Heavy Metal: Cheer of the crowd
 

The dropship touched down in the spaceport. The mercenaries skipped customs and went to pick up their improved UCVs. The Doughboy was starting to look like itself again. The heavy missle launcher on the left shoulder and a massive 10 barrel gattling gun in the right hand. hopefully not much longer. It wasn't to long till they were back to base. John went straight to his office and looked over the mail. Crap, crap, bill, crap, crap, bill, contest, magazine, arena challenge, bill, junk. He read the challenge.

He went back into the common room those that didn't take the Arrakis job were sitting around waiting for the coffee to brew watching an arena match. "I've been challenged to a doubles match, who wants to partner up?"

(ooc: The arena, like the side missions work on a pm system. Arena matches may substantially less than missions, but the arena itself will cover your repairs, so feel free to go buck wild. I'll create a ranking system later. There are two types of matches really. 1 v. 1 or team matches. if you have questions post them in the discussion thread.)

Will said, "I would be honered to enter an arena match with you, sir! Fero and I have been itching to try out my new UCV. The silver knight is looking just like I hoped, and I can't wait to get some actual UCV vs. UCV combat!"

"Alright I'll accept."
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"So you're John Pillsbury?" A well dressed man asked incredulously. Next to him was another well dressed man. Behind them was a Legionaire, sporting an SRM 6 with a large Anvil painted on the torso. Next to the Legionaire was a Centurion (A legionaire with a UCV-32a model Rifle, and a LRM-2TS Long range 2 lock missle lancher) with a hammer painted on the torso.

"We're the Smith brothers." They said. "The only reason we challenged an oldtimer like you is it would make a good name for ourselves."

"It's not like you or your friend here could actually oppose our superior piloting skill." The two walked toward their UCVs. "Ta Ta for now. We'll look for you from the winners circle."

"Let's smoke them quickly." John said scowling. "I hate pilots like that."

Will nodded, "Agreed, there is nothing worse then arrogant pilots who talk large and play small. We are ready when you are!" 'We' being Will and Fero. Will walked off in the direction of his UCV to get ready.

As the challenged John chose the location of the match. The abandoned city of Tentagel was John's favourite location to fight. The battle scarred ruins provided superior cover. The teams started at the north and south of the city well out of range of each others weapons. "Will the buildings provide radar cover if you use them right." John forced his centaurian mech down a street and strafed right. the barrels of his vulcan gun spinning. "We'll split up and attack them." John boosted to the top of a dillapidated sky scrapper. His UCV starting to beep, his capacitors were near empty. He spotted the centurion, It was still outside of radar range. He began to lock down systems and he decended partially into the ruins. Using the quad legs to keep on the roof. Only his sensor fin was in a line of sight with the incoming centurion. His missle launcher clicked into the ready position.

Will wnet the opposite way, saving all of his power for his gun when the time came. He marched down the street, an obvious visable target but hard to see on radar from all the buildings. As he turned a street, he saw the other opposing legionaire coming straight at him, pulling the same trick Will was. Will raised his laser rifle faster then the opponent could react to this surprise, and fired twice, striking the legionaire full on in the chest once, before stepping back around the corner. Will was backing up, letting his generator recharge as he waited for the legionaire to come.

ooc: It's a legionaire and a centurion not two centurions. the legionaire just has a bigger missle launcher.

Ic: Quietly John waited while the computer locked on. He fired his jets demolishing the building he flew over the debris and fired the large missle arced and he flew back he cut his jets and landed amonst the debris after firing his jets to soften the fall. His missle exploded into submunitions the 3/4 of the war heads hit the torso of the centurion damaging it the other war head impacted above the UCV raining concrete and ash down on the mech. John began to close range but staying out of Infrared range. His sensors showed nothing, but that meant his opponent was blind too. He halted and let his UCV cool down. He targeted a damaged store front and fired a missile into it. The missile exploded The building collapsed into burning wreckage.

OOC: Oops, I'll change that in a sec. EDIT: Fixed.

As Will backed up, the legionaire came around the corner. Will fired two more shots, this time both hitting one in the left leg and one in the torso again, but the legionaire was ready now. It raised it's own rifle and shot three shots back at Will, one hitting the torso and one hitting the left arm. The time had come to go, and Will used his boosters just enought to get on the other side of the line of buildings, and put him out of sight range, even if it was just for a second. He backed away and targeted again, but waited for his generator to recharge before he opened fire again when the enemy UCV came calling.

The centurion came and opened fire on the building fire. Slightly confused. It noticed to late the temperature spike as John dashed in a strafe. John fired a 5 round burst at near point blank range into the Right arm of the centurion. The first four rounds worked to sever the arm at the elbow, the fifth flew and missed. John turned while dashing and dashed backwards down the street. He then moved to the right. His computer alerting him that the centurion had a missle lock on him now.

His generator recharged just as the legionaire boosted over the wall and shot at Will, but the hasty shots missed. Will carefully targeted as it landed from the jump and fired three shots, all three striking home as two hit the right arm and one hit the torso. The legionaire was taking a beating, but kept on coming, and a familiar whine entered the cockpit as it tried to get a lock on with it's superior lock on. "I must think of getting an anti-missile system in the future..." Will muttered, running towards cover and hoping he could reach it before the lcok finalised.