Sticking One's Nose Where It Doesn't Belong: Seig, Jinzo and Bobby assist Deacon in stopping the Refugee Mission.

Deacon had to admire Seig’s ambition, even though the data that he had provided the Xelot Field Commander had been long intercepted by Xelot intelligence, Deacon was at least mildly impressed that Seig had actually managed to acquire it.  They had both acquired some basic information on the Demai mission, code name Refugee, and Seig was offering his assistance with the execution of the Xelot counter mission, offering up his stealth capabilities to keep an eye on the situation.  Deacon shrugged, this saved him from having to request a Ghost pilot from the HQ, and it would give him a good chance to test Seig’s abilities.

With everything agreed on, Seig moved out under stealth, while Deacon and the other held back to observe his movements.  Due to the delays, Seig got there in the middle of the incident, noting as soon as he arrived a small rift coming through the dimensions.  His scanners gave an odd reading however, being a dimension manipulator himself, Seig was accustomed to the ethereal affects of warping dimensioins, but this rift was different.  As Seig looked on, the rift didn’t even seem to exhibit dimensional properties, but instead some kind of phase shifting properties, the residual effects of which were still present in the young Oyan male that made his way through the portal.  Seig’s eyes widened as the youngster made his way through, noting the bright green hair of the young man, which he tended to associate with only one thing.

Seig quickly snapped out of it and informed the rest of the team, who quickly initiated their plan.  Deacon, never one for stealth, made his way towards the area directly, while Stryder and Jinzo flanked Tiana.  They were all rather surprised to see Tiana’s ship power up, as they were all oblivious of the fact that she travelled with a subordinate.  Luckily for them, so did Deacon, allowing his own light assault to discourage Tiana from using hers.  This left, the battle considerably one sided, as Jinzo and Bobby moved in to carry the Oyan to safety while Seig and Deacon engaged Tiana. 

Loki wasted no time disengaging his own stealth, powering his form up fully and launching a Reversion blast as Tiana.  Tiana scoffed loudly at the attack, powering straight into her Omega Drive and blasting Seig with a Prism Shot.  The attack collided with his Reversion, drawing energy from the attack before splitting off into separate beams that targeted all four of her attacks.  The resulting attacks picked off Jinzo and Bobby who were now on their way out of her area on influence, clipped Seig who had began to dodge and was blocked by Deacon’s Long Shield before he summoned Suppression to keep her busy.

Seig’s form glitched from the attack, that exhibited properties of his own Reversion blast, making it hard for him to make it to his feet while Deacon rushed past him, attempting to intersect Tiana, who was now heading for Jinzo and Bobby at full speed.  Bobby noticed this, stopping as Jinzo continued to make a break for it, whipping out his Frost Wolves and launching a hail of shots at her, only now adding to the Suppression fire from Deacon’s summons.

Tiana cursed silently as she waded through the fire, dodging what she could and guarding the rest, attempting to take as little damage as possible… but this would be a difficult task.  By now, Seig had recovered and was moving back into the fray.

“No, intercept her, do not let her reach the boy!”  Deacon ordered as she blasted her way through Bobby, leaving him stunned on the ground before she attempted to dash past him.

Luckily for Bobby, he had been able to fully charge his Celestial Judgement, summoning the Satellite Cannon that bore down on his opponent, doing the first set of major damage to her for the battle, and stopping her long enough for Seig to get between her and Jinzo.  With her Omega Drive running into the final few Seconds, Tiana summoned a Rasen-sho, activating Prodigy to further boost her abilities as she thrusted through Seig, who had put up the strongest defense that he could as he attempted to blast her away with his Last Stand.  Unfortunately, the Overwhelming Force of her attack left his form worse for wear, leaving him near reversion, much like Bobby, and more importantly incapacitated for the rest of the battle.  Luckily however, their noob-rush tactics, had caused her to use both of her trump cards to catch up to Jinzo, he was terrified.  He Succubus and Decrepify did their best to keep her away, slowing her while pelting her with projectiles, giving Deacon enough time to engage his own Omega Drive.  Unlike many others his level, with Deacon’s Omega Drive came his ability to manipulate the Time Stream, which he quickly slowed as much as he could. 

Doing so, he then summoned his Griphon to assault Tiana.  Even in the time slowed state however, Tiana wasted no time in dodging the Griphon’s first attack, retaliating with an Ignition blast, that knocked it from the sky.  See this, and knowing that she would not be able to turn in time to counter him, Deacon teleported in, slashing Tiana in the back and stunning her, before he followed up with another two slashes and teleported away, leaving behind an explosion that would blast her away.  Tiana cursed again, her Omega Drive having run out and her Prodigy winding down as well.  Knowing how summoners functioned, she did the only logical thing.  As Deacon moved in for a follow up attack, she dropped her barriers allowing the slash to connect, but in turn blasting Griphon out of the sky, leaving Deacon rather stunned.  This would be her only chance to capitalise on him, but luck would not be on her side.  As time returned to normal, her Prodigy ran out, leaving her in a state of mental fatigue, much like the backlash that Deacon was experiencing.  Jinzo wasted no time in Grand Calling his Dark Messiah, vanishing from the battle field and being replaced by the beast that now rampaged on the already weakened and now stunned Tiana, reverting her before she could recover.

Outcome: Tiana has failed the Refugee Mission, Deacon has succeeded in stopping her.

Seig, Jinzo and Bobby have been offered Knighthood by the Council of Xelots for their assistance.

Seig: +38 Exp (-339HP)

Jinzo: +30 Exp (-112HP)

Awareness: 6 Exp

Awareness: 2 Exp

Accuracy: 6 Exp

Accuracy: 8 Exp

Precision: 4 Exp

Precision: 4 Exp

Bobby: +30 Exp (-200HP)

Deacon: +44 Exp (-60HP)

Awareness: 6 Exp

Awareness: 6 Exp

Accuracy: 10 Exp

Accuracy: 6 Exp

Precision: 2 Exp

Precision: 6 Exp

Tiana: +88 Exp (reverted)

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 24 Exp

Precision: 10 Exp

To Start A War: Rogues and Demai do battle in Italy over the information and the Enhancer.

As the Rogue Special Forces made their way to their Target using the faction carrier’s hyper-drive system, Tyler attempted to bring everyone up to speed.

“I assumed you all read the mission specifics?”  She inquired, drawing a nod from the three operatives in the vehicle, Hyaku, Leonardo and Roun, as well as the frame pilots that Roun and Tyler had requested.  “Good, so who is the mission coordinator?”  Tyler inquired.

“That’s me.”  Leonardo responded, drawing a loud sigh from Tyler.

“You let the eleven year old draw up the plan?!”  Tyler inquired now, her displeasure very prominent.

“Mission update” blasted over the communications link in the carrier, gaining everyone’s attention.  “Sattelite scans have picked up a Demai military carrier leaving Italian air space and en-route to Tel Aviv, intelligence has reason to believe that Paco Stryfe is onboard.”  Tyler cursed lightly as she heard the new intel.  “Also en-route for Italy is one ‘Jayce Falco’, his trajectory indicates that he is to intercept your team in Italy.”  The communication finished, causing everyone to sigh.

“Okay, I’ve just received word that the authorities are in pursuit of Yasmin and Kenshin, so there will be a slight change of plans.”  Tyler stated now, taking command.  “I will proceed to the Police Headquarters to sort this mess out, Hyaku you intercept Jayce, Roun and Leonardo will carry out the mission as planned.”

