With the battlefield cleared of opponents, Vector and Aera stood down and started to gather up the spoils. In the meantime, Mach flew up to the highest platform, where a single glowing blue mystery data waited for him.
Alright, let's see what you've got.
MachMan reached out, touching the data to attempt to access it and reveal its contents.
((Open BMD))
Vacation in Orbit
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Stepping up and claiming his much deserved prize, MachMan placed his hand upon the brightly glowing blue crystal, and with a bright blinding flash it shattered apart, leaving behind the remains the data of a new attack!
[[b]BMD Opened[/b]]
MachMan: BurnSquare2
[[b]BMD Opened[/b]]
MachMan: BurnSquare2
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BurnSquare2
Damage: 90 + Blast 2 + Ground Attack
Accuracy: B
Description: Creates a small, square shaped explosion of will-o-wisps that erupt from the ground, scorching the very soul of whatever is occupying that space.
Duration: Once
Element: Fire
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Fortune smiled upon the Navi as the BMD presented a new battlechip. He already had one in his chip library, this new addition could prove useful regardless. He downloaded the data to the PET as his SPs approached with a wealth of zenny to be downloaded as well.
Two battlechips, zenny, and bugfrags; not too shabby if you ask me.
[Indeed, hopefully there are even better rewards further in.]
I was thinking the same thing, you two ready to go?
Aera smiled and nodded, while Vector did the same... sans smile due to his inability to do so.
Of course!
The three turned deeper into the network, and stepped off the platform in unison before gliding to the next floating platform, "island-hopping" further into the space-themed network.
((Ready for battle #3))
Two battlechips, zenny, and bugfrags; not too shabby if you ask me.
[Indeed, hopefully there are even better rewards further in.]
I was thinking the same thing, you two ready to go?
Aera smiled and nodded, while Vector did the same... sans smile due to his inability to do so.
Of course!
The three turned deeper into the network, and stepped off the platform in unison before gliding to the next floating platform, "island-hopping" further into the space-themed network.
((Ready for battle #3))
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Thankfully the deeper into the net they got, the less frequent the various islands were becoming, as they were starting to feel more like long stretches than simply stepping stones. Particularly the one the trio had found themselves on.
Quite large and long, almost as if they'd stepped onto a bridge, all around the vast emptiness of space seemed to surround while the study platform simply hovered there. Though deeper along this platform they'd find a large round opening as if something had crushed through, and hovering there in the center of the missing area was a brightly colored cube, flipping slowly between shades of red and blue. While on either side of the whole, Swordys seemed to be facing off against two Eleballs, though what sort of game there were playing was impossible to tell, as each side would swap a player as the colors on the cube changed.
But all this was put to a halt as they party was spotted, and the swordsmen quickly turned their sparking blades upon them with quite a hostile intent.
Enemies
Elesphere A: 150HP [Left side of Hole]
Swordy-E2 A: 160HP [Left side of Hole]
Elesphere B: 150HP [Right side of Hole]
Swordy-E2 B: 160HP [Right side of Hole]
TRICUBE: 220HP [Hovering in center of Hole]
Terrain
50% Metal [Platform]
30% Missing [Surrounding Platform]
20% Missing [Hole in Center of Platform]
Allies
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110HP
Vector.SP: 106HP
—World 1-3, Start!—
Quite large and long, almost as if they'd stepped onto a bridge, all around the vast emptiness of space seemed to surround while the study platform simply hovered there. Though deeper along this platform they'd find a large round opening as if something had crushed through, and hovering there in the center of the missing area was a brightly colored cube, flipping slowly between shades of red and blue. While on either side of the whole, Swordys seemed to be facing off against two Eleballs, though what sort of game there were playing was impossible to tell, as each side would swap a player as the colors on the cube changed.
But all this was put to a halt as they party was spotted, and the swordsmen quickly turned their sparking blades upon them with quite a hostile intent.
Enemies
Elesphere A: 150HP [Left side of Hole]
Swordy-E2 A: 160HP [Left side of Hole]
Elesphere B: 150HP [Right side of Hole]
Swordy-E2 B: 160HP [Right side of Hole]
TRICUBE: 220HP [Hovering in center of Hole]
Terrain
50% Metal [Platform]
30% Missing [Surrounding Platform]
20% Missing [Hole in Center of Platform]
Allies
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110HP
Vector.SP: 106HP
—World 1-3, Start!—
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Upon reaching the long bridge-like platform, the trio saw the group of viruses habitating the platform. It looked like something quite large had punched a hole through the center of the platform, and a floating colored cube floated above. On either side were an eleball and swordy pair. They were grouped up, making them perfect targets for the programs. However, the TRICUBE was the primary target.
Mach spoke to his Operator as a pair of small drones materialized next to him, and their projector lenses started to glow.
Requesting BigHammer and Boomerang chips... and throw in a SummonBlack and MetaGel, if you don't mind.
[Gotcha, on their way.]
As Mazer started to slot in the requested chips, the drones projectors came online and veiled themselves with a perfect holographic copy of Mach's body. All three "Machs" thruster wings swung into position as their thrusters began to glow cyan as they primed up. With a flash of cyan, MachMan disappeared, prompting his decoys to rush forward and split towards the pairs of Swordys and Elespheres. The drones became armed with massive hammers, and let the column-like heads trail behind them as they rushed the viruses. MachMan quickly reappeared behind the TRICUBE, brandishing a BigHammer of his own. With one mighty swing, he flung the brutally large hammer over his head as he tried to bring it down directly on top of the bi-colored virus.
After hopefully smashing the TRICUBE into tiny bits, the hammer fragmented in Mach's hands before disappearing. The Navi's chest and boot thrusters barked and drove Mach back rapidly. He tried to put some distance between himself and the viruses, floating opposite of Aera and Vector on the platform, and raised his protective energy shields. In the meantime, Aera raised her hands towards the pair of viruses on right side of the large hole and prepared to unleash a torrent of electricity towards them.
Though it appeared MachMan was in the immediate area of the viruses, it was merely an expendable decoy; Aera opened fire without hesitation. Within moments, the two electric viruses found themselves under a fierce barrage of lighting bolts which crashed over the area with significantly large explosions. The metal panels buzzed and sparked as electricity spread through the immediate area, only amplifying the intensity of the attack.
Vector prepared to protect Aera again as she fired a trio of electrical blasts towards her targets. Several metal plates floated in front of him, forming an extra layer of defense. In addition to protecting the SP, the metal plates can be launched at an aggressor, delivering a painful counterattack. As soon as Aera completed her assault, Vector stepped in front of her before bracing himself.
While the SPs started to turtle up, Mach started to line up the viruses around the large void in the platform, holding a sharpened green boomerang in his right hand. With the viruses hopefully distracted enough by the decoys to stay near the circular hole in the platform, they would be in the perfect position for the boomerang's arc-shaped flight pattern. Regardless, Mach cocked his arm back, holding the boomerang vertically before making an overhand throw. The boomerang spun quickly in the air and buzzed towards the viruses as it started to bank through the air, following the shape of the hole in the platform. The boomerang was spinning so quickly it looked more like a blurred disk than a chevron-shaped blade, and was heavy enough to hopefully tear through Mach's targets as it looped back to him.
The boomerang dutifully returned to the Navi, prompting him to snatch the boomerang out of the air with his right hand. As soon as he recovered the weapon, he dropped out of the air and plumetted to the platform below. Just before touching down, his thrusters lit up again, keeping the navi a foot off the ground just before bolting forward in an attempt to cross over the void in the middle of the platform, returning to his SPs. On his way towards them, a swirling black portal formed in the right side of the hole. Within moments, an inky black virus emerged from the portal, holding a sinister looking jagged blade. Its single glowing eye focused on the Swordy and Elesphere, prompting the shadow to hurtle towards them, slashing at the viruses with its blade.
Mach continued forward, and a trio of blue globs materialized above the viruses on the the left side of the hole. Though they originally started out the size of baseballs, they quickly ballooned out and swelled to the size of beachballs before falling towards their targets.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Accuracy Enhancement, Haste, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
1. SCRAM Boost: Teleport into melee range of TRICUBE (Teleport + 2TCD)
2. BigHammer2: TRICUBE (220dmg + Impact + Break)
Aera: Attack Swordy E2 B, Elesphere B (50dmg Elec Spread) [x3]
-[Dodge]-
3. Heavy Shielding: MachMan.EXE (6-hit shield + 3TCD)
Vector: OBDS to self (2-hit shield + 1TCD) [+ Shield bash (Reflects attack(s) back for half damage at the cost of an extra hit)]
-[Reinforce OBDS (+2 Hits)]-
4. Boomerang3: Swordy E2 A,B, Elesphere A,B (120dmg Wood + Group attack (Arc))
Vector: Guard Aera.SP
Vector: Brace (block 1 hit for ½ damage)
-[Dodge]-
5. SummonBlack1: Swordy E2 A, Elesphere A (160dmg Slashing + Wide Attack) {can only be summoned on broken/missing terrain}
6. MetaGel2: Swordy E2 B, Elesphere B, TRICUBE ((130dmg Aqua + Drop Attack + Slow) x3 Targets)
DecoyA: Rush Swordy E2 A, ElesphereA
DecoyB: Rush Swordy E2 B, ElesphereB
Mach spoke to his Operator as a pair of small drones materialized next to him, and their projector lenses started to glow.
Requesting BigHammer and Boomerang chips... and throw in a SummonBlack and MetaGel, if you don't mind.
[Gotcha, on their way.]
As Mazer started to slot in the requested chips, the drones projectors came online and veiled themselves with a perfect holographic copy of Mach's body. All three "Machs" thruster wings swung into position as their thrusters began to glow cyan as they primed up. With a flash of cyan, MachMan disappeared, prompting his decoys to rush forward and split towards the pairs of Swordys and Elespheres. The drones became armed with massive hammers, and let the column-like heads trail behind them as they rushed the viruses. MachMan quickly reappeared behind the TRICUBE, brandishing a BigHammer of his own. With one mighty swing, he flung the brutally large hammer over his head as he tried to bring it down directly on top of the bi-colored virus.
After hopefully smashing the TRICUBE into tiny bits, the hammer fragmented in Mach's hands before disappearing. The Navi's chest and boot thrusters barked and drove Mach back rapidly. He tried to put some distance between himself and the viruses, floating opposite of Aera and Vector on the platform, and raised his protective energy shields. In the meantime, Aera raised her hands towards the pair of viruses on right side of the large hole and prepared to unleash a torrent of electricity towards them.
Though it appeared MachMan was in the immediate area of the viruses, it was merely an expendable decoy; Aera opened fire without hesitation. Within moments, the two electric viruses found themselves under a fierce barrage of lighting bolts which crashed over the area with significantly large explosions. The metal panels buzzed and sparked as electricity spread through the immediate area, only amplifying the intensity of the attack.
Vector prepared to protect Aera again as she fired a trio of electrical blasts towards her targets. Several metal plates floated in front of him, forming an extra layer of defense. In addition to protecting the SP, the metal plates can be launched at an aggressor, delivering a painful counterattack. As soon as Aera completed her assault, Vector stepped in front of her before bracing himself.
While the SPs started to turtle up, Mach started to line up the viruses around the large void in the platform, holding a sharpened green boomerang in his right hand. With the viruses hopefully distracted enough by the decoys to stay near the circular hole in the platform, they would be in the perfect position for the boomerang's arc-shaped flight pattern. Regardless, Mach cocked his arm back, holding the boomerang vertically before making an overhand throw. The boomerang spun quickly in the air and buzzed towards the viruses as it started to bank through the air, following the shape of the hole in the platform. The boomerang was spinning so quickly it looked more like a blurred disk than a chevron-shaped blade, and was heavy enough to hopefully tear through Mach's targets as it looped back to him.
The boomerang dutifully returned to the Navi, prompting him to snatch the boomerang out of the air with his right hand. As soon as he recovered the weapon, he dropped out of the air and plumetted to the platform below. Just before touching down, his thrusters lit up again, keeping the navi a foot off the ground just before bolting forward in an attempt to cross over the void in the middle of the platform, returning to his SPs. On his way towards them, a swirling black portal formed in the right side of the hole. Within moments, an inky black virus emerged from the portal, holding a sinister looking jagged blade. Its single glowing eye focused on the Swordy and Elesphere, prompting the shadow to hurtle towards them, slashing at the viruses with its blade.
