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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 11, 2015 19:32:12 GMT -6
Mal'Ka's Liset slowly descended into the atmosphere of the new planet she and her escort team found. Being one of the first Tenno in the new exploration squad, she felt honoured to be the right hand Tenno to the lead. "Cloaking systems activated." Her pilot AI announced as the Liset became cloaked under the sunlight of the new planet. Her ship's grey and green form eventually slowed and landed in a forest on one part of the planet, a large continent that seemed to be surrounded fully by forest. She saw more around the planet but orders were orders.
"Operator? I am picking up multiple bio-signatures around us. I don't recognize them at all, are you sure you would like to go to the surface?" The AI asked, a bit of fear in his voice as his scanners picked up a few hostile looking signatures close by. Mal'Ka nodded, readying herself for drop. The AI sighed and letting his operator into the drop chamber, rotating as the ship hovered above the ground and dropped the Tenno off.
Mal'Ka did a small flip before landing softly on the grass below, looking about with her built in pistols readied as she walked about, the cloaked ship above keeping hidden from the world. She looked about and walked towards the nearest tree and poked it, curious about the strangely brown bark. Most of the trees she had seen were white or just stupidly large vines, brown just meant the Infested had come to a planet. Of course, this prompted her to begin shooting the tree with her pistol, expecting blood and gore to spill forth.
Okay, this being a new Sandbox and being numbered 3.0, we can have quite some dickery about in this edition. Remember, as long as the chaos is believeable and workable with, go for it.
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Post by sotn on Jan 11, 2015 19:56:51 GMT -6
Out of nowhere, an animatronic bunny began flying around and passing through solid objects, with a bizarrely human voice coming from the bunny. The guy was simply laughing his ass off, summoning random stuff out of nowhere and either blowing it up or attaching a bunch of rockets to it, igniting those rockets, and laughing as the object soared around like a braindead goose. (It's me.)
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Post by Paladin on Jan 11, 2015 20:14:59 GMT -6
A small ship went soaring into Equis' atmosphere, hurtling toward the planet faster than a normal ship would. It ended up crashing onto the planet's surface, outside of Canterlot city. A large, green alien broke out of his crashed ship, gasping for air. "Praise my Tallest, I am... out of there..." said the Irken, seeing a group of royal guards approach him. He looked at them with his cybernetic eye, analyzing them to figure if they were hostile or not. "Negative, no hostilities detected. Assistance required."
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 11, 2015 20:20:33 GMT -6
(Oh look, a target.) Mal'Ka hopped back, flicking her wrists to bring her handguns to bear, her thumbs and fingers locking into the receiver and readying for a shot at the creature. As far as she was concerned, the Infested had infected this world and she would cleanse this area before moving ahead. A new breed of Infested. Possibly linked to Alad V. Track and kill. Mal recorded in her logs before ripping one of her drones out and tossing it in front of her, the small flying machine floating about her as it readied to lock up any enemy mechanicals before destroying them.
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Post by sotn on Jan 11, 2015 20:23:59 GMT -6
The animatronic suddenly soared into the distance until he was out of sight, presumably off to perform more bizarre antics elsewhere.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 11, 2015 21:06:44 GMT -6
Mal'Ka walked through the forest, looking about for civilization and trying to page her fellow Tenno, a warning about possible Infested and Corpus going out as she found a city on the top of a mountain with a single smoke column coming a couple klicks away from the city and within the forest. She looked about before sprinting after the smoke column which resembled what would come from a crashed ship.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 11, 2015 21:12:22 GMT -6
The Irken groaned, getting up slowly before noticing how surrounded he was by the Royal Guard of Canterlot. He scanned the area with his sensors, clenching his fists tightly. "I am out matched." he raised his hands (one biological and the other cybernetic) into the air. "Take me to your leader, I am no hostile."
