Year 60,000

[Makuta Miras]

GMed by Miras the Omniscient and Chumpu. (Now hiring)

Game Topic | Discussion Topic

 
1.0: History/Current Events 
The universe is dying.
When Makuta Teridax struck down Mata Nui 60,000 years ago, the fractures created by the crash flooded many domes, rendering only the two domes containing Metru Nui, Xia, Zakaz and Stelt inhabitable. Venturing into the flooded domes- which contain many strange creatures from Aqua Magna- means certain death. Access to these domes is blocked by closed Sea Gates.
Metru Nui has long since fallen into ruin, the sleeping Matoran inhabitants locked away beneath the earth whilst Rahi rampage across the surface. It is a land of strange monsters and perpetual night, but the archipelago triumvirate is still holding onto life in the remnants of a dying universe.
When the Great Spirit Robot crash-landed on Aqua Magna, an underwater volcanic eruption, combined with the shockwaves of power from Makuta Teridax's transformation tore a hole in the robot's hull, one which now leaves the bottom of the Silver Sea between the three islands open to the outside world.
A century ago, the seabed shifted a little, and the robot’s shoulder dropped off a ridge, crushing a coral reef.
With this breach opened to the outside world now, natives of Aqua Magna have begun entering the Matoran Universe- Kaiju.
Monstrous creatures, the smallest 50 bio (225 feet/68.5 metres) tall, the beasts come swimming through the gap, laying waste to many of the islands' triumphs.
The first few beasts were exterminated by Xia's weapons, used on beasts contained by the few Toa left, but now the Kaiju, having wiped out the Toa due to them being the first line of defence, are becoming bigger, faster and stronger, meaning that the only weapons able to stop them...
Are the Jaegers.
Initially designed by the Vortixx, Jaegers were soon rolled out to the other islands with special adaptations to each species' capabilities and powers.
Expeditionary teams are also being sent out to try and find a way out of the Matoran Universe other than the breach. Now, it's your choice: Are you a Kaiju, fighting to prove yourself and gain territory, are you a Jaeger pilot, fighting to buy time for others to save your world, or are you an explorer, searching for the exit from your world?
 
2.0: Battles 
If players aren’t otherwise occupied, every few weeks a staff-led Kaiju or Jaeger attack will be launched, with a goal unique to that attack most of the time; sometimes, if we run out of ideas, the purpose of the attack will be to just kill as many enemies as possible.
These attacks will be announced OOC to everyone and IC to the attacking force on the Saturday before the attack so that the relevant army has time to prepare IC and OOC. Feel free to launch attacks on your own between them.
 
3.0: Expeditions 
One of the primary goals at the moment is to find a way out of the MU. Most expeditions are currently heading to Metru Nui to find a way out due to it having the light holes in the dome which the island’s rulers hypothesise to be easier to break through than the regular MU skin. PCs will be leading expeditions- you don’t need GM approval to go- but Dane, Ultimo and I will be posting to guide these quests along.

4.0: Locations 
 
Xia: 
 
The City: 
Xia's islandwide city has somewhat dwindled now, keeping close to the skirts of the Mountain and away from the shores for fear of Kaiju. What is left of the city is bright and hopeful, shining steel buildings towering far up into the sky. The streets are soundly paved, and, all in all, Xia is a good place to live.
 
Xia Shatterdome: 
Xia's Shatterdome is, like the city, a tall, elegant affair. Instead of the unpainted iron walls favoured by Stelt, the interior features bare but functional corridors and rooms with clean walls, ceilings and floors; to put it simply, the Xia Shatterdome is a wholesome place. The Jaeger bays are much like the other Shatterdomes, large, cavernous rooms with asphalt floors and Jaegers surrounded by networks of gantries. For reference, think of something like this. 
 
 
Stelt: 
 
The City: 
Where Xia is no longer dirty and polluted, Stelt has become even more so. Many of the arenas which used to characterise the island are gone now, replaced with Jaeger factories. Despite these new jobs, many of the population still turn to crime for a living, preying on unsuspecting beings, murdering and stealing from them. The sky is always gloomy, filled with smoke, but the cordon of Jaegers around the coastline facing into the wider ocean break through the dusk every now and then, their watchful gazes never relenting. As Stelt is attacked the most often by Kaiju, the entire island has been placed under martial law, intended to keep the population working despite the attacks. Half of all attacks are aimed at Stelt.
 
Stelt Shatterdome: 
Stelt's Shatterdome is a drab, hardened building, built many bio down into the ground, intended to shield the Jaegers in their bays from Kaiju attacks. The walls are bare metal, rusted around the edges, and the floors have a tendency to be somewhat less than pleasant underfoot. The Jaegers bays are identical to Xia's, except with fewer gantries and more utilitarian Jaegers.
 
Artahka HQ:
Buried far beneath the surface of Stelt, the comfortable living quarters and large rooms contrasting vastly to the rest of the island, is the HQ for the group known as Artakha, devoted to capturing Kaiju and using them as weapons against other Kaiju via mind control. There are many holding bays for Kaiju (read: as many as the plot needs) which as-of-yet have not been reconditioned, containing many nasty traps designed to keep them contained until indoctrination has occurred. Long story short, no Kaiju are getting out of there any time soon.
 
 
Zakaz: 
 
The City: 
The city on Zakaz, centred around the lake in the middle, is a low, concrete settlement, built quickly in the days after the civil war ended. The streets are unpaved, dusty roads, and what sewers there are are in a constant state of disrepair, blocked and rat-infested. The lake has a number of floating houses built out onto it, designed for easier access to the deposits of metal at its bottom that are used for Jaeger manufacture.
 
