THE ISTHUL CRISIS

[wright-idea.livejournal.com]

WHO: All Agents and Enforcers Currently Assigned to Isthul.
WHAT: Handling a very tricky diplomatic issue -- and solving a mystery or two in the process.
WHERE: Isthul.
WHEN: Soon after deployment.
NOTES: This log will have separate threads going for different Enforcers.

Phoenix has to admit more people have arrived than he'd expected. At least there's a couple other Enforcers; it's a relief, really, as he doesn't like the idea of managing something this big by himself. If he had his choice, he'd focus entirely on the mysteries at hand -- but obviously, he really doesn't.

Stay calm, Phoenix. These are the times where you just have to put on your best poker face and hope for the best. After all... there's a lot more people relying on you and everybody involved to get to the bottom of things in a satisfactory fashion. And if we fail... I don't want to think about it.

He nods to the arrivals, looking calmer than he feels. "Nice to see you guys. We've got a lot of work ahead of us, so we'd better make sure we have a plan of action."

Comments

[micro-icarus.livejournal.com]

"Everyone's a critic..."

[big-whoop.livejournal.com]

A throat clearing nearby. Guybrush stands there, carrying a load of supplies. "Geez. You guys bicker like an old married couple. And I should know, I'm HALF of one." He drops the supplies down and walks off, shaking his head.

[hot-engineer.livejournal.com]

Lucca responds to this, by making a noise very much like a mouse being stepped on.

"Ah, uh... I'm going to set up those arrays now. Work to do." She adds quickly and starts to shuffle away.

[micro-icarus.livejournal.com]

Ed glares at Guybrush as he leaves, his face warming noticeably, "Nobody asked you!"

[the-overseers.livejournal.com]

A whistling sound can be heard in the air as several RPGs come sailing towards the fortifications.

[micro-icarus.livejournal.com]

Edward ignores the RPGs. He is confident in the strength of his fort to hold them out, and instead goes about sending the remaining agents in the compound back to CO with orders to send a relief crew to hold down the fort as soon as possible.

[the-overseers.livejournal.com]

The RPGs maintain a steady fire, blanketing the wall in a cloud of smoke. Just as you are starting to grow accustomed to the barrage, a strange sound that could almost be described as "shimmering" can be heard just above, almost drowned out entirely by the explosions.

You also notice that your digital communication equipment is starting to go on the fritz.

[micro-icarus.livejournal.com]

Edward tapped his communicator and peered at it as it started freaking out, then he shouted after Lucca, "Hey! Something's going wrong with the sci-fi stuff down here! Did you do something?"

[hot-engineer.livejournal.com]

"I didn't do anything!" Comes the shout back. "But the sensors are losing it all of a sudden!"

She vaults the stair on her way down, and darts over to hammer at the keypads to the communicator. All it produces for her effort is a series of dull beeps. "It's gotta be a broad-spectrum frequency jammer! These guys are more organized than we thought! Ed, d'you send the support team back already?! Ohhhh no, it looks like we're on our own until the relief comes in!"

[the-overseers.livejournal.com]

A sleek silver mech descends upon the wall, a giant arm blade cleaving through the barricade like it was nothing. As it straightens, the generator on its back starts pulsing with silver energy as it charges forward, blade prepared as covering fire is laid down on your position by an airborne mech with a large sniper rifle, firing the same silver energy.

[hot-engineer.livejournal.com]

"What, how... what is that thing MADE of?!"

Lucca is staggered. Any normal metal sword would have been dented like tinfoil against that barricade. And that silver energy...

She scrambles for her weapons, powering up her blaster. "ED! Hurry! We might still be able to take out the pilot before he gets here!"

[micro-icarus.livejournal.com]

Ed mentally gibbers at his wall being taken down so easily for a moment, then starts pounding on his communicator, hoping something gets through. "BACK UP I NEED BACK UP I SWEAR I WILL EAT MY PRIDE BUT I CAN'T FIGHT A GODDAMN GUNDAM!"

