~ 2011/09/06(Tue)16:11 No. 346091 ID: 4bc7e6
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Those fortunate enough to be spared the horrors of nuclear holocaust, plague, drought and radioactive mutation did so in the vast underground vaults...
But even in the heart of biomechanical utopia, trouble brews...
Cause paradise... Is for the blind...

~ 2011/09/06(Tue)16:12 No. 346093 ID: 4bc7e6
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>Intro of whiteness...

*BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP!...*

Shut off the alarm and wake up to a BRAND NEW DAY!

>>346095
And don't forget to grab you lucky-limited-edition-Sarsaparilla-star-bottle-cap (+1 LCK) so you can go about your vault life with a SMILE ON YOUR FACE!

│││ 2011/09/06(Tue)16:40 No. 346102 ID: 4bc7e6
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Mmrg... *Rolls over* mom... Five more minutes...

>>346102
Sorry but no, today is possibly S.P.E.C.I.A.L. or maybe it's time for a G.O.A.T. who knows?

│││ 2011/09/06(Tue)17:01 No. 346109 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>346108
Mrg... Okay okay... I'm up... *Yawn...* Good morning.
Special? Probably not... And I took my G.O.A.T. a few years ago...

>>346095
>she wakes up and shuts off the alarm...
She reaches for her clothes and starts putting them on...

I wonder what I'm gonna do today?...

>>346098
Teehee can't forget that. My lucky charm always helps me make plenty of new friends...

>~lucky-limited-edition-Sarsaparilla-star-bottle-cap (+1 LCK)~

what's that lump in the bed?

│││ 2011/09/06(Tue)17:34 No. 346116 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>346110
That? That's my honey~bun... Wake up honey, It's 7:50...

>A very large mantis kicks off the sheets and rears up on its knees...

Morning Sweety... Sleep well?

I guess. I wonder what's for breakfast today?

mmm... I wonder... *Sniff~sniff* Smells like bacon...

>The mantis caresses the girl as it kisses her shoulder...

:| okay.

finish getting dressed and get breakfast.

>>346116
Right, you two are cute.
... Uhh, what are your names?

what
what kind of vault is this again

Okay, what number Vault is this?

I don't remember which one was "Vault filled with Giant Sentient Bugs and Xenophiles".

I miss the Deathclaw vault...

>>346116
How many people in this vault? People referring to humans, Mantises and any other intelligent creatures, obviously.

Wow I didn't know there was an Insect Friend perk.
Anyway head baconways immediately for delicious bacons.

>>346116
Bacon? Where the fuck would you get-
FFFF IS THAT STRANGE MEAT?

Ugh, at least tell me it was sustainably harvested from fiends and raiders.

Anyway, I'd say you should spend the day with a sniper rifle and an Enclave patrol route. After you find your pipboy, which shouldn't EVER be off your arm.

│││ 2011/09/06(Tue)18:24 No. 346147 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>346119
Thanks. My name's │││ and this is Honey.

>>346126
>>346139
My home is called Vault111. I'm the overseer here... According to Mark, My home was supposed to integrate bugs into human society... But all the humans died and now I'm all that's left. The other dwellers here raised me.
Whats a deathclaw?

>>346141
Well there's me, Honey, My son Kobb, unkle MarkIII, and about twenty something other bugs that live here.

>>346117
>>346142
Yeah, breakfast sound great right now.

>>346143
ehh... Why are you yelling? whats a raider? Pipboy! ok I'll put you on...

wait, son? how.. what?

lets stop jumping to assumptions here. this world is probably at most loosely based on fallout. what happened to the humans? why did they die off?

>>346147
>son
So you have a half-bug child?

>>346150
think she is part bug, notice the eyes?

>>346147
Wait, how the hell did that happen? Or you know what, lets skip that. Probably better to not know the details.

But you know, it's starting to sound like you have such a small population that you will all die out pretty soon unless you open up the vault. So that's probably something you should start looking into.

 

Bloody VAULT TEC!

Whatever. Anyway, Deathclaws are huge orange things that live outside the Vault. They're EXCESSIVELY DANGEROUS.

