"Turns out I was wrong all along!" Alex cried out playfull with an audible 'slap' that rang in Astraea's head. "Of course they were avoiding battle. Still, they didn't say this wasn't where we need to go so hey-ho, let's bust some virus!"[/color]
"Understood." Astraea started to straighten up and found herself straining against the wind, her eyes narrowing as she braced herself. Her feet slid a little on the floor and she shifted her shield infront of her. "Operator, the high wind pressure is threatening to remove me from the platform. Situation is non-optimal."
"That's a fancy way of saying you're being blown away. Hm-hm," She nodded an acknowledgement. There was another problem too: many of the chips they had were dependent on there being a ground in some way and she wasn't sure how well they would work in this situation. It was something for her to rectify in the future.
Her to-do list just grew larger the more she fought.
Chip data buzzed in her awareness and she activated it immediately. Her plain white shield glowed for a moment then shifted into a circle shape with a green cross emblazoned in the center. She appreciated the greater defense but when it came to keeping her from being knocked off the platform...
"Alright! Second and third chips for the left, fourth is for the right it might need a bit of 'help' to do the job so I'm sending another."
The whirlwind of directions and chips entering her system surprised her and she found herself nodding dimly. She pulled her ray gun out and fired three quick blasts at the oven and fan to her left. Green light from the bolts briefly flashed off the metal of the structures around her and then she felt for the last chip.
She immediately understood what Alex had meant. Alone the chip couldn't have done enough damage, and even now it was a bit of long shot (what if it got blown back? what if it got blown off course and fell into the shaft?) but her options were very limited.
She holstered her ray gun and materialized the Lilbomb over her waiting palm. Her fingers closed securely around it as she sighted her path. She stepped to the middle of the platform she rode and then drew her arm back and flung the sphere.
Battle Summary
HP: 90
Fire/Summon
Passive: Self-Destruct
Free Action: MasterWork
1) ShieldGuardEffect: (1 Hit Shield) + (Reflect(40 + Piercing + Line Attack + Ground Attack) + Strengthen 40: On Hit)
Accuracy: S
Description: Description: Generates a 1-Hit Shield upon activation. When this shield blocks one hit from a non-Break attack, it responds with a shock wave, and some of the produced kinetic energy is bestowed onto the user.
Duration: Until broken or overridden.
Element: Null
Special: Negated by Break. Ignores Impact.
Special: Reflect: Damage returned is equal to the damage of the attack blocked or the damage cap listed, whichever comes first. Reflect is not subject to negation by Impact.
Special: Status Guard: This chip blocks debuffs.
Trader Rank: D
2) ShotgunDamage: 50 + Spread 1
Accuracy: A
Description: A gun whose shot penetrates an enemy to hit another one directly behind it.
Duration: Once
Element: Null
Trader Rank: E @ Oldstove A, WindBox A
3) CannonDamage: 60 + Knockback
Accuracy: A
Description: A decent sized cannon with a single shot.
Duration: Once
Element: Null
Trader Rank: E @ Windbox A
4) Recenter self on platform (Feint)
5) Take Aim
6) LilBombDamage: 80 + Blast 2
Accuracy: C
Description: Lobs a bomb that deals damage in a moderate range.
Duration: Once
Element: Null
Trader Rank: D + 1 Rank Accuracy from Take Aim @ OldstoveB, WindboxB