The raid on Gangshi (TPE Only, IC)

[Miavol]

Snow falls on a freezing base camp full of Miavolian soldiers. HELL-0s wander around dispensing food and blankets to any who need them. At the largest tent in the center the Miavolian Commanders sit around a map of the Gangshian Terrain to discuss tactics while they await the arrival of the Perusian Empire's army.

Gangshi, a district of Miavol, has been taken over by a radical dictator who has declared himself the new emperor after the previous one "disappeared" and began the extermination of any "half blood" Gangshians who weren't born and raised there like himself. Millions are already dead and after some discussion the leaders of Perusia decided this atrocity could not be allowed to continue. With little delay the leaders mobilized their armies who will meet at this frozen encampment to discuss the liberation of the Gangshian victims and throw the lunatic emperor off of his throne.

[Titanite]

The Titanitean Corpse Brigade is the first to arrive. The disorganized army argues among themselves for a suitable camp ground when a voice booms out over them all. "All of you shut up"! A large humanoid frame comes into view. It looks to be at least 30 feet tall. "You will all stand where you are until given orders. Is that clear"? Nobody answers, but they continue to stand.



A column of Missile Seraphim fly down from the giant. One of them addresses the commanders. I am to be the representative of our leader Sh0dan today. She gestures to the looming figure. I'm afraid it's kind of difficult for them to address you directly.

[MAHDS]

MAHDS, followed by hundreds of robots and mechs of various designs, approaches the base camp, hardly acknowledging the cold or the Titanitean Army, and calmly looks at the commanders. "I have arrived, my numbers are many and my weapons stronger than ever, I am certain my forces will be...adequate for such a simple mission."

[Fortemica]

Great Turbulence is created by the turbines of several Falcon class Air Carriers and the sound of Manta Ray Jets flying 6 times the speed of sound can be heard long after they are seen. Several Canisters are dropped from each carrier. The Canisters are equip with rocket pods to buffer their Fall and when the canisters land they open revealing the various armored units kept inside. M800s began to fan out and the forces inside begin to exit the vehicles and also fan out in very wide radius as more rocket containers begin to plummet towards the ground, buffering with the rocket engines just before impact so the contents will exit freely. The next wave contains the remaining M800s and 120S Main Battle tanks, kitted out with the new SIK that make them nearly impossible to recognize as an M60 Variant and look more like other modern tanks, exit the waves of containers and form up into the circular formation that protects their fellows who are just landing and exiting. Soon Infernus Class Air Battleships begin to form the protective barrier around the carriers to insure no hostiles could attack them.

[Furakhas]

From the forest appears a wall of Furakhasian Triders, well armored and well trained, they are prepared for combat. All let out a roar to announce their presence to allied and enemy forces alike. Behind them, you can see semi-organized lines of infantry with equipment that, despite being almost entirely non-standard, seems fairly fit for combat. "It's a pleasure to fight alongside you all," radios the Elder of the Furakhasian Military Clan, "May this be a swift and victorious battle." A small group of birds fly over the units and start flying in the direction of the camps.

[Fortemica]

Massive Cargo Ships Arrive at a Beach code named "Bravo", M800 and 120s file off the cargo ship ramps and quickly fan out into a defensive perimeter around the beach denying access to anyone who tries to reach the beach under the claim that dangerous equipment is being brought is being brought in. Once the perimeter is established, several large containers are removed from the Cargo ships as the perimeter of Fortnight Class Cruisers is completed.

Clovis Bocker grabs a radio to give a warning to all forces listening on the frequency, "This the Head of the Fortemica Special Warfare Division, Clovis Bocker, giving a Warning to forces, including the Fortemica Army, to Stay away from the Beach landing Point Bravo. We are bringing in some dangerous equipment ranging from Napalm to Nuclear Cluster Bombs, just in case. Only High ranking Fortemican Officers, SWD, Offloading teams, and a select few others are allowed to enter Bravo for until we are done offloading."

[Miavol]

The Titanitean Corpse Brigade is the first to arrive. The disorganized army argues among themselves for a suitable camp ground when a voice booms out over them all. "All of you shut up"! A large humanoid frame comes into view. It looks to be at least 30 feet tall. "You will all stand where you are until given orders. Is that clear"? Nobody answers, but they continue to stand.