Anyway, after obtaining bacon and putting on your pipboy, you should raid the armory (with Mk 3's permission) and obtain a large amount of WEAPONS AND ARMOR. Then, you should go OUTSIDE. There's cool stuff out there!

Just follow these simple instructions and I'm sure there won't be anything dangerous out there.

Oh, Sweet. We Are a Pipboy. Wait, What Model Are We. -Memory Error Detected- Oh Bloody Hell. That Is Not Good.

│││ 2011/09/06(Tue)19:25 No. 346181 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>346148
>>346150
>>346154
Half bug? Nah... That's not possible... I adopted Kobb. He's a roach.

Hello my Queen

Hi mister bee.

>>346149
About sixteen years ago a civil war broke out between the bugs and the humes. The bugs just wanted to live peacefully, but the humans didn't understand them. so they locked them up. When They raised me they tough me how to understand them. I cant really hear their words, but I can see and feel what they are saying...

Howdy Miss III

Hey there...

>>346155
>>346159
Mark says that opening the vault is a bad idea... He say's it's dangerous out there...

i see. but they will all die eventually. just indreed themselves to death. it will be a slow and horrible death, the children will eventually be born with mutations. ranging from sterility to having two faces and 1 limb and being in constant pain.the vaults are designed for containing 1000 people this can be turned into a easily defended bug town but they cannot stay isolated forever. new life is needed.

also, one of the things that are all but immune to radiation are roaches. son will find TONS of friends.

so, what's on the schedule?

ok so, you are a human who was modified by other humans to be able to communicate with bug-people. (which explains your beautiful eyes)
You have an adopted son. This explains it, for a moment we thought there was some weird biology defying cross species reproduction going on.

So basically, you are an augmented human in charge of a vault full of bug-people. Well lets see how things are:
1. Status of life support.
2. Availability of technology knowledge (computers with all tech)
3. Status of manufacturing capabilities.

I am thinking, rather then opening the vault we should expand downwards, in the deepest part of the vault, cut open the floor and dig into the earth, extract raw materials and expand into a hive. Earth can be compacted, a lot, to make reinforced walls as you spread ever deeper, growing ever wider.

>>346190
and where will they get the water to feed a super massive hive?

>>346181
You're going to eventually want to open the vault to investigate the state of the world and increase the vault's genetic diversity, Pipepipepipe. When that happens you're going want the search parties to wear clothing and carry weapons, and since they'll probably be incapable of human speech patterns you'll want to go with them to act as a translator.
Oh, and robots. You'll want lots and lots of robots.

>>346191
1. They already have great water recycling system in place as well as extra water in storage. (although we shouldn't drain our reservoirs)
2. Extra water will thus only be needed if the population itself wishes to grow beyond a certain point not for the digging and construction process.
3. Eventually they will have to get more (since the idea is to increase population not just size of colony) which would be done via:
A. Tap into underground rivers, tap into one in the process of digging.
B. Short excursions to the outside to get water.
C. Water is just dihydrogen monoxide. You get water by burning hydrogen. Hydrogen and oxygen are found naturally in various minerals within the earth. Which can be extracted (albeit slowly and with lots of effort, we have the time and manbugpower).

A is by far the most easy and plausible. It will be a plentiful source of water and oxygen, with nitrogen & carbon being recoverable from rocks. (Air composition is 78.084% Nitrogen, 20.946% Oxygen, less than 1% a bunch of other gasses... only important one is carbon dioxide which is 0.039%)

>>346196
But if its just uplifted bugs, where would they get genetic diversity from? Unless they know enough about the uplift process to replicate it, using unmodified bugs for genetic diversity would be potentially worse than the generic bottleneck (which can sometimes be survived).

I am pretty sure they are naturally mutated rather then uplifted via intentional genetic engineering.

>Genetic diversity
That will come naturally via mutations.
A very small population CAN end up all dead due to being stuck with defective recesssive genes but it is not a guarentee. Experiments with organisms as complex as mice who are inbred to the point of complete genetic uniformity to live as viable specimens.

