tell me more

Suggestion 2011/08/03(Wed)16:07 No. 336135 ID: a372a7
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Please, select a species.

-Maurian: Insectoid people, organized and pragmatical, living under a Mega-corporativist republic.

+: Access to superior technology. Hi-tech knowledge.
-: Weak in numbers. Unsavory reputation.

-Ziranée: Reptilian aliens, fierce and resourceful, with a strong sense of honor, ruled by a clan-based empire.

+: Experienced warriors, great loyalty between members of the same house.
-: Impulsive, overconfident.

-Sinarri: Canine creatures, independent and determined, ruled by a democratic Parliament.

+: Aces-of-all-trades, but they shine when it come to mechanical jobs.
-: Society in shambles after being devastated by the Maurians.

-Norios: Silicon-based beings, distant and obsessed with augmentations, mechanical and biological, currently under a totalitarian dictatorship.

+ Expert spaceship pilots, often push their species boundaries with augmentations.
- Lack of freedom, augmentations often cause secondary effects and/or addiction.

Noriiiossss

Ziranee We need every snaketit.

>>336135
Norios sounds pretty SCIENCE-y. Also, it's new. Let's go with that.

Maurians, because technology is often important. Also because bugs are neat.

I vote Norios
Tasty augs...

SNAAAAAAAAKE! :D

Snake tits.

There is no other option.

Norios; starfish aliens are go !

Ziranée!

SNAKE

SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKETITS

Norios! Robot!

Ziranee. Because snakes.

Norios.

Norious

Maurian. We'll help fix our race's reputation and redeem them for what happened to the sinarri.

Also, because SCIENCE!

Ziranees!!!

ZiraneWITHACCENTe

Ziranée

>>336135
Sinarri, the only race capable of unleashing the terrible power of double-hugging.

Sinarri.

Suggestion 2011/08/03(Wed)17:14 No. 336177 ID: 0d095c
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Cybran, dear child.

But really Ziranee.

Ziranée

Maurian. cause a tech advantage is awesome.

Norios!

Sinarri!

sinarri

Norios

Norios

Sinarri

you bitches better not be using proxies to rig votes, now.

I'd be tempted to choose maurian but, well, Last Flifht.

So Ziranée.

Suggestion 2011/08/04(Thu)10:46 No. 336460 ID: fdfbe6
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...*sigh* homework, homework and more homework. Two years after the adulthood rite and I still have to spend SO MANY HOURS in front of a computer. It’s just not fair!

Welcome to the real world. It's much like the academic world, except worse.

What's the topic?

anyone tell you WHY or do the just say "because you have to"

Perhaps you could argue that you are schizophrenic and therefore unfit to do homework?

Perhaps you should show off your snaketits.

>>336460
I can't tell which species this one is. Closest match is Ziranee, but it doesn't match the profile.

>>336471

does it look canine, insectoid, or silicon-based to you? I thought not.

no disrespect meant with 'it'- I just can't tell if you're a he or a she.

what's the assignment?

>>336460
Quit your bloody whining and get on with it.

>>336460
Hi there!

>>336475
>can't tell if he or she
>long eyelashes and breasts

Pretty sure that's a she.

Hello Insert Name Here,
You are now the owner of bickering head voices who currently don't have any memories.
Enjoy*!

*Side effects may include destiny, warping of probability, love triangles, mood swings, manliness, madness, death, undeath, and indigestion.

Suggestion 2011/08/04(Thu)15:43 No. 336511 ID: fdfbe6
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Oh, great, voices again! I guess I should take my medication... Naah, what’s the point? It’ll be more interesting this way. Maybe if my condition was something serious they’ll let me skip homework. But nope.

>>336468

No.

>>336478

Hi!

The subject? Politics, history, cartography... like everything! I mean, yeah, I understand I’m expected to be super wise and shit, I’m a princess, after all. Princess Suria V’Azhue, of the house Azhue.

But you know, I’d like to catch a break some time, I’m an adult now. I wonder if I could do something else, like sneak out to hang out with my friends at the training facility. Or watch the soldiers training, that’s always entertaining. Or anything actually.

>>336511
You got a rather small room for a princess. Are you really a princess or are you just a bogus princess like every little girl is their daddy's princess?

Well, you could just... you know... sneak out.

How common are princesses, anyway?

>>336511
That's a cute toy soldier you have in the cabinet there.

What are your thoughts on house Yrian?

>>336475
Well I figured she was, but look at
>>336135
On the upper left.
See how they would have what looks like double eye pairs and large ears and a snout?

So does princess mean that you are next in line to be the house leader, or do you have older siblings?

Ah, I see. As a princess you're a potential future ruler and/or diplomat and thus need to be an expert in all of the relevant studies. In the long term it's critical for your nation, and you need to study, but in the short term it probably can't hurt to sneak out through the ventilation shafts and do something fun every once in a while. You know, many of history's heroes had voices in their head as well.

How about we tell each other stories? You can tell us about your culture's history, and we'll tell you stories from other worlds that we've seen. That'll help us get to know each other.

Suggestion 2011/08/04(Thu)18:06 No. 336577 ID: fdfbe6
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The princess is the oldest daughter of the current Queen of the house. I have two sisters, but they’re younger than me. We’re cool, they’ll have positions of power if they prove themselves worth of them. Which they will because our mother would never allow anything lower than the best from us. In case of death of all the royal offspring, the crown would pass to the next living family member, always female.

>>336512

Well, this isn’t actually my home, you know? We’re just in one of the many training orbital facilities we have. It’s a tiny room, but I don’t care. All the family is visiting the facility because of some special event or something. I don’t really remember it.

>>336515

House Yrian cemented the peace between Maurians and Ziraneé like 30 years ago, and Queen Nayria became one of the most influential persons in the empire. Many talk about her like the most likely candidate to become the new empress. And all because she got stuck in some lousy Maurian transport or something, says mother.

>>336548

Uh, I don’t think I want to go through that, we have a huge history, from being like, stupid snakes splashing in the swamps to found a galactic empire. Maybe in another occasion, I’d rather try to sneak out now.

And by the way, I think I hear a bit of a commotion outside. I wonder what could that be, things are usually quiet up her.

>>336577
Investigate!

>>336577
Snakey snake over and look.

Could you hear if you put your head up to the side of the door?

Move in. See if someone custodian is screwing around with METAL GEARS again.

It wasn't the transport that was interesting.

It was the cargo.

Try to eavesdrop on the commotion first...or, you could try to be all rebellious and sneak out to see. B3c

>>336577
Any strong opinions on a Maurian named Tiak Belint?
Also, I support either eavesdropping or rebelliously blowing off your homework and investigatizing.

Suggestion 2011/08/05(Fri)03:41 No. 336766 ID: e73d25
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>>336604

I can’t say I know any Maurian, not by their name at least

I move in to eavesdrop, but before I can put my head to the door, someone knocks heavily on it. I usually keep the door locked so people don’t bother me while I study (or procrastinate).

“Who is it?”

“Open up!” Is the only response, from a masculine voice I’ve never heard in my life, followed by more knocking on the door.

Open the door for TIAK BELINT, PRIVATE EYE and his SEXY FEDORA.

>>336766
"I don't know who you are, I'm not opening my door for a rude stranger."

Back away from the door, so that you can grab something heavy off the bookcase if you need to.

>>336766
Quick! Take your shirt off, get into bed, and put on something niiiice and skimpy. First impressions are extremely important.

>>336769

This, but hold a gun.

say "fuck you" and proceed to ignore him.

