>>878397
Hit the Grunt with the rifle butt.
Eudora, instead of throwing punches, ram him, unbalance him so he can't dodge, then try to hit him again.

>>878398
Pull a Commander Shepard and tell him to get the hell out, there is an assassin on the loose and he is killing all the personnel that the he encounters. And ask him if he knows where the scientist is, he might be the main targuet.

Aww, did someone run out of electricity? Let's fix that with a stun pellet. Applied directly to the forehead.

Victor: Pose as friendly neighborhood electrician and inquire about the nearest fusebox. Then run.

>>878597
Oh wait, the map says you're adjacent to the other tussle? Nevermind, ask where the doctor is kept.

Cyberwyre 2018/04/14(Sat)00:08 No. 878676 ID: 11f77a
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>Stun
Cybil has her own means of shocking her assailant—and sends a fist to Grunt 2’s gut with a pellet firing off for a total of 7 DAMAGE ([17]/[45] MELEE) He is defeated and crunches in pain at her feet (+50 XP).Eudora left a bit of leeway when she charged Grunt 1; but once he felt the need to strike—the bug parried successfully and slapped him around for a minor 3 DAMAGE.

Cyberwyre 2018/04/14(Sat)00:11 No. 878677 ID: 11f77a
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>Mention the assassin/the doctor is in trouble
Victor: “You there! What the Hell are you doing?! All personnel were supposed to evacuate the premises minutes ago!”

Krullghn: “I—what?”

Victor: “The people you work for are cleaning up shop! They’re eliminating all contacts and evidence, including the doctor! ([19]/[25] PERSUADE (+10% DRONE))”

Victor: “If Moss finds out we f—d up, we’re f—d! Unless the assassin kills us first!”

Krullghn: “I, but… but he—”

Victor: “Where’s Doctor Oric??! We have to extract him before it's too late!”

The Krullghn just blurts out an answer, “Ah I don't know! H-he should be in his workshop! East of the laboratory! Oh great Ndepthteph! Now’s not my time to die! I... I gotta get out of here—!”

He runs out the door in a panic. Cybil’s drone dematerializes and fits into Victor’s pocket. Victor should:
a) Immediately go to the Eastern Hall
b) Meet up with his Team to help fight
c) Return underground and head East there
d) >___

How will the fight continue?
e) >___
[ ] Skill Check >>871895
CYB (950) Hologram | Helioshield | Hunting Rifle 60%
VIC (1600) Smogwerfer | Tarboye
EUD (1600) Sap Bomb
The EXP counter is just for my own sake to track

Victor use darkness to your advantage and stealth your way to the Doctors workshop.

Cyb either use hologram to distract mook so Eudora can land a hit on the barnacle or have bug move so you can rifle the barnacle.

Cyberwire, shoot the other guy’s barnacle. Scarab, keep punching him!

Bindspot, if what the guy says is true, then the east door should take you into the same laboratory as the fight, and then the doctor immediately after that! Time for a mad dash! Someone’s life is on the line! (Looking at the grate positions on the map, I’m really hoping the assassin taking a detour to mess around with the power bought us enough time!) If the doctor is alone in there, secure him and wait to ambush him at that room’s grate. It’s the only way he could have taken without running into us as we converged in the hall!

C
Firing into a fistfight's probably not the best idea. Do those stun pellets work in melee? Toss one to Eudora and let the goon find out, face-first!

Cyberwyre 2018/04/19(Thu)11:07 No. 879530 ID: 11f77a
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Cybil tosses a pellet to Eudora before reloading and aiming her rifle. The constant flailing and tussle between the bug and the crab made it somewhat challenging to land a good hit—her shot misses the barnacle completely ([99]/[60] FIREARMS). The Arthocob wasn’t landing any hits either, as the Krullg was on the defense to duck his head after every swing. He felt there was an opportunity to fight back—yet he was parried by Eudora’s backswing into his jaw, and receives 6 DAMAGE with the shock attributed. He spins and rebounds off a barnacle trough before hitting the ground (+50 XP).

Cyberwyre 2018/04/19(Thu)11:08 No. 879531 ID: 11f77a
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Victor runs past, “Guys! The doctor should be this way! Come on!”

Eudora will catch up; she stomps on the barnacle to crush it as Cybil joins Victor to the Doc’s workshop. They reach the Eastern hallway to find another goon slumped dead against a wall: same stab wounds as expected. Adjacent to his body is a large and heavy set of mechanical sliding doors—possibly to secure a storage room—cracked slightly open for someone to fit through!

Cyberwyre 2018/04/19(Thu)11:09 No. 879532 ID: 11f77a
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The obvious choice would probably be to barge in, perhaps catch the assassin before his kill. The Chupian and Gortian roll the doors wide enough to squeeze through to find…!

…a Cnidarian researcher at the far end of the room, undisturbed. The power is out, but he seems to have fabricated a makeshift lamp to continue working on his project. He doesn’t acknowledge either Victor or Cybil; his back is turned as he shuts out the world around him. He mumbles and murmurs to himself about something sciency.

The room is a cluttered mess of random research gizmos and lots of shelving. The gang will find more of the same stuff once found in the abandoned penthouse—lots of interesting tech with their circuits and parts torn away to salvage or reconstruct. This was a storage room when the research station was in use, now a closet of junk for the sake of the lone doctor.

a) Grab the Doctor and drag him away
b) Get the Doctor’s attention/talk to him
c) >___

[ ] Skill Check >>871895
CYB (1000) Hologram | Helioshield | Hunting Rifle [60%]
VIC (1600) Smogwerfer | Tarboye
EUD (1650) Sap Bomb
The EXP counter is just for my own sake to track

AM. BUSH. Helioshields up, scan for the intruder. Vic, get the doc's attention and make sure it's really him with a light thrown object.

