((Sorry for not posting so long ... I was working on something big, but that's not an excuse ... sorry again.))


"Oww, come on!" said Raider as his first attack failed to land on the viruses. As the airplane began its fly-by, Raider had no time to waste, and had to concentrate on avoiding, making some crazy manoeuvre using the jeans as a wake-board. And as the UFO flied over him, he felt something strange emptiness ... and heard Dave's voice from the comm channel.

"Hey, Raider, that UFO is jamming our chips, now we cannot use the RemoteBit!" said Dave surprsed.
Raider slowed down his movemenat as he answered "Well, it wouldn't be a good idea to use electric chips in this situation, anyway, but this can be a problem.", and then he saw Enchanter's fireball flying over his head. Hoping that the shot will keep the virus busy even if it happens to miss, he had some time to focus on the EnergyBalls who were attacking Soldier.

"Ha-ha, you have something on your mind!" said Dave, and started browsing through his chips.
"Yup" replied Raider, and turned to his subordinate. "Soldier, I need you to lure them towards me!" he shouted and activated his power sources. Soldier, quickly saluted, and positioned the dress he was surfing on to slide next to Raider. He used his mortar's knockback as a propulsion, and focused on maintaining his balance.

As the power Raider could generate reached its maximum, hand concentrated it in his right hand, crackling sparks began to jump uff his gloves. A second later, a battlechip's information streamed through him, turning his rifle into a double-barrelled shotgun. He loaded the concentrated energies into the shotgun shells, forming an energy coat around the pellets inside the casing, and making them buzz smoothly. That was the time when Soldier, who was trying to keep the attention of the EnergyBall duo and drag them towards his superior, passed by him. he had a clear line of sight, and fired at the viruses.

Before the smoke from firing could fade away, his ride floated away, following the whirling sea. As he moved counter-clockwise around the agitator, he spotted the bee trapped in the water, desperately trying to get out. He already activated the targeting sensors and the laser aiming, when Dave's voice came in again;
"Whoa, looks like an easy target to me, lets hit it while it's down!" he said, and inserted another chip. As the still smoking ahotgun turned into the 40mm AP grenade launcher, Raider already locked his aiming. In spite of his target was in the water he carried out an efficient aiming, and fired. The kickback of the shot slowed down his wild floating, and altered his course a bit, hopefully tricking the enemies' aiming.



---------- Summary ----------
Raider

[li]Lock and Load [80 strenghten] -> Shotgun (divided into 40 - 40)
[li]Shotgun + Damage Control [passive 20 strengthen, divided into 10 - 10] + Marksmandship + Snipe -> ENGBall A & ENGBall B [100 - 100 damage, seeking]

• Cannon + Marksmanship -> EleBee B [40 damage]
  

Soldier

• Trying to lure the ENGBall duo towards Raider (Move action)
  

"Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa!" that was the first thing Raider could say, as he logged onto some floating jeans., and tried to keep his balance.
The second thing he could do was thinking over the consequences of falling into the water. Not mentioning that he would become more easy to hit, he couldn't even use some of his attacks. He had to keep himself dry, or things might become bothersome. A moment later he saw the others, surfing on dirty clothes too.

"Well, this sucks, but I'm still in a petter situation than Enchanter ... I'm sure he'll get a nice hydrophobia if it lasts too long."
Seeing that Enchanter already engaged the enemy, Raider armed his rifle, and prepared to attack. Since his partner war attacking to the north, he turned to the other side.
"Dave, we got to reduce their numbers" he said to his operator.
"Exactly, wait a minute ... " replied Dave, "right, I prepared our multihit chips, get ready"
"I'm ready, as always ... " said Raider, mostly for himself, and started aiming.
When the first chip, the TwinFang arrived, the virus in the south was already locked in the crosshairs. The bullet got modified; it's head became split, with a small explosive between them. The weapon started vibvrating smoothly as the chip's energy streamed into it, bur Radier managed to cease it. As Tim said, deleting the viruses is the thicket of getting out of here, and Raider intended to leave as soon as possible. after the these few seconds of aiming, Raider fired the Twinfang at his target. Right after firing, the small explosive charge in the projectile activated, separating the two halves, which flew towards two different targets. Hoping that this will keep the enemy busy, or completely destroying it, he turned towards Enchanter, being ready to give him a hand, if needed.

