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Post by Oberst on Mar 31, 2019 18:20:06 GMT -6
" You don't know when to give up, do you?" Isami yelled back at the Jegan pilot, letting him get a feel for his unbridled newtype anger. Even with his main monitor out he could now see through the backup cameras and that combined with his awakened newtype intuition allowed him to stop the grenades with a barrage of 60mm vulcans. Without the added weight of the rifle, he could maneuver defensively all the more easily, gaining acceleration away from the Jegan.
" This is bad! there's a massive hole in our defensive perimeter. If we stay here for long we're going to get swarmed." The EWAC Jesta commanded by Brenda approached Jacob from behind.
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Lorena had merely deployed the Fin Funnels as a distraction, knowing Ronan would reply with remote weaponry on his own. The blue flames of the NITRO system vanished all of a sudden, severing her mental connection to the remote weapons she'd deployed.
As a risky maneuver she dumped the massive shield and the large beam smart gun, optimizing the thrust remaining at hand. Once she'd sorted through the Delta began dropping chaff and dummy ballons, aiming to overwhelm Ronan as she made her escape from the opposite direction.
Three Bawoos in their high speed forms zoomed in on Ronan's mobile from different directions but were repelled by a dark gray and green collored MP Nu Gundam piloted by none other than Eva Angelina Cordova wielding a bazooka and firing pure HE rounds, tearing through their lead element.
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Apr 4, 2019 16:30:41 GMT -6
"Blast! Traitor got away!" Ronan shouted the mixture of funnels to distract him and balloons as well as chaff to obscure his line of sight had gotten the better of him. Not only that, but it appeared he had more pressing and urgent matters now! "Like vultures!" he muttered upon noticing he had three mobile suits on attack vectors. Those Zeons had certainly joined the party the moment they spotted weakness. He would go to raise his beam rifle and maneuver his remote weapons but he could not follow all three at once! He was in for a rough ride having overextended beyond CIWS. He breathed out when suddenly he noticed their lead element blasted away disrupting and forcing the attackers back. Looking over towards his rescuer he saw it as a distinct MP Nu Gundam."Eva?" he asked a bit surprised by this turn of events. However, he did not have long to dwell or fully respond to this as sensors and then comms were blasted by new arrivals. Two squadrons of MA-05HG Burans followed by a number of mobile suits on Base Jabbers had arrived and were making an attack run on the disorientated battle group. This was the moment they had been waiting for, they had gotten the call and launched the moment they heard. However, as this Martian strike force swooped down upon the battlegroup it was lead by Commodore Ekkehard Rosengarten who sat in the cockpit of his signature white AMX-011S Zaku III Custom. A flowing cape with his heraldry attached to it made it obvious to any who knew him who it was."Have at you!" he shouted as he fired at the bridge of a Clop Class that they passed over.
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Post by dovenwolf on Apr 6, 2019 9:16:54 GMT -6
Josephine and her team had been waiting for their time to enter into the fray, it wasn't long after the surprise attack had commenced that they called for the second wave to deploy. She had spent a lot of her time recently training one of her pilots on the RF Zudah, Josephine was one of the original test pilots however Charlotte had sent over another prototype, this one seeming to be a sort of collab work between Zeon and Anaheim Electronics. They called it the Varguill, and it came with funnels similar to the Sazabi, but also with a different system that was being worked on. This psycommu weapon system seemed to be made of 8 plates in the shape of a crescent moon which shined with a reddish hue when activated. Josephine had always been one for mind games to various degrees, whether on a small scale or a large one, which is why she had this unit painted in the same scheme as Char's Sazabi, and also why when her team deployed, she used the projector of her Sadalahn to display an image of the emblem for Mar's Zeon above it. The team she deployed with consisted of 3 squads, Carrion Squad was her Squad, composed of her Varguil, a Rebawoo, a RF Zudah, and a Rozen Zulu; Raven Squad which under Josephine's orders had moved to support the first wave in dealing with the ships consisted of 2 Dovenwolfs equipped with Hamma Hamma shields for extra firepower, and 2 Rick Dijeh; and lastly the Crow Squad which covered the rear which consisted of 2 RS-Jarja, and 2 Zaku III Ewacs. Her squad would be focused on eliminating enemy mobile suit forces in the area, the speed of the Rebawoo, Varguil, and RF Zudah, and the heavy firepower of the Rozen Zulu let them cut through to the middle of the action very quickly and they would then spread out from each other to engage different targets. It didn't take long for her to spot an interesting Jegan variant firing on the retreating first wave commander. Wanting to put a stop to that foolishness, she lined up a shot from her rifle, not firing a beam with this shot though, but a grenade.
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Post by vgraumann on Apr 6, 2019 20:23:25 GMT -6
The next half of a second of Jacob’s life was very nearly the end of it. He had just racked the bolt of his Jegan’s 90mm machine gun and reflexively activated reverse thrust and a projectile wizzed by his Jegan’s torso so near it took up the bulk of his main monitor as it passed. He swore loudly and let go of the AP magazine with his mobile suit’s left hand. He followed the projectile’s tragectory with the gun’s camera and swore again when he saw the red mobile suit that had neatly blown him to bits it it wasn’t for his luck. He lead his target and fired off a small burst of three rounds as another mobile suit opened fire on the Hidalgo behind him. Cussing again, he swung his aim around and fired a longer burst after leading the Zaku III that seemed to be wearing a cape. Rather than remain still he turned his machine and retreated closer to the Hidalgo, under the protection of its ICWS batteries.
“Magic, if you’ve got any ideas now is the time!” he practically yelled into the coms, adrenaline getting the better of him at this point. With the bulk of the Clopp behind him he turned his attention towards the red mobile suit he couldn’t recognize and gritted his teeth. Things were rapidly going from bad to worse and Brenda’s advice was beginning to sound like a good idea.
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Post by Oberst on Apr 6, 2019 22:56:15 GMT -6
" I'll handle their fast movers, sir. As soon as I remove the threat to our ships we can take our time getting rid of their command units" The blond pilot of the gray MP Nu confidently responded to the admiral. Eva Angelina deduced that right now the biggest threats would be all the attackers gunning for their cruiser escorts out of which those Burans were first on the list.
From behind it's shield, the Nu Gundam grabbed onto an spare magazine loaded with armor piercing warheads ideal for taking out the heavier Mobile armors reinforced armor. The magazine was inserted into the empty chamber of the hyper bazooka, boosting away to get a fire solution on the nearest Buran. With cold, detached precision Eva aimed her sights ahead of the Buran projected path, firing a single shell aimed at taking out it's fighting compartment, the entire Nu Gundam shaking after firing a single shot from it's high velocity bazooka.
They weren't alone either since soon a Rezel command type piloted by Megumi Aika joined up with the admiral accompanied by a dark green Zeta II piloted by none other than Captain Sofia Torres.
" There's no use staying on the bridge at a time like this. Too many of our pilots deserted so I have to take matters into my own hands." Sofia's Zeta II moved on the Zaku III wearing a cape, drawing it's clay bazooka loaded with pure HE-FRAG rounds. She would fire a loosely aied shot aimed at damaging not only the second Buran but also Rozen's white Zaku III no matter how little.
" I've got your six, sir!" Megumi's Rezel took position covering Ronan's own MP Nu's back. From the looks of it the second wave of Neo Zeon attackers was now upon them and they'd brought more than a few heavy hitters including a Sazabi look alike. All of the Federation pilots knew Char Aznable was dead at this point in time so seeing a unit resembling his was seen as a quirky attempt to keep the legend alive.
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Lt. Commander Carolina remained at the Hidalgo's battle bridge, safely protected under a layer of advanced armor. For good measure she was wearing her normal suit since it wasn't unlikely for all hell to break loose at a moment like this. Naturally, she was keeping tabs on their own line of communications, well aware of the predicament they were all in.
" It's no use, we'll have to pull back or else risk to lose the entire task force." On their current state it was unlikely they would achieve much against Deimos defenses. The ship was rocked by the impact caused by enemy attacks, sustaining damage in the process, regardless it was going to take more than that to sink them thanks to the effort of their defenders and counter measures.
Brenda's EWAC Jesta brandished a beam carbine along with a 90mm GM Rifle, shooting a volley of beams followed by a barrage of 90mm APHE at one of the newly arrived Rick Dijeh's
" Too late for clever tactics right now, just shoot these motherfuckers!" Brenda practically yelled while attempting to zig zag out of the way of incoming fire.
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Apr 8, 2019 16:33:28 GMT -6
The first Buran mobile armor took the hit head on having over committed to it's attack vector it spun out of control and exploded. Rosengarten's Zaku III Custom sped past the exploded Buran atop his Base Jabber taking aim at another ship as they grew deeper into the Federation's formation. The second Buran began to peel off its attack at spotting a Zeta II taking direct aim at it and Rosengarten.
