((Defense roll: 10, 9, 9, 9, 8, 4, 4 & 3
1 Solar Chi on Swinging Bell Defense
Block: 39 + 20 +10 +5 -5 = 69 vs 86. 1 Ripple + RR; reduced to 0 -> REPLY ))

Lucifer grunts in frustration as Thanatos temporarily overwhelms his systems again, focusing his Essence to bring the Longinus back to heel only to face a close-range beam cannon to the face!

With no time to mount a proper defense, it is all he can do to cross his arms in front of him. With a  yell of exertion he surges his own energy to meet the Jaglavak's, resulting in an explosion that leaves the Longinus's arms singed but otherwise unharmed. The same seems true for the Jaglavak as well, however, as the explosion seems to have left it with superficial burns of its own.

"I suppose I'm honored to have drawn you to the field." He grins, slightly winded from the effort.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:18, Tue 04 Oct 2016.

This is an illusion.

The energy crackles around the Longinus, fritzing out his systems.  His warstrider has to go through a sorcerous version of a reboot.  When he comes back up again, he notes that the Jaglavak is unmarred by the explosion and is drifting a bit further away than he thought.  He gets the distinct impression that Longinus is now just a bit more vulnerable to Thanatos's unorthodox methods.

In the meantime, the Judas, Brutus, Cassius, and Ephialtes open fire on the Enterprise, scoring across the hangar and damaging the Parker Field.  But the damage could've been worse, and though they fire a bit on Tomato they still don't manage to penetrate with her skillful handling of her ship's shields.

"Tomato, doesn't look like you'll be able to dock, the hangar's on fire."

"Doesn't matter.  I'm staying out here, Admiral!"

"Got it.  Blue Fox, I'm counting on you.  Everyone, take as much attention from her as you can.  Good luck everyone.  Stay alive!"

And then Five Days Darkness and the Enterprise jumps, leaving them behind.

This leaves the Quisling to open fire at Tomato.  The young Lunar has already been battered by the cruiser attacks.  These get past her shield modulation, delivering her glancing blows.

"URGH!"

((Attack roll: 9, 7, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2 & 1.
all attacks against Dahmer
Lashing Flurry 1 chi+ 1 solar chi
Reincarnating Nine Brothers 5 chi

Strike: 77(17+20+10+5+25) better dodged
Secondary Strike: 57(22+20+10+5) better dodged
Burn: 53(33+10+10)
Disrupt Strike: 49(19+20+10)
))

After readying herself, Lyla zooms past Dahmer, her cutters prepared. From the shadows that shouldn't be there, strike out her cutters, that seem to multiply for a moment, there being many duplicated of Benisuzume just for this one strike. There is a burst of blue light, which marks the spot where she was...doesn't really matter because she isn't there anymore.

Lyla swoops in, directing precision cutting firepower to the Dahmer's hull.  As much damage as it takes, it's still a miracle of redundant technology.  She hits more scrap and armored bulkhead than anything else.

Two Trivials or 2/3 of a Minor, and a Trivial Burn of Lyla's choice.

In the meantime Forte finds herself surrounded by the enemy cruisers.  They're all within optimum range, and they just hammer the Shofar from every direction with all of their firepower, their guns going more for pinpoint precision than filling space with ammunition.

The Buchenwald goes silent...

(( Attack roll: 10, 8, 8, 8, 4, 3, 2 & 1
1 Metal Chi, 2 Chi on Black Tigers Hunting
1 Metal Chi, 3 Chi on Iron Buddha's Disapproval
2 Chi on Pinning Shot
Flood 0 to ignore Armor, reduce max Chi Aura by 1
Flood 0 to extend attack to Dahmer

Strike: 98 (38 Roll +20 External +20 Internal +10 AB +10 Longinus). Better dodged (-10 from Massive)
Disrupt Strike (Inspire): 65 (Flowed 20 +15 Inspire +5 Fear Specialty +10 AB +10 Manifest Destiny +5 Internal) - Interesting Times?
If RR: Damage +55, ignore Armor, Chi Threshold -3, -1 Chi Aura

