Operation: Liberator (CLOSED)

[Mani4c]

Justicar got to his feet, clutching his wounded chest for a moment, when he pulled his hand away it was sticky with blood. "Hmph, you're the first one to make me bleed in a while...though that's more because I haven't had a fight in a long time..." Minuano smirked, "So I'm the one to knock the rust off eh? Glad to be of service...but something's off about your style." Justicar tilted his head in confusion, one second this man was mocking him, the next he was offering advice. "What do you mean?" Minuano sheathed his sword. "You're armor is bulky, yet you fight like a man who is more nimble, it slows your movements and makes you less efficient. Combined with your mind being split between several people, and I don't think you know who you really are."

Justicar growled, dashing forward and slashing at Minuano, the man simply sighed and used his quickdraw again, blocking Justicar's slash. "That! Right there, that's what I'm talking about! You move like a man used to far quicker movements...how is it possible that you can't use your full power? I think something happened to you, something that's messing with your mind, you've forgotten who you really are, that armor holds you back."

Inside of Justicar's mind, a sharp gust of freezing wind blew, causing the spirits to shiver. "What was that?" Shinku ōkami shivered, he recognized that cold aura. "No way...she's been sealed up for almost a decade." Vapour looked at the sword spirit, a confused expression on his face. "Who's been sealed up?" "Yukianesa...the snow spirit...she was Justicar's original sword, before he wore that armor." Lupo cocked an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?" 

Shinku ōkami was silent. "I can't access those memories...the armor's locked them, and as long as he relies on your powers, and dilutes his own will, they'll stay locked." Spectre looked at Shinku, he wasn't joking, "what will it take to force his memories open?" "A powerful trauma, one that makes him face his true self..."

The two hackers began to struggle, not that it mattered due to Claymore's strength. "Let us go man! We don't know anything!" The second Hacker nodded, "Y-yeah, we just do jobs and take our cut of the cash! The only thing we can offer is a map of the ship!" Amaterasu smirked, looking at Saber. "That would do quite nicely. What do you think Son?"

Chakram shook his head, "It doesn't matter, if they're able to help keep the heat off, let them."

Noxus and Shepard ran down the halls, blasting holes in the criminals as their undead "assistants" acted as an advance force, softening the enemy up for them to take out. "This is too easy...the heavy hitters aren't out yet." Shepard nodded, "I agree, they're holding them in reserve..."

Viral frowned, undoing the clip that held his cloak closed, shrugging off the garment and letting it pool at his feet. "...Your funeral." Viral raised his pistol and opened fire at Rift, 10 13mm pistol rounds flying at Rift's torso.

[Saber]

Saber nodded and approached the two captives, holding his hand out expectantly "Hand it over, and I promise you your lives will stay intact." Once the map was handed over, and screened for viruses, he reached out to the team leaders, passing along the map to speed things along "Here's a players manual for your mission, Shepard." With that done, Saber turned to the NPD officers "Men, cuff these two and hold them until extraction."

Dagger nodded, before receiving a notice about a map from Saber, opening the file and bringing up the schematics for the ship, and how best to navigate each part. Eventually, he found the comm station of the entire ship, placing his finger on the map "There is our destination, let's hurry."

Rift stood still, appearing to be taking the hits. That is, until a round disk appeared in front of his torso, another one forming above Viral, and the 13 blasts came cascading down on the virus. "We'll just have to see, won't we?"

[Mani4c]

Justicar growled angrily and shoved Minuano away, raining vicious blows down upon the swordsman. "There we go! That's what fits that armor, strong hits and a sturdy defense!" Minuano lashed out with his own blade, but Justicar simply brought his blade to bear, deflecting our outright blocking the strikes, each collision of their blades causing a spray of sparks and red energy.

Mani4c looked at Baretta when he received the map to the Event Horizon. "The Fire control center is a few hallways down, but I don't think Blue team's knocked out the internal security yet...let's focus on eliminating as many goons as we can, build up a sizable force so we can roll over these pricks."

Boss dove to the side as a grenade hurled next to the armored crate that he used as cover exploded, spraying shrapnel through the air. "Damn! These guys are dug in like ticks, we need a distraction so we can smoke 'em out..." He looked at the zombified soldiers, they were still intelligent enough to use cover, but their aim was horrible. They fired with only one hand, and their slouched posture and limited coordination made their margin for error quite large. "That's it...Sev, Fixer, alter your rifles into sniper mode. You boys!" Boss pointed at the undead soldiers. "Aim down-range and keep firing, bursts aren't going to work too well when you're aim is impaired."