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 11, 2015 21:20:14 GMT -6
(Censors? What is he, the FCC?) Mal'Ka set her weapons to 'pulse' before opening fire, shocking the multiple guards with a sharp pain, making them fall over. She walked up to one of the few who was still awake and knocked him out, making sure that there were no exact witnesses. After all, who would want to report a faceless gunslinger? She walked over to the Irken, her thumb and finger disconnected from her handgun as she reached out to the alien.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 11, 2015 21:22:12 GMT -6
"Who are you?" The Irken's voice was deep, and he didn't intend to attack the person who could single handedly knock out the other guards with a single shot for each one.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 11, 2015 22:41:31 GMT -6
(Paladin has offered to be the sisters this time, so I don't have to be. I'll bring in my two Tenno later on.) "I SAID I WANTED TO SEE BLOOD!" A voice yelled, echoing out from the gym. Most of the guards recognized the voice of the Eclipse Guard Commander, and any with sanity walked quickly in the opposite direction. "IF I HAVE TO GET IN THERE MYSELF, THERE WILL BE BLOOD STAINING THE FLOOR FROM BOTH OF YOU. AND WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, I'LL MAKE SURE THEY LEFT IT HERE FOR YOU TO CLEAN IT UP!" Black Tome had climbed quickly up the ranks of the guard, a unicorn with great skill using offensive magic. He became an officer by beating back a platoon of griffins at the border when the nobles son of a post commander had fainted from the intel reporting the attack. He had lost a lot of men in the fight, but he had made sure that the Griffin's did not take the post. When the reinforcements had arrived they had found him choking out a griffin with his bare hands as the griffin worked to dig his claws into Tome's chest, his sword pierced through another griffin's neck and many more laying around him dead from burns and lightning. The reports from the soldiers all praised his quick thinking, turning the post into a bunker. Every pony lost cost at least ten griffins, and every single hallway and room was taken on the backs of dozens of corpses. He had been the first into each skirmish, and had always been the last to fall back from a position the soldiers all commented it was a miracle that he was even alive. Using the small hallways to the defenders advantage, he had made sure that the griffins would not take it before reinforcements from a nearby post arrived. Now he served as the commander of the Princess' personal Special Operations unit, the Eclipse Guard. They had weapons you wouldn't find anywhere else in Equestria, and were always at the absolute pinnacle of shapeliness between missions. All of the ponies under his command trained extensively with their natural magics, the Earthers capable of lifting quadruple digit numbers in weights, Pegasi fast enough to make you question whether or not the wind had cut your throat or if it was just a tickle, and unicorns that specialized in many of the different schools of magic to the extent they could be called Masters if not for their age. Each were the pinnacle of what you could call a soldier, all of them hand-picked for their capability. Although how he picked them was a secret only shared with the two Princesses who looked over his requests. And now, they were currently participating in PT in the Guard's gym.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 12, 2015 7:15:23 GMT -6
A guard came running up to the commander, warning him of the possible threat outside of Canterlot whom had stunned a battalion of guards who went searching toward a smoke stack that came about during their sparring session.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 12, 2015 17:09:44 GMT -6
Mal'Ka dragged her new friend through the forest, scanning for any more guards that may have come looking for the disabled squad. They're fine, just out cold. Maybe I gotta get this guy somewhere to drop off. Mal pondered as she kept one hand armed and the other grabbing the Irken on her back, having hauled him over her shoulder and sprinted off.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 12, 2015 20:02:23 GMT -6
"You heard him boys and girls, we got someone inside our borders stirring up shit." Tome said, the Eclipse Guard stopping as they turned to him and the messenger. "I want you all washed, fed, and ready to leave in twenty minutes. Go light on the equipment, this is only going to be a scouting job. That means no Dragon Spears." "Can we bring one anyways?" One of the unicorns asked. "Damn straight you can. No telling what we're gonna find. THAT IS A SOLDIER THAT REMEMBERS HIS JOB!" Tome said. "I'm gonna go talk to the Princesses, see what they want us to do. Fall in at the southern gate once you're all done." He said, the soldiers all snapping a salute to him as he turned and left. If he remembered right, they would be having lunch with the Minotaur Ambassador in one of Celestia's tea rooms.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 12, 2015 22:23:45 GMT -6
In fact they were, Celestia having a small rice cake along with a cup of tea. "As for borders, I am happy to open my borders to you and your people. Of course, I expect a trade in return. If I'm correct, your country is rich in luxury resources." She said to the Minotaur King, knowing his country was rich in silk.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 12, 2015 22:41:56 GMT -6
Tome knocked once before entering, bowing to the three. He had changed out of his workout gear on the way over, standing in his field armor. The image of the sun overlayed by a crescent moon was on his shoulder, standard on the Eclipse Guard, although the jewels in the metal plating was specialized. "Forgive the intrusion. There has been a report of a squadron being taken down inside Equestrian borders. The Eclipse are moving as we speak, I came to get your approval before we actually moved out." Tome said, saluting his princesses. "If there is something inside the borders hostile, we will find it and deal with it as you deem."
