This is Falcor, a Crabsnake warrior part of the UCR.
Our leader has become completely distraught. He has not spoken to anyone.
He is mad.
Many follow his example, scared and confused for their lives.
We warriors want out of this deal. But we can't do it alone.
We request help from anyone who is willing.
Pater is planning an attack sometime in the next few days, we can't be there.
This Warrior Falcor, signing out.
FMMA High Council: General HAL, bring the POWs back. Don't waste your troops, General.
Gen. HAL: Listen up. Two teams will go in. Team Alpha will distract the dragon, while Team Beta will rescue the UCR crabsnakes. Use Cyclops to get close to the target. If we delay, we may risk their safety. Be advised that allied forces may arrive and and escort the prisioners out to a safe location. Your departure is authorised. Dismissed.
FMMA Teams arrived at the mission zone
Team Beta Commander: Troops, hold position. Once Alpha gives the signal, we rush in and take the prisioners.
Team Alpha Commander: Alright troops, listen up. Our objective is currently swiming near us. You can hear the roars. Once we are engaged with the target, Team Beta will come and take the prisioners away. We will then disengage, and rendesvouz with Team Beta at the Aurora entrance to the Inactive Lava Zone. Any questions?
Team Alpha: Sir, no sir!
Team Alpha: Sir, we have contact on the target
General HAL: You are cleared to engage.
Team Alpha: Yes sir. IT’S DRILLING TIME!
Damn, this guy is fast
DEATH FROM ABOVE!!
got you now, creep
Team Alpha Commander: TEAM BETA, WE ENGAGED THE DRAGON! GET THE POWs OUT OF HERE ASAP!
Team Beta Commander: Copy, loud and clear. ALRIGHT! MOVE! MOVE!
Team Beta soldier: Sir, the first crabsnakes are coming!
Team Beta Commander: TEAM ALPHA, THE POWs ARE SECURE. DISENGAGE AND COME MEET US! WE WILL PROVIDE COVER WITH TORPEDOES!
Team Alpha Commander: ROGER, DISENGAGING. BE ALERT! THE DRAGON MAY FOLLOW US THROUGH THE ENTRANCE!
Team Beta Commander: Alpha is with us, General.
Gen. HAL: All units on the vicinity, open fire at the entrance to the Lava Castle region. Keep firing and hold the enemy.@Enderguy059, the POWs are in the Aurora Entrance to the ILZ – having heavy interference from the sensor network, and can’t give precise coordinates. We will hold the line until you rescue them. Contact us once they are safe. Then we will leave.
Gen. HAL: High Council, be advised. The Empire is fortifing the area of the entrance to the Lava Castle Chamber. Looks like a gate. Both teams are en route to the extraction zone. Mission sucessful
This is Falcor, a Crabsnake warrior part of the UCR.
Our leader has become completely distraught. He has not spoken to anyone.
He is mad.
Many follow his example, scared and confused for their lives.
We warriors want out of this deal. But we can't do it alone.
We request help from anyone who is willing.
Pater is planning an attack sometime in the next few days, we can't be there.
This Warrior Falcor, signing out.
FMMA High Council: General HAL, bring the POWs back. Don't waste your troops, General.
Gen. HAL: Listen up. Two teams will go in. Team Alpha will distract the dragon, while Team Beta will rescue the UCR crabsnakes. Use Cyclops to get close to the target. If we delay, we may risk their safety. Be advised that allied forces may arrive and and escort the prisioners out to a safe location. Your departure is authorised. Dismissed.
FMMA Teams arrived at the mission zone
Team Beta Commander: Troops, hold position. Once Alpha gives the signal, we rush in and take the prisioners.
Team Alpha Commander: Alright troops, listen up. Our objective is currently swiming near us. You can hear the roars. Once we are engaged with the target, Team Beta will come and take the prisioners away. We will then disengage, and rendesvouz with Team Beta at the Aurora entrance to the Inactive Lava Zone. Any questions?
Team Alpha: Sir, no sir!
Team Alpha: Sir, we have contact on the target
General HAL: You are cleared to engage.
Team Alpha: Yes sir. IT’S DRILLING TIME!
Damn, this guy is fast
DEATH FROM ABOVE!!
got you now, creep
Team Alpha Commander: TEAM BETA, WE ENGAGED THE DRAGON! GET THE POWs OUT OF HERE ASAP!
Team Beta Commander: Copy, loud and clear. ALRIGHT! MOVE! MOVE!
Team Beta soldier: Sir, the first crabsnakes are coming!
Team Beta Commander: TEAM ALPHA, THE POWs ARE SECURE. DISENGAGE AND COME MEET US! WE WILL PROVIDE COVER WITH TORPEDOES!
Team Alpha Commander: ROGER, DISENGAGING. BE ALERT! THE DRAGON MAY FOLLOW US THROUGH THE ENTRANCE!
Team Beta Commander: Alpha is with us, General.
Gen. HAL: All units on the vicinity, open fire at the entrance to the Lava Castle region. Keep firing and hold the enemy.@Enderguy059, the POWs are in the Aurora Entrance to the ILZ – having heavy interference from the sensor network, and can’t give precise coordinates. We will hold the line until you rescue them. Contact us once they are safe. Then we will leave.
Gen. HAL: High Council, be advised. The Empire is fortifying the area of the entrance to the Lava Castle Chamber. Looks like a gate.
Affirmative. Sending in troops for extraction of POWs.
