Baron 2019/06/02(Sun)21:54 No. 934775 ID: 482fee
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"It's absolutely disgusting out here. After a standoff, Hegemony forces opened fire on civilian colonists in the border town Kabu-ra. The town has now become a warzone as Imperial forces are responding in overwhelming force to the unprovoked attack"

"It doesn't look any better for the people down here. We'll have more as the situation develops"

"Will you turn that shit off Ty? We're in the middle of a gods damned warzone right now!"

"What? I like to keep up with current events"

"How's this for current? We are about to ram a giant fucking asteroid filled with the worst space pirates this side of the Rim!"

Baron 2019/06/02(Sun)21:55 No. 934776 ID: 482fee
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"Really?! Where? I wanna see!"

"I dunno. Your intel said we are looking for a module right? Gives off very specific signals. Well the ship says those signals are coming from three very different spot. I got readings from the lower hangar, near the comms tower, and near what I think is a reactor."

"You think?"

"Bite me, there's a lot of energy bouncing around out here. Still we got only one boarding torpedo, you decide where it penetrates."

Sorry for the buzzkill, Rocket's all upset again. So I totally zoned out, what did she say about where to go? I don't wanna ask. She might get mad at me

Baron 2019/06/02(Sun)22:16 No. 934780 ID: 482fee
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Also a poll to see what the next side story should be. I got some ideas but committing to one will be pretty time consuming.

https://www.strawpoll.me/18101240

The armada is one hell of a distraction, but they will keep their reactor covered. Aim for the Comms and destroy their network!

Hanger means armed warships, almost certain to be a high enemy presence down there.
Reactor is the best place to hide something.
But I agree, we should hit the Comms tower, because we'll have a lot of fun controls and readouts, plus it may be defensible.

>>934775
Something tells me this is exactly where were going next.

>>934780
Tower is the easiest target. Hit fast and hard, and we might get some bonus pay out of this.

Also, remember your tactical BDSM.

Blade for chopchop hackety stabslash
Disposables, like lift or incendiary grenades
'Shotgun' for close range point-defense
Machinegun for general purpose oversaturation

Baron 2019/06/05(Wed)09:59 No. 934895 ID: 482fee
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Comms Tower is is!

Mmmmmyes. I like weapons. I got the shotgun, and I got the bombs. I think I got a machinegun. I gotta check our stock first...

"Hey Ty, that torpedo's only got room for three. Whose's coming?"

"Well clearly, I'm-a comin now. After all, I'm the known assassin in this here neck a space I do tell right."

"Oh no. I signed up for a fight. I'm coming."

"All I know is I'm coming. You will need my medical expertise."

"What expertise to you have?"

"More than you."

Looks like Civ Game won. Oh boy I hope this system I'm writing isn't busted to all hell

Oh hey, squad select time! For all these crewmates whose names I definitely remember. Yeees.
Let's pick... Janeway and the Hwaesi, who you definitely remembered to ask the name of.

>>934897
Toikani

Bee and the Hwaesi for me. This is a smash and grab, so we need maximum chaos.

Go for Bee and MAKO. We have no idea how this might blow up, literally or figuratively, so we may want someone who knows hiw to patch up horrific injuries, or at least who knows how to handle a morphine pen

2 for the robot, 2 for Toikani, and 2 for Bee. Dammit were deadlocked again.

>>934916
Give it time, these situations attract tiebreakers like honey.

Poor Seela

>>934895
Will Guk be next or will you have another vote?

Also Mako and Bee.

Baron 2019/06/08(Sat)11:24 No. 935158 ID: 482fee
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I'll have another vote.

"MAKO, Bee, you're with me. Hey Rocket we're suited up! Launch the tube!"

That's Del's job! HEY DELMART!

Whaaaaat

Launch the boarding torpedo! Base of the Comms Tower!

Fiiiine.

"Hang on, what's this? Driller Error? Braking rocket misfire? Hey Del hold off on the"

What?

"FUUUUUUUUU"

Baron 2019/06/08(Sat)11:24 No. 935159 ID: 482fee
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"Ow fuck. Alright everyone alive? Not dead? Wher-ugh. Where are we?"

"Looks like a magazine, but most of the heavy ordnance is gone. I think we penetrated a lot deeper than intended."

"Really? How can you tell?"

"Well cause we're in a magazine silly. If these here pirates got two braincells to rub together they'd be smart enough to put all their highly explosive rockets deep enough into the asteroid so no enemy can hit it dontcha know."

Baron 2019/06/08(Sat)11:25 No. 935160 ID: 482fee
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Okay, we're lost then. Sorta. Just gotta figure out how to get back to the Tower.

Problem is I only see two ways up. One has a lot of rapid energy discharge like a gun fight's going on, and the other has a large spike in power. Like a reactor about to blow. Oh shit I hope it's not a reactor about to blow.

Do you have an engineer on your team? If so, go to the reactor and jerryrig it with some duct tape and a remote detonator.

You should go see about the single energy discharge instead of multiple small ones. Maybe they're charging a weapon and you can go stop it.

Sure, lets save our ammo.

Baron 2019/06/09(Sun)12:32 No. 935243 ID: 482fee
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"Right, this way!"

"Why are we heading TOWARDS the giant energy build up now?"

"We want to avoid getting bogged down in gun fights as long as we can! This way we can remain undetected for-oh shit."

"Looks like there's still a gun fight here too. Just with energy guns instead. Well that's a fine dandy-doo."

"Who are they? Cynysis goons?"

"Can't be, we're the first ones here. Everyone else is bogged down in that huge fight in the asteroid field."

"Well now could just be infightin'. I'm thinkin we should be exploiting that there quibble and get an inside man that knows where all the doohickeys are."

"Are you sure we should take a risk like that? They can easily just betray us."

"Well I don't think we have much option. Only way to go in is to start shooting."

"True enough. If I had a choice though there, I'd help the folks gettin shot since they aren't dumb enough to try and shoot at a reactor like that."

"You can tell from here?"

"Well of course I can silly. I'm trained to spot all kinds of stuff that I can sabotage when I need to dontcha know."

"Might be safer to neutralize them all and just move on."

"Oh my, we got a tie here boss. Yer the tie breaker."

"Uh...."

Throw an unencrypted message to order both sides to not shoot at you. Then shoot the ones who shoot at you(r fake position).

Throw an unencrypted message to order both sides to not shoot at you. Then shoot the ones who shoot at you(r fake position).

Throw an unencrypted message to order both sides to not shoot at you. Then shoot the ones who shoot at you(r fake position).

>>935251
>>935252
>>935253

I fourth this course of action

It's quite tempting to just shoot them all, but Bee has a point. Focus down the ones defending that reactor first, then see if the other side keeps shooting.

Awww Yiss, the mugshots have made it in!

I'm not sure I agree with Bee, but I DISAGREE with Mako. No sense fighting battles we aren't paid for. And we're running blind without intel.

Let's defend the reactor too.

Baron 2019/06/13(Thu)07:40 No. 935617 ID: 482fee
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"Hey down there! Don't shoot just passing through."

Baron 2019/06/13(Thu)07:40 No. 935618 ID: 482fee
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"Welp now we know who to kill! Light em up Bee!"

Baron 2019/06/13(Thu)07:41 No. 935619 ID: 482fee
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"Well now, that went better than most my other jobs lemme tell ya. It's always good when the bad mothers are so easy to shoot."

"Heyoowa~ Thanks for the assist up there. Gar, say thanks."

"Hrmmn"

"Garit says thanks."

"I don't like this. How can you trust someone who would betray a bunch of backstabbers and cutthroats?"

"Got a name? What's ya doin here?"

"Name's Ty. We're trying to get to the comms tower. You guys locals?"

Better idea. They tell us who they are first since we went through the trouble of saving them. Find out why their supposed friends were risking total destruction to see them dead. I mean they shot a goddamn RPG at us, they were not playing around!

>>935623
Not sure why we'd keep it a secret.

We're not exactly friends, but we're also not military. We just want to a job and peace out. We need secure access to the Comms tower.

A route not under heavy fire would be ideal.

>How can you trust someone who would betray a bunch of backstabbers and cutthroats?
"I don't understand the question."
But yes, let them take point.

>What do
Tell them that you're on a simple snatch-and-grab. Once you have what you need, you'll leave. But first, we should patch this reactor so it doesn't explode before we can evacuate. After everyone's done here, maybe we can set it off.

