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The energy readout indicates a massice shield arpoound the entire object1 We'll have to break down the shield, then i'll rescan for weak points, i'm sending you all a bunch of laser upgrades so you'll have more fiore poewer' Slippy saisd
 " fox hit the black weapon with a stream of single laser shot. Grr " i'm going to need some more firepower ' he muterred ' This thing is being controlled from outside the planet ' Jrystal saiud " Ok, how does that help us exactly..' Fox replied ' well we blow it up it should give us some information to who built it and why/"
 Why? thats easy to answer Krystal, giving the energy its producing. its a weapon of immense piower, and destruction..
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Emile's voice came over the comm lines.
"G-Guys...?  I have some bad news.  I just ran a few scans on that suit...it's an old weapon, called an Orbital Frame.  The unit is designated as the Geosweeper.  It was...used to destroy entire civilizations.  I think the Crawler is controlling it somehow.  But...there's no way that it's shields are that strong..."
He said panicking...


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the crawler is a strong magical being " krystal replied ' we;'ll need to break the shield, and do it quickly' she said m asa she peppered the shield with laser fires " slippy could you toss us some smart bombs? she asked.
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"Any suggestions on how we're going to that,exactly" Avalon asked before countinuing "or we could just find out the hard way" before arming the sidewinder missiles on his Arwing.
 

 


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We'll throw everything we have it it really " Krystal replied ' smart bombs, laser fire, anything that we can think to use..
_ Sending out smart bombs and laser upgrades now' Slippy chimed in. ' gran as many as you can. remember the most bombs you can hold at one time is 9, and the maximum level you can get your lasers is mega.."
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Falco's airwing sped into the general area. "Sorry I'm late guys. What did I miss?" When he saw that the machine had not been damaged at all, a small sense of worry grew within him. "This can't be good." He looked around to make sure the other airwings were still ok, and he was filled with relief to see they were unharmed. "I guess we're gonna have to throw everything against that thing."


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Adrian chuckled.
"Heh.  We could play around with trying that, or..."
He flew so that his armor was hovering above the White Fang.
"We could just slam it with a new superweapon."
He taunted, the bow of the ship sliding open to reveal a massive energy cannon...


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Just be careful Adrian " Fox said..He let a smart bomb go it raced towards the opening and made an impact, tearing off a piece of the machine
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Bill grinned wildly as he pushed several buttons onboard the Great Fox and then said aloud though his speakers, "You want power? How's this?!" After a few moments of silence the Great Fox's main cannons fired off several full powered shots at the massive disk-like ship. "Yeah! You don't shoot at us without some brutal payback!" he shouted with joy in his voice.

Jason laughed at his fathers antics, despite the laser having almost no effect on the ship. "You have got to be kidding me?! Not even a scratch from the Great Fox's artillery weapons. What do we have to do, get out and say please?!" he commented sarcastically through his speakers.


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After Fox's smart bomb hit, the machine turned towards his ship, leveling it's massive arm-mounted beam gun at him and firing another massive shot.  Just as the shot was about to strike him, Miyu and Fay's ships came darting in, pushing him clear of the blast in the nick of time.  Meanwhile, Adrian's mech docked on the top deck of the white fang, and, after firing several shots to draw the Geosweeper's attention, aimed it's rifle directly at the unit's face.
"Hey...you just made a fatal mistake.  You! Do! Not! Attack! My! Friends!"
He yelled, as the ship's main gun fired a massive laser shot at the Geosweeper.
"Ragnarok Cannon, Fire!"


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Samuel came around and fired two sidewinder missiles and smart bombs.

 

 


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Fox continued firing smart bombs and flying through laser upgrades ' he was now at the  blue laser, and he hept aiming at the shieild, which was being fired at by several ships..
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"Fox two" Samuel muttered before firing everything he had. Lasers,Smart Bombs and Sidewinders which serverly damaged the machine's hull and brought down the shield.


"Yeah! Not so tough now are you!" he yelled over the radio.
 

 


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"Excellent! the Shield down! alright there are two vents leading inside the machine. a dew well-places bombs and lasers shots should tear the machine into pieces.. hutty up guys we need to destroy that rthing" Slippy voice came in.
 _ Everyone, aim for those vents! one is in the upper portion, one is in the lower portion!' Fox said.
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As the group closed in on it, the mech simply reformed its shield, the damaged parts of its armor reforming as it leveled the beam cannon on its arm at the fighters...



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"Son of a-" Samuel cursed "This isn't looking good!"
 

 


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(so we're talking long protracted battle here huh..? When should they be abke to break the barrier?)
Fox swerved as the cannon started to fire.. " Alright " we're going to have to thing of something else..
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As the machine reformed it's shield, Falco cursed under his breath. "If we don't think of something fast, it's gonna barrel right through us." Dodging a couple small laser bursts, Falco looked over at the Arwing their leader was piloting. "Fox, you got any other ideas, cause it looks like we could really use a miracle right about now." Normally Falco wasn't one to get nervous, but this battle was looking pretty one sided at this point.


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we've tried pretty much everything. wait! Krystal could you telepathicallky disarm the shield? He asked
 I've never tried shutting down something this big before fox! Krystal replied..
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"Anything is worth a try at this point," Falco commented. "Give it your best shot Krystal." Falco continued to fly towards the machine. "Fox, let's distract the machine while Krystal works her magic. Maybe we can open up its weak spot for her."