Back on the ground, Cy was having a field day.  His plans were afterall coming together a lot better than that of the Rogues.  Like Tyler, he had received updated intelligence, warning him of the Rogue activity in the area, and was given the heads up that Jayce had been deployed to lend aid in the operation.  In addition, much like the Rogues, he and Jayce had also been given clearance to power up in the city should a confrontation become necessary.

Like the Rogues, his primary team consisted of four, involving himself and Jayce, as well as his travel companion Jais and the freelance mercenary Rei, allowing Cy to call the shots while Jayce intercepted what would now be Hyaku, and Roun and Leonardo attempted to foil his plans.

Jais and Rei were having a rather easy time following Yasmin and Kenshin, who didn’t seem to interested in stealth as they made their way to the Drago Enterprises main office.

“Targets are heading towards the Drago building, how should we proceed?” Jais inquired to Cy, who sighed loudly now, given the hold up with the cops, forcing him to take matters into his own hands. 

“Intercept them and acquire the package, but try not to cause too much of a scene.”  Given his new orders, Jais moved in, bumping into Yasmin and tripping over Kenshin while Rei dashed in.  As the small woman attempted to snatch the Orbital Enhancer and the Data Pad, she met some resistance from Yasmin, while Kenshin was now struggling to get Jais off of him.  The entire situation briefly devolved into a scuffle before Rei could land a kick on Yasmin, winding her just long enough for her to snatch the items and run off, while Jais struggled to detain the two.

With the main focus of both the Demai and Rogue mission in the hands of Rei, Yasmin began to panic, contacting Tyler and informing her of the situation; information which she then referred to Leonardo and Roun, who had finally made their way into the city.

Unfortunately, the Rogue carrier was still seeking somewhere to dock, forcing Roun to take more drastic disembarking measures to intercept Rei before she reached Cy.

“I’m on it.”  Was all Roun replied to Tyler before diving head first out of the carrier, using the thrust from his Speed only to steer him as he tucked in his hands to speed up his decent.

The energy signature that now appeared in the city puzzled Rei quite a bit, causing her to look up at the figure diving straight towards he location, covered in a green haze.  The energy reminded her of the same energy that had cooked her turkeys back in Japan, and that in itself was not very comforting, especially since she herself couldn’t power up.  Rei wasted no time informing Cy of the developments, causing him to move to intercept the Itami so that she would have some chance of escape.

Back at the landing strip, Leonardo was now disembarking, receiving a number of communications from channelers that he requested to aid him in the rescue of Paco Stryfe, unfortunately, all of that muscle seemed to be useless at this point as Cy had been very clever in confining the entire action to the cityscape, where only the Demai and the Rogues would be able to be a factor in the proceedings.

Realising this, Leonardo began to make his way towards Roun’s location as quickly as possible.

Hyaku, who had been deployed before Roun and the others, had managed to intercept Jayce in a residential area, and initially seemed to be holding his own rather well in the battle that ensued.  However, Jayce had been ordered in no uncertain terms, to aid Cy in retrieving the information, and as such, he was not going to be holding back.  As he ripped into his R.E.D. mode, the power difference became extremely noticeable, forcing Hyaku onto the defensive as he began to bombard him with powerful ranged energy attacks, keeping the Rogue at bay and preventing him from getting Jayce in his effective area of influence while he was being pelted with attacks.  This was only further compromised with Jayce’s Shattered Dream interfering with his phase shifting abilities, leaving Hyaku with only one sensible choice, and that was to retreat.

Tyler on the other hand was having a terrible time at the local authorities, whom she had been forced to temporarily shut down to prevent them from aiding Cy in his diabolical plans.  This left her rather displeased as she marvelled at just how much pull the young channeler had with the Italian police force, and as such, just how much of a threat he could be in the future.

Luckily for the Rogue squad, at least one of their units was having some luck.  Converting all of his gather energy into kinetic energy, Roun was able to bring himself to a quick stop once he reached the ground, avoiding impact and dissipating the shock into the atmosphere, before he continued pursuit of his target.  Powered down and on foot, Rei was no match for Roun in terms of speed, but she did manage to make it just far enough for Cy to intercept her pursuer.  As Roun chased her, a pillar of concrete formed in front of him, stunning him temporarily, as Cy materialised in from of him, signalling that a physical confrontation was about to ensure.  Roun smirked as he looked over Cy’s shoulder to Rei being intercepted by Leonardo who quickly incapacitated her and took the devices before signalling for the Renegade operator that Roun had requested to pilot his F-25, to commence with the pick up.

“Checkmate.”  Roun smirked smugly, before his senses lit up, forcing him to silhouette slide in order to avoid a wave of energy that exploded at his location.  “Or not…”

“You and your brother just insist in getting in my way…”  Jayce sounded as Hyaku phase shifted next to Roun, determined to hold Cy and Jayce off while Leonardo was extracted.

Roun and Cy surveyed their surroundings, both of them knowing well that if Jayce were to lose control that a lot of lives would be lost, a reality that was bad for both factions, that made an actual battle less of a priority in both of their eyes.  Cy, who was now communicating to Jayce via eye movements, had made the intercepting of Leonardo his main priority, while Roun whispered to Hyaku that should things get out of hand, he would take the device and make a break for it. 

Before Jayce could make a move, Roun made a dash for him, while Cy fused with the ground.  Roun’s flying shoulder check impacted his opponent, sending them both flying into a nearby bus stop while Hyaku tracked Cy’s movements.

“Leonardo move!” was all he could say, giving the boy just enough time to take flight before Cy came up beneath him, grabbing for his feet.  Given Leonardo’s speed and fast reaction time, he was able to avoid Cy’s initial grab, but not his Micro, which grabbed onto Leonardo and began to pull him back down.

As Roun and Jayce impacted, Jayce wasted no time in blasting the Itami off of him, forcing Roun to shield as much of the impact as possible as he flew into the air, drawing his pre-transmuted sword as he descended towards his opponent.  Hyaku on the other side wasted no time in performing his phase slash, severing Cy’s micro and allowing Leonardo to take to the air before Cy sunk back into the earth to avoid a concentrated Soul Call Explosion. 

As Roun descended, he charged his blade with his Aesis V2, slicing through Jayce’s attack and then through the bus stop, as Jayce teleported away from the attack.  Cy was still reeling slightly, as Leonardo’s attack had managed to catch his micro, but luckily the damage was minimal.  Hyaku had also taken to the air, to avoid any funny business from Cy, charging his Energz gauntlets to quickly blast him if he surfaced.

Roun and Jayce were going at it wildly, as Roun’s upgraded Tunnel Driver now allowed him to battle Jayce at melee range without negative side effects from his Dimentia barrier, while Jayce’s R.E.D. mode and high channelling skills bridged the gap between their actual levels.  Roun speed, and relentless attacks, as well as his ability to now transmute blades as quickly as he could attack with them, made it quite difficult for Jayce to dismiss him as he usually would, while Jayce’s extensive repertoire of devastating attack, both up close and at range force Roun to be on his toes for the entire fight.

