Mach's .GMO Mission

High above the ground, two cyan flashes illuminate the area; two angular figures falling from the bursts of light. Mach and Aera continue to fall to the floor below, their wings swinging into position and their thrusters firing when they are around a dozen feet from the ground. They float down to the ground, touching down with no more contact than stepping down from a single stair. Machman looks around, and reports back to Mazer.

Mazer, both Aera and I have successfully logged into the network. Standing by for additional orders.

((Ready!))
"Alright, I'm starting up the transporting sequences," Mark commented to Mazer, working at the control panel.

On Machman and Aera's side, two long orange boards with a green crystal embedded in them appeared. Mark hit another key, and finished the process.

"Alright you two, these Fold Packs will strap onto your backs and send you to the space station. Ready? Ok! Let's go!" Mark yelled, typing in a command prompt and hitting probably the enter key.

The Fold Packs floated toward Machman and Aera and latched onto their backs. They felt like fighter jets now, sort of.

The two sped off into the sunset, crashing through a blue portal, and through a blue data cyberspace. The ferocious roar of SOMETHING echoed through this transmission space, but Machman wasn't going to stick around long enough to find out.

They saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

On the Satellite Server, the navis had arrived, and saw the network torn up into various places. No viruses were in sight, they must be deeper in.

An audio line picked up next to Machman and Aera.

"Phew, you're connected. Alright, after the viruses in this station are defeated you'll have to head toward the main control panel. I'll have your operator send the command code later for repairing the station. Good luck out there," Mark instructed as the audio line closed.

Machman and Aera really felt like they were in space. A replica of the solar system surrounded them as they walked on floating blue tiles.

Well, time to look for those viruses.
Mach and Aera look around in a combination of awe and anticipation.
Wow! We are in a satellite! We are actually moving almost 20 thousand miles per hour, if you think about it.
Now that's a velocity to brag about! Let's find those viruses and repair this satellite.

Mach and Aera ignite their wing thrusters and zoom deeper into the net over the floating blue panels. Machman tries to keep his curiosity at bay to keep himself from being distracted and not detecting the viruses.

((Prepared for Battle #1))
Machman and Aera partrol around and come across a highly fragmented area. The floor seems to be mostly metal, but there are cracks scattered around everywhere.

Five viruses loom around in the area, destroying things, as usual. Something seems different about them though.

Two Hardheads seem to do the majority of the breaking, while three Magtects interfere with the surrounding system. As the Hardheads fire their attacks, Machman notices their normal cannonballs have become charged balls of plasma. The Magtects also seemed to have the ability to create a crushing magnetic field around themselves while spinning in addition to their normal magnetic pull. The Hardheads seem to be completely black with a gold-plated base. The Magtects are completely silver chromed, save for the tips of red at the end of their magnets. Could these viruses be evolved versions from due to Space Waves?

Looks like they noticed the intruders. The two Hardheads close themselves up for the moment. It's battle time.

SpaceHardheadA: 90 HP [IronBody]
SpaceMagtectA: 100 HP
SpaceMagtectB: 100 HP
SpaceMagtectC: 100 HP
SpaceHardheadB: 90 HP [IronBody]

Terrain: 70% Metal, 30% Cracked (scattered)

Machman.exe: 100 HP
Aera.SP: 40 HP

-IIIIIIIIIIIN SPACE!-
-ROUND 1-
-GODSPEED-
Machman and Aera happen upon a group of strange viruses, and they continue to investigate. Machman speaks to Mazer, reporting his findings.
Mazer, we've encountered five viruses. They appear different from the types we've encountered before, but it looks like we need to take them out.
[Understood. Sending battlechips now!]

As Mazer uploads several battlechips, Mach and Aera move into position and stop in front of the viruses. With the data uploaded, Machman prepares to attack; boomerang in hand. He aims towards the chrome Magtect viruses and draws his arm back. He whips his right arm forward, flinging the sharp boomerang forward towards the viruses. The edges of the blade blurs into a disk due to the rapid rotation as it buzzes forward. The boomerang passes through the viruses' positions and climbs gently to make a U-turn. It dives back, following a path parallel to it's original course. As the boomerang returns to Mach, he widens his stance and plucks the green curved blade from the air.

