The Steel Frontier(Sci-Fi)(Mech)(Open/IC)

[Flarbinia]

Connor Jax
"Considering that my mech is a Siege Mech with slim-to-none options for melee combat, yes, I am worried that I might not come back from Bacchus without you." Connor Jax said to Six as he continued watching the movie.
Garth Tanis
"So long as you can head into the Valley Of Bones and steal the authorization codes from their transport without remaining undetected, the Apex forces on this planet won't be a problem. However, the Storm Claws are not the only tribe that have settled near Mt. Sky Fang. If you are caught by their warriors while heading to Falcon Rock, you will be lucky if they simply kill and eat you instead of anything else. Did I forget to mention that Falcon Rock is engraved with symbols from the tribes that have visited it?" Garth Tanis said to Dallas.

[Xichung]

dallas

“I’m trained on ground along with the mech” she looked at him “I’ll be able to handle myself, I’ll even mark my name there to prove it”

[Flarbinia]

dallas

“I’m trained on ground along with the mech” she looked at him “I’ll be able to handle myself, I’ll even mark my name there to prove it”

Garth Tanis
"Take this. Three of the tribes near Mt. Sky Fang are allies of the Storm Claws, so it should be enough to grant you safe passage. Besides, my family heirloom ain't going to do us any good if it stays in its scabbard." Garth Tanis said to Dallas as he handed her a Vibrodagger with a cobalt plated handle engraved with the words "Only In Death Does Our Defiance End", the crossguard bearing the Osprey of ancient myth with arrows sticking out of its chest, a weapon intended to be used by nobility in honorable duels.

[Flarbinia]

Admiral Elizabeth Hayes
The transport descended into the Valley of Bones, the backdraft caused by the engines scattering rusty spare parts and battle damaged human skeletons, some of the remains still carrying broken weapons they had wielded during their last moments, a grim reminder of the many battles fought on this prehistoric backwater when it was still a resort world. After two hours, the transport had landed and the roar of the engines ceased, a ramp extending to the forest floor and crushing a skull under its weight. "This is where the walk to the Storm Claws village begins. These jungles are full of large predators and disease carrying parasites. I hope you are all up for the challenge." Admiral Elizabeth Hayes said to her bodyguards as they walked down the ramp.

[Xichung]

Dallas

She took it and nodded “i shall see it’s safe return as soon as possible” she nodded and began moving forward, deeper into the woods

[Flarbinia]

Stone Fist
A teenager covered in war paint walked into the village with a large lizard with scales resembling chainmail on his back, sweat dripping down his face. "Moon Claw, you have returned with a Komodo Dragon. Though Ol' Dragon Breath has left to return to his people, the tribe will endure without him, as it had generations before he arrived on a chariot of fire. As per tradition, you will wear its pelt and feast on its heart so that you may stand shoulder to shoulder with your brothers and possibly fight alongside those who have left with our guests to fight among the stars." Cloud Tortoise, the new shaman of the Storm Claws, said to the painted hunter as the young man sliced open the dead lizard's chest and reached inside, ripping out the heart and eating it in front.

[Xichung]

Bodyguard

He puts on a mask and went find the tribe

[Flarbinia]

Admiral Elizabeth Hayes
"What do you think you're doing, Roland? In addition to violating protocol, going alone is the fastest way to end up as a predator's next meal. It's not exactly a fitting end for a knight, hence why I am sending five others with you instead of reprimanding you. If the Storm Claws still have a village in this region, fire a flare. If they have packed up and left or been wiped out by a rival tribe, radio it in." Admiral Elizabeth Hayes said to the gas mask wearing bodyguard as she motioned for the best warriors currently under her command to head up the trail.

