More Explorin'

Recon peeked around the corner to see what had gone down amongst the first vital moments of the battle. One Eleball had been eradicated, but its partner remained alive. It was no longer charging the floor, but instead gathering the electricity inside itself. To make matters worse, both Satellites had now been alerted to his presence. Recon quickly visualised his next move. It was stupid, no doubt about it, but the reward for pulling it off would be much better than the alternatives.

Blade me, he commanded Steve while remaining hidden behind the tower. His right arm was occupied with the shield, so the Sword he'd requested manifested itself out of his left arm. As it solidified, Recon tightened his grip on the Guard and stepped out of the shadows. Timing was essential; to avoid taking hits, he'd have to get moving immediately. Running towards the Eleball as fast as his legs would allow him, Recon locked his vision onto his target as he thrust the silver weapon forward. It sliced seamlessly through the air, intending to cut the yellow enemy in two by dealing it a critical hit. Recon's attention was quickly diverted to the Satellites, as he was now in the open and likely to be in the targeting range of both. Watching from the PET display, Steve was curious to see what Recon would do next.

Keeping the Sword would be potentially fatal, due to the distance between the two machines, so Recon dismissed the Sword and engaged the next move. Send me that funny red flying virus, Recon petitioned from within the glow of the solar panels. Catcher, he corrected himself as the red UFO appeared on the battlefield. Picking it up from the underneath, Recon was a little unsure as to how it would work. Practising its use first would have probably been a wise move, but now was not the time to dwell on it. The navi threw the virus in an underarm manner towards one of the Satellites. Maybe it knew how to do its job.

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[R1] Step out of cover / Move into solar field
[R2] Sword [80 Damage + Slashing] @ EleballB
[R3] Catcher [Copy virus attack next round] @ SatelliteB

[Recon] 60 / 100 HP
>>>>> Equipped: Guard1 [1-Hit]

[Cooldown/Locks]
None

((You will have to use an action to release the attack, yes))

As Recon moved in to slash the remaining Eleball with his sword, he was thankful that he had remembered to pick up his shield as an electric burst exploded from around the virus' body. Luckily, the shield deflected the blow, allowing Recon to get his attack in and finish off the virus.

The satellite viruses each sent out a lock on, tracing the battlefield quickly. Recon was moving quickly enough to get past one, but the other locked on and began to hammer his body with shots [21]. The Catcher virus chip recorded the attack and prepared to play it back.

-- ENEMIES --
Satellite A: 100 HP (Scanning area) (Left of Eleball group, Metal)
Satellite B: 100 HP (Scanning area) (Right of Eleball group, Metal)
Eleball A: DELETED
Eleball B: DELETED

-- NAVIGATOR --
Recon.EXE: 39 HP (solar) (CATCHER: C accuracy lockon, A accuracy 10 x 3 shot attack)

-- OBJECTS --
Tesla Coil A: 100 HP (front left)
Tesla Coil B: 100 HP (front right)
Tesla Coil C: 100 HP (back left)
Tesla Coil D: 100 HP (back right)
(Coils are about 15-16 feet tall, arranged in a large square with sides of length equal to 1 movement)

-- TERRAIN --
50% Solar (Middle of all the coils.)
50% Metal (The rest of the area.)

One of the hovering objects swung its laser to catch the assailant that had just deleted one of this comrades, but did so to no avail. Its remaining partner was much faster, and managed to score some hits across the navi's chest. Seven hits in total. I guess you were wrong, Steve chuckled. In fact, if you doubled your estimate on the amount of hits you'd take before being deleted, you'd still be out.

Recon was hardly amused. Grateful that he was wrong, but still, hardly amused all the same. At least the odds of victory were slowly curling back towards him. His next order of action was to decommission the Satellite responsible for his damage, seeing as how the only other remaining virus had already demonstrated its incompetancy. Requesting my Zapring, he repeated out loud. The chip responsible for saving his behind on many occassions arrived at the destination and morphed his right arm again, sliding his hand out of context and replacing it with the pair of pylons and charging coil. As electrical as before, he confirmed.

As it turned out, the Catcher didn't need any help from Recon whatsoever. It had recorded all the action that had occurred, and was charging itself up to mimic the same attack. It stared at Recon, waiting for some instruction on what to do next. The black navi simply raised his pylonic arm and pointed it at his next target. Open fire! he yelled. The RedUFO opened a small port on the front of its little ship and ejected wave after wave of the same damaging projectiles the Satellite had just spewed at Recon. Joining it in the madness, Recon ionized the electricity from the pylons into the base coil and charged it to full capacity. Once this was reached, he discharged the entire contents into a round doughnut-shape and repelled the contents in a timely manner towards the enemy.