Zakaz Shatterdome: 
Built on the southern shores, Zakaz' Shatterdome mimics the city, being built out of concrete and with little hygiene inside the structure. It has a notably smaller number of Jaegers than the other two islands, tantamount to the anger issues that plague the Skakdi, meaning that none are able to pilot a Jaeger without another to help.

 
Metru Nui 
In the aftermath of the Great Cataclysm, Metru Nui has become a deadened, silent place. The Matoran are locked in their pods beneath the Coliseum, and the lights in the dome have gone out. A small fracture in the skin of the Great Spirit Robot around its head has caused Aqua Magna seawater to begin trickling into the dome. Many of the low-lying areas in the dome have been flooded completely, and Archives creatures stalk the empty streets and prowl the dark waters.
 
 
The Kaiju Hive 
Created entirely out of a coral reef with holes burrowed through it by Kaiju, the Kaiju Hive is an impressive sight to behold, towering above other natural landforms in the Aqua Magnan ocean. The Kaiju inside are divided into ranks, with the weakest, lowest ranking Kaiju living at the uppermost borders of the extensive tunnel structure inside the reef, and the largest, most powerful Kaiju living deep within the structure. The waters around it are a too-bright blue, contaminated by Kaiju blood, making sure that any creatures powerful enough to face the Kaiju stay well away from the hive. There are many entrances to the hive, although they are more common near the top. At the very bottom of the formation there is just one, gaping entrance designed to facilitate the entrances and exits of the Kaiju Alpha, Sharky. The Kaiju Hive is about 40 kio (34 miles/54.8km) away from the crash site of the MU.
 
5.0: Jaegers 
Jaegers almost make up the Matoran Universe inhabitants' entire army, the massive mechanical robots armed and armoured to fight Kaiju. There are three different marks (MKs) of Jaegers- MK I, MK II AND MK III. Permission to create MK IV Jaegers will be given out on a case-by-case basis as a reward for good playing. MK Vs, being highly advanced and therefore difficult and expensive to produce, can only be owned by GM characters, who have obtained them via sheer rank, or via ShEnAnAgInS. Each MK of Jaeger has a different set of weapons and powers, and Jaegers will be able to level up within their MK, granting them more powerful versions of their initial abilities. The Vortixx have also been able to create giant Kanohi for the Jaegers, granting them some specialised powers. Skakdi are able to channel their elemental powers through their Jaegers, although the machinery required takes the space of the Jaeger’s Kanohi. The offensively oriented Kanohi can only be activated in short bursts due to power supply issues. Passive Kanohi can stay active for longer. The list of allowable Kanohi is as follows:
 
Active Kanohi:
Hau- temporarily (One minute) makes the Jaeger impervious to physical attacks.
Miru- allows the Jaeger one strong leap per charge.
Pakari- increases the Jaeger’s arm strength enough for one super punch per charge.
Kakama- gives the Jaeger a short burst of speed.
Pehkui- halves the Jaeger’s size for a minute, although due to its mechanical nature it does not preserve the strength.
Crast- allows the deflection of attacks for thirty seconds per charge.
Mask of Growth- makes the Jaeger 1.5x larger for a minute, although its offensive strength remains the same.
 
Passive Kanohi:
Arthron- gives the Jaeger basic sonar systems.
Ruru- improves the Jaeger’s visual systems.
Calix- increases the Jaeger’s agility.
Mask of Elemental Energy- increases the Jaeger's efficiency, allowing it to store extra power to then be used for stronger attacks.
Kiril- allows the Jaeger's outer hull to repair itself slowly. When I'm talking slowly, I mean slow as in a 5-metre gash taking about 1 hour to heal. It isn't Wolverine-level.
 
Custom Kanohi are allowed.
 
MK Is: 
One pilot required.
Standard weaponry and abilities: Stealth-based abilities, rocket fists.
MK Is are smaller, quick, scouts with melee-based loadouts.

• Level 1 MK Is begin with a stealth system that turns the Jaeger mostly invisible, working like a Volitak; it leaves a faint outline of the mech which can be seen in daylight.
• Level 2 MK Is gain a system that mutes any external sounds they make in addition to their first ability.
• Level 3 MK Is have the ability to become fully invisible, Huna-style. Although they are generally unspottable, those who are sharp of eye may notice the slight distortions they make.

MK IIs: 
One pilot required.
Standard weaponry and abilities: Ranged weapons, physically-based weapon-enhancing abilities.

• Level 1: MK IIs begin with an ability that allows them to increase the rate of fire of any automatic weapons they have, like Cordak Blasters or plasmacasters. The shots fired this way aren’t as powerful as normal.
• Level 2: At level 2, MK IIs gain another ability that increases the power of their shots, allowing for a single more damaging shot before the ability must be activated again.
• Level 3: Upon upgrading to level 3, MK IIs are fitted with a trio of small scout drones. These A.I electronic scouts can be used to survey the area for a MK II and to help line up shots that are exceedingly far away. The drones can communicate with the Jaeger from up to 500 bio (2250 feet/685 metres) away.

MK IIs are ranged versions of MK Is which use weaponry such as plasmacasters, Cordak Blasters and the occasional Zamor Launcher. These are used as tactical support for MK Is a lot of the time.
 
MK IIIs: 
Two pilots required: each shares with movement and combat duties.
Standard weaponry and abilities: Heavy plasmacasters for close combat, melee-based abilities.

• Level 1: MK IIIs are fitted with more durable armour from their time of construction, although the weight of this extra armour slows down the Jaeger.
• Level 2: At level 2, MK IIIs gain a single piece of armouring that is nearly indestructible; this could be a shield, a section of the chestplate, or a shoulder pauldron. Due to the necessity of having instruments inside the conn-pod, the extra armour cannot be placed on it.
• Level 3: At level 3, MK IIIs gain the ability to go into an overdrive mode for a few minutes; when activated, this increases the response speed and general fluidity of the Jaeger, at the expense of not being able to use its weapons, only its fists.

