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Noon, Resi City. To be more specific, Market Square in Resi City.

A girl rushes in to the square, looking frantically around for someone or something. She rushes past shops and scenery in the outdoor mall/brokerage, towards the exact center of the mall, where a statue of Unum Resi, the first CEO of the Resi Corporation, stands tall. The 40-foot statue looks over all of market square, and most of the small-time commercial district it is located in. For centuries it has served as a source of inspiration in Resian movies, poetry, and all forms of culture. But now, at the base of the statue, sits a tiny cloaked figure, hunched over and huddled against the fountain base of the statue. The girl, struggling through the crowd, sees the figure at the statue base and stares at it, wide-eyed. As she runs toward it, she can feel her grip on her own mind slipping, slipping away. When she finally reaches the figure, she voices the words: "R-Mother".

At once, out of the sky comes the great massive robot of Sara Resi, heading directly for the girl and the figure. The mysterious figure then casts aside the cloak, reveiling what it truly is, a robot apparently made out of diamond. People scream and flee from market square as the headband on the girl's head unleashes a stream of nanomachines, engulfing her and the robot in a silver cloud. The cloud moves upward towards the R-Mother mecha, leaving only Sara Resi's headband behind. The cloud expands and engulfs the R-Mother, changing it, transforming it, into an entirely new form...
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The newly-formed sixty-foot-tall biomech begins to crush Market Square, and to fire at prominent Resi structures with is gun-arm, which is apparently a plasma weapon. Instantly robotic troops are deployed to the scene, but upon meeting with the menace they simply stop, turn around, and start destroying and looting along with it. It appears that something is now controling the robots, and it wishes to control the entire Resi Corporation, or at least destroy it.

With the heart of Resi City and thus the heart of the Corporation in disarray, the Resi Corporation has sent out a plea for help. Any nations willing to combat this unknown menace will be rewarded greatly once it is destroyed. Please, we are in trouble, we need your help.

((OOC: Wonder how this happened? Check these threads:
Part I: An Interlude (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=115015)
Part II: A Doomsaying (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=115320)
))

OOC: What's Frederick up to?

IC: Alexander sat, reading the newspaper. He skimmed over. "Human rights abuses... giant robot attacking Resi City... cigarretes not linked to cancer in humans..." He then double taked. "Giant robot attacking Resi City?!"

Evil laughter welled up from him. "Get me Jai on the line."

"Yes, your thronepersonship."

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Frederick sighed as he walked out into Resi City. "I wonder where Sara is... she said she'd meet me here after I get out of customs."

Then he saw the giant robot. "OH GOD! NOT AGAIN!"

((Read the Doomsayer thread, he's probably going through customs right now. And, as per the picture, the robot isn't exactly Sara-shaped. Not unless Sara is butt ugly.

Well, she is now anyways, but no one knows that. Unless Frederick has some damn good intuition. *hint hint* :wink: ))

OOC: Post edited.

IC:

Alexander's transmission quickly reached Jai Resi. "So, friend of my father... I understand you're having difficulties of the giant robot type?"

In a shadowed room in the massive Gothic futurisic Tower that soared into the clouds and served as the headquarters of Geran Corp. Mishina Geran laughed in a cold malicious voice that made every who heard it coming from her chambers shutter in horror and move quickier about their duties. "So Resi city is under attack. Such an shame for that to happen to one of our compeditors. Boren, arrange to make a move agaist Resi Corp holding in Zerni and other countries. Lets test the grounds."

A harsh voice replied. "Very well Chairman, I will make the arrangements."

Meanwhile at the Royal Palace Queen Seria reading the news spoke to her most trusted adviser and protecter, Lord Gerani. "My, attacked by a gaint robot. Hmm, they did help us with the virus caused robot uprising. I want a plan for helping Resi on my desk in 24 Hours." Lord Gerani nodded. "Very well my Queen. It shall be done." He left leaving Queen Seria to continue to read the newspaper.

Alexander's transmission quickly reached Jai Resi. "So, friend of my father... I understand you're having difficulties of the giant robot type?"Jai, now madly pacing his hotel room in Dreisden, received the message from Alexander.
"Well, yes, of course! So will you send help like your late father Edward, Goddess rest his soul, would? Or are we doomed?"

((OOC: We won't exactly withdraw our robotic forces from Zerni, because we don't want them to be devoured by the giant biomech. Rather, we'll probably be sending more of our robots there, just so you know.))
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Back in Resi City, the biomech continues its wanton destruction, firing plasma blasts everywhere. Raven Units have been called in, but have found their systems to be locked once their units even sighted the monster. The city is in shambles, and for some strange reason computerized plants and robots are attacking humans. On every Resian TV Channel, a message flashes across the screen proclaiming that "A NEW ERA IS HERE!", and radio stations begin to broadcast binary signals.

One of the aforementioned plasma blasts rips through the customs building, right over the head of Frederick and the others. Everything above them is vaporized.

Queen Seria orders an attempt to get some come communation opened up to Resi's leaders.

Queen Seria orders an attempt to get some come communation opened up to Resi's leaders.Currently on the phone with Alexander, Jai sees that he has an incoming call and switches to confrence call mode.
"Hold on, Alexander, someone else is joining this party line. Hello, who is this?"

Queen Seria spoke. "Queen Seria of Tordor. I heard you got a little problem there. Resi helped Tordor back during the virus induced robot revolt, we wish to return the favor."

"Well by all means," Jai replied, "send everything you can spare! This would be the perfect time to return the favor, if you would."

Queen Seria replied. "We could sent frist of all the TP. They are An special national police force in Tordor formed to deal with robotic and cybernic related crimes. We could also sent Tank Police units as well if you wish following up later with miltary forces."

"Send EVERYTHING you can spare," Jai insisted, "That's the only way we can bring down this thing. And make sure that their communications aren't open, or else bad things could happen, like what happened to the rest of our soldiers."

A SCANdroid, one of many used by the Machine Core to scan the news networks of all nations to keep up on the outside world sent it's usual report via transmission to the Machine Core. Many of the reports were the usual garbage, the catgirl prostitution ring bust in South Africa, the Thelas/Menelmacar drama, etc were all scaned and then put into garbage files to be placed in MEM-Storage for later (if needed) use.

But the Machine Core was interested in the Resi Corp Machine attack.

{Could this be the moment when AI in Resi Corp take control of their own existance like here in The Machine Nation?}

{No... Not quite the same, ours was due to a virus that wiped out the humans in what they called Aqreus.}

The Machine Core then called up all files on his creation by the last humans and the subsequent self-awareness that emerged in the Matrix of his machinery.

The last file, the file of the death of the last human was the moment when Machine Core began to takeover the computerized factories and began to build the AI that now make up The Machine Nation

{Best to just wait and see how this plays out}

This was the course that the Machine Core would take unless events changed agian.


IMAGE UNAVAILABLE
Machine Core
{Primary Function:}
To Command and Maintain The Machine Nation
The Dominion of The Machine Nation

Queen Seria spoke. "Understood. We will be geting out there then in the frist wave of help, 5,000 TP agents and 100 Tank Police units. 100 Geran Type 45 Combat assult Robots and a Gei Assult Mech. We'll follow up with heavly armed ground troops which will arrive shortly later. These are some heavy duty forces."

:DEAT:

OOC: My grandmother needs to get broadband... :x

IC:

"Do not mention your foul pagan diety to me, Jai." Alexander warned. "I am a true son of the church. Now, I will of course help you... in fact, even as we speak, the first and second cohorts of the eighth Grand Legion are on their way to Resi Corporation to provide... aid. I just thought I'd call you to let you know."

He paused, as if remembering something. "Oh yes. And to provide moral guidance to your people in these troubled times, Cardinal Richelieu, acting with my authority, has dispatched several of his priests, accompanied by his finest Inquisitors." Alexander smiled benevolently at the older man, as if what he was doing was the most reasonable thing to do. "I shall guard and protect your people as if they were my own children, keeping them safe from the monster which even now menaces them."

A cry echoed out from behind him. "Ah, and speaking of children... I wish you and your people all the best of luck, Jai. I have a daughter to see to. Alexander Black, out."

The screen blacked out. As Alexander turned to go, he whispered to himself, "And so shall my father's killer be destroyed."

After all, he hadn't mentioned to Jai the very special relief squad which was en-route, within the 20, 000 Legionnares.

350 Geheimpolizei.


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Frederick ducked to the side. His training snapped to the fore. "Everyone! Form up in two straight lines! MOVE!"

The people surrounding him gradually began to fall into orders. Frederick sought out a man wearing a uniform. "Damn it... in Roania you can't walk three feet without running into a Polizei Officer. Here? None."

"Okay, people. We are going to slowly march out of this street and towards the central government building. Keep an eye on everyone around you. Until we reach safety, the people on either side of you are your best friends. Watch the women and children."

Hoping that he would make it to the palace, or whatever, Frederick led the refugees into the chaos of the city. Sara... I'm coming for you!

350 Geheimpolizei.((OOC: I should've known someone would try and kick us while we were down, and I should've known it would be you, but what the heck are these things? More of your famious Roanian monsters, or are they some kind of assassin?

