RP: YSS Ryūjō YSS Ryūjō - Mission 1 - Fury

Aurigaesha I

Errowyn, so wanted to abandon post and leave Kakeru on station alone. But she knew it would be wrong as she fought the urge to head back to Ryujo to get her fighter. She stayed at his side keeping an eye out for anything threatening to the both of them, letting Kakeru find the ideal landing zone for the ground troops. She wished that the Ryujo would move closer in system.

She hoped that Doc and his wingman would be the ones to escort the troop shuttle in their kawarimes so that would allow Kakeru and her to return to the Ryujo to transfer to a real fighter craft.

YSS Ryūjō,: Quarters

Nenna just stayed in her tiny room. She hadn’t been called to participate in the coming actions so she stared at the screen in front of her. She was reading about the latest in demolition. It seemed that there were some new studies on the application of T31PE against some of the newer alternatives. It seemed that it would still hold its dominance when it came to the military which was good. Th stuff was useful being able to be molded into nearly any sort of container or crevice the places you could use it were only limited by your imagination.

After finishing that bit of lite reading she decided to check her message queue for anything of interest only to find nothing new. If they weren’t engaging in operations she would normally go to the gym but that seemed a poor choice in case she was needed. Nenna instead plopped down on her bed and looked up at the ceiling. It was going to be a long day at this rate, she hated waiting for the chance of duty. Though she supposed it was better than not being on duty. She yawned as she decided to find a book to read .

Finally deciding on a book about a young hero fated to be pivotal in coming events and save their companions. It was generic sure but it would keep her mind off of other things. The great thing about books were they occupied you mind when you couldn’t do anything else. She made sure to listen for any sort of status change or request for her presence. After all she wanted to make sure she made a good impression.

Medical Bay

Sebastian had gotten her orders to team up with the others, yet sadly she was unable to do so right away. Her mechanical arm was giving her issues and she had to go to the medical team first, just to make sure nothing was wrong with the connections from her to the arm.

After multiple tests, it was determined that the biomedical part of the arm was not at issue. Maybe it was just a mechanical one. So she was stuck there as they worked on the biomechanics of the arm and finally got it to not be so slow. Also, they were able to alter it so that it was more the size of her other arm and could fit in her uniform a lot better.

This, of course, took a lot of time and, now that she was all fixed up, she headed to the armory anyway to see what she could do, if anything.

Armory

Sebastian walked in and picked up her data jockey that allowed her to see what her tasks were until she was called for another team, knowing she'd have to be ready to respond should that be the case.

Bridge

Takeyu thought for a few moments, sitting in his chair with his hand rubbing his chin. "Do prepare the fighters please, but since the shuttle will most likely be going in stealth; it'll defeat the purpose of having fighters escort it in. Instead, keep the fighters patrolling around the fleet - once the away team sends out a message alerting us to trouble then you and the others can jump there right away without having to launch first from the ship." The captain leaned forward. "We still don't know if there is anything out there that can harm the ship, so I'll leave it up to you to decide on weapon loadouts."

"Once we know for certain that the space is clear and that there isn't anything that can harm the ship, then we'll bring the ship and find a suitable landing location; preferably one that is defensible," the captain glanced briefly off to one side for a moment as one of the bridge bunnies made a comment about something not related to the mission, the captain only nodded.

Recon Flight

Scanners would show a location ten kilometers south of the city, behind the mountain range that Errowyn had flown over to get 'to' the city, the mountains were high enough that anyone in the city wouldn't see anything coming in from the south.

High orbit: Aurigaesha I

"Hellcat, Dragon 2. Other than a clearing behind the mountains you flew over, I don't really see a good LZ for the ground troops." Kakeru reported. "Should we use that? You flew in from that direction, so they might be watching. Or should we probe the north side as a distraction?"

Idly, Kakaru thought that it would be really funny if after all this trouble, all they found was a grey market salvage operation. NMX forces are easy to handle. You shoot them. On the other hand, how do you handle a horde of salemen going "Nice PA! I'll give you 3 million for it."? Star Army regulations require the recovery of all usable equipment to prevent samples from falling into enemy hands, but he doubted the Ryujo's budget would cover what salvagers would ask for the remains of the 2 ships they saw in the city and trying to confiscate them has the potential to turn the situation bad very, very fast.

High orbit: Aurigaesha I

"Dragon2, Hellcat. Use that if they come in stealthy. We wont need to provide distraction if they keep the mountains between them and the city." Errowyn looked at what she had for offensive munition. She might as well be flying a shuttle if the troops got in trouble. But from what she had observed during the initial meeting, the troops looked seasoned with a few rookies mixed in. "Inform the Ryujo of the LZ."

