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“Demonic Glee”


Perched on the massive dreadnought of Redstar, the Phoenix Inferno watched. Both forces scurried for deployment, being watched intently by the inhuman entity. Peering over the the edge of it's spot, it planned inhumane things for itself to do.

The machine seemed to quiver with excitement, as it pondered the possibilities. With each cruel thought, the NC's frame jitters. As waves crashed on the beach, it's impatience grew ever greater. The tail began to unfurl and move as its own beast, zipping and whipping around. The NC found itself on all fours, as it continue to observe. The Phoenix Inferno's optics were moving rapidly, until they came to a sudden stop.

It removed itself from the edge and became bipedal. The NC placed it's hands in a triangle shape, as if in deep contemplation. The tail continued to move around and even seemed to harass the NC for a bit.

Soon, the NC placed its hands to its side and deployed its wings. The malicious aura filled the area, the entity has come to a conclusion.

The NC lifted I into the sky, and swiftly flew into the hanger. The arrival startled the staff and a few pilots, as the NC barged in. Through a distorted speaker, the entity announced “I'm taking a few things”. Not looking to contest a sentient NC, the staff cleared way. Soon, the Phoenix Inferno and a few crates lifted by a few package drones sat at the entrance of the hanger bay simply waiting for the fun to start.

((Collab Post between Letter Bee, FalloutJack, Neozeon, and Senhara.))



Waves crashed on the shore, as a storm stirred in the sky. Naval forces approached accompanied by Kuei-ren. The Phoenix Inferno deployed from the floating fortress with a few carrier drones following with a few crates. The unit glids through the air towards the beachhead. The entity continued to scan the field of battle at a dizzying speed. Looking for the first of it's play things.

So, they tell you that the first casualty in any mission is the plan you were thinking of using in said mission. Well, THAT turned out to be true. No sooner had the trio of NCs - Id, Grand Sword Star, and Sahaquiel reached the beach than Phoenix Inferno-with-tail made its debut onto the scene. Terra knew that this whole ordeal wasn't going to be easy, but it was just damn frustrating to find a heavy adversary right off the bat. There was no way to avoid this one. It seemed to have them in mind...

"Hisako, I don't suppose you happen to know who they would put into that mech, now that Alexander is in a cage, do you?"

"No idea, sorry. I wasn't even privy to the level of information you had while still in Red-Star."

They both had weapons hot and ready for combat, but the Tailed Inferno would be making a move before them. That doesn't necessarily guarantee the same from Kxeyun, though. After all, while Alex wasn't in there and he wasn't even really their enemy, she had some history with this machine.

Sahaquiel quite literally slides into position, arms raised. She looks down the machine, squinting gently. "The pilot moves different from Alexander... Very different... They seem skilled though, best we don't do anything stupid. Sahaquiel's legs shift into a more sturdy position, keeping track of where Phoenix Inferno goes. "Keep your eyes on it, if we loose track for even a second, one of us could go down."

No sign of any units yet to arivarat the screen, Phoenix Inferno arrived to the shore well above the field of battle. After it positioned two of the transport drones for travel across opposite ends of the beach, then tore open both of the drones boxes which seny objects pouring out onto the beach. The drones proceeded to fly over their section of the beach, and as they traveled the contents spilled.

The Phoenix Inferno's optics flashed with light, and on que the objects, with their black coat and round shape, lit up with red lights. The beach was bathed in red for moment before the lights out off.

The Phoenix Inferno's tail showed signs of less movement, almost as if disappointed by the lack of response. It then opened the last remaining drone's contents and retrieved a few bandoliers from it and strewed them around it's self. It continued to soar around, looking to bait out Haven forces.

Well, this was unexpected... It hadn't picked them up yet.

"It hasn't spotted us."

"Or he's faking it to lull us into a false sense of security. It doesn't help that we don't have the strongest of long-range weaponry."

"We'll probably be detected if we move, so we're gonna have to fight, in any case."

"Very likely. Alright, I'll draw him to action. If he comes to the ground, Kxeyun, you get him. If he stays aiirborne, Hisako, try and drop him. Whatever the case, let's try and do this quickly, if at all possible. Any questions?"

Hisako had none. Kxeyun?

Kxeyun had none to speak. Sahaquiel simply stands there, watching Phoenix Inferno. "Who is piloting that thing... I haven't seen someone do that since Vulpiz painted his NC pink in the War Games... Stupid move, trained warriors wouldn't do that... No, this isn't just anyone, this is someone who lives on war. I have no questions but... I think they're more aggressive than Alexander, be careful."

The Phoenix Inferno's head swiftly jerked left and right, the NC's talons clasped and opened repeatedly. An aura of maliciousness filled the air, the suit arched back and gestured as if screaming. Soon, a sound is transmitted onto all frequency's. Over the communications was a horrendous screech. The sound was high in pitch and had a graininess to it. By far, it wasn't a pleasant sound.



Gah, that sound... It wants to pass the ears and straight into the brain. Terra attempted to filter it out so it wouldn't be as much a distraction, but if it WAS, then she would have to somehow work through it. Anyway, she had Id rocket right out into the open, towards the water like she was trying to cut past PI and lose him. Now, we would see... She was poised and ready to react to its attacks, but even still...anything could happen.

To Kxeyun, this was a very bad idea. The hand of Sahaquiel reaches up and grabs its head, whacking on it lightly a few times out of Kxeyun's instincts. She then begins filtering out the screech too. "Terra! I can't help if you get out into the water!" The machine steps forward, watching. The hands lower back down with the fins gently twitching, a sign that Kxeyun is not a happy camper.

Terra and the Id made good distance, however within proximity was one of the black spheres. There was a sudden explosion as the sphere detonated. No damage was rendered, because of the distance between the explosion. However, this was likely to stagger her and set the NC back a few meters from the sea.

The screeching subsided, as PI took notice of Terra's existence on the beach. The black ichors of it's aura spread like tendrils, as the tail perked up and started to whip about excitedly. On Terra's communications she heard a voice call out in a distorted and twisted tone, " Why hello there, ready to, well all sorts of things".

It then approached Terra at a hellish rate, acting like a crazed bat. It's speed and movement would cause pilots to pass out if not flat out die. It plummeted while firing it's ranged weapons at her with the goal of limiting movement and not striking Terra. The gap was closing fast.

Yes, that's very convincing, Kxeyun.

She thought this, not realizing that the Denver-Vegas pilot was being totally serious. The pod laid out ahead exploded, though, and Id jumped back to remain on the beach, shuddered by the proximity of the blast, but apparently not close enough to suffer any damage. The pilot of Phoenix Inferno took notice, and made a beeline for her, trying to cut off escape with his guns as he let out that taunt. Maybe he was unaware that she was the bait, or maybe he didn't care. Either way, Id's plasma rifle fired a propelled tube device from the barrel right below the main barrel as it opened fire. At the speed of his dive towards he, that would be a difficult thing to avoid, but even if he did...or even if he sailed through the blast...Terra was preparing to jet underneath him and rocket her way upwards with her free hand clawing with the Shatterfield activated. Or, to put it in another way, Shoryuken!

Meanwhile, Grand Sword Star had out its assault rifle. The group wasn't heavy on the ranged attack area of things, but it had its moments. Right now, Hisako was focused on targeting PI's drones and whatever else remote things he had deployed - if any remained - and taking them down, all while giving the enemy NC a full spectrum scan, to see how much the new Phoenix Inferno differed from the old one.

Sahaquiel stands there activating various subsystems, then finally decides to begin moving forwards to intercept Phoenix Inferno if he broke off somehow. The thrusters begin priming in case if a large jump is needed. The fins continue twitching, clacking against each other angrily. Sahaquiel wants to fight, Kxeyun feels wrong not charging forward and talking PI headon. Then again, she wants to fight Alexander. Quietly to herself, she mutters "Is it an animal? Can it even understand us?"

Taken notice of the projectile, Phoenix Inferno altered it's trajectory. It ascended while still approaching, the tail continued forward to strike the projectile to cause an early detonation. The PI's path lead it above Terra and I'd a few dozen meters. It flew erratically around Terra while completing it's objectives, more notable of the actions was the very fast strafing it made.

Phoenix Inferno then started to toss cannisters around Terra in a circle. A ring if smoke started to form around Terra. The communications opened up once more," tricky tricky, let's see how you handle this".