Chakram nodded and turned to the soldiers, "We're going dark, protect Katana at all costs, understood?" The soldiers nodded slowly, turning to Katana and gesturing with their arms, telling her to lead the way.

Shepard and Noxus blasted their way through a small army of troopers as they stormed towards the detention area. "We should nearly be there! The detention block is a few hallways down according to the map!" Noxus and Shepard rounded a corner, coming upon a trio of hackers, "Freeze! NPD!" The troopers spun around an raised their rifles...and the trooped that was furthest along of the group fired long bursts of gunfire into this comrades' backs. "What the hell!?" The trooped lowered his weapon, "It's about damn time! Christ almighty, I was getting ready to bust her out myself!"

Viral dropped to a knee from the force of his own bullets hammered him from above, he grunted softly and looked at Rift as the holes that had been torn in his torso and head mended. "A reality warper? no...you can redirect damage, you're opening HTTP portals inches from your body, using them as a counter attack. Clever."

[Saber]

Baretta nodded, following Mani4c's lead as he suggested taking out enemies while waiting for the other teams to complete their mission "This is your area of expertise, Mani4c, I'll take over when it's time for strategy and the placement of the explosive charges."

Katana gave Chakram a glare when he told the soldiers to protect her at all costs, her copies replicating beside her and glaring at him as well while he and Dagger went invisible "Ignore my overprotective brother. I only need one backup soldier, for range, the rest of you keep in pairs and watch each other's backs. Let's take out this comm network so the others can do their jobs!"

Rift tilted his head as Viral started to analyze his abilities, finding it impressive that someone so focused on bloodlust could think so rationally "...Wait until you see my next trick..." Suddenly, a rift opened beneath viral, and one above, and Viral was caught in an infinite falling loop. Once he gained enough speed, the rift above was moved to the side of the hallway, propelling the virus into the opposite wall with all of the momentum of the falling loop. While Viral was preoccupied, he began connecting to Shepard to inform her of the current situation <Shepard, do you read me? The Durendal has sustained too much damage and Viral has escaped containment during the blackout. I am intercepting him and holding him at bay for as long as I can, but I do not think I can keep him for very long. If you're going to rescue Huntress, you have to do it now before we run out of time!>

[Mani4c]

Justicar pressed his attack, shoving Minuano back and disrupting his footing before unleashing another flurry of blows, chipping away at the swordsman's defenses. Despite the fact that he was now sporting several cuts and was on the defensive, without an opening to stop Justicar's assault, he had a wide grin on his face "Now this is a fight!"

Mani4c smirked when Baretta approved of his "Plan", ordering him to take out the enemies while they waited. "Hehe...I love it when she compliments my killing skills." Mani4c raised his pistols and started unloading into a squad of troopers. "Commandos, guard our rear, as for the minions, you're with me, suppressing fire!" The zombie's nodded and began firing, driving the hackers into cover. "Baretta, help the commandos guard our backsides, I don't want this perfect ass of mine getting a hole shot in it!"

Chakram smirked, sending a private message to Dagger. <Our sister is quite gutsy...let's make sure she doesn't bite off more than she can chew brother.>

Shepard kept her rifle raised, aiming it at the criminal as the slain hackers revived. "What the fuck are you doing?" The hacker raised his hands, "I'm trying to help you, you idiot! I'm a crook, but Brigadier is fucking insane! Bastard gets off on torturing people, I'm done working for him!" Shepard snarled, "I don't care! I should fucking end you right now you fucking animal!" Noxus grabbed Shepard's wrist, his tone sharp. "Shepard! We need to get Huntress out of here, and this man can provide us with assistance."

Shepard was about to argue when Rift contacted her, telling her that Viral had broken loose. "God damn it!!! Fine, Noxus cover this fucker, if he so much as blinks the wrong way, blow his fucking kneecaps out!"

Viral roared out in anger and shot two chains out at Rift, the snakelike heads opening and biting down into Rift's chest. Viral used the momentum he had gathered and yanked his arms down, ripping Rift off of his feet and smashing him into the bulkhead.

