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Post by Breakaway on Jul 25, 2011 12:15:45 GMT -5
The whole squad does indeed go blooey. We are not going to go into too much detail as to what precisely this looks like. Suffice to say it is not pretty, unless perhaps you are Slog.
//The heck was that?// Breakaway asks of no-one in particular when his missile blows up, breaking off his attack run to (hopefully) get out of the line of fire of the enemy fighters. Pastel transforms, revealing itself to be a Seeker (albeit one with Nebulan jet kibble rather than F-15 kibble) and its gun leaps off its back, briefy transforming into a little man in armor before landing back in the Decepticon's hand in gun mode. Said gun lets out a laser beam at Breakaway. Not a Star Wars 'pewpewpew' kind of laser beam, but a War of the Worlds sustained 'zaaaaaap' laser beam, the kind that slices things apart rather than blasting holes in them. Luckily, Pastel only manages a glancing hit, so rather than cutting Breakaway in half, he just loses his his vertical stabilizer, which has his rudder on it, and causes him all sorts of problems. The F-35 drops towards the ground. It's a controlled descent, but it's necessarily a straight line. He transforms as he falls and lands with a crash feet-first among the trees.
//Roger, Skyfire. I'm hit but I'm alright,// he responds to the shuttleformer.
Green guy cannot intercept beams. That would be silly and break physics, and we never do that around here, ever. He can, however, attempt evasive maneuvers while firing his wing-mounted lasers in Skyfire's general direction. This does not save him, however, from a direct proton cannon hit, which sends green seeker bits flying everywhere.
Meanwhile, while the flying escorts are nice and distracted, simulated Optimus Prime pipes up over the radio //This is Convoy 1, we're under attack!// Which was, of course, the bad guys' plan all along.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Jul 26, 2011 20:05:17 GMT -5
Skyblast is torn. He wants to go fight the fighters. He's supposed to go look for SAMs. He might be needed at Convoy 1.
The little Valkyrie proves he is a cocky flyboy by not doing what he's supposed to do. He pulls up a bit and books it toward the convoy. Somewhat thoughtfully, Skyblast announces, //I'm going after the convoy.//
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Jul 28, 2011 18:31:02 GMT -5
Jetfire really can't resist going on the offensive, especially not when his teammates are getting hurt! He may have to work on that. But for now he transforms without slowing down to try and deliver a foot-from-above to the head of the pastel Seeker. With a chaser of flaring rockets!
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Post by Skyfire on Aug 2, 2011 18:10:36 GMT -5
Skyfire jinks and rolls, avoiding the returning laser fire, then skids around and dives on the convoy. Armored troops boil out of the woods, accompanied by a couple of Decepticon robots and armored cars.
Skyfire opens fire with his proton cannon on the robots, carefully aiming to one side of the convoy at the attackers. He also sends a missile toward one of the armored cars during his high-speed pass. In a heartbeat, he's come and gone.
--- Fire to intercept his approach can tag Skyfire, but anything after he's passed is too little, too late.
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Post by Breakaway on Aug 4, 2011 21:01:17 GMT -5
//I copy, Skyblast. I'm heading there on foot. ETA . . . uh . . . soonish,// Breakaway transmits as he heads for the convoy, crashing through the trees.
Jetfire's foot connects solidly with the pastel Seeker's helmet, and his rockets sear the Decepticon until he yelps in pain. He fires his gun in a panic, sending a laser beam out across the sky. He quickly recovers though, dropping down and spinning onto his back, firing up at Jetfire.
Skyfire's strafing run is effective. His missile detonates right on target, leaving a smoldering wreck where there used to be an APC. His photon cannons blast one of the Decepticons just as it's transforming. Said Decepticon has a missile platform vehicle mode, and its destruction is accompanied by a secondary explosion. It devastates the Hive infantry, but the shockwave hits the convoy as well.
Simulated Optimus Prime, meanwhile, is busy defending the convoy. The trailer he was towing has, for once, not disappeared, but lays by the side of the road. The ground-bound Autobot is trying to beat off a couple of Decepticons, but he's having trouble. The Nebulan rebels are also having a bit of trouble fending off the giant evil robots and their smaller humanoid allies.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Aug 6, 2011 23:55:28 GMT -5
Skyblast books it over to the convoy and tries to do a strafing run on the Decepticons harrying Optimus. He kind of... ignores the Nebulan rebels. Skyblast is not... overly enthused about organic allies, actually, to judge by the Titan comics.
//Couple of Decepticons harrying Convoy 1.//
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Aug 7, 2011 21:10:39 GMT -5
Jetfire contorts in midair, dodging Pastel's laserfire, then darts down at the Seeker and spins, whipping out a foot to try and kick the little gun-shaped man out of his his hand.
"You are too slow, badness-bot!" he taunts with a grin.
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Post by Skyfire on Aug 8, 2011 20:51:14 GMT -5
The drawback of doing high-speed passes is that it takes a long time to turn around and come back. Skyfire is way out that way. He'll be back for another pass in a bit...