[Xichung]

Roland

“I’m going out hunting” he said as he looked back and grinned “I wanted to get there as soon as possible anyway” he said as he turned back around waiting for the others before leaving and finding the tribe

[Flarbinia]

9-Iron
After six hours, the five other bodyguards arrived at the Storm Claws village, the expression on the face of the sniper being one of disappointment. "You are lucky that their sentry did not mistake you for a predator, considering how much rustling you caused. Then again, I shouldn't expect common sense from someone who was born, raised, and trained in a castle." 9-Iron said to Roland, his face covered in tattoos from his days in the post-apocalyptic wastes of Troy. After another two hours, Admiral Elizabeth Hayes arrived at the village, the five bodyguards standing at attention as several of the Storm Claws warriors approached them, one of them being a teenager wearing the hide of a Komodo Dragon.

[Xichung]

Roland

He looked at the boy and looked at the skin “so did you kill the beast yourself?” The boy nodding “impressive, how about you join my hunt” he smirked but the gas mask hiding his smile “your skills could be quite useful”

[Flarbinia]

Admiral Elizabeth Hayes
"That is not for you to decide." Admiral Elizabeth Hayes said to Roland before turning to the warriors assembled before her and speaking to them in their native dialect. As soon as she was finished, the warriors grabbed their weapons and began fighting amongst themselves, the one wearing the Komodo Dragon hide knocking three others to the ground. After two hours, only five of the twelve warriors were left standing, the shaman tending to the wounds of those who have failed. "Looks like the one you chose will be leaving this planet with us. Don't get too attached. He might not survive the fighting pits." Admiral Elizabeth Hayes said to Roland as her bodyguards escorted the triumphant warriors to their transport.

[Xichung]

Roland

“I may be a newbie but I have years of training and work under the los Vegas mercenary team” he smirked and crooked his head at her. Reminding her of the mercenary company they were a part of long ago “you joined apex while set out to finish what we started, wasn’t till long after when found me near death that I joined up with you” he looked forward, his gas mask was basically a relic “now then where to next?”

[Flarbinia]

Admiral Elizabeth Hayes
"There are three hundred tribes on this continent alone, not counting the small ones. Our next destination is the village of the Broken Driftwood, the sworn enemy of the Storm Claws. Of course, our current roster of recruits will have to stay on the transport to avoid any unnecessary bloodbaths. We don't want them killing each other until they enter the fighting pits." Admiral Elizabeth Hayes said to Roland as she began heading back to the transport, motioning for the others to follow her.

[Xichung]

Roland

He looked at her with the look of are you kidding me as he walked and then he sighed “I know you have others working on the same task, because if you don’t then we won’t be done till tomorrow, unless you missed me that much” he laughed quietly as he placed his hand on the back of his knock right over the chemical burns and right below his slicked back brown hair

[Flarbinia]

Admiral Elizabeth Hayes
"We only need to recruit enough warriors from the tribes to make a thousand. You are just exaggerating a simple task for the sake of complaining. Honestly, I am surprised that you did not faint or have a heart attack when the Storm Claws did not bow before you like the peasants on your father's land." 9-Iron said to Roland as he stared at the gas mask wearing mercenary. "9-Iron is correct on the number of warriors I will be personally recruiting." Admiral Elizabeth Hayes said to Roland.

[Xichung]

Roland

“Oh yeah cowboy, I’m surprised you didn’t call them a bunch of Indians and claimed their home as your own” he said while staring 9 iron down “I’m not a daddy’s boy nor do I own land of my own, I left that behind.” He shot 9 iron the middle and grabbed hold of a gas grenade on his vest “looks like we got our work cut out for us then” he sighed

six

Began testing the mech with Connor, she had to get used to the fact that she couldn’t just warp through stuff so she did what she could to beat Connor but he kept coming out on top “no fair” he voice was back to male to hide her identity again

hel

She sat there silently watching as her workers destroyed the city in hours, extracting the resources as fit. She was waiting for her second independent mind to finish his work. “I am becoming impatient with you, so where is this data” she said to him via comm link

Hana

She began counting, she began looking around her padded room, she only really talked to saint. She sighed and looked down at the chain keeping her tethered to the floor along with the straight jacket locking her up and still. “I’m an animal and I deserve to die” She slouched forward and began crying, soon a voice spoke from her left “no your not, your a child at play” it was a man with a rubrics cube and a bulletproof mask with a big smile on it “and you should play the monster that eats everything” she looked at the man in fear. “You died...I...I killed you and...how!?” He soon laughed and put a finger to the lips of his mask as a guard soon came in and told her to shut up, the man was gone right as the guard left.