Viral got to his feet, his eyes flaring green. "I was gonna let you live..." Ebon chains began to snake around Viral's body, fusing together into a suit of black armor. "But now, I'm gonna flay the flesh from your goddamn framework, fry it up, and feed it to you!" Viral's fingers fused together, his forearm and hand shifting into a double edged blade. Viral dropped into a low stance and charged Rift, his blades scraping the bulkhead and causing a spray of sparks to shoot into the air.

[Saber]

Baretta and the NPD officers aimed their sights on the hallway behind them, keeping close watch over their previous steps to ensure no hackers were trailing them "Leave the front to Mani4c and the zombie avatars, let's make sure we're not being followed!"

Dagger smirked at Katana's confident retort, silently following the map leading to the comms station, signal jammer in hand <Focus on the mission, she will have plenty of backup if she needs it, with Mani4c's virus in effect.>

Rift crashed face first into the bulkhead when Viral used the momentum he had as leverage to retaliate for the falling loop humiliation. When he heard Viral's rage-induced banter, he forced his limbs out, one at a time "...Tempting as that may sound..." He broke free just as Viral was within striking range, dropping into a portal beneath him and reappearing at the same spot that Viral yanked him from with his chains just a while ago, adjusting his cuffs and staring calmly at Viral as if nothing happened, while a portal opened up at the bulkhead where rift was embedded, and one portal behind Viral, for any attack he might have had in mind "...I'm not ready for deletion yet..."

[Mani4c]

Justicar continued to wear down Minuano's defenses, smashing the swordsman's blade aside and slashing him across the chest, the force of the strike sending him flying. "Argh!" Minuano slammed into the bulkhead, groaning as he scrambled onto one knee, looking up in time to see Justicar sprinting at him. His sword was held in a reverse grip and lowered point first at the ground as he charge the wounded swordsman. 'Sloppy.' 

Minuano sheathed his sword, his hand held out in front of him. When Justicar was in range, he pulled the trigger on his sheath, firing the explosive bolt and shooting his sword into his waiting hand, Minuano's blade arced up slashing Justicar through the chest. "Gargh!" Justicar reared back, before slamming his foot down, his blade angled at Minuano's blade arm. "RRRRAAAAAAAGH!" Justicar planted his free hand against the pommel of his blade and lunged forward, burying his blade in Minuano's blade arm at the shoulder, ripping apart the connections that allowed the limb to function. Minuano screamed as he was tackled to the ground, Justicar releasing his blade and slamming his palm into Minuano's head, smashing the wounded swordsman's skull into the floor as Justicar's fingers dug into his scalp.

Chakram nodded and sprinted forward, his blades flying at a group of hackers, slashing their chests as he leaped towards them, burying his arm blades into their necks as he lashed out with a kick at the third, His armored boot smashing him in the neck and slamming his skull against a nearby wall. There was a loud *CRUNCH* as the force of the kick, as well as the angle of the hacker's head, snapped his neck like a twig, his limp form dropping to the deckplates as Chakram recalled his blades, altering their path to decapitate two more hackers as they returned to his hands.

Shepard, Noxus and the hacker ran towards the prisoner holding area, almost getting inside before the hacker stopped. "Waitwaitwait! The CIC is still sending data to my HUD, that means the ray shields here are still up. I can't crack the security barriers when a lockdown is in effect, we're stuck here until the Lockdown either ends, or the CIC is taken." Shepard cursed and contacted Dagger. <Dagger, this is Shepard. We're at our objective, but the barriers are still up.>

Viral's arm slipped inside of the portal, his own blade plunging into his back. "Grrr..." Viral withdrew the blade, glaring at Rift. "You think you're so fucking smart. Well, let me show you what happens when you fuck with me!" Viral threw his arms out to the side, his body releasing a bright green aura as his viral energy began to build. "I can survive a viral blast, you..." Suddenly, 3 foot thick bulkheads slammed down about 15 feet from Viral and rift, one on each side of them. <VIRAL CONTAMINANT DETECTED, QUARANTINE ENGAGED!> Viral smirked, "You can't I bet...and that fucking portal can't block an area of effect attack, can it!?"

[Saber]

Dagger received Shepard's message, relaying it to the others as he responded <Blue team divided, We are en route to the comm center, and nearing our destination soon.>

Rift closed his eyes as Viral started to get desperate, willingly preparing to nuke the entire enclosed area with a viral blast. This was by no means going to be pleasant, but it was his only option at this point "So, you figured me out...Go ahead and do it, the longer I stall, the closer the geeks will be to sealing your power again..." Rift's body began to glow, his own body crackling with green energy as he waited for Viral to make his move.

