Hello! RGQC here, and we are back with a first chapter for this year. First, I want to apologise for it coming out late. Chinese New Year was around the corner, as well as some stuff, so that's why this took longer than I had hoped.
Besides that, this will be a good one of my favourites. Breakout! The mission a bunch of us have been waiting for quite a while! Also, read the author's notes at the end of this chapter. Got some stuff to ask you.
We should address comments. Also, do you guys have anything else to say about the Christmas special? Ok, I guess...
Diego3421: Well, this is a long one. They would eventually know their future. They would know their fate. Related to a mission with a choice is one of them, and the end notes will talk about it.
Yup. Honestly think that RT could have done more with Adam than just use him and then have him killed as a nobody. They could have gone into his background and expanded upon him, but I suppose RT needs space for it and chose to make him bland.
When we get to them watching the multiverse and get them to watch 'talk about role reversal'? I see what I can do since I have to ask the author for permission to write parts of it in my story. Also, happy new year and merry Christmas!
Now with that out of the way, we got some prisons to liberate! And expect some changes up ahead. Can you guys explain how Tosh could destroy buildings with his rifle? And I doubt Raynor's the kind of guy to send his guys to pointless deaths against siege tanks.
And I have an idea that might be to your liking. Read on my guys!
As I always do, I do not own RWBY or StarCraft. All these belong to their respective owners: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth, and StarCraft 2 belongs to Blizzard Entertainment. I only own my OC in this story.
Breakout
A day had passed since everyone celebrated Christmas with RGQC and his servants, and currently, all were minding their own business and having breakfast together when they noticed something. Cinder and her team were nowhere to be seen since yesterday.
Besides their missing classmate, most were eager to continue where they had left off. With the Confederate Adjutant back in Raynor's hand, he can now access its databanks and figure out what it is hiding. Well, that was supposed to happen after their meal when suddenly.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
Everyone heard screams of absolute agony in the background. However, those screams were quickly filtered away as QAI spoke up to assure everyone in the dining room.
[Do not worry about that. Master is attending to it right now.]
"You sure about that QAI?" Qrow narrowed his eyes as QAI confirmed.
[Affirmative.]
"Those screams sound like they came from Cinder and her team." Penny pointed out as looks of concern were plastered on everyone's faces. Ruby was the most prominent one.
"Shouldn't we help them?" Ruby asked as she nervously bit into some strawberries. Those screams sound as if Cinder and her friends found themselves in trouble. And Ruby wanted to act, but QAI assured them not to.
"I'm more concerned about what caused them to scream that much, Ruby," Weiss muttered as Lily looked smug.
"Lily dear, what's with that expression?" Kali asks as Lily responds with a single word.
"Justice."
"Justice?" Sun tilts his head in confusion. "Justice for what, Lily?"
Yet, Lily just placed her finger on her lips without saying a word.
"You're not hiding anything from us, right, Lily?" Ilia prodded as Lily just shook her head.
"I'm not allowed to say anything~" Lily just chuckled as RGQC appeared before everyone via a portal with one of his hands gripped tightly onto Koyanskaya's ear and the other holding a wooden paddle. Koyanskaya could be seen whimpering in pain as she rubbed her rear.
"Master… Why do you have to do that?" Koyanskaya moaned as her master shot back.
"Oh, you know very well why I did that."
RGQC apologised as he dropped Koyanskaya from his grip. "I must apologise for that scream earlier." He gave a bow before continuing. "It appears that one of my servants has gotten your friends hurt. Incredibly hurt."
"Are they alright?" Neptune asked as RGQC shrugged.
"Physically, they are fine. But, mentally, ehhh… it's a different story."
Glancing at his group, Ozpin chose to ask the realm lord an important question. "What happened to Miss Fall and her team?" Yet, RGQC looked unnerved. "Let us just say that Koyanskaya brought them to my dangerous collection and…"
"And?" Tai said in a dry tone."
"They got exposed to a sentient bio-mechanical grey goo-like organism capable of consuming and converting people and technology into an extension of itself. Cinder and her team were getting converted by it before I intervened and expunged the thing from their bodies."
RGQC gulped as he continued. "Even worse, as it infects its hosts, they will be in pure agony as that thing assimilates their bodies. Good thing I interrupted its process. If not, well… your classmates will be nothing but biological circuitry for it by now."
As RGQC explained, everyone's faces paled as to what had happened to them. Everyone could feel the terror seeping into their bones. Even more, so that even RGQC is unnerved by it.
"Then why would you keep it in your collection? That's dumb if you were to think about it!" Coco points out as RGQC nods.
"Yea, I agree. The thing is, both QAI and I have been trying to understand how it came into existence because that thing shouldn't exist at all. And we've been studying it for centuries at this point, and we're nowhere close to understanding it. It's like it just appeared out of nothing." The realm lord rubbed his forehead with genuine frustration as he sighed.
"Once you have breakfast, we're returning to where we left without them. They need some time to recover from that traumatising experience of having their flesh melting off their bones." RGQC said as he then glared at Koyanskaya, who shamelessly looked guilty.
"Plus, I need to talk to my servant about her actions and give her a good spanking."
"Not fair… master. You animal." Koyanskaya mewled as RGQC grabbed and dragged her through a portal.
"Right back at you, Koyanskaya." RGQC growled as he left everyone to continue their meals.
…
"Ok… I retract that statement. That's not the justice I wished upon them." Lily muttered. "I wouldn't want that to happen to anyone. Ever."
"Talk about nightmare fuel." Neptune muttered as Sun agreed.
"Yup."
And so, everyone resumed their breakfast with the lingering thought of what had just transpired.
Soon everyone found themselves back in RGQC's theatre room without Cinder and her team or Lily, who when off to relax at a spa. RGQC could also be seen resting on his chair as he tapped away on a tablet. His face scrunched up before he let out a sigh and stood up.
"Good to see everyone here." The realm lord greeted everyone. "I have sent another servant to keep an eye on your friends and assist in their recovery. Hopefully, they should be fine by the end of this viewing with the assistance of time manipulation to speed things up.
"Are you sure they will be fine, RGQC?" Glynda raised an eyebrow as the realm lord nodded his head.
"Yea. They will be. Given time." RGQC said before thinking to himself. "Of all things to expose them to, Koyanskaya. You just have to let the Beast get its grasp on them. Frankly, I'm surprised they lasted that long. When I arrived, they were on the floor with parts of their flesh melting."
"Hopefully, this will teach them a lesson to try something behind my back. But I hope they are fine after it. Hopefully. Can't have them dead anytime soon now, can I?"
The realm lord then lets out a sigh as he sits down. "I must still apologise for what Koyanskaya did to your friends. She has been punished for what she did and placed under house arrest for the time being." RGQC began rubbing his forehead. "And getting a good spanking as well."
"Was the spanking part really necessary?" Pyrrha wondered as RGQC just shrugged.
"Perhaps not. But it does humiliate Koyanskaya in the process."
"Ok…" Tai muttered as he glanced at Raven.
Raven soon noticed that Tai was glancing at her. "Tai… I know what you're thinking right now. So, don't do it."
"What? I haven't said anything at all."
"But you were thinking about it." Raven glared at her husband when Yang butted in.
"Thinking about what?"
Yang asked as both Raven and Tai's cheeks began blushing as both denied it. "Nothing that concerns you, Yang!"
"Mom, do you know what's going on?" Ruby asked her mother, who giggled upon seeing her teammates' reaction.
"As much as I want to tell you, dear, I promised both of them that I will never talk about it ever."
Before the situation could get even more awkward for everyone inside the theatre room, RGQC clapped his hands to garner everyone's attention. "Now, as much as I want to let you people talk about Tai's and Raven's private life, we shouldn't delay and time and get this show on the road!"
