Mr Rage

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@Whoami And continued recycling, yay! Keeping our storylines green ;)

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@EurmalEyeI figure why not recycle a character concept?

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The group filed out of the transport, Ajax waiting until everybody else was out before him. Celise started the mission brief and Ajax waited patiently for her to dismiss everybody. "Alright, wonderful! We have two whole hours to stretch and do a light warm up before we get on the boats! Everybody, all together now, rank and file! Wait- Where is everybody going?" Ajax exclaimed excitedly. He may be extremely well adapted for combat, but for all his exuberance, he would probably make for a better teacher of combat if he ever made it to an old enough age to retire from active combat deployment. He loved the opportunity to not only work to better his own body, but the opportunity to help others in their voyage of templedom was an exhilarating opportunity for Ajax, one which he would never pass up. Which was why every time he had an opportunity to train with somebody he took the opportunity to do so. However, this time, the group was not so willing. Ajax looked around dismayed as the group broke up and started to go their separate ways.

Ajax turned to retrieve his War Hammer from the transport, which was basically just strapped to the roof as it wouldn't fit inside the compartment. As he put his hand on the shaft of the hammer he heard the sirens wailing in the distance. "Could be we don't need a boat after all," Ajax said to himself as he hefted the heavy weapon onto his shoulder, continuing to look in that direction. Ajax saw Jomen stop suddenly and turn, looking the same way. Before Jomen even reached Ajax, he knew what he was going to say. "I will be right behind you."

As Green-Eyes and the Giant made their way through the crowd they were intercepted by the senior Guardian. Ajax knew who she was on sight. Between being in the same division and his family having their long tradition of attending the academy, Ajax's older sister, Olgara, had been in the same class as her. Ajax knew her before, and part of the training in warfare is going over old mission reports to try and learn the strategy. What worked, what didn't. Ajax knew as much as anybody who wasn't there could know, which wasn't a lot, but he did know who she was. It had been many years since he had actually seen her, but still, the difference in appearance was startling. "Ma'am," Ajax greeted with a salute after Jomen made the introduction. They may be students, but they were still military students, and she was a ranking officer. "Looks like there might be some trouble in that building over there, Jomen is our group's healer, he was concerned over civilian injuries, which is what brought us here. I am in Warfare division, but I am a defender more than an offensive type - though some of my classmates might disagree!" It was a joke, a badly timed joke, one that he was sure nobody would have laughed at even if there was anybody around to hear it that knew him. "Ah- Uh, Anyways. It would be an honor to assist you in dealing with this situation, or if you would assist us if you aren't too busy?"

As Jomen entered the square Ajax made it past the barracade, but where Jomen announced his intentions of going inside Ajax stayed put. "I am NOT a healer, and I'll be staying out here... but don't give me a reason to come inside..." Ajax announced as Jomen entered through the doorway. The passive threat worked to get most of the guns off of Jomen as he approached the building.

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Inside the insurgency scurried. They had hostages, and they had made it clear that they were more than willing to do what they had to in order to get what they wanted. They had cleared out the main lobby and moved everybody off of the first floor. Desks had been pushed over to make cover walls and baracades at the top and bottom of the steps. Four men crouched behind the desks at the top of the steps and two men were on the wings of the balcony, all where perfectly visible for Jomen or anybody else who entered to see. "Stop it Right there, buddy. Not anot'er step from you. We know you ain't no heala. Guardians don't get implants! Now tellus whatcha really after and maybe we kill ya quick?"

Further upstairs the hostages were moved to another room by a single gunman. His entire forearm had been replaced with the Gatling gun of a weapon, he sucked down on a short, fat cigar with his left hand. "Move it, Move it, don't do nothing stupid, yeah?" He said gesturing with his gun arm for the people to move quickly. They were being moved further inside the building now, harder for them to be seen from the outside, too many drones in the air, and now there were people walking right up the front steps and knocking on the door. At the windows facing the square Ajax stood stoic with his warhammer in hand, ready to leap into action at any sign of trouble.

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@EurmalEye@Whoami@Prisk We can share the responsibility of who controls the baddies. I am starting to work on my post. Should be up tonight or tomorrow morning, eta <12 hours.

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@Whoami@EurmalEye That is correct, Daring attempt got back burner-ed due to a general lack of interest in it, or rather a greater interest in the battle for Lidalle. It will more than likely take place after this battle is completed, but this little interaction will impact the daring attempt mission.

