Bugs itch? Scratch 'em.

[BugHunter]

(ooc: oh come on Will, put some more oomph into your roleplaying)

*Light-stepper prepares to lower the ship into the planet's atmosphere, the pop-ups are right on their tail*

Light-Stepper: "Here we go!"

*Suddenly the screens go scrambled and the windows get covered in fire and the whole ship gets plagued with turbulence. After what seems like an eternity, calm returns, the fire disappears and the screens turn back on. The hunters look about them to see if everything ok*

Light-Stepper: "We did it! Sensors say all the pop-ups are destroyed. But now we're back on this infernal planet...."

BugHunter: "That is true... we better find a place to stay or they will find us again. Hmm, i wonder where Tassatul is"

[Cobra5]

*A swing of the sword decapitates 3 bugs. Four more climb on top of the dead body, and a swing in the oposite direction slices them across the torso. Then cobra ducks- a burst of acid flys from behind him and melts one of the bugs in front of him. He stands up and swings upward in one motion, Slicing the bug in two verticaly. He spins back toward the front, with his blade outstrectched, Slicing bugs that where fighting a zealot to his side. The bugs in fron have a free shot on him, cutting at his unprotected shoulder, leaving three bloody, but not serious, cuts. Cobra retaliates with another Cross-slash*
Aha! Keep them coming!
*eventually, the number of bugs begins to thin out. However, there are still ships in the air.
My magnet rifle will never hurt those things...w-what is THAT!?
*Cobra is engulfed by the shadow of the Lagger*

(ooc: Hows that?)

[Ajaz50]

*tassatuals forces fight back an overwhelming force of bugs and popup craft. Over the next ridge Ajaz's small force sees the besiged freandly force.*

*tassatual slices into a bug when a large dragonfly shapped bug explodes into green ichor above him.*

OK men! make me a path to our freaindly forces!

[glow=red,2,300]*Ajaz vaporises an aproching bug in a flash of red light.[/glow] a bug falls from the sky next to him and Ajaz presses a butten on his belt causing a bat'lath to appear in his hand. He uses it to slice the bug in half. In no time Ajaz findes himself back to back with tassatual.*

Shit whats that?

*he points with his phaser to the lagger above. Nearby one of his men unleash a quantum torpedo which explodes on the Lagger’s sheilds*

(occ: a bat'lath is a curved blade about the size of your arm. It looks like the DemonHunter’s blades from WC3 but held on the other side)

[BugHunter]

*The hunters are passively flying through the skies. On the horizon they can see a huge battle going on. Missiles, explosions, lazers, and bullets flying everywhere. They can definitely see the flying bugs and pop-up ships in the sky from their position*

Light-Stepper: "That must be them over there"

BugHunter: "Hoowee, that must be some battle going on. Looks like fun! hehehe

*As they get closer, they notice a very large ship cast an ominous shadow over everything else*

Young-Tusk: "What the hell is that thing?"

Light-Stepper: "I dont know, scanners have no intel on it. What should we do?"

BugHunter: "Well our friends obviously need help...so... lets help them. Arm the guns! We're going in!"

Light-Stepper: "hehe, yes sir!"

*The engines get turned on full throttle and our hunters fly towards the battle*


(ooc: Successful writing is like a girls skirt - Its long enough to cover everything, but short enough to be kept interesting. Keep that in mind when your posting)

[Tassatul]

(ooc: hehe good comparison, Bughunter. and by the way Ajaz, its Tassatul, not Tassatual. youve got an extra 'a' in there.)

*Tassatul notices Ajaz's and Bughunter's forces move toward the battle*

'Alright!' yells Tassatul,'Continue the battle men, help is on the way!'

*He slashes a bug with his warp blade, then sprays it with acid. It falls to the ground in agony*

*The Lagger's shadow covers them all, and more ships from its bays fly out to engage the troops on the ground*

[glow=red,2,300]'Beautiful'[/glow] says Agrithno sarcastically, and begins firing upon it with his dual photon cannons.

*The lights on the Lagger flash, then pulse slowly. All but the bugs and popups on the field begin moving much slower*

'By the Khala, I've never felt anything like it' exclames Tassatul, who can barely move.

Krath gets on the radio. *kssshhhh*BugHunter, Ajaz proceed with caution! We need to destroy this 'lagger' and fast before the entire force is decimated. Focus all attack upon that damn ship!*kssshhhh*

*On the field, the zealots cannot react fast enough to stop the bug attacks. Many have sustained severe damage, but are still alive because of the odd affects of the Lagger*

[glow=red,2,300]'Well, this effect may allow us to save those who are near death. If any of us make it out of here. . .'[/glow]says Agrithno, watching his photon blast stalled in midair.