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A column of Missile Seraphim fly down from the giant. One of them addresses the commanders. I am to be the representative of our leader Sh0dan today. She gestures to the looming figure. I'm afraid it's kind of difficult for them to address you directly.

The commander of the Miavolian Army removes her mask to reveal herself as Aria Cadenza, leader of the AES. She stares up at Sh0dan in shock "so the stories are true, how did you..." she shakes her head and addresses the gathered armies, speaking slightly louder than necessary in case her voice could not be heard by Sh0dan. "Alright everyone, I assume we all know why we are here but just in case let's review" She pulls a large picture of a pale skinned Gangshian out of her coat "this is our target, Jian Xiao. He has somehow gotten rid of the previous emperor and named himself supreme emperor. He has enacted a bunch of new "policies" which spell out the extermination of any "half blood" Gangshians." She rolls up the picture and puts it back in her coat before continuing. "Our mission is simple, we are going to breach straight into Gangshian territory, overthrow the emperor and liberate the half blood extermination camps." She whistles and representatives of the Miavolian infantry groups heed her call. "We will divide into two teams, one will stop at each camp and liberate the prisoners, the other will engage the Gangshian army and invade the palace. My team will be leading the HELL-0s into the camps, the rest of the Miavolian army will engage the enemy, you may all follow whichever team you wish." She gestures to the AES who all gather to her, followed by the chattering HELL-0s. She thinks for a moment before she seems to remember something "Other districts of Miavol may wish to participate as well so if you spot their forces you may group up with them." She seems satisfied and turns on her heel and marches into the forest, followed by the liberation team, while the invasion team shoulders their weapons and heads for a distant mountain pass.

[Fortemica]

Clovis says, "The SWD will join the liberation party, our equipment should be effective in the terrain and our tactics should be able to swiftly take the camps a free any of the poor bastards in them.

David Ewing, Head General of the Fortemican Army say " The Army will lead the charge into the enemy army to deal with the corrupt government."

[Titanite]

SH0DAN arcs electricity between their shock units. "I will take my seraphim *they throttle their jets in unison*, the medusas *several Gorgon unwrap themselves from various nearby trees*, the Viruses *several dots of green light up the underbrush* and some Mantises *there is movement near the shoulders*, and lead the invasion force. The Corpse Brigade will support the reclamation of any prisoners

[Furakhas]

"Triders and Infantry will head to the battlefront. The Hidden will join the Liberation Party," The Elder of the Military Clan radios in.
The moment that was uttered, you see the birds start to direct themselves towards the camps.
With a new fiery expression on his face, The Elder turns to The Triders and Infantry before him.
"Alright soldier! Out there is the enemy! Our job here is to fight! Fight for those families who couldn't fight for themselves! Imagine these families as your families for a moment. Now look at the man who is doing this to all of them. Do you hate him? Do you feel that burning feeling of wanting him dead? Damn right you do! So tell me, are you gonna let him keep killing these innocent people?!" A resounding "No!" comes from the troops.
"That's the spirit! We are here to free them and by the gods, that's what we're gonna do! And if we don't? Then I, Einar Magnusson, will step down from my role as Elder of this Clan. Now what do you all say?!"
The troops erupt into noise as they pump themselves up more and more for this battle

[Miavol]

Liberation Team: Aria leads the Liberation Team into the forest, speaking quietly but the infantry passed the messages down the line to everyone else "Be watchful, no one knows these forests like the Gangshi, and the first camp is less than an hour away. The mission won't be compromised if we are caught but we will lose our advantage of surprise." She glances around nervously before re-donning her mask "and I have no Intel on what kind of army we are looking at here. We may be outnumbered, outgunned even, constant vigilance everyone." She glares at a HELL-0 that seemed to be staring at a nearby butterfly before regathering focus and joining the group again. She sighs and pulls the lever on her rifle "we are getting close, everyone get ready".

