Zero Blade
Sen walks down the bright lit hallway, eyes darting to and fro, looking at the two men who were escorting him, machine guns in hand. He still had no idea what this was about. He had been sleeping in his uptown apartment, and suddenly these two thugs appeared and dragged him to this building. Sen was a fair-sized man, well-muscled body, long red hair flowing down past his shoulders, tied in a ponytail. He had green eyes, which right now registered fear and confusion. The men forced him through a door, into some sort of a sitting room. As he sits down, he looks around. It was an extremely well furnished room. A man came in, well-dressed, and smiled at him, pouring him a drink, and handing it to him. "Welcome Sen Sawan. Forgive me for dragging you so ruthlessly out of bed, but I had to make sure you would come to my little interview. I have a few questions for you. You are top of your class with MT's. Why don't you become a mechanic, but instead urge yourself towards designer patters. AC pilots pay top notch for their mechanics." Sen had no idea what this had to do with him. He looked around, then drank the dark liquid, then says replying silently and slowly, not wanting to insult the man whom had already demonstrated his force to him. "I would rather paint an AC, then fix the weapons of war." The man nods at him, and smiles. "You are like me Sen. But contrary to me, you are going to fight. I have arranged for you to take the test to become a Raven. You have no choice in the matter, so don't bother objecting. Your AC is waiting." Sen looked at the man, and gulped in fear. The two men with machine guns entered, and picked him up, forcing him out the door in a startled rush. Ren looked at his long since abandoned son be dragged away, and he shakes his head. "Heaven help my son pass this test. God knows I'd do it myself...but I think that he has more potential, to keep his eyes on the bigger prize..." He looked out his window, and walked back into his office, to finish some more work.
Sen looked at the AC that was provided for him. Then he looked at the MT's, which stood threateningly at the other end of the room. The AC was a well constructed one. LN-1001 legs, a six-packer small missle launcher, a rifle, and a radar, not to mention his arms model. He moved the right control, and the arm responded perfectly to his movement. Someone had set this up to use his speed instead of his strength for the controls. The MT's suddenly came online, but he failed to notice, still examining his controls. Suddenly, laser fire sounded, hammering into the AC's chest, and it rocked backwards. Sen becoming aware of the MT's firing, hit the controls, and the AC shifted right running to the side, keeping just ahead of the trail of lasers chasing him. From the other wall, another MT popped out, firing a machine gun. Sen took each bullet, as the AC fell to it's knee. Over his intercom, he heard the announcer. "Come on you wuss. Anyone can pass this test if they can move an AC. Even by trying, your proving your skill, now fight!" The MT's start firing their lasers again, and this time. Sen starts to fight back. Just before the lasers hit him, he hit his boosters, and jerked in surprise as the AC instantly jumped into the air. He spun, and hit the firing button for the rifle. But no bullet came out. Opening his comm, he yells out quickly, "There is no ammo in this rifle!" He lands, and runs to the side dodging bullets as they came towards him. He had to deal with that maching gun MT. Dropping down, he opened his missle pod. He kept the lens focused, and started dodging the lasers from the MT's. The announcer suddenly comes on the comm. "The program is stuck, you have to win. We have no idea what's going on! The locks on the program are jammed!" Sen didn't even bother to answer. Jumping over a wave of bullets, six missles simultaneously launch, and hammer into the machine gun MT. As the dust clears, he sees the MT fall into broken pieces. Now Sen turned his aggression on the other two who were still firing their lasers. He runs towards them, bobbing and weaving with the AC, as it moved with unbelievable speed. He throws the empty rifle down, making him move faster, as one of the MT's take to the air. He wasn't letting it get away. As it jumped, Sen hit the boosters, and he lifted off at it moving like a bullet. He hit the laserblade button, and the orange blade of the old-style laser blade popped out. The MT met with it, and fell in two, as Sen landed on top of the other MT, and hammered the sword down through it. It blew up right under him, causing a small firestorm, which he walked out of AC still not seriously damaged He opened the comm, and said quietly, "Mission complete. Let me out." The comm was dead silent, the operator's voice no longer present. Sen was becoming slightly worried. The laserblade stuck out, he began hammering violently on the door. It rocked, but was generally completely unaffected by the blows. With one last swing, he gave up that attempt.