Initiative roll: 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2 & 1
using Vengeful Titan w/ Longinus (Ranged/Massive)
1 Chi to reduce Piloting penalties by 5
Float 4-4-4 to River
FoB: 40 (15+15+10) / 2 Chi
Initiative: 11 (16+10-10-5) ))

As Lucifer forces the Longinus back online, his first instinct is to lash out at Thanatos in frustration... But with the Enterprise safe, he retains enough presence of mind to know that's just the reaction she wants to provoke. No, fighting her would take time with no guarantee when he'd actually make a telling blow while all those Cruisers would have free rein to hammer down his allies.

Instead, he takes advantage of Lyla softening up the Dahmer. The blood-stained wings of his Anima flare into being once more, tapping into the very bottom of his Essence and channeling it through the burning crown atop his brow. A grossly incandescent beam roars through the Void to light up the Dahmer.

"Know your place, wretched ghost."
This message was last edited by the player at 00:03, Wed 05 Oct 2016.

((Initiative for turn 7: 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 7, 6 & 1.
Using Murderous Shadows (pilot) w/ Benisuzume (unarmed+saber)
Float 9-9-9
Cover Ground: 61(11+15+5+10+20)
Ghostly presence: 58(28+20+10)
FoB: 41(16+15+10) /2 chi
Initiative: 52(17+25+10)
))

Benisuzume turns swiftly around near the Buchenwald, and once again faces the cruises, quietly picking the next target. Lyla had been left alone for now, but she didn't like what she saw on her screen. Too many red dots, and too few friendly ones. The empty space kept being lit up by the constant firing, her shadows finding it even easier to hide within the chaos.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:26, Wed 05 Oct 2016.

[Defense rolls once again here, under Round 6 https://docs.google.com/docume...tVg/edit?usp=sharing]

Already shaken, Jess looks onto the avalanche of slugs tumbling through space towards her. It was an interesting thing, having time to watch your possible demise sail towards you through space, the pleasure having been lost on her before, due to her close proximity. This was it. This was the moment she'd been waiting for.

It hit her like a car crash.

The familiar sensation of directionlessness, the sound of twisted metal, the wave of shock sending every part of her a different way... Jess regains control of herself in that frozen moment, grabbing her controls tightly as Shofar threatens to be torn apart by the incredibly dense shells. The fact that she's being shaken around like a pinball also doesn't help, but it's not altogether unpleasant, either.

Chikatilo's attack arrives first, and she swerves just enough to keep her thrusters from getting too damaged, but the volley also collides solidly with some of her external targeting systems. The bombardment rattles her hard. She tastes her own blood.

The streams cross as Bundy's onslaught adds its weight. Jess feels genuinely impressed with his accuracy this time around, given how badly he'd done before. This time she's not able to prevent damage to the thrusters. A bullet the size of a bowling ball grazes her behind, and she nearly leaps out of her seat as the displays read decreased output. That pattern of shells was starting to pick up a bit in complexity.

Worse still, Bundy was slowly yet surely wearing down her resistance. With the very real possibility of internal damage, Jess lets a stray shell send her into a seemingly wild spin. ”AAAAAAGH! DAMMIT! I’VE LOST CONTROL, MAYDAY!” she screams, feeding some essence into her desperate cry, while specifically targeting Bundy with the transmission. She sees the hail of shells change direction slightly as it prepares to finish her off. That slight change in calculations is all she needs. At the last second, Forte pulls out of the suicide spin, changing her momentum and giving her just enough time to recalibrate her systems before the enemy Cruiser corrects. Her sobs turn into ecstatic giggles, distorted further by the impacts on the ship. She makes sure Bundy hears that, too.

When Damer and the rest join the bullet stream, Jess unlocks her short range point defense system, the controls revealing themselves as a keyboard her fingers feverishly begin to play. Stopping the slugs completely wasn't possible, but short range bursts might allow her to redirect them slightly, taking the hits where she can handle them. The level of prediction needed for such an endeavor is daunting, but she’d weathered the last round of shells, which made it easier to handle these.

