R-Type: Pathfinder

R-Type: Pathfinder is an R-Type RP.

### Chapter 1: Nothing is Final

June is tasked with commandeering a task force in the making, eager and competent pilots wanted, known as Task Force 133.

Artemis arrives as Orion-3, floating in space.

Shortly after, Jill Nagasaki and Bob Mario arrive at the Nostrand destroyer, and report for duty to Van Doorn.

After a brief period, June summons the pilots to their first mission briefing. There, the pilots meet their last pilot for now, Operator Capricorn, a pilot with an unknown history and a strange bipedal ship, but with a willingness to work with the EAAF force. The mission is to investigate a destroyed transport carrying an object of interest, the Hyperwave Beacon, with the goal being to tap into Bydo communications.

The group departs on their first mission, and soon make contact with the transport wreckage. Suddenly, the debris field reveals itself to actually be a sizeable contingent of Cancer robots, waiting in ambush. During the fight against the Cancer robots, a nauseating feeling overwhelms the pilots, with Jill Nagasaki and Bob Mario disappearing in a flash, MIA.

Soon enough, a strange new enemy makes itself known, a White Gains, capable of conjuring powerful shields along with its assorted weapons, as well as carrying the cargo the team is after. It and the Cancer robots continue the fight against the remaining three members of the Task Force. After the Cancer robots have been destroyed and only the White Gains, Operator Capricorn, June Van Doorn, and Artemis are the only ones left standing, the White Gains rockets off, ending the battle. However, in its haste to leave, the Gains left a component in its wake, meaning the Hyperwave Beacon could be tracked. Finally, the chapter ends as Van Doorn receives an emergency order from HQ...

### Chapter 2: In Smaug's Eyes

Meanwhile on Earth, the Bydo have sent a raider fleet to Earth's surface in order to destroy the only functional R-90 Ragnarok II fighter. Among the Bydo fleet is Leyla, a Bydo draconic humanoid, and the Smaug, a unique B-Craft modeled after dragons of Earth myth. After a period of engagement between the human and Bydo fighters (not including either the Smaug or the Ragnarok), the Bydo flagship began to level the surrounding city. This spurred the wrath of the Smaug, which returned and began to attack its own flagship. Taking advantage of the sudden commotion, the Ragnarok II emerged from beneath the bulk of the Bydo fleet, using its extremely powerful weapons to take down the flagship in a single shot. By some miracle, the Ragnarok II evades much of the onslaught of return fire, escaping back into the city and luring its pursuers into a trap, dooming the Bydo operation's chances of success.

On the Nostrand, HQ's emergency order for Task Force 133 is to cut off the Bydo's escape. After spotting (and being spotted by) the Bydo, chaos ensues as the team has to contend with the speed and strength of the Smaug. After a close battle, the Smaug retreated from combat, and the retreating Bydo units were killed by 133 or swept up by friendly reinforcements. ￼ After the battle, the Smaug, sole survivor of its operation, meets with the White Gains, who asks the Smaug questions about why it acted the way it did. In addition, 133 gains a new member in Kasim San-Sahed, who introduces himself as Vezir, pilot of a TX-T Eclipse.[1]

## Characters

June Van Doorn

Artemis

Jill Nagasaki (MIA)

Bob Mario (MIA)

Operator Capricorn

Leyla & The Smaug

Kasim (Vezir) San-Sahed

Elpis

Arkus (Location unknown)

Kaijun (Location unknown)

Xenmas (Location unknown)

Juan

Bell

Automated Machine Algorithmic Learner (AMAL)

Ilya "Omega-1" Ranford