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System Shock - Fight the Power!

Gods could be too arrogant. Such was the case of SHODAN, who had turned the Pods into a nightmarish zone where she could freely amuse herself and torture those that had come here.

But arrogance breeds pride which breeds mistakes. Instead of killing everyone off, she had decided to do this more slowly – watch them suffer in a slow agony, and, therefore had not expected them to fight back.

It had been a lucky shot, really, one in a million, But one of the people present that day had accidentally shot a tiny, insignificant object. A tiny little drone, that, once it had been the source of the power damper, had fallen. The tables were turned, and the goddess had been forced to retreat from the pods.

Now she was on a panicked mode, not only because some of the other people on the ship had managed to work their way into her system files, using another AI to send pointless images and sounds to her, distracting her from her task, but they knew how they could defeat her and gain their powers back.

It didn't take long for the message to be sent out, as the word quickly spread. Find the tiny little creatures, and shoot them down. SHODAN couldn't work their shields properly and once they were found, it was only a short matter of time before the powers returned to an area.

It would take time, but, finally, the tide of the battle was turning on the side of the crewmen and women. In vain, she was throwing her all; even more strange robot creatures, attacking in packs, but with hope on their side, they could win this...

[OOC - OKay go for it! NPC players, feel free to NPC as many robots as you like. Players, once your powers return, feel free to make as much scrap metal as you like, no need to have people NPC for you if you just want to write tags of them kicking ass.]

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Billy had finally felt a spark of hope when the information about the power dampers was uncovered. Their powers could be restored. With some cleverness and lucky shots, they could regain access to the Zords and get to work on mowing some robots down.

Rangers, meet me in the hangar, Billy had requested over his comm ring. Unsettlingly, the connection to Andy seemed completely dead. If we disable the dampers, we can morph and use our Zords. Get here if you can!

He stood just outside the entrance, defending his position against the swarms of robots inside. They had to move soon.

Edited 2011-12-30 02:41 (UTC)

Locked out of the MMP, Ron had also been kept from the instincts that allowed him to use the plain old hand-to-hand portion of the monkey-fu as well as he did.

However, he was still pretty much okay. His mad running-away skills had managed to keep him away from the robot hordes, and got him to the hangar in one piece. Albeit a piece that was heavily gasping for air, but still one piece.

Jamie had been trying to fight his way through to the pod caverns, without success. But when the call went out to the Rangers, he shifted directions towards the hangar so he could join up with the others.

Robots swarmed the area, making it difficult to get through, but he thought he caught a glimpse of Billy near the entrance. And while his fellow Ranger may not be able to see him in return, there's a a good chance he might still be able to hear him, as he let out his battle cry and leapt onto the back of the nearest battle droid, covering its sensors with his hands.

"Creag An Tuire!"

The droid, blinded, tried to shake Jamie off but only managed to knock over some of its fellow droids, and the Scot let go, dropping to the ground and rolling out of the way to avoid the bursts of blaster fire that were randomly shooting through his end of the corridor. They soon stopped, however, leaving behind a lovely tangled mess of destroyed or useless droids and clearing the corridor so people could get through.

Springing to his feet, he sprinted down the corridor, bringing his own blaster into play to take out some of the other robots that were trying to prevent him from getting through. A lucky shot gave him enough time to make the last push, and he slid into the space next to Billy and Ron, shooting him a quick grin as he did so.

"Aye, I think I can manage that much. Where are the others?"

"Right here!" Lash yelled, sending out a few shots flying from her vantage point. "Sorry if I'm late." she may have had to leave Zetta in the city (regretfully) while he caused a bit more damage.

She was trying to look good at fighting, but Lash was missing something from it all. Her attacks seemed a bit slower and her balance, completely ridiculous before, was now a series of much more careful steps. Without access to her CO powers here, she couldn't stand on a wall like she normally would. Hopefully, however, this would happen soon.

