Great Emperor Invicta

[srwu_npc]

(This occurs during the Screaming Souls mission)

Suddenly, Earth has been transported to a weird alien dimension - the Kijin world. A gigantic multi-armed creature has manifested in Earth orbit. The Kijin Emperor Invicta is here, unleashing his armies upon the world. The time of humanity has passed and it is time for the Kijin to take what is theirs.

Except that humanity will not take it standing.

Comm lines are in chaos, the TSEN is malfunctioning - but whatever forces could arrive in time have thrown themselves at the giant emperor and his minions. UN Spacy's ships and VFs, various mobile suits in differing stages of being outdated, as well as more familiar faces.


"Let's go guys! Time to show our juniors what's up!"

"Why are you so eager to die, Randy?"

"Ah... Tamaki..."

Team Dobermans are there, giving their all. So is a certain mobile suit ace in his custom white unit. So is the Chimera's representative and the Chaos Leo. And on the sides of the battlefield, trying not to draw attention but fighting just as hard as everyone else, one may spot a group of customized Gespenst Sterbens and a squad of TSFs marked with a certain emblem.


And the most unbelievable thing - is that despite the enemy's huge size and superiority in numbers, the Kijin are getting pushed away. Even the Emperor is getting wounded, small explosions forming on his giant form.

Now is the time to aid fellow humans in their struggle for survival! Members of Unity Group, give your all!

(This is a combat log, and following enemies are there to be fought:

Majesty - centaur-like kijin clad in black armor, wielding lances or swords and large tower shields. They are tough and fast.

Shadow - black catlike kijin with glowing red eyes and four spiked tails. Very agile and hard to hit. Can also teleport.

Luminous - flying kijin with dragon heads, bodies of a centipede and four mantis arms. They can breathe fire and shoot out energy waves from their arms, also explode if killed.

Haze - larger than the rest, they look like tattered cloaks with the person underneath missing. They can teleport, fire off energy blasts, and drain energy at a close range. These are the most rare but also significantly more powerful than the rest.

All kijin are M sized except Haze which are L.)

Comments

[actuallyselfish]

"Watch out, guys!"

Dido's been taking hits from two Shadows that've been spamming their teleport ability to avoid getting hit. ShelLancer launches several volleys of Arc Thorns that pepper the ground around it in a circle, like scattered Dragon's Teeth. "If they keep moving around, then I'll attack everywhere!"

She raises ShelLancer's repaired lance. "3,2, 1..." Lightning arcs from her lance in a curtain, spreading to each Arc Thorn. At the same time, she fires a spherical burst of Shell Flak from her unit's armor. " Hail Hell Storm!"

[star_of_sad]

Haaaaa!

[Virgola moves through the battlefield at full thruster power. Taking advantage of the Shadows being shocked by the lance, Setsuko thrusts the Glory Star carver at one of them.

The physical blade extension makes the weapon go right through, slicing the damaged kijin in half.]

There's more, a lot more!

[actuallyselfish]

That Kijin crumbles to the ground in proud Kaiju tradition.

"Heck yeah, there are!" Dido groans. "Just once I'd like to meet a group of large strong supernatural beings that are universally friendly and gentle! That throw tea parties instead of conquests!"

She glances left. "Watch out, Setsuko! Centaur-Kijin coming in!"

ShelLancer Shell Boosts it way towards the armored Kijin, ramming into it's tower shield! The two units push against each other, and ShelLancer's getting slowly shoved back! "Agh...Help?"

[star_of_sad]

They're called... ah, nevermind that for now!

[Calm down, Setsuko. In fact, the Kijin struggling against ShelLancer means it's more or less still - a perfect target for flanking.]

Deep breaths...

There!

[From the side, Setsuko fires a physical round at the creature's head! It causes the Majesty to roar in pain, including its shield actually opening up - revealing a toothy mouth! Which too gets shot next.]

[actuallyselfish]

Dido follows up Setsuko's volley of rounds by shoving her Lance into the toothy mouth, Private Hudson style.

"Lance Shock!" The Majesty, despite being pretty much dead, convulses in place before it collapses.

Dido gasps for breath. "Fudge-skittles...there's no end to them!"

[star_of_sad]

Yes, but...

But if we end here! Then humanity is done for!

