[Kelvin]

Alexander Scalatti

What the [censored]!? The Gauss Project and the [censored] mafia are making an alliance?!?!?! Alex thought to himself. "Alex, I am thinking that you should report this to the mayor, he would be HAPPY to hear this news." Alex nodded, "You're right, one sec."

Just then, a mafia man turned and noticed Alex. "[censored]! Intruders!!!! The assassin (not Frank) took out a pistol and began to fire. "Holy hell!" A bullet whized through Alex's fedora. As it began to fall to the ground, Mark managed to grab it and gave it back to Alex. Alex turned to Mark, "Run."

Alex and Mark tossed some smokescreens and began to run as fast as they could.

[Mrs Pooh]

Byron

"Yes yes, you may leave." Byron turned to walk away before an alarm was sounded. It was a yellow alarm meaning there was no immediate threat but he checked out the outer Camera. It showed one of the new mafia men, the ones Byron traded the pulse rifles for, firing at Alex, the man Director Snowe was so interested in. Eventually, the camera was clouded with smokescreen. He had to radio Director Snowe.

William&Sonia

William sat around, watching Sonia sleeping and sometimes mumbling something incoherent. He smiled until the radio beeped, "Alex Scalatti has found out about the Mafia - GP alliance."

William's eyes went wide, "Change the base alert to Defcon 2. A war may break out between New Manhattan and the Mafia-GP alliance..."

Great...just what I need. The Gauss Project barely has 100 combat ready soldiers while the New Manhattan city might as well have a thousand. We may have better soldiers but what's one soldiers life to ten New Manhattan soldiers? They could just strike back with a massive force.

He paused and then spoke again, "We only have one chance of winning. Get all the willing soldiers, build a Vertibird, build Chimera Tanks, and destroy the Lake Federation. I will oversee the war so you're going to have to oversee the Lake Federation war. Whatever happens, the GP will not fall."

[Cameron Garrod]

OOC: Yeah, I think you need to really flesh out your posts here Alex. You're barely teasing me with this two minute type-ups. Especially the part where you get through the horrors of Southern Manhattan in one sentence. After I catch up with these shot posts I'll post. And if you're in America you should watch the Eagles game.

[Del Arte]

OOC: Yeah, I think you need to really flesh out your posts here Alex. You're barely teasing me with this two minute type-ups. Especially the part where you get through the horrors of Southern Manhattan in one sentence. After I catch up with these shot posts I'll post. And if you're in America you should watch the Eagles game.

OOC: I kinda copied the book Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, it does not make much sense in the story, so I skipped it while making reference PS Vikings pwn the eagles

Alexander Scalatti

Bullets were whizzing by at lightining speed. The mafia assassin was trained in running and gunning, so he was running at full speed and firing off shots. Alex was running at full speed, hoping to hide in the massive darkness that was Reuters.

"Mark! Run off on that street! I will distract him!" Alex yelled. Mark took off left while Alex went right. The mafia assassin went after Alex. There was already commotion in the streets.

I know this city better than him.. thats it! I could use it to my advantage. Alex went off into a dark alley way and took another left into a darker alley way. The mafia assassin did not know that he took the second left.

"Come out wherever you are.... comeout you little [censored]!" Alex was hiding behind a dumpser.

"Hey fool, look here!" Mark said as he rounded the left. As the mafia man lunged at Mark, Alex jumped from behind the dumpster and stabbed the assassin.

"Put his body in the dumpster, they will NEVER find it," Alex said proudly. "Now, we go and tell the mayor."

[Ashley Clifft]

Frank Vercelotti

Can I not blow a fart in this city without something bad happening? Frank wondered to himself grimly as yellow lights flashed around him. Although he felt relatively secure, he instinctively pulled his pistol out, examining it if it were ready for action.

He began for the exit when one of the Gauss Project soldiers passed by him.

"What's the word?" Frank asked the soldier.

"Some guy called Alex has been found on ground level. One of your men broke out to capture him." he responded monotonously, before carrying on with his duty.

Must be the owner of that casino. Scallati, you bastard. You have to poke your head in everything, don't you? Frank contemplated, gritting his teeth, and clambering out of the manhole onto the surface. It was relatively quiet, as there was no buzzing, and flashing yellow light. Nothing but a gentle breeze, and a distant pvssyr in the fine morning sunlight.

