Location: Pirate Space station, Hanger Planet: Asteon
Following the corridor from the cantina to the hanger Ilsa reaches the point were the hall connects to the larger path connecting the Hanger to the space elevator. As she approaches it she can hear the sound of the group that had left before her to the right in the direction of the elevator. Walking into the large path Ilsa is shouted at by some heavily armed pirates, there are eight and each is decked out with armor and space bound weapons (Designed not to pierce hull but still hurt). They walk flanking some crates on hoverpads and what appears to be some sort of large metal machine with tubes coming out of it filled with green liquid. Getting out of the way she sees more groups with crates coming from the hanger. The Ilsa hasn't seen these men before but apart from annoyance at her being in the way most of the pirates don't give her any more trouble than usual.
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Location: Pirate Space station, combat range Planet: Asteon
As Old Iron drops out of hyperspace Xane watches as the sensors map out the area and is stunned by a moment with what he sees. "There is a change of plans: Team one go about your mission as usual; My team you two will make sure the breachers reach their destinations; Team three your new task is to take control of the Exchange battleship, I don't know why it is here but the fact that the ship has just missed us means its AI is down and it is an enemy. Take extreme caution, take control of the environmental systems first then the command center and do not. I repeat do not. Under any circumstances allow the AI to activate." Xane states to the team before quickly opening a private communication to Richard. "Richard you have clearance to open fire, the mercs are here as a test not to be killed in space. Help me take out those cruisers."
"Yes sir! Weapons are live Good luck out there sir and tell Maxwell and his men to be quick Our ship can't fight for long against an Exchange battleship." Richard replies as he open fires at the nearest cruiser which breaks under the surprise onslaught.
"Alright get ready. Deploying now!" Xane shouts as the catapults launch the mechs into space.
The space station has several fighters moving around it and a cargo ship moving between it and the other notable object in the area, the
Exchange battle ship. The ship floats a little bit off from the space station and is surrounded by about 10
cruisers. The ships around the Exchange ship start going into battle mode and the slight visial disturbance appear signifying that the shields have been activated. One of the ships explodes from Old Iron's attack. At the space station the active fighters change course towards the group.
Team 1 and 3 find themselves lead to breacher pods which as soon as they enter move to the launcher mechanisms and await a moment to fire.
Xane takes in the look of the battlefield as his mech flies through space on the momentum from the catapult. I guess I do get to play today, he thinks to himself looking at the cruisers. "Nelx, Gohr get rid of those fighters around the station and protect team one and three's breacher pods team one will go first for the station and three for Exchange ship. Don't worry about the cruisers Richard and I will be dealing with them. After that its up to you." Xane say through the com-link.
His orders given Prototype blasts off towards the cruisers dodging fire, leaving an orange trail in its wake.
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Team Objectives
[Team 1] Objectives: Enter space station; take control of space station; take control of space elevator; pacify opposing forces on space station.
Current status: In breacher pod launched towards space station.
Mobility: limited
Combat chance: Zero
Time to destination: 60 seconds
[Team 2] Objectives: Defeated fighter squadron around station, prevent more from being launched from the hangers and protect breacher pod of Team 1 and Team 3
Current status: Launched
Mobility: Vs Cruisers/ Battleship, superior; Vs Fighter, equal
Combat chance: Vs Cruisers/ Battleship, negligible; Vs fighters, advantage
[Team 3] Objectives: Board Exchange ship, Take control of environmental systems (Optional), Take control of Command center; Remove hostiles from ship; Use ships weapons to pacify remaining enemy ships (Optional)
Current status: Loaded, waiting for opening
Mobility: Limited
Combat chance: Zero