At the end of her mad symphony, Forte finds herself slowed, with her weapon systems meaningfully reduced, but her defensive capabilities unaffecte- Crack. Crap, diverting power from the shields had been a risky move, and it’d sustained minor damage afterall. Her own vitals were looking iffy as well.

Still.

”Excellent.” she says, panting. ”Do that one more time and just maybe you’ll get to brag to your friends. Assuming you survive.”

She glows bright, shining like a taunting beacon before she fires once again towards the Dahmer. It was a weak effort, considering, but it was the principle.

((Attack roll: 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3 & 3
Float 10-10 to River
Flood 10 from river to extend attack to Brutus
Flood 10 to ignore Armor
Strike: 63 (23 roll+15 base +15 Internal+10 AB) better Dodged (-10 if Blocked)
Damage: +25 ))
This message was last edited by the player at 09:53, Thu 06 Oct 2016.

((Initiative roll: 9, 9, 9, 8, 7, 7, 5 & 5
using Lead Arrow Rain w/ Shofar (Ranged/Massive)
Wash 10 from River
Flow 9-9-9 into River
2 Wood Chi + 2 Chi (Five Elements Supreme Combination) for +15 to Block and +15 to Toughness
Focus on Breath: 55 (25+20+10)
Initiative: 13 (18+10-15) ))

"This is Forte. Thanks for the assist, Blue Fox."

It all seemed unnecessary, but somehow it made her feel a bit happy. Of course, if she could get some heat off her, she could properly power up Shofar's cannons. The threat of that would hold to draw the Cannibal's fire so long as she managed to draw breath. Still, no point in remaining where she was.

Jess accelerates towards the Buchenwald.

The Dahmer takes a massive hit from Lucifer to the side, bursting through one end and coming out the other, knocking out several of the turrets at once.  The ship is mostly crippled, but even though it's not that accurate it still might be useful for the rest of them in organizing attacks.

This gives Forte ample time to line up a shot on Brutus and let fly.  There's a direct hit on the reactor, reducing the essence field and giving Charmer a chance to blast a few more holes in its hull.

In the meantime Chupacabra wipes out another portion of Viper, and Axehead manages to wing the Dahmer.  A few members of Adder, Cobra, and Viper chase Chupacabra and Tomato, but the two Living pilots are excellent at avoiding their attacks.  Tomato even shoots a few down as she angles her shield!

Glaive and Halberd start racing for the Buchenwald.  Billhook just strafes across Brutus and makes for the Ephialtes.

The Killers start charging their weapons again, but Tomato does something to her ship.  Her shields seem to short out and flames erupt from a cunningly concealed vent!  "Come on, you sons of bitches..." Tomato whispers; then both the Killers and the Traitors lock on to her position!

Crimson unloads a full burst of fiery essence on the Brutus, then screams away.  The Brutus takes little damage to the hull, but her fire essence ruptures the reactor.  The Brutus surely can't take much more damage!

"Ah, such single-mindedness,"  Thanatos remarks- she's in no hurry to correct the Killers, giving Forte breathing room.  She doesn't give it to Lucifer, as she's up in his face almost immediately.  She fires her beam cannons at Lucifer just to take his attention away from her fist.  The Jaglavak's fist hits Longinus's stomach, sparking and setting up a direct connection between their systems.  Her necrotic essence flows through the Longinus, interfacing with the gods there and threatening to subtly corrupt them.

Round 7 Init:
https://docs.google.com/docume...550/edit?usp=sharing
This message was last updated by the GM at 19:19, Fri 07 Oct 2016.