"What about Cinder and her lackeys?" Torchwick spoke up. He usually wouldn't care about whatever happened to that flaming bitch, but judging from earlier, they got what they deserved.
Yet, this got a light-hearted look from RGQC. "Don't worry about them. Just leave it to me, ok? Just enjoy the show. Besides," A grin soon emerges on the realm lord's face. "I believe you will enjoy this showcase, Torchwick. Trust me."
"Really now?" Torchwick raised his glass of wine while Neo looked intrigued.
"Trust me, and it is going to be good." RGQC just chuckled. "Alright then, QAI, you know what to do!"
[Understood.] QAI said as the screen lit up.
Hyperion Bridge
13:03 Shipboard Time
"Starting right off the bat, huh?" Qrow wondered as the realm lord just nodded in response.
The screen lights up to show Matt and Raynor on the Hyperion Bridge as Matt gives a report. "Sir, the decrypted adjutant is back in the lab, and ready to go."
"Alright. Let's see what's in its head." Raynor said as he began to walk off right as the scene changed to show Raynor in the Laboratory room staring at the Confederate adjutant.
"That thing still looks creepy as hell, yea, guys?" Sun points out as several others agreed with the monkey Faunus.
"Well, old girl, we dug you up on Tarsonis. Were you online during the Zerg attack? You remember anything about Arcturus Mengsk bein' involved?" Raynor asks as the adjutant activates and begins speaking.
"Adjutant 23-46: Mengsk. Arcturus. Ex-Confederate officer. Civilian Prospector. Founder and leader of the Sons of Korhal terrorist group. Status. Criminal."
"So, this was what Mengsk was before he became emperor." Yang muttered, "Still a massive jerk, though."
"Accessing intercepted transmission 0081 to 0086 Alpha." The Confederate Adjutant starts playing some transmissions. Some of the voices were recognisable, but others were not even more so when her light blue eyes changed colour to yellow.
"This is Duke. The Emitters are secured and online." The audience could hear a gruff male voice. Who is this man?
"Who is this, Duke?" Ozpin asked as QAI took over.
[General Edmund Duke was the Terran Confederacy general in charge of the Alpha Squadron. Duke was fifty-three years old when war with the Zerg broke out. While it will take too much time to explain who he is and what he has done, he will eventually die at Kerrigan's hands.]
"How interesting…" Ozpin hummed.
The Adjutant's eyes became Violet as a woman's voice could be heard. "Who authorized the use of Psi Emitters?" She asked as the camera cut to Raynor as he looked up at the adjutant when he heard Sarah's voice, then his face contorted into an angry scowl as everyone heard Mengsk speak.
"I did, Lieutenant."
"Mengsk…" Winter softly growled upon hearing Mengsk's voice.
The camera cuts back to the Adjutant as the screen slowly zooms in on its face. "What? The Confederates on Antiga were bad enough, but now you're going to use the Zerg against an entire planet? This is insane."
The Adjutant's voice then changes green, and a familiar voice can be heard. "She's right, man. Think this through."
Its eyes then changed to blood red as Mengsk took over the conversation. "I have thought it through, believe me. You all have your orders. Carry them out."
"This was when he used those emitters to lure the Zerg to Tarsonis…" Weiss concluded, and so did everyone else. This… This is insane. Compared to having an abridged version of it earlier. To hear Mengsk personally ordering it was a different story.
The realisation alone rendered everyone speechless.
The Adjutant went static for a second as a new transmission began playing. One that submits to everyone that Mengsk has full intentions to rule the entire sector. Or burn it all if he cannot.
"I will not be stopped. Not by you or the Confederates or the Protoss or anyone! I will rule this sector or see it burnt to ashes around me."
Halfway through Mengsk's speech, it cuts to Raynor scowling while listening to his last words, now changing to a look of stunned realisation.
"Holy... I can't believe it! We can nail Mengsk to the wall with this!"
"The seer political mess if that gets leaked to the public. My goodness." Robyn muttered as she rested her hand on her mouth. "There will be riots in the streets. Uprisings will become commonplace. I can't imagine the shock the people will feel if this ever gets out."
"Probably enough negative emotions to have all the Grimm on Remnant go on a rampage or something." Neo muttered. Frankly. This is insane, even for her. To destroy everyone and everything just because you cannot rule it? Madness. That's what it is.
Raynor soon walked away from the Confederate Adjutant as it began speaking in unintelligible gibberish. And as he did, he could see Ariel muttering her disbelief at what she'd heard.
"I can't believe it. That recording proves it's all true; Mengsk, Tarsonis, all of it... What will you do now?" She asked as Raynor responded.
"Tell the people. Every man, woman and child in the Dominion needs to know what their beloved Emperor is capable of." He answered.
"The backlash will be awful. There'll be riots and uprisings everywhere…" Ariel's eyes sank as she shook her head. "But that's just what you want, isn't it?" Ariel questioned as Raynor admitted.
"It's a start."
Both of them gave their goodbyes as Raynor left the laboratory and found himself back in the cantina with Big Tuna - Jem's Song playing in the background. At that moment, Raynor took a sip of his drink before his buddy Tychus chose the time to ask him something.
"I gotta' know - just what was it went down between you and Mengsk? Seems you boys were tight once."
"Mengsk is the definition of a wolf in sheep's clothing." RGQC suddenly spoke up. "The man's good at hiding his intentions until it's too late for anyone to react."
"Wolf in sheep's clothing… I've never heard such a phrase before." Summer hummed as the realm lord just nods.
"Wolf in sheep's clothing is an idiom to describe someone or something that seems good but is not good at all," RGQC explained. "An easier way to say like a person that acts like a friend to you but never was from the start."
That got ahs from everyone as the screen resumed.
"I used to think Mengsk'd be a force for change. I fought alongside him right up until Tarsonis. That's where he crossed the line by using Zerg to murder the whole planet." Raynor explained as he looked away for a second and then back.
"He left Kerrigan there to die 'cause she called him out on it. Turned out he was just as rotten as the Confederacy ever was." Raynor finished off his explanation.
Yet Tychus sarcastically commented. "Damn. You sure know how to pick your friends, Jimmy."
"Rude." Coco frowned at Tychus's sarcastic comment.
"Yea! Not cool!" Neptune agreed, as so did everyone else.
However, the realm lord suddenly stood up and defended Tychus. "He isn't wrong, you know. RGQC commented, which earned everyone's attention.
"What do you mean?" Ruby quizzed as to what the realm lord meant.
"Nearly every one of Raynor's Terran friends betrayed him, including Arcturus Mengsk, and Kerrigan, albeit not willingly. The only ones he considers friends who don't stab him in the back are Matt Horner, Rory Swann and Egon Stetmann. And then there are others he doesn't consider friends who don't turn on him and will even go out of their way to help him."
RGQC's explanation made everyone pause for a second to process it all. Then, satisfied with what he had achieved, the realm lord sat back down, and the screen resumed.
Raynor glared at his partner before the UNN news network started playing above.
Memorial unveiled on Tarsonis - Tyrador defenses criticized for lack of readiness - Holo-board initiative suspended - Zerg 'not attempting conquest' say analysts - Kyla Velassi attending premier for her latest holo - This is UNN with Donny Vermillion.
The audience ignored the news ticker, seeing nothing of relevance in today's news ticker.
The news network started to play as it showed Donny Vermillion and Mengsk himself as a guest onscreen. "Emperor, much has been written in regards to the tragic fall of Tarsonis. Tilosky's investigative documentary 'Imperial Dawn', even claims that you brought down the Confederate system by assuring Tarsonis' fall."
