SRW Unification OOC Comm

The mission Lord of War was a success. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Fyra
Walt Schmertz
Daniel
Eva Barton
Flit Asuno

Notes:
-The island where the Rider's tomb was located predictably came under attack by Stigma. Less predictably, it turns out Silon is somehow still alive, even though we're pretty sure he died the last time.
-Stigma used a ship-mounted electromagnetic cannon the wake up the Rider of War, Tver. His Order made him impossible to defeat in combat, which is a problem when the one he wants to fight is you.
-In the end Tver was defeated not in a fight, but by Fyra's scythe which, thrown up into the air, no longer counted as a part of engagement especially after she was beaten. Just because you are undefeated does not mean you cannot die! Silon managed to flee however.
-The island has been devastated but Metis employees managed to (save for a few security pilots) make it to safety in time. On Unity Group's side, Morte has suffered extensive damage.
-Flit's back and seems to have hitten a growth spurt.

Last Traitor

Daniel is off for a job, supposedly not for long. But the place he went to comes under attack - and when we arrive, we receive unnerving revelations...

Canon: Guns of God, Bolo Chronicles: Neon Genesis Tankgelion
Characters: Daniel, Hikari Shimamura, up to 6 other combatants
Type: Spontaneous
Setting: Town in Mexico
Schedule: This mission will happen on Sunday January 31st at 12 PM CST (noon)/6 PM GMT. If you'd like to participate, please respond below.

Expected length: 3.5 to 4 hours

The mission will take place on Friday January 29th, at 2 PM CST/8 PM GMT. If you'd like to participate, please respond below.

Last Traitor

Daniel is off for a job, supposedly not for long. But the place he went to comes under attack - and when we arrive, we receive unnerving revelations...

Canon: Guns of God, Bolo Chronicles: Neon Genesis Tankgelion
Characters: Daniel, Hikari Shimamura, up to 6 other combatants
Type: Spontaneous
Setting: Town in Mexico
Schedule: This mission may happen between Thursday January 28th and Sunday January 31st or on Tusday February 2nd. If you'd like to participate, please respond below with preferred times and dates.

Expected length: 3.5 to 4 hours

The mission Lord of War will happen on Sunday January 24th at 12 PM CST (Noon)/6 PM GMT.

Participants:
Fyra
A Steam character (late)
Kei Kugimiya (possibly)
Tengu character
Fri character

I hope more people will be able and willing to participate, preferably at least 4 at mission start. See you there.

Lord of War

A Rider's tomb is discovered, but this time we are first. But not all goes smoothly for the Metis Company and Unity Group, as trouble arrives soon after we do.

Canon: What Lies Beyond...
Characters: Fyra, up to 8 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Unnamed pacific island
Schedule: This mission will happen on Sunday January 24th at 12 PM CST (that's noon, not midnight)/6 PM GMT. If you'd like to participate, please respond below.

Expected length: 3-3.5 hours

Due to unforeseen and unwanted IRL bullshit on my end, the mission Desert Heat is being pushed back to Saturday, January 23rd.  Tentatively it will be at the same time; 10 AM CST.  If you would like to participate, please post below.

The mission The Atonement was a huge revelation that fundamentally changed several things - and a failure. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Volya Alkaev
Hetepheres
Eva Barton
Mizuki Onodera
Dido Sybil
Neptune

Guest stars/traitors:
Bryanne Eriksen
Raniiya Arian

Notes:
-Apollonius "Loni" Gavin was after his uncle, but as it turns out - the uncle never existed at all. It was an elaborate illusion that fooled everyone or maybe even reality itself. In actuality, the one who supported and led Loni from the start was the Lady herself. This is also why we never learnt the uncle's name or met him in person.
-Rani and Brye appeared again and helped us in the fight, but eventually it turned out that they decided to side with Loni. They have their own idea of how to use the seals' power, but regardless...
-The room where the ESUN secret council was supposed to be located at housed the last seal instead, and Loni secured it. That means with the Grunbein seal, he controls all three. He needs access to the Discovery to break them and free the Lady. Obviously, stopping him from doing so is the highest priority.
-The secret ESUN council responsible for Unity Group's funding turned out to be non-existent, just like Loni's uncle. Which begs the question where we got the funding from.
-Volya and Interitus were heavily wounded by the seal's guardian.

Desert Heat

VIPER rears its ugly head once more, with a base located in the Middle East and familiar faces more than eager to settle the score.

Canon: Iteration/Acceleration
Characters: Jen Douglas, up to 7 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Canyon base
Schedule: This mission will happen Monday, January 18th at 9 AM CST.  If this is a problem for anyone schedule-wise please let me know ASAP, but otherwise if you would like to participate, please post below.

Desert Heat

VIPER rears its ugly head once more, with a base located in the Middle East and familiar faces more than eager to settle the score.

