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Event: The Empire Strikes Back (2)
Hello dear players, the event is now live and the battle for Aqures Ixen is about to start! If you haven't signed-up for a role, it's not too late! You can still sign-up anytime and take part in the event. The first OOC post with all the details can be found here. Don't forget the battle will ICly take place from July 28th to August 03rd. This post will be updated every other day.
We will regularly post updates regarding what the Empire is doing and you will be able to answer to their attacks with your tactics, which you may then play out in the IC post. For very important things such as the battle against Ultima Weapon or the meeting with Kalki, it will be fully modded ICly. Again, the outcome of the event is fully decided by how well your characters will do. Therefore, what will happen on July 29th will depend on how well you did on July 28th, etc.
You can use this post to reply to the imperial doings and maybe affect the course of the battle, to ask questions, to plot, etc. We're starting with the 27th, the day before the event properly begins.
We will regularly post updates regarding what the Empire is doing and you will be able to answer to their attacks with your tactics, which you may then play out in the IC post. For very important things such as the battle against Ultima Weapon or the meeting with Kalki, it will be fully modded ICly. Again, the outcome of the event is fully decided by how well your characters will do. Therefore, what will happen on July 29th will depend on how well you did on July 28th, etc.
You can use this post to reply to the imperial doings and maybe affect the course of the battle, to ask questions, to plot, etc. We're starting with the 27th, the day before the event properly begins.
July 27th
This is the day just before the attack, therefore there is nothing of note to be said. It's been raining ever since the 25th by that point and the rain doesn't seem to be about to let up, with temperatures averaging around 77°F (25°C). Everything is eerily calm and aside from the Heroes of Light, the Soldiers and the Law Enforcement forces, the city appears to be desert. There are a few decorations for the Festival of Light that were put up by hopeful citizens, but they all have been abandoned by now. There are still civilians around of course, but with the rain not letting up, they're at home for the most part.
Since nothing happens on that day, this is the perfect occasion for your characters to settle the final details, speak with their comrades who have stayed to help or fight, or maybe even say their farewell if either they think they won't survive the battle.
July 28th
Strangely enough, the 28th is going to be a rather uneventful day. It will still be raining cats and dogs but there will be absolutely no signs of the Empire. Is the attack really going to happen today?
• 21:30 - 23: 00
Starting from 21:30 and because surveillance has been reinforced in the Sixth District, the Law Enforcement employees will be able to find a bomb placed against the Magitek Research Facility. They may also spot who placed it, a man wearing an eyepatch accompanied by a blonde woman, but they disappeared before they could be approached. The bomb is of a fairly simple design, yet too advanced for people native to this world. It means only Heroes of Light are going to be able to defuse it. Characters with some sort of experience regarding this kind of things should be able to defuse it. Characters without any experience whatsoever may instead activate a trap.
Indeed, the bomb is trapped: if it is displaced or if a mistake is done while trying to defuse it, it'll go off, kill everyone around it and destroy the Magitek Research Facility. Doing so will throw all of the Sixth District into chaos and draw attention to it. If nothing is done, the bomb will go off by 23:00 anyway.
To plot out the bomb defusing, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! The mods will not be modding it ICly, but will tell OOCly whether or not the bomb will successfully be defused.
• 23:05
Imperial Airships will finally show up from behind the mountains north of Aqures Ixen. It would seem they had been hiding there for quite a while by now and were waiting for the distraction to go off. Whether or not the bomb did explode, the Airships will start their advance toward the city at this point. If the bomb exploded, it'll mean there will be less forces ready for the upcoming assault; not to mention panic and chaos amongst the ranks.
If the bomb was defused, then at the contrary it is the Empire that will be at a disadvantage, because their distraction didn't work as planned. Jessie in her laboratory will begin with the process to trick Ultima Weapon into coming. She will ask every Heroes of Light who volunteered to help her to be ready for when the Weapon will show up.
