Darwin's Soldiers 2: Survival of the Fittest

Serris · **Reply #1040 on:** October 17, 2009, 02:31:00 AM

Alfred had finally cleared the bags of cement away.

"Dr. Landon, I bet the two construction workers found out he was a Dragonstorm scientist and beat him to death, probably with the piece of rebar and the lump of concrete sitting in the corner." Alfred said. He then picked up his ax and began hacking away at the door. The ax easily sheared through the thin metal.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1041 on:** October 20, 2009, 11:00:53 PM

(OOC: Why the lack of posts in this RP?)

Serris · **Reply #1042 on:** October 20, 2009, 11:38:52 PM

(OOC - The bomb has to be found and disabled then Caustizer has to initiate the invasion.)

Alfred had finally through the door, it lead to a staircase descending down.

"Aisha! Dr. Landon! I've found another entrance to the Dragonstorm base!" He then radioed Dr. Bailey. "Dr. Bailey this is Alfred. Aisha, Dr. Landon and myself are preparing to enter what we think is the entrance to the Dragonstorm base. Over"

"You may find the bomb there as it has the best chance of evading detection. Enter it but use caution. Dr. Bailey out." Dr. Bailey replied via the radio.

Alfred took a deep breath and readied his shotgun. "Aisha, Dr. Landon, I'm going in." he said, walking down the darkened staircase.

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Werner, Dr. Zanasiu, Zachary and PFC Reynolds peeled into the nearly empty parking lot after 3 more hours, making the trip for them a total of 6 hours. They immediately leapt from their vehicles and ran into the control room.

"Dr. Bailey, we're here!" Dr. Zanasiu panted. "And why's the parking lot so empty?"

"Good. We're searching the base for the bomb." Dr. Bailey replied. He handed them all portable radios. He then winked. "As for why the parking lot's empty; Dr. Bradley radioed all the remaining ADSA members to evacuate everyone including the experiments."

Zachary scowled. "Why didn't you tell us that?! We could have caught Lab 101!"

"You were out of radio range. Besides, do know what the implications of a nuclear detonation, even fallout free, in the US? Do you guys WANT to cause a massive panic!?" Dr. Bailey scolded.

"Sorry. We'll break into teams of 2 to search." Zachary said.

"Sounds good." Hans said.

"Let's get moving! We've only got like 3 hours!" Dr. Zanasiu ordered.

The groups then headed out of the control room.

Dr. Bailey's radio crackled. "Bailey, this is Nixon, the pipe rooms are all clean as are the waste processing center and waste storage rooms. We are now checking the reactor silo."

"Come on. Pelvanida's fate is in your hands."

Nick22 · **Reply #1043 on:** October 21, 2009, 12:22:03 AM

Whatevr happened to ridley?' Aisha asked they went down the stairs.. "The last I saw him he was keeping a helicopter busy.."

Serris · **Reply #1044 on:** October 21, 2009, 12:26:16 AM

"I think the chopper may have blown up with him inside." Alfred said, sweeping the shotgun in front of himself. "Nevertheless, we owe our lives to him."

Nick22 · **Reply #1045 on:** October 21, 2009, 02:25:37 AM

I'm sorry to hear that' Aisha said somberly.. "yet another reason why we should bring those Dragonstorm scum to justice! For Ridley, and the others who gave their lives in the effort to stop them..

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1046 on:** October 21, 2009, 07:48:24 PM

(OOC: You should probably let Cautizer know we're waiting on him; I don't think he checks this RP regularly and his last post implied he was very busy in real life.)

Serris · **Reply #1047 on:** October 22, 2009, 05:51:36 PM

Dr. Zanasiu, Zachary, Hans and Werner, entered the cafeteria and began sweeping the entire kitchen and cafeteria.

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Alfred noticed a door that said "fusion reactor".

"Wait, I thought Pelvanida's sole power source was an armored gigawatt class fusion reactor? Which I remember was destroyed." Alfred said.

He looked at the electronic lock on the door, which glowed a steady red color. "And this lock is active, which means... the Dragonstorm base is not affected by infrastructure attacks! We'll have to force our way in!"

Nick22 · **Reply #1048 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:51:00 PM

"Isn't there a way to override the system?" Aisha asked, gazing at the lock. "There usually is a control panel nearby...that controls these types of systems..

Serris · **Reply #1049 on:** October 22, 2009, 09:55:25 PM

"There should be. I'll go check it out." Alfred said. He then disappeared down the hallway.

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Alfred entered the now deserted control room. He noticed that the consoles were still on but not locked down. He sat down at one and tapped the screen. Soon a status bar that read, "Reactor silo lock: open" flashed.