Mach continued forward, and a trio of blue globs materialized above the viruses on the the left side of the hole. Though they originally started out the size of baseballs, they quickly ballooned out and swelled to the size of beachballs before falling towards their targets.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Accuracy Enhancement, Haste, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
1. SCRAM Boost: Teleport into melee range of TRICUBE (Teleport + 2TCD)
2. BigHammer2: TRICUBE (220dmg + Impact + Break)
Aera: Attack Swordy E2 B, Elesphere B (50dmg Elec Spread) [x3]
-[Dodge]-
3. Heavy Shielding: MachMan.EXE (6-hit shield + 3TCD)
Vector: OBDS to self (2-hit shield + 1TCD) [+ Shield bash (Reflects attack(s) back for half damage at the cost of an extra hit)]
-[Reinforce OBDS (+2 Hits)]-
4. Boomerang3: Swordy E2 A,B, Elesphere A,B (120dmg Wood + Group attack (Arc))
Vector: Guard Aera.SP
Vector: Brace (block 1 hit for ½ damage)
-[Dodge]-
5. SummonBlack1: Swordy E2 A, Elesphere A (160dmg Slashing + Wide Attack) {can only be summoned on broken/missing terrain}
6. MetaGel2: Swordy E2 B, Elesphere B, TRICUBE ((130dmg Aqua + Drop Attack + Slow) x3 Targets)
DecoyA: Rush Swordy E2 A, ElesphereA
DecoyB: Rush Swordy E2 B, ElesphereB
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Overwhelming power and ease, that's the best way to talk about this quickly apparent one sided battle. Speed, power, cunning, the viruses seemed all out matched from the moment the Tricube had been smashed to bits. Leaving them somewhat in a dazed confusion which easily allowed for MachMan and his support programs to clean house and quickly end the threat before they even got a shot off.
Enemies
Elesphere A: Deleted
Swordy-E2 A: Deleted
Elesphere B: Deleted
Swordy-E2 B: Deleted
TRICUBE: Deleted
Terrain
50% Metal [Platform]
30% Missing [Surrounding Platform]
20% Missing [Hole in Center of Platform]
Allies
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110HP
Vector.SP: 106HP
—World 1-3, Completed!—
MachMan: 2300z, 42 Bugfrags
Enemies
Elesphere A: Deleted
Swordy-E2 A: Deleted
Elesphere B: Deleted
Swordy-E2 B: Deleted
TRICUBE: Deleted
Terrain
50% Metal [Platform]
30% Missing [Surrounding Platform]
20% Missing [Hole in Center of Platform]
Allies
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110HP
Vector.SP: 106HP
—World 1-3, Completed!—
MachMan: 2300z, 42 Bugfrags
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Mach made his way back to his SPs, noticing they were completely untouched. Their lightning fast assault brought down the viruses before they were able to react; textbook battlefield supremacy. After meeting up with the SPs, Mach lead them forward and gathered up the spoils on the way.
Good work with the right flank, took them down before they could retaliate.
Aera smiled, enjoying the praise. However, she knew it was a tandem effort between both herself and Vector; she was completely open after her electrical barrage.
Even if they did, Vector would've stopped them cold.
She put her hand on Vector's shoulder, still smiling as the SP's single eye glowed a bit brighter.
You're too kind, m'lady.
Mach looked up, towards Mazer's point of view as he downloaded some of the zenny data to the PET.
Thanks for the quick upload, Mazer; let me know if I'm going too fast.
Mazer leaned back in his chair, cracking his knuckles with a grin.
[Don't worry about me, I'm just warming *cough* ...warming up. You guys gonna continue on?]
If that's alright with you.
[Of course.]
Mach nodded and continued forward, SPs in tow. They floated deeper into the network, keeping their eyes peeled and their bodies ready.
((Ready for Battle #4))
Good work with the right flank, took them down before they could retaliate.
Aera smiled, enjoying the praise. However, she knew it was a tandem effort between both herself and Vector; she was completely open after her electrical barrage.
Even if they did, Vector would've stopped them cold.
She put her hand on Vector's shoulder, still smiling as the SP's single eye glowed a bit brighter.
You're too kind, m'lady.
Mach looked up, towards Mazer's point of view as he downloaded some of the zenny data to the PET.
Thanks for the quick upload, Mazer; let me know if I'm going too fast.
Mazer leaned back in his chair, cracking his knuckles with a grin.
[Don't worry about me, I'm just warming *cough* ...warming up. You guys gonna continue on?]
If that's alright with you.
[Of course.]
Mach nodded and continued forward, SPs in tow. They floated deeper into the network, keeping their eyes peeled and their bodies ready.
((Ready for Battle #4))
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Venturing deeper yet into the net, finally the platforms seemed to come to an end, or at least expand so the risk of falling finally seemed to have disappeared. But that was not particularly a good thing.
For up ahead, stood a towering iron building, rough pillars and walls climbed high topped with jagged spikes and towers that loomed over head menacingly. No windows could be seen, and the only entry point was a large door, or what appeared to be a door. However as they approached the 'door' floated forward and suddenly parted, revealing a glowing red core, though it quickly snapped back closed threateningly.
It was far from the only thing standing guard however, as along either side of the door seemed to be a lineup of front line soldiers, Either side of the living gate was a shielded gun tower and perhaps less threatening, what appeared to be wooden scarecrows.
Enemies
CannonGuard2 A: 150HP
CannonGuard2 B: 150HP
Gridder: 190HP [IronBody]
Scarecrow2 A: 180HP
Scarecrow2 B: 180HP
Terrain
70% Metal
30% Castle? [Large Metal building beyond Viruses]
Allies
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110HP
Vector.SP: 106HP
—World 1-4, Start!—
For up ahead, stood a towering iron building, rough pillars and walls climbed high topped with jagged spikes and towers that loomed over head menacingly. No windows could be seen, and the only entry point was a large door, or what appeared to be a door. However as they approached the 'door' floated forward and suddenly parted, revealing a glowing red core, though it quickly snapped back closed threateningly.
It was far from the only thing standing guard however, as along either side of the door seemed to be a lineup of front line soldiers, Either side of the living gate was a shielded gun tower and perhaps less threatening, what appeared to be wooden scarecrows.
Enemies
CannonGuard2 A: 150HP
CannonGuard2 B: 150HP
Gridder: 190HP [IronBody]
Scarecrow2 A: 180HP
Scarecrow2 B: 180HP
Terrain
70% Metal
30% Castle? [Large Metal building beyond Viruses]
Allies
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110HP
Vector.SP: 106HP
—World 1-4, Start!—
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((Trying a new writing style, let me know if it works out or not))
The trio continued forward on their digitally cosmic adventure, approaching what appeared to be a towering iron castle of some sort. The field was less fractal, creating a metal plain instead of a group of floating platforms, which seemed necessary to support such a large building. The group looked over the structure; Aera's gaze was focused upward, she noted the daunting windowless walls and towers, adorned with menacing-looking spikes. "Can't say this place looks welcoming..." Mach looked up as well, tilting his head slightly in affirmation before responding, "No kidding, if I searched 'Evil Castle,' this would probably be the first result."
Vector's glowing red eye had swept over the entirety of the castle, focusing more on the large door and the viruses flanking it. He turned to MachMan and gestured towards the quartet of viruses ahead. "Sire, the entrance is guarded," he said cautiously. Mach had seen the viruses as well, but noticed they made no move to make their presence known, or repel the trio. "Let's see how vigilant they are." Mach then looked over to Aera, gesturing with his left hand to fall back. "Stay back a few paces, and keep an eye out for anything that might appear from the ramparts above. Vector?" The fractal SP turned to his master, awaiting command. "You're with me. Got us covered, Sir?" Mazer was already thumbing through his battlechips, anticipating combat. "Way ahead of you, Mach. *cough* Looks like you'll need some armor-piercing weaponry for the cannons. How about Magnum and TankCannon?" Mach gave his NetOp a thumbs up, "Sounds good to me. Let's see if these things are hostile," said the Navi. His confident look seemed to give off he was anticipating, hoping they were going to react aggressively.
Mach's prediction was right in most respects, but he didn't expect the very door of the Castle to slide forward, opening and closing threateningly. The Navi took a step back in surprise, but his eyes quickly focused on the virus with deadly intent as he raised his right arm towards the virus. As he did so, a triple-barreled Vulcan rapidly materialized underneath his forearm, and already started to spool up before the trigger assembly swung up to his waiting hand. Mach pointed the weapon towards this new foe before sternly declaring, "Definitely hostile." His declaration was punctuated with the feverish roar of his Vulcan, which responded to the virus's threat with a hail of 30mm armor-piercing rounds. The virus graciously pointed out the location of its core, so Mach already knew exactly where to direct his barrage.
Aera blinked out of reflect, not expecting Mach to immediately open up on the viruses. She responded by priming her internal capacitors, and started to build up electrical power. She tried to focus on the ramparts of the castle, in case others are drawn to the commotion, but she couldn't help but notice Mach's projector drones materialize behind the Navi. They flickered like little floating disco balls as their holoprojectors came online, then two exact copies of the Navi appeared over them, seemingly out of thin air. Silently acknowledging the commands of their master, the decoys dashed towards the castle wall as they strafed away, trying to draw the attention of the sentinels on either side of the doorway. Mazer had already started to slot in the heavy weapon chips into his PET, the last of which successfully uploaded to the Navi just as his Vulcan ammo was depleted.
The Vulcan barely had enough time to spool down before it collapsed down into a rapidly compressing mass of data. However, instead of disappearing, the bits of code relocated on top of his forearm before taking shape again. Meanwhile, a cloud of data surrounded his left arm. As if on cue, both weapons materialized simultaneously and nearly instantly catapulted the navi's offensive power to several times normal. In a couple seconds, Mach was outfitted with a triple-barreled cannon on his right arm, and his left was encompassed by a massive single-barreled weapon, which looked akin to an artillery piece. Ordinarily he would utilize his targeting software to determine his targets' speed and direction, then use that information to refine his aim, but his targets were conveniently immobile.
The Navi quickly lined up his targets before opening up with a deluge of high-caliber artillery fire. His body quaked from the recoil of his cannons and the ground shook from the sharp explosions that followed as the explosive/armor-piercing rounds impacted. He wasn't entirely sure the rounds would even scratch the stalwart walls of the building if he somehow missed, but he'd just have to find out. Vector took the opportunity to follow up Mach's barrage by hurling a trio of dagger-like slivers of metal towards the scarecrow viruses. He aimed his blades at the viruses' stalk-like bases, hoping to possibly cut down the foes and disrupt their attacks if they weren't deleted outright.
Mach's heavy weapons began to disappear from his arms, and he took the opportunity to raise his protective energy shields. The spherical clear blue barrier materialized in front of him with a soft hum, but was drowned out by a rapidly intensifying flurry of electrical discharges spurting forth from behind the Navi. Aera had completely saturated her capacitors with energy, and was ready to purge the stored power in one concentrated blast. She pointed her hands forward towards the viruses, ready to direct the pulse as her body was nearly enveloped by a near white explosion of electricity. Two jagged arms of electricity frantically reached out towards the CannonGuard viruses and exploded around them while an invisible pulse of magnetism surged towards the Scarecrow on the right.
Mach waited for the noise to die down before speaking to his operator. "Mazer, could you send me the Burner chip? Gonna try to clean them up." "You got it, Mach," the man spoke with a nod as he thumbed through his battlechip clip. Upon locating the requested chip, he quickly slotted it through the PET and uploaded it to the waiting Navi. Mach kept his focus on the enemies ahead, and tried to catch any attempts of a counterattack with intent to avoid them. Upon confirming the chip upload, his wing thrusters barked and pushed the Navi towards the viruses. He quickly advanced towards the middle of the viral group before stopping just short of the walls of the building. As soon as he stopped, every thruster on his body primed with a high pitched whine and rapidly intensifying cyan glow. Then in the blink of an eye, the area around him exploded with heat and intense cyan flames. He attempted the bathe the immediate area with thruster exhaust and burn away the opposition. Unfortunately he couldn't broil the viruses for long, or his own systems would overheat and malfunction. The flames died down as quickly as appeared, followed by Mach kicking away from the building and utilizing his anti-grav drive to allow him to smoothly float back and away from anything that managed to survive.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Haste, Accuracy Enhancement, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
1. Rising Barrage: Gridder (50dmg x4 + Multi-Hit + Breaking + Seeking + Impact + Knockback + Movement + BusterLock + 8TCD)
2. Magnum1: Scarecrow2 A, CannonGuard2 A & B (120dmg Fire + Break + Panel Break)
3. TankCannon3: ScareCrow2 B, CannonGuard2 B (160dmg Blast2)
Vector: Attack Scarecrow2 A (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)
Vector: Attack Scarecrow2 A (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)
Vector: Attack Scarecrow2 B (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)
4. Heavy Shielding: MachMan.EXE (6-hit shield + 3TCD)
-[Reinforce Heavy Shielding (+2 Hits)]-
Aera: Tesla Pulse to Scarecrow2 B (Confusion + 2TCD)
Aera: Attack CannonGuard2 A (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Aera: Attack CannonGuard2 B (50dmg Elec + Spread)
-[Passive Dodge]-
5. Strategic Movement: approach gateway
6. Burner1: CannonGuard2 A,B, Gridder, Scarecrow2 A,B (110dmg Fire Nova2)
-[Passive Dodge]-
Decoy A: Advance on CannonGuard2 A and pass in an attempt to get locked on
Decoy B: Advance on CannonGuard2 B and pass in an attempt to get locked on
The trio continued forward on their digitally cosmic adventure, approaching what appeared to be a towering iron castle of some sort. The field was less fractal, creating a metal plain instead of a group of floating platforms, which seemed necessary to support such a large building. The group looked over the structure; Aera's gaze was focused upward, she noted the daunting windowless walls and towers, adorned with menacing-looking spikes. "Can't say this place looks welcoming..." Mach looked up as well, tilting his head slightly in affirmation before responding, "No kidding, if I searched 'Evil Castle,' this would probably be the first result."
