Code Tenno Uprising of the Void
ESKK: Well, here we are the invasion at sea. Britannia has decided to poke the hornets' nest, so let's see what results from it. Be sure to leave a review once your done and enjoy reading.
(Start Tenno Base)
Alarms blared all around the Tenno's home as the Lotus had no doubt received the warning. All civilian staff members rushed to the command center as they were instructed to get there while Tenno and Operatives did the same. Thanks to Ven's teams warning the base had time to prepare for a siege.
The civilian staff members were being led to the basement and bunkers knowing they would not be able to do much in a fight like this. Meanwhile in the main command deck Lotus sat upon a throne that rose to a center where operatives were waiting and ready for action. The Man in the Wall had allowed the Tenno to bring a few of their allies along for this mission mainly Operatives who had aided the Tenno in the field or with tactical data.
"Report." Lotus ordered and in turn Talva spoke up first with her image on the main holo table map that also had the image of the base on it.
"We've moved all noncombatants to the bunkers and have activated all defenses. Knightmare frames and Archwings are being sortied as are the Tenno with their Warframes on the ground. Necramechs are also in position to provide support fire as well as support the Sutherlands and Glasgows against the enemy Knightmares." Talva spoke as nearby two tech bunnies were on the job.
"We've sent a base wide announcement of the impending attack Blades of the Lotus are also prepped and ready should they be needed." The tech said as she was typing on the keyboard.
"Our calculations suggest our enemies will arrive within 3 hours maybe even less." The second bridge tech announced and thus Lotus knew they had to make every second count.
"Fortify out defense and ensure that the Britannians learn the hard lesson. They challenged the Void and now the Void will answer." Lotus said and thus they had to hurry.
(Meanwhile in the Tokyo Settlement)
In the docks Ven and Eureka arrived to pick up something. They had put their Railjack through some upgrades and modifications and now was the time to deploy it. Of course, they had one minor problem with it and that was the fact it was not done yet. "You're kidding me!" Ven said as their contact in the docks let them in.
"I'm afraid not we're working as fast as we can, but we need just a little bit more time." The tech said as Ven saw Noir was ready but could not make the trip by itself. "We just need a few more hours to finish the upgrades and installing the new combat programs and precepts for deployment in combat." The man said as Django was ready for deployment at least.
"Ven." Eureka said as she looked to Ven. "I'll take Django on my landing craft and head on ahead of you." Eureka said as she looked to Ven. "The Lotus wants Noir in this battle, and this is our chance." Eureka said and thus Ven knew he was on the bench for now.
"Alright hurry and go I'll be there as soon as possible." Ven said and thus Eureka was ready to go and nodded.
"Althea get my landing craft ready and pick up Django while you're at it!" Eureka called out as she headed out to deploy into battle.
"Be safe... sister." Ven said quietly as he saw his fellow Tenno head on ahead of him.
(Scene Break Three Hours Later Tenno Base)
The entire base was on alert as they prepared to meet their fate. All Tenno forces were ready for the encroaching storm turrets were online, Knightmares were on the platforms, Archwings were in the air and Tenno were on the platforms as well. This would be one of those battles as a majority of those here were using Primes since they were the best gear the Tenno had. Many Tenno who still remember the Old War were reminded of the many battles they fought against the Sentient such as the Neptune Campaign, the Battle of Mars, and even the fall of Deimos.
They were then drawn out of their memories as on the horizon coming from the south something was appearing. It was a giant aircraft, along with a huge swarm of helicopters, transports, and other kinds of aircrafts. The Tenno all saw it and knew that the siege was starting with this arrival.
(With Schneizel)
Prince Schneizel sat on his small throne on the giant aircraft known as the Avalon. "Such a magnificent place, what a waste to destroy it." Schneizel thought for a moment before he then he noticed something strange, as if it had suddenly been fortified in preparations for them. "Zoom the image, it seems that they were expecting us." The prince ordered and in turn operators did so as they could see a view of many Tenno, soldiers, Tanks, and Knightmares all of them ready for battle. More so they saw Tenno on these jetpacks of sorts also ready for a fight showing that the prince made the right call bringing in the Britannian Airforce for this fight.
"Just as I thought." Schneizel said in a matter-of-fact tone. He then smirked a bit as it would be boring if the Tenno did not put up a fight. "No matter, proceed to deploy our troops! It is time to destroy and salvage whatever they have in this precious artificial island of theirs!" He said and thus had one last thing to say. "If they worship this Void so much it is time, that we sent them there." He said and thus the battle began.
The Britannian airship Avalon, the first of its kind to use the float system, was hovering several miles away from the South side of Tenno's home. It was accompanied with a massive army composed with hundreds of Caerlon-class Floating Battleship, hundreds of VTOL already loaded with Knightmares, VTOL gunship and the Britannian Navy with over one fifty warships. Inside the ship there were not only soldiers and pilots, but also some reporters to witness the battle as well as to broadcast it for the world to witness the conflict.
"Commence Operation 678, Destruction of the Tenno!" Schneizel ordered from his seat and in turn all the pilots contacted the aircrafts to commence the attack.
He was feeling confident with the forces he has in his disposal: over two thousand Knightmares,1200 aircrafts, twenty submarines, one hundred warships, three thousand soldiers and 3 Knight of Rounds: Knight of Twelve; Monica Kruszewski, Knight of Ten; Luciano Bradley and Knight of Nine; Nonette Eneagram.
Schneizel couldn't get the entire Knight of Round since most of them were too busy to accompany him in this invasion. He couldn't get the Lancelot since the specialist team is also busy in Area 11 and the fact it was still being repaired after its fight with the Lancelot Noir in Narita.
After an attempt to analyze their enemy's base, he was able to get the positions of the enemy troops and the struts.
In the south side, which is the front side they are facing, there were buildings that resembled medical facilities. There were also several soldiers, Knightmares and combat vehicles, he also saw that there was several; custom made Knightmares in the base some with heavy modifications in the battle.
In the east side he could see a hangar and structures that resembles research facilities, there were also soldiers, Knightmares and combat vehicles. Also 2 Knightmares: A green Panzel Hummel and a green Sutherland, both with the Tenno's insignia, he deduced that they must be the ones in commands in that side. But since they were neither the Lancelot Noir nor the Django, they were hardly noteworthy here.