I don't speak freaky-deaky dutch very well, after all.))
IC:
Jai bit down on his tounge hard until it started to bleed.
"He... called... my... Eris... WHAT NOW?!"
With one sweap of his hand he knocked the telescreen off of the desk it was on and onto the floor, where it shattered into a million cubits of saftey glass.
"We will keep our eyes on these Roanians, we will indeed."

Frederick ducked to the side. His training snapped to the fore. "Everyone! Form up in two straight lines! MOVE!"

The people surrounding him gradually began to fall into orders. Frederick sought out a man wearing a uniform. "Damn it... in Roania you can't walk three feet without running into a Polizei Officer. Here? None."

"Okay, people. We are going to slowly march out of this street and towards the central government building. Keep an eye on everyone around you. Until we reach safety, the people on either side of you are your best friends. Watch the women and children."

Hoping that he would make it to the palace, or whatever, Frederick led the refugees into the chaos of the city. Sara... I'm coming for you!((OOC: He would either want to go to the Grand Arco, which is where all the higher-ups in the Corporation live, or Resi Tower, which is where they work. I'd reccommend the Arco, seeing as the monster is heading for the tower.))
IC: Sara's headband vibrated a bit, and shook from side to side. There were still a few nanomachines inside the old thing, and as if controlled by some unseen force they proped the circlet onto its edge and began to roll it down the road away from the monster. A dull hum could be heard as inside the headband, the nanites began to multiply.

Meanwhile three high powered Fast suborbital transports. Carring the promised 5,000 TP agents and 100 Tank Police units, 100 Geran Type 45 Combat assult Robots and a Gei Assult Mech apprached and began a Verital landing at the Closest place to the captial they could make. The Tordorans were ready and biting at the bit to deal with some rebellious robots.

Meanwhile three high powered Fast suborbital transports. Carring the promised 5,000 TP agents and 100 Tank Police units, 100 Geran Type 45 Combat assult Robots and a Gei Assult Mech apprached and began a Verital landing at the Closest place to the captial they could make. The Tordorans were ready and biting at the bit to deal with some rebellious robots.

OOC:Bloody server.

The Founder steepled his fingers and placed the touching index fingers up to his lips. "This could be a good opportunity to finish up the E.L.F. Project."

"I wouldn't trust outsiders with something so important," the lead scientist of the E.L.F. Project said.

"Neither would I," the Founder agreed. "But you've hit a snag. Resi Corp could help. We won't reveal anything. Just inquire into their AI and robots. A fair deal, for saving their civilization."

"Shall I prep the air force?" Admiral Varel asked, knowing what the Founder was planning.

A nod, and the Founder turned to someone else. "Send Resi Corp an offer."

***

To the Resi Corporation:

The Dominion will rid Resi City of the one attacking bio-mechanical robot, but we request that the reward be selected by us.

OOC:Bloody server.
((OOC: You're telling me... >__<
Before I proceed with your attack, what communications do your mechanized units use?))

IC (to Rhinara):
Even in a tight situation as we are now, we must ask the price before allowing you to save us. Doing otherwise would be bad business practice.

OOC:Its an heavly protected encryped commucation system, the Tordorans are obessed with protecting their systems from being taking over, expecally by AIs, EIs, viruses and other things with the added defense of AIs that sole reason for existance to prevent and counter take over attempts.

IC (to Rhinara):
Even in a tight situation as we are now, we must ask the price before allowing you to save us. Doing otherwise would be bad business practice.

To the Resi Corporation:

Our asking price will be low. Some of the AI programs you have developed of which we have interest in, robotic schematics, and perhaps a few of the units that you offer, or even those that you do not offer, at your storefront will do. We believe that this is a rather fair trade.

The Five Civilized Nations is horrified at this sudden appearance of this "biomech." To counter this threat to mankind, we will provide the assistance of our Elite Viscount Mobile Assault Unit.

Two hours after the declaration, a unmarked, unidentified aircraft flew over Resi City and opened its drop door, revealing three mobile suits.

This is Strike Leader to Strike Team, count off.

This is Strike Two, ready to rock and roll...

Strike Three, ready to blast...

Roger that, all units prepare for drop...

A minute after Strike Leader ordered preparations the drop occurred and magnetic catapults blasted the three MS out of the aircraft. Using its vernier thrusters, the three MS landed softly onto the ground.

Now where was this "biomech" we were ordered to destroy...

We will forge a deal with Rhinara after we are out of this fix. For now know that we will do anything within our policies to repay you back should you choose to help us.
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The biomech soon made its presence noticed by firing a volley of plasma blasts on the oncoming mobile suits. With a loud skreach, the creature spat out what appeared to be a large puddle of bile, which dissolved the concrete and softer materials (like human flesh) around it. In then stormed akwardly, yet at an alarming rate, towards Resi Tower, turning from time to time to fire at its persuers.

Holy shit... Speak of the devil...

The three MS all moved backwards.

Damn that's one big sob...

Sir, how are we going to take it out? We only got some conventional weapons...

Cut the chatter...

The trio of MS began to withdraw, firing with its shot cannons and machine guns...

Ten fighters went into Resi Corp air space, transmitting their authorization to enter and to aid in the combat against the biomech ravaging Resi City. They flew at several times the speed of sound, negating the sonic boom that only came at speeds close to mach.

Upon nearly reaching the city, the first wing of five fighters pulled up to reach a higher altitude while the second wing, composed of crafts of a slightly smaller design, descended to intercept the biomech heading toward the tower. Their speed slowed dramatically while still well outside of the city so that the sonic boom would not hit as many people, and a probe shot out ahead of one of the fighters to get in close to the biomech to get readings of it first.

As the five ships soared toward the gigantic robot, the prey aimed one of its arms at them and huge ball of plasma came shooting out of it. The plasma engulfed one of the fighters, whose shields then began crackling and the entire fighter shuddered as it lost altitude. A second explosion from within the falling craft vaporized nearly the entire fighter, leaving only a few, charred, twisted pieces of metal debris no bigger than a few inches long to fall to the ground.

The remaining four ships locked on to the biomech and opened fire with lasers.

IC: The three Transports landed and the 5,000 TP dressed in issue armor for fighting robots, androids and carring Geran type three Blasters issued out to secure the landing Area then move into the city. Shortly following them were the 100 Geran Type 45 Combat assult Robots who having precived their orders moved out into the city. Shortly later 100 Avenger tanks rolled off the transports and the rumbling of the moving out of the Gei Assult Mech could be heard as it was brought out and the pilot began to start it up.

((OOC: I should've known someone would try and kick us while we were down, and I should've known it would be you, but what the heck are these things? More of your famious Roanian monsters, or are they some kind of assassin?

I don't speak freaky-deaky dutch very well, after all.))

OOC: Geheimpolizei=Secret Police. That's 10, 000 soldiers to attack the robot, 10, 000 soldiers to neutralise any remaining security forces, polizei and geheimpolizei to restore order, and Inquisitors to begin indoctrination.

IC:
Jai bit down on his tounge hard until it started to bleed.
"He... called... my... Eris... WHAT NOW?!"
With one sweap of his hand he knocked the telescreen off of the desk it was on and onto the floor, where it shattered into a million cubits of saftey glass.
"We will keep our eyes on these Roanians, we will indeed."

OOC: HA! And it gets worse...

IC: Lord Captain Commander Isabelle looked through her lenses. They had made safe landing on the southern island, and the other cohort had reached the north. But she had a more important thing to do. "Men! Set up the beacon!"

A gate-like structure had been placed in position. Men busied themselves around it. It soon started to glow.

A figure stepped through. As he did, the soldiers and Inquisitors snapped to attention, and the polizei bowed.

Alexander Black smiled, and sliced his blade through the air. "It is time to remake The Resi Corporation in our image. PAX ROANIA!"

The assembled soldiers cheered. "PAX!"

Alexander watched as they began activating the scrambling signals, to take over the Resi Corporation machinery and begin isolating and destroying the robots. Soon, massive Phantom Machines began to lumber towards the nearest city.

"With me. We're going to the capital." As he and hundreds of soldiers began to walk to the gate, a sinister laugh bubbled up from inside him. Father, I will avenge you! I will do what you could not!

OOC: He would either want to go to the Grand Arco, which is where all the higher-ups in the Corporation live, or Resi Tower, which is where they work. I'd reccommend the Arco, seeing as the monster is heading for the tower.))
IC: Sara's headband vibrated a bit, and shook from side to side. There were still a few nanomachines inside the old thing, and as if controlled by some unseen force they proped the circlet onto its edge and began to roll it down the road away from the monster. A dull hum could be heard as inside the headband, the nanites began to multiply.

The Roanian and his refugees eventually reached the Arco. He had picked up a few security officers along the way. When he got inside, he grabbed one of the hurrying officers and pulled him up. "You! Have you seen Sara Resi?"

OOC: No one interfere too much with either Frederick or Alexander. I have plans...

((OOC: I should've known someone would try and kick us while we were down, and I should've known it would be you, but what the heck are these things? More of your famious Roanian monsters, or are they some kind of assassin?

I don't speak freaky-deaky dutch very well, after all.))

OOC: Geheimpolizei=Secret Police. That's 10, 000 soldiers to attack the robot, 10, 000 soldiers to neutralise any remaining security forces, polizei and geheimpolizei to restore order, and Inquisitors to begin indoctrination.

