Blue Team Onward!

[voidtreckermods]

Initial Guarding

Once the other teams fly off it is quiet once more at the military base. Blue team will be allowed to start patrolling, though there will be some areas such as the main command floor that are off limits. Any medically-inclined Void treckers will be welcome in the med bay and the guards will happily have some volunteers to do outside patrols.

But for the first day or so it is quiet, Hitrinto works as a liaison between the void treckers and the command staff, relaying messages and keeping them informed of the progress of battle.

Attack!

Late on the second day there is a break to the peace, alarms blare and lights flash red. "Enemy ships approach. Enemy ships approach."

Anyone who can get to the hanger quick enough will be given ships and sent off to fight. There aren't many enemy ships, four or five and hopefully they are beaten off easily.

But this becomes a semi regular occurrence. At least twice a day there are attacks. Patrols are stepped up, extra people are put on standby to man ships as quickly as possible.

Sabotage

Perhaps the attacks are a distraction. Because it is clear that something isn't right. Power goes down in one section or other. Equipment is messed with. Emergency doors are tampered with or left open. There aren't many people on this base but sometimes they will get the feeling of being watched. Of not being alone.

It soon becomes clear there are enemies inside the station and they are clearly biding their time. It is not known for what purpose. But finding them is probably a priority.

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Piccolo | OTA!!

[shutupnail]

I. Initial Guarding

There were quite a few times while on patrol that Piccolo got the urge to fly off and enter battle with the purple and red teams on that first day. But his strategic mind helped calm him and told him to keep to the back lines as if it were the saiyans out there fighting an extremely powerful foe. He would be better to stay here and defend if and when the time came rather than fly off like a child just to prove his worth.

So after some restless pacing, Piccolo eventually found an area out of the way but close enough to some of the soldiers so that he could listen--which, honestly, didn't have to be that close considering his intense hearing range--and took up residence there. He sat crossed legged, floating several feet off the floor, and with his eyes closed. He did his best to meditate even though he was 'watching' the battle outside with his ki sensing and listening to the commanders issue orders and relay information back to his team.

II. Attack!

Piccolo's eyes snapped open a second before the first alarms started blaring. It was harder to ki sense this battle since the people weren't using their ki to fight like he was used to but he'd had a whole day to practice--he felt the enemies approach at the last second and knew battle was finally headed their way. His lanky form unfolded from its cross-legged position and slowly started to stretch this way and that. He wasn't in a hurry, he didn't need to be.

What happened next was a bit of a blur. Piccolo dashed to the hangar in record time. A flash of light indicated the Namekian had summoned a new set of wardrobe--a flight suit almost identical to the one left back on the train for him. He took a deep breath to get used to the enclosed space inside the helmet and let it out slowly. That was all the prep he needed.

Despite all the warnings, Piccolo rushed out of the hangar doors as soon as they opened for the fighters to disembark. His flight was as true as any of the spaceships and just as fast if not more so. There was no fear or hesitation as he neared the space battlefield.

If the enemy had any confusion as to what the lone humanoid in space was doing it was quickly dissipated as a surprisingly large blast of energy headed towards the would-be attackers coming straight at them directly from the humanoid in a space suit. It was clearly an enemy with it's own weapons that would obviously destroy their fighters so they responded appropriately.

And that's how a green alien in nothing but a flight suit entered into a dog fight with an enemy spacecraft.

III. Sabotage

When Piccolo wasn't outside blasting spacecraft to smithereens with the force of his punches and large ki blasts, he began to wander the hallways between short rests of meditation. He was much less restless in his wanderings now. He knew what he was doing and that his presence here wasn't a complete waste. That helped immensely.

Then the strange occurrences started happening. At first Piccolo thought it was simply a natural matter of the battle going on. Sometimes things went crazy in a full on war and power got knocked out with a stray blast or something. But it quickly became apparent that something else was going on here. Something a little more suspicious.

Piccolo didn't like the feeling of being watched he began to notice in the air. And from the whispers of others, he wasn't the only one getting these creepy feelings.