The raven looked at the door, heavy cannon aimed at it. The operator had been simple to deal with. Not to mention his computer system. He checks his controls, all of them humming with activity, as the heavy AC prepared for it's mission. Assassination was rarely SledgeHammer's forte, but he didn't argue. So much money for such a low-class warrior, he was surprised he was the first one to get ahold of the contract. Be that as it may..... He opens his comm system, and yells, "It's Hammer Time!" He fires one shot from his cannon, and the door is annihilated. He steps through, his radar coming to life, as he took aim and opened fire.
Sen was looking at the vents, when suddenly he heard someone yell over his comm system "It's Hammer Time!" He turned and looked at the door as it blew up. He sees the AC, and where it's aim is directed. Instantly his reflexes took over. He hit his boosters, making the AC fly backwards, narrowly dodging the cannon, though it did not get him away from the explosion. The AC rocked, then landed. Quickly looking around, Sen reached down, grabbing the machine gun from what had once been an MT, he hit his booster, this time completely dodging the cannon. The target screen flickers to life, and without waiting for a lock-on, he pulls the trigger of the machine gun. The bullets rocketed out, all of the hitting center mass of the ennemy AC. The sledgehammer symbol on his shoulder became visible, and Sen hit the ground in his AC, charging his energy reserves for the ability to dodge should he need it. And he did need it. His alarm system suddenly came to life, as the missles locked on, and fired. He wasted no time. Pulling both shifters back, he hits the boosters, and his AC flung itself backwards. As he flew, Sen let loose a fury of shells from the machinegun, making the missles blow up in mid air. Suddenly, his comm crackled to life. "Use the ZeroBlade system! On your right handshift! Hit the red button under the shifter!" Sen didn't think. Dropping the now empty machine-gun, his index finger move under the shifter. Finding the button, he slammed his finger on it. The result both startled, and scared him. His laserblade hummed to life, as a secondary waves of missles flew towards him. He started to try and hit the boosters, but they had stopped responding to his controls, when a screaming sound was heard. Knowing he had to move, he shifted the sticks forwards, and the boosters launched him with all speed, right through the center of the missles, directly at Sledghammer. His laserblade was behaving oddly. Where most laserblades normally drop after the intial slash, this one kept up, and not only that, grew to double it's length. As he arrived at Seldgehammer, the boosters tripled their speed, and the laserblade went outright. The laserblade pierced right through the armor of sledgehammer easily, a shattered scream was all Sen could hear as the blade stuck into the cockpit of the other AC pilot. Sen's body rocked violently from the collision and force. The ac before him remained standing for another moment, before erupting in an inferno, carrying the flames into Sen's own AC. He flew back, a broken wreck as his AC showed overloads everywhere, including life support, and back-up life support. The last thing Sen heard before he passed out from smoke inhilation was the sound of something scratching on his AC. Probably the flames....he thought to himself as he closed his eyes.
The rescue crew worked quickly, putting out the flames surrounding Sen's AC. Meltdown ran up quickly in his AC, the tank legs gliding along the floor loudly. His chain rifle stood out on his shoulder, the backup clips loaded on, his sniper-rifle looking for a target. Finally, he got the clear to stand down. Jumping out of his AC, he sees the remains of Sledgehammer's AC. Laughing quietly, he walked over, and looked over the rookie pilot who had caused all of this destruction. He smiles, knowing this one had his mysteries too. He had defeated a trained professional, as well as MT's, with a tampered rifle, a small twenty-four pack 6-launcher, and a laserblade. But he had no time to check the AC. Before he could look at it, the R.E.N. people came in, and took the AC to be repaired. Looking at the pilot again, he takes out an emblem, and slaps it on to his shoulder roughly. "Welcome to the Stealth Ravens, the silent Nest."
