[IC] Eternal Galaxy: Shards of Starlight - Part I

Koishi

Koishi

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12/07/2013, 02:23 AM #861
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur



"We're here because I wanted a drink." Mima said quite simply, and gave a smile. "I was not disappointed."


Manor of Eternity
The Great Hall



"Fate is nothing but a construct of the mind, and your friends are nothing but creatures with too much power. My purpose is my own personal business, so would you kindly silence yourself before I do myself?" The Reaper threatened, fully knowing what this being it was talking to was capable of. Nova backed off a bit. Hopefully the man could take threats.
Last edited by Koishi; 12/16/2013, 06:14 PM.



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.
S121

S121

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12/07/2013, 06:41 AM #862
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur

Combat Simulation 1

As John flew, his shields were slowly regenerating, allowing him to remain in the fight. John checked his HUD for the gunship's shield gauge and saw that he was now at 19.6%, at much better condition than how it originally had been. John was hoping for the shield to charge faster, but it would have to do, especially if he wanted to keep his HUD online. As soon as the shields had enough time to charge to 50%, John spun his gunship around and fired at the gunship behind him. The heavy Aura canon fired two Aura blasts, and luckily for John, the enemy craft wasn't expecting it. The two energy blasts slammed into the ship's shields, prompting the pilot of the ship to quickly maneuver out of the way, in case another attack came.

In order to keep the heat on both gunships, John quickly switched targets to the other ship and fired off two Aura blasts. The enemy craft was hit by one of them, but dodged the second and opened fire with all of its weapons. John hit the throttle and sped towards the enemy craft's flank and fired off two more, striking it with another blast. The enemy gunship's weapons quickly corrected their position and tried to lead their target, but John suddenly increased his altitude and struck the gunship two more times. John felt like he was gaining momentum as they fought, quickly dodging blast after blast, then retaliating with blasts of his own.

After John fired his heavy Aura canon and hit his current target twice, he received a blast from the enemy's heavy Aura cannon. The damage wasn't too severe, until he was then hit by a surprise attack from the second gunship. John's shields were quickly being depleted by the heavy Aura machinegun fire, but he managed to maneuver out of the way. As he moved out of the way, his current target joined in the attack, quickly depleting his shields and damaging the hull. Seeing that the situation was deteriorating, John hit the thrusters and flew away from the assault.

John needed to find a way to give the ship a boost in power, even if it was just a short time. Turning his attention to the console, John began to quickly sift through it's various commands, trying to find something to help him, all while checking the radar and dodging Aurafire. Finally, John found a command that was risky to use, but right now he needed to. After John input the command, three things happened to the ship. The shields began to charge at an almost instantaneous rate, the ship's speed dramatically increased to the point that the engines were beginning to overheat, and a timer popped up on John's HUD, giving him a countdown on how much of the onboard Aura crystal's power was left. To alleviate the overheating engines, John adjusted the engines to their minimum possible setting, but was still able to easily outmaneuver the enemy gunships.

As John spun the ship around and fired the heavy Aura cannons, something unexpected happened. Instead of firing two Aura blasts per second, it was firing as if it was a heavy Aura machinegun, firing ten blasts per second. The torrent of blasts slammed into John's target and decimated the enemy craft, reducing it to a scrap metal fireball that crashed into the ground below. Unfortunately, the heavy Aura cannon exploded from the dangerously high energy input. Now that the Aura crystal limiters were gone, the gunship was literally ripping itself apart. The ship's shields were quickly overloading, with the shield gauge showing its condition as 764% and quickly rising. The ship's various consoles were beginning to spark and blow circuits, while every light in the ship exploded from the intense surge of energy.

(Oh boy, this is bad!), John thought as the ship began to rapidly deteriorate.

All of a sudden, the Aura energy began to surge into John's suit via his hands, overcharging his shields to 760% and causing his HUD to glow brightly. As soon as this freak occurrence happened, John jerked his hands away from the controls of the ship, and deactivated his energy transfer circuits. John quickly grabbed the controls again and decided that there was only one effective way to take out the other ship. John was going to crash into it.

Hitting the throttle, John's gunship ripped through the air, straight for the enemy gunship. While the ship continued its suicidal charge, John got out of the pilot's seat and positioned himself near the opening of the cockpit. Right before the ship was to crash into the enemy gunship, John was going to jump out and fall to the ground. As soon as the enemy figured out what John was going to do, it was already almost too late. John jumped out of the ship, and enemy gunship strafed to the side, but were grazed by the rouge ship. John was surprised to see that his plan failed, but at least he was within range of the enemy gunship. As soon as his ship was out of his way, John pulled out his combat knife and as he landed on the enemy craft, he slammed his combat knife through the energy shields and deep into its hull. as soon as the pilot heard John land on the ship, he began to take evasive maneuvers to try and knock John off.

