>>17316446
Ha! Try and DBZ your way out of that barrage.

>>17316247
>LET YOUR ARROGANCE CONSUME YOU.
>some sort of energy feedback is causing havoc with... just about everything

Well fuck.
Indefatigable: Shut down the emitter!
He's force feeding us our own concentrated reality stabilization and that is causing the problems with your systems!

Damn, Federation tech isn't hard sci-fi, it can't withstand stabilization of that magnitude!

>mfw this is STILL going
It's beautiful.

>>17316446
If that doesn't work...

do these:

>>17315918
>>17315964
>>17315952
>>17316128
>>17316141


= SYNCHRONIZED MAGIC-BUFFED STABBING FROM EVERYWHERE.

Knights, kids and mechs, united as one in the great noble pursuit of SHANKING THE FUCK OUT OF THAT THING.

>>17316446
Yeah, warp core breach would kill us all, trapped with the mist boundaries.

>>17316504
Let's just have that rolling, have the Al'kesh following that barrage, after spending all the missiles they might as well charge in.

>>17316499
>Damn, Federation tech isn't hard sci-fi, it can't withstand stabilization of that magnitude!
Brb, noting down the effects of concentrated stabilisation on different kinds of tech/magic/etc in the The Editors metasetting codex.
(Which is here, fyi: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vkjkNCmjryYBoCSW89Ui30moJS-wKgsAknZVZJbMKH4/edit?hl=en_US )

>>17316539
Have Darius and Guts and the Persona kids ride on the VFs to get them within shanking range.

Then the valks power up the knives with the pinpoint barriers for extra stabbyness.

>>17316523
Guess ejecting the core wouldn't help much at that point.

If this battle fails though. The Inde's orders are to overload the core and go to warp straight down Evils' throat.

>>17316561

You'll still kill us all!

>>17316446
Don't forget the Blaster bombs! :)

Right, with that done, we've got Guts, Darius, Lyla, the P4 kids, Knights Inductor for meatshielding, a bunch of White mages, Abjurers, and Aurors for buffing and support.
These are to directly combat the Evilbus.

The Delta Greens, X-commies, /tg/ recruits, Psions, BLU team, Undead hunters (if they're down here), native japanese resistance forces, Tosh, and Star-Lord are to ensure nothing interferes with the kill team.

The Mechs and Air Force may use their discretion on what to target. Probably just outlying Apostles, since firing on the Evilbus risks hitting friendlies.

Indefatigable, try to land in the Park or enter Orbit, so you're not touching down in the middle of Apostles.

Right, let's get moving.

>>17316561

NO

>>17316578
Yes, if any of use were still alive at that point, along with everyone in that mist-sealed section of Tokyo.

>>17316584
>>17316578
I don't think you read that correctly.

That's the plan for when the battle fails to kill it.
"The Everyone Else has Died or Can't Do Shit" Plan.

>>17316597
Good thing we'll never need to use this plan, since we've got this fight in the bag! Look at all these awesome heroes and strong standing forces we have; we've killed over 95% of our enemy's number. Our victory is certain! Now stop being so negative.

TAKE US TO WARP

>>17316609
Hey, I'm not being negative, just always trying to plan ahead.
If that core breached, we'd all be dead, so if we're all dead, we should breach the core.

>>17316581
The Air Force has knives, remember. Mech-sized knives. Which means knives as big as Guts' sword.

>>17316627
Send them to aid in stabbing when they accomplish the air lift on the Evilbus' face.

>>17316446
A horrible shriek echoes across the sky as huge gobs of flesh are ripped from the monstrosity. Though it caused the shut-down of the Indefatigable, it appears the reality-beam had at least SOME effect.

A VF has grabbed Guts and is standing by, the Al'Kesh is loading up the kids now. Darius and the rest of your ground forces are requesting orders.

Given no order to cease, the Valkyries swing around for another pass while the artillery, destroids, dropships and battlemechs keep up the withering storm of high-tech firepower.

This post has been eaten 3 times.

>>17316638
I kind of feel as if we should just keep shooting at it until shooting at it doesn't work at all.

>>17316638
Have another VF from the same flight pick up Darius.

When the kids are here, we buff all of them and go in for STABBING.

Flight 1 and 3, continue with bombardment. Target the enemy's heads. If you are out of missiles, use the beam cannons and other guns.

rolled 91 = 91

Another barrage soars towards the abomination...

>>17316638
Orders here:
>>17316581
Also, use the Mech-sized knives when the VFs run out of missiles.

We're sending in Darius, Guts, Lyla, and the P4 kids as an attack team, with our Spellcasters as buffing/healing backup, and with some KI to meatshield the Spellcasters and take shots of opportunity.

The rest of the forces are responding to what the enemy does, taking shots if they can, but focusing on keeping the battle clear for the attack team.

So: Form up the Hero attack squad, and get crackin'.

>>17316446
Indefatigable, begin loading quantum torpedoes into the shuttlecraft. If worse comes to worse, we can ram five shuttlecraft full of torpedoes down it's throat before we try overloading the warp core.
Even if we don't get that desperate, launch the shuttlecraft to support the attack.

>>17316671
Wow. So I guess enough firepower -can- surpass the power of Good/Friendship or whatever.

>>17316671
>>17316638
Dear dice,
I take back anything mean we've ever said about you.
Love,
Anon

>>17316677

DUDE.

The shuttlecraft have warp cores too you know!

>>17316687
Exactly.
Peace through Superior Firepower.

>>17316704
Indeed. Or at least the Type-10 does. The other Type-18s do not.

>>17316677
Don't use the shuttlecraft as ammo! They have warp cores!

rolled 80 = 80

>>17316677
The crew begins to comply

>>17316675
Your attack squad is almost assembled, you are merely waiting for the Al'Kesh to return with the Persona users.

>>17316671
One of the IdealEvil's mouth valves is blown off by a concentrated PPC barrage as a huge chunk of itself is torn off by the detonation of a storm of VF missiles. Foul, caustic blood melts away the landscape below the monster as a sea of the fluid flows from it.

"IMPOSSIBLE..." it rumbles. "YOUR TOYS SHOULD NOT WORK LIKE THAT..."

+++Events and observed phenomena from the currently active Transpace Guard units are to be catalogued here: http://boards.4chan.org/tg/res/17316672+++

>>17316750
Believe me, we're just as surprised as you are.
...We're still going to keep shooting you though.

>>17316744
>>17316704
You act like I don't know one of our shuttle are warp-capable.
Please remember to pay attention, the 'ramming' is the suggestion to try before overloading the Inde's core. Also remember that simply destroying a core isn't The Big Boom, it's overloading it with a runaway reaction.

>>17316760
>>17316750

>>17316687
>>17316724
I was under the assumption that the reality beam made bullets, missiles, etc actually work on sues.

>>17316677
I'm quite worried that the enemy will sabotage the shuttlecraft and blow it up on us, if it hasn't already done so.
Perhaps we should keep the shuttlecraft back.

>>17316750
Heh. Right now the Japanese citizens are seeing a bunch of fighter planes and artillery shells exploding a supernatural horror. I bet their support for the UN will skyrocket after this!

Rather than planning suicide moves, note what's currently happening. Concentrated artillery fire is weakening the boss.
Have the White mages, Aurors, Abjurers, and Psions, give as many buffs to Darius, Guts and Lyla as they can.
Have buffs ready to be cast on the Persona team as soon as they land. As soon as the Persona team lands, the fight is on.

rolled 65, 59, 100, 11, 65, 49, 55, 45 = 449

I got a BAD feelin' about da next 8 dice rolls mon.

>>17316830
Your feelings are bad and you should feel bad.

>>17316830
>100
YOU SON OF A BITCH!

>>17316760

>>17316750

Maybe there are horrors that can outsmart us.

But we have yet to meet horror that can outsmart boolet.

rolled 4, 16, 13, 1 = 34

MFW this was playing when I got to the last fight between Guts and Femto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jwnaWq6h-o

>>17316814
Well, that still leaves the other four that aren't warp capable. But that fifth one is the closest Starfleet has to a fightercraft.

SHOOT ALL OF THE THINGS AT THE THING. KEEP SHOOTING.

>>17316446
>>17316671
>>17316750
In honor of these rolls, I bring a goodie posted last night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzXfVgYCxWI

Glorious.

rolled 60 = 60

>>17316750
The VFs are out of missiles and begin to strafe with their gunpods. The Mad-Cats and Hellstars are beginning to overheat from repeated firings of everything they have. The MLRS are actually beginning to run out of ammunition.

"It's like something from those old Godzilla movies, Spike murmurs as checks his weapons. "We about ready for the main event yet?"

The Al'Kesh is on its way, but those viewing the battle notice something... The Ideal Evil is beginning to take less damage from the attacks leveled against it. Then the air begins to waver around the battlemechs and destroids...

