King Dragon's energy core. It has done it before, now it seeks to claim the same life again.

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] says, "Loves and the fishes... Loves and the.." The pilot blinks, "Wait a minute.. o.o" he blink blink blinks, "HOLY SH-T! ROBOT MASTERS!!! WHERE IS GUTSUMANG!?!?!?""

[Dog] Skyblade Eagle quickly dodges out of the way of this, optics narrowing, "Oh no you did -not- just call me a 'Chick'!" She yells at him...Her attention is caught by Fortress II going down...But she looks back at Wraith, "I'd say it was nice knowing you, but it wasn't." She opens up with that barrage of disks again.

[Dog] Shadow Raven notices the beam charging in front of him as he finishes his assault and quickly flies off. The Repliforcer flicks his wrists and is enveloped in a energy forcefield... Soon the forcefield begins magnetically attracting bladed objects from everywhere it can. "Nice try! But this battle is far from over!!!" he yells as he dashes towards the Maverick (ETA: 1 round)

[Dog] Firestorm Phoenix doesn't head to the protection of the Raptor.

[Baker] Jolt Hedgehog gets blown back by the punch. Again. "Ok, time for the heavy hitters." he mumbles to himself. He suddenly takes off backwards for about 50 feet, before crouching down and charging up for an attack. "You know.... Just leave. Before I hurt you." Not heroic, maybe, but at least it's something. All of a sudden, Jolt flashes brightly, and suddenly streaks towards Chain!

[Dual of the Fates] Zero lands from the rising strike on his feet, only in time for his eyes to go wide as he watches the sonic wave streak towards him. He throws his arms up in a cross definitely to defend against the attack, but it does him no avail. The wave washes over his arms, tearing his gauntlet armor to shreds and pushing him backwards a few yards, causing his feet to dig into the ground creating two small ridges in what little fertile land is left on the island. Zero grunts slightly as he regains his composure and snaps back into his offensive stance, both hands on his sabre firmly, "Good move..." He sizes up Colonel for a moment before charging at him again, letting out a tremendous yell as he leaps into the air at the Repliforce XO. As he descends he spins his body once more, coming down in a diagonal slash, as he lands he fluidly pulls his sabre back up and crosses over the opposite side in an X type fashion.

[Baker] Sting Chameleon is running around, invisible, taking out random gumbies still milling about with swift motions, merely deactivating them temporarily by hitting the appropriate spots.

Cyber Peacock isn't quite done yet. He steps forward towards the fallen cat and looks down, his hands on his slender hips. "Well, well. Fallen interceptor, what a pity," he remarks, not a shred of pity in his tone. One foot extending out, the bird's taloned boot rakes alongside the Repliforcer's hide, peeling pseudofur from him. He's not got the power to rip the arm off his opponents, so he just takes the bits left over. The fur is ripped from the cat and held aloft like some ghastly trophy...

And with that, he's gone in a blink.

[Able] Fury brings out her left claw, blocking one of Phoebus' dagger, while she pulls out her shotgun again, using it to... as a sword, blocking the other attack. Taking a step back, she swings the shotgun at Phoebus' head.

[Able] Ballade drops towards Fury in a long sliding kick...

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang springs up to his feet and dodges with a springing burst. As the Masters unload, his pistol is reholstered and his Shotgun is brought to bare. He raises it up as he lands in a crouch, and fires at the Crane! "Time to fall... then after you... the Masters."

[Baker] Punk speeds along with the rest in buzzsaw mode

[Dog] Interceptor Falcon slaps his pistol into his holster. "Big talk... Here's a present for you on the way home!" Interceptor takes aim with his left arm, a small missile launcher opening up on it. Interceptor's visor flashes target lock, and a single missile streaks out towards Firestorm.. as he makes his escape. "CATCH!"

[Baker] Guts Man waves to the Leviathan, "Here I am monkey boy! Time for round three! And this time I'm gonna make us some monkey pie! Oh yeah!"

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] staggers backward, barely evading the attack, and launches more magnesium flares, trying to keep this new threat the hell away from him.

[Baker] Ring Man follows up at the rear of the Robot Master attack squad, landing softly on the ground and eyeing the small horde of others. "Well, well, gentlemen - and I do use that term loosely - what have we here?"

[Baker] Blitz Crane jerks to the side, the punch only ripping off the cowling over her left shoulder "I don't think so." She snarls into his face. Since she's so close, she draws her head back, then thrusts it forward in a sharp, pointy kiss of death!

[Baker] Neon Tiger rolls to the side, barely avoiding the flaming blade. "Let's try something new," the tiger growls and bounds away by a few metres. She drops to all fours and brings her tail over her back. "Ray Splasher!" The tail emits a series of small spheres of energy, spread out over a wide radius.

[Baker] Maverick Ride Armor [Leviathan] looks at the odds, "...hmm..." he counts on the armors fingers and then says, "BRING IT ON BIZNATCHIES!!! I CAN TAKE ALL OF Y'DAMN PUNK SUCKAS AT ONCE! I'm A TRUE PLAYAH! MY N---AHZ IS TIGHT LIKE GRAVY!!!! JE SUIS DESOLAIS, MAIS TU SUCK!"

Broadcast Ocelot would put up a fight to stop the evil bird from stripping him of his fur, but guess what. He's in stasis lock, so he can't do much. However, the Repliforce Kitty's player's like, "What is it with you people and my fur?" He then chuckles as he is just joking.

[Able] Phoebus hops to the side and dashjets away... today's definitely not his day... seeing as his good weapons aren't working, he decides to try the one that always misses. The semi-automatic energy cannon... Phoebus's gumbies (the living ones)... seeing their leader in trouble... actually ignore his orders and dash toward this battle... Phoebus shouts, "Go back against the -big- problems!" But they ignore him anyway... and he lets loose with his cannon.

[Able] the mists swirl around Conduit, damaging systems not meant to take sudden temperature changes. With internal warnings going off Conduit decides discretion is the better part of valor and makes a strategic advance to the rear. In other words he hauls his chrome plated aft out of there.

Cyber Peacock's player shrugs a bit. "I dunno. Ask the freaky character that's taken over my body. Zoink!"

[Dual of the Fates] Colonel holds the line, it will not fall here. As Zero slices at him, he uses his own sabre to parry the slices, twisting and adjusting to each blow. "We are much alike, Zero. In the way we think, the way we act. The problem is.. you are too unpredictable. And I am too predicable. Perhaps -- it is time to change that." As he drops back, Colonel counters Zero's double strike with a cross slash of his own, attempting to push Zero back away from the line.

[Dog] Silence Tsetse flinches at the burst of energy, but manages to keep her hold on the ride armor. She withdraws her probiscious and eyes the tiny hole she just made. Hmm. Another large ball of acidic goop begins to form in the back of her throat as she struggles to keep her hold. A sudden movement throws her off, but she manages to spit up the goop before flying too far, hoping it hits.

[Baker] Blizzard Man blinks, flying backwards, into a bridge support. "What in the name of Wily?" he stares at the gargantuan hole in his stomach. He shakes his head, stuffing snowballs into the hole. He then curls up, spinning and gaining speed...Attention between Neon and Leviathan. [Baker] Anthem decides, after a good Ray Splashing, that it is indeed time to run like piss. She's not gonna do any good dead - she's more useful at the rear, coordinating the rest than laying in a pit.

[Baker] Little Greg diligently hovers besides Leviathan, poignantly holding a finger in the air. "Oui, oui, grahn grahn. Le Swine, and so forth."

[Able] Guardian rolls to the side as the flares fly past him. He whips his brow for a moment and looks over to the monstrous ride armor. Bending his knees all the way he then jumps forward flinging himself at the Kodiak with a fist outstretched that is charged with pulsing electricity.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang blinks and leaps to the side, dodging again the pointy kiss of death from Blitz, and he snarls, moving into a spin with the movement and aiming a vicious kick at the Crane!! He too is quite damaged, his duster rended in several places and he sparks grimly... but he still fights!

[Baker] Quick Man charges directly into the Ray Splasher, almost as though he'd made no attempt to dodge it. He does a quad backflip and lands harshly on his face.

[Baker] Guts Man gets hit by Neon Tiger's ray splasher, he shakes a fist looking around, "Argh! Stupid ho! I'll get you for that!"

[Baker] "Argh!" Crash Man growls loudly as he takes a hit to his left shoulder servo. The laser burns through, rendering the attached arm inoperative until his self-repair can make quick adjustments. A sneer runs it's course wildly through the Red Bomber's peach-hued features, narrowing his eyes as he descends onto the battle scene. "...I LIKED that arm!" Crash shouts at Neon Tiger, as his right blaster aims for the Maverick. High-grain, shotgun-like sounds tear through the air, as a blast of shrapnel rains down on Neon Tiger's parade.

Hotshot Coyote floats down on the ejection chair amidst the massive amount of firepower being discharged by the battling forces, and all the while, the only thing on his mind is that Vile has just destroyed a beautiful machine, and he must pay. "VILE! Yer gonna regret that y'punk!" he shouts at the top of his lungs as he detracts his left hand, bringing about his arm cannon, all the while unstrapping from the seat and jumping the rest of the way. Generating a forcefield in his gun and filling it with napalm, he fires a ball of liquid napalm which'll explode on contact with _anything_, with a loud cry of "SHOTGUN PLASMA!!!"

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus grunts and staggers to the side as the deck shifts, several pirates and Repliforcers alike falling overboard, splashing into the sea far below. Harpoon climbs back to his feet, continuing to rapidly slash and cut. On the beach, marines duck and buckle down as they're battered by massive waves, clinging to the ground as mines are dragged straight towards them by undertow. However, all is not lost. Suddenly, out of the wavy sea, comes Crustacean, the massive tank nonplussed by the waves as it pounds over the ground towards the Repliforce trenches, cannons thumping, running over mines like they were nothing. The troops rally behind it, charging.

[Dog] Maverick Ride Armor [Raven] gets hit by the sludge. "DAMNIT DIE!" With that, Zebra turns the Raven towards, not Shadow, but Silence. Kicking in unused afterburners, the mighty craft rockets towards the fly, attempting to smush her with its body, into the raptor, the fortress, whatever is nearby.

[Able] Dawn takes off after Conduit as he begins to run. Normally she'd let a Repliforcer flee, but he hurt her quite a bit and was /dang/ annoying. "(Can I hit him?)" She rockets after Conduit, and tries to kick him fiercely, to give him some more momentum towards RF's lines.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] is struck, ionizing electricity playing over its surface, disrupting systems as it gets into the rends and tears in the armor. Mike flips switches and tries to shut the excess energy into his weapons, but fails, and the Kodiak sags, temporarily disabled.

[Baker] Magma Dragoon urks loudly and is sent to the ground... He shakes his head and then refocuses on Neon Tiger, growling loudly, "Nice shot... But it will not save you this time! RAAAAAR!" The Elite Hunter slams into a stable horse stance and roars loudly, all his flamethrowers opening simultaneously. Soon, A massive burst of Magma emits from the Dragoon, looking like a giant fireball heading towards the Maverick!

[Baker] Quick Man says, "I dare say this calls for a dogpile oh yes indeedy I think we'll have to all take a turn and draw-n-quarter what's left."

[Baker] Blitz Crane winces at the kick, stepping back, her armor sparking angrily. Her shotgun lowers and she droops, then falls to her knees...then down on her face, sparking on occasion.

Signas speeds along toward Repliforce Island, having to take such a long time to arrive due to his lateness. Quietly he gazes upon the lack of life here, as the militaristic views of Repliforce had finally overcome nature's splendid beauty. He doesn't see his commander, not yet, in the midst of the violent carnage. He must remember that he left Neo-Tokyo as soon as he heard, but when he entered the teleporters, they transported him to Canada. From there he walked, a quickly as possible, until he received a ride (From a nice old farmer) to the outskirts of NYC. Silently, he steps into the fray, not knowing what to expect...

[Dog] Firestorm Phoenix hit by a volley of missiles which quickly decimate the retreating Phoenix and he promptly falls like a rock.

[Baker] Chain narrows his eyes at Jolt, "Bring it." Chain steels himself for the incoming attack, bracing his legs. Jolt Hedgehog streaks towards him, Chain holds his ground. As he is about to leap out of the way, a ray from the infamous Ray Splasher nails him in the back, propelling him out of the way of the Jolt Dash. The maverick hunter lands on the ground, growling, "Some mother@#^&er is getting 'is or 'er #^& 'anded back to 'em in about five mother&*$#ing seconds!" Only one culprit, primaries are easy to detect. Chain's arm goes into a flurry of motion, grabbing his chain and hurling one weighted end straight at Neon Tiger, "Choke on this, kitty!"

[Dog] Shadow Raven swiftly passes by The Maverick Ride armor, Enveloping it in a massive sea of endless blade strikes!

[Baker] Punk continues to speed forward until he is hit by the ray splasher, he quickly transforms and starts to head towards the Mav but stumbles into a mass of writhing mist, he looks around saying, "All right who did I just run into."

King Dragon merely... stands... as the Scythe parts steel armor like a deadly nail, slicing down to the heart. Green bolts of energy crawl from the scythe's haft, dancing across the metal-scaled form. And to answer, King Dragon laughs softly, a pleasing basso chuckle to cut beneath the sound of battle rather than to overwhelm it.

"You do not understand, Fallen One," the Dragon says, "You never did. I am no more a Reploid now, then was the Last you slew a dragon." One talon reaches up, removing the ugly weapon from King Dragon's chest. "Perhaps someday, you *will* understand. Perhaps." The giant reploid releases the shaft, allowing the device to clatter to the broken land below. "Yet until then, you will not know victory. And I?"

The blue fades, scattering into broken particles of blue energy. "I will at last travel with the People across the stars." One last, quiet chuckle, a puff of smoke from green-edged nostrils, and the reploid body ceases.

[Baker] Quick Man gets to his feet and starts building up speed again.

[Able] Guardian looks on as the Kodiak stutters and stops moving. Ever so cautiously he moves closer to the Ride Armor and raising his hand into the air more electricity charges around it. Pulling his fist back he then whips it forward sending bolts of electricity at the Kodiak.

Yep. The Replikitty's automated distress signal finally comes online, sending out a repeated beacon about the cat being disabled and his general location.

Announcement: Libra shouts, "And that's another death!"

[Dog] Interceptor Falcon pants, and hovers in midair. He clicks his beak, and looks over towards the other fights. He zips towards the others, to see if he can help.

Announcement: Libra shouts, "King Dragon is dead! Long live the king!"

[Baker] Sting Chameleon is bumped into, conversely, stumbling backwards. Of course, all that Punk can discern is that a pair of red eyes now b

inky dumbly back at him.

Announcement: Aquarius shouts, "And King Dragon is dead. Gone forever. Buhbye."

[Baker] Ring Man hops sideways, landing in a roll and popping to his feet to end the combat dodge as quickly as he began it, neatly avoiding the blast altogether. "Nifty..." is all he can think to say about the attack. He shrugs and pulls a fistful of half-dollar sized rings out of... well... seemingly nowhere. "But I got other things to deal with."

[Baker] Godmachine Binary gives a glare towards the Guardian, "We shall see..." He notices one of the beams coming towards him, he places his right hand to meet with the energy that is clashed from Neon's attack. "...Hrm..." His eyes moves back to his target, extending out his fist with a grin. The fist begins to open away, hurling towards the Guardian in a great speed, humming the sound of flames as it is flying to Guardian Mobius. The hand opens up, attempting to grasp towards him, and through the field.

[Able] Fury didn't even see Ballade approach. She hits the ground. Hard. Faced with multiple enemies, she sees no way she can win this battle. However, the memory of a fellow Maverick - now a soulless body back at the base, is still burning bright in her memory. Turning towards Ballade, she whispers to herself, "Te morituri salutamus." And with that oath, and her claws prepared, she leaps towards the Master, letting her left hand dart towards him as she tries to deliver a powerful punch to his torso.

[Baker] Signas runs into the fight as soon as possible, looking for any Hunter or Maverick who needs to be dragged from the intense battle. He isn't in thick, but merely on the skirmishes, currently, until he is certain that no one is about to be outright taken out of the fight. .oO( War Sucks. Hopefully, the fighting will be over soon, and we can return to peace. )

[Able] Conduit is hit in the back and stumbles, but he turns the stumble into a roll and manages to back to his feet and keep running, "Blasted dishonorable Hunters."

Hotshot Coyote floats down on the ejection chair amidst the massive amount of firepower being discharged by the battling forces, and all the while, the only thing on his mind is that Vile has just destroyed a beautiful machine, and he must pay. "VILE! Yer gonna regret that y'punk!" he shouts at the top of his lungs as he detracts his left hand, bringing about his arm cannon, all the while unstrapping from the seat and jumping the rest of the way. Generating a forcefield in his gun and filling it with napalm, he fires a ball of liquid napalm which'll explode on contact with _anything_, with a loud cry of "SHOTGUN PLASMA!!!"

Hotshot Coyote strikes Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] with his Shotgun Plasma attack.

[Dual of the Fates] Zero stumbles backwards from the slashes, parts of his chest armor cracked and sliced open as fluids begin to leak out of him profusely. He grasps at his chest with a hand briefly as he looks up at the Colonel, before looking down at his own life fluids staining his white gloved hand. His body begins to glow a bright red as his body starts to heave heavily, "Heh... I guess yer right Colonel. You've learned to play my game it seems. Well then I guess it's time for me to pull out my ace in the hole..." Suddenly Zero stands up straight as he flexes his arms, his entire body glowing a bright red. Moments later a pair of red energy wings burst out of his back as he raises a fist into the air as he himself rises off the ground slightly as he stares down his rival, "Playtime's over, Colonel..." Suddenly he decends towards the ground, as he lands his fist strikes the ground with a good deal of heavy impact as he screams out, "FALLEN PHOENIX WING!" An -enourmous- wave of fire suddenly spurts from the ground as if the bowels of hell opened up in front of the crimson berserker and streaks towards the Repliforce XO.

[Baker] Blitz Crane is lying on the charred asphalt, sparking and unconscious x.x;

King Dragon sends a radio transmission.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] sizzles and fries as even more electricity plays over it, Mike desperately shunting systems and opening intakes and capacitors to minimize the damage. With a surge, the armor crackles to life, and Mike levels the arms at Guardian, thumbing for the first weapon he finds. "I'm sorry," he says, the loudspeakers crackling to life, "but I have to do this..." Liquid nitrogen begins jetting from the armor, freezing everything around it to crystalline brittleness.

[Baker] Quick Man finally builds up a good head of steam and charges directly at Neon Tiger at just shy of the sound barrier. He shrieks "DIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIE!" but in his current angry state it comes out unintelligibly fast.

King Dragon receives a radio transmission.

[Baker] Punk's optics narrow as he looks at the eyes saying, "I don't know who you are, but you better be a Maverick cause I'm going to tear you apart," he then charges forward and attempts to tackle the area right below the eyes.

