MISSION #02 A MAN OF WORTH EXECUTION PHASE

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EVENT #02: A MAN OF WORTH EXECUTION PHASE

At the appointed time, a lavish fleet of airships begin to descend upon the islands of Elysium. Departing from the Maikrecht port, the heraldry on the central ship marks a noble general of extreme renown. His airship is surrounded by 3 other airships in a protective triangular formation, as well as a flight of 2 Zepter and 3 Feder armors. As they descend, the Flotsam fleet set sails, hoisting black flags as one over every single ship in the fleet. Flotsam has but 4 functional airships to their name, and all are present today as they take flight. As the airships climb in altitude, the Flotsam fleet begins firing upon the escort group from below.

It is above this salvo of cannon fire that the Corsairs begin to board. Descending on the escort airships via glider, they have but one goal - destroy the ships. Meanwhile, a smaller strike force quietly descends on the main ship with their own mission: secure the VIP and get him out alive.

CORE MISSIONS

Attack the Ships:Combatants will need to attack and sink the 3 escort ships and armor escorts, as well as ensure the elimination of any soldier within the escort party.
Conflicts: The fighting will be bitter, with lots of powerful soldiers. There are 3 Feder and 2 Zepter armors that will need to be contended with, the Feder Armors carrying gattling guns and the Zepter armors piloted by powerful lightning mages. The soldiers manning the ships are elite, and cannot be easily dispatched.
Requirements: To participate in this mission, your thread header should read ATTACK THE SHIPS.

Capture the VIP:Infiltrators will need to sneak aboard the main ship and capture the VIP. The man himself is an aging noble in rich robes and with graying hair who goes by the title of Lord Gundhir. They will need to capture and subdue him, as well as get him off his ship and onto a Corsair vessel.
Conflicts: Lord Gundhir is not a fighter, but he won’t come easily. Additionally, he is accompanied by his son, Adolfus Gundhir, who is a powerful warrior known for fighting with a massive greatsword. While the private and sumptuous appointed quarters the two nobles are in aren’t great terrain for using the greatsword, the younger Gundhir is an extremely accomplished warrior and if encountered directly will take the combined might of the entire team to threaten.
Requirements: To participate in this mission, your thread header should read CAPTURE THE VIP.

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[newmemorywhodis]

Link sees the opportunity, and runs for the cabin. But as he gets there, rather than opening up the door and charging inside, he turns - and draws his bow.

With the icicles blocking off the soldiers, they're having to go around to try and reach them. They're having to watch their footing, and go slower.

Which means that Link can afford to fire his bow, and pick them off as they start trying to come near.

[sapphirecontess]

Far be it from Musse to deny Link - she will continue to rain ice down on the ship to trap contingents of soldiers within reach of his bow.

[newmemorywhodis]

Trapped as they are, the soldiers don't have a chance.

Between Link's arrows and her barrage of ice, the rest are picked off one by one, until none are left standing. At that moment, Link starts to relax, thinking that the battle is done.'

But then there's a quick movement, up in the sky - a Feder Armour!

And it's heading not towards the Escort ship, but the Corsair one.

[sapphirecontess]

Well! That's not great! Musse glances down at Link from the ship, making some mental calculations. Sighing, she hefts her rifle and fires it with practiced ease - the bullet forming into a blue bird that rips through the sky and punches through the armor, causing ice to form around it. Certainly not enough to stop it, but at least enough to slow its advance while she formulates a better plan.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link, meanwhile, runs to the mast. He wants as much height as possible, so he climbs it as quick as he can to get to the very top.

Once there, he pulls out his glider - and leaps off. He heads not for the Armour, but for Musse and the Corsair ship. She needs backup now, and he's not going to leave her to face the Armour alone.

Only question is, who will get there first - Link, or the Armour?

[sapphirecontess]

Musse begins a long incantation, blue ether swirling around her. As Link approaches, a huge fist of ice punches out from the airship, forcing the Armor to evade and buying precious seconds for Link to return to the deck.

[newmemorywhodis]

The Armour swerves, twisting in mid-air to avoid the ice. But while it's delayed, it doesn't stop in it's relentless push towards the ship.

But by the time it gets in close, Link is near too - and as he glides above the Corsair ship, he releases his hold on the glider. Still in mid-air, he pulls his bow from his back, and aims.

