Asco 'Iksul vs Kratos

[Hugo Fowl]

Arena: The Grid

 

[Skirmisher]

Asco stalked quickly through the blacklite battleground with his Needle Rifle at the ready. A steady clop clop sound softly echoed from his digitigrade boots as he traveled across the hard glassy surface between the raised sections. He always had an eye on his motion radar though, always....

[G4hardcore]

Kratos eyes his surroundings with keen eyes. The environment is new and strange to him, but no matter where he was... Athens, Olympus, or even the back of a mighy Titan... he was ready. Kratos donned his Golden Fleece and wielded a strange bow made of the winds itself. He hardly missed, and his unerring aim would be placed forward, as he spotted his adversary from a distance.

 

"You there!" He yelled. He believed sneak attacks not honorable, unless necessary.

[Skirmisher]

Kratos eyes his surroundings with keen eyes. The environment is new and strange to him, but no matter where he was... Athens, Olympus, or even the back of a mighy Titan... he was ready. Kratos donned his Golden Fleece and wielded a strange bow made of the winds itself. He hardly missed, and his unerring aim would be placed forward, as he spotted his adversary from a distance.

 

"You there!" He yelled. He believed sneak attacks not honorable, unless necessary.

At the humans beckoning, Asco fired off a trio of shots before disappearing into cover behind one of the strange seemingly pointless constructs on the flat plane they were on.

[G4hardcore]

At the humans beckoning, Asco fired off a trio of shots before disappearing into cover behind one of the strange seemingly pointless constructs on the flat plane they were on.

Enhanced reflexes would snap Kratos to action as he leapt and rolled to safety. He'd immediately jump back to his feet and take cover himself, behind the nearest construct. He crouched low to the ground, remembering with clarity where the opponent had hidden. He would just barely poke his head out to aim and strung his bow. He released, sending a powerful torrent of miniature twisters his way.

 

There were three, and once they were in range, if he stayed put, he would be drawn into the suction and buffeted with high speed winds of concussive force. Each tornado would be half the height of a man and over twice the width, one on each side of the construct, and one in the middle, to minimize escape.

[Skirmisher]

Enhanced reflexes would snap Kratos to action as he leapt and rolled to safety. He'd immediately jump back to his feet and take cover himself, behind the nearest construct. He crouched low to the ground, remembering with clarity where the opponent had hidden. He would just barely poke his head out to aim and strung his bow. He released, sending a powerful torrent of miniature twisters his way.

 

There were three, and once they were in range, if he stayed put, he would be drawn into the suction and buffeted with high speed winds of concussive force. Each tornado would be half the height of a man and over twice the width, one on each side of the construct, and one in the middle, to minimize escape.

Unfortunately for Kratos, Asco had been on the move from the very beginning. He wasn't anywhere near the area where the Tornadoes hit.

 

As he ran he switched out his Needle Rifle for his Repeater and fixed his Curveblade to the front like a bayonet. Within 30m of where he suspected the target to be, he'd slow his movements and stalk quietly towards where the human had taken cover, only coming from the far flank.

 

The moment he engaged the target the human would be doused with high energy plasma, enough to cause 4^th degree burns, and explosive vaporization of flesh. Even near misses can cause damage due to extreme heat passing within inches of the target.

[G4hardcore]

Unfortunately for Kratos, Asco had been on the move from the very beginning. He wasn't anywhere near the area where the Tornadoes hit.

 

As he ran he switched out his Needle Rifle for his Repeater and fixed his Curveblade to the front like a bayonet. Within 30m of where he suspected the target to be, he'd slow his movements and stalk quietly towards where the human had taken cover, only coming from the far flank.

 

The moment he engaged the target the human would be doused with high energy plasma, enough to cause 4^th degree burns, and explosive vaporization of flesh. Even near misses can cause damage due to extreme heat passing within inches of the target.

A tingling in his spine would warn Kratos of the incoming danger. He did not move, but instead, prepared. As soon as the man would begin sneaking closer, Kratos put away his bow and equipped the Barbarian Hammer in its stead. The spike tipped weapon at the ready, he waited.

 

As soon as the plasma was launched, Kratos would activate the Army of Sparta, a barrier of magical nature.

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Army_of_Sparta

 

Immediately, a horde of ceased Spartans would spawn forth. Already in tight phalanx formation, the plasma would only smack against the shields of the resurrected warriors. A magical barrier would be the only thing keeping the shields from near instant vaporization. Immediately following this, the formation would shift to form a hole in its top, big enough for a large man to jump through.