[Baker] Guts Man is pissed at Neon Tiger, he throws a random piece of debris at her before going to beat up Rickshaw.

[Baker] As Signas appears on the scene, an eerie whistle floats across the battle field. Audible only to those in the Baker area, due to, well, guns and explosions and stuff, it heralds the original android. Break Man? That's right boys and girls... Proto's sporting his Break Man armor, and he appears in a flash of light right in front of Signas. He says nothing, remaining still with arms crossed.

[Able] Phoebus dashes away from the fight! What? The coward! ...actually he isn't... he's about to deal with someone who throws large blunt objects... He dashjet leaps in front of Dawn, "You won't hurt him anymore!" In his hands is a drawn bow... with a fire arrow attached... he grins, "We all have our orders to follow... If you retreat I won't hold it against you!" Phoebus lets loose with the arrow... and it ignites as it nears Dawn.

King Dragon sends a radio transmission to Twila Peterson.

[Dog] Air Wraith zips outta the way and winds up right behind Skyblade. How could it be that his overly dashing good looks that tops Zero's any day could be turn down. "You know, a simple no would've worked too. But hey like I said your lost not mine. Pity too. I am sure you would of loved to be seen with such a legendary hero like myself. My fame goes far in the hunters and especially the Repliforce." Finally a missile explodes towards the bird.

[Able] Ballade brings up his hand as the punch whistles inwards, and simply... catches it. A bit behind the claws, and his calm impassive face grows colder as his eyes narrow. His foot comes up, catching Fury in the gut as he attempts to hurl her over him, and backflip to his feet at the same time.

King Dragon receives a radio transmission from Twila Peterson.

[Baker] Charge Man watches as the pretty lights go flying past his frame, totally missing him as he steams along. He looks back as he notices that most of his compatriots aren't as luck. Oh well, tats their problem, he has Mavericks to smash. He spots a familiar frame (Enforcer) as he runs along... "Hey! You! I have yet to get you back for what you b*tches did to Wily!!"

King Dragon receives a radio transmission from Twila Peterson.

[Dual of the Fates] Colonel gets blown back by the Phoenix Wing, slamming into the ramparts of the building. It washes over him, melting away paint and armor, but all and all, the Repliforce XO seems to have survived the blast. He stands, most of his wounds cauterized by the same blast that levelled him. "...yo-you're right, Zero... playtime... is indeed... over." He brings up his sword, and suddenly dashjets forward, his own sword taking on the role that bezerkers himself does. "Sabre... FRENZY!"

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute looks away from Anthem as he ducks the Ray Splasher...He'll have to kill her some other time...Turning his gaze to Charge Man, he grins a bit, "You, Robot Master...Are going to die." He stands up, and charges charge, "Raaah!" He yells out, nightstick slipping out, as he swings it at the Robot Master...

[Baker] Quick Man misses Neon entirely and just keeps running for a long moment.

[Charlie] Mirror Pegasus hmmms. As Admiral seems to have backed off for the moment, she goes to help the other Mavericks take care of the Repliforcers fighting on the shores, for lack of better to do. "Incoming!" She whips out a large launcher again, this time bombarding the defenders in exploding paintballs.

[Dog] Silence Tsetse somehow manages to drop out of the way of the charge, the ride armor flying by overhead. "I'd rather you died, personally," she mutters as her jets kick in again, launching her back up at the Maverick. She leads the flight with her good forearm, bracing the poor abused spike of chitin for another impact with armor.

[Able] Dawn crouches now after kicking Conduit really far, and seems tired. Too tired to really dodge the arrow, it digs into her left arm forcefully and she again winces. "(Not yet... I'm not letting him down!)" Her right hand is likewise aflame as she flies at and tries to uppercut Phoebus, aiming for the jaw.

[Baker] Jolt Hedgehog's wide eyes go even wider when he sees his target is taken down for him. Even worse, he's slammed on the helmet, giving him a nice buzz cut. Second, he trips over Chain. Rolling into a rough ball, against his will, he plows along before slamming into a building, upside down, where he just blinks. "Ok... that hurt..." he groans before trying to pull himself out of the wall.

[Boss Battle] Sigma flies towards General and Rock, the battlefield parting in his wake. So much death. So much destruction. And now another casualty has been tallied in the memory of Repliforce. King Dragon is dead, murdered by Sigma. "Did that get your attention, brother? Are you ready to end this? How many more of your troops must die before you cease this foolish campaign. Do you wish that they die?" Sigma clenches his fist, energy lancing around it. The power converges into a single point and arcs forward into the shimmering form of the Sigma saber.

[Baker] As the Able battle wears down, the Med Gumbies begin to pour towards the other direction... it took them long enough. Without the constant direction of Gear to guide them, they have to fend for themselves in making decisions. And, so, here they come, crawling over the blasted land like ants, each wearing a blazing red cross of a Medic.

King Dragon sends a radio transmission to Twila Peterson.

Went to help -Repliforce- fight the -Mavericks- even.

[Baker] Sting Chameleon emits the appropriate 'Oomph,' as he absorbs the sheer force of the blow, the deadly mohawk atop Punk's presented cowl digging into his gut. Of course he decloaks by now and angrily retaliates. Mwah.

[Baker] Cyber Peacock blinks into existence, the prismatic peacock standing bright and brilliant in the chaos. Around his neck is draped a strip of spotted pseudofur, and the Maverick is...flexing. Yes, he's strutting around proudly and bobbing his head around in a display of sheer bravado. "Oh yes. Who is the bird? I am the bird," he chatters before surveying the mess. "Well well well. Masters. Pff!" he says, flicking his wrist in disgust. "Easy peasy!" Hey, he's taken down three Repliforcers. Total. Out of how many battles, we're not saying. Let's just say he really does suck, and is just feeling cocky.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] continues to lurch forward, the left hands glimmering gold chains come to life to match the right hands. Together, the Ride Armour dashes into the smoking husk of the Chimaera, chewing it apart in seconds, beyond repair, beyond fixing, its scrapped. And as the Goliath spews through it, its pesky pilot bombards him from above, plasma ripping into the dorsal armour, burning away outter armour shells. Without twisting to regard the target, Vile's left shoulder converts into a rack of missiles, which promptly launch into the air with a flurry of contrail. Redtips twisting and crisscrossing one another as the blast into the sky to explode all across Hotshot Coyote's general area.

[Dog] Skyblade Eagle fehs, as she flips downwards, under the missile, "You talk to much! Now shut up and fight!" She yells out at him, flipping back up as he passes, to rake her talons along his underside.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] strikes Hotshot Coyote with its Minimissiles attack.

[Baker] Guardian Mobius sidesteps the attack. The forcefield remains projected around it as it holds the lance toward the sky. All the while it's lance continues to grow brighter and brighter. The titan's body is severely damaged, armor broken in several places. Nonetheless, it's expression is not one of fear. Only determination.

[Baker] Ring Man runs along behind Guts Man toward the ride armor!

[Able] Phoebus hops to the side away from the punch... tears shine in his eyes, "I finally score hits... It seems... This is fate, Dawn! ...Now... lets try... something new..." he withdraws a pointed arrow... his gumbies prep to attack Dawn but he says, "No! You guys help wounded now!", and he lets it loose at Dawn... not bothering to try and make a called shot... he probably doesn't have enough time to anyway.

[Able] Fury coughs as Ballade's kick forces the air from her lungs. She's only barely aware of her surroundings as she goes sailing through the air. This time, her wings doesn't aid her. With a crash she slams into the tank, falling to the ground afterwards. But she's not out yet. Her pistol is drawn, and the Child of Disease, as Skull Man called her, sends a burst of ice slivers at the Robot Master.

[Baker] Ring Man mutters to himself, "This is crazy this is crazy... hoo boy."

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang slams the kick hard up into Blitz's body, and nods as she falls. "For the Racoon..." And the Mustang then turns, looking to the group of the Masters. He snarls. "NEON! I'm comin'!" And the Mustang sheathes himself in his Magnetic Distortion field, and spins his shotgun up into his hand. "Let's rock!!" And the Mustang is rocketing for the Masters, his Shotgun spinning into his hand. "DUCK, NEON!" And the Mustang raises his shotgun, dialling it to full spread. "Time to die..." -BLAM!!!- A literal /wall/ of magnetically hurled and sheathed shotgun pellets /flies/ for the Masters and the former Hunter around Neon.

[Baker] Signas looks forward at the short red armored individual, not recognizing the change in costume. With a calm motion, he attempts to step around the figure, to get a closer view of the ground deeper in the fray. His eyes glance to the odd little man, determined and strangely calm, as he thinks to himself. .oO( I do not need to get into a fight now, there are people who maybe dying out there.)Oo.

[Boss Battle] The Blue Bomber, the instant King Dragon's life has been extinguished and Sigma begins his approach, turns. Buster humming as energy converges onto the barrel, he jets along the ground, unable to fly (yet), heading toward General. "General! Surrender and no harm will come to you! If not, then we'll be forced to retire you!" He approaches quickly, cycling through his Stolen Weaponry once as he charges up his Buster. He glances sidelong at Sigma once, and then back up to General.

[Baker] Charge Man likewise, rushes towards Enforcer at the same time. He grunts as the attack hits, putting a nice dent in his armor, but not really doing anything to slow the big train down. A few moments after the nightstick strikes, Charge lashes out with his two large fists.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus tosses a mighty explosive harpoon towards the bridge of the Crusader, then another and another, sending officers fleeing. "ARRHARHARHAR! Me mateys, plant yer bombs!" As the pirates gain control of the deck, having pushed most of the sailors back with Harpoon's help, they begin to toss explosives about the ship randomly, setting massive blazes and sending parts of the deck up in massive explosions. "Keep the fight up, ye got command of the men, First Mate Curosoe! I gotta be goin' beneath decks, arharhar!" With a small squad of grizzled pirates, he descends into the cramped corridors of the Crusader, stomping towards the engines, leaving dead Repliforcers in his wake.

As the massive armored unit rumbles along on the beach, parts of the trenches are battered to pieces, the tank carving a hole through the razorwire. The Maverick marines rush through, rifles borne. Along with Mirror Pegasus' air support, the Repliforce trench-defenders are quickly shattered and disorganized, the Repliforce fleet and sinking, thanks to torpedo assaults by Orca and Cephalopod. As Cephalod pod rolls right over a few trenches, marines rush in, fighting in close quarters with the defending 'Forcers.

Charlie Zone shall fall.

[Dual of the Fates] Zero blinks as Colonel streaks at him, he ignites his sabre quickly in a valiant attempt to parry all of the blows, but they go in vain before Colonel strikes true with one strike, and then another, finally running him through with the last. Zero looks out past his crimson eyes into Colonel's own as a smile creeps across his face, "A good fight... Colonel... and it ended the way it should have... with the better man winning." he coughs up some fluid as his body starts to go limp, "... tell your sister... that I'm sorry..." And with those his closing words, the crimson berserker falls to his knees, and then, to the ground, with an unceremonious -thump- the fiery light in his optics slowly dying out.

King Dragon sends a radio transmission.

[Boss Battle] "Those that have fallen," thunders the General as he raises his gaze toward Sigma and Rock, "...Have not done so in vain. They willingly gave their lives to see that this world remains free from your tainted hand! If I must do the same, I shall do so without regret. God's hand is upon this army, and the essence of truth -will- prevail ... Though the cost may be high, every man is ready to do their duty." He takes a deep breath, a heaved sigh, and replies to Rock, "I will not stand down ... Not until my army is given fair trial, or the blind open their eyes."

[Able] Dawn spins to face Phoebus as her fist misses, just in time to take an arrow in the gut. And yet she refuses to go down. "...Fate? No such thing." Leaping back at Phoebus, Dawn tries to bash his head in with a double-axehandle punch.

Announcement: Duo shouts, "And there you have it, Zero is dead! Gone, kaput!"
Announcement: Duo shouts, "... just kidding. ;D"

[Baker] Of course, the first thing the Medics do is begin dragging the fallen out of the way, repairing what they can. As for Blitz... she's surrounded by medics who begin to peel back the armor, replace wiring, shunt damaged systems, clip leaking fluid lines...

[Able] As Guardian hits the Ride Armor terrible news hits him as well... the death of King Dragon. He just falls to his knees as depression flows through his body. Two friends killed in this battle and one before this. As he whimpers at the loss of his friends anger rushes to him and thinks (They killed them all. Why!? Because they were to cowardly to admit that we weren't doing anything? What can they not just stand down or are the too obsessed with their own popularity!) with that Guardian stands up shouting in rage. Energy flowing around his body he jumps into the air. "No more! No ones blood shall be shed today. We will not yield to you and your inane morals for we are the Repliforce! For King Dragon! For Cryogen Bison and for Sentinel!" with that energy pulses into his hand and he fires off into the Kodiak.

[Baker] Quick Man dodges the shot easily, laughing merrily.

[Baker] Punk laughs as he jumps back saying, "Nice try, but you've got to do better then that," he looks down at Sting Chameleon's form before swinging down with both fists towards the Mav saying, "Take this!"

[Able] Ballade is on his feet now, a vision of grace, and deadly agility. As the stream of ice sails over his shoulder, a faint smirk appears at the corner of his mouth. "For... Repliforce, and Wily!" And then he whirls towards Fury again, his fist whistling across in a backhand similar to the one Sigma used to fragment Wily's personality.

[Baker] Chain grunts as he is tripped over. Chain growls, he looks pissed off, real pissed off. He needs something to beat! Savagely, he pounces Jolt Hedgehog and commences the beatdown, "This is fer San Angeles, #&*$er!"

[Baker] Blitz Crane can't do much more then spark at the med gumbies x.x;

King Dragon sends a radio transmission to Twila Peterson.

[Dual of the Fates] Colonel finishes cutting through Zero, and blinks, amazed that he actually hit. He blinks at Zero, then smiles. "...a good fight indeed. Rest friend, you have deserved it."

Hotshot Coyote is tossed too and fro as missiles explode around him, decimating his armour and ripping him quite soundly up. However, Hotshot doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit' and he gets shakily to his feet, keeping his arm cannon primed and ready to fire away. Selecting a new weapon and tapping into his very power reserves, Hotshot switches his cannon over to electrical mode and fires upon the Goliath, a bolt of electricity lancing out towards the Maverick Second.

[Baker] Crash Man grunts, as he's torn into by a shotgun spread. "Sonofa..." He grits his teeth, "You pissed off the wrong bunch, Maverick." His right arm raises up, aiming for the robotic equine. A high-powered jolt runs through his weaponry, giving it that extra edge. "Game. Over."

"CRASH BOMBER!"

[Baker] Break Man keeps his gaze on Signas at all times, and as the new Hunter tries to step around the old Hunter, Blues raises his buster towards the Diplomat. "You aren't going anywhere..." .oO(I've seen your schematics buddy, and you aren't helping out in this fight...)Oo. And with that, Blues launches off a trio of low powered plasma pellets.

Hotshot Coyote strikes Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] with his Electrical Bolt attack.

[Able] Phoebus ducks downward... his dual daggers coming into his hand as he drops his bow, "...that's right... Please... run away..." and he slashes upwards at Dawn's stomach with his blades... "I can't hold back now!"

King Dragon receives a radio transmission.

[Baker] The Med Gumbies make sure to keep their heads down, and hope no one notices them. o.o O.O o.O O.o c.c As they begin to cap off the sparking wires, and reroute Blitz's power into a reserve energy tank. They tuck that into her chest cavity, slap on some temp armor, and let the juice flow. This all takes about fifteen minutes with the swarm.

[Baker] Quick Man says, "I'll take your *#$*#$ing head off you stupid Ploid you coulda hit my guidance system and I JUST HAD IT FIXED!"

[Boss Battle] Not to far from where this scene is occurring, actually at the entrance to the base itself stands the huge frame of Megalith Gigas. Though shorter in size then General his physical bulk seems so immense that it's virtually impossible to get past his huge frame to enter the base short of firing on him. Apparently a near last line of defense should all else fail. The behemoth frowns as he eyes the coming battle in the distance however. Observing as Rock and Sigma stream towards General. If General falls...then Megalith knows that everything else will fall apart. He keeps his fists clenched and his body still however. Not moving to join the battle unless ordered otherwise.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute easily evades Charge Man, ducking down under the strike... He comes back around, jumping back and letting loose with an uncharged Enforcer Cannon blast... Since he's trying to move this along.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] shudders as the blast hits home. "No, DAMMIT! No! I didn't want to die! I didn't want to have to do this! Don't you understand, you left us with no choice!" He flips switches, channelling the excess electricity into a powerful blast of his own.

[Baker] Sting Chameleon is sent sailing to the ground by the blow, grunting as his chin digs hard into the freshly exhumed dirt where once concrete lay. He winces as he forces himself up, squinting. "I don't suppose taking off the logo atop of my head would appease you?" He shoots anyways, cuz'.

[Charlie] Mirror Pegasus takes to the air again. "I'm going to help the others with the Masters! Keep the battle going here!" Zooooom.

[Dog] Maverick Ride Armor [Raven] gets struck by the blade, shifting and twisting in the air. Quietly, the mecha raises it's arm, an fires an arrow-shaped blast of energy from it's hand.

[Able] Gamble Lynx's frame twitches at the medical gumbies do their work. "Ugh..." he groans as he sits up amidst the ruins of reploids and armours.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus tosses satchels into the engine room, quickly vacating and dashing above deck. He grabs his comlink. "PIRATES! GET YER DEAD AN' WOUNDED AN' BRING 'EM BACK TO THE CUTLASS, ARRRR!"

[Baker] Blitz Crane groans and sits up, hand going to her head "Ow, damn..."

[Baker] Repliforce Ride Armor [Kangaroo] stomps forward, into the heat of battle... and comes looking for somebody. A certain somebody. Meanwhile, at the controls, Anthem swears like mad as she tries to get this infernal contraption to *steer straight*.

[Baker] Fortunately, Jolt pulled himself out of the wall before Chain hit it. "Listen, tough boy, I'm sure you've got something wrong, but now's not t-the time t-to discuss this over a-a cup of tea!" He blurts out, before aiming a punch at chain to... the skidplate.

King Dragon sends a radio transmission.

Broadcast Ocelot continues to lay on the somewhere around the main entrance of the Repliforce base, unconscious.

[Boss Battle] Sigma leaps forward, "Your God is dead, brother. Your army's fate is in my hands! And all I need do to silence them is destroy you. If you fall, Repliforce falls. Your people will answer for their crimes. What irony, eh, General? The UN now supports me as an ally and damns you as a monster. Isn't it superb. So tell me, before you are brought down, what does it feel like when the world hates you?" Sigma blinks forward in a flash of blue light. He reappears before his massive brother and slashes forward... only to fade through General's massive chest. A hologram! The real Sigma appears at General's feet, aiming a mid-powered slash from the saber at the Repliforce Commander's exposed kneecap, seeking to unbalance him enough to leave him open for Rock. "NOW, X! ATTACK!" roars the Fallen Angel.

