NationStates Jolt Archive

"At 8 PM Central Facehuggerian Standard time, an asteroid roughly eight hundred meters across slammed into Achidna, the primary port in Central Facehuggeria. The entire city was annhilated; there are no survivors. We, here at the Central Facehuggerian News Network have just recieved information that a group called 'Neo Mekanta' has claimed responsibility for the attack. More information as we recieve it. Our hearts go out to those who lost family and friends in the cowardly attack, we hope those responsible pay for the pain they've caused..." <The newswoman breaks down and begins to cry.>

The government recieved the following message soon after Achidna's destruction; "For assisting the traitorous Mekantan Empire in the persecution of our Holy Objective, we have committed these acts as a warning." It has become obvious that Central Facehuggeria must go to war to protect our people from this group...

RP Rules:
1. Its open to all, but n00bish posts will get ignored (ex: I n00k you with my 908097820974 nukes)
2. Neo Mekanta doesn't follow the normal nation rules (only in this RP though); they have a huge army, and their mass drivers are equipped with defenses to protect from nukes and the like. This is for a more interesting RP.
3. Edit: Here is the link to the attack itself, and the events leading up to it
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2512351#2512351

FOR ASSISTING THE TRAITORS TO THE TRUE MEKANTA, YOU ARE THE FIRST. THE NATIONS OF MAN SHALL TREMBLE BEFORE US. YOUR TIME IN THIS WORLD IS OVER. IT IS THE NATURE OF THE STRONG TO DESTROY THE WEAK. HUMAN LEADERSHIP IS WEAK. YOU WILL SURRENDER TO US, OR YOU WILL DIE BY OUR HANDS AS WE TAKE YOUR NATION BY FORCE. THIS IS NOT AN IDLE THREAT. YOU CAN NO MORE EVADE YOUR FATE THAN YOU CAN AVOID YOUR OWN SHADOW.

WE ARE NEO-MEKANTA. OUR WORD IS LAW.

OOCEdit: This will be my last post for tonight; but I'll be back on tommorow morning, but I will be gone for much of the day.

Two men, one of them the Primier of Central Facehuggeria, the other CF's best general, Max Ironsides meet to discuss the heinous attack.

"Sir, I can have the Army ready for combat in a week. Give me the word."
"But what about the mass driver? Our first action must be to disable that. We cannot have it bombing more cities and killing more innocent people. I want you to form a task force to figure out how to take it down."
"Of course, Primier."
<Another man, one in a black trenchcoat; the CF Information minister arrives.>
"Ahh, Alexei, it is good of you to come."
"How could I turn down a request from the Primier? Especially in wake of this tradgedy?"
"What do we know about this 'Neo-Mekanta, Alexei?"
"Admittedly, not much. We know that they are a terrorist group, composed of renegade Mekantan AIs and human citizens. We also know that they seem to hate human governments. We obviously know that they have a huge mass-driver in orbit. That is pretty much the extent of our knowldage."
"Alexei, put your best agents on it, no matter what find out more about this group. Especially about their capabilities and strongholds."
"Yes Primier"


Later in a hardened command bunker;
"Alright, how do you propose we get to that thing?"
"Nukes? I'm sure some ICMBs would put that thing out of commision."
"We already tried that. The thing had point defense lasers that destroyed our missiles before impact."
"So we can't nuke them away, what else can we do?"

[[OOC:This sounds like the Matrix. I like it a bunch.]]

The Holy Empire of Mekanta has released all intelligence on their Neo-Mekantan adversaries.


Neo-Mekanta's conventional military is unknown. However, from recon data we have been able to collect, it is wise to assume the worst.

Their numbers are astronomical, with land, sea, air, and space forces ready to invade the human nations at any moment.

Also impossible to ignore is their "Super Mass Driver" for lack of a better name. As shown by the Achidna disaster, they have begun using it with deadly results. Expect more attacks.


More information shall be released as it is available.

[[OOC:This sounds like the Matrix. I like it a bunch.]]

(Then join in! Tell your friends! The more the merrier!)

(Neo-Mekanta is much more powerful than any other nation. Expect a BIIIG battle, especially if anyone DOES surrender. ^_^)

[code:1:30ee78e687]The President of The LAO has declared a recon mission into Neo Makanta to see what is happening. The Marines, yes all 10,000, need to be ready A.S.A.P. The President sees this as a national threat and demads it be destroyed.
General Led Antioch[/code:1:30ee78e687]

FOOLISH NATIONS OF MAN!! THE UNITY SHALL NOT BE DEFEATED. NEO-MEKANTA IS THE TRUE RULER OF THIS WORLD. IT IS OUR DESTINY.

YOUR TIME IS OVER. THE PHALANX, A PART OF WHICH WAS USED TO PUNISH OUR FIRST TARGET, IS PREPARING A FULL BARRAGE. PREPARE TO SUFFER OUR WRATH.

WE ARE NEO-MEKANTA. OUR WILL IS DESTRUCTION.

Minister of Defence Edmound Blackadder:

"The Golden Simatar shall remian neutral durning this conflict but when it is over will be ready if needed to provide peacekeepers."

High above the Earth, a huge array of devices turns its attention on a specific area of the suseptable planet.

TARGET LOCK AQUIRED. SECTOR HAS REACHED PRIORITY CHECK.

FULL PHALANX BOMBARDMENT LOCKED.

THE HUMAN NATION KNOWN AS "THE GOLDEN SIMATAR" SHALL BE NEXT TO FEEL OUR POWER.

Northridge City, LAO

"Hello people of the Commonwealth. After recieving a direct threat from Neo-Mekanta, we would like the nation to be on the highest alert. After trying to peacefully stopping the matter, our marines have been MIA. No sign of them has been found. Each one of those 10,000 men went into there for the Commonwealth. Now, we must be ready for an assult of mass porportions. Our BlackOps teams are now hunting down and destroying any robots that are a threat to use. God Speed, LAO, God Speed."

Hold the phone Neo! I have not done anything to you! Hey if your a day old how did you get that "Star Trek" weapon? I can sell you small arms, cheap as they come. But very reliable.

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2503939#2503939

(Neo-Mekanta is a nation created for this war. It came with them.)

(Basicly, my capitol city and the core of my region is that giant raingun battery about to rain death on your nation.)

What have I done to you, to make you decide that my nation should no longer exist!? I'm trying to run a honest nation who just want's a slice of the NS market. Neo, I'll leave you along militarliy you leave me alone likewise. Yet I still would like a healty business relationship.

FOOLISH NATIONS OF MAN!! THE UNITY SHALL NOT BE DEFEATED. NEO-MEKANTA IS THE TRUE RULER OF THIS WORLD. IT IS OUR DESTINY.

YOUR TIME IS OVER. THE PHALANX, A PART OF WHICH WAS USED TO PUNISH OUR FIRST TARGET, IS PREPARING A FULL BARRAGE. PREPARE TO SUFFER OUR WRATH.

WE ARE NEO-MEKANTA. OUR WILL IS DESTRUCTION.

"what kind of weapon should we use against this jackass?"

"IGNORE Canon, Lickity-Split."

"yes sir."

OOC: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :D :o :) :o :lol: 8)

(Simple. Your nation is run by humans. That's enough reason, IC, for the Neo-Mekanta to hate you.)

(OOC, I think you're just fine.)

(However, since target aquision is IC, you were targetted. Incomming.)


-IC-

In the sky above The Golden Simatar, the sky began to glow a firey red. The Phalanx had launched its deadly payload, and nothing could stop the devestation that lay in store for the capitol...

WE HAVE BEEN GENEROUS. YOU HAVE THIRTY MINUTES TO EVACUATE YOUR CAPITOL CITY. TICK TOCK, HUMAN. TICK TOCK.

A sickening laughter fills the ears of those listening to Neo-Mekanta's message...

(Bailing for tonight. Be back in the morning. ^_^)

Jackal has been vacationing with a container of coffee. The "contanier" hold some radiative uranium dust from my attempts at making depleted uranium shells. He's out in the woods. IN YOUR NATION! So when the first civilian dies he'll pop it into the wind.

Defence Minister Edmound Blackadder
Press confrence early this morning

"The goverment refuses to be shaken by these terrorist. When the first shell lands on Golden Simatar fighter-bombers containing uranium dust to be carpeted onto Neo-Mekanta. The GSAF has been dispersed to a number of severct airfields and the GSA has been moved out of Kriegspeil to foward deploment areas. Neo-Menkanta, change your mind or your nation will die from a long painfull death of radiation. Thank you all for attending"

The Harmonian Military has sent out several scouts to the wargrounds to observe this battle.

OOC:To all those nations that are ignoring Neo- Mekanta, you have to remember that he isn't godmoding because, to make the RP more intersting, we agreed to have him have a huge amount of military forces so that any participating nations couldn't crush him with our pinky fingers.
I will also be gone for much of today due to personal reasons. I should be back by later tonight though.

IC <At the disable the supergun meeting>: "Well? What is your idea?"
"Erm, its only a theory, but..."
"Spit it out!"
"I believe that a proper computer virus could corrupt the targeting systems on the point defense lasers on that super gun. This would allow us to deploy a small amount of elite troopers to the weapon to attempt to destroy it."
"How long would this squad have to get on board the station before the enemy can defeat the virus?"
"Given that there are sentient AIs aboard that weapon, not long. I give them half an hour, tops."
"No shuttle can get there in half an hour! Unless..."
"Unless what?"
"You remember how a UFO crashed a couple years ago in Facehuggeria, and we said it was a weather balloon? Well, it wasn't. It was an honest to god UFO, with aliens and everything. For the past year we have been trying to discover its secrets, in an effort to acquire Faster Than Light Drives. Last month, there was a breakthrough. We now have a prototype FTL drive which we may be able to use to get a single shuttle to the weapon in orbit. Or cause the shuttle to spontaneously explode, but we hope that won't happen."
"Well, we need to choose the team who is going to go up there."
"Yes. But taking out the supergun won't solve all our AI problems. They still have a large amount of forces here on earth!"
"One problem at a time!"

Neo-Mekanta seems to chuckle as a whole, not supprising given their tendancies towards a hive-mind mentality with their AIs.

OUR WEAPON BARRAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN RELEASED. YOU HAVE SEVEN MINUTES BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION OF YOUR CAPITOL CITY.

WE DO NOT FEAR YOUR RADIOACTIVE DUST. OUR HUMAN POPULATION IS PROTECTED, AND OUR ARMIES HAVE NO REASON TO FEAR RADIATION.

THIS IS ONE MORE WARNING TO THE NATIONS OF MAN. SURRENDER, AND YOU WILL BE SPARED.

(God damn it, now I have to switch back to Mekanta to respond to Central Facehuggeria. Oh well... ^_^)

--SECRET IC--

Central Command had started to calm down, but there was still a highly stressed atmosphere. "Adjutant," a MAI-X ran into the room, "General Axis wished me to inform you that he was headed to Central Facehuggeria with General X1. They said they were going to assist our allies in disabling the Phalanx megaguns."

Adjutant just nodded, and turned to the main computer. "Tactical Command, I want you to begin testing those Rail Launchers as soon as possible. We need to find some way to get some forces into space to stop Phalanx."

"Affermative." The massive computer responded, just as Adjutant was turning to leave. "Research and Development has been informed. And Adjutant... For the glory of Machina."

Adjutant turned and nodded. "For the glory of Machina."


--Also at the Supergun Meeting--

The two entities from the first capture of a Neo-Mekantan agent walked into the room, nodding to everyone. "Good day," the one previously revealed as being human said, standing calmly beside his comrade. "I'm Axis, this is X1. We've come to represent Mekanta in operations to take out that death fortress up there."