In the west side there was another hangar and the struts with the barracks, it has the same combat unit mentioned previously, but this time it has a green Gloucester without a spear and a yellow Sutherland.
In the north side there was yet another hangar and struts that are their reserves and supplies, this one has no special Knightmares, so it might be simple for the invaders.
Finally, there was the main command bridge where the Tenno were mostly hived. This meant this was their command center as it connected to what was a lone platform. This one may hold all the secrets the Tenno had at their disposal. The fact it had the most armor meant that he would need to deal with the other threats first before firing the Avalon's rail canon on it to crack it like an eggshell.
The first thing to do in the invasion is to deploy two quarter of his forces to attack the front of Tenno, in other words the medical facilities. He will not only hijack their medical platform but will also tempt them to focus all their forces to the front. While he distracts them from the front, a large unit will be sent to take over their supply strut. If the invasion takes days, he will obstruct their reserves to starve them and weaken them.
The Britannian destroyers will fire the missiles to the barrack's platforms and sink it. After that, they will deploy the soldiers to those struts and take over.
Schneizel also ordered to his soldiers that the research facility of the Tenno was to remain intact, he may be able to find something interesting in there. Once they have secured the platforms, he will keep pushing them further, to the point that they would be forced to retreat to the command center and trap them there.
The following Knight of Round will lead the assaults team: Monica will attack the west side; Luciano will attack the east side and Nonette will attack the south side.
For further plans, he would have to improvise. There are possible chances that they can produce a plan of attack such as ambushing, or withdrawing forces, which can lead to traps. Even more, he didn't know with certainty if Umbra was present. If he did, it would make this invasion more difficult. He couldn't afford to lose this battle because while the Lotus may be their leader Umbra was their poster boy, their ace in the hole. He needed to remove both of them to truly end the Tenno threat. Take out the Lotus the Tenno will flock to Umbra, take out Umbra and they turn him into a martyr for the Lotus to rally the Tenno against Britannia.
"Your majesty." Came the voice of his right-hand man, Kanon. Kanon was approaching him with five people behind him. "Our guests have arrived." He said which Schneizel nodded to this.
"Good." Schneizel said as he saw those people and knew that they were the journalists and the news teams who will inform the world about this important event that will take place.
"Your majesty, it is an honor to meet you." A Britannian journalist by the name of Harry Nosam said.
"Likewise. The main reason I brought you and the rest is because you are known to be the best journalists in the Britannian media. Consider yourselves lucky, this is a chance in a lifetime." Schneizel said as he looked to the media who would record this.
"Yes, your majesty." Harry said it happily, as well as the rest as they were all happy to bear witness up front and personal.
"I suggest you air the news now, since I have commenced my invasion against the Tenno." Schneizel said and thus they knew it was time to roll.
"Yes, your majesty we will commence the airing at once." Harry said and in turn the rest immediately left to prepare themselves and the cameras.
"Britannia will be victorious, and we will show the entire world that Britannia had not weakened because of the Tenno or Zero." Schneizel said with determination to inspire the troops.
"Yes, my lord." Kanon said as he stood by his side ready to serve.
(With Nunnally)
Nunnally was hanging out with Alice and Suzaku who had arrived to help Nunnally adjust to her new legs. Suzaku was impressed that Eureka and Ven knew someone able to do this for Nunnally. Around her head was a headband that Eureka's friend was working to make it into hair pieces. Needless to say, after living so long without her legs Nunnally was like a newborn learning to walk all over again. "Ok careful Nunnally one step at a time." Alice said holding Nunnally's hands as Suzaku was ready to jump in should the need arise. In Nunnally's free hand was a walking stick as she moved it across the ground to help her see where she was going.
In the room were Milly, Nina, and Lelouch as Milly was actually recording Nunnally's first steps. Nearby were Kallen and Shirley as the pair saw Nunnally taking her first steps. "I swear if you plan to blackmail my sister." Lelouch spoke but Milly gasped.
"Lelouch for once this is for memories!" Milly defended as she would not turn the biggest moment of Nunnally's life into her own means of causing chaos. "This is the first time she gets to walk in forever this needs video evidence so we can all be able to look back and smile at such fond times!" Milly defended as she was going to make sure Nunnally would have the sole copy... well Nunnally and Lelouch would get a copy each.
"Look brother!" Nunnally called out as Lelouch then directed his attention back to his sister. "I'm walking!" She called out as Lelouch could not help but smile happy that his sister was actually walking. He owed Eureka's friend a huge thank you for all she did to make these legs for Nunnally.
But then the moment was ruined as just then Rivalz entered the room, sweating from all the running he had to take. "Hey everyone!" He called out after entering the room. The shock of course nearly caused Nunnally to lose her footing and thus Suzaku charged in to catch her before she fell. Thankfully, she only landed on her knees and thus was all the while ok.
"What is it, Rivalz? You are not normally like this." Milly asked curiously wondering what has Rivalz in such a frenzy.
"You guys have to see this!" Rivalz said as he then turned on the TV and changed the channel to the news channel.
In the news, a man with glasses was talking inside some kind of aircraft. "Hello, this is Harry Nosam, reporting inside the prototype aircraft, the Avalon. Right now, an important event is about to happen. We don't know what is happening exactly. Therefore, his highness Schneizel will reveal more about this event." Harry reported as he moved his microphone to Schneizel as well as the camera to him.
Everyone was confused at what was happening while Lelouch was glaring at his older brother.
"My fellow Britannians, today will be a day to remember. Today we will do something that will make every Britannian proud to be called Britannian. Today is the day we invade the nest of our new enemy! The Tenno!" Schneizel proclaimed which caused everyone in the room and the world to go wide eyed in shock.
No one thought that this day would come this soon. Many Britannians were cheering at this new, while some part of the EU, the Chinese Federation as well as some Areas, were really shocked at this. They wanted to do something about this because, for them, the Tenno did many virtuous deeds. They were like the saviors they needed and now they are going to be attacked by Britannia.
In the Student Council, the news was also shocking to them, especially for Alice, Nunnally, Nemo, Lelouch, Kallen, and Suzaku. Nunally was fearing for the safety of Ven and his friends. She wanted to do something but alas Nemo cannot fly so even if Nunnally could do something she'd never make it in time. Nemo meanwhile growled to this clenching her fist because while Nunnally felt fear and concern all Nemo got was rage and fury.
