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A deafening crack, and a rumble of thunder followed, but the ship, which was sleek and angular in appearance, painted a shimmering white with blue hues, the AXIS's Galaxy Police emblem painted prominently upon the hull.
Starships, alien and Imperial, dotted the wide-band scanners of the GxP-342 police cruiser, the near-collision with one of the towering tripods caused Haruko to jerk the control stick to one side, and quickly work the yaw pedals at her feet.
Protesting in the form of a groan, the Seina banked hard, narrowly missing one of the massive tripods, groaning as the G's pulled against her body, Haruko banked hard to the left, and circled wide around the city.
"What is going on..."
Bringing the cruiser to a steady flight path, she keyed up all of the vessels in the city, analyzing them and comparing them with known records.
"I'm here for an investigation, not to fight a war." Haruko muttered, flipping on the shields and arming the weapon systems of the Seina.
Armored panels retracted, exposing automated gun batteries, while a milky-white nano-screen formed along the hull of the ship. She would have to land the ship outside the city.
The Marshal simply chuckled. What? Was he supposed to be scared by some machines? Pathetic..."Pathetic...You think you scare us with those machines?...I seen worse coming from a single machine...But if you feel confident if your machines then by all means let me watch as we crush whatever resistance you have left..." The Space Marine suddenly charged forward and slammed his Storm Shield into the man, the shield suddenly released a force of energy as it did causing the man to fly backwards. Even if he did block it the force no doubt would have caused him to still fly back.
With the massive towering Tri-pods, Imperial Guardsman scattered to cover as they were smart to avoid the anti-infantry walker. Ebba in particular scattered with the many other people as the machines fired at squads of soldiers, either incinerating the men or the ground they were once on after diving for cover. Of course, she could do some things to defend herself. Surrounding herself with a cold wing she sent a blast of ice which made a perfect screen to hide herself and soldiers as they got to cover. Although the Imperium heavily despised many mages...she did just help their chances at living so they would not argue with that.
Of course with its massive size, came the larger hitbox...perfect for the armor companies that just rolled in. The 4'th and 17'th Imperial armor companies, With two squads of 6 Lemen Russ Vanquisher's each. These Anti-tank, tanks rolled up and aimed up at the walkers. "Show them some true Imperial Steel men!" The commander of this company on tanks was commanded by a Shadowsword. Armed with the deadly Volcano Cannon the tank turned off is main engines and after a few seconds of preparing the massive energy cannon fired impacting a Tri-pod. It was instantly turned to molten slag along with a few Tri-pods near it. With the sounds of cheering from Imperial forces the tanks began to Open fire with their Vanquisher cannons slamming into these Terror drones with disciplined fire. Focusing each one down one volley at a time.
The Space Marine Marshal simply shook his head. [b]"And there goes the last of your forces being blown apart one after the other. Did you even account for armored support and artillery? Fools...I'll finish you off in the name of the Emperor. You are no warrior, just a pathetic invader like the rest. There was no honor on your side, no glory on your side either. You were just another warmongering barbarian! I see no warrior before me! I see a failure who clings onto failures! Come at me and face your death coward! No Mercy! No Respite!"
In Orbit as the Imperial Feet finished up with the so called 'Destroyer' the ship let out one final struggle. An Emp to disable their warp drive engines. Figures they would try to take them all with them. Of course teliporters were offline however powerful Librarian onboard ships began to bring back the allied soldiers on the ship as the Imperial Navy simply held their ground. "All ships! Engage maximum Void Shield output! Shut down all non-essential systems and brace for impact!" The FLeet Admiral called out his order as the fleet braced for the explosion.
Irral was not impressed with the seventy foot tall mechs that were dropping down from the sky, nor was he impressed by the enemy's Champion hopping onto one. Stopping mere feet away from the Space Marine Marshal. "You talk too much. It is time to act." he growled before leaping into the air, spinning as he flew upwards at least one hundred feet, and then froze in mid air, four great wings bursting from his back and flapping to keep him in the air.
The Dragon activated his Phoenix Cloak, his twelve-foot tall, armored form bursting into gold and purple flames before he dove down towards the Tripod the Champion of these invaders stood upon, aiming to slam all the way through it, his fire catching and beginning to spread. Once there, it would begin to slowly melt the materials that made up the Walker from the inside out. Flapping his wings once more, Irral flew back up, aiming to take out the legs of the walker with one fell swing of his Lance, the blade whistling through the air as it moved towards its target.
Above the Planet.
"Welcome to the Grey Battalion, Assertor, jump in at these coordinates." Kinara responded, transmitting coordinates that would place the Super Star Destroyer underneath Galaxy-Destroyer cruiser that had appeared behind her fleet.
"Unleash your fury, Assertor. All Batteries open fire." Kinara ordered. And open fire they did. Five-Hundred batteries, each Battery containing Five Super Heavy Turbo-Laser Turrets, began to unleash hell upon the largest enemy ship that they'd come out of hyperspace underneath. The Twenty-Two Kilometer behemoth almost seemed to glimmer with beauty as all of those Turbo-Lasers opened fire at once, a massive, unending volley of fire coming from them as they would first chew through the shields of the ship, and blast through the armor without a care in the world. The rest of Kinara's Fleet would even out the strength of their shields and continue to fire on the rest of the enemy fleet, turning what weapons they could to likewise face the threat above Terra.
The ships fired the torpedoes flying towards the destroyer seek out places in the ship's hull to break though and then blow causing massive damage to the ship's insides should it get though.
The Mauhasinan ships had their light shields ready for the blast that would come.