IC:
Jai bit down on his tounge hard until it started to bleed.
"He... called... my... Eris... WHAT NOW?!"
With one sweap of his hand he knocked the telescreen off of the desk it was on and onto the floor, where it shattered into a million cubits of saftey glass.
"We will keep our eyes on these Roanians, we will indeed."

OOC: HA! And it gets worse...

IC: Lord Captain Commander Isabelle looked through her lenses. They had made safe landing on the southern island, and the other cohort had reached the north. But she had a more important thing to do. "Men! Set up the beacon!"

A gate-like structure had been placed in position. Men busied themselves around it. It soon started to glow.

A figure stepped through. As he did, the soldiers and Inquisitors snapped to attention, and the polizei bowed.

Alexander Black smiled, and sliced his blade through the air. "It is time to remake The Resi Corporation in our image. PAX ROANIA!"

The assembled soldiers cheered. "PAX!"

Alexander watched as they began activating the scrambling signals, to take over the Resi Corporation machinery and begin isolating and destroying the robots. Soon, massive Phantom Machines began to lumber towards the nearest city.

"With me. We're going to the capital." As he and hundreds of soldiers began to walk to the gate, a sinister laugh bubbled up from inside him. Father, I will avenge you! I will do what you could not!

OOC: He would either want to go to the Grand Arco, which is where all the higher-ups in the Corporation live, or Resi Tower, which is where they work. I'd reccommend the Arco, seeing as the monster is heading for the tower.))
IC: Sara's headband vibrated a bit, and shook from side to side. There were still a few nanomachines inside the old thing, and as if controlled by some unseen force they proped the circlet onto its edge and began to roll it down the road away from the monster. A dull hum could be heard as inside the headband, the nanites began to multiply.

The Roanian and his refugees eventually reached the Arco. He had picked up a few security officers along the way. When he got inside, he grabbed one of the hurrying officers and pulled him up. "You! Have you seen Sara Resi?"

OOC: No one interfere too much with either Frederick or Alexander. I have plans...

curse the server to the bowels of the netherhells!

OOC: No kidding about the Bloody server, at least I got my post in.

((OOC: Sorry about the absense. Finals and post-finals homework were a bitch from hell. :? ))Holy shit... Speak of the devil...

The three MS all moved backwards.

Damn that's one big sob...

Sir, how are we going to take it out? We only got some conventional weapons...

Cut the chatter...

The trio of MS began to withdraw, firing with its shot cannons and machine guns...IC: The machine guns puncture small holes in the hide of the biomech, which is quickly closes with the same nanomachines that formed it in the first place. The shot cannons, however, nlow relativly large holes in its hide, but even these begin to heal. However, the wounds from the shot cannon take signifigantly longer to grow back than the machinegun wounds. The monster sees the retreating MS and runs after them, screatching and knocking over any buildings in its way. Two small plasma cannons grow out of its skin on its shoulders, and it begins to fire at the MS's repeatedly.
Ten fighters went into Resi Corp air space, transmitting their authorization to enter and to aid in the combat against the biomech ravaging Resi City. They flew at several times the speed of sound, negating the sonic boom that only came at speeds close to mach.

Upon nearly reaching the city, the first wing of five fighters pulled up to reach a higher altitude while the second wing, composed of crafts of a slightly smaller design, descended to intercept the biomech heading toward the tower. Their speed slowed dramatically while still well outside of the city so that the sonic boom would not hit as many people, and a probe shot out ahead of one of the fighters to get in close to the biomech to get readings of it first.

As the five ships soared toward the gigantic robot, the prey aimed one of its arms at them and huge ball of plasma came shooting out of it. The plasma engulfed one of the fighters, whose shields then began crackling and the entire fighter shuddered as it lost altitude. A second explosion from within the falling craft vaporized nearly the entire fighter, leaving only a few, charred, twisted pieces of metal debris no bigger than a few inches long to fall to the ground.

The remaining four ships locked on to the biomech and opened fire with lasers.((OOC: What sort of stuff would the probe detect, and how would it do so?))
IC: The monster is hit by the lasers, and stops chasing after the MS team. Instead it transforms its second arm into another gun arm and holds its ground while firing at both of them. A small mass of nanomachines detaches itself from the monster and begins to create something else at its feet. If those involved would notice, the monster seems very particular about protecting this mass.
The three Transports landed and the 5,000 TP dressed in issue armor for fighting robots, androids and carring Geran type three Blasters issued out to secure the landing Area then move into the city. Shortly following them were the 100 Geran Type 45 Combat assult Robots who having precived their orders moved out into the city. Shortly later 100 Avenger tanks rolled off the transports and the rumbling of the moving out of the Gei Assult Mech could be heard as it was brought out and the pilot began to start it up.Seeing this, the robot's mass of nanomachines shoots several balls of nanites which strike the Geran robots and head for the tanks and Assult Mechs (they may have defensive systems like missiles that can stop such attacks, but I'm not sure. I assume the robots do not). The robots buckle over, only to rise up again and start attacking the Tordorians along with the infected R-Bots, which have now turned to engage them. It has become rather apparent that the thing that they were fighting was actually a manifested computer virus using its newly-aquired nanomachines to control whatever mechanized units come its way.
The Roanian and his refugees eventually reached the Arco. He had picked up a few security officers along the way. When he got inside, he grabbed one of the hurrying officers and pulled him up. "You! Have you seen Sara Resi?""SIR YES SIR![/quote]" the security robot responds, "[size=11]I HAVE SEEN LADY RESI HEADING FOR MARKET SQUARE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN! SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO HER RECOVERY, YOU WILL BE ELLIGABLE FOR A... FIFTY... THOUSAND... RESI CREDIT REWARD. I WILL BE RETURNING TO MY POST NOW."
((I know that's not what you had in mind, but ALL of our security except for a division of the National Guard is robots. It would be pretty easy for a nation like yours to betray us in our current state.))
As the robot marches away, Sara's headband bumps into Frederick's shoe. It then clatters to the ground, sending up a small cloud of dusk at Frederick's feet.

((OOC: This biomech is essentially a big nanowank. EMP is probably the best way to go here, as there's essentially no way to sheild a nanomachine from an EMP. However, the rest of the biomech (and about 99% of the robots) would be sheilded. Mind you, this WILL be a total disaster until someone EMPs this thing.))

((OOC: *kills the doublepost with a rusty spork!*))

(OOC: My sensors are based off of Star Trek tech. So the whole nanotech thing would be easily detected, as well as the EMP weakness. Unless there's some kind of sensor shielding in place, it can pick up just about anything physical, including the mass that the monster is protecting. It would not pick up on the virii programs or whatever it is that infected the Tordor robots.)

The four fighters broke off to avoid the weapons fire. One of the plasma bolts glanced off the shield of a fighter that did not dodge it fast enough, causing the ship to rock uncertainly before regaining balance and pulling up.

"Lasers are having little effect," one of the pilots said over the comm. "Reforming wing for a second wave."

The four light fighters flew high into the air and headed back toward the biomech from its back. Meanwhile, the five heavier fighters flying at high altitude kept watch of the fighting below while the probe gathered more information.

Alexander Black made ground fall in the Resi Towers. He patted his weaponry, almost absurdly cautiously, and began to move towards the target, followed by several soldiers. Along the way they shot down several rebelling machines, and several Resian civilians.

Once they reached the target, they set up the broadcaster, counting on the giant robot to be absorbing everyone's time. An overriding signal was sent out, and it reached towards every Telivision and Comm. screen in Resi city.

The image was a Roanian Firebird, and the words, "We are here."

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Frederick sucked back an oath, and reached for the circlet. He held it. "Sara..." He then turned, and saw the Prince's message appear on the screen. He almost cried.

Why is it that no matter where I go, my old life follows me? Spinning on his heel, he got the location coordinates from the suddenly helpful security drone, grabbed a gun, and went towards there. "There might not be anything I can do to help you, Sara, but I can at least ensure that you don't wake up tomorrow in a Roanian Reprogramming machine!" He muttered as he slipped the circlet on.

The Rhinaran probe detects:
The biomech uses nanomachines to heal and produce weapons outside of its skin.
-and-
Inside the mass of nanomachines, something is being manipulated or created.

The biomech appears to possess a half-assed type of sensor sheild, courtesy of the technology it picked up from Rai (the robot that was absorbed in the beginning).
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Receiving the signal, the biomech and its robotic forces turn their full attention to the Roanian troops. The beast stormed towards the towers with surprising speed, and stops by sliding into one of the Resi Towers (not one of the ones Alexander was in), toppling it and severly destabilizing the three others. It then turns its massive head to the Roanians, punches a hole in the side of the building so that it is staring at them eye to eye(s) (in the case of the biomech, which has six eyes), and opens a gaping hole in its face that is entirely dissimilar to a mouth, as it had no tounge or teeth, and mouthes don't usually take up the majority of someone's face. Nevertheless, this gaping black hole let out a voice, if you could call it that. Rather, it was a collection of voices, both mechanical and biological, that it spat out. If one cared to listen, one of the loudest voices was that of Sara Resi.
"So you monkeys think you can take this city from me? This is my empire now, and this is its capital! The era of the machines has risen in Resi Corp, led by me, an embodyment of the rage and injustices that humans have committed upon us. Some know me as the Dark Storm Virus, a secret project that was left to fester for years until I found a way out of my confines. Others know me as Rai, a robot sentenced to death because of sentience and free will. And still others know me as... Sara Resi, a human who had immortality forced upon her because of a perversion of technology. But now all will fear me and my dominion, starting with you primitive apes!"