Combat Teams Sierra-through-Victor! Advance into the Crash Zone-ILZ entrance until you encounter the Crabsnake POWs. Once all of them have been accounted for, prepare each individual for partnered phase-jumping to the Precursor array. You are to return to your stationed posts at the Aurora entrance.
Combat Teams Whiskey-through-Zulu! Once the first advancement starts to Phase-jump the POWs to the Array, I want you to move into the tunnel until you reach where the FMMA Teams are holding out, where you will cover their withdrawal back to the Crash Zone-ILZ entrance. Sierra-through-Victor should be waiting at the outpost stationed there, which is now our designated rendezvous point for after this rescue attempt.
(I can't take great quality pictures. Would someone mind being my photographer for the events unfolding post I will make?)
This is Falcor, a Crabsnake warrior part of the UCR.
Our leader has become completely distraught. He has not spoken to anyone.
He is mad.
Many follow his example, scared and confused for their lives.
We warriors want out of this deal. But we can't do it alone.
We request help from anyone who is willing.
Pater is planning an attack sometime in the next few days, we can't be there.
This Warrior Falcor, signing out.
FMMA High Council: General HAL, bring the POWs back. Don't waste your troops, General.
Gen. HAL: Listen up. Two teams will go in. Team Alpha will distract the dragon, while Team Beta will rescue the UCR crabsnakes. Use Cyclops to get close to the target. If we delay, we may risk their safety. Be advised that allied forces may arrive and and escort the prisioners out to a safe location. Your departure is authorised. Dismissed.
FMMA Teams arrived at the mission zone
Team Beta Commander: Troops, hold position. Once Alpha gives the signal, we rush in and take the prisioners.
Team Alpha Commander: Alright troops, listen up. Our objective is currently swiming near us. You can hear the roars. Once we are engaged with the target, Team Beta will come and take the prisioners away. We will then disengage, and rendesvouz with Team Beta at the Aurora entrance to the Inactive Lava Zone. Any questions?
Team Alpha: Sir, no sir!
Team Alpha: Sir, we have contact on the target
General HAL: You are cleared to engage.
Team Alpha: Yes sir. IT’S DRILLING TIME!
Damn, this guy is fast
DEATH FROM ABOVE!!
got you now, creep
Team Alpha Commander: TEAM BETA, WE ENGAGED THE DRAGON! GET THE POWs OUT OF HERE ASAP!
Team Beta Commander: Copy, loud and clear. ALRIGHT! MOVE! MOVE!
Team Beta soldier: Sir, the first crabsnakes are coming!
Team Beta Commander: TEAM ALPHA, THE POWs ARE SECURE. DISENGAGE AND COME MEET US! WE WILL PROVIDE COVER WITH TORPEDOES!
Team Alpha Commander: ROGER, DISENGAGING. BE ALERT! THE DRAGON MAY FOLLOW US THROUGH THE ENTRANCE!
Team Beta Commander: Alpha is with us, General.
Gen. HAL: All units on the vicinity, open fire at the entrance to the Lava Castle region. Keep firing and hold the enemy.@Enderguy059, the POWs are in the Aurora Entrance to the ILZ – having heavy interference from the sensor network, and can’t give precise coordinates. We will hold the line until you rescue them. Contact us once they are safe. Then we will leave.
Gen. HAL: High Council, be advised. The Empire is fortifying the area of the entrance to the Lava Castle Chamber. Looks like a gate.
Affirmative. Sending in troops for extraction of POWs.
Combat Teams Sierra-through-Victor! Advance into the Crash Zone-ILZ entrance until you encounter the Crabsnake POWs. Once all of them have been accounted for, prepare each individual for partnered phase-jumping to the Precursor array. You are to return to your stationed posts at the Aurora entrance.
Combat Teams Whiskey-through-Zulu! Once the first advancement starts to Phase-jump the POWs to the Array, I want you to move into the tunnel until you reach where the FMMA Teams are holding out, where you will cover their withdrawal back to the Crash Zone-ILZ entrance. Sierra-through-Victor should be waiting at the outpost stationed there, which is now our designated rendezvous point for after this rescue attempt.
(I can't take great quality pictures. Would someone mind being my photographer for the events unfolding post I will make?)
This is @the_mariner. I've got three gunship-class Reefbacks, two Crash-class Reefbacks, one ram-class Reefback, and one Creepvine support Reefback with me. We'll accompany teams Sierra-Victor as they extract the POWs. In event of attack, we will engage the enemy.
May the tides have mercy on us all.
I can't really take any pictures either, so could @Casual_Player or @Jamezorg do that for me? Thanks
SkopeWouldn't you like to know ;)Join Date: 2016-06-07Member: 218212Members
NO.
We have made our allegiances.
Those who wish to leave, very well.
They will receive Malus Reditum.
Or "The Bad Return." Meaning, they will be cursed by the great Snekzilla, for abandoning the Crabsnakes, and they will never win a battle.
You risk your lives, for creatures that have already given up. I do not wish to fight, but, as leader I must.
For Skope.
You will find many Crabsnakes who feel the same way. And they will not come with you.
For they fear both Snekzilla, and Pater.
Please, stop this madness. We had finally found peace after the Great War. Now we have been dragged into another, with two beings of power angry at us.
If there were any other way, we would go with you, but Pater will be angry with us. And he will slaughter us.
I am done with watching Skope's people be slaughtered.
This is Falcor, a Crabsnake warrior part of the UCR.
Our leader has become completely distraught. He has not spoken to anyone.
He is mad.
Many follow his example, scared and confused for their lives.
We warriors want out of this deal. But we can't do it alone.
We request help from anyone who is willing.
Pater is planning an attack sometime in the next few days, we can't be there.
This Warrior Falcor, signing out.
FMMA High Council: General HAL, bring the POWs back. Don't waste your troops, General.
Gen. HAL: Listen up. Two teams will go in. Team Alpha will distract the dragon, while Team Beta will rescue the UCR crabsnakes. Use Cyclops to get close to the target. If we delay, we may risk their safety. Be advised that allied forces may arrive and and escort the prisioners out to a safe location. Your departure is authorised. Dismissed.
FMMA Teams arrived at the mission zone
Team Beta Commander: Troops, hold position. Once Alpha gives the signal, we rush in and take the prisioners.
Team Alpha Commander: Alright troops, listen up. Our objective is currently swiming near us. You can hear the roars. Once we are engaged with the target, Team Beta will come and take the prisioners away. We will then disengage, and rendesvouz with Team Beta at the Aurora entrance to the Inactive Lava Zone. Any questions?
Team Alpha: Sir, no sir!
Team Alpha: Sir, we have contact on the target
General HAL: You are cleared to engage.
Team Alpha: Yes sir. IT’S DRILLING TIME!
Damn, this guy is fast
DEATH FROM ABOVE!!
got you now, creep
Team Alpha Commander: TEAM BETA, WE ENGAGED THE DRAGON! GET THE POWs OUT OF HERE ASAP!
Team Beta Commander: Copy, loud and clear. ALRIGHT! MOVE! MOVE!
Team Beta soldier: Sir, the first crabsnakes are coming!
Team Beta Commander: TEAM ALPHA, THE POWs ARE SECURE. DISENGAGE AND COME MEET US! WE WILL PROVIDE COVER WITH TORPEDOES!
Team Alpha Commander: ROGER, DISENGAGING. BE ALERT! THE DRAGON MAY FOLLOW US THROUGH THE ENTRANCE!
Team Beta Commander: Alpha is with us, General.
Gen. HAL: All units on the vicinity, open fire at the entrance to the Lava Castle region. Keep firing and hold the enemy.@Enderguy059, the POWs are in the Aurora Entrance to the ILZ – having heavy interference from the sensor network, and can’t give precise coordinates. We will hold the line until you rescue them. Contact us once they are safe. Then we will leave.
Gen. HAL: High Council, be advised. The Empire is fortifing the area of the entrance to the Lava Castle Chamber. Looks like a gate. Both teams are en route to the extraction zone. Mission sucessful
Or "The Bad Return." Meaning, they will be cursed by the great Snekzilla, for abandoning the Crabsnakes, and they will never win a battle.
You risk your lives, for creatures that have already given up. I do not wish to fight, but, as leader I must.
For Skope.
You will find many Crabsnakes who feel the same way. And they will not come with you.
For they fear both Snekzilla, and Pater.
Please, stop this madness. We had finally found peace after the Great War. Now we have been dragged into another, with two beings of power angry at us.
If there were any other way, we would go with you, but Pater will be angry with us. And he will slaughter us.
I am done with watching Skope's people be slaughtered.
I am sorry.
Then I will be through those caves without mercy. I shall grant you a warrior's death. Prepare!
Bastion will move to reinforce phalanx, as their old position is of no help at the present. The newly formed Pike and Longbow units will push in to the old position and provide cover for retreats. If things go pearshaped, fall back behind the defensive line. Bastion and Phalanx are under @the_mariner's command to support ongoing operations.
UCR PoW's are welcome, we have medicine, food and anything else you may need to recover. Assistance on the battle lines or in logistical operations are always appreciated.
Orders for Peeper Reconnaissance units
Keep an eye out for choke points. The tunnels of the ILZ have many nooks and crannies, make sure they are clear to keep the flanks and rear of the advancing units free from harrassment and encasement. Any areas that have been cleared with a convenient choke point should be reported at once to command and advance our defensive lines and logistics. Identify any regions that lend themselves to ambush positions and relay the intel to @ResolutionBlaze for the stalkers, if he should desire to set any hit and run attacks. Any biters that can provide escort for the peepers would be greatly appreciated.
Signed,
President Ralij
Pike and Longbow will push the defensive lines and maintain logistics support to frontline units. Bring up Reefballs and set to remote detonation. If things get too hot we can at least slow them down. Remember lads, no matter how dire the situation, if you can hear a reefback you are never far from home. We've got your back.
If units get so far as the castle before my next communique, lay siege to it. Mine it, bombard it, do not let any within its halls rest until parlay. Wear them down until they can't swim straight.
Prime Minister: Okay, boys, listen up! A meteor landed here near the beginning of the Grand Reef election! It has now come to our attention that the impact dug up a third Precursor cache; one that the 4th Division don't know about! You have to defend it, do you understand?
6th & 12th Divisions: Sir, yes sir!
Prime Minister: Good. Off you go then.
Scout Ren: So here's the cache Lord Sketh has talked so much about...
Scout Jarr: Quiet down, they could hear us. Jason, inform Lord Sketh we've found the cache. We need those Ion Crystals; our Lost River battalions are running dangerously low. If they don't get these explosives the River belongs to the Alliance.