He got up and ran back to the group.

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The door beeped and the light on the key card reader turned green.

"Aisha, manually slide the door open. There's a handhold on the side. It's in case the power or the motor fails." Alfred radioed.

Another minute later, and Alfred returned.

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Dr. Zanasiu's group men in the middle of the cafeteria, which was lit only by the tactical lights of their weapons.

"The cafeteria's empty." Dr. Zanasiu said.

"So's the kitchen." Zachary said.

"The Dragonstorm base." Hans added.

"That'll be our next target. We head there." Dr. Zanasiu ordered.

The group then entered the freezer, which was still cold despite the power being out for several hours. They then bolted down the staircase and entered the secret base.

"Where to now?" Hans asked.

"Find the power plant." Werner said.

Caustizer · **Reply #1050 on:** October 22, 2009, 11:48:35 PM

The Americans had made it very clear that Pelvada was their installation, and that if it was to be taken it would be with their own troops. So it went that a column of 13 Abrahams Tanks tracked down the main entrance road, smashing their way through the gate and arming their cannons for active combat. Behind them a column of Bradley APCs emerged and disgorged squads of trained special forces. Their mission was to take back the research facility by force.

...

Colonel Rivende was dissapointed at the position his division had ended up in. The Americans had gone ahead without the Canadians, so for sure there was no way his 34th C4 Leopard Squadron would be there in time to get into any action.

The six tanks under his command - one of which he was now riding in - had admittedly got off a bit late due to some minor repair issues at Carson City base, and so was just making their way slowly along the side of the highway to Las Vegas, the City of Lights. The Colonel had been told to go around the city, but he had decided against it for the sake of speed. After all what American would object to having a column of tanks run through his nieghbourhood? They might get a chance to show some bystanders that Canada was still a country...

"Be advised all military and police forces in the Las Vegas area," blared out the radio in the military emergency frequency, "Vital property of the US Military has been stolen as is now enroute out of the city... request immeadiate intercept by all available units."

"Hell yeah, might actually get a chance to fire this old girl eh Colonel?" hooted the driver as he banged the side of the gun loader with his fist.

"Keep your hands on the wheel private, we ain't in this yet." responded the Colonel as he popped open the top hatch and drew out his binoculars.

"This is Adam Delta Charlie we have spotted a possible bogey coming right at us down the highway - she's a big one," same Lt. Carl from the first tank in the column. Rivende turned to check it out from the opening in the turret.

"Sweet roller, pull up your socks ladies cause this one's about to get ugly."

Sure enough the truck bearing Lab 101 was barreling down the road, directly in front of the column of tanks. Following proceedure, 3 of their number turned out and blocked both lanes on the road. There was a hydraulic wine as turrets unlocked and rotated into position.

It was party time.

Nick22 · **Reply #1051 on:** October 23, 2009, 12:11:44 AM

Aisha managed to open the door now the security had been turned off. " Ok, its open, now lets search this area..Aisha said leaving the door open enough so they could squeeze through..

Serris · **Reply #1052 on:** October 23, 2009, 12:42:39 AM

Alfred pulled the door open further and squeezed his way into reactor silo.

"I know that nuclear fusion requires magnets or lasers so the easiest way to disable them is to find the lasers or magnets and destroy them." Alfred said.

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The Ostrich sitting next to the Human driver was scanning the road ahead with binoculars.

"[censored]! We've got a blockade of tanks!" the Ostrich sitting next to the driver shouted.

The driver immediately drove off the road and tried to swerved around the tanks.

Dr. Branston woke up from the jerking. "What the hell is going on!?" he demanded.

"Sir, we've just swerved around some tanks; they're behind us!" the driver radioed.

"Gah! Someone fix the [censored] autocannon!" Dr. Branston shouted into the intercom.

Montgomery leapt out of his bunk and entered the autocannon machine room. There he found a piece that had fallen out of the autocannon hatch. He placed it back into its place, washed his hands and went back to sleep.

Dr. Branston then activated the autocannon.

A Parakeet armed with an RPG stood up from a hatch that opened on one of the SUVs and fired at the nearest tank. The backblast scorched some paint on another armored SUV but did nothing else.

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Dr. Zanasiu and his group eventually made their way to the bomb room.

"I think that's the bomb." Hans said, pointing to an enormous metal cylinder in the middle of the room.

"So how do we deactivate it?" Werner asked.

"Well, if it's a pure fusion bomb, we'll need to cut the power or wreck the capacitor bank as Dr. Kerzach said." Dr. Zanasiu asked.

"Is this it?" Zachary asked, pointing to a large armored box.

"Might be. See if you can open it."

