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Those heading to the sensorium after Commander Rahk's announcement would find themselves inside a rather technologically advanced looking base, a number of armored soldiers bustling about.

Rahk himself was there, standing in front of a command station with a large screen overlooking the waiting battlefield outside, which appeared to be the ruins of some advanced city. By the serious look on his face, he was certainly ready to get this test underway.

[ooc: tagging's open! get going!]

[ooc2: sorry for the confusion, the other sections are open for tagging too.]

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Jono heard the instructions and started heading that direction. The Nodes had interested him since he had first heard of them. Then again, as a telepath, that probably wasn't unusual.

He reinforced his shields as he got closer, waiting on the others and getting a feel for the Node.

The Sangheili Captain was not far indeed from the dropship's landing position, the news and instructions clear through his comms. Taking a few last shots at the Ohm attacking the defenses with the pair of plasma rifle's he had acquired. Slung over his back a GIA Heavy plasma launcher.

In but a moment his strides carried him to the position indicated at the dropship, a nod given to the human already ahead of him "It is time to take the fight to the enemy," He would call, calmly and with that near natural tone of command though with a tinge of anticipation for the coming fight. Standing at the ready to repel any Ohm that would come close to the dropship if the troopers wished them to board, until all of the other seven were gathered.

Hikari, already using her pactio she made with Negi (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/shaungarin/Pactio/hikaripactiocopy.png) after the last time she had been in battle with the Ohm, nodded despite the fact that they couldn't see it. And then blasted the Ohm with a magic blast, before turning over towards Angewomon. Who had blasted a nearby ohm of her own. "Angewomon! We need to make it over towards the drop ship!"

"Got it!" Angewomon shouted back, before both she and Hikari flew over towards where it was supposed to be.

Kang quickly dispatched another two Grunts with his battle-axe and made his way toward the dropship, bringing the comm ring up to his mouth.

«On my way.»

He'd never been a particularly fast runner, so it took him a moment to reach his destination. "Where is it?"

Grasping his trident, Daimon raised himself into the air and flew to the vessel. Of course, he took the opportunity to blast any Ohm he ran into with soulfire.

"I am here."

Volstagg charges towards the dropship, tossing Ohm grunts to the side like tenpins as he goes. Fearsome foes they may be, they were nothing compared to the bulk of the Asgard's largest warrior. "Ho there, mortals! If there is an attack to be had on the leader of these beasts, the Lion of Asgard will join you!"

Rather than taking this with the same grim looks and serious faces of the rest of the crew, Volstagg seems to be enjoying himself.

Once all of the contacted crew members were aboard and strapped in their seats, the Bluestar took off. The crew compartment looked like it could hold a lot more people, but with the bulky armor the GIA heavy troops that were accompanying them were wearing, it would've been a tight squeeze.

As the Bluestar took off, holoscreens appeared in front of each seat, marking their current position as well as the Node's position.

In less than a few minutes, the dropship had come very close. It fired it's turrets into the crowd of Ohm below, before letting loose a number of plasma missiles, clearing a large swath of them to create a landing zone.

It dropped down as quickly as it could before the Ohm troops would start pouring back over it soon. The heavy troopers deployed first, immediately opening fire into the Ohm forces, doing their best to help open a path to the Node for the crew members.

[ooc: moving this along for expediency. we can assume the others hopped on board too.]

As they did that, however, the crowd of Ohm Grunts began to pull back, and much heavier reinforcements appeared. A 30-foot tall Tank rushed forward, surrounded by a small group of Guards (http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/101501332/27000243).

In order to make it to the Node, they'd have to fight for it.

'Vadum took careful note of their location and the location of the Node as they approached their target, unstrapping himself and bracing as soon as they closed on their target and the Dropship began to descend. Looking back to the other seven crew members aboard, recognizing many of them even if not by name.

"This is it, let us show them that we are not to be trifled with!" He would call back to them even as the ramps dropped, deploying near immediately after the GIA Heavy troopers. Plasma rifles out and at the ready before joining the fray. Pausing only a moment as they began to retreat and for the true vanguard to show up, "Guards have heavy armour, engage them appropriately, I shall take on the Tank...let us see just what this thing is capable of," He would call to the others even as he unslung the Plasma launcher and brought it up to his shoulder, discarding one of the Plasma rifles and slinging the other. With that he would let loose an aimed shot with the launcher, aimed at the Tanks head.

Jono had a GIA issued gun, of course, to go with the armor. He didn't bother with it, though. Instead, the plantsuit split down the middle of the chest, power spilling out as he hit the ground.

'Vadum got a nod as he turned toward the guards, gathering the power in his chest for a quick, fiery burst. Followed by a few more targeting other guards.

Hikari nodded as she and Angewomon flew out of the dropship, taking to sky and both of them sending blasts of pink energy down from above towards one of the guards.

While he could fly, if needed, Daimon preferred to keep to the ground. As soon as he left the ship he started blasting the Ohm with soulfire, channeled through his trident.

It was him, several others, and a legion of monsters. Just how he liked it.

Kang didn't need to wait until the ship reached the ground before exiting; he glided down with the aid of his wings and pulled a bit of fur and a glass rod from one of the pouches on his waist. With his other hand, he pointed at the nearest Ohm and chanted, "Ast kiranann kair Gadurm Sotharn."

The scent of ozone filled the air, and a bolt of lightning escaped his fingertips, frying its target, but not killing it. Grinning, he moved closer to finish it off, drawing his battle-axe from the harness between his wings.

The Tank moved slightly before 'Vadum's shot hit it, faltering as the plasma blast slammed into its side. There was now a gaping hole in its armor, but it was still extremely dangerous.

The Guards, however, didn't fare quite as well, most of them being wiped out in the initial assault. Those that did survive regrouped as Grunts pulled in around them to support them.

The GIA Heavy Troopers continued firing, despite taking a number of casualties.

As soon as Chris was within jumping distance of the ground, he was out of the ship and opening fire on every Ohm in the area. These plasma weapons weren't like anything he was used to, and there was that old sensation of fighting against inexperience in the thick of things. The fact this was a simulation didn't cross his mind for a second.

Even as the first plasma blast slammed into the Tank, the Shipmaster lined up another, trusting in his fellow crewmen and the GIA heavy troopers to push through the guard and grunts that pushed toward them, the others did their job well, he was impressed. "Onwards! Do not give them chance to regroup!" He called out in the encouraging tone of command.

"Hit them again, and again!" He would call, punctuating each with the roar of the plasma launcher firing, successively firing blast after blast toward the tank as fast as the launcher could cycle. Each blast aimed toward the beast's head or the base of its legs, aiming to disable it as expeditiously as possible.

Jono had no idea where all the power inside of him came from. He knew it was there when he needed it and didn't seem to deplete much. Which was good, because this was going to be a nasty fight. He kept throwing balls of psionic fire into the guards, shifting the blasts from concussive force to the ones that caused explosions. Maybe taking the Guards apart at the sub-atomic level in one spot would help.

Hikari and Angewomon kept flying towards the attacking Ohm, firing blasts to destroy the guards and grunts as much as they could.

Edited 2010-12-26 03:36 (UTC)

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