Make a rol for AWARENESS, chek the place slowly and get to the researcher. Watch your backs.

Eudora continue to destroy all barnacles.
I feel we need to get to the doctor as soon as possible and then helioshield around him. Maybe we can use Vics smoke screen and Cyb hologram as a distraction for escaping?

Victor, smoke us up immediately. Eudora, flying tackle the doctor. The smokescreen won't do much good if the assassin still knows where to shoot.
Cybil, keep overwatch with the rifle.

>>879643
Scarab isn’t in the room, she’s still in the lab.

Cyberwire, get a shield on the doctor IMMEDIATELY.
Blindspot, hold off on the smokescreen; that’s just asking for a missing assassin and dead scientist when the smoke clears. Instead, be on overwatch with the Tarboye. (Maybe we can negotiate? If we do, the first words out of your mouth have to be “Don’t harm the doctor, and you might make it out of here, assassin.” Short and sweet so he doesn’t have time to panic and attack prematurely before it all sinks in.) Make sure he can’t slip through the door in the meantime.
Scarab, after you’re done destroying every barnacle, wait for the assassin inside the east hall grate for if he does try to make a break for it. (Can’t expect it’ll happen immediately, so that should give you time to finish up and get into position.)

>>879662
On second thought, if we can see in the smoke fine, then smoke bomb away. Even if the assassin can see just fine too, it might make him cocky and therefore reckless.

Cyberwyre 2018/04/20(Fri)21:28 No. 879735 ID: 11f77a
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Victor: “Can you scan for intruders? Or something?”

Cybil: “Eh—in a way, maybe. My scanner can make a map, identify model numbers, find flaws in machines, replicate new images for my hologram, perhaps count how many specimens are in the area. Let me see—”

Cybil: “There’s a lot of unknown material I’m picking up—nothing new there. I’m also picking up three bodies currently not-dead. Should be Oric and the two grunts we suppressed. And there’s a lot of smaller, less-important creatures all around; assuming they’re barnacles or some rat in the wall ([19]/[65] SCAN).”

Victor takes a random screw from one of the many piles of tech and tosses it at the Cnidarian. It klonks off his glass bowl which only interrupts his speech—which he resumes muttering not long after.

Oric: “No, no… can’t work. Can’t work like that. I need — as big as a house… no! — city! How can I — no…”

Victor: “I think it’s him.”

Cybil: “Approach slowly… I’ll keep an eye out.”

Cybil: “And Eudora, get your ass here and keep watch in the East hall. No one gets in or out but us.”

The mutt cautiously walks up to Dr. Oric. He looks up the shelving and down the aisles, seeing nothing out of the ordinary in the dark—but the room began to feel eerily ominous ([73]/[67] AWARENESS). Cybil was only giving everything a quick glance—believing the assassin may pop out at any moment. She sensed nothing so far, everything was stark quiet and still. ([28]/[20] AWARENESS).

>Helioshield
Cybil sets up a shield by Oric’s desk, covering their backs. On his desk, the Cnidarian works on another prototype barnacle. Victor isn’t currently equipped with the Smokescreen ability.

Cybil: “Doctor…?”

Oric: “Your suit. It looks of Gortian design. Very old. Outside Khlaatus? Strange. But I always admired the work of Gortian technology; you could probably see it in my own design.”

Cybil: “We have to leave now; you’re in danger.”

Oric: “N-no! At least not yet! I’m very close. My project will finally be complete.”

Oric: “I must… keep working…”

a) Ask him about anything while you can; (what do you want to know?)
b) (Persuade/Intimidate) him to leave with you
c) Drag him away forcefully
d) Help him with his project (Repair/Idea)
e) Destroy or take away his prototype
f) >___
[ ] Skill Check >>871895
CYB (1000) Hologram | Helioshield | Hunting Rifle [60%]
VIC (1600) Smogwerfer | Tarboye
EUD (1650) Sap Bomb

Somebody killed those guards. Hope for the best (you scared them off), assume the worst (they are made of or possess a material that obfuscates them on your scanner).
Try Repair on his project. If that doesn't work, persuade him that you have access to facilities where his work can continue under less threat to his person.

>>879735
Take away his prototype and Persuade/Intimidate him to leave with you, inform him someone is here to kill him and if he wants to live he has to leave here with you now.
Then if he doesn't come willingly drag him with you asking him questions.
But Either way protect and treat him as a HVT / VIP till you get him out of there to a place of relative safety.

>>879763
Oh and when you start to get out set up a hologram of the scientist in the chair to temporarily distract the assassin.

Watch the "assassin" actually be here for something else, Like stealing one of the prototypes or blueprints.

Cyberwyre 2018/04/25(Wed)21:47 No. 880756 ID: 11f77a
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>Repair
Cybil is puzzled by the very sophisticated contraption in front of the mechanist. ([98]/[57] REPAIR)

>Persuade him
Cybil gradually places her hand over the prototype, “Doctor, there’s no time. I’ve no doubt your work is essential. But it can’t continue without you unless you come with us to a safer place. ([10]/[45] PERSUADE)”

Oric takes a moment to pause and listen.

Cybil: “I understand you would do anything for your people—but you’ve been mixed up with the wrong crowd. We visited your penthouse earlier; we saw your logs. Your benefactors are shady, and have been dealing in some illegal business with Moss.”

