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#Post#: 1853--------------------------------------------------
New type of War
By: Half-Blood Date: April 10, 2013, 1:00 am
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In the year 4806 the Colony xy11956 also known as Morrigan had
taken control of most of the Earth with their unmanned weapons,
AIs that could make choices and react faster than any human all
they needed was a human to activate them which could be done
remotely.
Many of the other Colonies disapproved of what Morrigan was
doing but did not have the weapons to fight Morrigan, so instead
they sent materials to Earth to the countries that were still
resisting, but slowly one by one all the countries fell.
However there was still a base in Antarctica, it was to cold for
Morrigan's flying units so Morrigan had to approach my land
which would also take time, or wait for the weather to be right,
the Generals in Morrigan decided that waiting was the best
option as they had no idea what was awaiting them in the base.
Base "Snowdrift" in Antarctica was experimenting with a system
that linked the pilots mind straight into a Mech, thus
eliminating reaction time.
But in order to keep up with the AI weapons theMech would have
to move at amazing speeds so the pilot would be exposed to
extreme G-Force, more than the human body could handle.
Eventually they found a solution, the cockpit was redesigned and
made air tight, the pilot would wear an air tight helmet and
everything electrical was completely insulated.
The Helmet was attached to wires, on the inside the wires
attached to sensors that attached to the pilots scalp, The pilot
had his/her head shaved to ensure connection then it attached
tightly around the neck and the cockpit was filled with water
eliminating the extreme G-Force.
Unfortunately the system was so powerful it was causing sever
brain damage in most of it's pilots, the lucky one's escaped
with almost crippling levels of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
and that was just in the simulations.
That is when it was decided that the person that would be able
to pilot this Mech would have to be very physically fit, drug
free and intelligent with great reasoning skills. Finally a
pilot was found John Bolkow Born in America to a Canadian mother
and an English father, Bolkow was a Marine, a perfect all
rounder with good discipline and a number of martial arts under
his belt.
His training began in Virtual Reality simulators, then moved on
to a system like the Mech's, Bolkow aced both in record time,
then he was put in a bath tun and told to do the simulators
again, the cold water had no effect on him, in fact it actually
made him focus harder on the mission.
The scientists wanted to try him on the system but on the day
the test was scheduled the weather was 'right' and Morrigan
attacked, the force was not huge because it was just a base and
not a country, Bolkow was shaken awake in his bunk by the
explosions.
The base was in utter confusion as the units on base were
deployed to try and buy some time for people to get out, John
hated the thought of running, especially since the best weapon
they had was sitting in the hanger "fuck it why not, rather die
warm than freeze to death in this wasteland" John said as he ran
for the hanger.
John got the hanger door and placed his hand on the scanner, the
door hissed open and John ran up the steps and saw the Mech's
cockpit still open, John ran as fast as he could, jumped and
turned in mid air so he went in backwards.
Landing hard in the chair, John pressed the button and air tight
door closed, he reached up and grabbed the helmet and put it on,
it locked around his neck and the pipes that were connected to
the cockpit quickly filled it up with water, once full the the
holes were closes and the pipes disconnected John then passed
out
John heard a noise as several hundred rockets hit the hanger, as
the smoke rose 2 red lights could be seen as well as very heavy
and loud footsteps. From out of the smoke came the massive Mech
standing 50 feet tall and shining in the poor Antarctic sun.
It stood there for what seemed like forever holding a long pole
then and explosion happened behind it, then with the help of the
thrusters on the back the huge machine rushed forwards at mach 2
the pole end lit up and became what looked like a double headed
battle axe, the distance between the Mech the few Morrigan
forces was closed in less than 3 seconds
With a low horizontal sweep it sliced 3 AI MLRS (Multiple Launch
Rocket System) in half a quick turn to the right and it swung
down vertically slicing a tank in half the reaction time was
amazing, 4 attack Helicopters flew over, the Mech let go of the
axe with it's left hand and raised it's left hand showing it had
a weapon attached with 4 barrels. It instantly opened fire on
the attack Helicopters, 3 were hit but 1 avoided it.
The final attack chopper fired a Hellfire missile and hit the
Mech in the left arm but the missile had no effect, the Mech
again raised it's left arm and opened fire this time the
Helicopter was not so lucky.