 

He would use his Barbarian Hammer in a ground pounding maneuver. The hammers contact with the ground caused sparks and flames which would ignite the formation of cursed souls that would shoot from the hole in the formation. Three in all. The hovering souls would all charge Asco, clad in Greek style armor and armed with swords. They would be much faster than any human, and would work to surround him whilst slashing and slicing. The souls themselves remained intangible, and would fade away within a few seconds of doing damage.

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Barbarian_Hammer

 

Kratos would not wait to see if the souls would damage him. While the souls charged at inhuman speeds, he himself, having landed back inside the phalanx formation, would sneak out the rear and hide behind another nearby structure, crouching all the while. The Army of Sparta would then dissipate, while it would seem Kratos just disappeared, having used them as cover to mask his escape.

[Skirmisher]

The Ethereal Spartans flashed towards Asco, however the warrior reflexes engrained into him and his kind from millenia of selective breeding, darwinism and countless hours spent training, he was able to attempt to defend himself from the ghosts. Even though he could not land any true killing hits due to them already being dead, it did distract him from his true target. Although the ghosts managed to actually hit him due to their phasing they couldn't do anything against his shields.

 

Just for a moment he saw a flicker on his radar showing the human flee...

 

"Sah rhuy egaruk dehnob'naba oy, Nahhum?!"

 

He said pulling a Plasma grenade out, prepping it and throwing it infront of the area where he last saw the human on his radar. He'd strafe to the side through the the structures while the human was busy with the grenade. Either the human would stay and get burnt by the blast, or he would escape out into an ambush as Asco knelt and covered the area with his Repeater.

[G4hardcore]

Kratos would have taken Asco's previously used maneuver. He didn't get as far as he did last time, but while the spirits distracted him, the Spartan managed to get far enough to avoid the blast radius, still taking cover behind an obstruction. As Asco strafed, Kratos would noiselessly work to stay on the side hidden to him, low to the ground to avoid being seen.

 

He didn't much like fighting this way, but the strange beings weapons seemed powerful. He also made a note that he had some type of shielding, which to Kratos would seem a form of magic. He put away the hammer and replaced it with the Claws of Hades. With the new summoning weapon, he would bring forth the spirit of a Gorgon Serpent.

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Soul_Summon

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Gorgon#Gorgon_Serpent

 

The Gorgon spirit would slither toward Asco with a serpentlike body, simultaneously utilizing its agility to cover the short distance between them with ease. With him out in the open and in the spirit's sights, from its mouth, a green ray of light would blast away at the armored foe. Should the light hit him, he would be turned to stone temporarily.

 

If he was turned to stone, Kratos would rise from the spot from which he hid and blast away in rapid fire with the magic known as Zeus's Fury, a powerful lightning bolt attack, with enough force to shatter the stone being.

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Zeus%27_Fury

[Skirmisher]

Asco saw the beast fly around the corner and reacting to it's great speed he evaded to the side with a rolling flip. As he did that he popped off a few reflexive shots that harmlessly went through the ethereal monster. His shields flared as the energy from the beast hit his legs. Asco tumbled to the ground as he tried to stand, finding that his legs had been petrified. In the same instant the beast disappeared and Asco saw movement on his Motion Radar ahead.

 

(I checked and double checked with G4 about this)

 

Kratos popped out of cover and threw his arm back to create a large lightning bolt as Asco doused the area with Plasma bolts.

[G4hardcore]

Asco saw the beast fly around the corner and reacting to it's great speed he evaded to the side with a rolling flip. As he did that he popped off a few reflexive shots that harmlessly went through the ethereal monster. His shields flared as the energy from the beast hit his legs. Asco tumbled to the ground as he tried to stand, finding that his legs had been petrified. In the same instant the beast disappeared and Asco saw movement on his Motion Radar ahead.

 

(I checked and double checked with G4 about this)

 

Kratos popped out of cover and threw his arm back to create a large lightning bolt as Asco doused the area with Plasma bolts.

Kratos would cease his lightning bolt attempt immediately upon realizing Asco was not turned to stone. Instantly, he would utilize his ever present Golden Fleece. The armor would absorb all the damage, all the while growing brighter. As this was happening, he would equip the Barbarian Hammer once more, and stay put. After a few moments of absorption, the Fleece would glow its brightest shade of gold, before reflecting the damage in the form of divine power, a golden blast with multiple times the destructive force of the pent up energy. The energy would smash directly through any remaining plasma bolts and do serious damage to the disabled Asco if it connected.