Cybil: “There are many questions on what they plan to do with your help…”

Oric: “They wouldn’t harm anyone! They want Cnidarians to have the same rights, the same amount of respect like everyone else in this city! We are fragile people.”

Oric: “Their motives make sense to me. We have a right to defend ourselves, you know. You can’t understand what it’s like to always live like trash feeders!”

Eudora looks through the opening, “Is he dead?”

Victor: “SSSSSHH!”

Cybil: “We’re not here to insult you, Oric. We know you mean well. We have connections with many like-minded scientists who will be glad to work with you. ”

The inventor gives a minute to think it over.

Oric: “A-Alright. I’ll come with. I suppose I’ve had enough of staying in this cramped place. I’ll just… grab my things.”

Cyberwyre 2018/04/25(Wed)21:50 No. 880757 ID: 11f77a
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From the corner of his eye, Victor senses movement high above the shelving. A figure slowly stands up in shadow and pulls out a knife. There’s a slight glimmer of gold along its handle. Before any chance to react—the figure swipes at a pressure switch in the ceiling.

The alarm goes off. A secondary generator revs up and there’s hissing from the nozzles. Spewing from the ceiling are tons of CO2 smoke filling the room and hallways. Dr. Oric instinctively grabs his device and keeps it close to his suit.

Oric starts to run towards the exit, “No. NO!”

a) Run after the doctor
b) Stun him from running any further
c) Look for the assassin (Awareness)
d) >___

[ ] Skill Check >>871895
CYB (1000) Hologram | Helioshield | Hunting Rifle [60%]
VIC (1600) Smogwerfer | Tarboye
EUD (1650) Sap Bomb

>>880757
A.
Once everyone is through, Tarboye the door to keep the assassin from following you.
Also might be a good idea to pop some smoke at the door to keep the assassin from jumping you once you're out of the CO2 cloud.

Run after the doctor. Running is good! Just make sure it's in the right direction.

run with the doctor shooting anything that moves along the way

Cyberwire, A! Hopefully you catch up fast enough to continue covering him, if not with your shield, then with your own body. Blindspot, C, unless more people covering him is better.

Cyberwyre 2018/04/26(Thu)21:04 No. 880956 ID: 11f77a
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Eudora stood by the doorway as the entire place fogged up. The hallway behind her was filling with more gas to suppress a non-existent flame. Amazingly, Dr. Oric caught the bug off-guard and managed to shove her aside in a panic.

Oric: “Nooo!”

Cybil ran after and eventually reached the Arthocob, “Victor, come on! We must close this door!”

He instead took careful time to find the assailant, and slowly moved to make little noise. From his right he saw movement; the interloper ran for the door.

Victor readies a shot with his Tarboye, “Close it now! The killer’s gonna escape! I’ll be fine!” And fires at the entrance. Eudora managed to summon enough strength to shut the gate before a spray of black goop cakes and blocks the creases of the door. Now the Chupian and the assassin remain stuck in the storage room.

Cybil: “Eudora, no!”

Eudora: “Uh—Sorry! I wasn’t thinking…!”

a) Continue chasing Oric
b) Try and open the door to help Vic
c) >___

[ ] Skill Check >>871895
CYB (1000) Hologram | Helioshield | Hunting Rifle [60%]
VIC (1600) Smogwerfer | Tarboye
EUD (1650) Sap Bomb

Have faith in your comrade.
A

Agreed. A. Catch up to the poor fool as fast as possible, and secure him. Blindspot can handle the assassin, likely starting with all the smogwerfer debuffs on as much of the room as possible (aim up for maximum coverage). While Cyberwire is doing that, has Scarab dealt with the barnacles? If not, she should do a quick sweep of the unchecked rooms for the ones she missed. If yes, she should be guarding that tarred door and make sure the assassin isn’t home free by a long shot if he gets it open. (Alternatively, if the scientist can be convinced to let us do this to his experiments, Cyberwire can do the sweep and have Scarab on guard duty.)

A. The faster we capture Oric, the faster we can help Victor.

B. Your fellow officer needs backup! Neutralize the killer first. Even if the doc is recaptured, they need him alive.

>>880956
A. Continue chasing Oric

>>881062
>Even if the doc is recaptured, they need him alive.
No they don’t! That’s why there’s an assassin trying to kill him in the first place!

Cyberwyre 2018/05/02(Wed)21:08 No. 882247 ID: 11f77a
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>Go after Oric; have faith in your comrade
Cybil: “Ugh! I’ll… go after him then!”

The technomancer runs off shouting back, “Stay put, or… check any rooms!” She tries to believe in Victor, but not even Cybil has encountered an assassin on the job before. Vastly different from henchmen, they can be unpredictable and professional.

The Doctor is unable to navigate through the smoke-filled rooms, panicking and looking for a way out. He spins and already loses his place in the building. He almost stumbles over the previous grunts with their devices smashed and faces bruised.

Cybil: “Oric! Wait!”

Oric: “Get away! I don’t want to hurt you! How come I have to die? I'm trying to do good!”

Cybil: “It’s only me; Cybil! Look, you’re an important guy to these people. It’s not your fault that Moss kidnapped you!”

Cybil: “Could it be possible that this is just a skilled retriever? You don’t have your loss of life to fear.”

Cybil: “But it’s best you come with us! That battery can draw your sponsors out from hiding! You said the suits require lots of excess energy to function, correct?”

Cybil: “Are there any more batteries in this building?”

Oric: “I only made a select few, with some still out there in the city modified for Moss’ gang. This here in my hands is the recent edition to contain its spastic burst of electricity.”