To Link, it seems like the world around his slows to a crawl. To Musse and the Armour, it looks like Link suddenly speeds up, firing off nine arrows right at the Armour's helmet in the space of seconds.

And then Link's stamina runs out, and he drops to his feet on the deck beside Musse.

[sapphirecontess]

Musse's rifle snaps back into place as she launches a barrage of magic gunfire, targeting with the precision of a sharpshooter the exact areas Link's arrows struck.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link keeps shooting even after he hits the ground, but that burst of sudden impossible speed is gone. Between the two of them, they're making an impact - with cracks beginning to appear in the Amour's helmet.

And yet it's not down for the count just yet, as it darts forward with blades at the ready - right towards Musse.

But Link runs, placing himself in front of her and bringing up his shield to block the blow.

[sapphirecontess]

Musse steps back, allowing Link to block the attack but moving quickly as she gathers more blue Ether around her. A man with a shield is not likely to stop an Armor for long. After a few excruciating moments, she launches a spike of ice right at the armor's chest, choosing this time to go for the pilot's cockpit.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link peeks his head over the shield, shards of ice flying all around him. She's right, he can't hold this forever.

So he follows up Musse's attack by grabbing a bomb flower out of his pack, and tossing it at the same spot in the pilot's cockpit. Bombarded by ice and explosive flowers, the Armour staggers back, reeling.

[sapphirecontess]

Musse is not about to let up the advantage, and immediately fires another blue ice bird through her rifle, pressing her attack against the cockpit.

[newmemorywhodis]

With Musse's last attack, the cockpit finally shatters - and the pilot is left exposed.

Link doesn't hesitate, as he runs towards the damaged Armour.

"Hyah!" he yes, as he leaps up high and stabs his sword through the shattered cockpit.

[sapphirecontess]

There's a loud bang and Link feels a quick rush of air as Musse fire's a bullet directly into the man's forehead as Link stabs him, making sure he is finished as the Armor slumps, bereft of a pilot.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link briefly leans back into the cockpit after he fires, wanting to make sure their enemy is dead. But with that hole in his head, and from the stillness of the body, he's quite confident they don't have anything to worry about him anymore.

So he leans back. Sheaths his sword. And gives Musse a nod - she was pretty impressive there.

[sapphirecontess]

Musse approaches the armor cautiously, pulling her cowl over her face to ensure she isn't spotted.

"Do you think we can pull him out and get you in this thing?"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link pauses. Looks at the pilot, and makes a considering noise.

Could he pilot it? He doesn't know. But maybe it's not all that different from some of the cobbled-together Zonai devices he'd made back in Hyrule. He's game to try.

So Link starts yanking on the pilot, trying to pull him out of the cockpit.

[sapphirecontess]

"You'll find the controls fairly simple, put your arms and legs through the mechanisms and the machine will mimick your movement. There are switches by your hands that can activate things like the flight controls and some of the finer movements like fingers."

While saying this, she unceremoniously dumps the body over the edge of the airship, although not without some trouble. She's certainly not built for heavy lifting.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link pauses, and looks at her as he half-crawled inside the Armour.

"You've used one?" he says. Because that description sounds like she might have.

[sapphirecontess]

"I have some military training."

Musse watches as he boards the armor. "Do you think you can fly?"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link shrugs. He'd never flown one of these before, or even operated one; he didn't really know. But if she'd had some real training...

"...Did you want to?" he says, looking at her.

[sapphirecontess]

Musse smiles faintly.

"I'm not sure if it'd be as helpful - I'm not as versatile a fighter as you so I wouldn't be able to draw out the machine's full potential."

[newmemorywhodis]

Link looks at her a moment. And then shrugs. If she wants him to pilot it, he will.

So he settles into the cockpit. Looks at the controls, and starts experimenting with them to see how it works.

Musse might want to duck, as the Armour briefly resembles an inflatable tube man as it's limbs spasm in odd ways before Link gets the hang of it.

[sapphirecontess]

Musse calmly steps aside as Link gets control of the machine, she scans the enemy ship. It seems to have been taking a decent amount of damage, but was still up. For the moment. Once she feels relatively confident Link is in control, she turns to him.

"Think you can use that to sink the ship?"

[newmemorywhodis]

In the cockpit, Link straightens; a shift in focus, as he looks out towards the enemy ship and his attention returns to the task in hand.

Link nods, determined. He'll sink that ship. He'll find a way, no matter how inexperienced he is with the Armour.