Blood & Dust - A Post-Apocalyptic Pseudo-Western Character RP
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Aegis had found a pile of compressed junk and scrap for it to sidle against for cover, or rather, something it could use for cover when it would require it. It was moving with a methodical approach, suppressing fire as it moved out from cover to get into its weapon's most effective range, standing near that cover in case the volume of fire he would sustain would be too much for his armor to bear. To that end, it was not really moving with its own safety in mind, certain that it could shrug off a few bullets if it was necessary.
"Understood, focusing fire on target with military grade weaponry." Aegis states, before it cocked its head at Diplo running through the hail of gunfire to grab one of the thieves. It paused for a moment, lowering the barrel of its gun at an angle just a bit. "Synthetic unit would appear to be attempting to self-terminate. Continuing previous procedure." it says coldly, opening fire on the GEH carrying the Force Gun.
Malin continued to stay behind Aegis and only momentarily broke out of cover to fire five shots at the Force Gun GEH.
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Eagle pulled back the bolt and chambered another shot. He fired at Vega one more time, hoping to finish what he and Jasper had started.
Shit! Veronika thought to itself, ducking its headunder buckled armor plating of the defuctional vehicle as gang unleash a volley of awesome firepower on Aegis's comrades.
Veronika took an spit moment to weigh it's options on the situation. Wondering if it was the best course to randomly sgin up into this gang of Mercenaries and supposed "lawmen".
After all, aegis isn't the most self aware individual all things considered. Veronika also wondered if this venture was even going to be worth it with risks such as this.
But, as it's thoughts of doubt and self preservation bouncedim Veronika's metal cranium. Thanks sight of one Aegis falling in the heat of combat triggered something deep in the droid's archaic programming.
And almost immediately, Veronika found itself rushing to the fallen individual and performing emergency medical treatment on the individual with the tools on hand to both stabilize him and to get him back into the fight.
Mariuz stared open mouthed as the thief he shot turned around and did...that to Slade. What the fuckkkkk kind of gun is that guy using? He was happy enough with getting a great shot off on him, seeing the blood splatter against the truck behind the bandit, but the guy just won't go down. Mariuz quickly chambered another round, smelled in the sweet smell of lead and powder, and fired off another shot at the guy.
Boombox lines up his shot one more time to try again.
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The molotovs hit their target, but there were some GEHs that were not burning still. Roadrash’s circles around, molotovs ready, to correct this mistake.
Masterson quickly took cover near Eliza, after witnessing what that force gun had done to Slade. He had never actually seen one in use before, but had heard about them through Jasper. Apparently Union forces issued them to some of their men in the field. The shot from one was enough to easily shatter bone and destroy internal organs through the concussive impact. Jasper had also said that it could easily blow a robot to pieces at point blank range on a full charge.
He took aim at the leader yet again, firing off a shot. Eliza cycled her lever action and fired off another shot at the one she had been shooting at on the left side of the trailer, whom seemed to be finishing attaching the trailer to the truck.
Jasper, nearby, switched his aim to one of the other grunts near the leader and fired off another shot. Hoping to put one of them down and thin their ranks.
"Listen up punk!" He muttered menacingly to the entrapped GEH, "You've got a real pretty face, I'm a real sucker for pretty faces. Help us out and I'll make sure that your pretty face stays attached to that pretty little head of yours."
Chance: 1/10
Roll: 2
Result: Failure
Hidden Trait: Discovered!
GEH Hidden Trait: Overwhelming Strength - GEHs are able to perform feats of extreme strength!
Counter-Attack: Engaged!
Damage: 50x2 (Genetic Perfection) = 100 Damage
Result: Diplo HP = -25
Additional Result: Player Incapacitated.
The GEH which Diplo grabbed, Nick, was not particularly amused. With a jerk, he snatched one of his arms lose, grabbing Diplo by his gun arm and jerking him clear over his sholder onto his back in front of him. But it didn't stop there. He reached down, grabbing him up by one of his legs, before twirling around and smashing him back first into the edge of the trailer. There was the sound of metal clanging against metal along with a sickening crack, almost as if Diplo's metalic spine had been broken.
Nick then grabbed the leg with both hands, before twirling once again and releasing. Sending Diplo sailing through the air like a disc into a stack of cars not too far away. The stack wobbled, before eventually collapsing on top of him.
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"Synthetic unit would appear to be attempting to self-terminate. Continuing previous procedure." it says coldly, opening fire on the GEH carrying the Force Gun.
Aegis: 3
ATK Damage: 18
Target: Richard
Result: Richard HP = 96
Aegis fired off another burst from his SMG, aimed at the GEH that had just eliminated Slade. The shots peppered him, cracking and shattering the bits of armor across his stomach. But still he remained standing.
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Malin continued to stay behind Aegis and only momentarily broke out of cover to fire five shots at the Force Gun GEH.
Malin: 8
ATK Damage: 88
Target: Richard
Result: Richard HP = 8
The five shots fired at Richard brought him to his knees, ripping through what armor he had left and forcing him to drop the Force Gun for a brief moment.
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Eagle pulled back the bolt and chambered another shot. He fired at Vega one more time, hoping to finish what he and Jasper had started.
Eagle: 7
ATK Damage: 42
Target: Vega
Result: Vega HP = 67
The shot from Eagle's rifle punched through the armor on Vega's thigh, hobbling him a bit. He wouldn't be running very fast from now on.
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Quickly getting to work and performing emergency medical treatment on the individual with the tools on hand to both stabilize him and help get him back into the fight.
Revival: Success!
Result: Slade HP = 37
With her medical expertise, she easily revived Slade from his incapacitated state. He still had a cracked sternum and some broken ribs, but he'd be good enough to fight for now.
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Mariuz quickly chambered another round, smelled in the sweet smell of lead and powder, and fired off another shot at the guy.
Mariuz: 3
ATK Damage: 27
Target: Richard
Result: Richard HP = -19
Additional Result: Enemy Eliminated
Mariuz's shot was perfectly centered, piercing Richard's remaining chest armor and punching clean through his heart before ripping out the back. Blood splattere across the ground behind him, before Richard fell over. Dead.
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Boombox lines up his shot one more time to try again.
Chance: 2/3
Roll: 1
Result: Failure.
Yet again, Boombox's shot missed the tire, hitting the dirt next to it.
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Roadrash’s circles around, molotovs ready, to correct this mistake.
Chance: 2/5 each.
Rolls: 4, 4
Result: Success, Success
Additional Result: Nick, Max, and Vega cannot attack this turn. Damage is also taken from the Molotovs. Nick HP = 212, Max HP = 210, Vega HP = 47
The molotovs explode near their targets, lighting three of the GEHs on fire.
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He took aim at the leader yet again, firing off a shot.
Masterson: 2
ATK Damage: 20
Target: John
Result: John HP = 436
The shot from Masterson's revolver collided with one of John's shoulder plates, bouncing off in a shower of sparks.
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Eliza cycled her lever action and fired off another shot at the one she had been shooting at on the left side of the trailer, whom seemed to be finishing attaching the trailer to the truck.
Eliza: 10 (Crit Roll: Successful!)
ATK Damage: 180!
Target: Max
Result: Max HP = 30
The .45-70 sounded off again, its shot zipping through the air and hitting Max in the right side of his chest. It punched clear through the armor, hitting a lung before bursting out the otherside. Max remained standing, though. Barely. And he was certainly struggling to breathe now, especially as he continued to struggle to put out the fire climbing his clothing.
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Jasper, nearby, switched his aim to one of the other grunts near the leader and fired off another shot. Hoping to put one of them down and thin their ranks.
Jasper: 8
ATK Damage: 48
Target: Lionel
Result: Lionel HP = 126
The .308 ripped through Lionel's left arm, throwing his aim off a bit at the group. He gritted his teeth, bearing it and soldiering on.
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ENEMY TURN
John: 6
Target: Malin
DEF Roll: 6
Result: 60 Damage, Malin's HP = 40
John took careful aim, attempting to pick off the woman hiding behind the large police robot. Once satisfied with his aim, he fired off a shot from his laser pistol. The red bolt darted across the junkyard, hitting Malin in the left side just under her heart. The hot laser burned through her clothing, exposing a large scorched portion of skin beneath her breast.
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Lionel: 5
Target: Veronika
DEF Roll: 11
Result: 44 Damage, Veronika HP = 31
Lionel fired off another burst of hot orange, this time aimed at the group's medic as she tended to Slade. The shots hit her back, melting holes through the armored plating.
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Once the fires had been put out, Max finished hooking the trailer to the truck. It was good to go! "I-Its...*wheeze* Its ready! *cough cough*" he sounded off in John's direction. "Fucking finally! Get on the truck! We're getting out of here!" he said, before darting for the semi.
