| Grodus Rising; Epilogue: Rise of the X-Nauts | |
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| Subsourian | Nov 14 2008, 08:14 PM Post #1 |
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![]() Prologue: Midst the Chaos LATE AUGUST 2008: UNIDENTIFIED PLANET ON FRINGE OF FEDERATION SPACE “…Tech Center security detail to Federation field command! Metal Army ambush on the Tech Center! The-There’s too many of them! We need backup! Repeat, we need-“ A long bang echoed behind the Galactic Federation Trooper, and he kneeled to the ground, bullet piercing his chest. Behind him stood Ultra Stuffwell, his arm cannon raised smoking. In the open field around him, ten Gelgoog Elite troopers, bearing the dreaded colors of the Steel Legion, the Metal Army’s elite fighting force continued in their slaughter of the remaining Federation vanguard in the area. Ultra Stuffwell looked upon this, and smiled. These biotics did not deserve the swift death given to them, but it would do nonetheless. Behind him, a smaller Metal mech walked up to the hulking figure of Ultra Stuffwell. This one was smaller, and did not bear any weapons. “Doctor Albert, have you found it?” Ultra Stuffwell said, not even turning his body to look at the scientist. “Yes, my Lord. The item you requested… Is here.” Doctor Albert proceeded to pull out a small red gem, cut in a diamond shape, and glowing with a strange energy. ”We have located a Federation strike force advancing on our position,” Doctor Albert continued, “I have taken the liberty to call for more guard to hold this base.” “Unnecessary.” Stated Ultra Stuffwell, “We are leaving. Now.” “I-“ Doctor Albert was cut off by Ultra Stuffwell, who raised his hand. “Prepare the temporal shift. We’re returning to our position. No one hears of this. Not even the Metal Lord” Doctor Albert nodded, and pressed a series button on his arm console. The pair began to glow in a blue static, and vanished. One by one, the Gelgoog Elites began to disappear as well, until all that was left was a quiet snowy field. Or at least, that was what it seemed. On top of the Federation Tech center, a small Yux sat, looking down on the scene. In it’s eye was a robotic implant, which fed the entire scene back to somewhere far away… X-NAUT FLEET: SOMEWHERE IN DEEP SPACE Inside the fleet’s mothership, Grodus sat on the command bridge. His body was whole, the body created for him by the Yoshi Bodyguards, long ago, before he attempted to betrayal them and regain his position of power. His body was intact, but his fleet was not. Now Grodus had to deal with the loss of his armies on Chronis. Crump’s blundering had failed him again… The only hope now was in finding the chaos emeralds. Those gems that could change the tides of the universe were so close to being in his grasp. And to find that one was missing… In front of him, screens of the Metal Army ambush on the Federation outpost housing the emerald showed They’d been monitoring the facility for weeks now, waiting for a time to get one of the gems. But the Metal Army, whom he never even factored in, had hit the facility first. This would be harder than he expected. “Have we found it yet?” Grodus asked. “Erm… No, dude, boss, sir!” Stammered one of the X-Nauts, “We can’t track it! It’s like it’s… vanished!” “These emeralds emit a strong chaotic energy signature. One of these does not simply ‘vanish.’” Said Grodus, shaking his head, “It has to be somewhere.” “I guess that’s why you called me.” Said a figure on one of the screens in front of him. He was a taller X-Naut, with a fur-lined coat. Like all the others, his body was completely covered, but medals marked the rank of an Admiral. Behind him, one could make out a harsh, artic wasteland, with the wind blowing up the white powder into a frenzy. “Stalvick,” started Grodus, “I suspect that everything is in order?” “I’ve scrambled my X-Naut force and landed in the Fahr Wastelands intact. It seems odd, we’ve encountered little resistance for landing right in the heart of enemy territory.” “This mission is key.” Spoke Grodus, “Fahr Outpost is the technological center for Star World. Any research they have on these emeralds may lead us to where the missing is located. I will deal will the other six, but I am tasking you with finding this one. Failure is not an option.” “Grodus, we’ve known each other since we’ve founding the Secret Society,” said Stalvick smoothly, “You know I am nothing like Crump. I will carry out this mission, sir, and I will come back with the emerald.” “See that you do, Stalvick. I will expect a report soon.” And with that, Grodus closed the com-link. STAR WORLD: FAHR WASTELAND Stalvick walked out of the tent, out into the snowy wasteland. There, he was met by almost one hundred X-Nauts, all covered in fur coats. Magnus Mech suits towered over the camp, and smaller bikes could be made out through the blizzard. “Alright, men!” he shouted, “We’re moving out! Let’s make a move on that outpost!” Immediately, the X-Nauts obliged, abandoning their camp, and marching through the winter wasteland, leaving footprints in the snow as they went, and followed by the giant metal behemoths that were the Magnus suits. From a distance, they could be seen, braving the winter storm, and moving steadily through the icy abyss. Onwards, toward wherever fate may bring them… TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 1-1: FAHR STRIKE ------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS Prolouge: Midst the Chaos (This post) CHAPTER 1: WINTER ASSAULT 1-1: Fahr Strike 1-2: The Frozen Pass 1-3: The Gad Instillation CHAPTER 2: THE RENTON SHIPYARDS 2-1: The Fleet of the X-Nauts 2-2: The Fall of Renton 2-3: The New Fleet 2-4: Birds of War CHAPTER 3: THE SECRET OF MOBIUS 3-1: Metal Clash 3-2: Fatal Disruption 3-3: Eggman's Legacy CHAPTER 4: THE HUNT FOR WHIRL 4-1: The Eyes of the Federation 4-2: Ground Zero 4-3: The Rabbit's Snare 4-4: Springing the Trap CHAPTER 5: REVELATION 5-1: On the Frontlines 5-2: The Hunt Ends 5-3: Betrayal and Honor 5-4: Tides of Destruction CHAPTER 6: TRAITOR'S HAND 6-1: From the Ashes of Defeat 6-2: Patriot's Fall 6-3: His Dying Breath CHAPTER 7: THE FIST OF GRODUS 7-1: Hearts of Metal 7-2: Breaking the Beachhead 7-3: Metal Army Musical 7-4: The Demons Within 7-5: Only in Death Epilogue: Rise of the X-Nauts ------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the new story I procrastinated on making! For those of you who read Top's stories (Which I assume is everyone here), this fills story of the last emerald, as well as leads up to the end and aftermath of the Metal Wars. Expect run ins with people you know, as well as introductions to newer characters. And for Top, yes, this will be less serious when I actually get more characters in the plot. ![]() And now for the only part you all really care about. GUEST STARS: This story will need guests. And a lot of them. I have already PMed people of characters I need for the story, and they don't count for guest star total. You can have three characters, and I would recommend at least having two. It can be ANYONE, as long as it meets this criteria. 1. The characters cannot be a Yoshi Bodyguard. Or people in the Metal Army. (Though I think this only applies to Sneezier...) 2. The characters must want to work with the X-Nauts for some reason. 3. They can't be doing anything during Top's Oddtastic Adventure comic. Just to avoid time line issues... Character Sheet I TOTALLY didn't steal from Top! Name: Species/Appearance: Age: Gender: From: Bio/Personality: CURRENT GUEST STARS: Wary Name: Eli Species/Appearance: A short human with black hair, green cloak and eyes, and a pair of goggles. Which he actually uses. Age: 16 Gender: Male From: Unknown Bio/Personality: A genius technician who's been working as an independent on several different worlds. But he's running out of resources--and that's where the X-Nauts come in. Very sarcastic most of the time, and a player ladies' man through and through. He's also a fairly strong mage. PMF Name: Amphy Species/Appearance: Ampharos Age: um 24 or something Gender: Male From: um Amp Plains or something Bio/Personality: Magical and punny, although not necessarily funny. He doesn't know how to disappear or teleport. Friends with the next character, despite what that character's like. Name: Christopher (Pronounced "James"; seriously) Species/Appearance: Raichu with sunglasses Age: iono Gender: Male From: iono Bio/Personality: Acts coolly around mostly everyone. Secretly, he's a con artist of sorts. Somehow, Amphy doesn't treat him like a criminal, and in fact helps him sometimes. Name: Paper Species/Appearance: Shy guy Age: No idea Gender: Male From: ... Um.. shy guy's toybox. I dunno. Bio/Personality: Er... I don't know anything about him, myself, other than that he invents things that don't help anyone except for himself.. So for now, I'll make him basically a carbon copy of Ema Skye. "... Scientifically, of course." Amphy and Christopher would probably be there to steal something like technology or secrets, or just surveying how the X-nauts are. Paper can be there because he thinks he'll learn something. ... Scientifically, of course. Top Name: Ripvor Species/Appearance: Velociraptor. ![]() Age: 26 Gender: Male From: Terrydactyland Bio/Personality: Ripvor is a ruthless, stealthy, and... ruthless ninja. I got the idea when the History Channel described Velociraptors as the ninja dinosaurs or something. ;o He uses his razor-sharp teeth, sharp claws, and supersharp talons to damage foes badly. His tail is also as sharp as a sword, so he can use that as well. He's also real agile, able to run fast and jump pretty well. He works for whoever pays him the most... although it depends who they are. More often than not, he's working for the bad guy, and either way he'll follow his own rules and not do something he doesn't want to. Which usually includes beating his foes to a pulp. On rare occasions--which only includes if he hasn't eaten in a week--he'll actually eat some of a foe he kills. Name: Teen Angst Species/Appearance: YI Information Block. She always has a cell phone connected to her left side, green eyeliner, and lipstick. ![]() Age: Um. Iono. Do YI Information Blocks have an age? She's probably like 17. Gender: Female From: YI Bio/Personality: Teen Angst (I have no idea why she's named that) is a YI Information Block who is a very, very, very stereotypical teenaged girl. She talks on her cell phone a lot. Like, y'know, seriously. And stuff. Totally. Her relatives (wait what) want her to become a first-class, famous Information Block that gives excellent information. She couldn't care less. Most of her information is bad, and half the time she stops during the middle of it to talk on her cell phone. The only thing she doesn't do is text, which is because she has no fingers. |
