Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 45

[October 24, 2151]
[Global Union of Divisions Headquarters]
[Antarctica]

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Outside of the main headquarters for the G.U.D. on the surface, the entire area is being heavily bombarded by all manner of Gyaos; they're coordinating their assault from all sides, and the base's anti-air cannons do little to dissuade them.

The defense is further complicated by Gyaos Shrouds emitting their black gas all over the area and providing the perfect cover for the creatures thanks to their naturally excellent night vision. Strangely enough, none of the variations appear to be actively swooping towards the base; they instead opt to pepper it and the surrounding area with their sonic beams at lower frequencies than normal.

Unfortunately, even them holding back their full power isn't without consequence, as they inflict heavy damage to the infrastructure.

Near the shores, Godzilla still isn't fully healed and is having a difficult time keeping the flying monsters at bay; he's only barely able to blast away any Gyaos attempting to fire upon his daughter, Jira. The king of the monsters continues to take multiple sonic beams from all directions at once; he's slowly but surely being forced to the ground. As he falls to one knee, Draconian Gyaos begin to descend, preparing to move in for the kill.

All of a sudden, a sky-blue streak rushes through the flock and scatters them. Godzilla looks up and sees Blade of the People standing before him with primary drill-hands and scatter cannons raised.


(Feng Lee): Jira, I need you to distract them. Can you do that?


The little monster nods sheepishly as she looks upwards at the snarling creatures flying above her. Despite her fear, she reluctantly charges up energy as demonstrated by small dorsal plates glowing a faint blue. Soon enough, a small blast of fiery plasma erupts from her small mouth, directly into the horde of Gyaos above her.

Although several Gyaos Hoplites line up in the path of the blast and completely block it, they take notice of their other target too late; Blade of the People jumps up from behind them, firing her scatter cannons all around whilst simultaneously kicking her feet around to slash at the creatures with her stiletto heels.

Whilst Blade of the People is currently occupied and soldiers are busy on the surface trying to fend off the Gyaos horde, snow and ice is being visibly kicked up at an unoccupied entrance; there's the faintest glimmer of an anomalous flicker in the air where snow and ice is being flung around like a helicopter landing.

Several distortions that can be barely distinguished from the environment exit from the area of the larger visual distortion. These figures move into the base and head down into the sublevels.

Nobody takes notice of these distortions, as everyone is too focused on the current situation. As these distortions continue to move through the base, they enter a decidedly emptier area of the complex; only a few security guards and research personnel patrol this level. One of the guards notices the distortions and calls his Synthetic partner over to investigate.

All of a sudden, whilst the other is investigating the disturbance, the Synthetic guard behind him gets her head twisted completely backwards. Just as her partner turns around, his head is twisted backwards as well; the two of them slump down to the ground.

The visual distortions continue to move through the level; they now enter an archive room. A few scientists are there and take brief notice of the door opening on its own. All six of them are quickly gunned down; the muzzle flashes appear to emanate from nowhere. Once the researchers are all dead, six operatives cloaked in Full-Body Infiltration Suits emerge out of thin-air now that their refractive camouflage is no longer necessary.


(Black Ops Leader): Alright, scan their data banks for the device.


The black ops operatives get to work using custom viral programs to infect the data stores of the archive room; the operatives continue to search through the files until one of them stops at a particular one: the file containing the details of an Atlantis-derived Mana Derivation Complex.


(Black Ops Leader): Alright, we have what we need. We're pulling out.


As soon as the necessary files are downloaded, the black ops operatives activate their refractive camouflage once more and covertly exfiltrate out of the complex.

Outside, the battle is still going strong, although the Gyaos appear to be in the process of a retreat. Meanwhile, the cloaked operatives walk towards another visual distortion and climb aboard. As the vessel flies away, it uncloaks, revealing itself to be a stealth VTOL. Soon after, all of the Gyaos retreat from the area, leaving the base and its assets still relatively intact.