Once he had arrived, he climbed up into the driver's seat as the rest of the GEHs either climbed onto the back of the semi itself or onto the trailer where the container was.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kAGtpJrsA
JUNKYARD BRAWL
OBJECTIVES:
Eliminate the Thieves
Eliminate as many thieves as possible before the truck escapes.
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"Those fucks are gonna get away! Time to step the FUCK UP, BOYS AND GIRLS!" spat Eliza, popping up as she cycled her lever action once again. She took aim at Max once again, determined to put his ass down for good.
"Take 'em out! Don't hit the container!" sounded off Masterson, as he fired off a shot aimed at Nick. Jasper grunted, taking aim once more in an attempt to finish off Vega.
Aegis had been firing intently, yet the shot that whizzed past him and hit Malin was cause for alarm. It had only the simplest understanding and evaluation of identifying wounds, yet it could tell that the damage that was inflicted was a bad one.
"Cover not suitable for proper protection, criminals attempting to escape. Unacceptable." it states, gradually stepping out of cover. "Stay behind me." Aegis says to Malin, throwing its left arm off of its weapon as he trudged through the scrapyard without fear. Forearm locked into a vertical position, it balled its fist and pumped the arm downward, a loud metallic locking noise and low hum emanating from it as projectors beamed to life. The arm was now sheathed in a bright blue field of energy that formed into a solid barrier.
Aegis Subroutines activated.
"Surrender now and your death will be swift!" Aegis broadcasts as it starts to unload into Max just as his escape was in sight.
"Heh! Dumbass..." mutters Roadrash as he watches Diplo get tossed around like a broken toy. Though now the truck was starting up, and while his molotovs did take care of the thieves, they'd be useless against the truck. Still, he had one card left to play. Remembering the train fight from earlier, he sped up towards the front of the truck and tried shooting out it's front tires.
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"Shit, homie! Get your head back in the game!" said Boombox as he slaps his head, frustrated and trying to focus. If he can't shoot the tires out, then perhaps he can shoot the driver. Hopping around stacks of cars, he maneuvers himself until the driver's side of the truck was visible, and took aim one more time.
((Pour one out for my nigga Diplo))
Malin almost dropped her gun as the pain caused her to back away and fall to the ground. She clutched her skin and cursed through her teeth. "Fuck!" Even though she was hurt she wasn't going to let the thieves escape. With one knee in the ground and one foot planted steadily she raised her right arm and fired off another salvo at the truckdriver.
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Eagle pulled back the bolt of his rifle once more. He observed how the GEHs were scrambling to escape from the junkyard. He grunted and shook his head. Not on his watch. Instead of pulling the bolt forth he inserted a special bullet. It was a low-yield explosive anti-personal bullet. He inserted the projectile carefully into the chamber and closed it up. Click.
He pulled the trigger, aiming for the two GEHs inside the cabin.
Mariuz watched the bandit fall over, dead. Fuck yessss, he smiled to himself as he chambered another round only to look up and see the truck starting to take off. FUCK. You're not going anywhere motherfuckers. He looked around to see his compatriots firing at the cabin, hoping to hit the driver. He aimed for the driver as well, and shot, hoping one of those bullets would hit.
Veronika was staggered by the impact of the volley into it's back, the crude armor plating and salvaged hard-vest had partly gave way to energy bolts as they made contact with one another.
The force of the attack threw Veronika into the ground, hard. However, Veronika was overall unshaken by the burns to it's outer body and hastily picked itself back up off the dirt. Hunkering down behind an large nearby scrapheap for some hard cover between it and the outlaws.
Once safely concealed, Veronika then grab it's repair kit from off it's back, thankfully spared from the destruction by the burning bolts that had almost completely incinerated it's hard-vest. The Robot immediately got to work once more, yet this time on itself in the heat combat.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK!" Slade yelled as Veronika nursed him back to health and the sharp pain of the cracked bones inside of him started calling. His mutant nature allowed him to survive and if he wasn't 'blessed' with strong bones, they would have been pulverized.
The ghoulish lawman was pissed, but he couldn't take it out on the man who shot at him with the forcegun. That piece of shit was dead already. He recovered his revolver and aimed at the fleeing truck, shooting at whoever he could see in there.
As the GEHs attempted to get away with the container, the group attempted to take as many down as they could before they slipped away.
