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| Solstice In The Skies IC; Prologue (Act 0) | |
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| Mattie2009 | 24 Aug 2008, 09:07 PM Post #1 |
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Act 0: Prologue 0-0: Aero City Aero City- Downtown A figure walked down a narrow street, paying no mind to the glances of others. The figure was Blaze Xelon, a Commander in the Aero City Airforce. He ducked into an alleyway, and pulled out a small object around the general size of a credit card, but bulkier. There were a few beeps from the object as it powered up. On the screen, it read: Commlink Notice New Mail Recieved. Read? YES NO Blaze pressed the "Yes" button, and a second later the screen changed. Commlink Notice Mail identified as Video Mail. Continue? YES NO Once more, the "Yes" button was pressed. Yet again, the screen changed to a bar with a message above it. "Recieving Communication from Comsat Server..." The bar filled quickly. The machine whirred as the screen began to move, rotating upwards clockwise. A second later, there were two screens, one above the other. A face materialised on the bottom screen, the top saying: "Download Complete." The mail began. "Blaze, it's Aried. Drailos wants you for something, and he told me to get in contact with you. Come down to the shop as soon as you can." Blaze sighed. The second screen went black and was hidden from view as the top screen completed it's half-rotation. 7 Unread Mails. 2 New Mails- 1 New Priority, 1 New Normal. Blaze sighed. The Captain could wait. He sighed, switched off the machine and walked back the way he came. Aero City- Uptown- Drailos's Shop Blaze walked in and looked around. The place smelled of oil, but Drailos was a mechanic, so no surprises there. Aried came to greet him. Aried was a skinny kid of about 14, but he was full of energy. "Hey, Blaze! Drailos is in back, I'll go find him for you." A moment later, Drailos appeared. He was slightly bulky, but his face was one of a smiling friend. "Blaze!" He said in a gruff voice. "How are you?" Blaze chuckled. "I've been better." Drailos looked upbeat. He knew better than to cheer him up. "I just finished work on the Phoenix. She's good as new." He said, looking over his shoulder to look at the flame-red S-Hawk. "Thanks, but I know you didn't call me here just for that." Blaze said, staring at the mechanic with a dangerous glitter in his eye. A glitter that Drailos and Aried knew all too well. "Well, I found a few spare parts, a bit of free time, and I made something I think you'll like. I'll go get it." A minute later, Drailos returned with a small robot. A four legged bot that resembled a dog. "He's a bit of a handful, but I think he'll be a real asset when you're on patrol." Blaze looked at the bot. "You're serious? A dog-bot?" Drailos nodded. "Yeah. Tell you what, you brng him here in a few days time, I'll give him a tune up and maybe even an upgrade. Right now he's got a storage compartment, a nose laser, motion sensors, three different modes and a full complement of tricks, no feeding required. Here's the remote." Drailos handed him a small remote control. On it were four buttons, one red, one yellow, one green and a white one. "Red is Attack Mode, Yellow is Guard Mode, Green is Patrol Mode and white is Sleep Mode." Drailos explained. Blaze thanked him, pressed the green button and left. The dog-bot followed. "Don't forget to give him a name!" Drailos called after him. Blaze shut the door to the shop. "Let's go, Steel." He said, looking at the remote. He had a meeting to go to. Edited by Mattie2009, 26 Aug 2008, 12:43 PM.
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| Deegan | 24 Aug 2008, 10:41 PM Post #2 |
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The alarm clock went off and Virgil awoke with a yawn and a stretch. He turned the alarm off and opened the cockpit to his B-Jet, Culex. He ran a hand through his long hair and hopped out, landing lightly on his feet. He had somewhere to be shortly so he meandered his way to the meeting. |
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| Mattie2009 | 24 Aug 2008, 11:39 PM Post #3 |
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Aero City- Uptown- Aero City Airbase- Meeting Room 15 Blaze walked in, Steel trailing after him like a tail. "Blaze, no pets allowed." Said the captain. "Alright." Blaze carried Steel outside and pressed the yellow button. He came back in, shutting the door behind him. "Blaze, we have a top-priority message for you." Blaze blinked as the captain said this. "So, why not just send it to my Commlink?" He said, drawing the small communicator from his pocket. "We could, but you might forget to check it. Much better to simply drag you down here." The captain said, sarcastically. "So, what's the message?" The captain drew his Commlink out, uplinking it to the manframe and sending the message to the screen on the wall. The message scrolled slowly, Blaze reading every line. "Dear god. Sylvia was captured by Dark City forces?" The captain nodded gloomily. "Right now she's being held in a prison in Area 2." Blaze ground his teeth. "I'll go rescue her then." He said. "That's a no-go. The prison is heavily guarded. Even you can't get near without being blasted to oblivion by the defences." "Oh, man. Sylvia was one of our best." The captain sighed. "Yeah, but we've updated the simulators. You can take your anger out on replicas." Blaze sighed. "Yeah, but even on Maniac Mode they don't pose a real threat." The captain nodded at the door. "Well, see what you think of the new Lunatic Mode." Blaze brightened up. "Lunatic Mode? A new mode?" The captain nodded again. "Yeah, go try it out." Aero City- Uptown- Aero City Airbase- Simulation Room 1 Blaze set in his options for the simulator. Difficulty Lunatic Mode Rank X Area A1 Zone Z1 Blaze took a deep breath, and stepped inside. Edited by Mattie2009, 24 Aug 2008, 11:40 PM.
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| Deegan | 25 Aug 2008, 01:32 AM Post #4 |
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Virgil walked into Meeting room 15 just as that new, young hotshot was heading out toward the simulators. Virgil entered, giving a casual salute to the officers. "You wanted to see me?" "You're getting a new partner today." Virgil raised an eyebrow, "Oh? And who would that be?" "His names Blaze. Blaze Xelon." "The hot shot?" "You can find him in the sim room." Virgil nods and heads out, strolling to the sims. |
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| Mattie2009 | 25 Aug 2008, 11:03 AM Post #5 |
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Aero City- Uptown- Aero City Airbase- Simulation Room 1 The computer began it's work. Blaze drew his beam sword readily. The fire-red light of the beam showed it was a fire weapon. The computer beeped. "Simulation level 1 of 5. Begin." The simulation room instantly changed to Area 1, Zone 2. Blaze sliced through two Dark Wolves with ease. The corpses didn't bleed, preferring to vanish into a storm of green pixels. "Simulation Level 2 of 5. Begin." Blaze instantly came under fire by Dark City forces each wielding a Laser Rifle and firing it with no hesitation. "Yeah, that's about right." Blaze said, his legs shifting. "Here goes..." Blaze vanished and reappeared in a second, right in front of a Dark City soldier. Two strikes, one fatality. He was slipping. In another three seconds, seven more soldiers went down. Five left. Blaze dispatched them with a swift few strikes. "Simulation Level 3 of 5. Begin." Two more Dark Wolves and a Dark City Walker. The wolves went down easily, but the Walker wasn't to be taken that easily. Blaze leapt at it's unprotected cockpit, avoiding the cannon slugs. Stabbed into the cockpit. The soldier behind the wheel disentegrated. The mech didn't. It fell over instead. "Simulation Level 4 of 5. Begin." Another mech, this one was a modified version. The cannon was replaced with a chaingun, and the cockpit was armoured. This one would be a bit tougher. He ran in, making sure to slice every wire he could. When he finished, the mech was paralyzed and ready to fall over. Blaze poked it and yelled "Timber!" CRASH. "Simulation Level Final. Engage." "Engage? Oh no. I know what that means..." "Your worst nightmare is about to come true." "Aerin." "Who else? You wanted a Rank X battle and expected anything less?" "Bring it on." "Gladly." "I liked you better in real life." Blaze finished, then struck. Clang. Clang. Countered twice. and this was Rank X, so Aerin had all his skills, including-" The virtual Aerin held his sword up in the air, then yelled two words; "Lightspeed Blade!" Blaze vanished and attempted to hit his opponent, but he found thin air. A sword came into his field of vision. Blaze took one look back at Aerin's grinning face. "Terminate Simulation." His virtual opponent vanished in a whirl of green sparks. The room returned to it's white and steel colour. "Lunatic Mode. Pathetic, apart from that last level." He said, keying in another set of instructions for the Simulator. Difficulty Normal Mode 2 Rank B Area A2 Zone Z2 "Commence Simulation." Confirmed. Entering Section 1. Outside on the computer, two panels appeared. One was a bar graph, with the numbers of each section on it. The other was a map of the Zone. A header appeared above the two panels reading "Blaze Xelon- Room 1". Inside the sim room, Dark City soldiers materialised. Blaze began his run, beam sword in hand. |
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| Deegan | 25 Aug 2008, 02:56 PM Post #6 |
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Virgil stayed outside the sim room, watching Blaze run though it. Seems the kid's got some skill. |
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| Mattie2009 | 25 Aug 2008, 08:24 PM Post #7 |
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Aero City- Uptown- Aero City Airbase- Simulation Room 1 "Final Area. Boss Activated." The computer whirred as Blaze eliminated the final foe. Suddenly a huge Dark City Assault Raider appeared in a flash. Blaze smirked craftily. "Say goodnight." He said, amusedly. Even in the face of an assault bot five times his size, Blaze still had a trick or two up his sleve. Blaze darted around, getting the robot to lock on to him. The robot fired some missiles, used it's machineguns. Threatening. Any normal person would be crouched in a corner by now. Blaze saw an opening and struck with five years of practice. The robot toppled like a felled log. "Simulation Completed." Blaze stepped out of the simulator. "And you are?" He said, looking at Virgil. |
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| Deegan | 25 Aug 2008, 08:48 PM Post #8 |
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Virgil stretched before holding out a hand, "Name's Virgil. Virgil Rawn. I've been assigned to your unit. Judging by what I saw of the first sim there's somewhere in particular you'd rather be." He let a bit of a grin show through. |
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| Alunea | 26 Aug 2008, 11:02 AM Post #9 |
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Diana sighed. "Stupid autopilot." She had flown allnight. normally she would have turned on the autopilot and go to sleep but ofcourse it was broken. She steeped out of her jet and walked inside. She walked in an already came someone to her. "Miss Wispera?" A woman said. "Yes?" Diana said. "Ok, follow me. " She said. "You are hired by us to help rescue someone," As she walked to the doors. "The prison is heavily guarded and of the Dark City forces. The one that you are going to rescue is a person named Sylvia." She stopped. "OK." Diana replied. "OK, if you go to that door, to the simulator rooms, there will your new teammates be waiting for you. Good luck." And she walked away. "Teammates?" But I work..." She tried to say but she was already gone. "...Alone." Diana sighed. "Let's get going then." She walked to the doors and saw the simulation rooms. When she walked further, she saw two man standing there. She sighed. "Here we go." She walked to them. "Are you my new partners?" She said. |
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| Mattie2009 | 26 Aug 2008, 12:41 PM Post #10 |
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Aero City- Uptown- Aero City Airbase- Simulation Room 1 Blaze looked downcast. "Yeah. Area 1 is my playground by now." He looked around at Diana when she came in. "Partners?" He said. He whipped out his Commlink and studied it for a moment. "Diana Wispera and Virgil Rawn?" He asked. "Looks like it." He sighed. The mail was not fun to read. He stepped out of the simulation room and looked around for Steel. The dog-bot was still as a statue. Blaze pulled out the remote and pressed the green button. The bot instantly leapt over to him. "Is this about Sylvia, by chance?" He asked Diana. Steel looked around at the new faces. |
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| Alunea | 26 Aug 2008, 02:00 PM Post #11 |
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"Well, for me yes. But before we go further on that who are you?" Diana said. She looked around and saw the smiulator. "Oooh, nice stuff." She said. She walked inside. Now it was still a room, but that thing could become your worst nightmare. She walked back to the boys. "Sorry, go on." She smiled. |
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| Deegan | 26 Aug 2008, 03:31 PM Post #12 |
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Virgil smiled, "Well, I'm Virgil, Virgil Rawn." He gave a casual salute before holding out his hand. "So, Diana, right? Don't think I've seen you around before." |
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| Alunea | 26 Aug 2008, 03:39 PM Post #13 |
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"Pleased to meet you." She smiled and shaked his hand. "Well, yeah that can be true. I've never been here before. Do you work here?" She said intrested. |
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| Deegan | 26 Aug 2008, 03:46 PM Post #14 |
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Virgil nodded, "Yeah, I'm practically a fixture at this base already. If you ever need to find me, I'll be in my Jet. It's the Culex." |
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| Alunea | 26 Aug 2008, 04:11 PM Post #15 |
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"Oooh, you have a jet?" She said with sparkling eyes. "I do too! Her name is Tranquility. She a B-type. Those are so nice to handle." She smiled |
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| Deegan | 26 Aug 2008, 04:14 PM Post #16 |
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Virgil nods, "Yeah, mine's also a B-type. B for best, right?" He chuckles, turning to Blaze, "So, what's your preference?" |
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| Mattie2009 | 26 Aug 2008, 05:31 PM Post #17 |
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Aero City- Uptown- Aero City Airbase- Simulation Room 1 Blaze grinned. "Mine's an S-Hawk. 'Phoenix'. Hawks are the easiest for me to handle. So we're all going out on a mission, huh?" He said, rubbing his hands together. He noticed Diana looking at the simulator. "When we get back you can try it if you want." He said, then looked half-seriously at them both. "I'll see you down at the launch bays." He said. Steel barked happily. |
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| Deegan | 26 Aug 2008, 08:36 PM Post #18 |
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Virgil nodded and headed back to his jet with a backward wave, "Alright, catch you then. I'm going to get Culex ready to fly." |
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| Mattie2009 | 26 Aug 2008, 09:26 PM Post #19 |
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Aero City- Uptown- Aero City Airbase- Simulation Room 1 Blaze grinned. "Come on then." Aero City- Uptown- Aero City Airbase- Hangars Blaze leapt into his ship, powering up all systems in one practiced movement. He muttered to himself as he checked the readouts. "Pressure... Loadouts... Fuel... Radio." He finished, pressing the button that powered up the radio. The flame-red paintjob of the Phoenix shimmered. "All right! Let's go!" |
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| Deegan | 26 Aug 2008, 09:37 PM Post #20 |
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Virgil methodically powered up Culex's systems, checking all the readouts for his dark blue jet. "This is Virgil, standing by, ready for liftoff." |
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| Alunea | 27 Aug 2008, 12:07 PM Post #21 |
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She decided to go back to her jet. She walked outside. There was her jet. She walked to it. It was damaged from her last mission."Let's see if I can repair you somewhere around here." She looked around and saw a sign. Aero City- Uptown- Aero City Airbase- Hangars "That will do I think." She grinned and walked towards it. A man came towards her. "Well hello miss, how can I help you?" "My Jet needs to be repaired. " She replied "I can do that for you, what type Jet is it?" "It a B-jet. That one over there." She pointed at her jet. "Well, let's see what is wrong with it." And the man walked to her jet. He inspected it and gave some "Hmm"" and "Err". Diana got nerveus of it. "Is there something wrong with her?" She asked. "No, don't worry, it will be repaired in max. 2 a 3 days." "Ow ok, would ou also check the Autopilot please?" "Ok I will. If you could