Asteroid Blues

*Incoming Encrypted Transmission*

YanJing ZhongYang, this is YanJing TaiYuan. Standby to receive a debrief from an armed conflict including some of our forces sent to reinforce the JiYuan dig site at Novyy Bangkok:

(Note: this debrief has had a level of propaganda included to be approved for partial-public release by the authority of Li ChengRui, Imperial Agent, Crane Rank.)

A contingent of O-12 and some of our protectors from the legendary Invincible Army apparently had the same idea tonight: exploring some tunnels near the Gallery Maze for lurking Combined Army infiltrators. We may never know if it was a simple case of mistaken identity or something more insidious, but the conflict began with the Peacekeepers from O-12 maneuvering and firing upon the innocent YuJing forces of Good!

The first sound of gunfire to echo throughout the system of caves was followed by the thud of a ZhanShi’s lifeless corpse hitting the stone floor after a Dakini opened fire. He may have been targeted first due to the HMG that he was carrying before felling a single foe, but he will be remembered throughout our peaceful capitol as a Hero! Another ZhanShi was massacred before the IA could begin to put up a fight. The despicable Dakini advanced through a zone of White Noise and took aim at a brave HaiDao who was unable to see the aggressor though his MSV2; he was wounded, though not gravely, as a mysterious HacTao came out of hiding to kill the Dakini and a Sirius bot with accurate fire from her missile launcher. An enemy Epsilon hurt the HacTao severely at this point, but the noise from his HMG caused a small landslide in the tunnel, resulting in him being knocked unconscious as well. The top of the first turn of aggression ended as the Sirius blasted an innocent family at close range with his shotgun! What villains!

The YuJing YiSheng (doctor) instantly went into action, patching up the HaiDao and getting the HacTao back into the fight with his synced servant bot. The HaiDao then crawled to a safer position before standing up and taking out the O-12’s accompanying total reaction remote! He inched into a shot against the dastardly Sirius standing over the (miraculously) still living family, but after the shots deflected off of his armor harmlessly, the Sirius fled into cover. The following moments were occupied by the Invincible Army units taking up better firing positions while the MoWang advanced towards the enemy.

The cowardly Sirius eventually found his bravery again and darted from cover; the HaiDao was able to finally kill the cur, but not before he identified 2 antennas using skills learned as a forward observer. Another Dakini with a long-range sniper rifle began shooting these antennas and destroying them after taking a few precautions, such as placing smoke grenades and White Noise.

The massive MoWang took this opportunity to charge forward to incapacitate this Dakini, as the YiSheng piloted his servant toward the innocent family to provide rapid aid! What is believed to have been a Razor Unit revealed itself to ensure that the young family suffered longer with a long-range shotgun critical shot to stop the YaoZao servant. Too late, the mighty MoWang lumbered into position to remove this new threat, but it dodged the bullets from the Red Fury.

The HuLang had been getting into position to pounce upon the enemy antennas with D charges, but a Delta Unit emerged from the edge of the battlefield and killed him with merciless shooting to his back; another Imperial Hero sent to Heaven too soon. The Delta then crawled to the last antenna on the YuJing side of the lines and rigged it with devastating D charges!

In the meantime, the MoWang finally killed his wiry target. The DaoYing hacker, an exceptional lieutenant, applied Fairy Dust to his forces as the MoWang (a Datatracker) moved to acquire a briefcase from a High Value Target, but an enemy hacker was able to take advantage of this safeguard with a critical Oblivion as the MoWang came within range of a baggage bot with an attached repeater. A YuJing victory was impossible at this point, but the YiSheng personally ran to the aid of the family, saving their lives! The remaining Forward Observer ZhanShi was able to identify 3 antennas in the closing moments of the engagement, equaling the number identified by the O-12 forces, minimizing the loss.

After both Liaison Officers were successful, the final tally was 5 points for O-12 and 3 points for the Invincible Army. Though our Heavenly Warriors were not successful in their operation, they made the O-12 pay dearly for their malevolent mission…

YanJing TaiYuan – over and out.

*End of Transmission*