Part 33

Oh, haha. Would you believe I forgot I hadn't uploaded that video yet? I'll get on it.


They've been floating in that spot since I got here. What's up with that?

Albert! I'm picking up an SOS!

What's the source?

A Russian tanker in the Kara Sea... they're under attack by the Red Sharks!

Who else?

Tell them we're on our way.

But that's in the middle of nowhere!

Then Reginef's getting his money's worth from us. Get ready to deploy the Wanzers!

Understood. We'll be ready in one minute.

Is that the ship that's attacking the tanker, sir?

Ship...? Hell! They've got a whole FLEET out there! Where the hell are these guys getting their resources?

They keep blowing up their own soldiers and collecting the thousands of magical dollars that pop out.


Our navy uses ships like this! Albert! Target the ion nozzles!

I get the feeling I'm not going to like this explanation.

The what?

The green structures on those warships!

Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me. I'm not even transcribing the rest of this. Abridged version: The ships have glowing green weak points (There's one in the picture.). If you blow them up the ships don't work for some unspecified reason.


Also, you can't have ally Wanzers with you in levels with lots of water. I think it makes the AI shit itself or something. Except the enemies get around just fine and you can take allies into levels with just a little bit of water. Let's just pretend that everyone but you has JUST EATEN and cannot risk swimming.


Oddly enough, these Wanzers are weaker than the version that was on the oil rig.


Some of the... ion nozzles are on the undersides of the ships.


Come pick me up, then. I'm beginning to think we bit off more than we can chew here...[/I]




Russian ships must be really cheap. Not surprising, considering how easy it was for one Wanzer to disable an entire fleet of them.


more than just a simple terrorist organization.

Think they have something to do with the Society?

I'm sure of it.

In that case...

"Let's just... keep on doing what we do, I guess. Sorry, I really have nothing to add."

All we gotta do is catch their boss! We'll get all the info we need outta him!

Easier said than done, I fear.


Another water level. No Axels allowed.


These things have lots of health. I really hope that Laser 3 comes along soon. In fact I think I'll grind for next time.


But no Wanzer can stand in the way of my Albion.

Really? Not even that big tank I blew up in the sewers?


Oh... okay. Level 5 armour. Never mind, you win.


Well, anyway. He goes back and forth dropping mines and occasionally shooting and taking a long time to kill. Here I am showing off the Wireless Gunpod. These can shoot his mines, but he spends so much time off screen that this was pretty much a waste.


Quit whinin', ya pansy.




This will be a good grind spot, I think, as soon as I get a better main weapon.


There's been a change in plans. We've been informed Red Shark forces are coming ashore from the Kara Sea. Find out where they're landing!

One thing, sir. Did you hire a mercenary named Genoce?

I can't begin to imagine why he chooses to bring this up now. No, Albert, Genoce is just helping out of the goodness of his heart.

Is there a problem?

Problem? His buddy Bishop burned my damn village to the ground!

Genoce has been an invaluable asset in our efforts against Red Shark. Whatever the case may be, we are grateful for his assistance.

...Strange. I thought Genoce was trying to get closet to the Society.

Maybe Red Shark is an independent operator after all.

How should I know? Only Genoce has the answers.

And good luck getting him to say anything useful.

Well, sitting around and talking about it isn't going to get us anywhere. Let's go!


Looks like an enemy landing craft!

Let's see if we can catch them before they get away. Maybe we can squeeze some information out of them.


Greeeat. It's that guy.

Het het het! Fancy meetin' yez 'ere. This is a fair warnin', mate. Stay the hell outta m'way!

Look, you don't seem to get it. Two dimensions! It's not that hard!


Wuh-oh.


It's shooting at me from the background!


I shoot it back! Or maybe this is a different one! I don't care!


My entire lower body has glitched out of existence!

I surrender!

Get out of the Wanzer.

L-look! My systems are fried! I can't get the hatch open. P-please! I'll tell you anything you want!

All right then. Where's your base?

W-we...


Uh, hello Bishop. Got anything to say?...
Solider? What about you?

...

Oh, I guess the game wants me to move over to the left so it can complete the scripted sequence.




So he blows up the soldier. No surprise there.

40 berks gunned down... 100,000 in th'bank! Het het het!

Seriously? Why don't I get paid that much?

What the hell are you doing?

Wellll, yez weren't gonna waste 'im, innit? Want t'make somefing of it?

He surrendered, damn it! Now we'll never find out where they're hiding!

Genoce has a great eye for partners.

Aw, cries me a river. Yez ain't the boss o'me, innit?

What is he, seven years old?

I'd cack yez now if Mista Genoce weren't watchin'... Better luck next time, mate!


Man! I almost had him!

For the life of me I cant figure out what he's talking about here.

By the way: 8 kills for 2660 funds and 617 EXP.


Why? We still don't know where there hideout is.

"Thanks to Bishop. The guy we were complaining about that you hired and are paying."

It's all right. We've tracked the destroyer back to its base.

Oh, alright. It was a different one.

Really?

The coordinates come out to point D-9... An ice shelf in the Arctic Ocean.

Talk about out-of-the-way...

Meet up with the rest of our forces at 1000 hours. We're preparing an all-out assault.

Wow. Reginef's forces are actually going to DO something... next time!