Frank took a moment to take a deep breath. It's a good day, today. Rare. he thought to himself pleasantly, before reverting to his usual self, and began looking for traces for the man in question.

[alicia hillier]

OOC: Vikings all the way.
William&Sonia

William started to fade away into sleep as well, waiting to see if Byron and the army would destroy the Lake Federation or die trying.

Byron

Byron watched as the entire base, still on Defcon 2, on orders of the Director, went into mass production. He knew that the Vertibirds they were building were no longer the best. That title belonged to any remnants of the Enclave. But it would fit the need and just a couple Vertibirds and Chimera Tanks just might as well be enough to take out this "Lake Federation."

In three days, the largest war New Manhattan has ever seen will erupt.

He turned to the ambassador of foreign affairs, which was formed just a day ago because of the possibility of the alliance. "Tell the mafia this...a war is brewing."

[Jacob Phillips]

OOC: The Lake Federation does NOT control New Manhattan as of yet.

Alexander Scalatti

"Mark, wait for me the CAPone casino, I have some buisness to take care of." Alex said as he began to walk away. "Sure thing boss," Alex began to walk into Central Square, and onto a small side street. He entered the apartment block that he lived in. He went to the tenth and final floor and he unlocked his penthouse.

"Hey Alex," Ann said in a cheerful tone. "Ann, head for Laketon in the Lake Federation hell is about to unfold." "What?!" "The mayor will declare war on the mafia and on the Gauss Project, and I will have started it! Everyone will want my head, its best for you to leave."

Ann's face welled with tears, "But..." "Ann, do as I say, I dont want to lose another family member, please, pack up and leave, go to the Lake Federation, if I survive, I WILL come for you. "

Ann began to sob as she started to pack things. "Ann, I love you," Alex said with a slight sadness as he left the penthouse.

Alex took a radio from his briefcase, "Mark, meet me at the Town Hall," "Alright boss!" "By the way, bring Vlad to,"

After about ten minutes, Alex reached the Town Hall with Mark and Vlad. It was a magnificant building and a pre-war one as well. Alex took an elevator and reached the mayor's office. Alex was respected so the guards did not even peep.

"Fred!" Alex yelled as he entered the office, "Hey Alex my friend!" "Fred! This is not time for [censored]! The Gauss Project and the [censored] mafia are going to declare war on you!"

"[censored]!" Fred yelled. Fred picked up a radio, "SEND EVERYONE to the mafia building! Burn it to the [censored] GROUND!!"

Alex lamented, "Dude, what the hell! Calm down!"

[Jack Walker]

OOC: But the Lake Federation has the Plasma Lamp. BTW, this part is taking place at the exact same time you're side is.
William&Sonia

William awoke to the sound of the radio beeping. He groaned and took the call. It was one of the commanders and his voice was anxious.

"Sir, leave now! The base is on DEFCON 1. I repeat, the base is on DEFCON 1. We're already deploying troops to the Lake Federation and even started construction on possible rocket technology."

William's mind panicked and he shook Sonia awake. She looked around and smiled at William. "Come on, we've got a big day tomorrow," She said, with a tired voice. He half yelled at her, "Shut up and get packed. We are leaving!"

Sonia was taken back, William had never used that tone of voice to her, ever. "What...what's wrong?" He kept packing up the clothing and radioed the mercenaries. He turned to his girlfriend. "We've got about 4 hours until the New Manhattan Mafia is burnt to the ground and our entire way of life is destroyed!"

She scrambled as well and the two started to leave. The city of New Manhattan seemed calm enough except for the large Pre-War City Hall building. The two quickly moved to the nearest Pre-War sewer station and got back in the entrance tunnels. William, out of breath, radioed the commanders, with their robots prepped. "Send all Securitrons to the New Manhattan Mafia HQ."

The three commanders could be heard discussing this turn of events and then one finally spoke. "Sir, that's almost 600 robots that you want to sacrifice. The remaining 400 are either deployed to the Lake Federation or guarding our base. Do you wish to go through with this sir?"

William paused and thought for a minute.

The New Manhattan Mafia is our greatest of assets. If I sacrifice the alliance...the GP will fall soon after. Plasma Lamp or not.

"I'm positive. We have to protect the Mafia until we either get the Plasma Lamp or successfully create rockets."