[Flarbinia]

Z-X 600
"Decryption takes time. New Wuhan has been secure for only a week." ZX-600 said to Hel as data streamed into the Archival Androids that had been reprogrammed to hack into captured military archives.
9-Iron
"Cowboy? I am from Troy, not the Wyatt Earp System. Not that some rich kid who grew up on some medieval backwater can tell the difference between someone who wears a cowboy hat while herding cattle and someone who wears leather sports pads while sporting a Mohawk." 9-Iron said to Roland as he punched the knight in the face and kneed him in the groin, shattering the gas mask.
Connor Jax
"No fair? War is not won by playing fair. When the RCMC intervened on behalf of the Martian Council of Elders during the Polar Campaign, their mechs made short work of the Martian Resistance's Exo-Suit units. Judging by Marty's description of the Battle of Challenger, it was like shooting fish in a barrel with a sniper rifle. Six months later, our leadership surrendered and I was exiled with several other NCOs, Marty included." Connor Jax said to Six as Phoenix helped Scylla off the ground, the mech heading back across the line.

[Xichung]

Hel

She sighed and began walking, crushing corpses under foot. “Your very slow, I find it odd that your the one who awoken me from My slumber long ago” she observed everything as her mind continued to pump out endless streams of data. She leaned from the world around her and then began making blueprints for nanits using the data on hand “I see you shall be upgraded”

six

“No, unfair was the men dying on the Japan without being able to fight back, all getting slaughtered like animals for just living on the same ship as my father” the moment they passed the line a wire immediately wrapped around the Phoenix and pulled the mech straight to Scylla and her fist, knocking Phoenix down and Connor nearly out “now I’m actually trying, don’t forget I am six, the leader of the elite”

Roland

He stood there unfazed and looked at 9 iron “top of the line knight armor, otherwise known as carbon fiber internal armor” he popped his knuckles as 9 iron hand and knee began hurting really badly, Roland then took off his mask and tossed it to the side and then punched 9 in the throat collapsing it right as Roland pulled the pin on his gas grenade “im augmented for this line of work, the only thing that asshole gave me was permanent nerve damage” he said as 9 was gasping for his mouth wide open only to be filled with the out put end of the grenade “I’m better...” he watched as 9 choked on the gas

Dallas

She continued hiking though the wood, dodging the traps and dangers found there. “Almost there” she said to herself

[Flarbinia]

Connor Jax
"Yet, despite stealing one of their best mechs, Six failed to turn the tide of the RCMC-Hojo Exiles War." Connor Jax said to Six as Phoenix kicked Scylla and got up, quickly following this up with anti-tank fire from its wrist mounted machineguns.
Admiral Elizabeth Hayes
The admiral drew her pistol and shot Roland in the head, killing him instantly. The medic removed the grenade from 9-Iron's mouth, the former raider up coughing and gasping as he was helped to his feet. "Leave him. The rats and bugs will be holding their own funeral for Roland. His hunt has ended in disgrace." Admiral Elizabeth Hayes said to the others before they continued heading back to the transport with the wounded 9-Iron in tow.
Z-X 600
"Did you really think that the Cao Cao Military would not add additional encryption to their databases after what happened in Zhang Xiu? Getting past the security system and acquiring data is a very delicate procedure, hence why I had these top-of-the-line Archival Androids reprogramed and put to work." Z-X 600 said over the comms as one of the Archival Droids said "Operation Fire Lance plans retrieved" in binary. "It appears that we have the plans for Cao Cao's next southern offensive." Z-X 600 said to Hel as Operation Fire Lance was sent to the Machine Army's leader.

[Xichung]

Six

She dodge the fire just in time “and you failed to protect your family and have been cast out as a ronin” a grapple hook wrapped around Phoenix leg and she sent an electrical surge through it shutting down his mech “I tried to stop them, but all I was is a bug to them, even on that vary day I died, I tried” she left her mech and hopped down from the 80ft cockpit and landed just fine. She stared at the Phoenix for a few minutes then stormed away.

