Part 10: Episode X: Fei Fong Wong and the Seeker of Power

Episode X: Fei Fong Wong and the Seeker of Power

Welp, time to wander the desert wastes because


A bit of trekking into the desert reveals a pair of Gears bunny hopping across the dunes. Apparently Avehs soldiers hail from the same military academy as the ones from Battlefield 1942...


Several hours of wandering the desert later...




That cannot be good...






Two more Gears go bunny hopping past Fei. I guess Kislev got all the Gears equipped with the jetpacks. No wonder they were winning the war for a while there.


Fei immediately loses sight of them and wanders for several more hours...


Feis irritation with endless sand is interrupted by a gang of sand bikers cruising past.





Fei runs in front of the speeding motorcycle...




Fei Fong Wong: Kind of a dick.


And with that, Fei jacks the guys bike and speeds off. Meh. Fei already killed half a town full of innocent people. Grand Theft Auto is a drop in the bucket of his conscience at this point.

And hell, who cares about that stranded soldier thats probably going to die of exposure or thirst out in the middle of the desert? Soldiers are jerks.


Fei proceeds to take his newly acquired ride to go on a joyride doing wheelies and totally sweet jumps across sand dunes. This continues for several hours...


No, really... He tools around the desert doing sweet jumps, busting out power slides, and popping wheelies well into the night.


Unfortunately, his joy riding is cut short by a gear landing in front of him and blasting him off his bike from the impact. I suppose doing a Superman on a stolen military issued motorbike was just kinda asking for trouble...
Music: Fuse

Fei tries to make a run for it, but another Gear lands in front of him to bar his path. Aveh Gears are DAMN good at their bunnyhopping accuracy.






Oh hey, Weltall is back. And...it turns out that Weltall had machinegun nipples this whole time. That would have been helpful earlier. Didnt the thing have a jetpack too in Ellys flashback...?
The hatch to Weltall pops open and Citan strolls out...









Turns out nipple machineguns are no way to take out a Gear. We need some proper cybernetic kung fu action up in this joint to get the job done right.






Up next in Robot Wars is Weltall vs. Two Unnamed Army Red Shirt Gears.

Take a wild guess as to how that goes...
After the very brief, very one-sided battle...





Meet our first major villain: Johnny Cash.

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Music: Emperor of Darkness

Ah. I thought that Gear looked familiar. Its the smug boss dickbag from back during the big Lahan brawl. I guess Feis Super Desperation Move didnt take him out like the others.

























Fei briefly channels the spirit of Nowe.










Suddenly a giant sand worm appears. Sure...sure, why not...?
Music: Knights of Fire



It seems Grahf had a remote control installed in his Gear so he can have it dramatically fly away while hes cackling on his shoulder. Grahf is really into the theatrics, if you couldnt tell...


Fei protests to Grahfs abrupt departure. However, the giant sand worm is a more pressing issue at the moment.

Time for our second boss fight: the originally titled Wyrm. This battle is fairly simple. Though, you may notice were slightly drained from that skirmish with the Aveh gears and there was no time to fix ourselves up between battles. Xenogears pulls that kind of shit more than a few times. Its not such a big deal here. But there are spots later in the game where the game will throw a fuck you one-two punch of multiple bosses in a row or a gauntlet of enemies before a major battle or other such junk. It's kind of a dick move...

With that said, the Wyrms primary gimmick is that it will suck out Fuel from Weltall after every time it is attacked. Unless were really pissing away Fuel, its not all that big a deal. Its just really annoying as the attack animation is about eight seconds long every time. What do desert worms need with fuel anyhow...? Other than that, it just pecks at Weltall for some mild damage.

The Wyrm is also rather resilient and lower level attacks will do no damage whatsoever. Instead, it is best to build up our Attack Level to bust out a Deathblow. Deathblows work a little bit differently than they do with ground battles. An appropriate attack level must be achieved by using standard attacks before the Gear will be powered up to perform a Deathblow. Its similar to how building up Magic levels worked in Chrono Cross.

Anyhow, once we achieve the necessary Attack Level (just one, most easily accomplished by just using a throw-away Weak attack) then Weltall can bust out its Deathblow. In this case, a robotic Shoryuken is the most effective worm stomping method.

Four or five Deathblows are enough to take down this stupid beer belly sporting worm. With that take care of; lets go chat with the doc.



Fei pops out of the cockpit...




Two Gears slam down next to Weltall...





Welp... Tune in next time where Fei loses all his weapons and $5000 to get out of this fix.



Trippy Anime Flashback

Music: Fuse
Music: Grahf, Emperor of Darkness


Grahf Portrait I cant be the only one to initially think his portrait was a yawning guy with a really pointy nose and some booger thing hanging out of it...

Wyrm Concept Art The sandworm from Dune has really let itself go...