"It's counterattacking!" one of the X-COM veterans realizes.

>>17316957
"All planes, evasive maneuvers! Get far away!"

>>17316957
Defensive maneuvers! GO GO GO!

>>17316957
If one of the VFs hasn't picked up Darius, DO IT NOW.

>>17316964
Those planes are tougher than the Destroids with those armor packs. I'm more concerned about the ground forces.

>>17316957
Right. So we've torn chunks out of the thing; that's going to reduce its fighting ability. It's also bought enough time for the P4 team to reach us.

A question: What would happen if our X-com troops tried to Panic attack the monster? It's resisting regular explosives and blaster bombs, but maybe we can get it with a Psi attack.

>>17317030
Get Tosh to fry it's mind a bit.

>>17317030
>>17317046
I would highly suggest we DON'T do that.

>>17317012
Ground forces, prepare for a physical and/or psychic assault. Time to bunker down!

>>17316957

EVASIVE ACTION! EVASIVE ACTION!

All flight capable 'mechs and/or vehicles get out of there!

>>17317046

Let's avoid psionic contact with this thing.

Do we have another capital ship sized reality emitter aboard the Relentless or the Oncoming Storm? If so, shoot it with those.

>>17317083
We have to bring the damn things out of orbit first.

>>17317083
They have them, but they are in orbit, and don't have Star Trek gear installed that allowed us to attempt to juryrig a beam.

>>17317083
>>17317108
The Victory class Destroyer is atmospheric capable but I dont know about the Oncoming Storm.
In either case in the time it'll take this battle may be over. Should we do what we can to get the civilians to evacuate the city? Or at least tell them to start running?

>>17317147
They and we are trapped by the mist.

>>17317108
>>17317083
Ok, so we can't shoot it again.. but we could bring another regular field down.. along with additional firepower.

Relentless: Battle stations. Prepare for atmospheric entry. Hold until we give the word. We're going to have a damnable time explaining you away to the locals, so we're going to hold back, but be ready.

rolled 57 = 57

>>17316957
The ground beneath the Hellstars suddenly explodes in a fiery shower of magma and molten rock. A rift in the very earth swallows the warmachines whole, though the Mad-Cats are far away enough to avoid damage and the Destroids are able to move out of the way before the earth caves in underneath them as well.

The remaining machines expel another round of death before the word comes in. The MRLS are out of ammunition and are beginning to pack up and move back inside the dropship. The Overlord crew is requesting orders. Stay on the ground and support with fire, or lift off?

The Al'Kesh has arrived on the scene and is ready to deploy the kids. The VFs with the other forces are ready to deploy. The final question is this. Where will you intercept the monster?

>>17317175

12000 BV. All gone. In the blink of an eye.

I think the Overlord should lift off. It's going to be *very* vulnerable to crust-shattering attacks. It should fire as much as it can before it blasts off out of range, though.

>>17317175
Fire one round and then fly as high as you can.

>>17317175
>>17317173
Overlord, start packing up anybody that's out of ammo. Continue with support fire.

Tosh, how are your people looking out there?
Win or lose, we need to start packing you up.

>>17317175
Where it is right now is fine.

Right. Buffs on the P4 kids, Guts, Darius, and Lyla. Those people now enter combat against the Great Big Ugly.

Overlord, lift off. Take the Mechs with you, they're low on ammo anyway. No need to get earthquaked and sunk underground.

VFs, enter into a Knife fight.

Ground troops, fire at will, keep moving, stay near cover. Stay near dropships if you can't Fly or Levitate.

>>17317175
>A rift in the very earth swallows the warmachines whole
Ground is super-effective against Steel.
If you're a Steel-type, get the fuck off the ground.

Have the overlord take off, firing every weapon as it goes.

Maybe we should risk using the Inde's reality beam again? We might lose the ship, but it may end up coming down to a choice between it and our entire ground force.

Get those fucking persona kids over here.

Also, ask the farseers if they think this looks like a job for Cheryl Mason.

>>17317262
Some of those VFs will have those people riding.

Hopefully the monster will land soon.

>>17317277
No to the reality beam, firing it might vaporize Tokyo.

>>17317324

How would it do that? Tokyo isn't soft scifi or magic.

>>17317277
>Also, ask the farseers if they think this looks like a job for Cheryl Mason.
Naw. It's the canon enemy of Guts and the Persona kids (from the previous game in the series, but still, Persona kids).
>>17317277
Systems damage on the Inde prevents this. At the moment, its role is basically Flying Brick. See if the Inde's crew can get the Reality emitter (at least) working normally, as in, Not in treknobabble mode. Then they can either drop it on the ground or hover nearby.

>>17317339
A warp core getting blown the fuck up is bad news for the entire planet. The city would be wrecked.

WAIT!

Ask the Spy what he saw in the tower. Maybe it will give us a hint on what to do.

>>17317370
"I saw priceless gems, artefacts, tools, magic, books, weapons, armor ... being eaten by ziss monsteur."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okxdppPhqJ4&feature=relmfu

got some appropriate music for ya.

Hey OP, why is every solution to a bossfight FIRE EVERYTHING? It'd be nice to have at least one bossfight that, you know could be done halfway clever.

>>17317354

Oh...I thought the Inde was in orbit. Is it actually within the atmosphere? I didn't know Defiants could do that.

>>17317354
It's not even a flying brick. It's just a brick.

A brick with shuttlecraft.

>>17317394

Half of the boss fights have been like that. OP has been giving us opportunities to use all manner of different troops, heroes, and tactics.

>>17317394
It WASN'T the solution.
The dice thought it was a funny idea though and rolled with it.

>>17317413
But it always just comes down to "shoot at it more". Why? Because OP wants us to win, which makes for not only boring boss fights, but boring quests as well. OP has got to start fucking with us, or upping the difficulty, otherwise it will get very boring very fast.

>>17317394
>>17317413
The clever part is the planning, footwork, recon, intel, and assassination we do leading up to the Bossfight.
Ultimately, it ends with us having a shotgun pointed at the head of the bad dude, and us pulling the trigger.

Command and Conquer:
Just run away, world's fucked.
Shadowrun:
Teleport in, murder the bitch.
Fallout:
Recon, Recon, More recon, then drop in and murder the fags.
Dark Matter:
THIS WORLD HAS NO BOSSFIGHTS EVER
Horrible crapsack Darth Thermonucleus world:
Was made of bossfight and firing everything. We planned our asses off to get there.
Rivendell:
We talked to Ahriman. So we solved that bossfight with words.
Silent Hill:
Words, then fighting. Always.
Zombies:
It was like falling down the stairs forever. We did eventually win with a massed attack.
Castlevania:
Hero assassination.
Strahd:
Hero assassination.
Japan:
All the missiles.
Antarctica:
Will most likely involve fire and lightning.

>>17317460
Have I mentioned lately how much I love this quest?

>>17317457
Believe me, he is, he has been, and he will be. We just plan properly.
You want an example of us getting fucked?
Read the Zombie part of this world.
Read the Dark Matter world.

This quest is NOT a boring quest, because shit WILL die and we WILL fail if we're not careful. Requiem in pace, Gaunt.
>>17317483
That.

>>17317460
If you want to try and solve the fight with Evilbus with words, go right the fuck ahead. We tried to be clever with the Reality beam, but that backfired HARD on us, and it's only thanks to that that our FIRE EVERYTHING strategy is working.

>>17317175

>>17317457

OP just made a skyscraper split open to release an indestructible giant evil heart that rapes all of our mechs completely without warning. If that doesn't constitute "fucking with us," then I really don't want to know what does.

>>17317500
Oh please.

Even I could smell that the reality beam idea was total crap. It was a friggin' trap. You people couldn't see yourselves being egged on to do the WRONG THING.

>>17317460
I guess you're right. I guess I'm not used to GMs who aren't trying to get a TPK in the most creative and sadistic way they can fathom.

>>17317507
Pubbies gonna pub.

It's like we suddenly got an influx of rambo gung-ho Brazilians suddenly posting in the quest.

Also, we should have sent more people into the tower.

>>17317507
Skyscraper-sized kawaii uguu sparkly rainbow-colored badly drawn rule 63 sonic futanari that dual-wield katanas.
Or he could drop us into THAT GUY world, with orders to preserve the canon that the horrible smelly neckbeared elf-rapists made, instead of ... doing the obvious, and burning the site from orbit.

>>17317531
You haven't tried Magia Revolution or Magia Rebuild, have you? anonymous magica is one of those sort of GMs.

>>17317516
What are you talking about? It almost worked, but we hit a 14. OP's been pretty open minded about some of our crazy strategies. There are no 'herp derp only one solution' situations.

rolled 17 = 17

The Overlord begins loading on the MLRS as the Mad Cats begin a firing retreat towards the flying steel castle. The dropship keeps up its barrage of fire, streaming PPCs, lasers, and missiles at the huge monster for as long as it can while preparing for take off.

