Sim Battle

[07:57] <~Blackout> Echelon trots out of the tavern with Tallie and Sunflower. They are in the atrium of the station as last time. Except something is very different. It is nearly deserted besides a few soldiers scurrying about in full combat loadouts similar to his own.
[07:57] * Tallie sighs, uninterested in the surroundings.
[07:58] <Sunflower> "Woooooah" Sunflower looks around at the station. "This place is bananas! If I would've left Iwould have stepped into some crappy wasteland. This is WAY cooler!" she smiles.
[07:58] <~Blackout> Echelon stops and looks at Tallie his smile faultering. He stoops down next to her. "Hey, what's got you so down Tallie?" he knows but still it was good to ask.
[07:59] * Tallie looks away. "Nothin..."
[08:00] <~Blackout> Echelon sadfaces. "C'mon, help me out here. I just want to help."
[08:00] * Tallie sighs and looks at Echelon. "Fine. I miss my boyfriend, okay?" she looks away again.
[08:01] <~Blackout> Echelon nods. "I know what you feel. He was... Daryl right?"
[08:01] * Tallie winces and nods. "Not was. Is."
[08:02] <~Blackout> Echelon nods. "Forgive me, I have very poor tenses in Equestrian." he chuckles. "But let's try to have fun. I think you will." giving her an encouraging smile.
[08:02] * Sunflower ([email protected]) Quit (Ping timeout: 121 seconds)
[08:08] * Tallie shakes her head with a sigh. "He's been gone longer than usual... I'm just worried is all..."
[08:09] <~Blackout> Echelon smiles. "He is a clever griffon. I'm certain he is fine."
[08:10] * Tallie looks up at Echelon. "He's got a really dangerous job... what if he's captured... or k-killed?"
[08:11] <~Blackout> Echelon offers Tallie a hug. "He's better than that, try not to think like that and I'm certain he will be back alright."
[08:12] * Tallie sighs. She doesn't take the hug. "fine... where are we going?"
[08:13] <~Blackout> Echelon drops his hooves but still remains smiling. "Up." he says simply.
[08:13] * Tallie blinks. "Um... I kinda... can't fly..."
[08:14] * Swept_Wing appears, as if on cue. "That's why you're riding with me!"
[08:14] * Powerhoof ([email protected]) has joined channel #DeadCityOps
[08:14] * Tallie looks at Swept_Wing. "I'm confused."
[08:14] * Powerhoof is now known as Sunflower
[08:14] <~Blackout> Echelon smirks. "Sorry LT. We are riding tanks this time."
[08:15] * Swept_Wing is sadfaced. "Awww."
[08:15] * Tallie sits, her gun clanking on her back. "Wut..."
[08:15] <~Blackout> Echelon chuckles. "Yes Tallie... in fact you are a gunner today."
[08:16] * Tallie blinks and cracks a tiny smile. "really?"
[08:16] <~Blackout> Echelon nods. "In a behemoth. Got Outlaw Companies CO to say ok."
[08:17] <Sunflower> "So what in the hay am I doing if she's firing the good stuff?" she pouts a bit.
[08:17] * Swept_Wing disappears, presumably to the hangars to yell at his squad.
[08:17] <~Blackout> Echelon yells after Swept_Wing. "You better have those Simunition rounds loaded!"
[08:18] <Swept_Wing> "Don't worry, Black Cloud loaded 'em last night!"
[08:19] <~Blackout> Echelon smiles at Sunflower. "Two options. Either roof mounted machine gun or commander."
[08:19] * Tallie looks at Echelon, then where Swept_Wing left to. "So... I get to blow stuff up?"
[08:20] <~Blackout> Echelon looks at Tallie again. "At the end, perhaps. We are using simunition rounds."
[08:20] * Tallie sighs. "Fine."
[08:21] * Sunflower chuckels slightly evily. "Give me the dakka." she's got a twrrifying little grin on her face.
[08:21] <~Blackout> Echelon nods. "To shoot other tanks and verts all around us. Should be nuts."
[08:23] * Tallie nods, slowly. "M'kay."
[08:24] <~Blackout> Echelon trots forward into the atrium, all the way across it to a waiting elevator. He steps inside.
[08:26] * Tallie steps in behind Echelon, still looking slightly glum.
[08:26] <~Blackout> Echelon waits for Sunflower. Smiling more.