"Have you any plans so far?" X1 asked, looking at the others in the room.

--High Geosynchronous Orbit over The Last Anarchy Order--

The eyes of Neo-Mekanta look down at the nation, amused by their attempts. Their marines fell easily to the Neo-Mekantan forces, but their deaths were not in vain.

They would be a major part of victory...

... For Neo-Mekanta...

The bodies left by the failed assault on Neo-Mekanta's earthbound bases had been taken back up to the Phalanx. Soon, the reanimated corpses of the marines marched into dropships beside their new AI comrades, the mechanical devices giving them movement making screeching sounds. The Revanant Project was a success.

They were a critical factor in Neo-Mekanta's psychological tactic...

And they were going home.

The Dropships broke off from the Neo-Mekantan space citidel, and decended towards The Last Anarchy Order. The humans would see first hand the effectiveness of Neo-Mekanta's armies...

[code:1:743a3e3fe5]
Dispatched to The LAO...

10,000 Revanants
15,000 MAI-X
500 MAI-XC
10,000 MAI-P
5,000 MAI-PM - Mass Driver Equipped
3000 MAI-B
2000 MAI-BM
[/code:1:743a3e3fe5]

(Incomming!)

The dropship came towards the Commonwealth. It began going through the atmosphere. In about 30 parts of the sky, lights flared. 120 missles flew towards the dropship. The citizens stared at the sky, holding their children and their spouses, most crying. The president looked from his widow praying Global N.E.T. would stop the incoming bombardment. A man on his death bed stared at the sky as it lit up and said,"It is so beautifiul-" and then passed on to the other realm.

[[OOC:Info on Global N.E.T. is at www.freewebs.com/tkotm ]]

The dropships immediately recognized the incomming weapons, their sophisticated point defence systems opening fire with deadly accuracy...

But not deadly enough...

The five dropships took several hits, their slow decent speeding up.

They met the ground with devestating force, leaving several long trenches...

Which made the perfect route for the invaders, who were mostly unarmed.

The Revanants moved out first, the sight of their comrades undoubtably something that would put the LAO armies off guard.

The Team of 10,000 Personal Battle Armor moved towards the crash sight. Not knowing what to expect, they were cautious. When they first seen theier attackers, they were dumbfounded. About 12 or 13 of the front Armors didn't move, even while the were being killed and then mauled.

Northridge City, LAO
"Dear Peoples of the Commonweaalth. We have now ben forced to take drastic measures against the robotic menace put forth on us. Every last robot in the nation must be killed! This is a time of reformatting the nation! This is our Renaissance! Our time to succeed! Do not let any of the robotic populas leave the Country! Every last man, woman, and child of LAO is promised a weapon. LMT is currently giving out weapons for free. If you are still unarmed, find your nearest police station to get your weapons. God Speed."

The Team of 10,000 Personal Battle Armor moved towards the crash sight. Not knowing what to expect, they were cautious. When they first seen theier attackers, they were dumbfounded. About 12 or 13 of the front Armors didn't move, even while the were being killed and then mauled.

Northridge City, LAO
"Dear Peoples of the Commonweaalth. We have now ben forced to take drastic measures against the robotic menace put forth on us. Every last robot in the nation must be killed! This is a time of reformatting the nation! This is our Renaissance! Our time to succeed! Do not let any of the robotic populas leave the Country! Every last man, woman, and child of LAO is promised a weapon. LMT is currently giving out weapons for free. If you are still unarmed, find your nearest police station to get your weapons. God Speed."

(Every robot? Didn't you just buy a bunch of AIs from me? Why not throw them into the fray with Neo-Mekanta? I mean, they hate them as much as you. Oh well. ^_^)

[[OOC:I am making it look like the Second Renaissance from the Animatrix.]]

"Greetings, Axis, and greetings to you X1. If you'll please come with me to the command bunker"
<They are led into the large confrence/war room that had become the commmand center of the CF anti-phalanx task force.>
"Greetings, as I'm sure you have many questions, I'll try and answer as many as I can. First off, our strategy is two fold: Phase one will consist of us infecting the Phalanx cannon with a potent computer virus that should keep its point defense guns off line long enough for the Spirit of Vengeance, a standard space shuttle retrofitted with a prototype FTL drive to dock with the weapon and unload a small team of CF elite soldiers. They will then make their way to the main reactor of the installation and place a Havoc Tactical Nuclear Warhead there. They will then retreat to the shuttle and escape from the station before it explodes. Any questions?"

"Commonwealth, I, President Wesley Scott, would like to appologize for the atrocities I spoke of earlier. Do not kill the AI, capture them and put them into camps, if they fight back, kill them. Again, I am sorry for my statement before."

(OOC: Heh. I should have figured that... But you know what happened to the humans. Yeah. Think about it.)

-In LAO-

Neo-Mekantan forces pushed forward, taking advantage of the shock as the Behemoths (MAI-B) rose into view, laying down a hellish blanket of weapons fire that engulfed the entire enemy force...

The fallen were taken back to the Dropships, which were already preparing to turn them into Revanants...


-In Central Facehuggeria-

"There is a critical error in your plan." X1 said bluntly, crossing his arms. "How do you intend to upload the virus into the Phalanx? All of their transmissions are one way, and every transmission to them is isolated in a system seperate from their Hivemind to be processed."

Axis chuckled, then took off his helmet. He didn't wait for the Central Facehuggerians to respond. "We can attempt a Neuroweb link between a 'Net seperate from Mekanta's and theirs. And if I remember correctly, X1, you have the capacity to generate one. We'll try to talk to them there, and since they need to connect directly with the Hivemind, when they connect we can send the virus through." He smiled to the Central Facehuggerians. "How does that sound?"

X1 made a sighing sound. Then suddenly seemed very tense. "Axis, incomming reports from Central Command. The Last Anarchy Order is under heavy attack from Neo-Mekanta..."

"What? LAO is under attack? Deploy the 18th Volunteer's batallion" (20,000 men in standard CF equipment, Namely X-2 Powered Armor, XLw-11 Laser Assault Rifles, and for this mission; large amounts of EMP grenades.)

"We thank Mekanta for your assistance in this matter. The shuttle will be prepped for launch in One Hour (NS). Would you like to send any units along with our team?"

"We are calling Central Facehuggeria for help. We need sometype of EMP weapon to be shot at their forces. It might be the only way to stop them."

"Well, we have a EMP rifle that just moved into production. This EMP rifle isn't a normal rifle in the sense of the word, however. It is more like an EMP grenade launcher."(It uses special 20mm EMP shells that detonate on impact.)

"We also have an EMP bomb that can be used to great effect on large amounts of enemy computer systems. We will ship several hundred rifles and 10 EMP bombs to you with our reinforcements"

Meanwhile; in the command bunker;
"The team that will be infiltrating the enemy encampment will consist of
Sgt. Bradley; the squad demolitions expert
Cpl. Sanders; the squad Computer warfare specialist/ hacker (he will be equipped with the latest ICE breaker equipment.)
Cpl. Chavez; the squad infiltration specialist. An expert at getting to places unseen
Cpl. Duke; the squad's heavy weapons guy, equipped with all sorts of nasty weaponry to unleash on his enemies.
Cpl. Knox; the squad's sniper
and lastly Colonel Clarke; the squad's leader and melee weapon specialist.

OOC: I'm going to have to go for a bit again, I'll make sure I post again before the night is out though.

-In CF-

Axis nods. "How much room do you have on your shuttle? Because we have QUITE a few of the newer MAI-XDS units with us."

X1 unfolds his arms. "Three-hundred-and-seventy-two, to be exact."

Axis smiles. "However many you want to take. We'll work on the uplink."

Several of our allies are involved in this conflict, and we will not remain neutral. Tayricht's armies are at your call. Would the LAO ask of us to help combat the enemy forces in their nation?

Yes, we would like you to help us to kill these terrorist scumbag robots.

Calgary: Tayricht's Capital. Parliament Buildings:

General David Hammer enters Prime Minister Andrew Gyllen's office.

PM: So, whats the situation in LAO?
GH: Pretty desperate. The robots have been relentless, and LAO wont be able to hold them much longer on their own.
PM: If only we had heeded the prophetic warnings of the Terminator Trilogy.
GH: *laughs* Indeed. So, what is our course of action.
PM: We cannot let our closest allies stand alone.
GH: I thought you'd say that. Here's what we're proposing to send.

*hands Gyllen paper*
CONTENTS READ:

Immediate Draft - LAO Battle Plan. To be sent:

12,000 Infantrymen. One division medium-heavy, one light.
3 SFS Cassandra Aircraft Carriers carrying 120 jets each. One carrying FA-22's, one carrying FE-15's, one carrying Tornado IDS'
10 KC-767 Transport planes carrying an additional 2,000 paratroopers.
8 Warhammer Class Battleships armed with Anti Ship, Anti Air and Cruise Missiles
5 Virginia Class Submarines

PM: Sounds good. What's our plan of action should the worst happen?
GH: We're still rolling in Cash from the contracts from Sethesh. We could double our military as quick as writing up a bill to do so.
PM: Very well then. Order these forces to be mobilized and moving to LAO within 24 hours.

*General David Hammer exits*

-In Central Command-

Adjutant stormed back into the room, throwing papers to the side. "Research and Development said that the new Leviathans aren't ready yet!"

"Not that they'd do much good." Another human said, obviously staring at Adjutant. "Captain Wolfe of the Omega Island tribes." The man said, bowing. He had two red eye streaks visible, obviously Mekantan.

"The Tribes have valuable information on the Neo-Mekantan threat. They request that, in exchange for information on Neo-Mekanta's weapons systems and unit designs, they be brought back into the Citidel itself." Tactical Command stated.

Adjutant looked at the man a moment, then sighed and nodded. "Very well. Show us what you have."

The man chuckled and walked past Adjutant, firmly groping her on the way out. "I'll be back in a minute, 'ma'am.'"

Adjutant's face grew red from rage and embarrasment. "I want him shot when he gets back here. Nothing lethal. Just... a clean... immasculating... bullet wound... Preferably one that removes his testicles..."

Fifty MAI-X robots pulled out pistols, leering at Commander Wolfe when he returned...


-Message to all Allied Forces-

"We have gained information on Neo-Mekanta's capabilities. We will transmit this information, as well as identification on their units, as soon as we format the data."

"Good luck."

*Transmission from General David Hammer to all Allied Leaders*

Our forces are in position. Our 12,000 soldiers are in LAO's capital (the area that is still controlled safely by them), our planes are in position to strike, as well as our paratroopers are ready to drop. We are awaiting Mekanta's information.

Also: To LAO: Should the machines take the city, do we have permission to use powerful MOAB explosives (OOC: A conventional bomb more powerful than the daisy cutter, for those of you who dont know) and cruise missiles on the city and the enemy? Please respond promptly.

*Transmission ended*

<In the CF Command Bunker>
"We have room for another six passengers, not including the pilot and co-pilot"

<In LAO>
"We are going in with the first wave, men! Lets show those damn 'bots how to kick ass!"
"Drop!"
"You heard the man, lets go!"
Several hundred CF Paratroopers dropped out of the C-130 convoy and began their slow descent to the battlefield. Meanwhile, another force, this one much larger (18,000) is loaded onto a transport ship. They are also heading to LAO to support. ETA is 1 NS day.

