Zoids Rebirth (Begins)

[Gladiator]

Boris
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"Damn," I said to nothing in particular, King grumbled in agreement, "Why is it they always host the party when I'm gone?"

We were the late arrivals to this scene, because I had to turn back when I heard the news and I was so very close to my destination.

I began to open up the Com-link so that I could communicate with all nearby allies.

"Alright, this is Boris Black, pilot of King Scorpio. I'm going to help as soon as I can get close enough to the Ultrasaurus. Please keep the rabid behemoth distracted until I can get in from behind."

With that over with, I began a series of operations to make sure that my targeting systems were working.

"Alright," I muttered, "let's prepare for the 'Smackdown.' Switching piloting controls to combat mode." As soon as I punched in the necessary sequence, I gripped at a pair of joysticks and put on a visor which I had made in my spare time. It was a complicated little gizmo, made to replace my targeting controls because I used that for King's new tail stinger.

'God, let's hope this works,' I thought to myself as I accelerated King Scorpio to max.

'Experience, don't fail me now.'

[Bulbasaur4]

RAIN

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Suddenly a large bark-like growl erupted from Stryke as we walked, and I jumped- startled, but then suddenly another loud explosion formed. I immediatly heard from my comm, about a Ultrasaurus... a ZBC Guardian number. My eyes widened, as I looked to STryke who, although a machine, had an expression of eagerness. Doubt suddenly entered my mind...

My father... his death.. with battle-
"GARWWW!'
Stryke looked at me, his body shifting and I suddenly felt calm.
"You won't let anything happen to me, will you Stryke?"
He growled an approval, and I suddenly felt eager too...
"You're right! We're a team, and I won't let anything come of you either! Let's go!"
I swore if a zoid could grin, STryke would have done it right there. He quickly went into a loading position, as I clambered into him...

*

I felt a wonderful sensation as Stryke pounded his mettallic front claws into the ground with a few running leaps, and then suddenly his thrusters activated with huge force which propelled us into the air.
I knew Gavin's Saix was fast, and Frank's zoid liked the air...
But my biased opinion thought that no one has ever exprienced a fully swift, beautiful yet thrilling fly ride until they took a ride in my zoid.
"Okay Stryke... let's focus on manuerving tactics to dodge those nasty weapons and friendly fliers. We're gonna open our scanning systems to warn Gav down below of incoming missles, since he'll probably be busy with the feet. Let's go!"

With that a howl was released, as Stryke flew in... there were a few zoids already there, but Stryke and I had gotten an early start in the air. Frank was there, busy with attacking the head area... and I smiled.
"Let's give Frank a little help... "
With that, Styke swiftly came in from high above the ultrasaurus... and his lower ground racks came from his underbelly. I quickly scanned for the weakest point of the head... which really didn't have a weakness, but I wasn't expecting a major one. Ultrasaurus were like trying to battle a huge rock with a stick. Stryke dove straight at the head, his wings folding up slightly as nothing but a streak of silver and gold was seen, and I felt the adrenaline rush as we sped towards the Ultra... who was busy firing at other ground and air tactics, who were NOT in an extremely-fast-dive.
"Now!" I thought, as the missles were fired, just as Stryke opened his wings and suddenly the dive was abrupted to a hault, as he zoomed just barely above the moving head of the Zoid. Two explosions were heard, as it hit the head. I didn't look at how much damage it held however...
[ Gav! I'm headed to the tower, try to take out a few systems!]
I cried out onto the com, as Stryke soared higher into the sky again... circling above the Ultrasaurus as his systems analyzed the movements of the Zoid.
[ It looks like the Zoid is heading towards the main compartments were the zoid pilots and their zoids are held! We'll keep you posted Gav, and Stryke's systems will warn your Saix's systems of incoming air missles too! We've got you covered!]
I said cheerfully, like usual, as Stryke went into yet another dive.
I loved diving.

"Okay... now we'll fire of the rest of our atg missles, and let's fire off a little cannon power, shall we?"
I thought, as suddenly a missle came flying straight towards us. Id idn't have to shout however, Stryke's wings instantly folded tightly against his metallic body, as he did a double 360 spin to the right, dodging the missle, which allowed the PDT system upon the tail to activate, and instantly fire at the missle twice, disarming it. The tower was getting closer... closer..
"Caculating.."
"2...1.."
"Let's rip them open now Stryke!"
The missles came back out from underneath, as the cannons armed themselves as well as Stryke's wings opened wide-spread again (a beautiful sight I knew, for Stryke's wings were massive when fully extended and glinting gold... I had a picture of it when he was going through testing.) The other missles were let loose, along with a few cannons explosions straight at the tower's weak points, which STryke had analyzed.
Only a few explosions occured...
Then suddenly a huge one from Stryke's two GTA missles...

[I'm pretty sure we've got the tower Gav!] I yelled, as Stryke wildly turned to his side so he was flying sideways, and he zoomed right past the tower, through the enormous fire-explosion cloud. He was so close his claws could have touched it, as we flew blindedly through it- scanners going crazy..
"Faster Stryke! We don't want debri falling upon us!"
Stryke zoomed downwards, near the tail and then abruptly added some thruster power as we flew back up high...

[ Frank! Gav! Any other Teams! Need any back up?!]
I called...

Always be an aid Rain, remember that. It is far better to assist 10 goals then to score one point yourself.
The words of my father suddenly came to my mind..


^^ (Yay! This is fun! lol, my first Zoid-related anything and my first battle ever with zoid-stuff! lol! YAY! XD Oh, anyone can call to her too, she keeps her COMM open to all the teams.)

[Kiori Hayabusa]

Christopher Valentino
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Chris was thrown to the ground as the Whale King began to shake beneath his feet. In the confusion afterwards, he nearly missed the familiar crackle of a radio jumping to life. Within seconds, the device was out of his pocket and to his ear, spouting words in a slightly off imitation of Jin.

Damn piece of crap.

"Valentino, an Ultrasaurus, flying ZBC colors, just started to rampage..."

He cringed at what he knew was coming next.

"... Kenichi wants you out there in your Storm Sworder, taking recon."

Yep, he'd called it.

"You've gotta be freakin' kiddin' me! What the hell do I do if that thing notices me!?"

It wasn't until after he'd spoken that he realized he'd forgotten to push the relay button on the radio. A simple, "Jin out," followed by a defining click denoted the end of the conversation.

He felt like crying.

With as much enthusiasm as he could hope to show, Chris leapt into the cockpit of his Storm Sworder. The hatch closed around him as anything meant to light up did so. He wasn't as comfortable with the zoid as he'd have liked, but they say friends made on the battlefield... erm... well, he couldn't really remember the rest of it, but he assumed it bode well for he and his zoid.

They were out of the hangar not too long after. Reluctant to gun the throttle and risk doing damage with a sonic boom, Chris was forced to exhibit the one thing he loathed more than any other.

Control.

The zoid accelerated to Mach 0.8 under Chris' oh-so-careful handling. He could already make out the Ultrasaurus in the distance. It hadn't seemed to notice him yet, but he wasn't about to push his luck. It seemed to have a pretty standard loadout. He could make out a quartet of 360mm cannons, a number of missile launchers, and various cannons of smaller calibers, ranging from 20 to 100mm. He really wasn't too well versed in weaponry, but he could tell a big gun from a little one... or a gun from a missile launcher.

There were a number of others already pounding the massive zoid from the ground, including Kenichi's Hedgerush and... what was that? Didn't look familiar to him... some kind of heavily modified Saix. Chris shrugged inwardly as he took his Storm Sworder around the Ultrasaurus' head and tried to catch a glimpse of who might be in the cockpit... if anyone.

[DeMarko]

Alexis DeMarko
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The missiles hit dead on in the neck area and yet the Ultrasaurus kept firing it's salvo of four 360mm cannonshells.

I stopped two fighter units lifting off of the Ultrasaurus launcha pad but I was soon overwhelmed by the air defense cannons. Suddenly like a ray of hope, a voice crackled out on the free channel:

" Frank! Gav! Any other Teams! Need any back up?!" The voice was feminine and the transmission showed up as coming from a Los Locos Zoid.