Canon: Iteration/Acceleration
Characters: Jen Douglas, up to 7 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Canyon base
Schedule: This mission may happen between Friday, January 15th and Wednesday, January 20th.  If it happens on Friday or Saturday it will have to be done on Malaysian times, and unfortunately I don't know my schedule for next week yet. That said, if you would like to participate, please post below with your preferred dates and times.

The mission Home was a catastrophe and a failure. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Roy Garnette
Lenore Iblis
Eva Barton
Asagi Toshikazu
Hikari Shimamura

Notes:
-The artificial island of Erria came under attack by the people responsible for John Dotrice's abduction, in order to awaken Dakova and then capture it, weakened by its initial outburst. They have succeeded.
-The enemies turned out to be a group known as SCCF - the Special Capture/Containment Foundation. Their goal was to study, capture and utilize supernatural specimens around the world, but now they decided to use their findings to bring new order to the world: whether it wants to or not. Even more worryingly, they seemed to utilize some Chimera AI units.
-The SCCF leader Lilian Cavanagh was killed and their carrier lost a large section, but in the end we were unable to save John Dotrice.
-Roy turned out to be a very human-like robot, something which even he didn't know. However he too was severely damaged and his body was lost to the sea. All we could recover was the pilot-less Wagner...
-The island of Erria is destroyed and its survivors are not too well mentally.

Home

An emergency beacon carried by the abducted John Dotrice activates - above Erria. It's a crisis on the island as it comes under attack, and Dakova's signature grows!

Canon: Staring Into The
Characters: Roy Garnette, up to 8 other combatants
Type: Spontaneous
Setting: The skies of Erria island
Schedule: This mission will happen on Friday January 8th, at 3 PM CST/9 PM GMT. If you'd like to participate, please respond below.

Expected length: Around 3.5 hours

The mission How the Cambio Protocol Stole Christmas ended WITHOUT Christmas getting stolen, thanks to us saving it... with explosions!  The complete mission log can be read here.

Combatants:
Hetepheres
Walt Schmertz
Dido Sybil
Ken Torao
Chris Yukine

Important Notes:
- In this non-canon adventure, the North Pole came under assault by none other than the Krampus, who'd allied with the Cambio Protocl in the hopes of sabotaging Christmas!  The way he figured, if people stopped being good through the holiday season, then they'd just be naughty all the time instead, giving him stuff to do and people to punish.  Plus, it could be another way for the Cambio Protocol to gain more power too.
- Fortunately, the Unity Group arrived in time to push back and stop the attack on Santa's Workshop, and we received further help from a robot Santa Claus as well while the real one was off delivering presents.
- In the end the Krampus was stopped, and was then forced at gunpoint to replace all the presents he destroyed so Christmas wouldn't be derailed.  A happy occasion for everyone; even Walt when he found a weapon as dark and crushing as his soul!

It's the season for giving, goodwill towards others, and making snowmen and the like.  But unfortunately one insidious group plans to try to ruin Christmas for everyone in their bid for world domination.  Who cares if it's non-canon... this is the story of

How the Cambio Protocol Stole Christmas

Canon: Christmas
Characters: Up to 8 combatants
Type: Spontaneous
Setting: The North Pole
Schedule: This mission will happen some time between Saturday, December 26th and Saturday, January 2nd.  If you would like to participate, please post below with your preferred dates and times.

Important Note: On account of it being another non-canon Christmas mission, people can participate as characters not actually in the game as Ghosts of Christmas.  If you do want to though, please inform me here, on AIM, or through some other method just so I at least know who everyone's gonna use though.

The mission The Shirogane Rescue Operation was a success, though if it was coupled with an unexpected departure. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Raniiya Arian
Bryanne Eriksen
Peola Nelfess
Mizuki Onodera
Baron Archibald von Whiskers
Dido Sybil

Notes:
- Lee Linjun was successfully rescued, and the Shirogane is back in the hands of SSR. The relationship between the two organizations became stronger on the surface, but some of the revelations that happened during the mission made it more uneasy.
- Brye and Rani turned out to be spies working for SSR, whose job was to look for dirt on UG. After this was revealed, it turned out they're not happy with the way both SSR and Unity Group do things - instead of returning to either organization they left to change the world on their own terms, taking the Grunbein with them.
- Lorenzo di Montegnacco was killed in the fight, and his custom Valsion was destroyed.
- Rani left her numerous pets in Peola's care. Someone should probably lend her a hand before she gets completely overwhelmed.
- Salwah took Phannuhel's robotic horse for her own Arma.

The mission Home will happen on Sunday December 13th at 3 PM CST - roughly 16 hours from the time of this posting.

Participants:
Roy Garnette
Lenore Iblis
Asagi Toshikazu
Eva Barton or some other Arach character (possibly)

Open slots for more characters are available, as always.

Home

An emergency beacon carried by the abducted John Dotrice activates - above Erria. It's a crisis on the island as it comes under attack, and Dakova's signature grows!