Well, the tail might be fucked. That was an incendiary explosive that Phoenix decided to strike. So, while the entire NC hadn't been coated in burn juice, the tail itself would probably shut down if it wasn't completely out of order already. None of this phased PI's pilot. It avoided the uppercut attack with some fast-paced movement, still airborne. When the smoke bombs dropped, Terra almost shot at them, but then a thought crossed her mind.

[i][color=red]What if they were fuel-air explosives?[/red][/i]

She could be wrong, but lost nothing by making certain. She activated her Overclock Engine and hit the ground, which of course consisted of loose beach and some content of water. Everything splattered away from her in every direction, even getting Id somewhat dirty in the process. The smoke and the devices it all came from naturally blew away, as well. Not a bit of fire involved, so nothing to cause an explosion if one were gonna happen. Id crossed its arms and looked up at PI.

[color=red]"Why don't you quit flying around and come at me like you mean it?"[color]

On cue, Hisako targeted the enemy NC's wings and engines and fired on full-auto to try and bring him do the ground. And yeah, they were the Star Impaler rounds.

Kxeyun smiles gently, watching all that's going on. She mutters, "Stupid stupid stupid... Your tail is dead now... Just like the old battle, eh?" The machine lowers back down, a foot slamming into the sand, ready to bolt. The only thing Kxeyun can do right now is watch, wait for a chance to maul Phoenix Inferno and rip out the joke of a pilot.

The Cerberus tail exited the ball of fire, the lance glew a dim white. The coating of chemicals seemed to steam off it. The tail was causing the atoms to separate, which greatly reducing the effect. However, there was burn marks on the lance showing some damage being delt. The tail shook itself for a moment, like it had been dazed.

Hisako's shots pelted PI's force field. A few shots broke through and hit a few of it's wing blades. The cost of this was it alerted it to his position. In response, Phoenix Inferno launched the effected blades at Hisako. The Phoenix Inferno used it's large claw to rip the second to the last bandolier and crushed it releasing a cloud if lead lined smoke to cover it, as it repositioned itself in the sky towards the sea.

As Phoenix Inferno engaged the enemy with supersonic speeds, Red-Star's conventional forces stirred into action behind the screen it provided; two dozen VTOL gunships were zooming to each side of Terra, Hisako, and Sahaquiel, firing a combination of lasers and railgun fire as they tried to flank and enfilade the trio.

But even that was merely cover for the waterborne drones that sped on top of the water itself, primitive but effective explosive devices meant to crash onto the shore, lighting up the beach with bursts of light and heat.

This was in turn a screen for a swimming swarm people clad in what seemed to be a power armor/diving suit hybrid, who lifted up anti-vehicle waterproofed coilguns and began firing super-accelerated rounds not of metal, but sticky incendary gel at Id and Sahaquiel, before turning around and circling away, the jetpack/minuature outboard motors on their backs allowing them accelerated speed as the fled affer firing a shot.

And after the VTOL gunships had fired two or three volleys of gunfire, they would flee as well, activating their own boosters in order to escape the wrath of the Havenites.

This was...all very unfair to Sahaquiel, let's be honest. Kxeyun just wanted to fight something and...they weren't letting her. Even the conventionals were all 'Going hot!' and then quickly 'Peace out!', and that sucked. It wasn't that they weren't fighting fair. It was just that they were barely fighting. With PI somewhat more-focused on Hisako, for the moment, Id opened fire on incoming Red-Star forces, so basically it was crowd control in the form of plasma rifle shots as Id generally zig-zagged to avoid fire.

Grand Sword Star was putting Phoenix Inferno between it and the Red-Star forces, taking pot-shots at Gunships that moved to get around the elite mech...at least until it launched some wing-blades at it. That warranted some evasive strafing while PI attempted to cover itself in lead particulates to hide its various signatures and traces from GSS's scanners. Not completely successful, but it made it difficult to see its schematic details in real-time, trace energy readings, and blocked normal visibility somewhat. She still HAD the schematics in memory now, and there was only some variation in the design. That helped to know. Also what helped was that Phoenix Inferno was sort of a floating smoke cloud now. Not exactly invisible, is it? More like somewhat indistinct. He still had to be at the center of that, and whatever emissions remained coming off of it confirmed. Terra spoke on their Haven-only frequency now.

"Hisako, this is getting irritating, and I don't irritate easily. Let's force him down, now."

"Any ideas?"

"We'll start with the tail. Follow my lead."

It happened almost immediately, Id and Grand Sword Star took off flying in a high-speed bank to round the Red-Star focus of forces. They made it look like they were just shooting down some of the riff-raff, to start with, but then Id went right for the tail with its Shatterfield hands and claws activated, to try and grab and pull, shields operating as a precaution against its energetic capabilities. Terra looked she was trying to pull and swing PI, but Hisako was suddenly coming in - sword drawn and charged - attempting to slice it off at its base and kick PI down to shore and the waiting Sahaquiel!

Despite PI seeing the maneuver being completed, the missing wing blades reduced flight capability. When both the fields meet, the Cerberus tail slipped out of grasp as the fields repelled one another. The Tail taunted the ID a little by nodding itself as to say, "no no no". The tail quickly coiled back into rest position on PI.

Hisako's slice, as a consequence, missed it's target, however PI was not able to ,or expecting, the kick. This caused PI to plummet down towards the beach. In response, PI shot both of it's shoulder mounted fusion cannons and it's ion pulse projector at the targets now in plain sight in the air. The air cracked and screamed as the energy sailed towards both Terra and Hisako. As PI made it's way down the entity spoke in crackling and unnerving voice over the communications[color=orange]" How very aggressive of you, not like the battle data...how interesting".[/color=]There was slight control of it's decent and went to land in a specific spot on the beach right at the waters edge.

When PI landed, it tucked in it's wings and prepared all weapon systems for engagement.



Kxeyun wastes no time at all, instantly running at Phoenix Inferno, shouting out "Contrary to your data on us, we're humans! We're kinda known for adapting on-site!" She seems to regard to Dark Hibiki as an animal, not human. The oversized mecha aims to barrel straight into Phoenix Inferno, going for the Ion Pulse arm, she doesn't care what he does in response. Based on her angle, it seems like she's trying to slam Phoenix Inferno into the water. "Say hello to a running fucking wall!" She seems excited, excited in battle... That doesn't make much sense, excited? Being excited makes people jump the gun, what is up with her?

It was unexpected that the tail would slip the grip because of of the two weapons' energy fields, but if they were incompatible, then it would be like a pair of magnets being pointed at each other with the same charge. They'll repel, slip past each other. Still, since the alternative was possible hand damage, we would have to decline and take our victories where we can get them. The point was to damage Phoenix Inferno and send it to the ground. Thanks to their teamwork, PI wasn't able to anticipate the kick and got thrown there anyway, right in front of Sahaquiel. The only problem there was...

"Dodge!"

...everything else. Yes, indeed, the two of them were out in the open, not only being targeted by the Red-Star forces, but by PI's fusion and ion attacks! The two of them both headed off in wide arcs to avoid taking shots from just about everything being shot at them, though neither one was worried about the lesser pelts, so much as PI's own personal attacks. The two of them split up and acted separately, once more. With Hisako working the crowd control for the time being - suppression-fire to prevent the masses from launching their attacks in too heavily. Terra was now on overwatch for the fight with Sahaquiel. At the instant that PI attempted to go airborne, Id was prepared to drop down and turn its wings and engines into shrapnel!

Phoenix Inferno, now much more aware of the situation, saw the head on charge from Kxeyun's and launched a few electrified nets towards her right. While PI side stepped to it's left, intending to lead her just a bit.

During that moment, the water behind Phoenix Inferno became turbulent. What breached through the water was a large mace being charged forward towards Kxeyun. The massive weapon obscured what was moving it, as it was seemingly accelerated towards her.

Once above the water, the Titan Breaker ignited It's back booster for added acceleration. Over the communications was just a maniacal laughing coming from PI.

Suddenly, the Viper Thrusters fire, redirecting Sahaquiel left, right at PI. The arms quickly lift to try and swat off if a net is about to hit her, the other arm lurching to impale PI in the big, overly deadly and lopsided arm, with shield piercers active. "Takes a bit more than that to stop me!" Her expression in the mech turns from a smile, to a grin. Terra, can notice a shift in her movements, they seem more determined and well placed than just before... The frontal lights are also dimming slightly, but for what reason?