So the Namekian began to reach his ki sensing ability into the ship rather than out of it, especially whenever that feeling of being watched fell on him. He could easily tell the difference between the Voidtreckers and the soldiers since he was familiar with the energy signatures of his fellow passengers after having spent so much time stuck on a train with them. That left the soldiers to get used to and to suss out whether any of them were acting suspicious whenever he felt them nearby. And beyond that, he kept a sense out for anyone in the area trying to go unseen or acting or moving in a way that would let them slip past both the Voidtreckers and the friendly soldiers. It could just be a very good (or invisible) spy on board.

And not to forget his shame in the Universal Tournament, Piccolo kept a keen ear out too. Relying on his ki senses had gotten him and the other Z Warriors into trouble once or twice, after all. Better to use all of his honed senses rather than the one.

sorry for the lateness on this!

[voidtreckernpcs]

It was fleeting at first. But after some effort his Ki would be able to pick up an unfamilliar energy signature. Not the Voidtreckers, and feeling different to those they were helping.

There's a shuffle from behind him, it wouldn't have been audible if he wasn't listening so hard. If he reaches out with ki he will feel something skittering away, around a corner behind him.

nope! you're good!

[shutupnail]

That was something. Piccolo immediately turned to investigate the sound from behind him. His ki sense, however, was already telling him the being had retreated around the corner.

Keeping his guard up, Piccolo followed after the unknown ki signature.

Attaaaaack!

[pleple]

"Is he...?" Ple Two squinted as Piccolo leaped out into space all on his own like it wasn't a big deal.

It wasn't.

He could fly in a vacuum. And could launch enough pure energy from his body to destroy these attackers. The sight of him in the spacesuit was at least a little comical, but she was well behind him, and a little worn out from chipping in with the combat situation elsewhere.

So she'd focus on swooping around Piccolo and picking off anything he didn't just vaporize.

[shutupnail]

Piccolo was indeed an odd sight out in the space battlefield. His form was tiny compared to all his opponents but his strength more than made up for his lack of spacecraft. The enemy fighters had a hard time locking onto him either because of his smaller form compared to a craft or because his speed and agility made him hard to follow. Either way, he was flying circles around the enemy fighters.

His wingman didn't go unnoticed. He was very careful not to let loose a barrage while allied ships flew past in their own engagements and moved in close range whenever things got hectic. A swift punch sent a ship careening off course.

Easy pickings for Ple Two to blast with her fighter's weapons.

gyousou - ota

[eyeslikeblood]

Initial Guarding

Intending to guard, Gyousou instead spent the first day exploring. Either alone or with others, depending on their availability and his own interest; it was obvious that the layout - the materials, the logic behind it, the controls and mechanisms - were all entirely foreign, and he wanted to be familiar enough to not be a hindrance in an emergency.

And if he spent more than an hour total stuck behind doors or lost in the storage warrens, well. At least he wasn't alone.

Sabotage

He had started to learn the controls of the ships, but once the attacks grew more frequent and the paranoia of the increasing sabotage began, leaving the station even briefly became too much of a risk. Instead, he took to standing guard between the medbay and the closest they were permitted to the command area, depending on who was where at the time. He had even taken a blaster, though his accuracy with it was middling at best - he could at least bludgeon someone with the butt of it.

His sword he left in the medical area, not wanting to cause bloodshed elsewhere.

Sabotage

[anewhero]

The half terminator had taken to the plasma blaster really quickly. He muttered under his breath "Just like home."

"Need help with that blaster? Reminds me of the reprogrammed plasma rifles back home we used to use."

[longforgottenpromise]

Taiki is feeling very useless. There's nothing he can really do to help. He has no place in a war and he knows it. But he doesn't want to leave Lord Gyousou alone. He doesn't want anyone to be here. He doesn't understand why they had to fight.

No. He does. He doesn't want anyone to die but that includes the Empire soldiers, they shouldn't die either. War is so very terrible.

Any openness that had began to show once again since their arrival had disappeared, he kept his eyes down and stayed close, as if afraid Gyousou would die if he stepped out of Taiki's shadow.

[les_magique]

-1: Initial Guarding-

Samata wasn't one for patrolling. She had more important things to do. A single red flight suit in a crowd of blue could be found in the mess hall, where she had set up a book, a cup of tea (or the local equiavlent), and a round sheet of metal about the size of a dinner plate and covered in complicated designs etched into the surface.