((Defense roll: 10, 6, 5, 4, 4, 3, 2 & 2
1 Solar Chi on Swinging Bell Defense
1 Metal Chi, 2 Chi on Eternal Temple's God-Armor if RR isn't canceled

Block: 67 (22 +20 Internal/External +10 Action Bonus +10 Longinus +5 Laughs) vs 81, 1 Ripple + RR
Resist Strike Disrupt: 79 (Flowed 54 + 15 Wu Wei +10 AB) vs 75, avoided
Takes Block Disrupt @ 64))

Depite using the field of debris floating around it to its advantage against the beam cannon, Lucifer is unable to match the Jaglavak's blinding speed. The Longinus raises its arms to absorb the beam cannon and, should the energy not prove too much to handle, reflect some of it back at the Voidstrider.

This leaves his stomach open, however, and the punch connects flawlessly - doing no structural damage, but that was never Thanatos's intention to begin with. Lucifer takes a split second too long to notice the necrotic invasion through his systems; while he manages to halt the assault with a singular show of willpower, some of the damage is already done as he feels some of the Longinus's systems grow weak and lethargic.

"I call it focus", he retorts.

((Attack roll: 10, 9, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5 & 1
all attacks against Thanatos
Lashing Flurry 1 chi+ 1 solar chi
Reincarnating Nine Brothers 5 chi

Strike: 106(46+20+10+5+25) better dodged
Secondary Strike: 84(Flowed 49+20+10+5) better dodged
Disrupt Strike: 45(15+20+10)
))

What really happens in the battleground is not about visual perception, it's more about feelings and sensing when something is a miss. Lyla has never really considered herself too lucky of a person, but she always had had a good hunch. That was the same hunch that made her turn her focus to Thanatos harassing Lucifer, instead of going after the Killers.

There is no flash of light, no glint. Benisuzume just suddenly is there next to the two warstriders whirling the plasma rods like two staves. She spares no punches as the rods are bashed towards Thanatos and between the two, aiming to push Thanatos at least few inches away from Lucifer to grant him some breathing room.

The blue flashes of plasma are soon hidden by the shadows, as the ship continues it's speeding to the other side of the Buchenwald. No matter how fast she was, her ship was not made for fist fighting.

"ARGH!"  Thanatos screams as Blue Fox comes out of nowhere, ripping across the Jaglavak.  She throws up an essence shield to compensate, but Blue Fox still manages to deal her suit some damage.

Tomato blows up the rest of Cobra 6 as she flies towards the Buchenwald.  The Traitors focus in on her, their Massive Beam Cannons glowing with baleful hate.  She's criss-crossed by multiple beams, each one blasting through her shields again and again.

"Ejecting," Tomato says in a choked voice, "Forte, get to safety, I don't know how long-"

Tomato's voice is cut off.  Nobody knows if she's ejected or not.  The chances are good, as it takes a lot to kill a Lunar, but the Killers all take their time to open fire on her last known location.  There's significant chance they've killed her.

"OUR FIGHT!  Every time someone interferes my men will switch targets to someone more vulnerable!"  Thanatos announces over the comm, "Remainder of Alpha Strike Group, target Charmer!"

The Cassius and the Quisling target Charmer.  Charmer jukes and weaves, firing shots meant to dissuade them, but they penetrate right through her shields.  Charmer doesn't even manage a coherent scream before they annihilate her fighter.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:42, Sat 08 Oct 2016.

(Init Roll: 10, 7, 6, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2 & 2
Float: 2-3-3-3-6-6
Init: 17 + 10 = 27)

The Buchenwald underwent a bit of...shuddering? A few seconds later it seemed to stabilize slightly and some of the weapons changed tracking patterns.

"NO!!.." Lyla's shout rings through the comms. It is a mix of despair, sadness and anger. There is also awkard ratling and buzzing to be heard due to her abruptly hitting her mic to mute.

She kicks the wall of her cockpit, and curses. The tingling sensation that runs through her leg from the kick manages to bring her some stability and focus.