Meanwhile on the ground the TLA helped to mop up the enemy gunships taking aim at the tripods as ground troopers fired rockets and other arms at the tripods.
Mauhasinan ground forces had also joined the fray thier black armor and personal shields rendering enemy fire almost useless as beams of light energy blasted from their guns ending enemies left and right.
With the order, Imperial Guardsman began to round up all remaining enemy knights and began to group them all together. In Orbit the Fleet Admiral shook his head. "That takes care of that then...all forces remain on guard but today the victory is all of ours."
All returned mostly to normal.
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At this point, he was completely helpless, pinned. All he could do was wait.
After several antagonizing minutes, it was over. He saw the enemies finally surrendering. He began to climb up from the entrenchments alongside the Space Marines he had accidentally entrenched with.
If they recognized him, he found it better to seek forgiveness than to be brutally slaughtered right there. He turns to look at a nearby Space Marine and look him in the glowing eyes of his visor's helmet. Reluctantly, he gathered his voice, "You and the Imperium are going to arrest me," he begun, "Aren't you?"
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Teddy had turned, admittedly thinking that the giant soldier wasn't listening to him, he just had to get those words out. He then begins to search for the same officer that had given him the weapon. It took a lot of searching, but after a lot of looking and walking, he found what he thought to be that same officer. "Hey," he called out, "Sir, I believe I have to turn in my weapon right here?"
As he had begun to speak to him, Teddy had begun hoping if Ebba was all right. He thought that after he turned in his las-gun, then he'll try to look for her.
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"I am afraid I cannot be a regular member," He begun to reply, looking at the officer, "But I will come to the Guard's aid if they see it fit. Although I am a soldier like you at heart, I can't be a full-time guard, I have too many commitments to keep, even if the exact number of them aren't that impressive. But I am in need of a source of income to keep doing what I do. I'm actually a mercenary, but not the kind seen in movies to line their pockets via dubious or outright criminal acts, rather, I keep my contract open to those who seek to use my skills for good. No crime lord, corrupt politician, or unlawful business exec ever hires me, the only people who takes my contract are police departments, benevolent governments, and whoever seeks to build society, not destroy it."
He maintained a steady glare as he spoke, looking into the officer's eyes as he finished, "I am Theodore Ursa, it may not be your decision, but I am never more than a call away."
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Vehicles also helped out, clearing away the ruins of buildings with dozer blades and ferrying the wounded and rubble out of the area.
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As she searched, he thought about maybe taking a few jobs with the Imperial Guard, and maybe since they're the primary police force in Wing City, maybe they'll let him go on a few bounty hunting trips as well. He certainly needed the money, especially how he was low on pistol ammo and his knife being his only back up weapon.
But those invaders, they knew him and clearly held him in reverence. He was never addressed that way, and they seemed to rely on vehicles and armored forces more than infantry, something very risky to do in warfare. They were not versed in their tactics, nor must their spy network be very optimal. He concluded in his mind, making him stop in place: Somebody told them about him, especially how he killed Amadeus, a Chaos-infected Space Marine. Whoever told tonight's party crashers about him either embellished details about that encounter, or left out the Chaos part and wanted it to seem like Teddy was in cahoots with these guys.
The thought sent a shiver down his spine. This fight was just won, but whatever secret war was going on that he was being dragged into was, it was clearly not over yet.
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"Oh...its the mage. Come on, get out. We gotta get everyone out before we tear the building down to rebuild." A soldier motioned for her to get out and on instinct she covered her face and skakingly walked outside back onto the more crowded streets. Lots of noise...she did not like all these people. "Ma'm. Head to the designated civilian relief shelter or to any freinds or relatives." The soldier ordered as he went back to work.
Now she was surrounded...and a little alone. Today was now a scary day...
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Teddy put this aside and walked onto an elevated place in the ruins of the gardens and watches the motion of the crowds. How he felt sorry for those poor souls who lost everything this day. He scanned back and forth, and caught Ebba's distinct clothing and body language among the crowd, really, she stuck out like a sore thumb. As a wave of relief washed over his lungs, he begins to run into the crowd, begging pardons as he attempted to push his way over to Ebba.
"Ebba," Teddy called out, as he had still been a good distance away from her, but could now see her a little more clearly, "Ebba, you're alive! I was worried about what was going on! I came as soon as I saw that dragon-born's teleportation spell! Ebba!"
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Some Imperial Guardsman looked at her and shook their heads in knowing. Poor girl was caught out in an invasion. Many people lost their homes, and few lost their lives. They felt sorry for her but the same could be said for the new homeless of the city now until they rebuilt the area.
This particular event had begun to take him back to an earlier time on another one of his adventures. Ebba had reminded him another girl he had met, specifically, in an impromptu rescue mission from one of his enemies. Ebba was really nothing like this girl, though, this girl Teddy was remembering seemed innocuous at first, but had grotesque body modifications under her skin. Once Teddy thought about it, this girl shares her shy nature too, except Ebba seemed to constantly teeter on emotional breakdown whenever she spoke to someone, and now she was falling apart right before his very eyes.
All Teddy could really do was be as delicate with her as possible.
Teddy saw one of the probes out of the corner of his eyes, he turns his head to it. He scanned its movements, maybe it was just a scout taking the opportunity to scan Wing City while the Guard were preoccupied? He looked around, seeing if any guardsmen had noticed it too while they worked to clean up. He then looked back upon Ebba, with pity of her state.
These probes, what were they doing? He shook it off, trying to focus on his friend.