Oric: "Absolutely flawless!"

a) Take his battery (to safeguard or destroy it)
b) Take the doctor somewhere safe to hide
c) Call police to arrive
d) Help the doctor reach the outside
e) Keep the doctor close where-ever you decide to go

[ ] Skill Check >>871895
CYB (1000) Hologram | Helioshield | Hunting Rifle [60%]
VIC (1600) Smogwerfer | Tarboye
EUD (1650) Sap Bomb

C/d: Escort the doctor to police custody before going back in for Vic.

>>882368
I agree with this.

We’re not letting the doctor escape out on his own with a valuable device. That’s just asking for him to get ganked. [C]all the police, and do a combination of [B] and [E]. We’ll see about whether we can potentially do [A] or not after we complete those steps. In the meantime, I want to at least know what’s going on with Blindspot.

Cyberwyre 2018/05/09(Wed)20:52 No. 883576 ID: 11f77a
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>Call the police, be ready for a pick-up
Cybil contacts Jer, Sepher, and Kreeb for the Doctor’s retrieval. Tar Zoa is somewhat downtrodden and compacted to travel through; most of the zone was built on top of a bay and is known to be slum-ish. Reaching the farm shouldn’t be too difficult for the police if they stick to the coast. Their arrival would be in ten minutes.

Still concerned about Victor she lets Jer know of the current situation while she guides the Doctor outside to carefully guard.

Oric: “Finally. What a relief. I thought I'd never see an ocean again!”

The rest of the team communicate with their intercoms.

Victor: “Blech! Can’t… breathe! Choking! The assassin! I think—ACK! Can’t see!”

Eudora: “Hold your breath, I almost got it open!”

The struggle between Victor and the assassin continues as Eudora uses all her strength to force the door open. There’s a light tussle in the intercom until it blacks out.
—
The police eventually arrive with their lights blinking at the top of the cliffs. Once Cybil recognizes Sepher, she safely leaves Oric in his hands and sprints inside where the smoke has finally subsided.

Cybil finds Eudora with Victor sitting against the wall, catching his breath and with his mask off.

Eudora: “Once I finally forced the door open, he was choked out and the assassin threw him at me. Before I could get a good look, he budged right past to escape.”

Victor: “huff I couldn’t beat her. huff Or I think it’s a she. She knew every punch before I threw it, though. She’s too fast. But… she never used any weapon on me.”

Victor: “In fact… she looked familiar…”

Eudora: “Vic looked pretty roughed up, but the killer hasn’t done anything else but run off.”

Victor: “I wonder why she didn’t… you know… kill me instead.”

Victor: “Like Moss’ goons…”

Victor: “We have to stop her! Or... him! —cough!”

Eudora: “We have Oric, I don’t think she’s going to slice up the police.”

a) Go after the assassin
b) Return to the beach [Finish the Mission]
c) Check out the remaining rooms
d) >___

[ ] Skill Check >>871895
CYB (1000) Hologram | Helioshield | Hunting Rifle [60%]
VIC (1600) Smogwerfer | Tarboye
EUD (1650) Sap Bomb

If Cybil didn't see the assassin on her way in, I don't think we're going to find them again.
Familiar, huh? I wonder if the assassin was actually helping us? They seemed to have the opportunity to kill the doctor, but did nothing. In fact, the assassin only acted when Victor spotted them. ...did the knife thrower from before have gold on his daggers? ...on the other hand, the fencer was juggling daggers as well, and I think Victor would have realized if the assassin was the knife thrower. My guess is the fencer.

I feel like, aside from checking for more prototypes, we should just get out and make sure the doc gets to his correct destination instead of getting intercepted and transferred to a fake police vehicle.

>>883578
When you put it like that, it suddenly clicked for me; Oric is an asset. Admittedly a stolen asset that was now working for an enemy of its original owner, but an asset nonetheless. Why kill an invaluable asset when you can just extract them? If this “assassin” was here to kill him, she would have done that when she had the chance. But obviously, that doesn’t mean she’s on our side, just that the original “owner” wanted this guy back under his roof in one piece, which means this guy’s work is even more valuable than our prior estimates.

Anyways, other than a passing question as to how Blindspot knew it was a she, I say we do C. Don’t want to miss some barnacles or something else important and feel stupid after the fact.

>>883576
C

>>883578
Well, if you’re convinced it’s one of the circus guys, then if you look real close at this picture: >>880757 , you can just barley see the assassin’s outline. I think it might be the Fencer.

Because of Eudora’s little contest against the Fencer on the circus’ obstacle course, we know that the Fencer is physically capable of doing what we’ve seen the assassin do.

Then again, it might not be any of them.

>>883582
I mean sure, that explains why the assassin didn't kill the doctor. But why spare Victor?

The assassin could be a vigilante with a crooked sense of justice. (How dare she, that's our job!) Or she could be someone with a personal connection to you. Remember any sparring partners that have gone dark recently?

Search for the assassin before the trail's gone cold. Cleanup and custody is best left to the police.

>>883585
I’m thinking it’s just her being professional; she was probably given permission to use lethal force against Moss’s goons, but had no orders regarding the unlikely appearance of our team. She defaults to “don’t kill” which means either she’s aware that her employer likes to keep certain elements around despite them seeming counterintuitive to keep around, or she has at least some honor. Probably both.

Whatever the case, we can safely assume that the fencer (assuming that’s who the agent is) and her employer are smarter than Moss, in that they go out of their way to not kick up more shit than is strictly necessary. Moss could very well be flying by the seat of his pants here, considering it turns out he just recently splintered off from this mysterious employer (whom I will call X for brevity in the future until identified otherwise), assuming Oric can confirm what he said in his diary.

