War...The message came today. The Earth and Mars government will be at war. The war will be on the surface of Mars. Both sides paying large amounts of credits to any Raven who would join to help their cause. To complete the mission you must battle for a shift and live. Each shift is about an hour long. Earth is paying 100,000 credits per shift. Mars is paying 20,000 in advance, and 70,000 after a shift is complete. Every AC is able to have their ammo replenished once per shift so it is necessary to be careful with your shots. It is a tough way, but an easy way to earn money. A Raven has no limit to how many shifts he will sign up for per day; nor is he obligated to serve more than one shift. However it is not smart to fight on both sides due to small forces of each government who are hired to "Bounty Hunt" or find and destroy any ACs who have switched sides. Only one question remains..."Which side will I join?"
3 years have passed since my first mission on Mars. Arena battles have stopped here. The war isn't letting many Ravens up here unless they will be fighting. I have been paying rent ever since the arena battles stopped 2 years ago. Missions are slow. Money is hard to come by. My large reward has lowered quite significantly lately. Being a Raven on Mars is very costly. I had no choice but to fight. And to fight for Mars. I had been born and raised on Earth and love it very much. That is why I must go against the corrupt Earth government and help Mars...to make Earth a better place.
I signed up for a shift this afternoon. I would leave at around 2 and start shift at 3. My tank should be able to withstand damage for that long if I'm careful. I then left my apartment and headed up to the docking bay. I haven't been on a mission in 3 weeks. I strapped myself in and started to boost out of the garage hanger slowly. Once I had became comfortable with my skills again I started to head towards the front lines were I would be fighting.
I arrived with 5 minutes before my shift. I prepared for the battle making sure my AC was in top condition. I had been loaded into a drop-ship. It was a war drop-ship which sacrificed all weaponry for extremely thick armor. I was next to a light weight hover AC. It had the PETAL legs and a light EO core. Its weapons were a MG-1000 and a spread howitzer. It also had some anti missile extentions and a small rocket launcher on his back next to a radar. He had the ammo to make it threw the war, but not the armor. He had better be careful. "I'm AC MadKlown." he said. "Im AC RoadKill...good luck." We were dropped off onto the surface of Mars next to 8 other ACs. The enemy forces were much larger and consisted of 16 ACs and at least 30 different kinds of MTs. We were the third strike.
Shots were being exchanged between both sides. The area in which we were fighting on was pretty flat. I lowered my grenade launcher and shot it into a crack to make my self a trench. I locked on waited while my missiles locked on. As soon as I was on max lock I turned on my shield and boosted up into the air and launched my volley of missiles. Two MTs fell to the ground and exploded. I brought down my Grenade Launcher and started on a light weight bladder AC. "Real smart...using a bladder on a battlefield." He came up for a stab with his parry blade. I simply boosted back and fired a grenade into his ACs head, tearing it off and leaving the AC blind. I decided to switch to my Slug Gun to save ammo. The shot hit him in several spots causing the AC to overheat and set fire. He boosted madly away and hit a nearby AC blowing up his AC and taking of the legs of the AC he crashed into. I took this advantage and filled him full of slugs. My energy was low so I retreated back to my trench.
Our forces were down to 7 ACs. The enemies had 10 ACs and 14 MTs. We were doing quite well. Another one of our ACs fell. It seems there was an enemy AC in the back of the battle field. He was using TITAN missiles to mow down our ACs. I saw it. A Heavily Armored tank with two TITANS, a shield, and a MARS blade for anti-blading and close range ACs. I fired a grenade into the core. It dented it but didn't go all the way threw. I fired another in the same spot cracking the core. As I fired the next shot he OverBoosted forward, my grenade hitting his head but not quite tearing it off. I tried to boost backwards but it was too late, he had already tore of my tanks left tread. It would now be near impossible to move on the ground. He grabbed my torn tread and began to swing me around, I followed it up with a spread of slugs, causing him to drop me without throwing me and fall over. I flew on top of him, tore of his head, and punched into the core killing the pilot.
Our forces were now down to 4 ACs. The enemies had 6 ACs and 2 MTs. I went after the MTs, picking one up in my hand and then throwing it at the other MT killing them both. I was out of grenades and my missile launcher had been destroyed. I had 30 slugs left so I fired at ACs who were already engaged in battle to make it easier for the Mars forces. I had made it to the made it to the ammo truck and began to have my weapons refilled. My shift was over in 10 minutes and it was the last shift available. That means we had only had 10 minutes to destroy the remaining ACs. My right tread had heavy damage from the stress of only using one tread. I was traveling at only 48 km/h. I made it back to the front-lines. There were only three ACs by now. A sniper AC on the Earth army, MadKlown, and me. MadKlown turned on his EOs. Just as the EOs began to fire a bullet hit MadKlown's core precisely and killed the him.
It was just me and the sniper AC. He began by shooting my tread causing it to take too much pressure and tearing it. I was now a sitting duck taking bullets from a distance. All of the sudden everything on my HUD was flashing. I was low on AP, had no way to walk, was overheating, and had one grenade left. I could not lock on from this distance. I took careful aim and fired at the AC, hoping to get a critical hit. He moved out of the way but his sniper was destroyed leaving him with nothing but a blade. The drop-ship was closing in towards my position and my shift was over in 20 seconds. I boosted backwards trying to make it to the drop-ship but the AC was much faster than mine. Just as it was about to connect a its blade into my core and finish me off I raised my shield and blocked the blade. Though it stunned him momentarily he was able to pierce threw my shield. The MOONLIGHT was something to be worried about. By my luck a strange thing happened. As his ACs arms pierced my shield it connected with my shield generator. The blade could not be retracted. On instinct I grabbed his arm and pushed it slowly towards his cockpit. He tried to resist but my AC's arms were much more powerful than his. He brought down his right arm and tried to force the blade towards me. With all of my remaining strength I pushed at his arm so that it went threw the cockpit of his AC. I had killed him with his own weapon. I flew into the drop-ship awaiting repairs for my next shift tomorrow afternoon...
