Project Argonaut IC

[Reaver]

Emile taps a couple of passwords and phrases into his comm so they wouldn't be able to use it to find his teammates. He presses one last button before erasing all the info stashed on it and officially cutting the signal so no one will ever be able to radio to or from it. He sighs and waits for fate to deal his cards.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

(Posted my weapons in the OOC)

Claire slides two knives from under her sleeve. One in each hand. She silently walks over to the distracted group. She stabs some people and cuts some people's throats.

[kaibunny94]

Yolandi pops some shots off from cover. "FUCK" she screams feeling helpless

[dndman997]

"ok" irvine said packing up the mortar and putting it on his back

[daxtinator396]

Dax hears Emile`s new message,"Nevermind then though we should still go get Yolandi. We can`t leave her out there with all those Paladins swarming around. So lets go help her out if we see a chance to save Emile`s ass too we`ll take it. "

[jayjaycaps]

Greg and Claire:

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Claire manages to kill two of the Paladins, and the others quickly see her. The woman shouts out, alerting anyone else. "Hey! It's them! Get'em!" Looks like you started a fire fight!

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Greg: Using a dead Paladin as a shield. Health: 100%

Claire: Out in the clearing. Health 100%

Paladins x21: Startled. Readying their guns.

Female Paladin: Shouting orders, readying her gun. Health 100%

Emile:

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A pair of Paladin's come up to you. One of them promptly smashes your unarmored face with the butt of his gun, knocking you to the ground. The other curb stomps your head into the dirt, knocking you out. (Gimme a while to make your next post. You get to jump ahead in the story a bit!)

Yolandi:

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Paladin's close in on you. They form a circle around you, blocking you in. You managed to kill a few, but more come to replace them. All of them have their rifles aimed at you, but they do not shoot. "Alright, down on the ground, NOW!"

Dax, Resh, and Irvine:

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The mortar hits the wall, causing an explosion. It rips the wall apart, giving you a nice, big and loud exit. Outside you can see... FUCK. Your in the middle of a town, and it seems to have gone to hell. You can hear screaming, shouting, yelling and general noise. But you also hear gunshots, explosions and footsteps. Buildings are on fire, or completely destroyed. You notice across the street, a civilian with a rifle. He notices you three, and waves you over. "Oi! You three, come'er!"

Mia, Luna and Ed:

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Ed blushes at Mia's comment. "Uh, yea, yea, I'll try. Come on, it's not far." Ed leads the two of you to a small town neighbor hood. Gun shots ring out from around the building in front of you, and you hear a familiar voice shout out. "COME ON, FUCKERS! LET'S GO!" Ed looks at the two of you. "Alright, someone got a plan?"

[Reaver]

Emile grunts in pain as they smash him in the face with a gun knocking him to the ground. "fucking bitches" he mutters right before he gets knocked out with a boot to the face.

[daxtinator396]

Dax headed across the street towards the man quickly," Whats the situation?"

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire slides the blades back into her sleeves. She then grabs her pistols from her waist and start shooting at the paladins.

[Zender_Solarheart]

Seeing that Claire has been exposed, Greg decides he's had enough of his current meat-shield, and tosses it forward at the crowd of Paladin units as both distraction and blunt force. "Too slow!" he shouts during this maneuver, ready to gun down any attackers from the sides.

Once that corpse smacks into the row in front of him, Greg slides beneath it (cutting away the legs of any Paladins in his way via machete), and spreads another arc of SMG fire at the next set of enemies. With the several men around him being chopped up either by his bullets or his blade, Greg should have a good deal of cover from outside attackers, including the female commander. Of course, he's still being careful to only subdue that woman, not full-out kill her. They'll need all the intel they can get right now...

[Icaelus]

Luna considered the situation briefly, glancing over to Mia and Ed.
"We don't have a view of the situation..those gunshots came from around the building, not from in it...anyone accurate with long distances with a rifle here?"
She turned a questioning look to the pair.
Luna herself was more or less hopeless after mid range combat, even then which she wasn't too proficient in. But CQC was not how you wanted to engage her..many had found that out as they lay dying.
Without waiting, Luna started walking towards the battle.
"We need an eye on the situation. I'm hopeless at a range so yours truly will be slicing stuff up here on the ground. Good luck."
She placed a hand on the katana, ready to draw at a moment's notice. She surged forward with surprising speed, running full tilt along debris to keep herself hidden.

[kaibunny94]

Yolandi drops Natalie held her hand going to the grenade. "look its not fair like this how about i go one on one? that way we can choose my fate." as says this she holds the grenade in her hand the pin out the release held. "Okay now I have the negotiations floor. You guys all turn and look the other way while i fuck off or i drop this and we all die."