The Leopard crew begins to circle the monster like a gunship, firing everything it has while the destroids follow the Mad Cats towards the Overlord, their torsos twisted to allow continued firing on the move.

Your heroes are on their way towards the monster, the decision on where to intercept being delegated to the Al'Kesh crew.

>>17317588
Well fuck.
There goes something expensive.

>>17317588
There goes the Leopard!

VFs, get the fuck away, farther away from the Overlord!

Hope you have Darius and the kids and the two White mage ladies in tow.

>>17317588

>>17317606
Al'kesh crashed.
Damn shame, those things are useful. Hopefully we'll be able to repair it.
Still, the Heroes, and the Backup Buffing Team, should be well on their way. And with everyone else shooting at the Evilbus, they should make it there in one piece.

>>17317547

Heh, now that you say that, I hope these things happen at some point down the line.

This world is a little different from the quest's usual fair, due to it being a "naturally occurring" crossover created by a fictional character who was released into the meta, rather than the work of some horrible suethor. I'm guessing the next few worlds will be more bad fanfiction and mary sues.

>>17317635
We better hope it isn't the Al'kesh, all out heroes are on it at the moment.

This is what you get when you try to sequence break the sorting algorithm of difficulty when it's been telegraphed that you shouldn't.

You people sure couldn't pick up on the hint of JAPAN IS TO BE TACKLED LAST, all the way back, but you people couldn't wait long enough.

>>17317642
I honestly hope we can take a break on one of those green worlds. Have a nice, peaceful stealth/diplomacy mission for a bit before going back into the warzone.

>>17317588
Get the Al'kesh far far away.

We are about to lose the Overlord and Leopard.

>>17317642
Other naturally occurring crossover possibilities are the Terminators and the Combine. >>17317662
>Go to Antarctica
>See world pillar
>Ask SCIENCE!
>SCIENCE! needs a week
>Troops idle
>Japan!
>Do Japan in the meantime y/n?
>y
>Hooray, Japan!

>>17317642
We picked this world. So whether light or hard, and, to some extent, what type, if in our hands.
But we've agreed to hit lighter worlds after this one. We've been getting torn a new one here.

OP is also taking a break after this world, so I guess it's a rest time all around.

>>17317662
The fact that Antarctica was motherfucking HP Lovecraft and tampering with the pillar would destroy the world, -really- makes it seem like final challenge material.

>>17317681

~I am done, I am through, I am just sick of it all./I am tired of the feeders in my stupid game of LoL/Uninstall! Right away! With your 0/15/4!/You're the reason why I never want to play this anymore.

~why are you fighting over mid again/one of you come with me to bottom lane/

~I picked a jungle, now we need a tank/Why'd you pick Nidalee??

>>17317681

Terminators? Skynet has time travel, but I don't think it can hop between dimensions.

I do look forward to making war on the Combine someday soon, though. I just love shooting down gunships.

Do you think the Dark Presence will find some way to send shit to Africa and Australia before we're done in Antarctica?
Or maybe it'll send something to the bottom of the ocean, and say "HA HA U GOT NO SUBS" and laugh as the timer runs out.

>>17317722
I'm not sure if we'll see the Combine.
Like the thing is do we even know what their full army looks like?

>>17317706
OP could like, fuck with us in Antarctica and suddenly Cheryl becomes the avatar of Perfectio and then lol, THE RUINA GET UNSEALED! Oops, we don't have any more mechs to fight their army of evil demon mechs, gg!

>>17317662
It became apparent that the World Pillar was the last stop instead.

>>17317728
I'm pretty sure some of our ships are amphibious.

Speaking of Cheryl, do we have any therapists or counselors on staff?
Sanity is more important than Power, and that only becomes more true the more power a person has.

>>17317747
We are fooked, fooked fooked.

〜(￣▽￣〜) 〜(￣▽￣)〜 (〜￣▽￣)〜

>>17317769
Not yet we're not, but we do need to wait for the OP to tell us what shiny expensive thing got broken.

>>17317741

Of course its not guaranteed that we'll meet them, but ANON mentioned that they are a meta-aware faction, so its very possible.

And no, we don't know everything about the combine, since Gabe won't get off his fat ass and finish episode 3. But that's also true of the Orz, and we met them.

(屮゜Д゜)屮

Why oh why did it have to be tonight that we got a sudden influx of noobs and bads?!

>>17317777
I'm more terrified of the abilities of certain fictional AIs. E.g. Tycho and Shodan, both reality fuckers.

>>17317777
Well yeah, but OP didn't really make any assumptions or explanations for the Orz. Like with the Combine I'm not sure if he could maintain vagueness.
Like how can you fight an enemy with so much unestablished Canon attributes and not just fight an OC version of that enemy?

>>17317813

I think we've seen enough of the Combine in canon media to give them a decent presence in this quest. Especially if you take into account the crab and mortar synths in the Citadel that, according to Valve, made up the bulk of the original Combine invasion force.

>>17317794
Winter break.

>>17317839
And those are based on Xen wildlife. It's possible there are multiple fleets of the Combine that travel from world to world, looting whatever they pass, but that the entire Combine is never in one place together.

Good night.

If you can help it, get one of the VF-25 pilots up to hero status.

>>17317862
After all the awesome rolls we've had with missile massacre, we should get a Hero squadron out of it.
They'll need a spiffy Squadron name though.
And a logo.

>>17317857

Those are based on Xen wildlife? Was that stated in an interview or something? I figured that they were modified natives from other worlds that the combine already conquered.

My impression of the Combine is that they're an interdimensional megacorp that exploits primitive worlds and sells their natural resources. Their army is actually a pretty small, paramilitary force, compared to the actual "national" armies of their society. Basically, the Combine is the Dutch East India company, and Earth is some little tribal island with the misfortune to have gold.

rolled 48 = 48

The various missiles, beams, and cannon rounds impact against the Ideal Evil... and do nothing. In response, a chorus of screams sounds over the comm system and the Leopard goes out of control, slamming through several meatscrapers of the grotesque landscape only to explode a few miles away from the combat zone.

The Al'Kesh swoops towards the giant monster, dropping the Persona Users and their escorts off onto the beast, on a large plateau-like flap of flesh in front of the heads of Erebus. VFs in Gerwalk mode soar by, dropping off the rest.

>>17317905
Crab synths and Mortar synths resemble Golganath and Antlions. You never picked up on that?

>>17317905
That makes a lot of sense. Dose that mean those things that killed Alex's dad were the Bord of Directors?

>>17317917
Persona users, Guts, Darius, Lyla, and their magical buffing and meatshielding backup are all present?
Right! Let's start this shit. Get fightin'.
>>17317926
It wouldn't surprise me. I don't know what the Gman's role in all of it is, though

>>17317924

What's a Golgonath? And aside from being vaguely insectoid, I'm not seeing the crab synth/antlion similarity.

>>17317926

They're whatever runs the company. Board of Directors works, I guess. I imagine their customers and patrons are of the same race, probably.

But anyway, OP is back, so no more half life discussion.

>>17317917
ANON, is the reality emitter field from the Indefatigable still operational?

Have Flight 1 fly over to where the Leopard crashed and search for survivors.

>>17317948
My bad, its name is Gonarch. It's a bossfight in Half life 1.

>>17317917

Ugh...I've never played Persona. What are we supposed to do here?

>>17317992
Heal the wounded, Fight the boss, Buff allies, Debuff enemies, get drinky hat with healing potions.

>>17317905
>>17317917
Keep the VFs nearby. They're equipped with the APS-25A/MF25 armor packs, so they make tanks look weak right now, and even without missiles they've got:

2 x fixed Mauler RÖV-127C coaxial 12.7mm beam guns (mounted center dorsal section in Fighter/GERWALK mode, becomes head turret in Battroid mode)
1 x Howard GU-17A new model 5-barrel 58mm gatling gun pod with retractable cover to provide air cooling for the barrels (mounted ventral fuselage in Fighter mode, in arm manipulator for GERWALK/Battroid modes)
1 x standard bulletproof (anti-projectile) shield (mounted center rear dorsal fuselage in Fighter mode, mounted on arm in GERWALK/Battroid modes)
2 x Remington ES-25A 25mm high-speed machine guns
or 2 x Mauler RÖV-25 25mm beam machine guns (mounted left/right of intakes in Fighter/GERWALK mode, on rotating hip mounts in Battroid mode)
1 x Ka-Bar OTEC AK/VF-M9 Assault Knife, 1.65m, super strong material reinforced by pin-point barrier system (mounted under left arm shield block)
1 x pin-point barrier system
4 x armored heat sinks (mounted two each on the right and left engines pods; includes built-in Phased array radar)
2 x Hachishuu Heavy Industries C-207 high-capacity capacitors to power beam guns, energy conversion armor and pin-point barrier system (mounted one inside frontal section of each booster pod)
4 x RÖV-22 22mm beam machineguns
2 x Otto/Sentinel 57mm anti-warship anti-air rapid-fire swiveling beam turrets with option of autonomous fire (capacitors mounted inside APS-25A/MF25 Armored pack)

I love that knife though. Between that barrier shielded knife and the shield they just seem badass.