Invasion Team: The sounds of thousands of stomping boots and treads crunching over inches of snow made for poor stealth, but the chatter of various units showed their disinterest in getting the jump on any enemies they may find, although the wind and snowy fog made up for it somewhat. They come across a large mountain that thankfully had a well traveled path leading up it, although the steepness of the path got the attention of vice-commander Jamison. He radios the Reapers who after a brief delay respond and after a quick conversation he turns to the mobilized caravan of various troops. "This may be a problem" he groans to the other commanders "this mountains the easiest way, just a quick climb for any foot soldier. There is another way but the Reapers say its a suicide march, nothing but snow and ice for miles in the middle of a deep trench. Vehicles might make it although I wouldn't call it safe either way, so either we split our forces here, ditch the vehicles or try and get our army through the mountain pass, thoughts?"

[Titanite]

Invasion Team: SH0DAN surveys the landscape. "Hmmm... Medusas! you will go through the trench. Seraphim! You will follow close behind. The Viruses and Myself will scale the mountain. The trench team will flank the enemy when we get their attention. And trust me *ignites flamethrowers* I'll be able to keep it. Any objections?"

[Furakhas]

Invasion: Einar looks over our choices and sees only one choice. He sighs, "Alright soldiers! Listen up! It's going to be dangerous, but it seems that our only choices are to scale a mountain, or face a hellish nightmare of a trench. It looks bleak, but our best choice seems to be those mountains. You got that?!"
All soldiers nod and grunt in response.
"and Triders?", he adds, "It may be difficult, do whatever you can to get those Triceratops up that mountain. I have faith in you, soldiers."

Liberation: In response to Aria, the Hidden nod and watch their surroundings. Sky Scouts weave through the trees and keep a watch on things from above.

[MAHDS]

MAHDS's units follow the Invasion team from a distance, MAHDS preferring to keep to himself. His units are not equipped for stealth and he seems largely disinterested in rescuing the hostages anyway.

Liberation Team: Aria leads the Liberation Team into the forest, speaking quietly but the infantry passed the messages down the line to everyone else "Be watchful, no one knows these forests like the Gangshi, and the first camp is less than an hour away. The mission won't be compromised if we are caught but we will lose our advantage of surprise." She glances around nervously before re-donning her mask "and I have no Intel on what kind of army we are looking at here. We may be outnumbered, outgunned even, constant vigilance everyone." She glares at a HELL-0 that seemed to be staring at a nearby butterfly before regathering focus and joining the group again. She sighs and pulls the lever on her rifle "we are getting close, everyone get ready".

Invasion Team: The sounds of thousands of stomping boots and treads crunching over inches of snow made for poor stealth, but the chatter of various units showed their disinterest in getting the jump on any enemies they may find, although the wind and snowy fog made up for it somewhat. They come across a large mountain that thankfully had a well traveled path leading up it, although the steepness of the path got the attention of vice-commander Jamison. He radios the Reapers who after a brief delay respond and after a quick conversation he turns to the mobilized caravan of various troops. "This may be a problem" he groans to the other commanders "this mountains the easiest way, just a quick climb for any foot soldier. There is another way but the Reapers say its a suicide march, nothing but snow and ice for miles in the middle of a deep trench. Vehicles might make it although I wouldn't call it safe either way, so either we split our forces here, ditch the vehicles or try and get our army through the mountain pass, thoughts?"

Invasion Team: MAHDS analyzes the mountain, at this angle his army could scale it with relative ease. Taking a position atop one of the pods, MAHDS delivers a silent order among his robotic kin to scale the mountain. As his pod rises back up to it's full height he says to the commanders "We shall proceed up the mountain, it is easy to climb and efficiency is key."

[Fortemica]

Invasion: David Ewing:" Fortemica's MBTs have no chance of climbing that mountain, our light vehicles could but they would be significantly slowed. The 1st, 2nd, and 4th armies will go through the trench after equipping high grip tracks, 3rd is escorting weapons that we can't fi-risk in the trenches, but they can use said weapons to blast a more flat enough route through the mountains, so the 3rd will stay behind and will catch up to the main force quickly after. Hoyel is a good general, he fought in our liberation war, he understands that he needs to clear that path quickly and return quick he won't be held up long so don't take your time everyone."

Liberation Clovis Bocker:" *quietly on radio* i've got a few snipers fanning out from the group, no need to worry though they won't get caught they are the best a being snakes in the grass, and i won't tollarate anything but the best on my SWD, just thought that Aria and company would like to know where my units are. Got the them on GPS and radio and they have been told to report on radio every 1.5 clicks (150 yrds) or if they find something. They have also been told if they our found they need to lead them away from us and that they will no longer serve the SWD in future missions, and if they are going to be captured to pop the in case of capture pill, if you know what i mean."