MK IIIs usually have a range of weaponry both melee and ranged, but they are slow, large and need two pilots so that the beings' minds aren't overwhelmed by the strain of piloting it. MK IIIs are deployed as commanders for attack forces, aiming to take down large, powerful Category 3 Kaiju using their large arsenals.

MK IVs: 
Number of pilots required varies widely between units.
Standard weaponry: Again, varies between units.
MK IVs are rare, being expensive to construct but very valuable on the battlefield. Characteristics vary wildly between MK IV units, as they were designed to have modular sections in order to respond effectively to a number of different situations without needing to build Jaegers with completely new chassis. Some MK IVs’ characteristics include one example having a third arm, another being quadrupedal, and another having something akin to a large plasmacaster instead of a head.
NOTE: MK IVS MAY ONLY BE CREATED WITH EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM MYSELF, DANE OR ULTIMO.
By no means are you limited to these rough weapon specs, but if you have too many weapons on your Jaeger or ones that don't fit the MK, the profile won't be approved.
 
6.0: Drift technology 
Drift technology is tech developed by the Vortixx that is able to link two or more beings’ minds together, creating a Kaita mind out of the personalities and memories. Drift technology was initially developed in order to make the use of MK III Jaegers feasible, but was eventually rolled out to the Skakdi as well, using it to encourage trust and empathy in them, which helped to end the wars on Zakaz. When characters are drifting, each player involved in the drift can only control one character that is drifting, for the sake of fairness. When the beings’ minds merge to form a Kaita mind, the players whose characters are involved need to decide among themselves what to do, and they share the responsibility of posting as the Kaita mind- for example, if my character was drifting with Dane’s, the two would form a Kaita mind with their combined personalities and memories, but we would have to decide between us what to do, and both of us could post as the Kaita mind if we decided who would be posting and what our linked characters would be doing.
Skakdi controlling Jaegers must drift when piloting, no matter what MK of Jaeger they are using, and characters of differing species cannot drift together, as the mental differences are too great. 
 
7.0: Kaiju 
Kaiju are giant, fully organic amphibious monsters from Aqua Magna. Kaiju blood, also known as Kaiju Blue, corrodes and rusts away many known materials, making it a potent weapon against the islands. It was this that prompted the development of plasma-based weapons, as they cauterise wounds instantly. Kaiju have near-unique adaptations which become more advanced as the categories increase. These adaptations include, but are not limited to:
 
Chameleon skin- does what it says on the packet. Beware, though, this doesn't give you full invisibility.
Electric skin- gives an electric shock able to knock out a being when the skin is touched. This can mess up a Jaeger’s electrical systems temporarily.
 
Elemental Breath- the Kaiju is able to breath out a stream of one of six elements, Fire, Ice, Acid (Excess Kaiju Blue), Air, Water and Lightning. The lightning produced by Kaiju is not conducted by water.
Sonic booms- These Kaiju can produce a sonic boom through their mouths- think of it like a big shockwave.
 
EMP Bursts- possessed exclusively by Category 3 Kaiju and above, these bursts are able to disable or stun a Jaeger for a few minutes. They are powerful enough to destroy MK II scout drones.
Elasticity- temporarily allows the Kaiju’s body to stretch like a rubber band.
Mental blasts- these blasts are pure psychic energy. They can be used to stun and, in extremely severe cases, kill Jaeger pilots.
 
Custom adaptations are allowed.
 
All Kaiju PCs start off at Category 1, with a non-offensive skin-based ability; this can be one of the two shown, or it can be custom.
When one of the GMs decide that the Kaiju is good enough to move up a category, their player will be notified via PM. When a Kaiju moves up a category, they gain size and another adaptation; the ones available to Category 2s are Elemental Breath abilities and sonic booms. Those available to Category 3s are EMP bursts, Elasticity and Mental Blasts. When a Kaiju upgrades to Category 4, they go through a violent metamorphosis where they gain a unique ability and occasionally some even obtain crazy new physiology like extra limbs or another head.
Like with the Jaegers, I want to see lots of unique adaptations so that we can make this game as interesting as possible.
 
8.0: Staff Characters 
 
Miras: 
Name: Arkie
Species: Ko-Matoran
Gender: Female
Arkie is tall and wiry, with a cybernetic left arm. Her white and silver armour is scorched, scratched and dented from a lifetime of fighting Kaiju. Grim and determined, this Matoran has been in command of just about every Jaeger in the inhabited universe since she lost her arm.
Jaeger: Jatikko
Jaeger nickname: Jatikko
MK: V- MK V Jaegers are very rare, meaning no players will be allowed to have them. The reason for this is that MK Vs are very advanced, and therefore take a lot of time and resources to build. Since the smaller universe has been using the current resources for about 60,000 years, the aim is to conserve them in order to build other Jaegers.
Kanohi: Faxon (Works like normal)
Weaponry: Twin plasma cannons on the shoulders, capable of taking down a Category 5 Kaiju; Rocket fists; swords stored in the arms, able to cut through a Kaiju’s hide with ease; “The Godkiller”- a giant hammer.
Appearance: Jatikko is loosely built, its general structure being reminiscent of Arkie with long, powerful limbs. The Jaeger is painted white and blue.
  