"Stryklerpin Zoid, requesting cover fire. Nice to see someone else up in the air." I grinned, we we're really going to shut down this Ultrasaurus

"Rain here," The Zoid pulled alongside me, "cover fire under way" the Point Defense Turret on her Zoid detonated two incoming rockets, "le´t's bust this thing's cockpit wide open!" The Zoid sped ahead

"You're not getting ahead of me and Draco" Cover fire from her Defense Turret still detonated any threats for either while we circled the top of the Ultrasaurus.

I decided to check hull integrity before continuing seeing that my Zoid had taken heavy cannon fire.

Hull Integrity: 82%

With that I let loose fiery breath of Draco onto the Ultrasaurus's neck

[Gladiator]

Boris
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"Heh," I said, looking at Draco and the new Zoid, Stryklerpin, "Hey, Rain, kick-*** Zoid you got there."

I was getting in closer to the rear end of the Ultrasaurus, it would be some time before I could get in close and deploy the weapon, but it would be soon.

"Thanks, I guess," Rain responded, her Zoid made a nice aerial dodge maneuver, "Do you need any help?"

"Just keep him distracted long enough for me to get him from behind. I'd shoot him, myself, but I want to keep the element of surprise."

"What kind of weapon are you deploying?" DeMarko asked, interested to see what new feature I was adding. Well, just interested enough to still be able to send raining fire on the behemoth

"I call it the Shock Shot Whip attack," I responded, "It requires the two weapons that I've installed on King's Tail. In the meantime keep it busy."

I began the final steps, slowing my Zoid down to avoid impacting with the behemoth as well as moving back the tail in whip ready position. I pressed a few more buttons, cocking the claws in case I needed the missiles.

"Alright, it's time to lay on the SMACKDOWN!" I said, enthusiastic to try this out.

[Bulbasaur4]

Rain Tenyou

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I was pleased to here that Boris, the pilot of King, liked Stryklerpin. Smiling... I couldn't help but feel a tad bit easier knowing that some one appreciated the hard work I had put into designing Stryke.
[ Hey, I'm not going to attack the Ultrasaurus, got it guys?]
I said to all who heard me...
[ I'm gonna offer all of you big boys down on the ground some cover fire... we've gotta find a killer weakness in this big fellah.]
I said over the com, as Stryke flew upwards from the Draco Zoid.
[ Draco Zoid, can you handle being left alone? ]
[Yeah, go ahead... do what you have to do.]

With that, Stryke began to fly a bit lower, and for moments Stryke flew underneath the underbelly of the Ultrasaurus. My PDT was going like crazy, firing... and I was focusing on Hedgerush, Saix, and a few other ground zoids which were going pretty fast as well. Stryklerpin dodged a few missles as he rolled to the side, and then flew upward again... cover fire was some thing he did well, but I couldn't help but think we didn't do anything. I began to wonder if I actually destroyed the tower...
[ Hey, anyone know who's piloting this zoid?]
I called out, as Stryklerpin flew upwards high into the sky... ready to dive back down once again if anyone suddenly needed another 'aid' call.

[Kiori Hayabusa]

Christopher Valentino
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A small section of Rain's viewscreen soon lit up with a portrait of a young man with white streaks in his hair and flight goggles covering his eyes. He looked somewhat distracted at the time, but still found it prudent to introduce himself.

"This is Christopher Valentino of the Rogue Team's Storm Sworder. I can't figure out who's piloting this thing. The damn cockpit's not see-through. For now, the air zoids should probably just concentrate on stripping this thing of its weaponry. Valentino out."

With a final, cheesy, smile and a thumbs up sign, Chris' transmission shut off and blinked out of existence upon the Stryklerpin's monitor.

The Storm Sworder that had been circling the ZBC Ultrasaurus' cockpit, upon reaching the back of the beast's head, sharply banked left and aimed itself down at the chassis of the monster. Flak came at it from almost every direction, forcing it to maneuver wildly, barrel-rolling to avoid as much of the fire as it could. It couldn't hope to dodge it all, and indeed, it was hit by a number of 20 and 30mm shells. The point defense turret on the bottom of the zoid spun rapidly as it took shots at the, thankfully, few missiles that approached it, detonating them as soon after launch as it could. The barrels of the Storm Sworder's 40mm cannons lit up as they released shell after shell at one of the Ultrasaurus' missile launchers.

Chris kept it firing as long as he dared before pulling up and out. His zoid was slightly scorched, a tad scratched up, but not functionally impaired or seriously damaged.

[Thargor]

Time for some damage from the Ultrasaurus to be calculated... *cracks knuckles*

Kenichi- Avoiding being crushed by a foot in Hedgerush
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This is getting too crazy... I thought to myself as I swerved and brought my speed down to half of what it had been. I quickly sped up to avoid being trampled by a massive Ultrasaurus foot, but Hedgerush was being greatly hindered by literally having dozens of zoids to avoid just around the Ultrasaurus itself, compounded with the problem of just avoiding the high calibur shots.

The attacks that had hit the Ultrasaurus so far were showy, spectacularly bright... and of no use whatsoever. The attacks that hit just random body parts had at best just burned off the paint, cosmetic damage only. The multiple hulled armor of the Ultrasaurus was way too strong to be taken out this way, and the only major effect seemed to have been on some of its targeting systems, one of its control towers partially damaged by an aerial strike from a griffin-type zoid. Some weapons had also been damaged by a Storm Sworder, probably Valentino if I had to guess.

Many others had been hit or grazed by powerful cannon fire on the ground, everyone's speed doing them much less good when put in this hard to maneuver area packed with too many zoids. I saw in dismay as several Liger type zoids burst into sharpnel as shots hit them dead on. Several smaller zoids got smashed by the gargantuan shoveling feet, and others were toppled by near misses that caused an explosive force to be unleashed. I had to activate my Static system's shield to avoid being hit by a large scorpion-type zoid, which had been thrown off its feet by one blast.

"So, what's the weakness of a walking fortress with heavy armor and weaponry?" I asked Hedgerush casually, doing a quick 180 degree turn to avoid a newly made crater in the dusty ground.

Much to my surprise, Hedgerush "answered" my question. The display monitor locked onto the middle inside joint of the Ultrasaurus' right leg. The armor on the joint was lacking, the need for as little rubbing as possible to take place a priority on a four legged zoid. A weakness...

Confirming the lock, and opened a wide band transmission to the rest of the remaining zoids in the area.

"Attention all Zoid Pilots, this is Kenichi of the Rogue Team. The attack on the Ultrasaurus isn't doing much, we need a coordinated assault. From our position underneath the Ultrasaurus, we have achieved a lock on an inner leg joint. All pilots with missile systems, slave your locking systems to my own, and take my target. With enough luck, we can blow off one leg, and stop this thing in its tracks."

Turning off my transmission, I grimaced to myself as Hedgerush's static shield blew off some shrapnel from another exploding zoid. I watched the counter on my locking system, as several pilots began to respond to my request.

I hope this works...

[DeMarko]

Alexis DeMarko
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"Attention all Zoid Pilots, this is Kenichi of the Rogue Team. The attack on the Ultrasaurus isn't doing much, we need a coordinated assault. From our position underneath the Ultrasaurus, we have achieved a lock on an inner leg joint. All pilots with missile systems, slave your locking systems to my own, and take my target. With enough luck, we can blow off one leg, and stop this thing in its tracks."

"Thargor, DeMarko from Quicksilver here. I have to fly a bit lower to get within better firing range, my missile commands are yours, the manual detonator is still mine so don't try anything. " I activated the remote controls and found Thargor's command net. The system integrated it right away. Apparently both Hedgerush and Draco had been made by the same people or at least programmed by the same people.

"Ok missile controls are in your hand Thargor. Let the Ultrasaurus have it." I lead Draco into a dive succeeding in getting near the Ultrasaurus's leg.

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OOC: yes i know missiles are self guiding and blah but i just got closer to give them a less roundabout path

[Gladiator]

Boris
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In that battlefield, a lone figure was enraged, screaming random profanities at the near unstoppable behemoth.

That was me. I don't like it when things don't go too smooth.

"SON OF A..." I was interrupted there by the voice of DeMarko.

-Um, Boris- he said, -you can swear all you want later, but we'd like for you to make use of your missiles.-

Obviously, I turned red in the face. I could of sworn...

"Was my side of the Com on the whole time?"

-Are you kidding?- was his response, -anyone within a 10 mile radius coud hear you. Now would you please use any missile weapon you have.-

I turned even more pale, but complied, "Where to?"