OOC: Use all the weaponry on them that you can on them. It would be cool if they break the walls and we finish them off inside. I would like the president to kill the last one in front of the nation on tv though.

6:00pm

The battle begins. Heavily armed Tayrichtan soldiers enter the front lines of battle. They begin a siege with the machine soldiers. Using buildings and vehicles as cover. A fair amount on each side are killed by the minute, leaving the battle at a stalemate.

6:30pm

The submarines are in position to protect Tayricht's ships. Battleships go into attack mode and fire one missile each. 8 Cruise missiles head toward LAO's capital, while the fleet of 360 fighters and 2,000 paratroopers prepare to deploy.

Not a minute later, the cruise missiles strike the enemy lines. The Tayrichtan soldiers see an opportunity to advance, and within five minutes have taken a quarter mile in ground. LAO's soldiers follow as the battle continues.

(OOC: Anyone accusing me of calling damage can kiss my ass! I control Neo-Mekanta as well, so it's no different than normal! ^_^)

-IN CF/X1's NET-

Axis nodded. "Go ahead and send a few if you'd like. They should come in handy against Neo-Mekanta's defence forces. X1, engage network." He closed his eyes as he felt the familiar feeling of blurred existance that came with being plugged into a network.

When he opened his eyes again, he was standing in the middle of a grassy field, facing an endless void. "We are awaiting Neo-Mekanta's connection." X1 said, his dataform appearing beside him. He looked perfectly human, save for his pure red eyes. Not a hint of any other color.

Something appeared at the other end of the void, and grew ever closer to the field. A plate of metal stretching as far as the eye could see, with a single entity standing calmly. "Generals Axis and X1, how nice to see you. How does it feel to face your betters?" He asked, both fists clenched. His voice seemed to be a hundred-thousand people whispering at once, the eerie sound echoing through the artificial world. The Data Incarnation of the entire Neo-Mekantan AI hivemind laughed, the sickening sound making Axis feel like vomiting.

Axis cursed. "We forgot they're a hivemind, didn't we?" He muttered.

"No. We just ignored that fact." X1 replied, smiling.

Neo-Mekanta, however, was not amused. "State your buisiness."

X1 grinned as a translucent box with a button appeared in front of him. "This."

Neo-Mekanta's eyes widened as X1's finger slammed the button, explosions rocking the metal platform. "YOU SON OF A-"

Axis didn't get to hear the last part, as the world seemed to fade to white all around him. His eyes opened as he gasped for breath, staring at the Central-Facehuggerians all around him. He looked over at X1 as the cables disconnected, blinking. "You altered their virus, didn't you?"

"A little. Why shut down their point defence net when I can disable the entire station's weapons systems. I also took the liberty of sending a transmission to Central Command. They're going to give the shuttle a bit of help. We can't let the Phalanx send out a defence fleet, can we?" X1 made a chuckling sound as Axis grabbed the pieces of his armor he removed, shaking his head.


-Mekanta-

A hundred weapons batteries turned as one, all aiming to the sky as their systems came online. Tense moments passed for AIs watching...

Suddenly, the sound of a thousand storms filled the air as countless Mass Driver shots streaked into space, specificly...


-The Phalanx, Neo-Mekantan Capitol Station-

The shots slammed into the station, taking the un-aware Neo-Mekanta off guard and knocking out countless sectors of the station. When the barrage ended, all of the Phalanx's space docks were destroyed. The will of Neo-Mekanta looked out, seeing humans and AIs alike floating lifeless in the void of space, and roared. Nothing else of Neo-Mekantan origin would leave the station.

Only the millions of forces that had already left could freely attack the Earth...

(Bam! The Phalanx is a sitting duck. Unfortunately... So's everyone on Earth... Maybe after the Phalanx is destroyed make a new topic? I mean, the war's going to change drasticly...)

OOC: Tommorow, I'll be gone until roughly 2:40 Eastern Standard Time. (Vacation is over, unfourtnately. :()

IC: "Alright. Everyone who is going up, report to the launch bay immediately!"
The CF Elite squad moved to the shuttle; and most likely their deaths.
There are still an empty six seats that could be filled...

Meanwhile, the first wave of CF paratroopers have descended on the Neo-Mekatan Forces in LAO. Hundreds of beams of Azure fire leapt out from their weapons and slammed headlong into N-M lines. Other CF troops began tossing EMP grenades like footballs, trying to take out the larger robot warriors.

8:45pm Frontlines of LAO

The Allied forces have taken 20 miles of ground around the city since 6:30, but at a terrible price. 3,000 Tayrichtan soldiers have been killed so far.

Back in LAO Capital ports, the SFS Cassandra I, II, and III Aircraft Carriers begin sending fighters with heavy payloads to drop just behind enemy frontlines.

9:10pm Just behind enemy frontlines

A wave of 120 Tornado IDS fighters storm into the fray using machine guns and sidewinder missiles to destroy any airborne resistance. 60 FA-22 Raptors assist them, while another 60 assist 120 F15-E Strike Eagle's drop payloads on the enemies. The damage is substantial, enemy losses are significant enough to give time for advancement, but not enough to turn the battle into a victory or drive the enemies out. 40 Tayrichtan Fighters are destroyed, mostly Tornado IDS'. They return to the aircraft carriers to reload in the hopes that a prolonged bombardment may win the fight.

9:20pm LAO Capital Port

A Warhammer Class Battleship is sunk, and the fleet prepares to move further away from land for safety. The enemies have begun using long range missiles. A plan is formulated to locate and destroy the missile launchers, while Ship commanders ask LAO to implement any anti-missile defense systems it has.

"Quick! Knock out that Behemoth!"
Five EMP grenades are thrown, they clang off the monster's thick armor. Suddenly, they all go off. A large blue flash is seen. It would have blinded the CF troopers, had their armor not automatically dimmed their "windows."
They could see that the behemoth was reduced to a smoking mass of disabled robot. The EMP grenades had done their job.

"Squad 5, open up on those Humies" (MAI-X humanoid robots.)
Squad five's laser weapons spit out several beams of Azure fire, all aiming for the robot group.
"Give me some cover!'
The Sargent tossed another EMP grenade over the crater he was in. The object of electric death sailed through the air, and landed right in the midst of another group of MAI-X units.
"Do androids dream of electric sheep? I guess they just found out! Heh."
The sargent chuckled out a joke that only he understood...
"Sir! Look out!"
A MAI-X unit had sneaked up behind him, and was now threatening to impale the sargent with its arm spikes. Or rather, it would have, had an Elite CF trooper not shoved a prototype vibroblade into the machine's torso. (This model of vibroblade is built to release an electrostatic discharge when it hits something. Effectively meaning this is an EMP sword.)
"Get that Assault Gun over here!" (An Assault gun is a deployable 80 mm cannon.)
The Sarge set up the Assault gun, and aimed at another one of the dangerous Behemoth robots, hoping to take it out of commision before it could unleash its deadly firepower on any human forces...
OOC: (My men haven't encountered your "revenants" yet. I'm saving that for my next post.)

[[OOC:For the rest of the RP I am mainly going to focus on a team of soldiers on the frontlines, fighting alongside the other nations helping defend us.]]

The kid tried to shoot his gun at one of the metal monsters. His gun had jammed. Franticly, while walking back wards, he tried to get it unjammed. The beast was walking ever closer. He reached into his back pack and removed a bayonet to place on his G36E. He slammed the bayonet onto the muzzle. In one smooth arched motion, he smashed the bayonet through the chin of the robot. The robot still wasn't dead. The kid reached into his holster. In a cowboy-esque motion, he spun the S&W 629 around his index figer and fired a shot through the head of the metal beast. "Waste of a gun and a bullet," he said.

This kid's name was Johnny Bosk. At only 16, he was the youngest soldier in the entire army. Known for his expert marksmanship, he was recruited when the war started. Bosk is 1/4 of a Fireteam, codenamed Helldragon.

In the beginning of the war, they were on the frontlines, using the Personal Battle Armors. After running out of ammo and feul cells, they had to take it up on foot. Thankfully for them, an army team had been mauled nearby and their Hummer laid unscathed.

The other members are as follows:

Jack Remin
Age:22
Heavy Weapons

Seaon Trevelyan
Age:25
Demolitions and Stealth

Rebbecca Adams
Age:17
Marksmanship and Tactics

OOC: Just so you know, the standard CF powered armor looks rather freaky, like this:http://www.xcomufo.com/ufopaedia/pics/big/shot0017.png so any civilians that see it are probably going to think it's a robot or something...

Anyway, in IC:
<On board the lead CF transport vessel.>
"Alright, boys! The Paratroops have cleared the way for us, now its time to go in and purge the coppertops in LAO once and for all! Lock 'N Load!"
A resounding mass of "Yes Sir!"s was heard all throughout the transport convoy.
The troops piled into the landing craft and began their short skim to the beachead. There, they would march into the machine lines, and devestate them. That was the plan at least.

Meanwhile;
"Sir! Take a look at that thing! It's hideous, and look how its flesh just hangs off its bones!"
"Let me take a look here" <The Leiutenant used his armor's built in zoom feature to catch a better view of the Revenant>
"It looks... Human, sort of..."
"Take it down!"
"Sir! It could be a civilian!"
"Are you questioning my orders? Take a look at its weapon, is that LAO, CF or TYR issue? No! That is a Neo-Mekatan weapon. Weren't you paying attention to the briefing?"
The CF squad opened up with their Laser assault weapons and launched six ruby beams of light at the hapless creature. Unknown to the CF team, however, there were more of those 'revenants' nearby, waiting for the right time to strike...

Day 12 of Fighting: 12:00pm

Having not made any progress since the first day of attack, General David Hammer decides to accompany a replacement Warhammer Battleship in the LAO ports. Hoping being there and strategizing in person will help, the General climbs the stairs down to the SFS Cassandra I's main command chamber where those running the battle are meeting. He sits down adjacent to Cassandra I's captain: Krystof Romanow, leader of the current operations.

DH: It was going good at first, but this stalemate is going to cost way too many lives. Last i heard we had lost 3,000 soldiers. How many more have we lost since?
KR: Another thousand. That leaves 8,000 on the battlefield. Our KC-767 pilots said that flying in the paratroopers now would be suicide, and examining the conditions, we can tell they are right. So the 2,000 paratroopers have remained on the island adjacent from LAO's capital's ports, stationed with all the planes and a camp.
DH: Anything else i should know?
KR: That's all you need to know. I'm in charge here.
DH: I was sent here because you're not making any progress. That doesnt make you will merited to keep command. I also have direct orders from the Prime Minister to take over command of this operation. I will need ALL information on the status of the battle and a comm uplink with LAO's representative who is running their troops in the capital.
KR: *snidely* Very well. Adjutant, fetch a disc containing all the info General Hammer here needs to know. Now, since you claim to be our savior, got any ideas?
*ADJUTANT LEAVES*
DH: Well, each of our 8 Warhammer Battleships are carrying 80 cruise missiles. If we can get the entire enemy army within range of them, we might be able to bombard them strongly enough to send in our paratroopers, and all our jets. Then with that, we could push them back and completley take them out.
KR: How do you propose we do this? The battle is taking place 20 miles away.
DH: Simple, we draw them in, causing no damage.
KR: What?!
DH: Yes. Draw them in. We bring them to us, but keep them distracted so they wont raze the city.
Council Member: It's our only chance, and Romanow here hasnt done anything for the battle since Day 1. I vote in favor of this strategy.
COUNCIL: ALL VOTES I.
DH: Good then, let's get it going. Krysztof, you have three hours to get all the jets and paratroopers ready. And someone get me LAO's military commander on the comm screen.