((Attack roll: 10, 9, 8, 7, 4, 4, 3 & 1
Flood 9 from river to extend attack to Brutus
Flood 9 to ignore Armor
4 Chi on Golden Cloud of Heaven
Strike: 54 (29 roll+15 base +10 AB) better Dodged (-10 if Blocked)
-5 if Dodged
Damage: +25
Strike: (24 Roll+15 base +10 AB) better Dodged (-10 if Blocked)
-5 if Dodged
Damage: +25 ))

As she watched Tomato's life be most probably be snuffed out, Jess feels no particular anger. Instead, that odd sense of numbness in her stomach begins to spread out across her body. In a way, it felt sort of nice, a welcome relief from the aches she was feeling from being shaken around. Tomato had been a good teammate, and it was an honor that she'd been concerned for her in her last moment.

It was very simple. If Jess had been stronger, or smarter, the Lunar would still be alive. There would be time for guilt later, though, and she needed to act before she felt herself slip away. Tomato had bought her some much needed time, and a failure to use it to her best would be disrespecting her sacred memory.

Charmer's death sort of just washed over her, the Exalt's demise softening the second blow. One more of many sins.

"May the dead be remembered. May the living be exalted." the pilot speaks into the comms.

She begins to play a funeral dirge, focusing it on the Brutus. As damaged as she is, she can feel the Brutus' death singing in the void, ready to join the screams of her comrades. She must fulfill her purpose. She had to make herself useful.

Forte targets the enemy ship, hopefully for the last time, sending forward Shofar's winding pillars of rainbow light toward her enemy. It would not make it right, but it was as start.

((Initiative roll: 10, 9, 8, 7, 7, 5, 5 & 4
using Lead Arrow Rain w/ Shofar (Ranged/Massive)
2 Wood Chi + 4 Chi (Five Elements Supreme Combination) for +15 to Block and +15 to Toughness
Focus on Breath: 55 (25+20+10)
Cover Ground: 42 (27+15+10-10)
Initiative: 14 (19+10-15) ))

Jess' heart is troubled, but she takes refuge in the illusion of her self she'd cultivated well over the years. So long as she did everything she was able, she didn't need to focus on the ghosts she most feared.

((Attack roll: 10, 9, 8, 8, 7, 6, 3 & 1
1 Metal Chi, 2 Chi on Black Tigers Hunting

Strike: 93 (28 Roll +20 External +20 Internal +10 AB +10 Longinus +5 Laughs). Better dodged (-10 from Massive)
Damage +30

Init roll: 10, 10, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3 & 1
using Vengeful Titan w/ Longinus (Ranged/Massive)
1 Chi to reduce Piloting penalties by 5
Float 5-5 to River
Waning Metal Protection Spell: 45 (20+15+10)
FoB: 41 (16+15+10) / 2 Chi
Initiative: 9 (14+10-10-5) ))

Thanatos's reaction evokes equal measures of anger and disappointment in Lucifer. His voice is dripping with venom as he speaks, conveying not his usual fury but a sense of sadness and hurt.

"I knew they'd corrupted you. Yet I couldn't imagine you stooping so low."

The Longinus leaps forward through the floating debris, grasping for the Jaglavak in a tackle to smash it against the Buchenwald's hull before unleashing a point-blank blast of energy from its hands.

"You want a fight with me so bad? You've got it."
This message was last edited by the player at 14:57, Sun 09 Oct 2016.

Forte's shots find purchase.  The Brutus frantically raises the Essence shields to stop the attack but to no avail.  It's simply taken too much damage.  The cruiser suffers several catastrophic explosions and then lists to the side, all systems flickering and going dead.

In the meantime Lucifer's duel with Thanatos intensifies.  The Abyssal throws up a prodigious defense against the Longinus, but she's been weakened by Blue Fox's intervention.  She can't stop the tackle nor the blast from the hands, and the Jaglavak is covered with golden sparks.

"Ahhh.  Unfortunate!  But I am still working within acceptable parameters,"  Thanatos responds back to him, "Let's see how my prototype holds up, now that you're paying proper attention!"