Vector's glowing red eye had swept over the entirety of the castle, focusing more on the large door and the viruses flanking it. He turned to MachMan and gestured towards the quartet of viruses ahead. "Sire, the entrance is guarded," he said cautiously. Mach had seen the viruses as well, but noticed they made no move to make their presence known, or repel the trio. "Let's see how vigilant they are." Mach then looked over to Aera, gesturing with his left hand to fall back. "Stay back a few paces, and keep an eye out for anything that might appear from the ramparts above. Vector?" The fractal SP turned to his master, awaiting command. "You're with me. Got us covered, Sir?" Mazer was already thumbing through his battlechips, anticipating combat. "Way ahead of you, Mach. *cough* Looks like you'll need some armor-piercing weaponry for the cannons. How about Magnum and TankCannon?" Mach gave his NetOp a thumbs up, "Sounds good to me. Let's see if these things are hostile," said the Navi. His confident look seemed to give off he was anticipating, hoping they were going to react aggressively.
Mach's prediction was right in most respects, but he didn't expect the very door of the Castle to slide forward, opening and closing threateningly. The Navi took a step back in surprise, but his eyes quickly focused on the virus with deadly intent as he raised his right arm towards the virus. As he did so, a triple-barreled Vulcan rapidly materialized underneath his forearm, and already started to spool up before the trigger assembly swung up to his waiting hand. Mach pointed the weapon towards this new foe before sternly declaring, "Definitely hostile." His declaration was punctuated with the feverish roar of his Vulcan, which responded to the virus's threat with a hail of 30mm armor-piercing rounds. The virus graciously pointed out the location of its core, so Mach already knew exactly where to direct his barrage.
Aera blinked out of reflect, not expecting Mach to immediately open up on the viruses. She responded by priming her internal capacitors, and started to build up electrical power. She tried to focus on the ramparts of the castle, in case others are drawn to the commotion, but she couldn't help but notice Mach's projector drones materialize behind the Navi. They flickered like little floating disco balls as their holoprojectors came online, then two exact copies of the Navi appeared over them, seemingly out of thin air. Silently acknowledging the commands of their master, the decoys dashed towards the castle wall as they strafed away, trying to draw the attention of the sentinels on either side of the doorway. Mazer had already started to slot in the heavy weapon chips into his PET, the last of which successfully uploaded to the Navi just as his Vulcan ammo was depleted.
The Vulcan barely had enough time to spool down before it collapsed down into a rapidly compressing mass of data. However, instead of disappearing, the bits of code relocated on top of his forearm before taking shape again. Meanwhile, a cloud of data surrounded his left arm. As if on cue, both weapons materialized simultaneously and nearly instantly catapulted the navi's offensive power to several times normal. In a couple seconds, Mach was outfitted with a triple-barreled cannon on his right arm, and his left was encompassed by a massive single-barreled weapon, which looked akin to an artillery piece. Ordinarily he would utilize his targeting software to determine his targets' speed and direction, then use that information to refine his aim, but his targets were conveniently immobile.
The Navi quickly lined up his targets before opening up with a deluge of high-caliber artillery fire. His body quaked from the recoil of his cannons and the ground shook from the sharp explosions that followed as the explosive/armor-piercing rounds impacted. He wasn't entirely sure the rounds would even scratch the stalwart walls of the building if he somehow missed, but he'd just have to find out. Vector took the opportunity to follow up Mach's barrage by hurling a trio of dagger-like slivers of metal towards the scarecrow viruses. He aimed his blades at the viruses' stalk-like bases, hoping to possibly cut down the foes and disrupt their attacks if they weren't deleted outright.
Mach's heavy weapons began to disappear from his arms, and he took the opportunity to raise his protective energy shields. The spherical clear blue barrier materialized in front of him with a soft hum, but was drowned out by a rapidly intensifying flurry of electrical discharges spurting forth from behind the Navi. Aera had completely saturated her capacitors with energy, and was ready to purge the stored power in one concentrated blast. She pointed her hands forward towards the viruses, ready to direct the pulse as her body was nearly enveloped by a near white explosion of electricity. Two jagged arms of electricity frantically reached out towards the CannonGuard viruses and exploded around them while an invisible pulse of magnetism surged towards the Scarecrow on the right.
Mach waited for the noise to die down before speaking to his operator. "Mazer, could you send me the Burner chip? Gonna try to clean them up." "You got it, Mach," the man spoke with a nod as he thumbed through his battlechip clip. Upon locating the requested chip, he quickly slotted it through the PET and uploaded it to the waiting Navi. Mach kept his focus on the enemies ahead, and tried to catch any attempts of a counterattack with intent to avoid them. Upon confirming the chip upload, his wing thrusters barked and pushed the Navi towards the viruses. He quickly advanced towards the middle of the viral group before stopping just short of the walls of the building. As soon as he stopped, every thruster on his body primed with a high pitched whine and rapidly intensifying cyan glow. Then in the blink of an eye, the area around him exploded with heat and intense cyan flames. He attempted the bathe the immediate area with thruster exhaust and burn away the opposition. Unfortunately he couldn't broil the viruses for long, or his own systems would overheat and malfunction. The flames died down as quickly as appeared, followed by Mach kicking away from the building and utilizing his anti-grav drive to allow him to smoothly float back and away from anything that managed to survive.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Haste, Accuracy Enhancement, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
1. Rising Barrage: Gridder (50dmg x4 + Multi-Hit + Breaking + Seeking + Impact + Knockback + Movement + BusterLock + 8TCD)
2. Magnum1: Scarecrow2 A, CannonGuard2 A & B (120dmg Fire + Break + Panel Break)
3. TankCannon3: ScareCrow2 B, CannonGuard2 B (160dmg Blast2)
Vector: Attack Scarecrow2 A (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)
Vector: Attack Scarecrow2 A (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)
Vector: Attack Scarecrow2 B (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)
4. Heavy Shielding: MachMan.EXE (6-hit shield + 3TCD)
-[Reinforce Heavy Shielding (+2 Hits)]-
Aera: Tesla Pulse to Scarecrow2 B (Confusion + 2TCD)
Aera: Attack CannonGuard2 A (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Aera: Attack CannonGuard2 B (50dmg Elec + Spread)
-[Passive Dodge]-
5. Strategic Movement: approach gateway
6. Burner1: CannonGuard2 A,B, Gridder, Scarecrow2 A,B (110dmg Fire Nova2)
-[Passive Dodge]-
Decoy A: Advance on CannonGuard2 A and pass in an attempt to get locked on
Decoy B: Advance on CannonGuard2 B and pass in an attempt to get locked on
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((I think it's ok... Not sure if you should space out speaking from description but...))
Machman unleashes his own peacemaker at the Gridder, shredding it in an instant due to his signature attack's high defense breaking capacity. The CanonGuards try to lock onto to the decoys, finding their bullets to simply pass through the holographic images.
Machman unloads heavy artillery onto the castle's turrets, with Vector's help, eliminating almost every virus at the same time before they have a chance to react.
When the smoke clears, a lone CanonGuard adamantly survives with its guard up, but that won't last for long. Even so, Machman generates a high-output shield upon himself while Aera weakened the virus by attacking its unprotected sides.
Dashing in, Machman finished the battle with an enormous wave of heat.
With a groan, it seems the castle's inner doors open up.
Enemies
CannonGuard2 A: DELETED
CannonGuard2 B: DELETED
Gridder: DELETED
Scarecrow2 A: DELETED
Scarecrow2 B: DELETED
Terrain
70% Metal
30% Castle? [Large Metal building beyond Viruses]
Allies
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110HP
Vector.SP: 106HP
-VICTORY-
GET: 2800z, SolarShield2, 45 Bugfrags
Machman unleashes his own peacemaker at the Gridder, shredding it in an instant due to his signature attack's high defense breaking capacity. The CanonGuards try to lock onto to the decoys, finding their bullets to simply pass through the holographic images.
Machman unloads heavy artillery onto the castle's turrets, with Vector's help, eliminating almost every virus at the same time before they have a chance to react.
When the smoke clears, a lone CanonGuard adamantly survives with its guard up, but that won't last for long. Even so, Machman generates a high-output shield upon himself while Aera weakened the virus by attacking its unprotected sides.
Dashing in, Machman finished the battle with an enormous wave of heat.
With a groan, it seems the castle's inner doors open up.
Enemies
CannonGuard2 A: DELETED
CannonGuard2 B: DELETED
Gridder: DELETED
Scarecrow2 A: DELETED
Scarecrow2 B: DELETED
Terrain
70% Metal
30% Castle? [Large Metal building beyond Viruses]
Allies
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110HP
Vector.SP: 106HP
-VICTORY-
GET: 2800z, SolarShield2, 45 Bugfrags
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In a blaze of gunfire and lightning, the front of the large castle was purged of viral activity, leaving nothing but shimmering bits of leftover data. Mach's decoys disappeared completely as the two SPs behind him fanned out and started to collect the spoils. Mach stood still, providing overwatch for his SPs in case other foes were drawn to the noise of the battle. The Navi's eyes scanned the ramparts above. "That was simple enough, but lets gather up the data quickly. Nothing has shown up yet, but if they get the jump on us from the ramparts, we're going to be in trouble,"Mach said calmly. Aera looked over her shoulder as she held a battlechip data packet in her hand, "Good point, I think we have everything now." She looked over to Vector to see his progress, the fractal SP nodded quietly as the last bugfrag lazily floated to his armored legs and seemed to melt into his body.
The SPs slowly backed away from the building, stopping at Mach's sides. The front gate of the building was now exposed, and the inner doors had eerily creaked open at the conclusion of the battle. Convenient. Too convenient. Mach and Mazer had both seen enough videos and movies to know something that cliched had to be some sort of trap, but both of their curiosities seemed to overpower their better judgement. Mach put his hands on his hips and chuckled, "Heh, looks like we're being invited in." Mazer had leaned forward to get a better look at the castle entrance, and spoke as he adjusted his glasses, "could that be any more forboding and cliche?" he said almost sarcastically. "Yeah, but I'm still curious as to why a metal castle is sitting in the middle of a NAXA network. Seems out of place and outdated. Let's see what secrets it holds," the navi spoke confidently. "Alright, just keep your guard up," Mazer said with a shrug.
Mach started to walk towards the open doors, glancing back momentarily, "Stay close, Aera. Vector, watch our six." Aera nodded quietly and got in step behind the blue and orange Navi. Vector acknowledged the command silently as well, prompting the plates making up his chest and arms to shift drastically. The fingers of his right hand folded down and crowded together to a single sharpened point as his forearm lengthened to something akin to a broadsword; his left forearm flattened out and spread apart like a large, jagged tower shield. Vector's glowing cycloptic eye sweeped left to right as he followed dutifully behind the pair walking ahead of him, watching, waiting.
In single file, and without a word being said, the trio passed through the archway and into the castle, not sure of what they would encounter.
((Ready for Battle #5))
The SPs slowly backed away from the building, stopping at Mach's sides. The front gate of the building was now exposed, and the inner doors had eerily creaked open at the conclusion of the battle. Convenient. Too convenient. Mach and Mazer had both seen enough videos and movies to know something that cliched had to be some sort of trap, but both of their curiosities seemed to overpower their better judgement. Mach put his hands on his hips and chuckled, "Heh, looks like we're being invited in." Mazer had leaned forward to get a better look at the castle entrance, and spoke as he adjusted his glasses, "could that be any more forboding and cliche?" he said almost sarcastically. "Yeah, but I'm still curious as to why a metal castle is sitting in the middle of a NAXA network. Seems out of place and outdated. Let's see what secrets it holds," the navi spoke confidently. "Alright, just keep your guard up," Mazer said with a shrug.
Mach started to walk towards the open doors, glancing back momentarily, "Stay close, Aera. Vector, watch our six." Aera nodded quietly and got in step behind the blue and orange Navi. Vector acknowledged the command silently as well, prompting the plates making up his chest and arms to shift drastically. The fingers of his right hand folded down and crowded together to a single sharpened point as his forearm lengthened to something akin to a broadsword; his left forearm flattened out and spread apart like a large, jagged tower shield. Vector's glowing cycloptic eye sweeped left to right as he followed dutifully behind the pair walking ahead of him, watching, waiting.
In single file, and without a word being said, the trio passed through the archway and into the castle, not sure of what they would encounter.
((Ready for Battle #5))
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Venturing into the mighty castle that stood before them, Mach and crew moved through the giant doorway into the unknown. Walls lined in old stone, small glowing orbs that seemed to float against the walls with no real means of support provided light.
