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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[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.

[sapphirecontess]

"I will guide the way. I know where the engine is, follow my shots."

Leaning over the side of the airship rail, she fires several precise shots near the rear hull of the ship. When they strike the ship, ice starts to form in the area, drawing attention to the target spot.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link nods - and then he's off, and in the air.

He's a little shaky at the flying part of it. He's used to using a glider, and this is rather different. But he manages well enough, and Musse's shots make for a clear target.

And he knows more than well enough how to use the Armour's swords - when he gets close, he strikes.

[sapphirecontess]

The slash in the hull reveals an enormous crystal, deep orange in color and surrounded by an array of machinery that hums with ether as it absorbs it and carries it throughout the ship. Several more bullets punch through the opening in the hull Link just made, neatly severing some of the pipes and causing ether to begin to leak out, as well as providing a model of how one might handle this.

[newmemorywhodis]

Link doesn't need to be told twice; he can guess easily enough that that is the thing he needs to hit.

He hits out with the Armour's blades, striking the crystal several times in short succession. But then he disengages and moves back slightly...before Link's arm - his real arm, from within the cockpit - tosses out a dark blue spherical flower.

Which might seem an odd choice...right up until it lands, at which point the flower explodes.

[sapphirecontess]

Musse watches the explosion with a bit of surprise as the structure of the machinery around the gem is torn apart. Almost immediately, the airship starts to list, and Musse hopes the man is wise enough to vacate the area in short order, unable to communicate as they are.

[newmemorywhodis]

Fortunately, Link doesn't indeed know to get out of dodge. As soon as he'd thrown the bomb flower, he'd begun moving back. Then, as the explosion hits and the ship starts tilting dangerously, he flies back towards the Corsair ship.

Landing on the deck, Link crawls out of the cockpit. Turns towards Musse - and then gives her a thumbs up.