[herrade]

Frank Vercelotti

Adjusting his suit, Frank headed for the nearest alley way. After several minutes of searching the narrow alley ways he finally came upon one of his own men haphazardly thrusted into a dumpster with one leg hanging out.

Yea, it must have been Alex Frank thought to himself bitterly. I let that [censored] live, I let his [censored] of a wife live, and now he kills my men? he continued contemplating, pulling his man out of the dumpster and laying him on the ground, shutting his eyes. Frank noticed the man had a deep gash in his back. The son of a [censored] stabs in the back Frank concluded with disgust.

Brimming with inconsolable rage, Frank headed for the CAPone casino, arriving nearly half an hour later only to find it empty. "[censored] this!" Frank swore loudly, in the middle of Central Square. Fuming, he headed back to the base of the GP, to make a status report. They should give me a damn radio or something. he thought.

[Tikarma Vodicka-McPherson]

OOC: Holy Assassin, is Frank still in Central Square? The mayor is going to make a speech.

Alexander Scalatti

"Alex, "Fred, the mayor, said. "I will declare war now, um.... watch my speech from your penthouse."

Alex entered his penthouse and was shocked to find out that Ann was still there. "Ann?!? What are you doing here?" "I am not leaving." "Why?!" "We have been through so much together, I know that we can survive this."

"But Ann, war will break out, people will die," "Like that hasn't happened before? Remember the vault?!" Thoughts raced through Alex's mind about his childhood in the vault. Ann is right! "Alright..stay," Ann leaped with joy. As they hugged, a deep voice blared below in Central Square.

"Hello New Manhattan! It is me, your mayor. As you may know, there have been many, problems, recently. One of which is the mafia murdering and killing at will. Now, I have evidence to prove that they want to kill ME!" The entire crowd buzzed.

"And so, I declare war on the mafia! Anyone who brings a mafia head will be granted 3000 CAPS! However, there is even better news. Some sort of shadowy group calling themselves the "gauss project" or whatever also is declaring war on me and the Lake Federation!"

The entire crowd laughed.

"If you bring me one of thier heads, I will.... I will.... give you rewards beyond your wildest imagination.."

The entire crowd was in uproar.

"Now! Follow my soldiers and burn the Mafia down to the ground!!!!"

"Hooah!" The entire crowd began racing toward the mafia building, all had torches in their hands.

Alex lamented "What the [censored]! He is using civilians!?! They will be cut down like cheddar!"

"Ann, I need to go there now!" Ann nodded.

Alex took out his radio, "Vlad, Mark, Paul, meet me at the mafia HQ in Evergreen," "YES SIR!"

[Matt Fletcher]

Byron

"Sir, we've got the report. Director Snowe wants us to move 600 Securitrons to the mafia HQ."

Byron was shocked by the turn of events. He always thought that the Gauss Project wouldn't engage in total war until the Plasma Lamp and rocket technology has been obtained. Byron sighed. "If it's a war that [censored] mayor wants, it's a war he'll get. Send in the Securitrons."

The order echoed throughout the facility. Even in the underground base, the employees and their families found out. Everybody within the GP facility knew about the war.

By order, Byron oversaw the war. Being so close to the New Manhattan city, the 600 Securitrons and the repair engineers serving as medics marched/rolled onwards on top of the Brooklyn bridge. Each Securitron MK 1.5 displaying the GP logo on their TV screens. Byron watched from an APC carrying the commanders of the war as the Securitrons marched onwards to the Mafia building.

Byron took out a large megaphone and shouted at the oncoming civilians with the soldiers in front. "PEOPLE OF NEW MANHATTAN, MY SECURITRON ARMY IS ADVANCING ON YOUR CITY! ABANDON YOUR HOMES AND ABANDON ALL HOPE!"

William&Sonia

The pair was ready to leave to the Lake Federation outpost when they heard the megaphone broadcoast. Sonia nearly fell back and William was dumbfounded. "The attack has started. We need to take off now!"

The two got into V-1, their personal Vertibird, and took off to the Lake Federation. The change was astounding as Byron and William had switched places within a single hour. Sonia grabbed onto William the moment they took off and refused to let go. "Is it going to be okay?" She asked like a frightened girl.

"Once we wipe out the Lake Federation, we will become the most powerful entity of all of the North East Coast."

