SRW D missions
Event 1: To Step Through to our World
Introductory mission for the SRW D plot. Prior to this, the Chalice will have been called down to the Antarctic research base at the behest of Clifford Gygax, one of the scientists working there. The reason why is because Josh's father wanted both Josh and Rim present for his investigations to finally bear fruit: Felio's about to break through the last of the seals in the ruins underneath the base.
The mission would start with just everyone hanging around the base, but as Felio finally breaks through the seal, it unleashes a tremendous amount of energy, and the first of the Ruina come into the world and start going on a rampage. Leading a group of Belgrandes are Glacies in the Fabularis and Ignis in the Impetus, and for some reason as he crosses blades with Glacies, systems go on the fritz inside of the Aile Chevalier, damaging its Sympathia System and making it that much harder for Josh to fight. This'll also mark the debut of Rim's punchtastic machine, the Strega.
At any rate, as a tremendous buildup of energy is detected, everyone is forced to flee before the base completely explodes, leaving us all fairly confused about what the heck was going on back there.
NOTE: following this mission, Josh will gain mild empathic powers. Not on the same level of a Newtype, and only intuned to feelings of pain or anger. It also, most notably, lets him sense the arrival of Ruina before they make themselves known. The Aile also gets outfitted with an emergency shutoff for the Sympathia System so what happened before doesn't happen again.
Event 2: The Devils Named Ruina
This is an event that'd go best paired with some other canon event where something really, really tragic happened. Essentially, in the aftermath of said tragedy, the Ruina attack us again, more to test our strength than anything else. The leader of this group is Aquila, pilot of the Fortis Ala, and backed up by the agile Angelus machines. This is sorta an exposition mission, since Aquila's a noble and honorable fighter in spite of being a friggin' entity that thrives on negative emotion, and he'll explain some things about them and their goals. Admittedly "make everyone's life suck" isn't that complicated, but it's a motive nonetheless.
At any rate, since this is just a case of testing how strong we are, I figure Aquila wouldn't stick around once things start to turn against him.
Event 3: The Doll of Ice
Prior to this mission, Josh begins to sense that the Ruina are moving to attack some nearby location either close to where we are or where we're already at. And sure enough this hunch turns out to be right when Ignis and Glacies launch another attack.
Ultimately, during the battle Josh ends up clashing with Glacies again, causing their Sympathia Systems to synch up once more, which is potentially a VERY DANGEROUS THING, because pretty much every piece of evidence is going to indicate that Josh could end up turning completely into a Ruina because of that. Still, by being synched up he can see just how Glacies is nothing more than a tool of the King of Ruin; a creation meant to fulfill a purpose and then be discarded. He's ultimately able to instill a sense of humanity in her in the exchange and retain his humanity, which freaks Glacies out to the point she up and retreats. Everyone else is fair game.
NOTE: After this mission, Josh's empathic powers will no longer function.
NOTE THE SECOND: Between this and the next mission, Josh and Rim can pick up their upgrades from some side lab that Felio had stored them with prior to all of this: the Weapons Box so that Josh can use the Geant Chevalier, the Excelsior Ars Nova so that Rim can use the Dea Blanche Neige, and the Ganador. The Ganador's a two-fer upgrade, an improvement over the Aile on its own but it can also combine with Rim's Strega to form the mighty Forte Gigas.
Event 4: The Requiem I Refuse to Hear
The fact that the Ruina seem to have a ready supply of manpower and machines raises the question of where the hell they're coming from since the Ruina don't really get along with anyone. The solution is found in a manufacturing plant they have in some deserted location, and being the awesome people we are, we figure an attack on it could cripple the Ruina's attempts of sowing misfortune through the world.
However, the first hurdle to get through the base is none other than Aquila once more, who puts up some resistance but eventually retreats. With that, we can enter the base and encounter the fourth Ruina General: Contagio piloting the Violaceum. Contagio's also backed up by his own personal machines, the Skullplumes. As the battle ensues, Contagio reveals the fact that Glacies has been convinced to overload the Fabularis and start a chain reaction that will blow up the base and kill everyone in it. Not like it bothers him much since he's crazy and all.
Josh, once again disregarding logic for a girl who's tried to kill him on two separate occasions, decides to play hero anyways and try to convince her to not go through with it. Glacies at the moment considers herself damaged goods; a Ruina that can't fulfill her duties due to all those pesky human emotions getting in the way, and this is the only action for her to go with. Still, as the base begins to collapse due to the damage inflicted during the battle, Josh does convince her... just in time for the Geant to get get attacked by the fifth and final Ruina General who'd been waiting in the shadows: Umbra. The attack knocks Josh out and crashes the Geant and regardless of who attacks Umbra afterwards, everyone has to escape and it seems like Josh is a goner... only for the Geant to come roaring out at the last moment being piloted by Glacies and with Josh in her care. The other Generals still all escape, but the base is still destroyed so the Ruina's plans are forced to put on hold for at least a little while, and Glacies promptly leaves afterwards to sort out what she should do with her life.
Note: Some time after this, the sealing of the Earth away from the rest of the Universe begins as a slow, gradual process. Quite literally, patches of "barrier" begin to form around the Earth where nothing can pass through. They grow steadily every day, and the cause being completely unknown. Still, much of the world enters a panic as people realize they're going to be boxed inside unless something is done or everyone just escapes Earth while they still can.