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Post by Paladin on Jan 12, 2015 22:48:23 GMT -6
"Let go of me this instant!" The Irken struggled, pulling out a small device and aiming it at the woman's head. "Drop me, now. You do not resemble the local inhabitants. Any further problems will invoke the wrath of the Irken Armada. I wanted this to be a peace treaty, but I will not hesitate to shoot." He boomed, his back-pack unit extending out a tazer and jabbing it in the back of Mal'ka's knee. Luna turned to the commander, acting as the military leader, at the moment. "You have our permission, sir. Princess?" "If it is a threat to our own guard, then it can also act as a threat to our people... Commander Tome, you and your squadron shall investigate these on goings." Celestia told Tome, looking up from her tea.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 12, 2015 23:27:21 GMT -6
"For the sun and moon." Black Tome said, bowing before turning and heading out. He headed down to the south gate, his squadron already there. They were all equipped with their regular gear, black platemail on the Earthers, enchanted cloth on the unicorns, and a crystal-metal alloy on the pegasi. They were all equipped to their strengths, their armor slightly enhancing their capabilities. They were all very well equipped, the pegasi wielding a repeater crossbow design they'd gotten from a Griffin raid using spell infused crystal tipped bolts. The Earthers were split between large tower shields and serrated blades as well as various two-handed weapons ranging from mauls to axes large enough to cleave through a Hydra's neck, and the unicorns had their bags of scrolls and tomes for their magic. One of the unicorns had a large metal barrel strapped to his back, the Dragon Spear device that had been designed for them specifically. "We've been given permission and ordered to investigate, track down, and deal with whatever assaulted the battalion. Usual in-border operation, if possible capture alive for questioning and trial, execute before allowing to escape. Do you understand our mission?" Black Tome shouted. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND OUR ORDERS?!" "SIR YES SIR!" They all replied at once. "Then move out. Pegasi move ahead, find the spot and scout for abnormalities. If you find anything significant, I want you doing information relays back to me. We will be following shortly on the ground, using the carts to move quickly. We're inside our borders, that means not everything is to be considered hostile. Identify first, shoot second." Tome said, the pegasi saluting as they took to the skies. "Everyone, MOVE OUT!" He shouted, the Eclipse Guard moving into action as they filed through the gate and into the carriages on the other side. The equipment for the earthers pulling was loaded onto the carts as the unicorns cast the spell to lighten the load. They moved quickly, the carts devolving into banter quickly as they left the city. It was a short trip to the place, with the pegasi already on the ground and looking over the guard. "No casualties. It appears to be a mid-tier lightning spell, although the rapidity suggests a group ambush." One of the pegasi reported. "There are footprints in the brush, two distinctly different from regular traffic and nothing we've seen before. One set disappears, but the other seems to have sunk deeper into the ground as though carrying additional weight as it disappeared back into the brush." "Are you saying there's a single perpetrator?" Tome asked. "It seems possible, although they may not be ponies. There isn't any magical residue in the air." One of the unicorns said. "I have a lock on the source of the lightning, but it isn't magical in nature. If the weapon is disposed of, I have an aural signature from one of the sets we may be capable of following. The second set of footprints is vastly different, having no signature strong enough to be capable of tracking. They are either warded or naturally protected from exuding theirs like a dragons." "This mission just got a lot more interesting." Tome said. "I want one of the carts loaded with the guard, get them back to Canterlot to receive medical. Three pegasi go with them, two stay as guards. If one wakes up find out what did this and come to us." The soldiers saluted as they moved. "The rest of us are following the tracks. I want pegasi in the air watching for anything while we track on the ground. There's no telling what might have been set up, so move cautiously." He laughed as they moved out. "This just got a lot more interesting."