Open the vault does not magically cause an influx of genetic diversity into the population. You have to find genetically compatible individuals and bring them here. If it ever does become a problem, then at that point either we solve it via genetic engineering or we send people out of the vault then.

Do you want this to be a digging game, or a sneaking game! The latter will mean that you sneak on the surface for plentiful if short lived resources. Remember the sun is the key. Without sunlight you'll never eat right! The sunlight makes the leaves and the leaves feed the bugs, and the bugs feed you! Do not disparage the underground, however! Sunlight can make and it can also destroy, so hide your leaves berries preserves and smoked meat underground to keep the sunlight from taking them back! Take from the surface and store in the ground, and you'll have plenty to eat and time left over to make love!

>>346239
>Sunlight
only use the sun serves is a power source, and they obvious have power and artificial lights (which completely negate the need for a sun).
Keep in mind we are a leader of these people, we can't go around personally sneaking around places.
If we build an underground empire it is BOUND to emerge to the surface world eventually and in a much better position to do, well, anything really.

>>346181
It is, but you will all die if you stay in here. Inbreeding, breakdowns in machinery and stuff like that means your vault is likely to be dead in a few decades. Besides, these vaults are not meant to be closed forever, they're supposed to be opened.

>>346191

WATER CHIPS

JESUS IT'S LIKE YOU HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED FALLOUT BEFORE

On the subject of things breaking down, how many of the people in your vault have fine manipulators (things that work like hands/fingers)? Those are rather important to have for things like repairing machinery and operating computers.

>>346280
No, Vaults can operate for centuries without any significant problems. The exceptions are Vaults which were designed to have specific failures for the purpose of experimentation.

>>346341
That doesn't solve the problem that they have a too small population though. Some 20 individuals are not enough.

>>346341
also, how do we know that this vault WASN'T designed to fail?

>>346342
It takes more than 'a few decades' for inbreeding to become a problem.

>>346343
Because VAULT-Tec didn't double-up on experiments.

>>346346
whelp, guess we can all go home. there are no problems to solve and everyone seems happy. quest over.

>>346346
It could have been to test how LONG it took humanity to get into a brutal war of genocide...

ANYWAY! Tell Mk III if he's so worried he can come with ya. Now let's go see if we got one of the kickass power armor armories, or one of the shitty "Nonlethal" ones.

>>346348
They all start that way. It doesn't last.
What kind of weaponry is available in the vault? And how many of the inhabitance can use them effectively? If you have to open the vault you'll need to send out scout parties, and they're pointless if they don't make it back. Seriously, a couple of bugs cannot take on a Deathclaw without some significant firepower. If you want to know what a Deathclaw is just imagine something 10 foot tall, with teeth as big as your thumbs, and claws as big as your arms. It can run twice as fast as you, jump twice as high as you and if it catches you it'll rip you in half with one blow. You can shoot one of these things clean through the head with an armour-piercing round and it'll still have time to pull out your entrails before it realises its dead. So yeah your armoury better be fucking stocked to the roof with missile launchers and mini-guns.

>>346409
Deathclaws aren't that bad. Just sit on a rock and shoot it with a .308 until it dies.

│││ 2011/09/07(Wed)18:24 No. 346428 ID: 4bc7e6
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your all very funny with your conspiracies to leave the vault and dig hives... Why'd you wanna do that? We have every thing we need down here...

>>346189
Well usually I laze about in my office, watch over the dwellers, help peoples with their problems.

>They enter a large room that smells like food, a few bugs are seated at tables as a round robot dashes across the room serving dwellers...

>>346342
there aren't many that survived the civil war, but we have a few breeders that lay eggs every now and then.

mmm... Looks good, Thanks MrHandy

Don't mention it monsieur. And for the happy couple?

Hey Mark, well have what ever...

>>346294
nobody except mark really knows much about machines and stuff. But the vault was made with bugs in mind, almost every thing in here can be operated by both bug and man.

>The robot swings back around holding two plates of food...

Here we are. Enjoy... Oh but if I could have a word with you After your meal, miss111.