I am all for Jomen attempting a peaceful resolution, I suspect that it would be the best option for the later mission to resolve it without lethal methods. However, Ajax will be there alongside Jomen in case things do get dicey.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

Might be worth it to do a collab for syncing targeting controls?

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@Prisk I donno. I didn't have anything in mind in particular. I know that it was mentioned previously as a possibility, but I wasn't sure if there were any special rules to consider while thinking about anything.

Actually, I lied, there are two or three characters I am thinking of, but two of them actually run pretty close to fulfilling the same sort of role that Ajax does, so there isn't much point in playing that character here. However, I think that I can merge two ideas together to make that character different enough... Nothing concrete enough to worry about sharing though.

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Just curious, but what are the rules on secondary characters?

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

Zim continued his evasive maneuvers around the turret fire as he started to close in on the last turret. His entire focus on simply moving forward without getting shot, but he was distracted for a moment, as was the turret, as Devors made his mad dash at the shield. Taking the opportunity to close in while the turret changed targets, Zim took aim and shot, curling back and away from the target, and avoiding getting any closer to the blast area. When the explosion started Zim stopped evasive maneuvers and focused on speed until he reached the simulated exit ring, at that point he started to circle back, looking for evidence that Devors made it out alive and that he was successful in taking down the shield. If that was the case, he would swap out the Omni-Rifle for the Thermal Scythe and continue the approach to the breach.

With the heavy hitters and Devors staying outside, and Jaeger and Hou-Yi returned with Prometheus, it left Zim and Sigma to go in and help extract the infiltration team. As Zim approached the entrance he activated the shield wall, providing cover as they entered into who knows what, and hoping that Sigma was close behind. The shield was designed in such a way that it would allow friendly fire to pass through the shield, giving the sniper mostly unobstructed cover for the approach. "Come on Black Star, hold it together for a little longer, we are almost through this," Zim said to his companion, he switched to Coms then, "Black Star, entering the station in search of the infiltration team. Sigma, your with me. Katya, Jake, Anybody from the infiltration team, can you hear me?"

He had called out to Katya and Jake hoping that their more sensitive equipment would pick up on the broadcast better, assuming that they were in good enough shape to function.

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"Oh, being in intelligence isn't bad at all, it is just that none of the Armstrongs in our long history have ever been anything other than Warfare division, or the equivalent of it for the time," Ajax explained, "But he was a bit weird in other ways too... we don't talk about it much in our family, not that I minded personally."

"Uh oh, is that a Knight I hear? The loud clanging of your armor gave you away again, my friend!" Ajax said as he turned to greet his longtime companion, "Maybe someday, if you keep trying hard enough, you'll get promoted to a King and only have one name!" Ajax erupted into a one-man cacophony of laughter which echoed and layered in the long concrete and steel garage. Nobody else laughed at the stupid joke, that was okay, Ajax didn't care.

"Oh! Looks like it is time to go! Come, Duke, let us find our glory on the battlefield!" Ajax turned as if to get into vehicle 95, which was empty and without a driver, and when we realized this he turned back, his stoic face contorted as if in horror at the realization that he was going to have to fit inside of 94 with everybody else. He looked at Duke and quickly shouted "Shotgun!" And ran for the front seat position next to the driver. When he opened the door the driver had already put his hand out and was shaking his head. It was apparent that he, nor anybody else, would get the luxury of that particular seat, "Well, I am sorry everyone, it looks like I will have to cram myself in there with the rest of you, I tried. To make it up to you all, I promise to lead you all in a round of post-arrival stretches to work out the cramps and fatigue of the road! It will be grand!"

And so with efficient effort, Ajax forced himself into the back of the unit and there he sat crumpled up as small as he could get himself to be. It was quiet for a while as the vehicle began the run down the road. "So, uh, for those of you who do not know me, I am Ajax Armstrong, as you may have guessed I am in Warfare. I specialize in defense. I am the front line, I am the wall. I am your shield, so stand behind me, and you will never fall! HaHA!" He laughed at his own limerick. It wasn't intended, but he felt extra clever for it for the moment. Though he noticed that the burst of laughter only came from him and that nearly everyone in the personnel carrier winced a little at the volume, "Sorry. I will try to keep it down."