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 6:54:54 GMT -6
Mal'Ka hand materialized into a handgun, pointed at the Irken's chest as she continued to carry him, her finger dangerously close to the trigger as a silent warning to the alien as she continued to jog along, wanting to find a safe spot to drop him off before trying to find more of the guards to distract them. Meanwhile, above the country of Equestria, three other Lisets circled the country, keeping above the line of sight and being cloaked under their Void shell. A Rhino and a Grineer Lancer sat in one while an Oberon remained in the other. "I do not understand. Why do we need to bring that... thing along?" The Oberon asked, almost as if sighing. The Rhino shrugged it off. "I know how you feel about Clem but he is one of the few who are eager to actually help out the exploration team and we should at least be grateful. Besides, we could use a little extra reinforcements." The Rhino replied as the Lancer went sliding back into the equipment room, going 'Wheee!' as if it were a child. A couple of beeps came from the console and the Oberon sighed. "Curses... Mal'Ka's stirring up trouble."
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Post by Paladin on Jan 13, 2015 7:06:13 GMT -6
The Irken sighed, trying to wrestle his way out of Mal'ka's grasp, so not to lose his ship, and only grew angrier with the girl. He pulled out a small beacon, sending out a distress signal to any local authorities nearby and available, telling them he was here on a peaceful mission.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 13, 2015 7:21:32 GMT -6
(I figured a custom frame instead of a Valkyr. A razor tether she can use twice, once to leash one end and either slice enemies apart by running or use it a second time to make a line that can act as a trap. Her second is a damage steroid, slowing her melee down by 50% but increasing damage by 90%. Her third is another tether, this one paralyzing target and draining energy. Her fourth is an explosion of razor tethers around her, spearing through enemies before she twists around in a ball of death.) " Exactly what part of exploration would require reinforcements? There are no traces of Grineer or Corpus, and there isn't even the remotest trace of the technocyte or Orokin here either." Another voice chimed in. The Volt that was occupying the last of the Lisets spoke up. " Never know what you'll need to rip apart. And if he even aims at us, I'll tear his head off and bathe in the blood." Another voice spoke, the voice of insanity belonging to the Veshtir that the Volt usually countered. " Lemme go get Mal'ka." " Your definition of 'getting' usually involves removal of limbs. For now, we wait and see. She has quite a large number of the planet occupants coming after her." The Volt said. " She dug this grave, I'm not up to pulling her out of another situation. We barely got away from the both the G3 and the Stalker the last time she pissed them off, and I have a gut feeling that she just stepped on a pretty big landmine." " What gut?" The Veshtir said, before the sound of metal hitting metal came through the comm channel. " We need to watch before we do anything. If she's made trouble, us showing up suddenly will most likely only exacerbate the situation." The Volt said.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 7:38:18 GMT -6
Mal'Ka didn't get the hint but found what looked like an abandoned cottage in the woods. Perfect! Now I can get the guys here. Mal'Ka thought, cracking the door open. Tens of masks and potions perched on the walls of the cottage, all strange and alien to the Tenno. She set her friend down on a stool and began looking about, curiously examining every little thing, silently giggling when she found a few things that looked like nanospores. She was about to ready a flare when she noticed her new friend, looking all gloomy. Mal'Ka sat down in front of the Irken, staring at him with her eyeless face. Silent. (Oh boy... best prepare a custom 'Scrapyard' frame for later then.) "Wait, what?! I thought I told her specifically not to attack anything!" The Oberon replied, astonished. Then again, the Mesa never really treated anything too seriously, always thinking that everything was just a game. The Rhino groaned, nodding at the Lancer. "Akre. Clem kos kower!" The Lancer said as he climbed out of the equipment room, a pair of Grakatas on his back, another Grakata in his arms and yet another Grakata strapped to the pistol holster. The Kubrow that he had raised was next to him, carrying a box filled with ammunition for its master. Rhino sighed but it would be impossible to get the childish Grineer to put down his 'toys' before they left and quickly grabbed his own Soma rifle as a defensive weapon as the Liset squad lowered close to the ground. "This is probably the dumbest thing I have ever done, Kar'Vek, but by the Lotus, I'm going to teach that Tenno a lesson she'll never forget when I get my hands on her." The Oberon 'growled', landing on the dirt with a Magistar hammer on his back, a ceremonial symbol for himself and his squad. Clem landed face first in the dirt but got right back up, a smile under his mask as he was still pretty clueless about the whole situation, tagging alongside Kar'Vek, the Rhino, as they waited for the other two Lisets. "You guys going to help out or what?" Kar asked through the suit's comms, keeping his eyes on Clem as the Lancer began poking at a dead squirrel with his machine gun, no less.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 13, 2015 8:10:10 GMT -6
