With his body regaining some energy, the Azure Flame Knight transfers the Drain Heart energy to the Massive Data Drain, and proceeds to charge it up!
[Drain Heart Charge Lost!]
[Data Drain Charge: 27/50]
Azure Orca, sensing the danger of the blade yet effectiveness of his own power, proceeds to sacrifice data (health) in order to boost his Speed and Defence!
[15 Health Sacrificed: Defense and Speed doubled!]
The Azure Sea Knight proceeds on the offensive against Goggles!
Azure Balmung takes note that his opponent can only just match his speed, and sacrifices data (health) in order to boost his Speed and Attack!
[12 Health Sacrificed: Attack and Speed doubled!]
The Azure Sky Knight proceeds to face off against the Shadow-Skeith!
Meanwhile, in the core programming of all the Azure Knights, their protocols begin to respond to the massive influx of bots, their primary targets.
[As the bots remain in the immediate area, the Azure Knights protocols will proceed to make them more and more ruthless in their actions.]
-Azure Kite transferred all available charge to the Data Drain! It is now at 27/50!-
"Fuck this is taking too long!" Aquila exclaimed.
"Sir the bombs are primed." Delta, a logistic fragment announced. Bomb primed 2/2
"Alright men, we have a new plan." He keyed in to talk to Iona. "Hey tell Caleo she has control of 5 of my clones, the other 15 have a job to do." At that cue, 12 soldiers, including himself, dropped their gravity hammers and took up the plasma sword they had hung at their sides. 15 soldiers peeled back, 10 heading towards Goggles, with the 5, 2 swords and 3 hammers, rushed Skeith.
Aquila saw the horde of spambots, "Dammit, you 5 shore up those defenses!" Five soldiers split off and headed back.
The 5 soldiers who went back broke up to meet up with each hammer user. They created a small perimeter around each to protect them from spambots, and when they had to chance, they slashed the tower.
The 5 sent at Skeith met with Azure Balmung and saluted. To give him the opportunity to strike, the three hammer users charged in a 3 pronged style while the other two stayed to follow Balmung.
The last five split up, creating a pentagram around Goggles. "Azure Orca, when you see your opportunity, you take it." Was all he said before they charged. The two who created the bottom of the star rushed in first, as to reach Goggles first, one was to take Azure Kite to safety and the other was to stall Goggles for that one second before the other points close in. Aquila's breathing sped up as he ran, his sword behind him, its edges buzzing threateningly. He wasn't growing tired, it was excitement. He smiled
Aquila, brisk with his commands yet clear, ordered his men to their stations and none questioned none.
Five of Aquila's men stopped around the massive Crimson Spire as the bots crawled down like dark spiders. Their forms, similar to most users that come through the registry are instead horrendous robotic parodies of what semblance of life a user could ever have. Their eyes were pale and had no irises and their bodies were pale, showing bits of steel that jotted through their synthesized skin and muscle.
As they flowed down like a pale tide, the five Aquilas went on to their work, striking down the spambots as they came. The gravity hammer made short work of the first few waves but in each wave, the numbers thickened despite the Spam-o-matic's backup.
Another five went to aide against Skeith alongside the Azure Sky. Balmung watched as allies came with him, the the feeling of thanks was sent through a simple nod, one that was returned with a salute by each of Aquila's clones. They watched as Shadow-Skeith raised his scythe and faced its blade at them. There was a moment where time seemed to slow, that each second moved a second slower as each of the combatants raced for their enemies' throat. Balmung and Skeith met first, their blades blocked one another in a powerful draw. Balmung broke off with a swipe of his blade, opening a rift of defenselessness for the clones to strike. Aquila's clones swept their weapons, only for Skeith to spin the scythe like a massive staff, blocking most of the blows. Balmung leaped into the air and landed just behind the Shadow and unleashed a flurry of attacks. Skeith, attacked on both sides, desperately attempts to block either, failing at both as strikes from both sides burst through his defenses.
Skeith was pushed back, eyeing his six opponents with his eyes. Balmung kept up his guard. A good fight.
