The Battle for Caldera

[bravenewmods]

The time for action is at hand, and the players have been set in place. Those who choose to make an attempt at diplomacy head off at the appointed time to meet with Valeria, the clerk and representative of the general who leads the Gigas army. Those who wish to take more direct action against Gigas leave with General Ironbrand to put their plans into motion. In the meantime, the refugees continue to stream into Union, while supplies are gathered and flow the other way.

The outcome of this war may very well depend on the combined results of these four efforts…

((This log will be a catch-all for all four efforts of the attempt to save Caldera. There will be four different parts of this post: Diplomacy, Aggression, Refugees, and Supplies. The first two should be well established, but the Refugees portion will encompass bringing those in Caldera who require help to Union and giving them medical aid and care, while the Supplies portion will encompass people in Union setting up shelters and gathering resources to send back to Caldera, as well as other miscellaneous tasks that may be of help. Gathering resources may entail leaving Union to explore out in other areas. You all signed up for groups, so please try to maintain these groups when posting, particularly to the Diplomacy and Aggression sections. The other two may be more free-form.

Mods will be responding at least once every 24 hours to keep the logs moving.

EDIT 5/31: Please try to group up if possible! We'll generally try to wait for threads to have 2-3 people before we jump in. Threads with 3+ may attract the attention of something a little more... interesting.))

Comments

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[Apollo notes the existence of Siege Engine Rotom down below and mentally signals for Hippowdon and Shiftry to start falling back and support Garen's retreat as much as is practical. Now that Talonflame's hp is at a more comfortable level, Apollo passes him a new berry and they both turn their attention towards attacking; Apollo uses Psyshock and Talonflame uses a Rock-type Natural Gift, firing a spray of stones at the fliers, then follows up with a Quick Attack to abruptly shift position and possibly get a hit in. During the Quick Attack, Apollo will attempt to cut someone's reigns or something similar with his knife as they pass to see if he can't force the person to focus on flying instead of attacking.

As they get closer to Garen, Shiftry will use Leaf Tornado to try and distract the fliers attacking Garen, while Hippowdon will use Sand Tomb to trap a bunch of Gigas's ground forces in a small sandstorm and keep them away from the Union ground forces.]

[mightofdemacia]

[With the additional support, Garen can tell it is time to retreat, he accordingly dismisses all of his Pokemon save for his Doublade; it would be deeply offended anyway at the action, and he can move better without having to worry about the rest being in danger. Raising his sword, he again uses Iron Defense to buff himself, and then takes off through the ruined ground and the sudden rises of sand that threaten to pin him in as he makes his way back to their entry point, at last catching sight of the Siege Engine Rotom and he feels very lucky for the moment they've achieved their goal.]

[bravenewmods]

[The trainers are largely forgotten as the Gigas troops realize what the thrust of their offense was for. They're too well trained to panic - at least, panic too much - and the majority of the soldiers scramble back as far as they can away from the engine in something vaguely resembling an organized fashion.

But they really have no idea what to do, it's clear. This could take a while to sort out.

None of their Pokemon - and few of them - have escaped this entirely unscathed, as was expected, but it's probably a victory that none of them are dead.]

((Just gonna leave this here and count it as a completed log!))