"They are pulling back!" Jack report once he have manage to keep his Veritech hovering over the ground. "Parts of my left leg is totally destroyed now, cannot walk properly without hovering for now"

Peeking around the building he take aim and fire towards the retreating hostiles with short bursts, aiming at the closest and then shifting towards farther away if they are destroyed.

Use RSE: 5. Success
Action 2: Fire GU-11 at closest target 20 (unnat) DMG: 60 MDC
Action 3: Fire GU-11 at closest target 20 (unnat) DMG: 100 MDC
Action 4: Fire GU-11 at closest target 11 (unnat) DMG: 90 MDC
Action 5: Fire GU-11 at closest target 14 (unnat) DMG: 60 MDC
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Knight 4 and Vermillion 7 make short work of the alien grunts. Knight 4 manages to take one out and damage another. Vermillion 7 takes out one and fineshes off the one Knight 4 had damaged.

The dust and debris begins to settle allowing both veritech pilots to survey the city street. It is in ruins. Several Russian made BMPs and four Centaur Hover Tanks are smoldering. The downed alien mecha and giant sized infantrymen lie scattered about destroyed or dead.

[Private to Meiko Levina:
You only fired off 4 bursts with your GU-11. One attack was used to make the RSE roll.]



OOC: Your technically no longer in combat (at least until I make a post with more bad guys showing up). Feel free to describe how shot up your VT is in your next post.

"Vermillion 7 reporting. Left leg as good as destroyed, machinery visible but can still hover and walk. Right leg is heavily damage but not to serious as of yet and both wings are damage, main body is also heavily damage" Jack reply once he have searched the road to be sure there is no hostile before leaning behind cover again. "First gunpod is as good as empty but the second one is still unused. I don't believe the VF can handle another fire fight without some major destruction of it happening"

"Knight One, this is Knight Four.  I have 4 Valkyries total, and they are pretty ravaged,
but still mostly operational and with some ammunition remaining.  Armor is thin all around, and two of mine are losing operational parts.  No casualties.  We still have fight left, but one more round and I will start losing units, likely.  My pilots are still sassy."

The dust continues to settle making it easier to see with every second. Civilians, accompanied by some military personnel on foot can be seen headed for the shelter which is apparently located underneath Churchill and Charles De Gaulle avenues.

"Knight 4, Reindeer 18 I want your teams to stay in place, myself and Knight 3 will remain as well to your right on Charles De Gaulle Avenue."

"Everyone else head back to the Prothy, to rearm then come back here. Anyone whose bird is too busted up to continue can stay on the Prothy."
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"Roger Knight 1, Knight four and Vermilion Seven has Churchill Avenue as a post."

She switches to team channel.

"Seven, we need to hold this position until we are relieved.  You good with that?"

"I can manage 4, litterly on the last leg so better be careful though"

The two veritech's hold their position as more civilians stream by heading for the fallout/evacuation shelter. Rumor has it that they were designed to withstand anything but a direct hit from a 100kiloton nuclear warhead or an energy weapon fired from a vessel in orbit.

A trio of USMC Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles accompanied by a LBR-08 Masamune with USMC marking's arrive and get in hasty defensive positions.

A pair of ARH-34 Snoops from the British Royal Marines circle above, acting as a warning for any alien mecha that may be approaching.

Those that flip through the radio frequencies they have access to can hear that the fighting is still fierce on other parts of the island. In every direction there are angry black plumes of smoke rising into the sky, funeral pyre's for both human and alien mecha.

A radio transmission reports that the nearby shelter has been sealed, and considering what happens next it was done just in time.

[Private to Jack O'Neil:
You get some radio chatter from the battle in space. Space Battle Group TWO has formed up with the SDF-1 but it doesn't sound like it's going very well.]

---

After approximately 19 minutes the SDF-1 can be seen lowering itself from orbit and begins to hover above the island. What happens next begins with a bright light emanating from the SDF-1. All of the electronic instruments go blank. The back up analog instruments go haywire. Then everyone begins to develop double, then triple vision. Then it feels like being in two (or three?) places as once.