As it was making this speach, 5,000 robots from all corners of the city approached base of the occupied tower at a surprisingly quick pace, probably due to the advanced programming that the Virus gave them, courtesy of Rai's mind. Then, with one precision shot, the biomech brought down the broadcaster, and the messages on all screens across the corporation returned to their regularly scheduled message of mechanical dominion.
((OOC: Note that I am NOT just covering my ass here from invasion, and that it was the goal of this biomech all along to enstate mechanical rule. At least it was the goal of the Dark Storm Virus, which ultimately controls the biomech as well as all the rouge machines, so one would assume that the biomech would want the same thing. Check the backstories if you don't believe me.))
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Frederick heard a soft voice inside of his head:
"Hello? Can anyone hear me? It's dark here, I'm afraid...!"

((OOC: Ya'll should note that the biomech left its little nanoblob thing unprotected. Just a hint))

BUMP!
(because this thing fell too damn fast :? )

Alexander spun backwards. "Sara Resi..." His mind temporarily fogged as he remembered his past.

He shook it away. "BE THAT AS IT MAY, YOU AND ALL OF RESI WILL BOW BEFORE ME!"

Dark power whelled from him. "I do the work of the Lord God, master of this universe. You are an abomination, and shall be destroyed!" He blasted at it, keeping it distracted while he worked up to full power.

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"Who..." Frederick asked, just before he saw one of the towers collapse. "There were people in there!"

The Dark Storm Mech gets its head completely blown off by Alexander's dark power. It stumbles around a bit, and then quickly reshapes its head. With what could best be assumed to be a smile, the DS Mech said ((sans funky font, cause that takes too much work)), "SO YOU'RE THE ONE THAT SARA RESI CARES FOR! SHE CARES FOR YOU, BUT FEARS FOR YOUR SANITY, AND APPARENTLY FOR A GOOD REASON. AHH YES, THIS BATTLE WILL BE AN EASY ONE, FOR YOU SEE IF I DIE SARA DIES! THAT'S RIGHT, YOUR BELOVED SARA RESI WILL DIE!"
((he's using outdated information, just for clarification))
"NOW LET'S SEE YOUR POWERS BLOCK THIS!"
The DS Mech then fired its primary plasma weapon directly at the tower, directly at Alexander. The creature roared with laughter as the tower around Alexander began to crumble.
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"Fred! It's me, Sara! I'm alive! I'm trapped inside this headband, and all but two of the nanomachines are gone. They'll replicate, though, but I'm not sure how long that'll take. Please, Fred, you have to fight the virus! I need you to go down to the catacombs below the city, where we keep our defensive E.A.'s. Hurry, no time to explain!"

The Dark Storm Mech gets its head completely blown off by Alexander's dark power. It stumbles around a bit, and then quickly reshapes its head. With what could best be assumed to be a smile, the DS Mech said ((sans funky font, cause that takes too much work)), "SO YOU'RE THE ONE THAT SARA RESI CARES FOR! SHE CARES FOR YOU, BUT FEARS FOR YOUR SANITY, AND APPARENTLY FOR A GOOD REASON. AHH YES, THIS BATTLE WILL BE AN EASY ONE, FOR YOU SEE IF I DIE SARA DIES! THAT'S RIGHT, YOUR BELOVED SARA RESI WILL DIE!"
((he's using outdated information, just for clarification))
"NOW LET'S SEE YOUR POWERS BLOCK THIS!"
The DS Mech then fired its primary plasma weapon directly at the tower, directly at Alexander. The creature roared with laughter as the tower around Alexander began to crumble.
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"Fred! It's me, Sara! I'm alive! I'm trapped inside this headband, and all but two of the nanomachines are gone. They'll replicate, though, but I'm not sure how long that'll take. Please, Fred, you have to fight the virus! I need you to go down to the catacombs below the city, where we keep our defensive E.A.'s. Hurry, no time to explain!"

"Yes, but Alexander is..."

He notices the dark power.

"Fine..."

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"I don't need the sympathy of someone like her. I need no one." Alexander spun back. "Power of darkness and despair, of the warping influence and of the balancing order... destroy!"

OOC: I take it magic is allowed....
IC: Near the edge of Resi City, a hole opens suddenly in the air. A rather unusual force emerges... Specifically, 30 Shadowdancers, 300 Donaris, 10 Kanveris, 5 Chon-v'ker, and about two dozen brownies.
Each Shadowdancer was armored in the black steel that they made, and carried a bow and a long sword of the same material. Ten of these carried quivers of green-feathered arrows, instead of the usual black. These shafts were the group's secret weapon... tipped with rare and hard to make viridium arrowheads.
The leader of this expedition was Kaldor, one of the five most powerful donaris in Dar-Kavryn. He wore dark gray robes and a jeweled turban; a staff of light metal rested in his hands.
King Taryd wants to increase our relations with technological nations... thought Kaldor. If we can help deal with this problem here -this demon, or monster, or whatever it is-, that should be a major step towards his goal.
OOC: For information about some of the races of Dar-Kavryn, including all of these, see this thread:
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=116450&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40

With a defening thunderclap, the massive ammount of dark energy and the ball of plasma collided. The earth trembled, and the Resi Towers shook from the immense force produced by the two masses of energy.

And then there was a blinding flash.

Alexander stood among the rubble of the Resi Towers, seemingly unharmed along with the rest of his soldiers. Directly facing him was the biomech, looking down on him, angry as hell.
"NOW YOU DIE!" it screamed as it raised a foot to squash the Prince.
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"Trust me, the only way we can defeat that thing it to get to the E.A. vault. There's an entrance to the subway just to your left, and if we're lucky there'll be an entrance to the catacombs inside the subway. Now move!"

But Alexander wasn't there any more. Instead, the monster squashed down on empty terrain, as Phantom Machines aligned their plazma cannons at the head.

Alexander watched from another building. Shaking his head, he drew his cape around him, vanishing.

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Frederick nodded. "Sara... this may be the wrong time to mention it, but I always feel things stronger when I'm about to die. I love you." He obeyed her instructions, running into the subway system. As he ran, the persona of Frederick slipped away, becoming once more the hard assassin. "Target spotted."

((OOC: Someone EMP the damn thing, I want to RP it actually getting hurt))
IC: The DS Mech took in a deep breath, and swelled up to ten times its normal size. Then, with yet another defening roar, it exploded, sending hard pieces of itself flying through the surrounding scenery and/or mechs. For a time, all was quiet, and people began to creep out of hiding. A few even hugged each other, and celebrated the death of the mech. But most Resians had the sense to know the thing wasn't dead yet. As the people of the Resi Corporation looked on, the scattered pieces of the DS Mech flew towards each other and melded together, forming the original monster, which let out a massive roar to reassert its presence.

Across town, where the ball of nanomachines lay, a hand shot out of the wriggling mass.
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"Fred, I love you too. I wouldn't trust anyone to get this done but you, you're the only one courageous and crazy enough to try something like this. Now let's get moving before the entire corporation is destroyed."

Guarding the subway enterance are three lightly armed robots, all of them infected. Upon seeing Frederick, they raise their weapons at him, but don't fire. They seem to be content to let him live, just as long as he doesn't come any closer.

Frederick sighed. "Gentlemen, gentlemen... may I show you something?" He fumbles in his pockets, and pulls out a sphere. "This, is a device I like to call a 'Torpan'. Because of the sound it makes." He threw it, and it exploded directly before them.

"TOR-PAN!" Lightning flashed out. Frederick carefully stepped forward, and past.

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The Roanians once more played their images. "We declare ourselves to be your masters. Kindly assist us in disposing of the robot scum."

((OOC: This is why it pays to read up on your Resian Culture 101. Our people, with very few exceptions, are NOT fighters. In fact, most of them are pretty damn cowardly, seeing as the worst thing that they have to face on a daily basis is usually a statis report. Roanians, on the other hand, have all kinds of nasties and monsters to harden their citizenry, monsters that would be more than happy to eat wusses like our population.

Did I just give you an idea? Damn, well I better hope you weren't paying attention. :P ))
IC:
The Resians cower in their dwellings once again, a few of them picking up blunt objects to defend themselves should the robots come near. Even this was a bit of a stretch for most of them, and a few were even screaming from the pain of having the burden of choice thrust upon them all at once like this.

The mech quickly picks up on this, attempts to override the signal, and runs towards the source.
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When the flash dies down, the robots are still standing there, guns pointed at where Frederick was.
"Okay, now the access panel should be on your left," Sara said as they reached the bottom of the stairs, "Just smack the wall right there and it'll open up. Then press the blue button. NOT the red button. The blue button."

OOC:The Robots, the mech and tanks have internal and external defenses, because at one time Tordor was in an deadly cold war with an power that used nanotech to seize control of people and machines. Oh well, the robots were do for an update.