Donny asked the Mengsk, who dismissed it as a conspiracy theory. "I've heard these conspiracy theories before. But the fact remains the Zerg invaded Tarsonis en masse and no force in the universe could have stopped their onslaught. It was a very...terrible day."
"Boo! Get off the stage!" Nora jeered out while waving a flag that said, 'Down with Mengsk!'
"Nora, where did you get the flag from?" Jaune was bewildered by how Nora suddenly obtained a flag from thin air. And so was everyone else.
"Oh! I thought about it, Jaune, and it gave me one!" Nora explained as everyone turned their heads toward RGQC, who was also holding a copy of Nora's flag.
"Yea, I enabled it now that you can spawn miscellaneous items like flags and stuff." The realm lord said as he chuckled. Soon his guests were spawning all sorts of items for themselves.
As the on-screen camera cuts to him, Donny soon continued asking his emperor questions. "Tilosky's film highlights the seeming...convenience of the aliens annihilating a corrupt government that you yourself spent a lifetime trying to overthrow."
"Oh gee, I wonder if it is because of some conveniently placed emitters to attract the Zerg." Neo sarcastically commented.
Upon hearing Tilosky's accusation that how the Zerg annihilating the Confederate government was 'convenient,' Mengsk retorted. "Millions died that day, and you speak to me of convenience?" He challenged.
"Yes, I strove against the evils of the Old Confederacy, but never with the object of personal gain! When I was called upon to take up the heavy burden of leadership I did so only to ensure our continuing survival as a species." Mengsk lied as naturally as he breathed before it cut back to Donny.
"But we know the truth!" Penny points out. "And Mr Raynor will soon reveal the truth of your lies!"
"Well said Penny." Pietro smiled at his daughter's growth so far.
"Striking words from the Emperor himself." Donny uttered in awe before changing the topic. "Up next, Zerglings allergic to lemon juice: old wives' tale, or new super-weapon in the fight for humanity?"
"What?"
That was everyone's reaction upon hearing that Zerglings are allergic to lemon juice. Yet, RGQC was snickering to himself on his chair. It was apparent that he knew something the others did not.
"I refuse to believe that such a highly evolutionary race has allergies." Raven deadpanned as most of the adults agreed with the former bandit queen.
"I mean, Donny did mention that it could be an old wives' tale. So, there's a chance that it's all just a rumour." Summer tried to assure everyone.
"I don't think the Grimm are allergic to anything, right?" Yang asked as Blake gave her partner a deadpanned stare.
"What?"
"That's dumb," Weiss added in as the screen resumed.
The screen pulled away from the tv screen, and the audience saw a bemused Tychus and Raynor. Both men stared at each other for a second before Tychus uttered in confusion. "What in the hell they talking about?"
"I got no idea, old buddy," Raynor admits as he drinks the last drink and stands up to see Tosh looking directly with a grin.
"Mercenaries are so untrustworthy. Not like rebels and pirates, right?" Tosh began to chuckle as Raynor rolled his eyes with a small smile before leaving as the screen darkened.
"I do not know whether what Tosh is saying is the truth. Care to add in your thoughts, RGQC?" Robyn asked as the realm lord shrugged.
"Well, it depends. For now, I'll focus on pirates. In the multiverse and for the sake of easier cataloguing, we realm lords classify them under two groups." RGQC said as he lifted his fingers. "First, we have the Marauding Brutes. They tend to have the intention of looting as much as they can, killing the crew after prolonged torture to ensure they aren't holding back treasure and pure cruelty as well, and… ahem… "abducting" the women."
RGQC paused for a second as everyone grimaced for a moment. "These kinds of pirates from my world tend to cultivate this kind of image to instil fear and terror in their victims and targets, making surrender quicker and easier."
"And what about the second?" Penny asked with curiosity brimming in her voice.
RGQC then brought a second finger up. "The second group are known as the roguish scoundrels. They tend to follow their own code of honour and are more linked to privateers where I'm from."
"Privateers?" Ironwood raised an eyebrow as the realm lord realised that the people of Remnant don't really have privateers or pirates. Thanks to all the aquatic Grimm present in the seas.
"Right, you guys don't have privateers nor pirates on Remnant," RGQC muttered. "In short, privateers are people commissioned by a government during wartime to capture enemy vessels or otherwise cause problems for enemy ships and paid with the prizes they took."
"So still pirates but are entitled to attack and rob enemy ships of another kingdom." Ilia summarised. "That doesn't change much, doesn't it?"
"Well… in the histories of my world, we have what we call the Golden Age of Piracy during the mid-17th century till the early 18th century." RGQC rubbed his chin as he did his best to remember the details. "It was called that when maritime piracy was a significant factor in the histories of entire continents and empires alike. So perhaps in the future, we could delve deeper into the Age of Piracy."
"That sounds interesting?" Pyrrha scratched the back of her head with uncertainty. It would be cool to learn more about RGQC's original world.
"Yea, it does…" Jaune agreed.
"Anyway, I have taken enough time from the show. Let us continue."
The screen lights up to show Raynor having a chat with Swann, even more so when the audience notices that not far away, several crates were placed there and had spider mines all over them.
"Those goofy mercs are still using Vultures, can ya believe it? Damn things are death traps even when you ain't got people shooting at ya." Swann voiced out exactly how he thinks about those hoverbikes.
"I can't disagree with him after learning how shoddy their engineering makes them likely to explode or leak radioactive waste." Fox voiced out as everyone agreed with him. Thankfully, the vultures that RGQC had had those problems removed.
However, Raynor didn't like Swann's critique of vulture bikes since the one he used to have saved him on multiple occasions. "Careful now, Swann. My old Vulture saved my skin more times than I care to remember. I ain't gonna listen to you trash talk a classic piece of engineering like that."
Yet Swann wasn't deterred from Raynor's warning and sarcastically commented. "Classic?! I suppose you could call 'em that. 'Course most folks like a bike that don't explode on them when the repeller seals freeze up, or the fuel cells start leaking radioactive waste - but hey, who cares if it's a 'classic', right?" Swann then chuckles as Raynor looks offended.
"No one likes a smart-ass, Swann."
Raynor's deadpan response made everyone chuckle. While on the one hand, they could understand why Raynor closely defended his Vulture bike as it saved him multiple times. On the other hand, Swann's right. The cycle's a safety hazard, even if it's a classic.
As Raynor and Swann continue to banter for a while longer, the screen pans towards the spider mines as the audience soon witnesses two of those mines starting to wrestle against one another before one breaks off and climbs on a crate. Much to their befuddled amusement.
"Here's a fun fact about spider mines," RGQC spoke up with a drink in his hand. "Spider mines were originally developed on Earth and are one of the few technologies to survive the Long Sleep. Unfortunately, marines mistrust them over their IFF system. I guess there were cases of friendly fire where mines blew up friendly targets."
This got nods from everyone, as Ironwood wondered. "It should be theoretically possible to replicate these mines for our uses. But if we were to do that, we should ensure the IFF systems work as intended."
"Definitely, sir." Winter agreed as Pietro also chimed in.
"Yes. I could see a scenario where these mines would help defend towns from Grimm."
Raynor then left the armoury as the screen darkened. It lit up again to show Raynor and Matt on the bridge staring at the map. Yet Matt looked agitated as he muttered. "If Mira Han calls, I'm... I'm just busy."
Matt's response earned Raynor a small chuckle and smile before he changed the topic. "Matt, bring up the map. We're moving out."
"Yes, sir." Matt responds as he brings up the map before the camera pans to show where they can head next. The screen showed three planets from the previous viewing and a new planet now available, A moon-like planet called Valhalla.