Machman shatters the blade and turns to Aera as the green bits of energy left from the boomerang are absorbed into his right hand.
Those other viruses look like they are closed up tight. If they are anything like their more earthbound cousins, we need to coax these to attack first. Keep moving, and watch out for unstable ground!
The angular pair prepare for incoming attacks, Machman's right fist expanding and hardening into a large yellow fist as Aera charges electrical energy in her body; preparing to unleash a powerful electric bolt once the viruses attack. As soon as she finishes her charge, which only takes a few seconds, her wings move into ready positions, ready to boost her out of the way in a hurry. Next to her, Machman's wings point their thrusters forward to give them a good angle to use a quick thrust to blow back any charging viruses. Next to him and a little in front, a square outline shines on the ground. A large block of stone rises from the ground, it's top stopping nearly 7 feet above the ground. Gotta love "cover on command!"
Here they come!

ACTIONS:
Machman
Boomerang1: SpaceMagtectA,B,C (120dmg Wood)
Gust: Blow away incoming attack
Counter1: (Block attack and counter with Gutpunch for 70dmg + Breaking + Impact)
RockCube: (Summon 200HP RockCube)
Dodge

Aera
Charge
Dodge
((Bump))
Machman sends a Boomerang whirling at the SpaceMagtects. The first of which starts spinning at a ridiculous velocity and slams into the weapon, deleting itself and saving its companions in the process.

The speedster blows at nothing as one of the Hardheads open up. Another Magtect tries to draw Machman in, but the magnetic pulse activates his Counter chip, and he effortlessly whacks the Megtect back as the other spins out of the way.

Preparing for the worst, the speedster calls up a Rockcube, and bides his time.

SpaceHardheadA: 90 HP
SpaceMagtectA: DELETED
SpaceMagtectB: 30 HP
SpaceMagtectC: 100 HP
SpaceHardheadB: 90 HP [IronBody]

Terrain: 70% Metal, 30% Cracked (scattered)

Rockcube: 200 HP
Machman.exe: 100 HP
Aera.SP: 40 HP
One of the viruses has opened. Now's the time to get some attacks in.
Machman peers from behind the rock cube, locating the viruses. He then steps back behind the large stone cube, trying to line up a shot towards the viruses. He brings his right arm back as his wings float to it, and start to point their thrusters forward. The thrusters warm up, emitting a nearly inaudible high pitched whine as he punches forward. His hand stops a few inches from the rock as the thrusters fire at full blast, sending the rock cube forward like a massive hockey puck, straight towards the undamaged Magtect virus.

As Aera fires a powerful bolt of energy towards the open Hardhead virus, Machman aims towards the virus as well, buster at the ready. His buster elongates as a large white tank forms underneath. A long tube runs underneath the barrel, and ends a few inches from its end, sporting a small flame. Machman takes aim towards the open Hardhead virus and activates the chip program, releasing a large amount of flammable fuel that ignites upon contact with the flame at the end and creates a long stream of flame. The burning fuel covers the area as Machman moves the flamethrower to the right, attempting to cover the area he just tried to bulldoze with a rock cube. After expending all of the fuel, he forms a shield in front of him as his buster changes back into his hand. Aera steps behind the shield as well, but both of them are ready to bail if the shield falls.

ACTIONS:
Machman
Gust: Rockcube (Send it sliding into SpaceMagtectC,B for 200dmg + Impact)
FireBurn1: SpaceHardheadA, SpaceMagtectB,C (50dmg Fire+ Line Attack {Max 3 Targets})
Guard1: Machman.EXE & Aera.SP (Reflect one attack for 60dmg)
Dodge
Dodge

Aera
Charge Shot: SpaceHardheadA (40dmg Elec + Terrain Boost?)
Dodge
Machman sends the Rockcube flying at high speeds toward the Magtects, one dodging, and the other duly crushed under its weight.
Aera blasts some electricity at the Hardhead, but her attack is simply cancelled out with a plasmic energy ball from the virus. This, however, had left it open for Machman's attack, who sweetly doused the virus in fire. The flamethrower did not, however, reach the faraway Magtect. The burning Hardhead closed itself up, and its companion took its turn to fire something at Machman, who quickly pulled out his Guard, reflecting the attack back.