[08:27] * Sunflower continues chuckling. "Let's do this." she follows after.
[08:27] <~Blackout> Echelon presses a button and the doors slide close. The elevator starts up.
[08:28] * Tallie adjusts her coat and amateurly tied boots.
[08:29] * Sunflower is impatiently tapping her hoof, looking quite excited.
[08:30] <~Blackout> Echelon is still smiling as the doors open. The are on the foter of a large building with a glass front. Outside are many soldiers running about, even some ponies in power armor. But the most pressing thing were five very large, very intimidating tanks painted black.
[08:32] * Deft_Embrace is now known as Nguvu
[08:33] * Sunflower smirks wide as she looks at the tanks. "They are just so cute when they're all in one peice like that." she grins her evil grin again.
[08:33] * Tallie blinks as her eyes grow wide. "Woah..."
[08:33] <~Blackout> Echelon nods. "Yes... we aren't wrecking those ones. Or any until the end."
[08:34] * Tallie blinks again. "Neat."
[08:34] * Sunflower frowns a little, but continues admiring the tanks.
[08:34] <~Blackout> For more detail. Each tank has a 120 mm smoothbore high velocity cannon and a coxial 12.7 mm cannon. The roof has a mounted 12.7 mm machine gun.
[08:37] <~Blackout> Echelon steps out of the elevator and trots directly for the tanks. But stops by a pile of crates near the door looking at both Tallie and Sunflower. "Drop all your ammo here please."
[08:37] * Tallie frowns. "Why?
[08:37] <Tallie> "
[08:37] * Sunflower sighs and furrows her eyebrows. "ALL of it?"
[08:38] <~Blackout> Echelon nods. "Exchanging it for sim rounds. It wil be returned afterwards. We don't want any accidents."
[08:39] * Tallie sighs. "Fiiiiiine." She opens her ammo packs and dumps 5 full ak mags.
[08:39] <~Blackout> Echelon tosses her ten full clips of sim ammo. The round tips are bright pink.
[08:39] * Sunflower frowns and dumps quite a lot of bullets out of her saddle. At least a hundred bullets between what she was carrying and what was already loased.
[08:40] * Tallie loads her AK and pulls the bolt back. She slings it over her shoulder again.
[08:41] <~Blackout> Echelon return to her more sim ammo then she just gave up. "Alright. Oh and these." he tosses then both masks like he wore with the glowing eyepieces. "Just so you don't have an eye taken out."
[08:42] * Tallie looks it over. "Um... is this fitted for griffins?"
[08:42] <~Blackout> "That one is." Echelon nods. There is a very distinct difference in that mask.
[08:43] * Tallie puts it on. Her voice now muffled. "Cool."
[08:44] * Sunflower puts on her mask as well. "CRUSH. KILL. DESTROY. SW, ugh, I hate that word. Let's just make stuff full a' holes!" she grins beneath her mask.
[08:44] <~Blackout> Echelon chuckles. "Outside we go." He trots through the door to outside. It is a cool crisp morning with very few clouds in the sky. The tanks are already revved up and warm. Several ponies in engineering jumpsuits around them.
[08:46] * Tallie is now really thankful for her badass coat. She looks up at the tank, her mask remaining expressionless.
[08:46] * Sunflower trots behind him. "Do we get to keep these masks? I don't think I have any hats that'll go over it." she says, following.
[08:47] <Swept_Wing> A flight of four Vertibucks flashes by over head, kicking up dust as they settled onto the ground a little ways in front of the tanks.
[08:48] <~Blackout> Echelon nods. "You both can keep them. Now let's get everything set." he trots over to a specific pony and starts talking.
[08:49] <Sunflower> "You excited big sis! This looks so cool! I never fired a gun that crazy looking!" she says, pointing a hoof at the tank's gun.
[08:49] * Swept_Wing an orange pegasus with a spikey mane and tail, both also orange, comes trotting out of one of the Verts. He wears a pair of glasses, and trots towards Echelon.
[08:49] * Tallie nods and grunts. "Sure."
[08:51] * Sunflower shakes her head. "You don't sound very excited. C'mon! Get pumped! You don't fire a tank every day!" she smirks at her sister.
[08:51] * Tallie nods and grunts again.
