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Deep within Castle Wolfenstein, a fierce battle was waged between the Angelii and a horde of apparently Force Dead Cyborgs. Why the Sith would create such beings escaped Kaida, since being 'Force Dead' could potentially make them a threat. Presumably they had crude killswitches or something like that. Regardless, such intellectual musings were not relevant at this stage.
Being Force Dead meant that various direct applications of the Force simply did not work on them and their actions could not be sensed in advance via precognition, which made countering them more difficult. Likewise their heavy armour shielded the cyborgs from lightning, their speed and reaction time was significantly enhanced by their cybernetics. However...this did not mean that the Angelii's Sciia was ineffective against them. One only had to be a bit creative. Fortunately Eldorai Sciians specialised in elemental powers...
For now the Eldorai were on the defensive and might soon be outnumbered as the Cyborgs relentless advanced, unleashing salves of blaster fire from their heavy repeating blasters, along with grenades. Bolts of plasma seared through the air, difficult to deflect even for Kaida's lightsabre as she sank into the defensive stance of Soresu to bat bolts aside. One unlucky Angelii was taken out of the game as she clenched from an explosive wound and shrapnel when the Cyborgs began lobbing grenades.
Grabbing one of her battle sisters she hastened to cover. A look passed between her and one of the terramancers, Ynnead, and before long stone and rubble began to fall from above, while the ground was warped. Earth magic was a very fancy skill, and in this case it lent itself to forming barricades of stone that gave the Eldorai cover to hide behind.
Metal cables and rods were bent with Sciia from the ground then, wrapping around the firing stations and reinforcing them. This significantly impeded the cyborgs' advance, but suddenly some of them leapt into the air, for they were apparently equipped with jet wings. Spinning at high speeds, clinging to its blade, an automaton turned itself into a high-flying, high-speed buzzsaw of doom. Presumably if [member="HK-36"] had been here, he might have sued the 'borg for plagiarism since this was one of his signature moves!
Unfortunately for them, the Force enhanced aim and bolters of Angelii worked in their disfavour, though two made it through. A cry of pain was heard when one of the Eldorai got skewered. A biting cold set into the room as an icy wind swept through it, slamming into the cyborgs at high speed. Jumping into the air to meet them, she sent her lightsabre flying towards one. A cyborg knocked off course by the wind spread out its metal claws and attached them to a nearby wall, digging them in so that it could not be so easily dislodged. The blazing light of her yellow lightsabre sliced across its chest, destroying vital circuits, then a terramancer made a gesture with her hand and the wall the droid was trying to attach itself to caved in and collapsed. As the machine tried to get up out of the rubble, she took its head.
The kick from a nearby metal demon sent her tumbling to the ground and her helmet's visor cracked, but she rolled as its brought down its mighty mace, blocked the next strike with her blade, but the third made her armour crack and her lose her sabre, feeling like someone had hit her with a hammer. But before the 'borg could finish her off, one of her battle sisters stabbed it in the back, and she quickly manifested an ice spear, driving it through the metal demon with a speed and velocity equal to a rail gun shot.
Bolter fire roared as the remaining 'borgs tried to use the Eldorai's distraction to advance forward. Kaida breathed in, but looking around she got an idea. Hand signals were made to her battle sisters. Then she focused upon the ceiling above her, specifically on a water pipe. Metal bent and twisted beneath her grip, then it suddenly exploded and water flooded out, towards the 'borgs. Unlike with the Sith minions from earlier, the flood did not push them away because they used their metal claws to dig into the ground.
However, this temporarily immobilised them and it was then that the Angelii struck. For one, the water's temperature suddenly began to drop rapidly as it was driven to freezing point. Soon ice began to spread everywhere, wrapping around their limbs. At the same time the terramancers in the small unit exerted their control over magnetism to destroy the weapons of several 'borgs or make them fire on their brethren! After all, though the 'metal demons' were Force Dead, their weapons were not! Soon laser and plasma bolts were shooting everywhere, guns were exploding. As the borgs began to break free from the ice, fire swept towards the area around them.
Area of effect thermic lance-like blasts that could melt even metal. Giving the signal, Kaida took her place in the line and the Angelii charged. As was common for them once they closed in, the Angelii broke up into pairs. One carried a Taegis shield and either a Sarix or a Sarzmigar for close-up fighting; the other stood back, using bolt pistol and their Sciiac powers. While being covered by one of her battle sisters with shield and blade, Kaida channelled her willpower into harnessing her kindred element. Frost and droplets of water manifested on her gauntlet, her own body temperature dropped to an absurd level. Then she unleashed a powerful beam of ice, which acted as the psychic equivalent of a cryoban explosion, utilising all the moisture in the air. A moment later, her ice-covered gauntlet slammed into a frozen borg's skull. Rather than break her hand, the automaton shattered as if it were made of glass instead of durasteel when the punch hit home.
