????
???????
The Operator blinked in confusion, then her training kicked in and she dropped to a ready stance, pressed her back against a wall and activated her stealth arrays. Satisfied that she wasn't going to be attacked for now, she lowered the rifle and took a quick glance at her surroundings.
KINGMASTER?
No reply- her HUD was missing the systems that he would normal have control over as well. The Operator blinked in mild bemusement. It looked like she would have to move on her own for now. The man had said that he would teach her about the Shards- if this was his doing, there would be intelligence somewhere. Moving with incredible slowness so not to give her presence away to some hidden sharp-sighted observer, the Operator crept across the room and paused to examine the photo, noting the figure mounted on it. The Operator blinked at the resemblance- not a coincidence, most likely. She took a photo of the image and turned her attention to the cabinet the photograph sat on, opening it up with a small cloud of dust that made her arrays flicker.
[IC] Eternal Galaxy: Shards of Starlight - Part I
11/24/2013, 04:56 AM #802
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Aura Core
"Ha...sure." Nero smiled. "It's just by the main mess hall. There's a few shortcuts connected to the Spine on getting around. Though most don't use it cause of the...well...atmosphere of crawling around in the exposed parts. Dunno why that's such a deterrent..." He shrugged and led Mima back up into the Spine heading towards the center of the ship.
Between Dimmensions
Alternate Reality - Abandoned House
The cabinet was empty, save for another picture.
It was a picture of a girl that would have been what the Operator would have looked like when she was but a child.
The girl was standing in front of a mirror with an ornate frame next to a fireplace. It was the same as what was there currently.
In the picture the girl was smiling but her face portrayed that of an empty sadness.
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Aura Core
"Ha...sure." Nero smiled. "It's just by the main mess hall. There's a few shortcuts connected to the Spine on getting around. Though most don't use it cause of the...well...atmosphere of crawling around in the exposed parts. Dunno why that's such a deterrent..." He shrugged and led Mima back up into the Spine heading towards the center of the ship.
Between Dimmensions
Alternate Reality - Abandoned House
The cabinet was empty, save for another picture.
It was a picture of a girl that would have been what the Operator would have looked like when she was but a child.
The girl was standing in front of a mirror with an ornate frame next to a fireplace. It was the same as what was there currently.
In the picture the girl was smiling but her face portrayed that of an empty sadness.
11/24/2013, 05:27 AM #803
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Combat Simulation 1
As John stood in the path of tank's sights, the tank turned its main gun towards John and fired. In a near instant, a large energy shell ripped through the air, heading straight for John. A normal human wouldn't have been able to perceive the shell exiting the barrel of the tank's main gun, but John was a Spartan. Reacting quickly, John ducked down, and as soon as his fist touched the ground, he activated his suit's Armorlock mechanism. The Aura shell slammed into the room John was in and destroyed everything in the area, but left John unharmed. The entire tower began to moan as the weakened infrastructure began to crumble away. As the tower began to slowly tilt, John deactivated his Armorlock and remained crouched, hidden from the tank's view, waiting for the right moment to act. After a couple seconds, the tower's walls began to crumble as its metal exterior began to shriek as metal crumpled and tore away. Finally, the tower could no longer stand and fell towards the tank.
That was the signal John was waiting for. As soon as the tower came to be almost parallel to the ground, John sprinted up the now nearly horizontal wall, charging and punching straight through the ceiling as his shields regenerated. Debris and furniture fell out the windows as they slid and fell to John's side of the room, but it did not deter him. Building up speed, John than punched through the next ceiling, letting the sunlight through the deteriorating room and letting John escape the building. At the very last second, John bent his legs and lunged forth, exiting the building and soaring straight towards the tank below him.
The turret operator on the tank was shocked by the sight before him. The armored man that the tank had just fired at should have been dead. In fact, he shouldn't even have been able to escape the falling building. Despite the slight hesitation, the turret operator aimed straight for John and opened fire. Just as the man began to open fire, John raised his fists up in the air, and after two Aura bullets slammed into John's shields, he slammed his fists down into the tank operator's head, killing the operator instantly. The tower behind John finally crashed into the ground, causing the ground to shake and dust to cloud the air. The dust obscured John's sight, but thanks to his radar, he could still see the enemies before him. It was apparent that the soldiers that had formed the firing position had now scattered, most likely trying to get out of the way of the tower. John knew an opportunity when he saw it, so John wasted no time as he took control of the heavy machinegun turret on the tank and opened fire on the soldiers lost in the dust and debris.
The heavy Aura machinegun fire ripped through the dust and killed each soldier in fractions of a second. John's Spartan reflexes allowed him to waste little to no time between switching targets, and after only 7 seconds, all of the soldiers from before were dead. Right as the final soldier fell, John abandoned the heavy Aura machinegun as his shields regenerated from the earlier machinegun fire, and slammed his fist into the tank's shields with 26,689 Newtons of force (6,000 pounds). The tank's shields crackled blue around the impact site as John's fist crashed into it. Similarly to the old Covenant Wraith tanks he used to destroy with his bare hands, John quickly followed up his first punch with a second, equally devastating blow, knocking the tank's shields offline and leaving the tank exposed to attack.
Now that the tank was vulnerable, John quickly climbed up the top of the tank and headed for the tank's entry hatch, but before he could reach it, he was greeted by a solder emerging from the hatch with an Aura assault rifle. Before the soldier could even fire, John grabbed the gun by the barrel and bent it under his grip. Just as the soldier reached for an Aura-powered combat knife located on it's shoulder, John interrupted him with the same devastating blow he inflicted on the tank, shattering the soldier's shields and killing him instantly. The force of the soldier's back slamming against the lip of the hatch left a dent on the tank's otherwise perfect exterior, and before the soldier could fall back into the tank, John grabbed hold of him, tossed him out, and dropped down the tank's open hatch.
As John dropped down the hatch, the tank's driver and two co-pilots turned around to face their assailant, but before they could even reach their guns, the driver was already killed by three armor piercing, high explosive rounds to the torso and head. As the co-pilots opened fire on John, John lunged over to one of co-pilots and used him as a body shield against the other. The other co-pilot pulled out an Aura-powered combat knife and charged at John, but was met with John using the co-pilot's teammate as a club, killing both co-pilots and securing the tank. Now that John had the tank all to himself, he quickly seated himself, aimed the main gun at the tank closest to him, and opened fire as his shields regenerated. He knew that all the chaos he had stirred up would not go unnoticed by the gunships in the sky, so he quickly came up with an escape plan and kept it in the back of his mind as he continued to fire at the enemy forces.
Last edited by S121; 11/24/2013, 06:46 AM. Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Combat Simulation 1
As John stood in the path of tank's sights, the tank turned its main gun towards John and fired. In a near instant, a large energy shell ripped through the air, heading straight for John. A normal human wouldn't have been able to perceive the shell exiting the barrel of the tank's main gun, but John was a Spartan. Reacting quickly, John ducked down, and as soon as his fist touched the ground, he activated his suit's Armorlock mechanism. The Aura shell slammed into the room John was in and destroyed everything in the area, but left John unharmed. The entire tower began to moan as the weakened infrastructure began to crumble away. As the tower began to slowly tilt, John deactivated his Armorlock and remained crouched, hidden from the tank's view, waiting for the right moment to act. After a couple seconds, the tower's walls began to crumble as its metal exterior began to shriek as metal crumpled and tore away. Finally, the tower could no longer stand and fell towards the tank.
That was the signal John was waiting for. As soon as the tower came to be almost parallel to the ground, John sprinted up the now nearly horizontal wall, charging and punching straight through the ceiling as his shields regenerated. Debris and furniture fell out the windows as they slid and fell to John's side of the room, but it did not deter him. Building up speed, John than punched through the next ceiling, letting the sunlight through the deteriorating room and letting John escape the building. At the very last second, John bent his legs and lunged forth, exiting the building and soaring straight towards the tank below him.
The turret operator on the tank was shocked by the sight before him. The armored man that the tank had just fired at should have been dead. In fact, he shouldn't even have been able to escape the falling building. Despite the slight hesitation, the turret operator aimed straight for John and opened fire. Just as the man began to open fire, John raised his fists up in the air, and after two Aura bullets slammed into John's shields, he slammed his fists down into the tank operator's head, killing the operator instantly. The tower behind John finally crashed into the ground, causing the ground to shake and dust to cloud the air. The dust obscured John's sight, but thanks to his radar, he could still see the enemies before him. It was apparent that the soldiers that had formed the firing position had now scattered, most likely trying to get out of the way of the tower. John knew an opportunity when he saw it, so John wasted no time as he took control of the heavy machinegun turret on the tank and opened fire on the soldiers lost in the dust and debris.
The heavy Aura machinegun fire ripped through the dust and killed each soldier in fractions of a second. John's Spartan reflexes allowed him to waste little to no time between switching targets, and after only 7 seconds, all of the soldiers from before were dead. Right as the final soldier fell, John abandoned the heavy Aura machinegun as his shields regenerated from the earlier machinegun fire, and slammed his fist into the tank's shields with 26,689 Newtons of force (6,000 pounds). The tank's shields crackled blue around the impact site as John's fist crashed into it. Similarly to the old Covenant Wraith tanks he used to destroy with his bare hands, John quickly followed up his first punch with a second, equally devastating blow, knocking the tank's shields offline and leaving the tank exposed to attack.
