SRW Unification OOC Comm

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.

Dark Ingress

A cult dedicated to an unspeakable horror is performing a mystical ritual to summon its master into this world. It must be stopped before the summoning is complete!

Canon: The Stain (post canon)
Characters: Walt Schmertz, up to 8 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Abandoned peninsula, with ruins
Schedule: This mission will happen on Saturday February 20th at 9 AM CST/3 PM GMT. If you'd like to participate, please respond below.

Expected length: 3-3.5 hours

The mission Ouroboros was, against all odds, a success! The log can be read here.

The canon Mega Man ZX Advent is now complete! The canon the Stain is likewise complete! The mod has been properly chastized for running a 5-hour double finale mission.

Participants:
Ashe
Walt Schmertz
Kei Kugimiya
Asagi Toshikazu
Neptune
Optimus Prime

Notes:
-Commander Huffman and the Waltspawn came to the conclusion that the black domes' reappearance was related to Ouroboros' activation, and thus one of them would appear inside it. The conclusion proved accurate.
-The domes were the final solution of the other universe, which decided to get rid of our universe by erasing it like a stubborn stain. Since the domes were all connected, blowing one of them up with a ridiculously powerful explosive (bought from a certain arms dealer) was enough to banish the other universe from ours once and for all.
-The four other Biometal Mega Men - Aeolus, Atlas, Tethis and Siarnaq, appeared again and fought us. Their intention was to defeat us, kill Master Albert and then see which one among them is the strongest. After the bomb's explosion, their fate is unknown but it's unlikely they are all dead...
-The Waltspawn proved her (its? his? their?) love for our universe - by trying to fuse with it, turning everything into one. Also apparently she found it as disgusting as the rest of her universe did, but this disgust was beautiful for her. Walt and Optimus tried for a peaceful solution, which seemed to partially work...
-Only for the Waltspawn to be mortally wounded by Master Albert. However in the end, the Waltspawn sacrificed her own life to help bring Master Albert down. With Master Albert killed, the Ouroboros couldn't sustain itself and self-destructed.
-Apparently Ashe is the only one whose DNA comes from Master Albert himself without any artificial alteration. In other words, he was her ancestor and only living relative. So much for a happy family meeting.
-The shuttle pilot scored two barely-controlled crash landings in one mission, both in the same shuttle.

Ouroboros

Master Albert's Ouroboros has taken to the skies and starts to ravage its way across its surrounding area. To make bad matters even worse, dark domes reappear all around the Earth - a threat considered defeated returns yet again! The only key to saving the day lies inside the giant Biometal itself...

Canon: Megaman ZX Advent (finale), The Stain (finale)
Characters: Ashe, Walt Schmertz, up to 7 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Ouroboros - a giant flying fortress/Biometal/unholy abomination thing
Schedule: This mission will take place on Thursday July 9th at 3 PM GMT/10 AM CDT. Alternatively, if this time doesn't fit then it can take place on Friday July 10th at noon (12 PM) GMT/7 AM CDT. If you'd like to participate, please respond below. If you can only make one of those dates, please say so as well.

Note: We return to regularly scheduled AIM-run missions.

The mission Who are the Heroes? was a success. The log can be read here.

Participants:
Walt Schmertz
Volya Alkaev
Sarah Daniels
Dido Sybil
Mizuki Onodera

Notes:
-The perilous atmosphere in Fort Alhambra is gone now, however the place was disappeared by monsters from another (Waltspawn's) dimension. Thanks to advance warning courtesy of Kagura and some other paranoid people, the outbreak was quickly contained.
-The Knights of the Guiding Hand attackas as well, though a few of them seemed more intent on fighting the monsters than us or Volya.
-The Waltspawn has severed the connection between her (them? it?) and the another dimension, thus no longer being a beacon for the invasions. On the other hand we no longer can predict what the other univese is up to.
-Sarah received the Shishenli sword from Percival, who dueled her but seems to doubt the knights' actions now. He is not the only one.
-Lilica lost her second horn.

Who are the Heroes?

Ominous atmosphere befalls one of the Unity Bases as everyone around it suddenly has a very bad feeling about this. It turns out to be more than a hunch - the base comes under attack from more than one direction!

Canon: The Stain, Dirge of Fate
Characters: Walt Schmertz, Volya Alkaev, Sarah Daniels, up to 6 other characters
Type: Spontaneous
Setting: Unity Group base - Fort Alhambra
Schedule: This mission will happen on Friday January 23rd at 10 PM CST. If you'd like to participate please respond below.

