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Post by roselight13 on Jun 14, 2016 3:21:41 GMT
Mercy was with them as they charged. She activated her boots and flashed into her battle suit. She dodged the turrets and followed them all closely inside.
She spoke to Iron quickly. "Where would M-12 be located in the base?"
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Post by agailazen on Jun 15, 2016 3:41:59 GMT
"Most likely?" Iron said, eyeing the halls in front of them, "Near the processing core. I'm gonna have to force a removal," Iron stopped to blast an emerging turret.
"And where the heck is that!?" CJ said, "I don't know this place!"
"Just stay together and follow me!" Iron ordered.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2016 4:01:51 GMT
Copal followed alongside Mercy, he rapidly teleported midair while occasionally shooting the ground to boost himself upward.
Peacock and Smoky followed the group aswell, their weapons hung off their shoulders as they ran.
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Post by agailazen on Jun 15, 2016 22:18:56 GMT
The group found a wider hall that let them spread out. On the other side of the hall, the floor opened up and several cube-shaped drones appeared. They seemed to be made with similar technology to the Probe Robonoids from Homeworld, as blocky legs slid out from their bodies and started scuttling towards the team. Iron let out another particle blast at one of the drones, but his beam slid off its surface like rain off a car.
"YAAAH!" Lenny threw his pickaxe at the drone, easily cracking through its exterior. He rushed the drone and tried to remove his weapon from it, but when he lifted it up the entire drone came with it. "...that works." Lenny shrugged, smashing the drone against another drone, dislodging it and sending them both skidding against the wall. They got up and started approaching the team again, two of their forelegs held up and opening into scissor-like claws.
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Post by roselight13 on Jun 16, 2016 0:26:37 GMT
Mercy went for the drones, summoning her staff and smashing it into one. A soundwave boomed and it went flying.
She whacked at another with her staff before pulling back towards the group, holding her staff close to her.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2016 2:22:24 GMT
A crooked grin appeared on Copal's face when he finally had something to fight. He unenthusiasticly shot at the drones but once nobody was looking he lunged at the drones on all four limbs like a dog and savagely bit a drone in half but then immediately went back to shooting.
Smoky swang his swords sloppy at the drones, but the scraps of broken drones caught smoky's eye. He then de-summoned his swords for his one buster swords and swung it with one hand as he collected and held scraps with the other.
Peacock went to town with her hammer and Smashed it into the ground which summoned crystals that impaled several robots at s time.
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Post by agailazen on Jun 16, 2016 2:37:15 GMT
While the drones were completely unaffected by Copal's buckshot, but they were quickly cut down by the others and Copal's feral attacks.
"There!" Iron said, running to a console and plugging in his fist. The interface was similar to what was used on the Hand ship. "Damn, he's anchored himself in the black box!?"
"Resistance is redundant," M-12 droned.
"Go to hell, tin can!" Iron input a few commands, a panel on one of the outside walls of the base opening up. "And tell Technetium I'm coming for him NEXT!" With one final command, the Black Box was ejected from the base, along with M-12.
"M-11 online," A familiar voice rang out, "Alert! Homeworld ships in orbit!"
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Post by pearlquartz17 on Jun 16, 2016 3:02:29 GMT
Auros had been accompanying Iron and Co. in complete silence. He was feeling unusually taciturn and anxious. He needed to get off this planet, and as fast as possible. No reason why; he just had to get the hell outta Dodge, as the Earth-saying goes.
Then, when they were at the base, came yet another fight, something he was getting tired of, though he had not participated in much since the fight after he first arrived on Earth. To be frank, Auros was a pacifist; he never wanted to fight anybody head-on. Sure, he killed, but when you're a bounty hunter, killing one-on-one is a necessary evil. You may not like it, but it's what you have to do to get by.
"Homeworld ships in orbit!" a voice rang out. Auros broke into a cold sweat.
"Fuck!" he shouted. "They're after me!" He pulled out his guns, checked that they were fully loaded, and began blasting out of a sudden fear that came down on him hard. He took shelter behind a wall and began taking aim at the remaining drones.
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In his seat, Ekh-cha Haemersu wore a massive grin from cheek to cheek. Within himself he laughed. "Tokh-ma ceral mazat, molochim. My net surrounds; come to me, prized prey." He pressed a few buttons and instructed all ships to begin their descent into the atmosphere of the ex-Colony.