bring it into the hanger. Everytimg will be fine." "Thank you!" And she stepped into the cockpit. She started the the engine and drove into the hangar. She stepped out of the cockpit. "Well Tran, looks like you are going to be pampered." "Thank you very much."She said to the man. "Just be carefull with her ok?" Diana smiled. "Don't worry." Diana went inside again. "The lunch Bays huh?" "Oh no, how am I going to get there without Tranq?" She saw a Jet and a Hawk flying. "Ow please don't let that be Blaze and Vigil." A S-Hawk and a B-Jet. Yep, that were them. She ran back to the Hangar. "Can I hire a something around here please?" She bacame a bit stressed. "Sure, you can get that one." The man pionted to a yellow A-Glide. Diana sighed. "Thank you." She stepped on the glider. She started the engine and flew out of the hangar. This was sure not her Tranq. She looked to the control panel. Simple. "Well let's get going." She turned on the radio. "This is Diana. I'm coming." |
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| Mattie2009 | 27 Aug 2008, 05:52 PM Post #22 |
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Mission 0-1: Prisoners Of War (Attack) Area 2, Zone 3 (Mission Terms Apply) Area 2 was somewhere that you wanted to be on the best of days. The steel-grey metal and dark-grey stone stood out among the green, light-blue and sky blues of Zone 3. "Watch the Wind-Sensors." He said into his radio. "The winds are a bit stronger than normal today." The prison loomed ahead, automatic turrets and patrolling Dark City Watchmen guarding every corner. "Guys and girls, cause chaos!" He said, missiles demolishing a corner and sending watchmen flying. Blaze caught them in mid air with a round from his machineguns. "Alright. We have a clear entryway, but we'll need a clear exit too. Take out all the turrets and Guardsmen!" A message flashed on the screens of each craft. All three were the same. Objectives: Primary Destroy all Turrets. Locate and Free Sylvia Rayne Secondary Kill All Guardsmen. Find and Free all prisoners. Failure: All Craft Destroyed. Blaze grinned as the message showed. "Let's go!" The message was replaced by another message. Two words. Mission Start Blaze whooped and swerved in, taking apart three turrets with machineguns before the fourth nailed his craft's wing. "Oh no you didn't! I paid for this paintjob!" He said, burying the next three under a hailstorm of missiles. 6 Destroyed. 24 Remaining. 30 Total. |
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| Deegan | 27 Aug 2008, 07:37 PM Post #23 |
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Virgil sighed and shook his head as he watched Blaze go in guns, well, blazing. "Don't worry, winds have never been a problem for me," he says as he swoops over a turret, showing it with bullets. "Diana, if you've got a hang of that flimsy glider, it should be able to take care of the guardsmen. I'll try and keep Blaze from getting shot down." |
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| Mattie2009 | 27 Aug 2008, 08:20 PM Post #24 |
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(On missions, we're confined to a set area until we get Mission Clear or Mission Complete (Clear for all Primary objectives completed, Complete for all objectives completed,) so no Area Label required. Yay for Secondary Objectives.) "I can handle myself. You don't need to worry about me." He said, while shooting missiles freely. Several Guardsmen got shot skywards, each coming into Diana's Gun Range. "Diana, knock them down!" He called as each passed over his head like demented clay pigeons. Blaze set about taking out each turret with a missile. Five more turrets exploded. Seven more guardsmen flung skywards. Blaze's Commlink beeped. It didn't do that unless there was an urgent message coming in. Blaze opened the mail with a feeling of cold dread. It was titled "NMO". New Mission Objective. He opened it, paying no mind to the crack of gunfire and the whizz of missiles. It read "Retrieve Mystery Item". No more. 12 Turrets Destroyed. 18 Left. 30 Total. 9 Guardsmen Dead. 11 Left. 8 In Air. 20 Total. |
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| Alunea | 28 Aug 2008, 12:01 PM Post #25 |
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"WHAT! Were going now!? In this crappy aircraft thing?" She pulled out of the machine gun. "Come on!!" The machine gun bagan to rotate and shot the squad of Guardsmen. "Finally." She got the NMO. "8 in air?" She looked around. Nope. It was better if she stayed close to those two. A squad of guardsmen were coming again her way. "Let them come." |
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