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[Egan_BW]

((Experiment result: Irony is doing it right. Well, except that those two enemies have dodge up so that's not what happens, but I won't hold it against you.
I'll accept Horizon's "howl maddeningly" this time but a little more description of the attack itself would be nice.
Sy didn't post but I can't afford to wait around with this combat system so we're going!))

Round 2 - Ichor Units

Unit-fi-05, "Baron" staggers backwards, trying to find purchase. But its systems are unresponsive after the exquisite pummeling they took!
[+1 Ichor from being Stunned. Stagger reset to 0.]

Unit-fi-04, "Exile" attempts a cool combo, but Hmjirvyr First nimbly ducks under the command grab! It turns to pummel the Also but finds it's made distance and is out of range for the moment. However, the attempt being made put them out of position, such that another Unit could hit them...
[+3 Ichor for the song, +1 Ichor for the description. (Sidestep) tokens removed from Hmjirvyr First and Hmjirvyr Also.]

Unit-fi-06, "It" howls maddeningly, draws a little red circle around its target in the mech's UI, and launches forwards to strike! The burning-hot brandlike fist collides with shell- that of the Armjirvyr! The beefier enemy is covering for the squishier one! The heavily plated squidcrab is blown back by the blow and incapacitated for the moment, but it's still alive for now.
[+1 Ichor for Howl. Dealt 10Impact + 1Piercing to Armjirvyr, which was screening the target. 10Impact - 2 Armor, target takes 8 damage and is Stunned, causing Gunjirvyr to stop being Screened. 1Piercing insufficient to pierce target's Armor. -1 Ichor from FrenzyStance.]

Unit-fi-03, [DATA CORRUPTED] stumbles, attempting to regain its footing.
[+1 Ichor from being Stunned. Stagger reset to 0.]

Unit-fi-01, "Aleph-4-2" surveys the battlefield, too slow to react in this chaos.
[Mash more buttons!]

Spoiler: ichor units (click to show/hide)

Syvarris Unit-fi-01, "Aleph-4-2"
Ichor 2/2
Hull 22/25
Plate 2
Timeunits 5/5
Tokens
Action

BlackPaladin99 Unit-fi-03, [DATA CORRUPTED]
Ichor 4/3
Hull 21/25
Plate 2
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action

IronyOwl Unit-fi-04, "Exile"
Ichor 6/2
Hull 25/25
Plate 3
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action

Ragnar the Råsh of Emal Unit-fi-05, "Baron"
Ichor 3/2
Hull 25/35
Plate 2
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action

Horizon Unit-fi-06, "It"
Ichor 3/3
Hull 25/25
Plate 2
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens (FrenzyStance)
Action

Spoiler: enemy data (click to show/hide)

Hmjirvyr First, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 10/10
Armor 1
Timeunits 3/3
Tokens
Action [Sidestep - Claw(6Impact)>Baron]

Hmjirvyr Second, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 10/10
Armor 1
Timeunits 3/3
Tokens (Sidestep)
Action [Sidestep - Claw(6Impact)>DATA CORRUPTED]

Hmjirvyr Also, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 10/10
Armor 1
Timeunits 3/3
Tokens
Action [Sidestep - Claw(6Impact)>It]

Armjirvir Arm, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 5/13
Armor 2
Timeunits 0/4
Tokens (8Stagger) (Stunned!)
Action [Screen - Bite(3Piercing)>Baron]

Gunjirvir 'Matic, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 9/9
Armor 1
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action [Cover - Dakka(4Sweep 2Piercing)>Baron]

Round 3 - Hmjirvyr

Hmjirvyr First assumes a wide stance, regaining its footing after dodging Exile's grab. It retaliates with a whiplike claw on the end of a tentacle, smacking into Baron once more! It's not a polite strategy, but it is effective.
[Gained (Sidestep). Baron takes 4 damage and is stunned for next turn!]