Hyaku was doing a good job of keeping Cy at bay, but with Roun’s F-25 in visual range, he could not afford to be cautious any longer.  Shooting up from the earth, Cy made his way towards Hyaku, transforming into Jinn as he did.  This made an interesting match up between Hyaku’s T.A.R.G.A. and Cy’s Third Eye as Hyaku began to offload his Energy Gauntlets at his attacker who seemed to dodge the attacks automatically.   Hyaku did manage to clip his opponent, deflecting some of his momentum, but not enough to deter the over six hundred pounds of flaming channeler from impacting his form and knocking him out of the air.  However, it did put Cy within range of his Mesatsu.  Hyaku wasted no time in kicking Cy off, and activating the attack, forcing Cy to fuse with the air and ride the attack out as he moved towards Leonardo.  Unfortunately, he would not be able to make it, as Leonardo teleported into the incoming F-25.

Hyaku cancelled his Mesatsu before it became to destructive, allowing Cy to make it out without reversion, allowing him to fuse with the ground once more and make his way speedily to his own F-25 where he would give chase to Leonardo and the information, allowing Hyaku to turn his attention back to Jayce.

With their headstart, Roun’s pilot and Leonardo were able to make it to the Rogue carrier before Cy could intercept them, while Roun and Hyaku managed to revert Jayce with relatively minor damage to public property.  With Cy having circled back however, they were unable to take Jayce, Rei or Jais into company, all of whom Cy evacuated in his ship.

Outcome: The Rogues have succeeded in their mission to acquire the Information on Drago Enterprises and the Orbital Enhancer, however, the Demai members and their accomplices have managed to escape, and have transported Paco Stryfe to the Demai Fortress Tel Aviv.

Negotiations between these factions must now begin in order to complete the missions.

Rogue Special Forces

Hyaku: 54 Exp (-382HP)

Awareness: 6 Exp

Awareness: 6 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 6 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Precision: 4 Exp

Roun: +70 Exp (-211HP)

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 10 Exp

Accuracy: 0 Exp

Precision: 16 Exp

Precision: 0 Exp

Order of Demai (and accomplices)

Cy: +62 Exp (-605HP)

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 8 Exp

Accuracy: 4 Exp

Precision: 10 Exp

Precision: 0 Exp

Jayce: +66 Exp (-295HP)

Awareness: 10 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 8 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Precision: 0 Exp

Diplomacy Wins Out: Rogues and Demai make a deal for Paco's release

The Rogue stand point was unwavering, and didn’t require much confirmation from any member of their special forces, as the administrative department of the faction deal with this issue directly, this left the finalisation up to the members of the Demai, who were far less morally grounded. Eventually an agreement was made however, and the release of Paco Stryfe was completed. The channeler arrived at the Rogue Headquarters in Barbados late that day, signalling an end to both of the factions’ primary missions.

Outcome: Paco has been released, and the members of the Drago Enterprises administrative and executive department responsible for the Stalker incident as well as those scientist involved in the negative turn of the project and those assisting in the cover up were brought to justice.  The Demai contract with the company was hence canceled, and the Orbital Enhancer was returned to Drago Enterprises.

Subsequently however, Drago Enterprises was made an offer of financial backing by the Order of Demai to make up for the loss in capital due to their CEO Mr. Alexander Drago being in custody and his assets being frozen.  As the offer was made within the law, the Rogues are not looking into this matter.

Cy has retrived the Orbital Enhancer from Drago, as it was legally his property. 

Paco, Yasmin and Kenshin have been offered positions on the Rogues for their assistance in bringing the criminal members of Drago Enterprises to justice.

Members of both factions have been paid accordingly.

Personal Agendas: Xelots and the Demai do battle of the Itami Refugee.

The Xelot contingent had a relatively large membership, comprising of the four official Knights of the Xelots, as well as a small Rogue compliment, made up of Paco, Yasmin and Kenshin, allowing with their meta-human compatriots.  This gave them considerable man power, especially with Yasmin’s requested subordinate operating the Hi-Nuun frame pack.  Given this, the Xelots quickly finalised their plans and moved out.

The squad had a total of six vehicles, two reinforced Machelers accompanied by two Detrel MXs, piloted by Jinzo and Bobby, while Seig and Deacon watched from the skies in F-25s; and with this compliment they set off on their way to the registration office.  What surprised the group however was that they could not sense any inbound Demai resistance as they had planned for, leaving them somewhat uneasy, as they decided now to proceed with caution.

“Xelot Command, this is Deacon DeSaint requesting an update on the locations of known Demai operatives.”  Deacon requested now, starting to get a bit on edge.

“All Demai members have been located in France; further scans show that they are stationary nine kilometres from your location, no intercept course has been set.”  The Controller back at his headquarters replied.

“What is their distance from the registration office?”  Deacon inquired once again.

“Five Kilometres.”  She replied.

“That still puts them outside of our scanning range.”  He reasoned, as the Armadillo operator that was co-piloting looked towards him.

“But doesn’t that put us outside of their scanning range as well?”  He inquired.

“Yes…”  Was all Deacon replied as they continued with the operation. 

One kilometre from the facility, Roun and Rei sat in his brother’s powered down Zeta Wing, while the operator of his Renegade frame wondered around outside the vehicle, trying to keep as a low a profile as is possible when hanging around a light assault vehicle.  The only thing powered up on the ship was the long range scanners, as Roun focused on the registration office, waiting to see exactly which vehicle that young Itami would leave.

Further off, the Demai Field Commander sat with her feet up on the control panel of her own F-25.  She had already ordered the Controllers at the Demai headquarters to monitor the information on registered channelers as it updated, notifying her when the Itami was added so that her team could move in. 

As the Xelot team arrived, Roun increased the intensity of the scanning beam, allowing him to get a relatively clear visual of the entrance.  As he watched the view screen, he saw the Xelots dismounting a signal generator from the back of one of the armoured Machelers, causing him to laugh lightly, only then noting that the second Macheler was empty causing him to raise an eyebrow.

It was only then that he noticed a small figure in a Venom Suit moving into the facility with some of the guards.  A few minutes later, Tiana was updated that the Itami was registered, allowing her to mobilise her forces and move in on the facility.  Roun and Rei moved in as well, leaving the Zeta Wing in the care of his Renegade operator.  The vehicles quickly flew past them, making up a Demai fleet of two F-25s and one Zeta Wing to counter the Xelot’s two F-25s and two Detrel MXs, while the ground troops prepared for a clash.

Tiana wasted no time heading for Deacon, having a score to settle with the Knight after their last encounter, allowing the remaining lower level operatives to choose their own targets.  Noting the massive energy signature coming from the Hi-Nuun, both Ryuu and Jayce had the same idea, making their way for the frame operator, while Rueben, Rayne and Iolus moved in to take care of Paco, Kenshin and Yasmin.  Seig wasted no time disembarking the F-25, leaving it in the hands of the requested pilot, forcing John and Alyssa to intercept the heavy hitter, while Jais lended support to all those involved.  Roun and Rei crept up some minutes later as the battles were underway, both of them utilising their stealth abilities to remain hidden as they plotted a way of extracting Setto without actually making themselves a part of the battle.  Roun’s scans detected four meta-human guards on the inside of the facility, watching over Setto and most likely waiting for a chance to get him through the commotion into one of the Macheler’s so he could be extracted, as all the Light Assault Vehicles were involved in full aerial combat. Back in the Air, Cy seemed to be the dominant force on the Demai, his fast reaction time and adept knowledge of his surroundings granted by True Sight made him a force to be reckoned with, while Jinzo and Bobby did their best to compensate for Seig’s new pilot’s inexperience. 