And for some reason, both Nora and Ruby had a feeling that the planet, in particular, was hiding something glorious.
"Nothing much changed except for a new planet called Valhalla." Blake hummed.
[Notice, in the mythology of some cultures in master's home world, Valhalla is the afterlife home of human warriors killed in battle. Warriors who die and are deemed worthy and brave enough could reach Valhalla. All those who live there blissfully spend every day feasting and fighting one another for sport.]
"Basically, a haven for warriors who die a glorious fight." RGQC answered,
"That… sounds cool?" Velvet was unsure about dying in a glorious battle. But what does she know? Others were more open to the idea of such a haven for warriors.
"Where we should go next, sir?" Matt asked as Raynor rubbed his chin before selecting New Folsom. As Raynor selects New Folsom, Tosh appears on the side of the screen.
"New Folsom is ripe for the taking, man. Every voice that was ever raised against Mengsk is penned up inside those walls." There was a beat before he continued. "We let all them prisoners loose an' he'll never know what hit him. Just let me know when you're ready to pull the trigger."
"One more thing, people, New Folsom is a notorious political prison where enemies of the Dominion are kept on ice. Its remote location and inhospitable landscape make escape virtually impossible." RGQC suddenly added in as Ozpin narrowed his eyes.
"A political prison… Haven't heard of those in a while…" Ozpin muttered to himself as Glynda nodded.
"I agree. This must be one of the main prisons Mengsk used to hold those who speak up against him."
"How awful," Weiss muttered.
"Well, Matt. Set a course to New Folsom. We got a prison to break."
Yes, sir." Matt nods as the screen darkens.
"I doubt breaking into New Folsom would be easy." Neo points out.
"Agree with you, Neo. But I suspect our Tosh friend has a plan." Torchwick points out as much of everyone else reluctantly agreed with him.
The screen then lights up to show Matt looking at the console while Raynor could be standing back.
"Where's Tosh? I thought he'd be here by now." Raynor wondered as Matt explained.
"He already left the ship. I thought you –" Only for an incoming transmission to interrupt him. "Sir, we have an incoming transmission. It's highly encrypted."
"It must be the same person who sent that message a while back," Pyrrha concluded, while Ren agreed.
"Most likely."
"Patch it through." Raynor orders as the screen cuts to show a blond woman whose hair is tied up into a ponytail. Her eyes were green and quite the looker. The main thing that everyone noticed was her outfit.
"Well, well - the infamous Jim Raynor. My name is Nova. We should talk." Nova addresses Raynor.
"Now, what would one of Mengsk's pet Ghosts have to say to me?"
"She a Ghost? Oh, dear." Kali muttered as Ghira grunted.
"More importantly, she's a ghost working for Mengsk."
"Tosh is lying to you." Nora states as the camera cut to Raynor.
"Get Tosh on comms. I'm sure he's listenin' in anyway, encrypted or not.'' Raynor ordered as the camera cut back to the screen to show the screen as Tosh came on comms next to Nova.
"We Spectres be the future! You just couldn't handle it, little girl." That was the first thing Tosh said as he came on comms. His voice was laced with venom.
"Every Ghost that became a Spectre has gone on a psychotic killing spree. The ones I've captured are held in New Folsom." Nova countered as it cut back to Tosh.
"Don't listen to her brother. Help me bust the Spectres from New Folsom, and we'll bring down Mengsk together!"
"Tosh wants to reactivate his Spectre buddies using the substances you helped him collect."
'New Folsom is full of psychopathic killers. Do you really want to release them into the galaxy?" Nova then placed a critical question.
"Well… I can confirm that Nova's lying." Penny points out as she explains. "From all the data we gathered from RGQC and QAI, all violent criminals should be in the Dominion's Marine and Reaper cores and not here."
Ozpin nodded his head in agreement. "I believe Ms Polendina is correct. RGQC had stated earlier that New Folsom holds all the political prisoners of Mengsk. I doubt they have the physical ability to be soldiers."
"In short, Nova's offering blatant lies to Mr Raynor." Summer hummed.
"Pretty awful one at that." Yang sarcastically commented that earned chuckles.
"I be helping you against Mengsk, and my people will too. She won't even join you." Tosh shot back,
"He's a psychotic time bomb. He'll be on your side right up until he puts a knife in your back." Nova argues as it cuts to Raynor, who looks unsure about everything.
"She might have a point." Torchwick wondered. "Who's to say that Tosh will stick by his side despite sharing the same enemy?"
"Are you serious?" Neptune insidiously asked back.
"Look blue; I'm just thinking it through. Friends tend to be rare and even more so if they are willing to stick by you." Torchwick grimace. "Learned it the hard way."
"What do you think, dear?" Kali asked her husband, who closed her eyes.
"It is a possibility. Tosh has been keeping secrets from everyone. I will not lie. There's a chance he might backstab him. Whether he does it, I do not know."
"Oz?" Ironwood asked his friend, who was rubbing his chin but said nothing.
"This be the moment of truth. Make your choice." Raynor could hear Tosh finishing off as a frown appeared on his face. A beat went by before Raynor glanced at Matt, who trusted his superior's decision and nodded at him.
"You should have told me what you were really planning, Tosh." Raynor spoke up as both Tosh and Nova paid attention to him. "But I'll take your word over a Dominion assassin's any day. We've come this far together - may as well see it through."
The camera then cuts to show Nova frowning at Raynor's choice. "You've made a poor choice, Mr. Raynor." Nova ends the transmission as Tosh is ecstatic at his brother's choice to help him.
"I knew I could count on you, brother. Now let's go and bust open New Folsom!" Tosh grinned as the screen darkened.
"Never thought I would be watching a prison break," Robyn muttered to herself as Ironwood had to agree with her.
"Ditto."
"First time for everything, friend." Ozpin smiled as he took a sip.
"What do you think we would see there?" Blake wonders as her ears flicked.
"Well, Blake," RGQC hummed. "It is the most heavily defended prison base ever. So, it will be a hard nut to crack. Unless…" RGQC grinned.
"Unless?" Sun raised an eyebrow as RGQC vaguely spoke.
Yet the realm lord chuckled as the screen lit up to show New Folsom as Tosh could be seen on screen.
The screen lights up to show Tosh and New Folsom. "Uploading New Folsom data now. Feast your eyes on this, brother." Tosh starts as the screen cuts to a massive defensive fortification. The two massive walkers in the middle of the base were most eye-catching to everyone.
"Holy- Look at the size of that thing!"
"That thing is bigger than the colossus in Argus…" Ironwood's eyes were wide as plates.
"But smaller than the Colossus the Protoss possess."
As for Ruby and Nora, they were visibly vibrating on the spot from sheer excitement at the size of that thing! While Summer is more composed than her daughter, she even wishes to know all the details.
RGQC smirked as he knew what was on everyone's minds before standing up. "May I introduce you to Thor. A massive heavy artillery walker that specialises in anti-air missile barrages. Still, it has enough firepower to hold its own against ground forces and unleash a barrage of shells from its four 250mm strike cannons that resided on its back if needed."
(Yes, I'm aware that in Legacy, they changed it to a single-target anti-air weapon, but this is before that happens. Work with me, guys.)
"Wielding particle accelerator weapons. It fires the most powerful payload of any ground-based unit in the Terran arsenal except nukes. And it has two of them. One on each arm."
"Calling it massive is an understatement." Illa dryly comments as both Ruby and Nora squeal from sheer awesomeness.
Knowing where this was going, Ruby asked. "Please tell me you have one of those in your collection! I wanna try drive one!"
"Yea!" Nora and several others agreed with the little rose. Others… not so much.