>>17318006
Damnit captcha.

rolled 71 = 71

>>17318006
The VFs swoop around to begin attacking an unoccupied section of the Ideal Evil.

>>17317949
ANON: "It is not."

Flight One breaks off to search the wrecks.

The Hero group begins casting buffs and readying weapons for their assault.

The Ideal Evil gathers energy to it, a ball of crimson lightning forming at one of its mouth valves....

>>17318088
Playing tennis with the boss, Go!

I'm too tired to offer valuable suggestions, so I'll just read. I hope the attack goes well.

>>17318088
The Heroes know what to do; they are to attack once they are buffed.

Even if the Indefatigable can't maneuver or fire its weapons, it can still stay in this fight.
Have repairs concentrate on stabilizing the warp core, the shields, and the Reality Emitter. We need its field back up to counteract the Ideal Evil.

>>17318088
Do the buffs include Persona magic?
Because 'makarakarn' reflects one magic attack.
If they don't, have the Persona users cast it on each other immediately.

>>17318088
Have Yosuke guard, he's weak against Electricity!

>>17318130
Well, they should be able to launch the shuttlecraft shortly, those'll help add to the firepower against it.

rolled 23 = 23

>>17318088
The ball of red energy explodes, crimson lightning cascading over the battlefield in a great arc towards the Overlord. The mighty dropship's armor holds against the attack, though two of the Destroids are caught in the area of effect and detonate. The rest make it aboard safely, the Mad Cats arriving and the next to be loaded.

As its enemies on the broader field retreat, the focus shifts to those heroes in front of it...

>>17318088
>>17318088
Introduce that valve to 57mm anti-warship beams while the Heroes ready for battle and brace themselves.

>>17318168
Oh dear. Evasive and defensive maneuvers immediately.

>>17318151
It's not about firepower, it's about making what firepower we have actually work.

Without a reality field, the reality distortion that the Ideal Evil generates will prevent any damage from our mundane weapons.

rolled 15, 90, 87, 70, 37 = 299

>>17318168
Balls.
Well, I suppose it can't ALL go well, but our mechs are dropping like flies! Poor mechs. :(
How are you feeling today, random number generator?

>>17318180
Indeed.

Well people, do we want to bring the Relentless down?
Considering all the strange ass shit going on now, I'm not sure the contamination risk is that high anymore. A lot can be written of as just craziness by the time the Evil Combo God appears starts bending reality to this extent.
And that reality stabilizer might just make the difference. (Also it might need to pick up the Inde)

>>17318234
I don't know exactly how reality stabilisers work, but can it work even outside of the Inde?
We could get a Shuttle with it, might work.

>>17318234
The Indefatigable is already on the surface.
It had to land due to failing systems, and we told the captain to not fire the second reality beam shot.

>>17318242
Whether it can be loaded on a shuttle depends entirely on the size and power draw of a capital ship-grade Reality Emitter.

>>17318242
With power and such they can work as stand alone units, but the ship based ones are just that. Doubt a shuttle can power them.

>>17318168

If any of our heroes have any actively defensive moves or spells they can toss up, now would be a good time.

So close... Sorry everyone. I have to call it again. I'll try to be on tomorrow for a bit before evening, but... I dunno.

>>17318328
Enjoy the holidays.

let use re roll the don't lose all our hero roll and we won't hold it against you

>>17318328
Yeah, it's going into holiday time. We'd understand if you couldn't make it.
In fact I'd probably prefer it, I'm probably going to be busy with family stuff, and late evening I'll be preping food for Christmas.

Thanks for the game man.

>>17318354
>>17318350
Thanks.

Yeah... Well if I don't end up showing tomorrow, I'll post this now so people know. TG Quest will be going on break until sometime in January. Probably the fourth.

Meet back up on Monday?

>>17318383
>>17318384
So not Monday then.
Alright OP, we've greatly enjoyed the game, so if you need time out for the holidays, you certainly deserve it.

>>17318383
Same time, right? 8PM EST?

>>17318451
If I manage to make it on tomorrow I do not know when I'll be.
>>17318406
Glad to hear it.

>>17318406
Seconded.

So, are you guys fucked or what? Did you screw up?

>>17318618
Not so far.
We suspect we lost more mech, sadly.
That's going to be costly to replace, but with SRW stuff out there we can't afford to go without a mech force.

>>17318618
Judging from our rolls, we should have risked the Inde firing again, the next roll was high enough to have saved the day right there.

But that's hindsight for you.

Regardless of whether or not OP shows up between now and the fourth, I think we should have a plan in mind for how to deal with GigaEvil. So, planning tiem?

>>17318679
There's no SRW stuff out there.

The VF-25 pilots will probably gain Hero status if we can get them to shank Evilbus with their mech-sized knives.

Guys, perhaps those of you still lurking this thread could hop over to the previously-linked thread at >>17316672 so we can fluff the setting some more and give OP and ourselves more story elements to play with. I want more stuff to work with for setting writefaggotry!

Also, anyone in here a drawfag? We need an official Transpace Guard image or an Institute logo or something official looking and snazzy to have on our uniforms and stuff. Also, for OP so quest threads are easily identified for those who just scroll randomly.

>>17319896
SRW might not be in our specific sector, but that doesn't mean that similar threats aren't in our sector. And there's still the large reality distortion bubble that was making a beeline for our sector that the TSAB detected. We have no idea what that is.

>>17319896
>>17321335
You forget that detonation of a STOB in our sectors started this mess, and numerous other mentions of SRW by OP as well.
No, we've got to maintain our mech force.

Also I think our VF squad may have earned hero status already, we got four bouts of epic missile massacre rolls out of them durning this operation.

>>17321382

Maybe not hero.

Elite-status might be better.

A few more rolls and they might earn the right to bear the heritage of "Skull".

Bumping this. I shall return by 8, I believe.

>>17323078
I will be waiting with bated breath, OP.

Waiting on OP...

>>17322102
>>17317902
The Wild Skulls?
The Skull Cards?
Hm..
Aces & Eights?

Oo, how about the Aces of Eighth Squadron?
Nah.. hmm.

Love those armor packs.. Ironwing Squadron?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9F8Y8kebDo

Ah, Christmas. If there is one thing about you I do not love, it is being randomly drawn to clean up after your immense maelstrom of mess.

I'll be back in probably ten minutes, sorry for the delay, gentlemen. You could really help me out and make this go quicker if someone could compile a quick list of who exactly is in the "Hero Force" so I don't have to pick through the thread to make sure I have everything down. Normally I wouldn't ask, but I'm pressed for time.

>>17323883
Hero Squad:
Persona Kids
Guts
Darius
Lyla, Elaine, Unnamed White Mage (I assume she got revived when Elaine cast Raise)
All Psions and Abjurers
Squad of KI (with Silencers)

>>17323914
We were having Star-Lord coordinate the fighting, but maybe we should have him in this group too, since we equipped him with another First Age sword and he has prior experience fighting this kind of concentrated evil/horror.

>>17323883
Let's see:
Persona Folks
Psions.
Abjurers.
White Mages.
Darius.
KI.
Guts.

With the KI focusing on supporting fire and keeping the mages and such safe so they can keep the heroes buffed and fighting.

VF-25s staying nearby and keeping fire on other sections of the Evil Combo, offering support/cover to the hero group as needed.

Also, with the Leopard down, I vote we go along with this:
>>17318234
And have it start tractoring downed machines in so we don't need to linger after the fight clears the fog.
Can't leave bits of mechs, a Leopard, or the Inde laying around.
So have it come down so that the field may help a little in the heroes' battle while everyone else starts cleaning up and packing up, not much more they can do now. Meanwhile the Relentless takes up the role of keeping the Acolytes out of the park.

>>17324005
Actually, I just checked, and the Relentless being a Victory II-class means that it doesn't have atmospheric entry capability.
It's only the Victory I-class that can perform atmospheric operations; the Victory II lost that ability in exchange for faster speed and more weapons.

Back. Again, sorry for the extended wait. TG Quest is loading...

Quick! Are we bringing along Star-Lord or not? I am voting yes, because with the Voiceless Spear out of the fight, and the Nameless Sword currently not in use, Star-Lord is the only other person wielding a First Age weapon, and I'd like to see some First Age Double Attacks going on.

>>17324025
Starships of the Galaxy says the Victory-II is atmosphere capable.
Hell, we picked that class because it was atmosphere capable.