It wasn't clear what she was doing, but every few minutes, the plate would glow red, orange, purple, or (rarely) blue, and Samata would suddenly stand up and look around as if she was somewhere else entirely, having conversations with people no one else could see. When she finished this, she would make a note in her notebook and pass on to everyone else in the area what people on the other teams were up to. She was her own command center, passing intelligence between teams.

-2: Sabotage-

After the first round of infiltrators made their mood, Samata took precautions. She hunted down potentially dangerous places for people to get (with the help of the locals, as she sure wasn't sure what was important in a place like this), and spent a few minutes etching MORE runes onto the floor, or walls. They were fairly discreet, but anyone who got too close to them because they were snooping around somewhere they shouldn't have been would activate the teleport trap and find themselves suddenly standing elsewhere.

Specifically, in the brig, where a matching rune had been applied. Only a fool attacks a wizard who has had time to prepare for them.

Sabotage-

[callmegladio]

Gladio was getting frustrated. There was an itchy, crawling feeling between his shoulder blades and it was pissing him off. Something was wrong. Something more than the obvious.

There had been several waves of attackers so far, they'd managed to keep them at bay, but for how long?

That wasn't the worst of it though. Something was going on that Gladio couldn't put his finger on but he was on edge. He'd started patrolling the corridors, not sure what he intended to find, but when he found Samata doing something to one of the hulls he had to force down the initial suspicion in favour of calling out to the woman.

"What've you found?" He asked as he hefted up his great sword onto his shoulder and walked toward the woman. Gladio had been in the thick of it so far and now sported a few bandages on his left arm and his flight suit had seen better days. But he was still smiling as he approached, even if that smile was a tad confused.

Sabotage

[anewhero]

Marcus watches for anyone who even remotely looked out of place, reminds him back home when he had to watch for terminators in human skin that was fake.

The terminator made sure he watched certain areas.

Prompto! | OTA

[bethereprompto]

Attack

When the alarms sound, he is quickly up and running toward Hitrinto to find out what was going on. Whether he heard it from the liaison or others, he ran for one of the ships but hesitated when he was faced with the option to go alone or take someone else. He hopped in with the first person he saw and took the guns.

The second time this happened, he still came running, but this time he was faced with a tougher choice. That initial time had taught him all he needed to know about flying the ship so he could go solo, but there were also kids and others who might need assistance. He checked this the third time too.

Sabotage

Something didn't feel right. He had gone on the first few fights on a ship to meet enemy ships, but then he couldn't ignore the gut feeling he was having. It was the second day of this routine and he stayed behind. He hid as the others ran for the ships and started stalking slowly around the ship for anyone who might be causing these problems.

He wasn't sure if it was a good thing or bad, but he found exactly what he was looking for. With more focus than anyone who had met him on the train would've given him credit for. The joking, bubbly personality of his was quiet to let the Crownsguard on a hunt take control.

Other

They couldn't be fighting and sneaking all the time. Fortunately for those on the station didn't have to. There was a mess hall, after all, and though they didn't have a lot of time for it, Prompto was enjoying one of his breaks by chowing down on some kind of space noodle. It was what he found that looked the most normal. If it wasn't, he really hoped he never found out.

Other

[callmegladio]

"What the hell are you eating?" Gladio had taken a break himself, mainly to grab a drink before he went out and took up his station once again. On entering the mess hall, however, he'd spotted a familiar blonde and had to go over to see what he was doing. And why he was eating something that looked like coloured string. "That looks disgusting."

Attack

[faithfulsupport]

Seeing Prompto running towards danger, Ignis grabbed him. He was remaining behind on the station with Madoka to keep her safe. And if everyone on the blue team abandoned the space station no one would be here to protect it with the guards. The advisor was sure the shield was around here somewhere and he was looking forward to fighting alongside him. That went for Prompto too and Ignis of course wanted to keep everyone safe.

"We're not going out there right now." the advisor said with a small glint of glee behind his spectacles. "We've something more important to do here.."

For Madoka~ Uncle to the Rescue! Mission Edition

[bethereprompto]

He didn't know which one of them decided this was a good idea, but he found himself walking the halls of the station with Madoka searching for spies. They'd first gone to the mess hall where Prompto had attempted to find something that looked edible, but he wound up just eating more rations Iggy had packed for him and sharing with the girl. Some guy had explained to him the noodles he'd been eating the night before were plant based, which made Prompto feel a little better, but he was still wary of the unfamiliar food.

