<Earth> Fleet says, "CNN viewers are treated to a special bulletin as normal news is interrupted to report that their own tower in Atlanta, GA is under attack by Decepticon forces. There are scenes of a pale yellow- is that pastel? - craft firing before the screen blanks out. The other towers take up the slack in most areas, explaining that they've just lost contact with their Atlanta tower. This story is very quickly picked up by other news agencies."

Southeastern States

The Deep South is usually associated with plantations and the Confederacy. However, except for Florida, the southeastern states have mountains as well as beaches. In the fall, the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina blaze with reds, yellows, and browns as the leaves change color. In spring, the magnificent flora of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama comes to life, sweetening the air with the perfume of countless flowers. Here, also, are the grand Mississippi River and the flat delta plain that forms the state named for it. Tennessee, the home of Elvis Presley, ranges from the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River to the Great Smokey Mountains. Next door is Kentucky, the Bluegrass State, a coal-rich land of rolling plains and rocky hillsides. Further north, Virginia and West Virginia have towering mountain ranges like the Blue Ridge and Appalachians as well as being rich in colonial and Civil War history.

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Tungsten Processing Plant

Obvious exits:

South <S> leads to Gulf of Mexico.

Northeast <NE> leads to Middle Atlantic States.

Northwest <NW> leads to North Central States.

East <E> leads to Northwest Atlantic.

West <W> leads to South Central States.

Fly <Up> Florida <FL>

OCC - Shinobi Chopper arrives from the South Central State region far to the west.

OCC - Shinobi Chopper has arrived.

OCC - Shinobi Chopper thunders in with no one crouched on top.

The tower is already badly damaged and people are fleeing from the attendant building. A single tetrajet is swooping in, sometimes raining laser fire down upon the facility, sometimes hitting it with rockets. Every now and again the jet will pause in it's attack to quickly circle the building, as though taking a moment to look around, before returning to the attack. Its intent? Apparently simply to cause as much damage as possible.

Amidst the panic which ensues in the streets people are fleeing from the tower and it's surrounding buildings to avoid debris (Hey they tell you not to drop a coin from the empire states, think a radar dish). Some police officers are beginning to cordon off the surrounding streets, yet amidst all that a man on a customized chopper is heading towards the disturbance flshing a badge to the local police and moves towards the CNN tower.

Aramasu Hikage slams on the brakes to the OCC - Shinobi Chopper, skidding the bike to a halt and cutting the engine in one fluid motion.

Aramasu Hikage slips a leg off the OCC - Shinobi Chopper and hops off.

Aramasu Hikage has arrived.

Pyramid Jet (Fleet) is obviously not all that interested in the fleeing humans. He's here to break buildings and cause chaos, true, but since he's doing this solo, he'd just as soon not give the opposition reason to respond with more extreme force than necessary. Of course, 'not being interested in the humans' happens to include Aramasu Hikage. This is actually not malicious destruction. This guy's just doing his job.

Aramasu Hikage steps off the bike and grabs his sword from the rack then proceeds to approach CNN towers but stays on the other side of the street. The Militant adjusts his communicator to broadcast on all frequencies but in a very limited range so as to not bother anyone else with this jabbering. "Hey you, the ugly jet thing. Listen, if you don't like the programming just switch channel. It's no reason to pick on honest people who are trying to earn a living. Please stop you attack, apologize and remove yourself from the area."

Wow! What a polite way to tell Fleet to get lost! However, he just so happens to be a (mostly) honest mechanoid who's trying to earn a living. When you're a Decepticon, if you don't cause random acts of destruction, you don't get your daily energon! Unfortunately, Fleet doesn't speak on missions any more than necessary (something his player probably should have remembered before setting up this scene), and thus he doesn't respond, although there is an acknowledgment of sorts as Fleet flies a bit lower over Hikage before firing off another rocket at the building.

Aramasu Hikage smirks...A Decepticon who does not gloar or insult humans. That's peculiar but hey even the bad guys must have shy guys. The Militant takes the rocket in the building thing as some form of refusal and prepares to 'apply discipline'. He activates his power armor in case the Decepticons turns around and attacks the fleshling viciously. He keys his radio one last time. "Allright, you can come down here and discuss it or I can climb up there. Your choice."

The air shimmers around Aramasu's body as the Hikage Clan armor materializes around him.

Why does the opposition always say stuff like that? That's basically like asking, "Okay, you can fight where you have the advantage, or you can give me the advantage. Which do you want?" Just what do they think? Well, probably that Fleet was like many Decepticons and out to prove what a bad-ass he is, or something absurd like that. But no, not Fleet! Fleet has uncommon sense! He circles around the building, relatively close, firing against the windows and walls with his wing-mounted lasers.

Power Armor <Aramasu Hikage> dashes into the building across the street security knows better than to try and stop someone wearing power armor with their 9mm and nightsticks. The Militant takes the express elevator to the top. On the way there he preps his weapon of choice...Not quite the version he used at the last olympics but close enough. The ninja smiles as he twists the cap off and sees the little lights blinking. Yes this will be perfect. *ding* The ninja steps onto the roof and keys his radio "Well I can see why you wanted to stay up here. I mean the view is awesome though you don't agree I take it or else you would not try to redecorate it into some bad Mad Max ripoff. Usually I am pretty good with names and identification but for some reason I just don't remember you. What's your name?"

Primus, but this human is chatty! Actually, he somewhat reminded Fleet of Catechism when she gets in a mood. The tetrajet isn't one for giving out intelligence to his foes, even if it's just his name, and really, normally he wouldn't talk at all, but what with all the effort the flesh creature has put into his vocalizations, he's probably earned /some/ kind of response. "Oh, 'Ugly Jet Thing' works just fine, I suppose," the seeker replies over the radio as he makes another against the building. Nothing like attacking things that can't attack back to brighten one's day!