(Y'know, I'm too lazy to change aliases, so I'll be handling both Neo- and regular Mekanta... ^_^)

(Some info, first. All Mekantan AIs have shielding against EMPs. Neo-Mekanta, however, only has a 25% shielding rate. You're going to encounter some of those. ^_^)

(Second... INCOMMING.)

-MESSAGE TO ALL ALLIED FORCES-

"Warning! Our observation units indicate a gigantic Neo-Mekantan attack force decending into the Earth's atmosphere. Estimated numbers in excess of four million!"

"Units are being sent around the world, primarily Tayricht, Central Facehuggeria, The Last Anarchy Order, and Mekanta. However, remaining forces may be attempting to rendevous with terrestrial Neo-Mekantan forces. Be on the lookout for units anywhere. Neo-Mekanta will most likely be using infested human ships and fighters."

"Reinforcements have been deployed to Tayricht and Central Facehuggeria."

"Our navy shall be deployed as soon as it is ready."

"Good luck. Neo-Mekanta's will is strong, but ours is stronger."


-IC: Mekantan Central Command-

Adjutant looked up at the situation report, and swallowed. "What's the status on our defence forces?"

"Ready, Adjutant. Machina help anyone who tries to storm the Citidel."

The Mekantan biological looked back at Tactical Command, and cracked a smile. "No, I'm afraid he's on our side."

A new-type AI ran in. "Ma'am. I'm to report that the fleets still aren't ready."

Adjutant turned around, sighing. "What the hell have those wastes of metal been doing? Playing solitare? This isn't like them."

"Well, ma'am, we have a problem. Neo-Mekanta's forces have already struck. We're under attack."

-IC: Neo-Mekantan armies-

Around the world, the pods of death that hailed Neo-Mekanta's forces attacking fell like a rain of fire. LAO, Tayricht, Central Facehuggeria, and even Mekanta itself were all the targets of this deadly rain. Terrestrial forces, using human equipment, made their way towards the battlefields, ready to crush any resistance they encountered...

Johnny was looking through binoculars at the sky. Something was slowly coming into the atmosphere. A few rockets from the defense satellites shot at it. It wasn't going to stop. At this time, it had been a good week since any fighting in this are had happened. Johnny realized what they were doing. The remaining forces retreated so they could join the others. After the new pods land, it will be full out lightning war. It will be a last suicidal attempt to kill the Orderians off. "Becca! Come over her and look at the sky!"
"What is it?"
"Reinforcements."
"Are you kidding?"
"No, it looks almost identical to the pods we encountered at Ground Zero. We need to warn the President."
"How?"
'I got it. I will use my cel phone and hook it up to one of the Battle Armors, to provide a wireless connection. Then, by hacking into the Presidential Website, send an e-mail to Wesley Scott and Martin Grol. Only problem is, More than likely, they will use a nuclear assault now."
"Jesus," said Rebecca. "Jack, Seaon, we need you to go out and warn all of the troops you can to find shelter in a nuclear shelter. And be careful" The two men got into the Hummer and drove off. "Now, Johnny, work your magic."

OOC: Last boarding call for the suicide mission on the Mass Driver...

IC: "Hey, what is that?" A Central Facehuggerian civilian said, pointing at the object in the sky.
"I don't know" replied another, this time a small child.
"Hey, that kind of looks like a drop pod! Wait a second, its heading this way!"
"Everyone hide!"
<A civilian tries to telephone CF command, but finds his cell phone jammed.>
"My cell doesn't work!"
<The Pod makes a hard landing on the CF street...>
"Oh my god..."

"Sir!! Drop pods are falling all over the country! We have to do something!"
"Oh yeah? Like what?"
"Umm... I was hoping you would think of something, sir."
"Sound the Air raid sirens. Let all the civilians know to get to the shelters."
"Yes sir."
"And mobilize the army, I want attack ospreys in the air, bombers up higher dropping EMP bombs, and armor on the ground."
"Umm, sir? Aren't you worried that the Neo Mekatan forces might find a way to turn our tanks against us? I mean, they are both AI driven..."
"No, I have complete faith in our counter-intrusion software."

CF XH-1 Attack Ospreys (like an osprey, but smaller and armed. It sacrifices passenger capability to do this, however.)
Meanwhile, CF B3 bombers begin loading their heavy EMP bombs, preparing to drop them on their robotic adversaries.

"Suit up, boys! We've got to do a factory recall on these bots!"
All across the country, CF infantry suited up in their powered armor, and grabbed their weapons, fully knowing that this may be their last battle, their last chance to save their people.

CF Automated tanks power up and deploy to key trouble points.
The shuttle is making pre launch checks, preparing to launch.

OOC: Just to clarify, are these pods explosives, or do they contain enemy soldiers?

IC:

Day 12 of Fighting: 3:00pm. LAO's Capitol's ports

General David Hammer watches a screen, preparing for the strategy against the Neo-Mekantan forces. An Adjutant bursts in.

ADJ: Sir, we have dire news from Prime Minister Gyllen
GH: *worried* What is it?
ADJ: The Capitol sir, it's under attack. Early warning is reporting more of these enemy pods may hit cities all over the country.
GH: Fucking hell! Well, most of our military is there isnt it?! Arent they mobilizing?!
ADJ: Yes sir, and the Prime Minister demands we finish this battle up as quickly as possible and get home.
GH: Very well, i ought to go see Romanow then.
ADJ: No worry sir, he told me to report to you. Everyone is ready for the plan.
GH: How long will it take for the soldiers to get the Neo-Mekantans in range?
ADJ: One hour sir. That's with minimum casualties to us.
GH: Get it underway then. Give orders to all the pilots and paratroopers to double check their planes and gear and be ready.
ADJ: Yes sir.

Dear Tayricht,
The LAO government has developed a 'Final Solution'. We are to have a nuclear bombardment on these Enemies of the State. Upon consulting many scientists, we have developed a plan that will stop a nuclear winter and most of the radiation. One of the chemicals LAO produses is Chemical Ice9. This chemical freezes all movement in the atoms in the air, succesfully freesing a bomb and letting it drop harmlessly to the ground. If we were to shoot a bambardment of nuclear bombs at the group of enemies when the begin to blitz us, they will most likely be destroyed. And for every 1 Megaton bomb, 5 Ice9 missles will be fired at the nuclear explosion, encasing it in ice. the ice will absorb the radiation. Then, the is will be taken into space and sent on a collision coarse with the sun. It is asked that at this time you warn all of your troops to get to a nuclear safe place to hide from the blast.

Thank You,
President Wesley Scott

OOC: Final solutions like that rarely work. The enemy will always find a way to defeat them. For instance, I imagine that it would be a chore to get a bomber through the heavy enemy AA.

OOC: I know they don't often work, but at least it will stall them until you try to put in act your plan. BTW all of the weapons will be launched from the defense sattelites in the region.

(OOC: They have enemy troops inside. All types. ALL types. Including a new one...)

(Oh yeah, and you can launch the thing any time, CF. You might encounter some resistance on the station, but I'll make sure it's weak enough to let you blast the Phalanx out of orbit. ^_^)

(New Series of MAI-X variant is out on the Neo-Mekantan side. MAI-XI, or "Infest" Variant. Don't let them anywhere near your AI units or human soldiers. They'll reprogram the former and forcefully implant the latter with a small device that goes in the back of their neck that takes control of their bodies, like a Revanant. They're identifiable by the tentacles they use in their jobs.)

-Mekanta: Outside the Mountain-

Anti-Air cannons pounded the decending drop pods relentlessly, destroying several and sending others crashing into the ocean around the gigantic mountain Mekanta's only cities were built inside.

That is, until the guns stopped working...

"What's going on!?" A MAI-X demanded, looking at the guns.

"Central Command reports that Neo-Mekanta has matched their pods' IFF signature to ours. We are to engage Neo-Mekantan forces normally." Another said, unslinging the rifle it had. "Let's give them hell..."


-Mekanta: Central Command-

"Neo-Mekantan forces have landed at Sectors 117 and 570. Imperial forces have been placed at strategic points intended to contain the invasion. Unfortunately, none of their MAI-B units were destroyed in the initial barrage." TacCom stated calmly, one of the huge screens shifting to show a 3D situation map of the entire Citidel of Omega. "Their present position is a problem, as it is near the most direct route to Mekanta Prime."

Adjutant looked up at the computer. "The Capitol has over 75% of our biological population..."

"It is obvious they intend to exterminate Mekanta's humans..."

"My god..." She said, blinking. "Order all available forces to sector one. Protect the capitol at all costs!"


-Message to Allies-

"It appears Neo-Mekanta has made a last-ditch effort to destroy us all. We cannot let them win."

"Imperial forces had previously been dispatched to Central Facehuggeria, behind our initial force sent with our two best generals. Forces have also been dispatched to Tayricht, but we are unsure when they shall arrive."

"Good luck. We feel we shall all need it..."

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OOC: You didnt launch it did you? I would hope you would take that back, i couldve developed a very long and interesting storyline for that battle and you have to ruin it with nuclear bombs. BOOOOO-rns!

OOC:I deleted that so you can develop a good storyline. TG me so we can colaborate.

"Fuel rods?"
"Check"
"O2 supply?"
"Ready"
"Hyperspace generator status?"
"The gravemetric waveform is 98% stable. It seems to be phase-aligned. We should be able to use it."
"Cool pilot shades?"
"Very funny, Jancowzki."
"Attention all passengers, this is your captain speaking, we are launching now, please fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride! Our inflight movie will be... Terminator, that seems appropiate, doesn't it?"
This brought a chuckle from the Elite CF squad, they may be the best CF has to offer, but they aren't devoid of humor as CF elites are often portrayed to be...
The Shuttle blasts off, using its chemical engines to get out of the atmosphere. Once it clears the atmosphere, it will activate its hyperspace drive and make a tactical jump next to the station. That, or blow up.

Meanwhile; in Central Facehuggeria;
"Take it!" A CF soldier opened up on his robotic adversaries with his laser weapon. Ruby Red bursts shot out from his gun, sweeping into the robot ranks.
" 'Nade!" A CF sargent tossed EMP nades like there was no tommorow.
"SHIT! Why isn't the EMP working on those ones sir?"
"I don't know, just blast em!"
Streams of Azure fire blasted out from another squad's weapons.
"Requesting heavy air support!"
"Affirmitive, B3 bombers will be dropping EMP bombs shortly, just hang in there."

Meanwhile, in LAO;
"Reinforce the paratroopers' positions. We can't risk having the line failing at this crucial moment."
"Yes sir, I'll send another thousand GIs to support them."


OOC: Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been rather busy. And right now, I am exhausted (hence why my posts haven't been too long lately.)

Day 12 of Fighting: 4:00pm The SFS Cassandra I's meeting room. David Hammer sits alone, watching the radar screen. An Adjutant enters.

ADJ: Sir? We've just got confirmation from the front lines, the Neo-Mekantans are in range and the allied soldiers are in a safe position and are donning heat resistant armor.
DH: Good. I suppose i better get on deck then.
*Hammer gets up and begins walking over.*
DH: Tell the Tayrichtan and CF pilots to get airborne, and the pilots who are dropping the paratroopers to do the same.
ADJ: They are all ready to go at a moment's notice.
All i have to do is send the word.
DH: Good. Then do it.

4:05pm LAO's Capital: The front line

A soldier, only 500 feet away from the advancing enemies continues firing. One robot down, another, another. And allied soldiers around him drop just the same. Suddenly, planes are heard overhead.