The rest of Aquila's men went around Goggles, who had Azure Kite in tow. Orca was there, his blade and himself furious at the Godbot. Aquila's team surround the GodBot and charge in. Their attacks, though what seemed to be futile took their toll on Goggles' capacity to handle them all. He blocked blows with the banblade but couldn't get a strike in for Orca. When he was close enough, the Aquila clones would enter, attacking him.
One of Aquila's clones stood back, ready for a sprint when he saw the perfect opening. He rushed forward towards Goggles' arm and grabbed Azure Kite but Goggles' grip was like iron. The Aquila clone raised his head, seeing close up the pain in Azure Kite's face and how helpless he was to get him out. The Godbot pierced the clone straight through. The clone exploded on death but it made little difference. The Kinetic Shielding absorbed the blast. Azure Kite was wounded, blood trickled from his person.
"
Irritating pest! You sources are so full of hope! Hope is fleeting! Hope is a flaw!" Goggles announced. "
In that, SOURCES are flawed. And merits your termination."
Orca sees the opportunity and strikes his blade clear across the Godbot's chest. Before Goggles could react to counter, the rest of Aquila's clone surge in, hammers block the his advance. Goggles' infuriated at the clones, suddenly fires a beam of energy from his third eye. A yellow beam that pierced through one of the clones. Exploding only from the distance.
Things were looking bleak and as if anything couldn't get any worse.
-Goggles' charge attack finishes!-
The orb found at the center of the fort ruins elevates higher and higher as its jade energies richochet from ground to sky. The red lightning clashed with the jagged jade below that sent brilliant sparks of devastaing force.
The emerald lightning snaked downwards through the cracks within the earth until it found its home. Underneath the thread's very foundation, lied something massive. The energy entered the structure below through a massive crystal atop it and slowly it began to moan. The massive crystal grew excited at its newfound source of power and the entire construct followed suit.
The ground shook powerfully as the fighting above continued but then four pillars of energy exploded from the fort's ruins, earth and debris scattered into the air and an unearthly green glow originated from its depths.
The Space Marines come forth only to witness something they were all too familiar with. The Necrons. That unearthly glow was all their trademark. Their message to the universe.
From the ground came the warriors, pillars of light that wrenched them up from their graves. The Necron warriors were made of their own signature gray steel, rigid mockeries of human skeletons with one purpose in mind: Extermination.
The marines fired against the tide, knowing fully that the God-Emperor was on their side.
"Roland. Focus archer missiles on any confirmed hostile threats. Priority targets marking in 3...2...1." The flare was thrown from the open cockpit of the Longsword, bright orange smoke drifting up as she hauled ass out of there, speaking frantically to Azure and Aquila over the comms. "Boys, what you're about to witness is a Infinity-Class warship's going to town. In other words, you should probably back away from the bot."
Of course, she had another plan. This one was slightly crazier. Commanding the clones she could control to leave, Caelo did the one thing that just seemed natural.
"LEEEEROOOY JENKINS!"
She then proceeded to fly the pelican into the spire at maximum speed.
Then this happened:
[OOC: Skip to 0:48 so that the story follows through with this. Its so awesome that the events were very close to this. I give you a cinematic feel.]
[video=youtube;7MLoXQIPPNI#t=48]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MLoXQIPPNI#t=48[/video]
The monolith rose from the pit, its crystal, supported by four pillars atop the pyramid-like structure, charged up. A powerful moan signalled the charge and a sudden dull blast of jade lightning struck down Caelo's ship, even forcing it back to fall onto one of the Spam-o-Matic platforms.
"The monolith! We destroy that and this is over! CHARGE!" Boreale yelled.
The powerful weapon rose further, revealing four mounted gauss cannons on each of its sides. The massive crystal pulsated with the jade energy of undeath.
From the slipstream rip, the Infinity had peeked through. Its Archer missile platforms steadily came into focus as Roland, the ship's AI, targetted the flares.
"Spotter Caelo, we will fire on your mark or after 5 seconds." Roland declared.
