Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-29646689-20181012011537/@comment-29191679-20181023031027

 This seems... rather weak, considering the importance of the Machine. I'm expecting at least another one of these.

 Let's take this guy down for now. We can talk later.

'''Cliptail charges, all four of its ranged weapons blazing. MiniFox B strafes to the side and activates its laser gun once again, firing at all five of Cliptail's body segments. Only the fifth segment receives a dent from the attack.'''

 As I suspected. Stage shielding. We're going to need to destroy the segments one by one.

'''Cliptail doesn't bother to turn around, but its sniper rifle does. It attempts to fire at MiniFox B, only for it to roll forward, out of the way, and fire a laser blast at the sniper rifle. The mechanical arm holding the rifle is able to easily dodge this.'''

'''Meanwhile, Cliptail's other three ranged weapons (a minigun, a rocket launcher and an assault rifle) fire at Omega. MiniFox A is forced to jump in, and it fires a small energy ball at the incoming projectiles. This energy ball soon creates a cyan disc-shaped shield in front of it and Omega, blocking the attacks (but slowly turning red with every shot).'''

 That can help.

'''Omega uses the provided cover to quickly run underneath Cliptail. He then takes out the Magma Blade and stabs the connection point between the fourth and fifth segments. This lowers the shield on the fourth segment, and disables the sniper rifle.'''

 Great. Next one's the rocket launcher.

'''And then Cliptail quickly crawls away, and the rocket launcher fires an entire salvo of rockets at Omega. MiniFox A fires a precise plasma blast at the front rocket, creating an explosion that destroys all the rockets, before firing another blast directly upwards.'''

 Okay, guys, try to lure this thing right where I'm standing.

 I think I can add on to your idea.

'''MiniFox B, knowing that Cliptail is distracted, jumps onto the fourth segment and quickly fires at the connecting beam, separating the third and fourth segments. The rocket launcher is disabled, and the third segment's shield goes down. The minigun is now vulnerable to damage.'''

'''Cliptail notices this, and identifies the weak point that the team is exploiting. It diverts some of the second segment's shielding power to protect the connecting points between segments, forcing the team to destroy the individual segments instead of separating them. It then begins chasing down MiniFox B, who lures Cliptail over to the exact spot where MiniFox A was standing.'''

'''The plasma blast lands on the minigun segment, dealing massive internal damage to it. Cliptail decides to keep the segment, since its hull hasn't received much damage yet, although the segment has to be dragged along behind it.'''

 ...Okay, I don't know if I made this harder by doing that.

<span style="color:orange;text-shadow:0px 0px 1px orange, 1px 1px 1px gray, 1px 1px 1px gray"><MiniFox B> Whatever, let's end this battle. It only has one ranged weapon left.

'''And then, another portal appears. Headolodon v2, yet another of Alpha's unused creations, appears out of the portal, and fires a massive energy blast out of its mouth. The two MiniFoxes dive out of the way, barely avoiding the explosion.'''

<span style="color:orange;text-shadow:0px 0px 1px orange, 1px 1px 1px black, 1px 1px 1px black"><Omega> Knew it. Whatever, I guess it's my turn to attack now.

'''Omega fires an arrow from his Energy Bow at Headolodon. The arrow pierces through its head, but its jet engines greatly overpower the Energy Bow's strength, and it starts to pull Omega along with it. He then uses the Energy Bow to pull himself onto Headolodon and uses the Magma Blade in an attempt to slice straight through its body (which fails, due to its shield; however, it does slice through the head), before using the Energy Bow to safely lower himself to ground level.'''

'''At the same time, MiniFox B had fired a stun bolt at Cliptail's assault rifle, disabling it temporarily. This gave the two MiniFoxes enough time to fire everything at the third segment, destroying it quickly, at which point they changed targets and damaged the second segment's hull.'''

Having been destroyed by Omega's attack, Headolodon's head disconnects from the rest of the body, and it creates two more in its place.

<span style="color:orange;text-shadow:0px 0px 1px orange, 1px 1px 1px black, 1px 1px 1px black"><Omega> Oh. I think I see how this is supposed to play out.