Lelouch and Kallen were feeling sad at this since the Tenno were technically their most powerful ally. But alas they couldn't do anything since the Black Knights strength was still not enough to fight Britannia itself.
Meanwhile Suzaku was feeling stressed and angry and in response he simply got up from his seat and silently left the room.
Alice meanwhile growled at this the Irregulars had come closest to beating the Tenno, but they underestimated just how resourceful and adaptive they were. If her Knightmare had not been damage in the battle with the rest of her team she would have been in the front lines. But looking to her friend Alice knew Nunnally needed her right now since she seemed upset by this turn of events.
(Meanwhile in the Hall)
In the hall he stood there with his face down, an expression of rage was painted on his face. He then suddenly punched the wall angrily clearly unable to keep his emotions in check. "I shouldn't be here! I am supposed to be there!" Suzaku growled out as his voice was raised with his fury.
Inside the room, Lelouch also had his thoughts while he stared at the news. 'I'm sorry.' Lelouch said as he knew there was nothing he could do here.
(Meanwhile with the Knight of the Round)
Monica, Luciano and Nonette arrived at the hangar of the Avalon while they were conversing about the invasion.
"Finally, I can cause more destruction and death." Luciano said with a vile tone that showed sadistic excitement as he walked with his fellow knights.
"Don't be so delightful Luciano. His highness Schneizel wishes to cause less destruction in those platforms." Monica reminded him knowing they had their orders.
"Of course, as long as I get to kill them." Luciano said with an almost insane tone.
"Uugh, of all the knights, he has to be here." Nonette muttered to herself with distaste over Luciano. She was usually upbeat and cheerful but having Luciano around was just nauseating.
She felt a hand on her left shoulder, she saw that it was Monica's hand. "Don't worry Nonette, we will be attacking in different places. We won't be with this vampire roaming around with his knives ready to stab us." Monica said in disgust as it seems none of his fellow Knights had any love for Luciano. The main reason why everyone hated him so much was because Luciano is well known as "Vampire of Britannia," due to his tendency to use knives and impale his opponents or allies. Not to mention that he would quickly stabs his comrades on their back whenever he saw fit.
They came across to their Knightmares, 3 Gloucesters. Monica's Knightmare is one colored yellow, Luciano's is colored red and Nonnette's is colored blue. These Gloucesters have some improvements: the armors are more resistant, and the weapons are upgraded to piercing level. More so they were equipped with shields as well since the Tenno had some big guns able to harm even a Knightmare.
They each hopped on their designated Gloucesters and then proceeded to activate them. The Gloucesters were then moved to the VOTL and prepared the launching.
"Launching prepared."
"Time to impale." Luciano sadistically said as he cracked his knuckles.
"Ready in…3"
"This is where the fun begins." Nonette said with a grin wondering how these Tenno will fair against a Knight of the Round.
"2"
Monica held the controls ready for battle yet could not help but feel a certain worry inside her.
"1"
The VTOL launched and flew to the outside. Soon the 3 VTOL was followed by all the aircrafts behind them.
(Battle)
Seeing the VTOLs and Aircrafts launching the Tenno knew it was time to move out. The Archwings went for the air battle as they were accompanied by several jets of their own. The same could be said with the Britannians minus the Tenno as the air fight began. Amongst their new tools was a new rifle and side arm for their Archwings. These weapons had enough fire power to match up to an actual Archgun. Using the upgrade segments from Fortuna these new Archguns could be used on terrestrial areas even with Archwings active. The new guns were attached to their arms or shoulders and made of a material to prevent any weight problems.
On the ground anti-air rockets were firing as they were focused on preventing the enemy Knightmares from landing. Meanwhile below the platforms they had ships ready for a fight as well. They kept a defensive line going as they fired at the Britannian ships with the Tenno operating several gun placements.
(Command Center Lotus)
"Lotus, it seems the Britannians intend to deploy their Knightmares." Talva reported as the VTOLs carrying said Knightmares were enroute.
"They intend to starve or strangle us." Lotus said as she could see the plan as their enemy suspected the siege will take a long while. "This is a war and the Brtiannians will learn that the Tenno flourish in War." Lotus said as she saw the bullets fly and explosions go off from her viewing spot.
(North Side)
Alpha team, Bravo team and the other soldiers watched as an army of aircrafts flew to the south side of the base. Many of them wanted to leave their post and help them, but they were given orders to stay and protect the Mess Hall platform. The Tenno of course would be able to handle it and considering the numbers the Britannians are employing they wanted every advantage they can get over the Tenno.
(With the Britannians)
While the VOTL were flying, torrents of bullets approached and shot down many of them. Several aircrafts fell down to the ocean in a blazing explosion. In fact, some of the Tenno detached their Archwings and sliced through the vehicles with their swords before reattaching to said Archwing to continue the air fight.
"Evasive action!" Nonette yelled through her communicator to all the pilots. The VOTL started to evade the bullets, but it was almost futile as one by one were falling down thanks to the Tenno. 20 VOTL gunships charged forward and started to shoot their bullets back to keep the Tenno off them so they can land.
(In the Ocean)
Meanwhile with the Britannian navy, twenty-five destroyers and five submarines were moving forward to the platform, until they saw the Tenno had their own navy. Their boats were clearly stolen and heavily modified to suit their needs as they fired upon the Britannians. In one of the destroyers, a 29-year-old Britannian commander called Angus Finch was looking at them with his binoculars.
"Looks like they are trying to block us." Angus said as He was given the liberty to make his own plan since he was one of Schneizel's trusted officers in the navy, even Schneizel respected him and gave him several rewards for his services.
But still, he will keep informing his movements to Schneizel. So, with this in mind Angus contacted to Schneizel and spoke to him "Your majesty, we have encountered the Tenno's navy." He began his update. "It seems that they are blocking our path to the platform. My plan is that I will engage them while I send five ships to the platform." He said informing the prince of his plans.
"Very well, you may proceed with your plan." Schneizel replied giving his blessing for the strategy.
"Thank you, your majesty." He responded and thus turned over to his troops. "Sailors and marines! To your battle stations!" Angus commanded to his soldiers. All the ships prepared their cannons to fire, except for five of the ships. He then called the five ships captains to give them instructions on their roles in his plan.