 

Kratos would not relent here. He instantly activated his Rage of the Gods, his body becoming engulfed in red flames, then used his also ever present Boots of Hermes to dash forward superhumanly fast, leaving a trail of fire in his wake as he leapt over cover. As he did so, he would keep his Fleece at the ready, the previously reflected blast having kept him busy at least briefly.

 

After closing the short distance, and still in his rage mode, he would summon three souls, which would zoom ahead to deal slashing and stabbing damage, all the while, Kratos would switch on the fly and equip the standard chain blades, simultaneously activating Thera's Bane, a magic that would give the blades a firey aura. This aura would give the blades intense heat and armor piercing capabilities, which he would utilize to the fullest, aiming a powerful multitude of strikes at the downed foe.

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Thera%27s_Bane

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Rage_of_the_Gods

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Golden_Fleece

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Boots_of_Hermes

[Skirmisher]

Kratos would cease his lightning bolt attempt immediately upon realizing Asco was not turned to stone. Instantly, he would utilize his ever present Golden Fleece. The armor would absorb all the damage, all the while growing brighter. As this was happening, he would equip the Barbarian Hammer once more, and stay put. After a few moments of absorption, the Fleece would glow its brightest shade of gold, before reflecting the damage in the form of divine power, a golden blast with multiple times the destructive force of the pent up energy. The energy would smash directly through any remaining plasma bolts and do serious damage to the disabled Asco if it connected.

 

Kratos would not relent here. He instantly activated his Rage of the Gods, his body becoming engulfed in red flames, then used his also ever present Boots of Hermes to dash forward superhumanly fast, leaving a trail of fire in his wake as he leapt over cover. As he did so, he would keep his Fleece at the ready, the previously reflected blast having kept him busy at least briefly.

 

After closing the short distance, and still in his rage mode, he would summon three souls, which would zoom ahead to deal slashing and stabbing damage, all the while, Kratos would switch on the fly and equip the standard chain blades, simultaneously activating Thera's Bane, a magic that would give the blades a firey aura. This aura would give the blades intense heat and armor piercing capabilities, which he would utilize to the fullest, aiming a powerful multitude of strikes at the downed foe.

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Thera%27s_Bane

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Rage_of_the_Gods

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Golden_Fleece

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Boots_of_Hermes

OOC: You do realise that the Golden Fleece is Reactionary, in game you still have to hit a button at exactly the right time to turn it on and absorb the incoming attack... And in this instance the distance and speed of the plasma give you a time to beat of about 0.13 seconds. Even if Kratos has Improved Reaction times due to being a Demigod, Surprise also triples a persons reaction time, meaning you'd have to have a reaction time greater then 0.04 seconds in order to use your Golden Fleece on the Plasma Bolts... But whatever...

 

 

IC

 

Asco was surprised by the speed at which his opponent was able to do several things at once in a flash of speed that would make even a Demon seem slow... He chose a strategic retreat, and rolled from his prone position down one of the alleyways in the grove of structures they fought in. He quickly found feeling return to his legs and scrambled to get up as where he had been was blasted with an intense white light, and as he got up he dropped an activated Plasma grenade on the ground.

 

He ran heedless of the screaming ethereal creatures that tried in vain to attack him. He began ducking this way and that, always keeping an eye on his motion radar. Running from alley to alley and many corners, as he did that he swapped out his Repeater for the Needle Rifle, and looked about for some place suitably high that he could get a view from...

 

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Type-31_Rifle

 

There was no such structure that he could reach, however there was a flat plane that he could exploit. It looked like a highway of some sort, and should give him plenty of room to fire at the human. Plus it looked like there was a Structure down the road, on either side... if he could reach those he could have a great killing field ahead of him. But for now, he kept his head down on the opposite side of the highway, and crouch-ran his way towards those buildings.

 

[G4hardcore]

OOC: You do realise that the Golden Fleece is Reactionary, in game you still have to hit a button at exactly the right time to turn it on and absorb the incoming attack... And in this instance the distance and speed of the plasma give you a time to beat of about 0.13 seconds. Even if Kratos has Improved Reaction times due to being a Demigod, Surprise also triples a persons reaction time, meaning you'd have to have a reaction time greater then 0.04 seconds in order to use your Golden Fleece on the Plasma Bolts... But whatever...

