Session 68: Vim Brothers Forever

The session began with Silence stabilizing Jason from his critical wound before moving towards the next cart to gain full control. Rhy's reported that 10 enemy vehicles were about to make contact with the team, then he reported to Jimbob that 7 more were set to hit the players soon after, proposing a possible breakthrough allowing the newly returned Marauders to move to assist the players. The players opposed calling in the reinforcements, worried about the effect a daring maneuver like that would have on the defense of Norwood.

At the back of the train, Kenny drank a Vim Captain's Blend provided by Gug, giving him a boost of energy. He attacked Vex, but Vex's automatic evasion systems meant he dodged every attack. Kenny flanked behind Kutter, who parried the scientists' attacks alongside Robert.

Vex complained about the player stealing his "toys," saying he hoped they didn't mind him taking them back. He released a swarm of Eyebots that Silence identified as reinforced i frame bots, though he wasn't sure of where exactly this knowledge came from. Regardless, he knew they could counterhack the train cars the players had taken control of. Vex then unleashes a hail of mortar fire from across the train, including one from a turret Kenny is standing directly on top of, when Kenny tries to catch it, it instead hits the side of his powerfist, detonating directly on him, downing him. As the subsequent mortars rain down, Gug leaps on Kenny to protect him.

After the barrage ends, Kutter finally lands a glancing blow on Vex, who then skuttles away beneath the now deployed and moving railway cannon. Meanwhile, he thanks the players for creatively inspiring him with their "Gorilla Guerillas," and he unleashes a pack of cybernetic Gorillas and Tigers from one of the last of the rear cars, the door opening directly in front of Kenny, who's getting healed by Gug.

Meanwhile, Silence worked through the train, attempting to get control of the anti-air battery so they might be able to get some vertibird support. However, when he opened the door to train car 8 inside, he saw an entity unknown to him, that being the comatose form of He Who Burns, when he got inside a fluid was injected into the broken remain's and it awoke, casting a anti gravity spell lifting the nearest three train cars into the air along with throwing Silence into the ceiling.

To prevent the train from derailing, the exterior door for car 9 opened, and a super mutant Behemoth arm shot out, clamping down on the track with a claw not dissimilar to Kutter's power claw, pulling the cars down and keeping them from derailing.

Kutter gets hit by the anti-air battery, which now gained a line on him by virtue of the railway cannon rising in elevation. Undeterred, he tossed his C4 into the pen cart and detonated it, doing decent damage to the creatures in its radius while deafening all and ringing Kenny and Gug's bells. Kenny moved in to try to tame the animals, converting them to allies, but it was completely ineffective, as they were complete slaves to their master via their cybernetic implants. When it seemed the end was here for Kenny, Gug grabbed him and threw him to safety, being torn limb from limb in turn, giving his life for his Vim Brother. Kutter was determined to neutralize the beasts as a threat; he punched his hand through the floorboards and crushed the locking mechanism, severing the connection, sending the pen and the beasts inside, to eat the dust of the rest of the train.

Meanwhile, Silence had managed to grab hold of the terminal for He Who Burns's medical pod to inject sedatives, returning gravity to normal.

The battle was set to continue with more enemy vehicles coming, with Cecile being overwhelmed by their numbers despite wielding the train's main gun along with two secondary autocannons. But the train was set to soon overtake the maximum speed of the enemy vehicles soon leaving the outcome of the battle uncertain.