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Lowell Fenris has posed:
On the island with the Phase Rock, Faolon waits quietly. He came here to escape some of the noise, and has decided to take a shift protecting the scientists charging the numerous weapons which require power. Large batteries cycle in and out via transports, making good use of the time they have with the rock. Faolon sits under a tent that's been constructed, staring intensely out at the ocean, as if he was ready to fight the waves themselves. His legs are crossed, but he's hardly in a meditative trance, always brewing about something.

Waves.

In all his life, Lowell Fenris has never had the opportunity to listen to the sound of waves until now, but this garrison duty has given him plenty of time to grow accustomed to the sound as the waves beat against the lower torso of the Ashsaber.

Standing not too far off from shore in order to give the scientists the room to maneuver their transports, the Shadow Mirror mech stands silently, half submerged in the sea with rifle held high as it scans the horizon like some great, monolithic statue as water lapse at it futile, while inside Lowell sits quietly at the controls. It is not often that he has a chance to reflect, but the ocean has a way of inspiring deep thought in the minds of mortals.

Kain has posed:
So, this is what human's call 'tranquility'. Kain was also on the island, looking out along the ocean. He had not stopped to admire such in so long, it was a surprise. He regretted that it was so fatal to his kind, but shrugged it. The price of immortality, he thought.

Haruno Sakura has posed:
Sakura sighs, as she walks along near the Rock, running a hand through her hair. Things have been so stressful lately, she's glad for a nice chance to inspect defenses and pretend she really cared much about them. These battlegrounds always seemed to pass back and forth; truthfully, much of the defense were mere pawns, but it's easy work and someone has to do it… Not that she's paying it much mind.

Damien-099 has posed:
The tranquil island is about to become a war zone. Over the horizon, a series of small dots appear. These dots, however, are getting larger with each passing moment. Anyone with a pair of binoculars or a sniper's scope would be able to tell what these approaching things are. It's a flight of UNSC Pelican drop ships, flying in a wedge formation. Standing in the back of the lead drop ship, Spartan-099 checks over his weapons loadout again. Inside of his helmet, he smirks faintly, and gives a nod to the pilot. She grins back, and flips a switch on her console.

Over the Pelican's loudspeakers, music begins to play, loud enough for the Fed defenders on the island to hear it. What song is it, one might wonder? Well, anyone who's seen Apocalypse Now should recognize the song. Ride of the Valkyries. Damien keys up over local UNSC comm., <All Pelicans, you are cleared hot. Engage all hostile Confederate targets and clear a landing zone.> The Pelicans increase speed, moving inwards towards the island. Then once they are within range, all of the drop ships fire at once, the streaks of ten missiles flying ahead of the vehicles, aiming to impact in any visible anti-air emplacements, or anything that might hinder the drop off of their precious cargo.

<Union-IC> Damien-099 says, "Engaging hostiles."
<Union-IC> Shinji says, "...Is Marshal Snake on?"

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
Terry McGinnis is here as well, onboard one of the Pelican's. Looking at Damien, "Are all of those weapons really necessary?" he asks the Spartan as he checks his systems. While he waits, for the drop to occur, he thinks as he looks at those who might also be here on the ship. "So, this is Phase Rock?" he asks as he looks at it. "What's so special about it?" he adds.

Winry Rockbell has posed:
Also aboard one of the Pelicans is a figure who looks, at a passing glance, a little like a very different kind of SPARTAN, to the extent that the figure in question is wearing powered armor and carrying a rifle. However, the figure is discernibly female, and her armor is a good bit sleeker and less bulky than the MJOLNIR armor which is standard issue for SPARTANs. And for the moment, she's just waiting for her cue to disembark and get into the fray personally, monitoring what she can of the situation and trying to pick her target in advance ...

Iria has posed:
Last, but not least, is Iria, who's in her bounty hunter gear, and is arming herself with her blaster and rifle, while adding a couple of grenades to her belt. Iria doesn't have any kind of mobile armor, but to her that's fine, since she's pretty much the type of person who prefers to strike on foot. For now, she's got her personal craft ready for deployment, although the design is rather bizarre. It's almost like a chair underneath an umbrella with a rudder on the back, and a pair of handles jutting down from the umbrella to allow Iria to control it. It can also be converted into a pseudo-hang glider, where Iria faces forward in a prone position while using the bars for control and to hold onto. Either way, it's how she's gonna drop into action!

Faolon has posed:
Faolon spots the incoming ships immediately. He stands to his feet, glances over to see Sakura. "We have company," he says, pulling a blade from his sheath. A rapier. He's feeling a little more elegant today perhaps. He walks until his feet reach the shore, the water gently lapping at the souls of his shoes. He waits, knowing that the pelicans will drop their troops soon enough.