Rosengarten also saw this and would disengage from the Base Jabber kicking off of it upwards with a sudden boost from it's thrusters. The Base Jabber nosing down to try and avoid the shot taken at the group. However the frag round detonated ending splinters of shrapnel all around. Piercing the belly of the Buran, shredding the Base Jabber, and pitting the under armor of the Zaku III Custom."An admiral attempt! But you will find no such luck with such an imprecise weapon!" Rosengarten practically taunted out.
"Blunt the tip of their spear! Take out those Burans!" Ronan would command knowing that the fire power those mobile armors carried posed a massive threat to their screens and capital ships. Aiming at the first one that had peeled off he sent a shot of beam rifle right down the tail pipe preventing its escape.
" Those mobile suits will try and take out key points..." Ronan reasoned out knowing that the mobile suits could weaken defenses and allow the Burans to get through.
Rosengarten would let out a volley of beam machine gun fire out towards the Zeta II and began to approach it. He did not intend to really do much damage, but rather buy time to get closer. If he suppressed a response by forcing them to avoid fire then he could get in nice and close.
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Post by dovenwolf on Apr 15, 2019 1:06:06 GMT -6
Once her shot missed she knew a counterattack was inevitable, she broke off her current path, working to avoid the burst fired in her direction from the Jegan pilot whose attention was clearly split at the moment. She wouldn't pursue him further as he moved back towards the ship, not wanting to get herself into a less manageable distance with the ship's weapons battery. She would fire off a few rounds from her Beam Shot Rifle towards the Jegan as the black crescent moon shaped equipment on the back of her suit began to glow red, and not shortly after, the plates split off from one another and darted into different directions, "Seems like there are plenty of nuisances out there in this chaos, I might have to leave this Jegan to assist with those MP Nu, but we will have to see if this guy wants to fight or keep running", she will think to herself. She had originally attacked this Jegan to assist Isami's retreat, not necessarily because it was a priority target, though it was clearly a commander's suit, which did provide incentive to take it out.
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Post by vgraumann on Apr 16, 2019 8:18:11 GMT -6
Jacob grunted quietly with mild satisfaction when the red mobile suit broke off and disengaged. It meant trouble for someone else but he had his own problems to worry about. He had already blown through the majority of his suit’s countermeasures in the scrap with that Doven Wolf and was down to just a machine gun and close combat weapons as well.
He broke clear of the Hidalgo’ mass and swung wide around the engagement with the two Rick Dijehs in a flanking manuver to their right. He broke off the original course of his trajectory and opened fire on the mobile suit that the lieutenant hadn’t engaged yet, targeting the machine’s lower body and legs with a burst of 90mm AP rounds. If he was able to partially cripple it now then the rest of the engagement would could be handled more easily.
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Post by Oberst on Apr 19, 2019 18:50:52 GMT -6
Sofia's Zeta II would take light damage from that beam machine-gun barrage. The Frontal armor of the torso glew red hot but it's integrity held, some of the heat beginning to dissipate. Instead of maneuvering to evade she had drawn a beam Saber in her unit left hand, well aware Zeon commanders prided themselves on their close combat prowess.
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Apr 21, 2019 14:50:27 GMT -6
Rosengarten smirked as he pushed his Zaku III Custom closer and closer towards the Zeta II. His beam machine gun fire had made its mark colliding with the front of the Federation mobile suit. Seemed they knew his game though as his eyes caught the movement of hands."Seems you have the same idea then!" he would say switching the beam machine gun to his left offhand before reaching down and drawing his own beam saber. With a flick of the wrist it came to life as he rocketed towards her. Rosengarten did not telegraph his attack directly but on his approach nearing the last moment he raised the beam saber up and would swing it down for a diagonal slash! With a pull and then push of the controls he altered course so that he would not ram directly in her and instead do a passing attack. That way if he succeeded and their blades did not lock then he would not ram into the debris of their mobile suit.