[08:52] <~Blackout> Echelon talks seriously for a few minutes and then trots back over to Tallie and Sunflower. "Alright. Game plan. We are in Outrider 2, that's that one." he points to the second tank in the line. He stops when he notices the pegasus. "Sergeant."
[08:54] <Sunflower> "Hit 'em hard. Hit 'em fast, don't let 'em hit back?" she says, saluting.
[08:54] * Tallie doesn't salute. "Cool."
[08:55] * Swept_Wing salutes. "Sir, where are you going to be wanting air support the most?"
[08:56] <~Blackout> Echelon salutes back. "Think the Battle of Bittain sergeant. It's a free for all. You split up evenly?"
[08:58] * Swept_Wing nods. "Yep. Black got all the missiles and such switched over last night, so we're set. The LT won't know what hit him." He grins.
[08:58] <~Blackout> Echelon smiles. "And let me guess. Swept is heading the other team?" he chuckles looking at Tallie. "When he comes along. Knock him from the sky for me?"
[08:59] * Swept_Wing nods.
[08:59] <Swept_Wing> [whoops]
[08:59] * Tallie nods.
[09:00] <~Blackout> Echelon looks to the sergeant. "Prepare your birds. We have ten minutes till this starts." He turns back to Tallie and Sunny. "Orright. Let's load up." he trots over to the second tank, hopping up it.
[09:00] * Tallie climbs up the side and peers in the hatch.
[09:01] * Swept_Wing 20/20 nods. "Yessir." He trots back towards the Verts, yelling at the other pilots. A few moments later, the engines started spinning up, kicking up a cloud of dust.
[09:01] * Sunflower follows her best, getting into the tank with no hesitation and looking around. "Well shit..." she says at some of the stuff around her.
[09:02] <~Blackout> The tanks accomodate six crewmembers. Three are currently occupied, which is the loader, the driver, and the engineer. "Tallie, you're on main. Sunflower, you're on secondaries. Both machine guns." he points them to their positions.
[09:02] * Tallie climbs into the gunner seat and adjusts it for her tiny griffin body. She buckles in and looks at the controls, getting familliar with them.
[09:03] <~Blackout> Echelon climbs down to Tallie. "Alright. Crash course~" he explains everything she might need.
[09:03] * Swept_Wing MEANWHILE, on the other team, Swept Wing and his half of the squad were prepping for the game as well.
[09:04] * Tallie nods as he does, then grips the controls. "Got it. Wait, am I turning the turret or is someone else?"
[09:04] <Sunflower> "Let's lock and load colts. It's about to get rough." she says to the rest of the crew in the tank before grinning and manning the secondary weapons.
[09:05] <~Blackout> Echelon climbs up to Sunflower. "Yes Tallie, you have full control of the turret and main gun." he looks to Sunflower. "Crash course time." he explains it as well.
[09:07] * Sunflower nods. "Got it. Shoot the stuff that's not us." she grins.
[09:07] * Tallie flicks some switches, and watches the auto loader work, loading a new shell into the chamber. She cracks a small smile and peers through the aiming sights, adjusting them appropriately. "REady to roll." she mutters.
[09:09] <~Blackout> Echelon climbs into the commanders chair switching on his comms. "Alright. Outrider two ready. Oh and Steel One, do you copy?"
[09:11] <Swept_Wing> "Ya'll goin' down." Comes the reply.
[09:12] <Sunflower> "C'mon colts, with me and Tallie on the guns, they might as well be drivin' around in sweet rolls!" he pumps her hoof.
[09:13] <Swept_Wing> 20/20: "In your dreams LT!"
[09:13] <~Blackout> "Tallie. When you see Swept. Nail him." Echelon chuckles. "Same for you Sunny." he gets serious now. "Alright. All ready. Here we go." A loud air siren goes off in the distance and a rumble can be heard.
[09:13] * Tallie "Aye, sir."
[09:14] <Sunflower> "Let's do this Cheif!"
[09:15] * Swept_Wing The Vertibucks leap into the air, two spliting off to the left and two to the right and circling back around, before roaring off, a mere 20 or so feet from the ground towards the 'enemy', in typical Steel Wing style.
[09:16] <~Blackout> All five tanks ruble forward. It can also be seen that the Steel Rangers who were around already are acting as infantry support. Whoever thought this sim up did a really, really good job. In the distance, about a half a mile a way, tanks can be seen rumbling towards them. "Sergeant Feather. How many verts are on our team?"
