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Vicious beatdowns for all! Little TSAB Flags for some!

Impressions:

This episode was amazing. If there’s anything the first two seasons lack, it’s intrigue, mysteries, and… well… plot movement, and this episode gave us all three in spades. I’m sure we’ll have a cooldown episode or two after it, but my gods, Riot 6 is totally torched, Subaru and Ginga are cyborgs like the Numbers, and we still haven’t seen the Einherjar deployed yet. I am so looking forward to how they wrap things up going into the final stretch.

As always caps updated tomorrow (or whenever a better raw appears). Also, I’ll be uploading a couple videos of at least Subaru going insane and Erio’s fight, so check back in a couple hours for that. Everything’s up that’ll be up.

First Contact: Numbers Vs Cadets

Berserker Mode Subaru

The Final Defenders of Riot 6
 

Summary:

During the intro, we learn that there are twelve total numbers (11 deployed), and the two objectives are to take out the two facilities they’re attacking and capture the Emperor, with the secondary mission of capturing the Type-0.

Once the episode proper starts, we see Vita and Zest fighting. Vita notices that Zest and Agito’s unison isn’t as powerful as their’s, but they’re very powerful and experienced, so Vita doesn’t have much of an advantage. Zest needs to finish it off quickly though, so tells Agito to use their Full Drive. Agito refuses at first, saying that it’ll cut his life, but then relents and powers up.

Over with the cadets, Nove (on a wing road no less) and Wendy (Uendi?) are having problems fighting Erio and Teana because of Tea’s illusions. Caro is basically feeding magic to Teana nonstop to keep it going. Subaru and Erio manage to get the drop on them thanks to the distraction and Erio uses a Thunder Rage to blast all the drones and Wendy while Subaru knocks down Erio. They then scatter with the illusions also acting as decoys. Cinque calls in to say that she’s met up with another Type-0 and needs help… the Type-0 is Ginga.

Schach meets up with the Aces and explains that they’ve forced the main doors open. The cadets meet up with the Aces and hand off Raging Heart and Bardiche, but Subaru suddenly realizes that she’s lost contact with Ginga. They decide to split up. The Lightnings are to head back to Riot-6 HQ, which is now formally under attack, while the Stars are to find Ginga and secure the area.

Riot-6 is torched. Zafira and Shamal are the only people left while another Number (Otto) stands over them. She uses her Ray Storm to attack, while Shamal blocks. Zafira tries to attack, but another number (Diddo) slams him back down. Otto prepares to attack and Hayate suddenly senses that something happened to them.

The non-combatants of Riot-6 are huddled in an area, protected by sniper Vice, who is shooting down drones from long range as they approach.

Team Lightning is flying to Riot-6 when they’re suddenly attacked by Trei and Sette. Fate blocks the attack and orders her cadets to head to HQ. Erio realizes that they’re stuck on Fried, so can’t fight in the air, and takes off. Fate transforms Bardiche to the Zanber form and gets ready to fight.

Returning to Vita and Zest, he suddenly senses new combatants coming. Rein confirms that Signum is on the way. Zest is ready to retreat, but Agito wants to attack Rein. Vita sees Agito’s attack forming and flies to stop her, but Zest gets in the way and destroys Eisen. As Vita crashes into the ground, Agito is flipping out, and Rein is completely knocked out. Signum arrives to guard them, but the other two are already gone.

The Stars are en route to Ginga’s last position. Subaru gets there first and finds three numbers standing over a bloody and decimated Ginga, about to load her into the container. With a beep, Subaru’s eyes turn yellow, and then glow while she releases a huge burst of energy.

On the flip side, Subaru demands they give Ginga back while chargings about 5 cartridges. She rushes forward, breaking her roller blades in the process. Nove starts shooting at her, but Subaru just shrugs it off and slams Nove back. Wendy gets on her surfboard/crossbow thing, and Cinque confronts Subaru. She uses her exploding knives to keep Subaru from moving while the others take off.

Subaru starts beating relentlessly on Cinque’s shield until she destroys it and tries to follow. Cinque had more knives hidden in the air that almost get Subaru, but she puts up a shield just in time. Unfortunately, she didn’t block all of them and her arm is torn open, showing machinery underneath. Subaru keeps coming, but Sei leaps up and uses her phasing to take Cinque out safely. Mach Calibur finally stops working from all the damage and Subaru collapses as her eyes revert and Nanoha and Teana arrive.

Back at Riot-6, Vice is exhausted. As Lutecia appears, he has a flashback to a mission with a hostage. he took a shot… and suddenly sees an image of the girl again over Lutecia (assumably he missed and hit the hostage). She wastes no time and blasts him and the rest of the non-coms.

Erio and Caro are just now getting to Riot-6. They see Lutecia and crew about to take Vivio away when suddenly Erio remembers his past. He was an artificial human created in the image of  the son of a dead rich family. Eventually, he was taken away from his parents.

He loses it and changes Strada to it’s second form and rushes to attack in the air. Garyuu is there to fight him, but using Strada’s booster, he’s able to stay in the air. He attacks again, but Dido appears and sucker punches him while Caro and Fried are bound by Otto and plummet from the air.

Fate is at least holding her own in her battle though, and tries to interrogate them. They respond respectfully, and say that she’s like them and ask her to join their side. Fate says that she’s nothing like them, and tells them that Scaglietti’s actions are unforgiveable. They take off, saying that Fate can’t win.

Back at Riot-6, Uno is giving a final warning to the Riot-6 members that the drones are going to raze the building and kill all within. Caro loses it and summons Voltaire, who proceeds to torch every damn drone in the area.

Scaglietti appears on a broadcast to the gathered TSAB members and says that the attack today was the result of his group developing technology as it was meant to be developed even though others call it illegal. He says that he kept deaths to a minimum, and is prepared to take in those who wish to be. Carim says that the prophecy has now come to light, but Hayate says that Riot-6 ain’t out of it yet.