Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-7489529-20141106174023/@comment-24901923-20141125200701

Arcturus and his Valkyrie squadron were busy cutting through the HA inside Bastion when he recieved a message from the command bunker.

"Alpha, Control here. Halvard's lost contact, and he's dueling an ace custom. Rapid assault type. Nearby regulars are forming a cordon around them. Some baseline ace MS have engaged us as well, but we're holding. Reaper's watching, says the AC pilot is possible Sentinel caliber. UWG is being alerted, and evacuation through the tunnels is commencing. Bastion will be ready for self-destruct in three minutes.", his comms squawked. Arcturus paled at the news. Reaper was recently retired, but after 40 years of piloting MS, he was an expert. And the only Sentinel-grade pilot the SMC had was on death's door.

"Control, counter-hack Halvard's comms and get Merel and Peter to harass the AC with aerial strikes. I'll assist, everyone else stays back. Deploy the wire-mines and charge the survivors. Valkyries, clear the cordon. The rest of you will rearm to cover us if necessary.", Arcturus ordered. As commanded, wire-guided mines discharged from newly exposed rows of tubes in the streets, seeking out and launching themselves at HA targets before detonating. Most of the invaders were decimated by the unexpected tactic, and the off-balanced survivors were quickly overwhelmed. Meanwhile, Arcturus and the Valkyries arrived at the site of the duel, making short work of the HA cordon and establishing their own. Arcturus got the enemy elite's attention with a short burst from his MS' head-mounted vulcan cannons.

"Do not interfere, heathen!", the enemy pilot snapped as he disengaged Halvard to face both of his opponents.

"It's rude to start a champion's duel before all the champions enter the ring. Besides, I know a better pilot when I see one, but I'm not watching my friends die without doing something about it, and neither will the rest of Sigma. You want a piece of us, you'd better be prepared for the whole package.", Arcturus replied, the beam saber on his MS' left arm and the heat whip on it's right arm held at the ready as he slowly walked it towards his opponent.

"Then you will die, too.", the HA elite sneered.

"We'll see.", the wolf Faunus responded coolly before positioning himself in front of Halvard and joining the fight, modulating the beam saber's length as they clashed. Arcturus retreated to Halvard's side after a few seconds. Halvard took his turn to re-engage, and Arcturus followed to support him.