Currently they were going up the stairs to the next mostly abandoned level. So far, Prompto had told Madoka no less than three funny stories about their antics back home that would've had Iggy facepalming if he'd overheard them. They weren't bad but mostly one of the four doing something stupid- usually Noct or himself. This was number four.

"Noct and I were talking on the way back and we realized that Iggy's grocery list had said Caem Pinkshrimp and we'd gotten Cleigne Mollusk. I still don't know how we mixed those two up, but we'd already spent the gil we were told we could spend. So we got it in our head that we could earn a couple of gil and buy both. Noct wanted to fish for it, but you know, fishing takes a while! He's a great at fishing, don't get me wrong, but even the best fisherman needs time. Plus we'd left our poles in the Regalia. I decided maybe we could put on a show for people and earn a couple gil..." Madoka, stop him or he will talk your ear off.

Sabotage - for Romeo

[dredefulchilde]

Things seem to be going from bad to worse. Klaxons are blaring, warning lights keep flashing, and it’s giving Joscelin a terrible headache. He wishes he could be more actively in the fight, but he promised to keep Romeo safe. Now more than ever. He’s virtually indestructible; Romeo isn’t.

He isn’t certain what time it is—everything seems to run together in space and his usually reliable internal clock seems off—but when things quiet for a moment and he and Romeo are sat in a corner for a few minutes’ rest, he notices something.

“Did you see that?”

[myblueskies]

Romeo is doing his best. As ever he is really really worried for Elfnein. He doesn't understand why they were on different teams but he also has to admit he doesn't know the first thing about how to fix a shield and Elfnein's really smart. So she will be alright.

He's glad Joss is with him though! He looks up and nods, whispering. "I did... It was fast though!"

Marcus Wright | OTA

[anewhero]

Initial Guarding

Marcus crossed his arms and stood back, watching the train take them into space of all things. Ok, so he was used to fighting terminators on Earth but invaders in space, this was all new."

Marcus had a blue flight suit but did some patrolling around the area. Different Commander, different rules.

He frowned, he'd use his own experience on the battlefield to help when it came down to it. But this was the back lines.

He'd seen Blair fly planes before but he'd never taken to flying himself, so he'd stay back and protect the other soldiers and the blue team.

-Attack-
Marcus watches as the ships begin to fill up and take their places outside in space as the alarms blared.

Sabotage
Infiltrators got into the station and that left Marcus to do what he did best, slam his fist in various intruders.

He just was careful to avoid friendly soldiers and the voidtreckkers on board.

He caught wind of someone being in somewhere they shouldn't of. If they didn't speak fast they'd be punched hard.

Initial Guarding

[orangewayfinder]

Terra was standing guard trying to figure out why everyone was leaving. He had no problem with hopping into a spaceship and flying off into who knew where, which he of course would do. But at the same time they had to guard the place and so that's what he was sticking with. He'd helped the other guards and his keyblade had gone swinging. But now the station seemed almost empty and that bothered him so he stepped back a bit.

His boots clanged on the floor which unnerved him until finally it seemed he hit something solid. Or somebody.

Naminé - Open

[really_sketchy]

i. Initial Guarding

She had decided to stay with the Blue Team after speaking with Terra and waved goodbye to the others as they went about their missions.

Naminé made sure to check in with the appropriate leaders and was then set to help in whatever way she could. She acted as a grunt for awhile, running from place to place and assisting in the med-bay. She didn't have a weapon but she's been training, so after she gets a partner to go with her, she goes on patrols as well.

She is wearing her usual white dress but also her orange hoodie that made her easy to spot as she moved from place to place.

ii. Attack!

Naminé was a trainee but she found herself locked in the fray of battle more than once over the next few days.

She didn't want to get in the way and attempted to keep her interactions limited or useful to those stationed for the attacks. She was a little worried when using her powers but she might be able to reach the enemies in the ship and distract them.... only that was a cruel fate for anyone.

So she tried to stay out of the way, hesitating whenever ships appeared for an attack. "I don't know what to do."

iii. Sabotage

This was what Naminé could help with. She had the ability to alter and change memories but that also meant that she had the ability to sense them. It didn't give her a pin point of where anyone was but she could be found sitting near one of the stations with her sketchpad in front of her.

