[FTL RP, WE'RE BACK, REBOOTED!] The Rogue Cadets

[JakeCollins]

I could try the Mantis fight. But maybe Eyesight could as well?

What? Wait, what am I supposed to do?

[stylesrj]

Play as the Mantis fighter? I just wanted to introduce the sort of Mantis Ruwen would be fighting.
Because why NOT have a Mantis who can actually cut rocks fighting a Rock?
Although a stack of bricks doesn't move so it's not going to be 100% effective.

[JakeCollins]

Play as the Mantis fighter? I just wanted to introduce the sort of Mantis Ruwen would be fighting.
Because why NOT have a Mantis who can actually cut rocks fighting a Rock?
Although a stack of bricks doesn't move so it's not going to be 100% effective.

I mean, sure, I guess. Unless you wanted to be, yeah I can play the Mantis fighter!

Soon, the Merchants had a live video feed set up, from numerous cameras in hanger bay. Some of these cameras were fixed to boxes and crates strewn throughout the cargo hold. Others were flown by autonomous drones that tracked the action as it unfolded.

Soon, Kilispikik was standing at one end of the cargo bay, and a shiny Rockman stood at the other. They were both unarmed, as the rules dictated. Soon, an alarm sounded. The go bell. Kilispikik leapt into action, jumping from crate to crate, maintaining the high ground. She let out a high pitched battle cry, leaping directly on top of the creature before it had even begun to react.

[BrenTenkage]

Kilispikik had a lot to prove in the upcoming fight.
The other Mantis hives didn't think she had what it took to become a warrior but circumstances back home led to her having to have to try.
Turns out that in her travels, she was getting quite good at the whole killing business and having signed up to work on the merchant vessel, she figured she could rack up a few more kills before her hive would grant her the honour of flying a ship of her own and leading a clutch of warriors into glorious combat.

"Some meatsacks have thought they could challenge us" she was informed as she headed for the hangar. "You said you wanted to prove yourself, now's your chance to uphold your hive's honour."
"Very good. Have you picked a challenger from their pathetic ships?" Kilispikik asked, rubbing her claws together, sharpening them for the fight.
"They claim to have some sort of Rockman made of crystals. Is that a problem?"
Kilispikik slammed a claw into a conveniently-provided stack of bricks, cutting through a few of them. "Those meatsacks think that our claws are not sharp enough to cut stones... that Rockman will be nothing more than a Pebbleman when I'm done."

Dun dun dun!

Ruwen walked off the Scarab after they landed into the hanger

"Alright then who will be my opponent?" he asked his personal translator translating to common

"Good luck" Gorlag thought, "Do not want to wake Bren up to tell him you died for him..."

[BrenTenkage]

Play as the Mantis fighter? I just wanted to introduce the sort of Mantis Ruwen would be fighting.
Because why NOT have a Mantis who can actually cut rocks fighting a Rock?
Although a stack of bricks doesn't move so it's not going to be 100% effective.

I mean, sure, I guess. Unless you wanted to be, yeah I can play the Mantis fighter!

Soon, the Merchants had a live video feed set up, from numerous cameras in hanger bay. Some of these cameras were fixed to boxes and crates strewn throughout the cargo hold. Others were flown by autonomous drones that tracked the action as it unfolded.

Soon, Kilispikik was standing at one end of the cargo bay, and a shiny Rockman stood at the other. They were both unarmed, as the rules dictated. Soon, an alarm sounded. The go bell. Kilispikik leapt into action, jumping from crate to crate, maintaining the high ground. She let out a high pitched battle cry, leaping directly on top of the creature before it had even begun to react.

(oh sorry didn't notice the other replies just the one style put out my bad will reply to this and yeah LOL)

Ruwen gave a loud cry of combat as he formed his right arm into what could be described as a buckler and used it to try and bash the mantis backi

[stylesrj]

Lux waited by the cargo bay entrance while the fight was happening... however she seemed to have some other intention on her mind... one she wasn't going to project to those Slugs who were watching the fight and getting the thoughts of both parties.
One reason why televised never took off with the Slugs... can't read the players minds over the transmitter and thus get the sports coverage, she thought to herself.

"And just what are you doing here, meatsack?" a Mantis guard asked her as she was distracted by not thinking about thinking...
"Oh ummm... looking for the ummm... better seats?" Lux stammered, trying to keep smiling.
The Mantis clicked a few times in annoyance "You're in the wrong area for the arena!"
"Knew it!" Lux declared "Can you guide me back then?"
"No!" the Mantis hissed, raising his claws. The gesture for "Get lost"
Lux shook her head as she went back to watching the fight. OK Lux, that was a terrible play..., she thought to herself, You need to be more subtle

[Chickengames]

So are we doing just one fight or three?