(Attack: 7, 7, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 2 & 1
Flood 2 for Range Increase
Turret Attack on Bathory: 46 + 15 + 10 = 71 - 10 = 61
Slaved Missiles on Bathory: 24 + 15 + 10 = 49 - 20 = 29, -20 to Dodge
SMVC Attack on Dahmer: 37 + 15 + 10 = 62 - 15 = 47

River: 3-3-3-6-6)

The Buchenwald opened fire with most of the remaining weapons systems. Dahmer earned a broadside from the Void Cannon while Bathory was saturated with missiles and turret fire.

((Initiative for turn 7: 10, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3 & 2
Using Murderous Shadows (pilot) w/ Benisuzume (unarmed+saber)
Float 5-5
Cover Ground: 62(12+15+5+10+20)
Ghostly presence: 54(24+20+10)
FoB: 41(16+15+10) /2 chi
Initiative: 48(13+25+10)
))

Benisuzume readies itself for another burst of speed, Lyla gripping the steering system and clenching her teeth. She was feeling pissed, but still somehow drained. Unusual, since it wasn't their first battle. Their whole life had been a battle for 10 years, but this one felt different.

(Init: 10, 8, 7, 7, 5, 5, 4, 2, 2, 2 & 2
Float: 5
Craft Repair : Remove Disrupt : 42 + 15 + 10 = 67 (Restore Damage)
Init: 27 + 10 = 37

River: 3-3-3-5-6-6)

The Buchenwald's systems all pause for a moment as energy spikes across the remaining weapons platforms after being rerouted from the disabled segments.

The Buchenwald opens fire- this time on the enemy.  The Dahmer and Bathory throw up their Essence shields, with the Bathory taking just a small dent or two from the Buchenwald's heavily damaged weaponry.  Axehead takes this moment to let loose a salvo that cracks against the back of the Bathory's turrets, damaging them.

"Buchenwald has been taken over,"  Axehead announces, "Billhook, Halberd, Glaive, shelter yourselves on the other side of the Buchenwald."

The moment this happens the enemy Marlboros turn around and start making a straight line towards the Buchenwald.  That... doesn't look good.

"The putas are ignoring me!" Chupacabra sounds affronted.

They can hear the sneer in Crimson's voice.  "How dare you harm my vassals,"  She announces as she dives towards the Bathory, "How dare you belittle my status!"  Her fire rips across the Bathory, dealing it a little damage but failing to truly penetrate the shields.

The Jaglavak charges up some kind of electromagnetic device, flinging Longinus off of it.  Then the polarity reverses, attracting all the junk to the Jaglavak.  She switches off the electromagnetics, letting all of the soulsteel clutter that's been protecting the Longinus fly off into space.

"Analysis almost complete,"  Her voice sounds hollow in Lucifer's ears.

The high-intensity beam cannon now has nothing in the way.  Nor can he hide behind the scattering effects of the junk around him.  Though her electronic warfare suite is wounded, she has dealt him enough damage to truly get his measure.  The surge of viruses sent along with the beam ripple through the Longinus, threatening to almost totally jam his offensive systems!

Init R8 up:
https://docs.google.com/docume...tCA/edit?usp=sharing

Please note that Thanatos has spent 3 Malicious Joss.  Any rolls contesting with her- defensive or offensive- suffer a -3 Lake roll.  You can counteract this with your own Joss, though this does mean you didn't get full usage (as it didn't benefit your init).
This message was last updated by the GM at 00:21, Mon 10 Oct 2016.

((Defense roll: 5, 4, 4, 4 & 1
1 Solar Chi on Jade Tiger Techniques
1 Metal Chi on Swinging Bell Defense
Resist Disrupt 1 (Might): 74 (34+20+5+10+5) vs 72, resisted
Resist Disrupt 2 (Might): 75 (Flowed 35+20+5+10+5) vs 74, resisted
Block: 51 (11 +20 Internal/External +10 Action Bonus +10 Longinus +5 Laughs -5 Disrupt) vs 58, 1 Ripple ))

While the removal of clutter put him at a worse tactical position, Lucifer had his opponent right where he wanted her. Shutting himself away from the battle raging around him, he could finally focus on where he was at his very best: facing the enemy commander one on one. This focus brought him clarity amid the chaos, fury and sorrow.