>>336778
Well, it worked for Naryia.

>>336778
This, but if you have no gun, that pyramid thing on the shelf will do. If he's a kidnapper assassin, you can just stove in his skull with it.

Yep, this sounds hella suspicious.

"why should i?"

Suggestion 2011/08/05(Fri)06:59 No. 336806 ID: e73d25
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I don’t think that pulling my shirt off in a moment like this is going to h-

THACK

HEEEELP!

Shit, shit, someone is hacking through the door! What’s going on!? What do I do!?

>>336806
It appears like someone is trying to stage a coupe and get rid of you. I would suggest running away, possibly through the AC if you can manage that.

INTO THE AIR VENT!

>>336806
Does your door rotate or slide? If it slides then open it to pin the weapon and block entry.
Contact security. The people in charge would need to be DAMN STUPID to not give you some means of contacting security if needed.
If you can fit into the vent then go into the vent. If not then take something hard, heavy, and ideally pointed to use an improvised weapon; possibly that pyramid.
Alternatively, if you have combat training, grab his weapon and take it.


... Oh, duh! What am I thinking! Just draw your holdout weapon and shoot him!

>>336808
Her massive HIPS would never fit.

>>336806
Grab the ball thingie from the shelf and get prepared to lob it at your attacker.

>>336806
SEDUCTION ATTEMPT FAILING. LAST CHANCE. TOSS THE SHIRT.

remember your kung fu lessons with the court kung fu master. failing that, panic and scurry into the vent, because improvised weaponry is bound to fail against an attacker with a polearm.

what is it with Starit and vents am I missing something here

>>336814
Actually this is a good idea to buy you some time. Take it off and shove it half way under the mattress so it looks like you're imperfectly hiding under there. Then climb through the vent and replace the cover.

>>336819
Actually, this is brilliant. Do this for sure, he'll assume that you would never just leave without your shirt and look for you hiding under there.

Flee into the Ventilation duct! Seriously, unless you have a "Call the Army" button on that computer, this is your best plan.

>>336806
Well, you definitely don't want to be anywhere near that polearm sticking through the door.

So, uh... I would try the vent, yeah.

Two quick questions:
Is the top of that polearm bladed rather than just the front?
And is that a solid metal door that was just stabbed through?

If the answer to either of those is yes, then you should definitely go for the vent, but if both are no, you might consider trying to grab the polearm before it is pulled back through.

Sigh, just go through the vent. Collect your most treasured item beforehand.

Suggestion 2011/08/05(Fri)14:42 No. 336890 ID: e73d25
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Ok, I try not to panic and remove the lid from the ventilation shaft... I GUESS I could squeeze myself in there if I try but there’s a problem about that...

CRACK!

...And the problem just tore the door open. It’s a soldier wearing a full body servo-armor. He doesn’t say a word, just points the halberd in my direction, and I’m not gonna be able to slip into the vents before he chops me in half with that thing. I have to do something to distract him, or slow him down!

throw computer monitor!

Chuck the vent cover at him - it should make him flinch away, at least.

Use that distraction to pull that bookshelf down on him. Crawl into the vent while he's busy getting out from under it.

>>336890
Throw *anything* at the lamp above you. If it wont fall down and slow him down it might make it dark enough for you to get some wiggle-room.

>>336890
you can throw something at him, maybe?

or take your top off, since he looks like a Ziranée too.

You could throw the monitor at him, those are pretty heavy. Or tangle him up in the futon, but it would probably take too long for you to handle the bulky thing yourself.

Cutting the lights is probably the best idea.

Take your shirt off and throw it over his face, then escape into the vents.

>>336890
Tell him that you're very rich and can pay him triple what he's getting for this and also imply that you will sex him up if he doesn't kill you. While you're distracting him with your feminine lures and talk you prepare to throw the monitor at him with your tail, launch the monitor and the vent cover at him at the same time then try to get away.

>>336895
>>336904
Yes, this will probably work. He'll get distracted for just long enough for you to squeeze in too far for him to get to you. He's to big to follow you, and with that powered armor just throwing something at him or hitting him will be pretty useless. Taking out the lights would likely be too, because that visor probably has an HUD to see you in the dark. I know you're probably not going to like it, but that is really your best option. Try to get it over his face, but even if you miss it will still distract him more than anything else.

I'm afraid stripping is your only valid option. He's a combat trained soldier in armor, so throwing things at him is going to be ineffective and won't even make him flinch. People always do that. But nobody would expect a princess to expose herself, he'll be stunned! When it's a case of life or death modesty is literally your last priority.

Throw a pillow at him! Then throw the vent cover at him! Then FLEEEEE!

Vent Cover + Pillow + Shirt.

The ultimate distraction. DO IT WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE CHANCE.

Throw monitor in face. Stab through the eye with toy spear if not his spear.

Vomit on his helmet! That way he won't be able to see you.

is that bookcase embedded into the wall? if not, you could knock it down between you two.

Suggestion 2011/08/06(Sat)08:34 No. 337218 ID: c11ca5
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>Throw stuff at him

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Suggestion 2011/08/06(Sat)08:38 No. 337219 ID: c11ca5
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I think the computer hit him in the eye, that gave me enough time to slip into the vents.
It’s wet and slippery inside here, and the duct forks up ahead. If I’m not mistaken, if I keep going forward I’ll end up in my sisters’ room. I don’t know where the left tunnel goes. Where should I go?

>>337219
Get close enough to the vent cover in your sister's room to see if it looks safe.

You fdn't throw your shirt? That was a perfectly good plan. Go towards your sister, she may be in danger.

go sisterways.

>>337219
There is, sadly, a small issue with going straight. Your assailant also had a pistol on his hip. Take the nearest turn, or the nearest exit.

Go left.

>>337270
Oh, wow, you're right! Maybe you can shout to your sister's room for her to look out as you turn the corner and go left? Because not only could you get shot if you go that way, but you could get shot in a way that the bullet goes all the way down the length of your body. That would probably kill you combined with being stuck in the vent.

Yes, turning would let us avoid whatever gun he has. If we can shout to your sis that would help things I think.

Go left.

Suggestion 2011/08/07(Sun)03:56 No. 337585 ID: 759c84
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EEK!

I slid through the left tunnel just before I feel the heat of an energy wave just missing my tail. I didn’t have time to yell for my sis, but she should’ve heard my scream, and the shot.

I end up in front of another vent cover, which I push out. It’s the main corridor in front of the quarters...

The air reeks of blood and burnt skin. A red light bathes the area, and Suria’s ears are suddenly bombarded by the sound of an alarm, mixed with the cacophony of a battle: screams, weapons being fired... But the corridor is empty, of living things at least.

G-gods... There’s blood and corpses everywhere... They’re mostly guards, but there are civilians, servants and scholars around. What happened here!?

To my right I see the door to my sisters’ bedroom, and to the left is my own room and the exit tunnel. There’s nobody... alive... left here, the soldier that attacked me must be still inside my room, or maybe he left.

can you see any weapons on the guards from here? if so then get out and grab one. the most powerful looking one if you have an option.

>>337585
If you can grab a weapon that'd be cool, but they didn't seem to help the guards much. I'd advise getting to your sister's room. You're not likely to survive trying to run past your room. If the guy who attacked you starts breaking into your sister's room, you can flee through the vent into your room and then escape properly.

What are three ways out of this place. You need to plan multiple escape routes and begin getting the fuck out. Your house is getting slaughtered.

>>337585
Looks like some revolutionary group or something wants to bring down the elite of your society. Or something.