[Cobra5]

*Cobra's whirling dance of death has been slowed to a crawl. There is nothing he can do, except run. He has no anti-air weapons*
So...dan...this is what it's like...to experience...slowtime?

*Cobra slowly sets his blade back on the clamp on his back. He slowly starts running back, away from the battle*
I...will...just use my...rifle...
*Cobra exits the range of the lagger, shaking off the last of the bugs that were following him*
Ok...now, to find a good sniping position...That hill should do...

[BugHunter]

(ooc: Now that is much better, Cobra! Short and sweet, good job!)

*The hunters have entered full force into the battle tearing away at air units and using mini-nuke bombs on enemies on the ground. They're having a bit too good of a time... But they're still a good distance away from the lagger so they haven't experienced lag effects yet*

BugHunter (whos at the guns): "WAHOOO!! Its great to feel the heat of battle again! Keep sockin it to em boys!"

Young-Tusk (whos at the guns too): "WOO!! Come on! Come on! Yea! You some of this! Oh you want some too! Come on mother trucker! Eat this!!!"

Light-Stepper: "Incoming message from Tassatul!"

(ooc: I hope you dont mind Tassatul, I'm copying your message, but modifying it a bit)

*kssshhhh*BugHunter, Ajaz proceed with caution! Dont go near that large ship! It is called a "lagger" and will make you lag like hell! We need to destroy this 'lagger' and fast before the entire force is decimated. Focus all attack upon that damn ship!*kssshhhh*

BugHunter: "So thats what its called huh? Thanks for the intel Tassatul. Alright, you heard the man, since we can't get close to it, use long range missiles! FIRE!!!"

*At the command, a large salvo of missiles is launched from the Hunting Star towards the lagger. It does some damage, but not enough to truly bother it*

Light-Stepper: "Not much affect sir"

BugHunter: "Oh come on! We have the best weaponry on the free market on this ship! Keep firing! I know! Charge up our plasma cannon to full power! It might take awhile but what the hell"

*As the Plasma cannon begins charging, Light-Stepper is piloting to the best of his ability through the skies that are covered in bugs and pop-up ships while the other hunters are just plowing away. When they get the chance, they launch volleys of missiles towards the lagger*

(ooc: Hey, if you need help, just call upon my Mercenary unit, They'll fly above your base and clear the skies to the best of their ability)

[Tassatul]

(ooc: hey thats cool BugHunter)

Krath: *Watches Cobra run from the battle, not realizing hes going to snipe* 'What the hell! The coward! I'll kill him myself when we escape here!'

Tassatul send out a wide band communication to all: '*kshhh* Hey, anybody got an EMP rifle on them? That would help taking out the Lagger's shields*kshhh*'

*The bug continue to hack away at Tassatul, but his plasma shields block most of the damage*

'Damn, my powers running low. We gotta take out that ship'

*Suddenly, in the distance a small fleet of Arbiters fly in. They look severly damaged, but functional*

'*Ksshhh* Tassatul, it looks as if you need some help. The is Templar C'tal. Performing dementional recall now*ksshhh*'

*WHOOOOSHHHHH*

(ooc: i think you all know what recall is. if not, youll find out next post)

[BugHunter]

*The hunters are still fighting strong. The ship has taken some damage, but the shields are taking the brunt of it. They do fly bys through hoards of flying bugs and pop-up ships, guns ablazing*

From Tassatul: *kshhh* Hey, anybody got an EMP rifle on them? That would help taking out the Lagger's shields*kshhh*

BugHunter: "Ugh..duh! Why didn't i think of that!" (on intercom) *kssh* Tassatul, we got a few emp missiles on board! *kssh* (no reply because Tassatul has just recalled But the hunters dont know it) *kssh* Tassatul? *kssh* (still no reply) "Hey, where is he? Did the bugs get him?"

*As BugHunter ponders on what happened to his ally, he knows there are more important issues at hand, and the hunters continue fighting*

[Tassatul]

WHOOOOOSHHHH!!

*Tassatul and his warriors appear miles away at the Nexus base*

'Quickley, C'tal, stasis field all the injured!' shouts Tassatul.

*A crystaline field grows around the wounded, stoping them from dieing from their injuries*

'Good. We need to warp in some missile warriors, and get back to the battle'

'You, get to the radio and send a message to BugHunter. He needs to know where we are. Then go to the Gateway. Begin the warp sequence for a large squad of reinforcement zealots, some dragoons, and even a few Templar.' orders Krath.

Tassatul: 'You, get the injured to the sick bay. They wont be part of the next engagment with that much damage'

*He walks to the shield generator and recharges his diminished plasma shields, as others do the same*

'Hold on BugHunter. We will return. . .' Tassatul mumles to himself.

