Off to work

[cityship]

||Attention, Attention,|| Stacy's voice rang out suddenly throughout the ship. ||Will the following personnel please report to the Obs Deck:||

||Michael Blanc,||
||Kazami Shiro,|
||Andrew Davis,||
||Aibghalien Marsai,||
||Spiderman--616 universe,||
||Julian Keller,||
||Nanashi,||
||Katara,||
||Lash,||
||Wags-Tail-Alot,||
||Phillip,||
||and Vita.||

||Attention, Attention...|| The message repeats over and over, until all of the people she was calling reported to the Obs Deck.

Once they get there, they're greeted with an unusual sight. The mouth in the huge statue on the wall opens, revealing a screen. On it, the dossier for the mission flickers into display, understandable to every person there. Smaller copies of the dossier appear in holographic form in front of everyone.

The planet's stats, right next to a rotating picture of it, a dusty brown orb with orange clouds overhead:

Planet Designation: Arkez prime
Status: Terrestrial, H-class.
Non-sentient life: Scattered pockets of hardy flora and fauna.
Semi-Sentient Life: None.
Sentient Life: None.
Water: 13% of the planet's surface.

Climate: Arid, desert climate [Click here for cultural equivalents for non-Earth cultures.]
Landscape: Dry, arid, desert landscape.
Air: Normoxic concentration: 28% oxygen, 62% nitrogen, 5% xenon, 5% trace gases, such as hydrogen, krypton, and argon.

Air Pressure: 14.543 pounds per square inch.
Sky: Red with orange clouds.
Sun: A class F2V, yellow star.

Warnings: Terrain can be hazardous. Recommend caution when navigating terrain.

Mission: Minor Ohm splinter force detected on planet's surface. No Node detected, minor threat. Destroy before reinforcements arrive. Ohm artillery detected. Unable to send in heavy weaponry to engage. Ambush/Reconnaissance team will deploy to reduce Ohm threat prior to full engagement. Details to be provided.

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Arrivals

[cityship]

Those Stacy paged start coming in.

To protect the world from devastation!

[for-magic.livejournal.com]

After hastily cramming most of his library into his portable hole, Aibghalien floated up to the obs deck with a look of complete confusion. He'd only been awake a short time, certainly not long enough to experience anything of this nature before.

Still, he can and does adapt. Heading into a warzone to destroy an opposing force was practically his bread and butter for entirely too long. One thing nagged him, though, and he spoke up to anyone who might be willing to answer.

"What's a Node?"

Re: To protect the world from devastation!

[cityship]

||Ohm command and control unit with powerful psychic abilities. Highly dangerous, but not present on this planet. The forces present appear to be just a small splinter force.||

[for-magic.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," he said.

Then he began a quick inventory of his supplies -- shifting wands about, reorganizing scrolls in his case, checking his staffs... The basic necessities of a wizard going to war. At the same time, he can't help but wonder just how out-of-place he'll be, amongst the others paged.

Re: Arrivals

[metalwebhead.livejournal.com]

"Oh, nice - fighting bugs on a dangerous, desert-like planet." Spidey said, making his way to the room (and ignoring the odd name Stacy gave him). After awhile, a thought comes to him. "Hey, wait, does this mean we get to make Starship Troopers references? Can I be Rico?"

Re: Arrivals

[andyallgrownup.livejournal.com]

Andy just sighed as he looked over the thing. "Sure, I guess. Whatever makes you able to fight."

Re: Arrivals

[memory-hax.livejournal.com]

Phillip arrived, book tucked under his arm. Reading over the information however gave him pause as he read over the information once again. "Interesting," remarked Phillip, shifting the book as he touched his chin in thought, mind already working on possibilities. "Can we get a general terrain map Stacy? It does not have to be precise."

Re: Arrivals

[cityship]

The hologram shifted to a terrain map, showing numerous plateaus and valleys that made up the planet's rocky landscape. There were also numerous points marked on the map, noting the Ohm's positions. The biggest and brightest points marked the location of the Ohm artillery, their objective.

||These maps have also been sent to your Omnicomms for reference during the mission.||

Re: Arrivals

[telekinetic_badass]

"It's about time I got to see some action," Ensign Keller remarked as he arrived. "Bridge duty was getting boring."

He looked over the details, and over the personnel groupings, and paused for a moment. "Holy shit... am I actually in charge of this mission?" As far as he knew, he was the only one there with any kind of rank or seniority.

Re: Arrivals

[cityship]

||Affirmative,|| Stacy says simply. ||Michael Blanc will be your second in command for this mission.||

Re: Arrivals

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

And someone just happened to overhear the exchange between Julian and Stacy, and she decided to go over and say hi.

"Hey Julian!" she greeted. "Do you know much about the mission? I'm going to probably be at a little bit of a disadvantage I guess, but I'll do what I can, ok? I was at least trained to deal with desert regions since leaving my world."

Re: Arrivals

[wolf-that-grins.livejournal.com]

"Alright, how big is 'minor', exactly?" Wags said, with finger quotes in the necessary spots. He had seen the results full attack, and the idea of a smaller version didn't exactly fill him with warm fuzzies.