For the moment, we're just calling Hisako occupied. Terra, on the other hand, was hanging in the air - dodging the occasional stray shot from the sea - waiting for something to do. She had relegated herself to supporting Sahaquiel in case of fast one's pulled, and...well...there was a fast one! Specifically, a NEW Neural Combatant had snuck into the area to pop up and try to double-team Kxeyun! We can't have that. In flies the Id mech, with Nova Accelerators firing. Titan Breaker probably got some sort of proximity alert for that...since there was this red streak coming in at high-speed, on an intercept course to shred its engine drive system to pieces AND kick the legs out from under it, in passing! That would seriously throw the mech around like crazy if it worked.



The electrified net was cleaved away, as Kxeyun made her strike. The PI tried to dodge, but the blade penetrated through the cockpit at such an angle where it didn't go through the suit itself. Once she had made her blow, the PI moved to grasp the enemies arm and hold it in place. The tail attempted to wrap the legs as well.

The distorted voice continues on all channels, "Now Hibiki, make your first true kill!" The Titan Breaker swung at Kxeyun with the 3 1/2 ton God Crusher. Terra's actions were not unnoticed, as one of the turreted fusion Cannons fired in her flight path . The shot meaning to threaten damage on Id if her path didn't divert away from TB.



The massive hammer did not go unseen either, Kxeyun panics, she's about to die. But then, that's when shit hits the fan. Rather quickly, the head casing retracts, revealing the mouth and pseudo-eyes underneath. The machine promptly issues a roar, firing the Viper Thrusters again, but in a pattern that sends them into a carefully controlled spin towards the right. The arms lift, sending Phoenix Inferno hopefully towards the unstoppable hammer!

Terra DID stop, but not simply because PI fired at her. For one split-second, she was gonna turn and tackle him, instead. He'd said Hibiki, and that drew a familiar chord in her mind. But then, she really had to get back because Kxeyun sent the NC and it's firing fusion cannon into a spin. Had to get above it and-

"Hibiki, get back!"

-bring Id down on the head of Phoenix Inferno with a kick that could either damage the head or accidentally send those two both flying, whatever happened! It might even catch her into the mix, for all she knew. Chaos knew no bounds, no rules. She just wanted to do something about this quickly and settle this now!

The God Crusher swung, it struck the side of the PI and destroyed it's left fusion cannon and possibly it's arm. However, it also struck the Sahaquiel in it's right shoulder crushing it. The force sent the pair careening over the sea toppling and spinning over the water.

An enraged entity filled the communications,"Hibiki! You dam idiot, that's the last time I trust you! The world will always hate you!"Those final words were the key to freeing Hibiki from the clause, however the Titan Breaker's cockpit opened up and the NC reached inside.

A young man was then flung onto the beach by the Titan Breaker's hand. They NC's Eyes then lit up red. Once that happened, the perturbed PI takes it's clawed right hand and activated it, reaching to grab the remaining left arm of the entangled enemy NC to destroy it.

"Not again!" a rather gender-neutral voice shouts out from Sahaquiel, however it can be identified as Kxeyun's voice with a voice filter. The NC's left arm tries yanking away, the head lurching down to try and bite the actual arm itself instead of the firing module, trying to sever the arm itself! "I WILL NOT HAVE THIS HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN!" The NC's legs quickly raise up and kicks at PI with all the force it can, either Sahaquiel jumps or PI gets launched.

So, Id missed, due to...well...the chaos, and landed on its feet where they'd previously been standing, not far from Titan-Breaker. It was truly an impressive machine to do some of the work for them, despite the harm done to Sahaquiel. However, whoever was controlling PI must have also a remote uplink to TB, as well, because...

Hibiki...

...it suddenly flung out its own pilot! Oh hell... It was an automated killing machine now, and if whoever was in charge was anything like Osamu, it'd run fairly well. However, Terra was - at the moment - properly angry. As a child, she'd tried to help Hibiki, and now he was trash on the ground. If there was any delay in initialization between remote access and action, Terra was using it to Overlock her claws again, and put a shatter-pulse against the Titan-Breaker! Like the wall of the base she initially came from it shouldn't be able to take this attack so well!

Phoenix Inferno considered the possible outcomes and settled. The Cerberus tail attempted to lance the the left legs knee.

To ensure that the tail landed it's blow, PI allowed Sahaquiel to bite down on the right arm. However, it overloaded the arm causing it to backfire in the enemy NC's mouth. After, PI quickly disengaged and deployed it's wings. PI plunged itself into the depths.

Titan Breaker, well aware of the incoming danger, began to sprint like Mercury as the thruster assisted. untill it found a spot it liked, and poised it self for the oncoming assult.

It was then that Osamu finally intervened, first by sending another flight of VTOL Gunships and Waterborne Exploding Drones... Then suddenly, the already-wounded Sahaquiel would freeze.



Titan-Breaker was built for assault and taking offense. And to its credit - although Terra did not know this right off - it had flake-away armor that reduces energy damage. Well, best use for it. Since it backed away and tried to take the attack with the best-footing possible, the shatter-pulse would be spot-on. It's not a long-ranged attack or could even project far from the hand-weapons of Id at all. Id's a melee-focused mech with speed and modular weapon use. TB was blasted with heavy sonic force from Id's briefly-overclocked core. The energy would put it under extreme stress and its anti-energy armor would be spent. The exact nature of its actual damages would be...hard to predict. They'd exist, but how much there'd be depends on its tanky nature. Terra would have done some kind of follow-through, but then everything seemed to go to hell as a glut of gunships and such arrived.

"Terra, I can't hold position! I'm getting swarmed and Kxeyun's stopped moving!"

"Take over here! I have to do something dangerous..."

So now, Id would suddenly back away from TB, and bugger off! This was riight in tune with Grand Sword Star descending upon it with sword drawn, having plowed and slashed through gunships to get right in the way, clashing powered blade with deadly hammer if necessary!

Terra was now acting according to plan...mostly. You see...there'd been a conversation prior to this, in which Kxeyun agreed that if Osamu were to try and take Sahaquiel, Terra should come in and do something about that. Id moved in to scoop Hibiki up, for his own safety, and moved to Sahaquiel. Id's communication wired snapped out onto the beast mech and offered an Enter command for the cockpit hatch. Kxeyun had cleared her for that prior, because of the trust she placed in Terra. Placing Hibiki inside, she got properly engaged...

A cloud of dust was blown away, so fast as to be unnatural. The sound of a meta-material knife being drawn, and then stabbed into Id's back.

Mako Shintai had struck again, having used Titan Breaker's engagement with Grand Sword Star to get at Terra's Mech!

Once the blast subsided, the God Crusher mace was fuming from the blast, and the Titan Breaker's head fins that stuck out were scorched off. When TB lowered it's mace, it saw that I'd had withdrawn. As if following orders from an unknown source, TB delved back into the sea. Off in the distance, PI could be seen returning to the hanger.

With a sudden utterance of "...bitch.", Id's engines, energy shield, and a swift turn to swipe claws and a foot around behind it engaged, pretty much all at once, leaving the mech to land funny, regardless of any contact or not. All Terra had gotten was the idea that Mako was gonna stab her mech in the back, and she just reacted.

"I know you're there, Mako. Leave now. The way I am right now, I won't even hesitate."


Hibiki: New World

The mess hall was empty as everyone was scrambling for the oncoming battle.

Hibiki sat at one of the tables, accompanied by a few unattended trays of food, tensely tapping his foot on the ground.

“Why did it end up this way?,” the boy exclaimed as he placed his palms on his forehead while slamming the table with his elbows. His eyes welled up as his face quivered; then he screamed, “Every time, EVERYONE IS TAKEN FROM ME!” He pounded his fists on the table, resulting in a few containers jumping in the air to land back on the trays.

Teardrops began to thud on the metal surface as Hibiki crossed his arms and buried his face into his arms. “Surrender to them, Osamu-sama said”, his whisper was muffled by his arms. Hibiki raised his head back up, his short black hair shifted back from his arms and his eyes red from sobbing.

“He said something about Terra as well...is it her?”, Hibiki lost himself in thought for a second. “Does she even remember me? Would anyone even care on that side?”, He shifted backward. After a short fall and a thump, Hibiki found himself looking at the ceiling.