Once the disorientation ends the veritech pilots realize that they are weightless. Instruments confirm that they are in zero gravity. The outer cameras (the only way to see outside when in battliod mode unless you retract the cockpit blast shield) are frosted over, making it impossible to see outside. On the inside of the cockpit, the cockpit canopy has a slight layer of frost. It also begins to get real cold as the veritech wasn't previously operating in the vacuum of outer space and didn't have the heating system in on, in fact it had the cooling system on.

[Private to Meiko Levina:
Your character has operated a veritech in space, thus you know all the theories of maneuvering in space, and are prepared for the weightlessness.

You also feel like the pressure is dropping, this is then accompanied by the cockpit decompression warning alarm. The good news is that your veritech's reaction mass storage reads at 62%.]

[Private to Jack O'Neil:
Your character has operated a veritech in space, thus you know all the theories of maneuvering in space, and are prepared for the weightlessness.

The life support system indicates there is no O2 available, meaning the only air you have is what's currently in the cockpit. The good news is that your veritech's reaction mass storage reads at 58%.]

OOC: Please make one post as you 'adjust' to your new surroundings.

"Shit... what..."

She takes stock of her instruments and starts reacting as she swears, switching to zero-G and vacuum settings as she was trained to do without thinking about the how.

"All units, This is Knight four, change to Zero-G and Vacuum operational modes... then report."

She ponders a moment.

"Test transformation to Gerwalk once you seal.  Sound off if you need help."

She then seals her suit, in case, and toggles transformation to Gerwalk mode.. hoping everything holds together.

"Is..is this space?!" Jack mutter in disbelief once he is able to look around himself. "Alright, Jack. Remember the training"

"Vermillion 7 here, changing now Knight Four. We better hurry though, limited oxygen" Jack then begins sealing and following his training to ensure that his transformation is done safety.

18:32, Today: Jack O'Neil rolled 25 using 1d30 ((25)). success
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"Knight 4 has a leak.. losing atmosphere.  Reindeer One eight assume command..."

Ok, she is going to try to find her leak.  She has material as long as she stays calm.  She can try spitting, or just looking for where the 'frost' of her breath is drifting.  She has a soldering kit in a pocket.. and meal bars... the wrappers would at least stop small holes until she is able to make a more permanent repair.

For those who transitioned to jet or guardian mode the city street is a junkyard of float debris, vehicles, human bodies, armored vehicles, destroyed alien mecha, alien bodies etc etc.

Vermillion 7 and Knight 4 can see the USMC LBR-08 Masamune destroid flailing about, and is floating up and away from the city. The mecha is from 1st UN Spacy Marine Expeditionary Regiment stationed on the UES Daedalus

The SDF-1 can be seen through the frosted canopy. The massive vessel is rabidly approaching the city/island. Lancing relative 'upwards' from the city are energy blasts probably from surviving alien mecha.

[Private to Jack O'Neil:
There is no way to figure out how much oxygen you have in your cockpit. But at least it isn't getting stale yet. You also notice that your reaction mass storage reads at 53% now.  ]

[Private to Meiko Levina:
Spitting and the frost of you breath indicates the breach is behind your ejection seat. There's no way to get to it.... Looking outside you can see something venting from Vermillion 7's left lower leg. The leg is missing all of it's armor so you can tell its a reaction mass tank.]

Meiko snugs her mask and hopes her O2 holds out long enough... and that the tent behind her seat isn't also holed.

Great.

"Vermillion Seven, you are venting from you left leg, you might want to dump your port reaction tank.  One-Eight, you see that Masamune?"

"Knight 1, rendezvousing with you and heading for SDF-!.  Losing Oh-Two from behind my seat.  Add me to your.. intent, Wizzo.  Lightning out."

A bit of humor has crept into her voice.

Having now shifted into the Gerwalk mode Jack finally look around in a growing horror.

