An incredibly dangerous anarchist/terrisrist/etc. has fled to an interdicted world, and the details about why exactly it's forbidden are classified so high the Central Computer is the only one with the authority to read them... and for some reason (possibly the same it keeps absolving them of responsibility?) the Lovely Angels ae the only ones the CC is willing to brief in and have go after him. The place is too low-tech to fly around in their ship, though personal gear can be explained away as magic since the locals have regressed to a medieval state, so they park it in the back of beyond under cover of night with a good supply of chow for Mughi, lock up and get to walking. Eventually they find the road they saw from the air (not nearly as quickly as they'd thought - they usually just use the flight packs to get over this kind of crap, damn it!) and head for town.
Along the way, they meet some locals, and in the course of asking about their target (Damn, no planetary data net to pull records and surveillance footage from!?) learn that he's already caused trouble and the group is also looking for him. Trying to describe how careless he is about collateral damage and how dangerous with his "magic weapons" just makes their leader more eager to take him on and claim them for herself, and arguing further just convinces her that the Angels simply want to keep the loot for themselves, and more insistent on either working together or finding him first on her own. Yuri and a short, too-young-for-bounty-hunting-looking dark haired girl blow identical sighs and and comment on the redheads being too much alike in stereo. The tall blonde local in armor wonders what they're talking about, since Lina's hair is much longer than taht other girl, and she couldn't wear a bikini like that- and gets smacked into the ground. And so on. Wacky hijinx and mass destruction ensue.
Yes, it's Dirty Pair/Slayers... let the universe tremble in fear. That might even be why the Lost Universe was lost - it was actually hiding!
At some point, Lina actually does wear a bikini like that, and we realise it's only her massive shoulder pads and loose tops that have been overshadowing her otherwise rather nice (if not as bountiful as some) figure. If the characters manage to clue in on camera, someone (Zelgadis? He's still a guy, but has more important things on his mind) should say something like, "Oh, you didn't realise? I thought it was obvious." "THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO ALL THOSE TIMES I GOT UPSET ABOUT IT?" demands Lina. "Because I know better than to comment on a woman's figure when she's already feeling defensive about it." This might be followed by a new target for the Righteous Holy Feminine Beatdown of Wrath, or mutters of "you and your stupid logic."
As for the bad guy, he somehow found out about the locals' ability to use magic, and that it's a learnable skill for at least some outsiders, and wants that power for himself whether by personally gaining the ability or at minimum turning a few mages to his ideology and recruiting them. My Pair-Fu is weak, but I think there was one of the movies with a similar plot.
- CD, has mentioned this before, but not in any detail beyond crossover titles
ETA: Yes, there was, sorta. The Affair on Nolandia is about a single, psychic girl who's being sought after, and if it's put into continuity for the Angels (original, not Flash, if I was writing it) it would actually give a rational explanation for why they were the ones picked, having experience with strange powers before. P{lus it's the opportunity for a naked-Kei-flashback and the line, "Fine, but if I end up floating around naked in a cloud of pink smoke again, I'll just blow up the planet and count it solved!"
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
Along the way, they meet some locals, and in the course of asking about their target (Damn, no planetary data net to pull records and surveillance footage from!?) learn that he's already caused trouble and the group is also looking for him. Trying to describe how careless he is about collateral damage and how dangerous with his "magic weapons" just makes their leader more eager to take him on and claim them for herself, and arguing further just convinces her that the Angels simply want to keep the loot for themselves, and more insistent on either working together or finding him first on her own. Yuri and a short, too-young-for-bounty-hunting-looking dark haired girl blow identical sighs and and comment on the redheads being too much alike in stereo. The tall blonde local in armor wonders what they're talking about, since Lina's hair is much longer than taht other girl, and she couldn't wear a bikini like that- and gets smacked into the ground. And so on. Wacky hijinx and mass destruction ensue.
Yes, it's Dirty Pair/Slayers... let the universe tremble in fear. That might even be why the Lost Universe was lost - it was actually hiding!
At some point, Lina actually does wear a bikini like that, and we realise it's only her massive shoulder pads and loose tops that have been overshadowing her otherwise rather nice (if not as bountiful as some) figure. If the characters manage to clue in on camera, someone (Zelgadis? He's still a guy, but has more important things on his mind) should say something like, "Oh, you didn't realise? I thought it was obvious." "THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO ALL THOSE TIMES I GOT UPSET ABOUT IT?" demands Lina. "Because I know better than to comment on a woman's figure when she's already feeling defensive about it." This might be followed by a new target for the Righteous Holy Feminine Beatdown of Wrath, or mutters of "you and your stupid logic."
As for the bad guy, he somehow found out about the locals' ability to use magic, and that it's a learnable skill for at least some outsiders, and wants that power for himself whether by personally gaining the ability or at minimum turning a few mages to his ideology and recruiting them. My Pair-Fu is weak, but I think there was one of the movies with a similar plot.
- CD, has mentioned this before, but not in any detail beyond crossover titles
ETA: Yes, there was, sorta. The Affair on Nolandia is about a single, psychic girl who's being sought after, and if it's put into continuity for the Angels (original, not Flash, if I was writing it) it would actually give a rational explanation for why they were the ones picked, having experience with strange powers before. P{lus it's the opportunity for a naked-Kei-flashback and the line, "Fine, but if I end up floating around naked in a cloud of pink smoke again, I'll just blow up the planet and count it solved!"
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows