WHEEE! It's... BATTLE REPORT TIME!

Gather round and make yourself comfortable for my latest BR, this time from the hit new PSP game from those crazy KONAMI pplz! YEAH!

Hacker takes a deep breath as World fades in, heart racing, body temperature normal, life signs registering at 130% of standard normal.  The air smells of dust and decay, or it would if it were real, but that's just how it senses.  These dives without [concentration lost.. thread resetting] dives without any barrier code gratingly real compared to the faint echoes that normally seep through the barrier programs.

Surroundings.Examine();.

A small rectangular room with a lone portal in one corner, a purple orb[ICON] floating opposite it next to the wall.

ORB[ICON]: Hacker's tool.  Self-modifying code that can alter the performance of Hacker drastically when loaded.  Autoruns uncontrollably, some damaged codes can cause stability problems.

Hacker takes another breath, heart rate returning to normal, body temperature slightly elevated, life signs registering at 130% of standard normal.  Underneath the layers of dust, the room appears robust.  Time for an equipment check.

Inventory includes 001: Pistol ver.3 with 12/34, 6/10 UpgR.cbx to next LV;

002: Laser_Pistol ver.1 with 8/92, 1/3 UpgR.cbx to next LV;

003: Bolt_Pistol ver.1 with 8/32, 0/3 UpgR.cbx to next LV;

005: Shotgun ver.1 with 8/44, 2/3 UpgR.cbx to next LV;

013: Frag_Grenade ver 1 with 1/10, 0/3 UpgR.cbx to next LV;

... standard printouts, scrolling past as green letters on top of the "reality" which Hacker sees.

Hacker takes another breath, heart rate normal, body temperature slightly elevated, life signs registering at 130% of standard normal.

With the pistol in hand, Hacker's confidence is full.  Approach the door and open it. Interceptor[BUGS] charges hacker, purple gas, chok1ng, gun firiNg randomly, Hacker falls baCkwards into fi4st room.  More startled thaN hurt, Hacker only notices the dying scrEam of the insec7oid monster as the sounds of tHe gun's Click of an em#ty clip registers aurally.  SomeThing feels wrong, thouGh.

Hacker takes a sh0rt bReath, hEart ratE elEvated, b0dy temPeratUr3 e13v@ted, l1fe sigNs registeriNg at 124% of st8nd@rd no4mal 4nd dr0pp!ng. D1agn0sis: vira! 1nf_cti0N.  Hacker w0ul%d cu4s3, bUt h@s n0 vo1c3.  Stumbling backWarDS, into the ORB, wh1ch autoloads oVeR the c0rrUpT!on, but not corrEktl33..  The vagUelY female vo1ce of the androgyn0u2 syStEM cu7z th40u_GgH the n0!!Se.

"Level corruption detected.  Level format shall proceed in three minutes."

And @t 7he s@me t1me, the h[]aR5e wh1sper 0F_7173 ORB's c0de.

"Level hack completed.  Invisibility[monster detection stack autopop system level thread spoofed successfully].. last for th1rty[Ggggzzzzt!] before being flushed by OS."

Hacker cOughs, heAr7 r@c!!n6, BoD77 TeMper$tu4_ 3lev__tE6,  liF3 s1gNNz rEgi5ssteRING-g-g-g-g-1-1-7-%-%-%-%-%dr0PPinngg. D!aGGNoSi5: ser1Ou55 v1Ra1 !nf3ctt-i0-00-n.  Trying to brEathe stEAdily, to coNcentraTe.. the haZe of noiSe diminishes sliGhtly, and suddenly, numbers cut throuGh Hacker's consciousness like a hot knife throUgh butter. "Time Remaining.. two minutes.. forty five seconds.." Hacker blinks, the audio interruPtion joined by an addition to the HUD.

Hacker lunges for the door and runs down the small twisty hallway into the next room (Time Remaining.. two minutes.. thirty five seconds..), which seems abanDoned at first glance, until the door closes and locks, making Hacker startle as another burst of noise grates through mind like shredder against cheese... at least this one without any sensation of pain. "SYSTEM EROOGH, CLEAR ROooooggg" the noises come from the internal net' uplink, distorted and murky through the corruption of the virus.

Hacker turns around, golden showers of light spilling out from spherical points before several of an unusual monster, Little Bomber[BUGS] appear in the cornErs of the square space. 

Hacker stares for a few moments at the oDD orange creatures, who mill about aimlessly in the (to them) empTy room, hEart raTe eLevated, body tempErature ElevAted, lifE signs registerinG at 110% of stanDard NoRMal and droPPinG.  Diagnosis: serious viRal infection.  "Time remaining to level format, two minutes, twenty five seconds."

.... a long battle ensues.  Too long.  With the loss of Hacker's invisibility ten seconds into combat, the monsters cease their pacing and begin swarming all over Hacker, who defends and dodges successfully, but slowly.  More ORBs, Damage Override.. Infinite Ammo.. But this one too late, both the Pistol and the Laser_Pistol, the two weapons semi-effective against the Bugs, both empty.  "Time remaining to level format, thirty five seconds."  The final enemy falls, but several more of the precious time units slip away while the doors register this and auto-unlock.

Hacker is panting now, cut and scraped, dripping data from several deep wounds, heart racing, body temperature elevated, life signs registering 35% of standard normal and dropping.  Diagnosis: viRal infecTion[remissing].  Runs as fast as possible for the door "Time remaining to level format, twenty five seconds." and down a long hallway, too long "Time remaining to level format," door at the other end opening.. a room, full of bugs, but the exit is visible on a high platform on the opposite side, an elevator!  Hacker races into the room.

Hacker is running, the Interceptors attacking".. fifteen seconds.", several scratches solidly hit Hacker, who leapfrogs the last Interceptor and collapses on the elevator, which slowly moves up..

"Time remaining to level format, five seconds.  All users please disconnect and save your work.."

Hacker collapses on the platform, inches away from the glowing blue pillar of salvation, reaching...!

CARRIER LOST