It would probably be a good idea to make your way to the nearest escape pod and get the fuck out of here.

check for your sister. and other friends and family members if they're nearby.

How flexible are those head-spines of yours? I didn't see any sign of them on your attacker, but if they are flexible he could have just folded them down.

Are any of them armed? Looting bodies isn't the most wonderful or respectful thing but if you can find a gun or something that you can use you're probably best off. Are you on a spacecraft or a planet? If the latter you should go for taking a detour away from your room and the fighting and look for an alternate exit from the one the arrow's pointing to, (or an alternate way to that one) but if you're on a space ship or a station things are likely going to be quite a bit harder. Either way go in a direction FAR away from your room and away from the sounds of fighting, or anything for that matter.

>Looting bodies isn't the most wonderful thing
Lies. Bodies almost never have traps like chests do.

Anyway, it is an orbital facility.
How many exits does this station have, and how many soldiers were stationed here.

>>337766

Unless they have acidic blood. Doesn't acidic blood count as a trap?

>>337777
Acid blood isn't that effective of a trap if they are already dead, but I admit I forgot about zombies or chestbursters. Still, those tend to be easier to 'disarm'.

Suggestion 2011/08/07(Sun)17:10 No. 337837 ID: 759c84
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>>337636

They’re pretty flexible, we can use standard Ziraneé helmets without problems. And obviously, these spikes are characteristic of the Azhue house

Suria manages to vanquish her fear and descends from the vents. She’s kind of undecided about if she should contact her sisters or just try to escape, but finally she decides to check out the room of her siblings, but only after looking through the corpses for weapons. There’s no luck, whoever did this, took good care of keeping any weapons the survivors could use to defend themselves.

Yes, this is an orbital station. I guess the only way to escape from it is either accessing the evacuation pods, or having luck and using one of the ships in the hangar...

Suggestion 2011/08/07(Sun)17:11 No. 337838 ID: 759c84
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The room isn’t much different from her own, other than it being designed to allocate two Ziraneés instead of one. Said Ziraneés don’t need beds or rooms anymore and just lay on the floor with cold eyes and awkward poses. Suria feels like the entire universe crushes her like a little bug.

M-my sisters... T-they are...

>>337838
They missed a gun.

Time for a bit of the old ultraviolence.

vow vengeance. take that gun and let's work out the shortest path to your mom. she would have the most heavily armed guards and stuff.

>>337838
Yeah, definately looks like someone is after taking out the heirs of several houses, which makes it even more important that you survive and get out of here alive. You will have time to grieve later, now you have to find a way to escape. Lets check the hangar bays first, the escape pods are the logical way to get out of here in a hurry, so the ships in the hangar might work better.

;_; why?

Grab the gun on the table and run, there's nothing you could have done for them, and there's nothing you can do. All you can do is live on and put the people who did this to justice, I assume it's what they would have wanted. If it's any consolation, there's now no doubt that they haven't betrayed you. At least you don't have to go on wondering.

Why would anyone leave a gun behind? If they take them from the bodies of the others, they wouldn't leave one lying around on a table. Check it for booby traps and tracking devices.

I agree it seems suspicious to leave the gun there when all the others were removed.

The escape pods seem like they probably could not outrun whatever ship the attackers came here in (unless they somehow smuggled power armored soldiers onto the station).

the attackers will know that most people will be scuttling for the escape pods. move towards the hangar, gun in hand. shit just got serious.

Arm yourself, and continue to get out. Your house is being removed from power.

The crushing feeling may be your breasts trying to escape your shirt, try releasing them.

Gear up if anything is there, and get out.

grieve later, survive now. !Adrenalin rush go!
How many family members are on board the station besides your mother and sisters?
Is your mother armed & have guards?
How many other queens or powerful people are on the space stations besides your family?
What do you know of the genral layout of the station (aka, the location of your mothers room, your current location, location of escape pods, and location of hangar relative to each other).

>>337838
So, while you're running for your life, if you can answer this without having an existence-shattering moment of shock...

>In case of death of all the royal offspring, the crown would pass to the next living family member, always female.
...Got any aunts?

Suggestion 2011/08/08(Mon)04:00 No. 338022 ID: 9d4673
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C-can’t... can’t lose it now. Grieve later, survive now. I have to do it for them, yes...

I get the gun, it’s a simple model, but it’ll have to do... Mother’s room isn’t far away from here, but it’s in the opposite direction of the hangar and the escape pods... The family was just visiting the station for a day, there are many guards, but not as many as we have in the royal palace... But who could’ve done this? We’re not at war anymore, and the soldier that attacked me was a Ziraneé anyways. And no House would try to wipe out another one, the other Houses would join up forces to crush the traitor.

>Got any aunts?

Well yeah, I have an aunt, but...

“Princess, what are you doing here? It’s not safe.”

My thoughts are interrupted by the voice coming from behind me. I turn my head to see two guards standing at the door. One of them is armed with a pistol, the other one with a laser SMG. The man with the pistol speaks again.
“We have to get you out of here. Please, put the gun down and give it to me.”

I don’t know what to think of this... They’re clearly part of the Azhue House, but they’re not wearing any of our uniforms. Their plates have no marks, shields or any kind of identification. And they’re pointing their weapons at me.

“Princess, we have to leave at once. Drop the gun, please.”

"i'm too scared, i don't think i could actually use it, but i need it to make me feel safe" and keep the tears flowing. got any combat training? if so then the MOMENT you see at least one relax shoot the one that didn't relax while dodging. then shoot the other.

make a ಥ_ಥ face and point a gun back at him.

If they're really on your side there's no need for you to drop the gun and even less need for them to waste time asking you to drop it.

Insist on keeping it but don't point it at them.

Confirm they are who they say they are, if not it's time to be hardcore.

>>338022
Tell them to lower their weapons, and you feel safer holding it.

After thinking about the situation more, I am starting to think that the attackers intend to capture at least one of you alive. If they didn't, it would seem easier to simply sneak a bomb onto the station than to sneak actual soldiers onto the station.

>>338022
Tell them that you're not dropping it and then ask them some questions that only your house guards should know, you're not dropping that gun even if they answer it correctly though.

>>338022
Tell them that you're not dropping it and then ask them some questions that only your house guards should know, you're not dropping that gun even if they answer it correctly though.

Suggestion 2011/08/08(Mon)16:20 No. 338131 ID: 9d4673
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Suria turns around, still holding the gun. She’s scared and sad beyond her own comprehension, but she wields the weapon with a steady grip

“I... I’m n-not putting it down until you explain me a few things to me, like-”

She is interrupted

“Ah, fuck this. Let’s just kill her and get over with it, she ain’t gonna do anything with that gun.”

“Yeah, just look at her, scared like a tiny Maurian.”

Suria has approximately two seconds to react.

>>338131
Fire at their unarmoured faces and dodge. No threats or negotiation. And from the looks of things you don't have a handy escape option here either, so they have to go down hard.

>>338131
Oh wow that's not good at all.

Uhhhh...

Fffffuck. I don't have any good ideas handy.

Shoot Them! shoot them dead!

>>338131
I really doubt that you'll be able to shoot both of them faster than either of them can pull the trigger, but you may as well try.

shoot the one with the rifle and DODGE to the side in an action roll. get behind the small wall made from your sisters' bodies. and shoot from there.

>>338131
Dodge to your left. Shoot the one with the pistol. Shoot the one with the SMG. Do it in that order.

My reasoning is as follows: It's harder for a right-handed shooter to aim a rifle to his right than his left, and a pistol can be aimed much faster than a rifle due to its smaller mass. It's not much but we need every advantage we can get.

