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Post by tinfoilman on Nov 8, 2009 12:55:14 GMT -5
Part 1: The Villain's Lair (Music)"RAGE!" squeaked Wimpy menacingly. "I HAVE RAGE!" He stood, turning 360 degrees to face his men and women who had gathered around him in a circle. "You know why?!" he questioned them. None of them knew, but one had the courage to speak up. "Because no matter how hard you try to seem tough, you're still a whiske-" "SILENCE! NO!!" he squeaked louder. This only made him even more angry; he had been hoping to let loose a strong scream, but all he could muster was a pathetic squeak. "I'm angry because those scientists duped us!" A collective gasp, followed quickly by headscratching. "Duped means to fool us, you imbeciles! We invested in them but they aren't going to return what they owe! That means... we'll have to take it by force!" Silence. Besides the headscratching, of course, which continued. "That means we go to battle! And fight!" "Oh..." all his men understood at once, and quickly raised their limbs in the air and began to shout wildly. - - - later - - - (Music)"This is the lair of the supervillain!" whispered Wimpy the Whiskerpillar. They had landed on the shores of the Smoky Progg Isle. As quietly as possible, the troops began hopping off their rented boats and burrowed into the ground. Silently, the doctor's office was coming under attack. - - - elsewhere - - - "And some of this green goo should do the tr-" *BOOM!* A large explosion covered the face of the scientist with soot. He wiped it off with a sigh. "Ho hum," said Dr. Claisen, "I wish I could collect some field data... Oh!" He was startled by the appearance of a Gatling Groink. The Groink saluted the mad scientist before beginning to speak. "Sir! Unidentified craft landed at the shore about one minute ago before presumably unloading something and floating out of range of our defenses. Preferred course of action?" "Man the... just gather all the men for now, and I shall speak to them." - - - meanwhile - - - (Music)The wraith didn't have much time to compose plans, as the assualt on their base had begun. Winged Sheargrubs took flight, looking for flying foes to deal with. They initially found none, so they hovered around, trying to locate the resource storage. Below the ground, the rest of the Sheargrubs and the Breadbugs waited anxiously. Suddenly, the base roared to life. Gatling Groinks and Careening Dirigibugs quickly protected all buildings. Swarms of Volatile Dweevils scurried out of the base. Groups of Pikmin and Minimutas homed in on the underground location of the Sheargrubs. Though the Purple Pikmin and the Minimutas had no clue where the enemies were, they were aided by the help of White Pikmin. With no time like the present, all the underground troops popped out of the ground and entered battle. The flying Sheargrubs quickly spotted their designated targets: the Careening Dirigibugs. In a mad dive, they all swooped in to try and pop the balloons of the flying creatures. The first bunch was successful, and they forced the big guys to tumble to the ground, swarmed by all the Weak Guys in the vicinity. The rest were narrowly avoided by the Dirigibugs. The Sheargrubs went in for another attack, much to the dismay of the doctor's men: they had more important things at hand. Fortunately, the weak Sheargrubs were no match for the Storm Tower, which slowly but surely was thinning their forces. On the ground, the Breadbugs immediately seeked out the Volatile Dweevils, and vice versa. The Breadbugs were to set off the spiders' bombs and burrow back underground quickly before getting blasted to bits. Though this was somewhat successful, a few were not quick off to avoid the explosion. In addition, the Breadbugs, as the biggest and strongest troops on the opposition, were being targeted by the majority of the Darkwater Research army. Both Gatling Groinks and Careening Dirigibugs (who had managed to escape the Sheargrubs), along with the Squirt Tower were firing ranged attacks at the melee units, who could do little to retaliate. The Sheargrubs who remained on the ground were faring slightly better. Their powerful jaws, especially those with the Iron Jaw upgrade, ripped easily through the tiny Pikmin, though they couldn't rely on the element of surprise with the White Pikmin there. Occasionally the grubs would forget not to swallow the White Pikmin and perished that way. The Minimutas did better then their carrot brothers, smashing the Sheargrubs with ease. Finally, the Doctor and a select group of men were having no trouble protecting their valuables, as no troops had gotten beyond their fighters. "Interesting," said the Doctor, "They are quite strong melee units. Maybe I should change my plans accordingly..." - - - end part 1 - - - Feel free to send in updated plans, Meowzer and Hachi. Any questions and concerns are welcomed.
