[ RPG ] Battle Network!! *EDITED RULES*

[Marine]

'Three minutes untill Full Acceleration. Activating Shield Recycling.' The A.I. murmured.

It felt longer. Auspex counted in his head and watched the onboard timer in his HUD. He counted to 70 when the timer reached 60, but that's odd, was there a stutter or did he forget a Mississippi? The counting eluded his mind, kept him pre occupied from the distant rumbles under foot.

'Sir.' The head-shorter Trooper said. 'Sir?'

His voice penetrated and jarred Auspex alert. "What?"

'Inbound scouts report the front treeline has fallen to the Communitorium. Luckily they drew the bugs attention from our receeding lines, but I don't know for how long. We'll dig in at the second line.'

The Viral Commander shook his head. "No. Have everyone jump back to the third, make room, dig in deep. The undead have been spotted around the second line too, obviously drawn to the slain Rebel fodder." He displayed a map in the Troopers HUD. "The third line is far enough to avoid all three and encompasses the entire firewall. Our enemies will fight against each other and the pieces will fall against the line."

'And the Navi's already around the wall?'

"Round 'em up. We have to draw in our forces to have a decent push in."

"Shield Recycling complete. Beginning portal tear."

They looked up. Bright cobalt light emitted from the Emerald and shot through the beam, turning it navy, colliding into the firewall to shake its foundation. At the beam's focal center, a small bore appeared and Foxies Domain walls could be seen. The Generator rumbled.

"Caution; Caution: Venting plasma overheat. Please retreat to designated containment areas."

Auspex and head-shorter backed away until plopping down an entrenchment. He glanced above the trench lip. Ventillation ducts at the Generators base and top began venting boiling green vapor, used plasmatic-data superheated through the energy process.

"This is it, open Pyroman's channel to his Op and give him battle chip access. But above all Pyroman cannot go beast or She That Laughs Last will pay him a visit..."

A trooper nodded and set off from the trench as the clouds, now water, boiled past them.

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Mar's PET beeped. It churred and booted online, revealing Pyroman's restrained point of view.

'Your connection to your Navi has been restored to further recapture Pyroman.exe into safe hands.' An unemotional voice intoned. Caution, Pyroman's battlechips must be the only means of combat. Use of his Cyber Beast will encourage She Which Dances With Swords, so prohibition is required.'

Auspex's voice emerged next. "It is imperative you use only Battle Chips here Mar. I assure you that my forces will bring your Navi back safe, but you cannot let Pyroman's CyBeast out. She That Laughs Last isn't something we want visiting right now."