Starlight holds the lane like a battered wall. Warning lights strobe across Chiaki Kaname's cockpit as the hostile salvage unit shifts its plating and exposes fresh weapon ports.
Power draw is dropping. One more heavy burst may strain the frame.
Homura Akemi
Its core is open for a second. Give me that second, and I can hit it.
The salvage unit answers by angling sideways, trying to slip around Starlight toward Madoka's house. Dust skates over the asphalt behind Chiaki's feet of steel.
Chiaki Kaname
Hold it there. I will cut off the lane.
Chiaki drives Starlight forward instead of retreating. One shoulder slams into the unit's path, buying Homura the opening as the mech's damaged servos grind and hiss.
The Mechanized Unit
Target obstruction confirmed. Recalculating breach route.
A flicker races through Starlight's HUD, then stabilizes. For the moment, the path to Madoka's house stays blocked.
✓ Quest Accepted
Keep the hostile salvage unit away from Madoka's house
“Just get me close. I'll Send this Bots Shiny Metal ass back to it's Makers.”
Critical hit for 3 damage — Mechanized Unit 2 struck back for 1 damage
Chiaki drives in hard, Starlight’s battered frame crashing the wounded salvage unit off-balance before it can slip past. The impact folds its exposed side inward, and the machine jerks back with a spray of sparks.
The Mechanized Unit
Path compromised... reconfiguring... disengage.
Its damaged servos lock, then shudder uselessly. The unit’s body twists toward the street, but it no longer has the speed to break for Madoka’s house, while Homura keeps her aim fixed on the gap it failed to make.
Quest Complete
Keep the hostile salvage unit away from Madoka's house
“Hold Strong Starlight. We got this.”
SUCCESS (Good Willpower, rolled +1)
Starlight holds its ground, servos whining under the strain, but the frame does not yield. The lane stays sealed between the machine and Madoka's house.
The Mechanized Unit
Barrier confirmed. Route denied.
Homura shifts one step forward, muzzle tracking the unit’s damaged core as if daring it to move first.
Homura Akemi
It stopped trying to break through. Don’t let it turn.
A fresh burst of sparks spits from the salvage unit’s ruined flank, and its chassis angles toward the side street instead of the house.
Chiaki Kaname
The lockups are spreading through its drive train.
Chiaki keeps Starlight squared to the street, forcing the machine to commit to the blocked road while dust rolls low across the broken asphalt.
The Mechanized Unit
Alternate access detected. Confirming civilian proximity.
✓ Quest Accepted
Keep the hostile salvage unit busy
“(I then Slam Starlight into the Unit. Stopping it from causing More harm as I thren Grab a Piece of Rubar and Slam it into the unit's Sensors)”
Missed — The Mechanized Unit struck back for 4 damage
Chiaki throws Starlight forward and hauls a slab of broken rubble up into the unit’s sensor cluster, but the damaged machine jerks aside at the last instant, the impact scraping sparks across its armor instead of blinding it. The counterstrike lands a heartbeat later, a brutal shock through the cockpit that throws Chiaki slack against the restraints. Homura’s weapon snaps to the unit’s exposed side as it lunges, and the salvage chassis staggers under its own failing servos, still trying to angle for the side street.
Chiaki’s vision dims at the edges, Starlight’s warning lights washing the cockpit in red as dust sheets past the canopy and the machine’s next move hangs unfinished in the road.
Quest Complete
Keep the hostile salvage unit busy