by Rebel Raven » Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:14 pm
The skies of Uraya- Latched to the belly of the Dauntless at the aft section below the engines
What a happy little surprise! Shut down sarcasm processor. TriggerHappy needs lessons in being a flyer! Annoyance peaked, her combat computer starts compiling various small scale scenarios, then she speaks.
"Idiot! You're blowing my cover!" She growls out vocally even in her alt mode. "Didn't you notice the Autobots -not- shooting at me while I damage their ship?" She feels like she's pointing out the obvious.
What kind of flyer doesn't know the basics of dogfighting? You get behind the enemy, you shoot them from behind. You tend to win that way.
After what felt like forever for Shrike, she speaks again an astrosecond later. "Make sure none of the Autobots, or turrets shoot at me while I destroy their engines! I don't care if you have to tear the turrets from the ship with your bare hands!"
I knew this one would be trouble. Almost makes me wish I were ambitious and sought promotions so I can speak out my plans. Augh, what am I talking about? I told him to hit the Autobot Gunship from above! Not to check up on me and see if I need help and blow my cover! Did I not tell him I would be using stealth?! We had a plan... If it isn't for the fact that she is busy she would have rolled her optics.
She finishes peeling away a chunk of armor from the Dauntless, then Shrike repositions herself on the hull until her beam cannon is covering the hole in the gunship's armor.
From Pit's heart, I stab at thee!!! she muses to herself as she vents some anger. It's all too late for you, Autobots! The Beam cannon starts a brief charge, whirring with increasing pitch. Energy seems to be sucked from the air as a crown of energy spines form around the emitter.
Even though 580mm Beam cannon is relatively small, being less than 3 ft in diameter, and no longer than her abdomen, it's packs a wallop! An 8 second duration beam some 10 feet wide with a range of 2 miles is produced by her armor destroying weapon every time it fires.
Still, it has a downside. Shrike only has 4 rounds of fire with this weapon, so you can bet your butt-plate she'll make good use of them!
Speaking of her making good use of them..
BaaaWWWWWUUUNNNNNNN!!!!!! The sound of the beam being unleashed overwhelms nearby audio receptors as she fires point blank into the mechanics of the engine using the full force of her 'bot obliterating artillery cannon!
She angles her shot after blasting the sag out of the engine directly in front of her using the 4 other seconds to try and slice into the rest of the engine machinery maximizing damage done to the entire section.
The beam cannon's 8 second roar is music to Shrike's audio receptors as the blast funnels into the Dauntless through the hole in the armor like a giant plasma drill, punishing the engines with huge amounts of ferocity!
There's little doubt that the beam cannon's blast can be felt across the ship, and the damage done can be seen on the top of the Autobot ship, if the beam doesn't erupt through the top of the Autobot craft altogether.
That same sound of her beam cannon as it fires is likely in the key of -death- to the Autobots, especially when the source is so close to their ship followed by the damage from the blast.
I love my job. she thinks to herself as she eagerly awaits the end result of her assault since despite her potent weapon, she doesn't know how much damage it'll do, but her mission was a success in getting to this point.
Shrike can only hope at least one engine was disabled due to the unprotected, point blank shot through the hole she cut through the armor. Maybe one shot would be all she needs to destroy their engines, but if not, she can always adjust her angle, and fire again!
I'll destroy them all!
As she waits, she watches 1 of the 4 bars on her HUD empties denoting 1 of her 4 beam cannon's rounds expended, and she waits for the next round to ready, and the emitter to cool, or to release herself from the Dauntless should it start going down so she isn't crushed as it smashes into Cybertron like a brick.
All the while her combat computer gathers data on everything that happens to use for future battles.
In the back of her mind, she hopes to prove Clench wrong about her. It was a slap at her pride as a professional when he said she lacked the firepower to down the Autobot ship. That basically meant she couldn't do it as far as most of the less tactical Decepticons went. That she is a gnat in front of the ship's advantages unable to think towards the weaknesses of the large ship. Maybe this would show she is not a 'con to be underestimated?
She might not have the firepower to down the massive craft in a slug fest of a dog fight, but she doesn't usually slug things out. She likes striking with precision, and maximizing her destruction as opposed to pummeling a target into submission like a brute, and here she is doing something unexpected, and crazy.
Speed, and Violence of action! Wreak chaos among the enemy! That's her methodology. She yearns to feel the thrill of seeing wide eyed bots praying to what ever god they held dear for a deux ex machina as they realize they had underestimated her and stared deactivation in her face because of it. That thrill is even better than killing.
She can imagine the chaos now.
Klaxons are likely sounding around the Autobots, red lights a plenty reading large scale damage to the aft of the ship, and less professional 'bots are in a panic, with oil, and coolant dribbling down their legs.
Oh yes, if she dented their morale with the sudden assault, all the better! They will fight with the fear that a phantom menace could strike at them again! Ah, what she won't give to see the looks on their faces as they realize that the Decepticons have someone intelligent on their side.
Unlike in peace time when her mind is seemingly ever consumed with acquiring more power, now her thoughts are in another gear, and her desires are altered as glory, and the success of her mission now lie ahead. A harvest of pleasure awaits reaping as battle lies ahead.
Hopefully her fellow femme can hold out against the assault of the ship until she completes her mission. There isn't much she can do to help Silver out without jeopardizing her own mission.
Even more hopes are in Shrike's mind. Chiefly that the Autobot ship will crash in a good position, the Autobots will loose morale allowing them to be crushed with more ease, and that Tagan Heights is a bit safer now.
Oh yeah, and that She'll gain some respect, and maybe some upgrades.