John slid to the side, but tightly held his knife, determined to keep a solid grip. In order to combat him being flailed around like a 1,400 pound ragdoll, John used his free hand and slammed his fingers through the gunship's armor, giving John something to grip. Now that John had a fighting chance, he began the dangerous task of sliding his knife out of the ship's hull and stabbing it closer to the cockpit. John may have been on the ship, but he still needed to get inside of it before he could hijack it.
Last edited by S121; 12/07/2013, 06:47 AM.
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Kristia

Kristia

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12/10/2013, 05:16 AM #863
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana's Custom Simulation


Noticing that the shield broke in pieces and it started shining, Mara focused closed her eyes and focused on her other senses. Hearing the swordman´s quick steps and going for a slide, the bioroid made a fast move to get in front of Cortana

The golden eyed woman focused her energy on her right arm and it went towards her energy dagger as it started to glow. Mara took a deep breath and released it opening her eyes locking on Navarre

Bending her arm to her back, the bioroid made an almost full forward arc slicing part of the floor with the dagger as an energy spike traveled its way towards Navarre

Have you ever crossed the line between sanity and madness? You would be amazed by what lies beyond the fog..

Spoiler
S121

S121

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12/10/2013, 05:58 AM #864
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur

Cortana's Custom Simulation

While the energy spike traveled towards Navarre, Cortana decided to follow up Mara's attack with her own. In a split second, Cortana lunged to the side and then towards Navarre with her Gravity Hammer at the ready. As soon as he was in range, Cortana swung the Gravity Hammer at his back, trying to make him fly into the energy spike. The hammer's roar could be heard as the hammer's gravity manipulator activated and sent a shockwave towards Navarre.


*BVVVVVVVVV*

Originally posted by S121
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Cucoo5

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12/16/2013, 10:27 PM #865
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Combat Simulation 1


An anomaly. The simulation shuddered for a moment where everything seemed to become unstable. No one noticed it as they were all apart of the simulation, though Commander Sullivan and the officers did. "Something's wrong...the code just changed." An officer commented. "Should we pull them out?"
"Not yet."
"But, sir..."
Commander Sullivan watched the screen carefully. "The simulation is still stable. Let it continue."

***

Storm clouds started to form on the horizon. Aion was transfixed by them...
"The skies bear ominous signs, brother. Shouldn't we pack up everything and just wait it out?"
"No we'll be fine. It's not going to be that bad..."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. Don't worry, sis, everything will be fine."


...Everything wasn't fine.
"Joe! We need to get out of here, now!"
"We need to hold out until reinforcements come! We can hold this point! We can win this! We're doing fine!"
"Joe!!"
Right in that instance, a red-edged, black bodied energy sabre protruded through Joe's torso. Aion stared in horror as he recognized the blade. His gaze caught the look in Joe's eyes. It was slow realization as he looked down and saw the sword. Still dumbstruck, the man that had killed Joe threw his now limp, lifeless body aside.
Aion's lips formed the man's name but no sound seemed to escape it. Revere stood before him with eyes that seemed to bear no emotion, his black jacket stained by blood.
Now Aion screamed in anger, but the yell was overpowered by the sound of cruiser cannon fire raining down from the heavens, annihilating the gunships, leveling the buildings, and killing everyone in the area. He fell forward from the shockwaves of the blasts behind him.
Revere was still standing with his blood-stained sabre.



Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur

Pub

"Hear Hear!" Nero said. "Aye if only everyday could be simple. Once this damn war is over...then we can all rest easy." He stretched for a moment before continuing. "What do you think it would take? Why do you think this darn War of Eternity lasted for a hundred thousand years?"



Manor of Eternity
The Great Hall


"Is that what you believe?" Aetheron began to pace slightly. "Then you fool yourselves into believing a lie. There's more to this War of Eternity than you believe. And everyone's fate is at stake if we lose. Even you're purpose will become trivial in the end. If the war is lost, then the Galaxy is lost and all that exists in it will be lost. Would you wish to bring about the end of both a galaxy and your own end? Or would you seek to end the war and bring peace, your so called justice to those that began this suffering?"



Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana's Custom Simulation


Navarre ran perpendicular to the attacks and ran straight for the wall. Once he reached it, he ran up it slightly and pushed off, sending himself over the two and landed so that he was behind them. "Good! Very Good! Against anyone else, that would have been beautiful!" He laughed slightly. "Care to continue?"

Koishi

Koishi

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12/16/2013, 10:42 PM #866
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Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur



"Well that's simple." Mima started, taking another swig of sake. "Because people aren't drunk enough." Mima laughed.


Manor of Eternity
The Great Hall



"If everyone was gone, my job would be done. The innocent may suffer, but the unjust will die. I am expendable." The Reaper countered with an emotionless tone.




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.
Kristia

Kristia

Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 6006

12/16/2013, 10:50 PM #867
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana's Custom Simulation


Mara couldn´t help but notice the warriors sudden emotional surge "Interesting way to evade attacks, I suppose you are a speeder type of warrior" she said quickly going for a double attack with her energy daggers

Have you ever crossed the line between sanity and madness? You would be amazed by what lies beyond the fog..

Spoiler
bookdragon2000

bookdragon2000

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12/17/2013, 02:49 AM #868
Sol Inceneron
Nhiome's base


Nhiome stepped back to take a look at KuroiKaze. He had managed to return to his base without causing additional damage that would require him to scrap KuroiKaze, but as he had expected he had needed to give her a major overhaul. Again. He had fixed everything and made a single addition in case something similar happened again. He had added a third engine that would only activate during an emergency, say, if one of the other engines died again. This reduced the storage space on KuroiKaze but it was worth it to prevent such an accident from occurring again.

Nhiome had just returned from his test flight of KuroiKaze. Everything had been fine and nothing had gone wrong. Now he considered the other ships docked here at his base. Kamikaze was still not completed, and he had just used resources set aside for it to fix up KuroiKaze, so he had to go "acquire" more. He didn't want to use KKuroiKaze for this just yet. He also wanted to bring in a large haul, so this meant using more than one ship. This left NatsuKaze and ShiroiKaze, the first similar to KuroiKaze's before the overhauls, the latter a fast version. He immediately started planning, then shook his head. He was exhausted from all the recent action and had not slept much.

Nhiome redressed the wound on his leg, then collapsed into bed to sleep.

How many times can you die a day~?
How many times have you died a day~?
S121

S121

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12/18/2013, 04:45 AM #869
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur

Combat Simulation 1

Right as John crawled his way to the glass cockpit, a large shockwave rocked the gunship and all of a sudden, the gunship fell out of the sky. As the Gunship fell, John activated his Armorlock and braced for impact. The ship crashed into the ground.

*BOOOM*

After a couple seconds, John opened up his eyes and looked at his surroundings. The gunship was in pieces, and the building they landed next to was in ruins. All of the buildings were in ruins. All the enemy soldiers were dead, but John saw no sign of his team. Upon having the realization that everyone from his team might be dead, John quickly stood up, grabbed his combat knife out of the gunship's hull, and put it away. He then sprinted towards the building his team was in as he pulled out his M6D Magnum Pistol, hoping to find survivors.

"Hello!?", John called out as he approached the building. John looked at his radar to see if anyone was still alive. Hopefully, he wan't too late.





Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur

Cortana's Custom Simulation

As the fight continued, Cortana observed Mara fighting Navarre. Cortana closely observed Navarre's moves, how he fought, an how he shifted his body weight, calculating possible weaknesses in his fighting style, looking for an opening.

(There's sure to be one, it' just a matter of finding it...), Cortana thought to herself.

Originally posted by S121
Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.


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Cucoo5

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12/21/2013, 05:12 PM #870
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana's Custom Simulation


Navarre locked blades with Mara, holding his rapier backhand. "There is a saying that Maverick Pilots have: 'You can't die if you don't get hit.' Seems like common sense, yet it's something many ignore these days." He then broke the lock and side-stepped quickly to the right. "Too many times have people ignored true skill. We see those who would rather hide behind armor than challenge themselves. That is a philosophy that I, nay, all Maverick Pilots bring from the air to the ground. It might not be without its flaws, but that is what we believe."




Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Combat Simulation 1


As John entered the building, he saw nothing but bodies strewn about the rubble. The one girl, Christina was still alive, but impaled by a piece of metal with conduits arcing with Aura Energy. Her wound had already started to crystalize from the energy. Her eyes were red with tears and were beginning to become faded. Christina looked over to him and started to mutter "Please...kill me...please..." over and over again.




Manor of Eternity
The Great Hall


"...you will not waver from this resolution? Then so be it." Aetheron turned away, looking back to the great metal-work clock that was embedded in the wall. "I had hope that you could help. I was wrong."




Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur

Pub

"Aye, how would the galaxy be if everyone loosened up and just took a swig, eh? Ha! Oh how things would be!" Nero started to sway slightly. "Hell might freeze over before then, but by the goddess it'd be a fine day. Aye..."
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