"Ruby… Such machines are not to be treated like toys." Tai immediately voiced his disapproval. After all, he doubts his daughter could pilot such sophisticated machinery without issue, even though Tai had already seen his daughter control something similar a while ago.
And then she got nuked.
"Come on, dad, live up a bit and let Ruby have some fun, eh?" Yang smiled at her father as even Summer approved it.
"Yes, I do, Ruby. You and your friends can enjoy it during our break sessions." RGQC happily hummed as he sat down. "Alright, let us continue." And the screen resumed.
"They're locked down tight. Nova must have tipped them off. We're gonna need an army to break into that place now." Raynor observed as the screen panned over the massive Dominion base with layers of defences.
"I'm inclined to believe Mr Raynor," Weiss mumbled. "It's going to be a mess getting through all those defences. Don't get me started on the Thors at the entrance."
"Yea. This looks like a hard nut to crack." Coco, and so did others, agreed with the Schnee heiress.
Yet Tosh explained the truth. New Folsom is so heavily defended that not even an army could break in unless there's help. "Even an army couldn't get you in there. But one man - one Spectre in the right place - can find a way in." Tosh finished his explanation as the screen paused over a planetary fortress blocking some sort of massive gate.
"Looks like this mission we'll be following Tosh." Neo observed as she drank some wine.
"Yea. And aren't Spectres an offshoot of Ghosts?" "Torchwick wondered for a second before shrugging. "I guess it makes sense…"
The screen then cuts to Raynor. "Then our progress is all up to you, Tosh. I'll push my boys as hard as I can, but they're gonna need your help to gain ground." Raynor said as the camera switched back to Tosh's comms. And he sounds confident about the whole plan.
"You sit back this time. I'll take the lead and clear the way. Just keep sending troops to keep the pressure on, an' I'll do the rest."
The screen then changes to show a cell block holding military prisoners and Diamondbacks before it changes to show another cell block with siege tanks in its wares. All as Matt explained to his commander and Tosh. "There are two cell blocks containing military prisoners outside the main compound. If we break those open, we could probably count on help from the inmates."
"More prisoners, huh? The siege tanks guarding them seem overkill." Sun points out.
"Sun, this is the Dominion we're talking about." Blake deadpanned as Sun began scratching the back of his head as he sheepishly chuckled.
"Yea, it does now I thought about it."
"I hope his trust in military prisoners won't backfire on them." Velvet voiced her worry, yet RGQC assured her.
"Don't worry about that, Velvet. Despite its tight security, a culture of anti-Arcturus Mengsk art and music developed inside the prison. And those who produced such art inside the prison were known as "insiders," and would occasionally be able to smuggle compositions out to the public." RGQC explained.
"So, you can expect them to work with the Raiders at the chance at getting back at Mengsk. Even if it means breaking the others out."
"What else?" Tosh probed as Matt continued.
"There's a Dominion base right by the main prison entrance. Take that out and the guards will retreat." There was a short pause as the screen pinged at the massive prison gate behind the planetary fortress. Matt then continued. "The prisoners can handle it from there."
"That gate must be vital to the security team to protect it behind an entire base," Penny observed.
"This is true. I still cannot grasp why the destruction of the prison entrance would force them to retreat." Robyn wondered as RGQC nodded in understanding.
"Yea… Once the main gate is destroyed, not much is holding all those prisoners back. Since it is behind their base, and by that time, it would be destroyed at that point." The realm lord's explanation got nods from everyone as the theatre screen continued as it cut to Raynor.
"Alright Tosh, you ready for this?" Raynor asked.
"I been waitin' a long time for this. I'm ready." That was all Tosh said as the screen darkened.
"And we're ready for some action! Right Renny?" Nora yells at full volume as Ren just nods.
"Yes, we are Nora."
"I doubt it would be easy, but if what Tosh said is correct, all they need is for him to break in." Pyrrha wondered as Jaune agreed with his partner.
"Yea. But I guess we'll see how it goes. Especially at the end with those Thors. I wonder how he is going to go through those things?"
The screen lights up in a rather volcanic environment with nothing in sight, as ripples could go through the air. The screen glowed slightly blue before it revealed that the cloaked individual was Tosh himself. And in his hand was a gauss rifle.
"And his suit allows him to cloak like Ghosts," Tai observed. "Yea, I'm starting to see why he is so confident that he could break into the place."
"Make it a wonder how he's going to do it." Raven wondered as she observed the screen.
While it was challenging to see Tosh's face, he was obviously eager to see his brothers and sisters free. Tosh reloads his AGR-28 gauss rifle before he runs and encounters several Dominion marines who are guarding the place.
Tosh then rests his hand on his ear before speaking. "With my cloaking abilities, I can take out all these guards. They'll never see me." Tosh uttered before he brought his rifle up and fired.
A single shot went through one of the marines' heads before the others reacted to their buddy suddenly having a bullet through his skull.
"What the?!"
One of them yelled out, but they were too late to react as Tosh finished off the others with precise shots through their heads as well. Then, bringing his rifle down, Tosh walked onward to sneak into the prison.
As for our audience, they were surprised at how fast and efficiently Tosh eliminated the Dominion prisoner guards. Even more so at how dismissive he was at killing as he walked over the bodies, he left behind without batting an eye.
The screen then shows Tosh continuing forward until he comes across a large patrol group of over seven marines. Yet Tosh doesn't seem as bothered as Raynor could be heard on the radio.
"Tosh, there's a bigger patrol group up ahead." Raynor warned as Tosh paused for a moment before resting his finger on his ear.
"Do not worry about that brother," Tosh explained. "I can use a psionic explosion to take out groups of marines. A little trick I call mindblast."
"Mindblast?" Ironwood raised a curious eyebrow before turning his head towards RGQC, who had just placed his finger over his mouth.
Tosh's eyes began glowing brightly as the audience watched as Tosh raised his arm. Then, with a flick of his hand, all the marines in the vicinity suddenly started screaming before collapsing onto the ground, barely alive from receiving it.
Everyone watching was understandably shocked and horrified to see several people suddenly screaming and collapsing on the spot without anything they could do. And at the same time, QAI could be head.
[Mindblast is a psionic power that stuns and injures opponents. The one we see Tosh using is a lesser Mindblast. Those under its effects will experience seizures and involuntary empty their bladder or bowels.]
"Ew." Jaune gagged, and so did the others at the thought of going through a seizure before pissing or shitting themselves. Or both. Others were horrified at how painful it must be to be under it.
[Victims of mindblast hear it as a scream and a brutal impact in their mind, and feel as if snarling, chittering random memories have been burned into their skulls. After effects leave Terrans more sensitive to psionic beings, even feeling the mind noise of non-telepathic beings around them. Suicide from mind blast survivors is common.] QAI continued.
"This is something…" Raven muttered.
"Survivors of mindblast tend to become suicidal?" Ozpin uttered. "The experience must be traumatising for them from what QAI explained to us."
With the patrol group stunned and incapacitated, Tosh proceeds to put a bullet into every one of their heads before moving on. No point leaving any survivors behind. As Tosh puts the final shot through the skull of a marine, he turns his head towards the bridge to see a missile turret in the way that had marine guards near it.
"That Turret across the bridge." Tosh observed, "It can see me, and alert its allies if I get too close, even with my stealth."
"RGQC, I believe you mentioned a while ago that Missile turrets are detectors, correct?" Pietro asks as RGQC nods.
"Correct. Missile turrets are equipped to detect cloaked units like Tosh. If he were to get close to it, the missile turret would detect him, and all allies could see his exact location."
"If that's the case, he could either eliminate the turret itself or wipe out the guards, right?" Neo concluded while RGQC nodded at her. "And with Mindblast, he can do just that."
