Kalama and Ta Rahkshi

See?Though since Po-Koro was just attacked. I doubt news will have traveled south that far that fast so nobody here actually has a reason to go hunting for them yet.We don't even know they exist at that pond until someone stumbles across them or they cross paths looking in another location.

"You're welcome!" Lei called back cheerily."You get used to her." Hotu said. "Especially considering how much blood we've shared, she'd kind of refreshing messily cutting apart her foes only to pop up and ask Maya what a certain thingy is she found inside them.""It's good to see SOMEONE take the opportunity to learn something seriously." Maya said accusingly."Pssh." Hotu waved her hand dismissively. "All I need to know is how hard and how many times I need to hit something until it dies."

"Did you try the Leaky Drum?" A patron called back. "That's where they hang out. This is the Gukko's Foot.""You need me to draw you a map?" Everyone in the bar laughed.

Or all six Rahkshi will be soundly thumped and killed.Or the Hau Karda will all be killed and it's up to the Le-Koro Gukko Force to defend their home.Or everybody all fails, Le-Koro burns, and only five villages remain.Or the Rahkshi just turn around and go home.Or I could stop even though I could come up with more outcomes ranging from realistic to outlandish.Speculation is good for planning the outcome you desire. But I do agree that whatever the outcome. There will be Chaos.

Lei clapped still grinning. "Oh it was a blast! For example did you know the Muaka has TWO spleens?" She raced off ahead as the Marines got closer to her position.

Lieutenant Mukaka waved his hand dismissively. "I don't know. Probably down at the Leaky Drum or something. She's not hard to miss. She's a Ga-Matoran. She'll probably have the other three with her. A Ta-Matoran and Two Onu-Matoran."

It's very true surprise can only do so much. After the first 5 seconds of an ambush after the first move is made it's no longer an ambush despite if the surprise attack(s) make contact or not. It's a pitched fight that can quickly go ether way.Rahkshi only have one exploitable weakness (Kraata) and even then it's extremely well protected. Explosives aren't going to do much against them except maybe tick them off. If you get lucky you might blow a leg off or something but that's hardly going to matter as unless there's some kind of Bio-feedback. Rahkshi can't feel pain otherwise, they're just mechanized power suits.

"Plenty, as well as Nui and some mutations." Lei said scanning the area ahead of them in all directions. "You couldn't go more then 5 minutes without a fight breaking out in Rockwall. 30 if you were on your mandatory break rotation during your cycle. In, out, underwater, didn't matter. I pulled one's brain out through it's eye socket once. Lemme tell you that's not easy. They've got big brains, they just haven't evolved to our level. I learned at lot about anatomy cutting up random baddies!" She said with a cute grin on her face.

Mukaka glanced up hearing 'Reassignment.'"Oh."He turned to glance at his inbox and rooted through it before pulling up a personnel file someone must have slipped in among the requests."Mmmmmph... Lans... Lans... Levolans. Pilot. You're the... ah what does it matter, I've lost count of how many self proclaimed 'Gukko Force Aces' have come through here." He looked up at the Matoran leaning back in his chair."So you're responsible for the 'Rama Hive' incident I see. Fitting they slot you over here. With a record like this you're probably going to get pasted." He read through more of the file before chuckling. "You're glue for sure. You've got the skills but with the attitude here listed by your past leadership. I'd give you a week and an half, two weeks before you're a smear on something." He closed the file."You better smarten up if you wanna live to see reassignment back to the Regulars son. Pride takes a nose dive into the dirt here. Not even Nui-Kopen can carry that kind of weight. In any case it looks like the 4th is due this round so you'll be with Kylina and her lot. Off with you then."

Good luck with that.You'll need it.

An ambush when executed properly is unblockable. The enemy is taken by surprise and has no chance to react initially. The best way to combat an ambush you get caught in is to scatter and then regroup once the battle is joined. However this requires setting it up in advance without being detected.Scouts are used to defeat ambushes by going ahead of the main force and then returning with such info. In some cases the Scouts, sadly, are sacrificed to spring the ambush early before the main force steamrollers over them. Depends on the commander's choice.Ether way ambushes that are only marginally successful are better than nothing.Still, I would not advise carpet bombing techniques. Matoran are powerless and are required to fight almost point blank melee range. Friendly fire anyone?Karz my Marines have already taken injuries in friendly fire incidents because Toa are flinging nukes and area blasts around with careless abandon. Guys a frag grenade kills indiscriminately. Check your fire!

The Lieutenant sighed.Another day, another hour, another widget.How did he get stuck with this job anyway?Lieutenant Mukaka flipped over another request for unit transfer. Another Regular sent to keep the Irregulars in line wanted out.He grabbed the well worn carving tool. :m_d:Moving it from the To Do to Outbox he continued pouring over the numerable other requests for reassignment.The Irregulars weren't bad Matoran. They just weren't Le-Koroan. Most of those in the force believed them to be inferior pilots. "Expendable Flakmeat" a few officers had said.Truth be told it appeared only the Regulars assigned to an Irregular Squad were the "Expendable Flakmeat".For example, the 4th Squad had just lost their third commander when he pulled some kind of stupid stunt in an attempt to get recognized by another Air Commander and transferred. He pasted himself against a Rama Hive.They'd already gotten their fourth. The 4th Squad themselves were a good bunch. Despite being the expendable force they'd persevered and survived.Other squads were reporting the same thing. Despite being made up of non-Le-Matoran. They'd outlived their Regular's counterparts by smartening up with every Regular that pasted themselves trying to shine and get reassigned back to the Regular Gukko Force.Day in and day out, Mukaka dealt with irate members who'd just gotten assigned trying to get out. He glanced up seeing the shadow in the door."If you're looking to transfer out you'll need to put it in writing and drop it in my Inbox." He said without even taking a good look at who was intruding.

