cityship: (Meanwhile...)
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!]
quick_strike: (armor; dat pose)

[personal profile] quick_strike 2011-08-14 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
"I am doing my duty."

Following that, she waved at his machine, motioning it over.

"Come at full speed toward me. You will deliver me to the next area."
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[identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Lady, full speed was Mach 4.3 in atmospheric flight. And Mach 21 in space.

Oh, well. She was Ildraniath's friend. Zouichi shook off the last of his pursuers, then brought the VF downward, flattening one of the GERWALK's hands to use as a platform. Giant robots weren't typically great for ferrying people around, but it could be done.
quick_strike: (armor; dat pose)

[personal profile] quick_strike 2011-08-14 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Alendian would complain that her armor could handle rocket propelled bullets so speed would never be an issue. Either way, he didn't need to slow down as she teleported into the hand. What she really wanted was a bird's eye view of the battlefield and what better way to do it.
ext_988045: (Zouichi: ...)

[identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
It was more her reaction time he was worried about than her armor, since not everyone was capable of taking down oncoming jet planes from ground level. In any case, he brought the VF up and over the area, breaking briefly to dodge a volley of oncoming fire from several of the firebugs -- though he was careful to shield her from falling with the GERWALK's free arm as he did so.

Zouichi set her down a small distance away, where the Ohm forces were still waiting to be cleared. Then he lifted off, weaving through the air to take on some more of the fliers. He'd had practice maneuvering in the Sensoriums, of course, but it wasn't quite the same as the real thing, so while he was taking down quite a few combatants, he was also pushing the fighter, seeing what kind of stunts it would put up with without complaint.

This battle should provide quite a bit of useful data.
quick_strike: (was that supposed to be funny)

[personal profile] quick_strike 2011-08-14 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
She'll appreciate the lift later. Right now, Alendian was busy clearing out pockets of enemies and sewing confusion. She'll call Zouichi back some other time if she needs him.