>>346409
Deathclaw's sound really scary... But that's to be expected from a thing with Death in its name.

hmmm, robot wanting to talk seems important. eat breakfast and see what's up.

you look rather emaciated... eat a lot for your breakfast.

i'm sorry if this is rude, but have you had something done to your eyes? they don't look normal. they look more like a computer screen than anything else.

>>346428

You're accusing a pip-boy of not preparing you for the worst! And why? For adventure, of course! Fun, and profit!

Uh.. what uh.. exactly do you consider food

>>346439
Perhaps it is not her eyes, but 'ours' that are causing the odd and strangely limited interpretations of color.

Though it could be both. Do we affect your eyes or body in any way, III?

│││ 2011/09/07(Wed)20:22 No. 346466 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>346438
I don't know what that means... But alright!

>>346439
Something wrong with my eyes? Honey is there something in my eyes?

Not that I've noticed dear. They're just as beautiful as ever.

>>346449
nothing I know of... Do you affect my body?

>>346442
ehmm... what?
Food is meats and vegetables... I've eaten some canned fruits once, but we don't have that many. I think this is pork... Which I believe is extinct... unfortunately. and these eggs come from birds I'm sure.

>>346435
Yes yes... Excuse me honey...

>She wanders off to the kitchen... Where the Robot waits holding a pale blue chip.

You wanted to see me?

Yes madame... I have most horrible news. You see the water chip broke.

Ok... Can it be replaced?

unfortunate... No...

Oh... Well can you fix it?

No madame... We'll need a new one...

Okay well maybe... What does it do?

It makes water madame... We have some reserves, But they wont last forever...

...

>The girl seems composed, but inside she's filled with confusion and fear...

... Well ain't that a kick in the head... Okay guys you were right... What do we do?

>>346466
All vaults have spare water chips. Except for, I believe, Vault 13.

Also, Mark III is wrong; the chip does not make water, it simply controls the water reprocessing equipment.

Lets see... Vault 111 would put you in the area around DC, so it's vitally important you tell us what year this is.

yep. start with having a map of the area loaded into us. don't want to get lost. even if it is different a bit. then head down to the armory. let's see what we have to work with.

search the vault for it. why is he asking you, anyway? don't you have any engie bugs around here?

Settings>Gameplay>Difficulty...
Very Easy
Easy
Normal
Hard
<Very Hard>

...

WELL FUCK.

How many individuals ARE there in this vault, current?
How many of each distinct species? (a species is a group that can breed to produce non sterile offsprings)

We are not right. We are only prudent! Enjoy our quality advice and company on your great adventure! You had better get a move on though. And I would move on the lot of you. Travel in groups! Use the buddy system! If you have enough ingenuity you'll find yourself a new water chip in no time! Whatever the hell a water chip is!

And j-just concerned about your basic nutrition. A healthy diet makes a healthy adventure! Obviously you weren't spending your time eating leaves and reprocessed human flesh

>>346466
Ahahahaha, see, told you. Anyway, ask for replacement chips, although it's possible that this was the last one. After all these things are not designed to last for ever. If there are no replacements then you're either going to have to go out and look for one in another vault or open up this one a migrate to a new source of water. Both are kind of dangerous.

Oh, and two minor observations. You know what tastes like pork but isn't? Humans. Also, when was the last time you saw a bird? Because I don't think that food is what you think it is.

>>346493

let's change that to EUROPEAN EXTREME.

>>346565
You cannot play on EUROPEAN EXTREME in America.
You can however play on it's equivalent:
COLONIAL CLUSTERFUCK

│││ 2011/09/08(Thu)11:10 No. 346604 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>346471
Water chips... Water chips... Don't we have a whole stock of those?

Indeed, but they've all broken shortly after being installed. I believe it's a maintenance error... Perhaps my servos needs some looking into?

I see...
>new quest
>Ain't that a kick in the head
>obtain a new water chip
>[optional] have MarkIII's servos repaired.

What year is it?

2279 Madam.

Where are we, geographically?

Vault111 is located in Arizona not far from the Mojave dessert.

Mojave? Is that near Dc?

No madame, Vaultech built 111 here due to geographical technicalities...

>>346472


Could I have a map of the outside world?

Certainly madame.