Scout Jason: And we don't want Pater getting too angry with us, do we?
Scout Ren: No, Jason. No we don't. Now go, tell Lord Sketh we've found it.
General Cryth: 6th Division! 4th Division troops incoming!
Commander Scythe: Those aren't 4th Division troops, are they? They're Imperial soldiers, I see those Lava Larva and Lizards.
Lieutenant Costa: I think it's both, General.
General Cryth: Oh good god...
General Cryth: Defend this god damn cache with your lives!
Private Scorch [LAVA LIZARD]: Sir, I've found the cache. The Conglomerate shits didn't notice me slip by. I'm going in...
Private Scorch: Commander Merron, I've found the entrance but can't find any of the keys; I'll need some scouts to help me find them, this cave is huge.
Commander Merron, please respond.
Commander Merron?!
Private Scorch: I suppose I'll have to inform Lord Sketh of its location myself...
Private Scorch: Lord Sketh, we have the whereabouts of the third Precursor Cache. It's in the crater, but the Conglomerate won the battle for it.
Lord Sketh: I'll inform Pater of this immediately.
Private Scorch: You'll what?
Lord Sketh: You heard me; Pater wants to know what I am to do with the Ion Crystals I collect. I have told him but he seems unconvinced, and wishes to see where I get them from. No doubt he'll want some when he sees the extent of their power. As for you I will inform him that you are a deserter, and that you abandoned your army and your post.
Private Scorch: But I was the only survivor, I came to tell you-
Lord Sketh: A man who puts duty over honour mustn't expect kindness from anyone. I pray your end is swift and painless, for you have helped me dearly. Thank you.
Bastion will move to reinforce phalanx, as their old position is of no help at the present. The newly formed Pike and Longbow units will push in to the old position and provide cover for retreats. If things go pearshaped, fall back behind the defensive line. Bastion and Phalanx are under @the_mariner's command to support ongoing operations.
UCR PoW's are welcome, we have medicine, food and anything else you may need to recover. Assistance on the battle lines or in logistical operations are always appreciated.
Orders for Peeper Reconnaissance units
Keep an eye out for choke points. The tunnels of the ILZ have many nooks and crannies, make sure they are clear to keep the flanks and rear of the advancing units free from harrassment and encasement. Any areas that have been cleared with a convenient choke point should be reported at once to command and advance our defensive lines and logistics. Identify any regions that lend themselves to ambush positions and relay the intel to @ResolutionBlaze for the stalkers, if he should desire to set any hit and run attacks. Any biters that can provide escort for the peepers would be greatly appreciated.
Signed,
President Ralij
Pike and Longbow will push the defensive lines and maintain logistics support to frontline units. Bring up Reefballs and set to remote detonation. If things get too hot we can at least slow them down. Remember lads, no matter how dire the situation, if you can hear a reefback you are never far from home. We've got your back.
If units get so far as the castle before my next communique, lay siege to it. Mine it, bombard it, do not let any within its halls rest until parlay. Wear them down until they can't swim straight.
Thank you, sir. It's an honor to command Phalanx and Bastion.
I won't let you down.
the_mariner
Operative of the Environmental Protection and Cooperation Agency
Commanding Officer of Phalanx and Bastion
@Enderguy059 , this kindness will not be forgotten. Your agents will help at the cache, for I'm certain more attacks will ensue. I can't say when, but I'm sure of their arrival.
@ResolutionBlaze , I ask that you gift us your Leviathans. Their numbers our strong, and for all we know a Sea Dragon could be over the dunes as we speak. Only your leviathans stand a chance of defending against such a threat. There are already many in the dunes area; please grant us one or two.
@Phantomfinch , we need Biters. Lava Larva are very small and very quick; too small and too quick for our clumsy arms to catch. Will your soldiers do the honours?
@the_mariner , you have assumed control of the EPCA, yes? We ask that you grant us a small number of adult Reefbacks to help in the fighting. In the War of Five Fish they were a valuable asset to the Shoal, and were the only reason they succeeded in the Siege of Mushroom Forest, near the end of the war. If we positioned these beasts above the crater, armed with tiger plants, we might just stand a chance when they come back for another attack.
@Enderguy059 , this kindness will not be forgotten. Your agents will help at the cache, for I'm certain more attacks will ensue. I can't say when, but I'm sure of their arrival.
I'm glad I could be of assistance.
I should also note that Cache Hunting Party-B.U.S. has returned from their successful expedition to the LBK Cache and will accompany this new division. Once they have arrived at the Cache, the Host-Class Agents will begin downloading the Precursor Consciences stored within.
As soon as the downloading process is complete, we can safely extract the Ion Crystals to the Precursor Array. The area will then be of no use to the enemy, allowing us to retreat from the battle safely without wasting more soldiers.
@Enderguy059 , this kindness will not be forgotten. Your agents will help at the cache, for I'm certain more attacks will ensue. I can't say when, but I'm sure of their arrival.
@ResolutionBlaze , I ask that you gift us your Leviathans. Their numbers our strong, and for all we know a Sea Dragon could be over the dunes as we speak. Only your leviathans stand a chance of defending against such a threat. There are already many in the dunes area; please grant us one or two.
@Phantomfinch , we need Biters. Lava Larva are very small and very quick; too small and too quick for our clumsy arms to catch. Will your soldiers do the honours?