 

IC

 

Asco was surprised by the speed at which his opponent was able to do several things at once in a flash of speed that would make even a Demon seem slow... He chose a strategic retreat, and rolled from his prone position down one of the alleyways in the grove of structures they fought in. He quickly found feeling return to his legs and scrambled to get up as where he had been was blasted with an intense white light, and as he got up he dropped an activated Plasma grenade on the ground.

 

He ran heedless of the screaming ethereal creatures that tried in vain to attack him. He began ducking this way and that, always keeping an eye on his motion radar. Running from alley to alley and many corners, as he did that he swapped out his Repeater for the Needle Rifle, and looked about for some place suitably high that he could get a view from...

 

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Type-31_Rifle

 

There was no such structure that he could reach, however there was a flat plane that he could exploit. It looked like a highway of some sort, and should give him plenty of room to fire at the human. Plus it looked like there was a Structure down the road, on either side... if he could reach those he could have a great killing field ahead of him. But for now, he kept his head down on the opposite side of the highway, and crouch-ran his way towards those buildings.

OOC: It isn't just improved or what have you, its superhuman. I also kept in mind Kratos' danger sense, a form of precognition in the face of danger. That would warn him of an oncoming attack before it was even launched, furthering his window of opportunity to a degree sufficient for him to react, if only just in time. Danger sense means Kratos is preparing to parry before Asco fired his projectiles, not during. Also, escaping petrifacation is tied directly to strength. So the stronger you are, the faster you can return to normal. And Asco just escaped faster than Kratos himself could've... So really, he shouldn't quite be able to move just yet. S'all good though.

 

Kratos immediately noticed Asco's "present" with the keen eye of a demigod and a warrior. He had no idea what to expect of the small object, but he had seen enough in his history of violence to assume it was dangerous. As well, instinct would warn him from getting close. Rather than try to charge through it, Kratos adjusted his dash to go around it, by about 15 yards. He realised that it meant lost time, but at 40mph, he could quickly make that up.

 

Still using the Boots of Hermes, Kratos charged Asco. He seemed to be avoiding close combat, and Kratos would seek to remedy that. It would be a matter of mere seconds for Kratos to catch up to Asco with his superior speed, and he would keep his rage activated all the while, anticipating a counter attack at any given time. He would not give him the advantage of distance.

 

With Asco's back turned to him, Kratos would send literal lightning bolts while he ran, using the Eye of Atlantis. With Kratos still in Rage, the power of the attack would be amplified to even more deadly levels. If he dodged, Kratos would simply maneuver the continuous beam-like bolt to hit him, making missing that much harder when combined with his expert marksmanship.

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Eye_of_Atlantis

[Skirmisher]

OOC: It isn't just improved or what have you, its superhuman. I also kept in mind Kratos' danger sense, a form of precognition in the face of danger. That would warn him of an oncoming attack before it was even launched, furthering his window of opportunity to a degree sufficient for him to react, if only just in time. Danger sense means Kratos is preparing to parry before Asco fired his projectiles, not during. Also, escaping petrifacation is tied directly to strength. So the stronger you are, the faster you can return to normal. And Asco just escaped faster than Kratos himself could've... So really, he shouldn't quite be able to move just yet. S'all good though.

 

Kratos immediately noticed Asco's "present" with the keen eye of a demigod and a warrior. He had no idea what to expect of the small object, but he had seen enough in his history of violence to assume it was dangerous. As well, instinct would warn him from getting close. Rather than try to charge through it, Kratos adjusted his dash to go around it, by about 15 yards. He realised that it meant lost time, but at 40mph, he could quickly make that up.

 

Still using the Boots of Hermes, Kratos charged Asco. He seemed to be avoiding close combat, and Kratos would seek to remedy that. It would be a matter of mere seconds for Kratos to catch up to Asco with his superior speed, and he would keep his rage activated all the while, anticipating a counter attack at any given time. He would not give him the advantage of distance.

 

With Asco's back turned to him, Kratos would send literal lightning bolts while he ran, using the Eye of Atlantis. With Kratos still in Rage, the power of the attack would be amplified to even more deadly levels. If he dodged, Kratos would simply maneuver the continuous beam-like bolt to hit him, making missing that much harder when combined with his expert marksmanship.

 

http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Eye_of_Atlantis

Unfortunately for Kratos, his assumed superior speed wasn't that superior. The sheer size of the Elite, the structure of his legs, and the powerful muscles within them allowed the Sangheili Warrior to run quite fast.

 

Asco's long digitigrade legs, and super human strength easily allowed him to move at speeds almost that of a Spartan's 100kph... well, not quite that fast, maybe around 4/5^ths that at a full out sprint... which Asco was doing...