>~Map~

But I don't see what good it will give you. The world's changed quite a bit since that map was made.

... *Sigh* Go fetch me some armor and weapons... I'm leaving...

Very well madame... Good luck.

>Mark dashes off in search of equipment... │││ sits and looks pensive.

>>346489
Bug engineers... Nah we don't have any... Now that I think about it, I'm surprised Mark kept this place running for this long.

>>346519
One human, one robot, three roaches, four mantises,six ants, five bees and four scorpions. We have active breeders for each race, except human and robot of course.

>>346552
I hope we can find one... Human tastes like pork? It's a creepy idea but I guess if it is human I ate then that's that. And the idea that I'm not eating bird eggs doesn't bother me. I've eaten bug eggs before, not as bad as you'd think.

the smaller versions of ants and bees are pretty much masters of structural engineering. once the doors open set them to fortifying the entrance. hopefully instinct about building comes back to them. the mantises and scorps are guards. mantises have an entire form of martial arts named after them due to the lighting strike speed of their claws. and scorpians have those stingers and poison. course you need to exit first and have them stay hidden in case humans were waiting for your vault to open.

go see your friends and tell them you're leaving. consider who you'll be appointing overseer so people don't vie for the position.

>>346604
Does the vault have any kinds of external sensors?
It would kind of suck if we had you stroll out into a 200 degree radioactive duststorm dressed for a warm, sunny day. And possibly awkward if a society of humanity's remnants has built up right outside your door and you step out dressed for war.

What are you talking about? There are no radioactive dust storms. Unless the vault sustained a near miss, in which case you'll need to cross a field of fatally radioactive glass...

Um... we may want to check the vault door cameras before leaving.

>>346604
Have you ever looked in the room where they said they sealed off the humans? Because things might not be what you think they are.

Anyway, you're going to need to prepare if you're going outside. Weapons and armour is good. But you're also going to need other supplies, like stuff for making camp, clean food and water, medical supplies, stuff to trade for whatever they use for money and stuff to carry it all in. And shit is going to be hard on the outside, you will need to make food for yourself scavenge and forage for lots of the stuff you take for granted and be wary of other people, lots of people out there would rape you, kill you and then eat you as well as steal everything you own.

Before you leave, do tell your bug friends that they need to start digging in search of water. Even if it is contaminated, it's far easier to find or construct water filters than water chips.

>>346604
>No madame, Vaultech built 111 here due to geographical technicalities...

But... they were numbered AFTER their locations were finalized. The numbers for failed vaults were retired, not reused.

Nevermind; not important.

What is important is that you make sure they reseal the vault after you leave and not reopen it for anybody except you.
I don't suppose you have any powered armor or anything; I doubt you have anything better than a security outfit with a helmet and maybe a laser pistol or handgun.

│││ 2011/09/08(Thu)19:36 No. 346731 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>346618
Yeah... Best they all know.

>│││ walks towards her office briskly...

honey, follow me.

what is it │││?

The water filter broke and we need new parts.

what?!

>She sits in her chair and flicks on the communicators...

>>346660
... Attention vault111... I have bad news... Our water is of now limited and under ration. But don't worry my brothers, sisters, fathers and mothers... I will venture out side of the vault. In search of a new water chip... And when I come back, everything will be back to normal... Until my return Mark will substitute me as overseer... Not that it will change anything, he already basically runs the place... In the off chance that I can't find the proper pieces for our systems, I want you all to start digging in search for water... Let's all hope for the best... You're my family and I love you. Over...

I'm coming with you

yeah me two

no you're not. The world is to big for someone your age. Stay with uncle Mark till we get back... I'll bring back a souvenir.

>>346652
Where they sealed off the humans? You mean the garbage disposal? Every one got rid of the bodies sixteen years ago.

>Mark swings in from the main door...

I heard your speech madame, The folks have utmost confidence in you. And here are the arms you asked for... I'm very sorry I could find much, the humans ransacked every thing before they lost the war...

