Lirath - The Coming Storm

[cityship]

 After receiving the warning the Tapestry had provided them, along the order to begin preparations from Councillor Kang, the crew had been getting ready for upcoming combat with the Ohm.

Unfortunately, the rather vague nature of the warning they received meant they had no particular way of knowing exactly when this battle would occur. Understandably, this put some of the crew on edge, but at the very least they had some prior warning that they would be facing the Ohm, rather than being thrown blind into such a dangerous situation. Combat drills, vehicle maintenance and armory inspections seemed to be regular sights for the week or so following Kang's message. Not much time to prepare, but the crew worked with what was given to them.

Eventually, however, the call came.

||Alert, Alert,|| Stacy called out throughout the ship, ||Priority One message from GIA High Command. All crew members please report to the Obs Deck. Repeat, Priority One message from GIA High Command, All crew members please report to the Obs Deck...||

Stacy kept repeating the message over and over until the crew began making their way towards the Obs Deck to receive the message.

[ooc: As implied by the post, we're assuming the crew's ICly had a one-to-two week heads-up about the battle. It was supposed to be played out, but RL timing prevented this from working out. Feel free to come up with the details of your character's preparations on your own

Also, as usual, please wait for subthreads to go up before tagging in.

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Arrivals

[cityship]

It wasn't long before the crew started moving in, ready to finally find out the truth about the battle they'd been preparing for lately.

Re: Arrivals

[supersonicracer.livejournal.com]

Sonic? Not the first to arrive? I think not! Coming to a halt inside the Obs Deck, the speedy blue hedgehog waited for the others.

[clowmaster.livejournal.com]

"Wh-what's going on? An alert?" Sakura stammered, curiosity and worry hitting her. Something big was going on and frankly? She wasn't ready at all!

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[chosenlightchld.livejournal.com]

Hikari and Tailmon arrive rather quickly, the girl having scooped her digimon up in her arms as soon as the message was first shouted over the ship. She wasn't going to be late, not for this. She couldn't.

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

Guns holstered at his sides, Jr. made his way toward the Obs deck as fast as he could, which was pretty fast when he was really in a rush. He was far too used to Stacy calling certain members of the crew, or a more mellowed announcement to come up the deck. Alert. Something serious was up, and Jr. had a gut feeling he knew what it was. Coming back and hearing about what happened with the Tapestry ... weeks or months, was it? Of course it would be sooner than later.

The red-head was up on deck soon enough, brushing off the side of his jacket before glancing around to see who else snapped up there like he did.

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[shroudedintent]

It hadn't taken long for 'Vadum to make his way to the Observation deck at first sounding of the alert. The coming battle would soon be upon them, something he himself had stepped up preparations for tenfold in the last week.

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[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

She hadn't wasted any time: she was armed with everything she needed, and she was saying as little as she could. Once she heard the message, she'd run herself some drills, and once the alert was up, she was ready.

Time to get briefed.

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[memory-hax.livejournal.com]

Philip was there, looking fairly serious for once as he was parsing through his blank book.

[dhianeila.livejournal.com]

Dhianeila didn't actually need to move to the deck -- her projection flickered into view, expression firm and worried. Stacy's urgency was telling enough, and somewhere Dhianeila could feel it. This was not going to be an easy battle.

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[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami raced to the Obs Deck as soon as she heard the call, her fighting outfit in her arms. She didn't have time to switch up and hoped that she could use some sort of cover to do so as soon as possible.

She hoped, though, she was ready for this.

[battorch]

Tim was quick to arrive as well-- he had prepared himself as well as he could, having spent much of the time since he was returned to the ship training, working-- in his full 'uniform,' expression grim and flat. He was not looking forward to this, by any means-- but he had certainly anticipated it.

[morganknight]

"Feels like a waste," he said, as he trudged onto obs deck. "Giant fight and I have no skills that can serve on the front lines..."

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[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

Allenby raced to the Obs Deck as the message began blaring. She'd spent the whole week in training, trying to perfect her new specialty technique: the Nobel Superball.

She wouldn't have her Gundam for this, but she was sure she would still be fighting. The only thing was finding out where and how.

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[for-magic.livejournal.com]

"Finally!" Aibghalien said. "I'm sick of preparing a combat loadout every day in anticipation!"

The wizard settled onto the floor of the Obs Deck, arms crossed.

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[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

With the announcement, Hoshi was glad that the Nazca Legacy (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_md7-1kaasuY/TT9dFWl8MLI/AAAAAAAACUU/UJtKllcSA5w/s1600/7165753.jpg) was finished. This meant that she could get to the Observation Deck pretty quickly.

She was ready with what she needed to have as well as having Seraphiel perched on her shoulder. She didn't bother to remove her helmet until she really needed to.

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[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"LOOKING FOR GROUP!" the paladin bellowed as he stepped onto the Obs Deck. "I can take hits or give them! I might ask for some of the loot if it's good for improving my capacity to deal pain!"

[morphitudinous]

Billy never believed that he'd prepared enough. Sure, he'd been getting by ont the absolute minimum amount of sleep for healthy functioning ever since the announcement (thanks to his special alarm clock), and sure he'd spent just about every waking hour either repairing vehicles or training with everything he had, but it wasn't going to be enough.