Event 5: The Veiling of the Earth
Event 6: Crisis Point
Event 7: The King of Ruin
Introductory mission for the SRW D plot. Prior to this, the Chalice will have been called down to the Antarctic research base at the behest of Clifford Gygax, one of the scientists working there. The reason why is because Josh's father wanted both Josh and Rim present for his investigations to finally bear fruit: Felio's about to break through the last of the seals in the ruins underneath the base.
The mission would start with just everyone hanging around the base, but as Felio finally breaks through the seal, it unleashes a tremendous amount of energy, and the first of the Ruina come into the world and start going on a rampage. Leading a group of Belgrandes are Glacies in the Fabularis and Ignis in the Impetus, and for some reason as he crosses blades with Glacies, systems go on the fritz inside of the Aile Chevalier, damaging its Sympathia System and making it that much harder for Josh to fight. This'll also mark the debut of Rim's punchtastic machine, the Strega.
At any rate, as a tremendous buildup of energy is detected, everyone is forced to flee before the base completely explodes, leaving us all fairly confused about what the heck was going on back there.
NOTE: following this mission, Josh will gain mild empathic powers. Not on the same level of a Newtype, and only intuned to feelings of pain or anger. It also, most notably, lets him sense the arrival of Ruina before they make themselves known. The Aile also gets outfitted with an emergency shutoff for the Sympathia System so what happened before doesn't happen again.
Event 2: The Devils Named Ruina
This is an event that'd go best paired with some other canon event where something really, really tragic happened. Essentially, in the aftermath of said tragedy, the Ruina attack us again, more to test our strength than anything else. The leader of this group is Aquila, pilot of the Fortis Ala, and backed up by the agile Angelus machines. This is sorta an exposition mission, since Aquila's a noble and honorable fighter in spite of being a friggin' entity that thrives on negative emotion, and he'll explain some things about them and their goals. Admittedly "make everyone's life suck" isn't that complicated, but it's a motive nonetheless.
At any rate, since this is just a case of testing how strong we are, I figure Aquila wouldn't stick around once things start to turn against him.
Event 3: The Doll of Ice
Prior to this mission, Josh begins to sense that the Ruina are moving to attack some nearby location either close to where we are or where we're already at. And sure enough this hunch turns out to be right when Ignis and Glacies launch another attack.
Ultimately, during the battle Josh ends up clashing with Glacies again, causing their Sympathia Systems to synch up once more, which is potentially a VERY DANGEROUS THING, because pretty much every piece of evidence is going to indicate that Josh could end up turning completely into a Ruina because of that. Still, by being synched up he can see just how Glacies is nothing more than a tool of the King of Ruin; a creation meant to fulfill a purpose and then be discarded. He's ultimately able to instill a sense of humanity in her in the exchange and retain his humanity, which freaks Glacies out to the point she up and retreats. Everyone else is fair game.
NOTE: After this mission, Josh's empathic powers will no longer function.
NOTE THE SECOND: Between this and the next mission, Josh and Rim can pick up their upgrades from some side lab that Felio had stored them with prior to all of this: the Weapons Box so that Josh can use the Geant Chevalier, the Excelsior Ars Nova so that Rim can use the Dea Blanche Neige, and the Ganador. The Ganador's a two-fer upgrade, an improvement over the Aile on its own but it can also combine with Rim's Strega to form the mighty Forte Gigas.
Event 4: The Requiem I Refuse to Hear
The fact that the Ruina seem to have a ready supply of manpower and machines raises the question of where the hell they're coming from since the Ruina don't really get along with anyone. The solution is found in a manufacturing plant they have in some deserted location, and being the awesome people we are, we figure an attack on it could cripple the Ruina's attempts of sowing misfortune through the world.
However, the first hurdle to get through the base is none other than Aquila once more, who puts up some resistance but eventually retreats. With that, we can enter the base and encounter the fourth Ruina General: Contagio piloting the Violaceum. Contagio's also backed up by his own personal machines, the Skullplumes. As the battle ensues, Contagio reveals the fact that Glacies has been convinced to overload the Fabularis and start a chain reaction that will blow up the base and kill everyone in it. Not like it bothers him much since he's crazy and all.
Josh, once again disregarding logic for a girl who's tried to kill him on two separate occasions, decides to play hero anyways and try to convince her to not go through with it. Glacies at the moment considers herself damaged goods; a Ruina that can't fulfill her duties due to all those pesky human emotions getting in the way, and this is the only action for her to go with. Still, as the base begins to collapse due to the damage inflicted during the battle, Josh does convince her... just in time for the Geant to get get attacked by the fifth and final Ruina General who'd been waiting in the shadows: Umbra. The attack knocks Josh out and crashes the Geant and regardless of who attacks Umbra afterwards, everyone has to escape and it seems like Josh is a goner... only for the Geant to come roaring out at the last moment being piloted by Glacies and with Josh in her care. The other Generals still all escape, but the base is still destroyed so the Ruina's plans are forced to put on hold for at least a little while, and Glacies promptly leaves afterwards to sort out what she should do with her life.
Note: Some time after this, the sealing of the Earth away from the rest of the Universe begins as a slow, gradual process. Quite literally, patches of "barrier" begin to form around the Earth where nothing can pass through. They grow steadily every day, and the cause being completely unknown. Still, much of the world enters a panic as people realize they're going to be boxed inside unless something is done or everyone just escapes Earth while they still can.
Event 5: The Veiling of the Earth
Event 6: Crisis Point
Event 7: The King of Ruin