[Miavol]

Liberation: The unit arrives at the first camp with no hiccups in the mission, yet the guards were already in a major uproar, the snipers in the towers and gunners on the wall not monitoring their positions but focusing on something happening in the distance. Aria, confused, radios the reapers for a report. As the reaper is speaking however a large explosion breaks apart a building near the outer wall of the camp, with several other explosions in the surrounding area. A large shell hits near the outskirts of the forest but thankfully doesn't go off. While the reaper concludes his report Aria examines the shell as several more explosions, followed by return fire from the Gangshians, rack the area. Aria's eyes widen and she turns to show a black and white logo on the shell "It looks like the Markans have arrived". She shoulders her rifle and whistles, signalling the AES and HELL-0s to attack. "Change of plans everyone, the pirates decided that "rescue the prisoners" meant bomb the camps to kingdom come. We need to get in there and get those prisoners out of the line of fire. Hope you can handle that." With that she readies her rifle and follows her comrades into the fray.

Invasion: Jamison nods "alright, split up it is, we will head to the mountain top and see if we can't group up with the Hearth Battalion, if they show up anyway." The Invasion team climbs the mountain as the other half of the forces disappear into the fog. Most of the group finally makes it too the top, most of them feeling the effects of the cold and altitude, while some are still making their way up. As Jamison gets reports from his infantry squads he looks out into the distance to see smoke rising from several locations. "Looks like the Hearth Battalion hit these guys hard, I like to think that's a good sign for later..." He looks closer and sees what looks to be a black ball of smoke heading for the mountain top. He reaches for his shotgun only to find it was unnecessary as the smoke ball collides with the ground and stands up, revealing a member of the Hearth Battalion. The firebug desperately tries to reactivate their jetpack before Jamison grabs them. "Calm down soldier where's the fire, pun not intended." The soldier frantically gestures to his pack. Jamison turns them around to reveal a blinking light attached to the broken pack. He easily tears off the device before turning to the other units, face white as a sheet. "This is a radar dart, why would they..." But before he can finish there is several loud booms before explosions rack the mountainside, an avalanche buries any who weren't already at the top under feet of snow. Jamison gets to his feet and has just enough time to yell "ARTILLERY STRIKE!" before a well placed shell strikes dead center of the infantry forces, killing and injuring many and forcing the rest to run for whatever cover they could find.

[Titanite]

Invasion:Without breaking stride, SH0DAN shouts "Everyone spread out! If they are aiming for the dart, then be where it isn't!" *SH0dan fires up their boosters and unsheathes the High-Frequency Rods* "I'll give them something to shoot at!" *SH0DAN proceeds to boost up the mountain*

Liberation: The Corpse Brigade soldiers charge wildly into the camp waving and firing their weapons erratically. Many fall victim to the explosives and others to friendly fire, due to the aforementioned weapon waving, but still they press on.

[Furakhas]

Soldiers and Triders alike were caught in the blast and injured or killed, however the army is still in working order luckily, despite taking many losses. "Troops! Scatter and press forward! If you can't then get out of here!," Einar commands while getting back onto his feet. A few troops are sent back to assist the injured back out of the area and the rest of the troops rush forward to get out of the area. Trider units activate their shields to attempt defense against any further blasts.

[Fortemica]

Liberation:Clovis starts barking commands to his troops over the radio,"Snipers! If it's one of those damned pirates or a camp guard it's dead, at least one kill per shot for all of you! Main troop prepare to aid in the taking of the camp!"

Invasion:GEN Frank C. Hoyel reports on the radio to all Perusian invasion forces,"My eyes in the sky have a position on that artillery, got my big guns firing for effect." Troops from all the way to the trench can Hear 6 loud thunder like sounds and, not long after, 12 shock waves in 6 groups of 2 can be seen from the mountain where the aircraft had spotted the mussel flashes from the artillery and the jets drop napalm on the area to guarantee destruction of the artillery positions, and the firing stops as the last volleys of enemy artillery begins to fall"

[Miavol]

*In the Gangshian Command Center* General Tsao sits in his seat of command, getting updates from all over Ganshi of pirate attacks, gunfights in the camps and artillery strikes on his controlled areas. Tsao sits back calmly as a radio operator gives him the details. "A few guns on the mountain are down sir but our main positions are untouched. We have confirmed troop movement in the trench and our camps are being shelled and invaded. Orders sir?" Tsao thinks for a moment and gives orders to be delivered. "Launch our jamming devices, i want their communications down ASAP. Send out the Hoppers to deal with the pests on the mountains and I think I don't need to remind you what we do in the trenches yes?" The radio operators laugh and deliver his orders to the field troops.