 

The Warrior quickly thought out his situation, keeping his mind off his burning legs and lungs. The human seemed to sense things before they happened, how else could he move so fast, and react to dangers not yet present... Asco needed to get around that... and fast, before his body gave out.

 

As the Sangheili warrior ran down the highway to the buildings Kratos' beam bolt thingy would strike him, his shields would flare but deal not too significant damage. From Asco's belt however a spiked globe would fall during the fire.

 

Asco turned slightly to try and catch it, but to no avale... he was moving too fast, and didn't want to break his stride, and stopping to pick it up would allow the Human to catch up to him...

[G4hardcore]

Unfortunately for Kratos, his assumed superior speed wasn't that superior. The sheer size of the Elite, the structure of his legs, and the powerful muscles within them allowed the Sangheili Warrior to run quite fast.

 

Asco's long digitigrade legs, and super human strength easily allowed him to move at speeds almost that of a Spartan's 100kph... well, not quite that fast, maybe around 4/5^ths that at a full out sprint... which Asco was doing...

 

The Warrior quickly thought out his situation, keeping his mind off his burning legs and lungs. The human seemed to sense things before they happened, how else could he move so fast, and react to dangers not yet present... Asco needed to get around that... and fast, before his body gave out.

 

As the Sangheili warrior ran down the highway to the buildings Kratos' beam bolt thingy would strike him, his shields would flare but deal not too significant damage. From Asco's belt however a spiked globe would fall during the fire.

 

Asco turned slightly to try and catch it, but to no avale... he was moving too fast, and didn't want to break his stride, and stopping to pick it up would allow the Human to catch up to him...

Kratos did not notice the spiked globe, but he didn't need to. The sheer bulk of the beam as well as the constant residual bolts would arc out and hit the small explosive, attracted to the metal. Taking only milliseconds, so that it would hit the object and even push it closer to Asco, if it didn't detonate first that is, with the sheer force of the blast. If it was explosive like the last dropped item, it would explode at near point blank next to the alien.

 

OOC: Link for speed of sangheli? Also, how much damage can that force field take? Brushing off lightning bolts with no trouble seems a bit much.

[Skirmisher]

OOC: Link for speed of sangheli? Also, how much damage can that force field take? Brushing off lightning bolts with no trouble seems a bit much.

OOC: No Link, however there is the fact that Wolves and other digitigrade legged animals are known to be more then twice as fast as humans. Even though they use all four legs to run with, they are still much smaller and have a similarly smaller gate between their strides. The Sangheili being both digitigrade and 9ft tall, have the advantage of having the springy legs, as well as the longer distance covered due to their superior height. Not only that, but Sangheili are from a High Gravity world, and also their society practices a form of eugenics to produce Extremely strong and fast warriors. Seeing as how Normal trained humans can sprint at about 10m/s, assuming that a Sangehili could sprint a mere 12m/s faster is no big deal. I also would doubt that that speed would break any sprint records for a Sangheili...

 

As for the Shield taking the damage... I've seen the Eye in action, it takes numerous shots or a long steady stream for several or more seconds to kill an unarmoured Human warrior. This is well within the safety limits of Sangeheili shielding systems.

 

Also, about the Eye... you know the large thing he holds out in front of him, that fires that bolt of electricity... the one that he can only walk with when using... how are you Sprinting with it? When you first used it, I thought it was actually the size of an eye, not this big shieldlike ball that's as big as his chest... One other thing, I also wasn't impressed with the range of it... to me it looked to only have a range of about a dozen meters... with our difference in speed, plus the time you took to go around the Plasma Grenade, I should be well outside your range.

 

 

Oh and lastly... how can Lightning push something, let alone push something at 10mph? Wait, scratch that, how would Kratos even see it past the Flash of the Eye and it's sheer Bulk, AND manage to shift his aim like you say to catch an item no larger then a softball... All while sprinting mind you... Also I call metagaming on you attacking it, obviously this object and a primed plasma grenade look completely different. But if I were to throw a twinky at you would you automatically assume that it was an explosive, for all it looks like it could be little more then a glorified caltrop? But whatever, you can have it, after all you have a Spidy Sense, even though it wouldn't be going off to this thing.

 

 

 

Kratos noticed the spiked globe immediately and adjusted the aim of the Eye of Atlantis just slightly, the shift taking only milliseconds, so that it would hit the object and even push it closer to Asco, if it didn't detonate first that is, with the sheer force of the blast. If it was explosive like the last dropped item, it would explode at near point blank next to the alien.