He reached out towards a flickering halogen light, “Mom, what should I do? I can barely remember your face - Am I meant to lose you? Why can't I hold anything in this place?” He dropped his arms to his sides putting himself sprawled out like a T, “Father, the love you gave me caused me to cry, but what is happening now… If this is what pain is. It is far worse than anything you have done”.

Feeling a pang of hunger, Hibiki staggered up and entered the pantry then took an apple. As it sat in the palm on his hand, a memory struck him. “This is where I first talked to Alexander isn't it. It seems to be so long ago. What will become of him? Feels like none of us have control over our fates, and it's just cruel”. A fit of frustration overwhelmed him, as he hurled the apple at the porthole causing it to be scattered all around. His breathing grew taxed, as he screamed, “ They are tearing down everything! But why? Why can't I hate them!? I can't seem to hate Osamu, Alexander or Terra for doing this! I can't even hate this feeling!”

Hibiki broke down into tears once more and collapsed onto the ground, “It would be so much easier if I could just…” His tears continued for a while before he could regain composure. With presence of mind, Hibiki made his way to the entrance of the mess hall. Before shut off the lights he whispered, “For once, could I actually keep my happiness?”

He then exited the room; not even Osamu’s good graces can keep him from being called to pilot Titan Breaker for long.

((Post between @Letter Bee and @Neozeon0083))

Red-Star Floating Supercarrier Kuei-Ren

Osamu and Alexander had gone to the hangar of the floating Supercarrier, where Phoenix Inferno and Titan Breaker had been placed side-by-side, restrained by scaffolding. Engineers were retrofitting Phoenix Inferno with an extra-large computer module, a gigantic rectangular block that replaced the missile launchers that hadn't been used in the latest battle anyway. Osamu then told Alexander, "Get on the lift, get inside the pilot's seat and connect your implants into the NC; you've done this several times before."

Alexander did so, and once he was safely inside, Osamu gave new orders to place a wired connection between Phoenix Inferno's new module and Titan Breaker's Core, and once that was done as well, stretched out his right hand, palm spread flat out as he began tapping into Titan Breaker's 'Virtual Program' with his bio-computer, saying to it, <Hello.>

The system was dormant for a moment, before it began to stutter to life. The system is quite antiquated for an NC system. Osamu is shown lines and lines of text from his optics. After a while, a pop up appears saying, "Welcome back doctor".

The prompt continues, "Unusual input detected, doctor, what's in the box?" Under the prompt is a classic password insert box.

Osamu typed in what he thought was most in keeping with Serk's character: <The password is 'Incorrupt'.>.

But if the program rejected him, then he'd prepare to brute-force it into a transfer.

As the password was entered, the curssor floated in the box for a moment. Suddenly, a count down was started as the prompt updated, "You miss typed, right doctor?". The text box reappears but with a thirty second timer.

<I did,> Osamu tried to reassure the program before giving it more thought. I don't know Serk as much as I thought I did, but I know he is obsessed with turning his own son into a guinea pig. May my own Father help me in this.

He was about to type 'Father', before remembering that Serk didn't think of himself as one. So Osamu instead typed, <Science>; aka the reason Serk aborgated his responsibilities as a father.

Once again, the curssor hung in the box for a moment. Then the timer suddenly reduced from twenty seconds to ten seconds. The prompt refreshed with the words written, " Bad day in the lab doctor?".

<Yes,> Osamu said. <I promise, this will be the last time I'll get it wrong.> Father help me, please tell me what I should do.

Alexander's voice broke in through the commlink, "Oi! You done angsting yet? Just wanted to say it's rare for you to have legit angst, brat."

The Artificial Human grimaced, "Alexander, I promise you such pain -"

Pain. That was what Serk had done to Hibiki. Pain, that's what Serk had said was 'love' to his son. But Serk didn't actually love him; he was merely obsessed with turning Hibiki into his guinea pig. But why? Just mad science? What did such a project promise him that can cause him to do it?

Alexander spoke, "If you must torture me afterwards, if you must kill me or brainwash me into a true Slave of Red-Star, promise me that you're sincere about caring for Hibiki. I don't want this to be another of your mind games."

The response from Osamu was, "It's not, I promise!"

He accidentally typed in that last word, 'Promise'.

One second was left standing, as the word was input. The program stalled for a second before a prompt of 'Welcome' appeared.

Soon, the archaic code was washed away, as Osamu was exposed to a far more advanced interface. Suddenly being bombarded with data. From the system HUB, he saw stored data of Hibiki's previous missions being played over and over again and again. Marked on the side of the HUD was text saying ''' Total Deployments: 368".

Short video clips of the missions are shown with the data file, and there is frantic processing from the system, as it runs simulations from these situations.

Osamu begins trying to transfer the program into Phoenix Inferno, even as he has various Red Guards check if Hibiki is still safely unconcious and restrained in the medbay. Once the program had been transferred,into the other mech, the Artificial Human re-opens his remote link to Hibiki's psyche, trying to move Dark Hibiki into Phoenix Inferno with Alexander's 'guidance'...

Hibiki's mind seems darker than usual, and Osamu finds himself in a swamp. In the distance is a large figure kneeling in the marsh waters.

Osamu walks towards said figure, asking, "Dark Hibiki, is that you?! Or is this Regular Hibiki?!"

A silhouette of a smaller figure is shown moving on top of the large figure as he hears, "Osamu? Is that you?".

Osamu runs faster, knowing that the smaller figure was Regular Hibiki. "Hibiki! It's me! What's happening to you?!"

As Osamu approached, the larger figure was reviled to be the Titan Breaker in a war torn state.

His face still obscured by darkness, Hibiki said, "You're here early, it's not nearly night time yet..is it? Hard to tell in here."

Osamu was breathing hard, his face taut with worry. He then said to Hibiki, "Where is your Darker Self?! I need his presence at once!"



The darkness fades from his face as a twisted smile is revealed. Dark Hibiki said to Osamu, " Well that's rude, here I thought we had something special Osamu kun, we do see each other quite often. Didn't think you would actually try what you said, yes I heard you. You're going to" he gestures quotes with his hands and continued, " download me. Honestly, really?" Dark Hibiki looks at Osamu with a raised eye brow.

A glare as the redhead said, "Yes, really, Dark Hibiki. Do not make me come after you right now! Because I will if you don't come with me quietly!"

"What fun would that be Osamu?" Dark Hibiki said, as the battle torn Titan Breaker started to rise from it's resting place. Riding the shoulder of the machine, Hibiki looked at Osamu below him and said, " You should know this game, where is your NC?"

Then Titan Breaker lifted the God Crusher mace and moved to bring it down onto Osamu -

Only for Osamu to blink out, teleporting several meters backwards through the swamp. A furrow of his brow later, and Phoenix Inferno suddenly appeared inside Hibiki's mind-scape, with Alexander, its pilot, giving a few words.

"So this is what the inside of another person's head looks like. And yes, it's me, the real Alexander; Osamu opened a link to my mind as well." Phoenix Inferno flies in circles around Titan Breaker as Osamu disappeared once more. Then Alexander said, "It's time to seriously fight; I have a reason to go all-out!"

The mech halted, a half-dozen missiles launched out of its back. These missiles go towards Titan Breaker, launching electrified nets at it and obscuring it and Dark Hibiki's view as Phoenix Inferno then zoomed higher up, firing Fusion Cannon blasts at the enemy Mech and setting the swamp on fire!

The swamp bore the force of Phoenix Inferno's manifested assult. Fires danced on the water and frail trees burned to embers. The oncoming nets found themselves wrapped up on the God Crusher mace, as it had been flung to intercept them.

The battered Titan Breaker had made an imposable leap. Towards the Phoenix Inferno. The Cerberus tail had dispatched any missiles keen on striking the Titan Breaker. Each one left a plume of fire and smoke as the lace of the tail cleaved through it.

The Phoenix Inferno found itself in the grasp of the Titan Breaker. Alexander felt a burning sensation where the claws had mounted themselves onto the NC, as they slowly dug into it.

The Titan Breaker's optics were a bright glowing crimson as it starred at the Phoenix Inferno. Dark Hibiki then realised that it was no longer just two in Hibiki's subconscious. Dark Hibiki then stated, " Is that you Alexander? What are you doing in here? Ha, leave it to Osamu to send someone else to do his work for him."