Rig the bomb up so it will only detonate after it gets two confirmation signals from both captains.

Baron 2019/06/16(Sun)13:11 No. 936036 ID: 482fee
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"Hi there, name's Ty. Who're you? And why are your friends shooting you?"

"My name's Janu, this is Garit. Say hi Gar."

"Hrmmn"

"Don't mind him. And no, we aren't friends with them. We're a private company. Spinstorm pays us to retrieve stuff for them, we keep our mouths shut for a big payoff. Course this time they tried to pay us by shooting us, so none too happy. You?"

"Snatch and grab, we want something up top the Comms Tower."

"Oh? What's so special you'd risk a whole base of pirates to get?"

"Don't tell them Tybalt!"

"IFF Scrambler."

"dammit..."

"Ooooh that would do it. Well you're in luck. We're on our way up top to collect what we deserve from the boss of this rock. Captain Luca, the terror of the Astral Rim. And she killed one of ours now. Something else she needs to pay for."

"Sounds great. You go ahead, fix the reactor and set up that bomb you were planting."

"Bomb? Oh no no, we got no bomb, we just sabotaged the coolant system. The heat build up will ensure critical meltdown long after we're gone. Both of us. Come along, no need to be shy."

"Uh..."

Wait so...does that mean no bomb? I thought there was a bomb. Didn't you say there was a bomb?

YOU'RE the only one who said you had bombs, albeit maybe the more personal, tactical kind.

Sounds like there's no conflict of interest. And again, we're severely outnumbered. Let's get to it.

>>936041
Actually...
Our employers are trying to capture the base intact. They could lose a lot of the disposable assets when the station goes kaboom. We should probably tell someone about this ticking time bomb. Y'know, eventually. After we get our IFF. And off the station. And perhaps paid. The comms tower sounds like it might have the right equipment for that.

Let's storm the comms tower, fleece the commander, tell our contractors there's a sabotaged reactor so they can fix it in time or retreat and let the asteroid with all the pirates blow up. Simple.

Baron 2019/06/19(Wed)08:07 No. 936388 ID: 482fee
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Welp I caught something bad. Update delayed until I can sit up for more than 5 minutes without bad things happening.

As barnacles upon your sanity, your physical health is of our utmost concern!

Baron 2019/06/22(Sat)18:33 No. 936835 ID: 482fee
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"Okay fine, we're going to the same place...so this Luca, would she be anywhere near our thing?"

"Luca's a megalomaniac. Knowing the way she acts, she probably has all the most valuable stuff locked up in a safe under her desk or something."

"So you predict a fight."

"That's putting it lightly. I expect a gods damned siege. Even if she didn't know we were coming, which she does, she'd have her place barricaded with the heaviest gear this rock has."

"So isn't it a bad idea to be takin' an elvator to the top?? She's gotta be expectin that and will have it covered with alla them guns she's gotta have eh?"

Baron 2019/06/22(Sat)18:33 No. 936836 ID: 482fee
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"Uhhhh....what's Garit doin?"

"Dammit Gar, why are you doing that here? Now?!"

"Mmmrnmm."

"I don't care if you feel bad she's dead! Mourn her later, and play with your toys AFTER we're off this rock."

"Mnnngrrrr."

"Doesn't matter if she offered, you stop this instant! Sorry about this."

"Does...this happen a lot?"

"Only when he loses a toy, the big baby."
Okay. I'm weirded out now. Wait, did she say something about an ambush?

"Wait did you say something about an ambush?"

"Yeah Luca's going to have this place locked up tighter than a Primogen's asshole. I was going to just let Gar do his thing, but GAR is being an uncooperative shithead."

"Hmph."

"Well we're dead unless we can form a strategy."

"Oh I'm sure I can get Gar to stop if I shame him enough. Barring that, we can just wait it out. That reactor still has some time left before it blows so we aren't in any hurry"

"Saber Team! Report in dammit! Report before I have your whole section purged!"

"Eh maybe not as much as I planned. Sounds like Luca's off on a tangent again."

Baron 2019/06/22(Sat)18:42 No. 936839 ID: 482fee
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Update: Still sick as hell. I am getting more time to brainstom the sidequest though, so come over here and help me sort this out.

https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/129715.html

Hmm, she can do that? We should probably pick up the phone. Let's tell her the reactor's making funny noises, then attack the comm tower while their forces are diverted to try and fix it.

Misdirection seems like a good call, as well as vacating any likely to be purged areas.

Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?

Baron 2019/06/26(Wed)08:37 No. 937285 ID: 482fee
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"Alright if no one else will do it-hi boss?"

"Steve? Steve is that you? Get closer to the console you're breaking up! Report!"

"Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?"

"Weapon's malfun-what?! Barsin you idiot! I felt that explosion from up here?! Did Janu reach your position yet? Is that...is that a hole in your chest?! Get Steve here and give me a gods-damn status report!"

"Shit uh...which one's Steve?"

"I dunno, you kinda mulched the rest of them. Can't tell which part belongs to who."

Use the tools you brought along.

Mako, which one has the most Stevish genetic profile?
Or if they still have implanted RFID's, do that instead!

If you don't have a head, use an arm and make some excuse.

Tell her Janu split her forces and are trying tonlaunch a surprise attack from another direct. See if you can convince captain Luca to split her own forces.

Steve's dead, ma'am! I'm, uh, not feeling too good myself. Janu already blew through us, said something about heading to the ammo stores to rig an even bigger boom...

Baron 2019/06/30(Sun)19:18 No. 937827 ID: 482fee
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"Mako, which chunk is the biggest Steve?"

"The one without a head"

"Shit well I just gotta improvise. Ub-ji-uh hi! It's me Steve!"

"The hell is wrong with you Steven you sound like a rakthaw crawled in your throat and took a dump."

"I'm, uh, not feeling too good myself. See, Janu already blew through us, said something about heading to the ammo stores to rig an even bigger boom..."

"For FUCK SAKE! YOU! Fine! Fine. You! Take your platoon and take them down to C-Deck, ammo dump, watch for Janu, she tore through Steve's lot."

"Uh ma'am, does that mean I should-"

"Stay there! If Janu comes back, you stop her. Or I'll finish what she started! Luca Out!"

Baron 2019/06/30(Sun)19:19 No. 937828 ID: 482fee
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"Wow I never heard Luca that strung up. I dunno if it was me or you guys that pissed her off more."

"Well thanks, just what I do. Oh and Mako helped."

"Yeah, about that. She's not originally a synth is she? Are ya? Who are you?"

"I'm MAKO-VII"

"Nah nah, that's a service designation. That crown. That's a Primogen Control Crown fixed with a Primogen Personality Crys-web Matrix. You were originally an organic, a person flesh and blood."

"Makes sense. I am based on the personality of a Hegemony officer."

"Nah nah, if you were just some personality spooled up in a lab, you wouldn't need a Primogen Matrix. This is the complex stuff. And you are not gonna tell me it was put into an unaltered pleasure model. No way that was a mistake. Tell me who you really are? Primogen doesn't let just anyone take thier toys."

"I'm sorry I don't know what you're talking about."

"Playin' dumb eh? Alright. Hey Ty, interested in selling your bot?"

"Whoa wait how'd I get roped into this?"

"You're her boss. I wanna know. This little thing's got me curious. And I got a boss that likes curious things. How for the bot?"

She's an independent operative, and she's contracted to me.
IF you can talk her into jumping, we'll need 1.5x her salary as a lump sum so we can hire another medic. In Pirate space in a rush. Plus a 15K breaching fee and a kilo of jerky.

But if you two can't agree than no sale.

>>937831
It was late and I was tired. I think the idea was to ask for a slightly excessive amount so we could see how wealthy they were. Ty would probably want more jerky, too.

(Are there any Mako fans who want to tell them off proper?)

Do not incite a revolt among your crew while you are in a warzone.

Use the distraction now, plant some extra tripmines around here in case Luca wisens up to your diversion.

I am either unwilling or unable to arrange a transfer of contract while on an assignment, take your pick, and given her performance so far I would prefer to keep her in my employ. Discuss it with her later.

Baron 2019/07/04(Thu)16:29 No. 938208 ID: 482fee
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"Nuh-uh. She's an independent operative, and she's contracted to me."

"So what's the contract worth to ya?"