[Setsuko tries to catch her breath as well. Her eyes already scan the area for more enemies. Will this ever end?]

Because I really couldn't help myself.

[broken_frightener]

[It seems that Dido and Setsuko may get a little more time to do so as weaponsfire hammers into a Majesty. A group of ACs seem to be providing some assistance. The lead machine, a seemingly more well armed unit than its fellows was flanked by a pair of more unique looking units. Interestingly enough they all bore the same emblem on their machines.]

[star_of_sad]

... Ravens? No, they are different.

But who?

[Setsuko ponders loudly. Still, no time to focus on allies' identity during combat. Any relief is welcome!]

[actuallyselfish]

"The heck?" Dido blurts out. "I'm not one to complain...but who are these guys?"

She zooms in with her unit's cameras, taking a gander at the lead unit. Does it have any distinctive features? Say, a scarf made out of parachute fabric?

[broken_frightener]

[From what you can tell Dido, while similar to the the rest of the ACs accompanying it aside from the two at its side it looked a little more robust. Like it was the DODS Rifle to the DODS Gun that its lesser variants were. As for distinctive features... while you don't see a scarf you catch a flash of pair of swords that would be more commonly seen on a TSF than on an AC. In fact aside from the Melee Halberds its weapons overall look like more advanced versions of the Pale Rider's! Could it be..? Text soon flashes across screens.]

-Frightener Lead to Virgola and ShelLancer. Taking point and pushing the line forward. Watch our backs.-

[star_of_sad]

G... Glory Star, roger that.

[The questioning stare Setsuko gives Dido (over the comms) says it all.

What the heck?]

[actuallyselfish]

Dido follows the guy's advice, warding the AC's flanks with Arc Thorn barriers.

Dido shrugs in response to Setsuko's stare, but opens a comm channel to the lead Frightener.

"...Leos? If it's you, just say so! Don't be a Drama Queen!"

[broken_frightener]

[With their flanks taken care of the Frighteners move in to melee with the Majesty, the lead three hammering it with enough fire for the others to get around it, draw their own hook-like blades and lashing out with them at the Centaur-Kijin's legs to take them out from under it. The moment it stumbles the heaviest of the three lead ACs lowers its twin cannons and repeatedly bombards it with plasma until there was nothing left. Dido has an open comm, but no visual feed. Her reply wasn't audio either.]

-Thinking words is faster than talking in a fight. And reunions shouldn't happen when they are either.-

[star_of_sad]

It's really him...

[A really wrong place for a reunion, this one. But Setsuko has other things to worry about now - others gave her enough breathing room to deploy the Glory Star.

She stands still, her Carver charging up energy - before unleashing it in a giant beam, sweeping over the enemy ranks.]

[deathflag_survivor]

[And who would've thought that something would happen so soon to make the Lady's Good Men and that Crossgate toomfoolery pale in comparison? Certainly not Albhard...]

Watch yourselves!

[The Grungust dives down to rescue a couple unlucky souls from a Shadow and lets its Doomblade swing. The cat-monster would be able to dodge such a telegraphed attack, but-]



Adios!

[The Soleares decloaks close by, beam whip ensnaring it to let Albhard take it down on another go around! There's a long ways to go though before the battle's won though.]



I wonder if this anything like what Professor Shirakawa dealt with. We've certainly got a giant on-hand.

[a_louse]

Did anyone order a giant?

[Suddenly a nearby Majesty gets hit by a chain anchor, Sudden Impacted and shattered to pieces.]

...I admit, in comparison to the enemy leader Big O looks more like Small O. But if he thinks that'll stop anyone, then he's gravely mistaken.

[prismphantom]

That's the spirit, Mr. Negotiator!

[The Soleares hurls out its boomerang, the weapon winking out of existence, Blade Railgun shots forcing more of the Majesties to worry about defending themselves from other attacks, right before the Stealth Wing decloaks and cleaves through one of them!]

[gravitons]

[Out of the blue, space is sliced open, forming a wormhole. The Granzon suddenly emerges, catching a Shadow that was attempting to flank the group by surprise and running it through with the Worm Sword.]


Sorry about that! Looks like the lady with the alien hair's pretty serious this time. But since she dismissed us, we'll just work here instead...scarecrows or not.


...That is how it is. Professor Kouzuki's Eishi are skilled enough to handle themselves.