When the five captains acknowledged the order Angus proceeded with his plan. The twenty warships aimed at the Tenno's own ships while they did the same.
(With the Tenno)
"Captain! There are submarines below them!" Informed an Operative to the ship captain.
"Don't worry we got a small surprise for them down there." The captain said as he smirked a bit. "Just focus on those warships." He ordered and thus they got to work.
(Underwater)
The Britannian submarines were going to shoot their missiles but halted as they spotted something approaching them. First was a Tenno made Submarine as it approached them. The next thing they noticed was a swarm of Archwing using Tenno this time with their Archweapons out. They were comprised mainly of Hydroids, Hydroid Primes, and Yareli's as water was their domain. They engaged each other and in turn the Britannians suffered some damage while the Tenno suffered close to none.
The Britannian subs tried to fire their missiles but instead the missiles exploded halfway there. The reason for this was that the Tenno had fired upon them and used the blast as a smokescreen to cover their approach. In turn the Tenno began to attack the Submarines carving through them with their arch melee weapons.
(Back with Angus)
"Hmm, interesting"." Angus commented as he stared at the battle. The Tenno's Archwings seemed made for flight, but it seems that was a misconception. So long as the Archwing has no solid ground below it then it can be used just about anywhere. "To bad they fell for it." He said unaware that the Tenno had their own plans.
(Back to the Sea Battle)
Five Ships began to squeeze past the defensive line as using the ongoing battle as a distraction. Unfortunately, not all of them would make it as from the water several of the Tenno shot out and landed on deck. The Britannians were shocked by this and in turn the massacre began. Two of the five ships were being taken by a squad each they were sliced, drowned, and torn apart by the Tenno utilizing the Hydroids and Yareli.
Moving through the ship the Tenno slaughtered anyone on board who did not surrender to them. In fact, some claimed that the Hyrdoids summoned the kraken of all things before they too were killed. On the platform the Tenno fired at the other three battleships intent on stopping them before they can take hit land. By the end of the joint attack only one ship made it through, and it would not last long. It seems that the Britannians would not go down without a fight as they in turn opened fire on the platform they were hoping to make landfall on.
(Back with the Lotus)
"Incoming projectiles!" On Platform 2-B informed one of the Operatives to the Lotus as she saw this.
"Take them down!" Lotus ordered and thus they relayed those orders to those closest to it.
The Anti-ship missiles shoot again in order to hit the projectiles, it was successful to hit several. But two projectiles hit some parts of the platform. Luckily, the floor of the medical platform was remodeled with metals that can withstand explosions. Talva saw this and gave a report to the Lotus.
"Medical Center suffered minor damages." Talva reported as Lotus saw this. "More so we have more aircrafts coming in." Talva reported as the Lotus saw this happen. Even though the anti-air guns are doing their job, it keeps coming more Britannian aircrafts. And it was only a matter of time before 2 or more anti air guns, or the missile launchers of the south side were shot down by the enemy.
(Back to the Battle)
Up in the air battle several Tenno flew at the VTOLs once more to stop them from landing. The Jets flying about were a problem, but the Tenno could deal with them with ease, a benefit of being a smaller target some would argue. The Tenno proceeded to use their homing rockets to hit the VTOLs which the Brittannians saw.
"Incoming missiles!" One of the Britannian pilots screamed out as they tried to evade it. But they were unable to do so since like the name said the rocketed homed in on a target and will chase until it hit said target. Several of them fell down as the pilots screamed out to their deaths.
"Damn it! What kind of missiles are those?!" Nonnette as she saw what was happening. Even though they were losing aircrafts, they still have plenty of aircrafts. Then several VOTL gunships flew past the platform while shooting at them.
On the ground several Tenno were seen deflecting the bullets while Atlas and Volts rose shields to defend themselves and their comrades with. The Tenno were ok as they checked on their allies until something caught their attention. "Missiles!" A Tenno yelled as they saw the VTOLS firing rockets at them. Acting fast the Tenno busted out the heavy weapons, their Archguns, and opened fire on the Britannians rocket with the help of their anti-air turrets and their Knightmares.
(Meanwhile on the Avalon)
In this moment, Schneizel was watching and analyzing the battle on the screen of his ship. He had to admit, they are standing their ground perfectly well, but it was also a nuisance since that meant they won't call for backup. "It seems that I'll have to improvise soon." Schneizel thought as he waited a little bit longer.
But then he noticed something important: Umbra was absent. He was nowhere in sight, not even the command center. Schneizel smirked to this as he saw that this was the perfect chance to attack with full strength with enemy morale decreasing slowly.
(Back to the battle)
The battle progressed and in turn their worst fear began to come to. Their antiair turrets ran out of ammo and while the Tenno did not worry much the Operatives fighting alongside them did. This was also bad because their enemy was getting ready to land their Knightmares on the battle. Thankfully, the automated systems can reload it, but it had a brief delay to do so leaving itself wide open.
Using the chance, the Britannians fired another salvo of rockets which caused their remaining turrets their ammo and thus left the others wide open. "Fallback!" An Atlas Prime User called out and thus the rockets hit their targets destroying the turrets and injuring several, Operators. Nearby groups of Trinity and Trinity Prime's of varying designs and paint moved into the battle as they split up to help the injured.
This was not good because now their first line of defense had fallen to the Britannians. The Trinity's were forced to move the injured to safety while the other Tenno and Operators held them back. Many VOTL deployed the Knightmares as they landed smoothly at the gigantic platform. The Glasgows drew out the assault guns and fired at the Tenno's Knightmares and the foot soldiers while ships moved in from below to dock and start getting in.
"Move! Move! Move!" One of the Britannian Sutherlands yelled through the speaker to the other Knightmares. While they are firing, some VOTL carriers arrived and the Britannian soldiers exited from there and started to fire at their enemy. Just then an Excalibur moved in and used the Exalted Blade on the Knightmares to cleave through them. Following it up the Excalibur used Slash Dash to take out as many soldiers as it could.
Some VOTL arrived quickly and dropped barricades, and then it blocked horizontally so the Britannians can take cover from there. The Britannian soldiers took cover behind those barricades and started to fire at the Tenno and their allies. Excalibur moved out of the area to rejoin his group leaving behind an active grenade which went off.
