My AC repairs were not quite finished. Ammo was replenished and everything but the legs were repaired. The problem was that I would be sent into battle in less than 10 minutes. The armor on the legs was repaired, but the treads were still ripped. I would be going into battle with a handi-cap. Todays battle was different though. Two Massive MTs were spotted on radar and were coming in fast. This could cause some damage to our army if they interrupted a shift. I was picked along with two others. The first was AC Hellfire. She was the biggest pyromaniac in the on Mars or Earth. She had light reverse joint legs, with a heavy IKS OB core, a flame thrower, and napalm rockets for support. The next AC was a pilot who did not join the arena or participate in missions. Her name was AC Daisy. She simply hired herself out as a consort. She had hover legs that looked somewhat like a motorcycle, an EO core with a built in energy chain gun, and dual orbit cannons. She really just turned on her EOs and dropped orbits while staying as far away from the enemy supporting the AC she was hired out to. It was our duty to destroy both Massive MTs before the next shift started, giving us less than 30 minutes to destroy both of them.
I slowly boosted upwards into the transport since my legs weren't working. We would be paid double our regular pay for this mission. 60,000 credits in advance and 120,000 upon completion. Also, as an added bonus, if an AC was to be destroyed, is pay for the mission would be split and given to the surviving ACs or AC. I saw two large blips on my radar. "It's time to drop, lets deploy th......" He never finished his sentence as we took a direct hit from both MTs and were sent in a nose-dive to the surface. We all made it out of the transport and floated to the ground. It seems the pilot hadn't died for he was able to steer the falling transport directly into an MT causing some good damage to it and killing the pilot, for good.
I stayed out of range of the MTs and started to fire grenades. The damaged MT tried to deploy its smaller section but it was damaged from the crash. I opened up fire on it while Daisy dropped orbits and turned on her EO. Hellfire was on top of the other MT, holding on with one hand and unloading flame-thrower with the other. Her fire would not be enough to kill the MT but it had made the armor very weak. I hit my OverBoosters and flew at the MT head on and shot it with my slug gun. "A little help over here" said Daisy. The smaller section had managed to free itself and was unloading on Daisy's thin armor. She dropped another orbit and turned on her EOs right before getting hit head on my to large grenades from the smaller MT section. Her AC was destroyed but the EOs continued to fire along with the orbits and managed to destroy the Massive MT. The orbits blew up and the EOs stopped their fire.
Just then the MT I was fighting deployed it's smaller section. Hellfire was out of flamethrower and low on rockets. I tossed her my hand missiles and she started to fire on the weakened smaller MT. It wasn't long before it was destroyed. It was now a 2on2 battle, but the odds still weren't even and were not in favor of us. I continued to unload my slug gun on the MT when it fired the largest volley of missiles I've ever seen. I managed to turn on my shield and block some of the missiles, but many still hit me. I was overheating and down to 5,782 AP. Hellfire was again dry of ammo and gave my missile launcher back. I glanced over at her signal and saw that she was down to 2,978 AP. I told her to try to OB over to Daisy's destroyed AC and try to get her dual orbits, (she could even sell them after the battle for some extra credits) I provided her with cover by shooting grenades at both MTs.
She acquired the dual orbits but she was well overweight. She slowly made her way back over to me. "RoadKill there are only two shots left." said Hellfire. "Than shoot them and make it quick!" She shot the first and waited for the orbits to reload. One orbit shot the Massive MT, while the other shot the smaller one. I was out of grenades, missiles, and down to 3 ECM pods, 20 slugs, and 40% shield generator capacity. Just than Hellfire was hit hard by a volley of missiles and her napalm rockets were destroyed, setting her aflame. Knowing this would be her last battle she too sacrificed herself and OverBoosted right into the Massive MT finishing it off. By now it was just a weakened smaller MT and me. I dropped an ECM pod and shot my slug gun towards it, hitting it with no more than 5 shells. I decided to joust and OverBoosted until I was right in front of the MT and shot it, sending it down to the the surface in a ball of flames.
"All MTs destroyed. Returning to base." It was about 2 hours later. I had been paid and my AC was being worked on. I decided to take a rest. It was getting late and I was very tired....I awoke to the sound of an explosion late into the night. The base was under attack by a large force of ACs. I made my way to RoadKill and headed outside of the base. My AC repairs had been finished and in perfect timing. I saw several enemy ACs. They were all the same thing. Green and Blue light-weight ACs with Hueso legs, a RF-220, and howitzer. I very easy to pilot, yet quite effective AC. This showed that this force was put together in a hurry. Thats when I noticed the emblem. All of them had an AC on it circled with a line through it, a common multi-purpose symbol used for anti anything. As I examined it closer the AC on it was none other than...none other than mine. What am I suppose to do. I must have made quite a name for myself coming from earth to Mars, being in arena battles, defeating 8-ball, and than fighting for the Martian army. Those Massive MTs had been there to observe me!