"Copy Knight 4, dumping left port reaction tank. Air is slowly going stale"

[Private to GM: OOC: Should I make a roll or something for dumping the port reaction tank at the left leg?]

Those capable of seeing out of their cockpits (i.e. in jet or guardian mode) can visually see the SDF-1 rapidly approaching the island. Attached to the port side of the vessel is one of the ARMD platforms. The massive vessel passes over the city and impacts a sheet of ice that used to be ocean.

Those who manage to get their radars up and running pick up a massive object (transponder says its the SDF-1) traveling overhead and then crashing where the ocean used to be but radar now indicates that it's a solid object.

The GUARD frequency is filled with calls of help and combat as remaining alien mecha attack human mecha still trying to figure out what's going on.

Vermillion 7 vents the reaction mass from his damaged leg, and then sees a pair of alien ostrich mecha firing on Knight 4
[Private to Jack O'Neil:
Reaction mass storage reads at 34%.]

Knight Four vectors above the city to get clear of all the floating debris and rendezvous with Knight 1. The VF-1A is then immediately fired upon by a pair of alien ostrich mecha.

The two alien mecha appear to be quite at home in the vacuum of space and zero gravity. Both focus their fire on Knight 4. The leg are swept back and the alien mecha appear to be using a pair of engines on either side of the body to manuver.

Headless Ostrich 1
12:42, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 58 using 4d20 with rolls of 20,12,11,15.  Pod 1 shoot Knight 4 w/PBCs +5 .
13:05, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 44 using 6d10 with rolls of 7,5,8,7,9,8.
13:05, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 31 using 6d10 with rolls of 1,10,1,5,9,5.
13:05, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 27 using 6d10 with rolls of 4,5,9,6,1,2.
13:05, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 39 using 6d10 with rolls of 9,8,3,8,8,3.
14:14, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 50 using 4d20 with rolls of 4,18,11,17.  Pod 1 dodge +6.
Action 1: NAT 20, 78 MDC
Dodge, FAIL
Action 2: Unat 17, 27 MDC
Dodge, unat 24
Action 3: Unat 16, 31 MDC
Dodge, unat 17
Action 4: Unat 20, 44 MDC
Dodge, unat 23

Headless Ostrich 2
12:42, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 34 using 4d20 with rolls of 5,12,10,7.
13:05, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 36 using 6d10 with rolls of 6,6,7,5,7,5.
13:05, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 26 using 6d10 with rolls of 6,6,2,2,1,9.
13:05, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 23 using 6d10 with rolls of 8,3,3,3,1,5.
14:14, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 47 using 4d20 with rolls of 7,7,19,14.  Pod 2 dodge +6.
Action 1:MISS
Dodge, unat 13
Action 2: Unat 17, 23 MDC
Dodge, unat 13
Action 3: Unat 15, 26 MDC
Dodge, unat 25
Action 4: Unat 12, 36 MDC
Dodge, unat 20
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The nearby LBR-08 Masamune, takes aim at one of the headless ostrich mecha and fires it's GU-12 gun pod. After firing the destroid spins backwards and slams into a building. The pilot manages to grab onto a steal beam and is able to fire thrice more in succession from a static position.

12:54, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 9 using 1d20 with rolls of 9.  LBR-08 Masamune shoot GU-12 +4.
12:54, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 4 using 1d20 with rolls of 4.  LBR-08 Masamune shoot GU-12 +4.
12:51, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 7 using 1d100 with rolls of 7.  LBR-08 Masamune control roll.
12:50, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 3 using 1d20 with rolls of 3.  LBR-08 Masamune shoot GU-12 +4.
Action 1: Fire GU-12, MISS
Action 2: Control Roll PASS
Action 3: Fire GU-12, MISS
Action 4: Fire GU-12, Unat 13, 170 MDC (well this'll kill one of the Pods)
Action 5: Fire GU-12, MISS

"They are still with us! Engaging!" Jack can feel himself becoming more hyperactive as the stress is to much, thankfully his training manage to keep his wits together. Targeting the headless ostrich mecha that LBR-08 Masamune is not firing at Jack fire in shorts burst and then throws away his first GU-11 and continue with the other.