"While on the job? A lot more than you got. No sale. Drop it."

"That a threat?"

""Nah, just stating a fact. She's not for sale."

"Ease up there big guy. Boss isn't the sort that takes rejection well ya know. If I go back with what you said, bad things might be happening later to ya."

""Now who's giving threats?"

"Not a threat, I'm telling ya straight cause I like you. My boss takes this stufff very personally. He's gonna want to know how that bot works, and he'll move planets to get it."

""I'll deal with it."

"You sure now?"

""Very."

Baron 2019/07/04(Thu)16:30 No. 938209 ID: 482fee
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"Okay, I said what I gonna say. Keep it."

""That's it? For real?"

"Yep, I'm done, GAR! Spit that tit out and set up charges. Don't want no one following us!"

"Uh, thanks boss. I don't think I wanna know what her boss would do to me."

""Hey, you're my crew, we look out for each other."

"Still, Janu bought up a good point. I don't know about all this stuff about Primogen, or control crowns. I'd like to find out what this is. Will you help me with that?"

"Ty! We're goin up. Get your crew ready, cause shit's going to get crazy up top."

This is fine. This will all be fine.

MAKO, this may shock you, but I'm not an engineering whiz. If you can ask Rocket and Del, and find us something concrete, we'll see.

Hmm, her boss wants to find out, we want to find out, she wants to find out. How about a counter-offer? We figure it out, and when we do we'll tell her boss.

You've got to have a user manual somewhere, right? It's definitely worth checking out in case other people come around looking to bid on the bot.
Janu, we would consider it a personal favor if your boss didn't hear about Mako.
Now let's shoot some pirates!

Baron 2019/07/07(Sun)10:28 No. 938464 ID: 482fee
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"MAKO, this may shock you, but I'm not an engineering whiz. Look, when we get back, we can get Del or someone else that's good with tech to work on it 'kay?"

"Please not Del"

"Alright listen up, I got a floor plan of Luca's personal chamber at the top of the Tower. These turrets watch the elevator, the two on the bottom are automated motion sensors. The one on top is manned but only armored on the front. But it also packs a lot more fire power than the drones."

Baron 2019/07/07(Sun)10:29 No. 938465 ID: 482fee
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"We can sneak up through this maintenance shaft. I already sent a drone ahead and oh, surprise. Luca's got those defenses up and ready for us. How nice of her."

Baron 2019/07/07(Sun)10:30 No. 938466 ID: 482fee
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"Right so there's that. Now if I was Luca, I'd be putting some guards here and here, so odds are good we'll run into someone even with her forces split in half."

Baron 2019/07/07(Sun)10:31 No. 938467 ID: 482fee
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"Doesn't seem too bad. I've dealt with worse."

"Yyyyyeah. So this part back here? It's a kill zone, overlapping fire down a flight of stairs with no cover means Luca will put her heavy weapons there to mulch anything that gets that far. Ever dealt with that?"

"Mmmmaybe?"

"So I was planning on hitting those turrets there, ripping them up and turning them on Luca, but it sounds like you want her stuff intact for the IFF thingy. Thing is, I don't see how we're going to take that sport without losing some folk. alternative is to just let Gar bomb it, but that would pretty much destroy everything back there. You seein something I'm not seein?"

"Uhhhh"

Alright smart guys, I'm not much of a tactician now. What do I do? Do I...do I just smash something and maybe punch a hole in a wall?

Attempt to hack the automated turrets. If you succeed, have one shoot the guy in overwatch and the other bug the sentinel (along with our drone) so we can aim the shot.

If the turrets aren't accessible, stealthily maneuver the drone behind the sentinel, then have it bug him at the worst possible moment.

After you're done here, see if you can uninstall and re-install the automated turrets near the main doorway. Whoever breaches that door is going to get an alpha strike, it might as well be the turret since they can pick off a few guys before dying.

In theory, hacking the turrets would allow them to not fire at all. So it's still a good idea. And the odd case of collateral damage is still better than being ripped apart by turrets

The only other possible idea I have is how much less effective that killzone (and long range in general) would be in zero G. Janu seems like a resourceful type, so why not bring it up?

We got bombs. How armoured are the walls?

You see any vents Mako could crawl through to drop some grenades on their heads?

Baron 2019/07/10(Wed)08:09 No. 938737 ID: 482fee
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"Any way to shut off gravity here?"

"I would have if you asked me like an hour ago. All we can do now is manually shut it off, and it won't be in the hallway."

"Okay...how about breaching charges? You got that?"

"Gar does. You thinking of blowing a wall in?"

"Actually yeah. Blow the wall right in front of bug-guy, shoot the turret guy, and hack the automated turrets while Gar gives covering fire."

"Oh you got someone that can work those things?"

"Oooh! Oooh! I can!"

"Okay...yeah. I like the sound of that. Gar. Charge, now."

"Hmmmnrgh."

"Clear!"

Combat starting! Command the squad, and roll for effectiveness!

What kind of dice should we be rolling?

TY- you're our main gun support, Sustained fire, hit everyone, keep them from making a plan.
Bee-Use mobility to take down any flankers or runners, while advancing on turret
MAKO+Janu MAKO spots and marks important targets, Janu engages with her scoped thing. Turret gunner is contestant #1.
Everyone else-defend and cover TY. Targets of opportunity.

We can start the hack as soon as we've got the gunners down, presumbably

>>938771
Everyone Else should cover Bee instead, since he's risking more exposure.

Baron 2019/07/10(Wed)20:08 No. 938795 ID: 482fee
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>>938771
Ah crap I knew I forgot to do something. Yeah so, I'm going to experiment with dice rolls in combat before the Civ game. 1d20 per post, and it will determine the overall luck of everyone. I want to add an extra element of chance but not slow everything to a number grind so let's see how this works.

rolled 15 = 15

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I'll roll for Raccoon Guy

>>938797
Works for me, especially if you roll like that.

rolled 20 = 20

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>>938797
Good roll.
Uh, all I have to say is play this defensively, nobody needs to be a hero today.

Baron 2019/07/13(Sat)18:25 No. 939069 ID: 482fee
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20! The breaching charge doesn't so much blow the wall to chunks as it pushes the wall forward, crushing the first gunman

Janu uses her looted pulse gun to blow the turret gunner's head to chunks, eliminating the two squishy targets in a second.

Ty hip fires keeps the auto turrets from focusing long enough for Bee to get into hacking range and she successfully shuts both down!

Garit keeps the hallway cleared from reinforcements drawn from the sound of the explosion.

"YEAH HA HA! ACTION OH HO HOLY SHIT! That was fast."

"Hgrrrr."

"Got four more coming down the hall. Bee how long before you get those turrets working again."

"Still need to reset their targeting protocols now. Oh my this is a tricky bit o' software, I may need like about say five ish minutes. Maybe four."

"So we hold right?"

"Hells no, we push! Don't let them dig in!"

"We don't know what they have up ahead!"

Commands?

rolled 7 = 7

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Four minutes of funneling targets to us. All right, let's hold in cover here! Someone get on that manual turret, we'll cover you!

rolled 1 = 1

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Ask Bee if she can temporarily switch the turrets to manual, you have enough teammates to point them in the right direction.

Throw some grenades into the hall every 20 seconds, keep the enemy forces disorganized!

rolled 17 = 17

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Note to self, Bee is a Girl.
Let's get Mako Spotting, and directing fire on any priority targets. I figure synthetic vision is the best we've got.

I don't think we have the numbers to push.

Baron 2019/07/16(Tue)08:51 No. 939337 ID: 482fee
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"We wait for the first wave and push them back. Hold, just long enough for Bee to do her thing. Mako? Spot for us. Someone get on the turret!"

17! Success! Turret's rail shot punches through the collapsible barrier, jamming it and blowing one pirate in half.

MAKO marks targets and forwards them to everyone's HUD.

"I count at least five is back there. Bee, can we get one of those guns set to manual and move it over here?"

"Nope sorry, these models are auto or nuthin. It's why they didn't sell to good and why only pirates still use em."

"Dammit...alright hold fast!"

rolled 6 = 6

---

Those look like some heavy weapons they're carrying, make sure they don't get a chance to point those at us. Suppress the murder hole while the turret keeps punching new ones.

rolled 20 = 20

---

This is just a stand up fight now. Keep on the pressure.