Tornado IDS' come pummeling through, FA-22's bombard anti-aircraft weapons, while other planes dispel heat canisters to distract enemy missiles. 100 F-15's come in, packing MOAB bombs.

The soldier looks up from behind the concrete chunk he is hiding behind, the firing has stopped coming in his direction, the enemies are pointed away, just as he looks up, a massive jet of heat and a shockwave blows him back. Again, again, again, the sound is defeaning.

4:10

The bombardment has officially started. Tayrichtan Battleship's begin launching cruise missiles. Plumes of smoke over a mile wide fill the air like a forboding giant. The Tayrichtan jets continue their bombardment as cruise missiles strike, badly pummeling the enemy.

4:25

The first wave of Neo-Mekantans has been effectively destroyed. The order is given for all 3,000 allied paratroopers to be dropped assist the 7,000 Tayrichtan soldiers on the front line.

4:30

The patroopers begin dropping, dozens by the second. To their relief, only minimal anti-aircraft fire cuts through the smoke. A transmission comes through to the frontline's field General: "Do not move your soldiers until we give you the word. Our jets and missiles will keep them busy, we've lost a good deal, but they should hold out. All the paratroopers should be on the ground and with you in ten minutes. We will give the order for you to advance then, and the bombardment will stop so you can resume battle."

(OOC: This post is a perfect illustration of why it's a baaaad idea for me to mix making a post, mild sleep deprivation, and large amounts of caffine and sugar. Or why I tend to like putting a comedic spin on some things when things are getting a bit too serious... ^_^)


-In Mekanta-

The Neo-Mekantan Behemoth stormed through the large tunnel, six hundred of its comrades following. They stormed down the path to Mekanta Prime, thier single-minded, driving mission to destroy the capitol of the Empire blinding them to the small teams of defenders scattered across the tunnel.

They gave a thought to the lack of sentry guns, something Mekanta was known to be full of. They never tried to think of a reason why what resistance they met fled immediately in the direction of the capitol. Not once did a single one start to question the logic of rushing head first into hostile territory that seemed a little too quiet. Never did any of them think they could be heading into a trap.

That is, until they reached a large cavern. They thought nothing of it as they ran in. One looked to the side, and tried to stop. It couldn't believe what it was seeing. An Imperial MAI-X waving at them, a propped up on the business end. The four hundred odd other MAI-Xs, the assorted MAI-Ps, MAI-BMDs, and defence turrets, however, weren't in quite as casual a pose.

The Behemoths found out too late that the Mekantans had spread a grease on the floor of the tunnel and into the cavern. The realization that they couldn't stop hit when one of their comrades fell over trying to stop. 70% of the Neo-Mekantan MAI-B and MAI-BMD force slid into the cavern before they realized what was going on. The only thing that left the other side was scrap.

The remaining 30%, however, saw what happened and had the good sense to turn around and try to retreat.

One made a sound of dismay as the tunnel seemed to distort as it bristled with defence turrets popping out of their disguised bays, the lethal weapons batteries all aimed at the Neo-Mekantans. It seemed to speak one word in Mekantan. A word which translates roughtly to: "You know that stuff that falls out of the back ends of biological creatures? Yeah, that stuff. Oh 'that stuff,' we're 'whatever it is they do to make more of them'ed."


-Mekantan Central Command-

Adjutant watched the video display of the confrontation, trying not to laugh. "TacCom, why didn't you tell me the 'most direct route to Mekanta Prime' was the Gauntlet?" She looked back at Tactical Command, shaking her head as whoops of laughter were heard from some of the MAI-Xs and Mekantan Biologicals around Central Command. "And more importantly, why didn't I know it?"

"Perhaps the presumed threat to the safety of the Biologicals in Mekanta Prime."

"Right... that..."


-In Central Facehuggeria-

Axis and X1 bowed as they faced one of Central Facehuggeria's commanders. "I hope we didn't miss anything important." Axis said, smiling before putting his helmet back on. "We have a fair sized tactical force about a day away from here, about ready to make landfall around..." Axis stopped, his shoulders dropping as he sighed and shook his head.

"Around where the city of Achidna used to be..." X1 finished, bowing his head. "However, preliminary visual recon shows there might have been a few survivors of the Achidna attack. Or they could be civillians captured elsewhere and brought along with Neo-Mekanta's armies in Central Facehuggeria. Reports estimate about 200 people."

Axis looked up. "Wherever you want to send us, give the word. The Holy Empire of Mekanta pledges it's support in any counter-attack efforts."

In the CF command bunker;

"Alright, we would like you to deploy your forces into the Achidna ruins and hide so they don't know you are there. Then, we will drive the Neo-Mekatan forces into the ruins with our counterattack. Your forces will then power up and together, we will annhilate the Neo-Mekatan forces in Central Facehuggeria. Then we can worry about the NM forces in LAO and anywhere else on earth."

Meanwhile, in LAO;
"Alright boys! We're gettin reinforcements! Remember to wait for orders before charging! Once we do get the order, I want you men to kill anything that isn't on our side! If they get close, use your vibroblades! Make sure the ones with tentacles don't touch you!'
'Lets rock!!'

Meanwhile in space;
"We're clear of the atmosphere"
"Charge the Xenium reactor"
"Charging...10% and rising...20...30...40...50%...60...70...80...90...100% Xenium reactor is ready."
"Initiate hyperspatial waveform on my mark...MARK!"
A small point of green light was seen, as the hyperdrive litterally tore a temporary hole in 'space-time.' A moment later, the shuttle had entered, and the hole closed behind the shuttle, the energy holding the portal open now gone.
"Check your gear! We'll be there soon!"

Budamp Bump Bump

Axis nodded, putting his helmet on as he walked. "Alright, troops! Move out! We're to rendevous at the site of Neo-Mekanta's first attack! Don't open fire until we're shot at first!"

X1 made a sighing sound. "Foreward, through shot and shell, here we go into the mouth of hell."

The Mekantan troops slipped out, quietly, and headed for the place where Achidna used to be...


-In Mekanta-

Imperial forces hid behind anything they could find, trying to escape the heavy blanket of suppressive fire the Neo-Mekantans were laying down. They looked behind them, trying to look for reinforcements, but nothing was to be seen except a trail of smoke. Several trails of smoke. And judging by their tradjectory...

Several infested Human fighter craft strafed the Imperials, taking them completely by supprise.

A MAI-X looked off the edge of the giant mountan, and watched more of the stolen planes lifting out of the clouds of the perpetual storm.

Suddenly, things had gone from bad to worse...


-Central Command-

Adjutant cursed, slamming a fist down on the top of a console. "If we win this battle-"

"When we win it, Adjutant." Tactical Command reminded.

"... 'When' we win it, we'd DAMN well better have enough left of those stolen planes to study!"

In space;
The small shuttle craft accelerated through the hyperspatial realm, until its computer detected a correlation between the target coordinates and the shuttle's current position.
"Deactivating Hyperspace generator... complete. We are returning to normal space. Current position and pre jump targets are in perfect allignment."
"Deactivate the Xenium reactor"
"Roger"
A mote of green light appeared right next to one of the mass driver's docking point. Within seconds, the shuttle emerged from that light. The light then faded as quickly as it had begun.
"Alright boys! We're here!"
The CF Elite team moved out of the shuttle, and used a plasma torch to burn through the heavy air-lock door.
Once through, they proceeded to the reactor, unaware of what was being readied to impede their progress...

Meanwhile; in CF;
"Keep going men! We've got them on the run, we have to push them to Achidna ruins! Get those artilery cannons set up! Bombard them as much as possible!" Get a Globemaster V to drop EMP mines behind them, so they can't retreat! Get the tanks up here! We'll win this! We have to!"

Meanwhile in the CF command bunker;
<To the mekantan delegation> OOC: Or a transmission to your gov't if your delegation has already left the bunker;

"We have several squadrons of CF XC-1 interceptors which we can send to Mekanta to cover your troops. So far, the enemy hasn't really used aerial units in our battle yet. We'll keep another two squadrons of interceptors just in case though. So we can send you six squadrons for a total of 72 fighters."

Meanwhile in LAO;
"We've got to keep the pressure on! For Facehuggeria!"
The CF troops in the area continued to attack the robotic horde...

-In CF-

The Mekantan troops moved silently, three fourths of them activating their active camoflauge and taking a slightly different course. Axis could tell they were moving quite a bit faster... "Listen..." He said, shaking his head. "I'm human. I'll only slow you down."

X1 looked over at him and made a chuckling sound. "Irrelevant. You're their commander."

"Oh yeah? Then I'm standing down as commander. Now you don't have to take me along."

"That means I'd outrank you. You're comming along. That's an order..."

Axis laughed. "Okay, you win. I'm comming. But if I get tired and collapse, YOU're carrying me back to Mekanta!"

"Why wait?" X1 said, knocking Axis off his feet. Before he knew what hit him, Axis was was being carried like the prize of a hunting trip by two MAI-XDSs.

"Hey! Put me down, damn it! I'm a freaking general! This is humiliating!" Axis yelled, X1 laughing. "Grr... You know, if we had one of those chairs on the plaftorms with the four poles, then you could carry me around like some emperor. That wouldn't be as humiliating..."

"Better idea. Recall Recon 127. You can take one of the scout cycles... You're trained to fight like that, right?"

A MAI-XDS on a sleek, silent, black motorcycle slid up, the engine barely humming. "General Axis. I insist you take this cycle. You will be fatigued by the journey, and it is necessary that you do well."

Axis looked between the humanoid robot and X1. "Fine... I'll ride there..." He looked at the communicator on the wrist of his armor as it started beeping and sighed. He listened to the CF message and nodded. "Thanks for the offer, but chances are those Neo-Mekantans at Achinda have Behemoths ready to swat anything they see in the sky down."


-Mekanta-

The Imperial behemoths and defences filled the air with weapon fire as they started knocking the Rebel planes out of the sky. At least twenty remained almost completely intact.

On both sides, AIs fell rapidly. Both sides fought with brutal intensity, occasionally resorting to melee combat when ammunition ran low. The Imperial forces on the outside of the mountain were slowly being pushed back, but the Neo-Mekantans had hell to pay for every foot they took...


-The Phalanx-

The dazed skeleton crew of the Phalanx station wandered aimlessly, unable to decide what to fix first. The humans on the station wandered in a similar state, only their objective wasn't a job. It was food.

The sound of the alarms rang throughout the station, the humans panicking and running to their part of the station, and the AIs looking for any weapons they could find to defend themselves if it came to it.

"Enemy invaders in sector 17-54-gamma. Intercept and destroy."

The fifty combat AIs left scattered on the station started making their way by familiar routes to the area...

(OOC: They won't all be able to attack at once. You'll have waves of about three to deal with...)

OOC: Found it again! :)
How large is the Phalanx? How far do my men have to go before they can plant the nuke?

IC: Meanwhile; on board the Phalanx
"Alright, we're in."
"Motion tracker is cold, I'm not getting anything for 30 meters... no wait, I just got three blips on the screen."
"How fast?"
"Not too fast, Probably some MAI-X units."
"Alright. Everyone get ready, we've got company!"
The CF team took up positions in the hall, behind structural support beams, intent on hiding until the machines passed them by. Once the 'bots backs are turned, the team will drive their Electro-Static vibroblades into the robots, causing heavy emp damage and cutting through layres of armor at the same time.

