Scenario 3 – The Entrusted Back

第3話 預けられた背中
Scenario 3: The entrusted Back

Ozma decides to set up a training exercise with the group (a good excuse to learn the tag system), but Alto has some issues with being paired with Sousuke…

	Alto
	Commander,why would you pair a ground-type Arm Slave with a VF-25? This combination isn’t efficient at all!
	Mao
	That’s a good point. I’ll let Luca handle this one.
	Luca
	It’s true that the aerial VF-25 can’t show its true potential on the ground…
	Hibiki
	(I see, fighting on terrain your robot isn’t adapted to can be dangerous…)
	Luca
	..but Alto-senpai, you could transform your Valkyrie into Battloid mode to increase its efficiency on land!

Ouch!

	Alto
	That’s not the point! It’s just not right!
	Ozma
	Good point Alto. But any good pilot should be able to adapt to the situation.

Admit it Ozma…maybe you’re just not very good at SRW?

	Alto
	Damn it!
	Sousuke
	Uruz 7, acknowledged.
	Klan
	Poor Alto…looks like he can’t get along with this Uruz 7 guy at all…
	Michel
	It’s his problem. I can’t imagine why he’d be so frustrated with that Sousuke guy.
	Michel
	(He’s pretty inflexible once he’s made up his mind, as usual.)

SR Point – Use a Maximum Break.

These target dummies are super weak so just steamroll em with your teams.

Basically to use Maximum Break, you need Maximum Tag Tension for a tag unit. To get a level you need 2 kills for that team, or a level up. In Klan’s/Michel’s case, they already got maximum level by killing the tag AND levelling up in single attack.

End of Turn 1, 8 kills so far, would’ve been 9 but damn Alto missed!

The dummies move in, but don’t attack.

	Alto
	…I can’t believe I gotta team up with this guy.
	Sousuke
	If you talk about useless things during combat, you’ll die.
	Alto
	We’re not going to die in a freakin’ training exercise!
	Sousuke
	Someone who doesn’t do their best in training, isn’t giving their all on the battlefield.
	Alto
	So it’s like that, huh?! Well then. I’ll show you everything I’ve got!

No, that’s not Alto frying Sousuke in a giant fireball.

At full Tag Tension you can also do a Tag Command. You get 4 options, which give you a bonus if you defeat an enemy on your next attack. These are, Multi-action (extra turn), bonus PP, extra Z chips, or recharge SP.

Using the Extra turn command, Alto and Sousuke zoom around nabbing the last 4 enemies.

So some real bad guys show up now?

	Mao
	Dammit, they caught us out of formation!
	Sousuke
	I’ll crush you!
	Alto
	I got your back!

Sousuke and Alto spring into action, using the SRW power of friendship ™ to take out one of the teams automatically.

These guys take slightly more effort to kill.

From here it’s just cleanup.

	Alto
	Even if you don’t say it, I know what you’re thinking.
	Sousuke
	Really…
	Alto
	Let’s go Sousuke! We’re taking them down!

As I’ve found out, Tag Command is pretty spammable, as long as you can time a level up with a killing a tag unit, you can chain several Mult-Actions together. Alto and Sousuke go on a rampage, taking out 6 guys by themselves.

Would’ve finished it on this turn, but noooo, another fucking miss on the map ending attack (80%+ no less)!

Back at the safehouse, Mao, Kurz and Sousuke are listening in on Kaname’s phone calls. She mentions to Kyoko that while Sousuke is kinda weird, at the same time he’s ‘interesting’. Sousuke is rather surprised at how different Kaname is at home than at school and is rather relieved that she doesn’t hate him.