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Sector 8: Fracture
DAN
Good job, sis! And it's alright, I think we're relatively safe, but you have to push on and get to Sector X - the Tasen lifts are starting to run out of power since the Komato arrived.
This is Sector 8, and the Komato have built quite a defensive force here - be extremely careful!
IJI
Got it!
DAN
Oh, and uh, those noises around my control room started again, but it sounds like some rats in the ventilation. I'm not worried anymore.
IJI
That's good to hear. Moving out!
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Onwards, into mayhem!
Having the Strength to kick these guys also means I can waste them with the Resonance Detonator!
The rumors have just been confirmed; there are indeed Annihilators among the Komato assault teams. Who knows why they brought them, we're doomed anyway - probably 'cause they get a kick out of seeing us slaughtered.
If I ever live to see one of those walking tanks, I'm not even gonna fight it... I'll just stand there and let it kill me in the fastest, most painless way possible.
Off to fight that commandHEY WHERE DID THE FLOOR GO
Komato Annihilator
Armor: 200
HP: 80
Weight: 10
Security: 10
Height: 4.7m
We have a strategy for now:
RUN.
IT JUST BLEW THROUGH THAT STACK OF INVINCIBLE CRATES WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN
ESCAPE
Sweet freedom...
WHAT GODDAMN IT
Okay. We're taking it on.
Get some MPFB shots in while it's busy cleaning up the Tasen!
And now it's seen me!
Yes, it fires Shocksplinters three at a time.
Fortunately, though, it had already been softened up a bit by the Tasen!
I claim victory.
The Tasen are soon to be extinct, as we all know - but from that point on, when we no longer have a common enemy, we need more leaders. Powerful leaders to keep the people together, as internal conflict should remain in our past. General Tor and Annihilator Iosa are perfect examples of who should be our role models - Tor cares about his people, while Iosa is so powerful they couldn't even kill her with an Alpha Strike. That woman has a great war record, but her future looks even better... history will treat her well. The more young leaders like her and General Tor we get, the better.
Item?!
DAN
Oh, you just found a Trapmine, a device you can place on a teleporter destination by crouching on it and pressing X. The mine will destroy the teleporter destination when someone tries to use it.
Neat!
Yes, the brilliant minds who most probably fixed the catapulting Lift bug have once again outdone themselves, with a new integrated soundchip that receives new Lift music every cycle.
Just tune in the chip to the nearest legal frequency, making sure to skip the illegal ones so as to not accidentally trigger the global war alarm, and prepare your aural tastebuds for the sensation of such unforgettable calssics as "Exploding Eardrums That Are Also On Fire", "It's awesome being purple", and "Hel Sarie will kick you in the face". So, don't delay! Order an upgrade for your Lifts right now, and get a free Elite Krotera action figure!
Next, it's time to spend all those upgrade points I've been hoarding!
With GLORY, you get +1 to all Komato ammunition you pick up.
Few seem to like thinking about the future of our species, and rightly so. We're so advanced, we've been able to hunt the Tasen clear across deep space without a single individual escaping our grasp, at least to our knowledge. With the Alpha Strike, we have reliable planet killer technology - and the Star Strike may soon no longer be just a theory. We are the grandest, most organized lifeform we have ever come across.
Despite past wars, High Command keeps us together, and we colonize an exponentially accelerating number of planets. It's simply impossible for our race to ever be extinguished if we keep growing at this pace. Back on Origin we were ruled by nature, but now the galaxy belongs to us.
With the Imerial Army controlling the military branch uncontested, any planet - any species, any solar system High Command so wishes - we can and will destroy if we put the time and resources into it. The Komato will be eternal.
And into this room!
Time for prep!
Heh heh heh.
Okay, let's defend a room.
Kablam!
Doesn't let anyone through, though, so it's no kill. It just means that enemies can only spawn half as fast.
This thing's damage output is seriously insane!
Success! Up we go.
Chaotic warfare all around!
The human-made food containers in this area seem to require the use of an elaborate mechanism to obtain their contents. Some narrow hatches and symbol-endowed buttons are the only visible ways to interact with the containers, save for dismantling them. I guess they're the humans' equivalent of vending machines, but less sophisticated.
Gets me thinking of the ones back on Tadezocora... they had all kinds of fruity stuff, and I don't mean "fruity" as in "contains the crushed flesh of innocent living organisms that happened to be born on a tree". I mean packaging adorned by such brilliant slogans as "It's all-natural!" So is nerve poison.
Now I keep walking forward and
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IJI
Whoa, I think so! Wh, What happened?!
DAN
A second Komato ship has already landed, and just blew up the planetary shield generator with a Phantom Hammer shot! There's no time to lose now, you've got to head for Sector X!
IJI
Got it!
DAN
Just be sure to check out the computer terminals nearby, I think one of them... wait. It's that strange sound here again, but now it's... what the -
AAAAAAAHH!
IJI
DAN! What happened? Are you okay?!
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Listen close, Anomaly. I think I know where you're headed... and there's a corridor ahead that I know you must cross one way or the other. Your friend will be waiting there, I assure you. I suggest you go get him before I change my mind. Ready? Go!
IJI
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To be continued!
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