The faint bolts of electricity flashed harmlessly off Asco's shields, at this range they were nothing more then faint static and growing weaker as the Elite Warrior pulled away from the Human.

 

The ball bounced off the hard glassy surface of the grid and slid to a stop as Kratos neared it.

 

The Sangheili rapidly did the math in his head, the Human was now at the edge of his Motion Radar, and by his guess was falling behind by 4m/s. The Object was slowing at a rate of about 6m/s/s... based on his test scores at the academy, the Human must be running at around 17m/s. He Held his breath and jumped with a slight spin so that he'd land on his back, feet facing the Human pursuer. Needle Rifle firing everything he had...

 

There was no room for any thought anymore, it was pure adrenaline and instinct. It was only gears churning to a preplaned process that had been thought out in advance. Asco didn't feel surprised that the Human had shot his lightning at the inactive antimatter charge. He wasn't surprised that the electricity had activated it, popping it's locking spikes out and anchoring it into the ground... He wasn't surprised because he couldn't be.

 

Violet daggers of crystal shot out across the 40m distance to the antimatter charge crossing it in the tiniest fraction of a second... Their piercing tips able to punch through almost any armour allowed them to easily embed themselves in the charge. Even as most of the shots missed by a few hairs, it only took one to rupture the magnetic containment field on the Antitank bomb.

 

In a trillionth of a second the 650 nanograms of antimatter inside the shell collided with matter...

 

The resulting explosion was equivalent to 14kg of TNT, and the overpressure from that would be absolutely lethal to any living thing within a dozen meters of it going off. But the good thing about overpressure was the extremely steep drop in psi after a distance, with Asco being ~40m from the blast it was only a violently strong wind that tossed him further along the grid than his jump would have allowed him.

 

 

The Sangheili's skid slowed, his armour and shields protecting him from the heat and grit of the friction with the grid surface. He propped himself up on his hands, his needle rifle in his lap, as he looked at the small mushroom cloud trailing into the air from the point where the bomb had detonated. No Human could withstand something like that.

 

He'd guessed that the human would have had to have been within 10m of the blast. The best he could have hoped to get away with was only having his limbs and other extremities violently torn from his body and his lungs, ears and guts burst... if closer, he may have been rendered into unidentifiable minced meat...

 

 

 

Asco'Iksul stood, holding his Rifle watching, waiting for the smoke to clear... such a violent and tenacious warrior would give a great trophy for his wall.....

[Skirmisher]

OOC: Well... I'll give you a few more days to post, after that, I'm assuming that you were killed by the bomb.

[G4hardcore]

OOC: Damn it, did the post get bigger?

[G4hardcore]

As for the Shield taking the damage... I've seen the Eye in action, it takes numerous shots or a long steady stream for several or more seconds to kill an unarmoured Human warrior. This is well within the safety limits of Sangeheili shielding systems.

 

Also, about the Eye... you know the large thing he holds out in front of him, that fires that bolt of electricity... the one that he can only walk with when using... how are you Sprinting with it? When you first used it, I thought it was actually the size of an eye, not this big shieldlike ball that's as big as his chest... One other thing, I also wasn't impressed with the range of it... to me it looked to only have a range of about a dozen meters... with our difference in speed, plus the time you took to go around the Plasma Grenade, I should be well outside your range.

 

 

Oh and lastly... how can Lightning push something, let alone push something at 10mph? Wait, scratch that, how would Kratos even see it past the Flash of the Eye and it's sheer Bulk, AND manage to shift his aim like you say to catch an item no larger then a softball... All while sprinting mind you... Also I call metagaming on you attacking it, obviously this object and a primed plasma grenade look completely different. But if I were to throw a twinky at you would you automatically assume that it was an explosive, for all it looks like it could be little more then a glorified caltrop? But whatever, you can have it, after all you have a Spidy Sense, even though it wouldn't be going off to this thing.

You can't really go off how much damage the eye looks like its doing, considering a number of factors go into how much damage Kratos deals. Such as difficulty setting and upgrades. When the eye is upgraded all the way, on Normal mode, it takes less timpoe than you've assumed, 3X less to be precise. It kills people in closer to 1.5-2.5 seconds.

 

In Ghost of Sparta, Kratos never had the boots of Hermes to compliment the eye. So while he might not be running full speed, he certainly isn't walking. Also, your underestimating the range of the beam and downplaying its power against the shield. The same shield that has a weakness against plasma based weaponry, so I've been told.