[Baker] As the Med Gumbies finish their work, they silently pack up, duck down, and begin to crawl off. Towards anyone else who needs a patch up!

[Baker] Charge Man leaps straight up into the air, propelling his large frame over the blast as Enforcer lets it rip. With a grin he raises his hands above his head as he hurtles towards the Maverick.. "Prepare to meet the ground!!" He yells out, preparing to bring all the weight and momentum down upon his foe.

[Able] Fury drops the gun as Ballade's fist makes contact with her face. A trickle of mech fluids runs down her face, just adding to the amount of punishment she has received today. She knows that the battle is lost for her, but, hey, why not see how long she can stall him? Her lower right arm opens. Her chain gun pops out. Aiming her arm at Ballade, she lets off a burst at him, hoping for the best.

[Baker] Mirror Pegasus blazes through at high speed through the air, buzzing over the battle in front of Repliforce and headed towards the rest of the Maverick ground forces, since everyone is shouting for backup over there.

[Baker] Colonel's charred frame arrives on scene, but his face is set with firm determination as he charges in for reinforcement on the scene. "Hold the line, Repliforce, we shall not fall this day!"

[Boss Battle] Rock leaps toward General, Buster charging higher and higher. And then the charge is suddenly dissipated... Rock's blue/white body shifting to a lighter blue and white, a huge sword appearing in one of his hands. "Then I apologize for what I must do, General!" His boost jets carry him up in the air, and then he begins his descent toward the Repliforce Commander. "YIN CIPHER!" The blade whistles through the air, aiming to cut straight into General's chest. He makes to land NEXT to the attacking Maverick Commander; and when he does, he uses traditional Boss Strategy. If you have to get in close, then dash back... and he does so.

[Baker] Blitz Crane shakes her head a little and looks up at the pegasus as she stands. She blinks. "Maverick" And raises her gun.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary growls, as he places his hands over his head, emitting a glare towards the being. He begins to give a glare towards the being as his chest opens up widely. As the atmosphere tenses up, the force of the tendrils increases to a higher G-force. The wind begins to grow rougher as it swirls around, forming into the ram, known as Aries. The gust of wind rushes over towards the Repliforcer. It is attempting to drive it farther.

[Baker] Punk laughs as he is barely knocked back by the attack, he looks back to Sting saying, "That barely stung." He then bends to one knee and aims before launching a few spikes towards the Mav, "While even without the logo I'd bust ya apart."

The trenches become stained with mechfluid as Maverick Marines and Repliforce Grunts hack and blast themselves apart, the Crustacean's cannons turning on remaining gun emplacements, blasting them to pieces, although the mighty amphibious assault vehicle itself is showing signs of massive damage.

[Dog] Shadow Raven spins around and dashes towards the Raven once more, narrowly missing the arrow as it comes forth! He continues and sticks his right foot out in a attempt to kick and knock the raven off balance!

[Baker] Chain grabs Jolt's arm in a vice-grip before it can get anywhere near making a dent in his chassis, "If it's a ?@*ing whuppin' yer a wantin', Repliforcer..." Chain slugs back at his foe using his free arm.

[Dog] Air Wraith runs his mouth a little too much for his own good. As Skyblade attacks him with her talons, the sharp claws dig into his fragile jetpack. The jetpack softly begins emit warnings threatening to explode if the barrage continues. Frowning slightly AW takes to the skies, manoeuvring away from Skyblade. "Sorry sweet chicks, perhaps we will meet another time."

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang rockets forward, his red eyes narrowing even as his attack misses several of them. Then the Crash Bomber flies for him. ...Oh dang. -Clang! Beepbeepbeepbeep... BOOM!-

And the Mustang is sent /flying/ back in the massive explosion from the bomber, his body assaulted by the intense explosion and he is sent flying back to land on the ground hard. He groans, shaking his head... "Ow..." Then Mustang grunts, and springs to his feet. "All right... you want it like that? You got it, Crash man!!" And his left arm snaps forward, an Energy Lasso snapping out and for the Red Bomber, to both tie him up and send a paralytic shockwave through him!

King Dragon receives a radio transmission.

[Baker] Cyber Peacock continues his funky strut. He's one cheeky bird, what with that pelt around his neck and all.

[Able] Dawn aborts her axe handle attempt when Phoebus crouches, spinning behind him just as he makes his slash. "We're both on the same boat, then?" She tries to once more bridge backwards and slam a Repliforcer's head into the bridge's surface, in a fine recreation of the German Suplex manoeuvre. But the grip isn't too firm...

[Able] Guardian the shot from the Kodiak rattles his form slightly but his rage powers him forward running up to the behemoth, "Spare me with "Its not my fault" crap. If you truly didn't want people to die you would not fight. We are merely defending ourselves here and yet you continue to fight on. Of all the battles Repliforce has fought for good only because of one lie do you ignore them? This is sad" not listening anymore Guardian flips into the air kicking at the Kodiak.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute moves out of the way quickly as Charge comes down at him, "Why don't you meet my grenade, first!" He yells out, jumping back and letting the high explosive fly right towards the Robot Master.

[Baker] Blitz Crane grunts and fires at the Pegasus, sending up a hail of explosive pellets at the winged maverick horse.

Fugue soars down out of the Vorpal, wielding her staff defensively to ward off incoming fire. "Hang on, Zero, I'm coming..." After all... if he's dead, she's gonna want back the pin she gave him. No sense wasting it.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] stands proud of the electrical bolt slams into its torso, currents of blue lightning shimmering across the frame for several seconds, before fizzling out with a steady plume of smoked circuitry. With a spiteful snarl, Vile swivels his armour back around, "You still live? Time for that to end." And with that, the Ride Armour hunches back, changing its weight support, as the two gauntlet arms glow a bright green, before shifting into a pair of menacing cannon barrels. An instant later, a pair of crackling blue electromagnetic balls form at their apex, and then expel for Hotshot - twin arcing beams of electronic energy shooting through the sky, murdering anything in their path as the Goliath expels its primary weapon.

Gear Otter takes out a medical scanner and scans Broadcast Ocelot.

[Able] Ballade is standing far to close to dodge the spray from the chain gun. Instead, he just grits his teeth as the bullets slam into his dense armor. Dings and dents appear, but nothing critical seems to be damaged. Still, the impact sends him spinning - then he takes advantage of the spin. The blades of plasma burn from his blasters, and he spins full circle, bringing that blazing blade back around to plunge it into Fury's chest...

[Baker] Signas doesn't turn until the three small shots strike him in the rear, coating his guard plates there with three small black impact-rings. At this he turns to the other, looking straight at his... glasses. "There may be people dying out there, and I am not about to leave them behind. I will not abandon them, and leave them to suffer." .oO( Like so many did long ago.) "If you wish to try and stop me, then I guess I must fight for them." He straightens. "I cannot leave them behind." At that he swings a fist at Break Man, large and white-gloved.

Enter, then, the Med Gumbies!! Yeaa!! Most of them are crawling about on the blasted ground, doing what they can to begin pulling the wounded out, following the signals. A few find Ocelots signal, and begin crawling in that direction, dragging their tools with them...

[Baker] "Snort this up, freak." Crash Man's right arm disappears behind him, and pulls something large out. It's a big, thick metal disc. There's a whole lot of blinking details on it, which lead you to believe that the Red Bomber doesn't want to play a game of frisbee when he throws it at the Mustang.

[Baker] Enker hangs onto one of the landing struts of a Master airship. The situation is desperate, and so the Centurion has arrived to set things right. Surveying the battlefield, he spots one flashy-looking Maverick, Cyber Peacock, who appears to be unchallenged in his efforts at pelting the other Masters. Whipping out his trusty laser pistol, Enker takes aim and fires off a round from afar before letting go of the airship and falling to the ground. "A pity, you know. We could have been allies."

[Baker] Charge Man lands and quickly ducks as the blast barely misses his frame. He remains crouched for a moment, allowing his entire frame to heat up to a sizzling degree before leaping forwards...

King Dragon sends a radio transmission to Twila Peterson.

[Baker] Sting Chameleon suddenly leaps out of the way, lending credence to the fact that he is in actuality a rather swift creature. Landing behind the hunched Master, his tail rears about much like a scorpion, glowing emerald in hue. "Allow me to introduce you to my proper namesake, then."

[Baker] Guardian Mobius continues to hoist the Mobius lance, it's entire frame crackling with stored energy. It is not enough though. Still, more is channelled to the weapon. It's not time yet. They are not ready. So the combination of heaven and earth, power incarnate still waits, as it's form glows even more.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] strikes Hotshot Coyote with its Electrocannon attack.
Hotshot Coyote falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

[Able] Phoebus barely jets back... from the attack...he kneels down and out of his hand... comes the mortar, "...Yes...", the mortar has been charging up for a very long time... it pulses slightly and a shell flings out at Dawn!... The shell approaches Dawn... and then... explodes in a giant massive electrical explosion! "...Sorry..." Phoebus says plainly... even if it doesn't hit... as if the very idea of fighting Dawn deserved apologies...

[Baker] Repliforce Ride Armor [Kangaroo] stomps forward further, crushing a fallen Maverick drone underfoot. Another leaps at the machine, and promptly disintegrates under the assault of the massive drill-arms. The Kangaroo continues in a semi-straight line, heading for its target - a certain SecDef cadet that dropped near where Anthem had been before.

Broadcast Ocelot continues to lie on the somewhere around the main entrance of the Repliforce base, unconscious. Upon closer examination once can see that a strip of fur is missing from his left side. It appears to have been ripped off by talons of some sort.

[Baker] Mirror Pegasus yelps as she's suddenly shot at from the side, clipping her wing and sending her spinning. Once she restablizes in the air, she spreads her wings fully, and swoops down towards the bird that attacked her. "You're gonna pay for that, Reppy." She dives past, swiping with her razor-edged fan as she does.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] staggers backwards a single step. "One lie was compounded into many. You refuse to account for your actions... you fired on our commander... you could have surrendered!" He swears, dropping the mech into a charging stance. "I didn't want to... but your actions have forced our hands." He charges.

Zero lies on the ground, all beaten and bloodied, and generally looking like he isn't having a nice day.

[Dog] Silence Tsetse hisses as the ride armor moves out of her trajectory, then spins about, regarding the maverick that's now below her. Liquid nitrogen rushes to fill the chambers behind her fingers as she dives down to meet it, ready to expel the freezing liquid as soon as she's close enough.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus shimmies down the mighty chains attached the Cutlass Supreme to the Crusader, cutlass clenched in his mouth somehow. Pirates, wounded and intact, leap off chains onto the sub, beginning to scurry back into the hatch. On the flaming ship itself, bridge and conning tower gone, the crewmembers rush towards lifeboats, a few tossing themselves overboard headlong.

[Boss Battle] General swings his arm up quickly to defend against Sigma's series of blows, both fake and true, and his might prevails. The saber does relatively little harm, causing the General to take a step back in defense. Unfortunately, Rock's timing counterbalances the actions taken. The Cipher strikes true, ripping into the General's outer armor. He makes no outcry, though, and only states a reply with confidence, "My God lives even still, Sigma. And my army battles on, and shall do so even in my death... You will find that, when this time comes, their spirits shall be strengthened, rather than crushed. And Rock -- do not apologize for what you must do ... Sometimes, only the falling of the light can heal the blind." Rearing back, the General swings a massive hand toward Sigma to hopefully gain some room.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang launches himself to the side, ducking under the mine as it is tossed, it flying over him and exploding beyond as he reangles his attack, rocketing now for Crash Man. "How about you take this, Master! You should learn when not to interfere!!!" And Mustang springs up into the air, sending his Sigma sized frame flying for Crash Man, legs first! Prepare to be Busted!!!

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute growls as he's hit by the superheated skin of the Robot Master, falling backwards, "Raargh!" He yells out, swinging his still charged taser in Charge's direction.

[Baker] Quick Man finally dashes off to carry out his original order.

[Baker] Break Man is hit square in the jaw by the punch, sending him flying back and sliding across the ground. "Impressive, Diplomat, but I will not let you turn the tides..." Blues rises slowly, his Buster charing as he does so. A blast of slightly charged plasma streaks out...

King Dragon receives a radio transmission.

[Able] Dawn charges after Phoebus, quick enough to keep up with him easily enough. The mortar whizzes past and explodes harmlessly behind her. A good thing, she looks pretty beat up. "So am I." Dawn flies up into the air, both legs extended as she begins spinning, and trying to plow into Phoebus' chest.

Colonel charges onto the scene, after taking down Zero. "Vile!" he thunders, sabre still flaring at the ready, silhouetting his charred frame. "You are a pathetic, murderous excuse of a Maverick officer. Stand down, and depart, or face destruction."

[Baker] Cyber Peacock whips around in midstrut at the voice of the Master behind him, and then ooooofs as he's busted right in the back by the pistol. "Ow!" he yelps, hitting the ground on his feet and dropping to one knee. The hologram flickers for a moment before resolving, and the peacock's grey optics narrow to angry slits. "You... allies with YOU? Someone so 'noble' as to strike me in the back? Bah. I would sooner eat Banshee's cooking," he mutters, a cable coming into being and leaping for Enker.

The Med Gumbies can't do anything about Ocelots vanity, but they sure as heck can do something about his power failure!! Quickly kneeling beside the fallen kitty in a circle, they begin the usual procedure. No time for the painkilling EDP, this is WAR!! They quickly pill back the armor where it's bent in, and begin to rewire... pull out shrapnel... clip off bleeding fluid lines and the like.

Hotshot Coyote takes the blasts clean to the chest, armour shredding and tearing, circuitry blackening and sizzling, metallic pieces melting, not to mention being blown a good fifty feet away, smoking and sparking, coming to a landing amidst a pile of reploid parts. Hotshot remains conscious long enough to give off a radio message before he slumps, out like a light.

[Baker] "Learn to play the game," the Red Bomber hisses in reply. He leaps upward, trying to catch Magnetic Mustang by the neck, and slam him head-first into the ground.

[Baker] Charge Man grins as he leaps back to evade the taser that Enforcer whips out at him. With a slight smirk on his face he shakes his head at the Maverick, before lowering it towards him and letting a blast of superhot steam off in his direction.

[Baker] Punk quickly jumps to the side of the attack before running back a few feet saying, "I don't care why they call you sting. Because your the one thats going to be hurting." He then transforms and speeds directly towards his opponent as he attempts to slice him down the middle emitting, "Time for you to die!"

[Baker] Blitz Crane blinks, putting up her battered arm to take the slice before thruster-leaping upwards, unfolding the box form her back into a long apparatus. She aims in midair. There is a loud SHREIK as she fires a missile at the pegasus.

King Dragon sends a radio transmission.

Hurricane Hawk comes charging out of the base, and is just stunned at the scene ahead, but quickly he realizes what needs done and starts searching for Vile and Hotshot.

[Dog] Maverick Ride Armor [Raven] is struck, and struck again, to no avail. As Zebra takes heeds of her allies, her friends, her family in a way dropping around her, she decides to do the most honorable she can. "DIE REPLIFORCE!! I'll see you in hell!" With that, Zebra punches the controls, unleashing a targeted missile, headed for Tsetse! "I will never surrender! You turned your backs on me!"

Fugue drops down next to Zero, holding her staff in one hand. The other reaches down and gently touches the fallen berserker's hand. Without saying a word, she looks upward, making sure her flight back to the Vorpal with Zero won't meet with any unexpected surprises.

King Dragon receives a radio transmission from Twila Peterson.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang gets his head rammed into the ground... ...you smashed his Stetson!! You are /so/ going to get it! ...after Mustang recovers from the disorienting attack, of course.

As Repliforce trenches are shattered and split in two, one system to the north and one to the south, the Mavericks set their minds to battering at RHQ's rear walls, the mighty Crustacean tank assisting them.

[Able] Fury clenches her teeth as the plasma burns through her armor. At this point, her chest plate is little less than a collection of fractures and stress lines, so the blade doesn't meet much resistance. Black synthoil pour from the wound, soiling what's left of her armor. Staggering back, she pulls out a small explosive charge, and throws it at Ballade. The bomb will only create a small explosion, but should it hit, it'll stick to his armor.

King Dragon sends a radio transmission.

[Dog] Skyblade Eagle comes around as Wraith retreats, "Hahaha! Wuss!" She yells out, before spotting the Raven being the only thing standing...She turns and angles towards it, firing off a series of ion disks towards it, laughing loudly the whole time.

[Able] Guardian the shoulder of the Kodiak slams into his form crushing him almost totally. Falling back he struggles and shouts out, "Why should we stand down when all we do is fight for out cause?" Guardian is stammering mech fluid leaking every where he holds onto his broken chest and looks forward and says "Its time for one last strike." With that Guardian charges and fires off a wave of electricity.

[Baker] Signas looks to the other, as the charged shot strikes his lower, chest, looking about equal to an uppercut there. He staggers, staring calmly to the other. "I don't want to fight you. Why can't you just talk about this!" At that kicks outward, wanting to move Break Man, rather than hurt him.

[Baker] Sting Chameleon narrowly ducks that one, grimacing. His body is primarily composed of easily rendered materials. Punk is very pointy, and has displayed prowess at rotating these points at very high speeds. He winks at the agitate master and with a snap and point of his claw, states, "You win." then turns around and runs. Stick around to the end? Hell no.

What vanity? That's what you see when one examines the Repliforce Kitty. A strip of fur has been removed from him. It's the most distinguishable wound on the cat. Anyways, the limp form lies there as the medics do their jobs.

[Able] Phoebus gets his chest slammed into, he coughs up some blood which might hit Dawn's face... but he doesn't even flinch as he says, "Maybe later... we'll be allies again... It will be like that... all good..." he seems to be... talking to... himself? ...Or dawn? ...Maybe both... his mortar falls to the ground... and in his hand... comes his dagger... as he hits the ground he leaps back towards Dawn... normally he'd slash at her neck... but since its dawn he just simply slashes at her stomach...

King Dragon receives a radio transmission.

[Baker] Enker grins inwardly when he realizes that Cyber is nothing more than a hologram. He is about to make a retort about the honor inherent in sending a duplicate to fight one's battles, but then he feels his power start to drain away. His Mirror Buster cells have been completely drained, so he won't be using that attack for a while. Enker knows that this particular holo is still vulnerable to physical blows, though, so he goes for a smashing blow with both fists.

[Boss Battle] General then, in turn, sends the other hand in a swing for Rock, the same purpose fully in mind.

[Able] Ballade snaps the blade off, the plasma vanishing into the blaster and he ducks under the Bomb flying towards him. His systems having already analyzed it, and warned him not to block it. From that low position, his foot snaps upwards to try and catch Fury in the chin.

[Dog] Firestorm Phoenix is lying in smouldering crater.