I don't think snakes can roll very well, and they're snakes too so you can't use your snakeyness as an advantage. If we shoot either one the other will shoot, and they're both ready to fire. If we do shoot somebody our best choice is the one with the heavier gun, because then getting shot will be less likely to be fatal if we fail to dodge.An alternative option that HAS been brought up before is distraction, and doing something to distract them will make them less likely to fire immediately if shot at. You've got about two seconds, and we all know where I'm going with this, but seriously, you've got a better chance to survive if you flash them and shoot than if you just shoot.

>>338148
>>338154
Every advantage we need? Let's do both!

Throw the gun at them, and immediately make for the vent (or charge them if for some odd reason you're feeling confident). Basic self-protection reflex is to follow any object moving towards you, and to either attempt to shield yourself against it or catch it. Either means they stop training their weapons on you for a moment.

>>338131
Shoot one in the face and lunge back into your sisters' room.

Perforate the fool. Use Princess Bullet Time.

Suggestion 2011/08/09(Tue)16:28 No. 338337 ID: 3087fa
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It’s the guards confidence in Suria’s inability to shoot what saves her life. Before they can open fire, she bolts to the left, skillfully shooting the SMG soldier in the middle of the head, ending his life in the act. But she’s not fast enough to shoot the other soldier before he returns fire.

Suggestion 2011/08/09(Tue)16:29 No. 338338 ID: 3087fa
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“Aaaah!”

The laser beam hits her in the right shoulder like a red hot iron. If she didn’t dive to the side, that shot would’ve gone through her head. But is she really that lucky? She thinks through the mist of the pain and tears. The impact made her drop the gun, and she’s defenseless on the floor, eyes closed shut and hoping for a quick end.

An end that is denied...

Suggestion 2011/08/09(Tue)16:30 No. 338339 ID: 3087fa
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“...M-Mother!”

“Stand up and come with me. We don’t have much time left.”

The queen’s tone of voice is imperative, her command formulated with a voice that wouldn’t accept a negative. It might be cold, but in the middle of this chaos, it felt reassuring and almost soothing to Suria

grab the gun with your other hand and pocket it, then apply pressure to your wound with your hand and follow your mother.

Alright, you made it out of that without dying!

So yeah let's get the hell out of here.

Fuck yes. Grab the SMG and follow her, don't waste any time. Well, only grab the SMG if you can hold it with that injured shoulder. Take the pistol if you're not tuff enuff.

Pull your sleeve up your arm and bunch up the bit above your shoulder so that you've got the thinner (and clean) sleeve on your wounded shoulder applying pressure from it being too small for that part of you. It's a quick and efficient way to treat the wound until you can actually get medical help. (Try it at home, kids!)

Ask your mother if she knows why the rest of your house are trying to assassinate all of you.

>>338339
Follow your mum, ask what's going on.

First, tell her both your sisters are dead, so the two of you head for an escape rather then to rescue them.
>>338352
we know what is going on.
Ask if she knows WHO is behind this.

Tell her there's an armoured soldier in the next room. Redundant if she knows, vital if not.

>>338366
Yes, telling her about the nearby threat is the most important.

Also ask if she knows why they didn't just bomb the place. I still think there must be something here that they want to capture intact (which we have seen is unfortunately not you).

Suggestion 2011/08/10(Wed)11:51 No. 338725 ID: 75bb1d
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“M-mother be careful. There’s a sold--”

“It’s been already taken care of.” She interrupts.

“A-and my s-sisters...”

“I know. There’ll be time for grieving later, now it’s time for survival.”

They rush through the corridors, finding only corpses, both of the House guards and the ones with no marks on their armors.

“But... what’s going on!?”

“Your aunt, Zurabai. She’s managed to organize a little army of rebels and traitors to our own House. She’s gonna kill us all and become the new Queen.”

“B-But our people... The other Houses will do something about it!”

“The other Houses won’t intervene in internal conflicts. As long as there’s a legitimate Queen, they’ll remain neutral. We’re on our own.”

They find one of the secondary access to the hangar. It seems to be heavily guarded by the rogue soldiers. The bay seems to be open, and a single freighter is still there.

“Ok, this is important, Suria. You must survive. There’s no way I can escape this, but if they focus on me (I’m their primary target), you might be able to sneak into the freighter and get out of here.”

“B-but...”

“No time for that. You have to put your feelings away for now, just focus on survival. If you have any plan to get there unnoticed, feel free to be creative. Just survive and don’t look back. You’re the last hope of the House Azhue.”

This... this is horrible. I don’t know what to do, I don’t know if I should say something. Or how am I going to survive.

>>338725
Give her a hug, she's doing this for you. You'll be OK, and she'll probably be OK too. After that get into the freighter.

no fucking way. that is stupid. badassmom must liiiive

threaten to stay behind and open fire recklessly if she sacrifices herself. you both kill them all. you both get the fuck out of here.

If you survive this there better be snake tits. Yours, your mom's, or both.

A. Your government's internal affairs system sucks.
B. Your mom's noble sacrifice plan is shitty. Both of you need to get out of here because your mom is Hot.
C. Even if you survive, you will probably be reported as dead anyway without your Mother in the first place.
D. Tactically kill the shit out of things, get in a ship and aim for another nation to get help. Your mom is being irrational and hot.

>>338728
This.

>>338725
Tell her that this plan is terrible and you should both make it, like you can go to the control room, close off this door and then vent the hangar into space, getting rid of most of the soldiers there and then taking a shuttle and both leave. Because just you isn't going to be enough for gathering loyalists, you're inexperianced and don't have any rep built up, but with your mom with you and still alive then loyalists will have someone they know to gather around, a strong leader that can be the symbol for resistance that they need.

>>338730
This is a great plan, just be careful because they've probably got a guard in the control room.

>>338730
awesome plan! vent it into space, yes!

>>338730

Don't tell her the plan is terrible. That's just asking for trouble. Tell her that if we could decimate their forces by opening the airlock the shuttle is in, then escape unharmed with their primary target, that would make this treacherous aunt about as well respected as a Sinarri.

>>338725

Oh also nice regeneration on that shoulder there. I kid. This is awesome art.

I don't like using a sacrificial diversion as plan A we should look for an alternative. how many solders are guarding the hanger?

Suggestion 2011/08/11(Thu)02:03 No. 338921 ID: 69f5d2
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“Mom! I-I mean... m-mother... with all respects, that plan is terrible! There’s a way we can get out of here alive. Both of us! We have to get to the control room and vent the landing bay, the soldiers will be spaced and we’ll be able to take the ship.”

The expression of fixed determination disappears from the Queen’s face and is replaced by a proud smile.

“Good idea. Here, put on this. It’s a personal energy shield. It’ll protect you from energy weapons as long as the battery resists. Just remember, it will not protect you from physical attacks. Alright, let’s move.”

Suggestion 2011/08/11(Thu)02:04 No. 338922 ID: 69f5d2
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They sneak towards the control room. It seems that the loyalists in the base have been slaughtered or they’ve all surrendered because the sounds of fight are almost over. But the path is still clear.

There’s only two guards in the control room, one armed with a laser SMG, the other one with a grenade launcher. The grenade launcher Ziraneé seems to be a male of the Yryan house, probably a renegade, working as a mercenary.

“Alright Suria. You choose one, I’ll take care of the other. But we can’t let them alert the rest of their forces, or it’ll all be over for us.”