Well, so much for that moment of peace.

Lowell Fenris has posed:
Without even a moment of hesitation or irritation, Lowell Fenris switches on his active targeting systems as he detects units inbound on their position.

"Enemy units inbound on attack vector. Scanning... multiple armed transports. Engaging."

Like some waking beast, the Ashsaber begins to move, water sloffing off it's frame as it slowly rises out of the water. As it does so, Fenris brings up his rifle and unleashes a burst from it at the inbound missiles, detonating several mid-flight.

Haruno Sakura has posed:
An attack. Of COURSE there's an attack; the union bastards have no courtesy or kindness in their souls. Sakura sighs deeply, watching the incoming forces, moving her hands in a series of quick seals to conceal herself. Sakura isn't anti-aircraft; she's going to do her best to kill off the invading officers once they land. Phase Rock, after all, pales in comparison to the goal of downing Union elites.

Kain has posed:
Kain draws forth the reaver, merely watching. He had expected the union to shatter such peace. Blinking as the missile's grew close, he waited to see if they would hit their target, or be stopped.

Damien-099 has posed:
"Yes." The Spartan replies to Batman, "And this island is a source of power. Something we need to deny the Confederates. I normally would suggest the obvious, destroying the island with a HAVOK nuclear mine." He says this as if using a multi-kiloton nuke is no big deal, "However, other members of the Union would prefer to use the energy produced on this island for our own advantages. So we have to assault and take the island." A few

of the missiles are struck down from midair, and the pilot reports over the dropship's speakers, <Landing's gonna be hot, kids! Keep your heads down!> One of the Marines in the back of the dropship hops up and gets on the heavy machinegun mounted in the doorway as the door opens up, <Landing in five! Four! Three! Two!...TOUCHDOWN! GO!> The moment that familiar feeling of the dropship touching down hits, the Spartan leaps through the open hatch, and rushes forward towards the incoming Confederate forces.

Winry Rockbell has posed:
The female in the powered armor (Winry, although you wouldn't know it unless you've seen her in her G-Armor before) follows Damien-099 out of the hatch, and heads in one specific direction: towards the Ashsaber. It might look like a stupid move, but Winry's been paying attention to some of her recent lessons ... and with her background and training, this isn't so different from targeting specific points on a human body, except for two things. The mecha is a bigger target than any human foe, and in this case she *wants* to aim for what might be "fatal" wounds on a human - disabling the mecha won't hurt the pilot. The HUD inside her helmet visor shifts from scanning to targeting as she runs, and as soon as she's in range, she squeezes off a couple of shots, aiming for the wrist of the Ashsaber's rifle hand ...

Winry Rockbell hit Lowell Fenris with her Drop it! moderate attack! <Experimental>

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
Terry McGinnis looks as everyone jumps out, "Wait, we are doing an aerial drop?" he asks. "I thought this vehicle was landing on the ground," and some of the marines shake their head, as one looks at Batman.

"Your not even armored," he asks Terry and Terry just smirks.

"I take it you have never seen Batman before," and he jumps out as well, two red wing popping out form under his arms as thrusters fire from his boots and he flies downward and finds Fao in the open. "Lets dance," he comments as he sends two batarangs at him, that fire from hidden the Batsuit and these are your normal Batarangs. Giving Terry a chance to judge just who he is going up against.

Terry McGinnis missed Faolon with his Normal Batarangs strong attack! (Experimental)

Iria has posed:
The strange glider comes down towards the surface at a rather fast rate of speed. In fact, it looks like Iria might crash! But she levels out and actually ejects from the glider, dropping to the ground and rolling as she lands, while the glider, apparently on some kind of autopilot, returns to the dropship. Even if it doesn't, they're replaceable.

As soon as she finishes dusting herself off, she turns and finds she's staring at a familiar face - Kain. A slight grin forms on Iria's face as she draws her blaster and fires a shot, while saying, "Long time no see! But too bad it's like this!"

Iria hit Kain with her Blast You! strong attack! <Experimental>

Lowell Fenris has posed:
Rounds impact against the Ashsaber's arm, dangerously close to the actuators that control the mech's motor functions in the hands. Still, the hand doesn't loosen it's grip as the armor proves sufficient to keep the underlining systems intact.

Lowell does notice the armored person's accuracy and engages his thrusters, rising up fully out of the water and into the sky. He has since learned that you can't take people on foot lightly, and he doesn't intend to give Winry a chance to scamper up his mech and plant charges or anything like that.

