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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: Cold Bomb

[identity profile] facepunching.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
If Soren had looked a little apprehensive about seeing him shift from human to bird, Beastboy's transformation to bear had him just plain confused. Well, he supposed there were plenty of odd abilities among this crew.

"Did you see what caused this? Is this more of your technology?"

Soren was just going to assume Beastboy knew more about technology than himself, because hey, everyone else did.

Re: Cold Bomb

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Beastboy shifted back so he could speak, "My technology? Dude don't pin this one on me. I was just up there flying and these orby things exploded in my face. Musta been some kind of bombs or something." He shivered again and wished he had his jacket. "I didn't even know the Ohm were smart enough for that sorta thing."

Re: Cold Bomb

[identity profile] facepunching.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Soren frowned. "Orby things?" In any case, he hadn't felt the sort of surge in power he might have if this storm were magical origin. And while he could summon blizzards, they were nowhere near this level.

He jerked his head sharply around as the sound of another shot rang out, swearing rather creatively as he spotted another of those cultists. As he cast another of his spells, a bright gout of explosive flame caught the man, throwing him violently backward and into a nearby wall.

"If this weather doesn't turn around," he said grimly, almost to himself, "We're in trouble."

Re: Cold Bomb

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think we're already in trouble dude." Beastboy shrugged and picked up a rock from the ground shifting into gorilla form and hurling it through the air.

Another cultist who had been fiddling with a bomb strapped to his chest was clocked in the head with the rock and went down hard.

"Getting out of it, now that's the fun part." He offered shifting back with a smile.

Re: Cold Bomb

[identity profile] facepunching.livejournal.com 2011-08-17 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Soren gave a little hmph, turning to pursue another of the cultists. Battles and wars, fun? Maybe for a soldier with much courage and little common sense.

[identity profile] shapeshiftqueen.livejournal.com 2011-08-19 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Speaking of cold things, a creature floated in the air, creating ice in front of it as it moved in the snow, and landed near the other two.

"How's the cavalry doing around here?" it paced itself with a well-timed attack that froze an incoming bug, as it landed and exploded into a million icicles.

[identity profile] facepunching.livejournal.com 2011-08-19 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Now what was this creature?

"Tolerably," said Soren, being super friendly even as he electrocuted another enemy. "There aren't exactly ideal battle conditions." Not necessarily ideal battle strategies, either, but he supposed that couldn't be helped. The defensive lines had already been under siege when they'd arrived.