-Didn't you get the message? Well, they've got a lock on his right back leg.-

"Thanks," I responded, "Okay, I'm going to attempt a lock. Let's hope this device works" I turned a knob on my new visor, activating the targeting systems.

"Okay, I got a lock. Just give me the word and this jackass is getting the smackdown!"

[Mew Master]

*deletes post*

Wellll excuuuuuuuse me for trying to post when I've been silent for far too long already. Besides, I had just read your post after posting cause I had classes, and I WAS suggesting having someone else say that.... too late now..

>.<

Okay, time for some editing... my bad.

Denny Roth, Talon (Let's rock! Sorry for my absance)
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"Attention all Zoid Pilots, this is Kenichi of the Rogue Team. The attack on the Ultrasaurus isn't doing much, we need a coordinated assault. From our position underneath the Ultrasaurus, we have achieved a lock on an inner leg joint. All pilots with missile systems, slave your locking systems to my own, and take my target. With enough luck, we can blow off one leg, and stop this thing in its tracks."

Great idea, but will it work? I thought to myself as Talon continued running around the Ultrasaurus. "If they hit the leg joint that may stop it from moving, but what about it's weapons systems?"

"We'll just have to see what happens after that." I heard Sean over the com.

"Sean! You're still alive?" I asked.

"You know I can't get killed that easily, especially with Diablo here," The Diablo Tiger growled in agreeance with Sean.

Talon snarled back, as the two Zoids ran.

"Don't you think it will work?" He asked.

I gritted my teeth. "It may stop it from moving, but do you know how much weapons this thing has? Too many. Even if an Ultrasaurus is stopped it can still attack from any direction."

Just then Talon's HUD started beeping. "What?! A Missle Lock?!" A small screen poped up and showed missles being fired from the packs on the Ultrasaurs left leg, right at us. "Not Good... NOT GOOD!"

"Comeon Denny," Sean said. "Punch it!"

Talon and the Diablo Tiger accelerated faster, trying to keep ahead of the missiles. The Zoids were going fast, but Talon was keeping a slower pace so not to lose the Diablo Tiger.

Then several shots rang out, taking out the missles. There, behind us, was the Snipe Liger.

"Need some help?" It was Sage piloting.

"You okay?" asked Rivkah, in her Zoid, a Wolf-like one that looked like a combination of a Koing Wolf and a Command Wolf.

"Yeah. Nice shootin Dead eye." I replied towards Sage.

"Okay, any plans brainiac?" Sean asked me.

I thought, everyone with missles was going after the lock they had on the inner-right leg. Leaving those without missles to do what? Just run around like chickens with no heads?! No... there had to be something we could do.

Talon had no missles, I had never wanted to put missles on his frame. They would cut back his mobility too much. I only had the Laser and Beam cannons on Talon's arms, and the Ion Boosters on his back. I really had nothing that could do much damage to the Ultrasaur's main systems. Even the Fire System, which was still charging wouldn't be albe to cut throught that armor.

"I dunno, just shooting at random parts didn't work before. and I dunno if hitting the leg joint will work either. If anyone has any suggestions, we're listening."

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*shrugs* I leave it open to anyone.

~Mew Master

[Kiori Hayabusa]

Erm... Mew Master, according to your description, the fire system works off the excess heat generated by the zoid core during combat. Thus, it'd only be able to charge while you were in action. Just standing around shouldn't charge it unless your zoid is malfunctioning in some way.

Also, it seems you've noticed that there is, indeed, the option of attacking the Ultrasaurus' weaponry... so... why are you standing around again?

[Bulbasaur4]

Rain Tenyou
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Stryke let out a howl, as we recieved some information from Kenichi. Stryke began to do a 'swirling-observation' dive, which was a skillful, stealthy dive which wasn't as fast as his attack one. I saw as many of the ground and only a few air zoids began to aim at the joint, with their missles if they had them. Unfortunately, I saw a 'group' which wasn't seemingly heading to the joint... and then I heard a voice.
"I dunno, just shooting at random parts didn't work before. and I dunno if hitting the leg joint will work either. If anyone has any suggestions, we're listening."
Stryke recognized it as the voice of Talon's pilot, Denny Roth.
"Let's fly over them Stryke... let's speed it up however!"
Stryke changed directions, for we were going towards the joint but he put an extra burst of speed into it as we headed above the half-team of Denny Roth's. A missle came flying at the both of us, but it exploded before us as Stryke quickly did a 720 and the PDT took care of it with a swift, close-rang shot. We then flew over Talon...
[ Hey, it's me, Rain from the Los Locos team, above you on Stryklerpin!] I called, and then continued..
[ Just aim for the joint!]
[ What will that do?] Denny said, sounding frustrated but I gave a reassuring voice..
[ Just trust Kenichi's Hedgerush. Strykler's scans also indicate there is a potential weakness, if we combine our fire. Just make sure you fire from a distance, or have a fast zoid... because if that big ultrasaurus only has three legs to stand on, with that amount of weight-he's definately going down.]
[ He'll still be able to fire..] another voice commed, but Strykler quickly thrusted ahead as I answered..
[ Yes, but would you rather have the Ultrasaurus head over to our main area with weapons, or would you rather stop him here so we only deal with a sitting weaponry?]
With that, Stryklerpin locked on the joint target and then suddenly fired...
As the collection of missles hit the joint, Stryklerpin immedially thrusted himself upwards, as an explosion of many missles were unleashed, missing us as we zoomed upwards. We had come so close to the joint that it was a good thing Strykler's wings were one of the most high tech, for we instantly zoomed up the side of the Ultrasaurus and narrowly avoided the close-rang weaponry, easily winging around the long cannons which could not go that close.

Flying high into the sky... I held my breath as I watched to see what the outcome was.

[Ultimate Charizard]

Gavin
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I looked over as i maneuvered around at the combined assault on the Ultrasaurs Leg. I had been in the wrong position to get involved myself but as i approached i noticed a little evidence of twisted metal from the combined assault. I let fire a couple of my own missiles just before Kenichi stopped transmitting and positioned myself in what i hoped was a possible Blindspot for the larger Zoids armaments.

"Rain, can you give me some cover from this things missiles" i sent her my co-ordinates. "I should be ok from its stationary cannons its just the missiles im worried about"

I looked around before setting up but once i saw Stryke appear from the other side of the Ultrasaurs head i braced Saix's feet and switched my sonic Weapon to its vibration setting. I wouldve felt safer if i could have gotten my shield up but the energy drain of my two main weapons would have been too much.
As soon as i felt Rain was in position i fired the weapon. The almost invisible stream of energy, focused at the weakened joint. The air seemed to ripple along the beams path and although no obvious damage could be seen Saix's tactical hud was giving me a readout of the damage being caused. Armour plates loosened by the missile assault were rattling from the vibrations, the tremors so violent the bolts that held them together began to simply snap.
It was beginning to work but on a zoid with this much armour it would take too long and the Ultrasaur would either move out of range, or into position to take me out.

[Mew Trainer Rose]

I'm just assuming this Ultra Saurus has most or all of the weapons on a model, and working from there.

Rivkah
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There's a plan for the people with missiles? Great, but I didn't have any. Neither did Several other people, including a couple of my teammates. While dodging various weapon shots and other Zoids, I looked around for somethign else to do. Spying teh tail, I got an idea.

"We might not be able to help blast the Ultra Saurus's leg off," I said to Denny, "but we can still take out some of the weapons. There's several guns on the tail there, and with that low to the ground we could just jump on top of it and attack the guns. Waddaya say, worth a shot?"

Another thought struck me before anyone answered. "And does anyone know if there are more than one pilot in this thing? With that many weapons, I would think so. Not necessarily in the main cockpit even, there's more than enough space on this for additional ones." I started heading for the tail before anyone replied. I thought it was worth a shot, no matter what anyone else thought.

[pokemasterfrank]

Frank

The arena flashed with light, explosions occuring everywhere. "I hope I can get there on time..." I thought to myself

"Here's your burger, sir."

"Thanks," I said. I walked over to Stormsworder and unwrapped the burger. I lept onto the wing of Stormsworder, leaned onto the body, and took a big bite out of my burger.

"Excuse me!"

I stood up and walked toward the edge. Down below me was a police officer. "What can I do for you, officer?"

