Zoids – Legacy of an Empire
Chapter I: The Players
A/N: Took a while but I finally have enough characters to start this story. SYOC will remain open for the foreseeable future. Send me a PM and I'll send you the template.
Planet Zi – Forest One-Hundred Miles East of Gulong City
A young man sat in the cockpit of his combat mech. His breathing was steady as the anticipation for the upcoming fight settle. He had short cut red hair that was styled to be a little longer on the right side in the back. His usually peach colored skin was currently darkened by a deep sun tan. He was currently wearing a blue denim jacket with the sleeves rolled up over a purple shirt with white jeans. He had on a pair of knee length leather boots with straps and steel toes while around his waist was a black leather belt with a small pouch as well as a holder of some sort.
The combat mech he piloted was in the shape of a wolf. Its metal was pearly white with red combat streaks decaling its legs and back. On each of its hind legs missile pods were installed. It carried a double-barreled long range rifle or cannon of some sort on its back. The machine was definitely impressive.
Next to the wolf was another mech. This one was bipedal. Its shape was that of a raptor. It carried no guns but instead had a pair of scythe-like blades attached to its arms. Clearly it was designed for close quarters combat and the lack of guns would've reduced its weight considerable.
"Eito, where's our third guy at?"" the pilot of the raptor mech asked using his radio.
"Don't worry about it. You hired us to help get your rank up. My friend and I are professionals. We'll get the job done. You just focus on the task I set aside for you." Eito, the red-headed wolf pilot replied.
"Please, I really need to get some wins." The raptors pilot begged with a slight crack in his voice.
Eito clenched his teeth and sneered. He was glad the video chat function was off. He really disliked whiny bitches but a job was a job so he put up with the client. Suddenly an alarm began to ring within the cockpit. His radar detected three signatures approaching them.
"Alright Fenrir, lets rock and roll." Eito spoke to his machine.
The wolf howled in response as it prepared itself for combat. From the sky a bright object fell and crashed into the earth. Rising from the crater was a white capsule that slowly opened as it turned. Once the front of the capsule was opened completely a figure could be seen inside.
It was a faceless white robot with one red arm and one blue arm.
"The area within a twenty-mile radius is now a designated Zoids Battle Field. This zone is now restricted. Danger, all others must leave the area at once. Danger, this area is now restricted." The robot announced as it began to scan the area.
The three figures that had set off Eito's alarm were closer now and he was able to make them out with his mech's zoom function.
"OK let's see what we'll be tumbling with, two Zaber Fangs and a Shield Liger DCS-J model." Eito observed as he made out the opposing zoids. Two of them looked like saber-tooth tigers. They each carried small three barreled cannons on their backs as well as a twin barreled cannon on the underside of their chest. The Zaber Fangs were grey in color.
The third zoid, which walked in-between the two Zaber Fangs was a lot bulkier than they were. It walked with forward with ease considering the weaponry it carried. On its back was a large two barreled cannon. Each barrel was its own separate piece but the wires and tubing from each showed they functioned as one unit.
Eito made note of the enemy armament and sent along the information to his partner. He received confirmation from them that the information had been received and read. Smiling to himself Eito activated his combat interface as he waited for the match to begin.
"Area Scanned, battlefield set up. The Night Slash Team vs. the Burns Team in Zoids Battle Mode: 0983. Ready, Fight!" the judge exclaimed signaling the start of the match.
Immediately Eito went into action. He armed his missile pods and let loose with a salvo of the explosive projectiles.
"I'll lay down some covering fire. You go in and take them down." Eito commanded over the radio.
"There are three of them and they have ranged weapons." His client complained as the raptor mech took cover from gun fire within some trees.
"That's the fucking point of the cover fire, now get moving!" Eito yelled as a targeting mask lowered over both his face and his machine. The rifle that it carried began to move as Eito tracked his targets.
The Zaber Fangs had immediately gone for the client and his raptor while the Shield Liger took shots at Eito. It terms of sheer combat power the beam cannons that the Shield Liger was equipped with out matched Eito and his rifle. But the lasers lost a lot of their power over great distances which gave Eito and his rifle the advantage.
Once his system began to ping and confirmed missile lock on the Zaber Fangs, Eito let out another salvo. The first time he had fired was to get the enemy team scattered now that they had split up he could focus on the Shield Liger with his rifle while using the missiles for covering fire.
Eito fired three times with his rifle which sent six shots at the Shield Liger. True to its name, the opposing zoid released its front barrier and protected itself from Eito's attack. The young man smiled to himself and fired another three-round burst. The Shield Liger kept its shield up and deflected the rounds before beginning to run forward.