It didn't take long before the trio would come to a large open grand hall, far too large than it really should be, almost as if the castle itself expanded ever outward, or perhaps the castle was nothing more than a short tunnel.
Before them space seemed to go on forever, with just a few small platforms that seemed to lower forever below into the dark nothingness. Though they'd not have too long to take in the view, for as they approached the edge of the endless abyss, twin viruses dropped onto the two platforms.
Each looked serpentine, close to 8 feet long, standing on powerful talon tipped feet while short arms sported their own razor sharp claws. Lining their backs seemed to be lines of spikes, perhaps three or four inches each, going from neck to near the end of their tails. The virus on the left glared on, through deep crimson eyes that matched his blood red scales and fiery orange hair, while its twin only in nature eyed the navi and support programs beyond deep navy scales and bright sky blue eyes.
Each seemed to take on a grin before throwing heads back and let out a loud roar in unison. Which shortly after brought a far more terrifying reply from deep in the darkness of space, and soon Mach and the gang could see its source as a far larger drake started to fly through the emptiness towards them.
Stopping afloat, just beyond the pillars, a great beast, near 20 feet tall, with powerful wings flapping behind to keep it hovering in front of them. Like the smaller ones, this great serpent beast was deep green in color, sharing claws tipping hands and feet, while its fang filled muzzle twisted in mock grin before letting out another terrifying shriek that shook the walls of the castle around them.
Enemies
Green Drake: 500hp
Red Drake: 300hp [Normal]
Blue Drake: 300hp [Normal]
Terrain
40% Metal [Solid ground in Castle]
20% Normal [Two Platforms 2 actions from Metal]
40% Missing [Empty Space beyond Metal]
Allies
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110P
Vector.SP: 106HP
—Boss Rogue Battle, Start!—
It didn't take long before the trio would come to a large open grand hall, far too large than it really should be, almost as if the castle itself expanded ever outward, or perhaps the castle was nothing more than a short tunnel.
Before them space seemed to go on forever, with just a few small platforms that seemed to lower forever below into the dark nothingness. Though they'd not have too long to take in the view, for as they approached the edge of the endless abyss, twin viruses dropped onto the two platforms.
Each looked serpentine, close to 8 feet long, standing on powerful talon tipped feet while short arms sported their own razor sharp claws. Lining their backs seemed to be lines of spikes, perhaps three or four inches each, going from neck to near the end of their tails. The virus on the left glared on, through deep crimson eyes that matched his blood red scales and fiery orange hair, while its twin only in nature eyed the navi and support programs beyond deep navy scales and bright sky blue eyes.
Each seemed to take on a grin before throwing heads back and let out a loud roar in unison. Which shortly after brought a far more terrifying reply from deep in the darkness of space, and soon Mach and the gang could see its source as a far larger drake started to fly through the emptiness towards them.
Stopping afloat, just beyond the pillars, a great beast, near 20 feet tall, with powerful wings flapping behind to keep it hovering in front of them. Like the smaller ones, this great serpent beast was deep green in color, sharing claws tipping hands and feet, while its fang filled muzzle twisted in mock grin before letting out another terrifying shriek that shook the walls of the castle around them.
Enemies
Green Drake: 500hp
Red Drake: 300hp [Normal]
Blue Drake: 300hp [Normal]
Terrain
40% Metal [Solid ground in Castle]
20% Normal [Two Platforms 2 actions from Metal]
40% Missing [Empty Space beyond Metal]
Allies
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110P
Vector.SP: 106HP
—Boss Rogue Battle, Start!—
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((bloody hell, 2-year thread necro))
As the trio made their way into the grand hall, they fanned out into an alternating wedge formation with Mach taking point, while Aera followed to his right, with Vector a tad further behind and to his left. They were greeted by twin reptilian viruses, prompting the three to raise their protective shielding on reflex. Mach spoke from behind his nearly transparent energy shields. "Can't say we've encountered these before." Almost as if on cue, a third, much larger virus emerged from the inky black void ahead of them, announcing its entrance with a piercing shriek. "Especially not one of those," Aera said matter-of-factly. Her body began to buzz with electrical power, suddenly prompting a green bolt to arc between Vector's body and her own. Instead of electrocuting the fractal SP, his energy levels were topped off. The SP nodded with silent appreciation before his singular, glowing red eye focused on the three viruses ahead.
MachMan quickly assessed the battlefield, noting the terrain and the fact nothing else seemed to be following the GreenDrake out of the void below. He kept his focus on the viruses as he addressed his NetOp. "Requesting SummonBlack, AirRaid, and MetaGel chips." Meanwhile, Mach's decoy drones had materialized behind him in single file and started to activate their holoprojectors. Mazer quickly slid the requested chips from his storage magazine and started to feed them through the PET one-by-one as he responded, ["On their way. I'd focus on the weaker ones first, then overwhelm the largest target."] "Agreed," replied Vector. Even without orders, Mach saw his SPs targeting one Drake apiece, and it appeared they deduced which one was weakest to their attacks by the virus' color schemes. Mach grinned; his SPs were getting smarter and less reliant on his guidance. In the distance, a dark vortex began to swirl into existence in the void ahead of the group. An angular, shadowy figure emerged from the vortex, wielding a jagged, pitch-black blade. Without warning, the shadow rushed towards the GreenDrake before stopping immediately behind it and swung its sword in a wide, horizontal arc. With luck, the figure's shadowy blade had the reach to bring its edge to bear on all three viruses.
While the figure attacked, Mach's wing thrusters primed briefly before erupting to life, sending Mach forward and towards the ceiling of the great hall. He kept his focus on the viruses below, watching for incoming fire. At the same time, two identical copies of the Navi split off from his position, mirroring the navi with slightly more diagonal paths as they zoomed towards the opposite sides of the great hall. After taking a moment to materialize, a fourth being took to the sky, this one being a seemingly 'chibi' version of the MachFighter. It climbed quickly before rolling to the right as it reached the apex of its climb. It continued to roll back to level and started its strafing run on the GreenDrake. Twin cannons on its wing roots barked loudly as it attempted to pepper the large virus before passing overhead. At the same time, Aera and Vector stood their ground as they launched a simultaneous barrage on the smaller viruses. White-hot lightning bolts blasted from Aera's outstretched right arm and made a beeline towards the BlueDrake, exploding with quick flashes of light. Vector's assault wasn't quite as obvious as Aera's sound and light show, but the two spear-like slivers of metal that hurtled towards the RedDrake had plenty of power behind them. Vector aimed specifically towards the RedDrake's tooth-filled mouth and one of its talon-tipped feet, attempting to damage or destroy some of the virus's natural weapons.
Mach rolled inverted and dove over the line of viruses in a spiraling path towards ground level. Since he heard and saw his SPs complete their assault, he didn't have to worry too much about friendly fire for now, even though he had put the viruses between him and his SPs. His decoys had moved to the opposite sides of the grand hall, as if they were attempting to surround and cage in the viruses. Mach's intent was to provoke the viruses into spreading their fire instead of focusing on the somewhat vulnerable SPs ahead. To further draw their attention away, a trio of blue gelatinous blobs materialized over each of the viruses. They swelled up to a significant size before dropping straight down over the viruses' positions in an attempt to splatter them with sticky, caustic gel.
Mach paused in the air at ground level as he turned back towards the viruses and cocked his right arm back, as if preparing a punch. As he did so, the thruster on his right sole ignited, sending him into a sliding cartwheel across the back "wall" of the battlefield. As he rolled over a total of 3 times, large rusty yellow plates materialized over his right shoulder, arm, and fist, leaving the appendage bulked up and iron-clad. He finished his cartwheel and stared down the viruses as he tightened his fist, creating a metal-on-metal grinding sound with his over-sized armored fingers. Should one of the Drakes attack, they'd be rewarded with a crushing fist to the face. For their sake, they'd better not have glass jaws.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Haste, Accuracy Enhancement, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
1. Heavy Shielding: MachMan (6-hit shield + 3TCD)
Aera: Repulsion Shield to Self (2-hit shield + 1 TCD)
-[Recharge Vector (18HP Heal)]-
Vector: OBDS to Self (2-hit shield + 1TCD)
-[Reinforce OBDS (+2 Hits)]-
2. SummonBlack1: GreenDrake, RedDrake, BlueDrake (160dmg + Slashing + Wide Attack)
-[Dodge]-
3. AirRaid2 (Summon 100HP FighterPlane)
FighterPlane: Attack GreenDrake (10dmg x15 + Multi-hit)
Aera: Attack BlueDrake (50dmg Elec + Spread) x3
Vector: Attack RedDrake (35dmg Aqua + Disarm) x2
-[Dodge]-
4. MetaGel2: GreenDrake, RedDrake, BlueDrake (130dmg Aqua + Slow x3 targets)
5. Dodge
6. Counter1: Self (( 1-Hit I-Field) + (Counter(70dmg + Impact + Break): On-Hit) [Blocks Debuffs]
DecoyA: Diagonal climb to right wall of grand hall
DecoyB: Diagonal climb to left wall of grand hall
As the trio made their way into the grand hall, they fanned out into an alternating wedge formation with Mach taking point, while Aera followed to his right, with Vector a tad further behind and to his left. They were greeted by twin reptilian viruses, prompting the three to raise their protective shielding on reflex. Mach spoke from behind his nearly transparent energy shields. "Can't say we've encountered these before." Almost as if on cue, a third, much larger virus emerged from the inky black void ahead of them, announcing its entrance with a piercing shriek. "Especially not one of those," Aera said matter-of-factly. Her body began to buzz with electrical power, suddenly prompting a green bolt to arc between Vector's body and her own. Instead of electrocuting the fractal SP, his energy levels were topped off. The SP nodded with silent appreciation before his singular, glowing red eye focused on the three viruses ahead.
MachMan quickly assessed the battlefield, noting the terrain and the fact nothing else seemed to be following the GreenDrake out of the void below. He kept his focus on the viruses as he addressed his NetOp. "Requesting SummonBlack, AirRaid, and MetaGel chips." Meanwhile, Mach's decoy drones had materialized behind him in single file and started to activate their holoprojectors. Mazer quickly slid the requested chips from his storage magazine and started to feed them through the PET one-by-one as he responded, ["On their way. I'd focus on the weaker ones first, then overwhelm the largest target."] "Agreed," replied Vector. Even without orders, Mach saw his SPs targeting one Drake apiece, and it appeared they deduced which one was weakest to their attacks by the virus' color schemes. Mach grinned; his SPs were getting smarter and less reliant on his guidance. In the distance, a dark vortex began to swirl into existence in the void ahead of the group. An angular, shadowy figure emerged from the vortex, wielding a jagged, pitch-black blade. Without warning, the shadow rushed towards the GreenDrake before stopping immediately behind it and swung its sword in a wide, horizontal arc. With luck, the figure's shadowy blade had the reach to bring its edge to bear on all three viruses.
While the figure attacked, Mach's wing thrusters primed briefly before erupting to life, sending Mach forward and towards the ceiling of the great hall. He kept his focus on the viruses below, watching for incoming fire. At the same time, two identical copies of the Navi split off from his position, mirroring the navi with slightly more diagonal paths as they zoomed towards the opposite sides of the great hall. After taking a moment to materialize, a fourth being took to the sky, this one being a seemingly 'chibi' version of the MachFighter. It climbed quickly before rolling to the right as it reached the apex of its climb. It continued to roll back to level and started its strafing run on the GreenDrake. Twin cannons on its wing roots barked loudly as it attempted to pepper the large virus before passing overhead. At the same time, Aera and Vector stood their ground as they launched a simultaneous barrage on the smaller viruses. White-hot lightning bolts blasted from Aera's outstretched right arm and made a beeline towards the BlueDrake, exploding with quick flashes of light. Vector's assault wasn't quite as obvious as Aera's sound and light show, but the two spear-like slivers of metal that hurtled towards the RedDrake had plenty of power behind them. Vector aimed specifically towards the RedDrake's tooth-filled mouth and one of its talon-tipped feet, attempting to damage or destroy some of the virus's natural weapons.
Mach rolled inverted and dove over the line of viruses in a spiraling path towards ground level. Since he heard and saw his SPs complete their assault, he didn't have to worry too much about friendly fire for now, even though he had put the viruses between him and his SPs. His decoys had moved to the opposite sides of the grand hall, as if they were attempting to surround and cage in the viruses. Mach's intent was to provoke the viruses into spreading their fire instead of focusing on the somewhat vulnerable SPs ahead. To further draw their attention away, a trio of blue gelatinous blobs materialized over each of the viruses. They swelled up to a significant size before dropping straight down over the viruses' positions in an attempt to splatter them with sticky, caustic gel.