Canon: Staring Into The
Characters: Roy Garnette, up to 8 other combatants
Type: Spontaneous
Setting: The skies of Erria island
Schedule: This mission will happen on Sunday December 13rd at 3 PM CST. If you'd like to participate, please respond below with preferred times and dates.

Expected length: Around 3.5 hours

Home

An emergency beacon carried by the abducted John Dotrice activates - above Erria. It's a crisis on the island as it comes under attack, and Dakova's signature grows!

Canon: Staring Into The
Characters: Roy Garnette, up to 8 other combatants
Type: Spontaneous
Setting: The skies of Erria island
Schedule: This mission may happen between Thursday December 10th and Sunday December 13rd, or on Tuesday December 15th. If you'd like to participate, please respond below with preferred times and dates.

Expected length: Around 3.5 hours

The mission Honor Thy Word was completed successfully, and the canon Knight the Burned Out is now finished as well!  The complete mission log can be read here.

Participants:
Daniel
Jen Douglas
Calvin Eldred Edwards
Grace Wallach
Kei Kugimiya
Sielje
Elyssa Soleil
Dido Sybil

Important Notes:
- Without warning, Lord Ishin launched an attack on the ESUN's capital in Brussels, causing catastrophic casualties before Unit Group forces confronted him... and got to experience first-hand that he really was invincible.  Ynya intervened shortly thereafter, explaining that Ishin had kidnapped Kimhone and was using her as a conduit in Ankaia to gather in a tremendous amount of power.
- A portal generator let the fight be taken to Ankaia, where everyone was able to free Kimhone from the towering Artificial Beast that served to draw in power from all across the planet.  Ishin followed shortly thereafter, but with Kimhone freed his power was up for grabs and Sielje drew it into herself by calling upon the Power Within.  Turns out she wasn't a Burned Out!
- In spite of all this, her past allegiance to the late isolationist, Lord Moswar, compelled Sielje to call for all ties with Earth to be cut.  Her calls for a challenger were met by her other friends present though, who managed to eventually defeat Sielje much to even her own relief. As such, Ankaia's road to recovery will be a long and arduous one... but not one it will have to travel alone.  With luck, interactions between Ankaia and Earth will not lead to further tragedy.
- Sielje is fortunately fine, and not suffering from the debilitating side-effects of the Power WIthin since it was not actually her own "power" she was using up.
- Never break a woman's heart.  It might just cause her to tap into crazy time-controlling powers she should've lost.

The mission Honor Thy Word will begin tomorrow (as in Saturday the 5th) at 8:30 AM CST.  

Combatants:
Daniel
Jen Douglas
Kei Kugimiya
Sielje
Elyssa Soleil
Dido Sybil
Grace Wallach

Still room for one more person if anyone wants in.  See you there!

Blefuscian Hitcher

A certain ex-Decepticon merchant/information broker makes himself visible in Japan. As we move out to press him for information, a Beast of Starmind attacks, one never seen before.

Canon: Bolo Chronicles: Neon Genesis Tankgelion
Characters: Hikari Shimamura, Grimlock (not required but strongly suggested), up to 6 other combatants
Type: Semi-planned
Setting: Mountain hideout, Japan
Schedule: This mission will happen on Thursday December 3rd, at 8 PM CDT. If you'd like to participate, please respond below.

Expected length: Around 3 hours

Due to scheduling difficulties, the mission Honor Thy Word is being pushed back a week, to be run some time between Thursday, December 3rd and Tuesday, December the 8th.  If you would like to participate, please post below with your preferred dates and times.

The mission The Gate of Sorrow was completed successfully!  Though not without sorrow.  The complete mission log can be read here.

Combatants:
Calvin Eldred Edwards
Jen Douglas
Sielje
Dido Sybil

Important Notes:
- Our attempt to break in and kill The One Who Waits was impeded by The Old Guard, followers of the then-Ebon King who had been lying in wait to stop anyone attempting to lift the seal on TOWW to kill it.  Thanks to some surprise help from Graeme and Calvin's fellow Genoace pilots we were able to push ahead to fight the creature itself.
- When confronted, The One Who Waits fought back by summoning Lagardia's parents, The Ebon King and The Lady of Flame/Mother of Shadow, along with Lagardia herself when she fell to the monster.  We were able to free Lagardia fortunately, and at a critical moment her parents turned against The One Who Waits as well, allowing Calvin and Lagardia to strike down the monster for good.
- In his final moments, the Ebon King asked that all blame for Lagardia's actions be placed on him for his attempt of harnessing the power of The One Who Waits and subsequently setting into motion his civilization's collapse and Lagardia's actions ever since.  What this will do to smooth over Lagardia's lengthy list of crimes remains to be seen.
- Lagardia's parents have since faded away permanently, with their only remnant being the king's immense greatsword, Serenity.

The mission The Gate of Sorrow will be held tomorrow at 7 PM CST.

Combatants
Calvin Eldred Edwards
Jen Douglas
Sielje
Dido Sybil

We still have room for up to four more people if anyone else wants to come.