Part 33: Mission 16 (America Route) - Alive - Part 2
: It’s…!
: Brother!
: …: You’re in there, aren’t you?! Please, you need to open your eyes!: Come on, Nick! Get yourself back to normal already!
: …
: Not even a twitch… Tsk, we might really need to beat them up!
: What?! But they’re people!
: Everyone, listen up! We believe those helmets are how the Skrugg are controlling them!
: Meaning they might come back to their senses if we bust those?!
: O-Okay! I’ll find a way to make it happen!: Please, Joey…!: Hold on, Lina! I promise you… I’ll get Will back to normal!No need to worry about reducing them to a specific HP threshold or anything – just beat both Nick and Will into submission and carry on.
SRW UX - Deus Machina
SRW UX - Roulette: Nick, it’s me! Pull yourself together!: Rgh, hrrmm…!: Kch… We just need to break his helmet! Come on, Heroman!
Take that!
Nick gives us a HEYBO (+10 Accuracy and Ranged, +5 Evasion).
: Waargh!: Do you hear us, Nick?! Snap out of it!: Urk… Joey…?: Right, I remember… You’re Joey. And I’m… Nick!: Oh, thank god you’re okay, Nick. Now come with us, quick!: What are you on about, Joey? I’m strong now! I’m finally my own man!: ?! Nick…! : All my life, I’ve been sucking up to others. Not a day went by that I wasn’t scared, that I didn’t worry about what folks thought of me …: But now I don’t have to worry about any of that crap ever again! How come you don’t get that?!: …: I’ve power now! Power! POWER! And with it, I can do anything! Same as you, right?!: No! I…!: You’re making a mistake, Nick! Please, don’t do this!: Shut up! Don’t tell me what to do! I’m done being a human… I’m now a Skrugg!
: Nick, why…!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvzzb-hU_Ow
While setting up for Will, we trashed the surviving Skrugg mooks.
SRW UX - Roulette: Go back to being you, Will! Lina’s here too!: …: It’s not working… Breaking that helmet really is the only way!
Will gives us Lina’s Pom-poms (as in, the Cheerleader things – Melee and Evasion +10, Accuracy +5).
: Gaaaah! K-Kill… the earthlings!
: Huh?! We got rid of his helmet! Why’s he still like that?!*Joey moves closer.*
: Will, please, pull yourself together! You don’t wanna make Lina sad, do you?!: Rrrgh…! Gwaaaaaaaaargh!: STOOOOP!: …?!: Brother, please, stop! Come back to me! I’m begging you!: Uugh… Li-Lina…?: ?! Brother?!: I… I remember… Gogorr changed me…: You’re you again, Will?!: Haah, haah… I’m so sorry you had to go through that, Lina. I’m free now…
: Hmph, so the mind-control really wasn’t flawless. : Gogorr! How dare you do this to me…!*Will turns friendly!*
: That Skrugg… he’s their leader?!: Hmhmhm… I believe introductions are in order. My name is Gogorr, and I am the ruler of this planet.: The what now…?!: Why are you doing this?! A civilization as scientifically advanced as yours could have easily approached us in a different way!: I never wanted anything like this to happen when I contacted you!: Idiocy… Tell me, doesn’t your kind simply kill your cattle? What makes you think you can call us into question, then?: …?!: Are you saying we’re cattle to you?!: Easy, Psy. It seems talking with him won’t get us anywhere.: Hmhmhm, that’s right! We, the Skrugg, do not negotiate! You will either surrender or die!
: How quaint. Then allow me to retort!: Threats will avail you not against me! I will cut down all who get in my way!: Gogorr, I’ll make you pay even if it kills me!: We can’t lose this one…! We won’t let him turn Earth upside-down!: Come on, Heroman!
: Hmm!
Just need to take out Gogorr, and losing Will is also a game over.
Gogorr
Pilot Skills:
Prevail L4
Support Attack L2
All Attack
Mech Features:
30% HP and EN Regen
All-Canceller
Gogorr’s voice actor: Unsho Ishizuka (other roles: Guld in Macross Plus, Fudou in Aquarion, Mr. Satan in Dragon Ball, and a whole lot more).
Gogorr is exactly what you’d expect from the Skrugg boss: big stats all over, really dodgy and accurate thanks to pairing S rank on land with an S size. We’ve fought way stronger bosses, though, and his size means he’ll take extra damage from many of our guys. 30% HP regen is plenty, so make sure you down him in one round.
SRW UX - Shangri-La: Why are you so hell-bent on attacking us?! Get off our world and leave us alone!: Hmph, cattle such as you thinks he can talk to us as equals? Don’t make me laugh!
: You’re wasting your breath with him, Kazuki! They may be capable of speaking to us, but they’re no different from the Festum.: Tch…!
SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit
: We’ll never stop fighting against you! Why don’t you cut your losses and forget about Earth?!: You’re in no position to parley with us! The only way this battle will end is with your death!: Then you leave me no choice! I fight to protect human lives… and, so, I won’t think twice before taking you out!
