Metroid -- Game 1

That Pirate goes down, and so do some others. One Chozo grabs a small tree and uses it as a bat to smack some Pirates a LONG ways away. Chris, you spot something approaching...two purple armor Pirates and...a gold one? This must be the leader of the attack over here. Gold armored Pirates are like generals in the Galactic Federation Police Force. This could get ugly...

Sadly, there are no pipes, Josh. They are all internal. On the bright side, the others have taken down the gargantuan cannon on top of the war machine. Caesar then gets your attention and points to a few buttons. A compartment carrying 6 Super Missiles slides out of the side...

"I'm Gregor Telan," says the short man. "I'm Talus Aran, but you can just call me Aran," says the guy with the huge rifle. Whilst Samus Aran is not the Pirate's biggest worry or the Galactic Federation's biggest hero yet, Talus Aran, her father, was a renowned soldier in the Federation Police Force. He was among your top 5 idols when you were a pupa.

"Talus Aran!" K'lun gasps. "You're one of my heroes! What are you doing on K-2L?"

I grin behind my helmet. "Caesar, get the other two to fire on one. We'll get the other."

"Righteo," Caesar says, and commands the others to target the the other cannon. They open fire on it, and...they miss! Well, they miss the cannon at least. They hit the command deck instead, but that won't stop it. One missile hits the fire control center on the left side, so the cannon that they missed stops firing momentarily. Caesar hollers at you to take down the other cannon while he takes down the damaged cannon. You wonder if 6 super missiles are enough to destroy one large cannon...

"I'm on K-2L to defend my family..." Talus Aran says. As you two talk, you discover that he was retired here, but took a vacation, which ended before it started when he spotted the Pirates heading for K-2L.

I take careful aim, and fire.

BOOM!!! You the the fire control room with 2 missiles. KABLAM!!! The cannon now has four large holes in it. It won't be firing any time soon.

YAY! What now?

Uh oh...You don't think you have enough missiles to take out the next one coming. Not the same type, but it has a bunch of artillery to pound a few holes in the wall beneath you. But there are smaller craft coming that would wipe out the soldiers and Chozo...anti-personel vehicles, armed with cannons and stuff. Their fast, but you think you might manage. Three are coming head on, firing their cannons. They don't think you're a threat yet.

Chris keeps firing, strafing left and right. He barges forwards and spins around, shooting many Pirates in the back.

Remember that gold armored one, Chris...

The Chozo are smacking around the purple armored ones quickly, hitting them with energy and brute strength. But things go differently when they try the gold armored Pirate. They punch hard, but the armor is only dented. The gold Pirate barely flinches, and retaliates by grabbing two Chozo by the waists with it's large claws and squeezes them in half. The energy balls of the Chozo are doing little on that armor. Your helmet tells you that there may be a weakness behind it...

Don't think I'm a threat. I'll show them.

I fire at one of the craft, seeing if they're hittable.

Quite hittable. I'll describe the ships:

It's mostly like a speeder-bike combined with a UFO saucer with jagged wing thingies sticking off to the side. You hit one of the wings (where some of the cannons are stored) and it blows off.

NOW you're a threat...

Yay.

I blast away, instructing the others to do the same.

They are too busy trying to disable the next war machine to pay attention to your orders. You hit the same one, this time hitting the saucer-like part of it. It fires back with six low powered cannons. It would be eight but you hit part of it. What part would you like to target?

Computer systems.

The mainframe in the front of the ship under all that armor or the computer console the Pirate in the thing is using.

btw, ever played TimeSplitters 2? The turrets are somewhat like those. They'll protect from quite a lot, but not if you are hit from behind (which you'll find very unlikely right now).

The console.

You take a shot, but it swerves and avoids it.

"I can understand your devotion to your family," K'lun says. "I cannot have such devotions, for my family has joined the Pirates."

"Your people aren't as strong willed as humans," Talus says, clearing spiting them. "But it is good to see at least one has joined the right side."