Security systems were turned online. I could see many red lines. I began to maneuver my AC threw them. This was not an easy task. I made it through the alarms and saw an old drop-ship. I boosted in it and waited. There was another AC in there with me, but I could not make it out in the darkness. It wasn't til an hour or so later that the AC began to speak to me, or it's pilot to be precise. "What's your name?" "AC RoadKill, and that's all I'm telling you as of yet." "I see. So what is your duty on Mars, if I may ask?" "I came here on a mission. And I've been here for 3 years now." "Good money I presume?" "Yes, that's it. But now it seems that the Earth army is out to get me." "It seems that way." 4 more hours passed and we finally made to our destination. I recognized this place. It was Earth. I looked over at the transport and saw that it was an old Earth Government drop-ship. That is when I saw the AC I was talking to. It was one of those ACs from the attack on our base. I had been lured into a trap...
I slowly boosted upwards into the transport since my legs weren't working. We would be paid double our regular pay for this mission. 60,000 credits in advance and 120,000 upon completion. Also, as an added bonus, if an AC was to be destroyed, is pay for the mission would be split and given to the surviving ACs or AC. I saw two large blips on my radar. "It's time to drop, lets deploy th......" He never finished his sentence as we took a direct hit from both MTs and were sent in a nose-dive to the surface. We all made it out of the transport and floated to the ground. It seems the pilot hadn't died for he was able to steer the falling transport directly into an MT causing some good damage to it and killing the pilot, for good.
I stayed out of range of the MTs and started to fire grenades. The damaged MT tried to deploy its smaller section but it was damaged from the crash. I opened up fire on it while Daisy dropped orbits and turned on her EO. Hellfire was on top of the other MT, holding on with one hand and unloading flame-thrower with the other. Her fire would not be enough to kill the MT but it had made the armor very weak. I hit my OverBoosters and flew at the MT head on and shot it with my slug gun. "A little help over here" said Daisy. The smaller section had managed to free itself and was unloading on Daisy's thin armor. She dropped another orbit and turned on her EOs right before getting hit head on my to large grenades from the smaller MT section. Her AC was destroyed but the EOs continued to fire along with the orbits and managed to destroy the Massive MT. The orbits blew up and the EOs stopped their fire.
Just then the MT I was fighting deployed it's smaller section. Hellfire was out of flamethrower and low on rockets. I tossed her my hand missiles and she started to fire on the weakened smaller MT. It wasn't long before it was destroyed. It was now a 2on2 battle, but the odds still weren't even and were not in favor of us. I continued to unload my slug gun on the MT when it fired the largest volley of missiles I've ever seen. I managed to turn on my shield and block some of the missiles, but many still hit me. I was overheating and down to 5,782 AP. Hellfire was again dry of ammo and gave my missile launcher back. I glanced over at her signal and saw that she was down to 2,978 AP. I told her to try to OB over to Daisy's destroyed AC and try to get her dual orbits, (she could even sell them after the battle for some extra credits) I provided her with cover by shooting grenades at both MTs.
She acquired the dual orbits but she was well overweight. She slowly made her way back over to me. "RoadKill there are only two shots left." said Hellfire. "Than shoot them and make it quick!" She shot the first and waited for the orbits to reload. One orbit shot the Massive MT, while the other shot the smaller one. I was out of grenades, missiles, and down to 3 ECM pods, 20 slugs, and 40% shield generator capacity. Just than Hellfire was hit hard by a volley of missiles and her napalm rockets were destroyed, setting her aflame. Knowing this would be her last battle she too sacrificed herself and OverBoosted right into the Massive MT finishing it off. By now it was just a weakened smaller MT and me. I dropped an ECM pod and shot my slug gun towards it, hitting it with no more than 5 shells. I decided to joust and OverBoosted until I was right in front of the MT and shot it, sending it down to the the surface in a ball of flames.
"All MTs destroyed. Returning to base." It was about 2 hours later. I had been paid and my AC was being worked on. I decided to take a rest. It was getting late and I was very tired....I awoke to the sound of an explosion late into the night. The base was under attack by a large force of ACs. I made my way to RoadKill and headed outside of the base. My AC repairs had been finished and in perfect timing. I saw several enemy ACs. They were all the same thing. Green and Blue light-weight ACs with Hueso legs, a RF-220, and howitzer. I very easy to pilot, yet quite effective AC. This showed that this force was put together in a hurry. Thats when I noticed the emblem. All of them had an AC on it circled with a line through it, a common multi-purpose symbol used for anti anything. As I examined it closer the AC on it was none other than...none other than mine. What am I suppose to do. I must have made quite a name for myself coming from earth to Mars, being in arena battles, defeating 8-ball, and than fighting for the Martian army. Those Massive MTs had been there to observe me!
Security systems were turned online. I could see many red lines. I began to maneuver my AC threw them. This was not an easy task. I made it through the alarms and saw an old drop-ship. I boosted in it and waited. There was another AC in there with me, but I could not make it out in the darkness. It wasn't til an hour or so later that the AC began to speak to me, or it's pilot to be precise. "What's your name?" "AC RoadKill, and that's all I'm telling you as of yet." "I see. So what is your duty on Mars, if I may ask?" "I came here on a mission. And I've been here for 3 years now." "Good money I presume?" "Yes, that's it. But now it seems that the Earth army is out to get me." "It seems that way." 4 more hours passed and we finally made to our destination. I recognized this place. It was Earth. I looked over at the transport and saw that it was an old Earth Government drop-ship. That is when I saw the AC I was talking to. It was one of those ACs from the attack on our base. I had been lured into a trap...