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The Major ([personal profile] liebe_krieg) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2010-04-16 06:32 pm

And I can guide a missile by satellite

WHO: The Major and everyone who signed up to fight in the City.
WHERE: Locations across the City.
WHEN: 11 PM Friday evening.
WARNINGS: So. Much. Violence.
SUMMARY: Operation Gotterdammerung has begun, and with it Case Schwarze: a full air and ground assault against the ImPort community designed to prevent interference with the nuke in Washington. Missiles and vampires ahoy!
FORMAT: Whatever works.
NOTES: Don't forget to add your characters' tags as they join in!

Leaning back in his chair, occasionally taking the time to dictate a response to his post on the communicator, the Major watched happily as his master plan at last unfolded. It was all worth it, he could already tell. The months of planning, the prison takeover, the theft of the bomb, the kidnapping of the Detective, all the promises he’d made to his new comrades, it was all coming together right here in front of him, in the fire and explosions of detonating missiles and attacking vampires. It was the fulfillment of his most cherished dream: a war beyond any man’s history had ever known. Reports from his crew filtered in from all around him:

”Rot Team reports that they are in position Major. Package is secure.”

”Schwarze One reports commencing attack on police station.”

”Missile hit! Confirmed hit on Turing nightclub!”

”Schwarze Five, commencing assault on the Spark Roast.”

”Confirmed missile hits on both prisons!”

He sat and listened and smiled and watched. In less than an hour the device would detonate, and America’s capital would be swallowed up in a mushroom cloud. There would have to be retaliation, retaliation greater than that after Pearl Harbor, retaliation not just at those responsible but also at those who had let it happen because they were too busy looking after their own homes. There would be war, first native against ImPort, but then as things fell apart ImPort against ImPort, native against native, war between teams, countries, movements, alliances! War upon war upon war!

“It has begun,” the Major said to himself, watching the chaos unfold on the array of screens hanging from the ceiling in front of his seat, as well as through the DEM II’s vast observation window. “The dance that cannot end! The symphony I can revel in for all time! The fire that shall never burn out!”

Below, the prelude to that symphony continued.

[identity profile] theprimerprime.livejournal.com 2010-04-17 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Slag it, Pete, you're not making any sense. What does silver have to do with anything? Why can't we just blow them up?"

[identity profile] shockheadedpete.livejournal.com 2010-04-17 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Vampires, boss."

Pete's very matter-of-fact about it. Vampires happen. They run the mobs back home. They're a little easier to subdue, though.

"Only thing that kills these ones is silver, or losin' their heads."

Separating a man from his head takes longer than you'd think.

[identity profile] theprimerprime.livejournal.com 2010-04-17 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
"They'll lose more than their heads if I've got anything to say about it."

The transmission is interrupted by the sound of a rather large artillery blast.

"Maza's got a team going after the fragger's airship. The rest of us need to get the situation on the ground under control. That means securing the station first, then taking the fight out into the rest of the City. If we need silver to make our weapons more effective against these things, then someone needs to figure out how to make that happen."

[identity profile] shockheadedpete.livejournal.com 2010-04-17 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Whatever the noise was, if it's on our side get it in here. We gotta clear this lobby before we do anythin'. Sparky an' me can take 'em down, but they don't stay down," Pete's comm crackles back.

[identity profile] theprimerprime.livejournal.com 2010-04-17 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
"It's on our side, all right. I brought the tank."

[identity profile] shockheadedpete.livejournal.com 2010-04-17 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Hell yes!" Pete cheers. "Call me nuts, but I'ma suggest you just drive in, sir."

The door is already gone. They can clean up any tire tracks later.

[identity profile] theprimerprime.livejournal.com 2010-04-17 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Supermax is damaged and the other jail is completely shot to slag. I'd rather not ruin yet another one of our buildings if I can help it."

And yet, even as he speaks, the conspicuously bright blue military vehicle is rolling straight up to the front gate.

"...You guys might want to get out of the way."

[identity profile] shockheadedpete.livejournal.com 2010-04-17 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Pete can be heard herding the troops back. Roll out, boss. Roll out.

[identity profile] theprimerprime.livejournal.com 2010-04-20 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
Sentinel fires as soon as he can be reasonably certain that his people have moved to a safe distance. The shell lands practically at the station's doorstep and explodes on impact, clearing the vampires out of the way. Quite a few of them survive the blast, but at least they're not boxing everyone into the station anymore.