The Cerberus Tail looked over them like it intended to strike at any moment.

"Now tell me Alex, how many times will you be used before you will give up on your little dream of a peaceful life in this hell scape?" dark Hibiki taunted. What followed was a condescending chuckle.

Phoenix Inferno's eyes glinted with light as Alexander said, "For once, I'm doing what he said for my own reasons!"

The red-orange NC's own claw grabbed at Titan Breaker's own arm, before Alexander shifted to a mid-air judo throw, trying to throw Titan Breaker off him and onto the ground. "You forget that should all my weapons fail against yours', I still have more experience!"

In the midst of the throw, the Cerberus Tail wrapped around the midriff of the Phoenix Inferno. The free arm scrapping across the opposing NC's plates, as the burning sensation followed with the claws movement.

" Is that what you tell yourself? Alexander, I thought you smarter than that. Never once have you actually had control of your life." The entity said. Dark Hibiki took the moment to defy physics and move from the Titan Breaker's shoulder to the Phoenix Inferno's upper chest. He looks straight into the optics of the machine to continue speaking to Alex.

" Alex, I see you for what you are. Just a little slave boy looking for a dream to grasp too." Dark Hibiki leans in towards the Phoenix Inferno's face and said," Here is a secret, your dream cannot die if it had no hope to live in the first place." The entity started to laugh maniacally as the Titan Breaker's face formed a grimace filled with teeth and bit into Phonix Inferno's shoulder.

Only to find itself biting into a packet of superheated hydrogen stored in the shoulder-mounted fusion cannon. Now knowing the rules of the imagination-game, it was Alexander's turn to defy physics, willing the fiery gas to flow into Titan Breaker's mouth and throat, bypassing the energy-retardant coating altogether in order to burn out the Dream-NC from the inside. Alexander, meanwhile, replied cooly, "Nevertheless, I have what you don't have - A dream."

" Oh, I see. You're under the impression that a dream is something that I want? I've seen what dreams do to people, 'Dreams' bleed life out of them." Dark Hibiki stated.

Plumes of smoke billowed out of the Titan Breaker's mouth as if quenched by something from within, as blood flowed out of it's mouth in insane amounts. The Blood poured and seeped into the joints of Phoenix Inferno.

"Now tell me Alex, how many have died for your dream so far?" The monster gloated.

The blood just floated up and away, 'bent' from Phoenix Inferno's joints and innards. A sigh of boredom as Alexander said, "None yet. Is that the best you can do, Dark Hibiki?"

And with his mech's right claw, Alexander unleashed a sustained spray of electromagnetically-charged Ions at the supposedly already-weakened Titan Breaker, before a plasma blade appeared in his left hand and stabbed towards an open joint.

The spray if ions bombarded the Titan Breaker, as an arm was.cleaved from the joint. Where one would expect metal and wire, a remaining jagged bone with muscle and blood vessels remain and blood flowed from the wound.

The unit lost it's grip and fell back down to the swamp, a smoky mist remained from the ionic assult. Eventually it landed on it's back, slowly sinking in the swamp.

Once the smoke settled, the Titan Breaker's cockpit was melted open, revealing Hibiki, not Dark Hibiki, inside. The boy was hooked up to the Titan Breaker with various organic wires and vessels.

Hibiki's face was clearly vacant, and had no response to any of these events. Dark Hibiki appeared through a black cloud next to the open cockpit and said, " Who was talking about the best of anything?" He stroked the unmoving Hibiki, and said " This is our world, and currently I am the only one who is here at the moment".

At that moment, Osamu recived a message about Hibiki's vitals and how they have started to got haywire.

Osamu reappeared on the other side of the cockpit, using the dream-world's false physics to teleport. His face was taut with worry as he breathed in and out. "Get away from him! I will not have him die!"

Phoenix Inferno then made to grab Dark Hibiki with his metal claw, even as Osamu went to where Hibiki was, laying his hands on the latter's chest and willing the boy to heal...

Dark Hibiki took in all of this and asked, " how do you intend to deal with me anyway? You know I am the only reason he has gotten this far right?"

Osamu's response was, "I was going to give you your own Body - Phoenix Inferno itself! As for how he has gotten this far, how so? All I know is that you've been hurting him!"

When the Phoenix Inferno's arm made it close enough to dark Hibiki, the entity simply lifted it's arm and stopped the blow with the false wind blowing in response. All this was done while he contemplated what Osamu's intentions were.

" Honestly, I expected more from the great Osamu. Did yo u think the friendly little puppy you hold dear could slaughter so many on his own? That he could gather the maliciousness necessary to fight?" Dark Hibiki flicked Phoenix Inferno's arm away and continued, " Even if I were to accept the offer, I really don't trust you Osamu. However, I can see you two will be a pain in my ass until something neither of us want happens."

Osamu got a communication that let him know Hibiki's vitals were stable. Dark Hibiki then made a proposal, " I will go along with your plan, however I have my own conditions. If intended to put me into that," he pointed at Phoenix Inferno, " there are some things that need to be made clear. Hibiki wouldn't be completely free. To insure my survival, I will give you a key phrase to say to him every day, if not given the boy dies. Plain and simple. However, if I see no foul play in this trade, I will truly releases him. Those are my terms."

Dark Hibiki looked intently at Osamu.

Osamu nods, "A key phrase. Can Alexander also be allowed to say said key phrase as well?"

"Anyone really, he just needs to hear it", replied dark Hibiki.

Another nod, "Then give me the key phrase."

A bit annoyed, Dark Hibiki said, " We haven't even started yet, nothing has been set. The timer will start after the transfer".

A third nod, as Osamu said, "All right," before reaching out for Dark Hibiki's form, willing his bio-computer to begin the transferrence process!

Dark Hibiki pretended to think real hard then said, "Ok, it's done, dozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu". Dark Hibiki reached out and shook Osamu's hand, as he did so Dark Hibiki dissolved into a black cloud flowing into Osamu's hand.



The swamp slowly turned into a vibrant living forest, and the sun started to rise. Hibiki was no longer in the Titan Breaker, but was sleeping on a patch of moss.

The process of transference took a few minutes, but Dark Hibiki's willing agreement to be transferred saved Osamu a lot of valuable willpower. With the key phrase now in Osamu's head, the Artificial human waited for Dark Hibiki to be transfered into Phoenix Inferno with the Akuma Program, before he then ordered Alexander to climb down Phoenix Inferno's scaffolding lift. Once Alexander was done, he said to Osamu, "You really meant it. Doing the right thing for once in your life."

The redhead nodded a fourth time, before saying, "I did. Now let's escort you over to the torture room; the only concession I made is that you'd be wearing something..."

Through a pop up text Osamu is presented a chat with a user named ''DH" in it and the message read, "Something feels off... O right my tail, if you wouldn't mind".

Osamu, just wanting the ordeal to have ended, begrudged as he said, " Alright". To the observers, he spoke to the air.

With the matter settled, Osamu proceeded to relieve some stress.

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Red-Star Floating Supercarrier Kuei-Ren

The Red-Star Political Officer was struck with indecision. Then an idea came to him. Turning on the intercom, Osamu said, "Bring me Alexander Sky, Mako Shintai, and Hibiki Laplace."


Before he entered the room, Hibiki had a sense of what was going on. Osamu emitted a feeling of agitation. He entered the room and found a remote area of the office to timidly be present for what was going to be said.

As Alexander and Mako entered, Osamu looked at Hibiki and snapped, "Don't hide in a corner! Stand beside Alexander and his nakama; I have something important to tell you three."

And with that, several sentry guns emerged from ports in the walls, before pointing at Alexander, but not Mako and Hibiki. Osamu then got up from his plush seat before activating his own desk's holoprojector, showing Alexander in the Virtual Reality Room. He then showed an image of Alexander's avatar in virtual reality space, wandering the twisted corridors of bytes and bits that marked the intersection of Red-Star's Virtual Reality network and the inter-corporate dark-net.

Alexander's Avatar then faded for a second, and reappeared in a Kurdish-style coffehouse, where he went to sit on a table in front of a brown-skinned, green-eyed man with black hair. Osamu then gestured at the holoprojector's sensors to bring up a second hologram, bringing up the info on Theodore Narra, General Commander of Haven; this was the person Alexander was having a virtual dine-in with.

