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We head on in to the volcano, giant rivers of lava on either side of us. At last, up ahead of us we spot a recon titan and a medium titan. No idea as to the exact models yet. Everyone moves forward and begins trying to get locks on the recon titan. It should reach us first, and we should be able to take it out fast.
0:31 - sachmo71 acquires a green level scan against what we now know is an Enigma. This recon titan has two type eight short range missile launchers, and a heavy meson gun.
0:57 - A hidden enemy titan begins firing some kind of long range missile at Katon. He only takes minor damage. Everyone continues scanning and moving forward into weapon range.
1:54 - At last, Katon is the first one to score a hit on an enemy. He nails the Enigma in the center torso with his large laser. Heat levels are definitely running high. In addition, a hidden titan has begun launching missiles at Blade6119.
2:10 - Uh oh, the heat is so bad, that after only firing a few times while moving, some of the auto-cannon ammo in sachmo71's left arm explodes. Fortunately, it does little damage to hit titan. Katon hits the Enigma again, this time hitting with his huge auto-cannon.
2:14 - Standing right next to Katon, Godzilla Blitz joins in, hitting the Enigma with both his auto-cannon and tesla bolt. A few more hits like that, and it should go down for good...
2:19 - Sure enough, another hit from Godzilla Blitz's tesla sends the Enigma crashing to the ground with a disabled left torso.
3:05 - SirFozzie, having stepped up beside his two teammates, hits the Enigma with his autocannons, sending it back down to the ground. Katon is still taking missile fire from one of the enemies, but the entire squad is out of sight of the other two.
3:08 - SirFozzie fires again, this time disabling the center torso of the Enigma. That should put it out of the fight.
3:18 - Blade6119 steps up beside his companions and can't resist letting some missile fly at the downed Enigma. The missiles disable the center back torso of the enemy titan. This is apparently the location of it's engine. It's definitely out of the fight now. Everyone holds their breath to see if the engine will explode... After some time passes though, it becomes clear that everyone is safe. Everyone begins waiting for the medium titan to come back into view from behind the piles of rocks up ahead.
4:15 - The entire squad is now grouped together as the enemy medium titan moves into sight. Everyone begins locking on. The titan fires on Godzilla Blitz, hitting with something that directly wounds him. Suddenly his vision goes somewhat blurry, and he feels dizzy.
4:19 - sachmo71 is the first to react. He hits with a single autocannon, which is amazingly able to knock the Deforcer off it's feet. This should greatly improve everyone's accuracy! His follow-up shot with his plasma gun and laser both hit as well.
4:20 - Godzilla Blitz is the next to fire, hitting with his auto-cannon. He holds off firing the tesla bolt, since in his dizzy state, he doesn't feel like he'll be able to hit.
4:22 - Katon fires next with his large laser. He also hits, but the damage is absorbed by a shield which the target has raised. At least this will increase the heat levels of the Deforcer. Katon's auto-cannon was damaged earlier by missiles, and it's accuracy has been greatly reduced, so he chooses not to fire it.
4:23 - Blade6119 fires next, hitting with all his missiles. He begins moving to get into close range so that he can use his chainsaws.
4:24 - SirFozzie is the last to fire, unfortunately only hitting with three of his cannons.
4:40 - Everyone continues firing as weapons become available. Unfortunately, the Deforcer has regained it's feet again, and resumed running forward, making it a more difficult target, especially since no one has had a chance to get a scan.
4:50 - Blade6119 moves into close range, and swings with his chainsaws. Only one hits, not yet having any serious effects. However, now that the enemy has stopped moving (presumably to deal with this close range threat), everyone else will have an easier target.
5:00 - Blade6119 connects again with a chainsaw. Everyone better finish this thing off quick, since it also has a chainsaw which it is using to deadly effect.
5:02 - Blade6119 tries to kick the legs out from under the Deforcer, but misses, sending himself to the ground as he is suddenly unbalanced. Not good!