[Shu uses the impaled Shadow as a projectile, swinging the Worm Sword and hurling the enemy into a Majesty to knock it off balance, after which both are finished off by a well-placed Gran Beam.]

[prismphantom]

I am NOT a scarecrow! And I'm more useful to Selena than you are to Shu even!

Now now, Elma... put your money where your mouth is, because we got more company incoming!

[Specifically another Luminous. The Soleares's Stealth Wing comes zooming around to it again, catching the Kijin from behind before splitting up into its swords again and falling into the AS's waiting hands.]

Perfecto, Elma!

[Selena takes advantage of her opening to charge by and deliver two more slashes, cutting down the target.]

1/2

[keep_your_dignity]

[The instant that the Earth shifted dimensions, all of the Graveyard Mistletoes, energy hypersensitive entities that they are, panicked the hell out. So where most people needed a few minutes to believe their eyes, the half dozen Executors in Alhambra, previously under Kagura, deploy within thirty seconds and clash with the Kijin forces, Sergeant Allensby taking charge in the absence of their normal commanding officer. Soon the rest of the Alhambra forces join the fray and explosions fill the air and ground.]

2/2

[keep_your_dignity]

[And where's Kagura? On the ground, hiding behind rubble, crying in frustration as she understands exactly what is going on and who is almost certainly responsible... and knows she can do fuck all about it without getting herself killed. She can't speak, she can't manipulate a communicator anyway, she's tiny, she's useless - broken, broken, broken. What bloody good have all the hours, days, weeks, years rigorously improving her mind done for her when her body fails? At the end, she's nothing more than a broken Mistletoe.

Shouts bring her out of this reverie, however, as the Kijins break through nearby and the security teams take defensive positions, even with their chances not looking very happy. She should hide. Even if she managed to do something, she would almost certainly kill herself doing it anyway. Going out there would be wasting a valuable Graveyard asset to help conserve much more expendable Unity resources. The large battle is going well, these things would get kicked out when the dimensions shifted back. It's just a matter of minutes.

And right now Kagura, hands trembling in frustration, doesn't give a rat's ass about all that. It's not even about helping the people in there anymore, not completely. Normally, Kagura would have no problem with biding her time - but that would be her choice. This is no choice. This is cowering. Her infamously cold mind is starting to boil with the weight of uselessness, humiliation, self-shame, and above all, stubbornness.


Major Kagura doesn't just play by the hand the world gives her. If she did she'd be dead. She punches the world in the face and steals whatever extra cards she can grab while it nurses its nose. She chooses.

And so, she flies out of her hiding spot, standing in front of the approaching Kijin with a long needle held like a pointing sword, glowing and crackling in a very clear message - get the fuck out. Kagura is still the most powerful generator Graveyard ever made, powerful enough to make a Minovsky generator look like a cheap LED light, and the air hums around her. She can't actually USE any of this power anymore, note, not without killing herself, but she's banking on the fact that the kijins can feel power of this kind, are kept cowed by their rules through power, and are, to put it mildly, not very bright. It's just a bluff - a bluff to get them to back down for a bit and give other people time to gain positions... but the way the tiny eyes glow, it's a pretty convincing one]

[whats_a_good_end]

[Color Ana fooled too, as the Breaker's trying to hold off mooks with shots from its Fracture Rifle only for a sudden spike in energy readings.]

-M-Major?

[jianai]

[The Majesty hesitates. What is this weird sensation? But then the kijin notices it comes from a tiny fairy - and charges, trying to impale Kagura on its lance.

Except, it doesn't. The tip even touches Kagura's body, but bounces off it harmlessly.]

Major Kagura!

[And here's the reason why. Ren stands in a side corridor leading to a safe area, eyes closed and arms spread wide, a flower of red blood sprouting on their chest.]

Now is the time. Unleash your power!

[Only it seems Ren too believes Kagura has some kind of secret weapon here...]

[keep_your_dignity]

[Oh fuckdammit. Bloody amateur mistake. She forgot what she has to work with here. These are not her highly trained Executors with an ability to pick things up. These are a pile of morons and they ate the bait better than the actual enemy did.