Mach paused in the air at ground level as he turned back towards the viruses and cocked his right arm back, as if preparing a punch. As he did so, the thruster on his right sole ignited, sending him into a sliding cartwheel across the back "wall" of the battlefield. As he rolled over a total of 3 times, large rusty yellow plates materialized over his right shoulder, arm, and fist, leaving the appendage bulked up and iron-clad. He finished his cartwheel and stared down the viruses as he tightened his fist, creating a metal-on-metal grinding sound with his over-sized armored fingers. Should one of the Drakes attack, they'd be rewarded with a crushing fist to the face. For their sake, they'd better not have glass jaws.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Haste, Accuracy Enhancement, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
1. Heavy Shielding: MachMan (6-hit shield + 3TCD)
Aera: Repulsion Shield to Self (2-hit shield + 1 TCD)
-[Recharge Vector (18HP Heal)]-
Vector: OBDS to Self (2-hit shield + 1TCD)
-[Reinforce OBDS (+2 Hits)]-
2. SummonBlack1: GreenDrake, RedDrake, BlueDrake (160dmg + Slashing + Wide Attack)
-[Dodge]-
3. AirRaid2 (Summon 100HP FighterPlane)
FighterPlane: Attack GreenDrake (10dmg x15 + Multi-hit)
Aera: Attack BlueDrake (50dmg Elec + Spread) x3
Vector: Attack RedDrake (35dmg Aqua + Disarm) x2
-[Dodge]-
4. MetaGel2: GreenDrake, RedDrake, BlueDrake (130dmg Aqua + Slow x3 targets)
5. Dodge
6. Counter1: Self (( 1-Hit I-Field) + (Counter(70dmg + Impact + Break): On-Hit) [Blocks Debuffs]
DecoyA: Diagonal climb to right wall of grand hall
DecoyB: Diagonal climb to left wall of grand hall
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Strangely, the castle continued to shake even after the largest of the draconic viruses stopped shrieking. This continued as MachMan raised his shields and sent out decoy drones. The red and blue dragons targeted each of the drones, shooting them down with blasts of fire and ice. That did nothing to stop the onslaught of attacks that followed, hitting all three drakes and nailing the red and blue ones in their weaknesses. They quickly fell, leaving only the green one standing. It managed to avoid the attacks of the shadowy figure and slimes by diving in and out of the chasm beneath it, but still took several hits from the chibi fighter jet. Finally, after the last attack, it rose back out of the abyss and attempted to slam its serpentine body into MachMan, only to run straight into his fist instead. It coiled around itself as it pulled away, shrieking, then unleashed a breath attack of its own, taking the form of a blast of wind.
But, of course, MachMan avoided that as well.
It was only then that the source of the continued rumbling became known. Two large structures rose out of the darkness below, slowly spinning as they drifted up and came to a rest on what counted for a battlefield. Were it not for the fact that they were free-floating and their bases looked no different from their tops, 'towers' would not have been an inaccurate description. They appeared to be made of strips and bars of metal, twisted together to form structures full of holes. As they stopped moving, brilliant beacons of light erupted from the tip and base of the towers, shining into the sky and the abyss below. Smaller, but innumerable lights appeared all over the structures as well, filling all the holes and gaps in their metal bodies.
The remaining dragon virus stared between the two towers, confused, then coiled its body again and prepared to attack. In response, a flash of light erupted from both towers, and beams shot from several holes in each. They converged on the dragon, damaging and stunning it.
---Dragons---
GreenDrake: 230 HP (Stun x1!)
RedDrake: DELETED
BlueDrake: DELETED
---Towers---
Star Tower A: 1000 HP
Star Tower B: 1000 HP
---Allies---
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110P
Vector.SP: 110HP
---Terrain---
40% Metal [Solid ground in Castle]
20% Normal [Two Platforms 2 actions from Metal]
40% Missing [Empty Space beyond Metal]
>Chips, Cooldowns, and Active Effects refreshed!<
Battle 5, Restart!
But, of course, MachMan avoided that as well.
It was only then that the source of the continued rumbling became known. Two large structures rose out of the darkness below, slowly spinning as they drifted up and came to a rest on what counted for a battlefield. Were it not for the fact that they were free-floating and their bases looked no different from their tops, 'towers' would not have been an inaccurate description. They appeared to be made of strips and bars of metal, twisted together to form structures full of holes. As they stopped moving, brilliant beacons of light erupted from the tip and base of the towers, shining into the sky and the abyss below. Smaller, but innumerable lights appeared all over the structures as well, filling all the holes and gaps in their metal bodies.
The remaining dragon virus stared between the two towers, confused, then coiled its body again and prepared to attack. In response, a flash of light erupted from both towers, and beams shot from several holes in each. They converged on the dragon, damaging and stunning it.
---Dragons---
GreenDrake: 230 HP (Stun x1!)
RedDrake: DELETED
BlueDrake: DELETED
---Towers---
Star Tower A: 1000 HP
Star Tower B: 1000 HP
---Allies---
MachMan: 250HP
Aera.SP: 110P
Vector.SP: 110HP
---Terrain---
40% Metal [Solid ground in Castle]
20% Normal [Two Platforms 2 actions from Metal]
40% Missing [Empty Space beyond Metal]
>Chips, Cooldowns, and Active Effects refreshed!<
Battle 5, Restart!
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The drones did their jobs admirably, drawing fire away from the SPs as they downed the smaller Drakes. However, it seems two tower-like structures took their places, floating up from the darkness. Two replacement drones materialized quickly to take their places before duplicating their master. They zipped off towards the towers, criss-crossing between them. Mach and his SPs refreshed their defensive routines and prepared for retaliation, but it appeared the towers attacked the hostile Drake with multiple beams of light. "Automated defenses?" Mach surmised. Mazer, who had watched the battle transpire intently from a distance, chimed in to comment. ["Appears so, but it looks like we'll have to get past them as well. They don't appear to have any blind spots either, so stay sharp. I'm slotting in a RockCube to give you all some cover."] Aera and Vector make a quick scan left and right, noting they indeed had no cover between them and the programs ahead. That quickly changed as a large stone cube rose up from the floor ahead of them. " Thanks, Mazer!" Aera called out as she advanced and got behind the RockCube, with Vector following close behind.
Mach, still near the back of the great hall, watched the towers intently in preparation to avoid any potential attacks from the hole-covered sentinels. He responded to his NetOp with a request, "Thank you Mazer, I'll also need a Magnum, BigHammer, and Counter." Mazer responded with a ["Will do,"] and slotted the trio of chips through the PET. Mach raised his left arm as data started to swirl above it, forming into a large, triple-barreled cannon. He quickly targeted the trio of viruses ahead of him, locking over their positions as he swung the weapon into position. His first target, the GreenDrake, was the first to bear the brunt of the Magnum as he fired a large caliber, incendiary round towards the reptilian virus. Without pause, he angled the weapon slightly to the side to place one of the StarTowers directly in the line of fire. Before the brass shell casing of the previous round disappeared into the void below, Mach fired his second shot towards the StarTower. He aimed directly at the last StarTower before sending one last incendiary round rocketing towards the program.
While he engaged the three hostile programs, Mach's trusty Vulcan cannon had materialized underneath his right forearm. The Magnum quickly fragmented into a cloud of data and began to disappear, prompting Mach to swing his right arm into position pointing towards the closest StarTower. The trigger assembly swung up from the attachment bracket into Mach's hand as the Vulcan began to spool up with a high-pitched whine. He pointed the weapon directly at the StarTower's midsection and held it there as he started to strafe to the side, tracing a semi-circle around the tower, unloading the weapon's armor-piercing ammunition with a deafening roar. Using the barrage as a cue, Aera and Vector took the opportunity to begin their own assault while trying to remain at least partly obscured by the RockCube. Vector hurled a tomahawk-shaped blade towards one of the StarTowers, while Aera overloaded her electrical capacitors in an explosion of light. Though unseen, a powerful electromagnetic pulse wave burst forth from Aera's body and surged towards the StarTower while Mach orbited around the other. After attacking, they ducked back behind the RockCube.
Mach's ammo supply was quickly depleted, prompting the weapon to wind down before disintegrating. Instead of disappearing completely, the cloud of data reformatted into the shape of an almost comically large battle hammer, complete with a column-shaped head and an extended handle. Just as the weapon became solid, Mach gripped the hammer with both hands and held it like he was preparing for a baseball pitch. He lined the StarTower up with its twin, then swung the hammer with an attempt to make a line-drive hit directly at the tower, and maybe even knock the free-floating tower into the other. Not to be completely outdone, Aera fired one last blast of electricity at the opposite StarTower in the form of a white-hot lightning bolt. The resulting electrical explosion cued Mach to discard the hammer post-swing and jet away from his current position. He zoomed along the side wall of the grand hall while he activated the Counter1 chip, causing his right shoulder, arm, and fist to be significantly bulked up into a massive GutFist. The speedy Navi watched intently for a likely inevitable counter attack, but he was prepared to respond with a counter of his own.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Haste, Accuracy Enhancement, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
1. Heavy Shielding: MachMan (6-hit shield + 3TCD)
Aera: Repulsion Shield to Self (2-hit shield + 1TCD)
Vector: OBDS to Self (2-hit shield + 1TCD)
-[Reinforce Repulsion Shield (+2 hits)]-
2. Summon RockCube on terrain near Aera/Vector
Aera: retreat behind RockCube
Vector: retreat behind RockCube
-[Dodge]-
3. Magnum1: GreenDrake, StarTower A, B (120dmg Fire + Breaking + Panel Breaking + 3 targets)
4. Rising Barrage: StarTower A (50dmg x4 + Multi-hit + Breaking + Seeking + Impact + Knockback + Movement + Busterlock + 8TCD)
Aera: Tesla Pulse to StarTowerB (Confusion + 2TCD)
Vector: Attack StarTowerA (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)
-[Movement: strafe while firing, putting StarTower A between StarTower B and self]-
5. BigHammer2: StarTowerA (220dmg Null + Impact + Break)
Aera: Attack StarTowerB (50dmg Elec + Spread)
-[Dodge]-
6. Counter1: Self ((1-hit I field ) + (Counter(70dmg + Impact + Break): On-Hit)) [Blocks Debuffs]
DecoyA: Cross behind StarTowers
DecoyB: Cross behind StarTowers
Mach, still near the back of the great hall, watched the towers intently in preparation to avoid any potential attacks from the hole-covered sentinels. He responded to his NetOp with a request, "Thank you Mazer, I'll also need a Magnum, BigHammer, and Counter." Mazer responded with a ["Will do,"] and slotted the trio of chips through the PET. Mach raised his left arm as data started to swirl above it, forming into a large, triple-barreled cannon. He quickly targeted the trio of viruses ahead of him, locking over their positions as he swung the weapon into position. His first target, the GreenDrake, was the first to bear the brunt of the Magnum as he fired a large caliber, incendiary round towards the reptilian virus. Without pause, he angled the weapon slightly to the side to place one of the StarTowers directly in the line of fire. Before the brass shell casing of the previous round disappeared into the void below, Mach fired his second shot towards the StarTower. He aimed directly at the last StarTower before sending one last incendiary round rocketing towards the program.
While he engaged the three hostile programs, Mach's trusty Vulcan cannon had materialized underneath his right forearm. The Magnum quickly fragmented into a cloud of data and began to disappear, prompting Mach to swing his right arm into position pointing towards the closest StarTower. The trigger assembly swung up from the attachment bracket into Mach's hand as the Vulcan began to spool up with a high-pitched whine. He pointed the weapon directly at the StarTower's midsection and held it there as he started to strafe to the side, tracing a semi-circle around the tower, unloading the weapon's armor-piercing ammunition with a deafening roar. Using the barrage as a cue, Aera and Vector took the opportunity to begin their own assault while trying to remain at least partly obscured by the RockCube. Vector hurled a tomahawk-shaped blade towards one of the StarTowers, while Aera overloaded her electrical capacitors in an explosion of light. Though unseen, a powerful electromagnetic pulse wave burst forth from Aera's body and surged towards the StarTower while Mach orbited around the other. After attacking, they ducked back behind the RockCube.
Mach's ammo supply was quickly depleted, prompting the weapon to wind down before disintegrating. Instead of disappearing completely, the cloud of data reformatted into the shape of an almost comically large battle hammer, complete with a column-shaped head and an extended handle. Just as the weapon became solid, Mach gripped the hammer with both hands and held it like he was preparing for a baseball pitch. He lined the StarTower up with its twin, then swung the hammer with an attempt to make a line-drive hit directly at the tower, and maybe even knock the free-floating tower into the other. Not to be completely outdone, Aera fired one last blast of electricity at the opposite StarTower in the form of a white-hot lightning bolt. The resulting electrical explosion cued Mach to discard the hammer post-swing and jet away from his current position. He zoomed along the side wall of the grand hall while he activated the Counter1 chip, causing his right shoulder, arm, and fist to be significantly bulked up into a massive GutFist. The speedy Navi watched intently for a likely inevitable counter attack, but he was prepared to respond with a counter of his own.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Haste, Accuracy Enhancement, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
1. Heavy Shielding: MachMan (6-hit shield + 3TCD)
Aera: Repulsion Shield to Self (2-hit shield + 1TCD)
Vector: OBDS to Self (2-hit shield + 1TCD)
-[Reinforce Repulsion Shield (+2 hits)]-
2. Summon RockCube on terrain near Aera/Vector
Aera: retreat behind RockCube
Vector: retreat behind RockCube
-[Dodge]-
3. Magnum1: GreenDrake, StarTower A, B (120dmg Fire + Breaking + Panel Breaking + 3 targets)
4. Rising Barrage: StarTower A (50dmg x4 + Multi-hit + Breaking + Seeking + Impact + Knockback + Movement + Busterlock + 8TCD)
Aera: Tesla Pulse to StarTowerB (Confusion + 2TCD)
Vector: Attack StarTowerA (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)
-[Movement: strafe while firing, putting StarTower A between StarTower B and self]-
5. BigHammer2: StarTowerA (220dmg Null + Impact + Break)
Aera: Attack StarTowerB (50dmg Elec + Spread)
-[Dodge]-
6. Counter1: Self ((1-hit I field ) + (Counter(70dmg + Impact + Break): On-Hit)) [Blocks Debuffs]
DecoyA: Cross behind StarTowers
DecoyB: Cross behind StarTowers
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[[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_gqB5XyGs4]Battle Theme[/url]]
As Machman and his support programs refreshed their defenses, the two towers did the same. A faintly glowing barrier appeared around each, as well as something beneath it, noticeably only from a few twinkling lights from beneath their metallic outer shells. What was it? Machman would just have to find out himself. The towers didn't attack yet, however, allowing MachMan time to set up a RockCube at the edge of solid ground, which Aera and Vector could easily take cover behind. It was only when the dragon virus attempted to move again that the towers finally attacked. Rather than focusing on the dragon, this time, they saturated the entire area with a barrage of bolts of light, hitting everything in the area.
Or...that's what could have happened, at least. Instead, through some impressive dodging, Machman managed to avoid the barrage entirely, and Aera and Vector stayed safe behind the RockCube. And despite the sheer number of hits the cube took, it didn't seem to be all too badly damaged. This left Machman with an easy shot on all three targets. The dragon virus, left badly weakened by the previous hits it had taken, was blown apart by the Magnum blast. The towers, however, were protected by their barriers. At least, until the barriers broke under the force of the shots and left the towers unguarded. Machman exploited this immediately, firing off several shots at one of the towers.
Under cover of Machman's assault, Aera and Vector launched attacks of their own, but this drew attention to them as the towers began a second barrage. Although the cube, again, managed to protect them from the worst of the attack, the sheer volume of projectiles led to both support programs taking a couple of hits each. Good thing both of them still had shields up. Machman, as well, took quite a few hits, which broke through his shield but only did a small amount of damage after the shield fell. Likewise, the RockCube, which could do nothing but soak up bullets, had only sustained half of the damage that would have been needed to break it.
Machman then moved to line up the two towers and smashed one of them with a hammer. The hit did a significant amount of damage, but didn't move the tower at all. Despite being free-floating, it seemed that both of them were pretty sturdy. In response to the sudden movement and attack, several of the lights in both towers dimmed and went out, leaving only the twinkling lights in their place. Then, a few, much larger and brighter lights appeared, poking out through several holes each. A single, large bolt of light shot from each. Machman managed to evade the shot from the nearest tower, while the one from the farthest hit the near tower.
And then passed right through, re-directing towards MachMan. He failed to dodge it, but the shot activated his Counter chip, allowing him to jump straight to the far tower and slam a souped up fist into it.
Unfortunately, this seemed to be exactly what the towers had prepared for. The moment the counterattack hit, the twinkling lights under the tower's outer shell went out, and several more beams shot out at MachMan.
At least he still managed to damage it, though.
---Dragons---
GreenDrake: DELETED
RedDrake: DELETED
BlueDrake: DELETED
---Towers---
Star Tower A: 530 HP (Barrier Destroyed) (Trap: Anti-Counter)
Star Tower B: 930 HP (Barrier Destroyed) (Trap: triggered) (Confusion)
---Allies---
MachMan: 200HP (shield broken) [Next to Star Tower B]
Aera.SP: 110P (2/4-hit shield) [Behind RockCube]
Vector.SP: 110HP (shield broken) [Behind RockCube]
---Terrain---
40% Metal [Solid ground in Castle]
20% Normal [Two Platforms 2 actions from Metal]
40% Missing [Empty Space beyond Metal]
---Objects---
RockCube: 100 HP [At edge of Metal terrain]
As Machman and his support programs refreshed their defenses, the two towers did the same. A faintly glowing barrier appeared around each, as well as something beneath it, noticeably only from a few twinkling lights from beneath their metallic outer shells. What was it? Machman would just have to find out himself. The towers didn't attack yet, however, allowing MachMan time to set up a RockCube at the edge of solid ground, which Aera and Vector could easily take cover behind. It was only when the dragon virus attempted to move again that the towers finally attacked. Rather than focusing on the dragon, this time, they saturated the entire area with a barrage of bolts of light, hitting everything in the area.
Or...that's what could have happened, at least. Instead, through some impressive dodging, Machman managed to avoid the barrage entirely, and Aera and Vector stayed safe behind the RockCube. And despite the sheer number of hits the cube took, it didn't seem to be all too badly damaged. This left Machman with an easy shot on all three targets. The dragon virus, left badly weakened by the previous hits it had taken, was blown apart by the Magnum blast. The towers, however, were protected by their barriers. At least, until the barriers broke under the force of the shots and left the towers unguarded. Machman exploited this immediately, firing off several shots at one of the towers.
Under cover of Machman's assault, Aera and Vector launched attacks of their own, but this drew attention to them as the towers began a second barrage. Although the cube, again, managed to protect them from the worst of the attack, the sheer volume of projectiles led to both support programs taking a couple of hits each. Good thing both of them still had shields up. Machman, as well, took quite a few hits, which broke through his shield but only did a small amount of damage after the shield fell. Likewise, the RockCube, which could do nothing but soak up bullets, had only sustained half of the damage that would have been needed to break it.
Machman then moved to line up the two towers and smashed one of them with a hammer. The hit did a significant amount of damage, but didn't move the tower at all. Despite being free-floating, it seemed that both of them were pretty sturdy. In response to the sudden movement and attack, several of the lights in both towers dimmed and went out, leaving only the twinkling lights in their place. Then, a few, much larger and brighter lights appeared, poking out through several holes each. A single, large bolt of light shot from each. Machman managed to evade the shot from the nearest tower, while the one from the farthest hit the near tower.
And then passed right through, re-directing towards MachMan. He failed to dodge it, but the shot activated his Counter chip, allowing him to jump straight to the far tower and slam a souped up fist into it.
Unfortunately, this seemed to be exactly what the towers had prepared for. The moment the counterattack hit, the twinkling lights under the tower's outer shell went out, and several more beams shot out at MachMan.
At least he still managed to damage it, though.
---Dragons---
GreenDrake: DELETED
RedDrake: DELETED
BlueDrake: DELETED
---Towers---
Star Tower A: 530 HP (Barrier Destroyed) (Trap: Anti-Counter)
Star Tower B: 930 HP (Barrier Destroyed) (Trap: triggered) (Confusion)
---Allies---
MachMan: 200HP (shield broken) [Next to Star Tower B]
Aera.SP: 110P (2/4-hit shield) [Behind RockCube]
Vector.SP: 110HP (shield broken) [Behind RockCube]
---Terrain---
40% Metal [Solid ground in Castle]
20% Normal [Two Platforms 2 actions from Metal]
40% Missing [Empty Space beyond Metal]
---Objects---
RockCube: 100 HP [At edge of Metal terrain]
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Though Mach was marginally successful at dodging the StarTowers' attacks, by the end of his assault his shields had been worn away. However, they'd manage to breach the towers' own defenses. Aera started to repair the RockCube, as it likely wouldn't stand another wave of attacks and leave both Vector and herself completely exposed. While green electrical sparks spread through the rockcube and repaired its structure, Mach called out to his NetOp. "Mazer, I'll need quite a few chips for this round, starting with DashAttack2, SonicBoom, and DoubleShot." Mazer quickly got to work on uploading the chips, while his Navi jetted away from his previous position over solid ground, attempting to shake off any potential targeting locks the towers attempted to establish. The Navi turned weightlessly a couple inches from the metallic floor and faced the towers ahead. His orange-trimmed sapphire eyes glanced to his side as he spoke to his female SP, "Aera, I'm going to try to tear up some of the metal panels and send them towards the towers; try to blast them right when the panels get close!" "Ready when you are, Mach!" Aera responded enthusiastically as her body continued to buzz with electricity, occasionally causing a small arc to snap between her fingers or appendages.
Mach's drones strafed the side walls of the grand hall, trying to draw attention away from the trio as they prepared their strike. ["Chips uploaded, go for it!"] Mazer exclaimed, having successfully uploaded the requested chips. Mach responded by slightly gaining altitude as he started to roll in the air, as he did so, his body started to fragment and expand. Large metallic structures sprouted from his form, sliding and folding together to form a large, angular aircraft shape. In a flurry of metal and sparks, MachMan had transformed into the MachFighter, his nose pointing directly between the two StarTowers. The MachFighter floated weightlessly a few feet above the floor just long enough for its four large plasma thrust engines to spin up, producing an intensifying cyan glow. With a deafening roar and a flash of light, Mach blasted forward at an incredible speed as if he were rigged up to a carrier catapult. The sheer acceleration and pressure wave shook the ground beneath him, causing a couple panels to be forcefully torn from the floor. The same force tearing the floor along with the Navi also created a potent pressure wave surging behind him, caused by the rapid compression of the data ahead of the Navi collapsing behind him as he rocketed forward at supersonic speeds. Mach was first to rocket past the towers, attempting to bash them with the pressurized veil of air over the leading surfaces of his body, like an invisible spear head. He looked more like a cyan-trailed blur than anything else, and streaked past the towers. His SonicBoom "wake" followed close behind, packing enough punch to even nullify any projectiles that got caught in its path as it surged over a wide swath of the area ahead.
Aera used the flash of Mach's engines to signal her to peer out from behind the RockCube. As the Navi stated, a pair of metal panels were torn from the floor ahead and hurtled towards the towers. The SP quickly raised both arms towards the towers, watching intently for the tumbling panels to strike the towers. It didn't take long, so she promptly fired off a pair electrical bolts towards the towers. They streaked towards their targets in a flash before exploding into rapidly expanding webs of electrical discharges. If the programs were lucky, the bolts could electrify the metal panels as they strike, potentially giving the attack a bit more kick. A trio of dark blue needle-like slivers of metal followed the electrical bolts, silently thrown by Vector in hopes of striking the stronger of the two towers.
After passing the towers, Mach yanked the nose of his MachFighter form skyward as he deactivated the .GMO. His body folded back down to his default shape quickly, Mach turned and reversed direction back towards the towers. Just prior to lighting off his wing thrusters to send him back in the midst of the battle, Mach called out to his NetOp, "Now I'll need Burner, PoisonMask, and TankCannon." ["Right away!"] Mazer replied. The Navi flew between the towers just as he got the notice the requested chips had been uploaded. He abruptly came to a stop just behind the mid-point between the StarTowers, splaying his wing structures outwards. All of the thrust vents on his body began to glow brightly with a high-pitched whine. Suddenly, every thruster he had erupted with cyan flames, covering the area with a wide spread of fire and heat. The temperature raised so quickly and so high the surrounding netspace around the Navi started to combust, drowning the cyan thrust plumes with a bright orb of orange and red flames.
The flames quickly died down, revealing MachMan wielding a new set of volatile-looking weapons. His left arm brandished a metallic tower shield trimmed with large conical spikes, obscuring a line of vents behind its metal surface. A pair of eyes and a toothy grin appeared painted on the face of the shield, but the grin twisted into a wide, menacing smile as wispy purple clouds of miasma blew out of the vents. Mach seemed to be unaffected by the rapidly growing cloud of caustic miasma that covered the area like a violet shroud. The Navi's right arm had transformed into a hefty-looking large caliber cannon that looked like it should've been attached to a main battle tank instead of a Navi. Mach pointed the cannon directly towards the second StarTower before firing the weapon point-blank. The barrel of the cannon slid back in its housing slightly to alleviate some of the recoil caused by the solid tank round that fired from the weapon.
