Part 122: Mission 49 - The End of the Invasion - Part 2
Aay, Ylbora’s friendly again (no, this isn’t from the secret). His squad bonus is Mobility +30, Melee weapons +300, Armor +150 and Range +1; spirit commands are Focus, Sense, Drive, Zeal, Valor. By himself, he’s on par with Joe and Tobikage, but, obviously, can’t fuse with the Ladorian units. Still, he might get something else…
Famir Battleship (Hazard Pasha)
Pilot Skills:
Prevail L9
Support Attack L3
All Attack L3
Command L4
Mech Features:
All-Canceller
Hazard’s voice actor: Takeshi Aono (other roles: Helluga in SRW GC/XO, Luozol in Masoukishin, Dr. Wily in Megaman, and many more)
Dog Tack’s voice actor: Takashi Taniguchi (other roles: Grave in Masoukishin, Nylen in the Tales of Vesperia movie, and some more)
Exactly what you’d expect from a big battleship boss: big stats where it matters, lots of range, a TON of defenses and a 3x8 frontal MAPW. Firepower is also appropriately high, especially with a 2L size, but that’s only an issue if he gets a clean hit in. Move in close enough to deal with his cronies but far enough to force him to close the distance – once he’s done that, mob him and destroy.
YOU CAN’T HIDE FROM ME ANYMORE, MOTHERFUCKER! I’M COMING FOR YOU!
SRW UX - Love Survivor
: I do not take my crimes to be forgivable… nor do I seek trust or sympathy. : All that matters to me now is being true to my beliefs! Ylbora Saro, warrior of Ladorio, challenges you!
SRW UX - Lion
SRW UX - Azure
SRW UX - Deus Machina
: Aw, you came all the way here to watch us become the rulers of the universe? You shouldn’t have!
: Ye maggot wallowing in greed… Your selfishness has blinded you to your place in the universe. I would call you a fool, but that would be insulting to fools everywhere!
: Step up, Hazard! You’re about to feel the anger of all the people you’ve hurt!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSSYlYs48xM
Here’s Hazard’s best attack.
SRW UX - Love Survivor
: You might have destroyed my trap, but I am still here!: And I’ve taken a vow to secure Emperor Annex’ future, even if it costs me my life!
: Enemy or not, your loyalty is commendable, Benikage, warrior of The Boom Army!: I, Romina Ladorio, shall also stake my own life and face you in battle!
: Hmph… I always knew this would happen, Ylbora. I could feel that, behind that aura of solitude, you never forsook your pride as a warrior!: However, you’ll never amount to the ninja of legend! Your life will fade away and only dust will remain!: I hid my beliefs deep within my heart, yet their embers continued to burn… all in preparation for this moment! The void beckons you, Benikage, and the Zerokage will usher you there!
: Hmph, you dare challenge the Benikage? I’d accept the ninja of legend, but not riffraff like you!
: Riffraff, eh? And what’s wrong with that?
: Even riffraff’s got some possibilities within them. All we gotta do is batch those together and we might just measure up to even the ninja of legend!
: We’ve been there fighting alongside Joe and the others since the start! Don’t take us seriously and you’ll get burned!
SRW UX - Tobikage Appears!
: Sucks to be you, Benikage! There ain’t no chains strong enough to tie us down!: Each of us got the light of hope inside, and not even the deepest darkness’ll make us lose sight of it!: You have eluded death for far too long! For the glory of His Majesty, Emperor Annex… and so the blue Earth may be his!: I’ll personally send you screaming into the afterlife, Tobikage!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_nQkmcqKRk
I only remembered now that I still had to show off the DK for Misao’s best weapon, so here it is. FYI, this was with Valor and the Nicht’s 50% upgraded.
Charme drops a Secret Tome of Ninja Arts (Evasion and Ranged +10, Skill +5).
: Hrk… Curse you Earthlings!: You force my hand…!*Beep.*
(TV): Stop, Charme. Return at once!: B-But…!: There are plenty of other ways to crush them. Do you understand?: Y-Yes, sire…!
: The enemy commander retreated…?
: Weird, considering this is about as close to “final battle” as you’re going to get. What’re they up to?Dunno, don’t care. I’ve more important matters to see to…!
SRW UX - Azure
: Not content with what you did to the Festum, now you’re looking to use the Vajra as fuel for your ambitions?! Isn’t there anything you care about protecting other than yourself?!: Ahaa, I thought you were familiar – you’re that boy who defended me back then, right?: Then, you can die protecting my glory this time!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbCTxwWyKcw
And here’s Hazard’s second strongest attack – didn’t connect, but it’s the same.
Now we can begin!
Hitsuto Boy - Love Survivor
LOVE SURVIVOR! LOVE SURVIVOR! : Mwahahaha! This is goodbye to those days spent in the Martian boonies!: A brilliant future awaits Hazard Pasha just around the corner, and you’re not stopping me!
: That’s fine – we’ll just guide you over to that future of yours…: Though what’s waiting you won’t be Earth, Mars, or even that utopia you dream of!
: Damn straight; the only place you’re going… is Hell!
: You were meant to lead to people in the right direction, but, instead, you want nothing but to subjugate them to sate your greed…!
: Yours is a black, impure soul! And one who cannot appreciate the essence of life is not fit to tread upon that land!
: You care for none other than yourself. The arrogance… Pigs like you could never walk the path of a conqueror!: A bunch of weird action figures are lecturing me on how the world works? Give me a break!: But it’s a good thing you’re here! I look forward to nabbing that “Yùxǐ” of yours and figuring out how its powers work too!
: Every single being who calls this universe home is entitled to happiness!: It is an evil man who would deprive them of that right purely for his personal gain! And, by the will of the heavens, we shall have you answer for all of it!
: Hazard Pasha… Here is where your evil ambitions come to an end!: All you care about is yourself – the lives of others mean nothing to you. But now we’ll rid the universe of your presence!: Hmhmhm, how quaint. Didn’t you kill a bunch of innocent lives yourselves? You’re doing it right now with the bugs. And it was all in line with your own rules, so who are you to say anything to me?
: We did, and we’ll carry the weight of all the possibilities we’ve erased forever…: But we won’t lose any sleep over wiping out your possibilities and your greed, Hazard!
: Give it up, Hazard Pasha! How can you not see that your greed will kill our future?!
: Do you actually believe your ambitions are so important to justify all the people you’re sacrificing?! Are you that sick?!
: I’m sure a world where no one has to get hurt exists somewhere out there…: But everything you do serves only to spread sorrow!: Spare me the platitudes! It’s human nature to be greedy! If you ask me, selfless people are missing something essential to them!: And you’ll have plenty of time to watch from the afterlife! You’ll get a bird’s eye view as I create a beautiful future – for me!
: The Vajra’s raw power is all mine! And I already had tons of influence to boot…!: It’s just a little bit more until the world is mine for the taking! You’re the only obstacles left!
: We’ve been watching your arrogant ass parading around for a long while, but now it’s finally time for you to get what you deserve!: Get over here, ya crook! I’m about to smash your bullcrap dreams of world domination into a billion pieces!
: Gehehehe, how about this, kid? Your machine’s the best there is when it comes to killing Festum.: Come work for me, and I’ll give you an even better paradise than that island!
: I don’t want or need anything of the sort! Our island’s all the paradise I need!: Tatsumiya, where Soushi, Toumi, and all my friends are, is where I’m meant to be!
: To claim and control everything! It's because I cling to that wish that I've clawed my way back from every fall!: And, finally, success is so close, I can taste it!
: Now that’s a cliché goal if I’ve ever heard one. Men’s Pipe Dreams Monthly is chock full of those.
: I guess while some folks take a look at the environment they’ve to survive in and see adversity, others see it differently…
: But living just to satisfy your own desires is how you become a villain.
: I wouldn't dream of preaching about living a righteous life, but...: Whatever happens, there’re always people trying to live honestly… and pooh-poohing the power of those people is something you should never do!
: Enslaving the Vajra, turning them into weapons to help your agenda… Are you just that heartless?!: What I did was make these brainless beasts useful! : Give me a bit and I’ll have you dimwits under my leash as well!: Not in a million years! Both us and the Vajra are more than capable of deciding what to do for ourselves!: That’s what life is all about!
: My great intellect now has a massive force to match it… I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel and it’s bright! We’re entering the age of Hazard, King of Earth!: Do you think an oversized doll like you could actually stop my plans?!
: … This isn’t about whether or not I can stop you. Intellect, power… neither of those things are meant to be used to turn people into tools.: You may believe that from way up your high horse, but it only makes your plans sound even stupider!
: It’s always one dirty trick after another with you! Is that all you think about?!: Blah, these bugs won’t stop buzzing around me!: Still, I owe that mech a bit of gratitude! It was because of it that I found the clue I needed to pry open my road to glory!
: I don’t need gratitude from someone who shows such disregard for everyone and everything around him! : All you do is to fulfill your delusions… and now I’ll tear them all to ribbons!
: The Army of Mankind, the Vajra… the universe is mine for the taking with all that power under my control! The future is called Hazard Pasha!
: Everything your greed touches gets hurt, and, worse, you don’t even care…: We’ll wipe out every trace of the future you’re trying to create!
: It might be that your evil was fruit of living so far away from your home planet, but that’s not enough to make me sympathize with you…!: In your greed, you twist the will of everyone around you and turn them into pawns! That’s unacceptable!: Shut your trap, kid! What do you think you understand of me and my past, huh? You’re just a spoiled brat who’s been coasting through life under daddy-o’s wing!: But that childish mentality of yours’ll still make for good kindling for my dream!
: Heheheh, look at you, boy. Controlling that robot and making it fight on your command…: Why, it’s like looking in a mirror!
: You’re wrong! Heroman has a heart of his own and a life that only wants to protect people!: And that also applies to that Vajra you’re enslaving! We’re taking him down together, Heroman!
: Hmmm!
: Hazard, I’m no saint myself, but even I could never let you off the hook after everything you’ve done!: I’ve acquired all the power I could ever need! And once you and your machines are gone, I’ll just be a stone’s throw away from realizing my dream!: Too bad for you, the only thing you’re a stone’s throw away from is total defeat!: This is it, Hazard… the battle that started that day on Mars is coming to an end now!
: Our arrival on Mars brought disaster to that planet, causing hardship for so many people…: We share in the responsibility of spreading your evil influence and spurring on your ambition, and I, Romina Ladorio, will personally bring it all to a close!: That’s rich, but no sheltered little princess is going to stop me!: When you play with fire, you get burned – it’s time for you to learn that!
: So many of my friends were hurt by you… I cannot even begin to tell how sad that made me.: But I learned that you can’t fight out of anger and hate… So, rather, I’ll fight to stop you from spreading any more hate across the universe than you’ve already have!: I’ve no idea what you’re babbling about, but if you’ll be a problem, then you’ll die along with them! See how you like getting blown to smithereens!
: The UX, The Boom Army… you just can’t go five minutes without switching sides, can you, Ylbora?: That said, I still have plenty of use for you. You’ll be working for me now, little bat-man!: Silence, fiend!: I’d never submit to a man who so easily sacrifices others for his self-protection, who’s such a blind slave to his greed…! Swift and utter death is all you’ll get from me!
: I reckon it’s also time to put things to bed with you! We’ll see who comes out top here!: I admit I didn’t expect you to escape that cage and come take a swing at me. Still, tigers and lions might bear down on me, they’ll wind up dead just the same!: You don’t seem to get what a mess you’re in! You mess with a tiger, you get bitten – and I’m about to rip apart both your face and this annoying little relationship of ours!
And he drops another Hazard’s Favorite Athlete’s Foot Medicine… Wait a minute, no, this isn’t anywhere good enough.
I AM NOT DONE WITH YOU.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qG0reY5d8k
You have been a royal pain in the ass for the entire game, and you will answer for all of it!
This is about ten times more satisfying than bending Miwa over my knee in MX.
: I think this is good enough.
: Should we proceed as planned, then…?: Yes. Have the ship to retreat for a bit!: Roger that!
: Hazard’s—!
: The hell is he up to?!
: All enemy forces have been routed!
: That’s what you get, The Boom Army!: Okay… All them pests are gone. What now, Ylbora?: …: Hah, that should be obvious.*Ylbora repositions.*
: Heheh, I guess we gotta!*Joe goes after him.*
: N-Now wait just a minute, Joe!
: You guys’re still gonna fight?!: Nah, that ain’t what this is…
: Then, why…?!: We’re just putting things to order…: We ain’t gonna be able to either fight together or hate each other the way we are right now…: Joe…: I see that you have realized the power that dwells within the Tobikage and Zerokage… or, rather, within us, Joe!: Yeah! Let’s do this, Ylbora!