Baron 2019/07/18(Thu)08:56 No. 939517 ID: 482fee
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Critical success! The rail shot melts through the barrier and the pirates hiding behind it. The counterattack is stopped before it even starts as the survivors panic and run.

"Ha! That gun's got some serious punch to it! Can I rip that thing up and take it? Gar?"

"Hrnnnn...mmh-mmm."

"Damn..."

"Hokay, I got a turret workin' now. Just gotta set it up and it'll start pickin' "Not-us" targets!"

And the other one?"

"Almost got this one. It's been a real stubborn stickler though. I probably can get this one done real soon though."

"Good cause we need to push now before Luca's boys wise up to us."

"What if they booby trapped the corridor? We need to play it safe."

"That's what Luca's hoping we do!"

rolled 11 = 11

---

This sentinel' got some punch. What if we were to, say, rotate it about 135 degrees counterclockwise, where Luca should be right now, and shoot it through the walls?

rolled 4 = 4

---

The corridor they just used? Fine, we'll look both ways before crossing the street, but now is the time to PUUUSH. Finish that second turret Bee, then meet up with us ahead! Don't turn the first one back on til they're both ready, though.

rolled 3 = 3

---

We are about to gain ownership of 2 majorly large guns.
Why would Luca want us to do that? Think on that, but quietly.

I fear our new friend may be trying to get us to take... excessive risks.
if she wants to send a scout or two ahead, fine. We're not splitting up.

rolled 8 = 8

---

>All these low rolls
Oh this is going to hurt no matter what. Send Janu's drone ahead to see what they're preparing first, then move ahead with covering fire so Bee can set the turrets up

>>939585
We can't win 'em all.

But if someone wants to try I wouldn't be too mad.

Baron 2019/07/21(Sun)15:31 No. 939894 ID: 482fee
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"Hey you think that turret can penetrate the walls and hit the other side?"

"Yeah if you had about a year of constantly firing at it."

"No sass now. I'm just sayin, we're walking into something unknown."

"Which is why I said we should move it Luca sets up!"

"Well what could Luca get on us?"

JANU! YOU WANNA KILL ME? COME AT ME BITCH!

"That! That's what Luca has!"

"You knew!?"

"Actually this is new but I'm not surprised!"

FAILURE!
Shots are deflected by the dual shield generators!

"Shit! Is there anything that can bypass that!"

"Nothing we got! That shit has two generators! Those stop anything moving faster than a bullet."

Oh crap oh crap oh crap! Now would be a good time for strategy

rolled 3 = 3

---

Stuff a pirate corpse with grenades, throw it towards the mech, then use the turret to move it with newton's third law followed by a hit to detonate before they realize what is going on.

rolled 3 = 3

---

Well on the plus side, charging would have in no way helped us.

Thrown grenades would ignore the shield, as would melee attacks.
By far the best idea is someone gets close enough to stick one of those breaching charges on it.

Someone tough, and durable, and AH DAMN...

rolled 4 = 4

---

We need to to kill slow, and bullets too fast! Plant some charges here and retreat. Then blow it all to hell!

What kind of guns does she have, and what melee weaponry do you have? If this mech is supposed to work with infantry support, which she currently lacks, this could be your chance.

Well, at least we brought the medibot.

Does anyone want to help with Deadlands? He's doing great but is probably getting bored of me

Baron 2019/07/23(Tue)14:23 No. 940172 ID: 482fee
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"Alright here's the plan, distract her with the turrets, and I'll plant a charge on the bot. Just keep her busy until"

MAJOR FAILURE

LUCA BLASTS TURRET. TURRET IS SLAGGED.

"Oh gods dammit..."

rolled 1 = 1

---

Good lord dice, lay off will ya?
It's time to engage it in melee, big guy. Get inside the shields!

rolled 5 = 5

---

Bee, we're running out of lifespan for you to fuck around!

Janu, you've already pissed her off, now twist the knife!
We'll get in there, somehow...

rolled 5 = 5

---

Tactical retreat! Quick, what is Luca's berserk button! Convince her to shoot her own men out of paranoia!

rolled 7 = 7

---

I'm going to support a tactical retreat, holy hell these dice.

>>940207
>>940208
Retreat seems good, yes.

rolled 7 = 7

---

Well shit. Leave the functioning turret to distract Luca. If succesful, continue with planting explosives. If not, leg it the hell out

>>940301
Oh no...

rolled 15 = 15

---

>>940172
Peform a tactical run away

>>940311
Thank you for your service.

Baron 2019/07/26(Fri)08:18 No. 940500 ID: 482fee
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MAJOR SUCCESS

TACTICAL RETREAT SUCCESFUL, NO CASUALTIES

"You think you can hide from me Janu!? Do ya?!"
"Okay. We bought time. Now what?"

It seems the hack has been compromised.

IF we could get comms up to someone outside, we could maybe mark our location and call in external fire. If it goes to plan, it knocks the mech over, or gives us an opening. If it doesn't, the hull is blown open and we depressurize violently.

Right now all I'm doing is discussing it. No roll until I know if its possible.

The slow blade pierces the shield. Either a bomb needs to be lobbed slowly at it (but fast enough for him not to intercept), or one needs to be hidden in his path for him to walk over.
Or someone can Leroy Jenkins it I guess.

>NO CASUALTIES
I'm sure that girl on the turret will be just fine.
Rally the troops, see how that turret hack came along. Bring the one online - and maybe if we're lucky, this mech pursuing us means we won't have to deal with that killzone after all.

>>940722
Hmmm, thinking laterally. If we could get her out of the mech somehow, and one of us into it, that'd be a hard counter to the Killzone.

Why not set the charge by the hole. If Luca is that pissed she might try to just ram the mech through the gap we made and the bb could blow up right under the bot.

>>940823
Do this, but also prepare to charge in and steal the mech.

Baron 2019/07/31(Wed)08:48 No. 941065 ID: 482fee
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Sounds good, sounds good. First lemme check what we got.


"Hey Bee, are those turrets up and ready?"

"Sssssorta? One's all sorted up proper now, but the other will just shoot anythin' in front of it."

"Alright, just need to make sure not to be the one in front of it. Janu, how many charges we got left?"

"Uh yeah? Gar's carrying like six."

"Shgrrng."

"What do you mean you only have one left? Where'd the other five go?"

"Snnrm."

"Yes I would like to know where ten thousand nushel of hardware went!"

"Will that be enough to crack that mech if we laid it down?"

"A walker like that? Maybe, if we position the charge to blow behind it. Armor's weaker there. Why you got an idea?"

There's always my Hail-mary plan but we need outside comms.

Otherwise... activate the turret and open fire from the passage, and hope Bee can fly in and plant that bomb, taking the main route?

rolled 16 = 16

---

Okay how about we set up the busted turret to fire outside to lure Luca in, and set up the working turret to the side to get Luca to face it and blow that up.

That way her back will be facing the wall we have the charges will be set to and blow her back side.

I'm afraid to roll and get a 1 but here goes...

>>941166
Oh that's good. Well if no one else has a better idea, we can go with this

>>941179
We're basically just variations on a theme, so sure.

Baron 2019/08/04(Sun)14:07 No. 941338 ID: 482fee
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"One. Set up the charge by the lip of the breach, set it to blow downwards. Janu, can you piss Luca off? Get her unfocused?"

"Oh that's easy. Hey Lucaaaa~ remember Ivvorglade? That was all me."

I FUCKING KNEW IT!

TURRET SLAGGED

Baron 2019/08/04(Sun)14:07 No. 941339 ID: 482fee
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"BLOW IT!"
MAJOR SUCCESS! CHARGE DESTROYS GUN ARM. MECH TAKES HEAVY DAMAGE

OH JANU YOU SHITSTAIN, YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA STOP ME?! DO YA?!


MECH STILL FUCNTIONAL...

rolled 15 = 15

---

See if that disrupted the shields! One quick burst from everyone, and target the wound!

rolled 10 = 10

---

Most importantly, that disabled the gun-- the entire limb is off now. That means we can get in a bit closer. The mech is less dangerous from that side!

We don't have to kill the mech, we just have to kill its knees.

If gunfire fails, some melee blows to the interior kneecap could prove effective.

rolled 1 = 1

---

>>941358
Not sure what I did wrong, buuut-

rolled 9 = 9

---

>>941339
No, but it makes it way easier to shoot back now!

rolled 5 = 5

---

>>941339
Now is the time to wrassle the mech, Ty.