Invasion:GEN Frank C. Hoyel reports on the radio to all Perusian invasion forces,"My eyes in the sky have a position on that artillery, got my big guns firing for effect." Troops from all the way to the trench can Hear 6 loud thunder like sounds and, not long after, 12 shock waves in 6 groups of 2 can be seen from the mountain where the artillery seemed to originate from and the firing stops as the last volleys of enemy artillery begins to fall"

Invasion (mountain): Jamison pulls the injured Hearth Battalion member behind a rock further down the mountain as the Fortemicans fire at the mountain and all goes quiet for a few moments. A Miavolian Marksman slides into Jamison's cover and gives him a report "I can't get ahold of the Reapers, they must have jammed the lines" Jamison tries as well only to get useless white noise in response. Jamison opens his mouth to swear only to hear another series of distant explosions. Hundreds of Gray Cylinders appear from over the nearby forest and collide with the ground in several areas, including where the Gangshians detected enemy fire. A nearby pod bursts open to reveal several mantis-like robots that the Gangshian's dubbed "Hoppers". The Hopper hisses and launches itself at a nearby infantry unit and slices them with it's plasma boosted claws. The mountain erupts into chaos as infantry men are forced down the mountain, most guns having little impact on the Hoppers armor. Meanwhile the Hoppers closed in on the Fortemican Positions, ready to remove the threat to the Gangshian Army. Above the sound of screams and hissing Hoppers a distant roar overtook the landscape as dark blurs followed by harsh winds went over the landscape. The spy planes are suddenly charged by these blurs, revealing themselves as the Gangshian air force.

Invasion:Without breaking stride, SH0DAN shouts "Everyone spread out! If they are aiming for the dart, then be where it isn't!" *SH0dan fires up their boosters and unsheathes the High-Frequency Rods* "I'll give them something to shoot at!" *SH0DAN proceeds to boost up the mountain*

The jets spot SH0DAN on the radar and attack with all they have, launching napalm bombs, some hitting him directly while some strike the land around him, setting it ablaze. Those who have no bombs to drop attempt to fire, but when their bullets have little effect on his armor they go for kamikaze strikes hoping to do some damage to him.

Invasion (trench): The trench fills with the echoes of the distant fighting, creating an intimidating atmosphere for those inexperienced in combat. But after the Gangshian airforce deploys the trench becomes even more deadly. The jets fly over, far out speeding anyone's ability to react to their presence, dropping napalm as they go. The freezing trench, with it's sharp icicles and biting cold, suddenly becomes hellishly hot, some unfortunate soldiers catch a direct hit from the napalm, and many of the vehicles become ovens to the poor souls within. In the distance the Gangshian infantry deploys, hoping to catch and eliminate those who dared tread on Gangshian soil. Much of the infantry scatters, most being forced deeper into the trench by the flames.

Liberation: The Gangshian guards scatter, many falling to gunfire from the liberation team while Markan shells detonate all around the area. Aria and a small unit of AES soldiers check every building still standing while the HELL-0s assist the injured. Aria kicks down a door revealing a huddled group of prisoners hiding from the shelling. Aria helps them up, their restraints being fairly loose given the chaotic situation, and escorts them out. As she hands them off to the HELL-Os for escorting she attempts to radio the Markan ships but gets no response. After a chain of swears against whoever jammed the comms she shouts more orders "Everyone grab a group of prisoners and get them out of here, Commanders and special units stay here and help clear the area, we need to get the pirates to cease fire as soon as we can."

[Titanite]

Invasion- SH0DAN immediately ejects the Mantises. "Find the Viruses. Defend them with your 'Lives'." The moment those words were uttered, a jet slammed itself straight into SH0DAN's chest, knocking it to the ground. The Mantises immediately sped off to protect the viruses.