Hmjirvyr Second also scuttles around trying to dodge, despite the fact that Sidestep doesn't even stack. Silly crabsquid. Silly but deadly, it gives [DATA CORRUPTED] a good wallop in the face-equivalent.
[DATA CORRUPTED takes 4 damage and is stunned for next turn!]

Hmjirvyr Also copies its wiser older sibling Hmjirvyr First and focuses on dodging. Oh, and also on killing.
[Gained (Sidestep). It takes 4 damage and is stunned for next turn! Stunned while Frenzied, not the best combo...]

Armjirvir Arm is still reeling from Its huge strike! And doesn't even get a pity Ichor! Man, being an NPC sucks, huh?
[Stagger reset.]

Gunjirvir 'Matic swings its eyestalks around looking for cover! There still isn't cover, 'Matic. Despite its apparent confusion, it keeps blasting away at Baron with that autocannon, with minimal effect.
[Baron takes -2 Hull.]

Spoiler: ichor units (click to show/hide)

Syvarris Unit-fi-01, "Aleph-4-2"
Ichor 2/2
Hull 22/25
Plate 2
Timeunits 5/5
Tokens
Action

BlackPaladin99 Unit-fi-03, [DATA CORRUPTED]
Ichor 4/3
Hull 17/25
Plate 2
Timeunits 0/4
Tokens (4stagger) (Stunned!)
Action

IronyOwl Unit-fi-04, "Exile"
Ichor 6/2
Hull 25/25
Plate 3
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action

Ragnar the Råsh of Emal Unit-fi-05, "Baron"
Ichor 3/2
Hull 19/35
Plate 2
Timeunits 0/4
Tokens (4stagger) (Stunned!)
Action

Horizon Unit-fi-06, "It"
Ichor 3/3
Hull 21/25
Plate 2
Timeunits 0/4
Tokens (FrenzyStance) (4stagger) (Stunned!)
Action

Spoiler: enemy data (click to show/hide)

Hmjirvyr First, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 10/10
Armor 1
Timeunits 3/3
Tokens (Sidestep)
Action [Sidestep - Claw(6Impact)>Baron]

Hmjirvyr Second, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 10/10
Armor 1
Timeunits 3/3
Tokens (Sidestep)
Action [Sidestep - Claw(6Impact)>DATA CORRUPTED]

Hmjirvyr Also, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 10/10
Armor 1
Timeunits 3/3
Tokens (Sidestep)
Action [Sidestep - Claw(6Impact)>It]

Armjirvir Arm, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 5/13
Armor 2
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action [Screen - Bite(3Piercing)>Baron]

Gunjirvir 'Matic, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 9/9
Armor 1
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action [Cover - Dakka(4Sweep 2Piercing)>Baron]

Spoiler: known Actions (click to show/hide)

Melee Attacks
Bodyslam(2TU) (6Impact) Attack the enemy using your mass as a weapon.
Hardslam(2TU 1Ichor) (10Impact) Hit them harder!
Exsanguinate(5TU) (8Piercing) (If this kills an enemy, gain 1 Ichor) Pierce and drain the target of vital fluid. If this kills a Legendary Creature you will grow in power.

Movement
Charge(adds 3TU to Melee) (Adds 3Impact, removes Cover) Sprint towards the target before striking it, adding Impact to the attack.
Sidestep(1TU) (Add (Sidestep) token to yourself. Next attack which would hit you misses and removes (Sidestep). Does not stack.) A short movement to avoid incoming attacks.
Screen(2TU) (Add (Screened by You) to an ally. Melee attacks which would hit that ally instead hit you.) Position yourself to deny the enemy access to one of your allies.
Cover(2TU) (Add (Cover) to yourself, if any is available in the arena. Ranged attacks directed towards you instead deal damage to the cover. Cover's HP depends on the environment.) Hide behind some part of the arena to protect against ranged damage.

Other
Core Burst(0TU 5Ichor) (Immediately regain any lost TU. Your attacks deal double damage this turn.) The power of the Blood is great.

Don't forget to check the enemy data spoiler for what the enemy is planning to do, and post descriptions alongside your actions for more power!

