Entries tagged with debrief

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Mission: "Rules of Hosptitality" debrief

The mission Rules of Hospitality was completed successfully! The complete mission log can be read here.

Participants:
Daniel
Jen Douglas
Fyra
Kei Kugimiya
Sielje

Important Notes:
- The seemingly innocent ESUN transport that we'd passed by on the way to pick up the Great Forge was in fact trying to secretly smuggle stolen Ankaian materials to Earth. Turns out that Fumerco is not as dead as we would've hoped, having simply shuffled around assets and changed names.
- This was all revealed to us by Lady Xion the Bulwark, who also destroyed the experimental joint-technology suit. However, Xion felt that the only way to protect Ankaia was to completely shut it off from Earth, first setting an example by killing all the transport's staff. She fortunately mellowed out between the efforts of the Unity Group, news that the ESUN and Ankaians would be strictly inspecting everything coming into or being taken from Ankaia, and Sielje's own words and efforts.
- With all transit between Earth and Ankaia now being even more closely scrutinized and the truth now out in the open, those that wish to exploit Ankaia will likely not have much success in that front even as the legal officers of the ESUN find ways to bring them to justice.
- Sielje's beasthide dress is not just for show.

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Mission "Void and Abyss" debrief

The mission Void and Abyss was a success! The log can be read here.

Participants:
Mizuki Onodera
Ken Torao
Dido Sybil
Setsuko Ohara
Willis Clades
Volya Alkaev
Kei Kugimiya

Notes:
- As it turned out, the reason for the Great Black Void's return and the source of it power was a fragment of the Discovery! The ancient artifact is now recovered and in Unity Group's possession.
- We learned the truth of the Void's background. It was a vengeful entity created after a whole race of dark being was destroyed in the war against the Lady, and who blamed creatures of light for their deaths.
- Ultimately, the Great Black Void was destroyed, and it admitted its mistakes.
- Zankuro is back safe and sound, although he's artificially aged.

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Mission "The Day Earth Stood Still" debrief

The mission The Day Earth Stood Still was a success! The log can be read here.

The canon Bolo Chronicles: Neon Genesis Tankgelion is now complete.

Participants:
Hikari Shimamura and Bahamut Metalia
Daniel
Willis Clades
Selena Recital

Notes:
-With the barriers between universes having grown exceptionally thin, the Beasts of Starmind could break through and unleash a full scale invasion - forget attacking only one town in Japan, many places around the globe were assaulted simultaneously!
-Stopping the invasion leader Paranticus would cause the rest of Beasts to stop moving, but the enemy turned out to be a powerful foe. The last resort chance of activating Metalis'a black box did nothing... but Hikari, Bahamut and others didn't give up and brought a miracle with their own hands instead.
-Unfortunately, a miracled turned out to be not enough... even with Paranticus dead, more of its kind revealed themselves. The invasion had many leaders, each just as powerful. Everything seemed lost, until...
-Until it turned out that the black box did in fact serve a function. It was a beacon, which activated brought in the group Bahamut Metalia used to be a part of - the Dinochrome Brigade, sworn enemies of Beasts of Starmind! With their arrival in large numbers and subsequent support, the day was saved!
-We have a lot of oversized friendly (and mostly non humanoid) sentient machines hanging around now. However, they will not stay on Earth for long...

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Mission "Flowers that Bloom in Space" debrief

The mission The Flowers that Bloom in Space was completed successfully! The mission log can be read here.

Participants:
Seta Albreich
Izuru Hitachi
Astara Kellin
Kei Kugimiya
Dido Sybil
Asagi Toshikazu

Notes:
- The Asteroid base turned out to have been of Protoculture in design, seized by Kamjin and other Zentradi using it to try to reactivate the Wulgaru's gate. They got help for that by the somehow still-alive Jiart, with both groups intending to try to use the gate for their own ends to either call more Zentradi in, or open a portal for more Wulgaru.
- Ultimately, either through their own fair share of ally killing or the efforts of the Unity Group, Kamjin's faction was killed to the man as was Jiart himself... though not before the portal was opened, enabling more Wulgaru to arrive.
- Fortunately though, the fleet led by Legates Lumes has turned out to be comparatively small, and more than that has apparently come in peace. The battles with Earth and the Unity Group have given the race food for thought, and the looming threat of the revitalized Balmarians are a greater cause for concern.