Actually Vezok, the level of the Kraata does matter.Researching into the origins of the Rahkshi, it's found that weaker Kraata were transformed into inferior Rahkshi. After the Makuta's evolution, they produced better Kraata for more fearsome Rahkshi.Even if we don't use this here, I'm not sure if using protodermis on a level 1 will mutate it to a level 6 before turning it into a Rahkshi which would affect the Rahkshi's power level. I believe that's up to player speculation.Without a Kraata to pilot it. A Rahkshi is just like a Borhok without it's Krana. It's nothing more than an empty shell. The Kraata themselves vary in intelligence and power ranging from mindless slugs driven to simply infect masks and can't understand Makuta's thoughts as well as being able to barely affect anything with their powers, to being on par or even more intelligent then the Mata-Nui inhabitants, powers that are wide ranging, and are able to act on their own to problem solve if given a simple task by Makuta.G'wan and search it it. I'm pulling most of this data from BS01 and even from a Kraata table that was hosted on BZPower and is lurking somewhere in the archives.

Won't work. Based on the data collected from the Po-Koro fight, these guys are controlled by level 6's. Not only are they extremely intelligent in addition to being extremely powerful but they can comprehend Makuta's will and thoughts. He can easily guide them to Le-Koro no matter how convincing we make a 'fake' Le-Koro. They'll ignore it and go straight for the real thing.Slowing them down by attacking them in the jungle is advisable. Inevitably they'll make it to Le-Koro if they aren't routed by defeat in the Wahi.

Don't eat the Rahkshi. They're bland and taste like copper.The Kraata are much more tasty.

I vote we... Eating what you kill is most rewarding.

And what would this reason be that I closed it?No it's overfilled. I'll sort and clean it now.EDIT: The issue has been taken care of. You may spam me now.Mmmm... delicious spam.

Nala looked upward in the direction of the temple itself the region was dedicated to."It appears I have served my purpose here." She said cryptically before looking back to Alrin and Kuyre grinning."I do thank you boys. You have made this a most entertaining distraction. Perhaps Makuta will not be so slothful in the future. Interesting things are about to happen." She winked at Alrin."May we meet again."PWHOOMP!She vanished in a thin wisp of black smoke.

So Rahkshi are headed for Le-Koro now huh?Let's see how well my ragtag "meatshields" hold.

ROCK FROSTKO-WAHI, 0721 HRSKalama wrapped up his conversing and turned back to the group."New orders girls.""The packages?" Maya asked."Are fine." Kalama said. "Kotu's ordered a mass recall. We're going home.""On what grounds?" Kali asked."There's a bunch of Tarakava massing outside Naho Bay. No specifics yet but it might be another Great Raid.""A FOURTH Great Tarakava Raid?" Nuraka said. "Even so it's been awhile and it was only a matter of time. I take it we're in for our first real fight since the whole Defense of Ga-Koro during the Toa Mata's Decent?""Likely. But that's just speculation. Cha-Codfish isn't confirming anything other than a larger than normal Tarakava group.""Huzza! Homeward bound!" Lei yelled before running off in the direction of Ga-Wahi aways before pausing and turning back. "Hurry up guys! I wanna go home!""Alright! Hold your Maha Lei! We're coming!" Kalama and the Marines trooped off following the excitable scout.

Nuraka gave Ril a strange look. "Hardly." She said. "They're designed to withstand threats they'll most likely face in the region as well as how many Matoran will be inhabiting it. They are ANYTHING but simple. Efficient I will give you though."

Nala looked between the two expecting something more to be said.When nothing else came she shrugged."So you two aren't going to fight then? Preferable though I wouldn't have minded watching."

OOC: No, Lei is MC Hammer, she's already declared "can't touch this!" out loud.Arthron is Sonar JL. It does nothing more than detect what can't be seen via echolocation. It does not assist the way the Calix does in order to make those statements true.IC: If anything, JL's statement seem to tick Hotu off more causing her to hit him harder. It took both Yuni and Juno to drag her off the Toa before she calmed down.Lei stuck her tongue out at Ril as the snow around them melted. "Spoilsport." She turned haughtily on her heel and stalked off after Kalama.ROCK FROSTSNOW WASTESKO-WAHI, 0624 HRS"How you doing Kali?" Maya asked."Better, I'm not twitching involuntarily anymore." The Marines were clustered up nearby a matoran made door in a naturally defensible basin that housed the Marine installation of Rock Frost. Kalama was busy discussing something with the door guard while the Marines idled."Honestly this isn't as impressive as Rock Wall has gotten." Lei commented. "But since it's all Marines here that's to be expected."

So THAT'S why I don't feel challenged! :lol:Alright, depending on how the Raid goes, I'm probably going end up gutting Makuta due to his slothful behavior afterwards simply because I'M bored.

Thank Mata-Nui for ShadowWalkers. XDThat's always the risk with any military operation. The same tactics can be used against you so you learn how to beat them.Or, as Captain Arkwright in Fable III has said: