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Description
Stormseekers Era,
Comic-story

Battle for Scraparp
Siege of Ironhill Village,
"Archons."

Continues from: [link]

Next chapter: [link]

"Live together, Die together....." was the quote Kavez remembered the instructors drilling into their heads about buddies in boot camp. Now it was starting to feel so damn true.

" Heh heh heh " The gunner bellowed, savouring the fear in the two salamanders as it slowly pressed the trigger.

There was a sudden crashing sound as the ceiling of the cafe caved in. Kavez caught a brief glimpse of a large greyish block going straight through the level from roof to floor, just like a stone through water. A millisecond later the floor gave way and he felt himself falling through what seemed like endless grey dust clouds.

Kavez wondered if he was dead and if this was that the afterlife was, when suddenly he hit something hard and solid with a loud 'Thund' sound. Disoriented, he blankly stared around and saw a small black shape next to him.

"Am I dead?" he asked himself.

"No. Ya not dead yet." Came a reply from the black shape.

As the dust settled, Kavez saw the familiar figure of Bink, hastily scampering next to him. Kavez looked around the place, then at the huge hole in the floor above and figured that they fell through the second floor and are back on the ground floor. He felt a strange sense of relief that they somehow unexpectedly escaped.

Then he remembered that the ground floor was where all the cultists were. Which he confirmed his fears when he saw the mob of cultists picking themselves up from the ground. There was that large greyish container below the massive new hole in the ceiling.

Then he saw the gunner getting to it's feet. Slowly scanning the place for them.

It was at that point that a panel on the container bust open and a tall anthro gracefully leapt out. It was clad in strange armour and looked much like a female foxxar, except it was much taller, had articulated feet, white fur, slightly different ears and most remarkably sported 3 tails.

"Time to rock and roll!" She said and quickly levelled an unusual assault rifle at the cultist mob, quickly firing a hail of shots at the mob.

Kavez, still coming to his senses, stared blankly at the ensuing carnage. It seemed that almost every shot the newcomer fired seemed to hit a cultist, even though she appeared to fire at an almost fully automatic rate.

Then a hail of retaliatory cultist munitions whizzed past his head and he felt something grab his collar and pull him behind a large pile of rubble.

"WAKE UP!!" Bink yelled, snapping Kavez back to his senses.

"Lets GET OUTTA HERE!!!" Kavez screamed and the both scrambled towards what remained of the kitchen. Then he heard the Foxxar making random comments above the carnage in the battle behind them.

"Step right up! Don't be shy!" she yelled

"Got enough for all of you guyz"

" DIE Weakling.. " The boomer bellowed, followed by a loud explosion.

"You missed!!" She yelled again "Perhaps a bit of lead in your brain will help ya aim better!!"

"Ahhhhh have some!!! Right between the eyes!"

" RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAGHHHHHH!!!!"

"Ah, just my type. A strong, determined fellow!"

"Hey that was left handed."

"Oh crap, dead end!" Kavez yelled, as the pair of Salamanders reached the kitchen. The exit was buried in a heap of rubble. "We're screwed!! Gahhh!!"

Bink paused and twitched a bit. Then noticed that the sounds of fighting had stopped.
"Bink thinks we heads back quietly..... and try sneaking past."

They headed slowly back to where the strange container was. The Foxxar stood still near that container, quietly surveying the assorted carnage she caused in the cafe.

Then she turned back and glared at the two salamanders that tried sneaking past behind her. Bink squeaked and tripped on a piece of rubble, entangling Kavez in the process.

"Awww great, survived a tank, a triclops, a gunner and now we's gonna get killed by some psycho B#%ch" Kavez muttered to himself.

The Foxxar's ear twitched, apparently sensing Kavez's description of her in his soft mumbling. "Where's the Triclops?" She asked, coldly.

"Bink last saw it down Korran street, few blocks south of herez....." Bink replied, almost instinctively.

"Hmmm." She went, then pressed a button on her helmet.

"This is Soldier Theta - 15 - Alpha," She said, speaking into a mouthpiece that extended from her helmet. "Due to emergency drop pod dispersion, we're scattered all over. Walker coordinates estimated from local source, proceed to target?"

"......"

"Copy. Will take care of it" She replied, into the mouthpiece.

"....."

"Yes..." She said, taking out a squarish-shaped device and tossing it up and down carelessly in the air. "I got their present right here. "

Suddenly a horrible daemonic howl was heard from outside. That reminded Kavez that there was still an army of cultists and daemons that were marching down the street outside.

"Awww crap, now what we do against that outside?" Kavez said to Bink.

"Erm....." Bink repiled.

The Foxxar stared at them again, then spoke to once more to her radio. "Request Viper Strike, coordinates Zeta-Kappa minor from signal."

"..."

She paused, then once more looked at the two salamanders, noticing the radio Kavez carried. "Short channel 155-beta for the fireworks" she said, then walked off.