5:10 - Fortunately, Blade6119 is able to regain his feet before too much damage is done. Unfortunately, his squadmates can't seem to connect with their shots.
5:20 - Everyone lets out a cheer as Blade6119 uses his chainsaw to hack off the left leg of the Deforcer. The rest of this fight shouldn't be too bad... Everyone else begins to move towards one of the titans which has been pelting Katon with missiles.
5:30 - Uh oh... Katon takes a missile hit that damages his engine. That's going to increase his heat levels. I'd better keep an eye on that. He might have to find some place safe and stop all activity...
5:41 - SirFozzie at last spots the Pariah which has been pestering Katon. He begins locking on.
6:31 - Now both remaining enemy titans are firing on Katon. One hit manages to disable his left torso. His titan is starting to look in very poor shape. Hopefully others can start distracting the enemy soon before something catastrophic happens...
6:32 - Finally, Blade6119 ensures that the Deforcer is dead. Unfortunately, he does this using his old trick of putting a chainsaw through the reactor. On the plus side, the rest of the squad is out of range of the ensuing explosion... Blade6119 is knocked out, and we are unable to determine the extent of the damage, or whether the heat will causing a chain reaction in his missile storage...
6:48 - sachmo71 connects with the first shot against the Pariah, hitting it in the head with his plasma gun. That's a nice way to start...
6:59 - Blade6119 wakes up, noting that his titan is shutdown. Moments after he awakens, his missile explode violently.
7:00 - Another missile launch on Katon destroys his engine, knocking him out of the fight.
8:57 - After pouring quite a bit of serious firepower at the Pariah, Godzilla Blitz finally lands a shot with his tesla bolt that rips of the enemy's left leg. Godzilla Blitz and SirFozzie will target on the last enemy, while sachmo71 finishes this one off.
9:16 - Landing his third shot to the head with his plasma gun, sachmo71 blows the head off the Pariah. Now everyone can focus on the last enemy, an Illuminator.
10:54 - As everyone closes in on the Illuminator, SirFozzie is the first to land a shot. The enemy appears to only have missile launchers of some kind.
11:05 - sachmo71 quickly follows up with hits of his own. This guy is not going to last long...
11:32 - SirFozzie connects with a shot that causes some of the Illuminator's missile ammo to explode.
12:33 - Finally after merciless pounding by all three of us, the Illuminator surrenders. We've won.
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Salvage: $63,563
Bounty: $32,000
Payment: $200,000
Upkeep: -$78,150
New Total: $650,375 (+217413)
Godzilla Blitz - Status: Alive - Health: 113/117 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 43% - Titan: Ready
sachmo71 - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 1 - Hits: 52% - Titan: Ready
SirFozzie - Status: Alive - Health: 99/99 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 57% - Titan: Disabled
Blade6119 - Status: Alive - Health: 108/108 - Kills: 2 - Hits: 57% - Titan: Destroyed
Katon - Status: Alive - Health: 108/108 - Kills: 0 - Hits: 37% - Titan: Destroyed
It looks like the Androids were excavating an Alien shrine. The reinforces the previous data that the Alien computer virus that infected the Androids was localized to this planet. The scientists are analyzing the glyphs that are in the excavation site and it looks like it used to be a science laboratory. They are having some trouble translating the data as the logic processes of the Aliens seem vastly different from ours.
Well that was a pretty brutal fight. The total repair costs are $241,005. Most of this of course goes towards Blade6119's and Katon's titans. SirFozzie took the least damage. Since I'm not quite ready to buy new titans for anyone, I decide to just go ahead an repair the nearly total titans.
