Aberrant: 2011 - Grimdark Metal Soldiers: Sortie 1 The Test

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There was a loud roar asnd clash of metal as the two Gigantic Capricorn-type monsters attacked the fifty meter tall Talwar. Metal and flesh impacted repeatedly as Claws rent hardened Titanitum armor and Massive battleshod fists, cracked carapace and snapped muscle and bone.

Upon of of the creature's backs hung the fifteen meter Shrike Piloted by Warner VonBraun. he was a leading computer engineer and one of the top researchers in the world. The Shrike was mostly an infiltration model, but for this it mounted heavy armaments of missiles, grenades and a large one ton sword. The two Mecha pounded and cleaved taking off limbs and yet the monsters continued on.

At the southern end of the Island FANG's hovertanks gave a good accounting of themselves, cratering the hide of a trio of Capricorns, and successfully managing to kill one.

At the Far North part of the Island, the thirty meter tall Tesseract locked in the massive Avenger GAU-30 Rotary gatling Canon and prepared. For most of the battle the other two robots had engaged in close combat with the capricorns that had made it through the torpedo screen the Tesseract had been laying for them and the Medusa Class aliens they escorted. It's hiding place, The massive Four Seasons Hotel had been obliterated by the Medusa's Hydro cannons, forcing the massive support machine out into the open. A fresh Capricorn was waiting for it. The huge thing had a Dragon's head, a goat's hooves, a frog's hind legs, and a long tail like a shark. It leapt into the air, its razor sharp hoof-like claws glinting in the light of the fire ignited when the ammo dump went up. It struck the Tesseract, which parried with the eighteen ton cannon, knocking it away. Its neck bulged, heralding the soon to come energy blast that obliterated a mountain outside Mexico City as it jumped for the Military's pride and joy again.

"Not on my watch you Chupacabra wannabe. Suck Dragonsbreath." Specialist Steve McAllister roared as he stood his ground and unleashed the most powerful gun ever fired. Heavy pitons sank into the earth from the right ankle of Gunpants, as the barrels began to spin and canon locked into place. There was a gout of flame fifty meters long that errupted from the rapidly spinning gatling canon as literally dozens of shells came out a second from its seven barrels. The entire salvo walked up the body of the Capricorn from Crotch to Crown, not just bisecting it, but literally causing it to explode into a cloud or gory mist and ash. The superheated barrel spun down noisily, and sparks showered the ruins as rivers of hydraulic fluid flowed from the Tesseract's massive servo motors. The spike in the ankle retracted, sending of a shower of sparks as the massive warmachine moved towards its bretheren. Its own main gun was so powerful it caused over thirty percent damage to both arms and the right leg in a single salvo. The heavy machine gun in Guntop's chest spat a hail of bullets against whatever monster moved, all the while The Tesseract seemed to wait for the Medusas to close. If it's arms would break, then they'd break taking out the leaders.

The battle shifted when the Shrike mistakenly tagged the Talwar's Helmet with a Hot Spur tracking beacon, and using his traditonal flair for unconventional tactics, Talwar's pilot Jet Jiro, removed the massive helmet and heaved it into the air, managing to land it onto one of the centermost Medusas. The Incoming tomahawk cruise missiles destroyed the oncoming Medusas in a flash of nuclear fire. They were low yield tactical nukes, launched from the USS Philadelphia, an aging Aegis class-missile frigate.

The Three robots stood and watched the Explosion, with The Tesseract making its way to the survivors of the armor forces. using th massive hands it held the Avenger with, the Tesseract unstuck several tanks which allowed them to withdraw. It had jus picked up its main gun when An invader decided to appear for real. Quickly the order went up to retreat. Talwar and Tesseract covered the retreat of the survivors as the Shrike raced to recover a mysterious woman who was literally glowing.

The Talwar took several near miss blasts that melted all it's rear and frontal armor, and the Tesseract's armor was raining off in rivulets of molten metal due to the heat of the radiation coming from the attacker's blasts. The three robots boarded the ship and were quarantined along with their pilots for the journey back to base to due to the immense radiation coming from the machines.

The GrimDark Reactor powered robots had shown they could survive an enemy attack, and repel a large group of lesser aliens. As the screen faded out There were only a pair of voices.

"The Three prototypes did well, all things considered."

"Yes, next time we'll push them further, let us see what humanity can truly do when their backs are against the wall."

Connor watched the credits roll and nodded, smiling. "That was alot of fun."

Producer Zachary Fox nodded. "Most impressive Mr. Fontenot. After seeing your work on both seasons of Gundam Superior I knew you could handle my show, Grimdark Metal Soldiers." Fox was an American like Connor who had become a big name in Japan by financing and Directing massive live action shows and a string of hit live-action movies based off popular anime. This was his first original work, and the quality was beyond what anyone could expect.

"I am honored to be a part of this. The way I'm told, eventually this show will have something for everyone, The huger super robot Talwar, The Heavily armed Real-Robot Tesseract, and the eventual battlesuit-sized Shrike. The characters are well thought out and the cast you've assembled is impressive. Everyone with speaking parts being bilingual in both Japanese and English is going to mean you can run them simultaneously without dubbing at all. The only expense is running the filming twice."

"You catch on quick Mr. Fontenot. That's why I want you. I know you have Talents that can allow for a battle like the one you saw to be shot multiple times, the same way. I know you didn't use them to make the pilot and it took longer because of that, but then we told you not to push yourself. Now I want you to do so. You will be compensated fairly for your efforts as you have been since coming to Japan."

"I can do that. Anything else you want?"

"I want you to continue playing Steve if you will. It only makes sense to have the American robot piloted by an American. Beyond that I'll give you a month to make any other preparations, and then we start shooting in ernest."

"I look forward to working with you Mr. Fox." Connor shook the producer's hand and smiled.

"It's Zack, Mr. Fontenot. You're gonna make this dream reality, or break it, I figure you can call me by the name my friends do."

"Call me Connor, Zach. This is gonna be an awesome project.