[Lady Foxy]

Mia watched Luna sprint towards the building while managing to keep a decent but impressive speed.. Nice. Anyways, she held her assault rifle with both of her hands and steadied it a bit -- the infinite mods making it as easy as trying to breathe.

''A little challenge, Private? If this turns into a shootout, whoever has the most kills wins. The reward.. I dunno, whatever the winner feels like?'' She said before playfully smashing her right side against him, hoping to knock out her breath by the surprise; but nothing serious so she could gain the advantage.. Which was running towards where the gunfire was coming from. Good way to distract him. But I'll win this.

[Icaelus]

Guards ahead, laying down suppressing fire on Veega's crew, presumably.
Luna upped her speed as much as she could, hitting a remarkable top speed. Usually she didn't just charge people like this, but since she had the advantage of surprise..
The katana sang as it slid out of it's scabbard, beheading the first guard from behind. She didn't bother to watch the headless body slump to the ground as she spun sharply and lashed out with the blade, taking the leg of another man. She dived forward and swung once more as the man fell forward, slicing the man's head cleanly off as his mouth opened in a silent scream.
"Good luck in Hell."
She twirled the katana, flicking the blood on the blade away as she sheathed the blade in one fluid moment. Two guards down, god knows how many more to go..
Luna began running again, bent low in the debris. This fighting style still suited her the best, guerrilla tactics of hit and run. She could do a lot of damage while doing this, since enemies usually didn't expect to be engaged in close quarters.
Of course, that was if her luck didn't run out.

[jayjaycaps]

Mia, Luna and Ed:

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Ed perked up when Mia challenged him. "A kill count contest? Oh, you are so on!" He then proceeded to charge around the building, following Luna. Luna's hit and run attack was highly effective, already killing two. The last one was particularly gruesome, the man getting in some death screams before Luna's blade finished him off. The few Paladins near her quickly backed up, startled by Luna's odd method of attack. She had some time to strike, but it wouldn't be long before they got over their shock...

Around the other side of the building, you all immediately notice the Captain, who is taking cover behind some flipped cars. He's got about five out of the ten men left, two of which lie injured against the makeshift barriers. Captain Veega fires off a few more shots at the Paladins and shouts a few more obscenities before turning to you. "COME ON, YA BASTARDS! YA FUCKS CALL THAT A KILL SHOT? WHY I- Private! And I see ya got Phoenix and... Lunatic." Veega refers to Mia and Luna's code names. He pauses before mentioning Luna, probably still weirded out from the whole "Spineless coward" thing she's got with him. Anyways, he gets down again, and starts barking orders at this other troops before turning to you again. "Private Price! Get ye'r ass over here, we got wounded! Phoenix, Lunatic, you two just uhh... Do your things, I guess. We're gonna try to help, but we're pinned down pretty good here! I figure there's about twenty of 'em left."

The Paladins seem dug in too, although most are just on the street in plain view. A few have taken position behind some flipped cars too, much like Veega and his team. Shouldn't be too difficult, not for trained experts such as yourselves.

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Mia: Still behind building. Health: 100%

Luna: Slicin' and dicin'. Health: 100%

Ed: Taking cover. Health: 100%

Captain Veega: Taking pot shots. Health: 100%

Paladins x 20: Few scarred by Luna, be taking aim.

Yolandi:

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A bold move, indeed. The Paladins stand around you, unwavering. Although they clearly don't want to see you explode, they seem unsure of what to do... That is, until one of them tackles you from behind. You fall, and drop the grenade. Someone picks it up and tosses it away, it exploding moments after leaving the unfortunate soul's hand. It explodes too close, and the man gets the full force of it. Screaming and writhing in pain, he falls to the ground before bleeding out. Brutal.

Anyways, you're down the the ground, a Paladin on top of you. He struggles to pin you, but eventually gets you down. Someone walks over quite calmly and stabs a needle into your neck. Feeling quite drowsy all of the sudden, you pass out. (Gimme a day to write the rest of it. You lucky duck, you get to jump ahead in the story!)

Emile:

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You awake in some sort of old, rusty, iron cage, much like a jail cell. The bars look extremely old however, and a few have begun to crack. There is a single light on in the room, right above your cell, preventing you from seeing out. Before you can try anything, a neurotic and frantic voice speaks up.

"Oh good, he's up! You know, I was afraid they hurt you too bad. How do you feel, hm? Come now, tell the good doctor everything. Who are you, friend?"

Claire and Greg:

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Claire fires some bullets into the crowd, taking out a pair of Paladins. She nicks a couple, but they shrug it off. Greg on the other hand, tossing his meat shield, cuts down quite a few more Paladins. His meat shield attack stunned a pair, both of them screaming not unlike girls when handling the body of their dead friend. The knife leg swipe injures three, but kills none. They'll stay down for a minute, but not for long...