Lucifer wastes no time as he's flung away from Thanatos. As he skids along the Buchenwald's surface, he grasps the edge of an armor plate that wasn't quite loose enough to be pulled to the Jaglavak and rips it free, interposing the thick soulsteel plate between himself and the virus-infested beam. While the armor plate turns to slag and leaves the Longinus's hands a bit more scorched, the improvised defense weakens the virus signal enough for him to just barely fight off the intrusion with a surge of his inviolable Essence.

"Analyze all you want. Every estimate I will surpass."

((Delayed until someone is within range aka 7 zones))

Benisuzume hums quietly, as it sits tight, waiting for others to retreat.


((Attack roll: 8, 6, 6, 6, 3, 3, 2 & 1
all attacks against someone in her range after delaying, preferably Dahmer, excluding Thanatos
Lashing Flurry 1 chi+ 1 solar chi
Reincarnating Nine Brothers 5 chi

Strike: 62(12+20+10+5+25) better dodged
Secondary Strike: 58(23+20+10+5) better dodged
Disrupt Strike: 48(18+20+10)
Burn: 56 (36+10+10)
))

After waiting a while in hiding, Benisuzume strikes from the shadows like a spider waiting for a prey. The blueish plasma cutters shine momentarily upon hit, before being hidden by the veil of darkness again.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:36, Mon 10 Oct 2016.

((Attack roll: 7, 5, 3, 3 & 1
4 Chi on Black Tigers Hunting

Strike: 82 (17 Roll +20 External +20 Internal +10 AB +10 Longinus +5 Laughs). Better dodged (-10 from Massive)
Damage +30
Disrupt Strike (Inspire): 73 (23 Roll +15 Inspire +5 Fear Specialty +10 AB +10 Manifest Destiny +5 Internal +5 Laughs) ))

While the battle rages around them, Lucifer advances toward Thanatos once more. Casting the slagged armor plate aside he leaps forward, peppering Thanatos with explosions of light. While potent enough on their own right, the explosions turn out to be a smokescreen for a more old-fashioned attack.

The Longinus emerges from amid the explosions with its hands clasped over its head in a hammer strike, glowing with golden light right before connecting with either the Jaglavak or the Buchenwald accompanied by a brilliant flash.

His voice is menacing in an altogether different way from normal as he speaks; his fury has gained focus, lending a measured weight to his words. "We're not figures on paper, Thanatos. Not bytes of data in your schematics or Yama's. You will see."

The cruisers pull in, chasing down Forte.  Some are in the way, so the Ephialtes and Cassius open fire on Billhook Squadron; Judas goes after Chupacabra.

"Shields at 50%!"  Chupacabra shouts, no real panic in his voice, "Those fuckers are gonna have to try harder!"

"They're trying h-"  Billhook 2 flares out and explodes.

"Billhook under fire!  Billhook-"  Billhook 4 never finishes his sentence.

"Goodbye, friends."  Billhook 5 goes out with dignity.

"Fuck this shit,"  Billhook 3 calls in, "Glaive, Halberd, get to cover!  I'm gonna make those fucks work for it!"

The rest let out a solid stream of fire on Forte.  Quisling is the only one of the Traitors to do so, lancing at her with that horrific Massive Beam Cannon.  But all of them continue to hammer her with additional heavy slug fire, rattling her around inside of her cockpit to keep her from focusing too much on the battle.

"Are you attempting to intimidate me, Lucifer?  You're going to have to try harder.  I've no fear of you." The Jaglavak dances back from Lucifer's brutal assault, only taking a glancing blow from the hammer strike.  "Everything can be reduced to numbers.  Number of atoms in the body.  Number of working neurons.  Everything is numbers at the very end.  Ask your Core about this, if you manage to survive."

Forte, start drafting up your rolls- but the Bathory may be taking a hit, so didn't roll for it yet.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:31, Thu 13 Oct 2016.