Action 1: Fire GU-11 at Headless Ostrich mecha: 11 DMG: 60 MDC
Autododge: 26

Action 2: Fire GU-11 at Headless Ostrich mecha: 13 DMG: 40 MDC
Autododge: 19

Action 3: Fire GU-11 at Headless Ostrich mecha: 15 DMG: 30 MDC
Autododge: 22

Action 4: Fire GU-11 at Headless Ostrich mecha: 21 DMG: 110 MDC
Autododge: 22

Action 5: Fire GU-11 at Headless Ostrich mecha: 19 DMG: 30 MDC
Autododge: 29

"Knight 4, two bogeys engaging me."


She opens up with both of her GU-11's in Guardian... long bursts all.



Action 1:  Fire GU-11 LB at Ostrich 1, switch to Ostrich 2 if down.  14
GU11 1+2 Damage:  200 MDC
Autododge: 26

Action 2:  Fire GU-11 LB at Ostrich 1, switch to Ostrich 2 if down.  24 (NAT 20)
GU11 1+2 Damage:  440 MDC
Autododge: 13

Action 3:  Fire GU-11 LB at Ostrich 1, switch to Ostrich 2 if down. 9
GU11 1+2 Damage:  310 MDC
Autododge: 24

Action 4:  Fire GU-11 LB at Ostrich 1, switch to Ostrich 2 if down.  14
GU11 1+2 Damage:  330 MDC
Autododge: 24

Action 15:  Fire GU-11 LB at Ostrich 1, switch to Ostrich 2 if down.  18
GU11 1+2 Damage:  220 MDC
Autododge: 20

The LBR-08 Masamune, not equipped to maneuver in the vacuum of space doesn't strike either headless ostrich mecha.

Knight 4 opens up with both GU-11's on a headless ostrich firing on her. As the nose cone of her veritech is blown off (destroying the radar too), the stream of high explosive armor piercing rounds from both GU-11's destroys the outer shell of the alien mecha causing its giant sized pilot to tumble away in space, armor venting from numerous places.

[Private to Meiko Levina:
-78 MDC to main body (nosecone is gone, along with the radar)
-23 MDC to right lower leg]

Vermillion 7 fires on the other headless ostrich mecha but misses.  His second burst misses as well. But not Knight 4's dual burst of fire. As the alien mecha's particle beam hit Knight 4 in the right leg, it explodes into a short lived fireball then becomes an expanding cloud of debris.

Several of the larger Russian built SuP-52 veritechs pass by, launching missiles at other alien mecha rising up above the city. For those who look towards the SDF-1, more veritechs can be seen launching from both the rear facing launch/recovery bay, and the launch bays located amidships.

A radio transmission is broadcast over all squadron frequencies:


OOC: You guys can stay and fight if you want......but I will not guarantee your characters survival.

After vaporizing the two enemy mecha between her and safety, she increases thrust to try to get her bird in a berth as fast as possible.

"Knight Four inbound SDF-1, lost my radar."

"Need a pressurized bay."

She will do so as quickly and efficiently as possible.

"Vermillion 7, returning back to SDF-1 now" Jack reply once both aliens are dead and turns to the LBR-08 Masamune. "Masamune need some help back to SDF-1?"

The LBR-08 Masamune responds with a thumbs up. The pilot probably doesn't have the ability to transmit, but he/she obviously received the radio transmission.

Grining sligly Jack gives a thumps up back to the Masamune and move behind it, placing the GU-11 back on it's original position so he have to arms ready. Once that he is done Jack make sure he have a good grip on the Destroid and push more power into the thrusters and heads towards the SDF-1.

"SDF-1, Vermillion 7 here. I have LBR-08 Masamune with me, same landing area?"

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