 

I will edit my post regarding him seeing past the bolt, my bad there.

The faint bolts of electricity flashed harmlessly off Asco's shields, at this range they were nothing more then faint static and growing weaker as the Elite Warrior pulled away from the Human.

 

The ball bounced off the hard glassy surface of the grid and slid to a stop as Kratos neared it.

 

The Sangheili rapidly did the math in his head, the Human was now at the edge of his Motion Radar, and by his guess was falling behind by 4m/s. The Object was slowing at a rate of about 6m/s/s... based on his test scores at the academy, the Human must be running at around 17m/s. He Held his breath and jumped with a slight spin so that he'd land on his back, feet facing the Human pursuer. Needle Rifle firing everything he had...

 

There was no room for any thought anymore, it was pure adrenaline and instinct. It was only gears churning to a preplaned process that had been thought out in advance. Asco didn't feel surprised that the Human had shot his lightning at the inactive antimatter charge. He wasn't surprised that the electricity had activated it, popping it's locking spikes out and anchoring it into the ground... He wasn't surprised because he couldn't be.

 

Violet daggers of crystal shot out across the 40m distance to the antimatter charge crossing it in the tiniest fraction of a second... Their piercing tips able to punch through almost any armour allowed them to easily embed themselves in the charge. Even as most of the shots missed by a few hairs, it only took one to rupture the magnetic containment field on the Antitank bomb.

 

In a trillionth of a second the 650 nanograms of antimatter inside the shell collided with matter...

 

The resulting explosion was equivalent to 14kg of TNT, and the overpressure from that would be absolutely lethal to any living thing within a dozen meters of it going off. But the good thing about overpressure was the extremely steep drop in psi after a distance, with Asco being ~40m from the blast it was only a violently strong wind that tossed him further along the grid than his jump would have allowed him.

 

 

The Sangheili's skid slowed, his armour and shields protecting him from the heat and grit of the friction with the grid surface. He propped himself up on his hands, his needle rifle in his lap, as he looked at the small mushroom cloud trailing into the air from the point where the bomb had detonated. No Human could withstand something like that.

 

He'd guessed that the human would have had to have been within 10m of the blast. The best he could have hoped to get away with was only having his limbs and other extremities violently torn from his body and his lungs, ears and guts burst... if closer, he may have been rendered into unidentifiable minced meat...

 

 

 

Asco'Iksul stood, holding his Rifle watching, waiting for the smoke to clear... such a violent and tenacious warrior would give a great trophy for his wall.....

 

OOC: see edit. The bomb would've been hit by the beam arcs and went off significantly closer to Asco then Kratos. Asco shouldn't been so clumsy dropping the bomb, eh?

[Skirmisher]

OOC: see edit. The bomb would've been hit by the beam arcs and went off significantly closer to Asco then Kratos. Asco shouldn't been so clumsy dropping the bomb, eh?

OOC: Maybe you should read my post instead of thinking you've won...

 

 

I call Victory for Asco'Iksull here.

[Hugo Fowl]

Whats going on here?

[Skirmisher]

Whats going on here?

Basically what has happened so far is this...

 

Basically through a combination of Spider Sense and Demi God Level Reflexes and Reaction Times, that I may add were never present in his material, Kratos has been able to 100% negate Every Attack I have thrown at him via Golden Fleece. I formulated a strategy to get around his fleece, by using something that wouldn't set off his Spider Sense, and at a range where his enhanced senses wouldn't be enough.

 

I dropped my trump Card for dealing with Stu's and Wanks, unactivated Antimatter bomb, in his path and kept running. When I formulated that he was over or as close as possible to said bomb I turned and shot it.

 

G4 says that he shot said bomb with his Lightning Eye Thingy... however the nature behind the Explosive means that that was not as good as he would hope for, as it would activate the bomb, sending it's anchoring spikes out and stopping it from moving (He still hasn't answered how he even remotely hoped to Physically Move the bomb with Lightning...) But not only that, the containment field on Antimatter is Electromagnetic. Meaning that unlike conventional explosives it would actually do the reverse of what he would hope and strengthen the field holding the Antimatter in place.

 

In short, Kratos walked over a 14kg bomb as it exploded. He would experience around 440 psi of overpressure, which is 220x the force needed to harm a regular human, and 44x more force needed to rend limbs and pop organs. I know he's durable, but how durable is he? And will he just cop out with another Fleece...