[09:17] * Tallie cracks her knuckles, then grips the controls, scanning the air.
[09:17] <Swept_Wing> 20/20: "4 sir, Steel 2, 4, 6, and 8."
[09:18] * Tallie mutters from under her mask. "Which one's your buddy?"
[09:18] <~Blackout> "Alright then, keep two supporting the tanks with the infantry. The other two, hunter killer."
[09:19] <~Blackout> Echelon answers Tallie. "Steel One, can't miss him, he is the most hubris of their team." he said that on an open channel so Swept could hear.
[09:19] <Swept_Wing> "Way ahead of you sir." Two Vertibucks flash past overhead, gaining altitude, while the other two continue their insanely-low-to-the-ground infantry support.
[09:20] * Tallie tracks the vertibuck. "Gotcha..." she mutters. "Ready to fire."
[09:22] <~Blackout> Echelon nods. "Those are ours. You'll see his when the HUD goes nuts." The approach what look like well fortified AA emplacements with more ground troops. Just then a high pitched whirr could be heard and a round slams the tank, but bounces off harmlessly. "Oh shit." about three hundred yards away are the enemy tanks. Everyone and their mother opens fire.
[09:23] * Tallie "Oh... just practisin." She trains the sights on a tank. "Heh heh heh..." she cackles quietly, then fires, jolting at the force of the shot.
[09:23] * Swept_Wing True to his nature, a pair of Vertibucks, painted with big red stripes down the sides, come screaming past on a strafing run. "Yeeehaw!" They loop around, engaging 20/20 and his wingmate above Outrider 2.
[09:23] * Sunflower punches the firing mechanisim. "Say goodnight suckas!" she has a glee filled smile on as she pours bullets out.
[09:24] <~Blackout> Sunflower pelts the side of Swept_Wing's wingmates vertibuck, landing at least twenty hits as they scream by. Tallie lands a hit on one of the tanks, but it does minimal damage as stated by her HUD.
[09:25] * Tallie "fuck." She starts to swivel the turret, tracking Swept_Wing. She continues to do so. "Sun, light em up." She fires off the coax, still tracking. She finally fires, aiming ahead of the vertibuck while following its flight path.
[09:27] <Sunflower> "It's what I do best!" she shouts, letting hell fly from her gun. "He sure talks big for a guy about to eat the dirt!" she laughs.
[09:27] <~Blackout> At the same time, the AA and soldiers in the fortifications open up. The SR mill about trying their hardest to destroy each other on the ground. "Tallie. Need fire on those tanks!" just then a round slams into the back of their turret. "Damn. That's one hit! We can only take three more."
[09:27] <Swept_Wing> A missile streaks out from Swept's Vert, striking 20/20 wingmate's Vert right in the engine, a big splash of pink coating the side of it. "Fuck yeah!" He notes the tank below. "Oh shit!"
[09:28] * Tallie growls. "Got it." She swivels the turret again, and zeroes in on a tank. She lets rip.
[09:29] <Swept_Wing> Swept's Vert is promptly covered in pink paint. "Fucking shit! How!?"
[09:30] <~Blackout> The round travels clear and true, nailing the tank on the turret. He blinks. "Shit.. that shot broke his turret. Nice." at the same time Sunflower is peppering the shit out of Swept's wingman. Damage slowly racking to critical according to her hud.
[09:31] <Swept_Wing> The two Verts that had disappeared before come diving out of the sky now, gatling guns and .50s blazing on the fortifications. "Let those Hellfires rip!" One of the pilot's shouts, a barrage of missiles promptly following.
[09:31] * Sunflower laughs "Goodnight shugah!" she says in responce to Tallie's shot. She keeps the heat on the wingman.
[09:31] <Swept_Wing> [redact Swept getting hit, Blackout wants to have fun with it]
[09:31] <~Blackout> [Damn right]
[09:32] <Swept_Wing> Swept's wingmate goes bye-bye, landing somewhere outside the battlegrounds, with much cursing. They are joined by 20/20's wingmate, with equal cursing.
[09:33] <~Blackout> The missile from the now diving vertibucks pepper the hell out of the Enemy fortifications. But at the same time the second vert gets lit up by lucky AA and is promptly marked as 'destroyed'.