Before another chip could arrive, Raider noticed the two massive FighterPlanes. He kneeled down, thus satibilizing his mount, and making easier to aim. Then he gathered all his energies, concentrated in his gun, and began the firing procedures. He aimed at the pilot, calculating with it's speed and the enviromental effects. The air began to sparkle around the weapon as it reached its maximum capacity, and could not store any more energy. The targeting system beeped quietly as the target was locked, and everything was ready.
"Even if my attack hits, it won't be enough" thought Raider. "Soldier!" he shouted.
Soldier who was floating on a nearby dress, stood at attention immediately, and saluted.
"Help me snipe down that plane! Attack with me!" commanded Raider. His subordinate armed and loaded his rocket launcher, and aimed az the plane.

All set, Raider pulled the trigger and the charged bullet exploded out the barrel with a loud boom, and flew towards the aircraft. A second later Soldier fired too, and a fat frag grenade with a smiley on its head followed Raider's bullet, leaving a smoke trail behind ...



---------- Summary ----------
Raider

[li]TwinFang1 + Damage Control + Marksmanship + Snipe --> RedUFO & ENGBall B [80 - 80 damage, seeking]
[li]Charge

• Headshot + Marksmanship --> FighterPlane B [120 damage]
  

Soldier

• Attack FighterPlane B [25 damage]
  

"Yeah, we gonna be more careful. Right, Raider?" answered Dave.
"Sure!"
"I promise we won't break anything. These two sonic attack were just ... um ... minor setbacks." said Dave to Mike before he left.
"Hmm, the stove, or the washing machine? Well, let's see. electricity, fire and water ... this might be problematic, so I suggest we get over it fast. Furthermore, it's closer, so it's decided!" said Dave as an answer to Tim's question, and started walking towards the next target. "Come on!" he said to Tim, and readied his pet.

As they reached the malfunctioning washing machine, the first thing that came into Dave's mind was that way does a washing machine have a jack port. The second was about what they might encounter with in the system of the washing machine, giant whirlpools, or caustic chemical attack? Hoping that he'll find the answer, he connected his pet to the jack port.


[Ready for battle #3]

"Argh, that hurts!" said Raider, mostly for himself.
"Watch out!" shouted Dave. (Other guests in the shop might have thought that he's nuts.) Quickly realising that Raider might not heard it, Dave sent another message pack:
"Just take care for a little longer, I'm working on something ...", and continued typing wildly.

"... Aaaaaand ... " said Dave and entered the last command ... " done!" Raider could hear the last word too. Furthermore the 'music' began to decrease intensity, and narrow its frequency range.
"Dave ... Dave?" said Raider. He could barely hear his own voice, and then, he heard Dave's voice. it was like listening to him through a highway with rough traffic.
"Yeah. I applied a filter to your voice sensors. This is far from a perfect solution, it just decreases the intensity of the incoming signals to a much more manageable state. In other words, I tuned down the volume. When we'll have some time, I'll refine it, and add it to your code. I already have an idea how to separate the enviromental sound effects from the useful ones, but it will take some time. Anyway, you'll still have to fight with the sonic blast waves, I can't neutralize them, so be on your guard!" was the message.
"I'll do my best ... " Raider replied, and started thinking how to take out the virus on the speaker in the middle. When he decided what to do, he handed in his request: "Dave, I'd like to use the EnergyBomb, please send it!"
"Right away, " replied his operator, "but first, there's something to keep you in one peace, Guard!" he said, and slotted in the two chips.

Raider felt the two chip's data stream flowing through him. The first one created a barrier between him and the viruses, and the second materialized a grenade on his belt. Hoping that the shield will protect him from enemy attacks for a while, he unhooked the grenade. It was a tricky one, a combined EM-frag grenade, which releases an EM surge before exploding, ideal against stationary targets.