[Mani4c]

Justicar kept Minuano's skull planted into the deck, his breathing ragged. He could feel a desire to kill this man burning in his veins, but he resisted it. "Do*huff*You*huff* give up?" Minuano desperately tried to use his uninjured arm to force Justicar off of him, but it was hopeless. Justicar weighed close to 450 pounds in his armor, and every ounce of that weight was currently dedicated to keeping him pinned. Minuano let out a pained groan. "Alright, alright! I surrender, you win this round!"

Justicar grabbed his blade and yanked it free, eliciting a sharp gasp of pain from Minuano. Justicar got to his feet and grabbed Minuano's good arm, hauling the wounded swordsman to his feet. "Then get up..." Justicar opened a communication channel with the other team leaders. <All team leaders, this is Justicar, I've captured a member of Brigadier's crew, he says that he's not truly affiliated with him. I need a dossier on an avatar who goes by "Minuano". Look for sword users.>

Mani4c contacted Justicar first, the sound of gunfire and explosions nearly drowning out his voice. <We've got our own issues man! Bring him to the hanger and put some supression cuffs on him, we can detain him when Red Team exfiltrates with Huntress!> Justicar nodded, <I copy, I'll bring him in and link up with Shepard and Noxus.>

Chakram deleted another trio of troopers, coming up to a heavily armored door. The door was blocked by a ray shield. "This is it, but the door is sealed. We need a heavy explosive charge...Dagger, do you have anything in your DP's that can be used in lieu of a demo-charge? My Kunai won't cut it."

Viral looked at Rift, channeling 10% of his charge into one hand, while the other gained the remaining 90%. He was tired of this bullshit, there was an entire ship full of criminals that he was itching to butcher. "Wanna know something Rift? You underestimated one thing about me...one crucial thing..." Viral fired the weaker viral charge at Rift's feet, causing an explosion that threw up a massive ball of smoke and spraying shrapnel at Rift's face. Viral threw his other hand upwards, firing a massive blast at the ceiling, melting the bulkhead and breaching 5 levels...bringing him right to the hanger deck.

Viral shot three chains from his wrist, the chains retracting and yanking him upwards as the breached bulkhead sealed behind him, severing his legs while the rest of him was slingshotted up into the air on the hanger deck, landing in a kneeling position, his mangled legs having regenerated. "I'm not as insane as I look..." Viral stood up and looked to his left, the elevator to the hanger bay just down the hall. "Now, to snag a ride."
 

[Saber]

Barettawas focusing her fire, as well as the officers in her backup squad, and were firing at the enemy avatars who had circled around to try and take them out from behind. "They're trying to flank us! What the bloody hell is taking blue team?!"

Dagger nodded and de-cloaked, turning to the others to get their attention "You all should stand back..." Gaining some distance from the door, and setting the safe line for the others to stand behind, Dagger aimed his arm at the door, loading in sequence his explosive shuriken and overdrive programs. Before launching the barrage of explosive shuriken, he re-cloaked, and the spray of spinning blades came forth almost from nowhere, before exploding like a condensed fireworks show on the reinforced door.

Rift shielded his eyes when Viral shot the smaller charge at the ground, blinding him temporarily. He activated his repair protocols for the vision he lost, using the remnants on tracking Viral down. He had one last thing he had to do, if Viral wasn't going to stay contained by his efforts alone.

When Viral reached the hangar bay, a dome of distortion surrounded him in a 10 yard radius, Rift emerging from the dome's interior, and looking worse for wear with his eyes partially blinded "...You've made your point, Viral...I can't stop you...But before I let you onto that ship, let me share with you mine." He made sure to keep defenses locked around his body, so Viral couldn't do anything too easily out of rage from being stopped again. Still, Rift hoped that his willingness to allow Viral to do as he saw fit would allow him to plead his own case. "This rescue mission cannot be interfered with, and the enemy's forces are already being used against them. Kill what you want that is targeting NPD officers, and ensure that the mission goes without a hitch. Hell, you can even smack Mani4c around a bit if it means that much to you...But promise me one thing..."

His eyes were starting to regenerate, but Rift made no motion to rush Viral, he was putting all of his cards on the table with this gambit, he just hoped it would pay off "When you target Abraxas' army...Spare Lilith, and bring her to us to isolate the code that forced her to turn on us...On you. You may seek vengeance for what she did to you, but she still has friends here in the NPD, and we wish to return her to the peace-loving spirit that she once was. Promise me this, and I will stand in your way no more..."