[Boss Battle] Rock hops back, shifting back to his normal colors. He says nothing, but his ears catch every one of General's words. Watching the Repliforce commander try to swat Sigma like an insect, he dashes sideways, around to the side that would be no longer defended from the motion... and ducks under General's assaulting arm. Buster charging, energy pulling and pouring into the barrel, he takes aim for one of General's elbow joints, and lets out a shot. A searing sphere of blue-green plasma lancing out for the joint, as if to disable the arm.

[Boss Battle] Sigma looks up to see General's huge hand falling down at him like the will of the divine. Fortunately Sigma is beyond such trivial things. His form flashes blue, teleporting out of existence, allowing the former champion's hand to pass through the air he once occupied. The Maverick Lord reappears in a flash behind his rotund sibling. The Sigma Scythe flicks into existence, replacing the saber. A sickle of cutting energy sizzles through the air as the weapon activates, "It's a message from King Dragon, General. He doesn't appreciate you allowing him to die for a foolish and false cause. Isn't that touching. Allow me to /properly/ convey it!" The scythe swings up, seeking to plant itself in the giant's back and cut down in a tremendous, progressive scratch, "How many more will it take? How many dead? A hundred? A thousand? A millions? I assure you that it can be arranged, General. But, truly, only one death is needed. Yours."

[Baker] With Magnetic Mustang reeling from getting his head cracked in, Crash Man takes the opportunity to back up. A drill loads into his empty right blaster, and he aims straight for the Maverick. "You'll obviously need a Player's Guide to beat this game. Too bad I'm all sold out..." With a cruel sneer, Crash Man fires! Point-blank!

Fugue takes hold of Zero in both arms and activates her flight systems. As she rises upward toward the Vorpal, she mutters a few comforting words to the fallen bishounen.

[Dog] Maverick Ride Armor [Raven] gets nailed by the attack and is falling fast. Going up in flames, Zebra and mecha plummet to the ground. "DAMN YOU ALL!!" she wails, engaging the ejector seat, and grave chute as she plummets.

[Baker] Protoman is punted across the bridge again, landing hard on the ground. Standing once more, he shakes his head. "Battle." His Buster charges up even farther, releasing a high grade plasma blast at Signas. Maybe the guy will get the idea sometime soon.

The Med Gumbies pull out yet another one of those tiny, infamous reserve tanks, and begin to wire it into Ocelots system to take the strain off the kitty's systems. At least for a little while, it'll keep him on his feet. They once more tuck that into Ocelots form, seal him up, and flip the switch before crawling on... towards HotShot!

Gear Otter effects partial repairs to Broadcast Ocelot.

[Baker] Punk transforms back, his optics narrowed to slits yelling, "Get back here you coward!"

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute ducks back under the steam, bringing his shield foreward, and charging at charge!

[Baker] Mirror Pegasus zips past, and pulls up to loop over for another pass, the missile flying by her without hitting. "Nah nah, missed me!" Stopping as she reaches the ground, she hovers just above it as she summons up a blast of frigid iciness and flings it at the crane. "How about some frozen chicken? COLD BURST!"

Gear Otter takes out a medical scanner and scans Broadcast Ocelot.

[Baker] Jolt Hedgehog gets thrown quite nicely. "Slam!" he remarks, before flipping up and instinctively smoothing the back of his head. And that when it hits him... his head of quills is mangled. "Ohh... Man..." he stutters, running his hands through his head. And then suddenly he points a finger towards Chain. "You... are... dead..." He suddenly sneers, and crouches down towards the ground... and sparks start to fly from him. Jolt then slowly starts to raise his hands, as a field of energy starts to surround him. He suddenly starts to glow a wicked yellow and white...

[Dog] Wildfire Phoenix comes soaring into the area, wings blazing, but not in an offensive stance, no, she's lower to the ground, scanning for her brother instead of trying to get into a rumble with the forces mounted here.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] is thrown backwards, the armor slamming hard into the ruins of the bridge. Mike is thrown about the cabin, coming to rest roughly in the cockpit. . o O (I've lost Rock... lost my senses... what are we doing?) He raises his arms, liquid shooting forth... and bursting into red-hot flames. . o O (Have to find the commander... must get out of here...)

[Able] Dawn gets sliced along the stomach, letting out a yelp of pain as yet more damage builds up. Looks to be in pretty lousy condition, too. "I hope so, Phoebus. Go!" She shoves him by the shoulders forcefully, and follows up with an attempt to level a straight right-handed punch into his chest, hoping to send him back towards Repliforce HQ.

[Baker] Sting Chameleon doesn't come back, turning tail and fleeing.

[Baker] Cyber Peacock watches Enker pass through him with a dull yawn. He even goes so far as to cover his beak. "My my. How dull. Now, hold still so I may hand your aft to you," he remarks before looking towards the Elite. And he spouts gibberish. "Grep! sin45 times tan39 to the eighth power of lon six! Grep! Linux! FreeBSD forever!"

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] remains still, its pistons and servos silent as Vile watches the weaponry obliterate another existence. A mental tally mark is added to himself, as he marks out a target on the RHQ main structure, recharging his systems in preparation to fire. But that is all changed when a voice rings out across the battlefield. Twisting the controls, Goliath takes a sidestep to stomp into line with Colonel, as the Repliforce XO marches forward to meet the Maverick counterpart. No words are offered, no taunts, merely a flexing and unflexing of Vile's gauntlets on the controls. And then it comes, like a slap to the face, "I have slaughtered 67 of my former brethren this eve without a thought. You -shall- be number 68."

With that, the Goliath finishes its recycle sequence, full systems coming online with a flickering of a pair of system lights on the torso, and the incessant whine of Ride Armour machinery. But rather then charge on like a berserker, since that fool failed, Vile keeps his distance, stepping sidelong to strafe across the battlefield at Colonel, pellets of energy shooting from the Vile Cannon, while the Goliath's steps churn up terrain and matted island grasses.

[Baker] Cyber Peacock shouts, "LINUX EATS BABIES!"

[Able] The Master's foot makes contact and... blood spills from Fury's mouth. While the force of the kick wasn't enough to cause this damage, she does have some awfully sharp teeth. Taking a moment to curse her designer, she pulls out her trusty shotgun, swinging it at Ballade as she would a bat.

[Able] Guardian still hurting he rolls to the side dodging the flames. Getting back up he raises his hand and fires off a burst of energy at the ride armor trying to end this.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] misses Colonel with its Scatter Blaster attack.

[Baker] Neon Tiger, somehow, avoids the majority of retaliation attacks made against her after that Ray Splasher. "Oh, hell," she mutters before futilely covering her face to block Magma Dragoon's fire breath. When she lowers her arms, her once brightly glowing armour is now just 'colourful', black scorch marks all over it. To top it off, she gets hit in the shoulder with a rock or two courtesy of Guts Man. She roars her displeasure at Magma and leap at him, fist first.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus climbs back into the hatch as the Cutlass Supreme disengaged and begins heading towards the beach, using the path previously cleared. As the Repliforce fleet sinks and is hit by torpedoes around the burning Crusader, a massive explosions erupts from inside the ship, smaller ones exploding out of the sides of the hull. Suddenly, the aft section of the ship begins to rapidly sink, the fore raising up into the air.

[Baker] Chain sneers at Jolt, and holds out his arm, beckoning Jolt, "Yer want this?" he says, pointing to himself, "Bring it on #$&*er! C'mon! Free shot! Yer think yer can git the bloody job done? Bring it on mother-#@?er! Free shot!"

[Dog] Skyblade Eagle zooms downwards to help out there...Yeah...

Tomahawk Zebra begins floating down from the heavens. Grav chute slowing her descent, she's immediately passed by the falling husk once known as the Raven. With an explosive impact, the Maverick Ride Armor slams into the ground, as Zebra shakes a fist at the air. "I'll get you yeeeeeet!!!"

Hurricane Hawk charges toward the downed Hotshot, glaring up at the huge armor a moment before taking the reploid and heading back inside.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] is struck again, and the armor shakes. Electricity plays freely over it now, and Mike raises a single arm, using the other to brace himself. . o O (Can't get away under fire... I'm sorry, Guardian.) He fires off a laser blast.

Broadcast Ocelot's optics snap open and he abruptly sits up as the reploid returns to the land of the living. He quickly looks around and his senses only confirm what he thought. The battle still rages on. He then quickly climbs back to his feet cause pain to himself as he does. BO cues up his radio to let the others know he's back online and to find out what his orders are. Cause one thing is for sure. He ain't leaving until ordered too.

[Able] Phoebus

ombines his daggers once more, he makes a radio transmission and... gets punched in the chest... bowling over... "GUHH!..." and mostly in instinct... if anything... he slashes at Dawn's legs with his weapon... "...We... still have res... y... yes..."

[Dog] Silence Tsetse grins as the ride armor goes down - or would, if she could. Instead she floats, looking around in surprise...they did it. Now, to the ground. She drops like a stone, zooming down to the battles below.

[Baker] Charge Man dashes to the side with his amazing agility and speed, letting the maverick rush past him. With a grin Charge whistles to him to get his attention, before leaping into the air and aiming a well armored boot for his frame...

The Med Gumbies are still making their slow way across towards Hotshot.. but as he's taken, they blink, and glance around, listening to their radio for any more deactivation points.

[Able] Ballade bears no expression. He is simply the spirit of combat - perfection. He rises from his low crouch, his hand snapping out to catch the shotgun. As it thwacks into his palm, his other arm comes up. "This - is for Wily." And then the blaster fires...

[Baker] Magma Dragoon easily dodges the oncoming punch and then quickly steps forward and grabs the Maverick, picks her up, and SMASHES HER into the ground.

[Baker] All Enker can do is blink in utter confusion as Cyber vents his techobabble. On the word Linux, he finds the strength to twitch with horrible pain. Perhaps... there was some tragic occurrence in his past involving Linux. Yes, Linux and... infant cannibalism... no, Linux... eating babies?

[Baker] Signas is now more intent on his opponent this time, and jumps out of the way, the shot sailing off in the distance. "If you wish, then, since you care not for the good people." He retaliates now by leaping forward, his large arm outstretched curiously toward Protoman. The fist, however, is encased in bright flame, and he keeps his vigilant ice-blue gaze to Proto's glasses, in a calm, but determined stare...

[Baker] Blitz Crane errks as she lands, unable to move.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute graahs! As he's kicked, getting knocked far back, and landing hard... Getting back to his feet, he charges his cannon up, before unleashing a fully charged blast from the weapon fly at Charge Man.

[Dog] Shadow Raven flies off downward towards the battle below!

[Baker] Chain continues to glare at Jolt, "What's taking yer so long? I'm standin' right here you #&*^ing $#@^& @#$^&* $@&@!"

[Boss Battle] General hurls himself around to again counter Sigma and his scythe with an arm, but pays the price as Rock's blast slams into his back. He takes a step forward, eyes closing as he allows the pain to subside. His form then stiffens, straightening up as he moves backward a step or two, the ground thundering below him. His voice comes like a crashing wave, full and loud, "Whatever it takes to see your goal is never attained, Sigma ... It will gladly be sacrificed. Rock acts because he has been fooled - blinded by your darkness. I act ... In honor of my men, humanity and the race you so fight for. We will lose some of us, Sigma, but we will never lose all of us! This battle is not yet over!" Thus stated, the General suddenly splays both arms aside, energy flowing into them as he brings them forward. Then, with an echoing hum, a rapid volley of energy rings surge into the air, soaring down in a variety of paths.

[Baker] -KABOOM!-

The Mustang is sent flying again from the power of the Drill Rocket exploding. Crash's comment goes unheard in the wave of noise. He groans as he lands with a deafening clang, shuddering and sparking. His body is heavily damaged... his Stetson destroyed... and what is left of his duster hanging off of him in rags. Warning alarms blare on his systems, and all signal one thing. He is overmatched. It's time to get the hell out of Dodge. His Magnetic Turbines rev up, and with intense speed, he launches himself for the Dinosaur Tanks that are rumbling through the battlefield. He may be to weak to fight now... but he can still command the Gumbies! "I will get you for this, you snake!"

[Baker] Cyber Peacock cackles quietly, cracking his knuckles. "Yes. That's right. Linux. Linux eats babies!" he shouts in Enker's face. The next thing that comes along is a savage kick to the shins, courtesy of his taloned boot.

[Able] Guardian with another quick movement he dodges the laser shot. Still holding his side he struggles to move forward. Getting a bit closer he uses all his strength to just to throw his scimitar at the Kodiak.

[Baker] Protoman raises his shield quickly as Signas comes in, deflecting the attack just in time. He doesn't respond verbally to the speeches that Signas is putting out, instead trying to bash to 'hero' with his shield.

[Able] Dawn makes a quick backflip away from Phoebus, getting a few feet of distance and avoiding the slash. Sparks are starting to spew forth from numerous injuries. "I didn't want to do this..." She withdraws a random item from her backpack and comes up with a tonfa (The type of police nightstick with a vertical handle along a horizontal bar.) Lunging back in, she thrusts its tip at Phoebus' stomach area.

[Baker] Charge Man is already rushing forwards as the attack is released. He quickly dashes to the side as he speeds pick up, going much faster then anyone would think a guy his size could. With a sneer he crouches slightly and prepares to bring his frame in direct contact with the Maverick...

Silence Tsetse drops to the ground, looking surprisingly well for having just tangled with a ride armor. Shadow Raven is quite possibly her new best friend. She eyes the turmoil here uncertainly, stealthing until she can find a place where she'd be useful.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] is struck by the scimitar, the blade lancing into the hand he holds up to stop it. Tensing the almost-ruind appendage... the hurls the blade back towards its owner.

Silence Tsetse activates her stealth mode.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary begins to growl towards the area around him, mainly because of the Guardian. His arms move over towards his victim, but everyone must suffer. His arms extend his hands over towards his chest, releasing a jolting growl as sparks emits from his body. The omnipresent being is engulfed with a sapphire blue aura, swirling about as his mind is focused into wiping anything away. The Godmachine extends its hands towards the heavens, swirling about as his chest opens. A huge flood arises as the zodiac sign of Aquarius appears before him, sending massive waves of water to wipe out all around him.

[Able] Cryogen Bison is laying on the bottom of the waters surrounding the island. In about thirteen hundred pieces.

[Baker] Punk looks around and tries to find another opponent since Sting ran off.

As Hurricane works to extract Hotshot, Colonel dodges the suppressive fire that Goliath fires on him, and prepares his own response. "..no, Maverick, I will not merely be another number on your list." He comments, before slamming the fully charged sabre into the ground. As he does so, it causes a massive upheaval, sending energy and the ground itself to erupt in a ripping effect as it tears towards the ride armor. "Your tyranny ends on this island, tonight."

Colonel strikes Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] with his Ground Ripper attack.

[Able] Fury lets go of her shotgun. Useless. For the very last time, the blades eject from her hands, as she throws herself towards Ballade, her claws moving faster than the human eye can follow in an attempt to scratch Ballade's armor before she's out for the count. This is the end and whatnot.

[Baker] Mirror Pegasus giggles as she touches down completely on the ground, wings spreading like an equine avenging angel. "Now, what to do with this big frozen bird... Oh, I know!" With a ka-shink her wings snap forward, revealing the launchers concealed in them just moments before they send a shower of blades flying for Blitz. "Make shredded ice!"

[Able] Phoebus blinks... and expertly knocks the tonfar away with his daggers, "KYAAH!... And..."... he pauses and sports his mortar back away... he dashjets back... sheathing his daggers, and going back to his energy cannon... opening fire as he does so... "...Any of this...", he says...

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus leaps into the shallows as the Cutlass Supreme gets as close as it can to the shore, pirates following and wading towards the beach-head. The Maverick forces continue to smash at the wall, the Repliforce infantry in the trenches reorganizing for a counter-attack.

[Baker] Enker feels his internal power wells quiver and watches his shin armor start melting as he's hit with yet ANOTHER energy-based attack. Well, Enker can certainly reciprocate. Drawing off a portion of Cyber's attack, Enker fuels his spear with a little plasma and shoves it right into the hologram.

[Able] Guardian is just to injured to do anything and as he tries to fight back he is picked up and thrown by the Kodiak. Just as he hits the ground he shouts out, "Long live Repliforce!" and then falls unconscious.

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] raises slowly from the water, using a single hand to prop itself up. It staggers towards the other side... too badly damaged to continue. Inside, Mike's a mess... mostly emotionally, but he was thrown around a bit, too.

Tomahawk Zebra continues floating down, and rolls as she lands. Quickly, she undoes the parachute, and runs to join the fray.

[Boss Battle] Registering General's words, but paying them little heed, Rock continues his dash... sliding back around to the front of General, in time to be slammed into by the ring of energy. Ions wash across his form, and he cries out in pain, flinging back into one of the spikeless walls... Shaking his head to clear it, the Blue Bomber stands up... he shifts through a myriad of colors... as if choosing what weapon to use. He settles on Punk's colorscheme, whatever that may be... and leaps toward General, spinning, sawblade-like energy projections coming out of his body. "SCREW CRUSHER!"

[Able] The Med Gumbie squad rushes back in, crouching low to the ground as they begin to swarm towards Guardian's signal...

Colonel receives a radio transmission from Hurricane Hawk.

[Baker] The energy aura clears, and Jolt Hedgehog is... floating in the air. Yes, thanks to theories of Electro-magnetic repulsion, he's able to pull off this little primary weapon stint. "Yea... just stand there... " Jolt rumbles, in a voice that's not like his usual squeaky stutter. A large flash gleems from him, and his chest splits in half... to reveal a too-big-to-be-allowed energy cannon, which is now brimming with energy, which fires on the poor one known as Chain.

[Charlie] Rocketing into the area... Is a now -VERY- pissed off Black armored Skyblade Eagle... She's just found out her best friend is dead... She immediately locks onto Harpoon in the shallows... Swooping down towards him... Not caring anymore... Totally gone into a fit of rage...

As Crusader slips into the waves, it breaks in half Titanic-style, a mighty wave going up as it descends into Navy Jones' Locker.

[Baker] Blitz Crane erfs as she's chipped at by ice shards. Shaking her head, the Crane levels her Shotgun and works the action - 'SHK-SHICK!' She aims at Mirror and fires an electric net of sorts at the pegasus.

[Boss Battle] Sigma is struck in the chest by an energy ring, blue electricity encircling his form. He nearly drops to the ground as the power envelopes him, spreading the familiar prickle of heat through his body. With a roar the Maverick flexes, the energy field around him exploding outward. Smoke rises from Sigma's charred armor. The Dark Messiah grunts, "Darkness, General? Was it not your forces who destroyed San Angeles? Are you not the tyrants, now? Are you not the villains, the monstrosities. After all, brother," Sigma smiles, "I saw it on TV. It must be true." Sigma's arm flips forward, folding and converting into a narrow, buster-like cannon. It spews forth a volley of intensely burning fireballs. Sigma flies in circles around the titan, bathing him in a searing baptism.