While he made this dignified message, he raised a stone bar out of the ground at ankle height, hoping to trip the mech before it smooshed him to paste.

Partial response

[the-overseers.livejournal.com]

The communication is garbled but it goes through. Characters, including those on standby, may answer and scramble, they will arrive in the tagging round after the one in which they respond.

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

"You've got something big down there, huh? Machine Squadron deploying, we'll be there ASAP." Prepping as fast as she can, and getting whatever pilots can be there on very, very short notice - hopefully they're all pretty available.

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

Lockon had intentionally kept his schedule clear because he was on standby. When he received the alert, he ran down to the hangar, donned his flight suit, and prepped Gundam Zabanya for launch.

"Lockon Stratos, Gundam Zabanya, ready to launch!"

[the-overseers.livejournal.com]

The mech slices through the rock wall, delaying Ed's smooshed fate, if only for a moment. In the distance, a line of tanks can be seen advancing, along with some ground troops in army uniforms.

[hot-engineer.livejournal.com]

"FLARE!"

The air among the line of advancing soldiers contracts to a point and ignites, dealing an explosion of flash-heat that leaves the air smelling of smoke and oxidized char. Lucca heads for the smoke, swinging the butt of her laser rifle at one soldier, firing it at another at close range, flashing fire at a third to combust his equipment...

She's not going to hold back this time. They weren't going to get this gate without one HELL of a fight.

[micro-icarus.livejournal.com]

The explosion gave Edward the distraction he needed to escape the sight of the silver mech. He simply did not have the power needed to fight something like that. Fortunately, the portal was turning on, so someone most have heard his message. He ran off to a pile of rubble from his wall (His beautiful wall!), and from a position a bit out of sight, sent a shockwave of stone pillars through the ground to flip the tanks before they could get any closer. "I thought we were dealing with rioters, not the freakin' army!"

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

Katina took a quick count of the enemy forces as she burst out, heading in first. Tanks and infantry - it looked like Ed and Lucca actually had those under control, but she only glanced at the enemy mechs before backing them up with a quick beam rifle sweep of the tank forces.

With that done, she didn't even watch out for a counterattack before boosting skyward and looking for larger prey. "Alright! Now for the real fight!"

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

Gundam Zabanya was next. It emerged, two GN Rifle Bits in pistol form drawn, one in each hand. Immediately it rocketed into the sky and began raining particle beams on the enemy mecha.

[the-overseers.livejournal.com]

Soldiers scream in pain as the flare explodes on them, and several of the tanks are flipped with a loud crash.

The blade-mech and the rifle-mech split off under the assault, the blade-mech skimming the ground before dashing directly at Zabanya under its particle beam spray, slicing at its cockpit.

The rifle-mech swings away from the particle beams and beam rifle before returning fire, focusing down Katina's Gespenst.

[micro-icarus.livejournal.com]

Edward takes advantage of the enemy robots being distacted to start bringing his wall back up before any MORE enemies could get into the fort.

[hot-engineer.livejournal.com]

Lucca bashes away another soldier, and once she realizes what Edward is doing she makes her way towards him to keep his back while he rebuilds.

The sound of blaster fire bombs and girlish kiais probably aren't the easiest to concentrate through, but at least it's better than the Enforcer getting attacked.

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

"Oi oi! If you wanna go down that badly just ask!" The Gespenst rushes up at the sniper mech, juking around beams and keeping damage to a minimum for now. With so many weapons at her disposal that she could fire right now, Katina settles on an old favorite, swapping to a shotgun and filling the sky with metal pellets.

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

"Too slow!"

Lockon kicked the thrust into gear, and Zabanya shot straight up over the attack. It then pointed itself downward, keeping the bladed mech in its sights.

"Give me some assistance, boys!"




All of the holsters on Zabanya's sides and shoulders opened up and twelve more rifle bits came into play. They began to zip around as Lockon resumed his fire, not trying to hit so much as trying to box the mech in.