Meanwhile....
♫ The Prodigal Returns
YSS Orochi, Science Lab/Medical Bay
Pavel's mighty Kodian strength was on full display, as the swarm of Parasites that shot forward like living bullets were summarily impaled stabbing mouthparts first into the desk that was hurtled at them, then the whole thing crashing into the writhing mass of miniature Mishhu that desperately tried to route around it, those unlucky ones now splatters of hemosyntetic fluid that spoiled the once pristine, sanitary conditions of the flagship's lab. The lumbering medic's recklessness did however get the job done, as he crashed through the doorway into the hallway and rolled to the floor in a heap.
Nurse Shigeho-hei's torn up peach skin from her brush with the Parasite now rested on the living white bear rug that was oddly comforting to the Neko after her harrowing experience, as the upside down view was of a pair of yellow-panel caretakers running towards him brandishing
Nekovalkyrja Submachine Guns a little shakily, considering they didn't expect the enormous scientist to pull something like that off. "Hold on Lazarev-hei, we got you!" yelled one of them with green hair in a ponytail, as she stepped into the breech first along with her fellow Neko that had brown hair up in a cute beret, who seemed all to eager to pull the trigger. "Die, you disgusting wormy things!"
Braced by the pair, the old fashioned yet extremely effective firearms made short work of the parasites infesting the room with a hail of fully automatic pulses that were impossible to hide from.
Rat-atat-tat-tat-ta. The inexperience of the girls showed, however, as a lot of the "spray and pray" they employed also caused lots of scientific equipment to also be turned into swiss cheese, much to Pavel's probable lament. Along with the giant torpedo still sticking into the wall, the whole place was a lost cause... but at least everyone was okay, and there was no immediate loss of pressure or more NMX showing up. The trigger happy brunette laughed nervously with a "Gomen... I guess I got carried away," as her green haired fellow soldier struggled to get the Kodian to his feet and check on Shigeho-hei...
YSS Orochi, Bridge
"I do believe that is the last of our foes." The Ketsurui Samurai Yuuki's blade work was both beautiful and deadly, as in the space of a minute dozens of unfortunate NMX Parasite-types now lay on the upper deck of the command bridge in what almost seemed to be a pattern in the shape of a plum flower blossom.
This Zen arrangement was haphazardly scattered with the several corpses from Hachimitsu-taisa's NSP shots among others, as she kicked one of the beasts off her chair with a satisfied nod, and holstered her pistol, looking to her crew for an update after this rude interruption. "Status report!"
The fiery haired Miyoga chimed in, as her NSP was still smoking on the console next to her. "Parasites have been repelled successfully. We've sustained minimal damages structurally, science lab is out of commission along with most of our sensors. Casualty reports coming in... we've got one in science, and two in engineering..."
Meanwhile, Fuji-shoi had managed to wipe off the ichor from her station at sensors barely trying to contain her disgust. "Most ships are still reporting battle-ready status, although the
Ogi and
Tsukushi are still dealing with infestations on their command bridges..." Then the warning lights that had been covered up grabbed the curly-haired sprite's attention. "Eh? Ambient energy levels coming from the Tivurthinth patrol craft increasing at an alarming rate..."
The weapons station Shoi finished the sentence. "Taisa... this is consistent with the activation of an EMP weapon! At that close range the infantry and fighters that are still outside the Pillagers will all be rendered sitting ducks..."
Hashimoto-juni wiped her blades clean with a small towel and sheathed them carefully in their scabbards, before glancing at the commander. "Perhaps this was part of their plan all along."
"Those NMX bakyarou... obviously an elaborate trap to ensure their escape!" grimaced Mikoto, as she snapped her Zesuaium tessen closed harshly and broadcasted on all channels. "This is Hachimitsu-Taisa to all fleet mission operations: All fighter squadrons are to retreat immediately, and infantry to get their backsides into those hulls at once!" The silver-haired commander then looked to her weapons officer. "Prepare the anti-armor missile launchers to cover our units escape from the remaining battlepods... and get me some Positron Accelerator Cannons on that patrol vessel!"
Space, Near XSS Krampus
The commands came over the comms to the remnants of Oscar Squadron under the command of Raku Kishi Heisho suddenly calling for the retreat, even as they were making good progress taking out the remaining guns on the Pillager assigned to them. Oscar 10 was perhaps momentarily confused by the conflicting directives and hesitated long enough to get caught in crossfire with a Battlepod, sending his Hyabusa hurtling right into the Krampus's hull with an explosion that tore through the NMX ship's armor near the wing section and also killed a Mindy trying to breach as well. The rest of them started to make movements to disengage, though awaited Kishi-heisho's confirmation before fully breaking off the assault...
Not far away the lone Tivurthinth overwatch that had been hounding the fighters with its screening fire until now began to erupt in a flash of whitish-blue, as a wave of scalar and electromagnetic energies rippled into being with the vessel at its epicenter. It would be seconds before they would wash over the other ships in the NMX fleet, and fry the electromagnetics of any smaller craft... or Nekovalkyrja for that matter...