• 23:30 - 06:00
Three airships will go straight toward the city whereas three will stay back. The three Airships on the front will drop many YAT-99s, Moogle Killers and a X-ATM110 before the 12th and 13th Districts. If left uninterrupted, the Airships will target with their own weaponry the Civilian Airport and the Church, whereas the war machines will target the Eidolon Temple, the Statue and the Military Airport.
The Alexandria is amongst the ships staying back and they will set up a couple bases away from the city, with Illusionists transporting soldiers from the Airships to the ground. Characters may try to disrupt the creation of these bases, but with the chaos in the 6th District and both the 12th and 13th Districts under attack, this may be hard. It may be slightly easier to send a team to try and slow down the process if the bomb was defused. Should the bases be installed, Imperial warriors, Black Mages and Gunners will join the fight in the 13th District by 03:00. Unlike the machines, they will not target buildings, but people instead.
Roughly a gunner out of ten has special bullets which can kill Heroes of Light for real. If a Hero of Light is wounded by such a bullet, they will not die but Healing spells or Potions will have next to no effects on them. If a Hero of Light is killed by such a bullet, they will not come back and will definitely leave the game.
To plot out the beginning of the imperial assault, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! The mods will not be modding the assault ICly, but will OOCly say what may work and how the Empire will react to the different initiatives.
July 29th
The battles that started on the 28th will continue throughout the 29th. Because the Heroes of Light managed to find and defuse the Bomb set up by the Empire, the worst was avoided. The Military and Fleet successfully managed to keep the enemy troops confined to the 12th and 13th Districts for the time being, therefore saving the rest of the city. However...
• Attack on the 13th District
The plot to lure most troops toward the 13th District was a success. The Eidolon Temple and Church were both successfully protected for the time being, and characters managed to defeat some war machines. However, given the sheer amount of troops condensed into this single District, if they try to hold their position in both of these locations, they'll end up overwhelmed and unavoidably defeated.
Indeed, on top of the already present troops, Imperial Chocobo Knights and Dark Knights will come from the Imperial camp to attack this District, led by a fully armored Magitek Knight. The troop arrival seems to be relentless. Troops supposed to attack the entire city are focused into a single point, and are therefore too much for small groups to handle. It may however be possible to evacuate the citizens in the brief lapse of time before the reinforcements arrive.
To plot out the attack on the 13th District, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! The mods will not be modding it ICly, but will tell OOCly whether or not what you'll do will work.
• Aerial Battles
The three Imperial Airships on the front line will move from their position and soon attack other Districts: one will target the 02nd District in an effort to cause panic amongst the civilians, whereas another will attack the 04th District and most noticeably the Broken Observatory so as to break the Heroes of Light's spirits.
Because he managed to get Military support, Ales Mansay will successfully manage to take down the enemy imperial Airship who still targeted the 12th District. However, in a last ditch effort the imperial airship will attempt to crash into the northern side of the Castle of Aqures Ixen. There are many solutions: shooting the Airship until it crashes into the 12th District instead, resulting in a good portion of this district being destroyed instead of the castle's northern flank. Another solution would be to go in collision course with the imperial Airship, which would spare the city but would result in Ales' airship's destruction and the death of everyone on board. Hard choices.
To plot out the aerial battles, please click here. To play them out ICly, please click here! The mods will not be modding them ICly, but will tell OOCly whether or not your attempts will work.
• The Imperial Camp
Some characters have planned to go behind enemy lines where the three remaining Imperial Airships have set their camp up. Needless to say, the Empire expects such initiatives and it is very dangerous for all those participating in such an action. Death may ensue.
To plot out attempts to invade the imperial camp, please click here. To play them out ICly, please click here! The mods may partly mod this part of the event depending on what your characters will attempt.
July 30th
All three aforementioned events will continue throughout the 30th, given their importance and size. However, the Empire will not wait for the Heroes of Light's moves and has other plans.
• 14th District on Fire
Early on the 30th, a fire will start in the 14th District. The fire will spread at a supernatural rate and will soon engulf all of the District and move toward the city: it is impossible and so it is likely most of the flames are the result of an Illusionist trying to cause panic. However, amongst the illusions there are real flames and if nothing is done, the fire will spread and consume every houses in the 14th District before spreading to the city. The key to preventing this is finding the Illusionist behind the fake flames, taking him or her out and extinguishing the real flames.