(Feel free to bring up our deductions during the soon-to-be-imminent debriefing, Cyberwire.)

Cyberwyre 2018/05/10(Thu)22:25 No. 883780 ID: 11f77a
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>Could be the fencer from the circus/A vigilante
Victor stands up with Eudora and starts walking towards the exit, “Who was that girl… the one Eudora raced at the Bazaar?”

Eudora: “The, uh… I don’t think she had a name. Some ninja?”

Victor: “It makes sense now that I think of it. Capable for acrobatic feats, she could be a sole vigilante. Or maybe working for the benefactor? She wasn’t sent to kill Oric; there were plenty of opportunities for that.”

Victor: “She may have been here to take him back.”

Cybil: “We can figure that out later in debriefing. The police are right outside where you can patch up. I’ll check around the remaining rooms.”

Victor: “But the assassin—“

>check the remaining rooms > follow assassin
Cybil: “Oric is surrounded by many witnesses, I don’t think she’ll jump in and interfere with several cops in daylight.”

Cybil: “Now go. I’ll finish up here and we can all go home.”

Cybil checks the remaining rooms and, unsurprisingly, they were just bedrooms for employees who do their research here—with a bathroom as well.

She didn’t want to spend too long looking at every detail to see if there’s anything missable. She assumes it would be blatantly obvious ([38]/[20] AWARE).

Cyberwyre 2018/05/10(Thu)22:29 No. 883781 ID: 11f77a
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Sepher and Kreeb arrive on scene; they run towards the team.

Kreeb: “Oh hey, a Cnidarian not dead on the scene. This is unexpected.”

Sepher: “Is this the guy—?”

Oric: “Wait… you..”

Kreeb: “Have we met?”

Oric: “That suit… where did you get it?”

Kreeb: “I…”

Sepher: “It was… commissioned? New suits for the department. There’s only a select few who are trying them out.”

Kreeb: “Your suit looks… shiny.”

Oric: “[cobe]Oh, well. I designed it to be more than presentable! And I think I see my design in yours as well.[/code]”

Sepher: “What’s that in your hands?”

The Cnidarian holds it close to his metallic shell.

Cybil: “Seph, do you know who manufactured these suits?”

Sepher: “I can find out. Don’t know ‘the top of my head.”

Sepher: “For now we can hold Mr. Oric in our offices for safekeeping.”

Kreeb: “We may need to issue a medic first; protocol, you know.”

Eudora: “An assassin is after him, we may need to put him in a not-so-obvious place! Plus we need a few answers from him as soon as possible.”

a) Protect Oric at the police station
b) Hide Oric at home base, Vaal Sol
c) Take Oric to the hospital
d) Issue a safehouse
e) >___

You unlocked the achievement: Dr. Oric, I Presume… for successfully guarding and extracting the VIP! Everyone earns 200 XP.

Current points: Cybil: 1200 XP • Victor: 1800 XP • Eudora: 1850 XP

(upgrades and leveling will happen next update)

Bring the doc back to your base.

>>883780
Hold on, look at that map again. Does the inside match the outside? Could be space available for hidden rooms.
Also you could straight up ask Dr Oric if there are any other prototypes lying around.

>>883781
Hospital is the worst place, security is not super great in most hospitals. Also he's not injured? Police station is a little risky as the "benefactors" could have infiltrated it. A safehouse is usually not heavily guarded so someone as talented as the Fencer could sneak past security to get to the doc. On the other hand safehouse locations are usually secret so the Fencer would have a hard time finding the doc in that case. I... don't know how secure home base is, and... is its location secret?

>>883780
God damn that pisses me off, whats the point of giving us the choice to check the rooms if one bad roll we have no power over can completely negate it?
And I guess we didn't destroy all the prototypes so that's something that's probably going to give us trouble later on.

b) Hide Oric at home base, Vaal Sol

We need to put some more points on awareness.
Let's go with B.

Cyberwyre 2018/05/12(Sat)23:02 No. 884078 ID: 11f77a
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>Ask Dr. Oric if there are other prototypes in the base
[>>882247] He believes his may be the only one left now. However there are many others out there in the city used by Moss’ men.

>Bring the doc back to base
Cybil: “It’s best if he stays with us in Vaal Sol. He’ll be guarded by the best three agents in the division, and can cooperate well with Jer.”

Cybil: “So… I guess no one else can know but you two.”

Sepher: “Your base isn’t really top secret, is it?”

Cybil: “No, but… police stations and hospitals are obvious places to keep witnesses. It's best you don't mention what happens to Dr. Oric.”

Cybil: "Not to say I don't trust the police, but, I've seen too many movies to know someone could be working for the bad guys here."

Cybil: “A safehouse would only appoint too few guards who would be no match for an expert killer.”

Eudora: “—Oh, by-the-way, there are dead bodies in the research building. So… yeah. Thought I'd mention that.”

Main Objective Complete! You have failed some skill checks, but Cybil can learn from them and can increase one of her following skills by 2%!

a) CLIMB [20] > [22] [>>872308]
b) DODGE [45] > [47] [>>877977]
c) WEAPON (FIREARMS) [60] > [62] [>>879530]
d) AWARENESS [20] > [22] [>>879735]
e) REPAIR [57] > [59] [>>880756]

>>884078
B.

E. You never know when you'll find a toaster in need of a tuneup.

E

I really want to put the points on awareness, but repair skill sounds useful to. Go with E.
Vicktor doesn't look good, and i don't mean it just physically, he looks pretty upset.