SpaceHardheadA: 40 HP [IronBody]
SpaceMagtectA: DELETED
SpaceMagtectB: DELETED
SpaceMagtectC: 100 HP
SpaceHardheadB: 60 HP

Terrain: 70% Metal, 30% Cracked (scattered)

Rockcube: MICROBURST'D
Machman.exe: 100 HP
Aera.SP: 40 HP
Man, these viruses are tough...
[I'm sending in more chips, let 'em have it!]

Machman nods and boosts towards the viruses, jumping a few feet away from the Magtect. He grips a small gray ball as he aims towards the bug-like virus. He throws it down towards the virus, the ball swelling into a massive bell-shaped stone weight. The massive hunk of stone hits the floor with a loud boom, the impact being felt even by Aera several feet away. He lands next to the weight, his left hand aglow with thermal energy. As he picks out his target, the opened Hardhead virus, his fist ignites into orange and yellow flames. He throws a quick left jab towards the immobile virus and sends out a fiery fist in its direction.

His fist still alight, Machman scans the area around him, just in case the Magtect wasn't crushed by the weight. His fist tightens, the flames burning even brighter. He turns to face the closed HardHead virus, and brings his right arm in front of him to help form his last defensive shield. He keeps a look out for any incoming attacks from behind him, and Aera prepares to provide cover from behind.

ACTIONS:
Machman
Gust: Dodge
Quake1: SpaceMagtectC (100dmg Null + Impact)
FireHit1: SpaceHardheadB (60dmg Fire)
FireHit1: SpaceMagtectC (60dmg Fire)
Guard1: SpaceHardheadA(Block attack and counter with 60dmg)

Aera
Charge
Charged Attack: SpaceMagtectC (40dmg Elec + Terrain Boost?)
The Magtect falls after many attacks dealt to it, and then the Hardhead, but not without hitting the speedster point-blank with an electric shock. Machman swiped at empty air in rage, before throwing up a Guard and countering the final SpaceHardhead's attack.

SpaceHardheadA: 10 HP
SpaceMagtectA: DELETED
SpaceMagtectB: DELETED
SpaceMagtectC: DELETED
SpaceHardheadB: DELETED

Terrain: 70% Metal, 30% Cracked (scattered)

Rockcube: MICROBURST'D
Machman.exe: 70 HP
Aera.SP: 40 HP
As Aera rushes in to heal him, Machman's wings move out in front and pair up. Two orbs of glowing red plasma form between the wings and start to charge up and increase in size. The plasma quickly comes to full power, and is released from it's magnetic prison as a pair of massive ruby beams towards the Hardhead virus. The light illuminates the area, and the force of the beams nearly rip the tiles off the floor below. As the beams begin to die down, Mazer activates a recovery program and Mach points his buster forward towards the virus, cannon battlechip program at the ready.

ACTIONS:
Machman
Thrust Laser: SpaceHardheadA (60dmg Null + 2TCD)
Recover10: Machman.EXE (Heal 10HP)
Cannon: SpaceHardheadA (40dmg Null)
Dodge

Aera
Heal: Machman.EXE (Recover 10HP)
Heal: Machman.EXE (Recover 10HP)
Aera goes into heal Machman as the speedster performs his devstating signature attack. Acting quickly, the Hardhead fires a Cannonball to retaliate and then spins its head around as it fires a ball of plasma as well. Its head clicks back into place as the two attacks collide, before getting headshotted by a Cannon. Machman heals himself once more, then travels on.