Screaming was heard down below as Britannian ships were sunk by the sea savvy Warframes. The Britannians were holding their ground, but the Tenno were clearly stronger here making sure to keep their foes cornered as they moved in to force them off their platform. Just then the tides turned as Britannian reinforcements arrived through the VOTL's. The Britannian soldiers covered ¼ of the platform, but thanks to the backup now they were almost reaching the half.
Right now, everyone was exchanging bullets. Although Tenno suffered injuries it was mainly on the Operators. Most of the casualties were from Britannia as they were losing men and machines every second, even though their army are huge compared to the Tenno. For the Britannians it felt like fighting the Tenno was like fighting a Knight of the Round Table at best or demons at worse.
For the Knightmares the ground troops aimed for the sensor arrays, but it was not working. The sensors had armor on it to keep the Tenno and their allies from blinding them. Clearly their foes learned to cover that weakness and thus this meant they needed a new plan. Just then from up above a portal of sorts showed up and from it a Rhino Prime came flying down which thanks to its passive ability the entire Britannians were blasted back by a shockwave from the Warframe. Taking out a heavy gun the Warframe fired on its foes while from that same portal Nova Prime appeared and joined her partner in crime.
Clearly the Britannians were losing ground again and thus they had to give the order. "Fallback! Fallback!" The Commander ordered as the Troops went back to their cover. Soon, Nonnette arrived safely from the VOTL to the platform and took cover behind the barricades. She saw a small team of enemy soldiers several meters away. She started to shoot at them, but they were quick to dodge the bullets while others to her shock managed to deflect them with a sword of all things.
"Damn it." Nonnette cursed as she equipped her Knightmare with a spear before she charged against the Tenno and their allies.
"LOOK OUT!" An Operator called out until from above a Chroma Prime flew in firing a Shedu at the enemy. This threw her off a bit before the Tenno landed and blocked the attack with Gram Prime.
"Heh what did I miss?" Sayak was heard as he kept the Knightmare at bay.
"Sayak?!" Came the voice of another Tenno as they knew he was from Ven's team.
"Hey sorry I'm late hit a bit of traffic on the way." Sayak said as he then jumped back from the fight and regrouped with his team. "What's the 4/11?" Sayak asked and thus another Tenno stepped up.
"It's a stalemate they won't get off platform!" The Tenno reported as Sayak smirked to this. "I can see that." Sayak said as he then looked at the new Knightmare. "Ok then I'm gonna gun for the big cheese." Sayak said pointing Gram Prime at Nonnette's Knightmare.
He then activated his Archwing and flew straight at the Knight of the Round who was caught off guard. Moving fast and hard Sayak fought off the Knight who was actually being pushed back. During the fight Sayak even made a bring-it gesture which served to annoy Nonnette quite a bit. Yet at the same time it also excited her to face someone who had both guts and brawns to come at her like this.
(Back with the Lotus)
"Word just came in Sayak has arrived!" A tech called out and thus this was good news.
"Have Sayak's Knightmare prepped for deployment." Lotus spoke as she looked to the crew. "Talva any word on Ava, Eureka, or Ven?" Lotus asked and thus Talva had a report.
"Nothing yet but I'll keep you posted." Talva said as Lotus knew Ven's team is among those special few who find a way to change the tide in their favor.
(Meanwhile on the West Side)
On the West Side of the battle the Britannian forces had already started landing and the Operators were supporting the Tenno as they fought. The Warframes had the frontlines while Nechramechs and Knightmares supported. Nearby a Vauban Prime was smashing his way through the enemy forces with Fraggor Prime while nearby a Zephyr was seen shooting the enemies with a Banshee next to her. Voidrigs were in their turret forms as they fired upon the enemy forces who were using tanks and deployed walls for cover.
The Britannians failed to realize the Tenno were holding back on them. They needed to make their true target think they can be beaten thus they needed to pull their punches enough that they will still win but it would look like they almost lost as well. It was a similar tactic used against Nef Anyo in the Index to take advantage of his gambling problem when he abducted the Myconians. Back to the present the Tenno were holding their ground quiet well as they went against their foes. At least all was well until an explosion went off and from it a Gloucester was seen entering the fray wielding a pair of knives. This Knightmare was a crimson red color almost like blood as many Operators native to this world knew who it was.
"The Vampire of Britannia!" One of the Operators called out and thus the Tenno knew this guy may be trouble.
Luciano of course was heard laughing his ass off as he began to slaughter his foes left and right. The madman was no doubt enjoying a chance to murder people and a battle was the ideal place to do so. Lucian didn't care if his own men was caught in the crossfire as Knightmare units fired upon him with Necramech support fire. But it was for naught as Luciano took several of them out with ease. Thankfully, the pilots were ejected as the Operators in the Necramech quickly used Transference to return to their Warframes.
This man was dangerous and was no doubt going to enjoy all the death and murder here. Of course, those thoughts came to a halt as a savage roar of a woman was heard. Luciano rolled his eyes and went to target the owner of that roar to break her only to go wide eyed at what he saw. Ava with her Garuda Prime was claying and cleaving through her enemies with a savage fury staining her Warframe with their blood almost bathing in it. The way she moved savagery and brutality at its finest if Luciano would dare to comment on it. The Tenno was carving her enemies as she grabbed one by the head and stabbed her claws into him several times before tearing his innards out with such brutal fury.
Ava dropped the man she had and saw several more nearby and growled. Jumping upward she activated the ability of her Garuda Prime, Dread Mirror. It created a shield made of her target's life force while a pulsing object hovered over her dripping blood and consuming more beating like a heart. Following it up she activated Blood Alter to a foe near her which turned him into a morbid healing site for her allies. Snarling she saw her energy levels were weakened which she then refueled it with Blood Letting sacrificing her own Warframes vitality to do so. Thankfully with Blood Alter that life force was quickly regained giving Garuda Prime more chances to slaughter.
Ava was having the time of her life right now as she continued to fight her foes left and right. She may be the smartest shooter of the squad but there's nothing like a good head on fight to get the blood flowing. She then activated Seeker Talons and made the range of it wide that it nailed several Britannian Soldiers and Knightmares once it was released. Following it up she charged on Dread Mirrors and sent the beating object above her out as a projectile which once it hit a man several talons shot out of it like a grenade of bleeding horror.