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Mission "Inferno" debrief

The mission Inferno was a success. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Roy Garnette
Eva Barton
Elyssa Soleil
Daniel
Calvin Eldred Edwards

Notes:
-The base where Beatrice Willson was being held was taken hostage by SCCF, who have given us an ultimatum to let her go or else it will be destroyed by their flagship, The Yellow King's Decree, and its Dakova-powered main cannon.
-We've engaged the SCCF forces, but the SCCF located Beatrice and managed to get her free during the fighting. In the end, she managed to get away.
-The cannon misfired, causing the Yellow King's Decree to be severely damaged and exposing Dakova. The creature apparently only wanted to be put out of its misery.
-In the end, the SCCF unit Golden Ebony (piloted by two pilots who turned out to be two personalities of one man), their flagship, and most of their forces were obliterated. Dakova perished as well, unable to live in Earth's normal atmosphere. Only Beatrice Willson escaped, but what can she do all by herself, no one can tell.
-The holding base's security force was wiped out or forced to retreat, but otherwise the facility is mostly fine. The mountain towering above it is significantly shorter, however.

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Mission "My Future, Everyone's Future" debrief

The mission My Future, Everyone's Future has been completed successfully. The complete log can be read here.

Combatants:
Seta Albreich
Volya Alkaev
Willis Clades
Kei Kugimiya
Setsuko Ohara
Asagi Toshikazu

Important Notes:
- Chimera attacked to take back its headquarters with all the power Edel Bernal could muster from the Cambio Protocol... which admittedly was little outside of her own forces on account of the losses sustained by its most active and prominent members. An attempt to make the main defenders lose heart by thinking everyone else was already dead fortunately was dispelled by both common sense and the unexpected help of Alternate Toby and Denzel, along with Xine Espio.
- Asakim Dowin has finally met his end courtesy of Setsuko and the Nautilus Carver. He was actually pretty happy about being legitimately killed though, since that was his ultimate goal.
- Edel Bernal showed up in battle as well with her powerful Lemures, revealing herself to be a power-hungry bitch all this time with no regard for even the other Cambio Protocol members who were all just under her thumb so she could keep them in check. Unfortunately... someone else had been pulling her strings all along.
- This person was in fact "Jii" Edel Bernal, the original who had created the "Edel Bernal" we knew to cause instability and chaos in the world for no other reason than the fun of it.. Assuming the guise of Jii Babel and the Black Charisma on separate occasions, Jii revealed himself to us to ensure we wouldn't stop his entertainment in the future... and with a lot of dimensional hax at his disposal he came very close. However, a heroic sacrifice by Willis, and then Setsuko using her own Sphere's power managed to not only stop a potential merging of dimensions, but keep Willis from being lost AND also bringing back all of Xine's presumed-lost comrades from La Gias.
- With all the truth about Edel exposed, the Cambio Protocol probably doesn't have much life left in it, if any at all.
- We lost our chance of just erasing Loni from existence. Way to go, guys.

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Mission "World in Black" debrief

The mission World in Black was a success. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Setsuko Ohara
Willis Clades
Elyssa Soleil
Selena Recital
Volya Alkaev

Notes:
-The attack on Black Charisma's battleship was a success. It is not in Unity Group's hands.
- Apart from a swarm of AI defenders, we faced Xine, Lowen and Shuran in battle. Thanks to Setsuko's words, Xine was persuaded to switch sides and left the battle, promising to return. Lowen and Shuran remained loyal to Chimera and died in the fight.
- The only other person present inside the battleship was old man Jii. He doesn't seem to know much, beyond that Edel Bernal went somewhere together with a man who's presumably Asakim.

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Mission "Accelerando" debrief

The mission Accelerando was completed successfully! The complete mission log can be read here.

Combatants:
Daniel
Jen Douglas
Sielje
Dido Sybil
Grace Wallach

Important notes:
- The art expo was derailed when Apogee 13 showed up with a squad of assassins, all for the purpose of trying to kill Jen. Some quick thinking on her part got the fight moved to outside, but not before Apogee also shot her in the back in a rather dickish fashion.
- During the battle, some hired thugs Apogee had brought along had the bright idea to try to kill Jen's sister and mother, providing incentive enough for Jen to master the Nemain's superspeed movement. It was enough to kill the jerk and save her family!
- Buuuuuuuut also not enough to defeat Apogee, who only retreated after Sielje intervened and saved Jen's life. To make matters worse, her superspeed movement also seems to not just accelerate her machine... but also the progression of the same disease that took her father's life.