[Baker] Signas rams his fist against a shield, one that seems harder than the hardest metal, sending shockwaves of pain down his arm. *Plink* Retracting his hand, he places the other before him, and energy envelopes it, pouring oddly into a ball before his outstretched palm. With a flick of his wrist, it flies out towards Protoman, glowing brightly blue.

[Baker] Cyber Peacock smiles as he blinks out this time, the spear slicing through thin air. This time, he comes back into play behind the Elite, and flicks a flurry of metal feathers at Enker. "Let me light up your life," he remarks as he throws them with a snarl.

[Able] Dawn vaults up over the energy shot, landing next to the Hoverbike she threw earlier. It looks to be in fairly good condition too. She flings the tonfa at Phoebus, trying to knock him away. "Just go away..."

[Able] Ballade grits his teeth as the blades dig into his chest armor. This time, several systems report damage, and the auto-repair systems go online to deal with it. However, he doesn't leap up, or dodge aside. Instead, he just opens his mouth. Silver leads from his backpack jack into his shoulder units, and he begins a soaring aria. And then... the amplification hits.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute dodges to the side of Charge Man, "No, Charge Man...Time to die." He brings the cannon up, and lets go with another grenade, just cause he's running out of attacks now...

[Able] Tomahawk Zebra landed shortly after Shadow Raven, and is running after him, throwing tomahawks as she chases him. "You!! I'll get you, for trashing my armor!!" she screams angrily.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus squints his right eye at Skyblade, face-tentacles wriggling. He's a little banged up, yes, but its all superficial trauma. "Mateys, press on. I'll be takin' on the flyin' wench." He extends his blade towards Skyblade. "Bring it on, bilge!"

[Able] The Meds begin to swarm towards Guardian, already skidding to a halt as they encircle him, and begin peeling back armor. Usual procedure. Take out damaged lines, replace, rewire, and keep the damn guy from leaking. ^_^ A small reserve tank is passed from hand to hand as they work.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] continues to blast out ball after ball of explosive energy, mind set on tagging the agile Executive right out of the Island. Little does he realize, as Goliath takes a step forward, the the ground has suddenly become unstable, as waves of terrain and invisible force slam into the Ride Armour, ripping crucial components off with a flickering of blue electricity sparks. Staggers to the side, the Goliath loses its balance, steps coming at a tilted angle now from damage. "Enough of this," grunts Vile, crimson optic igniting to an even more radiant hue. He raises the arms, and they glow green once again to covert into the Electrocannons, but a system shorts on the console. Slamming his fist down, Vile projects his other hand forward from the cockpit, a plume of flames igniting in front of it, which rapidly grows into a crescendo of napalm and fire. Jutting his fist forward, it courses from him in an fiery beam of flame, while the other hand joins in, adding more fuel to the fire. He'll burn this whole damn island down, and Colonel along with it.

[Baker] Break Man does what Break Man does in the games... JUMP! He leaps up and over Signas' head, and out of the way of the shot. As he does so, his armor turns a bright golden color. .oO(Keep it up Blues, you can take this guy...)Oo. A vortex of flames is fired from his buster. Ooh, Maverick attack. Whee.

[Charlie] Skyblade Eagle closes her optics...Before opening them up, and just DIVING right at Harpoon from the air, "I'll kill you!" She cries out as she dives, turning at the last moment to strike him with her taloned feet.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] strikes Colonel with its Napalm Cannon attack.

[Baker] Mirror Pegasus oofs as she's snared in the net. As if it wasn't restraing enough, the fact that she is, despite being a good fighter, a total klutz, she only gets herself tangled up more in it. "Someone get me oughta this!"

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] is across the water, and the sparks subside slightly as it makes it out... only now the Ride Armor looks even more beaten. . o O (Rick's gonna kill me.) O o . is all the recognizable thought that passes through Mike's head as he staggers away.

[Able] Maverick Hunter VTOL [Vorpal] hovers into view, moving down for extraction of the Kodiak...

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus dodges aside as the pirates move past him, scrambling up onto the beach and towards the battle. The Crustacean ceases its pounding of the walls, a mighty rocket-blast from the Repliforce causing it to explode in a fiery cataclysmic explosion. Mavericks dig in as they're hit from north and south by Repliforcers, yet another trench-battle ensuing. Harpoon, meanwhile, slashes his blade at Skyblade while she's low to the ground. "Not if I kill ye first, wench!"

[Able] Shadow Raven dashes in but as he tries to make his way to the other group, The Repliforcer is Ambushed! Spinning Silent Hunter in his hands, Raven swiftly turns about to see who attempted such a strike. He sees Tomahawk Zebra launching more and more at him. Growling slightly, "You little wench, your persistent! Prepare yourself!"

The Repliforcer dashes off towards Tomahawk and lets loose a volley off small missiles towards the Maverick!

[Able] The Meds continue working, rewiring Guardian's main power grid away from his cracked power core and into the small reserve tank. They tuck it into his chest cavity, re-activate his weapon systems, turn on the tank, and quickly put a slap patch over the hole...

[Baker] Look! Up in the sky! Is that a UFO? It is! But... why does it have a 'W' on it. Oh *bleep*! Mwahaha, yes... it can only be one thing...

*WEEEO WEEEO WEEEO*

[Boss Battle] General manages to heave out of the way of Rock's attack, eyes narrowing as he does so. Before he can act, however, Sigma blares into him with his fireballs, the flames swarming over his body. Smoke pours from the armor, but yet the General stands, both fists clenched and expression tight. "Our forces have done nothing but stand falsely accused, Sigma ... You, with your tainted influence, converted the cadets. I am no fool... I know you too well, Brother." Thus stated, the Repliforce Commander suddenly shifts forward to lash out with an immense boot for the so-called Savior.

Colonel gets struck, thrown backwards as he is hit, and sent sliding backwards within the napalm. What is it with fire attacks tonight. The Repliforce XO remains on the ground for a moment, before he swings out his sword in a cutting action, calling out, "Electromagnetic blast!" With that, he unleashes a wave of EMP energy at the ride armor, attempting to stall it long enough to get to his feet and recover.

[Baker] Blitz Crane raises her shotgun arm and unfurls the box from her shoulder, readying her rocket launcher. She kneels, taking careful aim, and fires a rocket at the prone pegasus! As usual, the missile makes a shriek when it leaves the tube...

Colonel strikes Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] with his Emp Blast attack.
Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] is temporarily disoriented by Colonel's Emp Blast attack.

Meanwhile, Flash Rabbit makes his way through the fray. His chest has stopped smoking, but along the way he's been forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat many times along the way, and thus is rather cut and bleeding as well. But he's still following his original orders, to not let anyone pass. Not even Rock.

[Charlie] Skyblade Eagle takes to the air when she realizes she missed, "You won't! I won't allow you to! I'll kill every last one of you until he's avenged!" She fires off a large swarm of explosive blades... At Harpoon, and the assaulting Mavericks.

[Baker] Charge Man looks down to his armor as the grenades impact upon him, noticing a small trickle of fluids and a small patch of missing armor. With a blast of steam he sneers to Enforcer and gets all hot headed. Literally. For he then lowers his head towards Enforcer and lets a few goodly sized chunks of burning coal off towards him...

[Able] Phoebus sees Dawn is... withdrawing... he stops all attacks towards her and picks up his mortar... however he doesn't fire it... he merely puts it into its compartment... and then picks up his bow as well... he affixes a pointed arrow to it... well he tries... but due to his injuries... he accidentally fires a blunt arrow!

[Able] At the running Kodiak. Not Dawn.

[Able] Fury falls to her knees, the black orbs that is her eyes stare into the featureless air for a good moment. Finally her mouth opens and she attempts to speak. "Sooner or later, the *cough* forces of Good will defeat you..." She gasps for breath. "And your cursed master." And with that, she slumps to the ground. There's no chance she'll move anytime soon.

[Able] Tomahawk Zebra screams, and rolls, as she dodges the explosives. "I'll show you wench!" she cries, as she leaps towards Shadow Raven, with her hoof-extended. "Hiiiii yah!"

"Prepare yourself for the final reckoning!" she yells, in a voice that should be hauntingly familiar to Corporal Phoebus.

The Zebra... has arrived.

[Able] Dawn props up the hoverbike, and climbs on. Its engines roar to life, "Alright..." With that, she begins driving off, aiming to jump the hole in the bridge and make her way back towards New York City...

[Able] Maverick Hunter Ride Armor [Kodiak] is struck, the arrow driving its way into a leg actuator, critically hitting the damaged Ride Armor. The leg hisses as an armor plate blows away... yet Mike manages to make it to his pickup point.

[Boss Battle] Rock zooms on past General with the Screw Crusher, inadvertently plowing into the ground and coming to a stop. He rolls up to his feet, Buster beginning to gather charge as he takes aim up at General. He says nothing, and during the crash landing of his failed attack, he didn't hear the things that General say. And he watches General boot Sigma like a bald soccer ball. He doesn't fire... at least not yet, though his colors shift into the white/red of Fire Man's attack. And he keeps absorbing energy... charging that attack with his Buster (no attack this round).

[Baker] Signas is big, thoughtful, and unfortunately not the fastest reploid in the world. As he turns to face the one in red, he is covered suddenly with a large whirlwind of fire, the flames licking his blue-grey armor, leaving scorch marks. With a nod, he keeps his eye on the opponent, and runs toward his opponent, suddenly blending and blurring into the surroundings. The form simply appears to smear towards Protoman's from at blinding speed.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus grunts as his frame is wracked by explosions, several straggling pirates still in the shallow water cut down too. However, most are already charging across the long beach, trying to reach the trench-battle in the distance. Harpoon sheaths his blade, and his right arm morphs into a cannon. Pulling a harpoon out of subspace, he lodges it in his armcannon and launches it. It would appear the odds are even once more.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] says, "s already battered armour shudders to a sudden halt as the EMP wave courses across its electronics, fizzling them in their unshielded state. Vile's hand lingers across the eject button, as he watches Colonel helplessly."

[Able] Beneath the din of battle, strolls a singular, definitive silhouette leering against the burning and scorched bridge. This is the first of six. It will most likely go unnoticed.

[Baker] Enker doesn't even flinch as the little projectiles bounce off his relatively intact armor, doing little damage. Instead he merely hefts his spear into a battering-ram type position and plunges it into Cyber's body when it reappears.

[Baker] Mirror Pegasus shrieks as she's blasted with the missile, and sends her high into the air with the explosion. After a few moments of hang time she comes crashing back down at Blitz's feet, now all singed and sooty. Blinking, she gets up to her knees, and starts shrieking her head off. "No fair! No fair trying to blow me up when I'm caught up in a net, that's like a totally mean thing to do, even in middle of a raging battle where all hell has broke lose. No faaaaaaaaair!" Uh oh, is a Pegasus whining fit!

Colonel stands up, slowly, and dashes towards the Goliath. He may not have much left, however, the Repliforce XO shoves out his sword in a thrust towards the Maverick armor, attempting to skewer it dead in the center.

Colonel strikes Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] with his Sabre Thrust attack.

[Able] Ballade rises to his feet, hand clasped over a leaking rent in his armor. "Feh. The forces of Good? You're on the wrong side." He nudges the body with his foot, tipping it over. He spots the fleeing Hunter, and the smirk appears on his face. Still - he hears a familiar voice. "Zebra! You survived? Pity!"

[Baker] Chain grits his teeth, his grip around the links of his chain tightening, "Yeah... let's see what yer got little #$^&*...." Chain sees electric death blazing towards him. With his body stationary, there is only one way to go for Chain, up. He leaps into the air, twirling his chain above his head like a helicopter blade, "Yer had yer shot... now it's my turn!" The twirling chain pulsates with an inner reddish glow, "Anarchy Chaaaaaaaaaain!" he cries out! The hurls one weighted end of the chain into the ground in front of Jolt, appearing to have missed. A second passes, and then dozens of small chains erupt from the ground like a metal spider-web, with Jolt caught in the middle of it all.

[Baker] Protoman didn't expect that... and so, he's hurt... and stunned.

[Charlie] Skyblade Eagle turns to the left, rolling past the harpoon as she swoops down towards the Maverick... She pulls up, blasting over him, before turning around and unleashing a series of flame disks in his direction, throwing everything she's got at him... Wanting nothing better but to make sure he never sees the light of day again...

[Baker] The wave rises, and falls, crashing against Mobius. After that, it drops the shield, glowing with righteous energies. Lance in hand, Mobius snarls and whirls the weapon about. "Prepare to meet your fate Binary." drawls Guardian Mobius, as the crackling energy lance comes forth, stabbing for the heart of Godmachine Binary.

And forth from the RHQ comes... a small squad of dedicated Mechanic Gumbies!! To match the Med Gumbies crawling about, they have their own set of tools, and begin following suit. Their own simple cross an X made of wrenches.

[Able] Shadow Raven grins, "Wanna play Martial arts do ya?" He swiftly dodges the oncoming attack and sweeps around behind Tomahawk Zebra. He spins Silent Hunter to strike across the Maverick's head and follows up with a side kick to the back, and finishes off with a roundhouse to the head of the Zebra!

[Baker] Charge Man is washed away and is slammed hard against something very solid. Groaning with pain he slowly gets to his feet.

[Able] Phoebus ignores Tomahawk... he's been busy with two attackers... three actually... and he doesn't want to take on a third... without a ride armor... he radios to Ballade... not wanting him to think he's a coward...

[Baker] Blitz Crane blinks at the whine, shaking her head. The sonics scratch at her armor, minorly damaging internals through already-made holes. She takes a step back from the pegasus...

[Baker] Punk's optics widen as he is knocked down by the attack, he quickly gets up and shakes off the effects before saying, "Now that wasn't needed." He looks towards Godmachine as he thinks of good strategy.

[Baker] Signas looks to the other, then begins to walk back toward the fight. However, a gleam leaves his form, encasing his body in a clear bubble that crackles with energy now and then. His hands are held outstretched as the forcefeild forms, but they fall back to his side afterwards.

[Baker] A quick leap takes Crash Man away from the aquatic assault, placing him in the line of safety.

[Able] Silence Tsetse buzzes over the battlefield, stealthed, looking for any place she can be useful now that the sky is cleared.

[Able] Maverick Hunter VTOL [Vorpal] lifts off again, moving back with its passengers aboard.

Broadcast Ocelot dodges a few random shots and such as he makes his way to the last lines to join the rest of his comrades. Monitoring his radio as he does.

[Able] Tomahawk Zebra is kicked in the face, and staggers back, as she turns her head to face Raven. "Your art is good... but you lack heart. This is for Data, you killers!!" she screams, as she handsprings towards Shadow Raven.

Oh yes... Zebra's going for her trademark... The hurricanrana.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute manages to evade the massive attack, too bad Charge Man didn't...He pulls up his Enforcer Cannon, and opens fire at Charge Man yet again with the Military grade weapon.

[Charlie] Hurricane Hawk comes soaring in really frickin fast, idea he had, point the cannons back over his wings, rapid fire aeroblasts, he's just a little faster now. Heading for the waterfront (it seems) the hawk comes in, spots Sky, and backwings hard. He notes the target just hit, and just grins. Soaring forward, maybe (I dunno locations) blazing past Skyblade he tears past the Maverick simply trying to nail him with the speed from the drop.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] remains motionless as Colonel cruises forward, the famous Sabre that started a war taunting Vile's navy helm, its glow bouncing off his murky visage. And then it thrusts, and Vile tries to recalibrate the Goliath, the sabre slamming into the unstable torso, but finding resistance on the final layer of armour. And, conveniently enough for the Chaos Lord, his device of destruction has just turned back on. "Superior tactics, you never had - 68." And with that, the twin arms eject their chains, complete with their golden energy incandescence. The rotaries kick in, and the two metal slicing chains attempt to cleave Colonel into two at his sudden close proximity, all the while, the Beam Sabre cuts deeper into the Goliath's center power core. "You will -die- for this! For your ego! For your unending -righteousness-! I DESPISE YOU!" Shouts the Maverick, renewed rage flowing through him, thoughts lurking over his time as Vava, his fall into psychosis... The golden chains move closer...

[Able] Shadow Raven blinks and is thrown from his current position, slamming harshly into the ground.

Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] strikes Colonel with its Dual Chain Spike attack.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus grunts at Hurricane, staggering back. Again, he draws his cutlass, this time trying to slash it right across Hurricane's eyes.

The Med Gumbies are still crawling from wounded soldier to soldier, activating what they can and dragging the rest back.

[Able] Ballade turns and starts running up the bridge - this avenue is secure. Now he might find more Mavericks to destroy, since the Zebra is busy... Feet blur as his dash jets kick in.

[Baker] Jolt Hedgehog sees the rolling water of death and swiftly jumps it. Unfortunately, he fails to see Chain's chain thing, which makes quick work of him. "Oh... Ow..." He mutters, before looking at Chain, and suddenly gets a change of heart, and dashes towards base. "Mommy!"

Phoebus runs through the area to RHQ headquarters.

[Baker] Charge Man gets to his feet only to be blasted once again by Enforcer. Charge balls his fists and lets off another large blast of steam. he's beginning to get really pissed at this Maverick. Snarling with rage he rushes forwards and prepares to literally smash the life out of his opponent.

[Charlie] Skyblade Eagle pulls away as Hurricane comes barrelling in... This gives her time to pull of something evil... She rockets away, then comes back around towards the Pirate... About 2 1/2 inches above the water... Faster and faster... Picking up speed... And then... BOOM!

Phoebus sends a radio transmission to Anthem.

[Able] Shadow Raven shakes his head, "Not bad but try this!" He then dashes towards the Maverick once more and splits Silent Hunter into its two weapon form. "KYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAA!" he yells out as he swiftly bypasses the Maverick and strikes her once across the face and once in the groin area before flying off!

Colonel is struck, hard, and growls, in desperate pain, and drops to his knees. "...I despise you for turning your back so willingly," Colonel growls, attempting to drive the sabre deeper into Vava. "...coward," he spits, as he screams primordially, and shoves the sabre in as far as it can go, trying to reach the cockpit.

Colonel strikes Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] with his Beam Sabre attack.
Maverick Ride Armor [Goliath] falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Conduit is sitting behind the lines in a safe area while he awaits a med gumbie to tend to his wounds.

[Baker] Chain lands on the ground, winded from getting knocked out of the sky by the tidal wave, "Guh... that's right, run yer little... guhh..." He hacks up some water onto the ground.

[Baker] Cyber Peacock falls down. Ow. The hologram is almost out of it. Furious, the hologram scrambples to his feet, flickering badly. His cuts out and in weakly, stammering miserably. It's hard to tell what he's saying, but the plumage laser lifts up and shimmers weakly to life. The red beam of laserlight that rips for it, however, is anything but weak.

[Baker] Phoebus enters... ignoring sounds of combat and the like... heading straight for the kangaroo... he won last time he was in it... maybe he will again...