"This is no Zoid Zone. Please move your Stormsworder."

"Hold on, let me finish my burger."

"Please move your zo..." His voice was cut off as something buzzed on the com.

"Rain, Frank!" I jumped and dropped my burger...right onto the officer. Bah, it was only Gav...

"Sorry officer," I said, scratching my head sheepishly.

"I hope you two are in the air right now. An Ultrasaurus is gonna be tough i want you two up there and join in with the air support."

"Sir, please step down from your Zoid..." said an obviously perturbed officer.

"Sorry, no can do, gotta go!"

The Ultrasaurus came into view, the teams scrambling around it, trying to take it dow.

"Sorry I'm late, all," I said over the com. Finally, I was going to go into battle...

[EVme15]

I am so sorry about not posting. The term was ending, homework was reaching a maximum not felt since I crammed an entire science lab into a night, and the little problem mentioned...
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Kayla

All I could do was hang back and dodge rubble. Really fun. These, I sighed, were the disadvantages of having a missle-less Zoid. I was doing nothing productive on the offesive front. A giganto over-souped-up Ultrasaurus wasn't the easiest thing to take down with two blades and a sheild. All I could do was dodge and occasionally warn a distracted pilot when he'd better move his butt or loose his Zoid. More than once someone had yelled at me to help them fight. Sigh. If only I could.

Suddenly something clicked in my head. No one on the ZBC would ever do something like this. They shouldn't. Or at least on their own free will. It would take one helluva computer system to hack into a remote control location. Someone could have infiltrated the Zoid cockpits, but if there was more than one then that would require a very skilled operation if they could get in without an alert.

So we were currently fighting someone with skills, connections, resources, or manpower. Or the whole stinking lot of them. That meant that this probably wouldn't be the only thing that we'd have to worry about through the whole battle season.

A warning flashed on the screen and brought me out of my thoughts. "CRAP!" I shouted as Yang Liger narrowly avoided a piece of a destroyed Zoid. I needed to remember: thinking is bad. Doing so may cause you to loose your Zoid. Not good.

Wait... I remember... I'd heard a rumor about someone or something stirring up trouble among Zoid pilots... The ZBC said there was nothing, but there were still the stories... Could this... Was this possibly them?!

[kalad1]

Name:Kalad Galadorian
Age:19
Appearance:5'7" Has Dark Blonde, almost brown hair, he has blue eyes, he wears Black pants, boots, gloves and a black shirt. He has a tattoo of a red sword on his right cheek.
Personality:He's fairly nice and friendly, but isn't the most talkative, he trains with his zoid a lot.
History:He was on a two person team with his brother, Janin, but they were never really famous. However, one fateful day, they got into an argument about Janin's tactics, which he felt were too dangerous to enemy pilots, and they went their seperate ways. He went merc for a while, but now he's back, working with Kenichi as a member of the Rogue team.

Team:Rogue

Zoidaber Liger
Description:It's an advanced version of the Blad Liger that has five blades. you can see a good pic of it here. however, Kalad's Saber Liger is redwith black higlights instead of Dark Grey/black with green highlights.

Height:14.6 Meters
Length:27 Meters

Trademark: Five Blade Attack System: It is armed to the teeth with five strong laser blades, one of which is on the tail, two on the sides of the head, and the traditional two on the back that flip down for combat. they can be coated in shield energy to make them even sharper.

Armaments: Energy Shield
Point Defense Turret (on the back in between the blades)
Smoke Screen Generator
Ion Thruster(hidden underneath where the blades normally are)
Medium Armor

C:200

Other: his brother has a Blue sword tattoo on his left cheek and pilots a Lightning Saix

Kalad-Rogue team In an area several miles from the battle...
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"Kalad, Where ARE you?" Kenichi's voice blared over my comm.
"Why, I'm in the surrounding area, training." I replied, confused. "Well, Get back here, we have a situation!" He said.
"I'm on my way, what's the siuation?" I said. "an Ultrasaurus is on a rampage!" "What!? I'll be there in thirty seconds!" I stated, then turned off the comm. "Alright Saber, let's hit it." I said, punching the button for my Ion thrusters. I hoped I could get there in time...

When I got there, they were still fighting, there were a lot of crippled and demolished Zoids. Seeing the carnage made me mad. suddenly, my warning systems blared. I couldn't worry about those who were already down, I had to help stop this thing.

[Shadow Djinn]

Sorry..

Garod Ran-Ultima Raptor-Chimeras

As Garod finished his second glass of water, a rumble shook the building. Fighting to stay calm, he sat down, listening. Finally, he heard someone speaking about an Ultrasaurus. The intercom blared.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have an emergency situation! It seems someone has stolen a ZBC Ultrasaurus and is now attacking the vicinity around where the Zoid Ceremonies would begin! We ask you to please remain inside the Tavern for the time being!" Garod blinked. Without a word, he left the tavern, putting down a few credits on the counter. He quickly sped up, rushing into the Zoid lot. Searching, he found the Raptor. Ignoring the others who were getting into their zoids, Garod quickly grabbed the rope, pulling himself into the Ultima Raptor. Without any authorization, he started the Raptor up. A faint buzz sounded, as the systems were displayed. A surprised engineer leapt back.
" HEY!" The Ultima Raptor dashed out, to see a mighty Ultrasaurus, reering up as several zoids surrounded the giant. Garod quickly turned on his com channel. Listening for a few minutes, he glanced at one of the Ultrasarus's legs. A joint.
" I see." Opening up the weapon systems, he glanced at the diagram. Over the "Energy Blades" label, it displayed, "Sonic Blade System".
" No. Not now." Garod shut his eyes, as he accelerated forward, cannons blazing. The Ion Thrusters increased their output, as Garod pushed harder. The blaze increased. As the Ultima Raptor glided forward, hurling straight at the Ultrasaurus.

I hope this is right...so yea...^^;

[Mew Master]

Denny Roth, Talon
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It was a slightly insane plan, but the best one for those without missles. If the plan to blow out the leg didn't work, we needed a Plan B. So far the newly formed Chimera Team, seemed to be mostly missle less. And since we were already moving towards the tail.

"Okay, This is Denny in Talon, anyone who doesn't have any missles, concentrate your beam and laser weapon fire on the other weapons. IF you don't even have any beam or lasers, help us dismantle the tail and we'll go from there!"

"Rivkah, Take the right flank. Sage, Sean, Shadow us. After passing, cross over and take out the guns before they pick us off."

"YOu got it Den, Let's go." Sean replied.

I pushed Talon's Controls forward and dashed off faster, Rivkah and Dodger on our right, and Sean and Sage shadowing us.

Comeon you overgrown Zoid, let's see what you've got.

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Later!

~Mew Master

[DarkTemplarZ]

Celire
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This was quickly getting old. The Ultrasaurus was taking an extremely heavy pounding and showed no sign of slowing down, and the massive swarm of Zoids around it constantly weaved all around it, not presenting it with any clear target. Only a couple of shells had gone Celire's way, and he dodged them easily.
"Okay, This is Denny in Talon, anyone who doesn't have any missles, concentrate your beam and laser weapon fire on the other weapons. IF you don't even have any beam or lasers, help us dismantle the tail and we'll go from there!"
Denny Roth's voice came over the comm.
"Good idea. One of those 360mm cannons is mine!" Celire laughed. Finally, something to do.
"Ok Blade, let's see push these thrusters to everything they've got, 110%, and don't complain. I know you can take 125% burn," Celire said, pushing the thrusters past their maximum. Blade Raptor screamed forward at over 400 mph, leaving a massive storm of sand in it's wake. In the mean time, Celire set his sights on one of the Ultrasaurus' massive side cannons.

In a split second, Celire cut power to the engines, Blade Raptor came to a halt, a massive swarm of sand flying past him, rattling his armor. A few meters away, a massive 360mm shell hit the dirt.
That Ultrasaurus can't target through all this sand. Fortunately, I don't need to Celire thought to himself, firing his stake launchers into the 360mm cannons...

[Gladiator]

I think this is taking a little long.

Boris
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This totally sucked, this thing was not about to go down to easily. I was firing everything I got at him, and while they did damage, the whole thing was too slow. Not to mention I was hurled onto my back. God, it's times like this I wish I was still back on Valiance's team, at least then I wouldn't have to fight...well, you already know.

