1370/Battleground: Luna 2 Docks 5 - 5

Cast of Characters: | Phantom, Shockwave, Sky Lynx, Starlock, 145

**Sky Lynx has posed:**
It's that time again! What time is it? Time to SHAKE AND BAKE...

Or, rather, beat back impending Decepticon forces invading a fortification. Righty-o! Lucky for the Decepticons, there's a big brute in the way of a Lynx on guard this particular go-round, and he's not one to wait around for them to get too close before charging in headlong to hold them off.

<<Well, it was just a matter of time... here we go, then. Be forewarned, we've got a Shockwave on sight.>> Speaking of Shockwave...have you met teeth recently? If not, here's what you've missed....

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock was sat up on the defenses at the control panel and nodded. "<<Copy that Lynx! Lets see if I can't give you a bit of a hand there..>>" She'd nod as she took aim with the defenses drones. "<<Incoming!>>" She'd warn lynx as she released them.

**Howlback (145) has posed:**
Howlback, trying to stay in the shadows, dodges that last atack with an arrogant toss of the head. Moving silently, it waits for the moment to strike, cognizant of what was going on around it.

**Shockwave has posed:**
    Shockwave is leading the offensive on the docks this cycle, and he gets welcomed by Sky Lynx's teeth right out the door. It definitely does a good chunk of damage, fuel and other fluids flowing freely already. "Autobots. Always full of bravado." he states, transforming as he tries to wrench himself free from Lynx's grip and put some distance between himself and the duobot.

    His cannon charges, and he fires the forward weapon toward Sky Lynx.

**Shockwave has posed:**
    Shockwave is leading the offensive on the docks this cycle, and he gets welcomed by Sky Lynx's teeth right out the door. It definitely does a good chunk of damage, fuel and other fluids flowing freely already. "Autobots. Always full of bravado." he states, transforming as he tries to wrench himself free from Lynx's grip and put some distance between himself and the duobot.

    The drones heckle him a bit, leaving scorch marks, but he fires a few potshots to bring them down. His cannon charges, and he unleashes the forward weapon toward Sky Lynx.

**Howlback (145) has posed:**
Taking the power fired at it, Howlback uses that, and sends it right back at the base, with a little somethin' somethin' in return. Growling at the Autobots, Howlback moves closer, never stopping in one place for more than a second.

**Sky Lynx has posed:**
Sky Lynx gets Shockwave in his teeth... that's...unfortunate. It'll take a fair bit of polish to clean that mess out. Also, the aftertaste leaves much to be desired.

But an inconvenience is an inconvenience, and as Shockwave shoots him in retaliation, the big shuttleformer is... more concerned with the bad aftertaste than anything, and he shoots a rather disgusted look towards the fortifications.

<<Really, you'd think these Decepticons don't even bother with the oil baths at all...>> He sighs and just backhand-swats towards the Decepticon Cyclops in a mild fit of aggrivation. <<Right, just focus them down. This won't take too long.>>

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock clicks her jaw as she misses the blue beast former that resembled ravage, she then cringes as she Sky Lynx take that hit, she took a quick glance at her field monitor on her left forearm to check his vitals, before nodding. She takes a deep vent though, their focusing on the base, so, she'd run over and hop into one of the turrets, and took aim on those on the field.

      <<Might just be too used to the high-quality that is Blat Off.>>" Starlock would joke darkly, as she let loose a volley of shots.

**Shockwave has posed:**
    "Decepticons, focus the defenses." Shockwave intones in his usual monotonous voice. He manages to barrel-roll away from Sky Lynx's claws, but ends up getting hit by the turrets. He falls back momentarily, ducking behind trench shields to stabilize some of the critical leaks caused by the damage thus far.

**Howlback (145) has posed:**
Another miss! Howlback growls triumphant, unleashing another energy Feedback pulse, back at the wretched Autobots! Using their own weapons against them was such fun! Howling, Howlback maeuvers around the blasts and watches as a critical strike decimates the defenses.

**Phantom has posed:**
Seems the Autobots were either forewarned or quite watchful of this dock in particular - the Decepticons, Phantom included, venture forth into a biting fray, literally.

 The elusive seeker is knocked back twice, even before he can properly approach the base, but when the Decepticon cyclops instructs them to focus on the base, he jettisons ahead once again in his alt mode, breaking the sound barrier as he accelerates towards the docks!

**Sky Lynx has posed:**
Sky Lynx frowns inwardly, and just looks at his claws in puzzlement as there's no satisfying crunch of a Shockwave. Hrm. Well, when all else fails, just take a nice, big swing at the everything and see what sticks. He leaves the Phantom to the anti air defenses and just takes time to swings a wide swath of elegant destruction at the ground forces. <<Starlock, try to take out their air power. I'll work on tying up the ground forces.>>

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock frowns, that feline was being a bigger problem then expected, so was Shockwave... She's then struck by Phantom, cringing in pain behind her battle mask as it hits something in her leg and she shakes her helm, trying to ignore it, it's a good thing she's already in a turret.

      "<<On it Sir.>>" Starlock would report.. Well that felt weird, she'd take aim at those on the field once more, and took in a deep vent, this was going to be /rough/, she'd also reach over, and disengage the locks on her auxiliary tank.

**Shockwave has posed:**
    Fortunately, the shields protect Shockwave from Sky Lynx's mega-tail swipe, but as soon as Shockwave steps out to fire on the base again, he gets a facefull of turret fire once more. Hmph...this battle was beginning to look less and less worth his effort. Still, he unleashes everything he's got left at the defenses, just to keep Megatron happy.