>~Lightweight metal armor [cond.0%]~
>~Grenade launcher [cond.60%]~
>~Grenade .40Cal X20~
>~StimPack X3~
>~RadAway X3~
>~PurifiedWater X2~
>~CannedCornX3~
>~InstaMashX3~
>~MedX X2~

>>346703
Thanks Mark... Listen, If anyone other than me wants in they'll need my password. It's Beloved... You'll remember?

Yes madame... Beloved

Good...

>>346619
>>346626
>│││ flicks on the terminal and logs into the security system...

Hmm... doesn't seem to be anything, But these cams only have a fifty foot view... Do we need anything else before we leave?

>>346731
Yes.
Tell them to start making Vault 111 jumpsuits for themselves. Clothing is the difference between a wild animal and domestic or sentient beings. I'm not expecting this to matter until you return, but the fact that it could is cause enough for the investment.
Also, tell Mark to not make repeated attempts at repairs if he keeps botching them, and see if he can talk anybody else through repairing his servos.

the cams at least confirm the outside was not a near miss so you can walk around and not be irradiated to death instantly.

and yes, while their bodies are tougher due to their exoskeletons so the primary purpose of clothes is useless a secondary purpose still works, a sign of intellect.

Jumpsuits might not fit a giant bug, but some sort of insignia. Maybe Vault 111 capes? If Honey is to accompany you, good thinking! Travel in pairs at all times! Stay close together in case of the unexpected. Never negotiate from further than 50m away.

>>346731
Well unless there were some hundreds of humans it's unlikely that they could have keept getting meat off of the bodies for 16 years.

Anyway, you need something smaller than the grenade launcher as well. Doesn't matter if it's just a kitchen knife, but it's good to have something if anything gets inside of grenade range. And some junk that you could sell as well as some water purification pills.

repair Mark. trust me, a broken robot won't make a good overseer.

and leave Honey behind to take care of Kobb.

start by asking him what's wrong and what parts are needed.

│││ 2011/09/09(Fri)17:40 No. 346983 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>346732
Good idea!. Hey Mark Have Vault111 jump suits for bugs made in my leave.

Certainly madame! I'll use the spare suits for it.

yep, they'll be useful if we start trade routes after all this... Oh but don't repeat anything if you fail every time.

I'll try to notice mam.

>>346840
I don't know anything about servoses or robots... I can hack simple programs but rewiring complex micro-circuitry is another bag of oranges. But Mark's been doing a good job at overseeing things so far... well except breaking two dozen water chips... We'd better get help soon.
Hey Mark what parts do you need?

Simple wire and scrap metal really, what I need is reprogramming...

Honey is... I need honey. I'm trying very hard to keep composed, but I feel like I could break down at any moment... I need Honey with me. I'd be lost without him...

>>346774
Junk...Junk... Like what? Ehh... BOOZE!

>~Rum X5~

Yeah this will trade just fine I'm sure... And I'm sure I can put my hands on a knife or something...

>~Cleaver [Cond.72%]~

Good to go!

>The vault door opens slowly as it rolls off to the side... Opening to a cave like tunnel...

See you all soon... I hope

We'll be fine. I'm here for you.

Thanks.

honey will need something to mark him as not just another wild mantis. if you can't make him a jumpsuit you could try painting him.

│││ 2011/09/09(Fri)17:53 No. 347000 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>346992
Yeah that's smart we'll find something to paint him with.

>As you step out of the cave, The sun's bright light blurs your vision and stings your eyes... But it subsides and reveals the out side world!

Well here we are... Outside... I guess since we don't have any idea were we are we should just pick a direction and look for... Hey wait... Look people! I wonder if they know where we are? Think they'll want to be friends? Ha good thing I brought my lucky bottle cap! Look they're coming this way.

By their hats, they look like raiders.
Raiders are insane humans who tirelessly try to murder anyone who isn't a raider.

have honey hide so if they are hostile he can jump out and cut them apart. and keep your launcher in hand but relaxed. if they are foolish as well as bad they will broadcast the fact that they are hostile and you can kill them from range.

they might be tribals. its hard to tell from this distance. tribals are groups of humans who have regressed to a primitive society, they vary from tribe to tribe but most don't go around killing everyone they meet. though they do look a bit more like raiders than tribals. either way get your grenade launcher ready.

try to sneak around to them. approach them from the side or optimally, from the back. have your launcher ready. don't get too close. and keep your eyes peeled for others.