Kumiko waved everyone onboard, getting everyone mounted up in the first 8 seats of the shuttle except for Ume, who obviously would be going to the cockpit, but held back herself to talk to Megami. "Matonaka-Shoi, I know you're not used to being in the field like this. Since we don't know what's down there, though, I wanted you with us in person, so you can give a good report to Nayacesen-Chusa. I don't want to bring more than our small group down until we know what's down there, so I'm leaving it up to you to call for support based on what we find. You can leave your team to Ingrid if you're not comfortable managing them in the field yourself." Kumiko gestured to the shuttle. "Unless you have questions for me, we need to get going."

High orbit: Aurigaesha I

"Roger that Hellcat. Ryujo Actual, Ryujo Actual, Dragon 2. Location Rep 01 and Objective Rep 01, report and orbital photos as follows." Packaging both the report of the LZ and the city with the high orbit scans of both locations, Kakeru sent the whole package back to the Ryujo on FTL wings. There, the analysts and their computers will use the photos to generate graphical maps with pretty squares and lines that were more friendly to the eye than the urban mess that was reality and distribute it to the away team so that they knew where to go in the rat warren of the city, or at least where the major roadways that can be seen from above are.

Nobuharu responded to Kumiko's gestures to board the shuttle. He did so in a steady gait, minding those around him. He took care to ensure that he didn't scratch the paint or bump into anyone. His calm only slightly giving way to the excitement of the upcoming offensive. He sat in the shuttle being sure to take up as little space as possible and looked forward to meeting those who sat next to him. He had only met personally the current pilot of the shuttle, Ume. To which he turned to his comms, "Ume, it's Nobuharu. A pleasure to be working with you today. I look forward to time spent at your side. How have you been since last we spoke?"

YSS Ryūjō, Power Armor Bay

Noticing Kuniko's hand gestures towards the conveniently docked Raccoon, Masato paused the background music he'd been listening to. Nice parking job. Well, here goes.... Boarding the T7, he made his way towards the shuttle's bow - passing another (identified by his AIES as one Ayabito Nobuharu) - as he settled down in the seat marked B1. Once he'd secured himself, the technician began coding a couple of minor improvements he'd thought of for 'Attack Pattern Delta,' as he wondered what exactly was awaiting him and his new crewmates on the planet below.

T7-1C Shuttle

Ume smiled as Nobuharu spoke up, still rather bubbly even though they were about to go into combat. "It's good to see you, and I've been doing alright, I got everything in order in my room too." She would have spoke more but she received an update to the coordinates and by the questioning grunt she made after looking at it it was obvious she did not like it.

With a glance back she looked towards Kumiko. "Endo-Shoi, we have received and updated LZ, 10 kilo away from the city, topographic data shows there's a mountain that'll be between us and the city as well."

Power Armor Bay

"Hai, Endo-shoi. Proceeding to the shuttle now," replied Noa to the team leader, as she gave a few final tests of the attached wing module and its four drones which to anyone observing was looking like the Sylph mecha was doing a brief hop and skip thruster dance off to the shuttle loading ramp proper. She didn't have to waste any more time fiddling with the loadout like the others in Mindys, as the mini-Neko had all the flashy weaponry she needed onboard as standard equipment. Her moment of shameless fun passed, she came back into rank-and-file mode and found a seat with the rest of her squad near the back by Kumiko as requested.

Shuttle

As Nobuharu opened the comms to Ume, his AIES was making him aware that fellow squadmate Amatsukaze-hei was now in close proximity in the seat right across from him. He even might have been fast enough to catch her with a little wave, before the image of the Sylph began to fade out in a wobbling of air and soon it appeared that there was now no one sitting there at all, as volumetric projectors in the mecha's outer layer generated the appearance of faux invisibility before Ayabito-hei. While this was obviously a systems test before going out into a dangerous place, Noa still couldn't resist the chance to mess with him before the mission a wee bit...

Power Armor Bay

Megami nodded towards Kumiko as she explained why she was chosen, and what options she had if she felt uncomfortable. "Hai, I'll do my best, but if things get to much I'll place my faith in Ingrid." She said with a smile. "I don't have any questions so lets get on with this mission." She gave Kumiko one last nod, and headed inside of the shuttle and took a seat next to her squad with a deep breath preparing herself with a slight smile. She leans back and looks over her squad one more time while the group prepares to launch.

Shuttle

Nobuharu does indeed give a small nod and a touch of a wave to Noa as she sat across from him.

As the Sylph disappeared from sight Nobuharu cocked his head quizzically. He was questioning what triggered the mini Neko to activate her camouflage technology. The calm Yamatain smiled slightly at the playfulness of his squadmate. It was refreshing to see that there was still hope and endearment within the Star Army.

"Amatsukaze-hei, I hope your systems are working adequately. In training, a mini Neko classmate actually got her Sylph stuck in that mode. I hear it is a frequent glitch. I wish you luck," Nobuharu said smirking beneath his helmet.

Bridge

Yaeko nodded before snapping to attention, bowing, and dismissing herself from the bridge. Once the doors had closed behind her she hopped into the air and floated her way along the corridors on her way to prep the shuttles.