 

So far though, despite the fact that he Has posted before I claimed Victory before his absence, he has yet to actually post actions to either show how he could possibly survive the explosion, or any form of attack on his part. He has only argued that his Lightning would do the opposite of what physics say it would do. As well, he has postulated that an UNKNOWN alloy would behave in a similar manner to other conductive metals...

 

I still Claim both Victory for my actions, AND for the amount of Time that has passed since the last Actual Combat Post.

[G4hardcore]

Basically what has happened so far is this...

 

Basically through a combination of Spider Sense and Demi God Level Reflexes and Reaction Times, that I may add were never present in his material, Kratos has been able to 100% negate Every Attack I have thrown at him via Golden Fleece. I formulated a strategy to get around his fleece, by using something that wouldn't set off his Spider Sense, and at a range where his enhanced senses wouldn't be enough.

 

I dropped my trump Card for dealing with Stu's and Wanks, unactivated Antimatter bomb, in his path and kept running. When I formulated that he was over or as close as possible to said bomb I turned and shot it.

 

G4 says that he shot said bomb with his Lightning Eye Thingy... however the nature behind the Explosive means that that was not as good as he would hope for, as it would activate the bomb, sending it's anchoring spikes out and stopping it from moving (He still hasn't answered how he even remotely hoped to Physically Move the bomb with Lightning...) But not only that, the containment field on Antimatter is Electromagnetic. Meaning that unlike conventional explosives it would actually do the reverse of what he would hope and strengthen the field holding the Antimatter in place.

 

In short, Kratos walked over a 14kg bomb as it exploded. He would experience around 440 psi of overpressure, which is 220x the force needed to harm a regular human, and 44x more force needed to rend limbs and pop organs. I know he's durable, but how durable is he? And will he just cop out with another Fleece...

 

So far though, despite the fact that he Has posted before I claimed Victory before his absence, he has yet to actually post actions to either show how he could possibly survive the explosion, or any form of attack on his part. He has only argued that his Lightning would do the opposite of what physics say it would do. As well, he has postulated that an UNKNOWN alloy would behave in a similar manner to other conductive metals...

 

I still Claim both Victory for my actions, AND for the amount of Time that has passed since the last Actual Combat Post.

this makes a lot more sense. I missed the anchor part of your post. Also, will post actions later today, but take into account that Kratos is 4x more durable than normal, what with rage mode still active. And even without rage, his durability was sufficient to withstand being crushed by a colossus, squashed by a Titan, ect. And for Christ sake, stop whining!

[Skirmisher]

this makes a lot more sense. I missed the anchor part of your post. Also, will post actions later today, but take into account that Kratos is 4x more durable than normal, what with rage mode still active. And even without rage, his durability was sufficient to withstand being crushed by a colossus, squashed by a Titan, ect. And for Christ sake, stop whining!

Ok... And seeing as how the Colossus is Hollow much like the Statue of Liberty, that's not too great a feat compared to getting hit by a 14kg bomb. As for the Titan, can you give grip strength measurements? I'm not so much whining as voicing a valid argument. Every Attack that will be thrown against you, you will undoubtedly call Fleece on it. Which effectively makes you invulnerable to pretty much the Entire Cast of the tournament. Perhaps you should toss away your Mary Sue Crutch, lest your RP Ability Atrophy into nothing.

[G4hardcore]

Ok... And seeing as how the Colossus is Hollow much like the Statue of Liberty, that's not too great a feat compared to getting hit by a 14kg bomb. As for the Titan, can you give grip strength measurements? I'm not so much whining as voicing a valid argument. Every Attack that will be thrown against you, you will undoubtedly call Fleece on it. Which effectively makes you invulnerable to pretty much the Entire Cast of the tournament. Perhaps you should toss away your Mary Sue Crutch, lest your RP Ability Atrophy into nothing.

Only the body was hollow. When you first enter the Colossus, you start below the arms. As you scale higher from the inside, there are no hollows where the arms would be. Not only the weight, but the initial driving force comes to play. That falling arm would easily flatten any normal human, but Kratos stood right back up, showing that under normal circumstances, he can withstand massive pressures. He's easily 10X more durable than any human, and with Rage, easily over 40X in prolonged bursts.

 

I will roll a dice for now on deciding whether or not the Fleece comes into play, as Kratos himself doesn't utilize it 100% of the time. This should more than make things more fair for you. As well, not all attacks can be blocked. The Fleece, as I've mentioned, has several weaknesses. Like I said, your inability to figure them out or utilize them is in no way proof that Kratos is invulnerable.

 

As well, there is more than one character in this RP easily capable of harming Kratos.