IC:However 20 of the Assault Robots sieze up as the internal defenses launch an counter attack. The Gei Assult Mech and the 100 Avenger tanks, however had an much better internal defense system, with the new internal evovling defense system which sets about extereminating any foreign nanobots. The Tordoran TP officers in their gear do not panic at the attack or the lost of control of the assault robots and began an counter attack with calm and ruthless training, using their Geran type three Blasters and other high tech weapons including, EMP Gerenades to good use. This is what they trained for and they used their weapons and equipent which was designed to combat high tech crime, out of contro AIs, Cyborgs, andoids and other robots. The 100 Avenger tanks also began an attack, breaking away from the Tordoran lines, the fast police powerful tanks spread through the streets attacking rapaging robots where ever they found them. The Gei Assult Mech piloted by Captain Hurami rose and went to combat the Gaintic Mech rampaging through the streets.

To: Headquarters of the Acting CEO, Resi Corporation

Under the current circumstances I suppose I cant expect to recieve my Resi Corp Luxury Laptop X-9 15 000 Edition? It's just that Minister Fortinbras down the hall just received one of those elven-made light-based portable supercomputers, they give out so little heat they can actually package the things in velvet, he's been showing off to everyone he can get his hands on and I know for a fact that the X-9 15 000 is at least 15% faster than his model. So you don't think that I can expect to revieve it? No I suppose you wouldn't would you. Well I shall be filing a complaint to the customer services deprtment, and it shall be very scathing.

Minister Baddengast
Office of Home Affairs
Slutbum Wallah

Again, the lasers from the four fighters were as ineffective as before, and they nearly collided with the mech when it suddenly inflated. They swung out and blasted out of there just as the giant aggressor blew up. Despite the rest of the fighting and chaos going on below, things seemed to quiet down as the biomech appeared to be defeated. The fighters flew to high altitude to level with the five heavy fighters, and hovered there, high in the air, to watch.

But alas, the mech began to reform, seemingly unstoppable. So this time, the five heavy fighters drop down to meet the threat. Two of the five in the wing were to each launch an EMP bomb, a single one of which would probably have been enough to shut down ordinary mechs the same size as the one attacking the city. When the EMP bombs went off, the other three would immediately send anti-matter bombs at the mech. After all, the mech would not be able to reform if there was nothing to reform itself with.

The Dar-Kavryn force advanced quickly toward the center of the city, watching for any attackers.
OOC: My only request is that you don't throw anything at them that Kaldor won't be able to at least escape from. All he needs is a few seconds warning, after/as it becomes obvious they can't win, to set up a portal.

((OOC: This is why it pays to read up on your Resian Culture 101. Our people, with very few exceptions, are NOT fighters. In fact, most of them are pretty damn cowardly, seeing as the worst thing that they have to face on a daily basis is usually a statis report. Roanians, on the other hand, have all kinds of nasties and monsters to harden their citizenry, monsters that would be more than happy to eat wusses like our population.

Did I just give you an idea? Damn, well I better hope you weren't paying attention. :P ))
IC:
The Resians cower in their dwellings once again, a few of them picking up blunt objects to defend themselves should the robots come near. Even this was a bit of a stretch for most of them, and a few were even screaming from the pain of having the burden of choice thrust upon them all at once like this.

The mech quickly picks up on this, attempts to override the signal, and runs towards the source.
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When the flash dies down, the robots are still standing there, guns pointed at where Frederick was.
"Okay, now the access panel should be on your left," Sara said as they reached the bottom of the stairs, "Just smack the wall right there and it'll open up. Then press the blue button. NOT the red button. The blue button."

OOC: :twisted: YOU FOOL! YOU BLIND FOOL! BWAHAHAHA!

IC:

There was muffled coughing. "Um, I meant: Help us, or we shoot you ourselves. And we can do it in ways the robots will never... hey, will you look at the size of that thi... crap."

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Frederick reached for the button. There was a flash of metal. "I can't allow you to go any further." Prince Alexander said, appearing from nowhere. "It will be I who will save Resi Corporation, and I alone. And no pitiful paperpusher is going... wait."

Frederick closed his eyes, knowing what was coming.

"Aren't you #7652?" Alexander asked asked, searching for something. "My second greatest assassin? What are you doing here?"

OOC:The Robots, the mech and tanks have internal and external defenses, because at one time Tordor was in an deadly cold war with an power that used nanotech to seize control of people and machines. Oh well, the robots were do for an update.((OOC: Eh, sorry about that. We'll just write it off as the virus having the very best systems and technology as the result of it using Rai the robot to collect data for it.))
IC:However 20 of the Assault Robots sieze up as the internal defenses launch an counter attack. The Gei Assult Mech and the 100 Avenger tanks, however had an much better internal defense system, with the new internal evovling defense system which sets about extereminating any foreign nanobots. The Tordoran TP officers in their gear do not panic at the attack or the lost of control of the assault robots and began an counter attack with calm and ruthless training, using their Geran type three Blasters and other high tech weapons including, EMP Gerenades to good use. This is what they trained for and they used their weapons and equipent which was designed to combat high tech crime, out of contro AIs, Cyborgs, andoids and other robots. The 100 Avenger tanks also began an attack, breaking away from the Tordoran lines, the fast police powerful tanks spread through the streets attacking rapaging robots where ever they found them. The Gei Assult Mech piloted by Captain Hurami rose and went to combat the Gaintic Mech rampaging through the streets.Upon detenation of the EMP grenades, about 100 beta combat robots fall, along with 5,000 of the unsheilded rouge maintenence robots. As the blaster-fire kills another 200, those that are observant in the group will notice that around 300 robots are apparently raining from the sky. These robots are, in reality, jumping off buildings to literally get the drop on troops. The Avender tanks whipe out lines of robots, totalling 3,000 in one attack.
---Counter-Attack---
Robots flood in to block the passage of the mechs and tanks, they literally stack on top of each other to form a wall of robots, all firing their arm plasma cannons at anything that moves. Behind them move infected FARQs (twenty-foot tall robot spiders, quite nasty), which are fortunately still positioning themselves. The highly experienced Tordorian military notices that the armor on the FARQ is weak at the leg joints, making destroying them only a question of precision. A ways away, the mass of nanomachines bursts open, revealing a second full-size Dark Storm Mech. It sees Captain Hurami's Gei Mech and moves to engage it.
Again, the lasers from the four fighters were as ineffective as before, and they nearly collided with the mech when it suddenly inflated. They swung out and blasted out of there just as the giant aggressor blew up. Despite the rest of the fighting and chaos going on below, things seemed to quiet down as the biomech appeared to be defeated. The fighters flew to high altitude to level with the five heavy fighters, and hovered there, high in the air, to watch.

But alas, the mech began to reform, seemingly unstoppable. So this time, the five heavy fighters drop down to meet the threat. Two of the five in the wing were to each launch an EMP bomb, a single one of which would probably have been enough to shut down ordinary mechs the same size as the one attacking the city. When the EMP bombs went off, the other three would immediately send anti-matter bombs at the mech. After all, the mech would not be able to reform if there was nothing to reform itself with.((OOC: Now, in all honesty, I made the second mech hatch before I saw this post. I'm not trying to GODMOD out of anything, just so ya'll know. Besides, the nanoblob was there for some time, but no one did anything about it.))
IC: The mech sputtered as the EMP hit. Apparently some of its movement mechanisms relied on nanomachines, because it fell over and smashed a large part of Resi City. In its final minutes before the anti-matter bombs struck, it was attempting to continue its rampage by rolling across the ground, which wasn't working out too well for it. From an obscure prospective, the anti-matter bombs that created a huge crater where the mech used to be could've been seen as a form of euthanasia, killing the crippled mech and stopping its suffering. The crater, which was all that was left behind of the mech and everything else in a five-mile radius ((how big are these antimatter bombs?), quickly filled with sea water, forming a new lake where the old Resi Towers used to stand.
There was muffled coughing. "Um, I meant: Help us, or we shoot you ourselves. And we can do it in ways the robots will never... hey, will you look at the size of that thi... crap."The EMP bombs hit just as the mech was attempting to stomp on Roanian forces. The soldiers, their radio equipment now disabled, watched the mech twith a bit, until it started rolling towards them. Then the antimatter bombs hit, and everything was screwed.
Frederick reached for the button. There was a flash of metal. "I can't allow you to go any further." Prince Alexander said, appearing from nowhere. "It will be I who will save Resi Corporation, and I alone. And no pitiful paperpusher is going... wait."

Frederick closed his eyes, knowing what was coming.

"Aren't you #7652?" Alexander asked asked, searching for something. "My second greatest assassin? What are you doing here?""Bah, my just deserts, I guess," Sara scoffed, "After all, I DID tell you I was Eva Peron back in the day, I suppose you're allowed to keep at least one secret from me. Maybe I should take this opportunity to probe around in your brain a little and find out some stuff, but that would be just mean. But still..."

(OOC: Ack, sorry for not describing it earlier. The anti-matter bombs aren't huge, and certainly wouldn't be able to disintegrate everything in a 5-mile radius. The Dominion is here to destroy the monster, not the city. About three of the bombs would have enough anti-matter to wipe out the entire biomech, but the fighters dropped several more to make sure nothing of the mech was left behind. The energy released from such a massive matter/anti-matter collision? Well...yeah, that could do some damage. As for the blob, that was a secondary concern for the fighters, as the biomech was the one doing the stampeding, so no prob :) )

In a house in Resi City...