He'd have to put on a brave face and hope his team felt more confident than he did. Some strategy might help them survive if they weren't completely, hopelessly overwhelmed.

Whatever was coming, he hoped it was beatable. He kept his head bowed, holding the power coin in his hand in a painfully tight grip. Don't fail him now.

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[daemonomicon.livejournal.com]

Cargn arrived eventually, fully decked in his 11-ft tall suit of ancient Terminator armor, his Warding Staff, The Key of Titan, at his side.

The crew would be facing their greatest challenge yet, and Cargn knew it better than most. Not all of them would be returning from this battle.

Things would change, and not necessarily for the better.

He looked down at his gauntleted hand, a small white flame appearing within. He closed his fist, extinguishing it. He had been doing his own preparations as well.

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[heroic-derp.livejournal.com]

Going against the general mood of the crowd, Age didn't seem very worried at all.

As he approached, he seemed rather calm, untroubled by the thought of coming battle. This was, of course, not very unusual for Age, as he rarely ever felt concerned or nervous about fighting.

Still, it was likely a rather strange sight for just about anyone else, who would likely be feeling the pressure from all the preparation that had come before this.

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[zouichi.livejournal.com]

It seemed like every time Zouichi got here, the less enthusiastic he got about it. So, what was it this week? Evil twins? Time travel? Exploding ghost wolves?

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[hi_there_aliens]

After a week or so of waiting around for a battle, which meant the same amount of time jumping at every single possible alert, Daniel was on edge. He didn't see how the military personnel back home did it: go to sleep, pop out, ready for combat at the drop of a hat. He'd barely had time to get into uniform before he rushed out.

The archaeologist rubbed at his eyes as he hurried over to the Obs Deck. It looked like there a large crowd gathering already. Daniel began the task of slipping through the crowd to get a closer look.

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[hullo-sweetie.livejournal.com]

River doesn't have to be told twice. It takes her all of a ten minutes to locate her gun, holster it, and head out to the observation deck. Once she's there, there's nothing else to do except wait. Everyone was going to be here eventually.

Still, she tries to look for familiar faces. Priority One had to mean the ship was in danger.

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[ronnae.livejournal.com]

War was not something unknown to Ronnae. In fact, the moment the message had been sent to make preparations, she had gone to great lengths to 'warm-up'. No holding back on her meals either kept her at full energy and re-enacting massive battles on her own for training.

So when she arrived at Obs deck, she donned her full regalia and a focused expression. However, what stirred within her was not nervousness, in fact, it was the total opposite... She was excited.

The Mission

[cityship]

Eventually, a screen appeared before the gathered crowd, set up to display the incoming message from the GIA.

Re: The Mission

[armsraced.livejournal.com]

The image of a highly decorated Kanil officer appeared on-screen. The grim expression on his face betrayed the severity of the situation.

"Greetings, crew of the Transmigration 9. I am Admiral Kasna of GIA High Command."

"We've recently received reports that the major colony on the moon Lirath has recently come under initial attack by an Ohm force the size of which we've never seen before concentrated in a single area. GIA forces in the area have been mobilized to protect the evacuation process, but they've already begun suffering heavy casualties."

"Refugees that have been successfully evacuated from the battlefield are being brought to our colony on Balisair. There have been some difficulties with the colonists in regards to the refugees, but we don't have any better options as far as evacuation sites go."

Holograms appeared surrounding the video screen, showing details of the system the battle was taking place, along with current reports on how the battle was progressing.

"I won't lie to you, the situation is bad. Things are going downhill faster than anyone could have expected."

"You're the closest vessel that's capable of helping them, and your ship is large enough to take on more than enough refugees to transport them to safety. You're also armed heavily enough to give our forces a fighting chance against the Ohm. You can also drop some of your non-combatant crew off at Balisair to help receive incoming refugees."

"I won't force you to help us fight this battle. But I do want to ask you to help our forces with the evacuation. There are millions and millions of innocent people down there, and our men are sacrificing their lives to save them."

"It is your decision, but please, help us."

Final Preparations

[cityship]

It wouldn't take long after the order was given that they arrived at the planet of Balisair.

This would be their last moments of peace before the battle, so final preparations were under way. Supplies and weapons were being distributed, along with Thorn Armor, Stacy's combat-equivalent of the plant suits.

Those deemed noncombatants or those who volunteered were all being ready to be sent down to the planet below to help with receiving the incoming refugees. They were being gathered in the Obs Deck for deployment.

This would be the crew's last chance to say goodbye to everyone that was going down.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

Hiccup had decided to try out the Thorn Armor. It was surprisingly light and also...spiky, but he found that it retracted much like the plantsuit could, so he kept it that way for now. If it wasn't so light, he would've have bothered with it at all. Speaking of plantsuits, he was wearing one of those too. He knew from experience they constricted and helped with injuries. Might as well take advantage of it, however uncomfortable they were.

Otherwise, he had on his new riding gear on over the armor, something he'd made after Kang's warning, a handgun and ammunition in case he and Toothless were ever downed, and other odd useful sundries for the battle.

It wasn't much altogether though. Compared to how some others might pack their things, he was going light. He needed to. They had to be maneuverable.

There were a few people he was looking for, before the fight. They wouldn't be fighting side by side since he'd be in the air with Toothless. He wanted to talk to them juuust in case.

"Where are you?"