Slowly crossing the bridge, Tosh used mindblast on the group of marines before rushing in as the screams alerted one of the other marines not caught in the blast.
The marine turned his head to his screaming compatriots on the floor with his rifle drawn. "What in the?! Shit! We got a-" Tosh quickly put a bullet into his head before putting the others on the floor out of their pain.
Pulling an explosive charge out from his pocket, Tosh attached it to the turret's base before clearing some distance and activating the charges. An explosion soon erupted as the missile turret came crashing down while simultaneously, Tosh walked off without flinching.
RGQC suddenly chuckled upon the missile turret's destruction. "Cool guys, don't look at explosions~ They blow things up and then walk away~" He started humming.
"What was that RGQC?" Yang asked the realm lord.
"That scene Tosh did remind me of a song."
"Huh. Sounds sweet." Sun said.
Tosh soon came across another missile turret, but a siege tank and two marines guarded this one.
"A siege tank here? That's going to be a problem." Penny observed. "He might be able to stun the driver with his ability."
"Or take out the missile turret," Ruby suggested.
"Or he could run close," RGQC added a third option, much to everyone's confusion.
"Eh?"
"Just watch." That was all the realm lord said as he pointed at the screen.
Tosh's narrowed for a second before he did something no one expected. Gesturing his hand in the air, a violet shield began to surround Tosh as he ran in. Much to everyone's surprise.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! That's crazy charging in like that!" Neptune yelled as Blake asked the vital question.
"Was that a shield just now?"
As soon as the Missile turret revealed Tosh's presence, the Dominion siege tank fired its shock cannon and landed a direct hit on Tosh, much to everyone's horror. Yet his shield took the brunt of the blast, and he was completely fine as Tosh quickly took out the marine guards who were also shooting at him.
Without any spare time, Tosh ran up towards another siege tank and tanked another shot before he got close enough to lob a charge onto the tank and detonate it.
"Yes Blake. Tosh uses his psionic powers to generate a shield around him to protect him from harm. As you just saw, it is strong enough to take a hit from a siege tank and keep going." RGQC explained.
"Wow… I guess you could say that he's a Pro-Tosh?" Yang joked as everyone except Tai felt a part of themselves dying from that pun.
"Kill me, please." Blake sighed while resting both of her hands on her face.
"Same." RGQC agreed as he rested his hand on his face as well."
"But you can't die, RGQC. You told us, didn't you?" Penny points out.
"I know, Penny. I know."
After cleaning out the other Missile turret, Tosh came across a Dominion outpost. However, there's no way for him to get close without getting shredded by bunkers and siege tanks. As Tosh looked around for an easier way to break in, Raynor appeared on the screen.
"A Dominion outpost with a tank," Torchwick observed. "No easy way in unless those defences are taken out."
"Yup."
"Hang in there Tosh. My boys are movin' in to back you up." He said as Tosh headed west to the high ground.
"Reinforcements!" Ruby cheered.
"That is true. Hopefully, they can keep them occupied without suffering too many causalities." Summer hoped as the screen continued.
"Remember - just keep sending in troops and I'll do the rest." That was all Tosh said as he changed the ammo in his rifle to armour piercing. He's going to need them to snipe critical targets.
Upon reaching the high ground, Tosh aimed and began unloading precise round after round at the exposed parts of the Siege tank. However, that caused a commotion as local Dominion forces were on alert.
"Oi! Someone's shooting our tank! Rat them out!" One of the marines ordered out, only for another to counter him.
"Sir! We got rebel forces coming for us!" That marine said as a bullet went by and killed the SCV pilot that was about to repair the tank.
"Get down!" Another marine yelled as Tosh's final shot hit the exposed weak point on the Siege tank, and it blew up. The blast threw those nearby off their feet as Tosh began picking every single one of them one by one. As if even worse, Raynor's forces have arrived and started putting pressure on them.
"Get some!" One of Raynor's marines' yells as Tosh supports them from above. Several Dominion marines began screaming in agony before they collapsed to the floor before one of the bunkers began to fall apart. And during the chaos, Tosh could be seen slipping in and began taking out another siege tank that was in the outpost.
As our audience watched as Tosh wreaked havoc behind enemy lines, he would disrupt reinforcements by hitting them with Mindblast before shooting them. Even hellions who were present had their pilots taken out with a single shot.
"Well, things went from zero to a hundred fast," Ilia commented as the body count began to rise. Sure, the Fang in the past did stage prison breaks to free their comrades, but it was never to this scale she's witnessing. Even more so where they would prefer to keep things quiet, but then again, they didn't have to worry about someone tipping off the guards like what Nova did to Raynor.
"Ditto." Blake agreed as she winced upon witnessing Tosh putting a bullet through a Dominion marauder's head.
Soon, the first outpost was cleared of all hostiles as drop pods could be seen raining from the skies. And on the fields, medics could be seen tending to the wounded and dead while Tosh was not too far away, still cloaked and checking all his gear. Raynor soon made his appearance.
"Good work, Tosh! We're pushing on toward the front line." Raynor congratulates the leader of the Spectres as Tosh just grunts.
"The job ain't over yet, brother. Have ye men be ready." Tosh then looked up as the drop pods landed and dropped more men and SCVs who began building up more fortifications and production buildings.
"And this just an outpost! Just how much more do they need to go through?" Yang asks as the realm lord pulls up his tablet and reads it.
"About one minor and a major outpost before they reach the prison base. Yea, it will be a while, Yang," RGQC admits.
"All those that died here better be worth breaking out a few," Ironwood muttered.
Before Tosh did anything else, he was noticeably staring at his hand when he suddenly shot his hand out towards an ally marauder. Within a blink of an eye, red particles emerged from the marauder and went straight into Tosh's hand.
As for the marauder, he collapsed to his knee with a pained groan as medics rushed to his aid.
"What did Tosh just do to that marauder?" Glynda was the first to speak after witnessing Tosh draining the life out of an ally. Others also voiced their curiosity and worry after seeing it.
Yet the realm lord just placed his finger on his lips. "It will be revealed Miss Goodwitch."
"What the hell was that?" The marauder who had his life drained questioned as Tosh chuckled and began walking away. Raynor, paying attention to the whole thing, asked Tosh through his comms.
"Tosh, what was that?"
Tosh just answers in response. "When I need energy I can use Consumption to get more. I just steal a little life from an ally." A beat went by. "The more life they have, the more energy. It don't hurt. Much." Tosh explained.
After Tosh explained the details, RGQC summarised what he had just said. "In short, Tosh can drain his allies to replenish his psionic powers at the cost of their life."
"That's horrifying to think about," Weiss admits as her sister agrees.
"It is."
"Thank goodness there are medics nearby to patch them up after having their life drained." Summer lets out a sigh upon witnessing medics tending to the confused marauder.
As Tosh moved onward with Raynor's group, a Ghost suddenly uncloaked and fired an EMP round directly into Tosh. But with his enhanced reflexes, Tosh dodged back before firing a single shot right into the Ghost's heart, killing him.
"What was that projectile that Ghost fired?" Pietro wondered out as QAI could be head.
[The Ghost had launched an EMP Shot. It is an ability they have that has a decently sized area of effect. Anyone caught within it will lose a portion of their shields if they have it. It also drains energy from anyone it hits and reveals anyone cloaked.]
"So that Ghost was planning to reveal him to his allies using an EMP shot?" Ruby concluded as her mother hummed.
"Sounds about right, Ruby. But clearly, Tosh must have anticipated they tried it."
"Tch. Ghosts…" Tosh grumbled as not far away was a Dominion defensive position in the way. Even more so were multiple siege tanks in the back lines. Looking around, Tosh could see a parallel path near his position as the rest of Raynor's forces waited a distance away.