Ultimo: 
Name: The Carpathian
Gender: Male
Species: Vo-Matoran
Powers/Gear: Indoctrination. Allows him to subtly influence a person over a long period of time to his own way of thinking. The longer and closer the contact, the more complete this indoctrination becomes.
Personality: Charming, and suave, The Carpathian has a way with people that is hard to explain. Driven to his cause, and rather close-minded, he is generally unwilling to see other methods before his own.
Bio: Not much is known about the Carpathian before his rise to power over a group known as Artahka. Only his closest advisers even know where he acquired his strange indoctrination power. After the fall of the Toa, he and his group became devoted not to killing Kaiju, but capturing and controlling them to fight other Kaiju. (If you wish to have an indoctrinated Kaiju, PM one of the GMs) The Carpathian and Artahka are secretly in control of Stelt's leadership.
Jaeger: Illusive Trap
 
Jaeger Nickname: Illusive Trap
MK: V
Weaponry: Chest mounted Stasis field generator, able to contain even a Cat 5 Kaiju. Retractable electric batons, designed to incapacitate. Electrically charged fists.
Appearance: Large and simply built, Trap has no paint, being a simple burnished nickel colour, with blue glowing lights.
Kanohi: Avsa (Allows Trap to drain energy from Kaiju, charging itself while tiring the Kaiju)

 

Name: “Sharky”
Species: Kaiju
Gender: (Alpha) Male
Category: 5
The Alpha of the Kaiju, Sharky has a combination of Ice and Lightning breath, which he seems to vary depending on the situation. His teeth also leak Kaiju blue when they bite. His hide can electrify at will, and he has amazing swimming capabilities. He is very strong. Sharky is VERY dominant, he doesn't like his authority challenged. He's literally a way overgrown Knifehead. He is massive, and has claws extending from each of his arms on each side. He is a dark blue, with green energy patterns. His tail is covered with spikes. He has a large shark like fin on his back, which lights up when he uses his elemental breath, and he has long claws on each of his arms.
 
9.0: NPCs
 
Name: Inikhi
Species: Skakdi
Inikhi is the current ruler of Zakaz, elected from the warlords of the island. Although, like all Skakdi, he is quite violent, Inikhi prefers to survey situations from a distance, keeping out of most matters.
 
Name: Vofosu
Species: Vortixx
Gender: Female
Powers/Gear: A plasma sword strapped to her thigh.
Personality: Determined and hardened, Vofosu isn’t like the stereotypical Vortixx, she is determined to win the war, for the better of all the Matoran Universe
Bio: Quickly rose to power after being one of the top fighters. She became the overall commander of the Vortixx forces, ruling over Xia.
Appearance: She’s a Vortixx. Whaddaya think?
 
Name: Nokoro
Species: Vortixx
One of the pioneers in drift technology and the whole Jaeger concept, Nokoro is the head of the Xia Shatterdome. She is slightly more airheaded than most, being an excellent scientist but not that good in most other matters.
 
Name: Pavohi
Species: Matoran
Pavohi is the leader of the Stelt Shatterdome. After a life of work in Stelt's hard conditions, he has become sarcastic and grumpy, the type of person who'll help you if you ask, but you don't particularly want to ask them because they aren't a very nice person.
 
Name: Jiraka
Species: Skakdi
Jiraka is angry and violent, the typical Skakdi. Despite this, he is particularly clever, making him Inikhi's ideal choice for leading the Shatterdome on Zakaz.

 

RULES: 

 
1. All BZP rules apply.
2. Use the tag “IC” at the beginning of a post to indicate writing that advances the story. Use “OOC” to indicate what doesn't, like short player-to-player comments which aren't long enough for the discussion topic.
3. No god-modding.
4. No bunnying- controlling other players’ characters- without their permission or, if it comes to it, the staff’s.
5. Metagaming is a big no-no. This means using information gathered as a player IC- an example could be, if you are in a fight, you look at the profile of the character you’re fighting, discover their weaknesses, and then have your character magically find out your opponent’s weaknesses. So don’t do it.
6. No insta-items- aka, items that appear out of thin air. You can’t have your Jaeger run out of rounds for its machine gun and then fire the machine gun again in the next post, for example.
7. All profiles must be approved by a GM before the characters in them can be played.

8. oh yeah also no expies

Edited July 2, 2015 by Miras the Omniscient

[user-402520536]

IC: Kami and Kaze - Zakaz Shatterdome

 

Kaze stood, his hands still dirty with Jaeger grease.

 

"Kami! Have you seen my wrench?" He called over to his brother, who was reading a combat manual nearby.

 

OOC: Open for interaction. Also, first PC post! Score!

Edited June 14, 2015 by Aerixx

[Nato G]

IC: Oblitus - Xia Coastline. 

 

The jaeger loomed out of the fog, a silent sentinel bent on one purpose - finishing off the lone kaiju fleeing from it. The beast turned to hiss and spit, frothing blood from the mouth due to earlier wounds. 

 

Oblitus didn't reply. He merely raised his jaeger's weapon and fired, sending a ripple of sonic energy through the air and right into the monster's open mouth, exploding its head from the inside. 

 

A grin splitting his narrow face, he strode forwards and reached down to grab the creature's tail, before starting back towards the Xian shatterdome, dragging his prize along behind him...

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IC: Darken - Lair.

 

He surfaced into the bubble of air that was inside his cave, dragging the mangled remains of his latest foe's head behind him. He carefully pulled the dead pilot from the skull, savouring the taste of the once-living being, then placed the head on a shelf of rock, in among the rest of his swiftly-growing collection...   

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IC: Tonitrui - Stelt Coastline.

 

The colour of her skin rendering her almost completely invisible in the water, Tonitrui slunk along below the surface, searching for an easy target...

Edited June 13, 2015 by Of Australian Origin...