[Cobra5]

*Cobra fires the last of his 5 rounds in to the remaining bugs, finishing the few stragglers off. Now, It's just an air battle. Cobra hops back behind the hill, and a few seconds later his ship, the cobra's fang, hovers over the hill*

Yeaaaahhhhhaawww! Been a while since I got this old thing out! Time to beat the crap outta' some popups!

*Cobra Engages the engines to maximum, propelling the craft at almost, or maybe even over, mach 6 toward the battle. Suddenly, as if hitting an invisible wall, the craft slows to a crawl*

Damn...I forgot...This ship is...meant for...close-in engagments... With this field up...I can't do a thing...

*Cobra considers his options. He can't fight man-to-man anymore...He can't fight ship-to-ship...And the only other thing he can do is Infiltration...How can he continue to figh--

Infiltration!

*Cobra engages the 6 secondary booster, double the ships crawling speed, going straight for the lagger*

[BugHunter]

Young-Tusk: (noticing a small craft thats different from the others approaching the lagger at a lagging speed) "Hey, what the heck is that? a bug?"

Light-Stepper: "Going to scopes" *on one of the screens a camera zooms onto the unknown craft* "hmm, looks like Cobra"

BugHunter: "What, he's still alive?" *takes a closer look at the screen* "Whats he trying to do"

*A signal light flashes and beeps*

Light-Stepper: "Ok, the plasma cannon is fully charged!"

BugHunter: "Right, launch some EMP missiles at the target and then shoot it with the cannon right after"

*4 EMP missiles are launched from the Hunting Star's missile racks and head straight for the Lagger which is in the distance. They hit! and create a small window of opportunity. Then a light is seen from the Hunting Star, first as if gathering particles together and then - *SHOOOM* - a large beam is launched, decimating everything in its wake and then - *BOOOM* - It connects with the Lagger!*

Young-Tusk: "Did we kill it?"

*as the smoke clears, the hunters find the Lagger still there, bloodied up of coarse and with a hole on its its side, but still hanging tough*

BugHunter: "Wow... this is one worthy opponent..." (excited, he gives a sly grin)

Light-Stepper: "I hope we didn't hit Cobra..."

BugHunter: "Oh yea, almost forgot about him for a moment... woops"

*Now pist, the remainding enemy forces in the sky turn their attention to BugHunter and his men*

BugHunter: "Oh crap...."

[Tassatul]

*The base is a bustle of movement as Tassatul's troops prepare their ships for an air engagement*

*Tassatul runs over to his latest aquisition, a small fighter scout with an array of different weapons. Agrithno stalks to his flight enhancement attachments for his Dragoon II mech*

'Krath, Agrithno and i are going ahead to the battle. Send our backup as soon as your ready.' yells Tassatul as his ship takes off.

*SSSHHHHHHOOOMMMM!!* *Tassatul and Agrithno speed off to the battle, leaving Krath, the Arbiter fleet, and the rest of the troops at the base*

[Cobra5]

*Cobras ship shakes violently. The entire right side of his view is engulfed in a bright flash. after all gets back to normal, cobra relizes what has happened.*

Perfect timing! Aha! Geranimo!

*Cobras ship flys straight in to the gaping hole in the ships hull. Your not quite sure what he's planning...*

*After entering the ship, he is no longer under the slowing effects. He exits his ship as he turns on his cloaking device and puts on his goggles*

"Let's go to work...."

the scene cuts to a small hallway

*So pop-up soldiers run quickly, on orders from the captain*
What do you think that was? Man, sounded pret--ggghhaaggg!
His legs fall limp to the floor as his torso falls foward, leaving a bloody swath between the two peices. The other soldier dosn't notice at first, but he quicly draws his assault rifle*
"What the HELL!? What happ---
*But before he can finish drawing his gun, his arm is sliced off. Another removes his head from his sholders*

Cobra:"...this may be easier then I thought..."
~Unknown voices"What happened there!?"
Cobra:"...Uh oh, not done yet!"

[BugHunter]

*BugHunter on intercom, impact hits and weapons fire is heard in the background*

*kssssh* Hello?! Where are the hell are you guys!? *kssh* We could really use some help out here!!! *ksssh* (Light-Stepper's voice in the background: Shields at 35%!!!) They're everywhere! They're coming in at front and behind! *kssh* (Light-Stepper's voice: Shields failing!) We seem to have really pist them off with our last attack *kssh* I dont know how long we're gonna last *ksh* up here with all of them on our tails!!! *ksssh* aargh, damnit! *ksssh* (Light-Stepper's voice: Critical hit! Critical hit! We're going down! We're going ---) *ksssssshhhhhh*

*intercoms go silent*