E, because the other two have crap for repair

UPGRADE Cyberwyre 2018/05/13(Sun)19:05 No. 884191 ID: 11f77a
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Cybil’s REPAIR is now at [59%]!

Cybil has surpassed 1000XP and reached Level 2! She can choose to unlock a new ability or upgrade a current one. In addition, she may add +1 to either her STR, DEF, AGL, or WIL stat!

>>884191
Ok, i really don't know what to choose, they are all good.

Control AI, boost AGL stat.

Helioshield 2 with that double functionality seems pretty damn good
(how big a platform does it make though?)

also Wil+1 GIVE BRAIN MORE BRAIN

>>884200
This

2 AGL is fucking terrible increase that shit.
Wyre tether or helioshield.

Gravity Orb and AGL. Also, Victor looks pretty shook up, on account of him only being alive by the assassin’s choice. Methinks you should refer him to your therapist.

rolled 2 = 2

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Looks like a tie between Control AI [>>884200, 884221] and Helioshield 2 [884200, 884222]. Odds are Control AI, Evens are Helioshield 2

>>884545
Fixing vote sources

Control AI [>>884200, >>884221] and Helioshield 2 [>>884205, >>884222]

>>884545
So Helioshield 2 win?

shield

Cyberwyre 2018/05/16(Wed)20:22 No. 884686 ID: 11f77a
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Cybil’s AGL stat increased to [3]!
Cybil has upgraded her ability: Helioshield II! In addition to its HP increase, all team members will be given their individual wall that follows them around. They can also be used to cross gaps and reach higher places.

>How big a platform?
We’ll go with 5x5 when used to climb on. It can appear as high as they can reach and pull themselves up. Able to support their weight.

Team Port Echo 2018/05/16(Wed)20:24 No. 884687 ID: 11f77a
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HOME BASE, VAAL SOL
Everyone is back at home base. After some freshening up they meet for a quick debriefing. Before Oric enters the room with Jer, Cybil turns to the Chupian.

>Victor looks upset/shook up
Cybil: “Vic, are you alright?”

Victor: “Uh—yeah I’m fine. I’m good.”

Cybil: “You’ve been silent since…”

Victor: “—I know. My face still hurts a little.”

Cybil: “If there’s anything…”

Victor makes a small grunt.

Cybil: “You can talk to our therapist. You look a little shaken, is all. I’ve seen many cops change after a near-death or traumatic experience.”

Victor: “Nah, it’s— I’m good. I’m not traumatized. Don’t worry!”

He stares at the ground, perhaps thinking of his particular encounter. The Cnidarian walks in with the Gard not too far behind.
—
Oric: “I… can’t thank you enough. I don’t know what trouble I may have gotten myself in. I truly believed what I was doing was for good. But now I’m confused about my real purpose in all this madness.”

Oric: “I’ll do my best to answer everything I know.”

a) “How/When did you work for this company?”
b) “What does Moss have to do in all this?”
c) “What are the diagrams and scribbles in your apartment?”
d) “Are there any names you can share with us?”
e) >Other questions

I mean, all these questions are important, so let's start with the a.

>>884687
Yeah we gonna get victor some therapy.

>>884687
A, C.

>Victor
He might just be pissed off that he lost the fight.

>>884687
Could it be he lost his mask and is now sad about it.

I think the video-diary already gave us the answers to A and B, and a sneaking suspicion of C. What we really don’t know is D, but there’s nothing wrong with asking him to confirm what we already know from the diary.

So I guess E (Confirm info from diary?) and then D and possibly C.

Team Port Echo 2018/05/31(Thu)21:25 No. 887152 ID: 11f77a
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>Start at the very top (A)
Cybil: “We need to know who you’ve been working for. How long have you’ve been with these guys?”

Oric: “Oh, it has to have been—maybe—five years since I left Port Electric.”

Oric: “Even as a Cnidarian I was high up the ladder; it was difficult, however, to have my perfections and ideas approved.”

Oric: “All PEC did was make shortcuts, and I had no choice but to follow through with manufacturing unsafe devices for my people. After too many accidents to Cnidarians without penalty I walked out…”

Oric: “It hurt they didn’t even seem to notice my absence.”

Oric: “But not long after, I was given an opportunity to craft something with complete control over. I was skeptical, of course, but they seemed genuine. I theorized some blueprints, and I would find errors in their prototypes. Of course, I was paid well for my help.”

Jer: “Any names?”

Oric: “That’s just it: I’m not entirely sure. What I thought were different commissioners may have been aliases from the same person.”

Oric: “Kilomation. DynoTECHNIC. PHO-Fi. Novica Mill. I’ve never heard of them before—they’re certainly not local. I was referred to someone else after each project.”

Cybil: “Are you sure there were no names to lead on? There must’ve been something you’ve picked up.”

Oric: “…Perhaps. Moss privately talked to my benefactor—I could hear him argue in a different room in the penthouse, and may have uttered something.”

Oric: “I think I heard… Cain.”

Eudora: “What’s Moss’ role in all this, then?”

Oric: “No clue. He was hand-picked for a reason, though. Which brings me to ask: what does he have that the company needs?”

Team Port Echo 2018/05/31(Thu)21:27 No. 887154 ID: 11f77a
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>Suspicion of diagrams (C)
Cybil: “Is that what was all over your apartment? Diagrams and blueprints for those companies?”

Oric: “Yes. I may have been a little stressed, cooped up in that place. But the demand was so high!”