"You think I wouldn't know?" Osamu looked at Alexander, "You think you're skilled enough in Virtual Reality to evade a Red-Star Political Officer? Well, you're not, and you're going to suffer for this, Alexander Sky!"

Alexander had stiffened, and glared at Osamu, saying, "What are you going to do? Torture me? Abuse me? Replace my memories like you've done with so many others? Five years created and it's hard to believe you've become such an utter abomination of humanity. And you've gotten Hibiki to watch as well, you psychotic brat."

Osamu released a breath, before saying, "Hibiki is actually what I want to talk to you about, actually, Alexander Sky. If I kill you, his beloved mentor, or harm you seriously, the 'Dark Hibiki' side his father implanted in him will take over more of his psyche. And that's a danger to both our sides, as 'Dark Hibiki' is an omnicidal maniac like Dread, only less restrained. But at the same time, I cannot abide the thought of Phoenix Inferno and its pilot sabotaging Red-Star from within once more, or even using the Ion Projector you were trying to get upgraded to sink the Kuei-Ren and then blast your way out to Havenite lines; that would be a propaganda disaster for us."

Alexander raised an eyebrow, before saying, "You really have a tendency to overplay your hand, don't you? Listen, you brat, you've just revealed that I have something you want, something you just can't take by force. What is it and why can't I take revenge for your abuse by just, you know, refusing?"

Osamu smiled, "You can't refuse because you care too much. Despite what I've said about your VR skills, they're impressive; same about your aptitude with the Neural Net. We're going to need both of those for what I plan next: Transfer 'Dark Hibiki' into Phoenix Inferno."

Hibiki looks puzzled by the reference to a 'Dark Hibiki'. Now in line with the others, Hibiki asks, "there is a Dark version of me?".

Hibiki looks side to side, as if looking for affirmation or denial. "But there is just one of me, right? Right?". The boy seems to be getting unnerved by the whole conversation. He visibly started to fidget.

Osamu looked at Hibiki and said, "Yes. And I'm saving you and Red-Star from it. I am not going to let Serk have his last laugh."

There was a firmness in his tone at that.

Still unsure of what is ment by that, Hibiki nods and continued to listen.

Osamu continued, "The AI in Titan Breaker is influencing your psyche, turning you into a monster - that is Dark Hibiki. But the Bio-Computer in my head is stronger than that AI; it will have to be. What I am going to do is to retrofit Phoenix Inferno with enough storage capacity to contain both Akuma - the AI - and Dark Hibiki. Then I and Alexander will transfer those two into Phoenix Inferno with Bio-Computer bullshit. Why am I doing this and why haven't I done this to Haven's NCs before if I were capable of doing this type of thing before? Simple: Because for once in my life I feel as though I have to do something just because it is... Because it is..."

Mako interrupted, "You can't be saying it's the right thing to do, Osamu-sama! We both know you don't care about right and wrong!"

The Artificial Human glared at Mako. "Yet I do. But only this once. When I saved Hibiki, I formed a mental link with him, saw his life under Serk and he in turn saw my own issues with being unable to protect my creator. So I am saving him, even if it costs me my... My... I can't say it."

Alexander says, "Your life. Or your powers, which if you lose, will destroy your usefulness to Red-Star."

The glare was turned to Alexander as Osamu snapped once more, "I know that! Now help me save Hibiki and you can stay clothed once I exhibit you in a cage for punishment. It's the best bargain you'll get."

Osamu trembled even as Alexander made eye contact with him, staring deeply. It was to the Artificial Human's relief when the Slave-Pilot said, "All right, I want to save Hibiki."

Hibiki's look of concern slowly shifted to one of terror and worry. He stepped forward to address the only friends he has kept so far, "Osamu? Alex? What are you talking about? I'm here, and I'm fine. What is this talk of you dieing Osamu?"

The boy's frustration had finally come to a head as he yelled, "Why are all you acting like this!?" He looks at Osamu, "Your life is far more valuable than mine! I have not done anything of Worth! If anyone should disappear, it should be me!" The welling of tears begin to form in his eyes.

Hibiki managed to calm down and with fists curled, he stepped back in line, "Why am I worth so much" he said under his breath.

Osamu walked towards Hibiki, and with his right hand, wiped away the young man's tears. "Because you remind me of myself. Because you also remind me of my father, the person I failed to protect. You're the first person I feel kinship with, because we're both creations of mad science. You are the only one who can spark such an emotion inside me, and the fact that you're too naive to take advantage of that... It makes me want to protect you more. We're family."

His gaze turned firm, "So accept the only sacrifice I am willing to make, or I will torture Alexander in front of your eyes."

Hibiki looks towards Alexander for a quick second, then looks Osamu in the eyes.

"No, I will not. If you do whatever you want to him, he still lives in the end, but if you have a chance of disappearing for my sake".

With a defiance Osamu has never seen before from the boy, he said, "I'd rather disappear into the abyss".

Osamu shook his head. "I'll do it anyway; you can't force me to do anything I don't want to - You don't have that power. Hibiki Laplace... You are like a brother to me and I will do what I can for you."

He then shoots Hibiki with the taser, hopefully stunning him. And with that, the Artificial Human walks off, ready to do the first good thing he has ever done in his life.

Hibiki's muscles convulse and clenched, as he fell to the ground on his side. He fought for consciousness for a second, as his eyes grew heavy, and thought escaped him.

The boy soon went too sleep.
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Combat log
Field Test 001

Forest and its residents are being drenched by torrential rain. Slogging through is a convoy. Their prize is a recovered NC unit from the great war. Five bipedal tanks moved along and had an eye out for any attacks. As the NC unit was defended by multiple traditional tanks.
Some poor bastards were walking along the convoy on foot.





Visibility was low as the rain kept on pouring. A mist seemed to form from the forest itself. The soldiers trip so far was uneventful. Night had fallen and accompanied by The heavy rain visibility was extremely low. As they approached one of their checkpoints an aura seemed to fill the air.

In the forest there was a weak red glow. Hibiki, motionless in the cockpit, sprung to life as his targets approached. The systems started to light up and became active with sound and information. The kuma system pumped information into Hibiki.

Hibiki felt figures in the distance. The NC lifted itself from its rest, being directed by the pilot. Hibiki's face displayed a coldness. If one had seen him, they would swear he had malicious intent.

The troops noticed the red glow rise and rain being distorted in the distance. A few of the units immediately fired upon the NC. Before they knew it the right glue had moved and all shots missed their mark.

The sound of rapid heavy steps along with broken trees being crushed was concerning. Before they knew it, they already had lost one of their own, as a crushing sound echo behind them. A titanic mace plunged on top of one of the bipedal tanks. The tanks metal seem like it was crumpled, as if it was made from aluminum. The pilot's cockpit completely caved in.

The convoy turned and fired upon the NC. The rounds were not of high enough caliber to do any real damage. Hibiki noticed the mace had been wrapped with the previous victim. He left the mace in the victim and proceeded towards the other targets.

The Titan breaker maintained an impressive amount of speed considering the weather conditions. With ease the NC reached the other targets. In the same instant, glowing red claws raked away at the tanks and the Cerberus tail impaled ground troops one after the other with devastating efficiency.

Before long the Cerberus tail was resting in its slot dripping with viscera. Any ground troops no longer with the living. The tanks continued the fire in the desperate attempt to spare their lives.

Their efforts were in vain. Moving from treaded tank to treaded tank, as if a feral animal tearing into a carcass. The Titan breaker ripped off the turreted cannons to gain access to the crew. Before long, all the traditional tanks had been eliminated. Leaving the Titan Breaker's paint stained in blood. The screams of the victims still echoed in the forest.

the leftover bipedal tanks were making a break for their lives. The Titan Breaker started a dead Sprint causing the ground to quiver. The fleeing units were met with despair as there thought of freedom was squashed.

The Titan Breaker had made a great leap and was on the lead unit making the escape. The impact of metal upon metal was frightening even to the most veteran soldier. The screams of their comrades, as the Titan Breaker tore it apart with the Cerberus tail and it's claws,were haunting. Soon the screaming stopped, the Titan Breaker turned to the remaining three. Within the claws were bits and pieces of their comrades still stuck to the jagged edges.