Kyrie walked up to the cockpit to watch the fight with Jake and Sarah on the larger screen. As it started, it was immediately apparent it was quick vs powerful. She started to chew her fingernails nervously as the fight went on, the cameras showing every painful angle.

[JakeCollins]

Kilispikik fell backwards, the wind knocked from her lungs. The force of the blow was quite powerful, directly to her Nakus Plexus between the left and right Vidasan. (Mantis biology, anyone? )

I had forgotten the force of the Rockmen. They shake their combatants like thunder, but thunder is not quick to move, She thought, thinking back to Anti-Rockmen combat training. All attacks can be countered by the wiser of warriors.

She flipped up on her back two legs, spinning wildly, low to the floor. She originally planned to swipe the creatures legs from beneath him, but then she thought that they would not budge. So, upon reaching the Rockman in her whirlwind state, she jumped upwards, causing multiple sizable scratches all the way up it's front, from her rapid rotation with claws extended. The Rockman staggered back in pain, looking down at the fresh slash marks from legs to forehead.

She landed gracefully on a shipping crate above, all 4 legs on the ground. She didn't even trip from stopping her spin so abruptly.

[BrenTenkage]

Kilispikik fell backwards, the wind knocked from her lungs. The force of the blow was quite powerful, directly to her Nakus Plexus between the left and right Vidasan. (Mantis biology, anyone? )

I had forgotten the force of the Rockmen. They shake their combatants like thunder, but thunder is not quick to move, She thought, thinking back to Anti-Rockmen combat training. All attacks can be countered by the wiser of warriors.

She flipped up on her back two legs, spinning wildly, low to the floor. She originally planned to swipe the creatures legs from beneath him, but then she thought that they would not budge. So, upon reaching the Rockman in her whirlwind state, she jumped upwards, causing multiple sizable scratches all the way up it's front, from her rapid rotation with claws extended. The Rockman staggered back in pain, looking down at the fresh slash marks from legs to forehead.

She landed gracefully on a shipping crate above, all 4 legs on the ground. She didn't even trip from stopping her spin so abruptly.

"Impressive, you are a powerful warrior, it is a shame it is too the death" Ruwen said pulling himself together

"However" he held up his left hand, "You never faced the demon that was the metal eater" and from his *palm* fired multiple crystal shards aiming to pierce her chiten armor

(also one fight)

[JakeCollins]

Kilispikik fell backwards, the wind knocked from her lungs. The force of the blow was quite powerful, directly to her Nakus Plexus between the left and right Vidasan. (Mantis biology, anyone? )

I had forgotten the force of the Rockmen. They shake their combatants like thunder, but thunder is not quick to move, She thought, thinking back to Anti-Rockmen combat training. All attacks can be countered by the wiser of warriors.

She flipped up on her back two legs, spinning wildly, low to the floor. She originally planned to swipe the creatures legs from beneath him, but then she thought that they would not budge. So, upon reaching the Rockman in her whirlwind state, she jumped upwards, causing multiple sizable scratches all the way up it's front, from her rapid rotation with claws extended. The Rockman staggered back in pain, looking down at the fresh slash marks from legs to forehead.

She landed gracefully on a shipping crate above, all 4 legs on the ground. She didn't even trip from stopping her spin so abruptly.

"Impressive, you are a powerful warrior, it is a shame it is too the death" Ruwen said pulling himself together

"However" he held up his left hand, "You never faced the demon that was the metal eater" and from his *palm* fired multiple crystal shards aiming to pierce her chiten armor

(also one fight)

The crystal shards were somewhat slow, Kilispikik dodged the first but was struck by the second, severing her top-left arm. However, her three other arms were perfectly operational.

Kilispikik ran up to the crystal, flipped over him, and spun around to face his back. With one arm she grabbed a crevice in the Rockmans' left side, and another in his right, and pulled diagonally. She tore a chunk of the Rockman off, and darted away, carrying the crystalline chunk with her!

As Kilispikik scurried away, she threw the hard crystal she had torn off at the now weakened Rockman, striking him in one leg. This caused cracks to develop throughout the leg, and when he put weight on it, the leg shattered into a million pieces!

Now, the Rockman had a gaping hole in its side from where she had torn off a chunk, and a missing leg! Not to mention the numerous scratches from the prior attack. "It is you who does not know the power of a worthy Mantis warrior," Kilispikik said, glaring at him.