Re: Arrivals

[cityship]

||The Ohm force seems to lack sufficient size to pose a threat to any neighboring planets, but overarching mission parameters require us to destroy them before they can build sufficient strength.||

Re: Arrivals

[shootingblancs]

It figured. First time he'd see the Ohm in person, he wouldn't be in his Valkyrie. Well, that was why he had a sniper rifle.

"Are we the Ambush/Recon team, then? Why not just bomb them into nonexistence?"

Re: Arrivals

[cityship]

||Their artillery cover would be able to react too quickly. They would take out the bombs before they landed. Thus, you must take out the artillery before a full strike can be performed.||

Here have the most manly Lash icon I have (I don't even)

[thewunderkind]

Having her name called out by Stacy felt really weird. But hell, Lash was getting used to this. In fact, after this whole Ranger business, she felt she could take on the world.

Well, maybe not the world.

But man, the Ohm. She remembered the first time she fought them, over the faction, and how she had watched with fascination how Billy and the others had taken them down. And now, she realized she also had a similar power to do it. What was that? A tiny hint of a mischievous smile? She cracked her knuckles.

"Those Nodes whatever they are are gonna go splat!"

Re: Here have the most manly Lash icon I have (I don't even)

[twin-fans.livejournal.com]

"Pay more attention to the briefing." Kazami chides. "There aren't any Nodes." He recognized one of Billy's Rangers, the yellow one if he remembered correctly.

A small part of him really hopes that the rest of the team will have a cooler head about things. At least her haircut would help her stand out in a crowd.

Re: Arrivals

[twin-fans.livejournal.com]

Kazami enters and inspects the hologram with his arms crossed. The air pressure was a little lighter than Earth, but it shouldn't have an effect on anyone. After a moment, he looks up. "It sounds like she expects a stealth mission." Like that would happen with this crew. "Are we going to be given any equipment and transportation? Or will this all be done under our own power?"

Re: Arrivals

[cityship]

||I can provide any equipment required. As for transportation, there is a small enough window in their defenses that we can deploy you a short distance away from them, though it wouldn't be enough to get a full force through without first dealing with their artillery.||

Re: Arrivals

[sanguineroyal.livejournal.com]

Nanashi wasn't entirely sure at first why she was being called to the Obs deck, but was not entirely surprised when she found that it was a mission.

There was little desert in her home, but she knew that a giant beach with no water and a blazing hot sun was not that great of a place for her normally. Last time she had been off ship she had been offered something to keep her skin from the sun. "Stacy, will this mission be at night or shall I be wearing that suit you offered last time I went off-planet?"

Well, as weird as the thing looked, it was a combative mission. There was no time to concern oneself with aesthetics when lives were on the line. At the very least there was no node.

Re: Arrivals

[cityship]

||You will be deploying with the suit,|| she said, a pair of tendrils appearing, carrying said suit towards Nanashi.

||I don't know how long our opportunity to attack will last, so we don't have time to wait for nightfall.||

Uh oh.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara had responded quickly when she heard the summons, but her heart sunk a little once she read the stats. Fighting the Ohm wasn't the problem: if anything, that would be a relief from fighting within the crew. What had bothered her was the climate: it would be the first time she'd ever fought without any water handy. She had run through a few simulations in the desert, but there would be no Sensoriums to get her out. She had brought the blade Nanashi had given her, and mentally started to prepare herself.

She could already see there were others, and definitely some familiar faces.

Mission Start

[cityship]

||Preparations complete,|| Stacy says eventually. ||Entering planet's orbit. Beginning deployment.||

The doors to the Obs Deck close, and the whole room lurches slightly as the deck detaches from Stacy's main body, and after a moment, they're all weightless. They can see the planet through the window now, the brown landscape and orange clouds drawing ever closer.

It takes only a matter of minutes to reach the surface, and there's a slightly stronger lurch as the Obs Deck touches down, gravity returning to the room.

One of the massive walls opens up to form a ramp to the planet's surface, the rocky, windswept landscape and red-hued sky laid out before them.

||Ohm artillery appears to be most heavily concentrated about 1 klick northwest of your current position. I've marked it on your maps in your Omnicomms.||

||Good luck.||

Re: Mission Start

[twin-fans.livejournal.com]

Kazami swears to himself silently. Stacy could've let him grab his motorcycle first. Oh well. He rubs his commring and looks at the others. Everyone's comm rings working? As he waits for the responses, he holds a hand up to shade his eyes as he scans the horizon for any sign of the Ohm. No point in talking, if there's a scout, someone might hear them. Keller, you're in charge according to the briefing. What are your orders?

Re: Mission Start

[telekinetic_badass]

Julian took a brief moment to look around. He really didn't have much time to find out about everyone's current skillsets, other than what was in the personnel briefs, but no time like the present.

«Loud and clear.» Julian was just a touch more sensitive than most other people to comm rings. «Watch the volume.»

«Here's the deal, the webhead is on the advance scout team, and take the werewolf with you. Get a look at what we're up against, and keep the comms open at all times.» Though he had a feeling he was going to regret that last order.

«Where's the elf?»