The Snow Arena

[thekid345]

The vampire kid lobs two snowballs at ninja_lord's and Slythers head. "Hey, knock it off".....

[ninja_lord666]

...and my only intent was to attack the armies you sent directly.

Attack is very different than kill in one post. It's an entire army of incredibly powerful creatures. That cannot be quelled in one post by one man.

[Malchik]

OOC> Guys, stop the squabbling. It is perfectly acceptable to say what you like in any post - and that includes annihilating everything in sight. Power posting is not banned in this part of the forum (as in the standard rp section). However it is not the best way forward as it tends to annoy other posters who wish to keep on with the arena. But anyone who gets annihilated can as easily change the rules themselves. For example - maybe the Shoggoth Army had an illusory clone army so the real army was not touched. Perhaps you have infiltrated Slyther's base and are passing on misinformation. Get creative. Of course he hasn't annihilated you. Work on the basis that each poster believes what they post when they post it but that doesn't mean it actually happened that way and there is no reason why there should ever be an end.

[Lord Slyther]

I was only intending this was the end of that story because I defeated the King of Twilight without any hesitation. The Blackdragon King DID kill the armies surrounding him, I didn't take time to read your last post. I didn't say it was the entire end of the arena. Why would I say that? I was trying to finish the fight as much as I can, and you can see clearly I defeated him, and destroyed his realm, but I DID say our adventures never end. Check at the last part of my post. You can see I wrote it there. So, I'm gonna forget and ignore the argument and move on.

 

Slyther throws a snow ball right back at vampire kid. :biggrin:

[Duskrider]

CHAPTER I: CASUALTIES TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

{CORE SYSTEMS FAILURE. LINK INOPERATIVE. BACKUP SYSTEMS ENGAGED.}

 

...

 

 

{SECONDARY NETWORK ARRAY INOPERATIVE. MANUAL OVERRIDES ENGAED. SWITCHING TO LOCAL CONTROL.}

 

 

...

 

IXI89: df7Dc8 ._--|| iyII?> ( FIRE.LEFT .75 DEGREE MAIN BRIDGE HEAT 85% FIRE. POINT DE**op]FENSE TRACK--.FIRE. SECURITY BREACH DET.FIRE. ...

 

{PRIMARY AI SYSTEMS DAMAGED. ABORTING LOCAL CONTROL. INITIATE RESTART FROM ARCHIVE COPY.}

 

{BACKUP COPY RETRIEVED. ARCHIVE DATE 2.1.2008 LOCAL STANDARD. SWITCHING TO LOCAL CONTROL.}

 

 

I have returned.

 

 

The single thought echoed through Retribution's battered AI core. Though her human crew was long dead, the ship's AI systems were far, far more stubbornly difficult to kill. And now, the burned-out hulk's random drift had taken it close enough to a star for the backup solar arrays to function. All along the warship's ruined corridors, lights began to blink on, and her long-dormant systems slowly returned to life.

 

{SECONDARY NETWORK ARRAY NOW IN LOCAL CONTROL. INITIATING LOCATOR BEACON SEARCH.}

 

...

 

{LOCATOR BEACON SEARCH FAILED.}

 

 

Damn. This changes everything...

 

 

Retrubition contemplated the failed search for a whole microsecond. Her link to Peregrine was gone... whether due to failed equipment or whether the Almighty Hellbird had turned to other business, she had no idea. But her last orders had been clear... purge the universe of all heretics and blasphemers, and her internal security systems still carried full records of the abomination that had taken over her physical form. This sacrilege would have to be punished, of course... even if the Word of her God had not commanded it, this one was personal.

 

For Retribution, a third-generation seige battleship, the loss of her human crew was an almost trivial concern. Her vast AI capabilities far exceeded any mortal brain, both in intelligence and raw processing power. Human crews were almost entirely redundant, included in her design only as a way to reward the Hellbird's most loyal followers with a firsthand position in His Almighty Vengeance. Retribution projected a less than .05% reduction in overall combat effectiveness in her mission of revenge. But now, she turned to her ruined physical body.

 

{MAIN SYSTEMS CHECK.