Ok. I’m not too nervous, but the wound on my shoulder hurts like hell, and I fear it’ll mess my aim. I can’t fail. Which one should I “take care” of ? And how should I do it to minimize my chances of fucking everything up forever?

you do it silently. hold your breath. hold your gun in front of you with both hands, arms stretched out. aim carefully for the head. take your time.

shoot multiple times.

You can get the one closer- the one with the pistol. They are both busy, so tell your mother to fire when you do (or on 3) and just aim carefully and squeeze off a shot.

Make sure you don't shoot the computers, but go for the head so they can't push an alarm button or something.

>>338922
Tell her you'll take the one closer to the door.
More importantly, have her do a countdown. Non-verbal with hands, or whispered, whatever. We can't afford one of these two happening to have good reflexes.

Also, have mom take on quick look around, make sure there'es no sign of someone coming up behind you.

>>338922
When you DO get in there, tell Mom she needs to get a copy of the surveillance data, if it's there. Records of what just happened will help in the political field.
Also, get into the sensors and cameras. Find out life sign densities. If you are lucky, you may be able to space Aunty too.

Oh, oh, and make sure to lock down the station! All doors sealed and shut, all that jazz! Maybe a nice Self Destruct virus or something too! Vent the atmosphere on a timer! Lock down the escape pods or preemptively launch them! Shut Down the CO2 scrubbers! Play 'The Girl From Ipanema' on the PA system at maximum volume!

SUFFER NOT THE TRAITOR TO LIVE!

You've got a laser-proof shield, Mum is presumably a better shot. Mum leans round the corner and takes out the chap with the grenade launcher. You step out to act as a shield and draw fire, while she takes aim at the guy with the laser.

>>338922
Motion that you'll take the closer one. Aim your weapon at their head and signal a count to coordinate the attack. If they both go down at once they can't alert anybody.

>>338922
The closest one, and dial up the power of the shot if you can, so you more or less expand the entire battery with one shot.

>>338945
That seems unwise. What if we miss? Sure, that'll be bad either way but if we miss and use the whole battery everything goes ass up.

you have a pistol and it should take them some time to react. So if you do miss the first shot don't panic and shoot again. If you are not sure you can hit the head then aim for the center of mass, a hit in their armor, even if it doesn't penetrate, should still momentarily stun them and let you and your mother focus fire.

An alternative plan is to sneak behind them and then order them to surrender at gunpoint "freeze! don't throw away your life, you wont reach that gun or alarm fast enough, now lie on the ground and answer some questions", then either interrogate them or execute them with a point blank shot to the head. If everything works out it would minimize risk to the controls. But a lot can go wrong, what do the other voices say about this plan?

>>338922

Have your mom go in with you. Have her take the closer one as he has peripheral vision going for him. The second he notices you two going in, mom shoots him.
With her taking care of him get as close as you can to make a near point blank shot into his head the moment he starts to move.

This ensures both of your safety as much as possible and reduces any recourse.

>>338948
That's why we don't miss. But it's mainly that we should have enough juice going out that we take him down with one shot even if he has a forcefield up, because it would really suck if he had one and got enough time to press the alarm.

If you have doubts about your aim, I suggest you shoot for the one not carrying explosives on their back in the control room.

By the way, if your shields don't stop physical objects, does anyone use projectile launchers as a weapon (not including explosives)?

Suggestion 2011/08/11(Thu)16:34 No. 339096 ID: 69f5d2
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I signal to Mother that I’ll go for the closest guy. She nods and counts down with her fingers, and we sneak inside. I manage to slither upon the soldier before he starts turning his head around, so I immediately open fire. He dies instantly and it kinds of feel good after what they’ve done to my family. Mom takes care of the other guy and rushes to handle the controls. All the guards in the Landing Bay are spaced. No exceptions.

“Hey, maybe we could set the station to self-destruct? Or load a deadly virus and lock aunt inside? Or take the video footage to prove that-”

“Suria, dear, I admire your enthusiasm in such a dark time.”--The former queen interrupts. “But I’m afraid you’ve watched too many movies. This panel controls the landing bay only, and has no access to the surveillance cameras footage, and even less access to a self-destruct device.”

“Now let’s hurry and get in that ship before they send reinforcements to investigate why nobody answers their communications in this area... Oh wait, there’s another ship down there in the landing bay. We could steal both. Time for your first decision, do you want to take the Viper Fighter or the Freighter?”

Can you fly a ship?

If you can fly a ship, I wanna say the freighter.

>>339096
Whoever's the better pilot should be in the Fighter, so they can defend the Freighter.

If we only take one, better make sure it's the Fighter. Also, how do their speeds compare? Getting away fast is the highest priority, to be honest, so if one is WAY faster than they other maybe you should both just go in that one.

Besides the obvious, what's the difference between the two ships? I'm leaning toward the fighter right now, just in case we get attacked en route, but that's just from the names. Some kinds of freighters might also be capable of defending themselves from pirates or whatever, possibly better than the offence-focused fighter. Let's have a quick description.

The spacing took out the guards, but if there were anyone inside the freighter, and its doors were sealed, then it's occupants likely survived, so both of you keep that in mind.

>>339096
Man. That seems like they broke a major space rule there. Never go anywhere near a normal space access without being prepared for space exposure. Especially in a hostile situation.

Splitting up seems like a terrible idea still. If you can both fit in the Fighter, take it. If not, disable it and take the freighter.

Together.

>>339109
Going to have to go with not splitting up as well.

I just get the feeling that if we take the fighter and she takes the freighter, shit will happen, we will fail to defend the freighter, it goes boom and we feel guilty until the end of time.

The other option involves us taking the freighter, probably barely getting out alive while she dies in a heroic fashion covering our escape.

Staying together is the best way to prevent the character whose point of view we are operating out of from dying in some cliche fashion. Well, that, or everybody dies together in some non-cliche fashion, heh.

if you CAN both fit in the fighter then you may be able to take some heat off of you by making the freighter launch and look like it's making a run for it. then fly out and attack it a little. would make all the enemies think you are them and attacking a ship with you and your mom on it. then flee after a pass. would confuse the fuck out of them bout what just happened.

Make sure to DISARM THE SELF DESTRUCT SYSTEMS on whichever ship you take.

If the anti ship defenses are online, take the fighter, as you have a better chance of dodging. If no one is manning the guns, take the freighter, you'll have more crew space and supplies.

Either one is easily tracked. It all depends on how much time you have to flee, and how cramped you're willing to get.

>>339096
Which is faster, and what kind of defenses do they have?

Ok first off how full is the hold in the freighter? The reason for asking this is we may be able to take both as most naval fighters are designed to take up as little space as possible so they can cram more on a single vessel.

>>339096
First scavenge armor and weapons off the corpses, but be quick about it.

Everybody get on the freighter, unless you want to load the fighter into the freighter first.
Fighters are quick but aren't designed for independent deployment; fuel, life support, supplies, and everything else is designed around missions lasting a few hours and having someplace nearby to refuel and restock.
Also? I really doubt a fighter would be FTL capable, while a freighter would have to be.

>>339156
oh yeah, point. a fighter would probably NOT have a FTL drive.

>>339156
You totally ninjaed my idea. Definitely do that.

Fighter IN freighter, use freighter for both of you (larger, more life support, can operate out of it as a base). Sweep it for hostiles as soon as you set the autopilot to get you out of here.

yo dawg I heard you like spaceships

>>339096
Ask you mom to cut off one of their hands as evidence. And take the fighter, better survivability due to the fact that it's actually made for combat rather than just hauling crap.

Take the faster ship together.