Baron 2019/08/07(Wed)08:53 No. 941697 ID: 482fee
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"Shit uh, uh. Shoot at it!"

MAJOR SUCCESS!

SHIELD GENERATOR HAS SUSTAINED TOO MUCH DAMAGE. MAJORITY OF SHOTS BREAK THROUGH AND HIT VITAL SERVOS

"NO! NO! JANU! I'M GONNA"

Baron 2019/08/07(Wed)08:53 No. 941698 ID: 482fee
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FUSED JOINTS KEEP THE FROM MOVING AND OVERTAXED HEAT COMPENSATION FORCES ALL SYSTEMS TO SHUT DOWN

"'Shoot at it?' Really?"

"Well it worked didn't it?"

"So are we killin Luca there orrrrrr?"

"Huh? I dunno. That's Janu's thing. Plus I dunno how to open this thing."

"Well I do know you're supposed to climb out the back, but we busted that. Don't worry. I'll cut Luca out later. She ain't going anywhere. Now then...."

Baron 2019/08/07(Wed)08:55 No. 941699 ID: 482fee
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"That delay probably gave them a hells of a lot of time to fortify themselves. I don't think one turret's gonna be enough to dig them out, and Gar APPARENTLY used up ALL HIS EXPLOSIVES!"

"Grrrrmgng"

"You're not off the hook yet buddy! So yeah, you did pretty well handling a mech, even if half the stuff you said sounds dumber than a sack of bricks. What do you gauge we should do this time?"

rolled 8 = 8

---

(If we accept that Ty has the mannerisms of a smug cat, and Rocket is his exasperated caretaker, there's no way he wont try to bring back this mech to lay on her pillow/loading bay)

Anyway. Bee can fly can't she? Is there maybe another shaft that'd bring her behind the lines? Then send the main force in when they start shooting the wrong way?

Use the mech as an inhuman shield. We'll still use the turrets, of course. I think relying on Bee's sharpshooting is safer than a full frontal assault at this point?

See if the mech can be used as a mobile shield. Cut Luca out now and jist tie her uo, and have MAKO walk it into their guns while Bee uses her commando skills to take out key figures. Everyone else can move up behind the mech as it marches forward.

>>941707
Seems like the deterrent effect would be amplified with Luca Inside... and it's one less piece of luggage.

>>941721
Well can the mech be hacked though? I would think something like a piloted warmachine has more robust systems to keep spmeone from hijacking it remotely.

rolled 12 = 12

---

Let's troll them into giving us a combat advantage.

Start by threatening to sell Luca's organs to cartoon directors if they don't surrender. Once they insult their former captain, make sure Luca reacts with screaming and/or swearing, then mute her speakers and simulate the sound of a double-sized mech stomping. That should give you enough terror and restraint to dig in past the kill zone.

>>941746
Oh, If we can get operational, matryoshka bots all the way!
I was thinking about if it's dead weight.

>>941784
I was thinking of giving MAKO some extra protection if our 'friends' stop being friendly

Baron 2019/08/11(Sun)15:23 No. 942254 ID: 482fee
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rolled 10 = 10

---

"Pry Luca out now, I got an idea."

"I'm fine with whatever. Gar. Cut 'er open."

"Gmmnmm."

"Hey Luca, we'll get you out of there. No need to thank us. Gar's gonna take good care of you. Right Gar?"

"Hnnnnng..."

"Creepy. Alright here's the plan. Imma put MAKO in the mech. She'll get the thing back up and running and we'll use it as a mobile shield."

"Sounds dumb. Let's do it. Nighty night Luca!~"

Baron 2019/08/11(Sun)15:26 No. 942256 ID: 482fee
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MIXED SUCCESS!

"Well good news and bad news. Looks like the legs are still functional in here, but all the weapons are fried, the arm servos are offline, and the shields are dead, so yeah. Mako's gonna have to rely on the mech's armor to survive this."

"Hey that works just fine, we'll do the shooting anyway. Mako you ready?"

"Not at all. Why am I doing this?"

Matryoshka bots are a GO!

rolled 15 = 15

---

>Why am I doing this
"Because you have the best chance of maximizing this giant lug's remaining warranty, and we're dumb enough to shoot guns without wearing mechanized suits."

>Battle Strategy
Randomly generate a mad-cow walking strategy, memorize it, and move out. Carve out a flank from the bulletstorm and seize cover as soon as possible.

You're uh, the smallest target? If things get too hot just turn around and bail out. This thing is only good for mobile cover!

rolled 15 = 15

---

"It's your best chance of survival. If it makes you feel better we can reinforce the mech hull first."

Make good on that and spot weld some scrap to the front chassis. There should be plenty after the fight, and Bee oughta have something like that in her kit. She seems to be ex spec ops so she must have all konds of gadgets on her; and it might add some surviveability to the machine.

After that, set it running straight into the enemy guns while having it blare Luca's voice. It might make the pirates panic enough to ignore us until we get out of the killzone

Going with these
>>942372
>>942260
Update coming this weekend. This 510(k) is kicking my ass

Baron 2019/08/17(Sat)17:51 No. 942863 ID: 482fee
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"Because you have the best chance of maximizing this giant lug's remaining warranty. It's your best chance of survival. If it makes you feel better we can reinforce the mech hull first."

"A little."

"Fine, just a scrap job. That thing's already a tank, but we can't wait too long."

"Rushjob, rushjob. Fine. I can do that."

Baron 2019/08/17(Sat)17:53 No. 942864 ID: 482fee
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MILD SUCCESS

REINFORCED MECH CHARGES INTO KILLZONE LIKE A MAD COW USING A LOOP OF LUCA SCREAMING.


IT HAS ALL THE PIRATES' ATTENTION. UNFORTUNATELY THEIR PANIC FIRING MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO COUNT THEIR NUMBERS

Outta the way outta the way! Clear the door, outta the way!

"Ach ka, my helmet can't cancel out all the muzzle flashes. Why do I even bother wearing this thing?"

"Head protection!"

"Oh yeah. Point still stands, I can't see shit":

If you can't see anything but the muzzle flashes, just shoot at the muzzle flashes.

rolled 3 = 3

---

Toss some grenades. Even if they dodge them, that's 2-3 schlubs that aren't in cover.

rolled 20 = 20

---

Do you guys even have grenades?

Anyway, the incoming fire looks like it's coming from both sides. They've got you in a pincer formation! You need to clear out one side of it before you move any further forwards! Looks like a lopsided pincer though. Take out the single sniper on your right first. Then you'll want to claim the cover they were using and open fire on the other side of the fortifications.

Baron 2019/08/21(Wed)07:59 No. 943195 ID: 482fee
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CRITICAL SUCCESS!

A LUCKY SHOT TAKES OUT THE SNIPER, AND THE TEAM SPREADS OUT TO MOP UP THE PANICKED PIRATES!

Baron 2019/08/21(Wed)08:00 No. 943196 ID: 482fee
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"Yeah! Yeahmy blood's up! Oh...oh crap it's over already."

"Okay Luca, you and me are gonna have a nice chat. You can look for your thingy Ty."

"Grrng."

"Yeah yeah I know. Plunder's finder's keepers rules. Gar likes it that way."

Oh yeah, we were looking for the IFF thing weren't we. Now that I think of it, I have no idea what it looks like...

Interrogate Luca with Janu. Get her to tell you where it is, maybe play the bad bruiser to Janu's good merc (or vice versa if Luca thinks Janu is a sadistic bitch).

Also tell Mako and Bee to get the good stuff before Gar takes everything

I would argue that 3 could loot faster than 2, and that taking everything that looks valuable is sound policy anyway.

IF that scrambler is functional, it'd have to be plugged into a base subsystem to be working. Might narrow it down.

rolled 2 = 2

---

>>943219
(no idea if roll required)

Try asking your team if anyone knows what it looks like.

rolled 1 = 1

---

>>943263

>>943220
Hopefully not, the dice have forsaken this thread.
Try looking in the middle door.

A modest proposal for the questmaster: Tell us to roll or not to in the subject field

rolled 6 = 6

---

Here let me add a search roll.

rolled 15 = 15

---

Oh shoot I didn't think we'd need to roll.
Rolling for my post >>943212

Baron 2019/08/23(Fri)08:12 No. 943402 ID: 482fee
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>>943316
Yeah I should be more clear about this in the future. This wasn't supposed to be a roll event but with so many doing it...