If you want to cause unnecessary drama to your characters, you can have their houses burn partly or even entirely. Reply here for this, but keep in mind you need the authorization of everyone living in this house to get it to burn during the event.
To plot out what your characters will do, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! This will be modded, as there will be a Boss Battle should your characters find the Illusionist.
• The Hospital Attacked
The Airship attacking the Observatory is going to drop a war machine before the Hospital: the Red Scorpion. This machine is incredibly resistant but doesn't have the raw power to destroy the building or cause massive damages. However, it is equipped with a special beam that can kill Heroes of Light for real if they are touched by it. Any characters touched and killed by this beam, be they normal or in crystal stasis, will die for real and never come back. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to prevent this machine from reaching the room where the Heroes in Crystal Stasis are stored, otherwise it could kill them all in a matter of minute.
To plot out the attack against the Hospital, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! The mods will not be modding it ICly, but will tell OOCly whether or not what you'll do will work.
• Mognet Office
Late in the day, the Mognet Office in the 09th District will be under attack by a dozen of Moogle Killers. On top of setting the office on fire, they will target any and all Moogles living in this District or passing by. The outcome of the battle will not change depending on whether or not the Moogles are saved, but this may affect the game in the long-term.
To plot out the attack against the Moogles, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! The mods will not be modding it ICly, but will tell OOCly whether or not what you'll do will work.
July 31st
The Hospital and the Moogles were successfully defended! The attack on the Imperial Camp is still ongoing and the biggest part of the forces are still trapped in the 13th District. Unfortunately, the origin of the fire in the 14th District wasn't found, and so...
• The Fire Spreads
Because the Illusionist behind the attack on the 14th District has not been found, both the real and virtual fire are spreading and slowly taking over the city! As of July 31st, the 08th, 09th, 10th and 11th Districts all appear to be in flame. If nothing is done, it makes no doubt the entire city will be burned to the ground by the end of the event.
To plot out what your characters will do, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! The mods will be replying if your characters are attempting to track the Illusionist.
• Betrayals
Among the Soldier and Law Enforcement NPCs, some of them will start to die without explanation, even when far from battle and seemingly safe. Everything hints to them having been murdered by someone amongst their ranks. It means there is either a traitor amongst the troops, or someone equipped with the Ninja Job and killing soldiers while using the Invisibility skill. Whoever this person is, they have to be found or paranoia will arise amongst the troops, causing at best a lose in moral. At worst, the soldiers may start fighting each other in confusion.
To plot out what your characters will do, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! The mods will be replying if your characters are attempting to track the culprit.
August 01st
August 01st is the beginning of the end. Not only the fire and betrayals will keep spreading if they are not stopped in time, but this is also the day when the second wave of Airships shall finally arrive. Not only that, but this is also the day when the plot with Ultima Weapon can finally begin...
• The Second Wave
In the midst of the day, the second wave of Airships will arrive. This wave is twice as massive as the first and is led by Kalki herself. Three of the new Airships will go directly for the remaining allied Airships and attempt to take them down swiftly and quickly.
To plot out things regarding the second wave, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! The mods will not be modding this ICly, but will tell OOCly whether or not what you'll do will work.
• Encirclement
Six of the new Airships will position themselves over the 12th, 02nd and 03rd District, as well as outside the 13th District. These Airships will drop war machines on the ground that will attempt to surround the forces that have been containing the first wave in the 13th District so far. These troops will attack characters met in the 02nd and 03rd District as well, but their priority will be to take out the military forces focused on the 13th District. Should the betrayals still be going on, it may mean the end of the forces that have been protecting the city so far.
To plot out the attack, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! The mods will not be modding it ICly, but will tell OOCly whether or not what you'll do will work.