Launch Bays

Yaeko's first task was to prep Errowyn's fighter. Locating the bay with it inside she set the mechanical devices around the room to begin loading out the fighter with a standard loadout of the aether cannons, an attachment of aether missiles, and a countermeasure pod to the fighter. As the room set to life putting the necessary attachments on the shuttle she turned away from the computer she had used to input the commands and surveyed the craft.

"Oh my word, Hellcat. What have you done to this poor thing?" She glided up to it and surveyed the heavy damage to the craft, starting to seriously worry about its condition. Gliding into the cockpit she started the engines are started doing a pre-flight check. "Well, I guess the systems are reporting full function..." She trailed off as she spoke to herself, shaking her head with a sigh. "And who am I to part someone from their wings." Powering down the craft she exited the cockpit, closing the canopy behind her, and set to work prepping any of the other crafts on the ship.

High orbit: Aurigaesha I

Errowyn perked up as something tickled her. Something familiar. "Sisters! Five!" Eyes widen briefly as she felt one of the 'Ghost' fade away. Then the link was lost.

YSS Ryujo

During the power up and systems checks, Five's systems were all in the green and in optimal operational peek. A slight spike in the system as 'Ghost' invaded fives electronic nervous system. Awaiting orders. Systems went dormant when Hunter shut the systems down on 'Five'.

"Five" sat dormant awaiting it's payload of munition. Feeling the connections of each pod, missiles and countermeasure. It sank a little under the weight of munitions, ready and awaiting its mistress.

High orbit: Aurigaesha I

Errowyn smiled as she settled back in her seat, awaiting for what ever to happen next.

Kumiko nodded in response to Megami, and followed her up into the shuttle, closing the shuttle doors as she entered, and walking past everyone to stand in the entrance to the cockpit, looking out of the cockpit from just behind Ume's seat. "We go as soon as we get clearance to launch, Hatoyama-Hei, hai?"

Not even waiting for Ume to respond to her, Kumiko proceeded straight into her request for clearance. "Bridge, Endoh-Shoi requesting clearance to launch. One squad heading out now, we might need a second launch depending on what we find."

Bridge

Takeyu's ears flicked when he heard Endoh's voice speak over the innercom. As he was about to speak, an officer taking over for Yaeko spoke up and reported to him about the transmission from their recon flight, the captain peered at the information including photo's and other items. "Send that information to Endoh-Shoi please," he said and the other officer nodded.

The captain waited a good few seconds, before clearing his throat. "Endoh-Shoi, your shuttle is cleared to launch. We'll have a secondary squad on backup just in case. Be safe out there."

T7-1C Shuttle

When Ume heard the clearance she eased the shuttle out after making sure all seals were working. "Activating Xiulurium coating." She spoke as the flipped a few switched on the console, which was proceeded by a soft humming sound, speaking up once more after a few seconds had passed. "Xiulurium Stealth coating activated. We will now proceed on entry trajectory." She eased the throttle forward and the shuttle slowly picked up speed. "Endoh-Shoi, I will feed the topographic map data to everyone's suits so that they can have an idea of where we'll be before we land, if you wish to make any landing adjustments mark the coordinates on the map and I will adjust."

After the push of a button everyone received a topographic map on their HUD that they could move aside if wanted, it displayed the mountains and the city as well as their estimated landing zone. It was rare to see Ume so focused and professional, but flying was something that did not come natural to her so she had to stay serious.

Holliday had been sitting with his back against the wall next to the entrance, in his flight-suit and a large antiquated coin flipping from finger to finger in his hands, a blank expression on his face. He had been there when the Ryūjō had reached the last leg of its journey, sliding into a flight-suit and standing by in the event of an emergency sortie. "As much as I enjoy risks, there are some you simply don't take." Henry's eyes narrowed when he noted the call to arms by one of the bridge crew. "Very well then..." He muttered to no one in particular. He pushed himself off the wall and pocketed the antique, entering the hangar with his hands still in his pockets. He summarily inspected the hangar, combing through it from his position to locate his fighter, which was easy enough considering the place wasn't exactly a carrier. He jogged over to his craft and rushed into the cock-pit. "ATC, be advised... Uh, Asset one-two, going through pre-flight checks." "Smooth." As the avid gambler went through his instruments, he glanced up to note the infantry boarding their shuttle. Doc frowned, evidently not satisfied with his own timing. To his credit, his checks were finished. "ATC, Asset one-two taking number two on launch order."

Holliday leaned into his seat, the Spine interface connecting with his back. His face remained blank as he scanned the software in the fighter, informing him of its status. "Hull integrity... Missile count... Lock... Chaff storage... Hull integrity... Looks good to me." The dentist's grip tightened on the controls. "ATC, be advised, Asset one-two launching now." The side of Henry's mouth stiffened as his vehicle lurched up and at 'em. Once putting a good few hundred meters between his own craft and the Ryūjō, he maneuvered the fighter to orbit around the ship, tilted slightly to the right. "Ryūjō, Asset one-two is orbiting now. Want me anywhere specific?"