Part 58: Mission #55: Kazuki Will Destroy!

Mission #55: Kazuki Will Destroy!



We've made it Okinawa Ocean City! So, basically, the last fifty-three missions? Filler.



: This is horrible...
: They don't care whether they're soldiers or civilians.
Yeah, just like everyone else in this game. Hell, Lan's last line of work prior to joining us was burning down villages to get at rebels.
: This is how Lukav works...
: Kazuki, we can get in through here!
: ...
: This isn't the time to get emotional. If we don't stop him, there'll be more victims.
: Yeah...



Into the bowels of Okinawa...well, I guess that would be the sewers, I guess this is the lymphatic system...and I'm here bust to few nodes. Okay, that didn't even sound good in my head.



: Lukav!
: Lukav!!



That's Lukav in this Shunwang. He had a nicer ride, but Liu vaporized it a few missions ago.
: Liu!
: Liu, wait!
: Stop where you are, Lukav!



: Ergh!
: Forget it, Liu! Don't!
: Stop. You still want something from me, Real Number?
: I'm not going to allow you to take MIDAS, Lukav!
: Where did you put my sister!? Please give my sister back!
: Relax, Emir is on her way to the bottom floor. She has been very cooperative.
: That's a lie! My sister would never help you! What did you do to my sister!?
: I've done nothing. It is of her own will.
: Stop it! You've done enough already!



Destroy what? You might ask. Destroy everything.
: I don't understand. How could emotional, inferior beings so persistently interfere with my plans...?
: I'll show you whether humans are inferior or not!
I think the bloodlust has finally started destroying the speech center of Kazuki's brain.
: Kazuki, you are indeed an intriguing man. Too bad I must kill you. If you insist getting in the way, I must kill you.
: I don't think so, Lukav! You're going to die here!



Ryogo, Miho, Lan, and Liu get the call for the last mission of this generation. Let's be honest, I could use three unarmed wanzers and Liu would still win this mission.



The mission ends when you destroy Lukav, so, had Body Smash fired, this mission could have been over in one turn. Given the range of Liu's beam rifle, I can end this mission whenever I want, so let's have a bit of fun.



Another solid mission for Miho.



Lan force-ejects a pilot, but, since she's the last member of my team to act, I can't capitalize on it.



Those wanzers didn't have missile launchers! They had grenade laucnhers all along! Okay, I don't really want to deal with that, time to close this mission out.



Support fire...achieved.



I never did get Lan's Aim-Arm skill to work, but Miho's Aim-Body worked just fine.



And, Aim-Body can combo with other skills too. Of course, that still leaves this wanzer with 9 HP. Damn it all.



Lukav ices Ryogo. I've basically held Liu out of the mission after his first shot against Lukav because, well, it just wouldn't be sporting.



Miho cleans up.
: M-must cut my losses... There's no choice. All units, pull back and retreat.


: The outcome has already been decided.
: Stop, you're not getting away!



You know, Lukav, you do remind me of the Borg...when they kept showing up on Voyager and got suckier and suckier every time, a boring enemy on a mediocre show.
: Lukav! Tch!
: Kazuki, look out!



More perfect than perfection. Miho gets MVP, the last one of the branch.



: We can't go down now!
: Damn, does this mean he's going to get MIDAS after all...?
Well, he already kind of has MIDAS, what with Emma being his prisoner and all, at this point, he's going for a monopoly.
: It's not over yet. There's got to be another way down!
: But the elevator that goes to the bottom floor is dead.
: Take a look at this!



: But, if we use the passage from the control room, we can get to MIDAS.
: The underground passage...?
: That would take too long. What if Lukav sinks the city in the meantime!?
: I'm sure it's okay. He doesn't want to die to protect MIDAS.
: You're just guessing. There are civilians in the city. If we can't stop Lukav, those people will die!
: Let's cut off this area from the rest of city. Doing that will restrict damage to this area only.
: Can you do that?
: Ocean City is made up of many areas, called primary blocks. They can be controlled from the control room.
: I see, so you can separate individual blocks.
: But won't that affect the balance and cause it to collapse into the sea?
: If done in the correct order, areas can be separated with minimal damage.
: It looks like that's all we can do. All right, let's evacuate the civilians and start the separation. Don't let Lukav beat us!
Okay, here's a quick summary of what we're doing: Lukav currently has a head start on us in the race to get MIDAS. Everyone's pretty sure he's not going to sink Ocean City while he's still on it. Still, the party has decided that to save the civilians, they're going to break Ocean City into chunks and separate them, doing untold damage to the city, and likely doing little good if MIDAS goes off. Why are we doing this? No one can say.

Next Time: We double-down on the destruction of Okinawa