He pulled out the radio and transmitted a single message to the base, which was pretty quiet since nearly all the soldiers left and many of the workers left to help the battle at the Lake Federation or New Manhattan. "Send the New Manhattan Mafia my regards...and 100 of the new Gauss Cannons. Just...make sure that it can blow a tank in half. I don't care any more about secrecy.

[Dorian Cozens]

OOC: This post will ber about the first stages of the battle with the GP, I will rp as a random soldier for a bit.

New Manhattan Soldier

"Move it ladies! Move it!" The entire city was buzzing. Soldiers armed to the teeth were heading to Reuters way where a huge robot army was massing. I hope I will survive this, a soldier thought. His platoon was running at full speed.

As they neared Reuters Way, they saw just how big the army was. About 600 Securitrons were on the Brooklyn Bridge ready to fight. They would however, have to fight through hell. The New Manhattan Army was one of the best in the wasteland. They were armed with rocket launchers and some crazy rifles.

"PEOPLE OF NEW MANHATTAN, MY SECURITRON ARMY IS ADVANCING ON YOUR CITY! ABANDON YOUR HOMES AND ABANDON ALL HOPE!"

"Yeah right!" A soldier hinding behind a sandbag yelled.

The front line of the robots advanced.

"Soldiers! Friends! Stand your ground! FIght for glory! For honor! And Wipe those robot [censored]s from the earth! For New Manhattan!!!!!!!" The officer of the main defence battalian had given a rousing speech.

"Wait for it...wait for it.....wait for it... FIRE!!!!"

Every single one of the New Manhttan soldiers began to fire. Rockets wizzed by. Snipers shot their rifles, bullets were fired. They had to hold the line, the gate was only 50 Feet behind them.

Several of the robots began to fall down. They had immense firepower, but were sitting ducks to the anti-material rifles and the rocket launchers.


Alexander Scalatti

Alarms were sounding all over the city. He began to run towards the New Manhattan mafia buidling, which was right infront of the main city gate. A huge mob was fast approaching.

Alex could hear the gunfire just beyond the city gate.

[Vicki Gunn]

Byron

When the word went through that Director Snowe was successfully evacuated, Byron had free reign to do whatever he wanted. He was, yes, worried as the first line of Securitrons, about ten or fifteen, were so easily taken out. Usually, ten or fifteen was enough to conquer a small town.

He spoke through the megaphone,slightly irritated. "YOU ARE GOING TO FIGHT? THEN YOU WILL DIE!" He ordered the head robotics engineer, the person responsible for controlling the 600 Securitrons, to use the MK 1.9 Engine.

"Sir...1.9 is very hard without the correct disk drive. We haven't gotten the disk yet! It's installed onto their hard drive but it's only there for emergencies!"

Byron paused for a moment and then spoke again. "What does the 1.9 engine do?"

"Well sir, it activates a minor pulse field, capable of softening a 5mm round to the point of barely any damage. It will have trouble with more high caliber bullets and will cause severe damage but nothing as severe as it is now. It's the closest we can get to MK 2 without the disk."

"Do it..."

With a press of a button, the securitrons flashed green on their screens for a bit and then turned back to normal. A very small change was a small aura like field like a Glowing One Ghoul spewing radiation on the Securitrons. Byron once again whispered to the robotics engineer. "Why are you holding back on multi-rocket launcher?"

"Well the Director is very close sir, and we don't have any more firepower once those rockets run out."

"...shoot the rockets."

The shoulder mounted rocket chamber opened up, and was primed to fire.

[CORY]

New Manhattan

"What the hell!! Our bullets are hardly doing damage anymore!!!" Several soldiers had noticed the forcefield around the robotic army. The officer was being forced into a corner.

"CEASE FIRING!!!"

The front line grew silent. "Uh.. sirr.. what the [censored] is that!?!?" One soldier said to another. "Its a [censored]..... ROCKET LAUNCHER!!! FIRE FIRE FIRE!!!" The soldiers began to fire with all that they had. The officer was furious, he did not order the soldiers to start firing again. "What the [censored] soldier!" The officer shot the soldier who gave the command in the head.

"Keep firing soldiers! Aim for the rocket launcher!"

Meanwhile...

The mob had lit their torches and were ready to torch the mafia building. Several mafia assassins began to fire down into the mob.