Back on the ground, Rueben, Rayne and Iolus were struggling against Paco, Kenshin and Yasmin.  Rueben easily negated a number of Kenshin’s dimension based techniques, but with Rayne and Iolus providing mainly support, Paco’s heavy hitting was quickly becoming a problem, forcing Jais to focus speficially on supporting that team.  Jayce and Ryuu were having a field day against the inexperienced pilot of the Hi-Nuun, being the first to finish off their targets, allowing Ryuu to lend support against Paco, just as Iolus fell while Jayce moved to intercept Seig.  Seig was making short work of Alyssa, who found that every time she moved from behind John she was being hit and hit hard, leaving her near reversion by the time that Jayce moved in to even the odds.

With everyone engaged, Roun decided to make his move, grabbing Rei by the hand and silhouette sliding past the commotion, pressing himself up against the wall as Rei did the same some distance behind him.  Roun was startled slightly by the massive energy surges given off when Deacon and Tiana engaged their Omega Drives, kicking their battle up quite a bit, but he would calm down when he realised that his Silhouette Veil and Tunnel Driver proved to be stealthy enough to keep him off their radars. 

Infact, Roun and Rei would not even be noticed until they engaged the meta-human guards on the inside, making quick work of them before Roun grabbed the boy.  Needless to say, he was met with resistance, but with his meta-human status, their was little he could do to stop Roun, and once Roun showed him the Itami Royal Crest flowing through him, the youngster became far more cooperative.  Unfortunately, however, the commotion inside notified those outside that something was going wrong, causing those with the Xelots to turn their attentions inward, forcing the Demai and their team to keep them busy while Roun made his escape.

Roun wasted no time powering up his form to max, engaging his own recently unlocked Omega Drive, pumping all of his energy into his Temporal Shift as he grabbed the youngster before clearing the facility.

He would appear exactly one kilometre away, where he and the boy would board Ryuu’s Zeta Wing and make a break for it, allowing Rei and the Renegade to head into the battle battle.

By this time, Rayne, Iolus and Alyssa had been reverted from the Demai’s side, while Kenshin seemed to be the only Xelot accomplice that met his end.  By this time however Rueben’s Nightmare Landscape had sunk into the atmosphere and began to stilled a dehabilitating fear on the Xelots on the battle field as Jais boosted the effects of this status attack.  With their enemies now preoccupied attempting to fight this, Jayce and Ryuu made quick work of the heavily damaged Seig and Yasmin, forcing Paco to retreat before a transmittion came in from Ryuu’s Zeta Wing, informing them that a continued battle would be pointless, as their target was now in Roun’s custody, and we was too far out of their reach for a pursuit to be feasible.

Outcome: The Oyan, now identified to be Prince Setto Itami, son of the current ruler of the Itami Empire, Tenno-Heika Kairi Itami, has been released into the custody of the Terran Itamis and is now under the watchful eye of Shin Itami.  Shin has acknowledged the efforts of the Order of Demai in ensuring that the boy be delivered safely to his care, and has stated that their assistance will not go unrewarded.

Council of Xelots (and accomplices) [Mission Failed]

Deacon: 100 Exp (-612HP)

Awareness: 16 Exp

Awareness: 8 Exp

Accuracy: 18 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Precision: 4 Exp

Jinzo: +54 Exp

Awareness: 8 Exp

Awareness: 8 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 16 Exp

Precision: 4 Exp

Precision: 6 Exp

Kenshin: 58 Exp (reverted)

Awareness: 6 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Paco: +72 Exp (-271HP)

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 14 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 10 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

The vehicles involved in the mission received considerable damage, and will take 3 days to repair.

Order of Demai (and accomplices) [Mission Accomplished] || +120,000$ to all operatives || All members healed by Rei ||

Tiana: +102 Exp

Awareness: 14 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 36 Exp

Accuracy: 14 Exp

Precision: 16 Exp

Precision: 4 Exp

Jayce: +88 Exp

Awareness: 10 Exp

Awareness: 8 Exp

Accuracy: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 8 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Precision: 6 Exp

John: 54 Exp

Awareness: 8 Exp

Awareness: 8 Exp

Accuracy: 10 Exp

Accuracy: 4 Exp

Precision: 6 Exp

Precision: 14 Exp

Rei: +104 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 10 Exp

Accuracy: 8 Exp

Accuracy: 6 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Precision: 10 Exp

Rayne: 68 Exp (reverted)

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 8 Exp

Accuracy: 6 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Roun: +44 Exp

Awareness: 10 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 0 Exp

Accuracy: 20 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

The vehicles involved in the mission received considerable damage, and will take 3 days to repair.

The Order of Demai is extending an invitation to all that assisted in the rescue of Setto Itami, to join the faction.

Black Ops: Mercenaries and associates infiltrate the Thaymeign facility in Cuba.

Given the difficulties that he foresaw with the operation, Cloud was smart enough to know that he and his team would need guidance, as an advanced infiltration plan to be executed with such a large group was out of their league, especially given the design of many of their forms.  For this operation, he would need Bayman’s assistance, or more accurately, Bayman’s leadership.  Cloud had also been smart enough to arrange a replacement for Bayman, while he was out of Amsterdam, convincing Ryuu to take his place as the Itami would get a chance to have that talk with Misha Teragi that Bayman had denied him.

Once Bayman arrived on the scene in Cuba, he reviewed the strategies of  Cloud and Xian, which differed quite a bit for a joint venture, forcing him to filter out a lot of the disorganisation can come up with a hybrid plan.  Cloud’s plan being far more indepth, served as the basis for the infiltration, while elements from Xian’s plan was incorporated to boost the efficiency of the stealth run.  With this, Bayman now assigned new posts to everyone.  Rei Selen, Cloud, the operator of his Ghost frame and Bayman would be the main infiltration unit, as Bayman, the Ghost and Rei excelled at stealth, while Cloud was the member on which the plan hinged.  The least stealthy of the group, Rei Murasame, Rayne Itami, Donovan Cael, Xian and Gabriel would make up the hacking team and try to bring the systems of the facility under the control of the mercenary squadron.

As they prepared for the infiltration, the entire team geared up in all black suits, equipping a number of identity protecting devices before they made the final checks and headed towards the facility.

Out of the group, Rei Selen was the only one allowed to power up, as she would not only be able to go undetected, but also identify the trips and security measures to ensure that the rest of the group did not set off any alarms before they made it inside.  As the moved in, following Rei’s lead, Bayman and Gabriel carried most of the equipment, while Cloud transported the 100 kg generator on his back.  Rei did a good job of leading them through the maze of trips, around to the back of the facility, near the base of it where she had originally determined would be the best place to enter the facility.  Bayman had been able to request an electrically power drilling rig, one which he and Gabriel would use to carve a hole in the side of the facility, and hopefully not trip the security systems.  Once again, Rei Selen did her best to aid them in avoiding the trips linked to the wall, slowing down the process quite a bit, but allowing them to make it inside without setting off a single alarm.  As they made their way into the facility now, the teams would split up, utilising fake names and call signs to hide their true identities as they proceeded inwards.

Rei continued to lead the stealth team, with Bayman powering his form up minimally now and utilising his own scanning as they continued into the facility, leading Cloud through the trips that they could identify as they attempted to make their way through the facility.