>>17324069
He's in an airborne Overlord at the moment, difficult to transfer him.
Tosh would be nice too, but he's out running the resistance with the BLU team.

>>17324072
Wookiepedia says no, however.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Victory_I-class_Star_Destroyer
>The following Victory II subclass retained the wings but lost this atmospheric ability.

>>17324069
He wasn't down, he survived the attack and we had White Mages right there to heal him on the way to this fight.

>>17324082
>wikia
I see your problem right there.
I'll stick with the printed book's opinion, thanks.

rolled 34 = 34

"All right, this is what we'll do. We'll..." Darius begins to say, falling into a combat stance. Guts roars a battle cry and charges towards the two headed form of Erebus protruding from the Idea's mass. "...charge in without a plan," Darius finishes.

"The pilot that dropped me off said 'Who dares wins," Lyla says, throwing up another Wall.

"Let's hope so!" Chie says, summoning her persona and directing it to attack as her companions do the same.

The Knights Inductor don't waste any time in opening up with a hail of bolter fire to cover their allies as everyone with melee attacks charges. The Psions Abjurers, and White Mages weave a protective wall of magic over those brave souls...

>>17324193
What's the status of the Indefatigable? Are they able to get back into the fight by routing auxiliary power to their reality emitter?

>>17324193
>We make plan
>OP: Choo choo
>Thanks OP!

>>17324204
They're shut down and grounded at the moment.
Last we heard from them they were going to launch shuttlecraft to help with the fighting, with a few quantum torpedoes loaded in the back just in case.

>>17324221
What are you talking about, sending the heroes in was the plan. We had just dropped them off and they were starting the attack with a roll of 23.

>>17324236
That was just a plan from a single anon, which was roundly rejected by others.

The only confirmed information is that they are landing somewhere, and that many of their systems are offline.

>>17324221
See:
>>17318168

>>17324221
We never gave them a plan beyond "mages buff the fighters, KI act as meatshields, go and charge the boss".
So they did pretty much what we told them to.

Not having a plan beyond the vague 'hit the enemy boss till he's dead' is our fault, not OP's.

>>17324266
Incorrect.
>>17316750

>>17324284
Nah, he's gotta be trolling, no one on the command crew is that obnoxious.

>>17324193
Final battle time. Time for some music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YktxnlvqGhU&feature=related#t=0m19s

>>17324193
Watch yourselves and watch each other's backs as well.
This is going to be some crazy shit.
Keep on your guard and strike any openings you see.
Mages, do what you can to keep the frontline rolling.
KI, keep the mages safe and provide supporting fire.

VFs, blast the hell out of the sections that the heroes aren't in. Keep its attention divided.

>>17324293
So you launched shuttle craft with quantum torpedoes that we probably won't use, when the engineers could have been working on getting the Indefatigable's reality emitter back online in order to aid the Heroes in the boss fight?

>>17324362
Those aren't mutually exclusive.
However, the Inde's crew believed it was no longer capable of contributing to the fight.

rolled 31 = 31

>>17324193
>Rewritten because I forgot I already had that roll of 80

Gut's initial strike cleaves open a huge gash in Erebus' shadowy form that swiftly begins to mend itself as Darius charges in with Ringil and does the same, slicing through one of the creature's horns while the Personas flank it. Volley after volley of bolter fire crashes into the monster and it lets loose an ethereal howl. Its eyes flash and a chilling wind blows across the assembled fighters, sapping their strength.

>>17324362
Type-18s still have three Type-V phaser emitters.
And the Type-10 has those three plus two micro-torpedo launchers.

>>17324372
So you're implying that they shouldn't even attempt to fix the reality emitter?

>>17324389
I'm not saying that the shuttles will be completely useless, however their usefulness will be limited because the Indefatigable's reality emitter won't be operational and weakening the Idea of Evil and Erebus.

rolled 49 = 49

>>17324378
Guts is suddenly thrown back as a fleshy tentacle from the Idea punches him with bone crushing force. Another tendril of bloody flesh, looking like a detached blood vessel separates itself from the living heart and grabs a Knight Inductor, tossing him off its body to plummet hundreds of feet below with a scream.

The twin heads of Erebus roar and a pure orb of dark energy begins to grow before the assembled heroes.

We need to get some holy bolter rounds.

>>17324378
My sense of honesty compels me to note that was the night before, not last night.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17306889/#17308940

>>17324404
Even if the Indefatigable is grounded, if it can get the reality emitter operational, its field should still be large enough to encompass the Idea/Erebus.
Have the Inde get the reality emitter back online as its number one priority.

Have the psions try to set up an Intellect Fortress to protect against Erebus' attack. White Mages, cast Wall and ReRaise. Abjurer's a lesser Globe of Invulnerability.

>>17324418
Scratch that last part about the Lesser Globes of Invulnerability.
Have the Abjurers cast Magic Circle Against Evil on themselves.
The Area of Effect should encompass all of the Heroes and give them bonuses against the incoming attack.

>>17324362
>>17324401
Are you implying that the efforts of engineers is required to load and launch shuttlecraft?
Anyway, let it drop, we're dealing with the hero fight at the moment while the rest of our toys get picked up.
At least the Relentless' field seems to be helping the heroes' weapons to affect the damn beast.

rolled 89 = 89

>>17324404
A storm of fleshy vein-tentacles erupts from the 'ground' to wrap around Guts, pulling him down as the surface below him begins to form into some kind of mouth... or other orifice.

"YOUR HATE... YOUR SUFFERING IS SWEET. GIVE IT TO US. FUEL OUR FIRE..." the voice urges as Guts struggles to break free. "ONE WITH RAGE HOT ENOUGH TO DEVOUR THE WORLD, YOU BELONG AS PART OF US."

The massive vein-tentacles branch and taper in some areas to points needle-thin. These are busy attempting to pierce into Guts, probing his armor as a few of the ends begin to graft themselves to his neck, turning the flesh crimson where they touch.

>>17324434
Good idea.

>>17324437
Support Guts! You do NOT want him as an enemy!

>>17324437
Guts! Rip and Tear!
Darius, help cut him free.
Elaine, Esuna of Guts, cleanse him of whatever that thing is attaching to him!
Mages and such: >>17324434
>>17324418

>>17324437
Still advocating these two:
>>17324434
>>17324418
Have Darius help Guts out, Elaine casting Haste on Darius.

>>17324467
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXyh_FbIia4

>>17324437
Shit, we should have had one of the Abjurers cast Feather Fall on that one KI that got thrown over the edge.
Maybe there's still time?
With 3 Abjurers casting Magic Circle against Evil, that'll create 3 10-foot spheres of Protection from Evil, and the 4th Abjurer can still cast Feather Fall.

>>17324490
MAKE IT SO!

>>17324437

Guts has much rage and hate. But it is not YOUR rage!

Support Guts, free him from the tendrils. Have Lyla cast Esuna on him to purge any demonic taint that may be left behind.

Guts, get SUPER PISSED and RIP AND TEAR.

>>17324490
Immediate casting time for the win.

With that note, I'm off for Christmas Eve dinner.
Be back later. Stay alive!

>>17324404
>>17324503

Amend that order. Have Elaine heal/Esuna Guts, have Lyla and that other white mage bombard the heads that are gathering the dark energy orb with many Holy spells.

rolled 21 = 21

>>17324434
>>17324418
Oh. Then consider this my Christmas gift to everyone. Ho ho ho.

>>17324414
Your spellcasters begin working on the appropriate buffs.

Darius turns to help Guts break free, slicing through several large bunches of the tendrils with Ringil. That is all the support Guts needs as he rips free of the rest with his own strength, fury in his eyes.

"Don't lump me in with you shit-eating monsters!" he snarls. "My anger is mine! If you want it, you can have it, but only when when my sword slams it through your battered corpse!"

The attached tendrils blacken, wither, and fall away from him as Elaine casts Esuna, cleansing Guts of whatever the Idea tried to infect him with.

The Knights continue to shower the shadowy form of Erebus with their bolters, the monster's regenerative and damage-deflecting capabilities pushed to their limit from the barrage and broken as the Personas exploit openings created by the ceaseless attack. Large chunks of solidified shadow are carved off from the monster, and all the while the dark orb grows larger...

>>17324514
Stay the course. Pain incoming.

>>17324514
3 Abjurers cast Magic Circle Against Evil, try to get everyone within the effective radius.
1 Abjurer instant-cast Feather Fall on the falling KI.
Lyla and Unnamed White Mage cast Double Holy Attack on Erebus.
2 Psions cast Intellect Fortress to create 2 20-foot spheres of telekinetic force, and 1 Psion casts Wall of Ectoplasm between Erebus and the Heroes.

guess we used up all our good luck on Griffith...

>>17324536
>>17324514

Quick question. Can Abjurers create any Anti-Magic fields or such?