[user-402520536]

IC: Kami and Kaze - Zakaz Shatterdome

 

"Here." Kami grunted, flinging a spare wrench at Kaze's head. The latter caught it expertly, feeling its weight for a moment before resuming his work. Kami dropped his manual onto his seat and strode over to his brother, hard at work on the latest improvement.

 

"What's your brain cooking up now?" He asked playfully, practicing an uppercut as he watched over Kaze, hard at work.

 

"Modifying her thrusters. They should now propel her 100.35% farther than her normal leap length." This statement was met by a questioning gaze.

 

"It may not seem like much," he conceded. "But it may mean the difference between life and death on the battlefield."

 

"Well, you haven't led me wrong yet. Let's test 'er out."

Edited June 14, 2015 by Aerixx

[Dane-gerous]

GM IC: Sharky

A loud roar echoed through the hive as Sharky chomped into another Kaiju. The reef of the bottom of the hive clouded with blue as blood poured from the wound of the green monster. The other Kaiju staggered back, the two creatures circling each other. Sharky charged again, flying through the waters, and slamming into the green Kaiju's chest. The spike on Sharky's head flew through the chest, impaling the monster of the depths. More blood poured from the Kaiju. The green Kaiju's body turned limp and the energy on it's skin faded away. Sharky bit into it, eating the dead Kaiju until all was left was a skeleton. He turned around, waiting for anyone to challenge him. No-one did. The huge monster swam off, to his own personal cave. The Alpha remained an Alpha.

[Not Quite Dead]

IC:

What happened when legends died?

 

People were left behind. Every legend and every myth, every hero and every luminary ; all had their basis in reality, however great the eventual distortions. On a rainy afternoon many years ago, the legend called Pulleiaceus Black died. When the legend died, a mourner was left at the wake. With his reputation crushed and his ideals dashed 'gainst the steely boundary of myth and matoran, he decided that the only course of action was nonaction. His goal had been met with nonsuccess, his family and charges were now nonpersons and his illusory motivations were revealed as nonexistent, cheap cardboard silhouettes that had been torn down by the first strong gust to come their way. Laying down as low as he could, all the way to the gutters, he scrounged out a meager existence. The only and sole existence he was entitled to. Odd jobs around Xia's shatterdome, sober, half drunken and completely drunken retelling of his stories and the odd bit of charity.

 

In his work, he'd met the Jaeger pilot he'd just popped a shot off at. The vortixx was an ornery sort of being, a projection of the cold and calculating persona blown up for the big screen. A sort of apocryphal loner. Black wasn't quite too fond of him, but his machine was a real beaut, he enjoyed working on it when he was under employ by the dome's management. Not to mention, Oblitus was karzing good at what he did, even if Black didn't like his jibe, he couldn't convince himself otherwise concerning his results.

 

The revolver's report echoed through the morning, slicing through the fog with a flash followed by another flash as it ricocheted off the steel of the towering machine, the morning was a quiet one, so Black was confident of his aural detection.

 

"Brought back another one, eh?" He shouted, standing on one of the stone piers dozens of meters below the Solitarius Lupus.

[Nato G]

IC: Oblitus - Approaching Xia Shatterdome.

 

He glanced down at the being below him. While he didn't appreciate people taking potshots at his jaeger, he knew that the shot wouldn't have even really scratched its armour. Even from this distance, he recognised Black, and nodded in answer to his question. 

Edited June 14, 2015 by Of Australian Origin...

[Specter Knight]

OOC

Here we go!

 

IC-Acacia (Stelt Shatterdome)

 

Acacia walked through the dismal corridors of the underground facility, en route to check out her freshly-built Jaeger. Soon, she would join her co-workers on the front lines of battle...

 

IC-Lash (Kaiju Hive)

 

The Silver Kaiju swam through the murky waters of the hive, observing the gigantic structure nearby from which their enemies came. The time would come to attack soon. He just needed the alpha to signal when...

 

OOC

Acacia and Lash open to Interaction. Assuming Kaiju can converse, despite being gigantic sea monsters.

[McNugget]

IC: Vatyr-Xia

Vatyr was walking through the Streets of Xia, towards the Shatterdome.

OOC: Open to Interaction

[Daniel the Finlander]

IC: Derkahn (Stelt Shatterdome)

 

When Acacia approached her Jaeger, she saw an Onu-Matoran fiddling a glowing tablet with his hands. He noticed her approaching and turned around to look at her. "Ah, there you are, Acacia. I see you received my message about the completion of your battlesuit." He gestured to his side at the Jaeger. "We installed effective camouflage systems, protosteel blades in the arms and a Kanohi Calix, like you asked. I hope you're happy with the result. She's ready to go, and I recommed you try her out and see if the systems are fully functional. And she's still nameless, unless you think 'Unit 56-B' is a good name for her."

 

OoC: Talking to Acacia

Edited June 14, 2015 by Daniel the Dwarf

[user-402520536]

IC: Kami and Kaze - Zakaz Shatterdome

 

Kami held out his hand to his brother, who took it gratefully and hauled himself onto his feet. Their armored steps echoed through the hangar, announcing their readiness to fight. They stepped onto a large elevator and it hummed to life, zooming upwards throughout the vast expanse of the machine bay. Through the reinforced glass Kame and Kaze could see the other Jaegers, gigantic and monstrous in their own right.

 

The brothers continued onto a suspended platform that led to their Jaeger. Killer Tengu's 'head' was opened up, allowing the duo of Skakdi to fit themselves into the control gear. Various metal panels attached to their armor. When the final part - a spine covering - was put into place, the Jaeger's head closed up, revealing a visored facemask with a sharp lower jaw and large horn.

 

Then the Drift kicked in.