Luciano saw the savagery of Garuda Prime and needless to say he got a hard on just watching her in action. Though he was unaware of Ava underneath the Warframe's form he might not even care if he knew. He then grinned as it was not every day, he met someone as sadistic and savage as he was. The Vampire of Britannia then began to laugh as he saw something or someone worth his time and charged headfirst towards the Warframe.
Ava heard the movement before looking to the source and saw the Knightmare of Luciano coming her way. Knowing she had to act fast Ava bullet jumped away and then proceeded to fire off her, Nagantaka Prime upon him. The bolts managed to pierce through the armor a bit thankfully due to the mods on it but as Ava landed, she blocked a knife strike from Luciano before jumping over to the top side of a mount of supply crates.
"You know you got a lot of balls coming at me like that." Ava said as she glared at Luciano in his Knightmare frame.
"I figured you'd appreciate a man who's more forward Ms. Blood Bath." Luciano responded as he gestured to the fact Garuda Prime was dripping in blood. "Gotta say never have I seen someone so into a fight like that that they literally bath in their enemies' blood." Luciano said as he grinned sadistically at Ava.
"Sounds like someone was turned on by it!" Ava countered as she also shared his sadistic grin.
"Oh YES I WAS!" Luciano retorted and charged at Ava who charged back at him. The two exchanged blows for a bit as Ava used her Garuda Prime's Talons against the daggers of Luciano's Knightmare. "I love me a sadistic woman!" Luciano called out as he grinned at Ava who he saw may very well be his ideal woman.
"And I like a man who can take a hit!" Ava called out and managed to force her enemy back before running up his arm and slashing through his head and the cockpit area leaving some deep gashes on both. "Tell me, Vampire a Britannian." Ava spoke as she stood atop a downed Knightmare turning her attention towards Luciano. "What does a man value the most?" Ava asked and thus Luciano wanted more.
"That's an easy one... IT'S HIS LIFE!" Luciano called out and thus the two began to do battle with each other.
Ava then stood on his daggers as she smirked at the Knightmares faceplate. "Glad we're on the same page!" Ava called out and thus clawed at it causing it to rear back from the damage it suffered from. They continued like this as Ava was doing battle against a Knight of the Round who was enjoying himself.
"Tell me Blood Queen you know who I am but who are you?" Luciano asked as they kept fighting it out.
"Callsign Carmilla!" Ava answered taking the name of the Vampire Queen of yore.
"Carmilla?" Luciano said as he backtracked before charging in. "Then I'll be Dracula!" He roared and thus they continued their fight.
(Meanwhile on the Northern Side)
Monica and her battalion had landed and were already on the move to the Tenno's main base. As they moved, they were stopped by several Knightmares and troops which caused them some trouble. As the firefight continued Monica with her Knightmare was holding a large rifle that was emitting a humming red glow ready to fire. Taking aim Monica got ready to fire but failed to realize a Protea was in the battle.
"TAKE COVER!" The Tenno using Protea called out and thus everyone did as they were ordered to and just in time too. Monica fired off the canon which spread out and tore through just about everything in its path. The weapons radiating red shot had even busted a hole through the wall defending the platforms.
"What the Hell was that?!" An Operator called out as he saw what happened.
"Trouble." A Tenno responded knowing they needed the big guns.
(With the Lotus)
"Report!" The Lotus ordered and thus a Tenno contacted her for this.
"North Sector is under heavy fire a new Britannian Weapon we think it's from the same group that made the Lancelot." A Tenno Reported and thus Lotus growled to this.
"Emergency small ships have docked on the lower struts!" An Operator called out causing the Lotus to go wide eyed in shock.
"What?!" Lotus asked shocked to be hearing this. "How did this happen?" She asked wanting answers as to how they managed to slip through.
"They must have used the battle to sneak through." The Operator reported and thus the Lotus had her next orders.
"Tenno Squads 21, 18, and 55 move in on those ships and make sure they do not get into the base!" Lotus ordered and with confirmations they squads moved in to stop them.
"Ma'am they're going to land on the platforms!" An Operator called out and thus Lotus sighed to this.
"Move our defenses towards the Ground if we cannot stop them from landing then we will make them regret landing." Lotus ordered and thus they went about carrying out the order they were given.
(Back to the North Side)
The Tenno were focusing on taking out the new Knightmare with the intent of stopping it from advancing any further than it already had. As they moved in it was clear that Monica's as a Knight of the Round was not easily bested since they served directly under the emperor himself. Of course, their shots did not hit the Knightmare because the VTOLs were covering her almost like decoys.
"Shit." A Tenno cursed when they saw this happening.
"We're moving towards ground defenses get ready for an onslaught!" A Tenno using Wisp called out knowing they were in for a fight.
The battle went on as the VTOLs defended Monica knowing she had their ace in the hole. The Tenno tried their best to stop her, but it was to no avail so when she got her shot ready for another round the Tenno were quick to scramble. But this time they were ready as the Wisp user came in and used her Warframe's ability called, Sol Gate and fired off a beam of solar plasma which collided with Monica's shot. The Tenno operating it knew she had to keep constant control because this is basically unleashing the heat of the sun itself upon her target. If she lost focus the beam could go out of control and cause a heat cascade killing everyone. Eventually the beams cancelled each other out as Monica was surprised that such a small foe could do such a thing.
"We managed to land but these Tenno get harder to fight the more we fight them." Monica said noting that the Tenno seemed to adapt as the battle progresses. "Just what the Hell are they?" Monica asked wondering what exactly she was even facing.
"LOOK!" A Tenno called out and from the sky a Landing Craft was seen as it then released Eureka who landed in the center of enemy lines before she began cleaving through them with Volnus Prime. Following it up she took out Astilla Prime and fired off blasts of shotgun shells that used Glass as its ammo. The Troops could not stop it as they were shredded by the weapons in question. Following it up Eureka threw Volnus Prime at Monica's Knightmare where it spun and then chopped into her Knightmare's arm causing it damage.
Eureka then bullet jumped over and took back her axe before flipping over to a raised spot of destroyed military vehicles. Glaring at Monica Eureka was ready for a war but her desire to avoid conflict compelled her to seek an alternative solution. "Monica Knight of the Round Table surrender now and you will be treated fairly as a prisoner." Eureka said as she pointed her axe at Monica's Knightmare.
"You're, offering me a chance to surrender?" Monica asked as she was surprised by this.