"Allright, let's do this!" he said, and started calculating the ideal trajectory. He moved in closer, sped up a little, and threw the grenade towards the Twisty that hurt him badly a moment ago ...




---------- Summary ----------
Raider

[li]Guard1 on self
[li]Moving into position / take aim

• EnergyBomb (3x40) + Snipe (seeking) + Marksmanship (accuracy+) + Damage Control (+20 passive strengthen) --> Twisty
  

Soldier

• Help Enchanter and Caerbannog ie. attack if a Champu survives
  

As they jacked into the speaker, Raider and Soldier realized that they won't be able to communicate with each other, or at least not in the usual way. The music was terrible, and so loud that it was nearly painful. Raider grinning as he beared it, but soon he got accustomed to it. As long as that terrible soundstorm doesn't get any stronger, he'll endure it ... hopefully. He looked at Soldier, but he couldn't see anything on his face, or, on tha part of his face that was not covered by his helmet.
He looked around, measured the situation, thinking on the strategy of the upcoming battle. Due to verbal communication could not be carried out, Raider opened a secure comm channel to Dave, and sent a short text message to him.
"I have a plan. Need some weapons. I'll respond later." was readable in the message panel on the screen of Dave's PET. Dave just disabled the speakers, and started browsing through the battlechips.

After that Raider temporally suspended the comm channel, and opened a new one to Enchanter.
"Listen up, I have a plan. They didn't notice us yet, so we have the advantage of a first strike again. I intend to use it well, and take out the bogeys on the top of the speakers. If that stops the music, the folks on the stage will get pissed, I think. Would you take care of them? Soldier will support you ..." was his message, and he kept the channel open, in case of Enchanter would like to reply.
He looked at Soldier, and smiled. There were no need for words. He just grabbed his weapon, nodded at Solder, made a gesture like loading a shotgun and pointed to the viruses on the stage. Soldier nodded, inserted a grenade in his launcher, and prepared for attack.

"All set!" thought Raider, and focused the raving viruses on the top of the speakers. He remembered the failed Twinfang attack from the last time, and shook his head. No way he'll let it happen again! He planned to use the attack he riddled the last Plasma orb, at the previous fight, and clicked in a new magazine. He focused his powers, and streamed it into the gun, forming a sparking and cracking coating around the bullet in it. Raider kneeled down, since he had enough time to aim carefully. When he was done with the aiming, and the crosshairs were locked on the middle of the Scarecrow virus, he fired, and the projectile flew through the battlefield.

A moment later, he felt energy mixed with digital information flowing through him. The Cannon battlechip arrived, and did its job; his weapon took the shape of a mortar launcher, loaded and armed, ready to fire. "Good timing." thought Raider, and raised the gun. He pointed to the other speaker, which had the HardHead on the top.
"You might look tough, but I bet, you're soft inside, too." he thought, and tapped the essence of his subordinate's sourcecode. He borrowed some parts from it, especially those, which were allowing Soldier to destroy things so efficiently. He tried to mix Soldier's rave power, and his own precision to lay a devastating attack on the enemy. He finalized the aiming, and fired.
A moment later, Soldier jumped forth, and attacked the viruses on the stage, hoping that these multiple attack will comfuse them, allowing to carry out a second strike.
Since the comm channel was still open, he sent another message to Enchanter, which was: "No cover this time, let's make it quick. Oh, and if you doesn't want to kill our operators, take care aiming :P"
After all that, he re-opened the channel to Dave, moitoring both of them simultaneously, and watching what will his partner do, and how will the enemy react.





---------- Summary ----------
Raider

[li]Charge
[li]Headshot + Snipe + Marksmanship --> Scarecrow (120 damage, seeking, accuracy+ )

• Cannon + Smash + Marksmanship + Damage Control --> HardHead (60 damage, brake, accuracy+)
  

Soldier

• Attack ChampuA (25 damage)
  

(Oh, mi scusi!)

