Fight. Evade. Attack. WIN!
I pumped myself up for the battle. Sitting in your AC, waiting for the arena floor elevator to rise could be a hell. I wanted to get in a head-on, AC vs. AC, raw competition battle. No annoying MTs shooting from afar, no door to protect from oncoming terrorists, just a single AC to defeat, and that's all that is expected.
I heard the roar of the crowds through the completely indestructible arena walls. I can hear the loudspeaker announcing the names, I didn't pay attention, I'm psyched for the fight. I should prepare my AC now. I looked up towards the top of the slow elevator and saw the heavy arena floor doors, and a crack of light in between. The light made shadows on the elevator shaft. I looked around my AC cockpit, just the faint red light of the cockpit hatch. I pressed the button for "start generator."
The AC came to life. First, the basic systems began. On the HUD, my AP level appeared in the top left of the screen, radar in the top right, weapons and ammunition to the right, and energy levels to the left. Then the more complex systems started running. Warning systems lit up on the bottom right, enemy information on the bottom, and the altimeter activated, creating lines all across the HUD. Finally, the FCS activated and the orange box came up.
"Hello, Myk, AC detected. Commence battle mode?"
"Yes."
I raised my right arm and prepared my MG/1000. I turned on my extensions so I wouldn't have to later. By now the arena floor door opened, revealing the arena's ceiling, probably hundreds of feet high. The bright light blinded me temporarily, and when my eyes focused, the gray ceiling and transparent blue of the crowd stands came in focus. Once the elevator arrived at the top, it came to an abrupt halt. I looked around. Directly in front of me was a very small AC, probably as small as a battle MT. I zoomed in on the picture, it was a lightweight AC, painted deep red. It had the simplest head, lightest core, a light weight model of humanoid legs, missile launcher arms, relation missiles, and vertical missiles. It was a missile boat.
"Ready," the HUD displayed the word in 5 big orange letters. My heart raced. I readied my trigger finger. I checked my boosters. I'm ready.
"GO"
I boosted right and advanced upon Chrys Zarron. He boosted to the opposite direction of me. I straightened out my position so I was heading straight at him. I aimed my MG/1000 and fired in a constant spray. The light AC was easily stalled when it was hit. The little red robot stood there for a moment, then it's vertical missiles opened.
"Warning! Lock on!" Said the computer.
"I know! Prepare VMGS systems!"
"Warning! Lock on! Two locks plus four relation missiles!"
Chrys' AC disappeared in a white smoke as the missiles left the launchers. Four relation missiles came directly at me, while 2 vertical missiles went straight up. The VMGS picked off 3 of the relation missiles, and I shot the other one down with my machine gun. The two vertical missiles began to slow down and descend downward. I knew this was the split-missile kind, so I boosted straight up. The missile's targeting systems told it to divide, and each missile would divide into 4 separate missiles. I was still boosting up, but then I had a feeling to let a few hit me. Since I don't hesitate too often, I quickly boosted a little to the left, being nipped by about 2 missiles.
The force of the 2 missiles pushed me downward rapidly, and just after that, 10 missiles flew right over my head! That volley could have annihilated me. I turned to my right to see Chrys trying to get a lock on me with his missile arms. I switched to quad missile and boosted left. Chrys had a very good FCS and was already firing 10 missiles at me. I got a lock on his AC and fired 8 missiles. Chrys boosted right, so we were boosting in a circle.
The 10 missiles were still hot on my trail, so I activated my overboost and skidded toward Chrys. I took advantage that he didn't have any laser swords or energy shields, so I readied my laser blade. Another voice said to me "UP", and being in a tight situation again, I did that. I boosted straight up over Chrys and he fired 10 missiles that narrowly missed my legs. This voice seems to help me a lot, whatever it is.
I reverse-boosted to the left to try to speed up my turning speed. His AC was still turning slowly around. Once he was in my sights, I switched to machine gun and pegged his tiny AC. The bullets penetrated the light armor easily, but a few rounds can't bring even the smallest AC down. He was still turning around, so I boosted toward him, and readied my blade again. Once in range, I jumped and slashed. This is a really hard maneuver to do, and it needs to be timed absolutely perfect, or you miss and risk tripping. I executed it perfectly, and my blade swept right across the top portion of Chrys' AC. The two tops of his vertical missiles were cut off, revealing only sparking stubbs, and the head of his AC was black. I win!
Not really, his AC boosted backward and fired 10 arm missiles right at me, direct hit, close range. It's like a hydra shot right in the core times 4! My whole AC shook and I could see the ceiling light and a shadow on the floor alternate as I spun through the air. My AC finally hit the ground with a big jolt. I looked and could see the floor. I looked straight up to see Chrys' AC standing there, head sparking. I thought I was finished, then the AC's head exploded, and the puny AC shut down, head smoldering. Now I believe I have won.
"WIN" was written across my HUD. A pleasing victory!