Eito narrowed his eyes with irritation. Deciding to switch tactics, Eito locked on to one of the Zaber Fangs that that was currently blasting the ever living shit out of his client. He smirked and fired a burst of rounds. Completely unaware that he had been fired on the Zaber Fang's pilot was jolted as the rounds impacted upon his mech.
The raptor pilot immediately took advantage of this and ran into the battle with its blades at the ready. The blades sliced through the shaken Zaber Fang with ease taking off its back cannon as well as slicing deep into the zoid itself. With one of the targets disabled Eito switched his focus back to the Shield Liger. It was much closer now and was firing at Eito with smaller weapons.
The rounds hit Eito and his wolf causing damage but not enough to knock them out the match. Pulling at the controls Eito forced the mech to begin avoiding fire and ran off towards the side using the trees as cover. His client and the remaining Zaber Fang were currently locked in melee combat. The raptor was using its claws to try and disable the Zaber. The Zaber Fang was larger and heavier and its teeth were already crushing the chest area of its target.
Eito knew his client's zoid wouldn't last long against that kind of assault and he knew that the Shield Liger would pick him off if he tried to assist. All he could do was wait for his partner to make their move. Turning towards the Shield Liger, Eito opened fire with a set of small guns that had been hidden in the shoulders of his wolf's front legs. The two zoids exchanged fire and soon the Shield Liger's pilot was confident enough to blast at Eito with his main armament.
The beam cannon had a tell, the inside of its barreled glowed before firing. That flaw was probably the only thing that saved Eito as he avoided the shot. It wasn't a complete miss however as the laser grazed the side of his zoid. Eito landed awkwardly but still closed the distance while reading his rifle.
"Eito, help me! I can't last much long." The client's voice spoke through the radio.
Seconds later a loud shot rang out. The Zaber Fangs left side practically exploded as a large round tore through it from front to back. The front and back legs flew off and the zoid crashed to the ground.
"Took you long enough to fire." Eito said through the radio with a smile on his face.
"Wind conditions changed, had to realign shot. I didn't want to damage Clint. Accuracy was off by seven point oh-five percent." A female voice answered.
"Can your rifle do something about this shield liger?" Eito asked as he and his opponent danced round one another. They were close enough now that their main weapons were practically useless and stuck to small arms to try and secure an opening.
"Rerouting for optimal positioning." The female voice spoke again. Her tone was slightly monotonous but her voice was soft and alluring.
"I can help you." Clint, the pilot of the raptor spoke as he began to position his zoid for a charge.
"Don't do it. You'll just mess with the shot." Eito spoke as he and the Shield Liger's pilot finally began to fight with melee strikes. The shield liger was heavier than Eito's zoid but its claws were dull. As long as he avoided the teeth then he would have the advantage, or so he thought.
The Shield Liger's primary defensive option was deployed as the large mech crashed into Eito and sent his zoid tumbling to the ground. His battle command system didn't freeze but his zoid was certainly having trouble getting to its feet. The Shield Liger turned for another pass. Activating its barrier once more the zoid rammed itself into Eito and his wolf.
This time alarms went off from the hit and Eito could see the damage that had been done as the mech's diagnostic systems began to list everything wrong. Activating his rifle Eito tried to shoot at the Liger's feet to throw it off course. The rounds he fired made the pilot double-check his actions as the third charge never came.
However, Eito certainly was at the other person's mercy. Choosing not to take any chances the Shield Liger's pilot began to open fire at Eito and after a short barrage caused the battle command system to freeze. Eito swore loudly as he was forced to watch the remainder of the battle from his cockpit.
The Shield Liger now faced off against the Rev Raptor. Eito knew Clint didn't stand a chance against this opponent and hoped that his partner was ready to take the shot needed to end this battle. The Shield Liger opened fire on Clint and scored a few decent shots before preparing its main weapon.
Before it could get the shot off however three rapid fire shots struck the zoid on the side. The first round lifted the Liger off the ground. The second one struck it dead center on the side and forced its battle command system to free. The last round which had been fired with the first two so was still legal shot clean through the Liger leaving a massive hole.
"Battle over! Battle over! The winner is the Burns Team!" The judge announced raising its blue arm.
Eito smiled and opened the cockpit of his zoid, the Konig wolf. Releasing the harness, the young man stood up and looked towards the trees where he could see movement. From the tree line a bipedal zoid appeared. It looked similar to tyrannosaurs.