"Okay," I muttered to myself, "Let's think. Just firing at this one leg is taking too long, it should be out by now. We're fighting a four-legged dinosaurian tank, he's got to be heavy. I imagine they could blow off most of the lower leg, but he's got that other leg to support him," suddenly an idea clicked, the same joint weakness could exist on more than that one leg.

"But if we manage to damage both right legs just enough, then the stress of the weight could do the work for us. With both legs taken out, he'd tip over and be unable to move. Plus, all weapons on that side would be rendered useless."

I activated the Com line, signalling all members, "Alright, this is Boris Black, pilot of King Scorpio. If it isn't too much trouble, I'm going to change my target so I'd appreciate it if someone flipped me right-side up. I just had a killer idea."

[Bulbasaur4]

Rain Tenyou
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Stryke and I cover fired Gav, until suddenly I heard some one over the com ask for assistance... it was Boris, with King.
My expression sweatdropped as he needed help being flipped over...
[ Hey Frank, got Gav covered?]
Silence... as Stryke flew around in a circle, cover firing Gav until Frank suddenly popped up.
[ I'm here! I'll cover him!]
[ Good! I'm gonna assit Boris]

With that, Stryke veered off instantly, quickly flying underneath the Ultrasaurus, and dodging incoming missles with 360s and 720s, his wings tucked tightly against his body as possible, while still managing flight. Soon we were flying at Boris... when two missles were fired directly at him. I heard his yell over the com... and I quickly yelped as well.
"STRYKE, CANNONS NOW!"
Instantly Stryke's cannons fired with extreme speed and we zoomed towards Boris... and just before the missles would have been upon the Scorpion Zoid, the missles exploded.
[ Hey, here to give you a 'lift']
I said, laughing slightly... that was a shakey moment. Ultrasaurus missles are quite powerful...
[ Just hold on, Stryke and I will have you up quickly...]
"Stryke, activate hyper-sensative scanning systems... we don't want any surprise missles anymore."
Stryke's eyes glowed from the outside, as we got to work.
Latching onto two sturdy pieces which made up King with Stryklerpin's strong and fierce talon-like claws.
"Alright... all power to thrusters.." I mumbled to myself, as Stryke's wings flailed and then the boosters violently pushed against the ground, instantly thrusting King's side back over.
Stryke then quickly aimed upwards and we flew much higher, being a flyer at so low a level with out moving made both of us nervous...
[ Hope that helps Boris!] I s houted, just as a loud explosion was heard....

The Ultrasaurus was begining to fall down!

[Ultimate Charizard]

Apologies to all those thinking this is taking too long.

Ive been starting a new job lately and training is hectic and keeping me busy and tired.
Thargor has been helping me run this but he too is away for a while but dont worry. The plan is worked out and this whole mess will be sorted shortly.
Ill look to end this Ultrasaur battle by tommorrow then we can get the main part of the RPG (With team Battles etc) up and running.

[Mew Master]

Denny Roth, Talon
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"The thing's gonna fall!" I shouted.

Okay... the good thing was the Ultrasaurus was falling. Bad part was there was a small group of us still under it!

"We gotta move! Everyone, G.O.D.!" Sean shouted.

Sean, Rivkah, Sage, and myself pushed the controls and our Zoids darted in opposite directions, managing to get out from under the Ultrasaur's large body and somewhat about of danger of being crushed.

"Everyone okay?" I asked.

"Fine over here," Rivkah replied.

"Same here," Sage stated.

"Ditto." Sean admitted.

We were alive and kicking... but there was too much dust and dirt in the air to really tell if everyone else was okay as well....

[Mew Master]

Hello? anyone alive?

*sounds of crickets*

oh crap

[Gladiator]

Well, what did you expect? Most of the major people rarely seem to come here anymore. I suppose I'll make one post

Boris
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-What the hell just happened?- Denny commented. It was definitely more of a command than a question. Boris quickly turned on his end of the com-link to give an answer.

"Well, I'll tell you," he responded hotly, "I managed to test my new Tail Stinger on this thing's knee-joint at the same time you managed to blow off the other leg."

Silence, -Okay, so what did you do?-

Boris quickly responded, "Well, I managed to rip into the Ultrasaurus' inner leg and electrocute it. Apparently, that did enough damage for it to lose stability. Then it fell. By the way..."

Boris quickly took a look outside the cockpit, the fact that the horizon appeared perpendicular to what it was originally was not lost on him.

"I need someone to flip me rightside-up, again."

For a moment, Boris could imagine the looks on everyone's face.

[pokemasterfrank]

Originally posted by Mew Master
Hello? anyone alive?

*sounds of crickets*

oh crap

Also, I think its because Gav said he would make a post, but he hasn't yet...so...people are waiting?

[Mew Master]

Dude, if you're looking for the sign-up topic, go back a few pages. It should be there.

[Thargor]

Here's the post ending this... Then the battles can actually commence. Sorry about the delay, but things can happen... On to the post.

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Kenichi- Riding in Hedgerush
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The joint of the Ultrasaurus shattered with an explosion that pitted the underside and the rest of the leg. Pieces small and large of flaming shrapnel dug into the ground, passing zoids, and the massive frame of the screaming monster. Another shriek, this time not from the mouth occurred as metal scraped against itself. The joint no longer there, the two parts of the leg went in opposite directions. In seemingly slow motion, the Ultrasaurus began its descent to the earth, cannons on its sides still firing wildly.

My eyes widened, as Hedgerush halted in place, then boosted back. The other zoids beneath the Ultrasaurus all began to run from the falling behemoth, but in all different directions. My boost of speed was enough to get me out with a comfortable cushion of space and time, but I winced as the deceptively fast Ultrasaurus shook the earth, taking several Zoids with it.

The head was the last thing to hit the earth, the whole zoid screaming like a rabid beast. A cloud of dust settled around the scene, and all the zoid and zoid pilots around me seemed to stop and watch the spectacle. Then Hedgerush's lock-on warning system screeched in my cockpit. With a slap that was instinctive, Hedgerush boosted off to the side, slamming my body to the right side of my chair. None too quickly, as bullets streamed from where I had been. Zoids around began to drop like flies, as even grounded the Ultrasaurus continued to fire.

It seems we had deprived it of its target of the Colliseum, only for it to target us...

I slapped on the comm unit. "Everyone, break off and get into evasive maneuvers! This thing is down, but not out! I repeat, evasive maneuvers!"

Hedgerush maneuvered smartly to my touch, as I saw others rushing away from being blown into pieces. Then suddenly my comm unit crackled, as a message to the entire group sounded.

"This is the ZBC Team. All zoid pilots are ordered by the Zoids Battle Commission to return to the Colliseum or risk expulsion for this year's season. We'll be taking care of this."

A screech sounded once more from the Ultrasaurus, one of extreme pain. The ground to its right suddenly dimpled, and a spray of spears erupted from its spot. The spears seemed to be connected by a fine line, almost invisible. Dozens of the things ripped into its armor, creating a virtual net around its shoulders. Then a storm of lighting played over the whole thing, making the massive zoid convulse.

I resisted the urge to duck as a white blur passed narrowly by Hedgerush and several other zoids. My zoid's ball shape helped, as the sonic boom smashed into us, making me roll several meters before my boosters could compensate.

The white form, a storm-sworder, elegantly dodged the now sporadic firing from the injured Ultrasaurus. Nearly scraping its wings with the Ultrasaurus' armor, the machine guns tucked underneath fired neatly at the base of each of the offending weapons. The Ultrasaurus didn't stand a chance, the maneuvers of the pilot too advanced for any shot to even come close. Within a minute, it was stripped of its main weapons.

Checking my screen, I noted with no surprise that two other zoids had managed to flank the Ultrasaurus while everyone was paying attention to the antics of the Storm Sworder pilot who had effortlessly taken care of the offending beast. The floating red form of the Geno Breaker, and the black Geno Saurer landed opposite each other, on either side of the Ultrasaurus. I saw sparks fly from either mouth, and my eyes widened.

"Charged particle beams! Those of you who want to retain their skin, I suggest for you to retreat!" Putting action to my words, Hedgerush made an "about face" in a sense, and bursted away from the scene. Most of the other zoids followed suit, as the energy was quickly gathered in both of the ZBC Team zoids.