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Post by tinfoilman on Nov 8, 2009 12:55:40 GMT -5
Part 2: Under Fire, Under Ground (Music)As dawn settled in on Smoky Progg Isle, the battle thickened. Slowly but surely the numbers were being thinned. The two generals took a moment to review their plans: Wimpy decided he liked his plans for the moment, while Dr. Claisen made some adjustments to his plans. The Breadbugs, meanwhile, had gotten the feeling that they were not faring well. They were coming under fire from multiple sources: the Squirt Tower, the Careening Dirigibugs, the Gatling Groinks, and the Volatile Dweevils were all making their lives miserable. Life got a little easier when the Volatile Dweevils retreated, but that was only a slight victory. Staying on the surface and trying to fight only meant death, so the burrowing buns voted unanimously to dive underground. Fortunately for the Doctor's troops, they had planned for this development. White Pikmin had been sent out to help the more powerful troops as to where the Breadbugs would surface. They pointed wildly at a cluster of Breadbugs burrowing towards the main buildings of the base: they planned to pop out and steal some loot! "Silly bread!" sneered one White Pikmin as he directed a nearby cluster of troops towards the incoming invaders. Any moment now, the Breadbugs would surface, resulting in their obliteration! Any moment now.Any second. Nothing. Frantically, the White Pikmin looked around the immediate area: no Breadbugs in sight. They scanned underground: they were still there! What on earth were they doi- (Music)*rumble* "Huh?" rised up from the group in unison. *rumblerumble* "Are they... hungry down there?" questioned one of the Gatling Groinks, who lacked underground vision and was clueless as to what was going on down there. *rumblerumblerumblerumble* "Oh," started one White Pikmin, who seemed to have had a revelation. "My. Gosh. They're tunneling... tunneling... under th-th-th-the... foundation! Quick! Bomb them! Shoot them! Do something guys!" The Careening Dirigibugs began bombing the ground, but this had no effect on the troops. Slowly but surely, the building, which happened to only be the Barracks, was going to fall. There was nothing the Doctor's men could do. (Music)One thing the Gatling Groinks could do was deal with a new pest: the Sheargrubs. They teamed up with a couple Breadbugs to take turns getting some cheap-shots on the unprotected backs of the fish-monsters while it was focusing on the other guy. Luckily, the Groinks weren't alone in their fight. The Volatile Dweevils, though not nearly as many remained, had no problem running around and blowing up the Sheargrubs. They were also aided by the Swooping Snitchbugs, who had gotten Purple Pikmin in their hands and began to drop them onto the enemies from above. Finally, the Squirt Tower kept on eliminating enemy troops with ease (from afar). The remaining Breadbugs went underground to help their burrowing brethren while the remaining Sheargrubs travelled underground to wait for the ships to take them back. - - - elsewhere - - - (Music)"Status report!" barked Dr. Claisen at a wandering Minimuta, who no longer had a target with the departure of the Sheargrubs. "The only enemies left are the Breadbugs, who are tunneling under buildings to take them out from below." "Wouldn't that jus-. Never mind. Er... what are you supposed to be doing?" "Nothing." "Hmm... well, if the only foes left are underground, I guess there is no use guarding this resource building. Take me to these hooligans!" - - - end of part 2 - - - Feel free to send in revised plans. Keep in mind, I intend on having the third update be the last one.
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Post by tinfoilman on Nov 8, 2009 12:56:00 GMT -5
Part 3: Their World Came Crashing Down Around Them (Music)"Did anyone else observe one solitary Whiskerpillar in the battle?" Dr. Claisen questioned his men as the approached the deteriorating barracks. A few nodded their heads in agreement. "Yeah!" said one, "Kinda seemed to be ordering them around!" "Think I saw him near the docks..." stated another. "Interesting," the Doctor replied, "Search the area for this commanding character... I think it may be this Wimpy character I've been looking for." With that, a group of Gatling Groinks, Swooping Snitchbugs and Purple Pikmin began to survey the area. In a short amount of time (given the small size of the island), they managed to locate the general, and began blasting away at the caterpillar, who was previously standing innocently near the shoreline. "AHH!" screamed Wimpy quite, erm, wimpily. "I'M UNDER ATTACK!!!" He burrowed underground, quickly realizing they had no means of attacking him when he was beneath them. Unfortunately, a couple of Groinks had made their marks: his yellow back was bloodied from their projectiles. He squirmed slowly towards his men while the enemies retreated to their own leader. "Sir!" one Snitchbug said as they finally made it back to their boss, "We had him in our sight and managed to get a few blows before he, quite cowardly, burrowed underground!" "Hmph," grunted the Doctor in response, and though his straight face would lead you to believe otherwise, he was seething with anger. How