[Mani4c]

Mani4c shifted into Arsenal form, dropping to one knee and blowing holes through the hackers' chests. "Maybe they stopped for coffee and doughnuts!"

The door to the CIC was blown off of it's hinges, flying forward and crushing a hacker against the wall. "What the fu-ARGH!" The second hacker never had a chance to finish his question, Chakram's arm blade buried in his throat. <Katana, Dagger, flank them, let the undead soldiers take the brunt of the punishment!>

Viral deactivated his armor, laughing when Rift tried to cut him a deal. "Oh, you're rich, Rift, was it?" Viral walked up to Rift, standing beside the NPD officer and giving him a bemused look. "Very well...I'll humor you, but be warned, if Lilith refuses to go quietly...well, there's not much I can do.~" Viral walked up to a VTOL, it's pilot aiming a pistol at him. "You ain't getting on my boat shit head!" Viral rolled his eyes and fired a chain at the pilot, wrapping it around the avatar's neck and flinging him across the room. "Idiot..."

[Saber]

Baretta punched a few bullets between the eyes of a couple of avatars, watching them revive themselves and take out the hostile avatars without any warning "If they're taking a break, I'm going to cap every single one of them!"

"Secure the room men! Take them out!" Katana flanked to the left as her copies flanked to the right and center, weaving under gunfire and slashing any unlucky avatar within her reach. Meanwhile, Dagger leapt up onto the comm station console, breaking into the communications array to try and jam the signal, and make progress with the mission <Chakram, help me jam the signal while hey deal with the defenses. We work best in the shadows, and this battle is casting a large one.>

Rift stared into Viral's eyes as he explained that he couldn't help it if Lilith refused to go quietly, an unamused look in his half blind eyes "Given her corruption, I expect her to be kicking and screaming if you tried to bring her here...That's why I'm asking you to spare her, under any circumstances. Bring her here for us to fix her, What you choose to do with your life is up to you after she is securely in our care." He watched the virus fling a pilot from his ship, sighing as he couldn't yet see who the officer was, but approaching him all the same, to check if he was alright. While he was approaching the pilot, he reached out to Shepard to relay the bad news to her <Shepard, you're going to have some...Company soon. I've attempted to strike a bargain with Viral. The successful completion of the mission, as well as Lilith's safety, for free reign of the Even Horizon's inhabitants and a chance at a free life. I would suggest making haste, and warning Mani4c that he might want to put his mouth guard and helmet on.>

[Mani4c]

Mani4c grinned at Baretta, blasting sizzling holes through more Hacker's chests. "Oooh, baby, I LOVE it when you get violent!~" Suddenly, Shepard came in over Gold Team's channel, <Guys, bad news, Viral is loose, and he's headed here. Rift cut a deal with him.>

Chakram nodded and leaped onto the control platform, slicing the control systems and accessing the ship's internal communications. <I'm in, I've also got internal security protocols, we can expose the power sources for the lockdown measures and plant our EMP charges there, it'll knock out the entire ray-shield network and unlock the blast doors in maintenance. Why the hell would they have the security controls for the ship here? The CIC is supposed to be the eyes and ears, not the damn security nerve center.>

Viral didn't respond to Rift's insistance on taking Lilith alive, he honestly didn't care right now, he instead focused activating the VTOL and taking off. "Engines are in the green, armor's at 100%...good, I'm in business."

[Saber]

Baretta heard about Rift cutting a deal with Viral and nearly snapped "He WHAT?! What was he thinking, making a deal with that psychopath?!"

Dagger was working on splicing his jammer into the network while Chakram was griping about control organization <That doesn't matter, we need to finish this now, so the other teams can make progress.> Katana was impaling the last of the comm center goons while Dagger and Chakram were busy fussing over their hacking work "Any day now boys!"

[Mani4c]

Mani4c sighed, "Baretta, calm down! I'm not running on fumes like last time, if that fuck doesn't toe the line, I'm smacking him down like the mad dog he's behaving like." Mani4c's eyes narrowed as he continued to blast holes through the hackers, his expression a mask of control and focus.