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Roster Summary:
Godzilla Blitz
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice
Experience: 21054 of 21600 (+1171)
Hit Points: 117
Upkeep: $12,960 (+216)
Battles: 20 (19W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 49% (-1)
Kills: 5
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Most kills in one battle (2)
Attributes:
Intelligence: 12
Neural Sense: 12
Reaction: 15
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 12
Constitution: 13
Charisma: 14
Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 65
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 45
Jump: 65
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 65
Guided Missile: 36
Cannon: 70
Energy Weapon: 70
Electronic Warfare: 60
Scanner: 60
Damage Control: 44 (+6)
Leadership: 66
Business: 42
Survival: 22
***
sachmo71
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 20226 of 24000 (+1457)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $10,788 (+261)
Battles: 20 (19W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 45%
Kills: 9/3*
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: Battle Star
Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 11 (+1)
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 11
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10
Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 66
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 38
Jump: 61
Scouting: 60
Close Combat: 60
Cannon: 63
Energy Weapon: 68
Electronic Warfare: 65
Scanner: 65 (+2)
Damage Control: 53
Business: 63
Survival: 43
***
SirFozzie
Race: Male Replicant I
Rank: Novice
Experience: 21641 of 24000 (+1369)
Hit Points: 99
Upkeep: $14,868 (+252)
Battles: 20 (19W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 55% (-1)
Kills: 3
Titans Lost: 0
Awards: None
Attributes:
Intelligence: 14
Neural Sense: 12 (+2)
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 13
Constitution: 11
Charisma: 10
Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 66
Medium/Heavy Piloting: 33 (+1)
Assault Piloting: 22
Jump: 62
Scouting: 63
Close Combat: 63
Cannon: 68
Energy Weapon: 61 (+5)
Electronic Warfare: 57 (+6)
Scanner: 63
Damage Control: 68
Business: 24
Survival: 36
***
Blade6119
Race: Male Human
Rank: Novice
Experience: 14399 of 11600 (+1168)
Hit Points: 108
Upkeep: $11,934 (+468)
Battles: 11 (10W/1L)
Hit Ratio: 56% (+1)
Kills: 5/2*
Titans Lost: 3
Awards: Bonehead
Attributes:
Intelligence: 11
Neural Sense: 9
Reaction: 13
Instinct: 13
Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 11
Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 63 (+2)
Jump: 54 (+2)
Scouting: 54 (+2)
Close Combat: 60 (+2)
Unguided Missile: 61
Cannon: 23
Energy Weapon: 23
Electronic Warfare: 58
Scanner: 51
Defensive: 24
Business: 33
Survival: 59 (+1)
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Katon
Race: Android
Rank: Rookie
Experience: 2417 of 3800 (+1357)
Hit Points: 108
Upkeep: $3,451 (+76)
Battles: 2 (2W/0L)
Hit Ratio: 40% (-2)
Kills: 0
Titans Lost: 1
Awards: None
Attributes:
Intelligence: 9
Neural Sense: 11
Reaction: 14
Instinct: 12
Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 12
Charisma: 11
Skills of Note:
Recon/Light Piloting: 53 (+3)
Jump: 29
Scouting: 19
Unguided Missile: 21
Cannon: 50
Energy Weapon: 51
Scanner: 48 (+2)
Defensive: 25
Business: 31 (+6)
Survival: 29
Medical: 28
***
Team Stats:
Battles: 20 (19W/1L)
Leader: Godzilla Blitz
Manager: sachmo71
Mechanic: SirFozzie
Most Kills: sachmo71 with 9
Most Destructions: sachmo71 with 3
Most Titans Lost: Blade6119 with 3
Budget: $409,370 (-23592)
Upkeep: $78,150 / month (+1447)
Jocks: 5 of 7
Titans: 5 of 10
Deaths: 1
***
Well, we lost money on that mission. At least we didn't lose too much. That constant missile fire was just brutal, and there really wasn't enough cover to avoid it...
It certainly looks like Blade6119 is looking to take some of those kill records away from sachmo71. The real question is... can he stay alive long enough to do it...
We should be getting some promotions in another battle or two... It won't take too much more before we might be able to get our piloting skills up for the heavier titans...
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