Takes place on Layer 1
Time 20:00
Client: Mirage
Tanks were rolling down the streets, shooting down innocents and Mirage defenders alike. Then they came. 2 dark spots high above started dropping more dark objects, undetectable against the sunlight. 3 objects total fell on top of building roofs. Emerging from the dust and debris appeared 4 humanoid giant robots. 1 of them seemed to have machine guns, 1 had 4 legs and a giant folded tube on its back while holding an elongated tube on it's right arm, and the last one had no legs but a submarine like bottom with large crates on its back holding something with 2 short stubby tubes coming out of something on it's right arm. "Split up" said Leviathan, the one with a submarine like bottom. "Remember to destroy all Crest soldiers" It said again, "Leave no survivors".
"Roger" replied Aragon; he was one with 4 legs, "Follow me Twin-Head Z" as they ran off chasing 4 tanks. A Mirage MT pilot named John heard gunfire and explosions. As one of the last defenders of the city he was glad to see that Mirage had hired several AC's. Then it came. a giant AC wielding a Crest emblem. 5 tanks followed it and then John knew he was doomed. He fired missiles and using his mini chain guns he destroyed all the tanks. Now it was a fully armed and unharmed AC against his MT with 25 AP, 25 bullets, and 1 missile. Firing his guns that were his arms he avoided every single grenade that was thrown at him. After his 1 last missile was fired he ran out of fuel and ammo. He was glad to know he was going to die serving his corporation. John waited for death, but it never came. When he opened his eyes he saw a blue hover AC on top of a building, smoke coming out of his rocket barrels and the other AC had no head.
"Sorry I didn't act sooner but I hesitated when I saw how smoothly you dodged those grenades." said Leviathan. "Pretty impressive, well good luck." He Over Boosted away and so did 2 others. The ID scanner on John's MT showed that one was Aragon and the other was Twin-Head Z. The city was safe and John went to the corporation garage for repairs.
The next day John had mail.
"Dear John,
You have been nominated for a test to join the ranks of the Ravens by a C- class pilot named Leviathan. Congratulations for receiving this once-in-a- lifetime opportunity and as Vice President of Mirage we would gladly sponsor you in every way we can. Good luck
Vice President of Mirage"
John had a pleasant trip to the testing grounds. When he got there a short man named Craig greeted him. "Hello, hello. I'm Craig and I'll be your representative for Global!" The fat little man then lead him to the garage and towards his new AC. Equipped with the most basic parts and a radar he was to defeat 4 remotely controlled MT's. When he initiated combat mode the screen was suddenly covered with bar's, numbers, and a large thin box and instantly it locked on to the nearest MT. The controls were simple enough because John had been an MT pilot for 2 years. "Begin," said the radio and he started firing his rifle. It didn't take long to run out of ammo and litter the ground with empty shells but he had already taken 3 of them out. Testing the speed of the AC he Over Boosted to the last MT and instinct made him use his left arm function to cut the MT into 4 neat parts. He had passed the test!
The next day after he was challenged by a new Raven pilot. It didn't take long to defeat him and he quickly learned all the basic maneuvers he needed to know. Then John started challenging pilots at higher ranks and easily defeated them. Using his easily earned credits he soon had a laser rifle, hover legs, and an MMW-M/50 missile launcher for his back. After several more wins and losses he was soon at D-rank and learned a considerable amount more. He then started participating in missions. His first one was to take out a small platoon of tanks in Layer 1. He succeeded without getting hit once. The next mission was to help wipe out a factory. John defeated them but busted his left arm and used most of his pay to fix it.
Then he was offered for a job with the Trio Of Nature, Leviathan, Aragon, and Twin-Head Z. He was to attack a city and flush out a small contingent of MT's. John accepted. Before he knew it he was being dropped off with Aragon on the northern side of Section 512 while Twin-Head Z and Leviathan were dropped off in the southern area. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
John and Aragon landed right into a trap. As soon as they touched ground a rocket came speeding at them and blew off 1 of Aragon's legs. 3 MT's like the ones John used to pilot rounded the corner and started firing rockets. One lucky shot from his laser rifle blew out the cockpit of a MT and 2 medium sized rockets took out another. The chain gun on Aragon's back turned the last MT into scrap. Using his howitzer Aragon decided to just bombard the MT's from long distance and covered John due to the fact that he couldn't move. At the center John met Leviathan and 3/4ths of Twin-Head Z she was missing an arm. "Lets search the docks," said Leviathan. As they got near the docks the appearance of MT's became more and more common. Then they saw Twin-Head W and Twin-Head B, the cousins of Twin-Head Z. Using his missiles John blew off several limbs, and too bad Twin-Head B had 4 legs. As a volley of vertical missiles from Leviathan was about to hit Twin-Head W, Twin-Head Z jumped in the way and existed no more. It seemed like the death of their cousins made the deadly duo run.
"I can't believe Z did that. well it was understandable because they were her family but. Z." said Aragon after he heard what happened. There was an unusual amount of silence, even for AC pilots during missions.
Then Leviathan broke the silence. "John, how would you like to be part of our trio?"