Chakram shook his head, <No, you don't understand, I think this might be-> Dagger's Jammer finally connected, and a surge of energy blasted from the console, striking Chakram in the chest and sending him toppling down the stairs onto the floor, a portion of his armor burned away as a small tendril of smoke curling from the wound in his chest. <A t-trap...> Chakram tried to stand, but collapsed in a heap, his motor functions damaged by the energy surge.

[Saber]

Baretta put her focus on the remaining hackers hiding behind cover, using her explosive mod to stagger them out of hiding so the officers could have their target practice on them "That doesn't make it right! He knew that Viral was corrupted by that viral code that rejuvenated him, making a deal with that madman doesn't make any sense!"

Dagger heard the surge crash into Chakram, looking back long enough to notice Chakram getting knocked from the console. Dagger turned just in time to see the console surging as well, leaping to the side to dodge the brunt of the blast. But some still collided with his side, forcing him to spin out of control and land face first on the floor, his cloaking veil damaged and forcing him to flicker in and out of view erratically. Katana saw this and started to freak, rushing down to Chakram with one of her copies, while ordering the group "Stay and keep the room secure! Two of you, with me!" She reached Chakram and started helping him up with the help of her copy, trying to bring the crippled avatar back to the top of the stairs <This is blue team beta. The comm center was rigged with a trap, Chakra and Dagger are down. does anybody copy?>

Vermin and Widow were just above the munitions hold, easing the vent open and slowly sliding down Widow's web towards an unsuspecting avatar. Vermin landed on the victim's head, gagging him shut as Widow dropped down on his body and sank her fangs into the criminal. The hacker spasmed, before locking up completely, his body breaking apart in steady bits of code "Alright, toots, let's set some bombs up so these torpedos have an unscheduled kaboom!" "Sounds good to me, and would you stop calling me those annoying names already?" "Eh, what can I say, I'm a doity rat." Vermin shifted to wheeled mode and started to silently roll along the surface of the munitions hold, looking for good demolition points "Lookit dese digs, you could take out a small army with stuff like this."

[Mani4c]

Mani4c scowled, "Okay, this is getting fucking ridiculous." Mani4c shifted into his Blast Cannon form, leveling his De-Rez cannon at the hackers, "FUCK-A-YOU!" Mani4c fired a large blast of energy at the center of the group, the resulting explosion vaporizing anyone within 10 feet of the blast, with the rest being torn apart so badly that they weren't able to resurrect.

Boss and the rest of Delta Squad had managed to reach the ship's fire control center, which was currently occupied with shelling the Durendal from afar with their point defense cannons, Sev had a blade pressed up against as hacker's throat as Fixer worked his magic, his fingers dancing across the fire control terminal's keyboard. "Boss, I'm almost done with reconfiguring the Event Horizon's cannons, they'll overload and detonate once this command is activated." Boss nodded and looked at the hacker. "You're under arrest for piracy, murder, and the rape and torture of an NPD officer. You-" Before Boss could read the hacker his rights, a bolt of energy streaking through the air and blowing the criminal's head apart. Sev, Boss, and Scorch dove for cover, opening fire on a squad of hackers armed with single-shot heavy rifles. "Enemy reinforcements! Deltas, cover fixer while he finishes hacking the Horizon's cannons!"

Claymore's voice came in over Katana's communication feed, the sound of gunfire  clearly audible over his speech.<Blue team Alpha is under fire, reinforcements are unable to assist!> Chakram tried to sit up, his motor functions impaired. "R-reroute some of my subsystems Katana...We're combat units, remember? We have redundant pathways if we're damaged. My coordination is too impaired to do so on my own." Chakram transmitted his personal security key to Katana. "I just gave you my security key, it'll give you Read/Write permissions for my code. Just access my subroutines and activate the reroute function."

Chakram looked at a zombie trooper, he had been in the CIC when he was altered. "You, you have the proper access key to use the terminal, right?" The trooper nodded slowly. "Alright, access the terminal and deactivate the security protocols, unlock all secure areas, and disable all internal security measures, including booby traps and defensive weaponry." The trooper nodded and staggered up to the terminal, slowly typing in the commands that Chakram gave him. "Stupid...should have done that to begin with."

Viral was currently streaking towards the Event Horizon, strafing several gunboats with the VTOL's rotary gun as he did. "First, the crooks, then Mani4c...heh, I love it when I get my way..."

[Saber]

With no more enemies to fight, Baretta lowered her pistols, sighing softly as she started to relax "...Finally...Now, what's keeping blue team from securing the communications network?"