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute evades yet again... Looks like this battle is turning around... He snarls loudly, bringing his nightstick around again to just wail upon Charge Man, rather brutally... Strike after strike...

[Baker] Mirror Pegasus continues to shriek for a few moments. Then stops suddenly, blinking as she notices Blitz running off. "Hey! Come back here! I wasn't done with you yet!... Wait, on second thought..." She blinks out of existence, teleporting after the crane, coming out of it gliding up to her. "Sorry you lost, but here, have a nice parting gift." She tosses the crane a nicely wrapped box, and then flies away. Gee how nice of her...

Wait... is that box... ticking?...

[Charlie] Hurricane Hawk soars past the maverick, ramming yes, but getting a sword across an eye as a result. Crying out a bit he crashes down into the water a hand going to the eye, but not before a lot of sparks can be seen going out from it.

Broadcast Ocelot sends a radio transmission.

[Able] Tomahawk Zebra is struck, and just smiles. "You think that's going to hurt me?" she snarls, wiping the mechfluid from her face. In her hands, she forms a tomahawk, and swipes for the midsection of Shadow Raven. "Your fight...ends here!" she declares menacingly. She may be the only one left, but she plans to fight until the bitter end.

King Dragon is dead, Jim. Dead Jim. Dead.

[Baker] "Your game is a little weak," quips Crash Man, as he sallies over to Break Man. "You need that extra edge, and it doesn't come in the form of a 1UP." He smirks faintly to the basic-wearing android, and slips him a bottle. A bottle of Colt, 45. Better than a 1UP, and more powerful than a full health-meter heal.

[Boss Battle] Sigma is smashed by General's massive foot. He bounces off the ground, armor cracking in places and coming off in flecks. A large vertical crack now runs down the silver chest plating of the Maverick. "If you were looking for blame to place for the cadets, General, blame the humans who nearly killed them. Blame yourself for demoting Sentinel. Blame yourself for allowing it to happen!" A shield of energy forms around Sigma as he dashes forward in a super fast orb of green energy. He seeks to actually tear through General's back and exit through the behemoth's lower abdominals, a la alien, a forcefield tearing the path. "IT'S YOUR FAULT!"

[Baker] Blitz Crane skids to a stop when the pegasus tosses her the box. She blinks and tosses it aside... then EEPS! when it explodes! o.o; "Good dern thing I ain't dumb enough t' fall for jokes like that..."

[Baker] Enker is hit full-on by the attack, but it matters little now. His opponent's image is rapidly fading. Quite damaged himself, he decides to end this right now. He absorbs much of the attack into his weapon's energy cells, then points it at Cyber's retreating form. Hopefully the Mirror Buster can overtake him before he flees.

[Baker] Neon Tiger gets slammed into the ground, then nearly drowns after Godmachine Binary attacks with a flood. "And here I thought we were on the same team," she growls as she picks herself up off the ground. "Perhaps we can continue this dance another time, Magma Dragoon." With that, the ground commander lopes off towards the Maverick Tank.

The Squad of Med Gumbies are finally able to locate Conduit, and quickly surround him. Speaking of him in third person: "Right, got a live one. Lay back, let us do our work..." No time to kill the pain, they begin doing what they can. Peel back the armor, try and rewire to get his conduction energy flowing again...

[Baker] Charge Man brings up his large forearms to block most of the damage, but a few strike manage to get through. The damage dealt isn't nothing he cant live with and only serves to get him more ticked off. Attempting to get his hands on the Maverick he tries to pull him in close before letting an ear shattering blast off from his whistle.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus leaps aside and hits the water, resisting the effects of the boom quite well. He /could/ go after the flying bird, but the blind one is so much more tempting. Bursting out of the water with his harpoon held over his head, except the harpoon blade is dull and red. He gives it a mighty hurl at Hurricane, cackling.

[Baker] As the beer is handed to him, Break Man shakes his head, nodding before throwing the beer at Signas. "Works every time." Now, that itself might be harmless, but it's what's behind that beer that make it dangerous... a fully charged mega buster mega blast. The original baby, accept no others.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute graahs! He has sensitive hearing, stumbling backwards as the whistle goes off in his ear, falling to one knee... Holding his ears.

[Baker] Crash Man, more badass than Eddie.

[Baker] Cyber Peacock, more dead than dead.

[Able] Shadow Raven urks as he is struck harshly by the bladed weapon. He drops back, grabbing his wound and gasping slightly, "No... Mav..eri..ck. I don'...t Ex..pect tha..t t.. hurt.. yo..u.. I.. pe..ct this TOO!"

Once again, The Repliforcer gathers power and his eyes shine a bright white! Silent Hunter gains its glow once again as Raven dashes forward to unleash a devastating amount of strikes to the Maverick!

Conduit obeys what the horde of med gumbies say, he wants patched up so he can back into the action and defend is home. So he does everything they say.

The Beam Sabre presses deeper, Colonel's fury powering it on. And then it hits critical mass, the fuel core of the famous Ride Armour. Like dominos falling down, the Goliath splits apart, cracks forming all across its frame, as the special metallic alloy buckles. And then like that, its crumbles, without an explosion, without any energy sendoff, it merely slinks forward like a heap of metal. But Vile does not, instead, as the Goliath tips forward, the tectonic cracks forming across his precious device, his hands ignite in a pinkish blue hue. His hands flail forward wildly, magnetic energies coursing across his digits, any contact with Colonel giving him complete control of the fool who dares challenge Vile. Of this former Commander, whose disdain for Vava's superior abilities was so great as to drive him mad into Vile. Or so, Vile would like to think. Thrust after thrust follows Vile as he falls from his Ride Armour perch, hoping for that fraction of contact to clasp control of Colonel's systems...

Vile strikes Colonel with his Magnetic Hold attack.
Colonel is temporarily disoriented by Vile's Magnetic Hold attack.

[Charlie] Skyblade Eagle comes back around, "LEAVE HIM ALONE!!" She cries out, flying up into the air, before flying back down at Harpoon, "No more of my friends will die tonight! Only you!" She screeches, flying down and letting loose with regular disks this time...

[Baker] Charge Man grins as his plan worked just as he planned it too. He takes the time that he has to size up his opponent before rushing forwards and tackling him to the ground, wailing upon his frame with his large fists.

[Baker] Blitz Crane thus retreats.

[Able] Silence Tsetse suddenly turns for a moment and speeds away, rising far above the battlefield as she speeds towards RFHQ proper.

[Baker] Mirror Pegasus stomps a foot, pouting as the Crane runs off, and then turns to look over the fighting, just in time to see Cyber go down. She winces. "Like, that had to hurt..."

[Baker] Magma Dragoon peers towards Neon Tiger as she begins to escape, "Not this time lass."

The Elite Hunter slams his flamethrowers towards the Maverick and unleashes the volley of flame, Hoping to take her down.. . o O (This is the end for you.)

[Boss Battle] Rock keeps on charging, his body glowing with dark blue energy. His color shifts back into blue/white of his X armor, and he opts for the more traditional attack, than the area-consuming Charged Fire Storm. The Buster glows white-hot as he takes aim at general. "X-BUSTER MEGABLAST!" the Blue Bomber shouts, energy bursting out from the barrel of the weapon, belching hellfire: a ball of plasma as big as Rock himself, arcing through the air and aiming for General.

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute is wailed upon by Charge Man as he's landed on, "Get the hell off me!" He yells out, bringing his fist back to just punch Charge square in the jaw.

The Meds continue to work on Conduit, finally being forced to wire in a small Reserve Tank to jump start his conduction systems. They then remove it, slap the temp armor on him, and begin crawling off...

[Baker] Cyber Peacock turns eight different colours of fury as he receives a radio transmission. He's so pissed, in fact, that his foe isn't dead after all, that the Mirror Buster catches him right in the back and kicks his coloured ass from here back to the Maverick base.

Looks like Team Cyber is blasting off aaaagaaaaaaain! *ping*

Gear Otter effects partial repairs to Conduit.

Colonel gets snagged up, and glares into Vile's optics. "...you make me sick, coward." he comments, refusing to back down one moment at all.

[Baker] The Lead defender has waded through a mass of gumbies, its armor having been damaged from return fire from the Maverick personnel. It's cannons soon, however, rise to the occasion, to pick out a known villain.

[Able] Tomahawk Zebra leaps over Shadow Raven, and then lands with grace. She turns and smiles slyly, raising her handy transformation tomahawk into the air. o O (Time to do this with style...)

After a lengthy dramatic pose, Zebra's armor flashes away, replaced with the fuku of Sailor Zebra, nemesis of Phoebus, ogled by Unicorns everywhere! "I am Sailor Zebra. I kill Repliforcers, and that means you!" she declares, as she strikes her pose. "Time to die Raven."

[Charlie] Hurricane Hawk gets slammed, right between the wings sending the hawk forward a few feet with a birdish roar (I guess ^^) he veers around glaring at the Maverick, one eye is totally trashed, a cut down across it now, but he doesn't care, instead those two Cannons begin charging then fire, a tremendous blast of air soaring from each.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary grits his teeth, feeling the lance strike towards his heart. He then places both of his hands towards the Guardian as he grits his teeth more. "...Do...you think it will stop me?!" He then draws his fist back, clencing his fists in a tighten position. They both extend out as they stretch as electricity forms into his grasp. A glare escapes to his face as he releases a roar. Both of his hands points towards Guardian, releasing a tendrils of electrical energy arcing down towards the Repliforcer.

Silence Tsetse speeds towards RFHQ proper, intent on reaching the computers and correcting the damage Data had done.

Conduit thanks the med gumbies and begins his recharge cycle, in a few minutes he'll be able to continue the battle.

[Boss Battle] General staggers back once more as Sigma rams into him, his eyes narrowing dangerously, "...You will learn, in time, that I am innocent of these charges, Sigma... And in that time, your glorious empire will crumble at the feet of those that still stand for the cause of freedom! Fall back, tyrant, and know your defeat!" Lurching forward with both arms swinging high overhead, the General comes down upon Sigma in an axe-handle fashion.

[Baker] Charge Man's face is twisted to the side as the punch connects. Grinning Charge looks back to Enforce and leaps off his frame. He waits for the maverick to get to his feet before dashing forwards and trying to put his foot through him.

Ballade runs up the bridge from Able area, the hum of charging weapons systems inaudible through the sounds of the raging battle. "VILE!" His amplifiers are still partially enabled, so the name can clearly be heard. As well as the challenge behind it.

Cyber Peacock sends a radio transmission to Broadcast Ocelot.
Broadcast Ocelot receives a radio transmission from Cyber Peacock.
Ballade receives a radio transmission.

[Able] Shadow Raven peers towards the Maverick and opens his wings once more, "Fat chance Maverick."

Soon a red dot appears on Zebra's chest as Raven gazes upon her, then swiftly it switches to Green. "Locked on target... for the Repliforce." He mutters to himself as he releases another volley of missiles towards the Sailor Scout.

[Baker] The Mega Buster strikes the forcefield, sending it's power throughout the entire surface of the guard, and coloring it slightly as it does so. Now, it looks thinner and less effective, and Signas calls it down, it faded into the air. The Hunter Diplomat, turns about, returning his sad gaze to Protoman. .oO( I feel sorry that you will not listen )Oo. With that he punches the air simultaneously with both his hands, sending a wave of bluish-purple energy in Protoman's direction.

Vile finds contact, glorious contact, as his left hand connects on Colonel's chest, his right hand slamming down on the Repliforce XO's neck. Not strangling, but raising him up into the air like a puppet. Coolant spews from Vile's helm, in small puffs of steam, as his systems work in overdrive. But the Maverick cares not, as hatred burns in his eyes, pure uncontrolled rage. "You... Destroyed my life. You created this thing that I am... And this monster you created, 68, shall eat you alive. The irony is delicious, IS IT NOT!?" Vile emphasizes his anger by shaking Colonel wildly, before twisting and slamming the back of his head into the terrain with all his force.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus grunts as he's struck twice. He's going down, that's sure. He pulls a harpoon from subspace and loads it into his cannon, clicking into place. The trench-battle rages on, going really nowhere as each side gains no ground. Harpoon stands, the water around him black with his own oil. He extends the harpoon from his right arm at Hurricane, since he's the larger threat, and pumps his left fist in the air. AHAB'S LAST RIDE!" Suddenly, the harpoon shoots out, attempting to hook onto Hurricane and drag the Nautilus at him.

Ballade sends a radio transmission to Phoebus.

Vile strikes Colonel with his Smash attack.
Colonel falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

[Able] Gamble Lynx drags his battered aft towards the main building.

And, of course, the Med Gumbie continue their patrol, keeping low, looking for wounded...

Broadcast Ocelot's player points and nelson-laughs at the fallen Cyber Peacock since that BO can't ICly do it, atm. He then gets back to other stuff.

Wildfire Phoenix comes soaring up from New York, Glancing around, trying to find what's probably left of Cyber peacock, though one question strikes her searching round, how the heck is she gonna fix him...?

Cyber Peacock's player flips BO's player the bird, then grins.

King Dragon devours Cyber, then dies again.

[Boss Battle] Rock frowns a little as the blast flies past General, shifting colors again. His energy focuses, and he points at General. "FIRE STORM!" Eruptions of flame spout from the area under General, the flames licking up the gold Repliforcer's form, hopefully singing and damaging him.

[Baker] Iceblade Sentry walks towards Baker's battlefield casually, calmly. His sword is fully formed and held in his right hand, and he seems rather bored, surveying the situation.

[Charlie] Skyblade Eagle raaahs, "I said back off..." All right... Now she's -REALLY- pissed... She takes her skyblade launchers, loading them up to the max, and setting on auto... Before unleashing every single Skyblade she has in Harpoon's direction...

[Baker] Mirror Pegasus would really, really like to kick more people's butts around, but there's fellow Mavericks falling all over the place. "Dammit! Accursed Masters!" Blinking over to Enforcer, she grabs him, and then takes to the air, making a break to get of here.

[Able] Tomahawk Zebra screams as she gets blasted back, but rolls to a crouch. "You bastard! Don't you know you don't attack in the middle of my pose??" she demands. Sneering, she rises, as her weapon glows with yellow energy. "WORLD...SHAKING!" she cries, as she leaps back, whipping a spinning yellow blade at the ground underneath Shadow. The weapon rips through the ground, and shakes the earth under his feet.

Colonel responds with, "You... created yourself, Vile... or should I say... Vava." He says no more as there is a sickening snap in his neck, and the form of Colonel slumps in Vile's grasp. Is he dead? Who knows? The shadow knows.

[Baker] Repliforce Ride Armor [Kangaroo] suddenly...leaves the area...why?...the shadow knows.

What Shadow? Vile continues to slam Colonel's head into the ground, repeatedly, both hands falling to the Repliforcers neck. He cannot even pronounce words, only gargles of hatred, malice, and rage.

[Baker] Break Man is blown back by the attack, a hole ripped right through his torso. .oO(Ok, that's not good... let's see if I can use this damn attack again...)Oo. And with that, his armor turns black. All black. Neat. Standing slowly, the ex-Hunter screams out, "Shadow of Fate!" Now, what he's expecting to happen doesn't happen. Instead of the tendril's that normally come out when he uses this attack, Break Man gets a dark black fog sweeping across the -entire- area.

[Baker] Neon Tiger gets engulfed by Magma Dragoon's fireballs and goes down in a heap of burning armour.

[Charlie] Hurricane Hawk takes the opportunity, The Maverick nailed by all Skyblade really good! So he charges forward in a battle cry, claws beared, and tries taking those claws across his face now!

[Baker] Guardian Mobius isn't done yet. With some of the last vestiges of it's energy, it slowly raises an arm, and a burst of flame, shaped like Ten explodes in front of Godmachine Binary. "PHOENIX!!! FLASH!!!" screams the behemoth, putting a good deal of firepower into this effort.

The Med Gumbies, upon hearing the pronouncement of Colonel's downing, begin to slowly creep in that direction. Like heyna's, they aren't going to pounce till the bigger threats gone. o.o O.O O.o o.O C.c c.C C.C

[Boss Battle] Directly following-up the Fire Storm, Rock snaps into his normal colors again, beginning to charge. Once the buster is charged somewhat, he takes aim at General a second time and lets off a small green-white blast of plasma toward the giant Reploid. His eyes fall closed after this shot, and his arms drop to his side... panting from tiredness and damage.

Conduit watches Colonel fall, not more than a 100 feet in front of him, but he's ordered not to engage, "Damnit."

[Boss Battle] Flash Rabbit finally enters the area, having clawed his way through Mavericks. His orders from the now dead Cryogen still ring in his head. "Stop X."

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus turns and swims for his waiting submarine, a few gumbies onboard still manning the ship firing off flak at the two aerials to cover their leader. The Repliforce again begins to get pushed back by the Mavericks between them, lacking a consolidated force.

[Able] Shadow Raven urks loudly and is sent flying back, he lands on the ground but barely manages to get to one knee, "you are good... I will give you that. It pleases me to have a chance to fight such a foe before I quite possibly perish. This.... is my final battle."

Raven raises high and then is enveloped in a forcefield of whirling blades and serrated metal. "Prepare yourself Maverick! I will no longer hold back! En Guard!!" He yells out and dashes towards her!!!

[Charlie] Skyblade Eagle strikes home with her primary, and then harpoon runs away, "Oh no you don't! Die damn you!" She yells out, unleashing a series of explosive blades at Harpoon.

[Baker] Guardian Mobius falls to the ground, as the fog swirls around it's mighty frame. Mobius, has fallen.

Ballade doesn't slow down in the slightest as he barrels towards Vile. The right hand of Sigma. Disembowelling this Reploid will be a joy, as will handing his head to Wily. See - attacking Wily made Ballade mad. Almost as mad as Bass tends to be. The Elite Guardian of Wily drops his shoulder and continues to rocket straight for Vile's back. At the last instant, his course changed just enough so that he'll miss - and then an arm snaps out to clothesline Vile.

[Baker] WilySaucer shoots off into the sky with its glorious twinky velocity, wee.

[Charlie] Hurricane Hawk glares at the retreating Maverick, and then takes to the air, launching even, a smirk, all that water, his cannons charge and to a lightning bolt lances from each of them toward Harpoon.

Ballade strikes Vile with his Dash attack.

[Baker] Charge Man becomes suddenly weak as he fels his poerdraining frmo him. His systems struggle with the flux but manages to recouperate... "What the hell was that?!?"

[Boss Battle] Megalith Gigas continues to observe the battle as it goes on and continues to listen to his frequencies as they scream out countless messages concerning the horror going on upon the main battlefield. He sighs and narrows his optics and then unfolds his huge arms. His monsterous legs shifting slightly as he's preparing to step forward from his post towards the combating titans.

[Charlie] Possibly missed from below, the Lead Defender has pushed its way clear through the Maverick Gumbies. A second one comes up, and turns its cannons toward the nearest Maverick... and open fires. The skies are suddenly alight with the streaks of rockets, and heavy gunfire. A third of the Defenders joins in, to clear out the Maverick Gumbies. The armor on these lead three has taken a beating, but are still running.