Well then, time for plan B. She may be less fast than she's in her suit, but she still can damn well bait and read one of these dumb creatures. With luck the Unity idiots will catch on after a few seconds. So as a second stab comes by, Kagura floats to the side, throws her needle at the armored helmet challengingly (which does a very light "clink"), and flies inbetween the much larger Kijin's legs well out of its reach. Welcome to why quadrupedal shapes are a pain in the behind]

[jianai]

I'm sorry. I didn't actually...

[The wall behind Ren crumbles down.]

"Get 'em!"

"Alright! I'll show you the power of an ordinary pilot!"

[A squad of mobile suits crashes through it like the Kool Aid Man. Genoaces, Daughtresses and other outdated units cover the kijin with a swarm of weak physical bullets and beam spray gun blasts, but the barrage is unrelenting. Finally, a spiralling DODS Gun shot pierces through the Majesty, putting it out of its misery.]

"Could it be? My first kill!"

I didn't actually mean that for you, Major Kagura. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[keep_your_dignity]

[Kagura floats lower, breathing very heavily and clutching at her chest. That burst of speed back there did not do her any favors. She directs a glare at Ren that seems to say "took your bloody sweet time".]

[jianai]

Mr Drace and friends came here as fast as they could. Please do not blame them.

[Ren walks in closer and speaks in a conversational tone, despite the bloodstain on their chest.]

But, I'm afraid this isn't over yet, is it? Far from it.

What do we do now?

[keep_your_dignity]

[Kagura takes a couple seconds to wheeze, looking at Ren with a hateful face. Then she points at two of the units and points towards the targeting field outside. She does the same pointing one to the front with two covers, two on the left, and so on, very quickly. Kagura has the entire area memorized by heart because she's a paranoid asshole, so she can make a suggestion for defensive positions in seconds. Of course, whether someone will bother to pay attention to something so small that were it not for the fact that to the sensor arrays right now she looks like a mini sun of an energy spike nobody would have even seen her is a different matter entirely]

[jianai]

Ah, that's a good plan, isn't it?

Hey! Did you see Major Kagura's plan?!

[Ren waves widely at the mobile suits, trying to get their pilots' attention.]

I suggest following it, she usually knows what she's talking about!

Somewhere in the Pacific...

[ships_full_of_missiles]

"Captain! Enemies have broken through the first defensive line!"

"Engineering is reporting a total failure of the TSEN device!"

"The enemy count is in the hundreds!"

When it rains, it pours, huh...

[genericprotagonist]

[Indeed it does. Gipsy Danger's out there too giving as much support as it can. This was with great difficulty though. The Shadows refused to stay still from the gargantuan machine's attacks, the Luminous either flew out of reach or exploded whenever the Jaeger nailed one and the Majesties were tough enough to survive getting stomped or punted. At least once or twice. Its taken its share of hits but the rangers at the helm refuse to relent.]

This is Gipsy Danger! We're moving to assist!

[They storm forward through the Kijin, delivering plasma filled fury from the left and brutal swings of the massive whiplike blade on the right.]

[ships_full_of_missiles]

Rodger that, Gipsy Danger!

[There's some chatter on the bridge.]

Yes, sir it is legal...Rangers! Head to point E-36 and hold back the enemy! Do not allow them to penetrate the second defensive line and do not advance from your assigned position, do I make myself clear!

[genericprotagonist]

Understood. We'll hold the line.

[An unspoken agreement between himself and Mako as the pair sent the Jaeger into a run, plowing through any enemies that got in their way before standing their ground. Tearing a trench behind them as they came to a stop.]

"None of you will make it past us."

[Raleigh's eyes narrowed in focus as Mako uttered the words in a tone of absolute determination. Both arms had readied their blades and lashed out with them at every Kijin within reach. Anything caught as the blades were more limber would find themselves both cut and swung away. Anything facing them as they pulled into shape would simply be carved open. Still... they were but one machine in the defensive line. Anything too quick for them to strike was halted by the others and delayed for them to attack.]

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[reactorhead_russians]

And one of the machines on the defensive line plants it's feet in the turf, spiked crampons sinking into the ground, anchoring the robot in place. A gruff feminine voice speaks up. "Roger. Cherno Alpha will hold the line."

The Mark One Jaeger slams its massive fists together and lets out a foghorn roar. As one of the Majesties charges in, the Jaeger with a cooling tower head twists its waist and utterly crushes the Kijin's face with a high right hook!

"Poyek-hali!"