Now that the tank was vulnerable, John quickly climbed up the top of the tank and headed for the tank's entry hatch, but before he could reach it, he was greeted by a solder emerging from the hatch with an Aura assault rifle. Before the soldier could even fire, John grabbed the gun by the barrel and bent it under his grip. Just as the soldier reached for an Aura-powered combat knife located on it's shoulder, John interrupted him with the same devastating blow he inflicted on the tank, shattering the soldier's shields and killing him instantly. The force of the soldier's back slamming against the lip of the hatch left a dent on the tank's otherwise perfect exterior, and before the soldier could fall back into the tank, John grabbed hold of him, tossed him out, and dropped down the tank's open hatch.
As John dropped down the hatch, the tank's driver and two co-pilots turned around to face their assailant, but before they could even reach their guns, the driver was already killed by three armor piercing, high explosive rounds to the torso and head. As the co-pilots opened fire on John, John lunged over to one of co-pilots and used him as a body shield against the other. The other co-pilot pulled out an Aura-powered combat knife and charged at John, but was met with John using the co-pilot's teammate as a club, killing both co-pilots and securing the tank. Now that John had the tank all to himself, he quickly seated himself, aimed the main gun at the tank closest to him, and opened fire as his shields regenerated. He knew that all the chaos he had stirred up would not go unnoticed by the gunships in the sky, so he quickly came up with an escape plan and kept it in the back of his mind as he continued to fire at the enemy forces.
Originally posted by S121
Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.
sigpic
11/24/2013, 08:50 AM #804
Sol Inceneron
Inopia - Temple of the Lost
Nhiome looked left towards the direction Dalia had indicated. He set off in that direction, he couldn't really tell, but since she could sense the aura crystals in his arm, sensing cold air should be much easier. He was already some distance away before he noticed her difficulties. He paused and turned towards her, then stopped unsure what to do. "Are you...ok? Could it be a concussion?"
Inopia - Temple of the Lost
Nhiome looked left towards the direction Dalia had indicated. He set off in that direction, he couldn't really tell, but since she could sense the aura crystals in his arm, sensing cold air should be much easier. He was already some distance away before he noticed her difficulties. He paused and turned towards her, then stopped unsure what to do. "Are you...ok? Could it be a concussion?"
How many times can you die a day~?
How many times have you died a day~?
How many times have you died a day~?
11/24/2013, 03:26 PM #805
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Mima put a hand over Nero's shoulder. "After a pint or two, the atmosphere won't even matter." Mima smiled.
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Mima put a hand over Nero's shoulder. "After a pint or two, the atmosphere won't even matter." Mima smiled.
Sometimes when you're driving down a road, a bug hits your windshield. It's ugly and unpleasant, but you just activate the wipers / cleaning fluid and it's gone in a few seconds. It's just part of driving down the road. You don't dwell on it, because that'd be silly. Bugs aren't worth the time.
You just discard their guts and keep on driving.
11/25/2013, 05:17 AM #806
Between Dimensions
Alternate Reality - Abandoned House
The Operator took another photo. Baseless and futile attempts at psychological warfare, she told herself. She knew for a fact that Operators were created in the Corporation's artificial wombs, being 'born' at the age of 15. Augmentation began at 17 and finished at 20 years of age. Still, intelligence was intelligence. She looked around the house for anything else of value.
Alternate Reality - Abandoned House
The Operator took another photo. Baseless and futile attempts at psychological warfare, she told herself. She knew for a fact that Operators were created in the Corporation's artificial wombs, being 'born' at the age of 15. Augmentation began at 17 and finished at 20 years of age. Still, intelligence was intelligence. She looked around the house for anything else of value.
11/25/2013, 05:27 AM #807
Originally posted by Cucoo5
Helios System
Zephyr-Old Continents-Ancient Nasod Palace-Eve's Chamber
"The year is MDe12-MMXII" The man with the red bandanna pushed up his glasses. "You've been asleep for a few trillion years." He then turned and started walking away but then stopped when he noticed Eve wasn't following. "Well? Time waits for no one."
Helios System
Zephyr-Old Continents-Ancient Nasod Palace-Eve's Chamber
Eve looked at the man in shock. "A-A few... trillion years?" He muttered as she began to follow the man. Eve was shocked. She did not expect to be sealed away for so long. She remembered that she was to be sealed only until after the war was over... "I suppose the Nasod-Zephyr war is over? If so... then why was I woken up so late?..." She asked... a sense of depression and sadness could be heard. By this time there surely couldn't be any members of her race left.
_______________________________________________________________
Helios System
Zephyr-Old Continents-Ancient Nasod Palace-Chamber Hallway
Hajime continued even deeper into the ruins. He had gone through hallway after hallway, room to room, trying to find a way out of this place. He had came across many moss covered robots, and stones. Even a few plants. Eventually he came to a dead end. The hall just seemed to end in a small circular room. Much like the one from before, but the only difference was that this room was much smaller. The walls were lined with cracks everywhere. Even what looked to be a few vines here and there as well. The only thing different about this room was that the pictures on the walls were clear as day.