John didn't know what to say other than "Yes".
Tanks were rolling down the streets, shooting down innocents and Mirage defenders alike. Then they came. 2 dark spots high above started dropping more dark objects, undetectable against the sunlight. 3 objects total fell on top of building roofs. Emerging from the dust and debris appeared 4 humanoid giant robots. 1 of them seemed to have machine guns, 1 had 4 legs and a giant folded tube on its back while holding an elongated tube on it's right arm, and the last one had no legs but a submarine like bottom with large crates on its back holding something with 2 short stubby tubes coming out of something on it's right arm. "Split up" said Leviathan, the one with a submarine like bottom. "Remember to destroy all Crest soldiers" It said again, "Leave no survivors".
"Roger" replied Aragon; he was one with 4 legs, "Follow me Twin-Head Z" as they ran off chasing 4 tanks. A Mirage MT pilot named John heard gunfire and explosions. As one of the last defenders of the city he was glad to see that Mirage had hired several AC's. Then it came. a giant AC wielding a Crest emblem. 5 tanks followed it and then John knew he was doomed. He fired missiles and using his mini chain guns he destroyed all the tanks. Now it was a fully armed and unharmed AC against his MT with 25 AP, 25 bullets, and 1 missile. Firing his guns that were his arms he avoided every single grenade that was thrown at him. After his 1 last missile was fired he ran out of fuel and ammo. He was glad to know he was going to die serving his corporation. John waited for death, but it never came. When he opened his eyes he saw a blue hover AC on top of a building, smoke coming out of his rocket barrels and the other AC had no head.
"Sorry I didn't act sooner but I hesitated when I saw how smoothly you dodged those grenades." said Leviathan. "Pretty impressive, well good luck." He Over Boosted away and so did 2 others. The ID scanner on John's MT showed that one was Aragon and the other was Twin-Head Z. The city was safe and John went to the corporation garage for repairs.
The next day John had mail.
"Dear John,
You have been nominated for a test to join the ranks of the Ravens by a C- class pilot named Leviathan. Congratulations for receiving this once-in-a- lifetime opportunity and as Vice President of Mirage we would gladly sponsor you in every way we can. Good luck
Vice President of Mirage"
John had a pleasant trip to the testing grounds. When he got there a short man named Craig greeted him. "Hello, hello. I'm Craig and I'll be your representative for Global!" The fat little man then lead him to the garage and towards his new AC. Equipped with the most basic parts and a radar he was to defeat 4 remotely controlled MT's. When he initiated combat mode the screen was suddenly covered with bar's, numbers, and a large thin box and instantly it locked on to the nearest MT. The controls were simple enough because John had been an MT pilot for 2 years. "Begin," said the radio and he started firing his rifle. It didn't take long to run out of ammo and litter the ground with empty shells but he had already taken 3 of them out. Testing the speed of the AC he Over Boosted to the last MT and instinct made him use his left arm function to cut the MT into 4 neat parts. He had passed the test!
The next day after he was challenged by a new Raven pilot. It didn't take long to defeat him and he quickly learned all the basic maneuvers he needed to know. Then John started challenging pilots at higher ranks and easily defeated them. Using his easily earned credits he soon had a laser rifle, hover legs, and an MMW-M/50 missile launcher for his back. After several more wins and losses he was soon at D-rank and learned a considerable amount more. He then started participating in missions. His first one was to take out a small platoon of tanks in Layer 1. He succeeded without getting hit once. The next mission was to help wipe out a factory. John defeated them but busted his left arm and used most of his pay to fix it.
Then he was offered for a job with the Trio Of Nature, Leviathan, Aragon, and Twin-Head Z. He was to attack a city and flush out a small contingent of MT's. John accepted. Before he knew it he was being dropped off with Aragon on the northern side of Section 512 while Twin-Head Z and Leviathan were dropped off in the southern area. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
John and Aragon landed right into a trap. As soon as they touched ground a rocket came speeding at them and blew off 1 of Aragon's legs. 3 MT's like the ones John used to pilot rounded the corner and started firing rockets. One lucky shot from his laser rifle blew out the cockpit of a MT and 2 medium sized rockets took out another. The chain gun on Aragon's back turned the last MT into scrap. Using his howitzer Aragon decided to just bombard the MT's from long distance and covered John due to the fact that he couldn't move. At the center John met Leviathan and 3/4ths of Twin-Head Z she was missing an arm. "Lets search the docks," said Leviathan. As they got near the docks the appearance of MT's became more and more common. Then they saw Twin-Head W and Twin-Head B, the cousins of Twin-Head Z. Using his missiles John blew off several limbs, and too bad Twin-Head B had 4 legs. As a volley of vertical missiles from Leviathan was about to hit Twin-Head W, Twin-Head Z jumped in the way and existed no more. It seemed like the death of their cousins made the deadly duo run.
"I can't believe Z did that. well it was understandable because they were her family but. Z." said Aragon after he heard what happened. There was an unusual amount of silence, even for AC pilots during missions.
Then Leviathan broke the silence. "John, how would you like to be part of our trio?"
John didn't know what to say other than "Yes".