Kavez tried to say something to her, but he suddenly heard an odd saying echo in his head as she glanced briefly at him. It went:
"Our path is war,
Our trade is death."
He then caught a brief glimpse of the name "SORA" on her chestplate.

Both salamanders looked at each other, then looked back. Only to find that she had vanished. Then they stared at each other, dumbfounded.

Kavez broke the silence after a minute.

"Bink?"

"Yep Kavez?"

"I hate you, you clumzy oaf"

"Bink hates you too."

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Garbled intelligence data

Scraparp battle

Sighting collection 1448:
Battlefield phenomenon: "Angels of War" / "Archons"

Coalition troops in battles occasionally report the sudden appearance of foxxar-like soldiers in battles. This is often closely linked to various mysterious failures in cultist heavy machinery. However, according to eye-witness reports, these infantry look like Foxxars, except that they tend to be of varying fur colour, have articulated legs (like the salamanders ), longer ears as well as (reportedly) have multiple tails. Whatever they are, they appear cryptic and clad in a variant of coalition armour, which some even claim to catch a glimpse of a small badge with the words "ARCHON" printed on it. These individuals often disappearing just as suddenly as they appear and appear to make little contact with coalition forces.

Some troopers call them "Angels of War" as their appearance often marks an unexpected turning of the tide of battle in their favour. A handful claim that they witnessed some of these soldier's extraordinary combat capabilities and say that these soldiers have supernatural strength, agility and accuracy.

These reports are often substantiated by captured cultists which often give fearful accounts of handfuls of these soldiers wiping out entire contingents of cultists, often with the survivors catching but a glimpse of them before seeing their comrades get mowed down by unnaturally accurate fire-power.

Although command has be notified of this, there has been no official word about these sightings. Although Coalition military tend to dismiss such sightings as "exaggerated" or "Results of battle stress", they appear neither to deny nor confirm the appearance of these so called "Angels" or "Archons". Speculation runs high that it is something that command is aware of, but not revealing to the populace. The truth is probably classified beyond Top Secret.

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Pic description

Well, after a 1 week + of suspension from a horrible cliffhanger, the battle for Scraparp continues....

With more of the two salamanders
WITH SHADING THIS TIME
and also with a much longer story..... yeah.

Sorry bout the damn long chapter, was just that didn't want to leave the action halfway.....

Some of you (who play C&C) may find the dialogue very familiar.....................

Any thoughts?

Description
Stormseekers Era,
Comic-story

Battle for Scraparp
Siege of Ironhill Village,
"Archons."

Continues from: [link]

Next chapter: [link]

"Live together, Die together....." was the quote Kavez remembered the instructors drilling into their heads about buddies in boot camp. Now it was starting to feel so damn true.

" Heh heh heh " The gunner bellowed, savouring the fear in the two salamanders as it slowly pressed the trigger.

There was a sudden crashing sound as the ceiling of the cafe caved in. Kavez caught a brief glimpse of a large greyish block going straight through the level from roof to floor, just like a stone through water. A millisecond later the floor gave way and he felt himself falling through what seemed like endless grey dust clouds.

Kavez wondered if he was dead and if this was that the afterlife was, when suddenly he hit something hard and solid with a loud 'Thund' sound. Disoriented, he blankly stared around and saw a small black shape next to him.

"Am I dead?" he asked himself.

"No. Ya not dead yet." Came a reply from the black shape.

As the dust settled, Kavez saw the familiar figure of Bink, hastily scampering next to him. Kavez looked around the place, then at the huge hole in the floor above and figured that they fell through the second floor and are back on the ground floor. He felt a strange sense of relief that they somehow unexpectedly escaped.

Then he remembered that the ground floor was where all the cultists were. Which he confirmed his fears when he saw the mob of cultists picking themselves up from the ground. There was that large greyish container below the massive new hole in the ceiling.

Then he saw the gunner getting to it's feet. Slowly scanning the place for them.

It was at that point that a panel on the container bust open and a tall anthro gracefully leapt out. It was clad in strange armour and looked much like a female foxxar, except it was much taller, had articulated feet, white fur, slightly different ears and most remarkably sported 3 tails.

"Time to rock and roll!" She said and quickly levelled an unusual assault rifle at the cultist mob, quickly firing a hail of shots at the mob.

Kavez, still coming to his senses, stared blankly at the ensuing carnage. It seemed that almost every shot the newcomer fired seemed to hit a cultist, even though she appeared to fire at an almost fully automatic rate.

Then a hail of retaliatory cultist munitions whizzed past his head and he felt something grab his collar and pull him behind a large pile of rubble.

"WAKE UP!!" Bink yelled, snapping Kavez back to his senses.

"Lets GET OUTTA HERE!!!" Kavez screamed and the both scrambled towards what remained of the kitchen. Then he heard the Foxxar making random comments above the carnage in the battle behind them.