: That light…!: Is that the power mentioned in the Ninja Legend?!
: But it’s…: Yes, it’s the same! That is the light we saw when we were brought to this world!
: What…?!
: …
: (Indeed, this world and Mirisha are…!)
: What…?!
: The Boom Army…!: Hmhmhm… I have been waiting for this moment!: Annex!: That is most certainly the grand power of legend! : And it’ll belong to me, Annex The Boom!
: Aaaah!: Mwahahaha! You’ll rue the day you underestimated The Boom Army!: This is the might of Emperor Annex! Prostrate yourselves before him!
: Rgh… Those sons of…!: Go, Hazard. Seize the Tobikage and Zerokage!: …: Did you really think it’d be that easy?: Excuse me…?
: The Vajra…?!: Hmhmhm, get them!*The Vajra go after Annex and Charme’s ships!*
: Gaaah!: H-Hazard… have you lost your mind?!: BWAAHAHAHAHA! Looks like I’m a cut above you as well, “Your Majesty”!: Y-You’re…?!: Yes, I am… the Ninja Legend, the Fold Quartz and The Boom Army’ll all be mine!: It’ll be Hazard Pasha who rises to rule the entire universe!
: D-Damn you straight to hell!: GWAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!: Kch… Ylbora!: Hm, I know! We’ll crush them with our power…!
: Now, Dog!: Yes, sir!
: Grrgh!: Wh-What was that?!: The Zerokage isn’t obeying…!
: Wh-What’re you doing, bro?!: I-I’m not! This ain’t me!: Stop, Tobikage! What happened to you?!
: …
: O-Oh, no…!: Oh, yes! That’s my Implant Munitions for you!: And I’ll be making some wonderful sacrificial pawns out of you, just like the Vajra!: H-How can you—
: Uwaaaargh!: T-Tobikage! Stop!: …
: Gaaaaaaaaah!: JOOOOE…!
SRW UX - Tobikage Appears!: Y-Your Highness…!: R-Rrgh… Haaaargh!
: Wh-Whaaat?!: The Elshank…?!: The Zerokage heeds me again…!: Princess… What was that?!: I-I don’t know what happened either…: I was just desperate to save you both and that wish overcame me…! : You did? … I have it! This is the truth behind the grand power of legend!: Wh-What did you say?!: Our powers are the same. The same in nature, yet diametrically opposed…!: That is to say, they can only cancel each other out when they come into contact… However!: All it needs is a will as the core. Do that, and that power’ll fall in line, magnifying into infinity!: Magnifying Willpower…!: Th-The infinite power of legend…?!: S-Screw that Ninja Legend! Fire, Dog! FIIIREE!
: That attack won’t work on us anymore!: I-It can’t be…!: I reckon even you can see all the power we’ve got now!
: Wh-What’s going on…?!: Joe, Ylbora and Romina… That is the grand power born of their three wills!: Ooh… I am certain of it: that is the light of legend!: …?!
: I’ve figured it out…!: The power written about in the G-Records is… the Ninja Legend is…!: Every single person hides possibilities capable of changing fate itself within!: And as those possibilities are brought together, their strength turns to a boundless light!: Do you know what it is, Hazard?! That is what people call…: LIFE!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcGHognrJ7U
Captions are available for DIIIIEEEEE!
: GYAAAAAAAARGH!!
*BLAAAAAAST!*
: Uwaaaaaaaah!: I-I’ve finally seen the truth…!: Aah, I am a fool! This universe is…!: Sire?!: The problem wasn’t with our star charts, but with the fact that this isn’t the universe we knew!: …?!: The Ninja Legend had never happened!: No… The Ninja Legend are events unfolding now!: Gwaaaaaaaaargh!
*(The) BOOOOOOM!*
: A-All hostiles confirmed destroyed…: …: Rgh…!: Y-Ylbora…?!
: …: Ylbora…!
SRW UX - Separation
: You heard the Vajra’s pain…?
: Hm. I kept hearing their voice as my consciousness was fading away. And, so, I thought…: “I want to help them”…: By the time I realized, I was back inside the Mark Nicht and my human form was restored.