If so, then perhaps one of the Abjurers not casting protective spells can help negate the huge dark energy ball attack by centering an anti-magic field on it. Or a Magic Circle against Evil spell centered on the orb.

>>17324565
Antimagic Fields are centered on the caster, and only in a 10-foot radius. He would have to charge Erebus for it to be effective.
The Magic Circle Against Evil requires that the caster touch whatever the Circle will be centered upon.

>>17324586
>>17324565
We also need to know what the current level of our Abjurers are.
They got a level-up from Raccoon City, which would put them at Level 9 (unless it was a greater boost than a single level). That would make them still incapable of casting Antimagic Field, since that's a 6th Level Spell, and they can't cast spells of that level till they're L11.

rolled 94 = 94

>>17324536
The Magic Circles are already up. The Wall of Ectoplasm is opaque and putting in between any of the combatants and their target will effectively pull them from the fight. The Intellect Fortresses go up as planned, halving all damage from psionic sources.

>>17324512
Lyla and the nameless mage both summon Holy on the dark orb. It seems to shrink a little in size, but still continues to grow despite the bombardment.

One of the Abjurers manages to cast Feather Fall just in time on the space marine that falls. He will survive but cannot help in this battle. All four Abjurers are occupied by casting the spell this round, nullifying what would've been an instant death attack for four of the space marines when more vein-tendrils rip from the fleshy hide of the Idea and cast more soldiers of the Imperium into the air. As even more tendrils begin to erupt from the 'ground', the attacks on Erebus falter for a moment as your troops stop to destroy the threat around them.

Erebus utters a shrill shriek from its twin mouths, and a gigantic bolt of lightning crashes down on Darius, dropping the mighty marine to a knee.

The dark orb begins to crackle with power, seemingly about to burst...

>>17324620
Have the Psion form the Wall of Ectoplasm into a sphere around the ball of dark energy to try to contain it.
Have Elaine cast Cure on Darius to get him back into the fight, and Lyla and the Unnamed White Mage cast Holy again, but this time targeting Erebus. Maybe they can cause Erebus to lose control of the ball and have it explode in his face.

>>17324586
As an emanation that affects an area, Sculpt spell can be applied to AMF, letting you place it in the manner you are thinking of.

The caster would have to be level 13 for that, though.

>>17324620

Lyla! Nameless White Mage! Weave your Holy spells together and direct the hugely magnified stream of holiness to Erebus!

Like the FF4 cutscene where the seeming-final boss gets bombarded by Double Meteor.

rolled 91 = 91

>>17324608
Still only level 9.

>>17324620
>>17324645
With extraordinary reflexes, one of the Psions throws up an Ectoplasmic Wall around the dark orb before it detonates. This quick move, along with the weakening of the orb earlier is enough that the resulting explosion of dark deific energy only wounds everyone fighting, though the resulting injuries are rather serious. Darius himself barely avoids death, weakened as he was. Elaine manages a Cure at the last moment to restore him to health before the attack goes off. It is almost certain that without the wall to contain it, there would have been casualties.

Guts roars a battle cry as he brings his sword crashing down on one of Erebus' heads, the Dragon-Slayer cleaving through shadow as if it were solid flesh. The creature roars and shakes with fury as that head shatters and explodes into a dark mist before fading, leaving a stump behind.

>>17324686

Have Elaine distribute cure spells all around. If any of the Persona cast have any curative spells, have them help Elaine with damage control.

>>17324686
Elaine and Nameless White Mage on healing duty, first on Guts and Darius, then yourselves; don't bother with topping everyone else off, just enough to keep them stable and in the fight.

Lyla, show Erebus the Holy that disintegrated two vampire lords!

Darius, back up Guts.

Abjurers, see if you can scrounge up a Bull's Strength for Darius and Guts, and a Bear's Endurance and Cat's Grace if you've got them.

>>17324721
White Mages, use some Crystal Chronicles style casting and fuse your Cures into a Curaga and heal everyone!

>>17324721

Seconding this.

If Elaine or the other nameless White Mage think they can spare the MP (taking into account any future devastating attacks), have one or both of them combine their Holy spells with Lyla's.

rolled 26 = 26

>>17324721
>>17324686
>>17324675
The blazing column of Holy burns away a chunk of Erebus' shadowy form as Guts continues to cleave into the monster. Elaine and the other mage begins to cast Cure on the Black Swordsman and Darius.

Darius charges forward, leaping up surprisingly high to bring Ringil through the neck of Erebus' other head. As before the head explodes in mist, leaving a stump behind. The chest of the shadowy beast begins to peel back, exposing an ebony heart, a beating replica of the Idea of Evil.

The Abjurers have already cast those buffs on Guts and Darius, so they are cast on the Personas instead, further boosting their superhuman attributes.

Still not dead despite being headless, Erebus screams without any mouths, a huge column of fire erupting on the battlefield, reducing a single Space Marine to a melted puddle as his brother leap out of the way.

>>17324782
>26
Damn, all White Mages on damage control. Start with Cures.
Abjurers, fire Magic Missiles if you have them at Erebus' exposed heart.
Psions, start Casting Deceleration on the tentacles on Erebus to debuff them.

>>17324782
By Nobylan and Mitenun, that's not good.
How the hell is the Ideal Evil still standing?
Is anyone on the ground in range to fire a few shots into the gargantuan enemy - if only to distract it for a moment? Also, how go the VF-25's knife fighting techniques?
I really wish Char were more useful, but alas, Chars gonna Char.

You'd think a few Blaster Bombs and Panic attacks would be on their way to the Ideal Evil right about now.

rolled 53, 34, 61, 56, 15, 35, 92, 22, 36, 33 = 437

Asking the dice how they feel today.
Dice, you feeling normal?

>>17324850
Bad news, everyone. The dice are feeling extremely "36 or below". Brace for damage.

>>17324782
>>17324822
>>17324840

That heart is probably the weak spot of the beast.

White Mage crew should probably be ready to heal up a storm.

If anyone has actively defensive moves, they may want to brace for impact

>>17324884
Lyla's still working on Holy spam, yes?
Nothing quite like the hand of God to lay low your enemies.

>>17324782
Do any of the Persona Users know Tetrakarn, Makarakarn, and/or Tetraja?
Because if so, they should start casting them immediately.
Also Recarm and Samerecarm.

rolled 58 = 58

>>17324782
Erebus leans forward, sweeping at your troops with one massive claw. A wave of dark blue energy washes over the assembled opponents, severely wounding everyone as it both chills the bone and melts the skin. Four space marines are consumed by the attack, writhing in agony as their armor, then their skin, then their flesh melts into nothing. After a few moments, it is as if they were never there. Even to those who live, the pain is enough that their attacks momentarily cease. Only Guts and Darius manage to continue attacking, and their assaults are batted aside by the monster's claws.

A card appears in front of Yu Narukami, the protagonist of Persona 4, depicting a heart. He touches the card and his Persona vanishes, replaced by a beautiful woman in revealing clothes with large horns. She gestures and everyone's wounds begins to seal, healing them to full health.

>>17324921
Well, don't just stand there. Keep cutting away bits of monster until the monster runs out of bits.

>>17324921
By 'it is as if they were never there', I take it that those KI can't be Raised.

If Yu was able to get everyone healed, then it's time to:
Lyla and the White Mages, spam Holy on Erebus!
Abjurers, fire all of your Magic Missiles at Erebus' heart!
Psions use Decelerate on Erebus!

>>17324921

Attack the HEART for MASSIVE DAMAGE.

Have the White Mages buff Guts and Darius with Haste if they haven't done so already.

>>17324921
Ishtar eh?
Am I glad to see you.
Bit of a shame that we've reached the point of Deus Ex Machina though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hHLffIE4w&feature=related

Have the VF-25's in concert, tank some of the physical attacks with a powered-up and magic-buffed pinpoint barrier.

Have the VF-25's hack away any tentacles with their oversized knives when they can.

I am thinking have one of the planes get magic-buffed and shank the monster's heart too.

>>17324951
Switch that to 1 Psion hits Erebus with Decelerate, the other two use Energy Bolt (Electricity) aimed at Erebus' heart.

Oh hey I actually get to participate in one of these.

So I don't know much about the Idea of Evil, but Erebus in P3 can be beaten down, but not defeated or killed permanently. It had to be sealed to prevent it from reaching Nyx and ending the world, and that required the World arcana.

Getting it down to 0 hitpoints is one thing, but we need to think about what happens AFTER that.

>>17324987
It should have negative HP by now, the way our mechs tore chunks out of it.

>>17324987
I'm not entirely sure if the Idea of Evil even had a corporeal form, so it's safe to say that Ebon Night is breaking all the rules.

rolled 54 = 54

>>17324968
Three of the VFs peel off and begin to head over to the hero-fight area, transforming modes as they go.