"We can end this without unneeded bloodshed." Eureka said hoping for a peaceful resolution as opposed to more war.
"Then you should surrender, if you truly want to end this give up and lower your arms." Monica said as she respected that Eureka wanted to end this without violence.
"Then I am sorry... but the Britannians are attacking my home I cannot allow that." Eureka said and thus she went after Monica. In response Monica fought back by firing off another round but due to Eureka's speed and size she managed to avoid the shot, but the shot took out several Britannians instead.
"Dammit!" Monica cursed drawing her vibrating sword only to meet Eureka's axe head on. The two clashed weapons as they went at each other. "Who are you?!" Monica asked as she saw Eureka was fast and skilled to face her like this.
"My Callsign is Glass." Eureka said using the name Glass as her identification for now.
"Very well, Glass." Monica said and thus went on the attack as the two went at it for a bit. Avoiding the attacks Eureka kept on the defensive for now. She was trying to get to that rifle and remove it from play somehow. The only way she can get to that rifle was to get big and for that she needed some backup. Sending the signal her Landing Craft exited cloak and from there deployed her Knightmare Django.
When Django hit the ground, he moved in and slammed into Monica's Knightmare being operated by Eureka's Cephalon. Once Monica was out of the war Eureka entered her Knightmare and transferred into it while having her Warframe enter the cockpit for storage reasons. Once Django was in the fight Monica had already gotten back up and thus had her rifle out.
She proceeded to fire at Django who began zooming after Monica using his land spinners. Monica was unable to hit Django due to his speed and his agility. Eureka's skills helped as they avoided each shot with ease. They then bashed into Monica once more and went over the ledge. With the help of Django's boosters though the two ended up on another platform separated from their troops.
As Monica was about to fire again Django tore the rifle out of the Knights servos and smashed it in two before tossing it where it then exploded. Monica was wide eyed and thus fired a Slash Harken at Django who avoided the shit. Monica was soon back on her feet and in turn they glared at each other ready to fight. Django flexed his hands towards the holsters of his guns while Monica had a spare gun though not as good as the rifle she had.
In a split second both foes drew their firearms and began to open fire on each other bullets hitting each other as their Knightmares suffered damages for it. The armors were thick and tough, but the bullets weakened that aspect of the weapons. Soon they managed to get a good shot on each other which caused them to stop shooting at each other, but they were not done just yet. Of course, it seems the guns begged to differ as when both Knightmares tried to open fire the guns showed they were out of ammo.
Holstering them the two switched to melee and charged at each other Monica's sword clashed with Eureka's dagger as sparks flew between them. Both girls roared in fury as they kept on their fight before parting ways. As Django jumped back the Knightmare entered its Quadrupedal form and glared at Monica's Knightmare like a hunter would its prey. Monica was surprised by this as the beast circled around her Knightmare growling while Monica was steady on her feet. In turn Eureka roared and attacked thus the pair continued with their battle.
(Back with Sayak vs Nonnette)
The Tenno and Knight of the Round continued to do battle as Sayak moved about while shooting at his foe with Shedu. Blasts from the Sentient weapon did some damage to Nonnette's Knightmare, but it was still functioning. As this went on the two fighters were clearly enjoying themselves in this fight and even though Sayak was holding back he could not help but enjoy his opponent.
Nonnette then swung her spear at Sayak who met her with his Gram Prime causing the ground beneath him to crack while creating a shockwave. Unexpectedly Nonnette began blushing as the excitement of the fight was starting to get to her. She never expected the Tenno to put up a fight and while they might be working in groups Sayak was the only one to put up a fight.
"Gotta say your pretty good." Sayak said as he then parted from Nonnette. "Not many pilots can take on a Tenno that well, guess that's why you're a Knight of the Round Table." Sayak said as he smirked over to Nonnette.
"You figured out who I was?" Nonnette asked surprised by the fact Sayak knew.
"Not that hard to figure out since you weren't exactly hiding it." Sayak said walking around his foe while pointing Gram at her. He then shouldered the weapon as Nonnette saw the whole casual movement was to throw her off. "So how about you walk your ass back the way you came from and then we can all call it a day, feel me?" Sayak offered but Nonnette would disagree with Sayak.
"I'm not done yet." Nonnette said as Sayak sighed to this.
"Always stubborn... still can't deny you got spunk." Sayak said and Nonnette glared at Sayak.
"Well, you know who I am what do I call you?" Nonnette asked as she looked to Sayak.
"Hmm just use my callsign, Ronin." Sayak said as he looked to Nonnette ready to fight her some more. But just then from above the Knight and Tenno a large form dropped down coming close to landing down on Sayak. Sayak managed to avoid it but once it came down, he saw what it was. "What the, is that the Gurren?" Sayak asked as he looked to what he thought was the Gurren Mk. II.
"Sayak sorry for the delay but this is your new Knightmare dubbed as Dion the Arsenal, the War Machine, the Mighty." Lotus said and thus Sayak saw how looked. It was similar in build to the Gurren Mk. II, but it was bulkier then that Knightmare. It had more armor then normal, and its left shoulder had a shield attached to it. The Right Arm on the other hand was huge as unlike its sibling this bad boy had a fist the size of a small car with armor like a tank. The back of the arm on the elbow area had vents of some kind as it served a purpose of some sort. On its back on either side of the cockpit pod area was either a massive blade or a massive canon that seemed to attach to the arm in question.
"Dion is a living weapon, every part of him has been designed with solely combat in mind a one-man army." Lotus explained over the communication link to Sayak. His Right has three different settings, its base setting Right Hand of God which using an inverted version of the Radiant Surge technology the Gurren Mk. II uses Dion is capable of launching himself fort a powerful punch. The Blade Setting gives Dion a mid-range advantage in battle allowing for the Radiant wave to make for easier cleaves and swings as well as increasing the damage caused by it as a sort of thruster for the blade weapon. The Cannon setting turns Dion into an artillery unit turning the Radiant Surger into a projectile weapon using the Raijin of the JLF and the Irregular Units weapon as a basis for this." Lotus said as she introduced the new Knightmare.
"Dion has also been equipped with a close-range combat dagger similar to the one used by the Gurren Mk. II and the beetle horn on his head also serves as a weapon." Lotus explained and in turn had more to give. On either side of Dion are two submachine guns capable of tearing through just about anything it faces." Lotus said and thus got to the climax of this introduction. "When you're the last man standing Tenno, then Dion makes sure you're the LAST man standing." Lotus said and thus Sayak smirked to this.