 

There was nothing new in this. The duo had done this countless times already, and were completely ready for the flood of information from each other. It felt as if a barrier between the two had dissipated, allowing them to see everything in each other's minds and work in complete sync.

 

"Are we go?"

 

"We are go."

 

The Jaeger made a tentative step forward, then another. A large hangar door - about one and a half the Jaeger's height - slid up, revealing the bright light outside. A few more steps brought Killer Tengu onto warm sand (not that she could feel it), and with a dozen more she was already wading deep into the sea.

 

OOC: Killer Tengu open for interaction on the Zakaz coastline.

[Naota Takizawa]

OOC: Interacting with Killer Tengu.

IC (As Bakira): The skakdi of gravity had finally reached Zakaz after being on the run from the Ta-Matoran Jaegers. "Home sweet home... I wonder if Inarkk's creations are going to be extremely plentiful here..." the skakdi reached the coastline wehn she spotted another Jaeger. "The heck? Is that... There are mechs in Zakaz already?" The Ta-Metruan Jaeger approached it. "Hey!" She called out on the radio in her cockpit. "What's the news in Zakaz?" 

[user-402520536]

IC: K-Tengu - Zakaz Coastline

 

[incoming transmission]

 

The two brothers listened to the other Jaeger's pilot.

 

"Not much, actually," Kaze began."The only recent attacks were few and far between. We easily beat most of them back."

Edited June 14, 2015 by Aerixx

[Naota Takizawa]

IC (As Bakira): "How has Zakaz been? Are the jaegers are another tool of war or do the skakdi finally recognize the virtue of unity?" The gravity skakdi asked. 

[user-402520536]

IC: K-Tengu - Zakaz Coastline

 

[incoming transmission]

 

"Our forces are still comparably low." Kami replied over the comlink, slowing the Jaeger down. "We've been holding out pretty well, and the general public of Zakaz are convinced we don't need any more."

 

"We are Skakdi, after all. We'd take on Kaiju even without our Jaegers." Kaze smiled, even though he knew no-one could see it. "Anyway, we're out for a quick border patrol. You can accompany us if you want."

Edited June 14, 2015 by Aerixx

[silo]

OOC: Here goes...try not to be sick

IC: Dienidywr - Kaiju Hive

The Hive is a flowing, organic mass of stinking coral, bleached by the salty waves slamming against its hull. It sits in an unnaturally azure ocean, frothing with the obscene chemicals leaked from the pestilent palace's borders. But the bubbling, toxic waters are nothing compared to the oozing mess of septic fluids and green-stained ivory structures that make up the nest's interior...a living fort, wallowing in its own sickening splendor.

 

The walls are warm to the touch, mucus-like gel and slime like half-clotted blood coating their surfaces. Boils and cysts like sightless grey eyes wobble and split with even a slight breeze, sending sludge cascading down these walls, only to join the seas of repulsive bile at the tunnels' floors. The nauseating colours of these fluids swirl together like those of a water-colourist who has every paint under the sun, but chooses to mix them all in a stomach-churning symphony of discord. 

 

Sometimes you come across a mass of flesh, half rotted away, festering in a lake of repellent slime, but you carry on. Some things in this place are best not examined too closely, lest they give you nightmares. And everywhere is the smell of death and decomposing flesh, decay in its most pure form. The scent is forceful, overpowering, vomit-inducing. Just a sniff will make you gag and gasp for air. If you made the sound of this putrescent, rancid place solid, it would be a twisted, vile landscape, the soft, muscle-like walls twisting the unearthly screeches of the unholy creatures within into something even less recognizable. 

 

You may be wondering how me, half a skakdi hailing from a war-torn island, knows all this. Well, how me and my other half arrived where we are now is another tale for another time, but the important thing is that we are here. Here, in this particular instance, being the Kaiju Hive. I realized long ago that life is a meaningless concept, and the search for its meaning is a waste of time. Time, the greatest resource we have at hand, is best spent making an impact. 

 

To make an impact, you must do what I have done: remove yourself from the material plane of life, letting your physical body revert to the simplest form of life: survival. You live on the precipice of extinction, dancing on the knife's edge. But slowly you learn to hover above it all. Your feet lift from the crumbling ground. Only then, once you've learnt to fly, be above and beyond reality, can you reach down and move a chess piece, no longer a pawn, but a player. A wise being once said that the truth of life was that it was worthless. To have worth, you must surpass everything that has come before. You must be more than alive.

Edited June 14, 2015 by OLISI

[user-402520536]

IC: K-Tengu - Zakaz Seas

 

When the Jaeger didn't receive a response, she continued on her way, massive digitigrade legs moving deftly through the ocean. Her armor rippled for a moment before dissolving.

 

"Cloaking active."

 

"Check the radar. Any Kaiju?"

 

"None. Yet."

 

OOC: K-Tengu open to interaction.

Edited June 14, 2015 by Aerixx

[Specter Knight]

IC-Acacia (Stelt Shatterdome, talking to Derkahn)

 

Acacia looked up at the Behemoth of Steel in front of her. "Good job, mate." She told the Onu-Matoran engineer. "I'll try her out 'soon as It's needed. Now, about the name...  56-B is far too formal, none's gonna remember that..." She paused for a second, before clicking her fingers. "Wait, if it's got stealth systems that make it like a spirit made of air, and Is agile as a wasp, how does Phantoka Kopen sound?"

 

OOC

For added effect, read Acacia's lines in a Cockney accent. because that's what It's intended to be...

[Ghidora131]

IC:

 

Out of the waters themselves rose a box... Brilliant.

 

Its legs looked non-humanoid, and similar to an NXT fun kit. But it appeared to be a Jaeger, as its head rose up into place.