"Step right up! Don't be shy!" she yelled

"Got enough for all of you guyz"

" DIE Weakling.. " The boomer bellowed, followed by a loud explosion.

"You missed!!" She yelled again "Perhaps a bit of lead in your brain will help ya aim better!!"

"Ahhhhh have some!!! Right between the eyes!"

" RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAGHHHHHH!!!!"

"Ah, just my type. A strong, determined fellow!"

"Hey that was left handed."

"Oh crap, dead end!" Kavez yelled, as the pair of Salamanders reached the kitchen. The exit was buried in a heap of rubble. "We're screwed!! Gahhh!!"

Bink paused and twitched a bit. Then noticed that the sounds of fighting had stopped.
"Bink thinks we heads back quietly..... and try sneaking past."

They headed slowly back to where the strange container was. The Foxxar stood still near that container, quietly surveying the assorted carnage she caused in the cafe.

Then she turned back and glared at the two salamanders that tried sneaking past behind her. Bink squeaked and tripped on a piece of rubble, entangling Kavez in the process.

"Awww great, survived a tank, a triclops, a gunner and now we's gonna get killed by some psycho B#%ch" Kavez muttered to himself.

The Foxxar's ear twitched, apparently sensing Kavez's description of her in his soft mumbling. "Where's the Triclops?" She asked, coldly.

"Bink last saw it down Korran street, few blocks south of herez....." Bink replied, almost instinctively.

"Hmmm." She went, then pressed a button on her helmet.

"This is Soldier Theta - 15 - Alpha," She said, speaking into a mouthpiece that extended from her helmet. "Due to emergency drop pod dispersion, we're scattered all over. Walker coordinates estimated from local source, proceed to target?"

"......"

"Copy. Will take care of it" She replied, into the mouthpiece.

"....."

"Yes..." She said, taking out a squarish-shaped device and tossing it up and down carelessly in the air. "I got their present right here. "

Suddenly a horrible daemonic howl was heard from outside. That reminded Kavez that there was still an army of cultists and daemons that were marching down the street outside.

"Awww crap, now what we do against that outside?" Kavez said to Bink.

"Erm....." Bink repiled.

The Foxxar stared at them again, then spoke to once more to her radio. "Request Viper Strike, coordinates Zeta-Kappa minor from signal."

"..."

She paused, then once more looked at the two salamanders, noticing the radio Kavez carried. "Short channel 155-beta for the fireworks" she said, then walked off.

Kavez tried to say something to her, but he suddenly heard an odd saying echo in his head as she glanced briefly at him. It went:
"Our path is war,
Our trade is death."
He then caught a brief glimpse of the name "SORA" on her chestplate.

Both salamanders looked at each other, then looked back. Only to find that she had vanished. Then they stared at each other, dumbfounded.

Kavez broke the silence after a minute.

"Bink?"

"Yep Kavez?"

"I hate you, you clumzy oaf"

"Bink hates you too."

________________________________________
Garbled intelligence data

Scraparp battle

Sighting collection 1448:
Battlefield phenomenon: "Angels of War" / "Archons"

Coalition troops in battles occasionally report the sudden appearance of foxxar-like soldiers in battles. This is often closely linked to various mysterious failures in cultist heavy machinery. However, according to eye-witness reports, these infantry look like Foxxars, except that they tend to be of varying fur colour, have articulated legs (like the salamanders ), longer ears as well as (reportedly) have multiple tails. Whatever they are, they appear cryptic and clad in a variant of coalition armour, which some even claim to catch a glimpse of a small badge with the words "ARCHON" printed on it. These individuals often disappearing just as suddenly as they appear and appear to make little contact with coalition forces.

Some troopers call them "Angels of War" as their appearance often marks an unexpected turning of the tide of battle in their favour. A handful claim that they witnessed some of these soldier's extraordinary combat capabilities and say that these soldiers have supernatural strength, agility and accuracy.

These reports are often substantiated by captured cultists which often give fearful accounts of handfuls of these soldiers wiping out entire contingents of cultists, often with the survivors catching but a glimpse of them before seeing their comrades get mowed down by unnaturally accurate fire-power.

Although command has be notified of this, there has been no official word about these sightings. Although Coalition military tend to dismiss such sightings as "exaggerated" or "Results of battle stress", they appear neither to deny nor confirm the appearance of these so called "Angels" or "Archons". Speculation runs high that it is something that command is aware of, but not revealing to the populace. The truth is probably classified beyond Top Secret.

________________________________________ _
Pic description

Well, after a 1 week + of suspension from a horrible cliffhanger, the battle for Scraparp continues....

With more of the two salamanders
WITH SHADING THIS TIME
and also with a much longer story..... yeah.

Sorry bout the damn long chapter, was just that didn't want to leave the action halfway.....

Some of you (who play C&C) may find the dialogue very familiar.....................

Any thoughts?