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Sector X: Unstoppable
IJI
Wh-what the! GET THE HELL OUT OF OUR CONTROL ROOM!
BERSERKER
In other words, it is my honor to announce that we've finally erradicated those damned parasites once and for all! I'd like to thank everyone for a job well done; not only did we totally destroy the Tasen's final outpost, it was done in the fastest time in history.
Also, even if the lowly "humans" that evolved here on Origin after we left didn't prove to be any threat, it is our duty to Alpha Strike them into oblivion - personally, the last thing I'd want is another pesky, inferior little uprising race!
IJI
Wait... the Tasen are all dead? And now...
BERSERKER
Hold the celebrations, everyone in area 693K-X79, I'm not done yet. The Alpha Strike has been put on hold until one of two events occur - either any unit successfully finds and terminates the "Human anomaly", or the casualties resulting from engaging her exceed one thousand lives. High Command is highly interested in this individual's Nanotechnology, and once again on a personal note, I'd like to see her ass kicked DAMN HARD for the chaos she's caused during this operation! She sabotaged a Phantom Hammer, took down a Sentinel, killed so many people the battle reports are still pouring in, and as you already know, she even killed our honored Annihilator Iosa!
Assassin Asha reported that the male human the Anomaly worked togeter with would most probably be her weakness, yet even after his death, the Anomaly shows no sign of slowing down in her aimless slaughter. Orders are orders, especially from High Command, and I will personally see to it that anyone in area 693K-X79 refusing to accept this mission will face military law!
IJI
I, I...
killed that many people?
IJI
No, no, no, it's not true! I, I'm nothing like them! Dan, don't listen to them! You believe me, right?!
BERSERKER
The reward for total termination of the Anomaly is 6,000,000 Units, but the reward for keeping her body in one piece is 20,000,000,000. The reward for live capture is fifty times that value.
It's true that the Anomaly has eliminated an absurd amount of forces in mere cycles, but our army has overcome greater challenges than bringing down a single individual! GLORY TO THE KOMATO!
IJI
...
Hmph. You're that scared of me, huh? Fine, I'm not afraid anymore. You're the ones who turned me into this... you, and those stupid Tasen.
IJI
Dan, you know what I'm thinking, right? This is it. This is our only chance... and this is Sector X, so if the General's landed, he must be nearby. I won't hold back anymore. I won't hold back on anyone who tries to take our world from us!
IJI
...
IJI
Yeah, you're right. I can't stand here all day, I've got a job to do. Hold tight!
[ BGM - Seven Four ]
Up or down, doesn't matter!
I choose down.
I'm almost to the General! No holding back.
I leap into the fray with a Nanospark backing me up.
The hell is that?!
Komato Skysmasher
Armor: 400
HP: 1
Weight: 1
Security: 25
Height: 1.0m
Unlike normal turrets, these things fly, making them a bitch to kick - I find Spread Rockets to be good way to take them down.
All available units in area 693K-X79 are to seek and destroy the "Human anomaly". If possible, avoid complete termination; High Command wants to study her Nanotechnology, and in particular her Nanogun. The Alpha Strike has been postponed until either this goal is achieved, or it becomes decided that we have lost too many forces to her.
High Command and General Tor both reserve the right to call back all forces and commence Alpha Strike at any given moment; their patience is rapidly running out. Beware - this is the same individual that we believe killed Annihilator Iosa. Do not underestimate her under any circumstances.
Okay, every one of us in the Assassin squad have read Asha's orders by now - and you know what? Behind that calm military talk lies a person who's gone completely insane. Asha's gonna take on the Anomaly no matter what!
I'm bailing out of this one, and I know you're all with me - let's head up to lower orbit, the bounty ain't worth the risk. Asha can do what he wants, and he can die whatever horrible death that crazy human's got in store for him as far as I'm concerned!
OBJECTIVE: Depower door.
To the roof!
IJI
All those ships fighting must've messed up the atmosphere... or was it the Tasen's Alpha Strike?
IJI
Who cares, it's not gonna stop me!
Most of the ships have gone up to lower orbit by now, spreading out to prepare our section of the Alpha Strike. It's starting to feel empty here... I just hope they remember to pick us all up. When the sky goes white from a thousand ships charging the Strike, you can't got time to stand around and smell the corpses...
Speaking of which, that soon-to-be-dead human should be reaching this place soon, and she won't be getting any farther. Not only has this power core's tendrils burrowed down and locked any nearby doors, it's specifically built to resist the Nuke nanoweapon, so you can't even destroy the core without opening its blast doors. Also, you-know-who is guarding one of the terminals to those doors now.
Skygraspers, like most things in this game, can be snuck up on if you're a little lucky and a little sneaky!