: Your core had been destroyed, but it still managed to come back… amazing.: …: Can I ask to fight together with you?
: Kurusu…: I want to pass on to the Vajra what I learned from you guys…: What it means to live, and the joy of having been born…
: We hear you.: …: Kurusu, there’s something I’d always hoped to tell you in case we saw each other again.: Thank you. It’s only thanks to you that I’m here right now.
: Soushi…: I’m glad that you feel that way.: And, once this battle is over, I hope we can all go and see that blue sky again.: Yeah, that’s a promise. We’ll see Tatsumiya’s sky together…
: U-Urk… I’m…
: Careful, you are still quite wounded. Please, sir, get some more rest.: Gameran…?! I see… This is the Elshank.: What of The Boom Army…?: Annex and all his servants are gone from the face of the universe…: The legendary power we and Joe unleashed destroyed them…: …!: … I am glad to hear that. Their deaths mean the end of my struggle as well.
: Cmdr. Ylbora, what you were after was to uncover the truth behind the Ninja Legend, was it not?: Because you believed it would enable you to defeat The Boom Army and save Princess Romina…: …: The Boom Army was far too mighty… : If I was to have any hope of facing them, then I would need the power of the Ninja Legend on my side…: Ylbora…: …: Regardless, no excuses will change the fact that I turned my sword upon Her Highness…: Sir Ylbora…: Hm. Indeed, your actions are not something that could ever be forgiven.: …: However, if even a shred of your pride as a warrior remains…: Then, you should spend the remainder of your life atoning for your crimes – as part of the UX.: …?!
: It’s way too early for you to curl up and die. You gotta live and keep on fighting.: Let us hear you answer, Ylbora.: …: You have my sincerest gratitude for your benevolent words, Your Highness…: I, Ylbora Saro, hereby swear once more to dedicate my life to your service…
: (What did I say? You still had a place to call home.): Cmdr. Ylbora, we owe you our gratitude as well…: It was through your life-threatening assault that we, at long last, have uncovered the underlying truth of this world…
: The truth of this world…?
: …: Planet Ladorio… is the Earth from the future.: …?!
: C-Come again?!: And that’s not the end of it – the same can be said for Mirisha…: W-Wait just a minute! Do you mean…!
: That Earth, Mirisha and Planet Ladorio were all the same planet?!: Yeah…: And we’ve the sinking feeling that the Vajra homeworld—*Door opens!*
: Alto! Everyone! Sheryl… Sheryl’s…!
: Ranka?!
: Calm down, Ranka. What happened?: It’s Sheryl… she’s gone! We can’t find her anywhere on the ship…!: What…?!Chalk up another secret down – we get Ylbora and the Zerokage. You can set him back in the Elshank if you’d like, but he and his bot are certainly a good fit anywhere melee-oriented, especially if you’d rather deploy Joe by himself rather than have him plug into a Ladorian machine.
Of course, if you didn’t do his secret, the ending of the mission changes after Ylbora explains why he’d turned traitor:
: Ylbora…: Y-Your Highness… I am truly sorry… What I’ve done is…: Argh…!: You’re in no condition to talk right now. You can tell us later…: Joe…: What is it…?: Joe… I entrust Her Highness… to your care…*Dies.*
: S-Sir Ylbora?! Stay with us!: Sir Ylbora…!: Kch… Uwaaaaaaah! Sir Ylboraaaaaaa!: Tsk, “entrust her to my care”…: He always had to have the last word…: …: (Your actions were not something that could ever be forgiven.): (However, you fought by lonesome in a bid to catch sight of our future… And I have taken that devotion onto myself.): (Come, Ylbora. Together, we shall be the Elshank’s wings as it soars above fate…)And, from here, the rest is the same. Finally, here are a couple of convos we missed:
: Karen… your crimes run deep. Not only did you let yourself be tainted by love and betrayed The Boom Army…: But you have also forsaken your loyalty for the Emperor! Only with your life can you find redemption!
: Lady Benikage, I have learned what it means to live freely.: That’s why I chose to fight alongside Damian, just as you’ve pledged your life for the Emperor!--
: You’re so loyal to your cause that you’d get in bed with the people you were supposed to beat… That much is as clear as day to me.
: In which case, I trust you understand that my will shall not be swayed!: Hm, I guess so. We better have at it, then!