[09:34] * Tallie keeps her eye on the tank. "Firing!" She fires again, the shell sailing through the air. "Reloading!" the auto loader starts to reload.
[09:35] <~Blackout> Just then two more rounds slam into their tank. One bounces but the other hits, but at minimal damage. Tallie's round however is the kill shot for one enemy tank. Leaving only three on their team remaining.
[09:35] <Swept_Wing> The 'destroyed' Vert peels off, joining the other two, while the other, piloted by Swoop, pulls up sharp, pairing up with 20/20 and going after 2 Verts from Swept's team.
[09:36] * Tallie swivvels the turret. "Gottum." She mutters, not wasting time. She aims at the next shot directly at the turret of the enemy tank. "Firing!" She fires.
[09:37] <~Blackout> At the same time, enemy infantry start to swarm onto their tank. "Uh... Sunflower! Get them off of us!" Tallie's shot veers slightly to the left, luckily hitting an enemy AA.
[09:37] * Swept_Wing meanwhile, is in full badass mode, a hail of gunfire from his Vert raking over the opposing team's ground troops. "Say goodnight buckos!"
[09:38] * Swept_Wing is also doing a lot of fancy twists and spins to make it harder to hit him.
[09:38] <Tallie> "dammit!" She curses, reloading. As soon as the shot is loaded, she zeroes in again, aiming slightly to the right. She fires.
[09:38] <~Blackout> A voice comes over the comm, talking to Swept_Wing. "Hey! Blind shot!" in the crowd of rangers below one fires a missile ahead of Swept_Wing's vertibuck.
[09:38] <Swept_Wing> "Ohhh, shit!!!"
[09:38] * Sunflower rains on the infantry around them. She lights them up, making them tumble off. "C'mon! You can do better than that!" she taunts.
[09:39] <~Blackout> The rangers climbing over the tank fly off rather quickly. Ever for sim rounds. A lot of power.
[09:40] <Swept_Wing> "Didn't know you were here Chance!" A rocked collides with the bottom of his Vert, causing him to pull up rather sharply.
[09:40] <~Blackout> Tallie's shot is true this time. It hits the tank and does damage. It shoots back, nailing the front of their tank. "Shit! Two more hits and we are done!" now their are only three tanks on their team and two on the enemies.
[09:41] * Tallie reloads and fires again. "Comeoncomeoncomeoncomeon...."
[09:42] <~Blackout> Tallie's round jams. It takes time to cycle a new round. Meanwhile Sunflower has now cleaned the tank of steelies.
[09:42] * Tallie slams the controls. "Fuck!" She shouts, watching the reloader fix itself. "Take your fucking time..."
[09:43] <Swept_Wing> Meanwhile, 20/20 and Swoop are in a fierce dogfight with Firewing and Brown Feathers, the pilots of Steel 5 and 7. Missiles and rounds are exchanged so fast, it's hard to tell who's shooting who.
[09:43] <Sunflower> "C'mon buckos! Let's pick up the pace or we're gonna get smoked!" she eyes a few steles and let's em' have it.
[09:44] <Sunflower> steelies*
[09:44] * Swept_Wing uses his upward momentum to completley flip his Vert over, coming back down with a hail of, uhh, paint?
[09:44] * Tallie grins as the round is loaded, then zeroes again. "firing." She pulls the triggar and watches it fire.
[09:44] <~Blackout> Echelon scans the skies through his sights. "Where the Hell is Swept_Wing! He wasn't out yet!" Sunflower's MG is tearing up Steelies when suddenly. *clickclickclick* Out of ammo.
[09:45] <Swept_Wing> "I'm tearing yer infantry to shreds, that's where!"
[09:46] <~Blackout> Tallie's shot wallops the last enemy tank. It is done. "All remaining units! Take down Steel One and his winger."
[09:46] <~Blackout> Also note that no more tanks remain besides theirs.
[09:46] * Swept_Wing 's winger is already out silly.
[09:46] <~Blackout> Shhhh
[09:46] <Sunflower> "Celestia banish it to the dark side of the fucking moon! I'm out!" she slams her hoof on her gun.
[09:46] <Swept_Wing> "Yeeeehaw!"
[09:47] <Swept_Wing> Meanwhile, back in the air, 20/20 and Swoop had emerged victorious, sending the two other Verts packing to the sidelines.
