Deleted my post because Z has a good idea... again. Let him tell us "the story of his people" :D

Ahmed 2011/04/29(Fri)19:00 No. 300255 ID: b6c6fc
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Ahmed: "robot, I want you to tell me happened to this place"

robot: "over the years a great number of the statues-"

Ahmed: "No. about what happened to this city, about this planet, tell me how Daztren became the PoisonWorld."

robot: " . . . very well"

Announcer: "don't make delay your choice too long, trust me when I say you don't want me to get bored!"

Ahmed: "Robot, you where saying?"

robot: " . . . this world once belonged to a people known as the Titus. though among the very first to join a fledgling Alliance founded by Astramaar freedom fighters, the Titus always had the least to contribute. The wise Obilisk always spoke much of their potential but despite strong words the more powerful Alliance races could never see much worth in them, the Titus were eventually delegated to manual labor and positioned as front line expendable troopers in times of war. In the end the Titus where greatful, greatful for the chance to fight the incomprehensible cruelty that were the Sun Cults and to fight under the banner of the glorious Astranian Alliance.
for them this was enough."

the robot stops talking

Well you really oughtn't participate in the Announcer's 'Game', so don't worry about boring him. have the robot continue with his history lesson

his eyes went from blurry circle to sharp triangle.
Try not to die...

maybe the announcer just hacked the bot to fight you...?

>>300275
Naw that's just his bored expression.

Right now I kinda want to blow up the Astranian statue.

Cool story, bro. Maybe tell us why it got so POISON DEATH WORLD? OR rather not tell us anything because what would that knowledge give us?

I'd rather not play the announcer game.

So either leave the ruins and tell him to fuck himself or destroy the Astranian statue. Maybe using one of the arguments I used before.

Ahmed 2011/05/01(Sun)15:44 No. 300722 ID: b6c6fc
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>>300413
>>300272
Ahmed: hmmmm should I just ignore the bastard and wander off, the defiance might lose a bit of it's impact if I don't really know where I'm going

I suppose I could blow up the furre statue, it's clearly not the right choice and my solid justification will probably make him rather frustrated. but what if he expects that? what if he doesn't care what statue I destroy?

the robot's story doesn't really seem relevent to what I'm doing here, should I ask to hear more, maybe I should ask it about something else?

hmmmmmmm

>>300722
Dag, bro. You are handsome.

Dag, bro. You are grizzled.

Have the robot continue, like I said. He's yet to give any indication how this became the POISON WORLD

>>300722
Midori and Janine would probably die from seeing you :P

Yeah, it might be nice to know why it got so POISON in here.

Also: We do know that the Guilders are somewhere in the city. Going there would be a good way to negotiate a way out of this planet/shoot, kill and steal a ship. So that's a vote for the direction after we listen to the bot.

Also: It might be true that he just counts on you to destroy a statue so he might point that you are a savage beast that doesn't care dor culture. But even so, your arguments would then make an even better point for the audience. Sure the humans made some incredibly bad things during the conflict... but that doesn't mean one can not point it out to the other side that both of them could make the fight a lot more "clean". But that is of course only if you want to make some kind of message before telling them you are not going to play his game.

>>300759
This guy's got the right idea.

Ahmed 2011/05/03(Tue)01:36 No. 301145 ID: b6c6fc
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Ahmed: "Robot, you did not answer my quesion, tell what happened to these "Titus" people"

robot: "in the early days of the alliance always were the Titus oppressed for their lack of quality, even onto the end of the first Cult War. Despite this abuse the Titus held no ill will to their fellow races and in fact would strive to impress them through sheer effort and toil. It was the Astranians who took notice that through countless losses in the cult war they had a developing loyalty, a determination and an endurance and the Astranians were indeed impressed. When the Obilisk began to fade and it fell to the Astranians to guide the future of the Alliance, they looked beyond the races of power and rewarded the Titus for their long service by appointing them as the new successor race and authority above all save for the Astranians themselves . Astranian scholars and scientists were dispatched to Daztrenian to teach the Titud of science and developement, through these new concepts mixed with centuries old Titus tradition the Commerce Guilds were formed bringing about a golden age that would last nearly two hundred years."

Announcers: "enough of this stalling Pinkskin! if you refuse to provide entertainment perhaps I should bring in new elements to motivate you!"

Tell the announcer that you just brought in the Historian market of audiences. Not every audience member is entertained by bloodshed.

But seriously, ask the robot to not follow orders from that punk if he's about to order Furry Robot Jones to fight you, who he is way better than. It's not a deal, just a polite request.