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Post by dovenwolf on Apr 26, 2019 21:49:13 GMT -6
Josephine would mumble to herself a bit, her team seemed to be enjoying the thrill of battle far more than she was at the moment. With her previous target having fled to a safer space, she decided to seek out a new one. Scanning the battlefield revealed plenty of open battles going on, but she set her sights on a target rich environment, it would appear as if the group might have someone quite important or be an elite squad considering the suits that were in it. She would radio out to her squad members, "Carrion 3 and 4, regroup on me when you are free, Carrion 2 continue as you have been." It wasn't long before they messaged back, Carrion 3 was the only one not currently engaged in combat and made his way over. "Alright, the Zeta II is occupied which leaves us with 3 to pick from, I want you to use your Rebawoo to take on that ReZel, you shouldn't have much trouble with its speed, I will focus on the MP Nu taking point, hopefully Carrion 4 can join in and help us with the other, otherwise we will just have to make do." Once this was decided the Rebawoo made its way over to the ReZel as Josephine moved ahead, before she would make her way closer to them she would use 2 of her psychoplates, sending both out toward the MP Nu Gundam (piloted by EVA) using one to target the backpack of the suit and the other to the cockpit. She splits them up to attack from different angles, each of them a red blur as they moved quickly to their targets. Once they had moved in for their attack, Josephine would speed closer hoping to draw their attention to her and not her psychoplates.
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Post by vgraumann on Jun 5, 2019 16:35:34 GMT -6
It seemed to Jacob that in the melee the sly maneuver of one Jegan was overlooked in the confusion. The burst of machine gun fire raked low along the Rick Dijeh and severed a fuel line before finishing a weak gap between the skirt and the hip armor. The machine’s leg went limp and the formation faltered. The damaged machine was soon finished of by a wrist mounted HE/Frag grenade fired up into the skirt and its partner was soon overwhelmed by fire from Jacob’s machine gun and the weapons carried by the EWAC Jesta.
The spent magazine was replaced by a fresh one and Jacob sighed as he took stock of his equipment. By now he was down to his last magazine for the machine gun, a half belt of vulcan ammunition and one heat knife and beam saber without an end to the enemies in sight. He wanted to chase that red machine but the Hidalgo was beginning to shift position and he had to protect his mothership
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Post by Oberst on Jun 5, 2019 18:30:11 GMT -6
Sofia knew her bast chance to overpower the Zaku would be during a counter attack of her own. She would keep going in a straight line, taking advantage of their acceleration until she saw the Zaku III attempt to swipe at them she would assume a defensive stance with the beam saber, parrying the Slash and letting the energy from it to alter the Zeta II course without offering much resistance. Sparks flew once their glowing hot blades clashed, the Zeta's ambac system kicked into motion, repositioning the entire mobile suit now behind Rosengarten's mobile suit.
With this opening she commanded the Zeta to take aim with it's own bazooka, firing a single shell of cannister at the caped Zaku III as it kept going, riding it's own momentum.
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" The hell are those?" Eva had seen two red streaks speeding towards her. These psyco-plattes were certainly faster than the average funnel, luckily she only loaded pure AP belts in her MP Nu. The fire control system acquired the ones coming from the top first, firing a 4 second barrage. Eva herself manually aimed the compact beam carbine installed on the left arm at the ones approaching more directly, firing three rounds in quick succession ahead of it's predicted path. Remote weapons or not they didn't look easy to dodge once they've gathered enough momentum.
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Post by dovenwolf on Jun 11, 2019 13:36:06 GMT -6
Josephine closed her eyes, clearing her mind as she dedicated her focus more to the psycho-plates, quickly she had the front of them push upwards as the plate slowed down, causing both plates to adjust themselves so that the rounds would not hit them on the broadside but rather try to slip between the shots by making themselves a smaller target, they didn't stop moving as they did this however. As the shots came in, the now adjusted plates took hits, but not as many, only one beam shot hit the plate as it deviated from its path and the ap rounds took out some parts of the other, but both remained operation, these things were basically flying sharpened shields so they were made to take some fire. As they had adjusted themselves they were no longer on the same target courses they had been, Josephine saw this as a necessary sacrifice as they now headed more towards the legs and arms rather than the cockpit and backpack.
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Post by HeadlessSeeker on Jun 12, 2019 18:46:41 GMT -6
Rosengarten quickly engaged AMBAC and had it aided by pulses from his Attitude Control Verniers as soon as she had offered very little in the way of resistance. He had already expected to pass by her in his attack. However from the corner of his eye, he saw what they had been up to, lifting and aiming that bazooka. Quickly thinking the old ace realized he didn't have enough time to turn fully around for an attack... but he didn't need to. He shifted in his seat, his harness keeping him in place as he brought his Zaku III Custom to a stop putting the shoulder shield between him and the bazooka. The shot rocked his mobile suit, the shoulder shield pitted with a central deep hole in it. Warning lights went off and a display screen showed damage to the right arm. But no matter! Despite being rocked he began to come to a full front towards his oppenent and then dragged up the right hand taking aim with his beam machinegun. He squeezed the trigger. The shot had ripped his shoulder shield in two leaving the arm now completely exposed.
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