HELLO BOYS
Shredders? Strange...
Well, well. Look what we have here.
OORAAAAAAAAAAAAA
YAAAAARGH
YEEEAAAAAAHHH
Success!
One terminal to go.
I think I know why they're so determined to catch her dead or alive. First off, she's a human with Nanotechnology - how did she get it? Was it a Tasen experiment, or a human one? What implantation process did they use?
Secondly, her Nanogun is ridiculously rare. It's a Tasen-made replica of a Komato General GEN2 Pre-loader, the kind that can charge and store its projectiles instead of having to build them on-demand when you press the trigger every time. This lets her fire whatever Nanoweapon she wants with prior warning.
More importantly, the Nanogun's small enough to be carried by a single Trooper, something we've been trying to do for starturns. These guns aren't easy to come by, and the Tasen would rather destroy them than let them fall into our hands - they either supplied the Anomaly directly with this copy, or she stole it from them.
This log outlines a secret technique which will be seen in the next arc of this LP...
I suspect you've been reading our logbooks, Anomaly... a dangerous distraction. I advise against taking on the Imperial Army, as there may still be a slight chance you would not be executed if you were to turn yourself in. Slight, I say - as the bounty on your hollow human skull is my ticket out of this damn mess.
For making me the laughing stock of my own men and the shame of the Army for losing to a human, you are beyond a mere bounty. We postponed the Alpha Strike to hunt you down - don't think you can hide for long. You are dead meat, little girl, and your dying screams will be the symphony to my fame and fortune! If I cannot defeat you, I might as well die! I WILL NOT HOLD BACK!
2 points into Attack!
My current favorite method for taking out a Berserker - soften them up with two Plasma Cannon shots, then finish them off with a Hyper Pulse. Doesn't use too much ammo, gets the job done fast.
Something I don't make nearly enough use of: Cracking enemies!
For a Berserker, this disables his heavy weapons, making him all but harmless with his Resonance Detonator as his only weapon.
I think I'll take him on with my Shotgun now!
I'll get to what this log said in a bit.
IJI
Y-YOU!
ASHA
What, got a problem with me? I told you, I knew your weakness, so I killed him. Looks like it didn't stop you, though... 'guess I'll have to take care of that little problem mysel -
IJI
SHUT UP! SHUT THE HELL UP! THIS TIME YOU'RE GOING DOWN!
ASHA
Oh, drop it, you lunatic! I've got more than enough reason to kill you - more than your childish revenge! Don't underestimate the best assassin in -
IJI
AAAAAAH!!!
[ BGM - Face to Face ]
Komato Assassin Asha
Armor: 200
HP: 10
Weight: 1
Security: 20
Height: 2.2m
Asha's got a LOT of new moves this time around. First of which is these temporary lightning barriers he can throw down, combined with his tendency to chain multiple attacks together with no delay in between them.
Also, he can literally dodge any weapon.
Combined with his insane gunplay, this isn't going to be easy!
FUN FACT: Plasma Cannons can't fire nearly as fast as Asha is firing in this fight. The way he does it? Teleporting multiple guns into and out of his hand in sequence in mid-firefight.
So, how do we win? What IS Asha's weakness?
Pride.
Asha things that dodging weapons as primitive and weak as the Shotgun is beneath him.
I have to take him on with the weakest weapon in the game.
What the-
HOLY CHRIST
I damaged him! One down, nine to go!
He's still got all the attacks of a normal Assassin on top of all this, of course...
As if this wasn't high-octane enough, I'm starting to see shadow-copies of Asha at random, meant to distract me and make it harder to guess his next move!
Avoided it this time!
This is a new one -
JESUS CHRIST
The shadow images are doubled now!
Criiiiiiiipes
And this can be evaded by crouching at the bottom...
Almost got him...
IT'S OVER, BITCH
If you want to really get an idea of how insane this fight is, you'd better check out this video of the fight on the highest difficulty level!
Just be sure to stop the video as soon as he dies. There are spoilers for tomorrow's entry.
IJI
Dan... I... killed him...
Hrg... eww.
IJI
Don't listen to him, I'm just glad you're still okay.
IJI
Yeah. Yeah, I know.
IJI
Don't worry... he won't find you again.
Second line of blast doors opened!
Core destroyed!
The criminals known by the nicknames "Craxmasta", "NanoBitSplit" and "OmnikrakR" have all finally been caught and brought to military law for illegal Nanotechnology reverse engineering. Their sentences vary from guard duty to prison and rehabilitation, depending on the severity of their crimes.
High Command says to let this be a warning to the cracker culture and their attempts to undermine the Imperial Army and Imperial Weapon Industries' hard work.
Next time: Ending the bloodshed.
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