"This is the time!" one of the jet troopers announces to his fellows. He doesn't know that this has a different meaning to one of them.
They fly up as the gun line prepares a final barrage.
Two of the troopers dive straight down, their jet packs set to detonate upon arrival. One trooper, however, simply drifts further into the sky.
They hit the deck.
"FIRE!" shouts the officer.
The concussion from the explosion above rips at the seams of the concrete and assists the barrage that tears into the weakened wall, obliterating it.
The interior defenders fire, killing one Terrorkhan.
However, they don't survive the response.
Far above, the remining jet trooper reveals himself to be...
An Imperial Magikstrate undercover operative!
Terrorkhan charge into the breach.
"Wait, what?" one of them says in disbelief.
"Um... I can explain," the ghostly visage of Dienekes says from inside the bunker.
"W̶̫̖̙̖̣̲̦̝̦̳̮͊̿̀̈́̉̈́̊̇͌̊̋̉́̓̋̿̈́̕͜͠H̵̡̙̹͔͙͔͎͙̲̜̫̬̠̠͇̾̈́̑̑̈̅̾̾̂͂͂̀̕A̸̢̡̛̱͔͓̱̲̞̯̲̜͖͉̠̹̞ͅT̶̺͕̏̋͐͒̅̌͘" shouts Eldon, sprinting from afar, sensing the impossible amount of rule fudging bullshit that has just occurred. He splatters the remaining skeletal minion in his rush.
The visage of Dienekes begins to fade, his task completed. The scientist has been given the last information she needs. It is already uploaded to Skion's network of battle computers. The Immortals are too late.
A sudden gust of power shoves the Terrorkhan far from the breach in the wall.
Elyana Remade steps into the sun, a weapon of great power in her hands.
"So this is it, then?" she says as she finally understands the heroic power that her plastic form struggles to contain.
Nearby, the War Manager blasts a Dominon trooper to death.
He positions himself to intercept the Core, should it be extricated by the defense.
Artor finds himself under fire from the Immortals...
But it's one final shot from the IM that does him in.
He crawls to safety under the withering firepower of his enemies.
He lies amongst the ruin of battle, awaiting rescue. Though he is not dead, he is certainly out of action.
The rocketeer kills two Legionnaires with a well placed shot.
Their hero engages the Devastator...
But is harmed by his counter. She has 1HP remaining!
Mr. Skeltal tries to doot his horn to stun his foes, but he fails and is stunned himself! The Phalanx are unable to harm him, however.
Elyana storms into the open.
Her blade cuts through the Immortals with ease.
"Run!" she shouts into the darkness of the bunker.
The scientist dashes off, careful to carry the Core safely, wary of the dangers in its power.
The Devastators surround her.
They forgot to look to the sky.
The IM operative is single minded.
The scientist is slain and the Core is dropped.
Unable to grab it just yet, he stages nearby.
Eldon charges...
But Elyana has been taught well and she pushes him aside with magikal power. She just needs to give her people a few more moments...
The Devastator fails to hit the IM hero and is killed on a counter.
Then the infiltrator is slain.
The Dominion medik revives the Skion engineer.
Mr. Skeltal is toppled with an impressive overskill, falling to the dirt with a clatter of bones and doots.
The Phalanx both head to support their comrades, but can't do much else.
The Luchardsko heavy makes quick work of the War Manager.
The Devastator captain carefully grabs the Core...
"Should we give chase, ma'am?" an IM trooper asks.
"No," she replies, " something worse is coming. We'll have another chance."
Elyana makes her own escape under the watchful eyes of a hated foe...
"I̴̭̖͖̟͓̯̣͊̎͠ͅ'̶̨͙̪̟͖͓̘̯̘̣̖͙̔̓̅ṁ̸̡̢̟͇̝̙̺̬̭̳̟̹͓̇̏͑́̂̄̔ͅ ̴̡̢̲̱̘̹̞̯͕͙̘̀̎̇s̷̛͎̓̋o̸͚͇̪̓r̵͈͕̬͉͑̓̋ṟ̷̩̼̫̜͒͋̓̅͆͆͌͘y̴̢̞̭̦͉͋̏̎̄͌͛͗,̵͙̝̙̰̲̗̣̱̭̞̈́̂̋̈̇̃̈͠ ̸̡̧͍̖̥̻̮̘͍̖͖͚̖̭̉̐̎͆̌̇͠͝͝m̸̨͉͍̼̾̒̑̓̔̋̈́̓̍͋̈́̚ă̸͎̮̲͔͇̇͛̃̈́͆̓̓̊͆̚͝s̷̻̜̯̤͋̽͛̿̂͌͒̔̐̈̑̎͝ţ̴͓̣̜̪̬̖̞̅̓̂̅̋̽̀͗͠e̷͙̼͌ṟ̵̻̫̜̐̏̾̆͝," Eldon says humbly.
"No, no, you did well..." the Lambda Shard says with a grin. "This is just getting started."
"Besides, Dienekes told that new magik one about a special, incredible weapon. We can't let her make use of it just yet..."
BATTLE END
Final overwatch.
Bonus carnage.
Final stats:
Immortals: 21 (-5)
Brootalz: 3
Skion: 15 (-3)
Dominion: 6 (+1)
Luchardsko: 4
Imperial Magikstrate: 12
Thanks everyone for playing and following along!
