Reactor Online, Sensors Online, Weapons Online ... All Systems Nominal. Same Msg. different day. Planet Thule ... Thule City right at the Periphery border of the Inner Sphere - a god forsaken rock. Also recently invaded now occupied territory. Those damn Ronin, once the 10th Ghost Regiment of the Draconis Combine now a thorn in our side - a mercenary unit ... lowlife scum still pretending to have "honour" while selling themself to the highest bidder. Whether they invaded Thule for Money or for personal gain i didnt care. This was personal! Iam driven by my hatred for those damn Snakes. Never will i forget how we suffered all those years under their oppression. Its early morning, the first light of the day starts to cast shadows of a city - no - a ghost town devoid of all life in front of us. The only thing you can hear is the sound of Lasers fizzling in the distance, Missiles exploding, my own heartbeat and the not so distant sound of 4 lonely mechs traveling at max speed approaching the Outskirts of the city. Our Job is to get in, gather information fo the enemy and engage em in combat if viable. A quick in and out Recon like mission ... but i didnt care about this either, if i see any of them i will kill them. As we get closer and closer my heartbeat speeds up Ba-dump ... Ba-dump, my right hand on the Controls starts to shake not of fear but out of anticipation for the battle i always wanted since i joined this unit - killing more of those damn snakes. Suddenly the Sound of static and my commanding officers voice snap me back to reality "Ok guys, we get in, access the situation and engage the enemy if at all possible, get out if they out-gun us - got that?". A quick Roger from the entire lance and we split up into the canyons drawn out by the skyscrapers to look for the enemy. Not even 2 minutes later all Alarms went off - Multiple Contacts 2 no 3, maybe 4 - no clear reading, the Com is dead only gibberish and static. Keep calm *i take a breath* this is ECM - those bastards. With no clear readings i head further in towards the signals - com dead, radar useless and these skyscrapers are perfect for ambushes. As iam reaching a crossroad laser cut across the ground right in front of me - in my panic i fullstop and almost slam into a building. I get a glimpse of something big. While slamming my mech into reverse i manage to get a laser volley off hitting him in his Torso but apparently that doesnt even slow him down as he charges towards me. My com springs to life "ghghzugnzzzzzikuuuuuu ...an yo..ear...me-RETREAT-zzzzzzzz..." *no shit*. I do a 180° turn and switch from full reverse to Full ahead while doing so - medium and light mechs are remarkably nimble for their size but i still felt uncomfortable engaging that giant i saw earlier - Nimble just isnt enough when it comes to an head to head brawl with an assault mech. As i back up on a zig-zag route along the streets of Thule my com starts to get clear again and the readings of 4 signals appear on my radar - yep ECM. My Commanding officer is right around the corner engaging an enemy and it seems i managed to shake that assault - at least for now. Time for a bit of that guerilla warfare - i circle around and try to flank whatever hes engaging. I get out of the street and see the silouette of a mighty Charger - still a bit out of range for his more deadly weapons to hit Magnus or rather "Major Sullivan" - he always reminds me of that ... but we are a goddamn merc unit not the "real" military - whatever. I take a few shots but have to abck up again cause our lil Charger got some friends on the way and my Radar is acting up again - better safe than sorry. We both manage to get into a sidestreet out of sight of all the enemys. Klanck, Klanck - tudd ... some debris hit the armor of my crab i spin around to be greeted by nothing but an empty skyscraper. It's getting darker - i look up and there is a giant metal object in the Sky. Time slows to a crawl ... i hear someone screaming over the com ... the object i see is a mech not any but an 80 ton Victor heading straight down assisted by gravity to crush me. My instinct tells me *if i dont move i will get killed*. I bring the arms of the crab up to aim for the Victor slowly crawling up degree by degree ... some laser fire from the side hits the victor to no effect. I align the crosshair and fire everything... Part 2 sometime this weekend or so
playing league of legends no doubt (actually, that is partially the GMs' faults. we were planning an arc that included this story, but the Reuni War campaign sort of derailed that. to be continued at a later date for sure, though)