Aera had noticed the towers stunned the Drake upon their arrival, and knew Mach was likely going to be a prime target. She launched a swirling green orb from behind the RockCube, which locked on to Mach's program and homed in on the Navi to hopefully unlock any routines potentially snarled by the StarTower's light-based attacks.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Haste, Accuracy Enhancement, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
Aera: Electrotherapy to RockCube (72HP Heal + 2TCD)
-[Recharge to RockCube (18HP Heal)]-
-[Dodge]-
1. DashAttack2: StarTowerA, B (120dmg + Line Attack (5))
2. SonicBoom: StarTowerA, B (120dmg + Slashing + Wide Attack + Shot Eraser)
3. DoubleShot: StarTowerA, B (60dmg Elec x2 + Break + Variable Targeting + Terrain Change)[metal panel]
Aera: Attack StarTowerA as it's being hit by Metal Panel (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Aera: Attack StarTowerB as it's being hit by Metal Panel (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Vector: Attack StarTowerB (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)x3
-[Dodge]-
4. Burner: StarTowerA, B (110dmg Fire Nova2)
5. PoisonMask: MachMan ((2-Hit Shield) + (50 Poison + Miasma(Nova2))
6. TankCannon3: StarTowerB (160dmg)
Aera: De-bug to MachMan (Status Cure + 1TCD)
DecoyA: Strafe along back wall
DecoyB: Strafe along back wall
Mach's drones strafed the side walls of the grand hall, trying to draw attention away from the trio as they prepared their strike. ["Chips uploaded, go for it!"] Mazer exclaimed, having successfully uploaded the requested chips. Mach responded by slightly gaining altitude as he started to roll in the air, as he did so, his body started to fragment and expand. Large metallic structures sprouted from his form, sliding and folding together to form a large, angular aircraft shape. In a flurry of metal and sparks, MachMan had transformed into the MachFighter, his nose pointing directly between the two StarTowers. The MachFighter floated weightlessly a few feet above the floor just long enough for its four large plasma thrust engines to spin up, producing an intensifying cyan glow. With a deafening roar and a flash of light, Mach blasted forward at an incredible speed as if he were rigged up to a carrier catapult. The sheer acceleration and pressure wave shook the ground beneath him, causing a couple panels to be forcefully torn from the floor. The same force tearing the floor along with the Navi also created a potent pressure wave surging behind him, caused by the rapid compression of the data ahead of the Navi collapsing behind him as he rocketed forward at supersonic speeds. Mach was first to rocket past the towers, attempting to bash them with the pressurized veil of air over the leading surfaces of his body, like an invisible spear head. He looked more like a cyan-trailed blur than anything else, and streaked past the towers. His SonicBoom "wake" followed close behind, packing enough punch to even nullify any projectiles that got caught in its path as it surged over a wide swath of the area ahead.
Aera used the flash of Mach's engines to signal her to peer out from behind the RockCube. As the Navi stated, a pair of metal panels were torn from the floor ahead and hurtled towards the towers. The SP quickly raised both arms towards the towers, watching intently for the tumbling panels to strike the towers. It didn't take long, so she promptly fired off a pair electrical bolts towards the towers. They streaked towards their targets in a flash before exploding into rapidly expanding webs of electrical discharges. If the programs were lucky, the bolts could electrify the metal panels as they strike, potentially giving the attack a bit more kick. A trio of dark blue needle-like slivers of metal followed the electrical bolts, silently thrown by Vector in hopes of striking the stronger of the two towers.
After passing the towers, Mach yanked the nose of his MachFighter form skyward as he deactivated the .GMO. His body folded back down to his default shape quickly, Mach turned and reversed direction back towards the towers. Just prior to lighting off his wing thrusters to send him back in the midst of the battle, Mach called out to his NetOp, "Now I'll need Burner, PoisonMask, and TankCannon." ["Right away!"] Mazer replied. The Navi flew between the towers just as he got the notice the requested chips had been uploaded. He abruptly came to a stop just behind the mid-point between the StarTowers, splaying his wing structures outwards. All of the thrust vents on his body began to glow brightly with a high-pitched whine. Suddenly, every thruster he had erupted with cyan flames, covering the area with a wide spread of fire and heat. The temperature raised so quickly and so high the surrounding netspace around the Navi started to combust, drowning the cyan thrust plumes with a bright orb of orange and red flames.
The flames quickly died down, revealing MachMan wielding a new set of volatile-looking weapons. His left arm brandished a metallic tower shield trimmed with large conical spikes, obscuring a line of vents behind its metal surface. A pair of eyes and a toothy grin appeared painted on the face of the shield, but the grin twisted into a wide, menacing smile as wispy purple clouds of miasma blew out of the vents. Mach seemed to be unaffected by the rapidly growing cloud of caustic miasma that covered the area like a violet shroud. The Navi's right arm had transformed into a hefty-looking large caliber cannon that looked like it should've been attached to a main battle tank instead of a Navi. Mach pointed the cannon directly towards the second StarTower before firing the weapon point-blank. The barrel of the cannon slid back in its housing slightly to alleviate some of the recoil caused by the solid tank round that fired from the weapon.
Aera had noticed the towers stunned the Drake upon their arrival, and knew Mach was likely going to be a prime target. She launched a swirling green orb from behind the RockCube, which locked on to Mach's program and homed in on the Navi to hopefully unlock any routines potentially snarled by the StarTower's light-based attacks.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Haste, Accuracy Enhancement, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
Aera: Electrotherapy to RockCube (72HP Heal + 2TCD)
-[Recharge to RockCube (18HP Heal)]-
-[Dodge]-
1. DashAttack2: StarTowerA, B (120dmg + Line Attack (5))
2. SonicBoom: StarTowerA, B (120dmg + Slashing + Wide Attack + Shot Eraser)
3. DoubleShot: StarTowerA, B (60dmg Elec x2 + Break + Variable Targeting + Terrain Change)[metal panel]
Aera: Attack StarTowerA as it's being hit by Metal Panel (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Aera: Attack StarTowerB as it's being hit by Metal Panel (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Vector: Attack StarTowerB (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)x3
-[Dodge]-
4. Burner: StarTowerA, B (110dmg Fire Nova2)
5. PoisonMask: MachMan ((2-Hit Shield) + (50 Poison + Miasma(Nova2))
6. TankCannon3: StarTowerB (160dmg)
Aera: De-bug to MachMan (Status Cure + 1TCD)
DecoyA: Strafe along back wall
DecoyB: Strafe along back wall
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((Sorry for the delay. Things always seem to pick up again right when I try to take on more stuff to do))
Aera set to work repairing the rockcube, which was almost certainly a good idea, given the towers' area saturation attacks. The towers opted not to switch back to that right away, though, and instead put up another barrier, then fired off single beams at Machman. The second tower's aim was way off, though, and instead fired at the exact same target it hit the first time: the first tower. The same effect still happened, however. The moment it hit the tower it was redirected, as though hitting a Prism chip, and then followed the same path as the first tower's attack. Machman dodged both attacks, however, and ended up back over the metal floors. From there, he attempted to dash straight through the towers, just in time for them to begin another barrage. Unfortunately, the towers were too far apart for even the fighter body to hit, although the wave attack and panels that followed found their marks. The sonic boom chip only succeeded in breaking the barriers around the towers, but had the added bonus of erasing a large quantity of the towers' massive barrage. Between that and the confused aim of the second tower, only a few shots between the two of them managed to hit Machman, while anything aimed at the RockCube or anything around it was erased entirely. Even Mach's decoy drones managed to escape being hit.
Meanwhile, the panels did normal damage, and were followed up by Aera's attacks to do even more damage. Vector then proceeded to attack the sturdier of the two towers. On the final attack, something sparked on the tower, and the innumerable lights coming from within faded. It seemed that Vector had managed to disable some of its guns. Not everything, though. The first tower unloaded another barrage, hitting the RockCube both support programs were hiding behind, but Machman miraculously managed to dodge every shot. Unfortunately, with the two towers' coordination upset so badly, dodging both towers' attacks became a much more difficult task, and a stunning blast hit Machman as he passed through a gap in the barrage.
That didn't stop him from executing his next attack, though, catching both towers just at the edge of his flame jets' range, then adopting a weapon and shield setup. Although he blasted the second tower with ease, the attack from the first he was anticipating never came. Aera took the opportunity to heal off the stun that had hit Machman, just as both towers started turning on their center points. The beams of light shooting out either end swept across the open space, until the ends that had been pointing down into the abyss were now shining straight on the RockCube.
...Fortunately, the beams of light were about as harmful as ordinary spotlights. But this was a very sure sign that the towers were charging up for a massive attack. Better deal with them fast!
---Towers---
Star Tower A: 310 HP (Barrier Destroyed) (Trap: Anti-Counter) (Charging)
Star Tower B: 430 HP (Barrier Destroyed) (Confusion) (Charging)
---Allies---
MachMan: 160HP (Stun healed!) (2/2 hit shield +Poison counter) [Between Star Towers]
Aera.SP: 110P (2/4-hit shield) [Behind RockCube]
Vector.SP: 110HP [Behind RockCube]
---Terrain---
40% Metal [Solid ground in Castle]
20% Normal [Two Platforms 2 actions from Metal]
40% Missing [Empty Space beyond Metal]
---Objects---
RockCube: 165 HP [At edge of Metal terrain]
Aera set to work repairing the rockcube, which was almost certainly a good idea, given the towers' area saturation attacks. The towers opted not to switch back to that right away, though, and instead put up another barrier, then fired off single beams at Machman. The second tower's aim was way off, though, and instead fired at the exact same target it hit the first time: the first tower. The same effect still happened, however. The moment it hit the tower it was redirected, as though hitting a Prism chip, and then followed the same path as the first tower's attack. Machman dodged both attacks, however, and ended up back over the metal floors. From there, he attempted to dash straight through the towers, just in time for them to begin another barrage. Unfortunately, the towers were too far apart for even the fighter body to hit, although the wave attack and panels that followed found their marks. The sonic boom chip only succeeded in breaking the barriers around the towers, but had the added bonus of erasing a large quantity of the towers' massive barrage. Between that and the confused aim of the second tower, only a few shots between the two of them managed to hit Machman, while anything aimed at the RockCube or anything around it was erased entirely. Even Mach's decoy drones managed to escape being hit.
Meanwhile, the panels did normal damage, and were followed up by Aera's attacks to do even more damage. Vector then proceeded to attack the sturdier of the two towers. On the final attack, something sparked on the tower, and the innumerable lights coming from within faded. It seemed that Vector had managed to disable some of its guns. Not everything, though. The first tower unloaded another barrage, hitting the RockCube both support programs were hiding behind, but Machman miraculously managed to dodge every shot. Unfortunately, with the two towers' coordination upset so badly, dodging both towers' attacks became a much more difficult task, and a stunning blast hit Machman as he passed through a gap in the barrage.
That didn't stop him from executing his next attack, though, catching both towers just at the edge of his flame jets' range, then adopting a weapon and shield setup. Although he blasted the second tower with ease, the attack from the first he was anticipating never came. Aera took the opportunity to heal off the stun that had hit Machman, just as both towers started turning on their center points. The beams of light shooting out either end swept across the open space, until the ends that had been pointing down into the abyss were now shining straight on the RockCube.
...Fortunately, the beams of light were about as harmful as ordinary spotlights. But this was a very sure sign that the towers were charging up for a massive attack. Better deal with them fast!
---Towers---
Star Tower A: 310 HP (Barrier Destroyed) (Trap: Anti-Counter) (Charging)
Star Tower B: 430 HP (Barrier Destroyed) (Confusion) (Charging)
---Allies---
MachMan: 160HP (Stun healed!) (2/2 hit shield +Poison counter) [Between Star Towers]
Aera.SP: 110P (2/4-hit shield) [Behind RockCube]
Vector.SP: 110HP [Behind RockCube]
---Terrain---
40% Metal [Solid ground in Castle]
20% Normal [Two Platforms 2 actions from Metal]
40% Missing [Empty Space beyond Metal]
---Objects---
RockCube: 165 HP [At edge of Metal terrain]
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Mach managed to avoid all but one of the attacks, but thanks to his SP's proactive useage of her debugging programs, his processes were largely unaffected. A small green bolt of lightning pierced through the violet cloud of miasma surrounding the Navi and sank into his chest, restoring a bit of his lost energy. A fragmented line of metallic plates followed close behind, but instead headed towards the Navi's poison-spewing shield, lining its face with a couple additional layers of armor. Thanks to Mach's enhanced targeting software, his vision was largely un-obscured by the miasma surrounding him. He saw the towers start to tilt on their axis, pointing towards the rockcube instead of vertically. Whatever they were preparing to do, it wasn't good. With a silent command, Mach ordered his decoys towards the towers. They obeyed dutifully, aggressively arcing towards the towers and wove spiral paths around the towers like a pair of angry insects. Aera and Vector noticed the amount of light intensifying quickly, and prepared to abandon their impromptu bunker. Vector retaliated by flinging his arm horizontally towards the towers in an arc, causing pieces of his arm to hurtle towards them. Two fragments went towards the weaker of the two towers, while the third whipped towards its partner.
Mach's chest thrusters ignited, propelling the Navi backwards to put some distance between him and the towers. "Mazer, I'll need the Boomerang and MetaGel chips," the navi requested as he jetted backwards. Mazer responded by slotting in the requested chips, giving Mach a notification of their successful upload. In less than a couple seconds, Mach had the boomerang chip data ready to go, gripping the curved green metal blade in his right hand, still wielding the PoisonMask shield in his left. He aimed towards the right-most tower before throwing the weapon. His arm whipped down with a sharp overhand throw, releasing the boomerang with enough rotational speed to make it appear more like a blurred disk. The boomerang sang as it sliced through the air, causing the rolling wisps of violet miasma to twist and curl from the vortexes left behind. The boomerang made a wide banking turn to the left, hopefully striking the first StarTower on its way out, then slicing through the second on its return trip.
Mach's wing thrusters kicked on, propelling the Navi to the side quickly, moving him in a semi-circular path away from the towers. Once the boomerang got closer to Mach, it fragmented and started to disappear, leaving only a faint trail of flickering data upon reaching the Navi. Mach glanced skyward, activating his second chip above the towers. Thanks to their now diagonal formations, the rapidly bloating globs of ooze had a clear shot from above. They fell as quickly as they appeared, attempting to splatter over the towers and coat them with caustic sludge.
With MachMan out of the line of fire, Aera took the opportunity to unleash a barrage of electrical power upon the towers. Three white-hot lightning bolts blasted from her open hands and surged towards the towers, resulting in several explosions of light and electrical discharges. The piercing booms from the SP-generated electrical storm drowned out even the sound of Mach's engines. Mach sent a voice-only message to Mazer digitally to request more chips, "I'll try to mop them up with a cannonball and the rest of our DashAttacks." To date, Mazer believed this was the only time the Navi actually had to use all three of his seemingly signature speed-centric chips. He slotted the chips quickly, giving a thumbs up through a small pop-up window that hovered just ahead of Mach's face before closing.
Aera, not entirely finished with her assault, dropped her left arm as she stepped forward with her right leg, turning her body perpendicular to the right-most StarTower. Her body was rippling with energy, some residual from her electrical bolts, but the rest was being generated within her own slender body. Unseen to all, a rapidly extending "beam" of magnetic energy shot forth from her outstretched hand towards the tower. As soon as it connects, the magnetism would act as a channel for an even more powerful bolt of electricity to flow through it. This bolt appeared unstable, thus needing the channel to keep it on target as it flashed towards the tower.
The light of Aera's electrical deluge shone even through the inky haze of miasma being steadily pumped out by the shield, flickering off Mach's armor. He felt the cannonball become solid in his right hand, prompting him to cock his right arm back in preparation to throw, drawing the shield forward to face the tower head-on. Checking his aim one last time, his thrusters kicked on over his body to keep him fixed in the air before throwing a fastball towards the midsection of the strongest tower. Though the ball was made of a dense material and completely solid, Mach was able to throw it with ease. Having launched his final ranged attack, he moved his shield back in front of his body before rolling to the right several times with the help of his thrusters. He moved quickly not only to avoid any potential counterattacks, but also to complete the 90degree semicircular path he "drew" from his original position, lining up the towers in front of him.
The "painted" face on the PoisonMask seemed to cackle as it continued to billow violet miasma, obscuring Mach's body as he started to take a more horizontal position behind the shield. Using his enhanced perception function, he "saw" through the shield to make sure he was pointed directly at the towers ahead. His wings pointed directly behind the Navi, splaying out at a 45 degree angle and priming their thrusters with a high-pitched whine and a cyan glow. A faint chuckle emerged from behind the shield before the Navi darted forward with a flash of cyan followed by the shrieking roar of his thrusters going full tilt. The miasma being pumped out from the shield left a wispy trail behind the Navi. In what seemed like a blink of an eye, Mach cut a straight path from one side of the grand hall to the other and headed straight towards the wall. His wings flipped to face the other direction as Mach swung the heavy shield over his head, causing his body to flip around to face the opposite direction and snap to a halt thanks to the smaller thrusters on his chest and feet. The wing boosters continued to burn brightly, bringing the Navi to a stop almost immediately before he rapidly began to accelerate, retracing his previous path as he attempted to blast his way through both of the towers a second time.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Haste, Accuracy Enhancement, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
-[Recharge to MachMan (18HP heal)]-
-[Reinforce PoisonMask (+2 hits)]-
Vector: Attack StarTowerA (40dmg Aqua + Disarm) x2
Vector: Attack StarTowerB (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)
1. Strategic Movement: Move behind towers to gain distance
2. Boomerang3: StarTowerA, B (120dmg Wood + Arc Attack)
-[Dodge]-
3. MetaGel2: StarTowerA, B (130dmg Aqua + Slow x3 targets)
Aera: Attack StarTowerA (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Aera: Attack StarTowerA (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Aera: Attack StarTowerB (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Aera: MagBolt: StarTowerB (90dmg Elec + Stun) [+15 elemental bonus, +10 single target additional bonus]
4. Cannonball: StarTowerB (150dmg + Break)
-[Dodge]-
5. DashAttack1: StarTowerA,B (90dmg + Impact)
6. DashAttack1: StarTowerA,B (90dmg + Impact)
DecoyA: Weave around StarTowerB
DecoyB: Weave around StarTowerA
Mach's chest thrusters ignited, propelling the Navi backwards to put some distance between him and the towers. "Mazer, I'll need the Boomerang and MetaGel chips," the navi requested as he jetted backwards. Mazer responded by slotting in the requested chips, giving Mach a notification of their successful upload. In less than a couple seconds, Mach had the boomerang chip data ready to go, gripping the curved green metal blade in his right hand, still wielding the PoisonMask shield in his left. He aimed towards the right-most tower before throwing the weapon. His arm whipped down with a sharp overhand throw, releasing the boomerang with enough rotational speed to make it appear more like a blurred disk. The boomerang sang as it sliced through the air, causing the rolling wisps of violet miasma to twist and curl from the vortexes left behind. The boomerang made a wide banking turn to the left, hopefully striking the first StarTower on its way out, then slicing through the second on its return trip.
Mach's wing thrusters kicked on, propelling the Navi to the side quickly, moving him in a semi-circular path away from the towers. Once the boomerang got closer to Mach, it fragmented and started to disappear, leaving only a faint trail of flickering data upon reaching the Navi. Mach glanced skyward, activating his second chip above the towers. Thanks to their now diagonal formations, the rapidly bloating globs of ooze had a clear shot from above. They fell as quickly as they appeared, attempting to splatter over the towers and coat them with caustic sludge.
With MachMan out of the line of fire, Aera took the opportunity to unleash a barrage of electrical power upon the towers. Three white-hot lightning bolts blasted from her open hands and surged towards the towers, resulting in several explosions of light and electrical discharges. The piercing booms from the SP-generated electrical storm drowned out even the sound of Mach's engines. Mach sent a voice-only message to Mazer digitally to request more chips, "I'll try to mop them up with a cannonball and the rest of our DashAttacks." To date, Mazer believed this was the only time the Navi actually had to use all three of his seemingly signature speed-centric chips. He slotted the chips quickly, giving a thumbs up through a small pop-up window that hovered just ahead of Mach's face before closing.
Aera, not entirely finished with her assault, dropped her left arm as she stepped forward with her right leg, turning her body perpendicular to the right-most StarTower. Her body was rippling with energy, some residual from her electrical bolts, but the rest was being generated within her own slender body. Unseen to all, a rapidly extending "beam" of magnetic energy shot forth from her outstretched hand towards the tower. As soon as it connects, the magnetism would act as a channel for an even more powerful bolt of electricity to flow through it. This bolt appeared unstable, thus needing the channel to keep it on target as it flashed towards the tower.
The light of Aera's electrical deluge shone even through the inky haze of miasma being steadily pumped out by the shield, flickering off Mach's armor. He felt the cannonball become solid in his right hand, prompting him to cock his right arm back in preparation to throw, drawing the shield forward to face the tower head-on. Checking his aim one last time, his thrusters kicked on over his body to keep him fixed in the air before throwing a fastball towards the midsection of the strongest tower. Though the ball was made of a dense material and completely solid, Mach was able to throw it with ease. Having launched his final ranged attack, he moved his shield back in front of his body before rolling to the right several times with the help of his thrusters. He moved quickly not only to avoid any potential counterattacks, but also to complete the 90degree semicircular path he "drew" from his original position, lining up the towers in front of him.
The "painted" face on the PoisonMask seemed to cackle as it continued to billow violet miasma, obscuring Mach's body as he started to take a more horizontal position behind the shield. Using his enhanced perception function, he "saw" through the shield to make sure he was pointed directly at the towers ahead. His wings pointed directly behind the Navi, splaying out at a 45 degree angle and priming their thrusters with a high-pitched whine and a cyan glow. A faint chuckle emerged from behind the shield before the Navi darted forward with a flash of cyan followed by the shrieking roar of his thrusters going full tilt. The miasma being pumped out from the shield left a wispy trail behind the Navi. In what seemed like a blink of an eye, Mach cut a straight path from one side of the grand hall to the other and headed straight towards the wall. His wings flipped to face the other direction as Mach swung the heavy shield over his head, causing his body to flip around to face the opposite direction and snap to a halt thanks to the smaller thrusters on his chest and feet. The wing boosters continued to burn brightly, bringing the Navi to a stop almost immediately before he rapidly began to accelerate, retracing his previous path as he attempted to blast his way through both of the towers a second time.
ACTIONS: -[Passive Haste, Accuracy Enhancement, Dodge x2, Decoy x2]-
-[Recharge to MachMan (18HP heal)]-
-[Reinforce PoisonMask (+2 hits)]-
Vector: Attack StarTowerA (40dmg Aqua + Disarm) x2
Vector: Attack StarTowerB (40dmg Aqua + Disarm)
1. Strategic Movement: Move behind towers to gain distance
2. Boomerang3: StarTowerA, B (120dmg Wood + Arc Attack)
-[Dodge]-
3. MetaGel2: StarTowerA, B (130dmg Aqua + Slow x3 targets)
Aera: Attack StarTowerA (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Aera: Attack StarTowerA (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Aera: Attack StarTowerB (50dmg Elec + Spread)
Aera: MagBolt: StarTowerB (90dmg Elec + Stun) [+15 elemental bonus, +10 single target additional bonus]
4. Cannonball: StarTowerB (150dmg + Break)
-[Dodge]-
5. DashAttack1: StarTowerA,B (90dmg + Impact)
6. DashAttack1: StarTowerA,B (90dmg + Impact)
DecoyA: Weave around StarTowerB
DecoyB: Weave around StarTowerA
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The towers' other weapon programs went silent as they focused all of their energy into charging up. Decoys buzzing around it? Ignored. Navi with a big shield in between them? Also ignored. Support program shooting at it, taking down its shields? It would be gone soon anyway. Not a priority. They just kept charging, even while attacks continued to hit them and drop them into critical health range. It was only when the other support program popped out to attack that the towers finally unloaded their charge. It was too late for one of them, though. As Aera started hitting the more damaged of the two with lightning, the built up charge went out of control. Explosions erupted from inside the twisted metal structure, replacing all the lights within with fire and smoke. Finally, the ends blew apart, the beacons shining from its poles vanished, and the remains of the tower started sinking into the abyss below.
The other tower, however, managed to survive the onslaught and fired a massive white beam in both directions. The RockCube directly in its path crumbled under the attack, but the beam continued, striking both Aera and Vector. Aera's remaining shields couldn't stand up to the attack at all, providing her no protection from it. But, because one of the towers had already been destroyed beforehand, both support programs survived the attack.
The remaining Star Tower remained in the same position as the beam faded, and resumed firing area saturation shots in all directions while attacks continued to hit it. Finally it too collapsed under the onslaught. Rather than explode from within, though, the cannonball that finished it off struck the center of the tower and blew it in half. The two remaining pieces of the tower began sinking into the bottomless pit as well, now completely harmless
Unless it happened to land on something later.
---Towers---
Star Tower A: Destroyed
Star Tower B: Destroyed
---Allies---
MachMan: 178HP
Aera.SP: 10HP
Vector.SP: 10HP
---Terrain---
40% Metal [Solid ground in Castle]
20% Normal [Two Platforms 2 actions from Metal]
40% Missing [Empty Space beyond Metal]
---Objects---
RockCube: Destroyed by laser
BATTLE 5 COMPLETE!
GET: 3000z, Arsenal2 Battlechip
ALSO GET: 100 BugFrags
The other tower, however, managed to survive the onslaught and fired a massive white beam in both directions. The RockCube directly in its path crumbled under the attack, but the beam continued, striking both Aera and Vector. Aera's remaining shields couldn't stand up to the attack at all, providing her no protection from it. But, because one of the towers had already been destroyed beforehand, both support programs survived the attack.
The remaining Star Tower remained in the same position as the beam faded, and resumed firing area saturation shots in all directions while attacks continued to hit it. Finally it too collapsed under the onslaught. Rather than explode from within, though, the cannonball that finished it off struck the center of the tower and blew it in half. The two remaining pieces of the tower began sinking into the bottomless pit as well, now completely harmless
Unless it happened to land on something later.
---Towers---
Star Tower A: Destroyed
Star Tower B: Destroyed
---Allies---
MachMan: 178HP
Aera.SP: 10HP
Vector.SP: 10HP
---Terrain---
40% Metal [Solid ground in Castle]
20% Normal [Two Platforms 2 actions from Metal]
40% Missing [Empty Space beyond Metal]
---Objects---
RockCube: Destroyed by laser
BATTLE 5 COMPLETE!
GET: 3000
ALSO GET: 100 BugFrags