MAJOR SUCCESS

"Welp, alls I found was a box of guns. Factory fresh too, even still have that wierd greasy coating on them that won't get off your fingers for hours.

Which is good for me, since I like guns, but no IFF. What about you lot?"


"Most stuff up 'ere is fulla holes and so shot up even their scrap value ain't worth the haul. But I did find some of these here Obedience collars. Typical pirate stuff."

"Never heard of em."

"Really? This is some high grade black market goods here doncha-know. It really messes up the brain o' anyone that wears it so it's like a knock of glyph of those there Rezan thingies. You know, the ones that they put on servants even though they say they don't cause it's supposed ta be illegal. These things are worse though. Leave em on too long and the poor soul can't live without it. They just curl up an' die."

"Some of them are missing."

"I know where one of them went."

"Is that a?"

"Technokarver. And collared too. I bet Luca was using this one to keep this mech working. Rezan tech is real antsy so I'm not surprised she keeps a personal gearmonkey to keep it working."

"That there looks like a stasis box. The kind ya put yer groceries in so they don't spoil. That's no place fer a person."

"So the karver's asleep. Should we wake it?"

"Not sure. I could safely turn off the stasis field but I have no idea what the karver's mental state is like. Never dealt with a collared patient before."

"Yeah that's a toughie. If Luca wanted this feller to attack any stranger, it'd jump right at us. Though if Luca was clumsy an' such, the poor thing'll prolly just be spooked."

Ooookay. Maybe this can help. Should I try and wake the technokarver, or try and pry it outta Luca?

No rolls this time.

Not fully sure if this is a synth or a biological. If the latter, Mako could maybe administer a sedative first.

Guns drawn, but let's wake it.

>>943402
Practice multilayer containment. Put the stasis unit in a bigger box, then turn it off.

What about removing the collar before waking up the guy?

>>943411
We don't know if that'd kill 'em.

rolled 13 = 13

---

Keep the stasis field up, but get the technokarver to a medical station. As for Luca, capture one of her lackeys, then cross-examine their stories individually.

Keep searching for more loot

Try and wake the engie. Without the dice getting a say-so, I think you're all more than a match for a frenzied flunky.

>>943547
I gotta agree here. Just get some muscle up front and it'll be fine.

Baron 2019/08/25(Sun)15:25 No. 943603 ID: 482fee
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"Just wake it. Actually Bee, can you see if we can get one of Luca's goons? I wanna grill him for info."

"That might be a bit of a pickle there, owin that they're all a bit dead now."

"Gar that's just garbage, toss it."

"Well shit. Never mind, shut off the field. I'll hold it if the karver gets crazy."

"Are you certain?"

"Remember who I am? I got this."

The field deactivates, and the technokarver drops to the floor. It is backing away almost immediately, metallic voice crackling from its helmet.

"Aaaah~ Get away! Mistress! Mistress!"

"Easy there. Easy easy, I'm not gonna hurt ya."

"B-but, Mistress Luca didn't tell me about you. Mistress Luca said there are mutineers aboard! She said I cannot talk to the mutineers or she'll make it hurt again. Are you the mutineers?"

Truthfully, no. We are not mutineers. Tell it you have acquired it from Luca. It's got a new master now.
Ask it how long it's been wearing that collar. Can the collar be removed safely?

We aren't mutineers, but we might become them if we're forced to stay. Once we have what we want, we can leave, then no more risk of a mutiny. Savvy?

Luca lost. Tell us how to get that collar off before any failsafes it might have kick in. Also, if you've seen the IFF around, we need that.

Baron 2019/08/26(Mon)09:02 No. 943626 ID: 482fee
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"Uh no. No we're not mutineers. Maybe. Luca did lose though. So you might wanna help us get that collar off ya before some failsafe or something kicks in. Also we're looking for an IFF scrambler. Do you know what that looks like?"

"I could show you if Mistress Luca didn't control me. She makes it very hard to go through her personal stuff without her permission."

"Just another reason to get that thing off right?"

"You can't."

"I can't what?"

"You can't take the collar off. All of these have a single key tied to each collar. It's the only thing that will unlock it. Mistress Luca tossed mine out an airlock a couple years back. Made me watch."

"Shit really? Why?"

"I dunno. She did say because I wasn't fast enough for something. I dunno what I wasn't fast enough for."

"Okay that's not working. Any idea how to bypass this then, or does Luca not let you say that?"

"Are you the new master then?"

"Wait what?"

"I'd have to obey my master or mistress. If Mistress Luca transferred control to someone else, I wouldn't be compelled to keep her secrets anymore."

"So you want me to get Luca to give me control over you, is that what I'm hearing."

"I didn't say that."

"Well now we have a solution. How do we do this."

"No, onnly Mistress Luca knows. It's how she doesn't let her subordinates or Janu take me away from her."

"...shit"

Seems like we gotta ask the lady hersself.

We must have something she wants, even if it's 'intact kneecaps'.

Alright get Luca over here, with instructions to transfer ownership or else she loses some non-essential body parts.

Right. Get with Janu and establish a routine to get Luca to talk. Try waterboarding to speed things along since we do have only as long as the meltdown

Bee seems to know alot about these things. See if she knows how to work the collars before we have to resort to getting it out of Luca. Get some answers from someone we can trust first.

Baron 2019/08/28(Wed)08:45 No. 943735 ID: 482fee
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"Bee, any idea how these things work?"

"I thought you'd know already."

"Bee, remember that shithole I recruited you on? I was born there. I lived there. Only things I know about the wider universe is that I'm in the Empire, and we don't like the Hegs. The fuck is this, and how to I switch ownership of this thing if the key's gone?"

"Oh well you just need blood. The original owner's and the new owner to be. All ya gotta do is stick it on that glowy dealy in the middle, then when it' glows all red and shiny, stick your own blood in it. That should do it. I dunno why that works, it just does. You Rezans like stuff like that right?"

Baron 2019/08/28(Wed)08:46 No. 943736 ID: 482fee
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"Hey Janu, you need Luca for anything? Cause I'm going to need blood."

"Oh sure buddy, just wait a sec. Hey. Hey Luca~ Wakey wakey~"

"Whu...Jrr-Janu! Hng!"

"Feeling a bit lopsided Lu-lu? Wanna explain yourself?"

"Sit on my finger and rotate you shit!"

"Tell me Lu-lu, do you feel this? I want this to hurt."

"Fuck you!"

"She's all yours. Make it slow."

INTERROGATE OR GET BLOOD?

Luca's spite keeps intimidation from producing exponential results in favor of malfunctions. You can still intimidate her, but you need to keep her mind on what she has to lose if she doesn't capitulate her ego this one time. Namely, her 'magnificent' self. Play good cop, bad cop, since she's obviously seething at Janu.

Ty starts by pandering to her charisma and beauty, claiming he's impressed by how she lived up to her reputation as the Queenpin of the Hegemony's Secret Service privateers. When she gets suspicious of how much flattery he's putting on, Janu responds with her detailed revenge fantasy of kidnapping Lena, then forcing her to do the most demeaning, low-class jobs as charity cases for the common folk, including sewer cleaning and waitressing at a catgirl maid cafe, a far cry from her high and mighty roost. When she inevitably accuses them of sexism and sexual harassment, Janu will grin while Ty explains that he just wanted her full attention, and while he's around he will take custody and will not deviate from honorable prisoner conduct, as long as she doesn't mislead them into getting themselves killed.

So if she doesn't notify you of any killswitches the psyker slave has on him when you activate the DNA test thingy, you're going to give up on being nice, clamp her in chains, and drop her off at the nearest police station instead. At night. In the back alley. Where the cops take their breaks after exhausting, stressful shifts in inhumane working conditions without any leeway for companionship.

And they'll non-physically angst their woes arrest her. And nothing else will happen indeed. (Act stupidly naive)

Janu can have Luca to herself, far as I'm concerned.
We need enough blood to try Bee's plan, the IFF, and a techslave would be a nice bonus. Beyond that? feh.

I don't really care what she does or doesn't know.

Well, try asking her where the IFF is. Tell her if she tells you, you'll give her a pinprick instead of a gash.