Zachary tried to lift the lid off but he found out it was welded in place. "It's welded shut."

"Shoot it and see what happens." Hans replied.

"Let's not shoot strange objects." Zachary replied.

"keep looking." Dr. Zanasiu ordered.

Nick22 · **Reply #1053 on:** October 23, 2009, 12:46:39 AM

Easirer said then done. We can'rt exactly just shoot them, as that may have unintended consequences.." Aisha said, waving a flasahlight arounfd the room, there were signs of recebt activity in this room. Some one was here recently.." She said softly..

Serris · **Reply #1054 on:** October 23, 2009, 01:00:38 AM

"Must have been the guys who evacuated." Alfred replied. He the spotted a control panel. "We can shut off the fusion reactor here."

Alfred then ran over to the console. "[censored]! They've locked it! And we need an authorized fingerprint to unlock it!"

Nick22 · **Reply #1055 on:** October 23, 2009, 01:07:22 AM

Can't we hack it so it shows the last person who used it..?' Aisha asked.. We can then use their prints on file to open it.."

Caustizer · **Reply #1056 on:** October 23, 2009, 05:06:03 PM

(OOC: Two things, (A) How many vehicles are there in Dragonstorm's convoy and (B) How expendable are they? Do you intend the Lab to escape or to be halted right here in the highway?)

To Rivende's surprise the truck in the lead barreled off into the dirt, blowing past Lt. Carl's tank with surprising speed. The suspension creaked and groaned under the strain, as unlike it's occupants the vehicle was not superhuman and was not designed for offroad.

The escort SUVs swerved to follow the same path, and one of them shot a rocket as it passed.

"Holy cow these guys got RPG's," commented the gunner in Carl's tank.

"Free fire, free fire... let em have it boys," blared Rivende. It was time to pull out the stops.

Lt. Marner's Tank, who was just behind Lt. Carl's rotated the turret at a nearby SUV and fired.

(EDIT: This is what the situation looks like on the road atm.

Lt. Carl's Tank is 'I'
Lt. Marner's Tank is 'II'
Colonel Rivende's Tank is 'III')

Serris · **Reply #1057 on:** October 23, 2009, 06:49:33 PM

(OOC - There are 8 vehicles in the convoy, including the truck. All the escort SUVs except 1 can be destroyed. The truck and the single convoy vehicle are supposed to escape.)

Dr. Kerzach was jolted awake from the bumps as the truck drove over the desert.

"What the hell is going on?" Dr. Kerzach asked.

"We're being chased by some tanks." a scientist replied.

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The SUV sped up significantly, flying ahead of the other escorts. The tank shell exploded in the desert pelting the vehicles with dirt and shrapnel.

The hatches on 4 of the SUVs opened and a soldier each fired an RPG at the tanks, then they closed the hatch to reload.

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"Do we have time to do that?" Alfred said. "Or we could try and manually cut off the hydrogen feed."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1058 on:** October 23, 2009, 08:44:57 PM

Shelton continued to sleep in the corner, one of only a few personnel able to do so.

Caustizer · **Reply #1059 on:** October 24, 2009, 10:45:42 AM

"Hey commander we got smoke in the hold, repeat, smoke in the hold and it's getting thicker," blared Lt. Carl as his tank's right side outer armour was stripped by a barrage of RPG rockets.

"Like to give these bastards a taste of long tom," commented the gunner in Lt. Marner's tank, blocking up the radio with pointless banter. He was talking about the gun on his tank that was a few inches longer then everyone elses (due to an assembly oversight) .

"I see one, two, three, at least four bogies and they're all coming right at us Colonel," stated Lt. Dervus, whose tank was right next to Rivende's own.

"Take those bastards down!" commanded Lt. Rivende.

Carl's tank had halted and smoke was coming out of the hatches, the turret rotated slightly but didn't do anything telling.

"Sir we gotta get out we can't breathe in here," begged Lt. Carl.

Marner's gunner targeted an incoming SUV, and with a brilliant flash of light and a massive concussive blast 'long tom' annialated the vehicle with a single shot. A following SCV screetched to get around the carcus of the one in front and barreled into a ditch, cracking the front windshield.

The truck bearing Lab 101 rammed it into overdrive and rocked on the suspension as it got back onto the road and attempted to squeeze through the gap in Rivende's and Dervus' tanks. As it approached Rivende activated the machine gun on the hatch and poured ammo into the front windshield.

There was another explosion as an RPG fired, this time at Marner's tank. The gunner answered by firing another shot with 'long tom' cleaning out the SUV with a white hot penetrating shot. The front of the convoy was in chaos with blood and burning oil covering the street. The sounds of both light and heavy gunfire filled the air.