コンバット•スタート!Faith: 6
Minato: 4
Noriko: 2, Hyper[R]
Shef: 3, Hyper[3]
Yoake: 4
Yuki: 5
Laser Moth Swarm: 6
Yoake's thrusters expand, rockets enlarging as they sprout plating and air-intakes. She pushes down the injector and hits the throttle. Blazing blue, the mech lurches and hurtles forwards screeching across the ground at speeds that really anything looking like it has no damn right to even approach. Situated above, somewhere between the cockpit and nine tails of flame Shef observes the situation. Yoake's natural agility is more than enough to avoid the beams, indeed they seem to have rather poor tracking once fired, the rapiers on the other hand, those are a little more troublesome. They're dense, they're maneuverable, not fast enough to keep up normally, but barrelling right into them is not going to be pleasant. As the cloud converges he opens a portal, the mech vanishing. The swarm turns, sharply too, but it's too late, through the series of portals, Yoake tears straight though.
Noriko follows. Riding upon divine winds, she was a bit further up, and with swarm having just been distracted by Yoake, and with Faith running point defense, she quickly passes too. Behind her, the moths make one final parting shot, beams grazing her and her payload, blasts tracing their paths upon the ground, but none managing to hit. The halos shrink, and the moths wither to mere shadows. The missiles halt their pursuit, crashing into the ground.
Shells begin whistling down. Shrapnel and white phosphorus saturating the air, the deathly pandemonium of industrialized warfare crashing down with thundering fury, menacing the barren land well behind Noriko. Looks like they've underestimated your speed. No doubt they've adjusted, next barrage has fired. It's not here yet, won't be here for a while longer, but that, that is sure to hit, unless you change your velocity.
They had wanted a war of attrition. A protracted grinding war. You have not given them one. From the trenches ahead emerge more missiles, but in their midst are not moths, but rather soldiers. Storm Minds. Something like them at least. Lightly armored in ablative plating with great jousting lances in their talons, holding steady in the air. They are a fair distance off, a fair distant that you will all cross in an instant. They will charge forwards amidst a cloud of missiles, rushing forwards at just the last moment to try and skewer you, slow you, halt you.
Faith
Status: Fine, Shield of Courage (Max), HEAVENLY AEGIS (Max)
World Line: 5 5 5 4 3 6 6 4 6 3
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 3
Minato
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS (Max), GUIDANCE OF THE MOON (Max), Chou Henshin active for two more turns, Rho Aias, Durandal, 32 stockpiled units
World Line: 5 4 1 3 5 5 4 2 2
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 3
Noriko
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS (Max), GUIDANCE OF THE MOON (Max), Sudarshana active for two more turns, Sauparna active for three more turns,
World Line: 5 4 5 5 4 2 1 1 4 3
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 3
Shef
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS (Max), GUIDANCE OF THE MOON (Max), 10x Cache
World Line: 3 5 6 4 3 4 1 5 5 5
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 2
Yoake
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS (Max), GUIDANCE OF THE MOON (Max), 9x Heat Butt
World Line: 5 4 6 3 5 4 5 6 5 2
Alterations: 4
Resolve: 3
Yuki
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS (Max), GUIDANCE OF THE MOON (Max), CHAIN LIGHTNING
World Line: 6 4 4 6 6 4 4 6 6 4
Alterations: 5
Resolve: 3
Satoshi
Status: Fine, HEAVENLY AEGIS (Max), GUIDANCE OF THE MOON (Max), 2x Spirit Injectors
Storm Mind Squads
Status: 16 active
The Horizon
Status: 20% there
SatoshiA highly technical close quarters specialist armed with rod of force that can alter its own dimensions and well-versed in multiple martial arts. She has immense amounts of willpower.
- Technician [3]: For one turn, Satoshi focuses and brings out more of her Regalia's potential.
- Spirit Injector [4]: Satoshi conjures up a syringe of compressed spirit energy which may be injected into something. She can maintan three at the same time.
- Override [5]: Satoshi twists reality, altering the properties of a target object through sheer force of will. She must maintain physical contact with the object to keep this active.
Artillery will drop next turn (not the coming turn, the turn AFTER that).
Noriko cut this kinda close. Yoake was slightly ahead and aggro'd basically the entire swarm however, making her job easier.
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