With a blinding flash of light, the two charged particle beams shot out of their respective zoids, meeting together at the base of the Ultrasaurus' neck. A ball of energy ripped apart the armor from the very smallest level, and engulfed the rest of the body in light. My sensors were overwhelmed for a moment, then cleared up to see the head of the Ultrasaurus severed from the rest of the fizzling body.

"The Zoid Battle Commission thanks all pilots that helped in this matter. Those that have lost team members or got damaged due to this incident can contact their local ZBC officials for compensation. All teams report to the Colliseum for inspection. That is all."

Everyone began to make their way back to the pock-marked area that had been attacked, while a ZBC marked Whale King landed next to the former Ultrasaurus. The Storm Sworder, Geno Breaker, and Geno Saurer went up its lowered ramp, followed by a War Shark that shot out of the earth. Construction zoids moved down the ramp, and slowly began to drag in the head of the Ultrasaurus into their vessel...

[Ultimate Charizard]

Ok, just a bit of a roll call. I know this has been inactive for a while but it is gonna start building momentum again now chrsitmas etc is out of the way. Just let us know your interested and post a little something and we'll get the battles underway.

[RikiTikiTavi]

Rico Senkhave ~ somewhere in the desert
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Explosions rang out around his position, sand bursting up into the air with each hit. It was like a fine mist that almost resembled smoke at a distance. Each hit was completely random and each one grew closer and closer to him.
"Face it. The little thief got away," someone's voice chimed over a closed frequency.
"No....." another voice answered on the same frequency. "He's still out here. He's hiding from us. The little snake killer is too afraid to face us down."
"More like this little snake killer is smart enough not to like 20 to 1 odds you @$$," Rico muttered to himself in the silence of his cockpit.
He had been playing cat and mouse with these buffoons for hours now and he was getting very tired of being the mouse. Twenty to one were very bad odds and he was smart enough to avoid them but the random shellings were getting closer and it seemed his pursuers were not giving up as readily as he had hoped. Perhaps he shouldn't have left that little going away present at the base. Having their entire squadron of flyers sabotaged probably didn't sit well with them. Unfortunately he hadn't been aware of the sabers' speed modifications so he was caught quite by surprise when they caught up with him.
"We'll find you sooner or later Rico! You can't hide forever and you can't outrun us to the ZBC colliseum," the second voice chided over the closed frequency.
Whether it was the hours of waiting, the annoying chatter on the closed frequency, or just a stroke of stupidity, Rico chose that moment to spring back into action. He had been buried for just a tad too long and his mind craved action.
"Who said anything about running?!" Rico shouted over the closed frequency.
Suddenly his zoid burst from the ground firing a full on blast with his medium beam cannon at point blank range to one of the pursuing sabers.
The sabertiger went down instantly and before the others could fire on his position he was already back underground and moving. He could here the rain of fire pouring on where he had been only moments before. Listening for the sounds of shots being fired he darted under the ground until he heard the right sound. Once again his zoid sprang up from the ground and fired with the beam cannon. This time he spun while springing up, firing three shots and taking down two more sabers. He barely managed to reach the safety of underground before fire rained upon his former position again.
"You idiots! He's just going to loop around and pick us off like this. Use your sensors. Track the tunnels you morons," the lead voice shouted at his fellow saber pilots.
Rico's tactics were not lost on him as they were squadmates once upon a time. Those times were long past now for Rico, though.
Seeing his little game of tag wasn't going to keep working he had a new idea. He stopped dead and waited for a moment. As soon as plodding zoid feet could be heard overhead he matched their speed and direction and rose to near the surface. He would wear one of the sabers like a helmet and let them chase their tails for a bit.
Seeing an opportunity while another saber was passing by he surfaced just his zoids head and let lose two missiles. They struck their target and the saber crashed to its knees. Instantly it returned fire only to hit the saber he had been cruising underneath. As a couple of others also fired on that position he decided it was time to cut bait.
His zoid sprang forth between his former shield and the other sabertigers and took off at full thrust. Maybe it would buy him enough of a head start to make the colliseum. They dare not attack him there.
Missiles streamed towards him quickly. the first few fell well short they didn't take long to close the distance. His light tail cannon sprayed bullets madly to pick them out of the air but there were a great deal of them. Too many for even the best of shots to pick off with a simple light cannon. The first one to come close rocked the side of his zoid, pushing it slightly off course. Another hit home even close and he could feel the resulting quake down to his bones. It was not looking like a good plan afterall.
As if understanding the situation his zoids comm started beeping madly. It was a standard distress signal among zoids and zoid pilots.
"Oh no you don't Diablo. We won't be having any help from some greenhorn wannabe pilots. Shut it off or I'll tear your circuits out personally!" Rico shouted at the console, pounding it lightly with his fist.
Instantly upon request the beeping stopped. A second later one of the many missiles targeting him careened overhead and exploded directly in front of him. Rico turned his zoid rapidly to avoid the blast but was still partially hit by it, rolling his zoid to its side.
When they recovered they could see the remaining sabertigers coming in fast. Too fast for them to build up any speed against. The time for hiding or running was over. Now was the time to fight them head on.
"Alright Diablo. Let's show them why we're called the snake killer," Rico gritted his teeth, his hands tense on the controls.
With sudden speed his zoid shot forward to meet the sabers. As it approached the first one it jutted sideways to avoid cannon fire and then leapt back, tearing at the sabers throat. Using their flexibility they twisted as they dragged the saber to the ground, ripping out circuits as it went.
With it's maneuvering thrusters Diablo leapt back as a stream of cannon fire poured in. Rico and Diablo darted about the battle, scratching and firing precise shots when opportunity presented itself. They scratched at and exposed joints, and took them out with their remaining missiles and cannon fire. Their agility was not enough though. No one zoid can avoid fire from a dozen indefinately. As they paused to fire their beam cannon at a wounded saber, removing it from battle, a stray missile found its way home and rocked their port side. The left hind quarter took the worst of it and the maneuvering thrusters barely pulled them away from the blast before it could completely disable that leg. Soon after that more missiles and cannon fire began to find their target. Three more sabers went down in the process but Diablo was starting to run low on ammo and the thrusters were all but spent.
The sabers formed a ring around Rico and Diablo, cutting off their escape. Their weapons were all trained on them.
"Try to escape and we level you Rico. Come back to base with us peacefully. The council wishes to speak with you," the lead voice said smoothly over the closed channel.
"I'm sure they would Savage. But you can tell those power hungry SOB's that I'll see them in....." Rico began but another signal came in to cut him off.
"This is Gavin Wynder of team Los Locos. We have recieved your distress signal and are here to help. To the pilots of the sabertigers, please turn around and leave peacefully or we will send word to the ZBC of these activities," a voice said over an open channel.
A mild hum sounds from Diablo's comm in the cockpit. Almost a sound of vindication.
"Alright, alright. But don't be thinking there'll be a reward for this you willful tinker toy," Rico grumbled at the console in front of him.

[Ultimate Charizard]

Gavin Wynder
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A cheer went up over the com as the Ultrasaur finally fell. I watched carefully as the ZBC team operated, hoping to pick up on their tactics and abilities. I was forced to turn and run with the others when the two Geno's fired however.
Getting caught in a twin particle blast would be an easy way to strip off Saix's paint........and armour, and circuits and just about everthing else including me.
I turned 180 and headed away at full speed, giving myself a good safe distance. Once it was over i sighed and watched as Frank and Rain moved over to circle above me. The ZBC Whale king had moved in to take away the 'Ultra's head, probably bring in a work crew for the body later but i wondered why they wanted the head right now.
I pushed my controls forward and Saix began to walk forward, back towards the Colleseum when a light lit up on my console. A signal was coming through, not a message just a standard SOS beacon.
"Frank, Rain. You picking up that distress Signal?" I asked trying to figure out where it was coming from but it stopped before i could pinpoint it "Yeah, it was coming from a few miles south of here, you want to check it out?" replied Frank.
Turning saix around i headed in the direction of the Signal. "Ill do it but ill go alone, you two go back and make sure were registered for this years season, ill go see whats going on and get back ASAP"