"Well then let's rock and roll!" Sayak called out and thus entered the cockpit before using Transference to take control of Dion. "Now let's take this to the big leagues!" Sayak called out and pointed Dion's right fist at Nonnette before rearing it back. "RADIANTE SURGING PUNCH!" Sayak called out while activating the weapon and in turn Dion came bursting forward at Nonnette. No Tenno ever calls out their attacks like that, but Sayak was not most Tenno especially now that he has a Knightmare of his own.
Nonnette barely had time to dodge as the punch ended up hitting a single Britannian Knightmare and sent it flying hitting several others as well. Due to the Radiant Surge Properties the Knightmare became an explosive and thus it and the Knightmares it had crashed into all exploded. Nonnette was shocked and horrified at how narrowly close she came to becoming a living bomb. Yet at the same time she was oddly attracted to how into the fight Sayak was right now.
"Not done!" Sayak called out as he reached back with his right arm and thus the cannon barrel attached to the arm as the Fist retracted into the arm itself. Sayak was now equipped with the Radiant Cannon as he aimed it at his foes. Grabbing what looked to be a slug from his own Knightmare's shield, which doubled as a storage unit, he loaded it into the canon and took aim. Dion can take just about anything into the Radiant Canon and turn it into ammunition by dosing it in the Radiant Waves and turning it into an explosive weapon. "RADIANT BLAST SHOT!" Sayak called out very enthusiastically in his tone as he shot the slugger at his foes.
Nonnette and her squad got to cover as they saw the slug coming at them at high velocity. Just then it broke apart and thus the entire area went up in an explosive blast curtesy of Dion and Sayak. "Lady Nonnette!" A Knightmare pilot called out, but Sayak was already switching out the canon arm. Once the base arm was back Sayak had grabbed the Knightmare by the head and crushed it before tearing the head off. He then reached to his left side and drew the massive blade. He then attached the blade and went sword form with Dion's mighty right arm. "RADIANT SLASH!" Dion invoked and thus cleaved the Knightmare in two and smiled as it exploded from the properties of the blade.
Needless to say, Nonnette was in shock as well as excited at facing such an enthusiastic opponent. "Well then ready for round two?" Sayak asked as he pointed the massive blade at Nonnette also excited. After all it's not every day he gets to take on an opponent capable of matching him like Ven can. Those who can though tended to be Kuva Litches or The Sisters of Parvos.
"I like you, my dear Ronin." Nonnette said with a sensual tone of voice that caught Sayak off guard.
"Wait what?" Sayak asked clearly lost on what was just said. "A fuck it!" Sayak said and thus the two continued to do battle with each other.
(Meanwhile back on the Avalon)
Schneizel stared at the battle while planning his next moves.
So far, everything seems to be in his favor, although very slowly. He was aware that he was spending a lot of soldiers and units, but sacrifice must be done in order to gain his objectives. Also, he didn't care much of them since Britannia has the largest supplies of soldiers and vehicles at his disposal. It could be said that the forces he sent to engage the enemy is just the half as he has more soldiers inside his flagship The Avalon. But it was odd he had seen what the Tenno could do so why were they holding back... something did not add up for him. This wasn't arrogance from the Tenno it was something else entirely almost like they were trying to be noticed by something or someone. He will admit that the arrivals of the three allies of Umbra was unexpected to say the least as was the new Knightmare frame for the one calling himself Ronin.
"Pardon me, your highness, but the reporters would like to ask some questions about the situation." Kanon said pulling the prince out of his thoughts.
"Let them ask." Schneizel responded as he allowed the reported to ask their questions of the prince.
Harry Nosam and the other reporters arrived and started to ask him the questions. "Excuse me, your highness, for interrupting this important event, but we should let our people know what is happening currently at the Tenno's base." Harry said as many viewers wanted to know what was going on.
"It's alright, I also felt that our people should know what is currently happening." Schneizel said as he smiled to the reporters and their curiosity.
"So, your highness, for what we can see, our Britannian army is starting to get the advantage in this invasion but not without a high price." Harry began as he looked to the prince. "Hundreds of Britannian fell at the hands of the Tenno and the number is increasing with every second it passes." He said noting that the Tenno's kill count increased from ground, sky, and sea. Their technology was proving to be their advantage as well as their knowledge of the home turf as it were. "Isn't there another way to prevent these casualties?" Harry asked with a voice of concern for the brave soldiers.
"I'm very aware of this situation." Schneizel began and thus his demeanor changed to one of grief. "Sadly, there is no other way to prevent this awful lose we are having. I had truly wished that there had been another way, but after all the planning I had to formulate; this was the only way available to us." Schneizel explained with a saddened tone of voice.
"But nonetheless, our soldiers are fighting for our safety, for the safety of our homeland Britannia. They are sacrificing their lives for the good of our people." Schneizel said with a charismatic tone showing that he will do all that he can to ensure the soldiers who die here did not die in vain.
"That is really inspiring, your highness." Harry said as many of the reporters agrees as did the people viewing.
Schneizel smiled at them, while inside his mind, he wasn't telling the entire truth. The whole "sacrifice" was just a screen to cover what he really thought. Soldiers are nothing but pawns in his hands to gain power. Although he has a certain value for soldiers since without them; Britannia wouldn't have been able to acquire all those territories.
Schneizel stared at his screen with every side of the Tenno base being depicted on various small screens. Amongst the image was: Ronin fighting Nonnette with his new Knightmare Dion, Monica fighting Glass using Django who while in beast form was trying to maul Monica who was holding Django back with her swords flat side, Luciano fighting Carmilla and many Tenno fighting Britannians all over the base.
"Once the base is gone, the next target will be Umbra, Lotus, and Zero." Schneizel thought with a smirk as he saw that everything was happening according to his plans. Unaware that to the prince his, 'plan,' had become the stage for the Tenno to show their dominance in battle. This was just the opening act, and the Tenno were waiting for the star of the show to arrive and in turn let their true enemy know that they would NOT be defeated so easily.
(TBC)
ESKK: Well, another chapter has been finished. I hope you all enjoy it and leave a review as we continue onward and upward. So, until then I will once more say to everyone here ja-ne.