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She took aim at Max once again, determined to put his ass down for good.
Eliza: 5
ATK Damage: 45
Target: Max
Result: Max HP = -15
"Surrender now and your death will be swift!" Aegis broadcasts as it starts to unload into Max just as his escape was in sight.
Aegis: 1
ATK Damage: 6
Target: Max
Result Max HP = -21
He recovered his revolver and aimed at the fleeing truck, shooting at whoever he could see in there.
Slade: 7
ATK Damage: 49
Target: Max
Result: Max HP = -70
Additional Result: Enemy Terminated.
The hail of gunfire from the trio shredded the already direly wounded GEH, as he attempted to climb onto the back of the truck. Eliza's .45-70 nailed him in the spine just beneath the neck, while Slade and Aegis's shots peppered his back. Punching through his broken armor, and ripping appart his internal organs. Max fell backwards off the truck, hitting the ground lifeless.
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"Take 'em out! Don't hit the container!" sounded off Masterson, as he fired off a shot aimed at Nick.
Masterson: 6
ATK Damage: 42
Target: Nick
Result: Nick HP = 170
As Nick climbed onto the trailer, Masterson fired off a shot and hit him in the side. The shot ripped through his armor, but punched clean through his torso without hitting anything vital.
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Jasper grunted, taking aim once more in an attempt to finish off Vega.
Jasper: 3
ATK Damage: 18
Target: Vega
Result: Vega HP = 29
Jasper's shot ripped through the door of the semi's passenger side, hitting Vega in the arm. He was still moving, though, which meant he was still alive.
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Remembering the train fight from earlier, he sped up towards the front of the truck and tried shooting out it's front tires.
As the semi had far more tires than your standard truck, taking out the tires would prove ineffective. The truck was also of a military grade, with a type of reinforced kevlar-weave tires.
Action: Invalidated
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Hopping around stacks of cars, he maneuvers himself until the driver's side of the truck was visible, and took aim one more time.
Boombox: 8
ATK Damage: 56
Target: John
Result: John HP = 380
Once his aim had been corrected, Boombox fired off yet another shot. This time he hit his mark. The shot punched through the truck's window, hitting John in his left shoulder. "FUCK!" he blurted out, quickly grabbing his arm with his good one.
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With one knee in the ground and one foot planted steadily she raised her right arm and fired off another salvo at the truckdriver.
Malin: 6
ATK Damage: 66
Target: John
Result: John HP = 314
As John dealt with the damage done by Boombox's shot, more shots punched through the door of the truck. Hitting him in the side and leg. But they'd do far less damage than the next shot that would enter the cabin.
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He pulled the trigger, aiming for the two GEHs inside the cabin.
Chance: 1/3
Roll: 3
Result: Success!
Targets: John and Vega
Damage: 150, 150
Additional Result: John HP = 164, Vega HP = -121
Additional Result: Enemy Annihilated.
The shot cracked, bursting through the passenger window and hitting Vega in the neck. There was a loud pop inside the cabin, as Vega's head and upper body virtually exploded into a mess of gore. The explosion and shrapnel from both the shot and Vega's bursting hit John like a truck.
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He aimed for the driver as well, and shot, hoping one of those bullets would hit.
Mariuz: 4
ATK Damage: 36
Target: John
Result: John HP = 128
John didn't have much time to recover from his comrade's detonation before being hit with another shot through the door. It nailed John in the side, hitting a rib and shattering it. John groaned in pain, but was determined to get the vehicle moving.
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The Robot immediately got to work once more, yet this time on itself in the heat combat.
HP Recovered: 25
Result: Veronika HP = 56
The drone managed to repair itself partially, rerouting systems and patching holes with the bits of scrap around her.
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ENEMY TURN
Lionel: 9
Target: Eagle
DEF Roll: 9
ATK Damage: 90
Nick: 9
Target Eagle
DEF Roll: 5
ATK Damage: 94
Result: Player Incapacitated.
Lionel and Nick, after witnessing Vega explode, focused their fire on the one that had delivered the killing blow. Eagle. Numerous shots were fired off from their positions on the trailer, shredding Eagle's body till he collapsed in a smoldering heap.
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The truck roared to life, John gripping the steering wheel with his one good arm and shoving the gas pedal down to the floor. With a lurch, the truck moved forwards and around one of the tall trash heaps as it headed quickly for the entrance to the Junkyard.
"THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!" shouted Eliza, continuing to fire off shots at the men on the trailer. "Fuck, let 'em go. They won't get too far with those wounds. Especially in Bayou country." muttered Masterson, holstering his revolver and looking around at the others. The truck sped off, out the entrance and through the eastern exit of Memphis.
Both Eagle and Diplo were down, and Slade was down for a brief moment. Shit. "Veronika, tend to Eagle. Jasper, Eliza, go find Diplo. I think he flew over there." he said, pointing to the pile of rusted cars that had collapsed before. Jasper nodded, jumping down from where he had been perched, motioning for Eliza to follow. With a huff, she did so. She wanted to see more GEH corpses.
Masterson eventually looked back to Slade. "You alright? Force guns are fucking nasty from what I've heard."
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Jasper and Eliza strolled through the junkyard, eventually arriving at the pile of cars resting on top of Diplo. "Watch out. I'll get him out." said Jasper, before he reached down and gripped the side of one of the cars. A split-second later, he jerked up, sending the car flipping away into a pile of scrap. He continued this process, moving each of the cars till the mangled body of Diplo was found.
Eliza stepped over to him, squatting down and slapping him a few times on the head. "Hey. Screws for brains. Wake up." he said.
"Don't worry about me, marshall. Bones are about as dense as Cletus' head." Slade said while beating slightly on his chest. It hurt. But who can tell with a face like that? "Healing factor is kicking in too. In a few hours it will be like nothing happened." He noticed the hole left in his shirt from the firefight. "Ah and some patching up to do."
Eagle was unprepared for the amount of projectiles heading his way. He held up his left hand as if to discourage the thieves from shooting at him. This proved to be useless however as his frame was riddled with holes. Unlike his head, which didn't store a reinforced compartment filled with vital hardware, the shots striking Eagle in the torso were far more dangerous.
"Not again," muttered Eagle right before collapsing backwards. After his in onboard security system registered multiple hits striking his internal armor the core went into a safe-mode, diverting power to emergency shielding around the core.
Once the truck had left Eagle managed to raise his head. "Hello? Can someone gl get Mariuz?"
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The burn was still stinging as Malin walked over to a massacred car. She leaned towards the sleek exterior and grimaced as her muscles tensed down. She holstered her gun and grabbed her PDA. Still intact.
Using the PDA-screen as a mirror Malin lifted the hand covering the wound slowly. The shot had burned through her bodysuit and the padded layer of temperature-adjusting fabric below. A small piece of her futuristic-looking sports bra was also visible. The edges of it were still smoldering.
She could see (and smell) her burned skin. A quick touch of the wound forced her to grimace even more.
Aegis loosened its fist and the shield began to dissipate, the unit starting to turn on its heel as it holstered its weapon. "The suspects have escaped. Unacceptable. We will need to find a vehicle to catch up to them. The fugitives will not escape us for long." it states, trudging toward the center of the group.
"Detecting a high amount of wounded. Any fatalities?"
Diplo's visor lit up moments after the impact from Eliza. It flashed a deep blue followed by red, an automated voice screeched out from somewhere inside Diplo's head,
"ALERT! UNIT CRITICALLY DAMAGED - ATTEMPTING TO PHONE HOME."
His visor flashed blue again for a moment, then back to red,
"ERROR! COULD NOT ESTABLISH UPLINK - PLEASE STAND BY - REBOOTING SYSTEMS."
There was no telling how long this might take.
Mariuz watched the truck drive right by him with anger, mad that he couldn't get another shot off on the driver. He could tell some of the shots definitely peppered the ones in the cabin and they won't be going far. He got up, reloaded his rifle with ease and muscle memory and looked around.
Once the truck had left Eagle managed to raise his head. "Hello? Can someone gl get Mariuz?"
"oh shit," Mariuz muttered and ran over to Eagle, finding him a complete wounded wreck. "Alright buddy, time to patch you up again." Mariuz said as he began digging into his backpack. He pulled out two plasma battery packs and set them beside Eagle, hooking them up into his core outlets on his side. "Hang on, this will feel reeeaaaalllll nice." Mariuz said as he turned on the mini pumps of both. "It'll supply your core with a ton of extra juice to keep you alive and help restore the rest of your body's functions. At least the ones that weren't fucked up badly." Mariuz gave a quick look over, before turning his eyes up at Masterson. "I'm assuming we have no time to go back to the train storage huh?" He said as he stood up. Looking around, an idea popped into his head.