Meanwhile in CF;
"Keep going men! Toss those EMP grenades! Jenkins, take out that MAI-XI! Don't let it get close!"
"Tanks, focus on the Behemoths! Take them out so our attack ospreys can have relatively free reign!"
"Keep pusing the machine menace into the city! They're almost there!"
The fighting was furious, with many, many CF troopers giving their lives for the human race. They will be remembered for the sacrifice they have made.
But, their sacrifices are not in vain, for slowly and surely, the Neo-Mekantan forces are being driven into the city, where Axis and his troops are waiting to finish them off once and for all.

Meanwhile in LAO;
The fighting here is also furious, and it is not clear immediately who is going to win and control LAO's territory. LAO, or the Machine Menace?

Meanwhile in the CF command bunker;
"If you Mekantan require any assistance in the form of weapons or troops, we can send what we can to assist in the defense of your land."

(OOC: The Phalanx is, or rather was, about five miles in diameter. The Mekantan barrage after Axis and X1 traced its position with the virus stunt, however, brought it down to about four and a half. Pieces are floating around somewhere... But blowing up the reacter won't destroy the whole thing. Just disable it and convieniently send it over Mekanta for a last ditch attack.)

-In Central Facehuggeria-

"Y'know, Axis, participating in that silly contest isn't really the best idea." X1 warned, refering to event with the princess of Emina. "I mean, knowing you, you'll probably be thinking about her chest when you're supposed to be fragging Rebels."

(CF knows what I'm talking about... The contest, that is...)

Axis looked indignant as he put his helmet on. "Oh, suck on it, you half-rusted waste of metal." He said, chuckling as X1 put his hand to his chest in a mockery of being insulted. The two laughed for a moment, until one of the advance scouts skidded to a stop in front of them. The normally gentle hum of its motorcycle dying down from a roar.

"Sir! Neo-Mekantan forces sighted! They've engaged our forces in Achidna. The Central Facehuggerian army has them from the other side. Shall we-"

The MAI-XDS jerked, then fell to the ground. A large hole was seen in its back.

A good seventy-five Neo-Mekantan soldiers stood a fair distance away from the fourty Mekantans. "Imperial Dogs!" One with a sniper rifle, obviously a human in Power Armor, yelled. "We'll crush you for aiding the Nations of Man!"

"Hate to break it to you," X1 returned, his two pistols already in his hands, "but you're Human too. So's about three fourths of your squad there."

The human just pointed down at the Mekantans, the unit rushing at them. Mekantans held their ground except for Axis, who gave his motorcycle a burst of speed before jumping off and landing gracefully in a crouch, the two submachine guns he always used already in his hands. The cycle ran into the Neo-Mekantan line, knocking out about five of the MAI-Xs. "That Commander is MINE!" Axis yelled, pointing at the one with the sniper rifle.

The Mekantans surged forward, the MAI-XDSs laying down a fair amount of fire from wrist-mounted guns. But they really shined in hand to hand combat. And the Neo-Mekantans had no idea what they were getting into. "Rip them all apart! Damn the weapons! The Hivemind shall be pleased when we inform them the humiliation we inflicted upon the Empire's forces!" The human with the sniper rifle yelled. "They might even promote me to General... Yes... General Rath... I like the sound of that..."

Several of their AIs rushed at X1, his deadly accuracy knocking most of them out of commision. He quickly returned them to their place as soon as he emptied the clip and extended two wrist-mounted blades, which he used to destroy the others.

Axis, however, wasn't dealing with his opponent as fast. Rath mearly pointed at the attacking Mekantan General and watched some of his soldiers advance towards him. They were quickly mowed down when he emptied his submachine guns into them. "Suck it down!" He yelled dropping the guns. "You're of Mekantan decent. Fight me with honor." He told the enemy commander, this... Rath...

Rath just laughed, dropping his sniper rifle. "Very well, Imperial Dog. Let us dance."

The fighting soldiers took notice and spread away from the two, the fighting stopping for a moment. Both sides knew Mekantan customs. Commanders who challenged each other to hand to hand combat and agreed would cease the battle until their fight was over. X1 watched carefully, wishing he were the one fighting instead of Axis.

The two power armor wearing humans circled each other, taking off their helmets and tossing them to their soldiers. "May the best man win." Axis said, smiling. "And by 'the best man,' I mean me."

Rath just lashed out with a kick, which Axis just stepped back to avoid. The Neo-Mekantan commander pressed the attack, taking a punch at Axis's face, which he deflected and responded to with a palm strike to Rath's nose and a roundhouse kick to the side of his head.

A cheer went up from the Imperial forces as Rath fell to the ground, and Axis put his hand out. One of the Mekantan soldiers put a katana in it, which he gripped firmly. "You fought well, Commander Rath of Neo-Mekanta. Do you surrender?"

Rath just looked at one of his soldiers, who had a strange automatic rifle slung over its shoulder. "Do it. Kill the other one."

Axis looked back and ran at X1, the soldier with the rifle leveling it at the AI general before he could react. Axis leapt as the soldier fired, knocking X1 out of the firing arc but taking five hits that ripped all the way through him easily. One in the left shoulder, two in the left side of his torso, one at the hip, and one last that grazed the side of his face. Everything seemed to move in slow motion as X1 watched, then he looked down at his friend and comrade bleeding on the ground, then at Rath. "It's a bloody railgun!" He muttered.

The Neo-Mekantan commander looked to be on his feet, but looks could be decieving. He was being held up by the back of the neck by one of his own AI soldiers, while another visciously ripped his throat out. The soldier with the assault rifle was already being torn apart by its former comrades, blood coloring the ground as a woman's shriek filled the air. A Neo-Mekantan AI with a subcommander's insigna saluted to X1. "Sir. The dishonor of our unit has made us question our leadership. Might we assist you with your cause?"

X1 just picked up Axis and nodded. The fallen General's words came flooding back. "'YOU're carrying me back to Mekanta!'" He shook his head grimly. "Only to the landing ships, my friend. Then I'm headed back into the fray."


-In Mekanta-

"Adjutant! Incomming transmission from the Imperial forces in Central Facehuggeria! General Axis has been wounded! He's presently in critical condition en route to the landing ships!"

Adjutant paled as she heard the news. "What's the status of the rest of the unit?"

"They have a few new additions. The General defeated a Neo-Mekantan commander, and when the bastard betrayed the soldier's code, his entire unit turned on him and the coward who used an automatic railgun in an attempt to kill General X1."

Adjutant just closed her eyes. "Lure the Neo-Mekantan forces on the outside into the trap. I want their forces decimated, then give them the option to surrender. If they don't, shoot them." She turned and walked out of Central Command, her MAI-X attendants close behind.


Outside, the Neo-Mekantan forces were so busy firing on the Imperials that they didn't notice a small force with something forbidden in Mekanta from before everything was EMP shielded. ElectroMagnetic Pulse Grenades... "This is for Prince Axis..."

OOC: I know all about your *ahem* "Contest" :wink:
Hmm, is there any kind of central-node that the Neo-Mekantan's use to coordinate their thoughts? Like a borg central plexus. If it exists, that could become a secondary target.

IC: In CF;

"Keep going! The trap is sprung! We just need to finish them off now!"

Over a voice amplifier, the commander of the CF forces, Colonel O'neil said: "Attention forces of the Neo-Mekantan Collective. We offer you a chance to surrender and keep your lives and honor!"

"Sir, I've recieved a video file of General Axis' fall. It appears that one of their commanders betrayed the soldier's code, maby we could use this to our advantage?"

"Hmm good idea. Get a large Holoemitter set up asap!'
<Ten minutes later>
"Forces of Neo-Mekanta! Look up and see the treachery your commanders are capable of!" <He turns on the emitter. Suddenly, the sky is filled with a giant video clip of Axis' battle with the Neo-Mekantan commander.>
"Now lets see how they react to that!" he said to himself
"I renew my offer of honor. Fight with us and redeem your honor!"

Meanwhile; onboard the Phalanx;
The robots blundered right past the elite squad, unaware of the danger that lurked behind them.
"NOW!" The commander cried
Suddenly, the squad leapt into action. Six thirsty vibroblades found their targets, each robot getting two deep, electromagnetically charged gashes across their torso armor. They were done.

The team moved out, heading towards the reactor. If they can blow that up, the power for the entire base would be gone. This would let the allied powers nuke it at their leisure. Or, even board it and take it over for defense against vicious alien species *Cough, warmongering space nations cough*

"Sir, i'm getting a motion tracker signal. I can't really tell what it is though..."
(What do you want it to be? Tank Bots, Spiders, more Humanoid bots, or something else...)

(OOC: Good thinking! Neo-Mekanta does have a central core, but attacking that with six people will be suicide. As soon as the reactor blows, though, it's going to eject from Phalanx and send it... somewhere... ^_^ But until then, here it comes!)

-On the Phalanx-

A hulking brute of a machine stomped towards the Central Facehuggerians, it's motion readings unlike any AI unit encountered so far. It moved on four legs, but had a humanoid torso and head. It had four tentacles in place of where an arm would be, and each was tipped with a mass driver or a saw-like blade. As it turned the corner, it's optics locked onto the soldiers. It's voice seemed to issue from everywhere at once, something about it being very familiar.

FOOLISH HUMANS. YOU DARE TO INVADE MY REALM? FOR THIS, YOUR DEATHS SHALL BE SLOW. I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUR VICTORIES OVER MY ARMIES ON THE EARTH. NO MATTER. I SHALL WITHDRAW THE PHALANX TO THE ASTEROID BELT AND BUILD A NEW ARMY. BUT YOU... YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE... PREPARE YOURSELVES!!

It rushed foreward, ten MAI-Xs waiting behind it.

(OOC: VERY thick armor. Lethal aim. Very fast.)


-In Central Facehuggeria-

The commanders of Neo-Mekanta looked around, some growling angrily while others shook their heads.

"Cowards!" One AI yelled, throwing his rifle to the ground.

"What do you mean?" One of its comrades asked, glaring at the other Neo-Mekantan. "Honor has no place in this war! Their lack of preparedness made them weak!"

The first looked to the second, pulled out a pistol, and promptly emptied the clip into the second's head.

The entire Neo-Mekantan force turned on itself, the ones honoring Mekantan tradition ripping off any Neo-Mekantan insignias as they visciously fought against their former comrades. It wouldn't be long before the Neo-Mekantan presence in Central Facehuggeria would be completely eliminated...


-In Mekanta-

The EMP genades fell like hail on the advancing Neo-Mekantan armies, knocking out a fair number of them before the Mekantan soldiers leapt down, attachable wrist-mounted blades readied.

The retreating Mekantan forces turned and, with a triumphant roar rushed at the Rebels...

Aust wishes to hel CF and offer's a full three quaters of it's AT's and it's entire ASS regement's that is.

Aust's Force's.

50,000 ASS
150,000 AT
2 tank corps, it's not much but then Aust dosn't have a large army

(OOC: LoL, you're a bit late. We're about to finish exterminating the last of the invaders in Central Facehuggeria. LAO might need a bit of help, though. ^_^)

No problem Aust, any help you can give is appreciated. But yeah, LAO is currently the only remaining front on the planet. There are still, what 200,000 AI units there?
Is the central node that big robot that I need to think of a sneaky way to kill?