>>17324951
>>17324822
A barrage of magic missiles soars towards the monster's heart along with the energies of two more Holies. The combined energy blasts the heart, causing it to shudder and crack. Its beats begin to speed up frantically as the Idea's surface begins to shudder.

>>17324840
The VFs and X-COM fliers have managed to carve out huge swathes of the creature's flesh while it is focused on the hero battle, but its massive size keeps it in the fight. The VFs have only lost two fighters during this time, both to the pilots suddenly and inexplicably seizing up and crashing into the ground at top speed.

Guts and Darius leap for the heart, but both are stopped by huge bunches of tentacles that sprout up from the ground to restrain them. Undeterred, they begin cutting through as the Psions use Deceleration to hinder the movements of the other tendrils.


The remaining space marines begin to take aim at the heart, the shots that land blasting holes in the things as cracks begin to form in it.

Erebus retaliates by spewing dark mist from the stumps of its necks...

>>17325013
Holy the dark mist, wall the shadow and frog blast the vent core.

>>17325013
Psions, use Walls of Ectoplasm formed as spheres to contain the incoming black mist.

Abjurers, continue with your Magic Missile barrages, unless one of you has an Acid Arrow spell readied.

Lyla and the White Mages continue with your Holy attacks.

>>17325013
Check if the pilots managed to eject. We should be able to see two dudes with winged armor flying somewhere.

>>17325013

Have the Psions wall off the neck-stumps with Walls of Ectoplasm.

rolled 95 = 95

>>17325033
The Psions comply. The flow of mist is slowed and lessened, but continues, regardless.

>>17325013
Three space marines, the nameless white mage, a psion, and an abjurer all suddenly gasp and fall over, dead with no apparent cause. Lyla and Elaine attempt to drive back the mist with Holy, but it vanishes of its own accord shortly after.

Mass after mass of tentacles begin to rip free from the Idea's body and restrain your troops, trapping soldier after soldier, hero after hero, until no one is free. Then the VFs arrive, dive bombing the area and transforming into mech-mode to stab at the damaged organ. One of the VFs is torn apart as huge vein-tendrils emerge to physically rip the mecha apart, but the other manages to break free with a clever application of the pinpoint barrier. It throws its mecha-sized combat knife at the heart. The gigantic blade impales Erebus and severs the heart from its body, the cracked, leaking, and shaking vessel rolling forward to tremble and quiver on the fleshy ground.

Then Ishtar vanishes, the tendrils trapping her fading back into the heart as Yu touches another card, straining through the fleshy cords holding him.

Izanagi reappears in front of Yu before soaring towards the damaged heart, jamming its polearm into the damaged organ. The blade pierces the heart of darkness and explodes, causing Erebus to shriek in pain before falling limp and slowly starting to melt.

>>17325100
"Hey, Yu! I guess you're a real heartbreak-GAH!" Yosuke is cut off as the Ideal Evil speaks. The crimson sky begins to flicker back to its normal state as the fleshy outgrowths covering the buildings and ground begin to recede.

"YOU... HAVE QUELLED THE ENERGY... WE USED... WE RETURN TO... SLUMBER... DISCARD THIS FORM... BUT WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT WE WILL RISE. YOU CANNOT KILL US. WE ARE A PART OF YOU... GOOD... NIGHT."

With that the huge heart-form begins to wither, grow black, and disintegrate, with everyone still perched on its body as it falls apart...

>>17325100
Fuck yes.
And it only took pretty much everyone who wasn't a Hero.

>>17325100
Have Elaine raise the five fallen if they can.

Also, keep an eye out for anyone ejecting from the VF cockpits. They look like they would be wearing a winged suit (the EX-Gear) if they did.

>>17325108
>>17325100
Al'Kesh, get in there for an emergency pick-up!

Lyla, Elaine, try to Raise your compatriot, and then the three of you try to raise the others.

Remaining Knights, one of you see if you can recover that VF pilot's body; we might still be able to Raise him or reboot his brain back on the Storm.

>>17325108
Have the remaining VFs catch the falling people. Anyone who ejected --and should be wearing the EX-Gear suits as a result -- should help out.

>>17325124
Only two can be raised in the precious seconds the White Mages have. They choose to resurrect their comrade first, and a nearby Psion second, not having the time to look for the others.

The Al'Kesh swoops in, accompanied by the rest of the VFs in Gerwalk mode, and a group of the X-COM Veterans who actually flew up this far. As the ground falls apart around them, and the heroes of the day follow it, they are caught, one after the other, by mecha, soldier, and dropship. Only the dead fall to the ground below. Not a single person is lost to the unexpected calamity.

>dat 95.

The Storm records the receding of the mists over Japan, and indeed, everywhere in the world save Antarctica.

The voice of the Ebon Night reverberates in your mind once again.

"So... you managed to defeat my... little brother..." he whispers. "I did not expect such a... relatively bloodless victory. Transpace Guard..." the voice rumbles. A tone of menace enters it. "You... and your troops..."

"...can go!" the voice finishes. "You have served your purpose well enough. Leave."

>>17325123
>>17325108

Also, check to see if any of the Hellstar pilots managed to eject to safety.

>>17325172
Nannybag the dead troops. We should be well within the recovery window.

>>17325172
...Is there even a purpose here beyond your own entertainment? There isn't, is there?

>>17325172

I guess Ebon Night and Ideal Evil didn't really get along with each other.

>>17325172

"Did you ever stop to think what you call the Meta is? Did you stop to wonder WHY so many stories become 'real'? Or are they fantasy to you even now? The Hawks were not the only ones resonating with that last test, but a blind dog will still bite, I suppose."

>>17325172
The mists over Tokyo are gone!
Have the Al'Kesh (and the Indefatigable if its transporter arrays are online) do immediate site-to-site transports of any dead that we have directly to the medical bay of the Oncoming Storm for the med-techs to place the fallen into the reconstruction tanks for attempted rebooting of their brains.

Also, see if the Mad Cats, or at least their pilots, can be detected and beamed out.

Did Flight 1 find the Leopard and any survivors from it? We will need to recover that wreckage quickly.

>>17325195
>Also, see if the Mad Cats,
Whoops, no, it's the Hellstars that got sucked down into the earth.
Check to see if they can be recovered.

>>17325190
"There is always a purpose. Always a reason. The Grand Experiment continues, seeking the truth behind truth, unraveling the puzzles of the planes, and crafting the Answer though it be made from the blood and bones of a million-million subjects. I merely... enjoy my work."

>>17325195
Your workers begin recovery operations, aided greatly by the sheer chaos the receding mists have caused.

>>17325172
Alright, time to get to Antarctica and ice that pillar with Cheryl.
Right OP?
>...Anon, tomorrow is Christmas, I can't do this tonight.

I'm pretty sure the P4 protagonists are gonna have a loooot of questions.

>>17325177
At this rate, it's like we should install EX-Gears in the Destroid and Battlemech cockpits and train the pilots to use them, I guess? Though EX-Gears mean that you have to modify the cockpits so that the suits can work as cockpit stick-and-pedal controls.

That, or we give them some kind of modified Marsec armor instead of EX-Gears.

>>17325195
>>17325172

Have our remaining Leopard and the Al'kesh do a sweep around the area for ejected VF pilots and ejected Hellstar pilots. Also, see if there are any survivors from the crashed Leopard.

Get a status report from Tosh and the rest of the rebels. How are they holding up?

>>17325194
Ebon Night can blather on all it likes; we've got a job to do.
Recover everyone, living and dead, from Tokyo. The dead go straight to the reconstruction tanks for attempted revival.

We still need to recover the crashed Leopard. Hopefully it can be repaired to fly again.

Get a status report from Tosh, see how the remaining Apostles are being hunted down.

>>17325195
Did you know that we only have about only THREE med-techs on the ships?

That's why someone suggested recruiting Dr. Han among the Racoon/Riverside survivors.

>>17325222
Sorry, Anon, I've got enough juice to wrap up Japan and its aftermath, but the world itself is going to have to wait.

>>17325235
The ejected VF pilots should be fine by themselves. They should probably be on their way back since the EX-Gears can fly.

>>17325237
>>17325235
The Apostles have all vanished with the retreat of the mists and death of their god and leader.

Well, all that's left is Antarctica.

>>17325172
Hopefully during the fighting the Relentless already came down to apply its emitter to the area and clean up, but if it hasn't, have it come down and start tractoring in any large pieces of mech. The Indeo and Leopard as well if they can't manage to lift off again soon. Overlord land, VF-25s help with recovery and load onto the Overlord.

Aurors! Remember that ward to keep people out we used at the other Battle of Tokyo? Break it out again, we don't want people over here.

Tosh! How's your status? Spread the word about avoiding the park. Hazardous chemicals and such. Clean up crews are enroute.

>>17325238
We have more medical personnel than that.
What we are lacking are named Hero-level medical specialists. The Indefatigable and Relentless still have full medical departments, and the Oncoming Storm would still have its Meta crewmembers.