>>339305
I believe we're trying to GTFO right now, so go for the fighter and get out of here already.

Suggestion 2011/08/12(Fri)07:54 No. 339309 ID: da443b
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The Viper Fighter is a basic fighter, but far more maneuverable and faster than the freighter. Unlike most fighters, this model has a FTL engine Incorporated, a custom model. Probably from a wealthy owner. If it didn’t have one, it would be useless for us. It can carry two passengers.

Besides that, it has two Laser Cannons, and two Missile Launchers. It’s fast and and adequate for combat.

The Freighter, on the other side is slower, less combat oriented. It has a large cargo hold (not big enough to fit another ship inside, though) which makes it optimal for cargo transport. It can carry up to six passengers. It’s equiped with two laser Cannons and an automated Laser Turret. It can probably defend itself in minor skirmishes, but it’ll need support in tougher battles. Of course, it has a FTL engine.

Time to choose.

>>339309

>>339307

fightah.

>>339309

>>339279

>>339309
They're both armed decently. Take both. No reason not to. The better pilot goes in the fighter, in case of bogeys.

Take the fighter unless you both have no idea how to use it in battle, in which case the freighter's automated defense might be a bit better. But your mother looks like she's pretty experienced at lots of things, and she wouldn't suggest the fighter if neither of you could fly it, so that's probably the best option.

>>339320
This.

While you're in the control room, check the security cameras to see if anything... interesting... has been loaded into the freighter.

Suggestion 2011/08/12(Fri)15:55 No. 339383 ID: da443b
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I’ve had an extensive training piloting any kind of ship, so I only expect Mother to surpass my own skills. We hop onto the Fighter and I can’t be more surprised when Mother makes me handle the ship. I have no time to protest nor feel nervous, we gotta get out of here.

We take off the station slowly orbiting the planet.

“We have company, Suria. Two ships, an E-class fighter and a Sun-F Bomber, on our seven, up. They’ll get us before we can jump out of here.”

“S-so what do we do!?”

“You tell me. Just calm down. We can try and get on their tails and destroy them. The bomber isn’t suited to engage fighters, its purpose is to launch torpedoes to large, slow targets like Cruisers or Stations. The E-Class could be a problem, but our ship is still better than theirs. You could come up with a combat tactic, or a way to outrun them. I doubt they have hyperjump engines with them.”

Since they will catch us before we jump we might as well engage them. Focus on their fighter first, after downing it finish off the bomber.

Start turning the ship rapidly towards a retrograde facing to give it some angular momentum so that when it's facing backwards you can fire at the enemy fighter and then after you rotate a little more firing your main thrusters to sharply alter your course so you're moving far enough laterally to evade any shots made in anticipation of your movement.

fly close to the bomber, it will give you a tactical advantage. The bomber won't be able to engage you and the fighter will be reluctant to fire because it might hit the bomber.

If the station does not have any defenses(if it does, we would not stand a chance, no matter what, so I assume it is unarmed or something), then it might be a good idea to stay really close to the station while trying to maneuver into a position to attack the other ships. It might stop them from firing, since they could/would hit the station. Perhaps you could even get the bomber and its payload to crash into the station.

>>339383
Engage in evasive maneovours and wait for them to get clsoer. Then deploy chaff. If there is no chaff then destroy some crap in the cargo bay and open that. Do that periodically to make them take evaseive manevours as well since they need to evade the chaff because you seriously can't run into that shit at C-fraction speeds.

>>339403
1. technically all speed is "fraction of C", and they aren't traveling all that fast.
2. This is a fighter, not a freighter so they can't do it anyways.
3. Define evasive maneuvers.

>>339406
Serpentine manevours or somet shit like that, by fractions of C I mean something like 0.033 C or even fucking 0.3 C or higher. Which is fucking overkill, just shit they have to dodge because they're going fucking fast. And chaff should be included in a fighter, doesn't make fucking sense to have a fighter without chaff.

>>339383
Use the station as cover so you can get behind them. Focus on the fighter, then once he's out of the fight disable the bomber just to be safe.

>>339383
Cut thrusters and pivot the ship around, then fire on the fighter.
This will leave you open to the bomber, so as soon as you score the kill pivot again and do a burn perpendicular to your direction of travel. Unless you think you can score two kills before the bomber can hit you.

Do remember that we are in space, in which the physics and tactics of combat differ greatly from land, sea, or air combat.

Suggestion 2011/08/13(Sat)03:21 No. 339571 ID: fbc18c
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I cut off the thrusting, pivot around and follow after the bomber really close, while it’s still maneuvering around the station.

“Don’t worry about the station, the defense systems are off-line. It would’ve been a pretty stupid escape plan if I didn’t take care of them beforehand, don’t you think? Just focus on those ships.”

The E-class opens fire against us a few times during the turn, but nothing our shield can’t handle. It stops firing once we follow the bomber, afraid of hitting it, or the station itself.

do the warp engines require time to charge up, or do they require you traveling to a certain location?

go for the engines, Boo! go for the engines!

>>339577
if you shoot the bomber then the fighter will start shooting at you again. You are currently buying time until your warp engines charge up.

>>339571
Hit the station with a few shoots, the only ones left there should all be traitors anyway. Oh, and try to get a targetting lock on the bomber.

Keep using the bomber as protection and fire at the fighter. We can't effectively attack a station and the bomber is our shield for now.

Tag the fighter, maybe you can knock the bomber into the station after or towards it after that.

Take out the bomber then let's handle the E-class with a couple of missles.

Suggestion 2011/08/13(Sat)15:26 No. 339683 ID: fbc18c
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The hyperjump engines need a bit of time to charge, but it can’t be done while the combat and defense systems are on. It needs all the available energy to make the jump. Either we fight or we run.

I turn around to let the E-class surpass me. Now I’m on its tail, but in the process he’s had a good chance to hit us good. Our shield is now down to 50%.

The good part is that now we can tag it, and even lock the missiles on it. But the bomber is tailing us too, slowly but steadily.

Missiles away.

don't worry too much about the bomber, finish off the fighter with missles. Then dogfight the bomber (you should easily win this one).

I don't think the bomber is much of a threat, its slow and probably not well armed for a dogfight. keep on the fighter, but peel off if it looks like the bomber manages to start getting in good hits on your ship.

>>339683
Get a missile lock and fire away at the fighter. Once it's out of the picture we can use superior manevourability to take down the bomber, then we can fuck over the station with any remaining missiles before warping out of here.

FIRE MISSILES! BLOW THEM OUT OF THE SKY! Be prepared to take evasive maneuvers, however, if the bomber starts to attack. Maybe move a bit erratically so it's harder for it to get a lock?

Suggestion 2011/08/14(Sun)01:54 No. 339795 ID: 40b2b1
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A couple of missiles take care of the E-Class, but the bomber is punishing us good.

“Shield integrity down to ten per cent.!”

go evasive, and accelerate as fast as you can. you are faster and more maneuverable than the bomber. you should be able to lose it fairly quickly.

>>339795
Keep the burn going while pivoting off at a sharp angle. Have your craft's nose track the bomber while it tries to catch up its facing to match you and broadside it.

make an acrobatic fucking pirouette.

Hit the brakes. He'll fly right by.

>>339795
I thought the bomber wasn't designed to deal with fighters. How the heck did it just do as much damage as the E-class?

>>339795
Cut forward thrust and make a sharp turn, that should set you up for a 180 degree (or more) turn and get you facing the bomber, which is when you light up the bastard and try to get a targetting lock as well. If he goes by then keep turning until you got him in your sights and then fire up forward thrust again.