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The Crystal Gems--this time including Lion, Connie, and Steven--were as involved as the rest of the party when they paused at the mention of Homeworld ships approaching the Earth's atmosphere. "Yo, what did he say?" asked Amethsyt as her whip knocked out three drones at a time.
"Homeworld ships?!" Pearl screamed.
Garnet finished crushing two more foes together and affirmed their suspicions. "We've got to find a ship and get out of here now."
"I second that motion!" exclaimed Auros.
"Where's the nearest ship, Iron?" asked Connie, who was now in as intense a sweat as Auros.
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Post by agailazen on Jun 16, 2016 3:26:46 GMT
"We're in it," Iron said, pressing a command into the console. "M-11, open access to the bridge!"
"Urgent order, for immediate transformation of the base!" M-11 alerted, "All personnel to safety zones!" The entire room began to visibly shift, panels folding and sliding away revealing the highly complex machinery at work. A catwalk assembled itself around the group, leading upwards.
"This way!" Iron lead the group up to a circular chamber. Anyone familiar with Earth designs might call this a bridge, if all the viewports weren't covered in dirt and stone. Iron took a seat at the Captain's chair. "Is everyone strapped in?"
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Post by pearlquartz17 on Jun 16, 2016 3:30:42 GMT
Auros helped Connie and Steven strap in, and soon was strapped in himself. "We're okay over here."
The Gems followed suit. "All good here!" said Garnet.
"Everybody else in?" asked Auros.
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Post by agailazen on Jun 16, 2016 3:33:57 GMT
Iron did a quick head-count.
"Alright, everyone's at least inside..." He turned his attention to the controls in front of him, "M-11, engage shields!"
"Shields energized." M-11 confirmed. The whole room started to glow, as the surrounding rock started to liquify into lava.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2016 3:36:19 GMT
Smoky gasped in awe as he looked as the machinery, he held tight to his scraps as he strapped himself in.
Peacock was about to strap herself in but Copal leaned over her shoulder and did it for her.
Copal tipped his hat and strapped himself in.
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Post by pearlquartz17 on Jun 16, 2016 3:40:52 GMT
"I hope there are good stewardesses on this flight...." Auros thought. "Hey, Iron," he said aloud, "is it too early to ask about our in-flight movie?"
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Post by roselight13 on Jun 16, 2016 3:45:55 GMT
Mercy and Sol got strapped in. Then Mercy teared up a little. "I just realized something..."
Sol turned to her. She looked at him and smiled sadly. "We didn't say bye to Heath and Rayon. They'll be worried when we get back."
He licked her cheek. "They'll be alright, we can try to talk to them later. Just hang on and close your eyes...we'll see them again soon, I promise."
She kissed his nose. "Yeah, we will."
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Post by agailazen on Jun 16, 2016 3:59:20 GMT
"You're in-flight movie?" Iron started, "How does a live performance of Tchaikovsky's 8th symphony sound? M-11, are we ready for takeoff?" "All systems, go." M-11 affirmed. "Battleship Atlas, LAUNCH!" Iron ordered. The ship started to rumble. Anyone standing would have been knocked over. --- Outside, the mountain that the base had been under started to crack, and shake. Finally, it erupted like a volcano, magma flowing out as the battleship Atlas took flight. "Do we have contact with the Homeworld ships?" Iron asked. "Affirmative," M-11 bleeped, part of the viewport zooming in on the approaching ships. "Engage anti-matter cannons 8-through-18 and target the ships at the rear of their formation!" Iron ordered. Slight humming could be heard, as energy charged into just a few of the massive ship's many guns. "Targets locked." "FIRE!" A blast rocked out from the cannons above the ship's bow, completely obliterating a large chunk of the descending fleet, and instantly poofing any Gems operating the machinery. "That was almost enough to shatter the Gems," M-11 warned, "Recommending revised strategy." "So our long-range weapons are actually TOO powerful..." Iron breathed, "...Alright, move in! We'll blitz past 'em! Everyone else, man a gun! We'll be surrounded by fighters, but the ship can hold them off after thinning them out like that." "Confirmed." M-11 affirmed. The Ship's thrusters boosted their power, easily thrusting the Atlas to Mach-10 to meet the remaining Gem ships.
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