Mariuz quickly ran down to where the truck used to be and picked up the portable welders, one off one of the dead bandits. This'll do. He also grabbed a couple pieces of scrap metal laying around and any wire he could fine. It was a junkyard after all, the junk was plenty. After finding everything he needed, he ran back to Eagle. "Alright buddy, for real this time. Lets get you patched up." He said to the robot as he began working to restore him.
"What the hell is going on here?!"
The voice forced Masterson to turn about, and before him stood a man wearing a nice clean suit. He was an older gentleman, his face bearing a few wrinkles and scars, while his hair was short with patches of grey on the sides. His voice was rough, like he had been gargling whiskey and nails for half his life. Behind him stood three armed men, one of them a mutant while the other two were human. They were dressed in full military gear, and were wielding assault rifles. None of the quartet seemed all that happy.
"Hello Mr. Lancaster. Sorry for the noise. We were attempting to apprehend some thieves that stole something from the Republic." stated Masterson, walking over as the rest of the group tended to the wounded.
"By shooting everything? You had half the town in a panic from the gunfire!" responded Lancaster, folding his arms. "Christ, you Republic Marshals never take anyone quietly. You could have at least came by and told me you were here. I could have at least prepared for this shit."
"Again, I apologise. We'll be out of your hair soon enough. The thieves drove out of here in a truck, and I've got a good idea where they're going. Just need to get my guys patched up and some vehicles ready." said Masterson, fixing his hat as he glanced between Lancaster and his men.
"See that its done quickly. The last time something big happened here with you Marshals, part of the city was burnt to the fucking ground." said Lancaster.
Masterson grunted in response. "I should remind you that it was your officers that caused the fire in the first place."
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"ERROR! COULD NOT ESTABLISH UPLINK - PLEASE STAND BY - REBOOTING SYSTEMS."
"Great, he's fucking rebooting." said Eliza, glancing over to Jasper as she stood back up. "Well...we can at least move him." he responded, before reaching down and scooping Diplo's broken body up. He slung him over his shoulder, before heading back to where the rest of the group was.
When they arrived, he set Diplo down next to where Mariuz was working on Eagle. "He's all busted up. Might take a while to repair him. There's a robot repair shop over in the market plaza. Might can get some help there for both of them." pointed out Jasper as he motioned to Eagle and Diplo. He had been there once before, when one of the more mechanical Marshals got shot up during a manhunt down south in northern Mississppi. Took a day and a half to fix him back to normal, because of a freak mutant attack.
As he turned back around, he noticed that Malin had a pretty nasty burn on her side. Lasers were always bad news. They easily burned through clothing and roasted flesh. Plasma was worse, though, as it could melt you. "I'll take you over to the clinic so we can get that looked at. One of the doctors there is an old friend of mine." said Jasper, as he stepped up next to her.
Meanwhile, Eliza squatted next to Eagle. "Got the shit shot out of you again, eh? You have no survival instincts, it seems." she said, with a chuckle. She glanced over to the corpses of the GEHs, then looked back to Eagle. "You're in luck, by the way. One of them had a hat you could use. And I'm sure one of you fucks will want that force gun."
Eagle resisted Mariuz' field repairs at first citing "health concerns" but once Jasper placed Diplo next to him he realized he didn't have any real reason to bitch about it. "They did a number on him." His head the snapped to Eliza as he let out a sarcastic and false robotic laughter.
"Yeah well, I ain't dead." He nodded towards the GEHs. "Mind picking up that hat for me? Just leave the dirt on. Adds character."
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Malin smiled at Jasper. "Thanks." She grimaced again. "Haven't been shot like this ever since I got into trouble with the Maltese Corsairs back in Europe."
She lifted her hand momentarily to inspect the wound. "Got any biofoam?"
Slade approached Malin and Jasper, managing to get a good look.
"That look cooked. Even smells like roasted meat." He lifted his gaze up to her face "Your uniform took a hit too. Suppose they taught you how to sew?"
Aegis stands in the center of the crowd, swiveling its head back and forth as it soon centers on the Marshal. "Marshal Masterson, you make mention of knowing where the suspects are moving to. Is this statement true, and if so, would you care to share details?" the unit asks, holstering the laser submachine gun to its lower back via the magnetic lock on it.