SpaceHardheadA: DELTED
SpaceMagtectA: DELETED
SpaceMagtectB: DELETED
SpaceMagtectC: DELETED
SpaceHardheadB: DELETED

Terrain: 70% Metal, 30% Cracked (scattered)

Rockcube: MICROBURST'D
Machman.exe: 100 HP
Aera.SP: 40 HP

-VICTORY-
Get: Cannonball, 24 Bugfrags

The area seems to slowly repair itself, but the repairs are minor. Machman should hurry to the control panel.
Machman and Aera retrieve the residual data, among which is a bunch of bugfrags and a strong bomb-type chip. The data is uploaded into the PET and back to Mazer.
[Good work, both of you. Lets head further in.]
Understood. Aera, let's continue.
うん! (Okay!)
The pair continues forward, ready to take on any souped up viruses waiting for them.

((Ready for Battle #2))
Machman and Aera dash across the satellite server, making their way to the control panel. Mark shouted directions to them at random intervals, and they followed, he obviously knew what he was doing.

"Make a right.... Oh crap," the scientist started before a new wave of viruses appeared.

They were altered from their earthly relatives it seemed, just like the last batch.

There were three ColorUFOs in the lead, now completely rainbowish instead of sticking to one color. They seemed to have grappling hands that crackled with electricity as well.

Flanking them were two Kabutanks of complete silver chrome, they also seemed to have two more noses sticking out to fire bombs.

Something a bit more surprising were two normal Ironshields directly behind the UFOs. Apparently gamma rays couldn't augment this virus' design at all.

Bouncing haughtily behind these Ironshields were three ElecOgres with what seemed like springs attached to their bottoms. A third eye and a more greenish hue of skin did they possess.

Well, looks like you could either dash away to your left or fight these guys.

-FRONT-
SpaceKabutankA: 100 HP
SpaceUFOA: 100 HP
SpaceUFOB: 100 HP
SpaceUFOC: 100 HP
SpaceKabutankB: 100 HP

-CENTER-
IronShieldA: 120 HP [Shield: Front]
IronShieldB: 120 HP [Shield: Front]

-FARTHER-
SpaceOgreA: 150 HP
SpaceOgreB: 150 HP
SpaceOgreC: 150 HP

-Terrain-
100% Metal

-In Space-
Machman.exe: 100 HP
Aera.SP: 40 HP

-Run or fight?-
-The Time to choose is now-
-Scenario 2, start!-
Viruses Identified! Count 10! We are vastly outnumbered here!
As Mach and Aera nervously tighten their formation, Mazer's voice comes in through their ear pylons.
[We can try to run, but if they follow, the could get behind us. I'm uploading battlechip data now! Take them down!]

As Aera prepares to provide cover, Machman dashes forward towards the UFOs. He strafes from side to side in an attempt to keep his approach unpredictable, his wing thrusters firing feverishly to keep his movements fast. Machman skims close to the ground, almost scraping his feet against the metal panels. Machman glares at his targets, his blue eyes nearly glowing with power. He zips to the right as he draws his right arm back. His partially opened hand starts to shimmer, a light layer of ice has already formed over his blue gauntlet. His hand becomes almost sky blue due to the extremely cold temperature. He pauses a few feet away from the UFOs, trying to stay out of range of their hands, but close enough to unleash his attack effectively.

He thrusts his hand forward, his hand opening with a cracking sound as the covering of ice explodes from his hand, leaving a sparkling trail of shattered ice. A blast of supercooled air erupts from his hand, creating a freezing torrent that bathes a large area in front of the blue and orange Navi. As the howl of the blizzard dies down, Machman lowers his shoulder and charges through, picking up speed as fast as he could. His massive velocity forms a protective veil of unstable air, creating a nearly invisible shield as hard as tempered steel.
Don't blink~!