IC in space;
"Shit! Get out of the way!"
The robotic monstrosity's saw tipped tentacles ripped through one of the squad member's armor, cutting the poor man in half.
The monster's railguns penetrated another Elite's armor easily, killing him.
The four remaining squad members retreated into a small access hatch, sealing it behind them. They could hear the AIs knocking on it, trying to break it down with sheer stregnth. And they were getting close.
"What the hell was that thing?"
"I don't know..."
"How do we beat it?"
"EMP nades?"
"I don't think so, this thing is probably going to have some heavy emp shielding. It is obviously important."
"Hmm...Hmm... You remember how its voice came from everywhere at once? I think it is connected to every part of the station. So... I could hack into the computer and stun it for a very short time. You will probably only have 10 seconds, so make them count."
Three of the remaining four squad members pulled out their vibroblades and set their vibration setting past the maximum. They couldn't operate at that level for long, but they would need all the power they could get to cut through that thing's thick armor. Meanwhile, the hacker inserted a cable into his armor's data port. This would be "his" way into the system. He hoped he was up to this...

Of course, he only needs to find a node that normally sees little traffic, such as the housing transfer request node or something similar and overload it with billions of 'pings' per second to cause the system to lag just enough to activate a maintence cycle on all robotic units on the station. it wouldn't last long, but it would hopefully buy his team enough time to at least incapicate that robotic creature.

Day 14 of Fighting: 3:15am LAO's Capital

The two armies have fought viciously, and are both narrowed down. The Allied forces stand at 3,000 and the Enemy forces stand at 5,000. The Neo-Mekantan's and Allies have been in a positional tug of war, the neo's now pushing the allied soldiers towards the docks. While the battle is almost over, the enemy's slight advantage in numbers could mean defeat.

General David Hammer discusses what can be done with the allied commanders aboard the SFS Cassandra II. Krysztof Romanow also attends.

DH: Well, you all know the situation. I've done the best i can, i think we all have, but we'll beat if they reach the docks. Our ships are good for heavy siege but the physical strength and speed of each individual robot would mean we would never put a shell through a single one.
KR: I have an idea.
ALL: ?
KR: Well, you have said that our ships wont do anything against them if they reach shore, which they likely will. But, i know how we can put them to use.
DH: How?
KR: Each of our 8 Battleships is still carrying at least 8 Cruise missiles. Heres what what we do. We place all the cruise missiles onto the hulls of the ships and drive them into the shore.
DH: you're kidding..........
KR: No, it will work. You said they'd be destroyed anyway right? This could work, we have the soldiers LET the neo mekantans push them to the water, they'll keep the enemy occupied while the ships approach, and just before we hit land the jump into the water, each of their suits has underwater propulsion and air tanks so they could just jet back to one of the carriers.
*Council Discusses*
ALL: Approved.
DH: You are one crazy bastard Romanow.

5:00am

The soldiers are literally shooting from the docks. General Hammer gives the order for the Battleships to move. He watches them glide towards the shore before the heat and bulletproof carbon glass shields the control tower and obstructs his view. The field general hears over his comm: "HIT THE WATER NOW!" The soldiers jump into the water by the hundreds. The Neo-Mekantans race to catch up. They reach the docks, ignoring the ships, focusing only on their programmed objective as they fire into the water.

But then they realize something is wrong. The wooden docks snap like twigs as the battleships approach, and then, a blinding light.

8 Ships explode brilliantly, with a flash of white light, and a shockwave that nearly topples the aircraft carriers. General David Hammer gets up off the floor and dusts himself off. The carbon glass is raised to reveal the plexiglass gone. Plumes of smoke are massive. "Send a couple soldiers back up, just to make sure nothing is left" he says. "And Get me LAO's President, we have some good news to deliver."

Dear Tayricht,

LAO has recently began bringing our elite Shock Troops from Ft. Andrew's Military Base. They will be in the capital any minute now. Armed with Miniguns, shooting depleted uranium shells, they will be a great barrier for your ship tactics. The Commonwealth will win, and fight another day.

President Wesley Scott

(OOC: Seems the war's almost over... Just need to detonate the bomb on the Phalanx. I'm going to make a victory party thread once everything is over. Anyone want in? ^_^)

(CF, go ahead and avoid Neo-Mekanta's avatar for now. It'll run away when the reactor is about to be destroyed. I'll give you a bit of help with Big-Metal-and-Ugly. ^_^)

-In Central Facehuggeria-

X1 flicked his arms, removing most of the blood on them from the human troops, and retracted his wrist blades, looking around at the destruction surrounding him. He bowed his head as a communicator on his wrist started beeping. He walked towards one of the Central Facehuggerian commanders and bowed. "Looks like Neo-Mekanta's been driven out of here. Tell your leaders General X1 of Mekanta wishes to speak to them... I need to know if there's a way to contact the team up on the Neo-Mekantan Phalanx..."


-In Mekanta-

A cheer rose up in Central Command as the last Neo-Mekantan forces in Central Facehuggeria and Mekanta were destroyed. But then the casualty reports rolled in...

"We've lost over 70% of our forces..." Adjutant whispered, shaking her head. "Between us and the Rebels... We've destroyed millions of AIs... We lost some good people..."

TacCom was silent for a moment. "Perhaps this is a bad time, but we suffered a major setback. Research and Development has been destroyed."

Adjutant shook her head. "We'll survive... And rebuild..."

OOC: I'll join the party. :)
Anyway, I'll destroy the phalanx reactor then.


IC in CF:
"Yes, we have a direct link to the team via neutrino burst communications. Things aren't going well up there. They have encountered some sort of super AI that is impeding their progress. Hold on, we are patching the comms through to the CF field tent. Please go there."
"General X1 sir, would you like me to take you to the command tent?"

-In Central Facehuggeria-

X1 nodded. He and the soldier walked silently to the tent, where X1 bowed to the commanders. "Greetings. It seems our battle on the Earth is nearly over. However, there's still the problem with the Phalanx."

"My plan is simple. I'll contact Mekanta and connect to the Neo-Mekantan network again. If what I've heard about this AI is true, it's probably the core of Neo-Mekanta itself. So if we go in and engage the core, it will be distracted in the real world. That will give your troops a chance to slip past and destroy the reactor. I trust this is agreeable?"

He bowed his head a moment, then looked up. "Message to Mekanta sent. Is there anyplace where I could sit down during the connection?"


-In Mekanta-

"I only came back in to see about our victory. Good luck, TacCom." Adjutant walked back out of Central Command and back to the cluster of rooms she normally shared with her brother, sitting down on the couch in the main room. "I wish I knew more about what was-" She looked up as someone knocked on the door. "Enter."

A human man walked in, bowing deeply to Adjutant. "Ma'am, two pieces of news from the Central Facehuggerian front. First, General Axis is in stable condition. Second, General X1 has sent a plan involving the use of the Networks to attack Neo-Mekanta's core AI and assist in the destruction of the Phalanx. He wishes to know if you will be part of the attack."

Adjutant smiled and nodded, picking up a datadisk laying on a table nearby. "Heh. Axis's favorite simulation." She set it down and walked out, intent on using her substantial influence within the Network to pound Neo-Mekanta into submission for injuring her brother and destroying so many AIs in this war. "You'll pay..."

"Alright, When the core 'bot goes off line, we run as fast as we can. We'll run to the reactor, set the nuke and bug out! Any questions?"
"I'll stay here and assist the digital assault on the Neo-Mekantan AI. Then I'll bug out to the ship. Don't worry about me." the hacker said.

Meanwhile; in CF;

"You can have this seat, General X1."

"Ready for phase II..."

-In Central Facehuggeria-

X1 nodded and pulled a cord out of his shoulder. "If you wish, I can connect to a monitor and allow you to see what is happening..." He left it on a table and sat down. "I shall leave it up to you. I believe that is the same interface as your monitors."

With that, he seemed to shut down. His mind transferred into a virtual world, awaiting his allies and enemies...


-In Mekanta-

Adjutant cursed as she disrobed and stepped into the stasis tube prepared for her. She knew there wasn't enough time for her to be unconscious, then have to wake up, but it hurt when the wires that would connect her to the network pierced her skin and hooked into the biomechanical devices every Mekantan biological had implanted at birth. The fact that the five elite network warriors entering with her were staring didn't help...

She closed her eyes and gasped as the AIs implanted each of the seventeen various wires that would connect her. "I'm ready." She said, taking a deep breath as the tube closed and sealed, filling with the familiar green liquid. She knew her lungs could absorb oxygen from it, but she didn't care. It tasted like-

She didn't get to finish her thought before she suddenly found herself in the Network, others warping in with her. She waved to X1's remarkably human network self and nodded." Are we ready?"

X1 nodded. "Connecting now..."

Hundreds of steel towers thrust out of the ground surrounding the Network area as the human avatar of Neo-Mekanta appeared. "I see you think you can destroy me while those fools on the station distract me... You are sadly mistaken...

It distorted, then vanished, reappearing as a copy of its real world form, minus the weapons on its tentacles.

The warriors seemed somewhat frightened, but X1 and Adjutant remained confident. "What's it going to do?" Adjutant mocked, "Tentacle rape me?"

"I think they'd like to watch." X1 replied, jerking a thumb at the warriors."

Neo-Mekanta grew quite livid. "You fools! You dare mock me!?" It lashed forth with its tentacles, missing when everyone moved out of the way in time. "I shall rip you all asunder!"

Adjutant smiled cruelly at him. "Hey X1! Is it just me, or is he mainly trying to penetrate the guys with his tentacles?"

Adjutant deftly avoided several stabs Neo-Mekanta took at her, while X1 laughed at it. "However long it takes you to accept yourself, Neo-Mekanta. You know, those tentacles look rather small. Is this whole 'destroy the nations of man' thing just your way of compensating?"

Neo-Mekanta roared in rage, fifteen humanoids warping in. They appeared to be nothing more than bright red males with no features, as if they were carved out of stone. "Destroy them." He lashed out at the warriors, impaling all of them. "It was a mistake to attack me. You will all die now. You will die here, you will die in the real world, and the Empire will die afterwards."

"I think not." A familiar voice said, comming from a figure wearing a heavy cloak that hid his features. "You see, they forgot to tell somebody what they were doing, despite the fact that that somebody can still fight. Even though somebody else's soldiers riddled somebody with holes and somebody wants..." The figure threw off the cloak, and Axis stared at Neo-Mekanta, "... to rip you limb from limb for it..."

The three stared at Neo-Mekanta, waiting for the giant mechanical monster to make its first move. "What's wrong?" X1 asked, "Scared?"

Adjutant joined in. "Is the poor little force behind the war against the Nations of Man scared?"

"What's he going to do?" Axis started to ask, "Tentacle-"

"I already did that one." Adjutant reminded, prompting a glare from her brother.

"Eh, I suppose it works better with you anyway." Axis laughed, Neo-Mekanta becomming more irate with every word.

"Mock me all you want. I SHALL CRUSH YOU ALL!!" Neo-Mekanta roared, stomping after the three.


-On the Phalanx-

The physical form of Neo-Mekanta seemed to twitch erraticly, wandering away from the hatch and leaving it open for the Central Facehuggerian marines...

"Now is our chance! Lets move!"
The CF soldiers, minus one hacker ran towards the reactor chamber...
"Its undefended, those idiots!"
"Hurry up, just set them up the bomb and lets get out of here!"
"All your base..."
"SHUT UP!!!"
"Sorry..."
"Alright, the timer is set for ten minutes. The contact detonation matrix is active, if anyone tries to disarm it, BOOM!"
The CF Team ran out of the reactor room, running back to their ship. They ignored just about anything in the way.

Meanwhile; the hacker, using his armor's link to the N-M net watched the battle. If he notices an oppertunity to injure the neo-mekantan core, he will take it.

OOC: I'll join the party!