Trench- All but a handful of the Medusas were wiped out by the searing heat. The Seraphim quickly used their boosters to evade the strike, however a few were caught in it. The commander could only watch as her soldiers were burned alive. She grit her teeth "DAMN IT!!! Seraphim! Move Out! We need to get to that mountain NOW!" The Seraphim took to the skies and began engaging the bombers.

Liberation- The Corpse Brigade argued among themselves on which prisoner they were each going to rescue. This inevitably ended in a few more dead soldiers... Idiots.

[Fortemica]

Invasion(3rd Army):GEN Hoyel riding around his unit spreading the word:"We found a good elevation spot begin leveling the mountain with the big guns, we will have a few jets bombing it as well to help. Once it's level enough we are going full speed." The Hopper Canisters land near the vehicles and Hoppers begin attack the vehicles in a chaotic fashion. Hoyel:"Shit! enemies behind our lines, all units open fire on the robots!" Several M800s are jumped by the Hoppers and the Hoppers begin trying to slice into the vehicles. Nearby vehicles try their best aid their allies by shooting the legs or just the hopper themselves. Several M800s fall to the hoppers, but the hoppers numbers are dwindling and strange disembodies sprays of rotary cannon fire start shredding the remaining hoppers as the 120S Main Battle Tanks arrive a blast several hoppers to pieces. After 20 min of fighting the Hoppers are delt with, but many M800s are taken out and a few main battle tanks were also removed from combat. Hoyel:"God damn, that was struggle, we lost a lot of our support. hope they don't have to many more surprises left."

Invasion(trench): GEN of Armies Ewing begins shouting orders to his troops:" Crank the AC up and get in wedge formation, we need to get out of this kill box so full speed ahead and run any poor bastard infantry over we cant stop untill we are clear of the trench. Heads on swivels we don't want to get surprised, I will have the head of anyone who brakes formation."

Invasion(air force): Manta Ray fighters from the 1st and 2nd Air Forces carriers begin engaging the strike craft in the Trench trying to bomb Perusian forces. The 3rd Air Force takes it's position over the 3 army as planned before the attack in case of loss of communication. The 4th Air Force moves to support the Liberation team.

Liberation:Clovis and his SWD begin to aid Aria and the AES in the securing of the prisoners while the SWD snipers pick off any threats to the SWD and AES.

Liberation(Navy):Admiral Kathleen C. Brandes moves her fleet into position and finds the Pirates Shelling the camp and orders them to stop firing on the camp or they will be treated like an enemy. The other fleets continue to patrol and ready to support the liberation team at a moments notice.

[MAHDS]

*In the Gangshian Command Center* General Tsao sits in his seat of command, getting updates from all over Ganshi of pirate attacks, gunfights in the camps and artillery strikes on his controlled areas. Tsao sits back calmly as a radio operator gives him the details. "A few guns on the mountain are down sir but our main positions are untouched. We have confirmed troop movement in the trench and our camps are being shelled and invaded. Orders sir?" Tsao thinks for a moment and gives orders to be delivered. "Launch our jamming devices, i want their communications down ASAP. Send out the Hoppers to deal with the pests on the mountains and I think I don't need to remind you what we do in the trenches yes?" The radio operators laugh and deliver his orders to the field troops.

Invasion:GEN Frank C. Hoyel reports on the radio to all Perusian invasion forces,"My eyes in the sky have a position on that artillery, got my big guns firing for effect." Troops from all the way to the trench can Hear 6 loud thunder like sounds and, not long after, 12 shock waves in 6 groups of 2 can be seen from the mountain where the artillery seemed to originate from and the firing stops as the last volleys of enemy artillery begins to fall"