[IsAiah AkA figgy]

Byron

"Advance!!!"

Byron's Securitron army moved forward and the rockets fired, wiping out the sandbags and killing or wounding many soldiers. The securitrons advanced forward, crushing all resistance with the new 1.9 engine installed. Many robots did end up taking serious damage, enough to be unable to fire weapons. Those who were disabled were being repaired on by the engineers.

The Securitron army, now numbering at about 400 combat ready machines, fired straight into the crowd of people with torches. Byron and his commanders put on gas masks and proceeded on foot, executing any living soldiers they saw. The APC, using its .50 BMG machine gun, laid down covering fire, not doing much however, as the robots were already very close to the objective.

[x_JeNnY_x]

Alexander Scalatti

"3-2-1!!! Torch!!!" The crowd was ready to torch the building. The mafia men inside knew that they were going to die. Suddenly, a HUGE explosion rocked the gate. Hundreds of robots poured in and began to fire.

The crowd was dropping like flies. I need to get to cover...... Alex felt something enter his body. As he looked down, he saw that he was bleeding profusly. [censored], i'm shot! Alex fell to the ground and was a daze. People were dropping all around him. Thoughts raced in his mind, about his wife, the vault, the city, his merc group. Alex was very weak, but managed to crawl over behind a small piece of rubble. Alex the reached into his suit and pulled out a pistol and began to fire, for whatever thats worth.

Apparently, someone managed to get a torch out because part of the mafia HQ was in flames. As Alex turned his head, he saw a beam fly past. He noticed about 100 Soldiers rounding the curve. They were New Manhattan best. They were wearing TB-51 Power Armor and were armed with plasma and laser weaponry. They were all former Enclave or BOS soldiers.

They took position in a building and began to rain hell on the GP. Another several hundred NM soldiers also rounded the corner, the counter assult had begun.

Several robots returned fire and killed several of the normal troopers. Then, several robots began to roll toward Alex, who was covered in blood.

"GP! THIS IS SECURITRON NUMBER 320. WE HAVE ALEXANDER SCALATTI!" The robots were talking via radio to the GP leaders. However, Alex was famous in New Manhattan. A squad of Power-Armor Soldiers charged and took out three securitrons, they picked Alex up but many other securitrons were approaching.

[Ellie English]

Byron

"GP! THIS IS SECURITRON NUMBER 320. WE HAVE ALEXANDER SCALATTI!"

Byron smiled until the head engineer told him what was going on. The special forces of the New Manhattan army was advancing close. Much of the New Manhattan Mafia building was on a very shaky foundation.

Back on the battlefield, many of the special forces squad was being cut down but at a rate of 10 Securitrons per one man. The army, which was once 600 strong, was now 300 combat ready troops, 100 unrepairable ones, and 200 repairable ones.

As the special forces took Alex once again, a third of the securitrons cut down all of the troops. The power armor became scrap in no time and much of it was put inside the storage container in the Securitrons for anolysis and reverse engineering. Many started to fall back as the remaining securitrons, now completely integrated with the MK 1.9 engine, rampaged through the regular troops and killed a very decent sum of the special forces.

Byron had won the battle but nowhere near the war. Unless they perfect the rockets and get the Plasma Lamp in time, the GP was to fall.

When most of the troops fell back, Byron was to round up all prisoners and execute them accordingly. But something caught his eye. Alex Scalatti, the man who managed to avoid the Gauss Project twice, was in front of him.

Smugly, Byron approached him and laughed. "The infamous Alexander Scalatti, captured like the dog you are. The Director may have spared you for whatever reason, but I will do no such favors." He motioned to the Securitrons, "Take him to the forward base."

William&Sonia

Sonia awoke to another alert. Drowsy and overall tired, she picked up the radio. "Sonia here."

"Ms. Marx, please get Director Snowe on the line!"

"My dear William is asleep. Sorry!"

The contact paused and then continued. "Well when he awakes, tell him the battle has been won but a counter attack is inevitable."

She gave a concerned okay and turned the radio off. When the Vertibird stopped, William awoke to the bumpy landing. He groaned and Sonia told him the message. William wasn't worried...much. He got off the Vertibird and what he saw was spectacular.

