Life is Hard: Johnny, Brian and L’Qatu attempt Gae Bulg Quest (01/09/09)

The Xelot and Mercenary groups decided to land their ships a great distance away from the Haiman stronghold, Phyhasten and make the rest of the journey on foot. Johnny and Jason’s Chaos Broken Combat Suit Regulators would for the most part protect them against the radiation whereas DE, the Tekera, would have no protection other than its metal frame. They would do their best to move carefully and quietly with their forms at low output but the only member of the group possessing any form of stealth was DE.

The Mercenary group on the other hand would be better equipped stealth wise with Brian utilising his Combat Suit’s stealth along with Blackout and Poltergeist on low outputs. L’Qatu would depend on the Combat Suit’s stealth with his form at low output and Zeer and Kerad would also utilise the stealth of their Combat Suits along with their own passive stealth abilities. Unfortunately for the Mercenaries, Class 2 Regulators would not be high enough to protect them from the radiation which had slowly began to degrade their forms from the time they disembarked the ship.      

Among the Xelots Johnny and DE would be on primary scanning duty searching for a cave entrance or some other opening that would lead to the underground ruins. For the Mercenaries this job would go to Zeer and Kerad whose forms made them ideal sentries.

The recent influx of beings with souls into the area had not gone unnoticed by the Haiman which prompted them to send out patrols in the area to make sure their hated enemies were not up to anything threatening. The Haiman had also noticed an increase in the amount of creatures in the area as well.

After some time of searching the Xelots picked up a Haiman patrol coming their way. Fortunately for the Xelots, Johnny’s massive area of influence allowed his Code Crisis to pick them up first. Given that he was looking to avoid combat he decided to head back the way they came and wait for the patrol to pass. The Mercenaries would have an easier time navigating the hostile area. They had managed to avoid being detected by the Haiman patrols and the few mutated creatures which lurked in the area. In fact it was one of these creatures that lead them to a large mound, inside which was a tunnel. Zeer and Kerad detected traces of the presences of other creatures which suggested that a number of creatures were in this particular area fairly recently. They aslo advised Brian and L’Qatu that the tunnel was likely dug by some sort of burrowing animal. Judging from the size of the tunnel this creature had to be rather large.

As they were about to enter the tunnel a nearby creature seemed to notice their presence but did not advance towards them. The hideous animal was beyond recognition of anything the group was familiar with and it seemed unsure of whether the Mercenaries were actually there or not. Seeing this, the Delgrangers advised their companions to keep still. The curious animal decided to move closer still seemingly unsure of its senses. Unfortunately the group could not afford to linger like this due to the radiation and would have to either move along or attempt to dispatch the creature. Zeer and Kerad advised the former considering they were out in the open and so they carefully made their way into the tunnel. At this point the creature advanced further, set on entering the tunnel as well. The Mercenaries would keep up their stealth routine as they made their way further underground.    

By now the Xelots were making another advance and this time they would pick up two creatures which looked like the Reapers Juggerknot and Dark had told Johnny about after their battle in Haiman territory some time ago. Johnny did not want to engage anyone or anything out here unless it was necessary to retrieve the artefact but at this point he realised that without stealth making it through this area without having to engage in a battle was unlikely. Unfortunately a Haiman patrol had also detected the creatures and expanded the range of their scanning to see what else may have been in the area since Reapers fed on concentrated sources of ethereal energy. They would immediately detect the Xelot squad and head towards them.

“Damn, we’re going to have to fight our way through this place!” Johnny exclaimed in frustration as he powered up to full, prompting Jason to do the same and DE to flee the area. Johnny activated his Psychic Flames and Darken Flames and unleashed a massive blast of his various destructive techniques on one of his attackers. The Haiman was blasted away from the sheer force of the attack but would manage to shave off most of the attack itself. Another Haiman appeared about 20 metres away from the two Xelots, setting off their Infantry Scanners and auto activating their Shifter Boots which transported them out of the way of the blast from their attacker. They appeared some distance away and Johnny unleashed another concoction of doom upon that Haiman which teleported away from the resulting destruction. A red beam of energy would then impact Jason’s chest knocking the massive Morpher back.

A torrent of red flames from above would then pin Johhny to the ground, not only burning him but also slamming into him with massive concussive force. Fortunately for both Xelots their Combat Suit’s Deflection Armour would be of great protection, actually saving Jason from instant reversion but leaving him with critical health. At this point Johnny Omega Shielded the continuous torrent of flames and activated the Personnel Teleporter, transporting him and Jason back to their ship.

Meanwhile the Mercenaries had made it down to the city ruins and thankfully so, since the radiation had considerable impact on their health. Fortunately they would be safe from the radiation underground. The animal which had entered the tunnel behind them went its own way after making it into the city. As the group looked around they could tell that the city was very old and in very bad shape. There was a great deal of rubble all around them and no lighting. They also picked up a number of energy signatures within their sensory range which Zeer and Kerad revealed to belong to a number of creatures in the area. The Delgrangers wanted to know the plan for finding the artefact but quickly realised there was none and advised their companions to come up with one before going any further.

Outcome: Johnny was forced to retreat back to his ship. The Mercenaries have made their way into the underground city. Quest Incomplete.

DE(Tekera) 50% damage due to radiation 

Johnny: 280 Exp (-520HP)    

  Jason: 150 Exp (-994HP)

Brian: 170 Exp (-600HP)    

L’Qatu: 130 Exp (-630HP)    

Zeer: 240 Exp (-500HP)    

Kerad: 230 Exp (-500HP)