• Ultima Weapon
After nightfall, Ultima Weapon will finally appear by Aqures Ixen. The Weapon is massive and easilly twice as big as the biggest of Airships attacking the city. Ultima Weapon will head straight for the Hospital of Aqures Ixen and pause once above it. It will seemingly focus its energy into an attack to take the Hospital out, along with the Districts surrounding it, in a single blow.
To plot out what your characters will do, please click here. To play it out ICly, please click here! This will be modded, Jessie will interact with the Hackers and should characters try to draw the attention of Ultima Weapon and fight it, a Boss Battle will be played out.
The next update will be the final one! August 02nd will be the end of the battle as well as the culmination of your efforts to save the city, whereas August 03rd will be dedicated to the meeting with Kalki. It will be posted on August 01st!
August 02nd
The event is finally reaching its conclusion! A lot of threads are barely starting or are far from being finished. While we will keep backtagging them, for the sake of having the event continue, outcomes have been decided! The number of characters involved and their plans have all been taken into consideration to pick the outcomes.
• The first and second wave of Airships turned against each other, due to Matsya assuming Kalki tried killing her. This resulted in the first wave being utterly decimated, with the exception of Matsya's Airship. The second wave only lost two Airships in the process.
• Ultima Weapon has been successfully hacked! Thanks to the high numbers of Hackers, the hacking team met with no difficulties to get into the weapon's systems and the fighters didn't have to fight for too long. Which means...
• Ultima Weapon is able to take down most Airships from the second wave. Piloting such a weapon is straining so the Pilot may require some rest, but with the sheer power of the weapon most of the second wave may successfully be decimated.
• The Illusionist has successfully been found and stopped! For reference, said Illusionist was Jenni and was now equipped with two Jobs, Illusionist and Summoner (Psychic) for reasons unknown. However, because it has taken so long to find her, a big part of the 08th, 09th and 10th Districts fell to the fire. Noticeably, one of the stadiums and a school was destroyed by the flames and many Moogle houses in the 09th Districts were burnt down.
• The Ninja has successfully been found and stopped! For reference, said Ninja was Gibbs and was now equipped with two Jobs, Illusionist and Vampire for reasons unknown It was quite quick and swift to stop him, so his plan utterly failed.
• The Encirclement proceeded as planned, but was greatly delayed due to the conflict between the two Airship waves. The 13th Districts is overrun by Imperial Forces at this point and is mostly in ruin due to the battles. However, as the second wave may be annihilated by Ultima Weapon, the encirclement forces will not receive any reinforcement, and they may actually be defeated...
The way it appears, sections of Aqures Ixen were destroyed but the city as a whole is very likely to have been saved. Event threads may still be backdatted and the final result as to Aqures Ixen's fate and what districts were destroyed or damaged will be revealed after the end of Genesis.
To plot out with other players, please click here. To play these final events ICly, please click here!
August 03rd
As promised, Kalki will be there-- She'll appear at noon before the Crystal of Fire. Every character will have the possibility to speak to her (or try to kill her) and this will lead into the second half of the Anniversary Event.
The OOC and IC posts for Genesis will be posted on August 03rd!
JULY 28TH || IMPERIAL ASSAULT
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Is it possible for Ales to contact the military and ask them to provide backup?
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I plan to have Terra and auYuna run into trouble though one will get a post and one will not.
Zelda will be continuing her plans to lure soldiers towards the observatory and keep a look out between those fight. She will be at the top of the old observatory looking out over the city...
Kopula will be with Vincent and fighting like the cute little hero he is. Mooshoo will be watching Yuffie's back as she hacks.
These are all rough plans~
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Alice is sticking with the library for now, especially after going through all the trouble to board it up. She will fight any soldiers who get close, but won't kill them. Any she knocks out are getting tied up and their weapons taken. She'll..... figure out what to do with them later.
Bartz is going to be making good use of his new ninja job, maxed thief job, and fancy invisibility crystal to zip through the enemy ranks, relieving them of some of their valuables. And also seeing what they're up to, listening in on any juicy conversations he happens to pass by, and generally being a nuisance. He'll come back when he finds out about the bases they're building, with one or two of the enemies' communication flip phone thingies, and look for either Sparks or Sephiroth to let them know what's going on.