Machman continues past the UFO's positions, and makes sharp left turn to hook around and travel horizontally through the line of viruses, aiming to strike the left-most Kabutank first. As he completes his 270 degree turn, he accelerates even more, causing a pair of deafening booms and rocks the area as he shatters the sound barrier. He aims directly towards the Kabutank, hopefully not giving it enough time to aim towards the rapidly approaching Navi. Machman charges through, trying to blast through as many viruses in the wave as he could, passing through the flanking Kabutank at the other side of the viruses.

Using the last bit of energy he had left, he attempted to get in a firing position where the IronShields were no longer blocking the upgraded ElecOgre Viruses. As he slows down and prepares a boomerang chip, Aera takes aim towards the left-most upgraded Kabutank and fires a small orange bolt of energy towards the cannon-equipped virus. The thrusters on her wings light up as the boosters prime. They ignite, spraying small plumes of cyan energy and propelling her up and away from the virus group. She tries to keep her route unpredictable, she couldn't let herself get caught by enemy fire.

Machman aims towards the ElecOgres and readies his razor sharp boomerang. He whips it forward towards the viruses, the green blade blurring into a seemingly solid disk as it buzzes forward few feet above the blue floor. The spinning green disk of "slice and dice" rips past the ElecOgres' positions and sharply climbs to make its quick U-turn and dives through the ElecOgres again. The spinning blade makes a beeline to Machman's waiting hand. Machman plucks the boomerang out of the air, crushing it in his grip as the program deactivates into bright green bits of data and is absorbed into his hand.

Machman's wings pop into position as cyan orbs of energy form around the thrust nozzles on the edges of the blue wings. The high pitched whine of the thrusters priming lasts for less than a second and is subsequently drowned out by the roar of the thrusters blasting at full strength, propelling Machman into the air. The thrusters die down as he boosts backwards, the wings rotating the thrust nozzles to the side and fire again to blast Machman into another direction. The wings continue to turn and burn, trying to help Machman avoid any incoming attacks.

ACTIONS:
Machman
Tactical Action: Move into close range near the UFO group
Blizzard: SpaceUFOA,B,C (100dmg Aqua + Ice Panel Change + Cone Attack {3 targets Max})
DashAttack: SpaceKabutankA,B, SpaceUFOA,B,C (90dmg Null + Impact {5 targets max})
Boomerang1: SpaceOgreA,B,C (120dmg
Wood)
Gust: Dodge

Aera
Attack: SpaceKabutankA (20dmg Null)
Dodge
Machman and Aera decide to stand their ground and engage their opponent. Machman heads in first while Aera shocks a Kabutank in place. Unleashing a torrent of icicles, the speedster fells the UFOs in an instant since they were all intent on stealing his chip data. Moving on, Machman crashes into one Kabutank, the other dodging and firing a couple of bombs, one hitting his back as he ends his attack. Undettered, Machman sends a Boomerang flying at the ElecOgres, one of which avoids the attack. The two Ironshields fire two bombs each from their mortars, one hitting Machman and another hitting Aera.

-FRONT-
SpaceKabutankA: DELETED
SpaceUFOA: DELETED
SpaceUFOB: DELETED
SpaceUFOC: DELETED
SpaceKabutankB: 100 HP

-CENTER-
IronShieldA: 120 HP [Shield: Front]
IronShieldB: 120 HP [Shield: Front]

-FARTHER-
SpaceOgreA: 30 HP
SpaceOgreB: 150 HP
SpaceOgreC: 30 HP

-Terrain-
100% Metal

-In Space-
Machman.exe: 60 HP
Aera.SP: 30 HP
Machman and Aera shrug off the attacks, luckily Machman taking most of the hits. His back is discolored by scorch marks from the bombs, but he's still in good shape. As Aera charges up, Mazer's voice is heard.
[Uploading Magnum and BubbleStar chips now. Take them down!]