Blood! BLOOOOOOD!
What was the question again?

>>943761
https://youtu.be/Vn05qpn2e1Y?t=40

Baron 2019/08/30(Fri)08:05 No. 943857 ID: 482fee
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Yeah I tuned out after 'exponential' there. I got an idea

"Okay Luca, you get only one chance at this. Where's the IFF?"

"It's up your ass-AAUGH! Sumuvabitch!"

"I did say only one chance. Welp I got what I wanted."

"...a tooth? That's it?"

"Nope, just the blood"

Baron 2019/08/30(Fri)08:05 No. 943858 ID: 482fee
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"Alright so I put the thingy to the thing and what?"

"Just rub the blood on the central node"

"Like tha-whoooa! Oh! That burns! That's burning! Ow! HOT! HOT! HOOOOT!"

Baron 2019/08/30(Fri)08:05 No. 943859 ID: 482fee
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"Bee the hells is happening? You said all I had to do was put the blood on!"

"That is all you need to do, give it a minute there now."

Baron 2019/08/30(Fri)08:06 No. 943860 ID: 482fee
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"...I feel...less restraint speaking to you now. Yes. It worked. Ownership has been transferred. Master..."

"Tybalt. Call me Ty if you want. And don't call me master. Where's the IFF Scrambler?"

"Master Tybalt...I am the IFF Scrambler."

"Wait what?"

DESIGNATE TECHNOCARVER RACE AND GENDER.

>>943861
I'm not well versed in all the races in the Famaverse, but if we've got to have a techslave, it might as well be an elf chick.

Maybe even with a pixie cut?

>I am the IFF scrambler
Sounds legit.

>Race and gender
You know what, let's keep the Mass Effect theme going - Half-Planeshifted Quarian, Quarter Vulcan (or a psi pokemon or an ethereal or whatever), Quarter Rezan.

It's a birb dudette.

"Okay, gonna need you to explain the whole 'living scrambler' bit."

>>943863
The main guy is part Krogan, and rezan makes all sorts of hybrid stuff possible.

So I vote Rezan-elf-birb.

Also yeah. Explain the living scrambler thing. I thought we were lookong for some device.

Technocarver isn't its own kinda race? Huh. Neat helmet. It's pretty wedge shaped though.
Kind of like a sergal.
A male sergal.

What about a rezan/elf/bird girl with sergal puss to make everyone happy? Quarians look like humans and vulcans look like elves so even kome gets his vote counted

>>943927
Hybridizing to such extremes leaves nobody happy.

I'm not vetoing anyone but our squad is awash in hybrids of varying stripes. A pureblood would be refreshing.

And we have one lady who's all bird, all the time.

>>943933
It's not that extreme. And I'm curious to see how far QM can go with race mixing.

Baron 2019/08/30(Fri)23:45 No. 943958 ID: 482fee
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My fault for not making it clear. Carvers are Rezan magic users, it will be pure Rezan by default, and a mix of Rezan and anything else.

I really should update the wiki page with this stuff.

Oh. Well then, Rezelf or Kome's thing.

My vote's still on her being half-Quarian.

Y'know what, fuck it. Who else would end up in a situation like this? Rezan-Quarian hybrid.

>>943983
Aren't quarians just humans with three fingers and toes? Or do you want the carver wearing a mask under the mask?

>>944024
I figured she'd be similar to Ty: mostly Rezan in appearance with some ancestral heirlooms like the hood, but she'd act like a Quarian when in combat or placed in extreme situations, like a dirty room.

>>944029
But if she's Rezan would she even still be a hypochondriac?

Baron 2019/09/02(Mon)17:42 No. 944189 ID: 482fee
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"Yeah like I said. Born on shithole planet, I have no idea what you're talking about. Explain."

"Karvers are needed to interface with Rezan tech master. We're also used to pilot and run the cyberwarfare on Rezan ships. So we also often get augments to turn us into living computers. Misstr-erm. Luca implanted me with the IFF scrambler. I am able to disable targeted IFF systems once a connection is established, and I have a library of two million patented IFF systems I can overload, hijack, or destroy via suit-cast injection. That's what this suit is for."

"Gar that's not going to fit, turn it sideways. I said sideways! The other sideways! Do you see the direction I'm turning my arms? That way!"

"Dumb it down I still don't know what you are."

"I'm magic, and it makes me good at hacking things."

"Careful that shit's delicate! How is she going to fit if you keep cramming it in like that?"

"And are you good for anything else?"

"Fixing the mech you trashed, interfacing with anything that uses standard Hegemonic, Imperial, or Federated operating systems, and I take up minimal living space."

"Ah good. So you're a...what are you?"

"I dunno. When I was still a little girl, my dad said I was part 'korian' or something. I don't know what that is."

"Do you want Luca or not? I thought so, then quit whining and help me with this!"

Baron 2019/09/02(Mon)17:42 No. 944190 ID: 482fee
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"Hold that thought. Hey Janu! What's going on over there."

"Loading Luca's escape pod, We got just enough time to bug out before systems go critical."

"We're escaping in this? Looks awful small. I don't think we'll all fit."

"Oh yeah, I got a solution for that. You see...bye!"
ESCAPE POD LAUNCHED!
"Aw motherfucker!"

"I told you this was going to happen!"

"Yeah I know it was going to happen too! It still pisses me off!"

"What's going on?"

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

So you could... I dunno, hack the IFF on that escape pod to make it look like a pirate warship?

ALSOWENEEDTOGO

>>944190
Okay, time to make systems not go critical. Ask for our new magic tech person to do her magic.
Either that or find another escape pod.

Hack everything in this area before you leave, check for extra escape pods (you never know), etc. Then hack the bomb timer and run like hell.

>Carver Face
Cute but clawed! Nice!

As far as sudden but inevitable betrayals go, that was fairly amicable. She even left Mako. Let's find a small fighter or something to bug out in. Luckily, we have someone that can alter our IFF on the fly now!

>>944190
Oh no how unexpecteeeeeed.
Get our new slave to shut off the communication system, or play somd loop to tell the pirates there's an infection in the system that is sending fake meltown alarms so any sort of alert should be ignored. That way we can make out way down to a hangar and fly out before all the ships take off

>>944227
That's a little cold-blooded to me. If the pirates want to get out, let 'em. They can screen us from all the laser fire out there.

>>944229
I'm sure they can figure it out when things start melting. This is just to make sure they don't start fleeing until we got a way to escape.

Baron 2019/09/05(Thu)08:57 No. 944377 ID: 482fee
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"First things first. Are there any other escape pods?"

"No, that was the only one."

"Figured. Can you hack it to broadcast some fake signals?"

"No, I need to be connected to a broadcasting unit, and the only functioning unit here was Luca's terminal. Janu ripped the drive out while you were talking to me master."

"Stop calling me master."

"Hold a tick there, you lot can interface with anythin' right? Well why doncha be interfacilatin with that there elevatin pad. That should be connected to the network in this station ya?"

I can and have. Is there anything you want?"

"Hack the escape pod!"

"Wireless broadcasting is down. It seems key components are unresponsive."

"Dammit Janu...alright, at least point us to the nearest hangar."

"Three levels down towards the solarside. The glare from the local star will make ship launches harder to detect."

"Right then, we make for the hangar."

"Wait, don't we still have at least one barricade between us and that hangar?"

"Three automated checkpoints, and two manned barriers. Any of them can raise the alarm."

"Well can't you turn the automated ones off? Janu sabotage, can we postpone that?"

"They are hardwired to the doors. Shutting them off locks them, and we'd have to take a detour which will add approximately forty minute to reach the hangar. And the rising temperature levels will trigger an automated response very soon. Even if I postpone the response, the pirates will feel the explosion."

"Then what can we do?"

"I don't know. I'm sorry master."

Fine. How long will it take to disable the bomb? How about hacking repair drones, or press-ganging any pirates with technical skills to disable the bomb for you?

Alternatively, call your sponsor for help now that the boss is dead and the hacker is on your team. They might have a quick solution you're not seeing.

>>944378
I think Janu said she just disabled the pirates' cooling system. I don't think our magic hacker can disable a wrench in the gears. I still vote we just confuse the hell out of the pirates so no one even pays attention to us stealing a ship. First by telling them to disregard any warning of meltdown followed by boarders on floors we aren't on.

How about we simply take command and organize an orderly evac around ourselves, so we can escape among the rest of the crew?