Dagger staggered to his feet while Katana was at the bottom of the stairs, following Chakram's instructions to reroute some of his functions so he could continue fighting "...Alright, I think I found one of the safe pathways, rerouting now." Dagger noticed the officer staggering up the stairs and approached him as he was entering commands on the terminal "...Use caution when entering those commands, no need for a repeat of what Chakram and I went through..."

Saber narrowed his eyes at the new crowd that prevented them from going to help Katana's group, his armor shifting to his panzer mode and walking over to Claymore with his blasters in shield form "Alright, Claymore, it's time for the fastball special again...Let's make it a strike."

Widow was also admiring the missiles and all of the weaponry that was stockpiled in the room, her spider eyes narrowing as she started to get some illegal thoughts running through her mind "...Yeah...It would be a shame if some of this went missing while we were blowing it all up, wouldn't it?" Vermin stopped rolling on his wheels and sighed, transforming into avatar form and pulling some explosives from his wrists "As tempting as that sounds, legs, you know we would get decommissioned in a heartbeat for pulling a stunt like that. And as useful as this stuff is, I don't wanna get reformatted. We're on heavy probation for a reason, remember?" Widow sighed and transformed as well, placing her hands on her hips and looking at all of the weaponry with a look of disappointment "...I know, I know...If we go renegade, we get wiped...Alright, blow it, before temptation gets the better of me."

[Mani4c]

Mani4c sighed and lowered his cannon, keeping it primed in case there were any more reinforcements. "I am gonna need a stiff fucking drink after this shit...and maybe something else if your up to it." Mani4c glanced at Baretta with a lewd smirk, making the commandos shake their heads. One of the armored officers looked at Baretta, "Is he always like this during a mission?"

The zombified trooped nodded, typing in the last few digits of his security key. The terminal hummed to life, a large menu popping up behind it. The menu listed all of the functions of the ship that this terminal controlled: [Internal Security: Turrets, Barriers, Mag-Lock systems, Drones] [Life Support: Escape Pods, emergency shuttles]

Chakram pointed at the screen, "Destroy the escape craft first, arm the self-destruct systems on the Escape pods, and overload the reactors in the shuttles, they should be hooked up for charging if it's anything like how the Durendal functions."

Claymore was about to perform the tactic, when Amaterasu tapped his left arm, her shield raised in front of her, burning with a bright white light. "Make that a double, we're not leaving any of them alive!" Chakram chuckled and picked up Amaterasu and Saber, spinning around faster and faster, until he finally hurled Saber at one half of the group, he made one more rotation before flinging Amaterasu at the crowd.

Amaterasu looked like a comet covered in flame as she shot towards the hackers, her shield billowing fire. When she struck the hackers, there was a gargantuan blast of searing flame disintegrating all but 10 of the hackers. The few survivors, tried to rush her with energy blades, Amaterasu smirked and raised her shield, channeling a huge amount of flame into it. When the hackers were within arms reach, she slammed the face of the shield into the ground. "BURN BABY!" A huge dome of flame exploded outwards blasting the Hackers into pixels, Amaterasu straightened up and chuckled, brushing some soot off of her shoulder. "I've always wanted to make that reference..."

[Saber]

Baretta rolled her eyes when Mani4c started flirting with her, again, and this was questioned by one of the officers in their squad "...Yes...He is...Manic, keep it in your pants and focus on the mission, you don't need to flaunt that fact around like its a badge of honor."

Dagger looked at Chakram, listening to his instructions, before relaying them to the zombie trooper "Destroy the escape pods. Then, disable the communication's network."

Saber landed on the unoccupied half, crashing into and crushing one hacker before rising to his feet and slowly rotating in place while blasting a barrage of cannon blasts from his dual cannons. He was making quick work of the crowd, as their bullets just seemed to stop at the heavy hull of his armor. Suddenly, a larger avatar rushed him and tackled him to the ground. As Saber recovered, and looked up at the larger avatar, he smirked, this was going to be interesting "...You're big...Fought bigger..." He started running at the large avatar, peppering it with a spray of cannon fire, before leaping up and smashing his big blocky cannon into the avatar's face like a boxing glove.

As the bigger avatar staggered, Saber turned around and fired both barrels at his crowd of enemies with the beam cannon function, eviscerating the unsuspecting targets before they had time to react, and turning his attention back to the big bruiser in front of his, a confident grin on his face "Come on tough guy, show me what you got!"