@the_mariner , you have assumed control of the EPCA, yes? We ask that you grant us a small number of adult Reefbacks to help in the fighting. In the War of Five Fish they were a valuable asset to the Shoal, and were the only reason they succeeded in the Siege of Mushroom Forest, near the end of the war. If we positioned these beasts above the crater, armed with tiger plants, we might just stand a chance when they come back for another attack.
Our forces will block out their light source, so they will fight in the shade.
Lord Sketh: Alright, boys. Pater wants us to attack the third cache with everything we've got by tomorrow morning. If we can't get those Ion Crystals, we're gonna have to try something else. Alterra technology is the second best thing in these seas. Check the ocean floor for wrecks and gather as much salvage as you can fit into your arms. Bring it back to me and my Prime Engineers and we'll construct machines of war. If all goes to plan the Conglomerate will have fallen by dawn.
4th Division: YES SIR!
Lord Sketh: We are nearly ready to end this conflict in the Lost River. The Lost War will end as swiftly as the Conglomerate started it.
@Enderguy059 , this kindness will not be forgotten. Your agents will help at the cache, for I'm certain more attacks will ensue. I can't say when, but I'm sure of their arrival.
@ResolutionBlaze , I ask that you gift us your Leviathans. Their numbers our strong, and for all we know a Sea Dragon could be over the dunes as we speak. Only your leviathans stand a chance of defending against such a threat. There are already many in the dunes area; please grant us one or two.
@Phantomfinch , we need Biters. Lava Larva are very small and very quick; too small and too quick for our clumsy arms to catch. Will your soldiers do the honours?
@the_mariner , you have assumed control of the EPCA, yes? We ask that you grant us a small number of adult Reefbacks to help in the fighting. In the War of Five Fish they were a valuable asset to the Shoal, and were the only reason they succeeded in the Siege of Mushroom Forest, near the end of the war. If we positioned these beasts above the crater, armed with tiger plants, we might just stand a chance when they come back for another attack.
I can't spare many operatives at the moment, but I can give you three gunship-class Reefbacks. Hopefully, that will be enough to defend the Dunes cache. Good luck.
@Enderguy059 , this kindness will not be forgotten. Your agents will help at the cache, for I'm certain more attacks will ensue. I can't say when, but I'm sure of their arrival.
@ResolutionBlaze , I ask that you gift us your Leviathans. Their numbers our strong, and for all we know a Sea Dragon could be over the dunes as we speak. Only your leviathans stand a chance of defending against such a threat. There are already many in the dunes area; please grant us one or two.
@Phantomfinch , we need Biters. Lava Larva are very small and very quick; too small and too quick for our clumsy arms to catch. Will your soldiers do the honours?
@the_mariner , you have assumed control of the EPCA, yes? We ask that you grant us a small number of adult Reefbacks to help in the fighting. In the War of Five Fish they were a valuable asset to the Shoal, and were the only reason they succeeded in the Siege of Mushroom Forest, near the end of the war. If we positioned these beasts above the crater, armed with tiger plants, we might just stand a chance when they come back for another attack.
I am granting you access to the 8th Confederate Legion. Use wisely.
Lord Sketh: Alright, boys. Pater wants us to attack the third cache with everything we've got by tomorrow morning. If we can't get those Ion Crystals, we're gonna have to try something else. Alterra technology is the second best thing in these seas. Check the ocean floor for wrecks and gather as much salvage as you can fit into your arms. Bring it back to me and my Prime Engineers and we'll construct machines of war. If all goes to plan the Conglomerate will have fallen by dawn.
4th Division: YES SIR!
Lord Sketh: We are nearly ready to end this conflict in the Lost River. The Lost War will end as swiftly as the Conglomerate started it.
Crabsquids using technology?? Truly, these are dark times indeed.
Lord Sketh: Alright, boys. Pater wants us to attack the third cache with everything we've got by tomorrow morning. If we can't get those Ion Crystals, we're gonna have to try something else. Alterra technology is the second best thing in these seas. Check the ocean floor for wrecks and gather as much salvage as you can fit into your arms. Bring it back to me and my Prime Engineers and we'll construct machines of war. If all goes to plan the Conglomerate will have fallen by dawn.
4th Division: YES SIR!
Lord Sketh: We are nearly ready to end this conflict in the Lost River. The Lost War will end as swiftly as the Conglomerate started it.
Crabsquids using technology?? Truly, these are dark times indeed.
Commander: We will take the cache, Pater. We will not fail you.
LATER AT THE DUNES
Commander: Scouts, what do you see?
Scout: Sir, we have a visual of some Warper troops protecting the cache. They will be easy pickings.
Commander: All troops, move out.
Scout: Sir, you're not going to believe this. The cache...
Commander: What about the cache? Speak up, son!
Scout: The cache is gone... it's not there. I think they blew it up.
Commander: By Snekzilla's fangs! They've destroyed the cache to protect it from us!
Scout: Should we retreat sir?
Commander: No, Pater wanted the cache. But if it's not there, then we'll give him some food. Do not stop attacking until every Crabsquid, Warper, and Reaper is safely in Pater's belly. They can't stop us with so few soldiers mobilized.
I recommend listening to this when you read this post. Skip to 4:40 to get what I like to call the full effect:
The Green War Concludes ... The Lava War begins...
General Scythe: Alright men! We have enough troops to last us fifty Lava Empire attacks! We're sorted for the rest of time as long as we don't budge!