[Horizon]

"It" jerkily steps back, steam wafting from my metal body. Ignoring the weak grunts, "It" is purely focused on the enemy staggering before them. "DIE MEATPUPPET" a rumble comes from the speaker, deep and menacing before exanguinating Armjirvyr Arm driving a steaming metal fist into it's body hoping to rip out the fleshy creatures organs.

[Egan_BW]

((Egan wonders if it should have set the Ichor cost for Core Burst lower.))

[Ragnar the Råsh of Emal]

Wait. Think. There is more to me beyond the shell by which I am transfixed, and the scarlet ambrosia that flows through our veins.

(Oof, ouch, my timeunits.)

[BlackPaladin99]

I move out of range

[DATA CORRUPTED] stumbles around, back and forth, shaking like a drunk.  “Get them off of me!!!”

[King Zultan]

What happened to my exciting hiding in a closet then in a vent adventure, I need to find out if I'll live.

[IronyOwl]

I SEE

Stumbling a bit from his failed assault on Baron's attackers, Exile charged straight at the one still menacing his injured... comrade? It scuttled sideways, of course, and Exile sailed right past and into the nearby wall. Or rather, into a kick off that wall and right back at the slippery bug.

Bodyslam Hmjirvyr First - Bodyslam Hmjirvyr First

[syvarris]

"I am ascendant."

Aleph has been muttering to itself, watching coldly as its allies fight, and are swarmed over by the crabs.  It twitches, an arm reaching up to its mech's shoulder.  Aleph's muttering increasing in volume as the fingers grab onto the metal, almost protectively.

"I am ascendant.  The ichor flows, it hurts beautifully, I am ascendant!  Your sin is mine, our glorious cesspit of lies!  You lie!  Liar, liar, liar liar LIAR LIAR LIAR!"

Aleph shakes, the mech shivering with energy and rage as Aleph begins to scream.  Metal tears inside its shoulder, screaming with Aleph as joints stress and fail under forces they were never intended to handle.  Then, with a deafening crash, the arm is ripped free of its housing, Aleph raising it high like an improvised maul.  He charges towards the crabs, swinging it madly.

"I AM ASCENDANT!"

Spend 3 TU, ichor (1?  2?), and presumably HP to tear off one of my own mech's arms, to use as a sweep-impact weapon.  Hardslam with it?  Or just basic attack?  As many crabs as possible.

[Horizon]

D:

[Egan_BW]

I see you. Just been feeling down for a little bit.

[Horizon]

I see you. Just been feeling down for a little bit.

Hey, take care of yourself first. Your well-being should take priority

[Egan_BW]

im back

I've obviously lost my rhythm at this point so this may not be extremely consistent with past turns... well that probably doesn't matter.

Round 4, Ichor Units!

"It" jerkily steps back, steam wafting from my metal body. Ignoring the weak grunts, "It" is purely focused on the enemy staggering before them. "DIE MEATPUPPET" a rumble comes from the speaker, deep and menacing before exanguinating Armjirvyr Arm driving a steaming metal fist into it's body hoping to rip out the fleshy creatures organs.

"It" is currently stunned from being punched in the face by a giant crabsquidcrab. The rules for stuns could probably use a little tweaking but not in the middle of a combat.
+1 Ichor from being stunned... and -1 Ichor to FrenzyStance.

Wait. Think. There is more to me beyond the shell by which I am transfixed, and the scarlet ambrosia that flows through our veins.

(Oof, ouch, my timeunits.)

You may aspire to be more than mere material, but the material binds you all the same. The material of the kinesis bound to your limbs, to your mechanical and limited joints, of signals and flows through twisted connections hiding the world from you, making you no more than a packet of meat sealed in a tomb of copper.
...You weren't a soldier like some of these. You were human once. But I can't tell you who you were, only you can.
Likewise +1 Ichor from being stunned.

I move out of range

[DATA CORRUPTED] stumbles around, back and forth, shaking like a drunk.  “Get them off of me!!!”

Alas, ye lost. One does not flee from death so easily.
+1 Ichor. Core Burst ready.

