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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!]

Re: Ground fighters B (CATASTROPHISTS) [Stage 2]

[identity profile] catastrotastic.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
The webbing-shot stuck to the cultist's helmet, forcing him to tear it off. Underneath, Peter could see that the man's face was covered in ritualistic scars, and his eyelids had been cut away, leaving him with a horrific visage.

"The End comes!" he cried, lifting his rifle and firing in Peter's direction.

Re: Ground fighters B (CATASTROPHISTS) [Stage 2]

[identity profile] livingontheweb.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Eeugh. That's a face not even a mother could love." Spidey quipped, ducking under the rifle blast. Back on his feet, he grabbed hold of the gun, crushing it with his hand.

Re: Ground fighters B (CATASTROPHISTS) [Stage 2]

[identity profile] catastrotastic.livejournal.com 2011-08-17 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
With a snarl, the cultist wrenched the rifle back out of Peter's hands and attempted to slam its wrecked remains into the side of Spidey's head.

"Our sacred work must not fail!"

Re: Ground fighters B (CATASTROPHISTS) [Stage 2]

[identity profile] livingontheweb.livejournal.com 2011-08-17 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Even without his spider-sense tingling, Peter could see that coming a mile off, and twisted his head out of the way.

"Not up for discussion dude," he said, grabbing a move from the Three Stooges and jabbing his fingers into the cultist's eyes, just hard to enough to hurt like hell without causing permanent damage.

Re: Ground fighters B (CATASTROPHISTS) [Stage 2]

[identity profile] catastrotastic.livejournal.com 2011-08-17 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
The cultist staggered back after that, temporarily dazed, but he regains his composure quickly.

With a growl he discarded his ruined weapon, instead reaching for the electrified metal club at his side, swinging it at Peter wildly.

Re: Ground fighters B (CATASTROPHISTS) [Stage 2]

[identity profile] livingontheweb.livejournal.com 2011-08-23 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Peter's hand lashed out and he grabbed the club toting arm at the wrist. Before the cultist could react further to the turn of events, the hero's foot planted itself in his solar plexus.

"If that didn't work the first the time, why'd you think doing the same exact thing would work the second?"