(I do not understand what that means.) " This is Mal'ka we're talking about here, you should have seen this coming the moment you said anything to her. Honestly, she relies on us too much to save her from herself in such incidents. It would only be justice for her to be caught." The Volt said. " Although Serri is quite agitated." He added, as a crater landed near them. " You talk a lot. I'm gonna go catch her and bring her back, Noctis." Serri said, pulling her bladed staff from her back as she stood up. " Don't pick fights with the locals Serri. There's no telling just how much of a fight they might put up, and we're a long ways away from anyone else." Noctis said.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 8:16:11 GMT -6
(I meant I may make a custom frame in the future of this RP.) Kar and his Oberon brother, Dian-Shen, nodded and headed after the Veshtir frame who had plowed ahead, leaving Clem to jog after them. Kar stayed close to his Grineer companion, being much slower than Dian, after all, and keeping to the shrubs, though Clem was excitedly following with his Kubrow chasing the entire squad but remaining quiet. Clem didn't really talk all that much and this was a great time for him to keep that up. The team pressed on, searching for their separated Tenno.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 13, 2015 8:50:28 GMT -6
"Sir, several things just dropped into the forest from high above." A pegasus flew down, reporting to Black Tome. "We have a handful of pegasi moving to track, but do you wish to escalate the mission?" "It sounds like that will be a necessity. This mission just got upgraded from a track and capture to a hunt and detain ponies. Keep your weapons out and ready, but try to identify before you attack. There may be more than one hostile." Tome said, the sound of metal against ironwood filling the air as weapons were drawn from sheaths. "Double time now."
Serri sprinted through the brush, cutting through vines as she twirled around trees. Her mini-map pointed her towards Mal'Ka, ignoring the large number of pings that appeared on the very edge of her radar as she sprinted through the brush.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 8:57:24 GMT -6
Mal'Ka's attention was caught by something else, a pot of boiling liquid over a fire, of all things. She aimed her pistol at it before twirling her handgun about and holstering it before staring at the pot, watching the little bubbles pop after rising to the top, a silent giggle. Kar'Vek and Dian realized that there was something chasing them, other than Clem and his little Kubrow, prompting Kar'Vek to ready his Soma. Dian held on to his Magistar, the star-shaped hammer head glowing with a slightly radioactive magic, just in case things got too hairy for his liking. Clem noticed his Tenno friends getting slightly agitated and raised his current Grakata, looking about.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 13, 2015 16:28:04 GMT -6
The Irken got up, tapping some buttons on his gauntlet and started walking back toward his ship, keeping his distress beacon active as he traveled toward his smoking ship.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 16:31:53 GMT -6
Mal'Ka cocked one of her Peacekeepers, pointing it at the Irken. She wagged her other finger, almost as if saying 'nuh-uh' to the alien, nodding at the stool.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 13, 2015 16:36:35 GMT -6
"Why? My mission does not include abandoning my ship." said the Irken, pointing toward the smoke stack a ways away. "I must return to my ship, and inform my Tallest of the local inhabitants' appearance."
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 16:41:06 GMT -6
Mal approached the Irken, grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the stool, making him sit down before getting her own stool and sitting across from the alien, tapping her wrist as if saying 'Wait a bit, will ya?'.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 13, 2015 16:46:53 GMT -6
The Irken sighed, hating the threats he was receiving. "You're lucky it wasn't an Invader visiting the planet. They wouldn't be as kind as I."
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