I pumped myself up for the battle. Sitting in your AC, waiting for the arena floor elevator to rise could be a hell. I wanted to get in a head-on, AC vs. AC, raw competition battle. No annoying MTs shooting from afar, no door to protect from oncoming terrorists, just a single AC to defeat, and that's all that is expected.
I heard the roar of the crowds through the completely indestructible arena walls. I can hear the loudspeaker announcing the names, I didn't pay attention, I'm psyched for the fight. I should prepare my AC now. I looked up towards the top of the slow elevator and saw the heavy arena floor doors, and a crack of light in between. The light made shadows on the elevator shaft. I looked around my AC cockpit, just the faint red light of the cockpit hatch. I pressed the button for "start generator."
The AC came to life. First, the basic systems began. On the HUD, my AP level appeared in the top left of the screen, radar in the top right, weapons and ammunition to the right, and energy levels to the left. Then the more complex systems started running. Warning systems lit up on the bottom right, enemy information on the bottom, and the altimeter activated, creating lines all across the HUD. Finally, the FCS activated and the orange box came up.
"Hello, Myk, AC detected. Commence battle mode?"
"Yes."
I raised my right arm and prepared my MG/1000. I turned on my extensions so I wouldn't have to later. By now the arena floor door opened, revealing the arena's ceiling, probably hundreds of feet high. The bright light blinded me temporarily, and when my eyes focused, the gray ceiling and transparent blue of the crowd stands came in focus. Once the elevator arrived at the top, it came to an abrupt halt. I looked around. Directly in front of me was a very small AC, probably as small as a battle MT. I zoomed in on the picture, it was a lightweight AC, painted deep red. It had the simplest head, lightest core, a light weight model of humanoid legs, missile launcher arms, relation missiles, and vertical missiles. It was a missile boat.
"Ready," the HUD displayed the word in 5 big orange letters. My heart raced. I readied my trigger finger. I checked my boosters. I'm ready.
"GO"
I boosted right and advanced upon Chrys Zarron. He boosted to the opposite direction of me. I straightened out my position so I was heading straight at him. I aimed my MG/1000 and fired in a constant spray. The light AC was easily stalled when it was hit. The little red robot stood there for a moment, then it's vertical missiles opened.
"Warning! Lock on!" Said the computer.
"I know! Prepare VMGS systems!"
"Warning! Lock on! Two locks plus four relation missiles!"
Chrys' AC disappeared in a white smoke as the missiles left the launchers. Four relation missiles came directly at me, while 2 vertical missiles went straight up. The VMGS picked off 3 of the relation missiles, and I shot the other one down with my machine gun. The two vertical missiles began to slow down and descend downward. I knew this was the split-missile kind, so I boosted straight up. The missile's targeting systems told it to divide, and each missile would divide into 4 separate missiles. I was still boosting up, but then I had a feeling to let a few hit me. Since I don't hesitate too often, I quickly boosted a little to the left, being nipped by about 2 missiles.
The force of the 2 missiles pushed me downward rapidly, and just after that, 10 missiles flew right over my head! That volley could have annihilated me. I turned to my right to see Chrys trying to get a lock on me with his missile arms. I switched to quad missile and boosted left. Chrys had a very good FCS and was already firing 10 missiles at me. I got a lock on his AC and fired 8 missiles. Chrys boosted right, so we were boosting in a circle.
The 10 missiles were still hot on my trail, so I activated my overboost and skidded toward Chrys. I took advantage that he didn't have any laser swords or energy shields, so I readied my laser blade. Another voice said to me "UP", and being in a tight situation again, I did that. I boosted straight up over Chrys and he fired 10 missiles that narrowly missed my legs. This voice seems to help me a lot, whatever it is.
I reverse-boosted to the left to try to speed up my turning speed. His AC was still turning slowly around. Once he was in my sights, I switched to machine gun and pegged his tiny AC. The bullets penetrated the light armor easily, but a few rounds can't bring even the smallest AC down. He was still turning around, so I boosted toward him, and readied my blade again. Once in range, I jumped and slashed. This is a really hard maneuver to do, and it needs to be timed absolutely perfect, or you miss and risk tripping. I executed it perfectly, and my blade swept right across the top portion of Chrys' AC. The two tops of his vertical missiles were cut off, revealing only sparking stubbs, and the head of his AC was black. I win!
Not really, his AC boosted backward and fired 10 arm missiles right at me, direct hit, close range. It's like a hydra shot right in the core times 4! My whole AC shook and I could see the ceiling light and a shadow on the floor alternate as I spun through the air. My AC finally hit the ground with a big jolt. I looked and could see the floor. I looked straight up to see Chrys' AC standing there, head sparking. I thought I was finished, then the AC's head exploded, and the puny AC shut down, head smoldering. Now I believe I have won.
"WIN" was written across my HUD. A pleasing victory!