A ring of about 30 Chimera Tanks was advancing on the massive Lake Federation, all supported by the 100 combat ready troops and again supported by the aerial Vertibirds. The faraway outposts were wiped out in seconds while the more well defended outposts were lit on fire by the immense rain of missiles and blue laser beams.

"Damn...they got here fast." William commented before the other commander in charge greeted him. "It's as simple as contacting the remote base of the GP near the federation and ordering a couple C-130s to be placed here. Many people are favoring us, including the remnants of the Brotherhood in that area."

"Of course. Now do we have the Plasma Lamp yet?"

The commander shook his head, "No sir, they are putting up quite a fight..." he paused, "took out THREE Chimera Tanks!" He said, making a joke. William chuckled with Sonia clinging to him.

"Is that your girl?" The commander asked with a sly look on his face.

"Yes...yes she is. We're on the 'dating' phase."

Both chuckled a little and watched as the missile run wiped out yet another outpost. Neither could wait until they hit the actual Federation. The battle of a lifetime would be upon them.

[Brian Newman]

OOC: The Lake Federation controls ALL of Michigan, much of Wisconsin, and the Tornonto Penninsula, they are not easy to fight, The best you could do it to take the lamp, you cannot destory the Lake Federation, as their army is just too big.

Lake Federation

"Sir," "What?" "I think that you will want to see this,"

The general took a look on the screen. "[censored]! What the [censored]! Vertibirds? Chimera Tanks? Is this the [censored] Enclave States of China?!?! "No sir, its the Gauss Project, some sort of shadowy organization, they have already taken out 4 outposts and one is under heavy assult."

The general took a look at the major, "We are the LAKE FEDERATION! We wont let some sort of [censored] organization do this to US! I want every damn howitzer, rocket launcher, and every single mother-[censored] soldier on the way now!"

"Yes sir!"

Meanwhile..... in Ohio.

"FIRE!!!!" 100 Howitzers let loose their guns. Thousands of soldiers ran through the trenches. The on-coming army looked small compared to the massive Lake Federation Army. "Soldiers, just because they have [censored] tanks does not mean that they can win! They have underestimated us! We have 8000 men here! They have like what, 30 tanks and 100 troops?!?! Kill them ALL!"

"Hooah!!"


Vertibirds flew overhead. One soldier let lose his rocket. It hit the vertibird right in the center, it burst into flames and fell down into the earth.

Alexander Scalatti

Alex was in a daze. As far as he could tell, he was in GP captivity. Ann, i'm sorry..

[Colton Idonthavealastna]

William&Sonia

"Sir, we've got a pretty big problem."

William gestured for him to go on.

"We...uh...found out that this is simply the place the plasma lamp is. The actual Lake Federation is massive and the nuclear option is out because of the simple fact that the rockets aren't done yet."

William thought for a minute from the new information and then sighed. "Alright, kill everyone in this encampment and take the lamp. Then we'll pull out."

He turned to the mass of soldiers and with a mike and speakers, he yelled out a command. "All Chimera Tanks and all Vertibirds, FIRE MISSILES!"

They did. The mass of missiles flew towards the howitzers and soldiers.

[Karen anwyn Green]

OOC: Since I can't keep up with you guys' posts, I'm going to just further my plot and hope its not interfering with anyone else's.

Evander Jamison

Evander had finished the last knots on his boots, now fully equipped with armor, equipment, and a sidearm and flak jacket from the armory. He'd killed a couple men to get to where he was, and he still hadn't found Alex yet. He exited the armory room via card swipe and navigated is way through the complex tunnels and out towards what seemed to be the exit. It apparently was because a large number of guards were standing in the way. It seemed they were trying to block him from escaping, but thankfully he had the same armor and effects, so he blended in. He walked through the crowed, keeping a low profile and not really trying to address anyone. He did say what he was planning on doing however.

"Byron gave me leave to go after the escaped convicts. He also told me to tell two of you to head back into base and find that Jamison guy." After that he trotted off towards the main exit, hoping it would lead him somewhere safe.

[Pete Schmitzer]

OOC: Thanks AntIv3

Lake Federation

The hill was in flames. The veritbirds landed and entered Detroit. They executed everyone in the factory and took the lamp.

Alexander Scalatti

Alex had lost a lot of blood, he was not sure if he would live to see another day. Ann, I promised I would be back, I'm sorry Alex thought. His actions had probably wrecked her life forever. It was tough for a woman to survive in the wastes, especially without a strong male to help her. He was being carried by some securittrons.