The zoid roared aloud from its victory. Eito could see a small glow emanating from its mouth as it did so. This was a Geno Saurer. Eito had come across his fair share of Geno-type zoids but the one piloted by his partner was in a whole different league.
It was equipped with a charged particle cannon as its main weapon, standard equipment befitting its model. Its customized equipment included a double-barrel long range pulse laser rifle that was mounted on the zoids back. On its face it had a twin-barrel laser gun. On the underside of the chest near the cockpit it was equipped with an AZ Triple Barrel Laser Cannon. It had two sets of eight-slot anti-aircraft missile pods equipped to its legs.
The armaments equipped were nothing new to Eito. There was one thing that made this Geno Saurer stand out from all the others Eito had ever seen though. Like a Gun Sniper this zoid was equipped with a powerful 144mm sniper rifle built into its tail. Eito had never seen a modification like it and after seeing the specs for the zoid was surprised the weapon worked as efficiently as it did.
Unlike a Gun Sniper's tail which was one piece the Geno Saurer's tail was separated. Each piece of the barrel for the rifle was housed in a different section of the tail. Whenever the zoid used its charged particle canon the tail had to lock up in order to use its venting and heat-sink systems. The same locking mechanism also held the gun barrel in place for sniping while the Geno Saurer anchored itself to the ground.
The cockpit of the Geno Saurer opened up. Stepping out from her seat a young woman stood up and shielded her eyes from the sun. She was medium height, standing only four foot ten inches. Her skin was a smooth caramel hue and glistened in the sunlight. A soft breeze blew her waist-length obsidian hair to the side as she brushed a few bangs out her face.
The young woman was dressed in a manner that gave of an air of danger and allure. She wore blue denim short shorts that came down to her mid-thigh. Strapped to each thigh however were holsters, each housing a pistol. Her top consisted of a dark blue sports bra under an open navy blue sleeveless vest. She wore dark fingerless on each hand with metal studs for the knuckles. She had dark indigo markings under her eyes that were shaped slightly like canine teeth.
"Mission parameters met. All hostiles have been neutralized." The woman spoke.
Her zoid glowed as a beam of light shot out of its back and landed on the ground next to the Geno Saurer's foot. The light shifted forms until it became a bipedal creature, a robotic velociraptor to be specific. The woman lowered herself to the ground with the anchor from the cockpit's door. The smaller zoid looked at her and growled softly.
"You did very well Ryuoki. Perfect marks for you." The woman told her companion with a soft smile.
Eito lowered himself from his Konig wolf and began to inspect the zoid.
"How you feeling Fenrir?" he asked the machine. The Konig wolf answered with a robotic growl that caused Eito to smile.
"Don't worry buddy, I'll get you fixed up in no time." Eito assured his zoid.
The judge capsule flew off into the sky as Clint came over to Eito in his rev raptor. Exiting the zoid Clint began to jump around and cheer.
"It's my first victory, thank you so much!" the middle-age man exclaimed as tears of joy rand down his face.
"You're welcome and with that victory you've also gone up a few ranks because of the enemies ranking. Our contract with you is concluded. Be sure to wire the remainder of our funds within the week." Eito said as his female companion and her small zoid walked up next to them.
"No I need you both with me. I'll put you on retainer and give you sixty percent of all my battle winnings." Clint offered.
"Sorry chief but I'm going to decline on the grounds that you annoy me." Eito said with a shrug.
"Irrationality and inexperience of previous client endangers us. We also refuse on grounds for our safety." The woman said with a slight bow.
Clint's tears of joy immediately became tears of sorrow as the two mercenary pilots denied his request.
"Alright Maly, let's say we head to base and fix up the zoids before going to town." Eito suggested as he began to climb into his zoid.
"Acknowledged. Ryuoki lets go." The woman, Maly told her robotic companion.
Ryuoki's body became light once more as it flew into the Geno Saurer. Maly grabbed the anchor and pressed the release button to bring her back up into the cockpit of her zoid. Bringing its systems online Maly began walking northeast. Eito and the Konig wolf quickly caught up them.
Peninsular Outcropping
"Malyganya Maria Mortegra, the Heart-Breaking Harlot. Eito Lanco, the Lady-Killing Shepherd. Alone you're both formidable warriors but together you make up the nearly unstoppable combo known to the world simply as, The Players. I think it's time you both got more intimately acquainted with the Backdraft Organization." A man spoke as he watched the aftermath of the fight through a pair of binoculars.
A/N: So there it is, chapter one. The oc submission will remain open. Send me a pm if you'd like to submit and I'll give you the template.