Like hell, they're going in against several siege tanks. That's insane.
With nothing in range to spot him, Tosh made his way through the parallel path and found himself behind the Dominion's defensive position. At the same time, Matt appeared on the screen to give an alert.
"Tosh, you're nearing the first military cell block now. Releasing the prisoners might buy us some allies." The camera then pans away from Tosh to reveal a relatively large cell block with Diamondbacks in storage and a patrol group watching the prisoners.
"Who thought it was a good idea to leave a prisoner cell block near a carpark full of diamondbacks?" Sun wondered as his partner, ever the nerd, gave his thoughts.
"They must be confident that no one would try to cause a breakout in New Folsom. But, then again, they are watched by a patrol group and a siege tank. So maybe that's why."
"But who are they not to deny additional help, eh?" Torchwick chuckled.
Without delay, Tosh took out the SCVs and siege tanks nearby with his rifle. "What the?! Someone's shooting the SCVs!" A marine yelled out.
"Cloaked enemy over here! We need to get out of there!" Another marine commented as the siege tanks turned their turrets all over the place in a desperate attempt to find the enemy within. Yet Tosh wouldn't let up, and before long, a siege tank blew up, sowing chaos.
Keeping up the pressure, Tosh focused his attention on the other siege tanks and soon, Raynor's men pushed in with every Dominion personnel in disarray about Tosh's sabotage. And the combined force of Tosh and Raynor's forces results in the Dominion's defensive position being overwhelmed.
"Talk about getting crushed from both sides," Jaune commented.
"Doesn't help that Tosh is using his powers to sow chaos as well." Pyrrha agreed, as they just saw Tosh using mindblast to stun the siege tank drivers. That allowed Raynor's men to push in without the fear of hell raining from above.
Tosh soon made his way to the first cell block and began sniping Dominion guards just out of detection, and the audience was introduced to the sight of them panicking. With even a couple of marines resorting to shooting everywhere, only for a bullet to go through their faces.
Soon, Tosh cleared out the defenders and the cell block's siege tank. And once he did, Tosh rushed over and threw the cell block gates open while the prisoners were cheering at their sudden freedom,
"Now it's time boys! Let's earn our freedom!"
"Get those Diamondbacks working, boys!"
"Support the raiders!"
"Looks like these fellas are willing to help out. Lucky." Torchwick admits as Winter glances at the criminal while Kali admits.
"It is something to see hope even in the direst of places, yes dear?" Her lovely husband Ghira just grunts with his eyes closed.
Various cheers could be heard as Tosh slipped away while Raynor appeared on screen to congratulate Tosh for liberating the first cell block. "Nice work, Tosh, freeing those prisoners will really help us out."
Tosh soon returned to push onwards to see that Raynor's forces had made a dent in the Dominion defences as one of the bunkers was destroyed while the other was on fire. However, craters were also seen with bodies all over the place.
"Oh, by the Brothers…" Ren mumbled with dread. Everyone else could feel the same when the screen panned over what remained of an initial engagement.
"I'm glad RGQC suppressed our emotions to an extent," Weiss admits as Neptune adds in.
"Or we got used to all the blood and violence. Not sure whether that's a good thing or not."
While Tosh was distracted by the liberation of the first cell block, Raynor tried to push in but suffered heavy casualties. Looks like it's up to Tosh to weaken the outpost's defences so that he and Raynor's forces can go deeper.
(Note. I have gotten rid of the Raven in this part of the base as there's no way in hell Tosh gonna destroy it with his tiny rifle. Nor will they have the capacity to deal with the Battlecruiser at the end.)
Glancing around, Tosh grunts as he returns, where a path leads to the high ground. As he made up, the only warning he got was an explosion not too far from his position. Without hesitation, Tosh cast a Psi shield over himself before rushing over the edge and firing at the siege tank from above.
At the same time, Raynor's forces arrived and began pushing in while the siege tanks were distracted with Tosh above.
"Tosh's playing a dangerous game here," Ironwood muttered as others agreed with him right as a shock cannon round lands directly on Tosh, who winced upon the shell's impact, but he continued putting in the pressure.
Soon, Tosh retreated before his shield came down and re-joined the oncoming reinforcements. It is very quickly followed by Tosh using consumption on his fellow Terrans for energy before he activates his Psi shield and charges in.
"That guy's got the tank's attention! Go! Go! Go!" One of the marines yelled as the squad moved in and supported Tosh in securing the site. With the help of Raynor's forces, the second enemy outpost was quickly cleared as the younger audiences cheered at Tosh's progress.
"We're rollin' now! Keep 'em busy while we establish our forward position!" Raynor appeared on screen as like before. Drop pods rained from the skies and unloaded their cargo of SCVs, marines and medics. With Raynor on the way to secure the new forward position, Tosh pushed forward and intercepted a Dominion attack group.
And like all attack groups, Tosh used his psionic abilities to cripple the group before Raynor's men arrived to wipe them out. And as he pushes forward, Matt appears on the screen.
"You're close to the second military cell block, Tosh. Feel like making some new friends?" Matt asks as Raynor joins in as well.
"Don't you worry about us, Tosh. We'll keep 'em busy while you free the prisoners!"
"Oh, siege tanks!" Nora grinned. "Just what Raynor needs to blow this place open!" Nora began giggling as her teammates agreed with her.
"There's a Raven there," Ruby observed before wondering. "How is he going to take that out?"
"Perhaps lure it out?" Sun suggested before good old Nora suggested something else.
"Oh! I know! Nuke em!"
Nora's comments earned stares from everyone while RGQC laughed in his corner of the theatre. "That's too much, don't you think, Nora?" Blake asks as Nora denies it.
"Nope! Nukes solved all problems Blakey and you know it!" Nora began cackling as Blake frowned.
"Don't call me that." And so, the screen resumed.
Tosh watched as the patrol group consisted of marines, marauders, a medic, a Viking, a siege tank and a Raven. His eyes narrowed when he realised he couldn't take down the Raven high up in the sky. He needs another way to do this. Tosh then left the cell block when Raynor suddenly appeared on the screen.
"Tosh, we've got a Nuke ready for launch. Paint a target!" He explained. "Just don't call the strike in too close."
"Will do." Tosh grinned as he did a 180 and painted a target right in the middle of the patrol group. Much to everyone's shock except Nora.
"I knew it!" She cried out as soon, everyone could hear an alert.
"Nuclear launch detected."
While astonished at what he's seeing, Qrow muttered. "What the? Is he seriously doing what I think he's doing?"
"That appears to be the case, Qrow," Ozpin muttered.
Yet RGQC doesn't seem that bothered about it. "I wouldn't worry about it. Most nukes the Terrans used are tactical ones, unlike the nukes you guys know, the game some of you played a while back. They are heavily scaled down from their destructiveness and are mainly used to punch holes into tough defences."
"Even the one we saw under Orlan?" Ruby asked as RGQC confirmed.
"Correct. They are still incredibly dangerous and could wipe out everyone if they happened to find themselves in the blast radius." RGQC continued as the screen continued.
As Tosh painted a target, it would be an understatement to say that everyone would be panicking over the audio warning of a nuke on the way. As for those guards in the second military cell block, they didn't have time to react or move right before the tactical nuke landed and obliterated everyone there.
Except for the Raven. Nevertheless, the nuclear explosion cleared the guards, and the prisoners were freed once Tosh opened the gates. "Now those boys are free we can bust this place wide open, great job, Tosh!"
"At least now they have tanks to break in," Neo mumbled as Torchwick scoffed.