>>17325172
>>17325194
>>17325220
>>17325246

>>17325270
Hero-level medical specalists, like the dudes from Trauma center/Trauma Team and Dr. Black Jack, right?

>>17325283
Yes. The kind that can take our Treknobabble and SCIENCE! Schlockverse medical technology and do WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?! with it.

See if we can recover those VF pilots in time to nannybag them. Their VF-25s should still be intact though, they are tough enough that a low altitude crash isn't going to break them- particularly with the armor packs on. So at worst we have two-pilotless VF-25s.
Hope we can patch them up though, all the VF pilots were CREDIT TO TEAM today.
So was the captain of the Indefatigable, he was willing to go down with the ship to take another shot at the Evil.
Even if they don't get hero status, they'll earned some names to call these awesome folks.

>>17325294
Franken Fran would need to be kept on a short leash.

There's also Heaven Canceller from the raildex verse.

>>17325303
The VFs aren't shredded, but they are damaged enough to warrant heavy repair. Smashing into the ground at super speeds will do that.

>>17325256
"I'm fine, mon. Jus' got to get to de ship."

Yosuke looks around the hold of the Al'Kesh.

"So... now what?" he asks.

Guts sighs and leans back.

>>17325317
I am not endorsing Fran, by the way. It's just that her image was appropriate.
Doctor Todd "Lazarus" Lazcowicz is a better choice, since he's already familiar with the Schlockverse medical technology we use.
And since he has already died in Canon, we can 'recruit' him like we did Pellaeon.

Epic throwing knife maneuver is epic.

IN HONOR OF THIS ACT, THIS PILOT RECEIVES THE ZOLOMON RINGO AWARD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0MmvBDNpDA&feature=relmfu

>>17325362

>>17325100

Throwing knife dude, you might just shape up to be as great as Zolomon.

>>17325294
My vote has been for Dr. Todd 'Lazarus' Lazkowicz, the rogue UNS researcher that was the Tough's original researcher and purveyor of the Magic Cryokit.

But I've been thinking about it, and it might be better to swipe a copy of the Magic Cryokit's data and holo-doctor instead. Easier too. The original Doc stayed dead of a head wound during an indoor firefight, though I have thought of ways to nab him properly.

>>17325351
"Now...well, first things first. We need to get you all checked out, and get all of our people and equipment recovered.
"We can discuss what happens after that."

We can have Lyla, Elaine, and the Unnamed White Mage (I think she deserves a name by now) can get some rest on the Al'Kesh, especially as the temporarily deceased personnel have been beamed up to the Storm. We should also beam the other three White Mages to the Storm, so they can try using Raise to revive the living impaired, then we'll try technological revivification.

>>17325371
NEVER FORGET.

>>17325351
>Yosuke looks around the hold of the Al'Kesh.
>"So... now what?" he asks.
>Guts sighs and leans back.

Oh.
..
Shit.

>>17325389
>>17325351
Well fuck.

Quick double check of local world's internet, we confirmed Persona is fictional here yes?

Shit, we need them to come with us. Guts definitely isn't supposed to be here.
Now.. how to explain that to them?

>>17325371
>>17325362

ACHIVEMENT UNLOCKED.

>>17325351
Ask the Persona kids if they want to join our group.
Offer the same to Guts, or a ride home if he doesn't want to stay with us.

>>17325383
There are four unnamed white mages.

>>17325412
Yes, there are four Unnamed White Mages, but only one of them has been sticking around with Lyla and Elaine.

>>17325351

Since the Persona cast and Guts don't belong here, would you guys think that it's safe to let them know that they don't belong in this world?

Well, Guts probably knows that right off the bat. But the Persona cast may not. At any rate, we could any help in repelling Ebon Night, and Guts and the Persona cast would at the very least fill in gaps created from the loss of our troops here. If they agree to fight for us, we can also mention that we can return them to their native canons, if that is what they want.

>>17325409
No joining, we've either got to get them home, or confirm that they a doubles created by the crossover event.. then ask them to join.
Same for Guts.. we can't leave him here.

Guts is most likely going to want to get back to Casca, And the Persona cast will want to get back to their friends.

>>17325403
OP: Confirmation on this?

>>17325430

True, but we can't leave this canon until Ebon Night is fully dealt with. As such, they may be cooling their heels in this world for a while until we fix this universe.

But as long as they're waiting, they could vastly improve their chances of returning home by coming along with us and helping us accomplish our mission here.

>>17325418
I have to agree with this guy >>17325422
We need to find out if the Persona kids are from after the game ends, or before. If they're from after the game ends, then we can recruit them. Otherwise, they need to be returned to their home Canons.

Guts needs to be returned, though we may need to observe what exactly happened with Griffith, since he's not supposed to be dead in his home Canon.

After talking with them for a bit, you manage to learn that the kids are from late-game Persona, but not post-game.

>>17325433
Confirmed.

>>17325422
>confirm that they a doubles created by the crossover event.
>doubles created by the crossover event..
>doubles.
>>17325422

>>17325467
How about Guts?
I mean we kind of killed Femto and the Idea of Evil himself.
Will they be waiting for him should we bring him back?

>>17325467
Okay, so it appears that we will be returning them to their home Canon, and we can have HQ and the Scout Corps check out them out to see if they're doubles or not.

Right now, we need to recover our equipment and personnel.
How many of our dead personnel whose bodies survived were we able to revive?

Does the Leopard look like it can be repaired to fly into orbit under its own power?

>>17325389
>>17325351
"Oh dear."
Cough.
"It seems we'll need to come clean with all of you. As we've been cleaning up this mess, generally everything went back to normal.."
Turn to the Persona cast.
"..Remember when we asked you if anything seemed odd to you in particular before?
As you might guess, our friend Guts here is a bit out of place here, as was his enemy Griffith and the Idea of Evil.. which was merged with your enemy Erebus.. both of which aren't native to _this_ Earth."
Pause.
"And neither are you."
Pause again.
"We had thought that you would be returned to your worlds as well when the Evils were defeated.. Now it seems we need to return you ourselves."
"That is, assuming that this event didn't, erhem, duplicate you. In which case, one version of yourselves never got pulled from your homes, and is still living out their lives."

>>17325507
No, we don't need to go into detail like that. At all.

We can get away with just >>17325383
There's no need to tell them anything more. Let them wonder, but don't tell them anything.

>>17325507
we could try to be a leeeetle bit more subtle than that.

(Also, on an incredable nitpicky note, the P4 cast never fights Erebus, their BBEG was Izanami-no-Okami)

>>17325535
We didn't tell them anything other that a more typical 'multiple worlds' sci-fi sort of thing there.
And we have to tell them something, since we are kidnapping them and keeping them on our ship after this, I'd rather have them think they understand something and bring them along willingly that worrying about any of them being violent about it.

>>17325535
Yes this is more sensible.
>No sad piano moment as the Persona kids realize their lives are now being lived out by doubles

>>17325544
Argh, does this mean there's another cast running around?

>>17325557

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4C1ZQKmw4&feature=fvwrel

>>17325562
Gentlemen..
What is the people in this post were all correct?
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17239971/#17259291
..Fuck.

>>17325535
>Points to >>17325383
>That post doesn't actually suggest anything in regards to breaking the news.
You have failed to offer an alternate solution.

>>17325616
That's because the idea is that we don't break the news. We don't tell them anything other than we're going to discuss it after we have all of our equipment recovered, which should take the rest of the day, and get them checked out by our medical team, which could eat up more time.
Then we'll only tell them that we will get them home but that it will be a bit to arrange everything.

There's no need to tell them anything beyond that.

>>17325590
ANON: Take those upgraded sensors you have and see if we can spot any mild distortions or irregularities in Tokyo now that the mists are gone.
We're looking for any other foreign canon elements left behind.

Chances are that they are all crossover copies, just like everything in that last linchpin crossover hell.

>>17325634
>which should take the rest of the day
We gave the order to start gathering our shit up before the last stage of the battle even started. We aim to get out of here quickly. We're tractoring up the big bits and having the VFs grab the rest. Infantry already grabbed their dead and wounded when they loaded up.
We don't lollygag here in the Transpace Guard.

>>17325668
How do we get to the Hellstars, which are buried in the ground and can't be beamed up because they're too big?

>>17325693
in pieces, unfortunately

>>17325668
The Persona kids aren't going to see our recover operation. How are they going to know how long it takes? It's not like we're going to let them off of the Al'Kesh to take part in the recover op.
We can stall them for a minimum of a day and a half, probably closer to two days. Then we just tell them that it'll take more time to arrange their transportation home.

>>17325693
Turns out the Defiant-class does have one cargo teleporter.
Once we get it running again we can beam them out one by one. Do site to site to the Relentless, let the machine shops see what can be done.