**Phantom has posed:**
After releasing a sonic boom that seems to more than just rattle the Autobot defenses, the seeker circles back towards the turrets, this time heading straight for Starlock. Weirdly, he doesn't open fire on her, or even draw his weapon.

 "You never relayed my message to Pax, did you?" he sneers at her. "Heh. I'm not surprised."

 Then he protoforms, landing directly in front of the docks. Then reaching forward, he grips the foundations of the structure itself, and releases an electric charge.

**Howlback (145) has posed:**
That last attack hurt Howlback, and she was trying to stay under cover. Howlback wasn't as tough as other Decepticons. After all, Howlback was more for stealh and assassination, not all out assault. Quick strikes, and get out! Ah well, all for one...

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock looks out the readouts a bit worried, and after some talk over the communications link, she'd nods, and spins the turret around, going once more to attempt to strike Phantom with the turrets. "I'm not anyone's damn messenger femme." She'd hiss, ironically she /had/ given Prime that information in an email, but it was /his/ choice to ignore it, after all, she'd warned it was likely a trap.

      Starlock glances at the readouts once more for the base, and attempts to feint, making them think she was going to fire with the turrets, only to release the drones.

**Sky Lynx has posed:**
Sky Lynx takes a moment to size up the defenses and their overall shape...and just gives a light nod. Right, all seems...in proper order. At least mostly so. He looks back at the fight and goes for the throat. Or head, in this case. Or...whatever that is Shockwave has in place of both.

At least temporarily. There's always teeth to rip things up.

**Shockwave has posed:**
    Shockwave goes down for the count. Not that he had much more to give, anyway. It's all up to Phantom and Howlback now, to take the defenses down the rest of the way!

**Howlback (145) has posed:**
Howling in rage, Howlback watches as Shockwave goes down right after he gets hit once more. That one hurt this time, even more so than the first. Now, usually, discretion = valor = run away, but the orders came in from the top. Very well. Launching into a frenzy, Howlback hopes this is over quick.

**Phantom has posed:**
Phantom watches as Shockwave is taken down by the Autobots. Everything seems to slow to forty eight frames per nanosecond.

 A tsunami of gut reactions trigger. Shockwave was, and still is, the reason Phantom is here. The logical course of action would be to avenge him. The docks were last reported at 25% percent just before Shockwave collapsed. They could take it.

 But. There is also the opportunity to be free. He could kill Shockwave right now, and jump ship. Open a portal to somewhere Primus forsaken where no one would find him, and never look back. He would be hunted by the DJD, and be completely alone, forever. But was freedom worth that price?

 Phantom stares at the downed cyclops, his fists clenching and his expression blank though his optics are bright. His internal reaction seems to be spurring some kind of external phenomenon, that the elusive seeker is perhaps unaware of. Yet, those in the Autobot base and perhaps even Howlback may feel or be cognizant of it's effects...

**Sky Lynx has posed:**
One down...two to go, and considering Howlback's in easy reach... relatively speaking, Lynx turns his attention to that unfortunate spark next. Hefting the KO'd Shockwave, he just gives the Decepticon a fling towards the small Decepticon. You know, to...help...in the recovery of Shockwave.

Call it a special delivery. At any rate, it's not like Shockwave is complaining at all, right? CATCH!

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock is silent for a moment at the defenses alarming status, now there is only one, and that's Phantom.. Who's doing something /weird/ and she doesn't like! She'd take in a deep vent, if this thing was going down, might as well make sure she does damage with it, she aims the /big/ turret at Phantom.

      "<<Sky Lynx's I don't know how much the defenses can take... I've got /a lot/ of red on here.>>" She'd report, and then opens fire.

**Phantom has posed:**
Phantom is poised in protoform a few inches off the ground, boosters engaged, his optics glazed over and expression aimless and blank. He's actually, perhaps unknowingly, drifting off the battlefield. Maybe he would have continued in this vein all the way back to Kaon, maybe he wouldn't have.

 Regardless, Starlock shooting at him startles him out of his reverie. And unfortunately for her, she misses.

 Wrath provoked, the elusive seeker transforms and ascends, surveying the smoking base.

"Yeah," he snarls at the junior medic, "you're going to regret not relaying my message."

 And then he opens fire.

**Sky Lynx has posed:**
Sky Lynx grunts...well, at least there was some work done to take the base. He looks at Howlback and Shockwave, then Phantom... but priorities await. <<Load up. Let's leave them to lick their wounds... We did all we could.>> He transforms to serve as a proper evacuation shuttle for the Autobot forces, engines already thrumming away. <<Don't linger. We can always come back.>>

**Starlock has posed:**
     "<<Understood!>>" Starlock calls as she bandoneds the target, jumping over the collapsing wall and activating her pede boosters to skate down what of there was solid, and makes her way for lynx, time to get out of here! but not without her giving Phantom one last three-fingered rude gesture.

**Shockwave has posed:**
    As the defenses fall, Decepticons rush forward to seize control of the docks. Shockwave just sort of lies in a heap where he landed after Sky Lynx threw him, before the medevacs arrive to take him back to Kaon for repairs.

**Howlback (145) has posed:**
When the crew pulls Shockwave off the ground, they find poor Howlback, several inches indented into the ground, growling, and unconscious.

**Phantom has posed:**
Once the Decepticons rush in to take the control of the docks and haul Shockwave and Howlback away for repairs, the elusive seeker does what he usually does.

 He vanishes, leaving little evidence other than the damaged base, that he had ever been present.