 

It appeared to have a couple of simplistic-looking hands sticking out of its sides. No arms to be seen...

 

 

As it marched, it would appear on the scanner of K-Tengu... Although it was probably obvious already.

OOC: Interacting with Keetongu K-Tengu

[user-402520536]

IC: K-Tengu

 

"You know what? Forget the radar."

 

Kaze looked up, agape mouth displaying his species' signature maw. "Is that a... Kaiju?"

 

"Hey, it's mint-in-sealed-box. How often do you get that?"

 

The Jaeger circled it carefully, cautiously. Maybe it hadn't noticed yet; maybe she could draw even closer before announcing her presence.

 

OOC: I have to go real soon, so Box Kaiju thing will have to endure the horrors of interaction lock for some time. Sorry.

[Makuta Miras]

GM IC: Stelt Shatterdome/Acacia and Derkahn

 

As Acacia stood looking up at her new Jaeger, the speakers of the Shatterdome crackled to life. "Would pilot Acacia please report to their Jaeger now," the voice of Pavohi boomed. 

[Specter Knight]

IC-Acacia

 

As the announcement called out, Acacia turned to the engineer. "Y'know what, the naming will have to wait. Be right back!" She blurted, before dashing off to the gantries. After several flights of stairs and gantries, she arrived in the cockpit of Her Jaeger. as she got seated (or into whatever the Jaegers are controlled by), she opened the communications channel to the main control room. "Evenin', guv'nor." She said. "What you need me for?"

 

OOC

Acacia interacting with whoever's at the Control room. Pavohi, I assume.

[Makuta Miras]

GM IC: Stelt Shatterdome/Pavohi

 

"We got a Cat 1 inbound," Pavohi growled. "Light 'em up."

[silo]

IC: Dinistrydd - Kaiju Hive

Well, I sincerely hope my brother didn't make you vomit, but he's sometimes a surprisin'ly poetic sort, and, y'know, he used to read books an' stuff. To be honest with ya, I don't mind admitting that he probably inherited most of the brains from our old self (I'm gonna have to think of a better way of sayin' "our old self" - it just doesn't get the message across), whereas I inherited all the lovely, boisterous...loves. A few examples include a love of fightin', a love of drinkin', a love of shoutin' and roarin', a love of not thinkin', and a love of fightin'. Oh, did I mention that I also love fightin'? 

 

This entry is gonna be a little shorter than my twin's, the reason being that, as somebody or another once said, actions speak thrice as loud as words (never really understood this, since A) speakin' is an action and 2) actions other than speakin' ain't speech, so, therefore, we can deduce, they can't bloody speak). But let me outline a few things-- no, that's a bad way to start since this is gonna be free-form rambling. So, as ya might have guessed, we're in a Kaiju Hive. You might be wonderin' "How in the seven realms of Karzahni and the three kingdoms of Artahka did two skakdi, well, one skakdi really, get in a stinkin' place like this, and more to the point, why?"

 

Well, the insanely interesting answer lies in the fact that we're each a half of one person. It was so long ago that I can't even remember this bloke's name, might have been Dinistrydd, might 'ave been Dienidywr (if you can't pronounce it, I don't care), or it mighta been something different. But he got split inta two, and so we came into being. The point is, we both took away one half of his personality when we split. We both have half a set of characteristics. We're half people, two-dimensional, badly developed characters, our minds based off only a few definin' features. Not quite real enough to be accepted.

 

So, we decided that we didn't want to be accepted and came here and...well, I might hide it behind battle and Dienydywr might hide it behind his ph'losophy, but we need a focus, a straightforward, simple, focus. We need ta cut life down to its basic instincts, cos us half-people can't manage anything else. And most of all, we need to stick together. We need ta be complete.

Edited June 14, 2015 by OLISI

[Specter Knight]

IC-Acacia

 

"Alright, Guv'nor. I'm on it." She then turned away from the communication channel as she calibrated her Jaeger. "First day on the job, and there's already a Kaiju attack..." she muttered. after the gigantic mecha was pulled out of the gantries, Acacia tested it by making it perform a Double fist-pump and pounding both it's fists together. "All set. Open the doors and roll 'er out, guv'nor!" she called to the operators.

 

OOC

Acacia and the 56-B Ready for action!

...If it happens to be Tontrui I'm facing, this is gonna go badly...

[Makuta Miras]

GM IC: Stelt Shatterdome/Pavohi

 

The Matoran pressed a button with the air of one who would prefer that button to be dead. The bay doors opened slowly, grinding outwards to reveal the harsh, grey coastline of Stelt. "Make sure you bring that Jaeger back in one piece," Pavohi muttered.

[Not Quite Dead]

IC:

The machine nodded, didn't look like he'd squash me this day. Swaggering and swavering over to his Vespa, Black nudged the kickstand into the riding position, swung a leg over the bike and promptly tumbled over, muttering curses all the while. A few moments of setting back up and taking a deep breath, not to mention looping the tie on his hat under his chin and he was properly off. Presumably, the Solitarius Lupus would've left him in the dust in the mean time, so he grabbed the sender/receiver off the bike's laconic dashboard, tuning on to one of the main Jaeger bands.

 

"Looks like a big one, eh? Might be a Catoo," he spoke with a slurring drawl and naturally messy dialect, not related to his swavering and stumbling. "s keep comin' closer to the coast, don' they?"

[McNugget]

IC: Vatyr

Vatyr Entered the Shatterdome, and Began heading towards the Jaeger Bay.

OOC: OFI in the Shatterdome

[Ghidora131]

IC:

 

The monstrous being munched on a patch of coral. Its multiple black eyes darted through the darkness... Then again, that was either coral or a Kaiju's warped skull.

