System Shock - Fight the Power!

[thesystemshock.livejournal.com]

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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[oh-itsasnake.livejournal.com]

"If that holds them for long, I'll be disappointed that we've had so much trouble with such weak foes," he said as he rose. Then he tilted his head back and opened his mouth wide. A snake's head popped out from between his teeth, and that snake it turn opened its jaw to reveal a protruding sword hilt. Orochimaru grasped it, drawing out the Kusanagi, then closed his mouth over the snake inside once more.

"I think we ought to give them a lesson in manners and propriety," he said smugly.

[black-hawke.livejournal.com]

So this guy was apparently made of snakes. It was possibly a little gross, but Hawke wasn't going to say no to assistance, not when the armory was still crawling with robotic adversaries. He waited a few moments until he was sure Orochimaru was finished vomiting snakes, then readied his own gun and waved his new ally down one of the rows of weapons.

"This way."

[oh-itsasnake.livejournal.com]

Amusing; his lack of knowledge of ninjutsu had actually led him very close to the truth.

"A plan in mind?" he inquired, following more out of amusement than of any real desire to be helpful.

[black-hawke.livejournal.com]

"My plan's the same as yours, most likely." It was what a sensible person with an ounce of tactics knowledge would do.

"Use the shelves as cover to sweep the armory. I hear something just around this corner."

[oh-itsasnake.livejournal.com]

"That's strategy. What about tactics? Though I suppose that might be hard for you to work out without knowing what I can do, so just assume I can do it." Not at all modest, but then, who spends their life mastering all forms of ninjutsu to be modest about it?

[black-hawke.livejournal.com]

Tactics? Hawke could do tactics, even if he wasn't entirely sure of the extent of Orochimaru's powers.

"I've seen enough. You'll flush the enemy out with your snakes, and I'll dispatch them as they make themselves known."

[oh-itsasnake.livejournal.com]

"Simple and effective." That amused him, though in an unusually good way; elaborate tactics were not called for in this situation.

The snakes he had created continued to swarm, seeking out robots.

[black-hawke.livejournal.com]

With that out of the way, Hawke was quick to follow the serpents, keeping flush to the shelves of weapons as he made his way down the row.

When he reached the end, he peered out, fired a few shots, and waved Orochimaru on.

[oh-itsasnake.livejournal.com]

One second; Orochimaru had found another robot to dispatch, this one attempting to flank them. He had done so without moving towards it; instead, Kusanagi had simply extended, so that the blade now passed through its torso and out its back. He twisted it casually, retracted the blade, then moved forward.