Once More, with Feeling...

[thespaceopera]

[It comes at some point in the mid-afternoon, not that space is anything but timeless. The Fleet holds its collective breath as a lone figure works tireless at the controls, surrounded by as much machinery as could be feasibly cobbled together in the span of a few short weeks… But Zhade is here and working hard, and at last he finds an opening.

Communicators and consoles light up everywhere, broadcasting his voice and half-shrouded face in a broad echo. There's nothing to lose, and no reason to hide themselves any longer.]

This is Zhade! Prepare yourselves-- the shields are about to come down! You'll need to hit it with everything you have. Spells, cannons, everything, all of it. Don't you dare hold back, not after the heroics you've shown us time and time again!

[He wipes some sweat from his scarred brow and hits a button, broadcasting instead an image of the Marsiva. The space around it crackles and sparks visibly, lightning rippling over the barrier in a honeycomb fashion. This is the same view as from any of the Fleet's windows. The audio picks up the sound of things sparking and crackling around Zhade, but this doesn't slow him at all.

Instead, he roars a simple command:]

FIRE—!

[The shields are down, and all is laid bare.

What happens next is up to the combined strength of the Fleet, whether they are firing upon the ship to maintain a distraction or boarding the ship themselves.]



[ooc: Please see the latest drift post for information on toplevels, threading, etc. and what to expect.]

Comments

[child_of_luv]

[Minako nodded.]

Yeah. Okay. That sounds like a good plan.

[She looked around.]

If we can get them out of the chains, then we can try moving them. We just need to be careful.

[goldenglasses]

Very careful those blades could start up any moment. [Vash frowns.] So we need to keep our distance while we get them down. Unless there is someway we can take those blade offline permanently.

[child_of_luv]

Yeah... agreed.

[She looked around, trying to see if she could spot something, anything, that could tell her how to disconnect the blades and make it safer.]

Are you good at engineering? [Because she wasn't.] Or do we want to just try to free them first as quickly as possible?

[goldenglasses]

I'm good at breaking things. [Yes even now he will make jokes.] If you're any good at engineering then I say go for it. [He at the chains holding the hosts in place and takes aim.] I'm going to try to see if I can break their chains. [Shooting at chains breaks them at home, but will it work in space?]

[child_of_luv]

Are you sure that'll work?

[Minako looked doubtful.]

Also... not great at engineering here. That was always my friend's thing. But I can catch them if you get the chains broken!

[goldenglasses]

Nope, but I'm usually pretty good at breaking things. [He intends that to be a joke as he waits for Minako to get into position.] Be careful. If they wake up they might try to attack you.

[child_of_luv]

[Minako nodded.]

Mm.

I will be.

[She wasn't too worried about it, but that didn't mean she shouldn't still be careful. Robots were strong, after all.

She moved into position next to Carmen. That was when she noticed Loki.]