 

SPINAL RAILGUN BATTERY: OFFLINE

 

SECONDARY RAILGUN BATTERIES: 27% OPERATIONAL. ARC COVERAGE 85%.

 

POINT DEFENSE SYSTEMS: 55% OPERATIONAL. ARC COVERAGE 100%.

 

MAIN SENSOR ARRAYS: 40% EFFECTIVE. RANGE AND RESOLUTION HEAVILY DEGRADED.

 

FIRE CONTROL ARRAYS: 38% EFFECTIVE.

 

MAIN FUSION REACTORS: OFFLINE. ENTERING STARTUP SEQUENCE. INITIATE GRAVITY DISTORTION FIELDS. CAPACITOR BANKS CHARGING. FUEL DENSITY CRITICAL POINT REACHED. FIRING IGNITION LASERS IN 3.. 2.. 1...

 

MAIN FUSION REACTORS: ONLINE.

 

REALSPACE DRIVES: ONLINE AT 70% RATED POWER

 

HYPERSPACE DRIVES: OFFLINE. DRIVE CALIBRATION LOST. STELLAR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS LOST. REBUILDING NAVIGATION DATABASE. ETA 6 HOURS.

 

SHIELD SYSTEMS: 81% COVERAGE. STATUS: RECHARGING.

 

ARMOR PLATING: MULTIPLE HULL BREACHES. PORTSIDE DECKS 1-7 AFT OF SECTION 6. DECKS 3-15 AFT OF SECTION 13. DECKS 27-29 BETWEEN SEC.. REPORT TERMINATED.

 

LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS: OFFLINE. REPAIR PRIORITY: IGNORE.

 

HUMAN CREW: CASUALTIES TOTAL.

 

Damn.

 

Retribution cursed softly to herself as the damage reports scrolled through her mind. Her physical body barely counted as a warship anymore, by the standards of the Old Gods. Virtually all of her combat ability had been blown away by the endless attacks. Her main spinal-mount railguns, the world-shattering wrath of the Hellbird's Judgement, had been completely burned out by the abuse of her last fight. Over half of her secondary batteries were simply gone, and with her fire control sensors nearly blinded, the few that remained were barely worth counting. And her armor...

 

 

But there was no time for self-pity, or for mourning her dead crew. If there was any fairness in the world, they were embraced by the Hellbird's loving wings, and far happier than any mortal mind could comprehend. If not.... well, their memorial would be fire and blood, not tears. Pushing aside her anger for the moment, Retribution began to deploy her surviving repair drones. Their nano-scale factories could rebuild Retribution from her keel up if necessary, as long as her AI systems remained intact to guide them. And the planet below would provide plenty of raw materials for the repairs.

 

The developing civilization the strip-mining process would obliterate was an unfortunate, but necessary cost. Divine vengeance would be hers.

[freddycashmercury]

Unfortunately, due to lack of a commander, the Retribution was easily destroyed by a new force. This force was known as.... Ron Paul. Due to time constraints, Ron had to leave the Arena. His pupil, Captain Liberty, stayed behind, however. He awaited those who would dare to challenge the force that is... Libertarianism.

 

 

 

Too bad, so sad. No more Retribution.

[ninja_lord666]

Ron Paul, having very little power, was easily crushed by the other candidates, Clinton, McCain, and Obama. However, due to other circumstances, they were each killed: Hilary by her husband, McCain by a lobbyist, and Obama by a preacher. The Mantle of America lay empty, no one to claim it. No one cares, though, because this isn't the Political Arena!

 

*Ninja throws a snowball at Freddy.*

[freddycashmercury]

So sad, so sad.

 

*Freddy tosses a chunk of ice in Ninja's general direction.*

[ninja_lord666]

Ninja, using his Ninja Dodging, easily dodges the ice and, with his Ninja Reflexes, easily catches the ice, thereby defying the laws of physics by both dodging and catching the same piece of ice. Ninja then picks up the ice he just dodged and hurls it along with the same ice he just caught at Freddy.

[freddycashmercury]

Freddy is down! For a second, anyways. He yanks the ice out of his body (ouch!) and tosses it aside. Using his Musician's Fingers ability, he crafts a sword out of a large icicle, and rushes towards Ninja.