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Mission "Another Disorder" debrief

The mission Another Disorder was a success. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Flit Asuno
Leos Klein
Eva Barton
Asagi Toshikazu
Seta Albreich
Hikaru Shimamura

Notes:
-The ancient vault which we went to investigate turned out to have been opened and tampered with in the past already. We also faced the ancient Disorder Units, acting as its guardians.
-Nine-Ball turned out to still exist as the final tomb of the guardian was one of its forms, Nine-ball SID.
-Nine-Ball revealed much: the failed Martian colonization effort was deliberate on its part in order to procure easily guided servants to act as protectors - the Vagans. All in order to guard the artifact present, and await the return of its creators.
-Nine-Ball's creators were ancient civilizations, the same ones that fought the Lady. This was told to us by a message left by the other person who managed to infiltrate the vault a long time ago - Haran Souzou, the creator of Meganoids and Banjou's deceased father.
-Leos Klein managed to interface with Nine-Ball SID. Having received a message of our intentions, Nine-Ball acknowledged the return and allowed the artifact to be retrieved. It has since shut down - most likely, for good.
-The artifact in question is an ancient computing device, the "brain" of the Discovery of Self. Though somewhat damaged, it is still operational. Leos is commended for help in its retrieval, but due to his actions in the past he has to return to the facility he's being kept at... though perhaps, people will view him a little less harshly now.
-Vagan children are annoying.

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Mission "Where The Path Leads" debrief

The mission Where The Path Leads was a full success! The log can be read here and here.

The canon Hell's Embrace True is now complete!

Participants:
Astara Kellin
Lenore Iblis
Kei Kugimiya
Roy Garnette
Izuru Hitachi
Seta Albreich

Notes:
- Carina used the Gatekeeper to launch an attack on the Gloster HQ. Thanks to a coordinated effort between Gloster and Unity Group, the attack was stopped. There was a lot of collateral damage, but no casualties.
- Lenore was rescued safe and sound. Freeing her from the Gatekeeper caused the gigantic machine to fall apart.
- As a backup plan, Carina tried to summon the Kijin Emperor, who turned out to be Seta - very much alive and very much still on our side.
- In the end Carina Gloster was killed, and her army of fake Craft was destroyed completely. It's safe to say that this particular threat is now taken care of.

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Mission "Mob" debrief

The mission Mob was a success! The log can be read here.

Participants:
Roy Garnette
Eva Barton
Asagi Toshikazu
Grimlock (also Slag and Sludge)

Notes:
-The good news is that both the lunar city and the ESUN scouting party were unharmed. The bad news is that it was a trap by the new SCCF leader, Beatrice Willson, who wanted to make an example out of us as warning of what happens to people who oppose her organisation.
-Beatrice's unit the Prominence was equipped with technology SCCF managed to analyze and use in practice - including Dakova's mind control, which she utilized to control the reconnaissance pilots into attacking us against their will.
-The mind control powers were broken when Roy had a realization and activated Wagner's Crisis Mode, his own power cancelling Dakova's.
-The ex-Decepticon triple changers Apeface and Snapdragon were helping SCCF as mercenaries but we managed to slag them.
-The city and the recon team were both rescued and Beatrice was taken prisoner. She should know a lot so hopefully we will learn important SCCF- and Cambio Protocol-related information from her.

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Mission "Dark Ingress" debrief

The mission Dark Ingress was a success - if in an unexpected way. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Walt Schmertz
Eva Barton
Asagi Toshikazu
Hibiki Tachibana

Notes:
-The cult of the Sleeper tried to summon it using mystical beacons - ones powered by human sacrifice. The cultist leader tried to persuade us that this is a small price to pay, and the Sleeper From Between the Stars will be controlled by him and used as a defender of humanity against all the other god-like threats that endanger Earth. We were not convinced.
-However in the end the Sleeper was summoned anyway, with the cult leader revealing his role as the Dreamer shortly before his demise - one who is necessary to be overcome for the Sleeper to awake.
-The Sleeper entered this plane of existence and immediately ordered people present to serve him. Unfortunately for it, it turned out human technology has progressed quite a lot since the last time the Sleeper was here, and compared to Unity Group units the creature turned out to be a giant pushover.
-The Sleeper surrendered and agreed not to demand sacrifices from humans anymore, in a passive aggressive way. We let it return to its home universe, and it shouldn't be bothering anyone from now on. It's almost comical, except for all the people brutally murdered by the cult.

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Mission "Light's End" debrief

The mission Light's End was a failure. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Astara Kellin
Lenore Iblis
Kei Kugimiya
Roy Garnette
Izuru Hitachi
Calvin Eldred Edwards

Notes:
- Carina managed to activate a gigantic mech, the Gatekeeper, thanks to resources provided by Cambio Protocol. The Gatekeeper's appearance caused high damage to the city it attacked and casualties among inhabitants.
- Apparently, Carina's real target were Lenore and Kazan, which she needs to finish the Gatekeeper. She managed to kidnap the Kijin and teleport away with the remains of her forces.
- Efforts to locate Carina and Lenore are in progress, but so far yielded no results.
- On the bright side, destruction of the Gatekeeper's factory module means that no further fake Craft will be produced anymore.