"Aww, ouch, my ears!" said Dave after the sonic shock, "And my head's about to explode! Imagine if the batteries were dead ..." he continued, and dropped the remote on the shelf, next to the TV.

"Take care aiming! We can't just riddle everithing here ... I'm sure they makes us buy the stuff we happen to ruin!" said Raider to Enchanter, and readied his rifle. "Allright, we still have two targets left, let's take them out!"
Raider checked the RemoteBit's condition. Due to the impacts of the enemy attacks it absorbed, some of its mobile parts were stalling, but the whole machine was still running. Since it had power for only three shots, Raider was very satisfied with its performance.
"Looks like it has one more shots," he said, "Let's make it useful!"
Raider set the last Billy as its target. By this time, the coils on the top were charged up, ready to fire for the last time. The tower released the accumulated energy, just before Soldier fired his rocket launcher, since Raider didn't ordered hm to stop.

"And I guess you take care of that orb, right" asked Dave.
"Jup. And I need some weapons to do so."
"Right away!" replied Dave, and slotted in another chip. "Sending a Cannon chip, make it hit."
"Don't worry, I will ... " said Raider as he looked at the last orb. "You'll follow your buddy in no time!" he said, and began preparing for firing. Right after the chip's data arrived, his rifle transformed into a grenade launcher, and a huge, peaky, 80mm AP grenade materialized. Raider held it in his right hand tight, and focused his energies into it. When he was done, the projectile was glowing, and sparking.
He inserted it into the barrel, armed the weapon, and aimed at the last orb. "Lock and load" he said, and fired ...



[We'd like to ask for a split turn, since Magneto would like to act based on what happens now.]

---------- Summary ----------
Raider

[li]Taking aim
[li]Lock and load (80 strengthen)

• Cannon (40 damage) + Marksmanship (+accuracy) + Snipe (seeking) + Damage Control (20 passive strenghten) --> EleBallB (140 damage)
  

Soldier

• Attack BillyA (25 damage)
  

RemoteBit

• Zap BillyA (80 damage + panel break)
  

((Seeking does not bypass high altitude? oO))

Raider thought his targets were in the range of his weapon, but sadly, he was wrong.
"Oh, come on!" he said, as the projectiles couldn't reach the viruses. "I'm gonna shoot you anyway, no chance I'm getting on those panels!" said Raider, mostly for himself.
"Yeah, stay out of that area, if you can. I don't want to spend hours debugging your code ... " said Dave, as he heard what Raider muttered.
Hoping that the RemoteBit will endure the orbs' upcoming attack, Raider didn't step away. At this time, he focused on only one target, and locked it in the crosshairs.

In the meantime, Soldier, still having his guard on, pressen on attacking, trying to catch the attention of one of the Billys. He waited for the automated coil tower to discharge, in the form of another lightning bolt, and then he launched a grenade at the virus he tried to hit previously.

As the electro-magnetic disturbance subsided, and Raider was satisfied with the aiming, he started to gather his energies, and streamed it into the bullet in his rifle. The raw, accumulated energy formed a glowing, sparking coating around it, enchanting its penetrating capabilites. When the charge level reached its maximimum, Raider fired again, and said "You're not going to get away this time". The bullet left a sparkling tail behind as it flew through the battlefield towards its target ...



---------- Summary ----------
Raider

[li]Taking aim
[li]Charge

• Headshot (120 damage) + Marksmanship (+accuracy) + Snipe (seeking) + Damage Control (passive strenghten, 20) --> EleBallA (140 damage)
  

Soldier

• Attack BillyA (25 damage)
  

RemoteBit

• Zap BillyC (80 damage + panel break)
  