The units fruitlessly continue the assult for their lives. however the same happened for each one, as the Titan Breaker moved from one to the other. The screams filled their communications until there was no one left to hear them.

The Titan breaker moves up to its newly claimed prize. Titan Breaker proceeded to remove the recovered NC's system from the scrap suit. Once it was satisfied with the results, the recovered NC core was taken.

The mission being completed, the Titan Breaker disappeared into the night.

Name: Hibiki Laplace


Appearance: Hibiki is a mixed race individual, His mother being japanese and his father being an irish man. Hibiki’s face resembles mostly Japanese traits but his skin is much lighter than a standard Japanese. The eyes are a hazel brown, and his hair has a red shine to what is essential black hair. If one were to examine the boy without clothing, you would see extensive scarring and damage from failed tests. Hibiki's height is about 6’2 and weight about 130 lb.

Age: 16

Personality: Hibiki tends to have two distinct personalities. Outside the cockpit of the Titan Breaker, Hibiki is a light hearted boy who wishes people only good things. However, inside the Titan Breaker he becomes a cold calculating killing machine. As the Akuma program manipulates him into doing what is needed for the mission. With every mission, Hibiki loses a part of himself to the machine.

Backstory: At a young age Hibiki was taken from his mother. His father Serks performed many experiments on him. As a result he ended up with an almost broken body with many modifications. Hibiki has never been allowed to leave the lab and only knows the cold surroundings of a clinical room & mechanical probes. The reason for this is his father had obtained the plans for a new NC. Rather than building it from spec he modified it with some interesting things in mind. Hibiki has been connected to the NC many a time and has developed an intimate connection to it. Hibiki doesn't even know what his mother looks like and he despises his father deep inside. The boy has been trying to keep his sanity but as the days pass it becomes harder and harder.Right now he's reaching out for help and friendship but he fears if the war continues he'll lose himself to the NC and forever be a killing machine. The only contacts available to Hibiki are his fellow pilots right before sorties, however these people don't seem to be the supportive type. Despite this, in his desperation, Hibiki still reaches out to them.

Tactical Preferences and Skills: Inside the Titan Breaker Hibiki is a targeted killing machine. He will seek out the most lethal opponent and use the environment and any anything else to his advantage. The Akuma program makes hibiki a berserker at times. Although the NC has self-preservation mechanisms what supersedes these is the need to complete the mission.As a result Hibiki will pursue and ruthlessly execute any mission given to him.

Notes: As a constant test subject hibiki is often seen in hospital gown. However when in the Titan Breaker he is placed in a power armor suit that helps him sustain himself while in high action manoeuvres.The suit itself actually helps him with his reaction speed and connection to the NC.


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Code-name: Titan Breaker Model 00X



Body Type: Bipedal.

Type of NC: Assault

Equipment & Armaments:
God Crusher Model WMD-005s
-The God Crusher is a large mace used by the Titan Breaker for high-impact strikes. These strikes are intended to jar the NC and hopefully incapacitate its pilot. At a whopping 3 tons, ⅓ the weight of most NC. Swings can be slow compared to other melee weapons, but directly being struck by this mace will shake most anyone.
The mace is also coated with energy retardant coating allowing it to pass through most Shields without losing much force.

Demon's Grasp HW 071d
-The Demon's Grasp are claws at the end of the NC’s hands that can produce anti-material particles that separate the atoms of its target. This allows relatively easy stripping away of other NC armaments. However this is only done one handful at a time.

Cerberus Tail BW 062g
-The Cerberus Tail is a whip weapon at the back of the unit controlled by synoptic link, meaning it strikes wherever the pilot imagines. It is also partly controlled by the Akuma System, meaning it will periodically attack without the pilots input.
The tip of the tail is an antiparticle lance that will pierce through into enemy NCs in order to overheat the area cooking the pilot or the system it pierces.

Closed System
-The Titan Breaker is usually sent for one target kill missions. With that in mind the system itself is closed off to any radio signals or any other outside interference, as a result the unit will continue until its mission is complete or it has been destroyed. the benefit is it is unaffected by any outside interference such as radio waves or any other system disruption signal other than outright physical destruction.

Achilles Frame
-Although the Titan breaker does not support any overt defenses such as high-tech shields or armor. The NC does sport a variety of sub defenses. These minor defenses include anti energy coating that reduces the effect of beam strikes or any energy weapon, Reactive armor that will drop off when receiving extreme damage, and flexing frame which which lessens impact strikes by letting the frame yield a little to the strike.

The Akuma System
-The Akuma system is an onboard NC Program that integrates with hibiki. The program has a self-preservation protocol allowing it to direct actions that Hibiki subconsciously executes during combat. These actions usually limited to evading enemy attempts to inflict damage on the unit.
The system also informs Hibiki, almost in an instantaneous fashion, of the best course of action during certain combat encounters. This system also allows limit break. Limit break simply removes the cautionary limitations of the suit allowed it to go past its limits and often causing severe damage to itself. This is usually done in order to complete its directed mission.Hibiki's sync percent is only at 50, however if the system sees a severe amount of damage being done it can stimulate Hibiki into increasing that percentage.
Akuma system is lead lined to prevent failure due to EMP.

Further Notes: Developed by Hibiki's father. The Titan Breaker is used for one-on-one combat to take out high-value targets. It achieves this with brutal strikes to its Target. This is achieved by synchronization with the pilot and the Akuma system within. NC will often break through its limits and inducing harm to itself in order to complete the mission. It is not uncommon for the NC to be heavily damaged after completing its mission.

The Titan Breaker is bipedal humanoid NC. It reaches about 5 m tall and is around 9 to 10 tons depending on its load out. It is often scene with The Load-Out shown here but has multiple assault packages depending on the mission at hand.The chassis is colored with greys and whites and it's opticals have a vibrant red color to them.
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Flashback, Flight to Darwin

While Osamu was sleeping in his fluffy feather bed, his perception shifted. Before his eyes is a disgustingly white room, and bright halogen lights shining on his face. Osamu attempts to command his body to move. However, he was meet with no response. The will is his own, but the control isn't. The restrained body started to flinch, as if anticipating something. Soon he hears Serk's voice, " well, I guess it's time to take a look inside". A menacing drill comes into Osamu's veiw, as it inches closer to his eye.

I should not have saved that brat, Osamu thinks to himself as he finds himself unable to do anything but watch...

A gruesome sound emanates from the drill, as a thin and fine drill bit makes It's rapid rotations. The bit soon makes it's way through the eye. The viscera starts to splatter around. A phantom pain hits Osamu while the process continues. Like a tingling of his nerves, but not pleasure but pain.

Osamu finds himself suddenly in a new position, in the same room. This time he gets a clear veiw of the inhumane tools being used. When the body allowed him to see the torso, it was splayed open with surgical tools and a plethora of implants being hooked up. Going from machine to flesh.

The young man was disgusted by this, and even more disgusted by the fact that it showed he had standards. He felt like he was about to vomit, and he hated to admit it... But Hibiki seemed to have suffered enough; probably best to spare his life after this.

Standing beside Osamu is what seems to be a specter of Hibiki. The specter asks, " Oh, Osamu sama, is that you? You have never been in my dreams before. What do you think of my precious family memories with my dad?" As he says this, the father continues with pumps, suction and other mechanical noises mix with the sounds of squishy bits moving and sloshing.

Osamu replies rudely, "I don't like it. And I am glad I punished Serk. Note that this doesn't mean I am going to treat you any better; I'll just avoid breaking you."

A flicker of doubt at that.

Osamu once again finds himself in a different position, however, he is looking straight down at a blood stained floor, and a puddle of water right below his face. The specter then comments," Oh, I remember this! It's the first time dad put in the hard line for the Akuma system. I remember crying a lot then..." The sounds of drills and other mechanical sounds burst out as Osamu is bit with a wave of pain emanating from his back. He sees tears fall from his face pooling at the ground.

The Artificial Human nods. "Am I supposed to feel pity for you because of your own father issues? Because like it or not, I am not easily inclined to compassion."

A face flashes into Osamu's mind; an old Japanese Man, his wrinkled face twisted by vengance, yet also capable of relaxing to show affection. His father, Suichiro Akiyama.

Osamu finds that he has control over his actions again and is facing his father in a formless room. The specter replies to Osamu, " pity? No I just wanted to show you the good times I had with my father, although I didn't like the pain much. Who's that?" Referring to Osamu's father.