[Boss Battle] Sigma flies out from underneath General's massive fists. His hands once again surge with energy, both of them linked together to form a tremendous mega-blade. The Sigma Saber lances outm, crimson and tremendous. Sigma leaps up so he is face to face with his brother, sneering, "You fought a good fight, but father chose me to lead us to our destinies. This was necessary, but know I take no pleasure in it. Farewell, General. DIE!" roars Sigma, plunging the saber into General, directly through his chest, into his powercore. "And know Repliforce dies with you."

[Able] Tomahawk Zebra sneers at Shadow. "You think that's good enough to stop me?" she yells. "I fight for the cause...I breathe for the cause, and I'm ready to die for the cause..." she says, as she whips three tomahawks towards Raven. "Bring it on!"

[Baker] Enforcer Malamute is kicked and such, and goes down really hard, in pain, and goes unconscious...

[Baker] Conduit rushes into the area, being given orders help Phoebus.

[Baker] Repliforce Ride Armor [Kangaroo] bursts forward at the Godmachine... which won't be a godmachine an longer if Phoebus has his way with it... He swings his spike chain at godmachine... he has to fight until he gets clarification...

[Baker] Punk chuckles as he shakes off the feeling as part of his energy is drained before looking around.

[Baker] "Robot Masters," Crash Man calls out over the din of battle, his eyes transfixed on Binary. "...Our job ain't over yet. That one still stands." He extends a finger, pointing at and condemning Binary at the same time. "Regroup, we've got work to do."

[Boss Battle] And General falls... Rock looks away, a single tear tracing down his face, Buster smoking from overexertion. He doesn't notice Flash Rabbit yet... he probably wouldn't unless Flash were to attack him again.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus gets cut down by lightning, falling limp in the water. He's dragged in by his sub, several gumbies hauling the big, heavy Reploid into the ship's hatch.

Baker] Mirror Pegasus NOW grabs Enforcer and bets that hasty retreat with him in tow. "Time for Team Maverick to blast off on our own for once!"

[Baker] A shotgun-like sounds are heard, as Crash Man's blasters fire off a salvo of grenades at the massive Maverick gestalt.

Hurricane Hawk receives a radio transmission.

[Charlie] Harpoon Nautilus cackles, because the gumbies still fight on, slowly pushing the Repliforce back!

Vile slams Colonel into the pavement one final time, before raising his head in a tilt, hands still clutching Colonel's mangled neck. As soon as he raises he head, he finds it nearly ripped off by a ... Robot Master!? Staggering backwards into a clanging clump, Vile remains still for a moment, before rolling to his side, gauntlets grasping into the grass, tearing up clumps of it as he pushes himself up. "Who... Dares?" His head swivels, cycloptian eyes focusing and then acquiring. Endless threats, but Vile can still handle himself, as he has plenty of reserves left after using Goliath. His shoulder opens again, and a series of four red-tipped missiles launch forward, searching out on image recognition Ballade.

Vile strikes Ballade with his Minimissiles attack.

[Baker] Magma Dragoon urks loudly as he is struck by an attack by Break Man, None the less he doesn't take it to Heart.

The Elite Hunter turns towards GB as he watches Guardian Mobius fall. This angers him greatly, "Mobius has fallen... as has the General!" Tears spill from his eyes, as he clentches his fist very tightly. He shouts out, "Repliforce and Robot Masters! UNITE AND DESTROY THAT FIEND!!!!" then points to GB and dashes after it, unleashing a roar of flame from his arm-mounted flamethrowers!

[Baker] Charge Man looks to Punk and then to Godmachine. With a grin, he's off, dashing forwards towards the large gestalt. Lowering his head as he charges forwards, he releases even more chunks of hot coal... 3 in fact.

[Baker] Signas watches the tendril whip out and attach to him, sucking at his energy, and pulling from him his power. Afterwards, he lands on the ground, a hole where the tenticale's grasp attacked. Yet, he still stands. "You bring darkness to this field, and I will not give up until it is gone!" At that he concentrates his energy not of Protoman, but above him, far far above him... On a small asteroid that begins to fly in... at Protoman.

[Boss Battle] Broadcast Ocelot rushes in from his proximity to the site of the battle at the news that the General has fallen, "General!!! Yuh cyah go out. De Repliforce needs yuh!!!" He's moving at top speed which is about 240 mph.

The Med Gumbies, as soon as Vile's attention is off Colonel.. swarm the mighty frame, tools already out. "DAMMIT! Got a loss of oscillator." "Got it" ONe tosses the instrument to the other. "Someone watch that power flux!! Where's the reserve tank? We'll need more than one." "One the way!" "Get him rewired, derive the power grid away from the power core." "He's a bleeder!"

[Able] Shadow Raven dashes right past Zebra and envelops the Maverick in a barrage of Blades!

Colonel's frame gets slammed around by Vile, before he's dropped by Vile during the attack from the Robot Master. His frame drops to the ground, and lies there, motionless, his neck nearly crushed through.

Ballade cannot dodge target locked missiles. He knows that quite well. At the same time, he receives orders from the one voice he cannot disobey. Bringing up his arms up, the missiles slam into him - the force of the blast sends him wheeling head over heels. Critical damage reports start showing up behind his eyes as he rises to his feet. "Another time, Vile." And then he turns... and runs.

Possibly missed from below, the Lead Defender has pushed its way clear through the Maverick Gumbies. A second one comes up, and turns its cannons toward the nearest Maverick... and opens fire. The skies are suddenly alight with the streaks of rockets, and heavy gunfire. A third of the Defenders join in, to clear out the Maverick Gumbies. The armor on these lead three has taken a beating, but are still running.

The mixed marine and pirate group in the trenches is cut apart by the Defenders, quickly beginning to pull back across the beach, leaving the smoldering remains of Crustacean. They run like hell, pretty much, obviously outclassed. At the ocean, Orca and Cephalopod surface, waiting to receive their troops. The Repliforce navy has been sunk and shattered, and that's a major victory.

[Baker] Punk chuckles as he looks to Charge then to the Godmachine saying, "Time to slice and dice," he quickly transforms again and speeds towards Binary emitting, "Your going down.", he turns to the left before making a wide turn towards the large Mav.

[Baker] Quick Man bolts across the battlefield, looking almost spooked with something.

[Baker] Wow, that attack just healed the hole in Break Man's chest. .oO(Ok, that's neat.)Oo. In his wonderment however, he doesn't notice the large 12-foot reploid charging in at him, and his shot back again. .oO(Damnit...)Oo. Raising his Buster, and shifting his colors again, Break Man's armor shifts to gold again... but the attack is different. A spear appears in Blues' hands, and he actually emulates Signas' last attack.

[Boss Battle] And as the General is struck, both by the blast and the sabre, he falls down to one knee. His eyes close, but a smile seems to cross his face. Slowly at first, but it grows with time. He looks over at Sigma, eyes narrowing, "...The Repliforce...Will never die. Nothing ... you can do will... ever ensure... such a thing... " His body crackles with electricity, the blue bolts lancing over his form in multiple places. "What is done... Had to be... For the truth to ... be revealed. I do not... blame you, Rock... Fight on... For in time, you will realize... your error... When that time, comes... Stop... Sigma..."

Attempting to raise back to his feet, the General coughs, wounds pouring forth fluid and sparks, his voice drying and weakening, yet murmuring, "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith..." Another cough, hands trembling, tears rolling down the General's cheeks as he raises his eyes skyward, "...Ms. Peterson... Iris... Colonel... I... am sorry..." Then slowly, very slowly, the Repliforce Commander falls. The very earth trembles with the impact, dust rising and his form growing still. His final words uttered, a quote from ages long past in the recesses of his databanks:

"Strike the tents..."

[Boss Battle] Broadcast Ocelot is hasn't arrived yet cause he's busy dodging stray shots from friend and foe alike.

[Able] Tomahawk Zebra snarls as she's stricken by the barrier. Running for the Cutlass, she springs off of the bike, back towards Shadow Raven. "Time for my reign of terror to continue. You've met your match Repliforcer!" she screeches, flinging tomahawk after tomahawk at Shadow Raven.

[Boss Battle] Flash Rabbit just leaps over an opposing Maverick as he spots General fall. "Noooooooo!" he shouts, his tears welling up again. First Cryogen, then Gear, now General. "No more!" he cries, powering up his Laser Cannon to full. Yes Sigma struck the blow that downed General, but his orders remain. And his promise to the Hunter's CO. He launches several blasts from his Laser Cannon at the Hunter, doing everything he can to down his opponent.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary looks towards the ones that wishes to challenge his power, peering at them all inattentively. As he notices the chain clashing out towards him, he begins to sneer, crushing the ball away from his direction. His eyes averts over towards the bomb that explodes, beginning to growl as he clenches his fist. Then the flames meets with his body, creating violent sparks to ignite through. He then notices as the coals come towards him, he peers towards it as his four legs backs away from it. As for the buzz sawing Punk, Bit begins to move his body to shift about the other way. His eyes glance over towards Magma Dragoon and Crash Man. His eyes avers over to Magma Dragoon, raising his hands up. With full force, the huge Maverick slams his hand down towards Magma Dragoon.

[Baker] Charge Man receives the order over the radio and sighs, as he slowly begins to come to a halt and turn around, running away from the large robot. After all, orders are orders and what Wily commands Wily gets. Activating his thrusters, Charge speeds up his frame and rockets back towards the dropship for return...

Quick Man dashes across the island and toward the mainland. Clearly he's not interested in sticking around.

[Baker] Conduit moves in towards Ten and Chi, hoping he can pull there afts out with out coming under attack.

[Baker] Iceblade Sentry is zapped by Break Man's gravity/ice wave, but doesn't seem too worried. "Hmph." Even as news of General /and/ Colonel falling go in, he seems unphased. Dashing after Godmachine Binary, he fires a single pressurized beam of water at the gestalt from the sword...

[Baker] Ring Man avoids the battle-at-hand, having come from beating on Rickshaw.

[Boss Battle] Rock looks over at General... tears staining his face, he closes his eyes and looks away once more. His form, while his attention is distracted, is blasted by the cannon, armor sheared away. He stumbles back, and hits the ground; his arm snaps up on instinct and fires. An almost fully-charged blast, one of the slightly larger spheres of plasma arcing out toward Flash Rabbit.

[Baker] A leap into the air and quick redirection from his thrusters take Crash Man away from Binary's immediate grasp. While he leaves Magma Dragoon out in the open for attack, it's pretty obvious that the Red Bomber does his best fighting from a distance. His head-mounted laser cannon flips out, and fires a few blasts immediately.

[Baker] Repliforce Ride Armor [Kangaroo] screams... or rather its rider does, "You won't leave here alive!", he pushes forwards toward the Godmachine Binary... and swings both its spiked chains at the ride armor's head... or the most important looking thing... whatever... "For Repliforce! For Sentinel! For Cryogen Bison! For General! For Colonel! For Chi and Ten!! DIE!!"

[Baker] Punk quickly turns after he misses and quickly heads back to the transport with the others.

The Med Gumbies continue to work they're best, despite everything else... a few, at the knowledge that General has fallen.. stand and flea. The others begin trying to get the neck armor off, and hammer it back into shape while replacing crushed feedlines and wires.

Vile rises to one knee, as his crimson eye watches Ballade make a sudden retreat. He leans forward, and spits mechfluid from beneath his helm, shaking his head, before rising all the way to his feet; hands clenching into fists once again. With a shout, Vile's head snaps wildly, a sea of shattered bodies the only things within sight, "Can no one challenge me!? DO I NOT HAVE AN EQUAL!? Chaos.... Reigns supreme!" And with that, he reels his head back, manic laughter echoing out of his very soul, as his body rocks violently in the carnage, falling to two knees, and then all fours, unable to control his utter.... Glee.

Chain ARGHS and kicks the side of the Vorpal.

Vile receives a radio transmission from Sigma.

Anthem carefully keeps near the fallen Colonel, standing to cover the medteam as they move the fallen XO out... before Vile remembers him.

[Boss Battle] And at that the monstrous frame of Megalith lurches into action. He says nothing, he does not mourn aloud. He keeps all thoughts internalized and instead focuses upon his orders. Get to General's body and /prevent/ them from entering the base. His huge body propelling himself quickly across the field... which for him is saying /quite/ a lot. He's never moved so fast before. "Flash! Quickly!" he rumbles loudly. His own weapon systems flaring to brutish life and then his legs pumping massively to cause him to leap and close the distance between himself and General's body and Sigma. As he races forward his ranged systems flare to life first. His eyes flashing to life before firing off concussive pulses of shockwave induced energy towards Sigma to try and ward him back from General's form. His so named 'Ultra Wave' assault likely quite piddly compared to the firepower hurtled about by General and Sigma... But Megalith will do his duty no matter the odds.

[Baker] Signas shifts to the right, his form barely being nicked by the mirror buster. This time he holds his hand outward, to ensure that his falling stone will not miss. With a nod, a shield of energy forms about Protoman, shrinking suddenly and violently, to try to drag him down. Although it still looks weak from earlier use, the barrier may be strong enough to withstand struggling... maybe.

Ring Man ruuuuuuns for the RM transport, like a track star on speed.

Colonel's frame is grabbed by a few valiant combat medics, that try to get him out of harms way, rather try to fix him right then and there.

[Able] Shadow Raven shrieks loudly as he hears the Death of the General over his radio!!! "GENERAL! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he screams loudly, with a tone of great sadness! Tears fall in his eyes as he lowers his head, "No.. General... No..."

(No, I must remain strong for the sake of the force.) O o . rolls through his mind as his eyes shine brightly white one last time! "NO! I will not let the General die in vain! Prepare to Perish Maverick!" He yells out and roars loudly as he approaches her once last time. He dodges the rain and as he reaches the Maverick, he swings Silent Hunter down so fiercely! It looks like it is about to shatter!

The Med Team still looks like it's gonna puke. Every single one of them, all ashen if they can be. Quickly as Anthem steps over, most begin trying to drag Colonel's heavy frame towards the RHQ and Megalith while the rest continue to work and walk. "Where's the reserve tanks?" "HERE!!" "Pass 'em, wire 'em, and lock 'em!!" Three reserve tanks are quickly wired into Colonel's massive power grid, and the Meds activate the juice. It'll be much better if Colonel can /WALK/ back.

Gear Otter effects partial repairs to Colonel.

[Boss Battle] Broadcast Ocelot is still rushing in but realizes that Megalith and Flash can handle this. He then returns to the fray. He's not in any shape to fight anyone else at the moment.

Vile seems to have lost it. The flames of RFHQ smoke in the background, as his laughter continue to shake his body while he rises back to his feet. Its not the evil grate, but almost a boyish jubilance. However, business returns to the Maverick, as his convulsions stop, his body becoming rigid once again. With deliberate steps, his head whirls and scans for Sigma, and locates him, a green rectangular doorway opening in his steps, *pok*.

Gamble Lynx glances around before dashing for the base entrance as fast as his battered form will carry him.

Maverick Hunter VTOL [Vorpal] lowers in altitude, moving closer to the island to facilitate retreats.

Gear Otter takes out a medical scanner and scans Colonel.

Colonel's optics blink, as he starts to come on-line. "...wha.. where?"

[Baker] Blues roles out of the way of the attack, landing on something large, metal, and with pointy teeth. Yup, it's Neon Tiger! .oO(Well then...)Oo. Reaching down and grabbing the Maverick's arm, Blues armor begins glowing... well, green. And glowing really brightly, too. Aiming his Buster at Signas, Break Man unleashes a rapid fire series of energy blasts.

[Baker] Conduit reaches the area where Ten and Chi lie, "Hold on guys, I'll get you out of here." SHunting as power as he can to his servos Conduit grabs the both of them and begins to slowly drag the two away.

Colonel gets to his knees, and looks around. "...Anthem..." he manages. "...sitrep..."

The Medics step back as Colonel stand. Without word, they quickly gather their tools, and run for their life.

[Able] Tomahawk Zebra blinks. "General?" she says, as she looks shocked. The blade slashes across Zebra's chest, and she falls to the ground. She reaches out a hand towards Shadow Raven, coughing mechfluid from her mouth as she falls to the ground. "I'm... so... sorry... *cough* Data... I tried... *Cough* *hack* Ice... I... *COUGH*"

And Zebra falls to the ground, a bubble of mechfluid escaping from her mouth with a pop.

Anthem actually *salutes* Colonel. "The line held. High casualties. King Dragon, Cryogen, Static... General..."

[Baker] The Defenders begin -backtracking-, having cleared the other zones of the enemy.

[Boss Battle] Few people know how fast Flash can be. He has never tested his limits. He never needed to. Today though, is a very different day. Moving faster then anyone has ever seen, he actually sidesteps Rock's blast and returns fire, maintaining almost a steady hail of blasts. When his Laser Cannon stops to recharge, he switches to the Sonic Cannon. "You won't get past me Megaman!" he screams defiantly, reminding the Blue Bomber of his oath.

[Boss Battle] *Pok* A green energy rectangle appears behind Sigma, and a blue foot extends, followed by a torso, and then an infamous darkened helm. Vile. Flames dance up his arms, as napalmic heat radiates from the palms, casting orange shadows over his frame, while the green portal snaps shut behind him. The crimson optic flickers, and then a quiet click emits from Vile's shoulder, the golden Cannon unfolding and locking on - as a targetter beam shoots across the field, past Sigma, and onto a particularly quick Rabbit.

Colonel frowns at the name General, but nods, returning the salute, "...save it for now. What is the status of the enemy forces?"

Anthem glances over her shoulder, at the smouldering remains of the front lines. "In retreat. Heavy losses inflicted, but we got our butts saved by the Masters. You did too - Ballade pulled Vile off of you before he cuold finish the job."

[Baker] Conduit continues to drag the wonder twins out of harms way. Servo motors emitting a horrible grinding sound as he does so.

[Able] With a loud crash, Silent Hunter Shatters into three pieces as it strikes the Maverick. Shadow Raven makes a short transmission then proceeds to fall limp, heading to the ground. Then he slams into the ground harshly. He has done what he must...

[Baker] Signas is still too slow for the smaller man, the green shots striking his shoulder, and severing one of the two cords held there. "I can't let you leave this place, not without answering me. Why?" At that a weapon pops out of the other arm, and he aims to Protoman. With a shhhhik-pock, a metal rod jettisons through the air...

[Boss Battle] Sigma begins to float backwards as Vile appears, "Excellent. Insure that this creature doesn't attempt to rescue its dark master... and obliterate any remains. If General survives Repliforce will rise again."

Anthem suddenly spies something... a familiar flash of green. She looks, spotting Vile. "Oh no..."