IC:

Prime Minister Andrew Gyllen, on his last day as PM, issued this statement:

"We have suffered many losses my friends. Of the 12,000 soldiers we sent, only 9,000 will return. Only minor losses were reported by the Air Force and Navy. Losses in our nation have now been confirmed: 5,000 soldiers and 10,000 civilians. We are thankful, that we were more fortunate than LAO, but the atrocities that were committed by Neo-Mekanta's machine armada are unacceptable. All of the Candidates for the upcoming election are in full support of mounting an attack on Neo-Mekanta. When the election is over, the new Prime Minister will contact all our allies. Let us remember those we have lost, and give thanks for those who are still here. Our country is still young and bathing in blood, and perhaps, with the possible end of the machine empire, maybe this country will finally be able to wade out of it. Thank you and goodnight."

OOC: Anyone up for an "invade neo mekanta" spinoff RP?

Erm, we actually already are. The Phalanx mass driver is neo mekanta. Or rather, the evil multi-tentacled robot onboard the Phalanx is.

We have placed a havoc tactical nuclear bomb on the weapon's reactor. Now we just have to wait and watch the fireworks. Of course, the battle won't be over until The Mekantan and my hacker defeat the NM core in cyberspace.

(OOC: Actually, we won't be defeating Neo-Mekanta's core. I want to leave it open as a threat later. ^_^)

(Don't worry, CF, I won't nuke another major Central Facehuggerian city. Go ahead and destroy the base. Neo-Mekanta will eject from it and everyone will jack out.)

(Crap, did I say 'jack out' then? Too much Rockman.EXE...)

OOC: Really? I pictured Neo-Mekanta as a vast land of nonstop factories and stuff. Really dark sky....whatever. Does it exist as kind of a huge area inside of this giant weapon where all these armies are produced?

OOC: Okay then, feel free to kill my hacker. (Please don't tentacle rape him though.)

IC: 5:00 and counting...
Meanwhile; in cyberspace something important is happening:

The shock troops huddled up the last 12 Neo-Mekanteans. a few took off their helmets, 4 reveiling to be the team from the battling before. They began to shoot, almost in slow motion. They mowed down the robots. The circuits in their non-human head, busting on the war torn ground. Johnny realized something. He would only slightly damage two of them, put them in a standby mode. The two he put into 'sleep mode' be hitting them in the back with the chain gun revolving with no bullets. Then, due to a switch, they were put on standby. As the rest of the robots were on the ground, still being shot, these robots were loaded onto a humvee.

Norhtridge City
"Orderians of the Commonwealth, the fighting has finally stopped. No more do you have to hide. No more do you have to stand at your window, shooting day in and day out. We are now free again. And to show our freedom, I present you with the last robot of the NM army in LAO. Look at it. Helpless. Like we were." announced the President. He reached under his tuxedo. Out he removed a H&K USP. He cocked back the hammer. Then he held it to the robot's head. "This is what these monsters tried to do to all of us. " He pulled the trigger. The head disentigrated into millions of peices of flying steel. "Now, we have won. No more hiding. Now we rebuild. We rebuild and relive. Let us celebrate. But, tomarrow, we begin reconstructing. I call upon my allies to party, feast and help us. We are now free." Wesley Scott stopped talking, and walked off into the Presidential Room.

On the island of LAO Scientists, a group of genuises huddle around a table. On this table is the second of the robots. One begins to speak, "We can learn much from them. After this is done, all of our memories of this will be erased. soon after, we will receive our paychecks. Now, lets begin"

(Kind of. The Neo-Mekantan armies were created on the Phalanx. Oh, and be careful around the term "Machine Empire." The only empire of machines is the true Mekanta.)

The hacker saw an opening- and took advantage of it. He thought out the words "equip the 'phallic menace' virus. prepare for insertion into a target network. The hacker looked in his hands. There was a reflective cobalt blue vibroblade in his hands. It wasn't really a vibroblade, it was just what his armor's VR connection deemed an appropiate avatar for the virus. The Virus itself was highly dangerous. It would erase all data wherever it was unleashed. But the trick was getting it to the target.

With a lunge, the hacker leapt at the Neo-Mekantan thing. "DIEEEEE!" he yelled. But he missed, the monster moved out of the way just in time... "Oh crap"

OOC: Could I have a final speech before the AI kills my guy? Something to the effect of "You can <cough> kill me, but you're still screwed. There is a nuke ready to go off and blow your ass to kindom come!"

(OOC: Sorry about the scrambled posts. I was kind of distracted while working on them. ^_^)

-In Cyberspace-

Axis smiled at Neo-Mekanta. "You know what's great about the Networks? You're not limited by reality..."

"What are you babbling about, human!?" Neo-Mekanta demanded.

"This. Shounetsu Jigokunigiyou!" Axis seemed to blur. "Burning Hell Strike!" He vanished and re-appeared on the opposite side of Neo-Mekanta, all of Neo-Mekanta's AI soldiers falling to the ground with deep impact marks. "Some guy's got it, some guy's don't."

Neo-Mekanta turned to attack him with his tentacles, but suddenly froze. "My... My body... It..." It distorted, then re-stabilized. "NO! That... Wretch..."


-On the Phalanx-

Neo-Mekanta's body re-activated fully, finishing the job of ripping the hatch off of its hinges. The hacker inside looked at the approaching menace with wide eyes, not even able to make a sound before being torn apart.


-In Cyberspace-

Neo-Mekanta looked down at the Mekantans, roaring triumphantly. "Do you think we should tell him?" Adjutant asked, smiling cruelly.

"No, we aren't that mean... are we?" X1 looked to Axis.

"Of course we are!" The biological injured in the human world laughed. "The Phalanx is going to be destroyed. Central Facehuggeria's team wasn't there to distract you so we could destroy you here in Cyberspace. It's the other way around. They've planted a nuke in the main reactor. You will die there, you will die here, and Neo-Mekanta will die after you. Someone set up you the bomb. You have no chance to survive make your time. All your ass are belong to Central Facehuggeria, Tayricht, The Last Anarchy Order, and Mekanta."

"Nice twist on his little speech." X1 complimented, chuckling. "But we could have done without the quotes..."

"What speech? I was late, remember?"

Neo-Mekanta's eyes seemed to glow brightly as he pulled out of the Network. The three Imperials looking at each other. "Okay, let's pull out. That facist nurse you left me with is probably starting to get crabby." Axis glared at X1, who shrugged. "Oh, and by the way, WE WON!!"

"We can celebrate later!" Adjutant yelled, vanishing.

"To hell with the party! I just want my damn victory sake!" Axis countered, also vanishing.

X1 just shook his head and laughed, disapearing and taking the world with him...


-On the Phalanx-

Neo-Mekanta scrambled towards one of the access hatches.

MY FORCES... DESTROYED... MY WEAPON... TO BE RUINED... BUT I WILL NOT DIE ALONE...

He looked at the Earth in a window and pointed down at it. Specificly a large mountain surrounded by a perpetual storm... The Citidel Of Omega, home of Mekanta...

YOU... YOU WILL DIE AS WELL... YOU WILL DIE FOR CREATING THOSE CHILDREN... YOU WILL DIE FOR ASSISTING THE NATIONS OF MAN... BUT I... I WILL LIVE...

The Phalanx's positioning thrusters fired, taking it into geo-synchronous orbit over Mekanta. Neo-Mekanta felt shame at its defeat as it opened the hatch, jumping out into the void of space and using built-in thusters to send it towards the asteroid belt. It looked back one last time, watching the Central Facehuggerian shuttle leave.

I STILL HAVE MY BACKUP FACILITIES... BUT ALL YOU HAVE ARE YOUR MACHINES... BUT NOT ANY MORE... AND BE WARNED, MY NEMESIS... I WILL RETURN...

A computer deep inside Neo-Mekanta started beeping loudly, racing the clock ticking down on the nuclear device. They both seemed to activate at the same time. The latter's purpose well known, but the former was only known to Mekanta...

... When over 98% of their remaining military forces suddenly collapsed...


-Mekantan Central Information Service-

Adjutant walks to a podium, smiling sadly. "We've won... It was a high cost... but we won... Neo-Mekanta has been defeated..."

She swallowed, shaking her head. "But perhaps the cost was too high... We've estimated millions of casualties, human and machine. From the initial destruction of the Central Facehuggerian city of Achidna to the massive invasion of Earth to Neo-Mekanta's computer viral assault on Mekanta's armies..."

"But we must not give up. We shall rebuild our armies, stronger than ever. The wreckage of the Phalanx is already being considered for capture and conversion to a Mekantan facility. We have new allies, and a new understanding of the world."

"We are Mekanta! The Holy Empire of machines!"

The CF shuttle blasted away from the Phalanx, it activated its FTL drive in time to escape the explosion.

The remaining two elites looked out at the brilliant fireball.
"He's really gone, isn't he. I mean, they all are..."
"They died for a good cause. We've saved billions of people. That has to count for something, right?"
"Yes...I wish I could have seen him one last time, before the end, though..."
"Don't look to the past, you have a bright future."
"Do I?"
"Sure, there are plenty of other fish in the sea"
"...Jerk"

"Charging Xenium reactor, lets go home..."

The war had gone better for Central Facehuggeria than it had for some of her allies. They had wethered the storm, the first major challenge on a long road to achievement. But CF still had rebuilding to do. And new allies to help. While the future is uncertain, it is sure to bring more obstacles to overcome. We will be ready for them...

The Huamns and the robots alike residing in LAO celebrated. the robots who had tried to destroy them were gone. not until after the war was over did the Orderian Bots realize why they were put in camps. It was to protect them incase of a computer virus, such as the one NM realeased on Mekanta. The robots were celebrating with the humans. a bond was shared. a sacred bond that will live until technology or mankind is destroyed. Man and Machine, one in the same. In the end, the only difference was how they were made. Now making new Allies, Central Facehuggeria, Tayricht, and Mekanta, LAO had a bigger outlook. Rebuilding and repopulating weren't the utmost concern. The well being of other nations was. The entire LAO was ready for a party, who else is with them?

The Huamns and the robots alike residing in LAO celebrated. the robots who had tried to destroy them were gone. not until after the war was over did the Orderian Bots realize why they were put in camps. It was to protect them incase of a computer virus, such as the one NM realeased on Mekanta. The robots were celebrating with the humans. a bond was shared. a sacred bond that will live until technology or mankind is destroyed. Man and Machine, one in the same. In the end, the only difference was how they were made. Now making new Allies, Central Facehuggeria, Tayricht, and Mekanta, LAO had a bigger outlook. Rebuilding and repopulating weren't the utmost concern. The well being of other nations was. The entire LAO was ready for a party, who else is with them?

No problem Aust, any help you can give is appreciated. But yeah, LAO is currently the only remaining front on the planet. There are still, what 200,000 AI units there?
Is the central node that big robot that I need to think of a sneaky way to kill?

Of course, he only needs to find a node that normally sees little traffic, such as the housing transfer request node or something similar and overload it with billions of 'pings' per second to cause the system to lag just enough to activate a maintence cycle on all robotic units on the station. it wouldn't last long, but it would hopefully buy his team enough time to at least incapicate that robotic creature.
Big Robot hay.....well my advice (If you havn't distroyed it already is. Send in a team of ASS or other's threw some back entrance while everyoneelse provides destraction....Then plant mines on it and shoot it a few time's with a multi-meltar, rocket launcher, plasmar gun, fusion gun, anti-tank mine's ect. Or just nuke it. Your choice

Unfourtnately, the robot got away as the nuke my men placed on station went off. He is somewhere in the middle of space, probably cursing about not bring an extra heating pad.