The pictures on the wall was a mural of what looked to be that same giant robot from the Main Chamber. With a smaller more human looking female standing below the towering machine. The female character on the picture appeared to be leading some sort of robotic army against what looked to be humans.
"Is this depicting some sort of war?" Hajime asked himself as he saw that the rest of the mural was covered in dust. Being the curious one Hajime wiped off some of the dust from the rest of the mural. What he saw was the same female that was leading that army. However she was alone... well at least it seemed that way. The woman in the picture looked to be holding the hand of something or someone... Hajime tried to wipe off the dust off the rest of the mural, but all there was... was a large missing piece of the mural. "...Well there goes that..." He said as he turned around. "I need to find my way out of here before I get lost even more so..." He said as just as he was about to leave the roof above the doorway collapsed. Blocking his only exit.
"OH COME ON!!!" He said as he tried to move the rubble out of the way. However he was not strong enough to do so. "DAMMIT!!!" He cursed as he banged his head against the moss covered walls...
That's when he heard it... the sound of people talking... directly below him... "Wait a second... is that... someone talking?" He said as he looked around the room. He couldn't find where the voices were coming from. Yet on closer inspection he began to notice that the voices were coming not from the floor, but under the floor. "...?" He knelt down and kept his ear to the floor so he could try and make out the voices. They were getting faint quite quickly. "No! No no no no no!!!" He said as he began to punch the floor in anger. "HELP SOMEONE HELP!!! I'M TRAPPED DOWN HERE!!!" He yelled in a futile attempt to get the attention of Eve, and Cicero who were now in the corridor below him. He continued to hit the floor in anger.
Suddenly the floor began to crack. Hajime's eyes widened as he noticed the cracks on the floor getting bigger and bigger. Until the point of where the floor finally collapsed. Sending Hajime plummeting to the room below. Luckily there was a small underground lake right below him to stop his fall... at least it looked like a lake...
In actuality it was a bed of glowing aura crystal's that gave the illusion of a sparkling underground lake... If something doesn't happen Hajime would end up splattered all over the crystal's.
11/25/2013, 06:27 AM #808
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana's Custom Simulation
Cortana was a little surprised by Mara's sudden counter, along with her reacting within milliseconds, but it was simply more data for Cortana to use to better herself. As Cortana flipped over Mara, Cortana calculated her angle, how far she was from the ground, and how fast she was accelerating towards the ground. With that data, Cortana quickly corrected herself so that she would land on her feet, and as soon as her feet touched the ground, she drove a quick elbow towards the kidney area on Mara's back.
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana's Custom Simulation
Cortana was a little surprised by Mara's sudden counter, along with her reacting within milliseconds, but it was simply more data for Cortana to use to better herself. As Cortana flipped over Mara, Cortana calculated her angle, how far she was from the ground, and how fast she was accelerating towards the ground. With that data, Cortana quickly corrected herself so that she would land on her feet, and as soon as her feet touched the ground, she drove a quick elbow towards the kidney area on Mara's back.
Originally posted by S121
Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.
sigpic
11/25/2013, 06:37 AM #809
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana's Custom Simulation
Mara used her momentum to keep going down with her back on floor "You got skills, but keep going" she said as the elbow graced her head and grappled the elbow with her arms to pull Cortana´s body so the white haired could headbutt the AI´s chest
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana's Custom Simulation
Mara used her momentum to keep going down with her back on floor "You got skills, but keep going" she said as the elbow graced her head and grappled the elbow with her arms to pull Cortana´s body so the white haired could headbutt the AI´s chest
Have you ever crossed the line between sanity and madness? You would be amazed by what lies beyond the fog..
Spoiler
11/25/2013, 07:01 AM #810
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana's Custom Simulation
Cortana could see the head-butt coming, so thinking quickly, Cortana came up with a plan. She had seen John do this every once in a while. In fact, whenever he performed this attack, it tended to either stun his opponents for a long amount of time, or knock them unconscious. Following what she had seen John do, Cortana reared her head back, and in one swift movement, head-butted Mara in the forehead. The sound of Cortana's Ceramic Carbide coated skull could be heard as the blow landed, giving off a sound similar to dense concrete.
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana's Custom Simulation
Cortana could see the head-butt coming, so thinking quickly, Cortana came up with a plan. She had seen John do this every once in a while. In fact, whenever he performed this attack, it tended to either stun his opponents for a long amount of time, or knock them unconscious. Following what she had seen John do, Cortana reared her head back, and in one swift movement, head-butted Mara in the forehead. The sound of Cortana's Ceramic Carbide coated skull could be heard as the blow landed, giving off a sound similar to dense concrete.
Originally posted by S121
Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.
sigpic