>>339810
The bomber lacks the maneuverability to fight us effectively but it is more then capable of damaging us if we don't evade it. For example if we are finishing off another fighter while it is on our tail.
Now that it is just us vs bomber: Peel off into a roll, get behind the bomber, and finish it off.

Suggestion 2011/08/14(Sun)12:37 No. 339909 ID: 967217
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Without the E-Class pressing us, it’s easy to maneuver around the bomber and blow it to bits, we don’t even need to use any more missiles.

“Good work, but you need to improve your skills, they almost got you there.”

“Yes, mother.”

“Alright, let’s get out of here, the Station defenses will be online soon. Head to the Czara system, your aunt won’t openly attack us in another House’s space.”

Suggestion 2011/08/14(Sun)12:39 No. 339910 ID: 967217
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After a bit of warm up, we jump into hyperspace mode, the stars and planets cruising over the bridge like bright lines in capricious colors. Most pilots close their eyes during short jumps, because it can make even veterans pretty dizzy. I find them kind of relaxing though.

My train of thoughts is interrupted by a loud beep and the voice of Mother.

“We have an incoming fatline transmission. You’re the captain, is your responsibility to respond if you want.”

>>339910
...can you passively receive only?

>>339910
Open a channel. Outgoing audio only, but recieve both audtio and video, and the audio only switches on if you press the send button.

>>339910
Don't see why not, I guess.

Accept Penji's call!

double check that the coms is isolated so it's not a trick to send a self-destruct code.

1. accept call
2. we need to regroup and then assassinate your aunt ASAP. with her death you will be back in charge almost right away

try to answer the call but accidentally initiate the self-destruction sequence.

>>339913
what he said. getting shot by the people whose space your running to because you didn't answer there hail would be really embarrassing.

Suggestion 2011/08/14(Sun)14:04 No. 339958 ID: 967217
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I accept the call, but enable only audio output for now, and exclusively if I press the Comm button. The face of my aunt fills the screen with a triumphant grin.

“Lyra, dear sister. Turning tail and running away from the rightful Queen? That’s so dishonorable of you, dear. And here I thought I knew you better than that.”

She thinks she’s talking to Mother. I turn around, but she shakes her head.

“ Don’t make me repeat myself, you’re in charge now, you can’t hide under your mother’s tail any longer, I’m sorry.”

Ok, ok, should I answer? How should I behave and conduct the conversation if I do?

>>339958
Ugly face, but pretty decent tits. Anyway, shut down the line. You don't want to talk to her, all she wants to do is gloat and make you upset. But fuck that, we're not going to talk to the bitch.

no fear. maybe a little anger. and say "backing away when your enemy has a stronger position is being smart, not afraid. besides, we inflicted heavy loses and without finishing us off the rest of those in the clan will question your ability."

>>339958
Don't send anything.

>>339958

Call her out. You know the law better than us, but I'm betting she can't really be Queen so long as she can't prove both of you are dead. Do you and your mother sound different enough that she'll be able to tell you apart? Might be best to be honest anyway. Mother doesn't even deign to speak directly to such a rank blood traitor.

Can you open this broadcast to a wide frequency or something, somehow make it easier for someone else to pick up? It's not like they don't know where you are or where you're going, or so I assume since she's got the communication up and there was nothing stopping them from seeing where you went. If I'm wrong, disregard this bit, but you need to make sure as many people as possible know you and your mother are alive.

"You know and I know who the Queen is. Why don't you waste your breath telling me you have two eyes, while you're at it?

"This isn't a fight you can win. The only question is how much of my house will die in the attempt. Give up now, and I will show a degree of mercy."

PS: no idea how true any of that is.

Ask what this is all about. Your mother has presumably been good to her, and there's no reason to murder your own sister and her children.

We want to kill her and take her place.
We want to make her seem the fool...
Tell her your mother is dead. Brutally murdered along with your sisters. You had no idea who could have done it, and are shocked to hear your beloved aunt admit to being the perpetrator.

We could make her seem the fool claiming to have killed the previous queen when she is alive and well. We will likely be under estimated and viewed as a lesser threat to her rule if she thinks mother is dead.

>>339981
that's a good idea. maybe you could tell her your mother died of wounds shortly after you left the station? she presumably knows she was on the fighter. don't try it if you can't think you can sell it though. i'm assuming that if she declares herself queen while your mother is alive it will go poorly for her.

as for why she's doing this its probably just plain desire for power. that's the problem with hereditary nobility, lots of ambitious driven people who have a semi legitimate claims to the throne, and have no hope for further advancement save for deposing the current ruler.

>>339983
excellent refinement.
"mo-mother died of her wounds shortly after we left. I... I couldn't just leave her there for you monsters to mutilate. How could you do this to us? your own sister! my sisters!" crying is ok now and will help sell it.

Now, plans...
Mother obviously doesn't intend to reclaim her throne, but place you on it. Most likely she feels she failed, what with this uprising taking her two younger daughters. So she will probably remain your adviser, advocate, and bodyguard.
Let her do that, but we need to convince her that she can't limit herself to being a silent bodyguard, that however things turned out her advice is still valuable due to her years of experience and she should endeavor to put it forth for you to at least consider as you seek justice and your rightful throne.
Also, with a few exceptions we want to keep her conditions secret so if we can we want her to get power armor that conceals her identity and let people think she is just a body guard. Exceptions for loyal friends to whom she can reveal her identity of course.

>as for why she's doing this its probably just plain desire for power.
Seems obvious. I meant more along the lines of "how could you be so evil" to make us seem naive, less of a threat, and heck maybe she DOES feel somewhat guilty and will not go all out if she thinks mother is dead (although I wouldn't count on it)

All of you compare tits, we'll pick the queen.

Suggestion 2011/08/14(Sun)16:46 No. 340023 ID: 967217
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I try to transmit anger through my voice as I reply to her.

“Why did you do that!? We didn’t do anything to you!”

Zurabai leans in, with an amused expression in her already smiling face.

“Let’s see, I think I recognize that voice... Could it be little Vynara... No... Suria? Yeah, I think that’s you, Suria.

“Don’t dare mention the name of my sister, you monster!”

“Oh, I’m so sorry dear, I didn’t intend you to survive either, but not all plans are perfect. And what can I say, nothing personal, dear, I just got tired of a nobody in the tree of power, now my offspring will inherit the house Azhue, as we rightfully deserve. Now, I know you wouldn’t have gone so far without help. Is your mother with you?”

“Mo-mother died of her wounds shortly after we left. I... I couldn't just leave her there for you monsters to mutilate.”

“Oh, how cute. I can’t tell if that’s true or you’re just bluffing, but it doesn’t matter. Your mother is history, she’s failed to defend her bloodline, her own daughters, and escaped like a coward instead of dying with honor. She’s as good as dead... But I guess that, if she’s alive, she’ll try to use you as a pawn to get back to the power. A friendly advice, dear. Don’t do it. Forget any thought of revenge you might have if you value your life. Just run, far, far away from here, and maybe I’ll spare your life.”

I can’t even think straight with the anger I feel. Should I cease the transmission already or should I say something else before doing it?

>>340023
Nah, fuck talking to this chick anymore. We need a long-term plan for fixing this shit.

Just throw the worst insult in your culture at her before cutting the transmission. Make sure you see her reaction, of course.

>>340023
Cease it. You're only doing what she wants by responding. She wants you to get angry and emotional. Or surrender to despair. You're not going to do either of those though. You're going to shut down her transmission and then ask your mother where you should go. There should be some planet or queendome that she knows she can trust decently on for support, both in monetary terms and in political terms. Because you guys are going to need to get cash to hire bodyguards, among other things.