these uneducated buffoons had managed to outsmart a PhD was incredulous to him. He had to find a way to exterminate these pests. He decided to give new orders to his men. The White Pikmin began slowly digging through the surface of the ground. Though they were slow and wouldn't get very far, it brought them nearer to the Breadbugs, who were now close to toppling the Barracks. The Doctor then instructed the Pikmin to back off as he had the Careening Dirigibugs drop a load of Bomb-Rocks overhead. (Music)*RUMBLERUMBLERUMBLE* "That didn't sound good," said one Breadbug to his friend as he burrowed. Dirt came tumbling down slowly from the ceiling. Slowly, however, quickly changed into consistently, then quickly, then into a downpour of dirt. "Did you ever think about..." started one Breadbug, coughing up dirt as he did, "... how on earth are we going to get outta here?" A long silence occurred, that was finally interrupted by an awful screeching sound. Another silence, this one much shorter. Crickets chirping would fit right in. "RUN!" screamed one Breadbug, and like drones, they obeyed. They tunnelled away as fast as their stubby little legs would let them. The building came crashing down with a sick crunch noise, smashing a handful of Breabugs and Sheargrubs into a pulp. They tried to surface but were faced with too great of adversity from the opposition. "'Like Scoob, let's get outta here!'" said Shaggy Wimpy, who had just joined up with his underlings. All his men agreed and they burrowed towards the waiting boats. As quickly as possible, the troops loaded aboard the ships, though the Tidal Tower took a number of casualties. The boat carried off into the night. Behind it, the Weak Guys had left a sea of blood. Both sides had suffered heavy casualties. This, however, concerned Wimpy much more than it concerned the Mad Doctor. "Ooh!" he squealed, quite excitedly, "I'll get to perform some work on real battle corpses!" - - - end battle - - - - - - casualties - - - - - weak guys - -- 95 Female Sheargrubs - 40 Iron Jaw Female Sheargrubs - 55 False Wing Female Sheargrubs - 23 Breadbugs Total: 213 - - darkwater - -- 30 Minimutas - 15 White Pikmin - 25 Purple Pikmin - 90 Volatile Dweevils - 08 Gatling Groinks - 08 Careening Dirigibugs - 04 Swooping Snitchbugs - Barracks Total: 180 - - - achievements - - - - Meowzer:Achievement CompletedAll In: Use 90% or more of your total force in an assault. +10 - Hachi:Achievement CompletedCannon Fodder: Use live troops as ammunition in battle. +5 Feel free to bring up any questions, compliments, comments, and concerns.
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Bread & Butter
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Post by Bread & Butter on Nov 8, 2009 13:00:51 GMT -5
Excellent soundtrack tin.
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Hachi
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Post by Hachi on Nov 8, 2009 13:15:31 GMT -5
A good plan by Meowzer. I really didn't expect him to have the Breadbugs dig to avoid the Dweevils. I'll adjust my plans slightly.
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Post by Meowzer on Nov 8, 2009 16:30:07 GMT -5
I don't think I'll change mine.
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Post by tinfoilman on Nov 8, 2009 18:17:39 GMT -5
Seeing as I had to watch my dog for the day and the Broncos weren't playing, I managed to get the second part up already.
If everyone replies and does their thing quickly (the mod, the attackers, and the defenders) then I like this new battle system.
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Hachi
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Post by Hachi on Nov 8, 2009 18:41:29 GMT -5
Well this is difficult. A lack of digging troops makes it nearly impossible to combat foes that stay underground.
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Post by Meowzer on Nov 8, 2009 18:47:43 GMT -5
I slightly changed my plans.
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Bread & Butter
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Post by Bread & Butter on Nov 8, 2009 19:04:59 GMT -5
Kudos to tin for getting this thing cranked out.
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Post by THE GODDAMN BATMAN on Nov 8, 2009 19:24:41 GMT -5
Wow, tin. Two updates in one day. I'm very impressed.
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Post by Makajawan on Nov 9, 2009 17:34:39 GMT -5
Glad to see this up. My ineptitude didn't make a very good example of this battle system in action, so I'm glad to see you're using it to its full potential.
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Post by tinfoilman on Nov 10, 2009 20:25:03 GMT -5
Sorry for the delay, but it is going to have to continue a little longer. Something came up in regards with Hachi's plans so I had to ask him to clarify.
I'll hopefully get it done for late tomorrow.
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Post by Hachi on Nov 10, 2009 21:34:20 GMT -5
Sorry for the confusion, Tinfoilman. I usually forget to keep thing simple. I eagerly wait to see your final update.
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Post by tinfoilman on Nov 11, 2009 21:00:03 GMT -5
Final update is up.
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