The Mech looked around but saw no other attackers, the Mech
knelled down and the holes opened and all the water poured out,
John took the helmet off, the door opened and John fell out semi
conscious and quickly fell unconscious muttering the words
"Mission Accomplished" just before the world went black.
Everyone ran over and carried him to the hospital wing which by
some miracle had not been hit, fearing the worst the doctors
checked him over and with a great deal of surprise reported that
he was in perfect health and it was just sever exhaustion.
The Scientists breathed a sigh of relief, Morrigan had been
beaten back this time but everyone knew next time Morrigan would
not take them so lightly..
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Re: New type of War
By: Half-Blood Date: April 10, 2013, 1:43 am
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Days passed and John finally woke up, he had never felt so
exhausted "that system really takes it's toll on you" he said to
himself as he struggled to get out of bed he felt like he had
not eaten for months, he stood leaning against the wall trying
to gain strength that just was not there.
Suddenly the door opened and a man dressed in casual clothes
walked in with coffee "on you're awake.." the man said, John
looked at the man then looked at the cup of coffee in his hand
"oh of course have a mouthful, you must be thirsty" the man said
extending his hand, John took the cup and began to drink in huge
gulps, like he had just crossed the desert and this was the
first bit of water to touch his lips.
John handed the empty cup back "sorry" he said in a raspy voice
"not a problem" the man replied sounding less than sincere, John
looked at him again "can you help me get to Mess Hall? I seem to
have no strength" "sure" the man replied and took John's arm and
put it over his shoulders and round the back of his neck,
together they walked out out of the door and down the hall.
"I never caught your name" John said "I never gave it, but the
name's Phil, I was assigned to watch over you, considering that
systems past history I never expected you to wake up" John
chuckled "thanks for your vote of confidence". It took about 30
minutes but they finally made it to the Mess Hall, the head Chef
saw Phil and John enter and shouted over "thank you John, as
payment for saving the base this meal is on me" John looked over
and smiled.
The Chef came over with a menu and opened it for John, John
instantly noticed that all the prices has been scribbled out
"Could I start with Steak and fries please, with salad" John
asked still very weak "Sure thing, you need anything else just
let me know, you food today is on me" the Chef repeated.
Phil left with the Chef and 5 minutes later came back with a
coffee and a large bottle of water, he gave the water to John
and sat down with his coffee. John struggled with the top of the
bottle but finally managed to open it and began to drink , Phil
froze in mid sip as he watched John gulping down this water.
In a matter of seconds the bottle was empty, John placed it back
down on the table gasping for breath "Sweet Jesus man" Phil
exclaimed "What? I was thirsty" John replied, at that point the
Chef brought over John's steak and Fries with salad "thank you"
John said, picked up his knife and fork and started eating.
Phil once again was shocked "chew man chew" "Sorry I'm just so
hungry" John replied between mouthfuls "That system must have
really fucked you up" Phil said taking another sip of his
coffee, John looked at him "it was so strange, it was like
everything was running in slow motion, like the worlds most
powerful adrenaline rush" John said then snapped out his trance
and continued eating.
Soon his plate was almost licked clean "want some more?" the
Chef shouted over "yes please" John said feeling somewhat
stronger, 2 more plate fulls of Steak and Fries and 3 plates of
Sweet and Sour Pork later and John was finally full.
Phil looked at him in disbelief "mother of God" Phil said
shaking his head John got a bottle of water "thank you very
much" he said to the chef and walked out of the Mess Hall under
his own power but still a little shaky he thought about going
back to the bed in the hospital wing, but quickly decided
against it and went back to his own bunk in his quarters.
John was surprised to see how empty the base was compared to
before the attack, as he passed a window he looked out and saw
almost everyone working in the freezing temperatures to build a
new Hanger and it was almost built in just the time he'd been
passed out, "then again how long have I been passed out?" he
wondered to himself.
John stood thinking for a few minutes then yawned which snapped
him back to reality and continued down the corridor and walked
into his quarters, climbed into his bunk and was quickly asleep.
#Post#: 2526--------------------------------------------------
Re: New type of War
By: Half-Blood Date: April 27, 2013, 4:30 pm
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I focused more on the pilot's effects from the system this time.
Comments and constructive criticism welcome
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