As far as Alex could tell, they were outside of New Manhattan. Did the GP lose? Alex looked around and saw many securitrons that were damaged and hardly combat ready, they had taken a beating.

Alex looked over and saw the New Manhattan flag being raised over the gate once more. The GP was suppossed to resuce the mafia, and they did, but it was a massive phyric victory.

[danni Marchant]

Byron

"Alexander Scalatti...the infamous man who avoided our great Director and the Gauss Project..."

Byron chuckled deeply. "And now you're in our forward base. But I doubt you'll be executed. Such a wanted man like yourself...your fate is in the hands of Director Snowe."

William&Sonia

"Sir we've got the lamp."

William smiled. "Good, now rig this area and place a camera here. Any Lake Federation people coming here will die."

As the people finished up, William and Sonia left first. Surprisingly, most of the casualties were the Vertibird pilots and Chimera Tank drivers. No soldiers died as the Federation was focusing too much on the vehicles. But still, many Chimera Tanks were lost, hurting the infrastructure of the GP facility.

Sonia started to fall asleep and as William was looking out the porthole on the Vertibird, his radio rang. It was Byron.

"Director Snowe, we've saved the New Manhattan Mafia, how are things on your end sir?"

"We've got the lamp. It's coming to you on a convoy of 3 Vertibirds. Once we integrate it into our new light weight Gauss Rifles, tanks, Vertibirds, and our base itself, we will become the most powerful entity in New Manhattan."

Byron paused and a scuffle could be heard. "Sir, we've got Alexander Scalatti..."

William chuckled and turned off the radio. The convoy touched down and a slew of engineers brought the lamp to the GP underground base. The engineers got to work immediately, reverse engineering it. The couple headed to New Manhattan to see much of the Brooklyn Bridge area of the city destroyed and run down.

Byron saluted him, "Sir!"

William waved his hand to ease him and headed to the forward base camp. There, he saw two Securitrons guarding Alex. "Alex my boy, you're alive! Again, I will let you live. Why? Well you're an excellent fighter for one but also...you are the only person the mayor trusts to speak to him that I know of..."

William paused again and showed him a prototype of the Plasma Lamp. "We wiped out the GM factory and got the lamp. New Manhattan will fall within 3 weeks if we choose so."

[Kristian Perez]

Alexander Scalatti

"Well, we meet again." Alex coughed up some blood. Alex steadied himself and looked at the lamp, hot damn, that thing is powerful, that could destory the entire Lake Federation!

"By the way, you cant take New Manhattan, if you do, by golly, you will have the Institute and Liberty Lost breathing down your neck." Alex paused and took a deep breath, "You may have won the battle and rescued the mafia, but you wont win this war, the Institue has [censored] androids, and Liberty Lost has bases all over the North Eastern Sea-board.

Alex glared at William, "And yes, the mayor trusts me, infact, we were friends in the vault, he trusts me with his life. You will not get me to betray him, even if you torture me."

"And no, I wont tell you where my vault is."

[Evaa]

William&Sonia

"Sir, we've got it!"

William turned around to see Byron's scout panting. "We've finally made our first rocket. It's still a prototype but it can reach from the Empire State Building all the way to the Lake Federation with decent accuracy. We've estimated our first true rocket in 3 weeks. But the scientists want you to help them and oversee the project."

"Alright, Sonia, you stay here with Byron and Alex."

William left again and left his girlfriend stranded. Sonia turned to Alex. "Hi...um...I have to apologize about my boyfriend's harsh nature. He's hellbent on making the Gauss Project perfect. But he's really nice to me."

[Chelsea Head]

Alexander Scalatti

Alex looked at Sonia, "I can relate, there have been times where I have been hellbent on getting something done," Alex coughed some up more blood, "But why do you want me to oversee the project? I have no scientific experience, my buddy Vladimir does, hell, he flew a plane from Siberia to Adams AFB! But why me? The best I could do is my ability to repair Energy Weapons!"

"Yes, I am from a vault, and I was choosen to be a mechanic, repairing all the stuff in the vault, but that dies not qualify me to oversee a [censored] nuke project!"
Alex looked down to the ground, "Sorry, I am just, well, frightened by the recent events, so many people will die."