Machman turns towards the IronShields, pointing his right arm directly towards their massive protective shields. Too bad they won't protect them from this! A large amount of data particles emerge from Machman's body, congregating into a large elongated form hovering just above his extended arm. They form together, creating a massive triple-barreled cannon; its gunmetal gray surface shining in the starlight. In rapid succession, each of the three barrels sliding back with a metallic click as a large magnum slug is loaded into each one. The barrels slide forward quickly and lock into place. The only thing blocking the viruses from the triangular shaped arrangement of barrels is air. Machman eases a floating cross hair over the first IronShield, braces for impact, and fires the massive weapon. The barrel spews flames and makes a loud boom as a bright yellow shock wave several feet in diameter flashes ahead of weapon. The barrel moves back with the blast, easing the amount of recoil and ejecting a massive brass cartridge that clangs as it tumbles to the ground.

Machman recovers from the recoil, and aims towards the IronShield directly next to the first, waiting shortly for the cross hairs floating in his vision to fall dead center on the virus. He discharges the weapon again, rocking the area with another shockwave and creating a nearly blinding muzzle flash as the massive slug barrels towards its target, and the brass clanging loudly as it hits the one laying on the ground. This time, he shifts his aim a little more than last time, resting his sights on the lone Kabutank. He braces and fires a third round, leaving all three barrels in the back postion, each oozing white smoke from the chambers and the cartridges laying on the floor below. As Machman shifts aim towards the ElecOgres, the massive Magnum dissolves into data and a porous buster forms over his right hand. A slight whir could be heard as a fan spins up inside the buster, pulling in air and filling a multitude of tiny bubbles.

Aera, once I hit them with this, let 'em have it!
I'm just about ready to fire!
A clear film is drawn over the end of the buster, and the fan blade stops and extends forward, gently pushing the bubbles into the increasingly large bubble. The bubble is closed as the fan retracts and starts to blow air at an increasing speed. Machman aims towards the center ElecOgre and activates the trigger; the fan springing forward and forcibly pushing the bubble towards the virus with a slight *pop*. The bubble zips towards its targets, exploding into a shower of bubbles; many of them capable of enveloping large objects and preventing movement. Machman turns back to Aera and nods. Aera, acting on cue, also aims towards the middle ElecOgre. Her arm flickers with electric arcs as her charge reaches capacity. She fires a sparkling yellow bolt, electricity leaping to the floor as it reacts to it. The bolt flies true, unaffected by gravity and explodes with a burst of electric current.

Machman stands in front of Aera, his wings moving out in front to forcibly blow the enemy away; should they attack.

ACTIONS:
Machman
Charge Magnum
Charge Magnum
Magnum1: IronShieldA,B, SpaceKabutankB (120dmg Fire + Break + Panel Break)
BubbleStar1: SpaceOgreB,A,C (20dmg Aqua + Bubble Trap x3)
Gust: Blow away SpaceOgreA,C

Aera
Charge
Charge Attack: SpaceOgreB (40dmg Elec + Terrain Boost + Element Boost? {Bubble Trap} Total: 160dmg)
((Bump))
The Ironshields perk up as Machman charges up his Magnum. They slowly and agonizingly try to dodge, but their bodies are too heavy.

The speedster fires and two of the targets are taken down, why only two you ask? Because one Ironshield had the clever idea of falling down to protect himself, so the bullet went sailing past and hit an ElecOgre instead.

Moving on to his next target, the high speed navi sends slow-moving bubbles the SpaceOgres' way, one zapping the trap intended for it to pieces and the other getting caught. Taking this chance, Aera unleashes a load of zap to the virus' system, the metal terrain boosting the electric power before conducting in the bubble, zapping the virus to death.

The remaining Ironshield tries firing a bomb at the opponents, but they miss.

-FRONT-
SpaceKabutankA: DELETED
SpaceUFOA: DELETED
SpaceUFOB: DELETED
SpaceUFOC: DELETED
SpaceKabutankB: DELETED

-CENTER-
IronShieldA: 120 HP [Shield: Above] (Fallen)
IronShieldB: DELETED

-FARTHER-
SpaceOgreA: DELETED
SpaceOgreB: DELETED
SpaceOgreC: 30 HP

-Terrain-
100% Metal

-In Space-
Machman.exe: 60 HP
Aera.SP: 30 HP