JULY 28TH || IMPERIAL ASSAULT
Any soldier that Bartz might ask will inform him where to find Sephiroth - ie, at the Alpha Command post that's been established in one of the university libraries.
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I'll go where the people need them most (so... feel free to request an extra body to punch a few faces or sling magic and arrow'd)
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Sonic will be taking care of the ground guys. Anything he can snatch from them, especially the hero killing bullets?
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Chiaki is on standby with Jessie, practicing her hacking on whatever training program she can get.
JULY 28TH || Military Operations & Responses
Though given how this is not Esdham and Aqures is not at all acclimated to any-sort of martial law being enforced...it may well have varying results...
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Depending on the outcome of 6th District bomb (also bearing in mind the time it takes runners to get around):
EXPLOSION
Needless to say some squads from Echo 1 & 2 (& perhaps an airship to cover) may have to be dispatched to District 6 to follow up in case that the bomb might herald an attack from that East-side (not impossible after all).
This may cause them to be end up being involved with the clean up/panic...leaving some squads occupied that will be needed to push North/hold Echo 1 when the first wave is sighted....
DIFFUSION
No bomb = no drama and the Empire loses it's surprise-advantage. As soon as word reaches Sephiroth that the fleet is inbound he'll execute the operation. That is, to send squads from Echo 4 and Echo 1 North to meet the threat. However, due to the tactic with District 13 there will be little to no military presence stationed within; except for those small squads patrolling who will insist for any/all civilians to immediately leave the area - before eventually being pulled back. They are not law enforcement though and are not responsible for getting civilians to safety...neither do they have any jurisdiction to force people to leave...
District 12 will receive the majority of the military presence dispatched. Their objective: to draw and funnel the enemy forces towards District 13 where the tactic is to hope to lock the ground forces down as much as possible. A military airship will attempt to provide aerial support over District 12 as well, with this objective in mind and due to the war machine vs military airport threat.
Meanwhile all other forward command bases are to be on alert and actively patrolling within their quadrants; more squads from Echo 1 and 4 will be scrambled but only if the situation turns dire, taking some reinforcement from Alpha Command if needed.
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Because the people of Aqures Ixen are very stubborn, quite a lot would have gone to the church anyway,n courtesy of certain people (Wedge) not being strict enough. This being said, funneling the troops toward the 13th District should be relatively easy as most troops are headed toward this District, whereas the 12th one is under attack from the Airship mostly.
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She'll take volunteers to help with taking down the airship.
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Nanami is using her ninja abilities to run messages, especially with the Moogle Killers out. So flag me if you want her to help.
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and he may very well, Ramza will be on guard duty at the Hospital to make sure that darned Kalki and her meddling crew don't do any wacky shenanigans on those crystal heroes.(no subject)
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Sparks will be patrolling when he finds out about the bomb. He'll set off to find any Hero he can who can help; Yuffie, MarKus and Vincent will be taking care of it. Sparks will be guarding them/being lookout/keeping away any distractions while they work. I'll get Sparks in there once or twice ICly so this whole interaction isn't entirely handwaved...
Johnny will be off fighting Imperial troops, but I may hold off on making a starter for him until next week sometime (and in a day or two game time).
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Feel free to flag him down to give him messages to go places, or if you need an extra hand.
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Cloud will help out where he can until he's needed for the Ultima Weapon plan. He may be protecting the bomb crew because Yuffie and Vincent.
I'll have a post up for Bonnie relatively soon.
ENEMY BASES- Bartz may have an idea...
Anyone wanna lend a hand? Or have a better idea? Because seriously guys, someone must have a better idea.
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Ven will be sticking to the streets and taking out what he can by himself
so I don't have to try and jump in on any boss fights like a week late sobor whoever he hooks up with here and there so mainly going after Moogle Killers probably?? and if foot soldiers do manage to drop then he'll shift gears and take them on alongside Terra.