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Mission "Monomyth Breakers" debrief

The mission Monomyth Breakers was a success, and both routes are now reunited. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Kei Kugimiya
Asagi Toshikazu
Peola Nelfess
Ana Racik
"Ben"

Notes:
-SSR acted before Unity Group could get there, and proceeded to assault the Discovery. Having no outside help, their force consisted only of the Shirogane, the Handsome Aces and Ana.
-Help came from an unexpected direction as the inside team managed to break out and assisted SSR in fighting the Guardians and the Seekers - who turned out to be much weaker than before, though still very dangerous.
-Lee Linjun tried to fire the Tronium Cannon on the Discovery, but Inspector Jou persuaded him not to. The Cannon obliterated enemy reinforcements which came from the other side of the Shirogane instead.
-The Discovery is now safely under our control, and the Inspector has some very important things to tell us...

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Mission "The Boon" debrief

The mission The Boon was a failure - possibly. We are not sure. It's hard to tell. The log is here.

Participants:
Mizuki Onodera
Eva Barton
Asagi Toshikazu
Walt Schmertz
Peola Nelfess
Dido Sybil

Notes:
-Gavin and his friends attacked the Discovery, managing to break in while SSR was guarding it. Fortunately Professor Dupond or any other civilians were not on location. SSR assisted us in fighting the Lady's minions so we could move into Discovery and stop Gavin himself.
-All contact with the group that went into the Discovery is lost. What transpired within is a mystery, known only for those who witnessed the events personally (at least, until/if we see them again):
-We faced off against Desta and Ilinka, and also Raniiya and Bryanne in the Grunbein. But the latter two backstabbed the former. It was their plan all along to get their hands on the seals, and they had no intention of letting Loni or friends use them.
-However the Seeker attacked the Grunbein, and during the struggle Ilinka stabbed the Grunbein, ripping off its power source (the seal) and mortally wounding Brye and Rani in the process. Desta and Ilinka proceeded to get out of there and try to reach Gavin, something they didn't succeed at without perishing first. In other words, we managed to kill them back.
-Seeing his friends' demise, Gavin fell into despair. He used the seals' power on his wish - not to change the world, but to bring Ilinka and Desta back. It happened, and with the seals broken, the Lady was inches away from crossing back to our world.
-The Lady was stopped by the Grunbein, which could still move despite the lack of power source, motivated only by the TK power of its pilots - and the psychodriver ghost of Commander Antov. The trio's power was unleashed, and it managed to prevent the Lady's entrance... or so it seems.
-The Grunbein and its pilots are gone. Gavin and his friends are nowhere to be seen either, but hoping for them not to appear in the future might be too optimistic...
-Loni did nothing wrong.

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Mission "Last Traitor" debrief

The mission Last Traitor was full of various revelations - and ultimately, a success! The log can be read here.

Participants:
Hikari Shimamura
Daniel
Elyssa Soleil
Jen Douglas
Roy Garnette

Notes:
-The town has been burned down by a group of religious fanatics, the Lost Seekers. It turns out they have a shared past with Daniel and their leader said Daniel was a spy working for them.
-To make matters even worse, a Beast of Starmind was detected on location - the first time away from Japan, it turned out to be a copy of Bahamut Metalia itself! It said Professor Matsuyama made it, and used Hikari's friend Katsuhiko as an unwilling interface.
-The above turned out to be lies. Daniel worked with the Lost Seekers but that was in the past, and he appeared as a reinforcement - on our side.
-Shoji Matsuyama uncovered a message from the past, revealing the true nature of the fake Beast Bahamut. His grandpa was not the one to create it or give it orders to conquer humanity, he in fact sealed it away at a cost of his own life - but saving thousands in the process.
-Katsuhiko was rescued thanks to everyone's efforts, and a timely intervention of Roy's Wagner - still without its cockpit block. Roy is indeed a robot, one whose AI is housed in Wagner itself.
-The old compound of the Lost Seekers may have some answers. Apparently one of their Wise Men, thought deceased, is still alive and restarts the crusade against the world.

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Mission "Lord of War" debrief

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.

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Mission "Desert Heat" debrief

The mission Desert Heat was a success! The complete mission log can be read here.

Participants:
Daniel
Jen Douglas
Grimlock and Friends
Kei Kugimiya
Sielje
Grace Wallach

Important Notes:
- Thanks to being quickly alerted, the Unity Group was able to attack a VIPER base shortly after it was set up. A good thing too, since the Forgemaster base could perform near-instantaneous repairs on their stock of mooks.
- Doomstar was also present, as was another Julia who attempted to fire a slew of nanomachine-equipped WMDs at cities, only to be stopped by the Unity Group and Doomstar herself. Turns out Doomstar is cool with a lot of decidedly uncool things, but she's still got standards about using weaponry on civilians.
- Following VIPER's defeat and Julia's death, Doomstar has entered Unity Group custody. God help us all.

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Mission "The Atonement" debrief

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.

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Mission "Home" debriefing

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.