The red ally, having completed its purpose, fizzled away into random strains of data and teleported away. Back to the PET or to the network, Recon wasn't sure. Either way, what was important now was how to deal with the remaining telecommunications virus. Retreating to safety was a good idea for now until he had next attacks ready. The coils that created a sort of decor around the solar panels had worked once before; it was the best bet for a successful evasion. Picking up the pace, Recon dashed to the giant column closest to the Satellite's left. A few more minutes, he leered to the foe as he hoped the coil hid him well enough.

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[R1] CatcherCopy [10 x 3 Damage] @ SatelliteB
[R2] Zapring1 [40 [color=#FA0]Elec[/color] Damage] @ SatelliteB
>>>>> 2x Damage to SatelliteB [[color=#FA0]Elec[/color] Damage on Metal Panels]
[R3] Movement: Run to behind back left pole.

[Recon] 39 / 100 HP

[Cooldown/Locks]
None

Successfully copying the Satellite's attack, Recon ordered the UFO pseudo-virus to attack, launching a barrage of the Satellite's own bullets back at it, out of which nine hit of a total of ten. The subsequent ZapRing deleted the Satellite handily. Very fortunately for him, after all that racket, the other Satellite had not achieved its lock-on status on him yet, letting him safely escape behind one of the towers again.

-- ENEMIES --
Satellite A: 100 HP (Scanning area) (Left of Eleball group, Metal)
Satellite B: DELETED
Eleball A: DELETED
Eleball B: DELETED

-- NAVIGATOR --
Recon.EXE: 39 HP (metal)

-- OBJECTS --
Tesla Coil A: 100 HP (front left)
Tesla Coil B: 100 HP (front right)
Tesla Coil C: 100 HP (back left)
Tesla Coil D: 100 HP (back right)
(Coils are about 15-16 feet tall, arranged in a large square with sides of length equal to 1 movement)

-- TERRAIN --
50% Solar (Middle of all the coils.)
50% Metal (The rest of the area.)

Recon regained his composure behind the coil as he weighed up his options. His armour still had enough integrity to hopefully sustain another wave of damage, but his selection of remaining attacks was on the weak side. With all his critical-dealing chips expended for the moment, he was left only with a Cannon and Shotgun. These coils had been played a key part in his defense during the battle, but the Satellite was probably aware of this. This plan wouldn't last much longer.

Shotgun, please, he requested as he lined up where he imagined the object should be. As he positioned, he noticed that his inventory was poking out the sides; while they wouldn't take any damage themselves, his position would most definitely be compromised. After this battle, we need to discuss these things on my back, he reported to Steve as the Shotgun data merged with his systems and transformed his arm into a nicely-polished silver barrel.

Recon jumped out of cover and flipped back onto the Solar panels, hoping the sudden movement would decrease the chances of a lock-on from the enemy. As he flew, the targeting system started adjusting to confirm the shot trajectory. His gun stayed pointed forward towards the Satellite as he remained airborne. Upon landing, his targeting disks locked down, fixated and ready to fire, so that's what he did; the bullets released in a uniform manner, all flying madly towards their intended foe.

A shield wouldn't be much help against a rapid-firing setup, so before the rings of aim disappeared he pulled the sniper gun on his back forward onto his shoulder and corrected it to the same location as his previous attack. The sights rang true, so he pulled the trigger as a lone casing flung out of the back of the gun as the pellet hurtled out into the field.

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[RP] Marksmanship (Accuracy +1 rank w/Shot Attacks / Can Surpass A Rank)

[R1] Movement / Strafe to the centre
[R2] Shotgun (50 Damage + Spread1) @ SatelliteA
[R3] S-99 (40 Damage + Phasing) @ SatelliteA

[Recon] 39 / 100 HP

[Cooldowns/Locks]
[<<] S-99

Recon leaped from behind his cover and fired off his shotgun. The buckshot spread out in a cone, pelting the Satellite all along one side. The virus turned, green light flashing across the battlefield before locking down on the Navi. Recon drew his sniper rifle and squeezed off one shot that smashed into the Satellite second before the virus rocketed up into the air. The Satellite hovered above the battlefield and unloaded a machinegun volley of bullets that shredded the ground before ripping into Recon. (3x7=21)

-- ENEMIES --
Satellite A: 10 HP (High Altitude)
Satellite B: DELETED
Eleball A: DELETED
Eleball B: DELETED

-- NAVIGATOR --
Recon.EXE: 18 HP (solar)

-- OBJECTS --
Tesla Coil A: 100 HP (front left)
Tesla Coil B: 100 HP (front right)
Tesla Coil C: 100 HP (back left)
Tesla Coil D: 100 HP (back right)
(Coils are about 15-16 feet tall, arranged in a large square with sides of length equal to 1 movement)

-- TERRAIN --
50% Solar (Middle of all the coils.)
50% Metal (The rest of the area.)