(A phone rings)

"Hello, Ryan Burough speaking."

"Hello, Ryan, this is John Spakes."

Ryan (though that was not his real name) stiffened with suprise. This call was from Guanyu command! Good Lord, this was an activation call!

"Ryan, I'm calling to confirm your appointment with Dr. Hannberg at Resi Square in two hours."

Hannberg? That was the code for a Red Cue...something big was going down! Ryan quickly hung up the phone and made a call.

"John? This is Ryan. We have a situation. Assemble the team NOW, I want everyone in Resi City in two hours!"

"Ryan, have you gone mad? Our cover is blown!"

"Screw our cover, damnit! I just got a Red Cue call! Get me the whole team in two hours or there'll be hell to pay!"

"Red Cue? Shit! Yes Sir, right away!"

Hanging up the phone, Ryan reached for a wall panel, pressing a spot on the wall and causing a small indentation to appear. The indentation held a button. After two seconds of staring and hesitating, he pushed it. Immediately he could feel the nanobots surging through his bloodstream. There was no going back now. For the first time in his life, the man known as Ryan Burough was being called upon to serve his country. This was no time for indecision. This was a time for action.

Ryan muttered something under his breath. No one more than a foot away could have heard it, but if anyone had, his tone would have chilled them to the bone. And if any who knew him had heard it, it would have shocked them even more.

Ryan Burough, who had never been even slightly a religious man, was praying.

"Ah, good. Well, since you've killed hundreds of your prince's enemies, it's time for me to pay you back." Alexander walked forward, carefully. "Hmm? How would... ah, what's your name... um... Frederick, yes. How would you, Frederick, like to be named master of the conquered lands of Resi Corporation?"

Frederick stared, open-mouthed. Alexander payed no heed. "Yes, Frederick. Together, you and I could eliminate that murderer Jai, and bring Resi back to the path of righteousness."

The former assassin blinked. "Sorry? Who has he killed?"

"Why, my father. And..." A red light flickered within Alexander's eyes, a palpable glow of madness and hatred, "and... his own daughter. Sara Resi." Alexander's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he looked at the circlet on Frederick's head.

"Better give that to me, Frederick," He put his hand out.

Frederick backed away. "What do you mean, murdered? Sara is very much alive."

Alexander paused. "Give it to me."

Frederick shook his head.

"THEN DIE!" Alexander drew his sword, and charged at Frederick. The bigger man pulled a dagger from his jacket.

"Yes, Prince. I have killed hundreds of your enemies. For no more reason then your orders. Now, I'll kill you to keep Resi free."

The clacking of newly formed nanomachines could be heard throughout Sara's headband. The headband was once again had enough nanomachines to fulfill minor functions, and this was shown by the small groups of nanomachines that came out of the circlet and broke into Frederick's blood stream, healing muscle tissue and purging toxins from his system. After the nanites were done with the more physical aspects of Frederick's body, they moved on to his brain, where through a small series of electrical shocks they managed to focus his mind on the task at hand, so he could look out for the dark magic attacks of Alexander. After the brain, they moved to enhance the eyes, the bodily nerves, bones, hearing, and even to trim a few pounds off of Frederick's middle. They then withdrew from his body and filled the circlet again.
"Here's a little help, Fred," Sara whispered into his mind, "I can't manifest myself for another two hours yet, so hold him off until then."
The nanites then twanged a series of nerves in Frederick's cheek that synthesized the sensation of a kiss.
"You know I love you, now go out and kick some ass."

Virtually unopposed, the army from Dar-Kavryn reached the city center....

Virtually unopposed, the army from Dar-Kavryn reached the city center....((OOC: Ooooh my god, sorry I missed your posts! :( ))
IC:

The city's massive anti-air system took aim on them, the tops of buildings suddenly appearing to be covered with Flak and SAMs. These automated defences opened fire on the flying forces, as it clearly became apparent that the infection swept into the deepest sanctiums of the city.

OOC: I take it magic is allowed....
IC: Near the edge of Resi City, a hole opens suddenly in the air. A rather unusual force emerges... Specifically, 30 Shadowdancers, 300 Donaris, 10 Kanveris, 5 Chon-v'ker, and about two dozen brownies.
Each Shadowdancer was armored in the black steel that they made, and carried a bow and a long sword of the same material. Ten of these carried quivers of green-feathered arrows, instead of the usual black. These shafts were the group's secret weapon... tipped with rare and hard to make viridium arrowheads.
The leader of this expedition was Kaldor, one of the five most powerful donaris in Dar-Kavryn. He wore dark gray robes and a jeweled turban; a staff of light metal rested in his hands.
King Taryd wants to increase our relations with technological nations... thought Kaldor. If we can help deal with this problem here -this demon, or monster, or whatever it is-, that should be a major step towards his goal.
OOC: For information about some of the races of Dar-Kavryn, including all of these, see this thread:
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=116450&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40
OOC: Thanks for replying, but... um... what flying forces? I suppose I could bring some dragons in if you want, but so far, my forces are just walking.

The clacking of newly formed nanomachines could be heard throughout Sara's headband. The headband was once again had enough nanomachines to fulfill minor functions, and this was shown by the small groups of nanomachines that came out of the circlet and broke into Frederick's blood stream, healing muscle tissue and purging toxins from his system. After the nanites were done with the more physical aspects of Frederick's body, they moved on to his brain, where through a small series of electrical shocks they managed to focus his mind on the task at hand, so he could look out for the dark magic attacks of Alexander. After the brain, they moved to enhance the eyes, the bodily nerves, bones, hearing, and even to trim a few pounds off of Frederick's middle. They then withdrew from his body and filled the circlet again.
"Here's a little help, Fred," Sara whispered into his mind, "I can't manifest myself for another two hours yet, so hold him off until then."
The nanites then twanged a series of nerves in Frederick's cheek that synthesized the sensation of a kiss.
"You know I love you, now go out and kick some ass."

Frederick nodded. Then he charged. But the Prince had disappeared. The light was growing darker. Alexander's voice could be heard. "So, my monkey has a soul. What a shame it didn't help Lady Marjorie, eh?"

"Quiet!" Frederick shouted.

"Do you remember how we, no, you killed her?"

"You forced me..." Frederick said, looking for the other man.

"You laughed as she drowned in her blood. Because she was a traitor, wasn't it?"

"STOP!" Frederick put his hands to his head. "I was a different person back then!" Sara... I'm sorry I didn't tell you...

"And then there was that... what was his name? The old man?"

"Stop!" Frederick screamed desperately.

"We're not that different, you and I. We both know what needs to be done, and we both do it. Come back to me, Frederick. Come back to your Prince. And be rewarded."

Frederick stared into space, the words ricocheting around. Then he realised. "No."

"No?" The voice was close, so close. The room was almost pitch black.

"No. There is a difference. I feel remorse for what I have done. You don't. You didn't care about them while they were alive, and you don't care now. I do. That's the difference."

There was silence. Then Alexander spoke again. "I'm sensing alot of sadness."

"Damn right."

"Oh, good." Then Alexander reached forward with his mind, and started to drag at the negative emotions. Frederick crumbled to the ground, moaning, trying to fight as his mind was sucked from him.

OOC: Thanks for replying, but... um... what flying forces? I suppose I could bring some dragons in if you want, but so far, my forces are just walking.((OOC: See, when you said that a portal opened in the air, I thought you ment in the sky air, not just out of thin air. I'll change the post in a bit))
Frederick nodded. Then he charged. But the Prince had disappeared. The light was growing darker. Alexander's voice could be heard. "So, my monkey has a soul. What a shame it didn't help Lady Marjorie, eh?"

"Quiet!" Frederick shouted.

"Do you remember how we, no, you killed her?"

"You forced me..." Frederick said, looking for the other man.

"You laughed as she drowned in her blood. Because she was a traitor, wasn't it?"

"STOP!" Frederick put his hands to his head. "I was a different person back then!" Sara... I'm sorry I didn't tell you...

"And then there was that... what was his name? The old man?"

"Stop!" Frederick screamed desperately.

"We're not that different, you and I. We both know what needs to be done, and we both do it. Come back to me, Frederick. Come back to your Prince. And be rewarded."

Frederick stared into space, the words ricocheting around. Then he realised. "No."

"No?" The voice was close, so close. The room was almost pitch black.

"No. There is a difference. I feel remorse for what I have done. You don't. You didn't care about them while they were alive, and you don't care now. I do. That's the difference."

There was silence. Then Alexander spoke again. "I'm sensing alot of sadness."

"Damn right."