Still, robots were falling when she shot at them. She couldn't help but grin at that.

"So we're just missing two more, huh?"

"Make that one!" Kate yelled amidst a flurry of arrows she fired toward the robots. It's just like those bots back home, even if she missed some of the old trick arrows. Right, make sure to ask about getting some more made.

She glanced at the others. They just needed to hold on until they were all here. No problem, right?

Billy was relieved to see that the rest of them were okay. He patted Ron's shoulder and looked over the rest, counting them one by one. They were all fighting well, even if they were tired.

But still no Andy. He wondered...

"I haven't been able to get Andy at all! His comm ring signal's dead, as if it's deactivated," he grunted, dropping low to avoid a sudden gunshot. He squatted there, trying to get at a robot's knees. "Is he gone?"

"Thanks..just needed...to...catch...my breath." Ron said taking in a gulp of air and standing.

"Dunno, but SHODAN hasn't started cackling about him, so I'm gonna guess either GlaDOS grabbed him or he got repodded."

If SHODAN hasn't been boasting about his being dead, it could easily be something as simple as what Ron's suggested - although of couple of other thoughts come to mind for Jamie. "Aye, unless his ring got broken somehow in the fighting or she's figured out a way to block the comm signals in some areas."

Neither of which are really comforting, but would mean he's still around and just not able to hear them. Whatever's happened to Andy, though, is something they'll have to worry about a little later, as the sound of reinforcements can be heard down the corridor leading to the hangar.

"Look, we've not got time to try and figure it out right now. We need to make a break for the Zords and try and find those power dampening things before we get overwhelmed."

"We'll just have to do without him," Lash grumbled, which was totally not her way of hiding to show that she was possibly very sad at the idea of Andy being repodded, if Ron's theory was corr---

SINCE WHEN HAD SHE STARTED THINKING RON'S IDEA WERE GOOD?

Whatever, she decided to move her anger towards the robots, and continued to shot.

"The biggest problem is climbing them. We can't use our lassos right now, and I definitely can't climb normally without my CO powers."

"Sharp objects," Billy suggested automatically, his eyes sweeping the hangar for a lay of the battlefield. There are other warriors there, including a familiar face: Punchy, his programming buddy. He should make sure he's all right as they pass. Soon.

"Do we have bits of metal? We can spike our hands and shoes and claw our way up. A grappling hook would be ideal, but I haven't seen rope."

He swung around a bend and shot, picking off one that had been quickly approaching them. Problem: there were more.

Kate smirked at that, "Just let me get a little closer." She knew if she directed the arrows just right, they'd be sturdy enough.

"Follow my lead," she then called before firing a series of arrows upward on one of the robots. Spacing them enough to be a ladder, as long as you moved quickly enough, and didn't linger on the steps. She then jumped to start hoisting herself upward on one of the robots' shoulders.

"Aye, I might in my sporran..." Which he can't get open at the moment, thanks to the power dampeners that are also preventing them from morphing. But before he can say that, shots come flying his way, and he ducks behind some storage containers for cover.

While Kate has a good idea, he doesn't even know if he'll be able to get his Zord to work. The others might, but Jamie's lack of familiarity with technology could be a problem without the aid of the power armor. And, as he too spots Punchy, he frowns. Even with the extra weapons they have, he doesn't like the idea of leaving the man out where the robots can get at him.

"One of us should stay down here and provide covering fire," he calls. "I can do it."

"Nah. One person trying to keep all those robots down? Not gonna work." Ron said, before grinning to himself. "I have an idea."

And then he took off running towards the robots, screaming his head off.

Power Rangers, meet Ron Stoppable: Human Distraction.

"Good luck," Billy called, leaping into the fray. They really needed to get inside. Higher ground would help.

"Cover each other's backs. Let's try to get Punchy," he plans quickly, charging and rolling behind a stray vehicle. He manages a few shots and knocks one down, then another. Progress.

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