Sen walks down the bright lit hallway, eyes darting to and fro, looking at the two men who were escorting him, machine guns in hand. He still had no idea what this was about. He had been sleeping in his uptown apartment, and suddenly these two thugs appeared and dragged him to this building. Sen was a fair-sized man, well-muscled body, long red hair flowing down past his shoulders, tied in a ponytail. He had green eyes, which right now registered fear and confusion. The men forced him through a door, into some sort of a sitting room. As he sits down, he looks around. It was an extremely well furnished room. A man came in, well-dressed, and smiled at him, pouring him a drink, and handing it to him. "Welcome Sen Sawan. Forgive me for dragging you so ruthlessly out of bed, but I had to make sure you would come to my little interview. I have a few questions for you. You are top of your class with MT's. Why don't you become a mechanic, but instead urge yourself towards designer patters. AC pilots pay top notch for their mechanics." Sen had no idea what this had to do with him. He looked around, then drank the dark liquid, then says replying silently and slowly, not wanting to insult the man whom had already demonstrated his force to him. "I would rather paint an AC, then fix the weapons of war." The man nods at him, and smiles. "You are like me Sen. But contrary to me, you are going to fight. I have arranged for you to take the test to become a Raven. You have no choice in the matter, so don't bother objecting. Your AC is waiting." Sen looked at the man, and gulped in fear. The two men with machine guns entered, and picked him up, forcing him out the door in a startled rush. Ren looked at his long since abandoned son be dragged away, and he shakes his head. "Heaven help my son pass this test. God knows I'd do it myself...but I think that he has more potential, to keep his eyes on the bigger prize..." He looked out his window, and walked back into his office, to finish some more work.
Sen looked at the AC that was provided for him. Then he looked at the MT's, which stood threateningly at the other end of the room. The AC was a well constructed one. LN-1001 legs, a six-packer small missle launcher, a rifle, and a radar, not to mention his arms model. He moved the right control, and the arm responded perfectly to his movement. Someone had set this up to use his speed instead of his strength for the controls. The MT's suddenly came online, but he failed to notice, still examining his controls. Suddenly, laser fire sounded, hammering into the AC's chest, and it rocked backwards. Sen becoming aware of the MT's firing, hit the controls, and the AC shifted right running to the side, keeping just ahead of the trail of lasers chasing him. From the other wall, another MT popped out, firing a machine gun. Sen took each bullet, as the AC fell to it's knee. Over his intercom, he heard the announcer. "Come on you wuss. Anyone can pass this test if they can move an AC. Even by trying, your proving your skill, now fight!" The MT's start firing their lasers again, and this time. Sen starts to fight back. Just before the lasers hit him, he hit his boosters, and jerked in surprise as the AC instantly jumped into the air. He spun, and hit the firing button for the rifle. But no bullet came out. Opening his comm, he yells out quickly, "There is no ammo in this rifle!" He lands, and runs to the side dodging bullets as they came towards him. He had to deal with that maching gun MT. Dropping down, he opened his missle pod. He kept the lens focused, and started dodging the lasers from the MT's. The announcer suddenly comes on the comm. "The program is stuck, you have to win. We have no idea what's going on! The locks on the program are jammed!" Sen didn't even bother to answer. Jumping over a wave of bullets, six missles simultaneously launch, and hammer into the machine gun MT. As the dust clears, he sees the MT fall into broken pieces. Now Sen turned his aggression on the other two who were still firing their lasers. He runs towards them, bobbing and weaving with the AC, as it moved with unbelievable speed. He throws the empty rifle down, making him move faster, as one of the MT's take to the air. He wasn't letting it get away. As it jumped, Sen hit the boosters, and he lifted off at it moving like a bullet. He hit the laserblade button, and the orange blade of the old-style laser blade popped out. The MT met with it, and fell in two, as Sen landed on top of the other MT, and hammered the sword down through it. It blew up right under him, causing a small firestorm, which he walked out of AC still not seriously damaged He opened the comm, and said quietly, "Mission complete. Let me out." The comm was dead silent, the operator's voice no longer present. Sen was becoming slightly worried. The laserblade stuck out, he began hammering violently on the door. It rocked, but was generally completely unaffected by the blows. With one last swing, he gave up that attempt.
The raven looked at the door, heavy cannon aimed at it. The operator had been simple to deal with. Not to mention his computer system. He checks his controls, all of them humming with activity, as the heavy AC prepared for it's mission. Assassination was rarely SledgeHammer's forte, but he didn't argue. So much money for such a low-class warrior, he was surprised he was the first one to get ahold of the contract. Be that as it may..... He opens his comm system, and yells, "It's Hammer Time!" He fires one shot from his cannon, and the door is annihilated. He steps through, his radar coming to life, as he took aim and opened fire.
Sen was looking at the vents, when suddenly he heard someone yell over his comm system "It's Hammer Time!" He turned and looked at the door as it blew up. He sees the AC, and where it's aim is directed. Instantly his reflexes took over. He hit his boosters, making the AC fly backwards, narrowly dodging the cannon, though it did not get him away from the explosion. The AC rocked, then landed. Quickly looking around, Sen reached down, grabbing the machine gun from what had once been an MT, he hit his booster, this time completely dodging the cannon. The target screen flickers to life, and without waiting for a lock-on, he pulls the trigger of the machine gun. The bullets rocketed out, all of the hitting center mass of the ennemy AC. The sledgehammer symbol on his shoulder became visible, and Sen hit the ground in his AC, charging his energy reserves for the ability to dodge should he need it. And he did need it. His alarm system suddenly came to life, as the missles locked on, and fired. He wasted no time. Pulling both shifters back, he hits the boosters, and his AC flung itself backwards. As he flew, Sen let loose a fury of shells from the machinegun, making the missles blow up in mid air. Suddenly, his comm crackled to life. "Use the ZeroBlade system! On your right handshift! Hit the red button under the shifter!" Sen didn't think. Dropping the now empty machine-gun, his index finger move under the shifter. Finding the button, he slammed his finger on it. The result both startled, and scared him. His laserblade hummed to life, as a secondary waves of missles flew towards him. He started to try and hit the boosters, but they had stopped responding to his controls, when a screaming sound was heard. Knowing he had to move, he shifted the sticks forwards, and the boosters launched him with all speed, right through the center of the missles, directly at Sledghammer. His laserblade was behaving oddly. Where most laserblades normally drop after the intial slash, this one kept up, and not only that, grew to double it's length. As he arrived at Seldgehammer, the boosters tripled their speed, and the laserblade went outright. The laserblade pierced right through the armor of sledgehammer easily, a shattered scream was all Sen could hear as the blade stuck into the cockpit of the other AC pilot. Sen's body rocked violently from the collision and force. The ac before him remained standing for another moment, before erupting in an inferno, carrying the flames into Sen's own AC. He flew back, a broken wreck as his AC showed overloads everywhere, including life support, and back-up life support. The last thing Sen heard before he passed out from smoke inhilation was the sound of something scratching on his AC. Probably the flames....he thought to himself as he closed his eyes.
The rescue crew worked quickly, putting out the flames surrounding Sen's AC. Meltdown ran up quickly in his AC, the tank legs gliding along the floor loudly. His chain rifle stood out on his shoulder, the backup clips loaded on, his sniper-rifle looking for a target. Finally, he got the clear to stand down. Jumping out of his AC, he sees the remains of Sledgehammer's AC. Laughing quietly, he walked over, and looked over the rookie pilot who had caused all of this destruction. He smiles, knowing this one had his mysteries too. He had defeated a trained professional, as well as MT's, with a tampered rifle, a small twenty-four pack 6-launcher, and a laserblade. But he had no time to check the AC. Before he could look at it, the R.E.N. people came in, and took the AC to be repaired. Looking at the pilot again, he takes out an emblem, and slaps it on to his shoulder roughly. "Welcome to the Stealth Ravens, the silent Nest."