"Dave, do you see this too?" asked Raider from his operator.
"Yeah," he replied, "Raider, sit-rep!"
"We have a large antenna tower, with four bogey on the ground, and two on the top. There is a strange static aura around them, looks like they tampered things up badly." reported Raider.
"Hey, Tim, I think we've found the problem here." said Dave, "Allright ..." he continued afther a short pause, " ... if that's the problem, let's fix it. Any ideas?"
"Let me think." said Raider, and started pondering. "To begin with, we'll need some cover."
"Leave it to me!" replied Dave, and started looking for the RemoteBit chip.
"Right. It looks like the two orbs on the top power their operation, whatever it might be. They didn't notice us yet, at least they didn't react to our presence. But if we cut their power, they'll get pissed off for sure. I dare presume that I'm better at sharpshooting, so I'll take out the orbs on the top, you engage with those on the ground, 'kay?" said Raider to Enchanter, and readyied his rifle. "Oh, and try to stay out of those static areas, I suppose. I haven't got the faintest idea how they can affect us."

"RemoteBit on the move." said Dave, as he inserted the battlechip. The information, mixed with energy streamed through Raider's system, and the well-known digital blueprint appeared in his mind.
He selected a likeable location, between the antenna tower and the four of them, an released the concentrated energies. The panel began glowing, then a blast door appeared, which opened up, revealing a hole. A second later, a slender tower ascended from it, full of whirring and sparkling gizmo, and big, round coil on the top. The whole stuff started buzzing, as it accumulated huge static power on its top.
"Allright, that will be our cover." said Raider to the rest of the team, and took a shooting stance right behid it.

He fixed his sight on the two orbs on the top, and started thinking on how to take them out.
"Two targets at long range. Dave, do we think the same?"
"Yup," replied Dave, "sending the TwinFang righ away!"
Raider clicked in a magazine, and armed his rifle. The chip's content flowed through him again, but it immediately redirected itself into his weapon. When the energy stream subsided, Raider knew, felt what changed. The first bullet in the magazine became a split one, with a really small explosive charge between the two halves.
"That will do ..." said Raider as he locked on the orbs on the top. They were quite high, but Raider thought it was greatly within the gun's range.
"Soldier!" he said to his subordinate.
"SIR?" he replied.
"I want you to ensure covering fire for Enchanter, and Mr. Tinman, understood?"
"YES, SIR, LOUD AND CLEAR!"
"And here's something, that will Guard your butt. I mean ... literally." said Dave, as he inserted the deffensive chip, forming a protective barrier around Soldier.
"Allright ... move, move, move!" said Raider to Soldier, ordering him to begin the assault.
The targeting systems in the rifle beeped quietly as the target was found, and once again, when they were locked in the cross-hairs.
"Gotcha!" whispered Raider as he fired, launching the dual projectiles with a thundering boom, while his subordinate jumped forth to attract the enemy's attention, hopefully leaving enought time to Enchanter and Caerbannog to land an attack. One moment later the energy accumulated in the coil above them bursted, and a glaring lightning bolt rushed towards the nearest virus screeching and cracking.

Hoping that his massive attack will be enough for the two orbs, he looked down on the ground to observe how his partner handles the situation, or to prepare avoiding incoming enemy attacks, if necessary.



---------- Summary ----------
Raider

[li]RemoteBit (object summon, 100 HP, between them and the viruses)
[li]Guard on Soldier

• Twinfang (70x2, "A" accuracy) + Snipe (seeking) + Marksmanship (+accuracy) + Damage Control (passive strenghten, +10/+10) --> EleballA & EleballB (80 - 80 damage)
  

Soldier

• Covering fire for Enchanter and Caerbannog (Attack BillyA, 25 damage)
  

RemoteBit

• Zap BillyB (100 elec damage + panel break, "B" accuracy)
  

A screeching flash appeared above the ground, and moved downwards. As it passed by, Raider and his subordinate materialized. Their partners were already there, so Raider armed his rifle, and prepared for action.
"All right ladies and gentlemen, time for big game hunting" said Dave.
"You heard the boss, Soldier, eyes and ears, cover our rears!" ordered Raider, and turned to Enchanter. "Good hunting" he said, and started walking.


[Ready for action]

"Allright" said Dave, and he took the paper from Mike, and went in.
"Let's do this. It says fourth row ... one ... two ... three ... four ... this is it!"
Dave prepared his PET.
"You ready?" asked Dave Tim