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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-08-13 01:21 am

Lirath - Ground Battle

 After dropping off some of the crew at Balisair, it was time for the crew to set course for Lirath. The situation greeting them wasn't the most promising.

The cracked surface of the moon called Lirath was one of its most unmistakeable features. One of the three moons of the planet Kehoe, it had been terraformed and served as a settlement for a hundreds of different species, some humanoid, some not. Despite occasional class struggles, environmental issues, and speciesism blocking their way, the darker parts of Lirath's past were largely left behind, and an era of peace and tolerance had reigned for quite some time. The only problems they'd had recently were with a terrorist group whose cause for their actions had been a mystery, but they weren't tied to any particular species or social group and had been likened to a cult and had largely gone quiet in recent years.

Now the peace on the moon of Lirath had been shattered by the invasion of the Ohm.

The capital city had been destroyed. Now, all that was left of the peoples of Lirath was evacuating from one of its smaller cities, one known as Smyteval. A desert city, existing in a valley in between a rocky range of canyons and mountains, even though it was in the low ground, the natural channels of rock served as bottlenecks for any Ohm attacking from the ground.

GIA squadrons patrolled in space, locked in explosive warfare, protecting the Bleed-gate that had been activated to see the evacuated ships to the refugee world, and a shield created by massively-powerful shield generators extended around the city and up into the atmosphere, creating a shielded tunnel so ships could escape.

Word had come that there was a vital weapon to be deployed on Lirath, one that needed to be destroyed, hence why the Transmigration 9 had been called in. Given the diverse crew, and the ships that were in its hangar, there was at least someone or something on board that could blow the weapon up if it did show.

There was no sign of it yet. Right now, there was just chaos, streams of evacuees boarding ships, armies of Ohm engaged with GIA soldiers outside the shields, and forcefields that everyone hoped would hold out just a little bit longer.

The crew would be following Leon's orders but finding themselves fighting side-by-side with GIA platoons, full of various species that were currently all getting their asses kicked severely.

[ooc: STAGE 1 is now open! Please do not tage STAGE 2 until it's announced as open as well.]

[ooc: STAGE 2 is now open!]

[identity profile] farfrom-tree.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh-oh," Devlin muttered, seeing the Ohm advancing toward them. To the kids and any close adult refugees, he insisted, "Don't worry. This is normal," before shifting to his alien form.

Flying ahead of the refugees, he shot off shards of crystal from his hand at the Grunts. It was nowhere near enough to kill any of them, but it did injure quite a few, slowing them down.

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Lupin lifted his wand into the air, speaking the words "Protego Totalum!" as he did so. The spell invoked a shield over the refugees. Certainly no ultimate protection, but a fair defense.

Then, stepping forward, he lowered his wand to point it at the ground beneath the encroaching Ohm. "Confringo"

The Blasting Curse hurled forth from his wand with enough force to crater the ground a full seven feet deep beneath the Grunts.

[identity profile] livingontheweb.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
Webbing lashed out, tugging some of the remaining Grunts into Remus's pit, and a net over the top to keep them from getting out.

"Check it out. Space bugs under something that isn't even remotely similar to glass."

[identity profile] armsraced.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Heads down, fire in the hole!" came the projected voice of the Moraig pilot, who just managed to maneuver his mech past the refugees to back them up.

At that, the mech's main gun was leveled directly at the rest of the oncoming horde. With a loud thoom it fired, blowing away a large chunk of the enemy Grunts.

Unfortunately, it was still far from over. Overhead came the loud buzzing sound that preceded a Bombardier attack. The Moraig looked up, ready to aim it's cannon at the incoming flyers, but it was too late. A massive globule of acid hit its main gun, forcing the pilot to eject the damaged part before it ate through the rest of the mech.

With a loud curse, the pilot opened fire on the Bombardiers with the rapid fire plasma rifle built into its arm. Some of the other GIA soldiers turned their attention to the skies to help out, but this forced them to split their attention away from the rest of the incoming Grunts.

[identity profile] notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Vivio panicked. Things were getting bad. The evacuees were still pushing through and the soldiers couldn't fight back well enough.

"I... I..." Vivio stammered. A moment later, she balled her hands into fists and stared down the beasts. "I won't let them through!"

A Belkan casting circle formed in front of her as rainbow energy started to gather around her hand. A move her Fate-mama learned, one she used against Nanoha years before. One she'll use to help her instead.

"PLASMA SMASHER!" Vivio shouted, firing a series of magical bursts at the Grunts charging through, tearing into them.
Edited 2011-08-14 19:34 (UTC)

[identity profile] at-a-peak.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Devlin had just shifted forms when the Bombardier attack began, and he dove for the destroyed Moraig. Sure, its armor couldn't stand up to the acid, but it would at least protect him from the Grunts.

Months of practicing with his powers finally paid off as Devlin absorbed a layer of Moraig armor to cover his entire body. He was limited in terms of what he could do with these powers, but at the very least, he'd been practicing martial arts, and he immediately began punching and kicking against the Grunts, throwing whatever he had into trying to stop their advance.
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[personal profile] hexyeah 2011-08-15 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Wanda fired a hexbolt at the ground in front of the incoming grunts. The resulting blast delayed and injured some of them. Immediately after firing the hex, Wanda focused her energy to fire off another one.

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Lupin's wand flashed as he shot spells left and right. "Impervius!" he incanted, pointing at the armor Devlin had absorbed. Then back to the advancing Ohm, launching jinxes, curses, Stunners, and everything he could muster into the fray. Though none of them were fatal, every one could take an Ohm out of the fight.

[identity profile] ohm-nom-nom.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Thankfully, the numbers of both the Grunts and Bombardiers began to diminish due to the combined efforts of the crew.

Unfortunately, they had another problem. The sounds of combat had worked the refugees into a panic, and the resulting confusion allowed a couple Ohm Assassins to pass through unnoticed. They were now making their way straight for the refugees, if no one managed to stop them in time.

[identity profile] notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Vivio calmed down a bit as the Ohm numbers diminished. However, when she turned to check on the refugees, catching the sight of the Assassins moving in for the kill. Her panic set back in before she forced herself to swallow it and rush in, throwing herself between the Assassins and the evacuees.

"No... no, I won't let you! You'll have to go through me first!" she shouted, creating a barrier between her and the beasts.

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Lupin spun to face Vivio, then, seeing her foe, Disapparated into flash of white light. White mist burst upwards from his location, rocketing over the barrier to reform into the wizard, behind the Assassins as they faced the barrier.

He hoped this would work.

"Stupefy!" he shouted, discharging red jets of paralytic light at first one assassin, then the other. "Stupefy!"

[identity profile] farfrom-tree.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Devlin heard Vivio and Lupin attacking in the opposite direction and turned to see the Assassins heading for the refugees. He immediately ran from the Grunts and let the armor plating peel away from his arm. Concentrating hard, he shifted only his arm into alien form, creating a blazing Heatblast arm.

He knew it wasn't good when he felt dizzy from maintaining two kinds of powers, but he ignored it as best as he could so he could blast fire at the Assassins.