Getting their act together, the Paladins manage to avoid Greg's arc of bullets, either diving or ducking to avoid the bullet storm. The female Paladin seems unscathed as well, still shouting orders while keeping close to the cage. The Paladin's who were not in the way of Greg's bullets fire off some pot shots at Claire, hitting her a few times on her right leg. Your armor protects you, but you should be more careful next time...

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Greg: Spraying bullets. Health: 100%

Claire: Taking potshots, was just hit. Cannot run quite as fast as normal. Health: 95%

Paladins x 19: More organized. Slight panic around Greg.

Female Paladin: Shouting orders. Health: 100%

Dax, Resh, and Irvine:

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The man holds his rifle high, and peaks around the corner. Deeming it safe, he turns back to Dax. "Don't ya'll know! It's the Paladins! They're tryin' to take Avon! But we won't let 'em, no sir! You boys here to help?" A small transport ship flies over head, followed by two Paladin gunships. The three disappear behind a near by building, but you hear the explosion. Two Paladin gunships circle back around the building, heading back to wherever they came from.

[Reaver]

Emile trys locating the voice while patting himself down to find out what he still has and what he doesn't. He decides he mine as well talk to the guy to find out any info "My code name is Noble 4, and my face hurts a little, but more importantly where are we? ANd did they happen to bring a woman with them along with me?"

[Icaelus]

Luna managed to break away with little trouble, although the last kill had been a bit sloppy on her part..employing hit and run tactics was part of her modus operandi and having enemies alerted to her usually caused quite a bit of trouble..
She made her way to Spineless Coward's position, disappointment a bit obvious on her face upon seeing that he was relatively unscathed.
Too bad, too bad. Still, blades and bullets could be anywhere in a particularly chaotic fight...maybe a knife lodged in a certain captain's back..or face, maybe. She wasn't too picky on how people died.
"Twenty left? Troublesome..provide some cover fire, S.C. If your guys here can hit the broad side of a barn, that is.."
Luna watched as Veega popped off a few more potshots at the Paladins, hitting absolutely nothing besides car and concrete.
"Huh. As expected. Just try not to hit me."
She regarded the Captain coldly, glancing up at him. To be honest, Luna was probably a bit biased against Veega, due to past trauma and so on. You guys probably don't want to read this anyway.
Luna risked a quick glance out at the Paladin positions. Most seemed entrenched behind cars and whatever they could find...A somewhat easy target to go at head on if you didn't mind a few new bullet holes in you.
Still, that was what her armor was for, taking a few bullets. Melee combat was all about risk, anyway.
A cold smile curled Luna's lip. She lived dangerously enough to take those risks.
She tossed a bottle of aphrodisiac up in the air and the katana sang once more, slicing the tiny glass jar into half cleanly. The substance coated the blade, giving it a rather pinkish shine in the sunlight now.
Luna backed up a bit to get a decent run, sheathing the katana. No point with running with a katana in hand, reflecting light all over the place.
"Cover me."
She surged forward, gaining speed and momentum as she vaulted over the car Veega was taking cover behind, landing almost soundlessly on the tarmac road and breaking right straight into a full out run, once again bent low to make a smaller target for enemies. She headed right for a car that about three Paladins were taking cover behind. The car wasn't upturned or anything..which made for a pretty good opportunity..people never expected the next part to actually happen.
She drew a pistol as she ran, firing at the front seat windows. One of the soldiers screamed as glass splinters sliced into him, not enough to kill but enough to incapacitate for the moment.
Luna jammed the pistol back into it's respective holster and dove through the now glass free window, the momentum of her sprint carrying her perfectly through.
The stunned soldiers raised their rifles way too slowly..
The katana sang the song of death once more, ripping the first soldier's head away. No guns pointed at her face, thank you. She ducked under a burst of fire from the second soldier and lunged at him, swinging up in an neat arc. The slash took the man's two hands and he fell away screaming. He was quieted with a final stab to his neck.
"Shut up, thank you."
She turned sharply to the last soldier, still screaming away and tugging at the glass shards embedded in his..eye. Luna kicked the man and he fell, whimpering with pain and shock. A sadistic smile drew upon her expression as she slowly pressed the tip of the katana into the man's shoulder, extremely potent aphrodisiac running into the man's blood and causing instant arousal.
"Die happy.."
The man choked on his blood, presumably from the knife abruptly shoved into his Adam's apple. His final moment was to glance up at his reaper, a young white-haired girl crouching down on him as she yanked the knife out of his throat. The evil grin would be the last thing he remembered as she kissed his helmet and shoved him roughly to the ground.

(Tl;dr?)

[daxtinator396]

Dax looks at the man with the rifle and replies," Kinda. Let`s go check out the crash site on that ship there could be some survivors."

[dndman997]

"i agree lets go" irvine said following dax

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire looks over at her right leg. She chuckles and starts shooting more. This time she tries to shoot more accuretly.