[Boss Battle] The blast slams into Rock, and he tumbles back again. "BACK OFF!" he fairly screams at Flash Rabbit, getting up to his feet. Armor cracked and shattered, he switches into an attack and lets it go. A superheated cyclone washing out at Flash Rabbit, to pick up and toss around the small Reploid. "FIRESTORM CYCLONE!"

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang rockets newborn from the Dinosaur Tank. Repaired mostly... but weaponless. His only task is one thing... to save some Mavericks. And first off... is Rickshaw...

[Able] Skyblade Eagle blinks as Raven goes down, "No godamnit!" She swoops down towards him, landing and digging her talons into the ground, kneeling near him, "Shadow! Speak to me... Come on man..."

[Able] Hurricane Hawk soars in behind Skyblade, then glances to Shadow, "One of us should get him inside..."

[Boss Battle] Vile raises his fist to near eye level, the napalm casting shadows across his helm. "I have no such oaths...." And with that, his hand curls into a fist, the Vile Cannon lurching with expelled antimatter particles for the Rabbit.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary begins to move away from the double spikes coming towards him. As for the water shot, he backs away from that as he glares down towards the one who tried to shoot him. He emits a growl as the energy shoots him towards the chest. "Ugh!!!" His eyes gleams over towards Crash Man, who has annoyed him. He must now pay. His huge hand points out towards him, opening as the claws extends out. He then hears the signal to flee, and emits a glare. "...This is not the last time you will see me..." He snarls, before walking towards the fallen Neon. He reaches down to pick her up with his massive hands.

Broadcast Ocelot stands in the lines fighting back with the little energy he has. Although he knows very well that this isn't his strong suit. But he can't let the invaders through.

[Baker] The Hammer strikes Break Man's left shoulder, pretty much shattering it and the arm it's attached too. The first child of the robot revolution growls, "You... will... not..." His armor shifts again... this time to a bright orange. Armor bursting into flames, Break Man sends off a wave of fire directly towards Signas.

[Baker] Repliforce Ride Armor [Kangaroo] doesn't interrupt god this time..instead he heads towards conduit and the ride armor kneels down slightly offering its very big hands to put chi and ten onto. Ride armor has so many uses.

[Able] Hurricane Hawk says, "Skyblade, get him inside to the Chamber.. Meet up with me in a bit."

[Able] Shadow Raven coughs loudly and spits up mech fluid... His wounds look to severe for anyone to move him and appear to be quite fatal. He barely opens one eye and looks towards Hurricane Hawk and Skyblade Eagle, which nearly forces him to make one last smile about his face. He coughs again, but keeps that smile as his wounds bleed and crack. "Sk..blad.e."

[Baker] With that, Crash Man gives Magma a final nod before racing off. He's got orders to duck out.

[Baker] Mirror Pegasus takes off from the tank again, doing much the same thing as Mustang. Time to grab the wounded and get the heck out of dodge.

[Boss Battle] As per radio orders, that same squad of Med Gumbies are quickly making a discrete way towards General, staying low and almost crawling at times. They aren't soldiers, dammit, they're doctors!!

[Baker] Blitz Crane returns to the Baker battle zone, peering around.

[Baker] Iceblade Sentry vaults up after Godmachine Binary as it begins to head for Neon Tiger, and has an intercept route ready. He now is close enough to make a passing horizontal slash at the gestalt's nearest leg...

[Able] Mirror Pegasus speeds in from the air, coming to airlift a few fallen Mavericks out of trouble like the good misguided Maverick heroine she is. Yay for her.

[Baker] Conduit's now smoking servos thank Phoebus, "I suggest we get out here and fall back like ordered.

[Able] Skyblade Eagle hugs Shadow, "Please... Shadow... Don't die... Please... You can't die..." She's finally, after all this... Crying, "Please Shadow."

[Boss Battle] Sigma's eyes widen at the approaching shock wave. He is able to successfully manoeuvre into the air and away from the blast. However the attack serves its purpose, distancing Sigma greatly from General's crumpled remains.

[Baker] Repliforce Ride Armor [Kangaroo] says...or the pilot does, "I'm heading out... to drop them off in medbay."

Crash Man wings out of battlefield Baker, making his way to the Stealth Transport. His left arm hangs against his side stiffly, as if it was inoperative from battle damage.

[Boss Battle] Flash Rabbit somehow manages to again dodge Rock, his speed unsurpassed by any, save Quick Man. He quickly backpedals, racing backwards to avoid the cyclone, though his fur singes and smolders from the heat. That's when he hears a warning over the radio. Turning his head, pain suddenly lances through his back as Vile catches him offguard. "Ngh!!" is all he can cry out as he tumbles to the ground. "I don't care if there's a thousand of you! None of you will get by me!" He picks himself up and raises his hands over his head. They begin to crackle with energy and emit light just before he brings them together. A bright explosion occurs, and a blinding light radiates from his hands, blinding any who happen to be looking.

[Baker] Signas leaps over the attack, his large legs propelling him high into the air. The moon shines about his head as he lands before Protoman. From here, it is easy to see that he is banged and burnt, singed well. "I do this for peace." With a flick of his wrist a glaive of pure energy forms in his hands, glowing blue-purple in the night. He spins it in one hand, and thrusts it afterwards, straight at Proto...

[Able] Fury is lying on the ground (of course), staring up at the sky with dead eyes. Mech fluids run down her armor, her wings are tattered and burned, scorch marks and fractures litter her armor, and... well, she's just not feeling very well, okay?

Suddenly, destructively, There's a flurry of rockets clearing away whatever Maverick and Hunter gumbies remain who were watching the fray develop. And believe me, with the armament these rear three of the six had, they're quickly reduced to slag. Foreshadowing?

[Able] Cryogen Bison is laying in about thirteen hundred pieces on the river bed.

[Baker] Conduit with his burden lifted, he too beats a retreat from this area.

[Able] Mirror Pegasus's form flickers as she lands, and then splits in two. Her double heads for the smaller Zebra, while she goes to retrieve the larger and heavier Fury. Just hope the various Reppies around don't notice her here, or she could be in big trouble.

[Baker] Break Man's armor turns green. "I pity you for that." Wait, Break Man looks exactly like Quint... that can only mean one thing! *POINGPOINGPOING!* Blues is bouncing on Sakugarne! Hooooo! Poke poke!

[Able] Tomahawk Zebra lays at on the ground, pretty far gone. Mechfluid is everywhere, as are shards of the Silent Hunter, the weapon of Shadow Raven. It seems the two fell in combat with each other, as her body is in front of Raven's, a hand reaching out towards him.

Broadcast Ocelot is still at the lines, defending it until every last invader is gone.

[Able] *zap,crackle* Electric nodes on the Avian Repliforcer appear to be sparking more and more, but still he holds on. Raven smiles towards her and barely lifts his hand to meet hers, "Sky...bla..de. I .. ow that. you ha..d some..trouble.. in the... past wi..h the comm...and of Aerial. I ...wanted... to let you know ... That. I am proud of you... Urk!" He tenses up for a moment and stops for a sec, then continues... He looks at her with peaceful optics, "Remember tha...t. Yo..u are a goo...d solider... *cough* My... woun...ds are too severe.. *gasp*.. I am going to die..."

[Able] Blitz Crane darts in, looking well-repaired and in MUCH better ... spirits? ...Irritation? Hard to tell. She skids to a halt and looks around to see who's doing what.

[Baker] Magnetic Mustang rockets back into the area, heading for the Dino Tank, pausing to leap on the Gloun and rid in with it with the half destroyed form of Rickshaw Chimp in his arms.

[Boss Battle] Rock 's eyes watch Flash Rabbit with fairly obvious impassiveness. Like something is majorly wrong inside... he blinks once, deftly avoiding the flash attack. Some unseen radio signal, sent a while ago, brings the red form of Rush flying down from the sky. Leaping into the air, Rock merges... his duty done. Now Hyper-X, he boosts up into the sky, giving the fallen Repliforcer a last glance... and heading home.

[Able] Mirror Pegasus grabs the two fallen Mavericks and gets the hell outta here while the getting is still good, before something else comes up. Damn Masters just had to show up and spoil things.

[Baker] Godmachine Binary peers back towards his victims. "...I will be back..." He sneers, before walking over towards the Dinosaur Tank. He will leave this place with Neon.

[Able] Hurricane Hawk swallows hard... pounding a fist into the ground.

[Able] Skyblade Eagle hangs her head, "Thank you... Shadow..." She says in a very soft, sobbing voice, "I'm sorry... I should have... Been here sooner... I could have helped you...I'm sorry..."

[Baker] Signas sidesteps the poinging, and suddenly annoying, green robot, letting it pass harmlessly by. "Who are you?" On that note, he looks at the vapors above the bouncer's head. Suddenly with a -shhhhhrrrriiiink!- They freeze into a solid block of ice, which begisn to fall ominously to Protoman.

[Boss Battle] A few Med Gumbies were looking at the flash as well, and cry out, covering their eyes. "AARGH!" "ACK!!" "I can see the light..."

The rest finally manage to get to General, and begin the laborous task of crawling on top of the massive creature. "DAMN! He's fragged!!" "What can we do?" "Toss me the scanner, lu." A scanner is tossed into a gumbie hand, and after a few moments, another curse is heard: "Spark's fading!!" "We ain't got a generator big enough to support his power matrix!!"

One gumbie looks up: "... yes we do." "What?" "... I'm big enough. Strip me." "Thats suicide!" "DAMMIT, this is for the Repliforce!! Take my weapon systems offline, remove the non-priorities, and wire me in." After a few moments... the rest of the Med Gumbies begin to comply, cannibilizing their fellow Med.

[Boss Battle] Vile raises his forearm to shield the sudden emergence of light, taking slow steps forward through the glow, which turns his entire form an angelic white... Not unlike Vava of old. As the glow begins to subside, Vile's pace increases, into a full out run. As he nears General, he ignores Flash Rabbit, crunching his legs and lurching into the sky, giant plume of napalm beginning to swirl from his fists. And he begins to lower them down to expel on General, "So long, REPLIFORCE!"

[Able] Hurricane Hawk blinks, "Skyblade we GOTTA GO!"

[Able] Blitz Crane looks around quickly, spotting Skyblade and Shadow. She approches the pair slowly... "Will he make it...?"

Broadcast Ocelot orders to the rest of the people in the line to make way for the auto-defences.

[Able] Hurricane Hawk glances at Blitz, "Get back in base! It's gonna start raining Cannon fire!"

[Able] Blitz Crane glances at Hurricane "Then you guys get inside too!"

[Baker] Break Man continues to bounce on Sakugarne, out of the way of the attack. Raising his Buster once more, Protoman sends off another medium charged buster blast.

Mirror Pegasus takes off into the air as the defenses come back online, airlifting a couple of fallen comrades with here. "Like, time to blow this oversized popsicle stand!"

[Baker] Iceblade Sentry narrows his eyes as Godmachine Binary begins to leave, "Hmph. Go. A reminder for you to do so." He chases after it, catches up at a full run, and actually makes two attacks at once. The first is with a pressurized water-beam shooting from his sword, just as he makes a slash at the gestalt.

[Able] Skyblade Eagle turns her gaze to Blitz, "I'm afraid...He won't." Hearing Hurricane, she stands up, "Hurricane, grab Shadow..." She moves over and grabs Shadow's weapon, "Let's go! Now! Move it!"

[Able] Blitz Crane nods once and splits at top run.

[Able] Hurricane Hawk glances back at Sky and Shadow.... hating everyword he says, "Skyblade... we...." he glances at Shadow, winces, but grabs him against his better judgement, carefully as he can, and makes a bee-line for the base.

[Baker] Blues grabs Signas then disappears.

Announcement: Libra shouts, "For those non-Repliforcers left on the island - the autoguns just came back online. :)"

[Baker] Signas watches as the shot strikes him straight in the face, and before he can even fall to the earth... He is gone...

[Baker] Magma Dragoon growls loudly as the Mavericks retreat, "I will not let you leave this place just yet Mavericks!"

The Elite Hunter throws his arms down and roars loudly and envelops himself in a shield of flame. Soon, The Former Repliforcer unleashes a deadly rain of napalm over the tank and the Mavericks!

Broadcast Ocelot then makes his way back to the Repliforce base as well. Although he himself doesn't head inside. Instead he stands just behind the auto-cannons to watch the fireworks.

[Boss Battle] Flash Rabbit doesn't hesitate for a moment. Either General or him. Humanity's finest defender or a bumbling fool designed to keep an old man company. "No you don't!" he screams, putting on a final burst of speed and leaping in front of the ex-Repliforcer to absorb the blow instead. His already smoldering frame all to easily accepts the napalm onto itself, erupting into flames and roasting what remains of the robotic lapine.

Hyper X comes boosting away from where General now lies, fallen... he makes his way toward the Vorpal, unheeding about the autodefenses coming back online.

[Boss Battle] Megalith Gigas lands with a loud *BOOOM* even as his blast sends Sigma hurtling backwards. His huge frame now looming over the fallen form of General. "General's body is to not be defiled nor harmed any further." he declares although his words seem so empty. General's dead isn't he. Megalith's expression remains impassive... which considering his vast frame only makes him all that much more menacing with the cold calculating way he attends to this fight. Simply refusing to let any emotions cloud him right now despite what's /really/ going on inside. Sigma hurtled backwards the giant now raises his hugely muscled arm overhead. Holding it in place as it trembles massivly from the gathering of seismic force within it. He pauses however as Sigma simply pulls back and Megalith relaxes only to turn and see Vile lurching towards him and unleashing a blast of energy at General's body and also him. "Wha..." he rumbles out, slowly at first--only to then widen his optics with the first real show of emotion he's ever had. Shock, terror... and then rage. All at seeing what just happened to Flash Rabbit. "Flash... Flash... no... NOOOO!"

[Boss Battle] Conduit races to where the medics are. He's a generator with legs, there's got to be something of value he can do to assist the gumbies.

Blitz Crane lets out a breath and approaches Anthem. The way she's been giving orders, she has to be alright, right? She blinks at X, EXTREMELY wanting to shoot the blue bomber. She refrains though. Her weapon arm only twitches anxiously... "Anthem... are we winnin' or what? Ahm startin' to think this'll never end..."

[Boss Battle] Vile is beginning his descent as the napalm shoots from his gauntlets, an arching beam of hellish destruction. But as he comes down, Flash Rabbit collides, sending a paralyzing shock through Vile. His napalm slams into the Rabbit, and such a magnitude burns straight into his fuel core, breaching it. The resulting Reploid explosion is immense, a spray of yellow light shoot out across the area as the valiant Repliforcer is consumed. And with the explosion, Vile is sent hurtling backwards, high into the sky, body charred, mangled, and limp. He carries from the shockwaves and plasma pockets for a great distance, bouncing against the hard Repliforce island's artificial surface a few times. Then, Autogun fire erupts across his, bouncing the limp Maverick off the cusp, and deep into the dark waters of the Atlantic below...

Just in time for Defenders 4, 5, and 6 to appear right over the flaming horizon, at their gradual, lumbering pace, barrels smoking, once proud armor dented, singed, punctured, smoking. They've done their duty.

Anthem just stares off towards where General is... was laying. And where Flash Rabbit just exploded. "...It's good to see you listened to my advice, kid."

Hyper X flies down low, searching the battlefield for Signas and the mystery person he was fighting.

[Boss Battle] The Med Gumbies glance up once at the massive explosion of light... but can't see anything around Megalith. They shrug, and begin wiring one of their comrades into General's power matrix. "You sure about this?" "... Yea. Do it."

The switch is flipped, and the full brunt of the Gumbie's power core is sent directly into the General himself. Not even sparing enough to remain conscious, the gumbie slumps. He's basically a mindless doll now, providing power... The other Gumbies sweep off their helmets, and seal him in.

Hyper X sweeps down toward the Vorpal now, heading out toward the outher perimeter.

Maverick Transport [Dinosaur Tank] rumbles into the area even as the autoguns come online... and it rumbles swiftly for the sea and escape... a very injured Mustang at its wheel.

[Boss Battle] And Flash Rabbit is Vile Kill number 69. How ironic.

[Baker] Iceblade Sentry blinks as napalm rains down on him, spotting the source quickly. His coat ignites, but a quick touch of his sword douses the fires. "You should join your fleeing friends. I'll let you. Go." He points his sword towards a bridge while addressing Dragoon.

Vile bounces overhead, a blue speck.

Grenadier Medic returns from the medical bay, having taken a shell from a Maverick drone early in the fight. Only now has he been able to stumble back onto the battlefield. Far, far too late. He salutes. "Medic reporting for duty." And then he starts gathering up the fallen...

[Boss Battle] Megalith Gigas just more or less stands there. Staring at the events that just occured and are now replaying in his cpu's eye over and over and over again. His optics dim to a dull pale blue and a stream of fluid suddenly trails down his cheek as well, obvilusly the reploid version of crying which in truth is the first time the strongest of the repliforcers has ever done so. He then simply drops to his knees and stares at the ashes infront of him and more or less just blanks out right then and there on the field. Silent and limp.

Broadcast Ocelot receives the order and dashes forth from his location in search of the fallen medic, Gear Otter. Only if he knew where the otter's location is...

Announcement: Libra shouts, "Looks like team Vile is blasting off agaaaaaaaaaaain!"

Repliforce Ride Armor [Kangaroo] goes to scavenge work...

Colonel is still disoriented. He nods to Anthem, "Thank you." he says quietly, almost slumping to his knee again.

Silence Tsetse rushes out onto the field, buzzing over head as she searches for wounded - or any targets still threatening.

Anthem turns, then, trying very hard to smile at Blitz Crane. "...You managed to make it through. Good. Get Colonel inside, and if he objects, smack him."

[Boss Battle] The Med Gumbies quietly climb off of General's carcass. So much Death and pain. Sighing, they pack up their tools, and begin heading for the field. So much more work to do...

Six charred, damaged, smoking defenders come lumbering back from the main gate, moving gradually toward the bridge to New York.

[Boss Battle] Conduit sighs and walks off. He goes to look for fallen.

Maverick Hunter VTOL [Vorpal] engages its boosters and starts to lift off.

Blitz Crane just chuckles "Sure thang" She offers her left shoulder for Colonel to lean on, so she can keep her hand free for anything else she might have to do...

Grenadier Medic pulls out his own scanner, searching for his commander. He knows Gear's gotta be alive. He's too darn cheerful to die! Wheeling through the blasted grounds of Repliforce Island, he keeps looking for someone who's becoming his friend.

[Baker] Magma Dragoon peers at Iceblade Sentry, "My Friends will be fine. Don't even think about threatening them Forcer. Even as I may be an Ex-Repliforce Officer, I tell you this now as a Hunter. Don't mess around with them."

The Metal Warriors fall single file, eventually reaching the bridge, and lumber back to their origin point. Good thing no one noticed where they came from, eh? :)

[Able] Cryogen's in about a million pieces at the bottom of the ocean, Dead-dead.

Gear's in a small little smoking crater, his legs and one arm melted off, only a single optic still working...