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Post by Breakaway on Aug 10, 2011 14:54:38 GMT -5
The two Decepticons harrying Convoy 1 appear to be a tankformer and some sort of Nebulan helicopter-looking dealie. The tankformer has a rifle and the helicopter has some sort of polearm. The chopper is currently locked in melee with sim-Optimus as the tank tries to line up a shot.
The tank's head explodes in a shower of shrapnel and energon, and its lifeless chassis crumples to the ground. //Scratch one,// Breakaway transmits, emerging from the treeline onto the road and switching out his sniper rifle for his mingun. //Thanks for the heads-up, Skyblast.//
Jetfire's kick connects and knocks the gun out of the Seeker's hand, much to the Decepticon's horror. The gun turns back into an armored Nebulan, screaming as he plummets, and the jet dives after him, yelling something about how Scourge will skin him alive if he loses another one. Jetfire is forgotten for the moment.
The Nebulan rebels guarding the convoy, meanwhile, fight bravely against the Hive troopers, but they're forced to gradually give ground against their better-equipped foes.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Aug 13, 2011 20:46:57 GMT -5
Polearms, huh? It just so happens that Skyblast does polearms. They're something of an unusual weapon, among Transformers! The thing about a polearm is that ti has great reach, but if you get within its reach, it's unwieldy to use.
Skyblast could go for a polearm versus polearm match...
...or he could remember that he retains the superior range advantage by staying in the air and shooting. Skyblast does.
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Aug 15, 2011 13:30:40 GMT -5
"Hey!" Jetfire shouts as his opponent races away after his gun. "I am still fighting you, belly-yellowed Decepticon!"
Flipping back into vehicle mode, he dives after the Decepticon, shooting a stream of fireballs ahead of him. He may be forgetting his orders a little in the heat of the battle.
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Post by Skyfire on Aug 15, 2011 18:45:53 GMT -5
Skyfire swoops out of the sky for his second high-speed pass--but the HIVE troopers have learned. This time, they open upon him with anti-aircraft rockets as he approaches.
Skyfire rolls and weaves, trying to dodge the fire and bring his cannon to bear on the HIVE troopers. Rockets shriek by, their contrails flailing his skin. His cannon stutters, twin bolts lashing the HIVE position for an instant--then shuts down before the streams cross Optimus as Skyfire jinks to avoid the next rocket barrage. Very nearly at the bottom of his run, Skyfire frees his missiles for launch--
The HIVE gatling-cannon emplacement, concealed until now, opens up, hurling thousands of depleted uranium needles through Skyfire's hull at supersonic velocities. Even Skyfire isn't fast enough to avoid the surprise attack--his flight controls, his hull, half his engine deck is perforated like swiss cheese and he slams into the ground, digging a big crater and throwing up dust and smoke everywhere.
There was a reason Optimus Prime eventually pulled the original Skyfire from the frontlines back on 1980s Earth. Breakaway has just observed it.
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"Slag."
Skyfire finds himself sprawling on the floor in the sim room, the other trainees still locked into simulation mode. For him, the scenario is over.
--- OOC: And out-of-thread.
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Post by Breakaway on Aug 17, 2011 19:32:01 GMT -5
The Decepticon chopper looks over his shoulder as his partner's head explodes. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Optimus breaks through his guard at slashes him with his axe. The 'Con leaps backward, only to be met by a hail of fire from Skyblast.
The Autobot jetformer may wish to stay at range and maintain an advantage, but the Decepticon is having none of it. With an anti-grav assisted leap, he's suddenly above Skyblast and falling back down, landing with a foot and a spear-tip on top of the smaller robot. The added weight forces Skyblast to the ground, and the helicopter skewers him through the cockpit at the moment of impact. Skyblast is dead in the sim. In real life, he continues to be a threat to sexy blue and white carformers everywhere.
//Scrappit, it's turning into a charlie foxtrot down here!// Breakaway transmits as he sees both Skyblast and Skyfire go down. //Jetfire, what's it look like up there?// he asks, firing his minigun into a cluster of Hive troopers. On the ground, it doesn't look good.
OOC: Skyblast kabob by player request.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Aug 18, 2011 21:46:55 GMT -5
//I'm hi-//
Skyblast dies a horrible Bayverse death.
The energon splatters are lovely rendered across the screen and seem to hover in mid-air during a slo-mo shot. Those wearing 3-D glasses might want to duck, because there's sharp-edged pieces of shrapnel, too, lest they end up with pieces of metal headed toward their hearts, like Tony Stark.
OOC: Out of thread due to simulated death!
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Post by Jetfire (Ani) on Aug 20, 2011 21:04:58 GMT -5
Breakaway's question has Jetfire breaking off his pursuit of his opponent and circling higher into the air, gazing down on the convoy. His spark drops.
//Ah, is looking very much... not good, Breakaway, sir.// He transforms, gaze sweeping over the battlefield. //Enemies are making the approach from many directions!//
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