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[Rukah]

Most likely.

[Chromeharpoon]

As always, holler at me if I forget to reply to anything y’all want me to reply to. And feel free to speak up if I write something that doesn’t seem right, or if you want me to clarify something, or whatever.

[ProfSrlojohn]

Wait, so are the troopers landing on LD-L1’s ship, or the shuttle? I’m confused. And unsure how to escape

[Chromeharpoon]

The troopers are landing on the Pulsar, not LD-L1’s ship.

[ProfSrlojohn]

Alright, and does the grunt (Think that was it?) have any sort of auto-pilot feature? One able to return it to port?

[Chromeharpoon]

Posting all this here so that we all have a quick reference for the bad guys and their gear. If you have any other questions about them, feel free to ask, and unless those questions are too metagame-y, I’ll answer them.

@Chromeharpoon

Sixteen of the twenty human troopers look almost identical. They wear red and black hardsuits adorned with ammunition packs, breaching charges, and knives, and thruster packs are built into suits’ backs. The troopers each carry an automatic rifle, some kind of micro-rocket launcher, and a submachine gun. Their faces are hidden beneath reflective blue visors, and an image of a rabid dog is scrawled on the sides of their helmets.

The other four troopers, though, have more unique kits. One is an eight foot tall giant of a man wearing what appears to be a slimmed-down variant of the suits worn by the others, though he carries the same arsenal of weapons as them. A white skull is painted on his suit’s breastplate. The second is also a larger fellow, though his size may be attributed more to the bulky exosuit he wears, which sports a laser weapon and a grenade launcher on the right and left shoulders, respectively. In his hands, he holds a wicked-looking machine gun, fed by a belt coming out of the back of his suit. The third wears a suit with larger thrusters than the rest, and has a grappling hook on his left arm. A large sword is also stowed on his back, between the thrusters. The fourth has a suite of high-tech scanners attached to her helmet, a wrist-computer attached to the gauntlet over her right forearm, and a pair of cylindrical pods are mounted on her thighs.

Behind the troopers, the enemy mech continues to do battle with Kitai. The hole cut into its back by the Grunt ’s laser cannon smolders. Currently, it wields a huge rotary cannon in its hands, though it may have other weapons stored within its frame.

@Chromeharpoon

The troopers group themselves into two squads of ten, with the giant and the sword-wielder joining one squad, and the heavy gunner and the techie joining the other.

@Chromeharpoon

As LD-L1 and the mysterious vessel both approach the Pulsar , the cultist can make out more of the newcomer’s features. It appears to be a human-made combat dropship, with an angular black hull and rotating engine blocks on either side of its frame. A pair of missile pods are mounted beneath the dropship’s wings. A long tail extends from above the ship’s troop bay.

@Chromeharpoon

Worryingly, armor plating beneath the dropship’s cockpit slides away to allow a rotary gun to lower itself into view.

[Rukah]

@Chromeharpoon

nose-mounted gun whines as the craft lays down a blanket of suppressive fire over the Pulsar ’s hull. The troopers

Is it shooting bullets or lasers?

[Chromeharpoon]

The gun is shooting bullets.

[ProfSrlojohn]

Hrm… this will prove to be an issue. I guess Ivory will just sit this one out.

EDIT: Also, LD-L1 be like;

[Chromeharpoon]

@DuneToa

Awakening from her sleep, Razor hears alarms beeping. Then she hears Oreo yelling something over the comma to her. Quickly, she transforms, speeding towards the combat at the bridge.

Oreo, seeing the sparks of the flying bullets nearing him, fires off a burst from his wrist sub machine gun. Then he dodged behind the supports of the broken window, just as the bullets shatter the remaining glass. At the same time, he fired a massive blast from the Overcharger at the humans’ dropship.

As Razor enters the bridge, she is forced to hide behind a computer bank to avoid a hail of bullets from the rotary cannon.

Actually, the fighting is happening on the Pulsar’s exterior, not on the bridge. Also, Nova took down the dropship already. The remaining enemy humans are gathering around one of the ship’s airlocks.

[DuneToa]

My bad. I got on here during a break at work, and the battle had already begun. Thanks for the correction!

[Chromeharpoon]

No problem. Just edit your post accordingly when you have the time, and I’ll get to it.

[MakutaOisli]

Heya. When are your going to post?

[Chromeharpoon]

I wanted to wait for a day or so for @DuneToa to read my post and edit his accordingly. I didn’t want to just blitz past him before at least trying to give him an opportunity to respond.

I’ll probably post again in a bit, if that’s okay. I probably won’t progress the scene very far on my end, though, because while I don’t want to keep the rest of y’all waiting for much longer, I also don’t want to leave DuneToa completely in the dust.

[ProfSrlojohn]

No rush from me. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying it si far. I’ve been glad to finally get a chance to show how brutally LD-L1 fights.

[Chromeharpoon]

And brutal he is. I’m a little hesitant to describe in great detail what getting sucker-punched by a giant robot should be doing to a human body.

[ProfSrlojohn]

Understandable, i’ve toned it down myself because, because i’m pretty sure he could pop their heads like grapes.

[Chromeharpoon]

I was mostly joking there, but yeah. Most human opponents y’all will be facing will be armored like this, both to give them better protection and to allow me to be more vague with gore and such.

From what I understand, though, RP and Literature topic guidelines for content are more relaxed than other areas on the site, so this is just a personal preference on my part. I don’t believe I’m very good at describing gore, anyway.

[ProfSrlojohn]

Hey, we all have our strengths. I’ve alwqys found that charecter and concept design I’m far better at than actual dialogue and interactions.

[N01InParticular]

Where’s the fight taking place?