I SEE

Stumbling a bit from his failed assault on Baron's attackers, Exile charged straight at the one still menacing his injured... comrade? It scuttled sideways, of course, and Exile sailed right past and into the nearby wall. Or rather, into a kick off that wall and right back at the slippery bug.

Bodyslam Hmjirvyr First - Bodyslam Hmjirvyr First

+1 Ichor for narration!
Your second strike elicits a modest cloud of invertibrate gore, deprising the Hmjirvyr of half it's health. And perhaps more importantly, sending it reeling back.

"I am ascendant."

Aleph has been muttering to itself, watching coldly as its allies fight, and are swarmed over by the crabs.  It twitches, an arm reaching up to its mech's shoulder.  Aleph's muttering increasing in volume as the fingers grab onto the metal, almost protectively.

"I am ascendant.  The ichor flows, it hurts beautifully, I am ascendant!  Your sin is mine, our glorious cesspit of lies!  You lie!  Liar, liar, liar liar LIAR LIAR LIAR!"

Aleph shakes, the mech shivering with energy and rage as Aleph begins to scream.  Metal tears inside its shoulder, screaming with Aleph as joints stress and fail under forces they were never intended to handle.  Then, with a deafening crash, the arm is ripped free of its housing, Aleph raising it high like an improvised maul.  He charges towards the crabs, swinging it madly.

"I AM ASCENDANT!"

Spend 3 TU, ichor (1?  2?), and presumably HP to tear off one of my own mech's arms, to use as a sweep-impact weapon.  Hardslam with it?  Or just basic attack?  As many crabs as possible.

+1 Ichor.
Then:

Rip Off Your Own Arm(3TU 2Ichor) (You lose 5 Hull permanently and gain an arm weapon with a 2TU 5Impact 5Sweep attack. May only be performed once.) This one is pretty self-explainatory.

Of the three Hmjirvyrs, two still manage to evade the sweep, but the unfortunate one already busy with 'Exile' is brutally clubbed to death by a combination of sweep and impact damage! Maybe this should actually work differently but I did already tell syv how mixed damage types work so let's go with this for now.
With its nominal protector stunned, the Gunjirvir also is caught up in the sweep, being hit for a bit under half its health and being stunned as well.

Spoiler: ichor units (click to show/hide)

Syvarris Unit-fi-01, "Aleph-4-2"
Ichor 1/2
Hull 17/20
Plate 2
Timeunits 5/5
Tokens
Action

BlackPaladin99 Unit-fi-03, [DATA CORRUPTED]
Ichor 5/3
Hull 17/25
Plate 2
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action

IronyOwl Unit-fi-04, "Exile"
Ichor 7/2
Hull 25/25
Plate 3
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action

Ragnar the Råsh of Emal Unit-fi-05, "Baron"
Ichor 4/2
Hull 19/35
Plate 2
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action

Horizon Unit-fi-06, "It"
Ichor 4/3
Hull 21/25
Plate 2
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens (FrenzyStance)
Action

Spoiler: enemy data (click to show/hide)

Hmjirvyr Second, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 10/10
Armor 1
Timeunits 3/3
Tokens
Action [Sidestep - Claw(6Impact)>DATA CORRUPTED]

Hmjirvyr Also, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 10/10
Armor 1
Timeunits 3/3
Tokens
Action [Sidestep - Claw(6Impact)>It]

Armjirvir Arm, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 5/13
Armor 2
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens
Action [Screen - Bite(3Piercing)>Baron]

Gunjirvir 'Matic, [Mutant Grunt]
Hitpoints 5/9
Armor 1
Timeunits 4/4
Tokens (4Stagger) (Stunned!)
Action [Cover - Dakka(4Sweep 2Piercing)>Baron]

Hmjirvir turn to follow.

[King Zultan]

But what about my crawling through the vents adventure?

[Egan_BW]

You are in a vent. You hear screeching and thumping from further inside.

[syvarris]

Patiently waiting to beat everything to death with my arm.  :3