3 years have passed since my first mission on Mars. Arena battles have stopped here. The war isn't letting many Ravens up here unless they will be fighting. I have been paying rent ever since the arena battles stopped 2 years ago. Missions are slow. Money is hard to come by. My large reward has lowered quite significantly lately. Being a Raven on Mars is very costly. I had no choice but to fight. And to fight for Mars. I had been born and raised on Earth and love it very much. That is why I must go against the corrupt Earth government and help Mars...to make Earth a better place.
I signed up for a shift this afternoon. I would leave at around 2 and start shift at 3. My tank should be able to withstand damage for that long if I'm careful. I then left my apartment and headed up to the docking bay. I haven't been on a mission in 3 weeks. I strapped myself in and started to boost out of the garage hanger slowly. Once I had became comfortable with my skills again I started to head towards the front lines were I would be fighting.
I arrived with 5 minutes before my shift. I prepared for the battle making sure my AC was in top condition. I had been loaded into a drop-ship. It was a war drop-ship which sacrificed all weaponry for extremely thick armor. I was next to a light weight hover AC. It had the PETAL legs and a light EO core. Its weapons were a MG-1000 and a spread howitzer. It also had some anti missile extentions and a small rocket launcher on his back next to a radar. He had the ammo to make it threw the war, but not the armor. He had better be careful. "I'm AC MadKlown." he said. "Im AC RoadKill...good luck." We were dropped off onto the surface of Mars next to 8 other ACs. The enemy forces were much larger and consisted of 16 ACs and at least 30 different kinds of MTs. We were the third strike.
Shots were being exchanged between both sides. The area in which we were fighting on was pretty flat. I lowered my grenade launcher and shot it into a crack to make my self a trench. I locked on waited while my missiles locked on. As soon as I was on max lock I turned on my shield and boosted up into the air and launched my volley of missiles. Two MTs fell to the ground and exploded. I brought down my Grenade Launcher and started on a light weight bladder AC. "Real smart...using a bladder on a battlefield." He came up for a stab with his parry blade. I simply boosted back and fired a grenade into his ACs head, tearing it off and leaving the AC blind. I decided to switch to my Slug Gun to save ammo. The shot hit him in several spots causing the AC to overheat and set fire. He boosted madly away and hit a nearby AC blowing up his AC and taking of the legs of the AC he crashed into. I took this advantage and filled him full of slugs. My energy was low so I retreated back to my trench.
Our forces were down to 7 ACs. The enemies had 10 ACs and 14 MTs. We were doing quite well. Another one of our ACs fell. It seems there was an enemy AC in the back of the battle field. He was using TITAN missiles to mow down our ACs. I saw it. A Heavily Armored tank with two TITANS, a shield, and a MARS blade for anti-blading and close range ACs. I fired a grenade into the core. It dented it but didn't go all the way threw. I fired another in the same spot cracking the core. As I fired the next shot he OverBoosted forward, my grenade hitting his head but not quite tearing it off. I tried to boost backwards but it was too late, he had already tore of my tanks left tread. It would now be near impossible to move on the ground. He grabbed my torn tread and began to swing me around, I followed it up with a spread of slugs, causing him to drop me without throwing me and fall over. I flew on top of him, tore of his head, and punched into the core killing the pilot.
Our forces were now down to 4 ACs. The enemies had 6 ACs and 2 MTs. I went after the MTs, picking one up in my hand and then throwing it at the other MT killing them both. I was out of grenades and my missile launcher had been destroyed. I had 30 slugs left so I fired at ACs who were already engaged in battle to make it easier for the Mars forces. I had made it to the made it to the ammo truck and began to have my weapons refilled. My shift was over in 10 minutes and it was the last shift available. That means we had only had 10 minutes to destroy the remaining ACs. My right tread had heavy damage from the stress of only using one tread. I was traveling at only 48 km/h. I made it back to the front-lines. There were only three ACs by now. A sniper AC on the Earth army, MadKlown, and me. MadKlown turned on his EOs. Just as the EOs began to fire a bullet hit MadKlown's core precisely and killed the him.
It was just me and the sniper AC. He began by shooting my tread causing it to take too much pressure and tearing it. I was now a sitting duck taking bullets from a distance. All of the sudden everything on my HUD was flashing. I was low on AP, had no way to walk, was overheating, and had one grenade left. I could not lock on from this distance. I took careful aim and fired at the AC, hoping to get a critical hit. He moved out of the way but his sniper was destroyed leaving him with nothing but a blade. The drop-ship was closing in towards my position and my shift was over in 20 seconds. I boosted backwards trying to make it to the drop-ship but the AC was much faster than mine. Just as it was about to connect a its blade into my core and finish me off I raised my shield and blocked the blade. Though it stunned him momentarily he was able to pierce threw my shield. The MOONLIGHT was something to be worried about. By my luck a strange thing happened. As his ACs arms pierced my shield it connected with my shield generator. The blade could not be retracted. On instinct I grabbed his arm and pushed it slowly towards his cockpit. He tried to resist but my AC's arms were much more powerful than his. He brought down his right arm and tried to force the blade towards me. With all of my remaining strength I pushed at his arm so that it went threw the cockpit of his AC. I had killed him with his own weapon. I flew into the drop-ship awaiting repairs for my next shift tomorrow afternoon...