They both called back in agreement and i flipped the switch to activate the Ion Thruster and accellerated to max speed.
After a few minutes my scanner began beeping, bringin up a basic picture of the battlefield ahead. 8 zoids, Saber Tigers were surrounding a zoid that the computer couldnt identify.
It was easy to see that the unknown zoid mustve been the one to send the signal and 8 to 1 was not good odds.
"This is Gavin Wynder of team Los Locos. We have recieved your distress signal and are here to help. To the pilots of the sabertigers, please turn around and leave peacefully or we will send word to the ZBC of these activities," i announced as i approached. Most teams wouldnt ignore a warning that carried a ZBC threat but these guys werent moving.
"Who asked you to get involved" a voice came over the com. "This is none of your business so why dont you turn around and get lost"
Bringing Saix down to a walk as i approached i stopped a hundred yards from the nearest Tiger. "That pilot sent out a distress Signal, that means its my business"
I flicked the switch that activated my Geo Sensors, ignoring the same voice talking tough and 'inisisting' i leave. The sensors in Saix feet began scanning the area, checking for faults in the ground below us and working out how much power and at what angle id need to fire to take out the Tigers without hurting the smaller zoid.
As expected the three closest Sabers turned to face me and roared in unison, the other 5 kept their weapons locked on the smaller Zoid. It already looked pretty beat up and i wasnt willing to let these guys start pounding it again.
"If theres one thing i hate..." i began as the Geo computer selected the best course of action "Is Bullies!"
With that i aimed Saix's head down and fired the weapon. Instantly the ground began to ripple and shake out in waves from the source, where the weapons attack hit the ground. Following a small fault line the sensors had picked up the foward zoids werent actually the target. The waves were focusing on the rear of this little group and three of the Tigers fell as the ground below the collapsed into a sink hole.
As soon as the collapse had begun i stopped firing and switched over to Impact mode, firing a blast at the lead Tiger. It dodged it faster than i expected but his team mate wasnt as fast and it took the blast to the head. It reacted as if it had been slugged by a Heavyweight boxer and fell over, the pilot obviously shaken.
I gritted my teeth as i saw one of the remaining tigers lining up its cannons but it fell before it could fire, two beam blast had taken it in the back and it fell in a heap. Apparently the smaller zoid wasnt in as bad a shape as i had thought.

It proved itself again as i activated the energy shield just in time to deflect a volley from the Tiger on my left. It quickly moved over towards my attacker and took out all four of its knee joints with its claws and what looked to be energy blades in its mouth.
Now it was down to 2 v 2.
The Lead tiger started to back away and i saw the little zoid suddenly dive underground. The geo sensors said it was picking up Soundwaves coming from him, he had some sort of Sonic weapon too...
The same voice came over the comm shouting the usual 'ill get you next time' bad guy speech before both Tigers turned to run. As they did the 'injured' zoid appeared and blocked the second tigers path, it wasnt the leader, he was already running and although i could probably catch him i figured it wouldnt hurt to teach this last guy a lesson.
The trapped tiger stepped back as the Zoid attacked with its Sonic weapon. It wasnt as powerfull as my own but it was obvious the Tiger was feeling it and its armour began to Buckle.
Moving round so my own weapon wouldnt catch my 'ally' i fired on Vibration mode and the unlucky Tiger staggered to its side, falling under the stress. The other attack seemed to be weakening slowly, figuring it had a time limit i jacked my own power up, maybe i could share a few weapon tips with this guy once its all done. With a small explosion the Saber Tigers eject system kicked in and the pilot bailed out. His zoid was slowly being shaken apart and now resembled a pile of scrap and a half built model kit.

I shut off my weapon as the other pilot's own weapon stopped and slowly moved over towards it.
"Hey, how you doing down there. That was fun, anything else i can do for you" Silence came over the Comm...."We have a repair bay you can use if you like...."

[Bamm]

Locke Davenport- Pilot #1343
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Locke got up and flipped open the laptop sitting on his desk. It had been chiming alerting him that he had a video message on it.
It was a man with greying black hair.

"Yeah, Locke, what's up K.?" he said, rubbing his eyes wearily, " what do ya wa--- Wait! It's not here is it?"

"Yeah it is, Locke! Brand-new, state-of-the-art!" he replied excitedly, "Come on down. It's waitin--" but Locke was no longer there. He was already downstairs in his PJs zooming around the box anxiously.

"How do ya open this thing?" he asked K.," I think this box is defective...Hey, can ya wheel her to the hangar? Boy, do I love Zoids. and to think: a boy of my beauty and money is just getting his first. That little Jimmy down the street won't laugh anymore. I have the brand-new, state-of-the-art---"

K. had become impatient," SIGN THE FREAKIN PAPERS!" At this, Locke quickly became very small. He grabbed the papers slowly, signed here, initialed there, DotDotDotted here, and they were off to unbox it in the hangar. But K. yet again waited because Locke had to go and get his camera.

Locke and the delivery man both got into the Gustav that was carrying the crate from place-to-place. Once they got into the hangar, they both got out and quickly got to the crate and unloaded it.

"Now, how do ya open this thing?" Locke asked.

"Ahh, just pull that tab," he said, taking a couple of steps backwards," yep, but I wouldn't just..."

Locke quickly ran up and excitedly pulled the tab from out of the corner. There was a loud rumbling. The crate started to shake and the wooden sides fell. Yep, they fell. Right onto Locke. Though he seemed to be in pain, he quickly wiggled his way out, got up, and took a long look at the zoid.

He had bought the brand-new, state-of-the-art Storm Tiger...

"I should take her for a test spin, eh?" he asked, "Yeah, I think I will..."

Locke quickly got into the cockpit of the Griffon Zoid. His desert home made a perfect field for exploration for a zoid. "Let's see... Engines on...Activate... and..." He pushed the controls forward and the zoids leapt forward at high-speed. "Let's see... Aerial Zoid, so..." He rotated the controls and they clicked into place as they zoid took flight. He flew around for a while, then switched to auto-pilot while he read the manual.

"Let's see...Okay, there's a rock column...Okay, let's try this..."
Locke pressed the buttons on the front of the Control Sticks and fired his two 150mm cannons taking a chunk out of the coulumn. He then flipped open a little cover onthe Control sticks and pressed the red buttons. Two Missiles shot out and took out an even bigger chunk of the column. On the screen, a small box appeared with 6 missiles and two disappeared. He now had four.

By now, the column was very thin in the middle and was almost about to collapse. Locke looked behind the column and noticed there were two more. He looked to his left and noticed a small compartment. He opened it and noticed three switches each had a lable: L.Wing, R.Wing, and TURBO.

He flipped on the two 'Wing' switches and noticed that 2 blades were hidden among the wings. The blades started to glow a cool orange color. He swooped around and aimed straight for the columns. He flipped the TURBO switch and the seat shifted back as the whole zoid started to vibrate wildly. The zoid was going so fast that all of the canyons and formations outside were barely visible blurs. He focused and headed straight for the columns. He felt the initial impact of the first column but after that he felt nothing. He flipped off the TURBO switch and swooped back around the columns looked to be untouched. He landed his zoid and jumped out. He was disappointed. His zoid wasn't even good enough to slice through a few columns. He sat down.

He looked back up at the columns. He thought he saw something. He did. All at once, the top of the columns slowly slid off. He went so fast that it took a couple seconds for the columns to be effected....

"Man, I love this zoid!", he yelled," Ha-haaaa!"
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After he got through admiring what he and Storm had done, he got back in it and went on his way home, thanks to the TURBO switch.

"What the...?" he said. His Zoid was slowing down. Suddenly, his screen began flashing red and had a message saying 'OVERHEAT...COMMAND SYSTEM FREEZE....'

He sat there for an hour or so before the command system actually came back on. "What happened to ya?" he asked the zoid," Ya just froze on me..."

Storm roared back at him," Yeah, Yeah, It's always my fault. Anyways, we gotta get to the ZBC Colloseum so we can compete in this Season." Locke hopped into the cockpit of the griffon Zoid and flew South towards the ZBC Colloseum coordinates.

Upon arrival he realized he almost didn't make it. He hurried inside to the front desk and registered himself and Storm. After filling out a bunch of papers, he was finally registered as an official Zoid Battler- Pilot #1443.

He walked Storm out onto the track and noticed a bunch of different zoids. Just to name a few:

A Strykler- which was the most beautiful zoid he had ever seen(next to Storm) and
A Hedgerush- which was the most amazingly odd zoid he had ever seen.