Once out of possible grappling reach of his foe, Lowell switches over to his Fire Dagger micro missile launchers, popping open the two hatches before raining several dozen rockets down on Winry from above.

Lowell Fenris hit Winry Rockbell with his It's Raining Explosives! moderate attack! <Experimental>

Kain has posed:
Kain is drilled in the arm hard by the shot." It has. But I fear things will end on a different note." He then rushes at Iria, reaver in position for a rather nice meeting with her gun arm.

Kain hit Iria with his Nice to see you, too strong attack! <Experimental>

Winry Rockbell has posed:
Winry's G-Armor disappears amongst the explosions ... but emerges again, thrusters boosting her jump as she tries to shoot inside one of those missile launchers before it can lock down behind an armored cover again. It's taking a risk, but if it works - well, there's a reason why missile launchers *DO* usually have some kind of cover, usually heavy enough to protect the ordnance inside ...

Winry Rockbell missed Lowell Fenris with her COOK OFF!! strong attack! (Experimental)

Faolon has posed:
Faolon swats the first batarangs out of the sky as he watches the Batman descend. He catches the second one, piercing it with the rapier. He holds it close to himself, examining it for a moment and then taking the weapon off. "Boomerangs?" he asks. "That's a different type of weapon." He dashes forward, remarkably fast considering the number of blades that he carries. His feet make massive splashes as they meet with the water and sand, heavy strides. He sidesteps just as it looks certain he will lunge, and then makes a stab from the side of Terry, aiming for the under arm.

Faolon missed Terry McGinnis with his Sidestep with a stab! strong attack! (Experimental)

Haruno Sakura has posed:
The ninja watches the attackers dropping in onto the isle, selecting one out to target... And, with a flick of her wrist, throwing a number of kunai at Damien, trying to impale him before he can even progress into the battle. It probably won't actually take him out, of course, if he's an elite... But slowing them down and warming up the blood a bit is worthwhile!

Haruno Sakura missed Damien-099 with her Welcome! We've been expecting you! moderate attack! (Experimental)

Lowell Fenris has posed:
The hatches are quick to snap shut again as Lowell deftly slides his machine backwards so that the shots aimed at his chest now soar over his head instead, before detaching two of his Sword Breakers from his shoulder mounts. The tactic of using the weapons pods in conjunction with his mech to provide distractions and opportunities of crossfire’s proved successful in his last engagement, though at the moment the pods aren't doing anything other than flying around being menacing as Fenris switches back to his Gun Rapier rifle and tries to nail Winry with a flurry of energy bolts.

Lowell Fenris hit Winry Rockbell with his Gun Rapier moderate attack! <Experimental>

Iria has posed:
The strike does get Iria in her arm, and she drops her gun as she holds her wounded arm in pain, grunting a little. However, despite what may seem like it takes a minute to recover from, Iria's back in action in less than half a second. She grabs her gun back up but doesn't shoot again. Instead, she throws a swift kick at Kain in an upwards arc.

Iria hit Kain with her let's kick things up a notch, shall we strong attack! <Experimental>

Winry Rockbell has posed:
Winry braces as she sees the incoming volley from the Ashsaber's rifle, as well as the launching of the Sword Breakers ... and it looks like she took a direct hit; the G-Armor goes flying backwards, thrusters flaring to try and brake her backwards momentum. But a direct hit to a personal powered suit shouldn't have left enough to even LOOK intact ...

Unless of course you notice the energy shield which now surrounds the armor. Winry glances up and around briefly, trying to track the Sword Breakers, but her main target is the Ashsaber itself, and even before she fully recovers control of her direction, she's resumed firing, rapid-fire pulses of green-tinged energy beams lancing across the distance.

Winry Rockbell hit Lowell Fenris with her Probing for weak points again ... moderate attack! <Experimental>

Lowell Fenris has posed:
The Ashsaber shudders as energy blasts scatter all across it's armor, gouging chunks in it's moderate armor as Lowell drops back down to ground level and half submerges in the water. In most cases, energy weapons have a limited effect in water, and he's counting on that to prove some cover as he takes aim with his beam rifle again and unleashes a second salvo, with the two Sword Breaker drones joining in from two other directions while their independent AIs make sure not to catch each other with friendly fire.

Lowell Fenris hit Winry Rockbell with his Crossfire strong attack! <Experimental>

Terry McGinnis(867) has posed:
Terry McGinnis looks and grins, "Sorry," he says. "But I was out of those," he adds as he grabs the sword and pivots out of the way as he sends a punch towards Faolon's face. "It will take more than that to get me," he states to him as he gets ready for the next attack.

Terry McGinnis missed Faolon with his Punch to the face strong attack! (Experimental)

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