 

A ways off, quite a ways off, was the Stelt shatterdome. Which made this particular nightmare a little concerned.

 

 

Because it saw movement.

 

OOC: Open to interaction(or observation)

[Specter Knight]

IC-Acacia

 

"Will do." She said, before striding out onto the dark, dismal coastline. "I hope..."

 

OOC

OOC: OFI in the Shatterdome

Which Shatterdome? Xia, or Stelt? If Stelt, I'll contact you if Acacia needs assistance with this Kaiju, assuming he has his Jaeger by then.

[Makuta Miras]

GM IC: Acacia

 

Acacia would notice some small waves moving across the water directly perpendicular to her Jaeger.

[Specter Knight]

IC-Acacia

 

Acacia looked at the moving waves. This didn't look normal, like the wind was blowing it... "I see summat' in the water..." She said, stepping into the shallows. "It may be a Kaiju. should I check it out?"

 

OOC

Last post for Tonight, I guess.

Edited June 14, 2015 by Shagaru Magala

[Makuta Miras]

GM IC: Acacia/Pavohi

"Go on then," Pavohi said. As he spoke, the waves disappeared for a few seconds, then slowly, menacingly, they turned and began making for Acacia.

Edited June 14, 2015 by Miras the Omniscient

[Timageness]

IC: Smackdown - Zakaz Coastline

Smackdown continued to trudge his way along the ocean floor, looking for something to fight.

 

IC: Phantom - Xia Coastline

Seeing a cargo ship sailing its way towards the mainland above her, Phantom launched herself out of the water for a brief moment, her massive jaws closing around it and reducing it to scrap metal as she disappeared beneath the waves once more.

 

IC: Blockbuster - Stelt Coastline

Blockbuster sunk deep within the sand beneath it, snapping its pincers in excitement and completely unaware of the other massive creature (Tonitrui) passing by in the distance.

[user-402520536]

IC: K-Tengu

 

"We're close. It may have already noticed us, but I'm not fully sure." Kami said, slowing the Jaeger to a standstill behind the Kaiju.

 

"Let's lunge now. A good, boosted leap and we would hit it before making impact with the sea."

 

"Sounds like a plan."

 

Suddenly, the vague outline of a Jaeger released a bloodcurdling battlecry. Tengu propelled itself forward before even uncloaking, arm blades deployed and superheated edges ready to draw Kaiju blue.

[Ghidora131]

OOC: Assuming K-Tengu is attacking Whisper.

 

IC Dessimus/Whisper

 

At the sound of a battlecry, Dessimus rotated to face its opponent. Dessimus flared the radio to life as Whisper rolled onto its back from the landed blow from K-Tengu.

 

He connected to the nearest source, unknowingly K-Tengu's radio. "Alert! Alert! I'm being attacked by an invisible Kaiju! request backup!" Whisper rose again, this time its arms snaking out. The cuts on its surface drew no blue blood as hoped.

[user-402520536]

IC: K-Tengu

 

"We got your back." The brothers responded over the comlink in perfect unison.

 

Killer Tengu pressed forward again, slashing at the monster's head with one arm while keeping the other close to her upper torso in case the Kaiju tried to fight back.

[Ghidora131]

IC Dessimus

 

"Alert, it's slicing again! where are you?! on the other end of Xia?!"

 

Whisper snagged the arm with its hand, but that did barely anything as Whisper went rolling. "I'm cloaking. Get over here quick!"

 

As whisper rose, it faded nearly from view...

[Nato G]

IC:

 

"Looks like a big one, eh? Might be a Catoo," he spoke with a slurring drawl and naturally messy dialect, not related to his swavering and stumbling. "######s keep comin' closer to the coast, don' they?"

 

IC: Oblitus (Solitarius Lupus) - En-route to Xia Shatterdome.

 

Inside the cockpit, the Vortixx made his response quick, "Cat 1, or so I was told. And this one was pretty far out; looked like it might have been waiting for something. I opted to eliminate it before it got close to anything important."

 

IC: Blockbuster - Stelt Coastline

Blockbuster sunk deep within the sand beneath it, snapping its pincers in excitement and completely unaware of the other massive creature (Tonitrui) passing by in the distance.

 

IC: Tonitrui - Stelt Coastline. 

 

Unlike Blockbuster, Tonitrui made sure to maintain an awareness of her surroundings. Thanks to the Hive Mind that all kaiju shared, she was able to detect Blockbuster in the sand nearby, and another kaiju further out, barely visible in the water.

 

It looked like it was preparing to attack a jaeger...

 

She remained still, floating below the surface, watching and waiting to see the results of the confrontation... 

[Naota Takizawa]

OOC: Interacting with K-Tengu.

 

IC (As Bakira): "Let's follow that Jaeger, I have nothing to do." Said the gravity skakdi as she commanded the mech to move forward. It sunk into the water as the head was submerged and its yellow eyes followed K-Tengu.

 

IC (As Detangi): "Hey, check it out, the Jaeger's moving away, you think the pilots know we're here?" The sonic skakdi said. "Let's follow them, I want to see what they're going to do." Said Detangi as the skakdi began moving the Jaeger forward. "Hold up!" He shouted as the mech halted. "Those skakdi are kind of in the middle of a battle, you want to help out or leave them?"

 

IC (As Bakira): "Aim the gun at the Kaiju, let's help them out." Commanded the female skakdi.

 

IC (As Detangi): "Roger that." Replied the skakdi of sonics as he aimed the Gatling gun at the Kaiju. "Hey boys!" He called out on the radio. "Better watch out, we're gunning down that Kaiju."