"Assuming they are all fine after having a nuke dropped near their cell."
"Good point."
With the prisoners freed, Tosh left the military cell block to see Raynor's men putting up a fight against the Dominion but had made no future ground thanks to the extensive fortification at the front of the base.
With two more nukes to spare, Tosh aimed his rifle and dropped a second nuke onto the fortification, blocking entrance into the base. And like before, an explosion followed by a mushroom cloud soon followed.
A marine behind Tosh lets out a whistle. "What a sight. But intel suggests they have siege tanks and Ghosts on the walls. Like hell, we're going in only to get blasted to oblivion."
"Gonna do it real quiet." Tosh responds before he moves in while the camera pans back to show the extensive defences the Dominion were packing. It would be hard to break in if they were going in by themselves.
Tai whistled at the sight of the Thors on watch. Their size alone made him and everyone question how Tosh and Raynor are going to destroy those things. Not like that had stopped them before.
"Wonders how Tosh gonna take out those things."
"Well… the most logical conclusion is to aim for the pilot?" Summer offered some suggestions. But even she was unsure whether it was possible with how big it was. On the other hand, they would undoubtedly make it so that the pilot is well protected.
Maybe a nuke could do it?
Everyone watched as Tosh sneaked in and avoided detection on the way onto the walls to witness Ghosts overseeing the battlefield outside the walls and a siege tank. With haste, Tosh puts a bullet into the Ghost's head before he rigged the siege tanks with explosives.
With haste, Tosh ran to the other wall as Raynor's men could be seen stirring up enough trouble to distract the Dominion. And with that time, Tosh rigged the tanks with explosives before hitting the trigger a distance away.
Explosions rang throughout the dominion base as chaos quickly ensured. And as if to rub it even further, Tosh used his psionic powers to stun the Thor pilots as Raynor's men poured into the base, even more so when Goliaths were among the army.
"Boom!" Nora giggled at the sight of explosions. Sure, people died, but they were bad guys anyways.
Torchwick had to admit. "Now, that's one way to bring the signal!" Torchwick began to laugh. Sure, he is just a crime lord, but there's something so cathartic about witnessing a prison break of this scale. Then again, they are going in loud thanks to that blondie tipping them off.
Neo also chuckled as well. Though she's more of a stealthy person, thanks to her semblance, a change in scenery would be nice. In this case, defences are going boom.
"Aim for the cockpit!" A marauder yelled out as everyone, even the siege tank, opened fire on the Thor's cockpit. Bullets bounce off armour, punisher grenades explode upon contact and super-heated tungsten punching holes into the Thor's thick armour.
One of the Thors turned and aimed its particle accelerator weapon at the crowd, only for Tosh to stun its pilot again. Yet the chaos continued as the death toll began to climb ever higher. But Raynor's men were tearing into the weakened defences thanks to Tosh's sabotaging efforts.
Eventually, the Dominion base's lower levels were overrun as everyone's focused fire was demolished. Even the two Thors defending couldn't take the firepower unleashed upon it. Tosh reloaded his rifle as he aimed his rifle at the upper levels of the Prison base and called down his last nuke.
So close, just one more defensive line to destroy to free his brothers and sisters.
"How many nukes does Tosh have?" Robyn raised a good point as RGQC chuckled in response.
"Tosh had used up all his nukes."
"Wait…" Weiss paused for a second. "You're telling me Tosh wasted a nuke on a patrol group?"
"Yup." RGQC confirmed without shame as he began chuckling at Weiss's bamboozled expression, which was shared by others of the same wavelength.
"Was it really worth it?" Winter raised an eyebrow as RGQC shrugged.
"Who knows?" And so, the screen resumed as a nuke came down and blew up a hole in the defences.
With another nuclear explosion, the path was open for Raynor's men to push in and finally destroy the planetary fortress blocking the main prison entrance below. Yet, the prison guards would not let it up so quickly. For a new aircraft makes its appearance in the form of an aircraft that uses two turbofans for flight.
A squad of banshees flew in and began performing bombing runs of the place as goliaths unleashed their anti-air missiles in volleys onto them.
"Pause! I see new vehicle!" Ruby shouts with her finger pointing at the banshee on the screen. "What is that?" She asked as QAI was on it again.
[That is the AH/G-24 Banshee Tactical-Strike Aircraft created to be the aerial harbinger of destruction. Equipped with Agile twin turbofans accompanied by cloaking technologies and powerful backlash rockets, making the Banshee the Terran's most capable hit-and-run option when the situation demands it.]
"It does not use thrusters but turbofans to fly instead?" Pietro raised a curious eyebrow. "How interesting."
"The ability to be quick and equipped with cloaking technology does make it an effective hit-and-run vehicle." Penny looked thoughtful before concluding. "I am, however, unsure whether such an aerial vehicle would fare well against the Grimm."
"We can talk more about it another time, fellas," RGQC spoke up as he summoned a cup of coffee and drank it in one go. "We're almost done, and this viewing has been going on for like two weeks and close to a half already."
"WHAT."
"You won't get it. Moving on."
"Banshees incoming!" A medic yells as the battle continues. The air was thick with bullets and missiles as chaos overtook the upper levels of the base. And at this point, the Dominion defenders were throwing everything they had at the attackers.
Yet every time they tried to mount a counterattack; Tosh would be there to stop it. Eventually, even the planetary fortress in place to hold the main prison gate was destroyed, and it was over. Dead bodies from both sides covered the base as Nova angrily voiced her thoughts.
"You just unleashed a nightmare on all of us, Raynor! Heaven help you now." She growled as the screen panned in on the prison gates opening up to reveal several prisoners of both genders exiting it.
Tosh was especially pleased with the job done here. "And the walls come tumblin' down! Be free my brothers and sisters! Your new life awaits!" Tosh lets out an eager chuckle as he can be seen walking towards the newly freed prisoners as the screen darkens.
"Hopefully, this is worth it," Jaune muttered. "I doubt Mengsk will be happy with that."
Pyrrha nodded her head. "I believe so Jaune. Despite Tosh's shadiness, I think his help would be useful."
"Assuming he stuck around as he promised," Weiss added while RGQC stood up from his chair as he stretched his back.
"Ok! You guys can go and have your break!" The realm lord then lets out a satisfied groan as he stretches his shoulders. "I need to check on your friends and see if they are ok now."
"Is it ok if we come along to see how they're doing?" Ruby asked as RGQC paused for a while before shrugging.
"Sure. Why not. I'll let you know when." RGQC left through a portal as everyone else stood up and left the theatre.
And we are done. Firstly, I must sincerely apologise for it coming out late! Because holy fuck, the combination of my sister coming back plus Chinese New Year preparations and procrastination combined fucked me over hard. Part of the reason this took a while. Suppose the quality seems also lacking as well. Sorry about that as well.
Anyways, enough of me yapping my reasons away. As you can firstly tell, Cinder and her party are not here. It's an experimental feature where I intend to take out a few of our guests to spin it up for me. In this case, Cinder and her gang came into contact with the Beast from Homeworld Cataclysm.
Part of the reason why they are not present in this viewing.
The next thing to address is this. Do you guys want me to make the other alternative choice despite it not being canon? Because some of you guys mention it in the reviews in some of my other chapters. Let me know in the reviews whether I should do it or not!
One more thing, it is noticeably different here because it is based on the Coop version of the mission. It is still lore-friendly yea? And yes, I used a nuke on the bonus objective because I could, much to my friend's annoyance, for wasting a nuke.
Other than that, I'm done talking here. If you like my story so far, follow and favourite me if you enjoy this story! Do also leave a review of what you think of this chapter, as I enjoy reading it and giving replies to it!
RGQC out!