[09:47] * Tallie swivels her turret. "Knock knock. Who's there? A tank shell, that's who." She tracks him, then fires.
[09:48] <~Blackout> The shot arcs wide left, overcompensation.
[09:49] * Sunflower clicks the green button, giving her a fresh round. "Uh huh! I'm locked and loaded!" she continues ripping apart the infantry.
[09:49] * Swept_Wing They aren't victorious for long though, as Swept suddenly rolls, shooting up towards them, all five of his remaining Spitfire missiles streaking out at them.
[09:49] <~Blackout> A Steely pushes the machine gun to the side trying to get a clear shot at Sunflower.
[09:49] * Tallie curses, then reloads. She continues to track him.
[09:50] <~Blackout> The remaining verts are downed with those missiles. "Oh... oh shit... " all that remains on their team is a handfull oh infantry and their tank, versus Swept_Wing's vert.
[09:50] <Swept_Wing> Both 20/20 and Swoop are taken by surprise, and get paint-splattered windshields.
[09:51] * Tallie tracks... tracks...then fires!
[09:51] * Swept_Wing gives a victory cry, brohoffing his co-pilot before flipping his Vert over and diving towards the last tank.
[09:52] * Sunflower lifts her hoof up and pounds him on the top of the head. "Touch your own gun, asshole!" she sprays him with her saddle.
[09:52] * Swept_Wing unleashes all 12 of his Hellfire missiles at the tank.
[09:53] <~Blackout> At that moment everyone and their mother open's up on the last vert, Echelon smirks and slams a button, deploying an assload of flares.
[09:55] <Swept_Wing> "Well shit."
[09:55] <~Blackout> Tallie's shot slams into the Vert, rocking it like a toy. Target destroyed. Howver the incoming missile don't all go after the flares. Two make it through, one bouncing, the other nailing the tank... except not enought to kill it. Eight percent health remains.
[09:55] * Tallie slaps her controls then spins in her chair. "Woo!"
[09:55] * Swept_Wing slams his hoof on the flight console. "Damnit!"
[09:55] <~Blackout> Echelon blinks before lol'ing. over comms. Also everyone else who was dead opens up comms. "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiit!"
[09:56] <Sunflower> "Ohhhh yeah! When you see the Devil in hell! Tell him I comming for him next!" she laughs loudly.
[09:56] * Tallie grabs Echeolon's comm. "How does it feel to be shot down by a 14 year old griffin with no tank experience?!"
[09:56] <~Blackout> Echelon smiles. "Owned. In. The. Face."
[09:56] <Swept_Wing> "Say what now?!"
[09:56] <~Blackout> Everyone and their mother on the comms now. "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaum!"
[09:57] * Tallie giggles. "You heard me, n00b."
[09:57] <Swept_Wing> "Ahhhhh, shuddup. You all sure liked my gatling gun a minute ago."
[09:58] <~Blackout> Echelon is laughing his ass off. "Oh Blackout will know about this."
[09:58] * Swept_Wing lands his Vert, the front windscreen covered in pink paint. He trudges down the ramp, grumbling.
[09:59] <~Blackout> The last remaining tank rolls to a stop near the vert. The engine shutting off. They were back outside the building they started at.
[10:00] * Swept_Wing glares at the paint. "That shit better come off easy."
[10:00] * Tallie 's head popped out of the tank and looks at Swept_Wing, looking very smug. She pulls her mask up.
[10:01] <~Blackout> Echelon clambors out of the commanders hatch and trots over to him. "It's water based."
[10:01] <Swept_Wing> Right then, the rest of Swepts squad arrives, laughing amongst themselves at their CO's misfortune.
[10:02] * Swept_Wing glares daggers at them, before turning to Echelon. "That, was a damn good game Sergeant." He offers his hoof.
[10:02] <Sunflower> "Damn man. You got bodied." she snickers, poking her head out next to Tallie.
[10:03] * Tallie clambers out, fixing her jacket. If only she had a cigar, she'd look so badass.
[10:03] <~Blackout> Echelon shakes it happily. "Damned good game. To bad they are so damned expensive to run. Limited a bit."
[10:04] * Sunflower gets out as well. "I swear there were a bunch of big steel guys on the ground before I got there."
[10:04] * Swept_Wing nods. "One of those Simunition Hellfires alone costs a couple grand."
[10:05] * Tallie looks herself over, then looks smug at Swept_Wing again.