SRW UX - Shadows that Rend Darkness: I’m impressed that you’ve managed to oppose us for as long as you have… but cattle that does not obey will simply be put down!
: Let’s see you try! I’ll make you painfully aware of all the power life gives us!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKx475CqQdA
I needed someone to showcase Gogorr’s kung-fu, so in comes Luna.
SRW UX - Roulette: Gogorr…!: Hmph, we’ve no more need for your data, Experiment #01. You are a defect and I’ll scrap you myself. : Don’t call me Experiment! My name… is Will Davis!
SRW UX - My Fate
: Hrgh…! What’s this dark, evil aura that surrounds him…?!: Hmm, a new kind of living weapon…? Hahaha, how curious! I believe I’ll take you as a sample!: No, you won’t - not if the Nanajin and I have anything to say about it!
SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: You’re quite the interesting-looking being. Yes, you’ll make for a valuable sample to dissect!
: Ye invader bereft of ideals… The price for your insolence shall be your miserable life!
: Guh… Th-This cannot be!: That’s it for your agenda, Gogorr!: Rrgh… You impudent beasts!
: What?! He…!
: He went Hyper?!
: I never thought I’d get overwhelmed on this backwater planet!: But I won’t let it end like this! If I’m dying, I’m taking you with me to the Underworld!
: He looks even more monstrous now…!: Argh, this stupid cockroach! The guy’s as tough to kill as his smaller cousins!
: Maybe, but he’s on his last legs! Troops, focus fire on Gogorr and wrap this battle up!: Roger! 
”Hyper” Gogorr’s gained a boost to everything, but his tricks are still the same. Stand by for a turn and then do one last push.
: I’m not about to let the princess’ city get nuked into oblivion!: What energy is this…?! How are this planet’s weapons so abnormal?!: ‘Tis the power of magic that you feel… A divine power given form to crush evil like yours! Behold!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkP3lMgdyeE
New kung-fu!
SRW UX - Dunbine Flies
SRW UX - Dunbine Flies: More and more flies buzzing overhead… but that’ll change nothing!: You're just an evil soul that lives for itself! Take all your hatred and go straight to Hell, where you belong!: Yeah! Off you go!
SRW UX - Roulette: Watch it, Joey! This guy’s a whole different ball-game from the other stuff we fought!: I know! But I won’t let our city go up in flames because of him!: The gall…! I’ll show you what happens when puny humans dare stand up to us!
SRW UX - Envoy from Jupiter: You won’t even try reaching an understanding with us?! Is destruction all that you care about?!: Would you try to reach an understanding with the cattle you consume and the vermin you kill, in that case?: It was your invasion that pushed our world into growing as twisted as it is now…! Begone from this planet!
Gogorr gives us Joey’s Coffee (Defense and Melee +10, Evasion +5)
: Ghgrh… This... can't be! You... beasts…!: H-He’s still going…?!: I’ll handle this!: Joey!: I’ve always wanted to be like my dad… to keep those I love safe...: But I was too weak to do anything…! And that’s when I found you, Heroman!: …: You’re the one who’s been keeping everyone safe – you’re my hero. But…: I’ve realized that I need to get strong myself! Just like Kurou and our friends with the UX!: Joey…: And that’s why…! SRW UX - JOEY AND HEROMAN: That’s why the two of us will now fight together, Heroman!*Energy chaaarge!*
: Hmmmm!: Go, Joey! I know you can pull it off!: Take your stalwart heart and convert it into strength…! Then pour it all into your fists!: Yeah, kick his ass, Joey!: Heromaaaan… GOOO!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhyBiblSxMQ
: Haah, haah… W-We did it!: Excelsior! What magnificent teamwork, Joey! The way you fought, complementing one another…: I might just say that’s how you two were always meant to work…!
: Joey… That meek boy’s grown a whole lot.: Yeah, he’s a real powerhouse now!: That said, that pure heart that wished only to protect others hasn’t changed a bit!: It may be that that strength lay within him all along. The average men oft change – in ways both good and bad – when they gain great power…: (Just as my old masters once did…): Wait! Where’s my brother?! He’s gone!: Huh?! But… But he was here just a minute ago!: You think he ran off?!: (Sorry, Lina… but I can’t stay with you anymore. Not when I’m like this…): Brother! BROTHER!!: (Take care, Lina…)
: Will…: We can look for him and Nick in a bit! Remember, we still have work to do!
: Right, the Balls headed towards the White House haven’t stopped yet!
: The EM Waves controlling them are still being broadcast from the Skrugg mothership! You need to deactivate it as quick as humanly possible!
: We’ve only got a few minutes before the nukes’ll be ready for launch!: This is our one and only chance…! Ms. Sumeragi, take me to the UFO!
: You got it. Everything’s in your hands, Prof. Denton!
Location: Washington D.C.
: Please, Madam President, allow me to handle everything.
: Go on, Dr. Minami. And good luck.
: (Here we go… I’m about to be crowned as the savior of this world. So many times you’ve snubbed me, Dr. West… but the time has finally come for me to one-up you! We’re entering the Age of Minami now!)