"The military unit should be able to expedite the healing procedure of our wounded, we must not allow the criminals to escape."
Malin chuckled. "The uniform will be fine. Easy to fix." She nodded at Slade. "How are you feeling?"
"Shirt got a hole in it, about as bad as that is. My bones are too dense to break easy so all that thing did was knock me out for a little while."
"Sounds like you were lucky they didn't have anything bigger," said Malin. She was still clutching to her wound with one hand.
Mariuz continued to work on Eagle, welding on as much plating as he could after soldering together the specific wiring around the protector core of the robot. The training book he had was handy, but it could only do so much and he had to do some guess work himself to ensure Eagle would be back on his feet, at least able to walk to a better equipped repair facility.
When they arrived, he set Diplo down next to where Mariuz was working on Eagle. "He's all busted up. Might take a while to repair him. There's a robot repair shop over in the market plaza. Might can get some help there for both of them." pointed out Jasper as he motioned to Eagle and Diplo.
Mariuz looked up at Jasper, and then back at Eagle. "Well...he should be ok to walk...maybe carried to the shop. I did all could and his core should keep stable for now, but he needs urgent care." He looked at Diplo's mangled wreck of a body. "Jesus...I'll get started on him. Maybe enough to keep power flowing and his own systems alive long enough to carry him to the shop. Nothing more I can do without specific tools and materials." Mariuz said as he hooked up Diplo to his portable battery supply and began inspecting of places he could safely repair.
"By the way, whoever gets that force gun, I wanna look at it. Maybe take it apart and see if I can replicate it. Imagine if we all had that type of weapons, it'd be these fights a lot easier." Mariuz finished with a wink towards Jasper, and got to work.
"Marshal Masterson, you make mention of knowing where the suspects are moving to. Is this statement true, and if so, would you care to share details? The military unit should be able to expedite the healing procedure of our wounded, we must not allow the criminals to escape."
Masterson looked back to the police drone. "The Bayou. Its swampland and jungle for miles. And they'll have to stop for the night, because there's no way in hell they're getting through it in the dark." stated Masterson, pointing towards the exit that the thieves had escaped out of. "We'll go after them in the morning. For now, we get you all patched up and gather some supplies and vehicles."
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"Got any biofoam?"
"No, but the friend of mine at the clinic has some of the non-GEH regenerative compound that will help. I'm sure that'll be much better than biofoam." said Jasper, before looking to Mariuz. "I can carry them both to the shop. Just repair what you can for now. It'll save the technicians some work."
He then squatted down and lifted up Eagle, carrying him almost like a sack of gear. As he stood back up, Eliza returned with the dead GEH's hat, which she promptly stuck on Eagle's head. She had also grabbed the force gun, dropping it next to Mariuz.
Veronika spent several moments making some quick repairs on it's mechanical shell, patching it's armor the best it could with the resources on hand. Ditching the destroyed ceramic in it's hard vest and taking a second to ready check it's various systems before doing last sweep of the area to make sure that the battle was over.
Slowly afterwards, took it's time to scan the various comrades of Aegis before making it's first appearance to the group of supposed 'lawmen'. Observing them closely before Veronika slowly walked away the pile of slag it was hiding behind. It's handgun hosteled and it's hands open and empty as it laid it's eyes on Masterson, calculating that he was the leader of this party.
"Greetings." Veronika said towards Masterson, just loud enough to get his attention and when he had a moment away from the rest of the group but still keeping it's distance from him.
"I I'm Veronika, the other 'unit' that your comrade Aegis mentioned earlier, I have medical training and I see that you have injured men. My services are open for employment." Veronika stated to Masterson.
Mariuz continued working on Diplo, connecting broken wires and quick-welding his broken joints the best he can. He doesn't have the equipment to complete welds that would be strong enough. He looked him over one more and signaled to Jasper with a thumbs-up. "He's all yours chief, slug this battery pack around with you too just to be safe, if he goes offline again I don't know what we'll do," he said to Jasper as he got up and dusted himself off.
She had also grabbed the force gun, dropping it next to Mariuz.
"Well, look at this shiny toy." Picking it up, and turning it over in his hands, Mariuz felt that familiar excitement of getting to explore a totally new challenge. Taking stuff apart is even more fun than killing low life bandits. He looked over to Masterson, "I'm gonna take this back to my bike at the train station, then I'll head over to the hotel. I'll be in my room working on this if anyone needs me."
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