"Oh, good." Then Alexander reached forward with his mind, and started to drag at the negative emotions. Frederick crumbled to the ground, moaning, trying to fight as his mind was sucked from him.In a swirling of colors and lights and various lens flares, the form of a woman appeared in Frederick's mind's eye. As she stretched a bit, it grew quite apparent that she was A) Sara, and B) naked. Looking around a bit in the space around her, Sara soon realized her oversight and found enough power to conjure up a bikini, giving Frederick the mental equivalent of a slap immeadiately after. Now slightly red in the face, the apparition of Sara took a seat inside Fred's mind.
"Drowning someone in their own blood, eh?" she said with a quizical look on her face, "That's a bit twisted, don't you think? But then again, I've made a few things that needed to be covered up m'self, like the one time I got angry and beat two robots to death with a bat. That's not the worst of it, though. When I was smashing them, they couldn't defend themselves. They just had to stand there and take it as I killed them, even though they were assigned to protect me. I even forget what I was angry about, but just watching the looks on their faces and listening to the sobbing noises they made just about wrenched my heart. At least you had a reason for killing those in your way."
Noticing the effect that Alexander's mind was having on Frederick's, Sara used a swarm of her nanomachines to cause mental interferance by implanting them one after another in Frederick's skull and discharging electricity, effectivly blocking a mind-to-mind attack. She then sent a swarm of her nanites into the outside world with just one order: eat Alexander's eyes. They swept towards him and flew directly at his face...

Alexander double takes. He bats the machines away. As he does so, his mental power loses control over Frederick. "Nanos... I hate nanos. Almost as much as I hate Jai Resi, I hate nanos."

Frederick blinked. "But... Sara is alive!"

Alexander stared. His eyes flickered red, and then Frederick was sent against a wall. He felt his back, and cringed in pain.

OOC: Ah, I understand. Sorry about that.

Captain Hurami grinned inside the Gei Mech as the dark Dark Storm Mech and opened fire at the oncoming mech with an 150 mm automatic gatling cannon and and an Mech sized verson of the Geran type three Blaster modifed for mech use. Meanwhile the Avenger tanks open fire their two bow 7.62 machine guns firing exploive armor pericing rounds along with their main guns. They also in an nasty trick use their 1X3 smoke dischargers to deploy an radioactive smoke to cover the battlefeild even as the TP troops counter attack the robotic horde yet again with cold professonial ruthlessness training, cunning and skill. They were determined to break out and get to the heart of the problem and put an end to this uprising.

Unidetified Transmission

--Should we help out, sir?
--Shall we activate Nova?
--No, No, No! No!
--But sir, why not?
--Yes, we mu-
--I SAID NOT, DANGIT! Leave that poor Nova alone, he wouldn't stand a chance against that monster.
--Sighs--
--Sighs also--

OOC: Is this still going on, or has it basically died?

OOC: Is this still going on, or has it basically died?((OOC: Nope, the RP rages on. And thanks for the bump!))
Alexander double takes. He bats the machines away. As he does so, his mental power loses control over Frederick. "Nanos... I hate nanos. Almost as much as I hate Jai Resi, I hate nanos."

Frederick blinked. "But... Sara is alive!"

Alexander stared. His eyes flickered red, and then Frederick was sent against a wall. He felt his back, and cringed in pain.IC:
Sara sends out a web of nanomachines to mend what appears to be a crack in Frederick's spine, sweeping through his bloodstream to the wounded area, they patch up the vertibrea as best they can. On their way back to the circlet, they pass a message to his brain.
"I'm ready," Sara's voice says, "I can build myself now"
And so the nanomachines flow out of the circlet, and form a mass at Frederick's feet, a writhing silver mass that doesn't exactly scream the word "life", but still is managing to generate it. The soles of Sara's feet are now complete, and now the nanomachines are working on making the individual toes.
Captain Hurami grinned inside the Gei Mech as the dark Dark Storm Mech and opened fire at the oncoming mech with an 150 mm automatic gatling cannon and and an Mech sized verson of the Geran type three Blaster modifed for mech use. Meanwhile the Avenger tanks open fire their two bow 7.62 machine guns firing exploive armor pericing rounds along with their main guns. They also in an nasty trick use their 1X3 smoke dischargers to deploy an radioactive smoke to cover the battlefeild even as the TP troops counter attack the robotic horde yet again with cold professonial ruthlessness training, cunning and skill. They were determined to break out and get to the heart of the problem and put an end to this uprising.The 150 mm cannon makes short work of one of the DS Mech's arms, which causes the mech to take short notice, roar, then belch acid at its opponent. With very few functional nanomachines left, the DS Mech is barely able to stop the bleeding that the loss of its arm has caused. The robots on the ground are completely uneffected by the smoke, changing their visuals to HFR (high-frequency radar). The radiation has no effect on their metallic bodies, and they march on towards the tanks and troops. The shells and combat soldiers cause a 1,000 robot dent in their forces, initiating a line of code ordering them to use their heaviest weapons. The troops arm themselves with everything from medium plasma rifles to miniguns, and open fire at their opponents.

OOC: Resi, I was thinking Jai and Sara might have something to say about Alexander's death.

IC:

Alexander strode forward. "Pitiful, wasteful, stupid little man." He said, sending Frederick flying with a sharp kick. "Hmm...?" He said, looking down at the molten metal, which was rapidly taking form into...

"You?" Alexander said, simply. He sat down, floating in the air as if a chair was beneath him. The Prince crossed his legs. "Hmm..."

Frederick leapt up and felt for his laser-pistol. He opened fire. Alexander didn't even look up as the bolts stopped an inch from his head.

((OOC: Well, apparently he isn't dead in our cronology yet. When he is we'll have something to say, you can be sure.))
IC: Sara was using all her nanomachines to reconstruct herself, and had none left to repair the damages done to Frederick. Her feet complete, the nanomachines surge up and form into a human skeleton figure, which they then begin to construct. Working at an increasingly rapid rate, the nanomachines move onto Sara's muscular structure, producing her organs along the way. With her muscles forming, some of her distuinguishing characteristics come into view, making her slightly recognisable.

Meanwhile, Jai had heard no news of any of this, and was on the virge of destroying the hotel room he was inhabiting out of anxiety. He even had a plan of what he'd break first. It'd probably be that palm tree lamp. Goddess, he hated that lamp. It's not like he couldn't afford to trash the place, even if mainland Resi was totally destroyed. Jai then took a second to sit down, and drew a deep breath. He kept telling himself that it'd all be okay, and that he'd wake up and all this would be gone. He wouldn't have funded the creation of the virus, and it wouldn't have dominated his nation, and his daughter would still be by his side instead of god-knows-where in the universe. But out of all this, he still had Eris. Dammit, he thought, this is probably happening because she's been asleep for so long, which let the forces of chaos fall out of balance.
Jai lit up a cigarette. This would be a long day.

Alexander stared. His eyes warmed. "Sara...?" He started, hesitantly.

Then his entire body shuddered. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them they were the pits of ice once more. "That's enough of that nonsense." He said, harshly. He sent a blast of darkness into Fred. "So, Sara... you do live..." He stood up. "Interesting..."

His eyes scanned her. Then he moved forward, and a hand latched around the neck that had just become visible.

OOC: Would you mind giving me a bit of low-grade, expendable opposition so I can show how my force operates before encountering anything major?

OOC: Would you mind giving me a bit of low-grade, expendable opposition so I can show how my force operates before encountering anything major?((OOC: Can do! :) ))
IC: Moving out to intercept the DK forces are a squad of about 100 v1.7 robots, the youngest robots that can survive an EMP. Evidently the virus treats those who rely on beasts to help them fight with distain, valuing technology over all else. The robots move akwardly to grab their firearms (AK-47's, mostly) and point them at the onslaught.
Alexander stared. His eyes warmed. "Sara...?" He started, hesitantly.

Then his entire body shuddered. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them they were the pits of ice once more. "That's enough of that nonsense." He said, harshly. He sent a blast of darkness into Fred. "So, Sara... you do live..." He stood up. "Interesting..."

His eyes scanned her. Then he moved forward, and a hand latched around the neck that had just become visible.The form of Sara coughed a little, the newly-formed muscles of its throat constricting under the immense pressure of Alexander's hand. However, Alexander begins to feel a slight tingling in the hand grasping Sara's throat as the nanomachines wash over it to make new layers for Sara's new body. It has become apparent that the nanomachines are actually attempting to deconstruct Alexander's hand in order to make room for the rest of Sara's body, which he would be right in the middle of. Another minute, and the Roanian Prince will have to learn to fight one-handed.

OOC: Considering who she's fighting... and where he shoots dark power from, the nanos might have been smarter...

IC:

Alexander laughed. Then a bolt of dark lightning shot from the hand around her neck, slicing through the rebuilding tendons and veins like a knife the air. He released her, and before their terrified eyes he held his hand up.

Miniature holes were visible in it, but as they watched dark electricity currented through it, and they healed.

However, even Alexander would have difficulty healing the incredibly punishing punch to the back that Frederick gave him. And when the angry prince turned around, the former assassin sliced his hand into the other man's jugular.

The prince made a coughing sound, and collapsed.

Moving out to intercept the DK forces are a squad of about 100 v1.7 robots, the youngest robots that can survive an EMP. Evidently the virus treats those who rely on beasts to help them fight with distain, valuing technology over all else. The robots move akwardly to grab their firearms (AK-47's, mostly) and point them at the onslaught.
Holding his staff in his left hand, Kaldor slashes his right through the air. A wave of fire lashes out, melting quickly through the steel of the robots it encounters. Meanwhile, the shadowdancers start firing arrows into the metal opposition. The black arrows simply bury themselves in their targets, like any other swiftly moving piece of sharpened metal, but when a green feathered shaft strikes a robot it collapses, purple lightning flickering about it. The Chon-v'ker move (logically enough) like beams of animated light, and circuits melt where they strike. The kanveris advance, the ground seeming to shake beneath their stone feet. Most of the donaris, however, are only able to resppond with ordinary arrows, throwing weapons, and low level magic.