: Doctor, it’s time. (Veronica): Okay, how about we get started? Laaaadiiiies and gentlemen! IT’S SHOOWTIIIIIME!: Observe now as the genius Dr. Minami executes his brilliant plan and brings the Balls to heel…! Heeere weee—: The Balls have stopped.: Eh…?
: Err… yeah, they’re not moving anymore. (Stallion.)
But the Doctor hasn’t done anything yet… (Amanorich): (The UX have succeeded…!)
: Aah, what a relief! Seems we all worried over nothing! Hahahah…!
: And, even better, we didn’t need to rely on any crazy mystery weapon! : (Gch, rrgh… Gyaark! S-Someone… SOMEONE STOLE MY GLORYYYYY!)
Over by Center City, Keisha’s on TV and reporting how (surprise) the Union army finally routed the Skrugg; their UFO/HQ has been blown up and not a trace of it remains. Isabelle praises Keisha’s fine work, and she’s honored to receive such accolade from her. That said, both women smell fish in the official announcement that it was the Union that took out the Skrugg.
It’s clear that the MAN is hiding something, but they’ve no idea what. Sakuya asks what they’ll do about this, as snooping into the government’s business could be hazardous to one’s health if they make the wrong move.
Maybe, but Keisha’s willing to face the danger – she can’t stand the thought of the truth being twisted.
A much more chill-looking Axel Hughes wholly agrees with her, and introduces himself as being from the NIA. The journalists know well about the agency and Sakuya wonders what the big-bad agent wants to them that he’d reveal himself like this.
See, he’s currently conducting an investigation on the less-than-savory elements within the Federation army and government, and he’d like to ask for their assistance in revealing the truth to the world.
Cut to the California base, we find Jin fuming that the Union accepted the UX’s help to deal with the Skrugg. Novel asks if that’s such a bad thing – the aliens WERE beaten, no? But that’s not the point here! These are Arnie’s killers the Union’s putting up with! And if Jin were just stronger, he would’ve taken out those aliens himself!
Well, Novel says he’s about to become stronger right now: the all-purpose Riot Cs have just been rolled out, which means his strike team is ready to get to work. But, since he’s the leader, she’s taken measures for him to keep with the Riot A and its stronger engine.
“The new Riot C… I wish he was here to see it” Jin sighs. “Arnie… the two of us, together, got these wings – the Riots – to unfold and take flight. And I promise I’ll use them to put down your killers!”
Back to the Hadou manor, Psy’s mighty irked that the Union took all the credit for our work – including Denton shutting down the Balls. Arnie isn’t bothered by it, though, considering most of the world doesn’t even know the UX exist in the first place.
In truth, Joey’s still waiting for the other shoe to drop face him heading out to work with said UX now. When Lina asks, he says he’s sure about it: he decided to go with them in a bid to try and help the world in any way he and Heroman can manage. Moreover, he figured that’d be the best way for him to look for Will.
Lina’s very grateful and asks him to stay safe, but, of course, he’ll have Kurou around too (that’s only making them worry more, Psy quips). As for Denton, he and the others will head back to help Center City rebuild, so he wants Joey to work hard – they’ll all be waiting for him to return. And, with that, Joey’s off.
Ruri’s actually allowed Kurou and the Demonbane to accompany the UX as well, but he tells her not to worry. If there’s ever any problem with her or the town, he’ll come running as he’s always done. Al’s amused that he’s grown so that he can make that speech with a straight face.
As for Shou and Marvel, they’ll be tagging along as well. Way Shou sees it, they’ve no way of getting back to their world and, in that case, he and Marvel would much rather fight alongside a fellow Holy Warrior. Aesap stammers, saying he’s nowhere near the same level as the two of them. Inwardly, though, Lux disagrees: he is, without a doubt, a true Holy Warrior and she’s certain he’ll be able to control the Wings of Rean.
: …
: May I have a word, my lord?: Do you need something, Sima Yi?: Not at all, but… I see that the Yùxǐ did not show itself during the previous battle…: Hah, I suppose I should not have expected to fool your eyes. : You set off towards what would have been certain death in a bid to replicate the events at the Battle of Guandu, correct?: However, this time, the Yùxǐ did not appear…: Tell me, Sima Yi, have you heard the tale of the Wings of Rean?: I have, aye. It is said that the soul of a Holy Warrior causes them to manifest themselves, bestowing the power of the very heavens.: That is correct. Quite similar to our Celestial Armors, are they not…?: Then, do you take the fact that it was those Holy Warriors that appeared in the last battle, and not the Yùxǐ, to mean…: Aye. That what the heavens granted us today was not power, but, rather, people…: Not power, but people…?: And I believe that, when the time is right, the day will come where all this ties together...: (Our groups’ encounter happened like clockwork… as though drawn to one another by some force. If this is all due to the will of the heavens, then can we only fall before the tides of fate…?)
And ALVIS finds some FREE REAL ESTATE for a third time.
And Shinn had words for Will:
: You need to get your head into gear right now! Lina’s here for you! She’s your only sister, right?!: …: Hrm, why is this happening to them?! No one else should know the pain of losing their family…!