Power Armor <Aramasu Hikage> steps out onto the roof and walks to the edge of the building, takes the time to secure himself with a rope and harness. The Militant grabs his bow and arrow and prepares to give the Decepticon a warning shot. "Allright Ugly Jet thing. Do you know who I am? Bet you don't. All fleshlings must look alike to you guys right? My name is Aramasu Hikage of the Clan Hikage. I am also the Olympic Gold Medalist of the sharpshooting competition." He pulls his bow and aims for the jet waiting for the next pass and lets the arrow fly.

Power Armor <Aramasu Hikage> strikes you with Thermal Arrow for 13 points of damage.

The arrow hits the jet's 'shark-fin,' tearing a hole right through it and upsetting Fleet's balance for a moment. So this human isn't all talk, after all! The jet pulls up somewhat, transforming and spinning to face the human, shuffling most the damaged fin into subspace (although it still causes him no-less pain). His target, the building, is already badly damaged, and will take awhile to repair, so it's time to concentrate a little on defending himself. The pastel wonder reaches his right hand out and fires the weapon attached to his shoulder, his expression set and serious.

The yellow Cybertronian jet unfolds, revealing the robotic form of the seeker Fleet.

You strike Power Armor <Aramasu Hikage> with Shoulder-Mounted Laser Rifle.

Power Armor <Aramasu Hikage> gets tries to leap out of the way but unfortunately his 'secure' rope prevents him form getting very far and as a result gets nailed by the laser from the Decepticon. Hikage unclips his harness from the rope and prepares for some close up action or some more tricks. The ninja pulls out some sort of frisbee and flings it at the Decepticon. "Whoa seems like last one stung a bit. Why don't you come up here and show me what you are made of. You know what we used to do with guys like you back on the homeworld? Mow some grass, plow some snow, issue parking tickets and such."

Power Armor <Aramasu Hikage> strikes you with Taser Shuriken for 9 points of damage.

Power Armor <Aramasu Hikage>'s Taser Shuriken attack continues to sear away at you, doing 4 damage.

Power Armor <Aramasu Hikage>'s Taser Shuriken attack continues to sear away at you, doing 2 damage.

Power Armor <Aramasu Hikage>'s Taser Shuriken attack wears off at last.

GHA! What was that! It hurts... and hurts... and KEEPS HURTING! Evil, evil frisbee! The thing flies around him, stinging him over and over, searing a good few gashes in him. And the answer to what Fleet is made of? Apparently, tinfoil. Well, the tower is down, and the building has taken serious damage, and Fleet is hurting bad, so why stick around and take more damage? Mission complete, right? At least, that's what the pastel seeker tells himself. His expression showing plain the pain he's in as he kicks his thrusters into higher power, transforming as he takes off for home. In his mind, one thing is certain: he defiantly /needs/ that upgrade!

Fleet transforms from robot to pyramid jet.

Fleet retreats from the area swiftly, outdistancing all pursuit and parting shots.

Power Armor <Aramasu Hikage> is surprised to see the jet transform and turn tail instead of trying to squish the human in close combat. "Wonder what his damn problem was. Maybe they are under orders not to fight prolonged battles. Guess it is always good publicity when foreign forces save the day because local ones are busy playing video games." The ninja makes not of the ugly jet thing and poses subtlely on the rooftop because you just KNOW some media crew has a chopper or someone in a building nearby filming all this...Yes life is good...sometimes.

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Message: 2/7 Posted Author

CNN Tower In Atlanta Fri Feb 11 Fleet

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Spinny cuts to pastel yellow seeker with several laser gashes in his frame, although he looks more annoyed then pained.

"As per Cyclonus's recent orders recent orders to conduct attacks against the Earth infrastructure, I undertook an attack against the CNN tower in the location the Earthlings call Atlanta, Georgia. Since I couldn't locate any wingmates for this mission, military communications stations or targets further inland seemed a bad idea - my intention was to get in, do as much damage as possible, and get out." Fleet being brave solo? No, obviously not. Running the moment things get tough is a philosophy that's served this seeker far too well in the past, and you can shoot things and run away just as well solo as you can in a group! "I was able to destroy their broadcast tower itself and do considerable damage to the surrounding buildings before a power suited flesh creature arrived on-scene. He called himself Aramasu Hikage. His personal weaponry seemed fairly impressive," in Fleet's rather skewed opinion, anyway, "and I was forced to retreat, but the general objective had already been accomplished. Fleet, out." The seeker reaches forward and hits a button, and the spinny returns.

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Message: 9/1 Posted Author

CNN Under attack Fri Feb 11 Aramasu Hikage

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"We are coming to you life from outside CNN tower in Atlanta, Georgia. Today CNN towers was attacked by an unknown Decepticon whose identity was last confirmed as 'Ugly jet thing' (Reporter didn't sound convinced on that last bit). The Pyramidal jet attacked the tower and caused severe damage to most of the upper floors. However the editing rooms and closed studios on the lower floors were spared."

"Fortunately for the CNN crew a Militant was in the area and took it upon himself to fight off this most unwanted visitor." (Footage of Aramasu shooting an arrow at the jet) "The defender took some hits (Footage of Aramasu getting shot in the back) but in the end the forces of good prevailed and evil was beaten back." (Footage of The pastel yellow plane retreating with a flat black power armor standing on top of a nearby building, bow in hand.)

"The defender identified himself as Tommy Arashikage of the Militant armed forces and only had these brief comments for us." (Footage of Aramasu out of his armor) "I am simply glad I was in the right place at the right time." (Back to the reporter) "This is Abdul Al-Hamechtouk for CNN signing off."

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