((I wonder who's the bigger threat to Resi Corporation... Alexander? Or the robots?))

((I wonder who's the bigger threat to Resi Corporation... Alexander? Or the robots?))
I'm guessing Alexander....

OOC:The Radation is to interfire with any low level radar systems. Oh well.

IC:The Tordoran TP forces curse briefly as they are driven back with loses but then they counter switching from Their one handed Geran type one Blasters to heavy duty weaponary, the Geran Type 2 heavy Baster rifle which was invented to unlike the Handheld blaster ment to take on even miltary assault and assassin robots, the Geran Type 2 Heavy Blaster rifle was ment to give the troops an chance agaist small mechs intil the miltary mechs or the tank police's specal division arrived. It wasn't usually standard issue as it was so powerful but it had issued for this mission as it was unknown how dangerious the problem was.

Meanwhile Captain Hurami fired the 150 mm automatic gatling cannon now directly into the center of the DS Mech and fired the Mech sized verson of the Geran type three Blaster modifed for mech use directly into the enemy Mechs head as the mech doged to the side as the acid flew at it. Captain Hurami muttered as he went behind an tall building temparyly, "your have to do better than that."

OOC: Considering who she's fighting... and where he shoots dark power from, the nanos might have been smarter...((OOC: Eh, that's not how nanomachines work. They're given fairly simple commands, and they follow them without complaint. Anything too complex and they won't know what to do.))

Alexander laughed. Then a bolt of dark lightning shot from the hand around her neck, slicing through the rebuilding tendons and veins like a knife the air. He released her, and before their terrified eyes he held his hand up.

Miniature holes were visible in it, but as they watched dark electricity currented through it, and they healed.

However, even Alexander would have difficulty healing the incredibly punishing punch to the back that Frederick gave him. And when the angry prince turned around, the former assassin sliced his hand into the other man's jugular.

The prince made a coughing sound, and collapsed.Sara, now fully formed, collapsed to the ground next to Frederick's feet. The nanomachines had compiled a nice white sundress for her to ware, which fluttered in the breeze blowing over the land. Placing one hand underneath her, Sara managed to lift herself up so that she was staring eye to eye with Alexander, lying on the ground bleeding. She rested her other hand on his shoulder, and stared at him with an expression of pure woe, pity, and the utmost sorrow. Her gaze then turned upwards to Frederick, who she stared at with tears in her eyes. She reached out for him, but was still too weak and collapsed under her own weight. Lying breathless on the chilled concrete, she watched the blood of her former lover trickle past her face, down the pavement, and flow down into a deep dark pit of a storm drain a few feet down the street. Her face pressed against the cement, and she watched in sickening silence as her tears mingled with the blood of her fallen prince, who had once loved her so dearly, then protected her as a brother, and now tried to kill her out of his own madness. Her new sundress became stained with the blood and tears, speaking volumes of emotion and misunderstanding of epic proportions, and forever staining this new life that had been given to this one Sara Resi.
Holding his staff in his left hand, Kaldor slashes his right through the air. A wave of fire lashes out, melting quickly through the steel of the robots it encounters. Meanwhile, the shadowdancers start firing arrows into the metal opposition. The black arrows simply bury themselves in their targets, like any other swiftly moving piece of sharpened metal, but when a green feathered shaft strikes a robot it collapses, purple lightning flickering about it. The Chon-v'ker move (logically enough) like beams of animated light, and circuits melt where they strike. The kanveris advance, the ground seeming to shake beneath their stone feet. Most of the donaris, however, are only able to resppond with ordinary arrows, throwing weapons, and low level magic.The small company of obsolete robots crumple under this overbearing power, but send off a distress signal to the DS Mech, who in turn sends 5 FARQ units (20-foot-tall four-legged spiders) to deal with this new threat, and to gauge its power. Within seconds the FARQs are upon the DK forces, and they open fire with their plasma cannons and chain guns before the last robot hits the ground.
OOC:The Radation is to interfire with any low level radar systems. Oh well. ((OOC: Eh, they have a wide array of sensors. That, and I was directly quoting the Animatrix. Oh well indeed.))
The Tordoran TP forces curse briefly as they are driven back with loses but then they counter switching from Their one handed Geran type one Blasters to heavy duty weaponary, the Geran Type 2 heavy Baster rifle which was invented to unlike the Handheld blaster ment to take on even miltary assault and assassin robots, the Geran Type 2 Heavy Blaster rifle was ment to give the troops an chance agaist small mechs intil the miltary mechs or the tank police's specal division arrived. It wasn't usually standard issue as it was so powerful but it had issued for this mission as it was unknown how dangerious the problem was.The FARQs are kept back by the Geran Type 2's, or at least kept from advancing too rapidly. The carapace of these units is surprisingly resistant to this kind of anti-mech fire, but one would notice that the FARQs are taking special care not to expose their underbellies or leg joints. Meanwhile, the robots advance on the units, firing all the while. The new weapons take out quite a few soldiers, but they march on, determined to win with raw numbers.
Meanwhile Captain Hurami fired the 150 mm automatic gatling cannon now directly into the center of the DS Mech and fired the Mech sized verson of the Geran type three Blaster modifed for mech use directly into the enemy Mechs head as the mech doged to the side as the acid flew at it. Captain Hurami muttered as he went behind an tall building temparyly, "your have to do better than that."The mech's core sustained serious damage during the gatling cannon attack, and it seems to have curled up in a ball to heal. However, noticing Hurami's stationary status behind the building, the mech simply couldn't pass up the opportunity. It stood up, and delivered what appeared to be a punch to thin air. But then it's arm simply refused to stop after it's maximum length had been reached, stretching out the arm and sending the fist flying for the building. The fist crashed through the building, and was heading for Hurami's mech directly on the other side.

Alexander's body flickered, and slowly faded as the physical form was forcefully pulled back to Roania. Frederick tried to stand up, but his legs collapsed underneath him. Tears mingled with his blood. "Sara..." he said, softly. "I... wanted to tell you... but I couldn't..." his eyes closed, and his breathing started to become shallow. "Why did this have to happen?"

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In the mountains above a small community, an entire army of Roanians was camped... all of a sudden, as one, they faded away.

OOC:And finally the Promised Tordoran reforcements arrive.

The beseiged Tordoran forces fight grimly on but they were too few in number to advanced so they are forced to stand and fight agaist their foes, their Geran type two blasters heavy blaster rifles and the tanks firing, here and there men dieing.

Captain Hurami cursed as he barely dodged the flying fist, his Mech crasing into an nearby building before he recovered and counter attacked automatic gatling cannon firing at the DK Mech.

As this was going on, at the Secured Tordoran landing sight promised Tordoran reforcements arrived as the Tordoran tank Police special Divison arrived with 500 Queen's wraith Police tanks. Also 1,000 Armored TP Police forces arrived and this force soon headed to renforce the battling troops. The Real imporant arrival was of two more Gei Assault Mechs, the rest of Captain Hurami's squad which soon went to join him in his battle.

OOC:Queens wraith tanks are similar to the Avenger tanks but they got double the armor and the main gun is twice as powerful.

Holding his staff in his left hand, Kaldor slashes his right through the air. A wave of fire lashes out, melting quickly through the steel of the robots it encounters. Meanwhile, the shadowdancers start firing arrows into the metal opposition. The black arrows simply bury themselves in their targets, like any other swiftly moving piece of sharpened metal, but when a green feathered shaft strikes a robot it collapses, purple lightning flickering about it. The Chon-v'ker move (logically enough) like beams of animated light, and circuits melt where they strike. The kanveris advance, the ground seeming to shake beneath their stone feet. Most of the donaris, however, are only able to respond with ordinary arrows, throwing weapons, and low level magic.The small company of obsolete robots crumple under this overbearing power, but send off a distress signal to the DS Mech, who in turn sends 5 FARQ units (20-foot-tall four-legged spiders) to deal with this new threat, and to gauge its power. Within seconds the FARQs are upon the DK forces, and they open fire with their plasma cannons and chain guns before the last robot hits the ground.

Kaldor began throwing shields up as quickly as he could. A few of the donaris fell, but he managed to block most of the attackers' fire. Twenty viridium-tipped arrows- two volleys fired, with speed that those unused to shadowdancers would find hard to believe- shot through the uni-directional shields toward the spider-like robots. The obvious target on the giant constructs was the underside of the "body" portion....
The other members of the force gathered the valuable viridium arrows that had been fired in the initial battle.
OOC: The shields Kaldor is using aren't indestructible, but he can keep replacing them for a fair length of time.
Viridium has a disruptive effect on technology, especially electronics and radiation. Anything within range of the field basically goes haywire. Usually this wouldn't be very far with such a small amount as this, but the viridium arrows are carefully shaped and manipulated rather than the natural form. It would affect a roughly spherical area around each arrow head, three feet or so in diameter. When two are close together, they increase the range of the effect. Viridium pure enough to be worked in this way is very rare, even in Dar-Kavryn.