>>340023
You may as well continue to blabber ineffectually. Go ahead and tell her where you're heading while you're at it. Maybe tell her that you'll kill her until she's so dead she begs for you to put her out of her misery.

Cut the transmission. You have succeeded at what you wanted. Let her think you are running away for good. Her suspecting you are lying about your mother is to be expected really. But at least she has doubts. Don't keep talking or you might slip and say something you shouldn't, no insults, no yammering, just cut it now.

Hopefully she will think you will run and not return and really wouldn't give chase. This is good as it will give you time to prepare to get back what is yours. But it would be naive to bank on it so prepare as if she will be sending hunters and assassins after you.

>Ask mother where
No, mother wants to reinforce in you that YOU are now in charge, most likely her emotional status at loosing in such a manner and the death of your sisters. This means you can no longer ask your to tell you what to do.
You need to take charge, tell her that you will reclaim your throne, but for that you will need her to be more then just a bodyguard. Ask her to be your most trusted adviser. Then from that, ask her to begin advising you, who does she think would remain as an ally against your aunt? What financial or military resources could we claim before your aunt appropriates them?

>>340023
Cut the feed, like you should have done as soon as it started.

The name of the game is assassination. Don't bet everything on one major act that meets with success, but instead plan thousands of attempts with incubation periods upwards of decades. If she manages to kill you but continues to have legitimate reason to fear death at your hands then she'll be equally destroyed.

Target her children. Tell them that whoever kills your aunt gets positions of wealth and power, but their lives are all fair game as long as she lives.
Have them informed of this fact by messages delivered on their pillows. While they are asleep on said pillows.

Oh, also, make it a policy of killing the family of every person who dies protecting her. Brutally.

>Target her children. Tell them that whoever kills your aunt gets positions of wealth and power, but their lives are all fair game as long as she lives.
Have them informed of this fact by messages delivered on their pillows. While they are asleep on said pillows.
She is the queen of a planet and you are a fugitive, if you get someone into the royal palace he needs to knife the false queen not deliver ultimatums to her children. They will tell her and she will use the resources of an entire planet to hunt you down.
We just made her think us cowards out for survival. Let her underestimate us and plan...

I like your idea of multiple assassination attempts coming in at once, that is a good idea. But the ultimatums to children isn't

>>340025
Yeah, call her a mongoose.

Ask if her kids are as ugly as she is, or as dead as she is going to be and cut the transmission.

Suggestion 2011/08/15(Mon)07:32 No. 340253 ID: 8aca02
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“Are your daughters as ugly as you are? And are they as dead as you’re gonna be!?”

I yell before I cease the communication, not giving her time to respond. I feel the hand of my mother on my shoulder, comforting.

“You had the courage to respond and keep your temper almost to the end despite her tauntings. Also I applaud your determination and your attempt to bluff my death, but that doesn’t matter much now. She’s right. Politically speaking, I’m as good as dead.

“Should we start regrouping our loyal forces and build a plan to murder her and her children? We should...”

“Yes, dear, but not yet. My confidence made us fall in disgrace in front of our house and the others. We’re on our own for now. But worry not, we’ll get our revenge, I promise you. But now just rest during the journey. We’ll have a long day ahead of us when we get there. “

Your politics suck.

pretty sweet.
Author, would you mind using a name when posting your quest? It really helps if the author has a name.

I don't understand. Why is she as good as dead? Because she escaped an ambush?

Could you give us a rundown on the extent of your house?

>>340271
I agree (PS: It's Starit)

>>340278
>I don't understand. Why is she as good as dead? Because she escaped an ambush?
It is a fair point... why didn't we land on the planet and order the military to arrest the failed assassin? Are there loyalist forces? Who are your generals and how loyal they are?
Then again, it could just be aunty talking smack and trying to scare you off to not even fight back. Of course we are going to get in touch with those loyal to you and take back what is yours.

>>340287
Earlier on in the quest (or was it the quest-dis?) it was made clear that their people were extremely "respect the position, not the man" minded.
Essentially, by Auntie succesfully pulling off a coup without disrupting the government, she proved her worthiness to be on the throne.
It's not that they respect backstabbing, it's that they figure that as long as there is somone on the throne who isn't making a clusterfuck of things then everything is A-OK. She was professional about familial power mongering, and that's good enough for the people.

>>340527
but she didn't successfully pull off a coup.
She failed to kill the queen and her heir, and she lost a massive amount of troops

>>340528
She lost a bomber, a fighter and maybe 10 other guys. They were also hired mercs. She didn't really lose anything she couldn't afford to lose. And nobody knows that the queen and heir escaped yet. To everyone else she will have appeared to pulled off a perfect coup. Now she just has to solidify her position and assassinate the two she missed when they pop up and she's golden.

>>340641
But how does that justify the current queen NOT landing in the capitol and saying "coup failed, @military! kill the failed assassin"
Although, that ISN'T what we tried to do... My question is what justification is it for that not to work. Unless she has been subverting the military, but if she HAD then she had no reason to wait for us to be on a space station to launch an assassination.

>>340691
Because the fighter would be ID'd as an enemy by the IFF system and then get shoot out of the air. Investigations would reveal that it was a terrorist plot to strike at the new queen. Or something else would happen to make sure they never get down or contact anyone.

>>340692
Which requires that she has control over the military. Either the military automatically obeys anyone who tries a coup (and thus would obey you) or she has compromised them and made them loyal to her and not you. And if she did so then why the elaborate trap instead of just marching into your house with an army, on the ground. Or carpet bombing it.

>>340709
She doesn't need their entire support, just to have people in the right positions. Like in the communications and air defense divisions, they make sure the right orders get through and that any communication attempts are stopped.

Starit 2011/08/17(Wed)08:08 No. 340877 ID: d72bc3
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The planet Vaiss, located in the edge of the Czara System. The only inhabited place in the entire deserted mass is a Ziraneé mining colony. Due to the extreme conditions in the surface, most of the colony is located underground.

Starit 2011/08/17(Wed)08:08 No. 340878 ID: d72bc3
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“So what are we going to do now, mother?”

“What are YOU going to do now, you mean. I’m not the Queen anymore, I failed, I lost all respect from my people. Even if I tried I wouldn’t be able to gain my throne back. But you... You still might achieve that goal and take revenge on the usurpers.”

“But how?”

“Right now it’s too dangerous to try and come back to the Azhue System, they’d blow us to bits before reaching the first Intersection. But if you make a name of yourself out here, and start becoming more popular among our people and even outsiders, people will start following you. I’ll help you out, but you will be the ones making all the decisions.”

“O-ok... but where do I start?”

“Just for this time, I gave the first step for you. I’ve arranged an audience with the local priestess. She’s an old friend of mine and still loyal to us. I suggest you visit the temple and talk to her. We could also visit the financial district to get us new clothes, these ones will attract too much attention. You could take a walk around town if you want.”

Is there anything else I want to ask to her, or should I get going?

>>340878
Is there any cash in smuggling Norios out of the empire?

>>340878
Move it cadet, you've got a LOT of work to do. Let's visit the temple, go shopping for tourist outfits and sunglasses, and then go for a crawl about town.

While we're out we must also try and unload the fighter for something more subtle, then unload that vehicle for something obnoxious to throw off any pursuers.

Also, ask your mother about any emergency supply caches or bank accounts so you can drain them and hide them again.

>>340883
>crawl