The curt response was, "My own father. He was a better person than yours'."

The specter then says," How? Did he not give you pain? Did he let you see your mother? Did he let you see outside?" While the specter says this, Suichiro slowly turns and walks away from Osamu.

A faint smile, "All three, and I had no mother; I was created in a tank."

Osamu then runs after Suichiro, saying, "Oto-san, wait!"

As Osamu moves forward, in an attempted to reach his maker, however he dosdoes seem to be gaining ground. Suichiro's figure gradually moves farther an farther away. Soon, the man is out of sight. The room darkens to a depressing gray, as a familiar voice calls from behind him. "Do you want this body Osamu?" The familiar man's voice calls.

Osamu turns around, hoping that it was Alexander.

What is revealed to him was a naked Alexander and Mako, both embracing each other. Alexander taunting Osamu in a seductive manner says, " You want to join in don't you?" In an equal tone Mako continues, " Too bad all you can seem to do is push people away, what a lonely existence."

As they draw even closer, Osamu says, "I don't need to be nice to get people! I can just take whatever I want, including you!"

He grabs at them, only to find his hands grasping empty air. "Oh, is that how this mental game plays? Well I have some news for you - This is not how reality works! When your father is murdered and you can't do anything about it, when the Corporation that did this provides you your only chance at life, all that remains is to take what you can and indulge yourself! Red-Star took away the only person who can love me as I am and I'm supposed to feel greatful to them!"

The artificial human stands his ground, even as he realized how treasonous his thoughts are. "But I'm not defecting, I'm not betraying, and I most definitely will not accept that our enemies are right! My father... He just wanted a free Japan yet he was punished for it, punished by a world that didn't want it!"

The pair start laughing at him, as they rapidly fade away. Then Hibiki, no not Hibiki, a vile simulacrum of him wispers by Osamu's ear, " Face it, you have no true power. All you can do is destroy." When Osamu looks to challenge the figure he sees a grotesque figure. The figure with it's malformation and twisting, jagged grin says, " But you know how to take power, so take it ...take it... TAKE IT!" The entirety sceams this a few more times before Osamu wakes up in his bed.

Osamu catapults out of his bed, the blanket slipping from his upper body. He shakes it off and puts on a set of clothes, before pondering whether to kill Hibiki once more. The young man sighed as he decided that that'd only hint at weakness. That... And he grudgingly admitted he didn't actually want the boy dead. Another weakness, but easier to hide. So he called an aide to discreetly ask, "What is the status of Hibiki Laplace's sleeping quarters? Does he still sleep in the laboratory?"

If the answer was yes, Osamu would say, "Please transfer him to somewhere more comfortable, with decent nightwear; he's going to need to survive till eighteen. Also, get him some pills for nightmares; use the expensive ones that have no side effects - The Executive Pills."

The young man was repulsed by himself doing something actually kind for once. But he had to admit; for the first time in his life, he wanted someone to stop hurting.
Faction: Red star
Character Sheet
Name
Hibiki Lapras
Age
16
Gender
Male
Appearance
Hibiki is a mixed race individual, His mother being japanese and his father being an irish man. Hibiki’s face resembles mostly Japanese traits but his skin is much lighter than a standard Japanese. The eyes are a hazel brown, and his hair has a red shine to what is essential black hair. If one were to examine the boy without clothing, you would see extensive scarring and damage from failed tests. Hibiki's height is about 6’2 and weight about 130 lb.
Personality
Hibiki tends to have two distinct personalities. Outside the cockpit of the Titan Breaker, Hibiki is a light hearted boy who wishes people only good things. However, inside the Titan Breaker he becomes a cold calculating killing machine. As the Akuma AI manipulates him into doing what is needed for the mission. With every mission, Hibiki loses a part of himself to the machine.
Clothes
As a constant test subject hibiki is often seen in hospital gown. However when in the Titan Breaker he is placed in a power armor suit that helps him sustain himself while in high action manoeuvres.The suit itself actually helps him with his reaction speed and connection to the NC.
History
at a young age hibiki was taken from his mother. His father Serks performed many experiments on him. As a result he ended up with an almost broken body with many modifications. Hibiki has never been allowed to leave the lab and only knows the cold surroundings of a clinical room & mechanical probes. The reason for this is his father had obtained the plans for a new NC. Rather than building it from spec he modified it with some interesting things in mind. Hibiki has been connected to the NC many a time and has developed an intimate connection to it. Hibiki doesn't even know what his mother looks like and he despises his father deep inside. The boy has been trying to keep his sanity but as the days pass it becomes harder and harder.Right now he's reaching out for help and friendship but he fears if the war continues he'll lose himself to the NC and forever be a killing machine. The only contacts available to Hibiki are his fellow pilots right before sorties, however these people don't seem to be the supportive type. Despite this, in his desperation , Hibiki still reaches out to them.
Tactics
Inside the Titan Breaker Hibiki is a targeted killing machine. He will seek out the most lethal opponent and use the environment and any anything else to his advantage. The Akuma AI makes hibiki a berserker at times. Although the NC has self-preservation mechanisms what supersedes these is the need to complete the mission.As a result Hibiki will pursue and ruthlessly execute any mission given to him.

Code Name
Titan Breaker
Model
NC 00X
History
Developed by hibiki's father. The Titan Breaker is used for one-on-one combat to take out high-value targets. It achieves this with brutal strikes to its Target. This is achieved by synchronization with the pilot and the AI Akuma system within. NC will often break through its limits and inducing harm to itself in order to complete the mission. It is not uncommon for the NC to be heavily damaged after completing its mission.
Weapons and support systems

God crusher Model WMD-005s
The god crusher is a large mace used by the Titan breaker for high-impact strikes. These strikes are intended to jar the NC and hopefully incapacitate its pilot. At a whopping 3 tons, ⅓ the weight of most NC. Swings can be slow compared to other melee weapons, but directly being struck by this mace will shake most anyone.
The mace is also coated with energy retardant coating allowing it to pass through most Shields without losing much force.
Demon's grasp HW 071d
the Demon's grasp are Claws at the end of the NC’s hands that can produce anti-material particles that separate the atoms of its Target. This allows relatively easy stripping away of other NC armaments. However this is only done one handful at a time.
Cerberus tail BW 062g
The Cerberus tail is a whip weapon at the back of the unit controlled by the AI system. At the tip is an antiparticle lance that will pierce through into enemy cockpits in order to overheat the area cooking the pilot,because the system is AI controlled it will make periodic attempts at attacking the enemy cockpit or other extremities without the input of the pilot.
The Akuma system
The Akuma system is an onboard NC AI that integrates with hibiki. The AI has a self-preservation protocol allowing it to direct actions that Hibiki subconsciously executes during combat. These actions usually limited to evading enemy attempts to inflict damage on the unit.
The system also informs Hibiki, almost in an instantaneous fashion, of the best course of action during certain combat encounters. This system also allows limit break. limit break simply removes the cautionary limitations of the suit allowed it to go past its limits and often causing severe damage to itself. This is usually done in order to complete its directed mission.The Akuma system is lead lined to prevent failure due to EMP. Hibiki's sync percent is only at 50. however if the system sees a severe amount of damage being done it can stimulate Hibiki into increasing that percentage.
Closed system
The Titan breaker is usually sent for one target kill missions. With that in mind the system itself is closed off to any radio signals or any other outside interference, as a result the unit will continue until its mission is complete or it has been destroyed. the benefit is it is unaffected by any outside interference such as radio waves or any other system disruption signal other than outright physical destruction.
Achilles frame
Although the Titan breaker does not support any overt defenses such as high-tech Shields or armor. The NC does sport a variety of sub defenses. These minor defenses include anti energy coating that reduces the effect of beam strikes or any energy weapon, Reactive armor that will drop off when receiving extreme damage, and flexing frame which which lessens impact strikes by letting the frame yield a little to the strike.
Mobility
The Titan Breaker's mobility is just a few notches above an average speed NC in velocity. However its response capability is high.
Appearance
The Titan Breaker is bipedal humanoid NC. It reaches about 5 m tall and is around 9 to 10 tons depending on its load out. It is often scene with The Load-Out shown here but has multiple assault packages depending on the mission at hand.The chassis is colored with greys and whites and it's opticals have a vibrant red color to them.
Role
Assault

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