If we are to destroy the statue this is likely the last juncture to do so, and if we do we should fire the weapon at the Guilder statue, while standing next to the Astranian one. At least if we died due to 'lol furry lies' the irony would be acceptable in the destruction of the true 'race of shame.'

However, I'm doubtful about the use of even getting off of this hellhole, to fall back into the frying pan of another arena. The only reason I even consider it is for the possibility of more recovery time for the badly wounded girls.

Ahmed 2011/05/03(Tue)21:10 No. 301325 ID: b6c6fc
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Ahmed: "honestly you should be happy Mr. Announcer, with all this history talk you now can pass this off as educational programming!"

Announcer: " . . . Very well, Pinkskin. enjoy your history lesson."

robot: " . . . for reasons still unknown, discontent began to develop, and the loyalty and courage that the Titus had maintained for long began to falter. and as the years press forward the discontent grew in into a seething hatred for the Alliance they once adored. Astranian diplomats tried to ease the aggression but the now blood thirsty Titus refused to see reason, and it quickly became apparent that this turmoil would end in but one way. Inevitably and predictably war broke out when the Titus assaulted the Astranian Colony Kalarscia. Astranian Commanders had long foreseen this bold move and had developed new weapons and technology to easily defeat their former ally. The Titus were out matched from the very beginning but despite the futility they fought on, for what goal remains a mystery as their madness and irrational hate would never end. The Titus Guilds would continue to pour soldiers into the fray even as their forces where pushed back to the Titus home world, Astranians had no desire to conquer the Guild Worlds and instead established a blockade in the desperate hope that the in time the Titus would recover from their mental ailments. the Astranians would come to regret this mercy . . . "

Looks like the local weather is going to be hot and toxic with a 75% chance of meteor showers.

As for the torch, I figure it's probably in the correct configuration anyhow, but it seems we don't plan on dancing for out little puppet master in the sky.

>>301325
Ok, it looks like the announcer is doing something.
Get right up next to the Astranian statue and shoot the Guilder one.

>>301325
Bah, if he hits you with a meterorite here, he'll wreck the Astranian monument. You may as well finish storytime.

>>301383
Stand next to the astranians statue and tell the announcer that if he does not verify the parts are in the right order then HE will destroy the astranian statue through inaction while you fire upon the statue of the guilder scum.

>>301325
If meteor strike imminent:
Duck and cover.
Else:
Finish history lesson then inspect the Obelisk.

Ahmed 2011/05/06(Fri)18:41 No. 301992 ID: b6c6fc
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the Pinkskin moves into position

Ahmed: "Announcer! if you do not verify the parts are in the right order then YOU will be destroying the Astranian statue through inaction!"

the pinkskin is answered by silence

Ahmed: " . . . robot, finish your history"

robot: "what happened next has been subject to much debate and disagreement among Astranian researchers. What is known is that several months after the blockade was formed all communication with central command was lost. When investigation forces finally arrived they discovered the blockade fleet had been completely annihilated and the world itself had become a toxic wasteland, the agents performed a lengthy investigation, information classified . the final verdict was that the Titus as a civilization was no more, what remained of it's people somehow twisted themselves into cyborg warmachines living on as parasites to the Alliance."

robot: "Solar, you asked me what happened to this world, I have told you all I can, but in the end I suppose I do not truly know the answer myself."

They made this world what it is now in order to cover up their acts of genocide. The survivors of that genocide became the Guilders.

Ahmed, we must find evidence of the alliance's crimes. That is our mission.

>>302002
I support this notion, but try to go about it in a way not likely to move the announcer to make things harder on us. There is nothing left to learn here from the robot, either test the torch or leave.

Thank robot, blow up Guilder statue

I don't know... I mean there's also reason to suspect that the Obilisk, whatever that is, is the correct one to destroy, as the robot did say "When the Obilisk began to fade"

“It is obvious that the Titus were the instruments of their demise, and have fallen from the glory that is your Alliance. However I cannot help but wonder why they started the war, as even the most psychotic of people have reasons for what they do.”
“Though I doubt you have information on the subject Robot, what was the nature of the oppression that they suffered; and can you give me an estimation on how much of Astranian history is classified? It sounds to me that your race is trying to forget the horrors of the wars you have fought, while this Pinkskin knows very little about your history, there is a saying that has been proven time and time again: ”Those who forget their mistakes are destined to repeat them over and over again”.”
Shoot the Guilder statue, and then start walking towards the city.