She reached out like she had in the tower and without opening her eyes, she sketched the creature they were looking for and bits and pieces of what was around them. It was difficult and if they were moving the sketches weren't able to do to much but when she was done she'd pass it to someone standing nearby and give them her best estimation of where they were in the station.

The station was very big and to Naminé, a lot of looked the same.

Attack!

[callmegladio]

"Stick with me, kiddo." Gladio had stepped up to Naminé and grinned down at her. In his right hand was a hell of a big sword, bigger than Naminé was tall. On his left was a shield that looked like it weighed three times as much as the girl. And Gladio wielded both effortlessly.

He'd been keeping an eye on her during the attacks, he'd been doing that with all those fighting, he didn't really want any of his team to get hurt. But Naminé seemed to be unsure of herself. So he had stepped up to her to offer some added protection while she worked it out. "You don't have to sit around here. Iggy could use some help." His smile widened and he winked. "But if you wanna stay, just do your thing, I'll keep you safe."

Initial guarding

[faithfulsupport]

Ignis was always delighted to have Namine come to his team, and he would never turn her away. Originally he tried to make sure she stayed with the others in the medical area near Madoka and the supplies but she felt like she wanted to do more and so long as Ignis was with her, he was okay with that.

As they patrolled, he kept her right next to his side because she didn't have a weapon. But as they strolled along he was wondering if there wasn't some sort of weapon to get her trained for in the downtime. The strategist thought it best if Namine was showing wanting to help more than just staying quiet then she should be given the opportunity.

She was a delight and they spoke at times as if nothing was going to attack them. Obviously both knew better and he was going to keep her safe at his side. But it was nice to be able to amble along. Green eyes kept a constant watch for trouble.

"So tell me, what kind of weapon would you wield if you could?"

Sabotage

[orangewayfinder]

Terra had decided to go with Namine and guard her as he seemed to do on missions now. His Earthshaker keyblade was at the ready and when she would start sketching, he stood protectively near her.

She had sketched a particularly nasty looking guard and it was a rough drawing, but enough for him to gauge where this enemy was. And while they weren't taken by surprise, he stood protectively in front of her when his keyblade clashed with the sword coming down. The serious young man wasn't afraid, since he'd had plenty of time to practice and he'd had a lot of lessons learned in the Coliseum in Olympus at the Games.

Things were fine and Terra could handle what they had but if they got into trouble, he was going to pick her up and move to a safer place so he could handle the enemies.

[radishlobbyist]

Attack & Sabotage

Wen Qing had been trying her hardest not to look exactly as useless and lost as she felt in this futuristic place, surrounded by aliens. She was used to gritting her teeth and keeping going, for sure, but this place was different. Everything was too foreign for her to feel truly useful, even after having been instructed in the use of the medical equipment it still went way over her head. The frustration could be clearly read in her face during these instructions.

It was hard to accept how little good you could do when at home, your medical skill was only surpassed by an actual centuries-old living legend. She had always defined her worth so very much by the good she could do for others, too.

Wen Qing spent her time trying to doggedly keep going, learning about the species she would be treating and the medbay she would be working in, and most of all keeping an eye on Taiki as she had promised Gyousou she would.

With it all being too much, she liked to spend her time between caring for others in an abandoned corridor near med bay. There she could be found just sitting on the floor with a small notebook she would scribble in, or staring blankly at the wall and trying not to let herself be overwhelmed by her frustrations.

With the alarm sounding, informing them of another wave of attack, she would be driven back to the med bay, already braced for the wounded that will soon be incoming. Between the waves of attacks and all these mysterious accidents happening on the station, the beds were quickly filling up and even her skill was needed.

[sensitiveapple]

Things were quiet for a moment. She let the hand go of her latest patient, and just... walks out of the medical bay. She needs a minute away from all the swirling emotions around the bay and finds herself being drawn to a quiet frustration that she knows she's felt before.

Silently, she walks over and sits next to the woman that she knew was part of the Train and leans her head against her shoulder. "Does it get easier?" She asks in a small voice. She's only thirteen and she's losing patients and she doesn't like it.