Commander Kraken [OF THE REAPERS]: General Scythe, the Reapers will defend from the areas closer to the surface. There we will be able to see attackers dozens of minutes before they arrive.
General Scythe: Very good thinking, Commander. I'll see to it that your people-
*A distant explosion shakes the ground, and the currents push strongly through the ocean, pushing even the Reapers back*
Sir Vladimir [OF THE SHOAL]: What in the Underworld was that?!
*Green flame rises above the water. It is clearly visible to anyone looking upwards, rising out of the water like a cloud*
General Scythe: They didn't...
Commander Kraken: What have they done?
General Scythe: I had no idea the 4th Division would go so far as to... No, no, we're jumping to conclusions. I'll surface and see if it really was the array...
*General Scythe surfaces to see in the distance the island covered in scrap, and where the array once stood green smoke now rose*
General Scythe: Prime Minister... Something terrible has happened...
Prime Minister: I've seen... General, blow the Cache...
General Scythe: Prime Minister, you can't be serious, it would damage the ecosystem, it would--
Prime Minister: We can't risk the 4th Division getting their hands on any more of the Ion. Destroy it before it is used cruelly.
General Scythe: Yes sir...
*General Scythe submerges and enters the crater*
General Scythe: Commanders, get your people out of here now. We're blowing the cache.
Commander Kraken: General, you can't be serious, we--
General Scythe: Get them away from here as soon as you can.
Comments
FMMA High Council: General HAL, bring the POWs back. Don't waste your troops, General.
Gen. HAL: Listen up. Two teams will go in. Team Alpha will distract the dragon, while Team Beta will rescue the UCR crabsnakes. Use Cyclops to get close to the target. If we delay, we may risk their safety. Be advised that allied forces may arrive and and escort the prisioners out to a safe location. Your departure is authorised. Dismissed.
FMMA Teams arrived at the mission zone
Team Beta Commander: Troops, hold position. Once Alpha gives the signal, we rush in and take the prisioners.
Team Alpha Commander: Alright troops, listen up. Our objective is currently swiming near us. You can hear the roars. Once we are engaged with the target, Team Beta will come and take the prisioners away. We will then disengage, and rendesvouz with Team Beta at the Aurora entrance to the Inactive Lava Zone. Any questions?
Team Alpha: Sir, no sir!
Team Alpha: Sir, we have contact on the target
General HAL: You are cleared to engage.
Team Alpha: Yes sir. IT’S DRILLING TIME!
Damn, this guy is fast
DEATH FROM ABOVE!!
got you now, creep
Team Alpha Commander: TEAM BETA, WE ENGAGED THE DRAGON! GET THE POWs OUT OF HERE ASAP!
Team Beta Commander: Copy, loud and clear. ALRIGHT! MOVE! MOVE!
Team Beta soldier: Sir, the first crabsnakes are coming!
Team Beta Commander: TEAM ALPHA, THE POWs ARE SECURE. DISENGAGE AND COME MEET US! WE WILL PROVIDE COVER WITH TORPEDOES!
Team Alpha Commander: ROGER, DISENGAGING. BE ALERT! THE DRAGON MAY FOLLOW US THROUGH THE ENTRANCE!
Team Beta Commander: Alpha is with us, General.
Gen. HAL: All units on the vicinity, open fire at the entrance to the Lava Castle region. Keep firing and hold the enemy.@Enderguy059, the POWs are in the Aurora Entrance to the ILZ – having heavy interference from the sensor network, and can’t give precise coordinates. We will hold the line until you rescue them. Contact us once they are safe. Then we will leave.
Gen. HAL: High Council, be advised. The Empire is fortifing the area of the entrance to the Lava Castle Chamber. Looks like a gate. Both teams are en route to the extraction zone. Mission sucessful
Affirmative. Sending in troops for extraction of POWs.
Combat Teams Sierra-through-Victor! Advance into the Crash Zone-ILZ entrance until you encounter the Crabsnake POWs. Once all of them have been accounted for, prepare each individual for partnered phase-jumping to the Precursor array. You are to return to your stationed posts at the Aurora entrance.
Combat Teams Whiskey-through-Zulu! Once the first advancement starts to Phase-jump the POWs to the Array, I want you to move into the tunnel until you reach where the FMMA Teams are holding out, where you will cover their withdrawal back to the Crash Zone-ILZ entrance. Sierra-through-Victor should be waiting at the outpost stationed there, which is now our designated rendezvous point for after this rescue attempt.
This is @the_mariner. I've got three gunship-class Reefbacks, two Crash-class Reefbacks, one ram-class Reefback, and one Creepvine support Reefback with me. We'll accompany teams Sierra-Victor as they extract the POWs. In event of attack, we will engage the enemy.
May the tides have mercy on us all.
We have made our allegiances.
Those who wish to leave, very well.
They will receive Malus Reditum.
Or "The Bad Return." Meaning, they will be cursed by the great Snekzilla, for abandoning the Crabsnakes, and they will never win a battle.
You risk your lives, for creatures that have already given up. I do not wish to fight, but, as leader I must.
For Skope.
You will find many Crabsnakes who feel the same way. And they will not come with you.
For they fear both Snekzilla, and Pater.
Please, stop this madness. We had finally found peace after the Great War. Now we have been dragged into another, with two beings of power angry at us.
If there were any other way, we would go with you, but Pater will be angry with us. And he will slaughter us.
I am done with watching Skope's people be slaughtered.
I am sorry.
This was incredibly badass and a joy to read.
Then I will be through those caves without mercy. I shall grant you a warrior's death. Prepare!
Bastion will move to reinforce phalanx, as their old position is of no help at the present. The newly formed Pike and Longbow units will push in to the old position and provide cover for retreats. If things go pearshaped, fall back behind the defensive line. Bastion and Phalanx are under @the_mariner's command to support ongoing operations.
UCR PoW's are welcome, we have medicine, food and anything else you may need to recover. Assistance on the battle lines or in logistical operations are always appreciated.
Orders for Peeper Reconnaissance units
Keep an eye out for choke points. The tunnels of the ILZ have many nooks and crannies, make sure they are clear to keep the flanks and rear of the advancing units free from harrassment and encasement. Any areas that have been cleared with a convenient choke point should be reported at once to command and advance our defensive lines and logistics. Identify any regions that lend themselves to ambush positions and relay the intel to @ResolutionBlaze for the stalkers, if he should desire to set any hit and run attacks. Any biters that can provide escort for the peepers would be greatly appreciated.
Signed,
President Ralij
Pike and Longbow will push the defensive lines and maintain logistics support to frontline units. Bring up Reefballs and set to remote detonation. If things get too hot we can at least slow them down. Remember lads, no matter how dire the situation, if you can hear a reefback you are never far from home. We've got your back.
If units get so far as the castle before my next communique, lay siege to it. Mine it, bombard it, do not let any within its halls rest until parlay. Wear them down until they can't swim straight.
Prime Minister: Okay, boys, listen up! A meteor landed here near the beginning of the Grand Reef election! It has now come to our attention that the impact dug up a third Precursor cache; one that the 4th Division don't know about! You have to defend it, do you understand?
6th & 12th Divisions: Sir, yes sir!
Prime Minister: Good. Off you go then.
Scout Ren: So here's the cache Lord Sketh has talked so much about...
Scout Jarr: Quiet down, they could hear us. Jason, inform Lord Sketh we've found the cache. We need those Ion Crystals; our Lost River battalions are running dangerously low. If they don't get these explosives the River belongs to the Alliance.
Scout Jason: And we don't want Pater getting too angry with us, do we?
Scout Ren: No, Jason. No we don't. Now go, tell Lord Sketh we've found it.
General Cryth: 6th Division! 4th Division troops incoming!
Commander Scythe: Those aren't 4th Division troops, are they? They're Imperial soldiers, I see those Lava Larva and Lizards.
Lieutenant Costa: I think it's both, General.
General Cryth: Oh good god...
General Cryth: Defend this god damn cache with your lives!
Private Scorch [LAVA LIZARD]: Sir, I've found the cache. The Conglomerate shits didn't notice me slip by. I'm going in...
Private Scorch: Commander Merron, I've found the entrance but can't find any of the keys; I'll need some scouts to help me find them, this cave is huge.
Commander Merron, please respond.
Commander Merron?!
Private Scorch: I suppose I'll have to inform Lord Sketh of its location myself...
Private Scorch: Lord Sketh, we have the whereabouts of the third Precursor Cache. It's in the crater, but the Conglomerate won the battle for it.
Lord Sketh: I'll inform Pater of this immediately.
Private Scorch: You'll what?
Lord Sketh: You heard me; Pater wants to know what I am to do with the Ion Crystals I collect. I have told him but he seems unconvinced, and wishes to see where I get them from. No doubt he'll want some when he sees the extent of their power. As for you I will inform him that you are a deserter, and that you abandoned your army and your post.
Private Scorch: But I was the only survivor, I came to tell you-
Lord Sketh: A man who puts duty over honour mustn't expect kindness from anyone. I pray your end is swift and painless, for you have helped me dearly. Thank you.
Sketh, I give you temporary command of a small army of to take the cache.
Be back by the next sunrise, or I will assume that you have gone rogue, and bring you to justice.
I won't let you down.
the_mariner
Operative of the Environmental Protection and Cooperation Agency
Commanding Officer of Phalanx and Bastion
@Enderguy059 , this kindness will not be forgotten. Your agents will help at the cache, for I'm certain more attacks will ensue. I can't say when, but I'm sure of their arrival.
@ResolutionBlaze , I ask that you gift us your Leviathans. Their numbers our strong, and for all we know a Sea Dragon could be over the dunes as we speak. Only your leviathans stand a chance of defending against such a threat. There are already many in the dunes area; please grant us one or two.
@Phantomfinch , we need Biters. Lava Larva are very small and very quick; too small and too quick for our clumsy arms to catch. Will your soldiers do the honours?
@the_mariner , you have assumed control of the EPCA, yes? We ask that you grant us a small number of adult Reefbacks to help in the fighting. In the War of Five Fish they were a valuable asset to the Shoal, and were the only reason they succeeded in the Siege of Mushroom Forest, near the end of the war. If we positioned these beasts above the crater, armed with tiger plants, we might just stand a chance when they come back for another attack.
I'm glad I could be of assistance.
As soon as the downloading process is complete, we can safely extract the Ion Crystals to the Precursor Array. The area will then be of no use to the enemy, allowing us to retreat from the battle safely without wasting more soldiers.
Our forces will block out their light source, so they will fight in the shade.