Eudora: “It sounds like a regular business deal to me, though. What’s so illegal about this again?”

Jer: “Virgil Moss is still a criminal. But I can’t quite find anything worth looking deep into the company Oric works for. As far as we know they are just doing their business, with Moss as a bad employee.”

Jer: “Evidenced by their recent falling out, he was ‘let go’ and made trouble by kidnapping their greatest asset.”

Victor: “I think sending a killer to eliminate his gang is pretty illegal though.”

Jer: “True, but we don’t know who really sent the assassin. She could’ve been a sole vigilante or perhaps hired as a mercenary to retrieve Oric.”

Jer: “Nevertheless, I suggest we investigate the last clue found at the Bazaar as soon as possible.”

a) Ask more questions “___”
b) Move on to the next assignment
c) >___

What was Oric working on exactly?
Remind me if we already know this.
And what about these new goons with those barnacles?
Does he know something about them?

Ask Oric if he developed anything besides the barnacles that could've been weaponized by his mystery patrons and/or Moss.

C: Try adapting this power core to Cybil's suit. More power could mean more ability uses.

Team Port Echo 2018/06/06(Wed)13:02 No. 887919 ID: 11f77a
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>>887194
What the heroes know: After completing a design for an efficient Cnidarian suit, Oric was tasked to craft a battery to make up for all the energy expended by his inventions [>>868020]. Moss was apparently hired for an unclear reason, but such activities included him smuggling machine parts perhaps made by Oric’s design [>>questarch/>>771697]. Recently, there has been a falling-out between Moss and Oric’s boss [>>868022] and thus the Cnidarian was kidnapped for the Krullghn’s own benefit. The battery only had one problem, it discharges bouts of electricity which can be harmful—or grant a dangerous punch [>>854168]. Oric has been trying to fix this under pressure. His latest design is near-perfect and should solve all the problems before it.

>Use battery for Cybil’s suit.
Victor: “Hey, can we use the battery on Cybil? Fighting fire with fire seems to be a good idea…”

Oric: “I-I suppose I could try but—”

Oric: “I’ve been trying to fix the discharge, not enhance it! Plus, the battery was made for inventions of my design. I will need to be familiar with Cybil’s suit to know it won’t explode from all the power it holds.”

Cybil: “Plus… this is kind of the only suit I have.”

Jer: “What else have you developed that seemed out-of-place?”

Oric: “Only suits of various designs, mainly militarized functions for Cnidarians like me. With some additions and modifications.”

Oric: “Generators, medical and furnishings—stuff just to benefit our way of life.”

a) Ask more questions “___”
b) Move on to the next assignment
c) >___

I think that's it, let's move on.

I can't think of anything else right now. Can we ask things some other time?

Hey, ask him about that weird black thing in cold storage we found in our first mission! That’s probably related, right?

Team Port Echo 2018/06/07(Thu)14:11 No. 888133 ID: 11f77a
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>Weird black orb
Victor: “WAAAAAAIT!”

Victor: “You made a cold storage machine that contained a black marble thing! What is it?!”

Oric: “I— a what?”

Victor: “Did you… make a marble machine?”

Cybil: “During one of our raids we came across an interesting, mechanized freezer. It seemed to have produced a small, black orb.”

Cybil: “Would you have anything to do with it?”

Oric: “I don’t recall such a thing. If Moss has been moving my inventions to various buyers—then he could be receiving something in return, more than just money…”

Oric: “I think that could be everything I can share. If I come up with anything more I’ll let the rest of you know.”

Oric: “I need a good rest. It’s been too long since I took a break from all this.”

Character Select Team Port Echo 2018/06/07(Thu)14:16 No. 888134 ID: 11f77a
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>Time to move onto the last clue
In the Elix Garden District houses one of many substations in Port Echo operated by the Port Electric Company. The distributer supplies half the city its power. The place can be visited by an appointment, and the gang was able to ask for a guide. It's a mainly quiet place with little activity outside. Still, one shouldn't stray too close to the transformers or they'll be painfully zapped.

The ride was pleasant through perhaps the most lavish district of town, Elix Garden. But far from the recreational parks settles the electric substation of interest. With you are three items: A pager, A locker key, and A radar.

There are two achievements in the area:
Kill The Messenger (50XP) — Intercept an interloper
How I Learned to Stop Worrying (25/50/100/200XP) — Complete the mission with the least amount of catastrophes

>FIRST: Choose your primary character;
A.) Victor (Lvl 2: 1800 XP) [>>/questdis/121125]
B.) Eudora (Lvl 2: 1850 XP) [>>/questdis/121124]
C.) Cybil (Lvl 2: 1200 XP) [>>/questdis/123485]
>Also, decide which form Eudora will take: (Agility | Vitality | Durability)

>SECONDLY: Select two abilities for Victor/Eudora
Victor: (Smogwerfer | Smokescreen | Tarboye)
Eudora: (Chitin Gloves | Sap Bomb | Silk Armor)
Cybil: (Hologram | Helioshield II)

>THIRDLY: You can have a Kreeb or Sepher tag along! Or none of them.

>>888134
>Love the Bomb
Break everything got it.
Cybil on point, Eudora goes Agility.

>a Kreeb or Sepher
I forgot what those are.

>>888136
Oops, minus the 'a'. It's one of these dudes >>789915

I'll go with A) Victor. Smogwerfer and Sound sounds good to me.
Eudora should use Sap Bomb and Silk Armor.

>>888134
>Primary character?
Let’s go with Cybil again.

>Eudora’s form?
Agility.