Roland

He slowly stood and looked at Elizabeth “he is as dead as me, trust me, it’s a neurological toxin that destroys the cells within seconds” the bullet hole looks bad but blood isn’t coming out “I merely followed the rules of the apex” he was soon shot by the guards in the head again and his head knocked back but he then looked forward. The bullet had cut through the flesh and road along his skull till it exited soon revealing the metal skull underneath the scar that stretched from his eyebrow to the back of the head “I’ll see you back on the ship” he turned around and began walking as security pulled her away and the shot Roland only for the bullets to ricochet while tearing the synthetic skin apart along with his close

Dallas

She heard the gunshots and ran towards them to see what’s up only to see a Immortal man walk away from a group of men trying to gun him down, ultimately failing. She soon saw him take off his jacket that was soon in tatters “maybe there a key in that”

hel

“Indeed, I expect much from them, but I’d figured you would adapt to such” she then began looking at the plan and started making strategies to counter them “an attack to our heart, sadly it will fail and I await the cenotaph reawakening” she put her hand behind her back “and once my child has awoken and been upgraded, she will become the very thing that leads us to victory” she sent orders to the medical machines to begin taking all medical nanits and change their objectives to destroying flesh and produce a large quantity of them “I would be a fool had I order them to make grey goo” she sat atop a destroyed building “well then, come to me since your done”

[Flarbinia]

Connor Jax
"Six may shrug off the death of a mech pilot easily, but he is quite adaptable." Connor Jax said to "Vegas" as he exited Phoenix, engineers reloading the wrist-mounted machineguns. "So long as you keep Phoenix out of melee, you should have nothing to worry about." Vegas replied.
Admiral Elizabeth Hayes
"Apex follows The Way Of The Hunt, Roland. I shot you because you acted like a spoiled child who enjoys ripping the wings off a fly, not like a hunter killing his prey. As for the transport, you will be staying there for the rest of the recruiting process. The natives do not know the difference between androids and bionic enhancements." Elizabeth Hayes said to Roland as the guards unhanded her, the Storm Claws warriors reaching for their weapons and saying "metal demon" in their native dialect before the admiral motioned for them to stand down.

[Xichung]

six

She went into her room and looked at the katana and Wazaki next to her bed. She pulled her helmet off and threw it to the side “Six was a fool...” she said as she grabbed the smaller blade “I should have stopped them...” she unsheathed the blade light gleaming off it, she the undid her suit to where it was only her torso exposed. She then took the blade and pointed it at her stomach. Tears began streaming down her face, she soon tossed the blade. “Wouldn’t matter anyway, six is immortal” she then layed in her bed and began sobbing

Roland

He looked at her and smirked then at the tribe men “spoiled, no, sick in the head, maybe” he then pull more synthetic skin off and laughed “the prey of the hunt dies how the hunter see fit!” He tossed the skin to the side. Half of his steel skull could be seen “it is the will of the strong that defines the galaxy, that’s why your obedient pets of the RMC and The black knight” his jaw isn’t synced with his voice. “I’ll find my own, not following under someone else’s will!” He walked towards a mountain resort that was long before overgrown

[Flarbinia]

Admiral Elizabeth Hayes
"Terrin Black recognizes a strategic mind as a valuable asset. That was why he made me admiral. Of course, you are still my bodyguard, so we will be waiting for you to return with the spoils of your victory. Considering that predators outnumber prey on this planet, it shouldn't be hard to find suitable game." Admiral Elizabeth Hayes said to Roland before heading back to the transport with the others, her tone indicating that while she did not approve of Roland's methods, she still valued him as a comrade.

[Xichung]

Roland

He laughed as he stepped in the forest “you’ll be lucky if anything is alive” he broke trees as he moved and created a clear path of where he went.

Hana

She woke up and looked around, she wasn’t in her room. She woke up on a transport ship, locked up in a wheelchair and saw the man with the mask again. She began freaking out and closed her eyes to only see him disappear, the heart rate monitor next to her was going insane as she looked around the ship for the man.