So far, their infiltration attempt had gone smoothly, mostly thanks to Rei Selen’s knowledge of the facility, but the newly installed defences were a mystery to even her, so they would need to proceed cautiously.  Rei Murasame and the hacking team made their way to the nearest interface point, where Rei and Xian wasted no time interfacing with the console and began their hacking attempts.  The hacking of zeta based technology was quite new to Xian, but using his Beast Master summon he began to pick up on the process following Rei’s lead as she lead the hacking attempt.  Rayne exhibited some hacking abilities as well, so under Bayman’s order he attempted to lend a hand in the endeavour, while following Rei’s lead.  Unfortunately for the hacking team however, their limited experience was a determining factor in the limit of their success, giving them only minor interface capabilities with the system and preventing them from gaining complete control over the system.  This made it somewhat difficult for them to make their presence in the system, as their attempts to access vital functions like scanning and security features as well as more vital information with regards to the scientists who had claimed the facility, began to draw attention to their presence.  Luckily, the facility did not have the luxury of a squadron of Controllers to maintain it’s security, meaning that they would only need to deal with a single Controller class channeler to complete their task.

Bayman paused as he turned to Cloud and Rei, alerting them to the fact that they would need to hurry.  The hacking team’s failure to take over the systems didn’t have too large an effect on the stealth unit, as the Controller monitoring the security system had only become aware of the hacking team, allowing Bayman’s unit to proceed without having to deal with any blast doors or security lock downs.  Unfortunately however, their attempts to tamper with the facility had two very disconcerting effects.  The first was the notification of local law enforcement that the facility had been broken into, meaning that the team would need to be out in 4 to 6 minutes if they wanted to avoid a confrontation with the police.  The second however was more problematic, as a DMZ was projective over the facility, causing both teams to power down and disabling all of their add-ons and other zeta powered devices.  This put the infiltration team in the dark with regard to the defensive systems, forcing them to proceed with extreme caution, while the hacking team now found itself locked out of the system, being unable to do much to help the operation.

Bayman and Rei managed to get Cloud a bit closer to the room which housed the memory core, but the weight of the generator on his back had began to take it’s toll on the channeler and was now beginning to affect his movement.  It was only a matter of time before they would trip a security measure, causing the three to be locked down behind three feet thick blast door.  Cloud cursed loudly now, noting that they were no more than 30 feet from the room that housed the memory core.  Bayman sighed audibly, calling the two channelers in his charge over to his locatiooin, garnering their assistance in removing the side-panel of the generator which they carried as he attempted to make some basic modifications to it.  The process did take some time, but in just minutes, Bayman managed to get the device to power on, generating a restricted bubble of zeta that neutralised the DMZ’s effects.  Having just over a minute left, Cloud wasted no time in powered up his form, utilising his C. Scanners to perform a scan of the area in an attempt to get data on the memory core which they had lost.  Bayman on the other hand wasted no time in utilising his Kientic Charge on the blast doors, pumping them full of energy before jumping back and utilising a concentrated form of his Kinetic Detonation to blow a hole in the wall.

“Forcefull extraction in 30 seconds.”  Came the notice from Mission Control at Fort David, as Cloud did his best to complete the temporal scans of the memory core, and hopefully salvage the mission.

With Cloud’s Limit Break at max output, and utilising the full power of the generator at his disposal, he was able to get his scans to 78% of completion before the police squad dispatched to the area teleported in, forcing the Mercenaries to utilising their own teleportation technology to transport the entire team out of the area and into a specialised stealthed carrier.  Cloud growled, transferring the information which he had connected to a secure data storage device and handing it to Bayman.  It would be up to the teams back at the Mercenary Research and Development facility to determine whether or not the mission was a success or not.

Outcome: The Mercenary Team have managed to collect a large portion of the information contained in the memory core, though key parts of the data were unfrotunately unable to be recovered.  Despite this, the mission was considered to be for the most part a success.  it is suspected that the army was involved in the break-in, but no definitive evidence would be found to link them to the break.  Under Cloud's recommendation, the Mercenary Army has extended invitations to Rei Murasame and Rei Selen to join the army.

Bayman: +48 Exp +110,000$

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 24 Exp

Accuracy: 0 Exp

Accuracy: 0 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Donovan: +10 Exp

Awareness: 6 Exp

Awareness: 6 Exp

Accuracy: 0 Exp

Accuracy: 0 Exp

Precision: 0 Exp

Precision: 0 Exp

Rayne: +42 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 0 Exp

Accuracy: 0 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Rei Selen: +44 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 0 Exp

Accuracy: 0 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Simple Test: Gabriel, Testing Mission.

When Gabriel made his way to Sentry, he wasted no time in making his was to the simulation room to test the new Combat Suit that was being developed for the Mercenary Army. Gabriel realised that the suit was a replacement for his regular expansion suit, possessing a number of similar feature but with a greatly expanded arsenal of functions. As Gabriel equipped the suit, he put the various systems to a brief test, whipping out the combat knife that came with the suit and performing a few attacks before he placed it back in the holster and moved into the simulation room.

Gabriel was assured that the guard units were automated, so he would use as much force as he desired, which was reassuring as he entered the facility.

The combat suit did a pretty good job in masking his ethereal signature has he proceeded, working well with his wind expansions to give him a whispy appearance as he moved through the facility. His levitation allowed Gabriel to avoid any pressure sensitive trips, allowing him to quickly traverse the initial section of the facility, as he snook up behind a number of the automated guard units, testing the combat knife which allowed him to easily dispatch the automa after a blast from his Signium Crucious. Admittedly, Gabriel wasn’t the stealthiest in some situations, but he utilised the features of the suit well, getting quickly accustomed to the scanners and learning to utilise the tactical uplink to access suggestions in his infiltration plan as those in the control room monitored his overall stealth rating.

With Gabriel’s high combat rating, none of the guard interactions were particularly challenging, allowing him to easily dispatch them as he made his way to the centre of the facility to complete the mission. Once done, Gabriel would unequip the suit and hand it in for them to run the final calibrations before releasing it to the army.

Outcome: Minor bugs have been worked out with the stealth system, and the shape of the combat knife has been adjusted to better suit stealth kills.  The scanners have been modified to better identify invisible traps.  The Combat Suit will be ready for use by the 12th of August.

Gabriel: 46 Exp

Awareness: 10 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 4 Exp

Benefits of True Leadership: Xelots, Cleaning Up Mission. (17/08/2401)

The Xelot squadron assembled on the outskirts of the facility, which they had been assigned to infiltrate, their mission being to take the occupants of the facility into custody, under the charge of conspiracy against the French Government.  Using Kenshin’s general information, the team was able formulate a reasonably effective plan, though Deacon was forced to fix a few hiccups that he foresaw would have gone down.  As intended, Loki was designated to lead the Gold Team, whose main mission was to dispatch the generator housed under the facility.  Deacon signed off on their plans for the most part, but opted to go with Crydus’ approach to breaching the basement walls and dealing with the generator rather than the more brute force method that Seig and Donovan had suggested.