With explosions occurring all around him and on him, Recon's vision was blurred for a few seconds. When his sight returned, he was surprised to find the Satellite gone. Odd, seeing as how the two attacks he'd launched weren't enough to destroy it completely.

Maybe it flew away, after seeing its companions deleted, he reasoned. An alert from the visor brought him back to reality, as it began locking onto something out of his sight. The direction of the aim seemed to be up, so he moved his head back to see what it was focusing on. As his eyeline moved, the rings came back into vision, stuck upon the surviving Satellite, flying high in the air.

Geez, how am I going to hit it that far away? he questioned Steve.

My goodness, Steve mumbled, shaking his head slightly as he did so. The last battlechip that would be of any help was the Cannon, so he pushed the chip into the reader and started uploading. Just let Ease take care of the distance, he instructed.

The Cannon mutated its way out of Recon's arm, taking shape to look like almost like a twin to the rocket launcher still attached to his back. It grinded and shifted into shape, and locked into position as Recon pointed up towards the sky. His sights co-ordinated with the targeting system, the same as always, except a new protocol jumped onscreen. The weirdest part for Recon was that as the icons merged on his vizor, he could feel the Cannon shifting, almost as if it was changing in response to the codes the EAAS was running. A quick alert, followed by a clearscreen function, informed him the changes were complete. Lock-on was once again established. All done, target in place, fire when r- but that's as far as it got as the navi had already unloaded the shot upwards into the sky, proceeding towards his last enemy.

Wow, that actually worked, Recon marvelled. Can I do that with the D-01? he asked his assistant.

No, sorry, it replied in an apologetic tone. Battlechips only, and only once per upload phase.

Too bad, he commented as he generated a specific code to unleash the generic Shield he was provided. It would only take one hit to break, so it was practically useless against a multi-hitting attack. However, with his temperament so low, one hit may be the difference between victory and defeat, so the Shield was gripped anyway, and the black soldier moved off his previous position in case the Satellite had evaded his fire.

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[RP] Marksmanship (Accuracy +1 rank w/shot attacks / can surpass A-Rank)
[RA] Snipe (Once a turn, add Seeking to one action)

[R1] Cannon (40 Damage + Knockback + Seeking) @ SatelliteA
[R2] Shield (1-Hit) [Deployed]
[R3] Dodge / Evade to new location

[Recon] 18 / 100 HP
>>>>> Shield [1-Hit]

[Cooldowns/Locks]
[>~] S-99

Recon uses all the sniping abilities at his disposal to fire his Cannon shot high into the air at the Satellite virus, destroying it completely.

Rewards rain from the sky in the aftermath.

-- ENEMIES --
Satellite A: DELETED
Satellite B: DELETED
Eleball A: DELETED
Eleball B: DELETED

-- NAVIGATOR --
Recon.EXE: 18 HP (solar)

-- OBJECTS --
Tesla Coil A: 100 HP (front left)
Tesla Coil B: 100 HP (front right)
Tesla Coil C: 100 HP (back left)
Tesla Coil D: 100 HP (back right)
(Coils are about 15-16 feet tall, arranged in a large square with sides of length equal to 1 movement)

-- TERRAIN --
50% Solar (Middle of all the coils.)
50% Metal (The rest of the area.)

--VICTORY--
GET: Plasma1, 450z

Recon's final shot blasted the remaining Satellite into pieces.

Unfortunately for him, those pieces were right about him.

As he ran to cover from the raining fragments, the Satellite's charging clip clipped him on the head, rebounding to the ground. He picked it up and examined the object. It might serve a purpose as some form of attack, so he streamed it back to Steve. While the link was still open, he decided that he'd had enough for this run and jacked out back to the regenerative abilities of the PET.

*Jack-out: Recon.EXE*

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[[[ENEMY DEFEATED]]]
Get Zenny: 450 (3160 => 3610)
Get Battlechip: Plasma1 (Next Buster Attack +20) {B}

[Recon] 18 => 100 / 100 HP

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