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The first rock crawler, an all terain vehicle that moved via a combination og flexible tracks, separated compartments, and metalic grapling legs, navigated the tough mountain terain like a giant centipede. Yaits Corps newest inovation, this bug like vehicles conducted soil tests, took rock samples, searched for mineral deposits with sonar, and even conducted sizmograms to determine ground stability. With the first one being an astounding success, finding a silver deposit long unexploited, more where introduced into the mountains. Banging and claning with their metal legs, they were the fore runners of the Rock Eaters, huge drill vehicles that could dig caverns in mere hours. The Mythril Mountains would be getting a little noisier these days. The dwarves might have considered the metal their own, but it they weren't mining it already, finders keepers.

~The Search for Victor Fah~

Along with the first rock crawler came a Yaits City detective. He would find the inn at the fishing village of Nepris, enjoy a drink, and listen for anything that might be interesting. Even if a lead on the target wasn't found, there could always be secondary information that the company might find worthwhile.

Yes it was manned, unfortunately. News of the attack would reach the headquaters of YCMREP first, once the details were sorted out, a report would be sent to the big man himself, which he would greet with a big smile. Every media outlet owned by Yaits corporation would blast the perpetrators of the legal hunt for mineral resources as terrorists. Posters & billboards denouncing the attack, featuring grapic pictures of what remained among the wreckage, would appear throughout Gaian cities. Everything would be done to ensure the legality of Yaits Corp actions in hunting for minerals. Anyone who sided with the terrorists would be villified objectively in any Yaits owned media, though the slander would mantain an appearance of 'objectivity'.

The Gaian government wanted nothing to do with an offensive, spine less pencil pushing peaceniks they were, but enough were willing to give the YS a free hand.

Recruiting: Yaits Corporation

Yaits Security has been given permision by the Gaia government to use force in dealing with terrorists who wish to disrupt peaceful mining operations. Help the Gaian government, and the Gaian Economy, join Yaits Security Division, Mythril Brigade, and help secure the future of Gaia. Openings for Leadership Positions, sign up at the YS Mythril Division HQ in Lament.

Besides this, for a month, there would be no more rock crawlers, the mountains would return their peaceful state, and then. Retrofited rock crawlers, not one, but three dozen, would invade the mountains.

These bugs had small homing missiles designed to hit small targets, the sides were bristling with machine guns, and they were escorted by platoons of Yaits Corporation Security. This was a great excuse to militarize the mountain region and test some new weapons technology.

Some of the bugs were decoys as well, designed to be noisier than their predeccessors, while the others were designed to be a little bit quieter. The Rock Eaters were redesigned to be built like tanks, each one carried conventional ammunition as well flame throwers and RPG's.

As an unknown recon force, a single watcher was dispatched to keep track of the 'somewhat unkown' enemy.



And more would come, if recruiting picked up.

He'd see one of the many platoons that were actually called company's of the Yaits Security. He would remain undetected by the green troops, who were, on some accounts too busy talking amonst themselves to keep their minds on searching for enemy spies. The watcher was on another assignment, so the spy would remain invisible as long as he was careful.

A mineral deposit would be found by this group, a vein of silver, a few tons worth in total, so the Rock Eater would be sent in and a gaurded mining operation would begin. Once the silver was extracted, it would be taken to a secure base outside the mountains before being trucked back to Yaits City and to places it was being sold across Gaia. Constant contact was kept with the the other platoons, in order to make reinforcements available in case they were needed.

((Dice roll lacks creativity and encourages laziness in writing, if we can't agree on the body count , feel free to debate me in PM. I'd say the odds are about right for the soldiers. I'm going to say 7/12 dead. 2/12 severely injured. 3/12 superficial injury. Protective gear and training. No machinery damage.))




The mountain road was fairly wide, but there was a cliff below, rather poor formational tactics would make them vulnerable to the coming attack. The infantry was clustered along the machinery in tight formation, even for a small group. That would prove their undoing.

By the time they heard the rumbling from above it would be too late. Two men jumped for cover in a small covert amidst the rocks, avoiding major injury. They called in for scouting party, reinforcements, and a digging crew. Another one got lucky, two boulders mising him by inches. On soldier had his leg pinned under a big slap while another suffered a broken arm. Four soldiers were pushed off the cliff, one was flattened as dove for the shelter his bodies had taken, and the rest were pulverized unrecognizeable.

The Rock eater faced the landslide and dug in, any rocks that landed between its two massive drill would be crushed into pebbles. The Rock Crawlers would be quite impresive, they should have been able to divert the rock slide entirely by attacking the falling boulders, saving more of the platoon, but they concentrated on saving their own asses so much that a few extra men were left to die. All in all though, barely a boulder touched the mechanical centipedes, as they attacked the boulders with missiles, shattering the one's their path. They also deflected a few large rock with their blade like titanium legs.

Not seconds after the slide ended, one of the operators would see a man in a black cloak, the Rock Eater breathed a stream of intense blue fire in the direction from which it came, the fire would travel 100 meters up the mountain, hopefully roasting the dude, or at least providing cover for the men that remained and were searching the are intensely. Two of the three rock crawlers climbed upwards to investigate, at the sides of the flame, anyone they found would be veiwed as hostile terrorists. They crawled up the mountain faster than a motorbike on the highway, and would locate and attack the others if they didn't retreat or attack first.

((Your Move))

Status Report, Unit 10: Decimated.

Two rock crawlers, not part of any unit, but working independently, would come from both sides, to attack the monks that had just decimated a small military unit. 14mm machine gun far would fly through the forest, targeting those sighted with pin point accuracy.

Fa Had been taking the long way around the mountains, taking his time, because he had nowhere in particular to go right now. In truth he was not all the far from the Gaia Plains now. Even at he slow pace he was making good time. Of cource it helps when you don't have a ton of people with you and you can start and stop when you feel like it.

In another day Fa should be in the plains. Form there he was not sure where he would go. In reality he did not know much about the outside world. So no matter where he went, he would find himself out of place. He would be even more out of place given his appearance. Things would be hard, but at least he was not trapped in that tower anymore.

((Continued in Gaia Plains))

Sutiiven came through the portal about a second or two later. He landed with a Judo Roll and used the momentum to get to his feet. He took a few steps forward, and emmited a singular low whistle. "Impressive... I dont think I've ever been to the top of this mountain before..." he said, admiring the surroundings for a second, then heading towards Shuyin to regroup with everybody before the three way fight.