[10:05] <~Blackout> Echelon nods. "Well we can produce them well anyhow." he smiles at Tallie and Sunflower. "Good time yes?"
[10:05] * Swept_Wing nods to Tallie. "You the one who got me? Nice shootin' there kid."
[10:05] * Tallie nods. "Naaaailed you."
[10:06] <~Blackout> Echelon can't help but snicker.
[10:06] * Swept_Wing chuckles. "That you did."
[10:07] <Swept_Wing> 20/20 comes trotting up, the front of him covered in paint. "Damnit LT, you broke the windshield." He says, giving Swept a light punch in the shoulder.
[10:07] <~Blackout> Echelon trots over to Sunflower. "I saw you wrecking Steelies. Nice!"
[10:07] * Tallie yawns and pats her coat down. She pulls out a blue berry and noms it.
[10:07] <Sunflower> "I think I heard one yell 'Not the face!' before I tagged him." she grins.
[10:08] * Swept_Wing just grins. "Your fault for not paying attention."
[10:08] <~Blackout> Echelon smiles. "It was awesome to see anyways." he nods to 20/20. "Good support sergeant."
[10:09] <Swept_Wing> 20/20 nods back. "Thanks sir. Had a blast! Even if it does sting like a bitch."
[10:11] <~Blackout> Echelon just laughs. "Well. That was fun. Are we all ready to head back?"
[10:11] * Swept_Wing nods. "Yeah, need to get my bird cleaned up, and get 20/20's windshield fixed."
[10:12] <Swept_Wing> "Again."
[10:12] * Tallie nods, yawning again.
[10:12] <~Blackout> Echelon smiles. "I need to get these two back to Deft."
[10:13] <Sunflower> "Heya, Swept was it?" she says with a grin.
[10:13] * Swept_Wing nods. "The one and only."
[10:15] <Sunflower> "Tell your little colts in their pots and pans, that Reaper Reaper dosen't ever wanna see them on her battlefeild again, or she's gonna mess them up again." she pounds her chest and lets a harsh breath out of her nose.
[10:16] * Swept_Wing grins. "I'll be sure to let them know."
[10:16] * Tallie sits and yawns again
[10:17] <~Blackout> Echelon trots over to Tallie, "Hey Gunner. Need a ride?"
[10:17] <Sunflower> "Now lets go back to the Tavern and get some milk!" she pumps her hoof in the air, turning to Echelon. "Hooahh!"
[10:18] * Tallie looks up at Echelon. "Hm?"
[10:18] <~Blackout> Echelon nodnodnods. "You looked tired. So I offer my back as a ride."
[10:18] * Swept_Wing turns to 20/20, gesturing to the rest of the pilots, who were milling around outside their Verts. 20/20 nods, trotting over to them and yelling something, and before long they were in the air, headed back to base.
[10:20] * Swept_Wing hoofs his helmet back on. "I'll catch you later Sarge, and if you see Chance Closure tell him I said 'Nice shot, you lucky bastard.'"
[10:21] <~Blackout> Echelon laughs. "Orright, catch you back in the tavern perhaps."
[10:21] * Tallie blinks up at Echelon. "Um... okay..."
[10:21] <~Blackout> Echelon picks Tallie up and nods to Sunflower. "Alright, we need to get back before Deft kills me."
[10:22] * Tallie stretches on Echelon's back and lays down, tucking her legs under her, like a cat.
[10:22] * Swept_Wing trots back into his Vert, turning the windshield wipers on and lifting off, heading back to base.
[10:22] * Sunflower chuckles a bit and follows the two. "Yeah. Heya sis, where did you learn to shoot like that anyway."
[10:24] * Tallie shrugs. "Iunno."
[10:24] <~Blackout> Echelon trots back into the building and into the elevator. "It was... well quite frankly some of the best shots I've ever seen."
[10:25] <Sunflower> "Tch. Guess we're both just natruals." she says smugly.
[10:25] * Tallie nods, then scritches a shoulder itch. "Damn right it was."
[10:26] <~Blackout> The elevator door closes and they head back down. Opening in the atrium again.
[10:27] <Sunflower> "That was even more kickass than I thought it would be." she says, still grinning.
[10:28] <~Blackout> Echelon chuckles as the door opens and starts across the atrium again. "Welcome to my world."