Destroy all three. He didn't say that we only got one shot, neither did he say that ONLY one of the three was the right one. They could have all fallen in their own way.

Shoot the guilder statue.

>>302119
Along a similar vein, it could be argued that none of them were directly responsible, and therefore all of the statues should be left standing.

alright, can you apologize to the robot for destroying his statues and that for an Astranian, he's the only respectable one you've met so far.

Okay, maybe that's not true, but well let's make the message hit home.

Thank that robot, leave the Torch, and walk away from the monument. If questioned by the announcer, say "If I'm going to destroy the guilty party, I'm going to need a bigger bomb".

Idunno, I feel like its ACB.

And I wouldn't destroy any statues. How can we destroy any of them "trough inaction"? Is HE going to blast one of them? Fault's on him then.

>>302222
>>302203
>>302201
I agree, don't destroy any of the statues.

Take the torch if nobody stops you, though. Should you learn how to use it, it would be a valuable tool. For the record, I believe that each lens is a single function, and that the torch would explode because we're using more than one.

A- Create Light (it looks like rays of light)
B- Destroying Rocks (looks to be an explosion)
C- Start Fires (it's the odd man out, and the only one that could vaguely resemble fire, at least in my eyes)

So if we decide to try it, I don't think we should use more than one lens.

Ahmed 2011/05/07(Sat)15:32 No. 302344 ID: b6c6fc
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Ahmed: “It is obvious that the Titus were the instruments of their demise, and have fallen from the glory that is your Alliance. However I cannot help but wonder why they started the war, as even the most psychotic of people have reasons for what they do.”

Ahmed: "in any case though, this is my choice!"

as the Pinkskin ignites the Torch it glows and rattles violently

Ahmed, if this kills you, I just want you to know. I'm sorry, and it's been great advising you.

Ahmed 2011/05/07(Sat)15:42 No. 302351 ID: b6c6fc
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the Pinkskin can feel his skin burn as the searing hot beam flies forth shattering the Statue ahead

Ahmed: "AAAAARGH!"

after which he throws aside the steaming burnt husk of the torch and falls to his knees in pain.

after a few minutes of silence the Announcer speaks to him

Announcer: "well done Pinkskin you've earned your life this day. The collection ships will be arriving shortly."

>>302351
Spend the remaining time conversing with the robot. Remember that these robots are sentient beings, and while they may not have any moral drive to help you they also have no hatred for you either.
A human having pleasant conversation with an Astranian being, even a second-class one like a robot, would have an effect on the viewers.

"This shrine, loath that I had to harm it, must have been here before this planet suffered so. How long have you been its guardian? What have you seen?"

Alternatively, ask about the other species that were in the alliance, and what has become of them over time.
Or ask why the Astranians haven't accepted new species into the alliance as the Obelisk did.

LonelyWorld 2011/05/08(Sun)22:15 No. 302732 ID: b6c6fc
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True to his word The Announcer indeed sent out ships to recover the four surviving pinkskins

and in the days to come they would be treated surprisingly well, given good food and medical treatment

. . . but none among the survivors where fool enough to believe this would be the end of their trials.

LonelyWorld 2011/05/08(Sun)22:18 No. 302735 ID: b6c6fc
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. . . but whatever the fate of the four rescued, the two pinkskins left behind awaited doom very different . . .

>>302735
I suppose we just unlocked a new quest type then for Rose and Dom?

>>302735
Is that... Is that a laspistol?

Announcer 2011/05/08(Sun)22:37 No. 302740 ID: b6c6fc
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lackey: "Mr. Announcer, two of the pinkskins appear to have been captured by Guilders, we won't be able to extract them."

Announcer: "send in the KillBots, order them to shoot anything that moves."

lackey: "they shall burn for the glory of the Alliance!"

* * *

LEVEL 2: END

>>302740
Dammit

>>302740
>dropping down robots from orbit to kill the guilders
>guilders have all kinds of heavy military equipment
>said equipment probably includes anti-aircraft and anti-armor weapons
gg

guilders vs. Astranians
pretty evenly matched... gonna be hell though
time to earn the respect of some guilders.

Alright, yeah, we have to escape this shit.
God I really hope there's an Escape Quest.

>>302740
The announcer is infested.
This makes total sense.

>>302829
Oh my god.

>>302845
>>302829
All astranians are infested.
The old empire before them were infested.
The parasites will always target the strongest civilization to leech into damnation, growing only stronger.

>>302856
Err... What? Is that Randian dogma? Seriously?