Caelo was on her ship, dazed and bloodied from the crash. The Spam-o-Matic's rounds were deafening as they fired continously against the relentless tide of the DeepNet Bots. Missiles screamed out of their pods, explosions mid-air. Everything was utter chaos. Caelo heard Roland's reply but she couldn't muster the strength to speak. She felt for herself and she couldn't feel her legs. Staring down, she was losing a lot of blood; the Pelican's windshield had shattered and pierced right through her.
"Spotter Caelo? We will fire in 2 seconds." Roland repeated.
The Spotter raised her head, speechlessly wording her last words as she watched her allies still near the GodBot.
Still in the line of fire.
Caelo whispered but her words were lost to the wind.
-Caelo dies of blood loss. She respawns later.
"Firing Archer missiles." Roland said finally. The Infinity's platforms fired a volley of archer missiles.
[OOC: Last post before I go into christmas vacation so autopilot the baneblade production for me.]
GuardianTempest notices the message by Hewitt, before he opens it he looks around and sees that the surrounding Blood Ravens have left him to aid the others...leaving him alone. Guess they went off to help the others.
He oversees the baneblade status through the communication panel while he opens the message...
[Baneblade 4/10]
[OOC: Eh, I guess I'll settle on the Knights of Cami. Mod support ftw]
-GuardianTempest's Baneblade deployment process at 4/10!-
-The Knights of Camilot and the Rosie's Crimson Spies will join the fray in the next turn!-
"Ugh..." GuardianTempest groaned as the Comissar came back with news.
"Well, the BaneBlade is in repairs. It will require a bit of time before it is ready. It was our winning unit against the Tau in the taking of Kaurava." He said gloriously.
"Fine."
The Father of the Unorthodox watches as the volley of missiles comes in hot. His eyes widen as he realized the attack would strike out Azure Kite, Aquila and Ipman. He rushes forward, hands wide open as he lunges into Goggles' face.
"QUICKLY! GET AZURE OUT OF HERE!" He yelled.
sadko begins drumming on the shield
sadko continues to show goggles pornography, now including bdsm dominatrix and bestiality and terrorist cosplay
HAHAHAHHAHA
As his hands land on Goggles' head, the influx of pornography couldn't be filtered through. The direct connection flooded Goggles' central processing unit with nude images of every girl every porn site. The attack left Goggles' dazed. Aquila himself rushed forward and grabbed Azure Kite from the grasp of their enemy.
The rest of Aquila's men, Ipman, Shadow-Skeith and the Azure Knights were left with the Godbot and Sadko. His smile lingers in Aquila's memory as the missiles make contact with the ground.
The number of explosions is enormous as the area was bombared but thousands of Archer ballistics.
-Sadko dies once more. He respawns later.-
-Ipman dies from the bombardment. He respawns later.-
-Aquila's five men were killed.-
Gaaading watches the explosion from below as reports keep flooding in from his interceptors.
"Sir our Interceptors are taking a seriou-" The helmsman was shut down by a fierce gaze from his commander. "We are not letting this bastard leave..." A cold fury ran through Gaaading's veins, 'This is the price of victory' he reminded himself. "Interceptors, break formation and take evasive maneuvers, continue to focus fire on the Spire. Begin construction on new Interceptors." The engineering bay sprang to life once more "Interceptor construction commencing - WARNING: Not enough minerals for full squadron." The commander's gaze lead up to the spire. "So we'll only have enough to replenish our lost ships one more time..." He looked back to his crewman. "So be it."
[Interceptor Construction: 1/3]
-Interceptor Construction: [+--]-
The Interceptors stay away from the Spire enough for the bots to not reach them but close enough for thier photon blasts to puncture holes through the massive drill. The entire thing was resting on this. The Spire had to be taken down! It had to!
Picatsu was just below, striking at whatever he could with bolts of lightning. The spire, the bots; it meant little difference. The progress was slow but progress nonetheless!
Logic prepares his scripts in a local runtime, testin and preparing them.
[Charge: 25%]
Logic was down, the explosion nearly sent him flying. He watched everything. The explosions. Another sacrifice from Sadko. He kept charging his plan. The pla should work!
Logic's Plan: [+++++--------------------] =25%
-Goggles Escape in T-Minus 7 turns!-
-Azure Kite is free!-