>>944391
Organize pirates? Aside from the fact we'd be surrounded by criminals, how would that make us look to our current employer?

Baron 2019/09/07(Sat)13:23 No. 944555 ID: 482fee
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Several problems. Janu just rigged something to blow. To disable it, I'd have to go back down and manually fix the that something and I don't even remember what that something looks like. Second, my sponsor has a closed line I can only access on the ship. Don't ask, I don't understand it either. All I knows is if I try to call outside that room, I just get some random linecast. Last time it was an interplanetary sex chat. I just got us in the elevator and we're heading down now. No point in waiting around for something that might or might not happen right?

"Hey karver, can you send a message telling the pirates to evacuate calmly?"

"...I just tried master, all I'm getting is several replies to screw myself, and that I'm just 'shitposting'."

"What about if you tell them something is about to explode?"

"...same response."

THE ELEVATOR SHAKES AS A DULL EXPLOSION IS FELT FROM SOMEWHERE DEEP BELOW. THE MELTDOWN IS IN PROGRESS

"...now they think I'm the gear monkeys on level 12 trying to fake an explosion."

"Welp we tried. Can't save the dumb. So do you got any ideas how to keep the pirates out of the hangar so we can hijack a ship?"

"Sorry master, I'm not good at thinking-"

"Outisde you box yes, and stop calling me master. Looks like it's up to me."

And by me I mean you.

Search through Luca's files. Anything she has could be used as a distraction. If she's been underpaying her minions, post the ledger. If she has secret stashes of loot, post their locations now. If she has nude pics, post them on the boards and send a fake signal to your location away from the hangar, then post under another account saying 'who wants to see the scrub get splattered by the boss'.

Honestly, we're a pretty ragtag crew, so I figured we'd just show up, take the nicest intact ship, and shoot anyone who says different. Even easier if the owner's are premelted.

Biggest problem now is getting the armada(and Rocket) to recognize us. Tech solutions to this would be helpful.

Can we hack into their security systems? If they've got any turrets or something in the hangar we can use that to clear the bay.

Baron 2019/09/08(Sun)16:55 No. 944632 ID: 482fee
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That does give me an idea.

"Alright, two things: do you have access to any of Luca's dirt, and did Luca have her own ship?"

"Yes master, the Trashark is her personal ship. As to her 'dirt', I'm afraid all the backup files were erased when Janu ripped the drive out of her terminal."

"Wait, how'd Janu erase all that so quick?"

"By releasing a worm in the network. Once all data pertaining to Luca and her business was deleted, it has since shifted to erasing all data and rendering it unrecoverable. It should be complete in about an hour the rate it's going. No one seems to notice yet, as the AI that would have caught it has already been corrupted by the worm."

"Now that's professional work."

"Okay...do you specifically have anything in your uh...brain implanted thingy?"

"Backups to material Luca was using to blackmail her fellow captains."

"That's even better, leak that shit under a new name, and get everyone distracted. Post it, I dunno, someplace far from the hangar so everyone heads out."

".....done. The hangar crew has emptied out. The Trashark is unguarded"

"Which one is it, the tiny one?"

"No, that one."

"That ain't a personal ship. That's a goddamn Mark VII Destroyer. The Empire just decommissioned these babies last years, how the hells did Luca get one?!"

"I wouldn't know master, I haven't been out much."

How can the four of us pilot that thing out of here?! That thing looks like it needs a hundred at the very least."

"Rezan ships don't need that many doncha know. Oh you can have them as a secondary option, but if you got a karver they can control the ship by themselves isn't that right sweety?"

"Luca would use me to control her ship if she had to space a mutinous crew."

"That still doesn't address how we can convince Cynisis this isn't a pirate vessel."

>>944632
Could you rig the IFF up (or anything really) to broadcast a message that it's a recovered vessel and to please open communications before opening fire?

Uh, once we're clear of the pirate ship (and its explosion) anyway.

What if we played "Do not fire on this vessel, It surrenders to the Guts and Glory" on comms Loop. if you're feeling theatrical, put up a white flag or spray paint SURRENDERING on the hull, and keep the guns powererd down.

Anyway, that'd be good for our rep, too. Not everyday a Mark VII surrenders to a cargo coaster.

Whatever you're doing, do it fast because the reactor is like a few minutes to blow.

There's no time or tools to paint anything, muck with the IFF and if that doesn't work, jam anything that targets you. Point defense systems are A-OK to spool up.

Baron 2019/09/11(Wed)08:08 No. 944841 ID: 482fee
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"Yes! My plan to broadcast my signal to everybody I'm surrendering to my own ship is working! The Cynisis ships aren't firing on me!"

"Yes but I don't think that applies to the pirates."

"Pirate Vessel Destroyer class Knife's Edge has made an intercept course with our vessel."

Baron 2019/09/11(Wed)08:09 No. 944842 ID: 482fee
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"Can we outrun it?"

"Negative. Knife's Edge has opened fire."

"Ah shit."

Baron 2019/09/11(Wed)08:12 No. 944843 ID: 482fee
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BATTLE!

Alright so this is also going to be a new system I'm experimenting with for future quests. Objective is to kill the crap out of the opponent. Every turn gives you two actions to either move back or forward one unit, or attack with a weapon. Then the enemy gets two actions to do the same their turn.
Your HP: 25
Enemy HP: 15

DISTANCE
[_][_][0][_][X][_] MEDIUM RANGE

Distance represents the distance between you (O) and the opponent (X). Depending on distance, weapons and their potential damage get modified.

Your Weapons:
Reztech Railgun [1][1][3]
Luca's Torpedo bays [1][5][1]

Knife's Edge Weapons:
Scavenger Missiles [1][3][1]
Breach-drives [0][0][9]

Weapons have damage scores for whatever distance you are from the opponent. It's arranged as [LONG](+3 units apart) [MEDIUM] (1-3 units apart) [SHORT](0 units apart).

With one unit between you and the opponent that puts you at MEDIUM RANGE, which means you can fire torpedoes at their best range. There may be other factors later that can boost or reduce damage taken, but for now it's just a slug fest. Roll 1d20 per attack to determine if damage is normal or critical(3x).

DECIDE ACTIONS

rolled 3 = 3

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Okay, so the bottom line is; we do NOT want to get in "CLOSE RANGE" with them. I say we back up and use our torpedoes.

Also, what happens when someone tries to advance when the range is 0?

rolled 6 = 6

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>>944848
Yeah, can't fault that logic. But maybe I'll be better at it.

rolled 13 = 13

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Thirding, and hoping my roll is better

rolled 4 = 4

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Torpedos away!

>>944849
If it weren't for the breach drives, I'd be advocating for Operation Chicken

rolled 20 = 20

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Don't forget about environmental damage! Use the railgun to shoot asteroids and mess with your opponent's flight path!

rolled 12 = 12

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Move twice. RAMMING SPEED!

(I'm voting to move away, to be clear)

>>944861
But we got two actions. Railguns and what else?

Baron 2019/09/12(Thu)08:26 No. 944895 ID: 482fee
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>>944849
You'd ram the ship. Since you're both the same size, both ships would take equal damage(10). And then the enemy gets two actions, so that might not be the best idea when the enemy has a Breach-Drive. Better to wait until you have a ship with higher tonnage to reduce ramming damage, or install upgrades that deal extra ramming damage while reducing harm to your ship(Kinetic Dispersal Unit, The Iron Dick, etc)

If however when the enemy is below 25% health, you can opt for a BOARDING ACTION. , not a good idea, as crew become the HP which won't end well with you (4 crew = 4 hp) trying to board a fully manned pirate ship(250 crew = 250 hp).

>>944848
>>944851
Good roll. Should note that a 20 does a critical hit which does 3x damage, and anything above 10 does 2x damage
YOU BACK UP ONE UNIT, AND UNLEASH TORPEDO SALVO
PIRATES MOVE FORWARD ONE AND FIRE S.MISSILES.

PIRATES TAKE 10DMG!
YOU TAKE 3DMG!

Your HP: 22
Enemy HP:5

DISTANCE
[_][_][0][_][X][_] MEDIUM RANGE

rolled 4 = 4

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Back up again and fire torpedoes again. A safe victory for a safe tutorial fight.

rolled 1, 8 = 9

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Should be a productive time to try an alpha strike.