Invasion (mountain): Jamison pulls the injured Hearth Battalion member behind a rock further down the mountain as the Fortemicans fire at the mountain and all goes quiet for a few moments. A Miavolian Marksman slides into Jamison's cover and gives him a report "I can't get ahold of the Reapers, they must have jammed the lines" Jamison tries as well only to get useless white noise in response. Jamison opens his mouth to swear only to hear another series of distant explosions. Hundreds of Gray Cylinders appear from over the nearby forest and collide with the ground in several areas, including where the Gangshians detected enemy fire. A nearby pod bursts open to reveal several mantis-like robots that the Gangshian's dubbed "Hoppers". The Hopper hisses and launches itself at a nearby infantry unit and slices them with it's plasma boosted claws. The mountain erupts into chaos as infantry men are forced down the mountain, most guns having little impact on the Hoppers armor. Meanwhile the Hoppers closed in on the Fortemican Positions, ready to remove the threat to the Gangshian Army. Above the sound of screams and hissing Hoppers a distant roar overtook the landscape as dark blurs followed by harsh winds went over the landscape. The spy planes are suddenly charged by these blurs, revealing themselves as the Gangshian air force.

Many of MAHDS's units were knocked off the mountain by the artillery strike, the pods being knocked off balance and falling. As the rest of the units begin digging out of the snow the pods slowly readjust themselves and stretch to their full height before charging their railguns. Largely ignoring the Hoppers other than occasionally blasting a nearby one, the pods reach the top of the mountain and begin firing into the air, their targeting systems allowing them to accurately strike down the Gangshian planes. The rest of the units begin to reach the mountaintop and engage the Hoppers, drawing some attention away from the rest of the infantry. As the chaotic battle continues MAHDS positions his units to hold the mountaintop while the humans engage the enemy.

[Furakhas]

Chaos rained from the skies in the form of mantis-like Hoppers. Many men died. We've lost about a quarter of our infantry, so far to their death claws. This is a disaster. However, not all is lost. A lone Trider Rider gains Einar's attention. "Elder! Look! Our Triceratops!," The lone soldier yelled through the gunfire. Einar looks up from the injured soldiers in front of him for a moment and he sees something odd. The Hoppers aren't attacking any of the Trider units (aside from a few riders here and there). Einar stares in confusion for a moment, then in a moment of brilliance, his face lights up and he yells to his troops, "Triders! Group up! Prepare for Barrier Blitz!" At that moment, the panicked units charged back and line up horizontally and all activate their light barriers. "Charge!," Einar commanded, picking his own gun back up and rushing into the battle. All Triders rush forward as an advancing wall towards the enemy hoppers and the original objective. Infantry were soon to follow, charging behind the Triders into battle.

[Miavol]

Invasion(3rd Army):GEN Hoyel riding around his unit spreading the word:"We found a good elevation spot begin leveling the mountain with the big guns, we will have a few jets bombing it as well to help. Once it's level enough we are going full speed." The Hopper Canisters land near the vehicles and Hoppers begin attack the vehicles in a chaotic fashion. Hoyel:"Shit! enemies behind our lines, all units open fire on the robots!" Several M800s are jumped by the Hoppers and the Hoppers begin trying to slice into the vehicles. Nearby vehicles try their best aid their allies by shooting the legs or just the hopper themselves. Several M800s fall to the hoppers, but the hoppers numbers are dwindling and strange disembodies sprays of rotary cannon fire start shredding the remaining hoppers as the 120S Main Battle Tanks arrive a blast several hoppers to pieces. After 20 min of fighting the Hoppers are delt with, but many M800s are taken out and a few main battle tanks were also removed from combat. Hoyel:"God damn, that was struggle, we lost a lot of our support. hope they don't have to many more surprises left."

Tsao watches the footage from the Hoppers perspective with displeasure, simple tanks with these numbers should be easy pray to his Hoppers...unless? Tsao rises from his seat "PAUSE THE FOOTAGE!" The operator jumps before doing as his commander said. Tsao narrows his eyes at the screen. "Somethings wrong, where is that rotary fire coming from?" The operator looks at the screen as well, confused. The screen zooms in on the muzzle flash of a disembodied weapon. Tsao narrows his eyes further. "Impressive cloaking, even the Reapers can't hide from thermal sight, whatever they want us to not see that badly must be important." The operator looks at the commander. "Some kind of secret weapon? what should we do?" Tsao sits back down, deep in thought, before pointing at his radio operators. "You two, deploy more Hoppers to that area, I want those tanks engaged yesterday, double the Hopper count if you must. As for that weapon, whatever it is, it's going to be a problem. I want direct hits all over it, scan the footage if you need a location, any invisible muzzle flashes are to have Hoppers on them like a rash." As the operators call it in and ready another Hopper launch Tsao sits back and grins. "What will you do when your cover is blown I wonder? Show me your secrets my hidden friend."

Invasion(3rd Army): Hopper canisters land among the scattered vehicles, releasing a payload double the size of before. Hundreds of Hoppers swarm the tanks like ants, slicing through the support vehicles like butter to a hot knife. After several minutes of chaos another series of distant booms before more canisters appear. But rather than releasing on the ground they strike with a metallic CLANG against the surface of the cloaked weapon. The released Hoppers look around in confusion before locking onto the ground below them and slicing through into the weapons hull, disappearing into the cloak like a magicians trick.

Invasion(trench): The Gangshian army marches to the trench, their tanks hovering with a low hum, before their general stops them at the entry point. He listens to a report on his comm before he turns to them and speaks. "We just got word, there are more survivors then we thought, we could fight them but I don't want to give them any ground." He gives a hand signal to the tank commander, who yells an order into his communicator. The infantry clears away as the tanks blast the sides of the trench, bringing it down and blocking the exit. He turns to them after confirming a successful collapse and says "we will wait here, I want this clearing to be a landmine rash. Don't stress the burial, we don't have all day, as long as the areas covered. As for the rest of you, get in that treeline, rockets at the ready. Tanks stay clear, engage only after the infantry takes their shot. We don't know what they still have but if they survive this nothing will kill them.

Liberation(Navy):Admiral Kathleen C. Brandes moves her fleet into position and finds the Pirates Shelling the camp and orders them to stop firing on the camp or they will be treated like an enemy. The other fleets continue to patrol and ready to support the liberation team at a moments notice.

Liberation (Pirates): A small portly man, the captain of the River Fleet that was currently shelling the camp, stands proudly on the deck as he sees several explosions in the distance. He looks over with vague interest as a Fortemica fleet approaches his flagship. Watching as they display a visual order to cease fire, he grimaces before waving his hand to his gun commander who delivers the order to cease fire. The captain turns and stares at the opposing fleet grumpily, waiting for their next move.

Chaos rained from the skies in the form of mantis-like Hoppers. Many men died. We've lost about a quarter of our infantry, so far to their death claws. This is a disaster. However, not all is lost. A lone Trider Rider gains Einar's attention. "Elder! Look! Our Triceratops!," The lone soldier yelled through the gunfire. Einar looks up from the injured soldiers in front of him for a moment and he sees something odd. The Hoppers aren't attacking any of the Trider units (aside from a few riders here and there). Einar stares in confusion for a moment, then in a moment of brilliance, his face lights up and he yells to his troops, "Triders! Group up! Prepare for Barrier Blitz!" At that moment, the panicked units charged back and line up horizontally and all activate their light barriers. "Charge!," Einar commanded, picking his own gun back up and rushing into the battle. All Triders rush forward as an advancing wall towards the enemy hoppers and the original objective. Infantry were soon to follow, charging behind the Triders into battle.

Invasion (Mountain): The Hoppers numbers begin to dwindle as MAHDS's units and the Triders begin to organize and force them back down the mountain. Jamison, who is holding down a Hopper while the Marksman who had reported to him shoots it, looks up to see an organized push forcing the Hoppers back. He whips out his shotgun and yells more orders. "Everyone group up to the Triders, if we act now we can retake this ground and recover!" He joins the growing wall of soldiers and blasts any nearby Hoppers, the pellets stunning them and forcing them back while the more powerful weapons destroy them outright.

Liberation: Aria sends off the last of the HELL-Os with a few prisoners in tow before sighing deeply. "That's the last of them, the camp looks cleared out. My team will move out and establish a perimeter on the next camp before we..." Before she can finish speaking a Reaper uncloaks before her, followed by a small group of his fellows. She looks confused before straightening her face. "Report Soldier!" The Reapers breathes deeply, a sound like a sharp hiss, before speaking quietly. "All nearby camps have been evacuated, taken to the inner city." Aria grimaces "Dammit! The pirates put the whole district on red alert!" She pinches the bridge of her nose before continuing "OK, I'm taking my team back to base and regrouping with the HELL-Os before we join the invasion force. No sense in liberating camps with no prisoners. The rest of you do as you wish, dismissed"