Lord Sketh: Alright, boys. Pater wants us to attack the third cache with everything we've got by tomorrow morning. If we can't get those Ion Crystals, we're gonna have to try something else. Alterra technology is the second best thing in these seas. Check the ocean floor for wrecks and gather as much salvage as you can fit into your arms. Bring it back to me and my Prime Engineers and we'll construct machines of war. If all goes to plan the Conglomerate will have fallen by dawn.
4th Division: YES SIR!
Lord Sketh: We are nearly ready to end this conflict in the Lost River. The Lost War will end as swiftly as the Conglomerate started it.
I can't spare many operatives at the moment, but I can give you three gunship-class Reefbacks. Hopefully, that will be enough to defend the Dunes cache. Good luck.
I am granting you access to the 8th Confederate Legion. Use wisely.
Crabsquids using technology?? Truly, these are dark times indeed.
HERESY!!!!!!! XD
FMMA High Council
*sigh*
Must I do everything?
Very well, Crabsnakes, fight or burn!
Commander: We will take the cache, Pater. We will not fail you.
LATER AT THE DUNES
Commander: Scouts, what do you see?
Scout: Sir, we have a visual of some Warper troops protecting the cache. They will be easy pickings.
Commander: All troops, move out.
Scout: Sir, you're not going to believe this. The cache...
Commander: What about the cache? Speak up, son!
Scout: The cache is gone... it's not there. I think they blew it up.
Commander: By Snekzilla's fangs! They've destroyed the cache to protect it from us!
Scout: Should we retreat sir?
Commander: No, Pater wanted the cache. But if it's not there, then we'll give him some food. Do not stop attacking until every Crabsquid, Warper, and Reaper is safely in Pater's belly. They can't stop us with so few soldiers mobilized.
Anyway my turn for an attack.
"commander? do we attack now?"
"Niet Ivan. we wait for them to open the door"
"But im geating bored!"
"shuush, i hear them"
"ATTACK, FOR THE SHOAL!"
"WE SHAL NOT LET THEM PASS THIS DOOR, THE ROBOTS WILL COME SOON!"
"Our calvery from the EPCA has arived, Looks like the shoal finaly has a won a battle since the reef war."
Need a little help there, @PaterAestus?
The explanation given on our privet message board was that the directions were lost in translation from lava lizard to crabsquid.
Dammit, I was just sipping at my J20 when I opened that first tab...
Perfect, the Crabsnakes have distracted the enemy.
And the mortal leaders have assumed that I have been mistaken.
The fools.
I am never mistaken.
Time for a crippling blow.
Underworld forces, advance!
Kill any guards that stand in your way! Do not even let their bones remain!
4th division, do not regurgitate your cargo until you are in position.
Lord Sketh: Yes sir, Pater sir! Alright men, you know the drill! Move, move, move!
4th division Soldier: All units are in position Lord Sketh!
Lord Sketh: Great! Alright boys, vomit! Vomit like you mean it!
4th division: Yes sir!
*gross regurgitation noises*
4th division Soldier: Ugghh... *hack* Lord *hurmph* Sketh, cargo has been unloaded.
Lord Sketh: This is the worst day ever... I mean, very good soldiers! All units, retreat to the Ghost Tree in the Lost River immediately!
Lord Sketh: Pater, the cargo is in position and ready for detonation. All units are retreating to the Lost River. Everything is as planned.
*end of transmission*
Finally, the time has come to destroy my oldest rival.
The Antecedents gun.
Creatures of Aboveworld, let this be your final warning. I am done toying with you. I will not tolerate your idiocy any longer.
Your hubris is what got you into this predicament. Will it get you out of it?
Learn this, creatures of Aboveworld. I am perfect. I cannot make mistakes.
Let this be your final lesson. Those who plot against Pater, will find that all their plans just...
...blow up in their faces.
*detonation activated*
Way to be original pater. Blowing up a precursor instillation using ion crystals.
Amitures
The Green War Concludes ... The Lava War begins...
General Scythe: Alright men! We have enough troops to last us fifty Lava Empire attacks! We're sorted for the rest of time as long as we don't budge!
Commander Kraken [OF THE REAPERS]: General Scythe, the Reapers will defend from the areas closer to the surface. There we will be able to see attackers dozens of minutes before they arrive.
General Scythe: Very good thinking, Commander. I'll see to it that your people-
*A distant explosion shakes the ground, and the currents push strongly through the ocean, pushing even the Reapers back*
Sir Vladimir [OF THE SHOAL]: What in the Underworld was that?!
*Green flame rises above the water. It is clearly visible to anyone looking upwards, rising out of the water like a cloud*
General Scythe: They didn't...
Commander Kraken: What have they done?
General Scythe: I had no idea the 4th Division would go so far as to... No, no, we're jumping to conclusions. I'll surface and see if it really was the array...
*General Scythe surfaces to see in the distance the island covered in scrap, and where the array once stood green smoke now rose*
General Scythe: Prime Minister... Something terrible has happened...
Prime Minister: I've seen... General, blow the Cache...
General Scythe: Prime Minister, you can't be serious, it would damage the ecosystem, it would--
Prime Minister: We can't risk the 4th Division getting their hands on any more of the Ion. Destroy it before it is used cruelly.
General Scythe: Yes sir...
*General Scythe submerges and enters the crater*
General Scythe: Commanders, get your people out of here now. We're blowing the cache.
Commander Kraken: General, you can't be serious, we--
General Scythe: Get them away from here as soon as you can.
Commander Kraken: Yes, General.