With this, Seig, Donovan, Rayne and Crydus took off towards the facility, with Seig and Donovan using their Chaos Theory and Monstrous respectively to mask the spikes of the team, while Rayne did his best to aid in the process and Crydus provided additional energy for the two power houses.  Their stealth capabilities were for the most part effective, only causing small disturbances in the readouts of the scanning devices present in the facility.  This did cause the terrorist faction to put themselves on a higher level of alert than they would have previously been on, but they still had little idea of what to do other than wait and watch.  As the team reached the zeta reinforced walls of the basement, they attempted to expand the stealth bubble, with each member of the team powering up to full in an attempt to breach the walls.  Like Deacon suggested, the original plan of simply forcefully breaching the walls of the facility seemed like a bad idea, as it would destroy the element of surprise, had it taken longer than they predicted, so he had authorised Crydus to enter the facility solo, and turn off the generator, allowing the others to proceed in.

Crydus’ plan was actually quite ingenious, though the fusion process which allowed him to pass through the structure did prove to be quite difficult, requiring quite a bit of concentration on his part, before he achieved it.  Unfortunately for the morpher, he would be met face to face with another channeler in the generator room, who launched a powerful punch to his face, knocking him back into the wall as he began to emerge.  Crydus reeled backwards from the impact, moving quickly through the structure now, much to his detriment, before blasting himself out of the wall towards the generator on the other side of the room.  As it would seem, the high output of the generator prevented Kenshin’s scans from identifying the guard present in the basement room, forcing Crydus to deal with him before the others would be allowed into the facility. 

His presence put the terrorist team on high alert, as they now made their ways throughout the facility for the preparation of a strike.  Shifting to his earth morph, Crydus now used the facility as grounding, preventing him from taking recoil as he whipped out his cannon staff, guarding and deflecting another two melee strikes before flipping the weapon around and blasting his opponent.  His attack managed to cause the psycher to stumble back somewhat, before he launched a terra thrust at the channeler, knocking him into a nearby wall and rushing to deactivate the generator.

With no zeta running through the structures, the walls now became permeable, allowing the Gold Team to make their way into the facility, Seig and Donovan especially wasting no time going to work on the channeler that had attacked Crydus, using their combined energies to target the psycher that now turned to flee.

At the same time, the Blue Team, consisting of Jinzo, Bobby, Jubei and Deacon made their way towards the facility.  Deacon was slightly surprised to see the three channelers charging towards the facility however, as he instead sent forward the four light assault vehicles that they had at the disposal, each piloted by a unit subordinate to him. 

The two F-25s blasted forward, watching as the facility came to life with automated and manned turret class defences, each having their own personalised generator allowing them to function independently of the warehouse facility.  Wasting no time in delivering their napalm missile payloads at the manned turrets, the F-25 thrusted past, setting the operators of the turrets on fire as Kenshin, who had been hiding in the ventilation once again, stealthed his way into the main section of the facility with a Ghost operator. 

The explosions shook the facility, which was now unreinforced, allowing Kenshin to move in amongst the confusion and dispatch the channelers which were on fire.  Seconds later, the Gold Team stormed the main level of the facility, arriving just in time to meet the Blue team that was descending on the now cornered channelers.  Even so however, they were still outnumbered when they counted channelers against channelers, forcing them to rely on the frame operators to pick up the slack. 

As Deacon now rushed to the head of the Blue team, he busted into the facility first, shielding an incoming photon attack with his Long Shield before summoning his Griphon for assistance.  Bobby slid to a stop behind him, being shielded by Deacon’s natural defences and opening fire on the team that had taken up defensive positions inside of the facility.  The three Armadillo frames present did their best to add suppression fire as well, while Deacon summoned his Suppression units to add to the cause, allowing Jinzo to storm in utilising Dark Messiah and make a beeline for the group closest to him.

Deacon raised an eyebrow as Jinzo’s rash movements, ordering Griphon to lend his charge some assistance, while Suppression focussed on those terrorist that were being held back by the Armadillo’s and Bobby.  This left him with little free energy, forcing him to rely on his physical combat skills and permanent attributes to deal with the resistance that he encountered.

Donovan wasted no time retreating to a position where he was sure that he would not be attacked, sending Rutaedes in his stead to lend tactical support to the teams, while Rayne and Seig did their best to engage their targets in the facilities.  Even with Kenshin’s information however, it still seemed as though the residents of the warehouse had the tactical advantage.  In fact, apart from the suppression fire that was being laid down, and Deacon’s ability to hold his own in combat, it appeared as though the Xelot compliment was not only being outmanned, but being out thought as well.

Seeing this, Deacon now concentrated his energies into Gryphon, charging it to add the finishing blow to one of the channelers engaging him, before utilising the energy splitting properties of Disca and Reverb to forcefully revert his next opponent.  At this point, Bobby and Donovan seemed to be his greatest assets, as Donovan’s Iridicon did a great job in suppressing the channelling abilities of the terrorists, allowing the others to prey on them, and his Monstrous allowed him to quickly revert a few of the others that had taken heavy damage from the suppression fire.  Bobby just proved to be all around handy, providing suppression as well as being able to finish with his Celestial Judgement, aiding Deacon in evening out the numbers so that they could concentrate their abilities on channelers that were having less success.  Rayne and Crydus required the most help, neither of them being particularly heavy hitters, and suffering against the highly tactical combat styles of the trained ex-military terrorists that they found themselves fighting.  This caused Donovan to focus most of Rutaedes’ power and combat advice on these two, while Bobby now focussed on backing up Jinzo in his Dark Messiah form.  Jubei and Seig proved to be a useful team, though their varying styles made them easy to separate for their opponents, forcing Deacon to now focus his powers on synchronising those two, and aid them in dispatching the final threats. 

Deacon’s high combat prowess, when combined with Seig and Jubei’s high energy output allowed them to dispatch their opponent’s first.  Unfortunately, by this time, Seig was far too low on health to be of use in the battle, forcing Deacon to order him to retreat, while he and Jubei proceeded to aid Rayne and Crydus against the others.  Seig would be the victim of stray fire, leading to an early reversion, forcing the operator of the Ghost frame to grab his unconscious body and lead him to safety.  This was not too hard as the single channeler that followed them outside met his demise at the hand of four light assault vehicles, cutting the terrorist numbers to a mere four.  With Rayne falling next, this still left the numbers in the Xelots’ favour, and the Cation Partical Bazookas of the Armadillo’s had no become a powerful factor in the battle.  Without the terrorist being able to force the frames to utilise their defensive prowess, this allowed Deacon to order them onto a search and destroy strategy, allowing them to aid the other heavy hitters in concentrating fire on the final terrorists, reverting the channelers.  With this done and the facility neutralised, Deacon would order in the clean up team to apprehend the unconscious survivors and confiscate the useful aspects of the warehouse.

Outcome: The Xelot Army has successful infiltrated and neutralised the facility and its occupants.  Mission successful.

Deacon DeSaint has extended an invitation to Jubei Naoe to join the Xelot Knights.

Under Seig's suggestion, the Xelot Knights have also extended an invitation to Crydus Warren and Donovan Cael who proved to be quite useful in the execution of the mission.

Deacon: +112 Exp (-522HP) +90000$

Awareness: 20 Exp

Awareness: 8 Exp

Accuracy: 24 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 16 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Jinzo: +60 Exp (-320HP) +90000$

Awareness: 6 Exp

Awareness:26 Exp

Accuracy: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 24 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Crydus: +68 Exp (-332HP)

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 8 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Jubei: +62 Exp (-423HP)

Awareness: 8 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Kenshin: +62 Exp + 10 Exp (perfect bonus)

Awareness: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Slow Start, Strong Finish: Demai, Hidden Dragon Mission. (19/08/2401)

The Demai transport carrier was divided into two main groups, with Jayce and Tiana unusually close, while the other operatives stayed together and discussed their personal strategies for aiding in the infiltration of the facility.  The Demai operatives had also been sent to dispatch an enemy warehouse, though their prime objective was not the destruction of the facility, but the acquisition of a weapon inside of it. 