>Abilities for Victor and Eudora?
Let’s have Victor use his Smogwerfer and Tarboye again.

And have Eudora use her Chitin Gloves and Sap Bomb.

>Bring Kreeb or Sepher or neither?
Let’s bring Sepher.

>>888136
>I forgot what those are.
These two guys in the middle: >>883781 , Kreeb is the grey guy that looks kinda like Oric and Sepher is the green guy next to Cybil. They’re normal cops and we’ve got the option to bring one of them with us or neither of them.

Primary: Eudora, Durability Form, Chitin Gloves, Sap Bomb.
Victor: Smogwerfer, Smokescreen
Bring Kreeb.

Cyberwyre 2018/06/13(Wed)20:28 No. 888837 ID: 11f77a
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You decided to play as Cybil Her abilities:
Hologram [Deceptive image (of anything) to distract enemies. Spends 1 charge per round.]
Helioshield II [Holographic wall for each ally that blocks bullets for a max of 10 damage. Can be used as a platform to cross gaps and reach ledges. 3 charges per use.]
[ ] Orbiting Drone Once per checkpoint, Cybil can activate the Drone to choose one of the following:
• +10% increase to Cybil’s skill checks
• Replenish health (+5) and ammo (+5)
• Double burst of firepower
• Replicate Cybil’s known abilities

>Eudora is in Agility Mode
Sap Bomb [Can spit far with quick pellets to bind limbs.]
Chitin Gloves [Can strike three times in rapid succession with silk gloves]

>Victor’s Arsenal:
Smogwerfer [Fire chemtrails to drive out enemies or cause force damage, 1 canister cost]
Smokescreen [Confuse and distract opponents with an area-of-effect smoke bomb. 2 canister cost]
[ ] Hallucination Mods: Fear, Rage, and Sleep.

Cyberwyre 2018/06/13(Wed)20:34 No. 888838 ID: 11f77a
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The gang arrives at the site by late afternoon. A Cepholod worker greets them as their guide. Kreeb tags along to keep things on record. In fact, he may have insisted to join.

Calem: “Ah, you’ve arrived! Welcome, welcome! I’m Calem Worsh—I’m the chief engineer that overlooks this station. I’m quite curious about your visit here!”

He seems to have put on a pleasant, corporate face.

Calem: “For 170 years we generate power to almost all of Port Echo’s districts. Tar Zoa, Elix, Monument, Vaal Sol—it goes on! What ever could your stay be for, friends?”

Kreeb seems to lay down the situation, “We’re here to investigate the premises due to possible involvement with criminal activity. As per new guidelines from the PEPD, any obstruction or resistance against The Port Echo Super-Terrestrial Division may invoke a fine from the court.”

Victor: “Super… terrestrial?”

Cybil knows that isn’t entirely true, they’ve yet to have their request approved in order to work (slightly) above the law ([22]/[60] KNOW(History/Law)). Calem pauses for a moment.

Calem: "Well, uh, where shall we begin? Erm..."

You have the option to split the party; you can look around outside or follow Calem to his offices inside, as well as ask any questions.

[ ] Skill Check >>888837
CYB (1200) Hologram | Helioshield II
VIC (1800) Smogwerfer | Smokescreen
EUD (1850) Chitin Gloves | Sap Bomb

Ask how many others are currently working at this station.

Cybil will be the nice face of the group and follow him in. If the non-green areas are immediately open to us, I want at least one person checking out that building in the yellow zone way in the back, and another in... let's say the red zone. If not, have the others just hang around outside in the green zone.

Cyberwyre 2018/06/30(Sat)10:56 No. 890587 ID: 11f77a
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>Be the nice face
>Number of Employees
Cybil: “So how many employees work on these grounds?”

Calem: “Well, depends on the sector. But we usually have six or seven men operating. If any trouble arises there’s some who are just a phone call away.”

Kreeb murmurs.

Calem: “Shall we have the tour, then? Will everyone be joining us?”

Cybil: “Not exactly. My team, if I say correctly, may scout around as we talk inside.”

Calem: “Well I wouldn’t advise them to travel too far, I mean—we’re talking about dangerous equipment and risk of injury.”

>Split group
The gang has A PAGER, A LOCKER KEY, and A RADAR. Decide which group carries which items.

Group A (Inside): Cybil & Kreeb
Groub B (Outside): Victor & Eudora

Radar and key with the scout group, Cybil keeps the pager in case the scouts find something or somehow cock things up and need to notify her.

>>890587
Cybil & Kreeb take the Locker Key.

Victor & Eudora take the Pager and Radar.

>>890592
The team has their own communication devices.

The pager isn’t for contacting each other, it’s part of the evidence we found.

Cyberwyre 2018/07/16(Mon)10:25 No. 893178 ID: 11f77a
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Cybil keeps the locker key, there could be an employee room somewhere inside. Eudora and Victor have the pager and radar. Nothing seems to have happened yet.

Inside, Calem talks about the business: more filler about the magic of Port Electric. Past the foyer and helpdesk is a large room where a cluster of computers and equipment are stationed. The majority of employees are Cnidarians out of their suits—cramped together, or piled to type on keyboards. Their suits are huddled somewhere in the corner, most rusty and outdated. Kreeb murmurs and follows slowly behind.

The area doesn’t look well-kempt on either side as they walk down the aisle.

[ ] Skill Check >>888837
CYB (1200) Hologram | Helioshield II

Seven, eight, nine- hmm. My fingers must be malfunctioning, they don't stop at seven.
Can you subtly sweep for hidden weapons as you progress towards the back rooms? Start with the west room.