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Topmonhit
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Nov 14 2008, 09:16 PM Post #2 |
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Oh here it is. Should I addify it to the timeline thread or what? And Sub, there's a number of people here I've never heard of. So, let me try and figure this out... This happens during The Oddtastic Adventure? If so, assumably it would be the act I never got to, act 4. Also assumably, no characters that appeared in TOA are going to show up in this other than Grodus (as he already has)? Just trying to make sure there's not this giant clash of everything causing doom doom doom. |
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| Warlyte | Nov 14 2008, 09:19 PM Post #3 |
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Name: Eli Species/Appearance: A short human with black hair, green cloak and eyes, and a pair of goggles. Which he actually uses. Age: 16 Gender: Male From: Unknown Bio/Personality: A genius technician who's been working as an independent on several different worlds. But he's running out of resources--and that's where the X-Nauts come in. Very sarcastic most of the time, and a |
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| Subsourian | Nov 15 2008, 07:03 AM Post #4 |
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This happens a tad before Oddtastic, through the story, to a little bit after. So yes. You can add it to the timeline, I dun't care. I'm still trying to set a date on when it ends, though. And I've made sure that no one else from Oddtastic appears without explaining how or why. Hence the rule on guest stars. Since Grodus kinda wove in and out of the story, he may make more appearances. As for the people you've never heard of, I said there'd be a lot of new people introduced in this story. And some goodbyes, at that. |
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Topmonhit
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Nov 16 2008, 03:35 PM Post #5 |
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Well actually, after the Chronis (I think) thingy and the X-Nauts teamed up with the Shroobs, Grodus wasn't focusing much on the Chaos Emeralds until Act 4 of Oddtastic when Eggman appeared out of nowhere. ...eh, whatever! So what locations will there be? I want to see what characters I could give you. |
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| Subsourian | Nov 16 2008, 03:40 PM Post #6 |
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The locations will jump around. A lot. ![]() Most of the time will be spent on Mobius, but let's see... Star World, Renton, Mobius, and two other planets I haven't decided yet. And I thought he was after the emeralds, since he left X-Chaos looking for them. And also, was Grodus going to make a lot of appearances in Oddtatsic in the parts you skipped, or was he going to be more "offscreen?" And I'll just say he allied with the Shroobs a bit into the story. But Stalvick never gets to see them. ...Actually, I could use them to explain some things. But whatever. I'll see. |
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Topmonhit
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Nov 16 2008, 03:58 PM Post #7 |
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Eggman went to look for them, but Grodus ended up shifting plans. I guess. Maybe. And let's see... In the parts I skipped, Grodus was going to appear on the ship where he and Shrario battle Luigi. Luigi wins and stuff. Eggman shows up and destroys the ship, causing Grodus to leave. He appears a bit later going to Popstar, but once he arrives, he doesn't appear for a few comics until finally we return and see him battling Dedede. He wins, then leaves and attacks Grunty's ship, which had another emerald, and on the ship battles Grunty, Popple, and Bowser (who just regained his memory). He defeats them all and takes control of the ship. He returns to Star World, attacking the building Cackletta and Fawful are at, and battles them plus Eggman. Mario, Luigi and Yoshi show up with the Pokeworld emerald, but he defeats them and gets the 6th emerald. You know, depending on how your story goes, he could get the 7th. You know what? I should remake the rest of Oddtastic into a typed story. So it seems to me that yes, Grodus was going to make a lot of appearances. |
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| Subsourian | Nov 16 2008, 04:11 PM Post #8 |
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Ah, well... I'll still have him appear as a hologram. And as for him getting the 7th emerald... I was going to have this story end after Oddtastic for a reason. Wait, do the Shroobs still ally with him after Oddtastic's done? Or do they leave for some random reason? |
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Topmonhit
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Nov 16 2008, 04:52 PM Post #9 |
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They leave after Act 4 starts. After Shrirby or whatever is defeated, that's the last we hear of them. |
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| Subsourian | Nov 16 2008, 05:04 PM Post #10 |
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Was there a reason, or was it just because Shrirly was defeated? I need to make it linear with Oddtastic... Crap, this complicates things.
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