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

Participants:
Mizuki Onodera
Kentaro Torao
Dido Sybil
Walt Schmertz
Hetepheres
Raquel Manora
Leos Klein
Shu Shirakawa
Willis Clades

Notes: (oh boy where do we start)
-Ilinka decided to attack the Lady's Good Men headquarters in Birmingham to prove herself to Loni. Unfortunately this means the city center has been torched and partially destroyed.
-It turns out Lady's Good Men use nigh-mindless mass produced clones as foot soldiers - or do so now anyway, as that wasn't the case before.
-Elaine's experiment with taking one of the eyes from Walt's hand and implanting it into another person ended with the recipient going insane. This and the above facts were discovered by Desta. He accused Unity Group of knowledge of both and of inaction.
-The base turned out to be not the headquarters after all. It did however have a Crossgate-like portal linking it back to the headquarters. We are currently researching it in hopes of discovering the real headquarters' location.
-Willis and Strahlend emerged from the faux Crossgate. Lady's Good Men reinforcements never came.
-The Good Men commander Constans Ricard Antema has surrendered and was captured alive.
-Due to her actions Ilinka was to be taken captive as well. Her friends obviously opposed but stood down after a fight and intervention from Gavin's uncle. She is now in a cell, awaiting a trial for her crimes.
-Loni and Desta are put under house arrest and told not to leave Unity Group bases. They are guarded to make sure they do not slip out.
-FightSaber, ShotSaber and the new BrightSaber are taken into Unity Group custody, but for now nothing will be done to them. They will neither be stripped down for parts nor assigned new pilots.
-Apparently Desta has tapped into our comm lines. Steps are taken to remedy that.

[Time for another message from Sakihama's commander, Salomon Huffman... being accompanied by worrisome images of another of the black domes appearing.  This time it appears to be located somewhere in a desert.]

Our reprieve from the formation of the domes appears to have ended... these pictures were taken from allies in the Saharan Desert not even twelve hours ago.  Its location is a mixed blessing.  On one hand, there are no established towns or regions near it... but on the other hand-

[More images show up of a refugee exodus group.]

There are nevertheless people in the area, people displaced from the various conflicts and could very well be in danger of the monsters that dwell inside of the sphere!  As harsh as the hand fate has dealt them is, things could take a far worse turn without intervention and assistance...

We are sending a team to keep watch and be at the ready, at least until the civilians can reach a safer location.
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The mission Through The Stomach will be held tomorrow at 12 PM Central time.  Bumped it up an hour due to some scheduling concerns and it still looks like it'll be okay with everyone's scheduling comments.  Back to it being 11 AM Central.

Combatants:
Banjou Haran
Kei Kugimiya
Walt Schmertz
Ren Ubuntu
Some Tengu character (likely Hetepheres)

We still have room for three more combatants if anyone else wants to join.

Through the Stomach

An impoverished region in North Africa falls under a shadow of the third black dome, and the Unity Group is sent to intervene.  But unfortunately, another group is casting a shadow of their own, with calls for violence... calls many are heeding in these desperate times.

Canon: Best Face Of Humanity, The Stain
Characters: Ren Ubuntu, Walt Schmertz, any six combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: North Africa
Schedule: This mission can be held any time Monday or Tuesday of next week (September 15th or 16th).  Wednesday, September 17th, can be doable so long as it starts in the early afternoon, and it can also be held Friday, September 19th, any time after 5:30 PM Central.  If you would like to participate, please post below with your preferred dates and times.

Once more, scheduling sucks, I know, and I'm sorry.

The mission Kill It With Fire will take place on Tuesday, July 1st, at 7 PM CST/CDT. So in more or less 23 hours after this is posted.

Lineup
Walt Schmertz
Kanae Ootori
Ultraman Zero
Setsuko Ohara + Glory Stars
Yuuya Bridges + Argos Flight
Ataru Suruga
Raquel Manora

There's room for one more, or more if some people don't show up.

Special equipment available on this mission includes:
- Flamethrowers
- Fire grenades
- Incendiary ammo for units with ballistic weaponry
- Incendiary rockets for units with missile launchers

Kill It With Fire

Walt gets a terrible feeling that something bad is going to happen in a certain area. His prediction turns out to be true - soon after the town is evacuated, a second black dome appears!
What will emerge from the dome this time? Whatever it is, this time we are prepared...

Canon: The Stain
Characters: Walt Schmertz, up to 7 others
Type:  Semi-planned.
Setting: Camp on the edge of the second dome.
Schedule: This mission can take place between Saturday, June 28th and Friday, July 4th. If you would like to participate, please respond below with your preferred dates and times.
Notes: Special equipment will be available for this mission.
Depending on player availability, a second canon might be added to the mission later.

The mission Change! Getter Robo! will take place on Friday, May 9th, at 5:30 PM CST/CDT. So in more or less 24 hours after this is posted.

Lineup
Ryouma Nagare
Hayato Jin
Walt Schmertz
Garrod Ran
Raquel Manora
Ryuichi of Draco
Kei Kugimiya
Ken Torao
Sagara Sousuke (maybe)

Backup
Suma

Change! Getter Robo!

An opaque black dome appears over a small town in Japan, not far from Saotome Labs. Contact with the inside is lost, and a scouting party send inside does not return. ESUN establish a base to figure out what's going on, with Professor Saotome lending some aid - but he seems to be more occupied by other matters...

Then, several days later, the place is attacked by unexpected enemies from ancient prehistory!

Canon: Getter Robo, The Stain
Characters: Ryouma Nagare, Hayato Jin, Walt Schmertz, up to 6 others
Type: Spontaneous (but the preceding event isn't).
Setting: Research camp on the edge of the dome.
Schedule: This mission can take place between Friday, May 9th, and Monday, May 12th. If you would like to participate, please respond below with your preferred dates and times.