He thought for a moment and then walked back inside looking for something. He smiled on the inside. It was the Recruit Board. He looked at it and then at the track. Walking back outside getting ready for the race, he jumped into Storm and thought about that board.

He opened the little compartment and flipped the switch....

He saw the light:3...2...1...GO!

[EVme15]

Kayla ~ "Yang Liger"

"Crap crap crap crap shoot shoot shoot shoot dang dang dang dang YAGH!!!"

The impact of the Particle Beams ripped through the Ultrasaurus's armor like nothing. My screen (and pretty much every other thing) went off the hook and the shock shoved me forward in my seat. When I lifted my head and the scanners came back on, nothing seemed heavily damaged. Liquid trickled down my forhead, and I reached my hand up. Red. Blood, great. So my Zoid took the shock and I was the one who got hurt. I plopped my head down on the main consol, waiting for the joints to reactivate. "You lucky pile of scrap, you..."

It growled at me in response.

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"The Zoid Battle Commission thanks all pilots that helped in this matter. Those that have lost team members or got damaged due to this incident can contact their local ZBC officials for compensation. All teams report to the Colliseum for inspection. That is all."

"So let me get this straight. If any of our teammates had died out there, we'd go to the ZBC and they'd give us a cash sum to make up for it?" I asked over the intercom to my teammates. It was a reasonable question, right? What else could they do for a team, assign a freelance? That wouldn't be very effective. Laughter met my ears. Geeze, Kenichi, it's true though, isn't it?

Yang Liger stopped in its assigned space, and I hopped out for an outside assesment. There really hadn't been much damange: a few easily replaced plates of armor were dented here and there. The biggest problem right now wasn't critical... "Grrr... DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I CLEANED THIS STUPID THING?!"

Note to all pilots: never have an almost-all white Zoid if you don't care about cleaning it and you don't want to look run-down. Dirt shows up on white. Very, very, very well, I might add.

Grumbling, I grabbed a cloth and started wiping... again...
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*raises hand* HERE!

[DarkTemplarZ]

Wow, this was definitely inactive for a while. 2 or 3 months if I remember correctly

Celire Silverblade
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"My god. I sure don't wanna be the pilot of that Ultrasaur right about now," Celire laughed, kicking his feet onto the control panel of Blade Raptor and leaned back, hands behind his head. He wanted to be comfortable when the fireworks began.
The pilot of the Storm Sworder was incredible, better than anybody Celire had ever seen. The Ultrasaur was firing everything it had, and the Storm Sworder dodged every shell like it was nothing. The white frame of the sworder was a blur, it expertly skimmed under the Ultrasaur, pounding it's relatively weak underside with fire. Then a Geno Saurer and Geno Breaker landed on either side of the Ultrasaur, beginning to fire their charged particle cannons.
"Charged particle beams! Those of you who want to retain their skin, I suggest for you to retreat!" came a voice over the comm.
"Brilliant idea! Did you think of that all by yourself?!" Celire yelled back, panicking. At this range, he'd be caught in the explosion and be completely fried. He made Blade Raptor turn completely around and pushed Blade Raptor's engines to 100%, rocketing out of there, blowing past a massive group of other zoids who where leaving the range of the explosion too. As for the explosion itself, all Celire saw was a big purple flash and could feel the very air tremor with the force of the two beams.
"Well, that's that. Now back to sleep. Alright with you, Blade?" Celire yawned, his head drooping onto his left shoulder. Stupid Ultrasaur woke him up. Blade Raptor snarled in agreement.

[Bulbasaur4]

Rain Tenyou

Stryklerpin - F

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[ Gav... GAAAv!] I yelled over the com, but he wasn't really listening either that or he was too far away or too focused.
[ NOO!] I growled, as Stryklerpin gracefully flew about... I rolled my eyes, as I gazed at the comm again and then pressed the button.
[ Hey... Frank, pretty odd huh? Ultrasaurus comes barging in here and no one knows why?]
Frank agreed... and then I smirked as suddenly Stryke veered away from Frank completely.
[ Rain! What are you doing?]
[ Umm... go register us Frank. I'm gonna go say hi to Gav. ]
Silence insued from this...
[ PLeeeease Frank? Please?] I used my puppy voice, making the face with it although that didn't really help.
More silence... until finally..
[ Alright alright... don't know WHY you wanna go after Gav after he told you not to- or... or maybe I do-]
[ Don't get any ideas Frank. See you later- and don't spend all our funds on your equipment or FOOD!] I laughed... as suddenly my thrusters activated and I flared off towards GAv.

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I followed the distress signal... and right when I arrived I saw Gav's Saix, standing rather proudly with 8 other zoids and 1 injured one... and ironically, the 8 didn't seem tohappy.
[ Show off!] I yelled over the comm, laughing as I made a circle above him.
[ Rain! I thought I told you and Frank to register?]
[ Look, Frank can do that by himself. You know me... I get bored easily. Even though it looks like you took care of everything...]
I said, laughing slightly as I rolled my eyes even though no one really could see. Stryke seemed to growl in agreement, obviously wishing it would have gotten a piece of teh action.
Gav told me what happened... and then he tried to get contact with the injured Zoid's pilot. Meanwhile..
"Stryklerpin, scan the other zoids. Get their pilot's ID and let's keep it on record so we can report it later. Heheheh... "
Stryke's eyes shifted green as a scanner ray went over each zoid and soon each pilot was identified.
"That's good... "
[ Get ahold of the pilot? ] I asked Gav... not hearing anything from the zoid pilot.

[Mew Master]

Denny Roth, Talon
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"Charged Particle Beams?!" I shouted. "Are they crazy?!"

"More like we're going to be dead if we don't evacuate in the next few seconds." Sean told me over the com.

"Right," I Replied. "Let's G.O.D.!"

"What?"

"GET OUTTA DODGE!" I pushed Talon's Controls to the max and my Zoid dashed away from the Ultrasaurus. Sean, and Rivkah beside Talon.

As the Charged Particle Beams hit the Ultrasaurus. The following dome of pure Energy started to expand, vaporizing the ground and any Zoids that weren't fast enough to get out of the way. We started heading towards one Zoid that was flipped on it's side, and struggling to get up.

"Hey, help me out!" said the pilot of this insect Zoid.

I slowed Talon down and dug in my Zoid's Claws into the dirt as it pushed. "Hang on, I got ya."

"Denny," Sean said. "You ain't gonna make it!"

"Go, we can't just leave him!" I shouted back, starting to push and slowly getting the giant arachnid upright. Come on,.... come on..... Talon pushed harder.

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Left open to Sean or Rose when they get the chance

~Mew Master

[Gladiator]

OOC: Um, I meant Boris to be on his side (like the Ultrasaur), not upside down.

Obviously, I'll wait for either Rose or Sean.

[Kiori Hayabusa]

~Christopher Valentino~
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He'd begun to question whether he'd ever prove able to wash the scorch marks from his beautiful Storm Sworder. With each attack run he'd made, miniscule amounts of his zoid's armor had been shaved off by barely dodged cannon fire. With a jerk on the control stick, his zoid had banked left and prepared for another run.

It was then that the Ultrasaurus' leg joint had blown out.

Not privy to the sensations the ground zoids must have been experiencing, Chris was slighly more surprised than they when the Ultrasaurus focused its firepower with greater intensity on the surrounding zoids. His attack run was postponed as his full attention turned to dodging the cannon fire. Just as the shells began to catch onto his dodge pattern, dealing blows to his spread wings, another air zoid tore by him as high speed.

And the cannon that had been focusing its fire on him exploded.

She was amazing. Her maneuvers were graceful and precise, skating the thin line between safety and danger in a deadly dance he felt he could never hope to imitate. Awestruck, it was only his own vessel's proximity alarm that shook him out of his daze and averted an embarrassing collision with the terra firma.

Chris could feel his cheeks burning.

As soon as the warning sounded, he was out of there. His speed leapt into the supersonic as he tore across the zoid-pocked landscape at speeds that shattered the sound barrier. The twin flashes behind him told him of the charged particle release as he slowed his zoid, only to realize he'd passed directly over a raptor zoid and bug zoid who seemed to be struggling to move.

Chris' face appeared on Denny's monitor seconds later. He was smiling sheepishly and rubbing the back of his head.

"Um... Sorry to bother you, sir, but it appears you've already cleared the blast radius."

He swore he could see a tumbleweed pass between them.