With this in mind, the carrier landed some distance away from the target facility, dropping off it’s occupants and the five light assault vehicles which they possessed before taking up and leaving the area.  As they went over the plan for the final team, Tiana stood back, sighing inaudibly, causing Jayce the slightest bit of amusement as he too marvelled at the incompletion of their tactics.  Regardless of this however, he relinquished his personal subordinate into the hands of his Field Sargeant, before he and Jayce made their way towards the facility to commence the infiltration. 

Demai mission control had rated the structural integrity of the facility and its subsystems as sub-Outpost class, the only reason that Jayce and Jais infiltration was approved, as military installations were quite equipped to pierce the stealth of channelers at their level.  As they moved towards the isolated facility, the two scoped out the area, attempting to decide the best point of entry for their infiltration attempt.  Unlike with warehouses, it wasn’t very easy to make it into the ventaliation system of the militia’s facility, forcing Jayce to make his way into the facility via an opening form one of the turrets, while Jais used his techniques to fuse his way through the walls before trying to squeeze his way into the vents from inside of the facility.  Not being able to maintain communications during their stealthy infiltrations, Jayce and Jais just did their best to steer clear of areas that were already lined with the various explosive and zeta disrupting mines that they had brought.

The two had little problem moving through the facility, both being extremely well adapted for stealth and infiltration, allowing them to complete their goal within the five minutes designated to them.  As the assault team now began to move towards the facility, the two infiltrators got as far away from their own bombs and detonated them, managing to disable a number of the facility’s defences.  The zeta disruption mines now scrambled the power distribution abilities of the facility, creating glaring weak-spots as the two controllers present now attempted to reroute power to maintain structural integrity.  Unfortunately, the explosive mines that now went to work blowing chunks out of the facility made this quite difficult, disabling 3 of the 6 turrets present on the facility, as well as heavily damaging another one.  With none of the ships powered up however, the zeta disruption mines did little against them, still leaving 2 Zeta Elixers, 2 Zeta Sabers and a Detrel MX for the incoming assault team to deal with.

With Cy and Rueben providing long range support, Tiana opted to do the same, while Alyssa, John and the Armadillo and Socrates operators moved forward.  Tiana did this mainly to prove a point, as Cy and Rueben quickly realised that their area of influence was nothing compared to the range of the facility, leaving them two options, either getting within range of the facility’s turrets and being blasted, or staying out of range and being useless.  Unfortunately, her team suffered from her harsh teaching methods, as John, Alyssa and the operator of the frame quickly found themselves over run by the remaining defences.  Tiana sighed yet again, snapping her fingers and ordering her subordinates into battle.  As she did this, an F-25 and a Zeta Wing flew past overhead, barrel rolling to avoid the incoming turret fire before releasing two missiles each and pulling up, having taken only small amounts of damage. 

As the pulled up, they now found themselves being targeted by the five light assault vehicles present on the ground.  Tiana sighed once again, realising that she was missing move of the action, now signalling for Cy’s transformers to lend support, before she forced the Armadillo to retreat and utilise  Rueben’s Zeta Wing to lend even further assistance.  The modified F-25 and Zeta Wing wasted no time in dispatching the damaged turrets, before focusing their fire on the complete neutralisation of the facility’s defences, for now ignoring the ground based light assault vehicles that were now focussed on targeting them, allowing Tiana to move in to lend assistance to John and Alyssa, while Cy and Rueben closed the distance to put them within striking range so they could lend useful support.

On the inside, Jais was still under stealth, using his ability to move undetected, in conjunction with the created confusion to search the facility for the weapon which they had been sent to retrieve.  With this in motion, Jayce dropped his stealth and powered up his defensive armaments, opening the assault on the two channelers who were held up inside the facility waiting for the light assault pilots to dispatch the ships before they moved out to deal with the Demai channelers that were attacking.  Jayce’s ambush had one major pro and a similar con.  The bonus to this action was that it almost garaunteed that Jayce would meet little to no resistance, leaving the morpher to deal with just meta-humans and users, whom he easily despatched as he homed in on the device.  The problem with this was that Jayce now drew the fire of not only the two channelers he attacked but the frame users that now homed in on his location to lend their comrades assistance.

Targeting the Detrel MX, while the rest of her team focussed in on the easier to despatch Elixers and Sabers, Tiana was forced to utilise the full extend of her Prodigy to boost he power, so that she could damage the vehicle and avoid most of its returned fire to avoid reversion. 

With Rueben’s Zeta Wing now in the air, the Armadillo pilot wasted no time moving over the battle field.  The ship entered the fray just in time to witness the destruction of the final turret defences and the scanning and communications array of the facility, allowing the now moderately damaged vehicles to turn their attentions to the ground.  At the same time, Jayce blasted his way through one of the weakened portions of the facility’s wall.  Having engaged his R.E.D. Trance, just was now making a beeline for the rest of his team, bringing after him a swarm of moderate to heavily damaged frames and a single surviving channeler.  At the same time, Jais gave the signal, for the transforming Zeta Wing of Cy’s to pick up the device which had managed to procure.  Tiana went to work now, utilising her phenomenal accuracy to despatch the four weakest frame users, signalling to Jayce to teleport behind the rest of the front line forces while they engaged.  John did a good job to keep the rest of the incoming fire away from Jayce, who was now heavily damaged after dealing with such a large number of opponents simultaneously, while Alyssa did her best to assist him.  Tiana also moved in, taking to melee combat as she made use of her double edged Aurora Blade, and forearm mounted Prism Guard to cleave through the swarm, giving Jayce enough time to compose himself and lend ranged support like Cy and Rueben and the operator of the Sentinel frame that cy had requested.

As the Zeta Wing blasted out of the area at full speed, Tiana assigned Jayce’s subordinate to accompany it, incase it ran into any trouble, leaving the other three vehicles to monitor the battlefield from the sky and ensure that the Demai maintained the upper hand.  Precise blasts from Tiana’s F-25’s Particle Cannon would do the trick, taking the team to the end without any reversions, a reality that Tiana did not expect.  Seeing this, the teams boarded their various vehicles and moved to the extraction point to await the Demai Transport Carrier’s return. 

Outcome: The Demai have captured ans stripped the facility for useful technology before destroying the remains.  Mission complete.

Tiana: +120 Exp (-121HP) +120000$

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 32 Exp

Accuracy: 20 Exp

Precision: 24 Exp

Precision: 20 Exp

Cy: +62 Exp + 10 Exp (perfect bonus) +120000$

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Precision: 16 Exp

Alyssa: +70 Exp (-590HP) +120000$

Awareness: 12 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 12 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Precision: 8 Exp

Rueben: +92 Exp + 10 Exp (perfect bonus) +120000$

Awareness: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 16 Exp

Precision: 16 Exp

Unnecessary, Overpowered, Efficient: Rogues, Lending Assistance Mission. (21/08/2401)

With the Xelots having pulled out close to the last minute, the Rogues’ three prong strike seemed to have gone to hell, leaving Hyaku and Roun to come up with a modification to the plan that would allow them to execute it within the timeframe that they had set themselves.  With their manpower cut in half, and given the power of the adversaries, splitting into three equally divided teams was suicide, and unbalancing the teams could only garauntee success for at most two teams, ending is horrible failure for the third.  It was given this situation that Roun and Hyaku made a drastically, and probably greatly unnecessary suggestion.  Hyaku and Roun, though they didn’t particularly mind otherwise, preferred not to rely to heavily on help from other factions, instead suggesting that Tyler purchase a Carrier class vehicle with her money to serve as main transport, and more importantly, flagship of the fleet that the Rogues would take to wipeout the Cartels that their faction had been assigned to deal with. 

The convincing process was a long one, but the two were finally able to persuade their Field Commander, who put in the order for the craft just one day before their mission.  This allowed them to breath a sigh of relief, as the craft more than compensated for the lack in man power, allowing them to proceed to Columbia for their mission.  With Tyler’s new Terrapin, the need for a transport carrier was simply not there, as the Rogues all piled into the craft and made their way to the locations, proceeding to the first meeting house in a covertable Detrel MX to keep up their image. 

The Rogue plan was a simple one, they would stage a meeting with the head of the Cartel, at their main headquarters, at which time, they would create an attack on the outside to split the attentions of the enemy forces, utilising a divide and conquer strategy.  Hyaku’s exotic look was now amplified by his dark hair, which he let out of the pony tail, wearing a tailor made suit and designer sunglasses to complete his look.  Roun and Paco dressed the part as well, wearing custom fitted suits, dark glasses and leather gloves, posing as Hyaku’s personal bodyguards. 

As they met with the first cartel leader, and most likely the only one that they would be able to meet with given that their strike on this facility would probably put the other cartels on high alert, the three made their way into the meeting room and sat, both Roun and Paco carrying large cases of the drugs which the Rogues had confiscated from the production facility in Italy.  Showing the contents of their cases authenticated their fake cartel enough to make the records which the Rogues had planted passable, allowing them to begin negotiations before the structure of the warehouse was shaken by fire from the outside.

“What the hell is this?  You’re betraying us?”  Hyaku exclaimed as jumped to his feet, causing Roun and Paco to power up and move to his side as if to protect him.  “You think you can take over my cartel if you kill me, think again!”  Hyaku now continued, causing the host of the meeting to rise to his feet slowly, his eye slowly fixing themselves on Hyaku.

“Shut up.”  He started, now turning his head to a group of his men, then to the door, sending that unit to investigate.  “If I wanted you dead, you would be dead… you, your men and your family.  That fact that you’re still breathing is a testament to the fact that this is something different.”

The three channelers scoped out the room now, sizing up the cartel leader and the remaining unit of four personal body guards and six other channelers.  From their disregard of Roun’s and Paco’s signature, the two could assume that his personal body guards were stronger than the Rogues on the inside, though if the surveillance team was any testament to the power of the other channelers, the three had a chance to revert them if they could manage a strong enough sneak attack.

Back on the outside, the Rogues were having a field day.  The initial strike was made by Hyaku’s Zeta Wing, which made a quick pass, drawing out the turrets hiding in the structure of the warehouse and unleashing it’s true power.  As the defensive armament powered up, the Terrapin’s long range scanners registered them to be on par with that of an Outpost class facility, causing the ground troops to think twice before rushing in.  Tyler wasted no time powering up the ship’s Hyper Drive system, and warping it into the area, unleashing the remaining light assault vehicles from it’s docking bay before it turn it’s attention to neutralising the facility’s external defences, and most importantly communications array.  Needless to say, with the power of its photon cannons, this wasn’t a difficult task, allowing the less experience pilots to get some target practice at the severely outmatched facility.

With the external defences now busy with the airbourne threats, the Rogues and their frames rushed into the fray, with Tyler leading the charge as they met the squadron of channelers and frame users.  With the five remaining Rogue officiers (including Roun’s new subordinate Nicola Cage), accompanied by Sun Lee and Zadavia Mareno, who could by now be considered a Junior Rogue, engaging the team of six channelers and eight man frame squad, the fact that each Rogue had requested their full compliment of subordinates for the mission, as well as Tyler bringing her full load of 8 subordinates, proved to be a huge factor in the battle, tilting the scales in the favour of the Rogues when it came to man power. 

Back on the inside, the three Rogues leading the operation were quite hesitant to make the first move, until Hyaku finally bit the bullet and launched the first attack.  Knowing that he would not be able to avoid damage in such an enclosed room, Hyaku powered straight into his Omega Drive, utilising his Phasic affinity to quickly shift towards the six lower level channelers, before expanding a viral wave in an event to neutralise them quickly.  The second he moved, Roun powered into his Omega Drive as well, the green streak in his hair glowing white along with his clothing that was not covered with a white armour, transmuted from elements in the atmostphere.  To cover his teammates, Roun used his Enthalpy affinity to flash construct a reinforced wall between the cartel leader, his personal body guards and them, allowing Paco to engage his own Omega Drive and expand a Cronus Chaotic Freeze and Hyaku’s Victims, concentrating their energies to revert the team while Roun did his best to keep up the wall.  It wouldn’t really be long before Roun’s wall fell, but with Hyaku and Paco’s increably high energy outputs, the low level channelers didn’t stand too much of a chance, forcing the three to now engage four level 12 channelers while the Don fled.

Roun wasted no time calling for backup, forcing the outside team to utilise their air cover to a higher extent, allowing Tyler and Leonardo to enter the room and provide assistance against the four channelers.  Amusingly enough, the outcome of their battle would matter very little, as the Terrapin circling over head destroyed any hopes of the cartel leader actually escaping, allowing Kenshin and his Ghost subordinate to easily collect him once his reversion was confirmed.

Back on the inside, the five Rogues managed to hold their own long enough for their teammates to swarm in and take the facility, despatching the last of the occupants before calling the local police department and the Rogue clean up teams to deal with the aftermath. 

With the first facility having fallen, and communications having been taken out, the Rogues moved onward to the remaining two facilities, taking more direct attacking approaches, as their ‘meeting’ plan would not have worked again.  As the battles ran on, and their healths dwindled down, Tyler authorised the Terrapin to use more force in neutralising the cartels.  Being outclassed and outnumbered, the results for the remaining two facilities were the same, and with the Hyper Drive of the Terrapin, fleeinig was simply not an option for the cartels, allowing the Rogues to clean up the cartels and finish their mission without a single reversion. 

Outcome: The Rogues have annihilated the three major cartels in columbia. Mission complete.

Tyler has offered Zadavia a spot on the Rogues.

Tyler: +128 Exp (-549HP) +100000$

Awareness: 32 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 20 Exp

Accuracy: 20 Exp

Precision: 16 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Roun: +124 Exp (-320HP) +100000$

Awareness: 16 Exp

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 24 Exp

Accuracy: 24 Exp

Precision: 32 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Hyaku: +128 Exp (-332HP)  +100000$

Awareness: 24 Exp

Awareness: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 24 Exp

Accuracy: 24 Exp

Precision: 20 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Yasmin: +116 Exp (-399HP)  +100000$

Awareness: 32 Exp

Awareness: 16 Exp

Accuracy: 20 Exp

Accuracy: 20 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Precision: 12 Exp

Zadavia: +100 Exp (-148HP)

Awareness: 12 Exp

Accuracy: 20 Exp

Precision: 28 Exp