>>347000
Have Honey get down on the ground to avoid notice, and keep an eye out for any signs of other people.

Keep your grenade launcher drawn, but don't point it at them. If they come at you with weapons raised then blow them into chunks.

>>347000
They look like a hostile bunch. Hit them with the grande launcher while they're still bunched up and far away enough that you're safe from the blast.

>>347000
Say hello. With a grenade.

Elephant Guy 2011/09/10(Sat)01:08 No. 347209 ID: 2bc85c
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>>347200

if you do this, by the way, you are absolutely obliged to shout "SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!"

│││ 2011/09/12(Mon)19:17 No. 348028 ID: 4bc7e6
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Now now... I don't want to shoot anyone just because of their hats... But Honey hiding is a good idea... Well see how they react and see where we go from there.

>The men climb the hill we are perched on with a little struggle...

Hello! My name is │││. And may I be the first to greet you all from my home...

│││ 2011/09/12(Mon)19:17 No. 348029 ID: 4bc7e6
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AH WILL EAT YAR SPEEN!!!

Oh shit Oh shit Oh shit!!!

ENGAGE VATS, FIRE A GRENADE AT HIS LEGS!

>>348029
Silly raider, bones aren't for eating when you have that few teeth.

Tis quite good he has a melee weapon rather than a ranged one.

│││ 2011/09/12(Mon)19:33 No. 348034 ID: 4bc7e6
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>Vats engaged. Please select target

the legs. if it misses it would hit the ground and still blast him.

>>348034
Torso, bigger target lesschance to miss, and more organs.

if you have the ap two at his legs. a near miss might cripple him and two shots will probably hit him at least once.

>>348034
Groin. Duh.

Groin shots is best shots.

>>348137

aye. go for the legs. maybe he'll even get a splinter into his crotch.

wait, you aren't too close, are you?

Shout "Wait! I'm a raider!!" Then they won't attack you.

>>348171
heh good one. but seriously raiders will kill/torture/rape anyone they come across who's not part of there personal gang. trying to negotiate with them is a waste of time.

rolled 63 = 63

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>>348035
>>348137
>>348169
>Leg[42%]

>>348281

...what happens when a grenade barely grazes your leg?

>>348282
what leg?

│││ 2011/09/13(Tue)15:51 No. 348454 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>348281

│││ 2011/09/13(Tue)15:51 No. 348455 ID: 4bc7e6
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>*Boom!*

...I guess that answers my question. check for survivors.

│││ 2011/09/13(Tue)15:55 No. 348459 ID: 4bc7e6
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D...Did I get him? Did I... I just Kill a hum...

*Splthunk!*

AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!

>>348455
Look for survivors. Kill them.
THEN loot the bodies.

Is that a scouter on the ground?
if it is pick it up, then yell " IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAANNNND!" then crush it in your fist.

Oh god you dropped your only weapon, catch it!

AW SHIT LOOK OUT THERE'S A MANTIS BEHIND YOU-- oh, wait. Yeah. Heheh.

Anyway, loot dat shit!

did he drop any loot?

there were 2 of them in the distance. unless you want to deal with the other one up close with the cleaver, i suggest you catch that grenade launcher and start reloading. don't worry about the body, i'm sure it isn't going anywhere.

Calm down and try to catch your weapon. Try to focus on defending yourself and don't try to think about your first kills.

yeah, you got him, but you didn't kill a human. raiders may look human but they aren't. they discard everything that makes a person a person. they are worse than beasts because they choose there nature. if you hadn't killed him he would have spent the next few hours killing you in some creative and horrifying way, if he hadn't seen you he would have gone on to look for someone else to kill in in a horrifyingly creatively way.

>>348467
DO NOT grap for a falling gun! This is gun safety 101.

yeah, let the gun hit the floor then pick it abck up. then if the other guy is knocked out you can capture him. but ONLY if he is out cold. otherwise you will need to have him finished.

>>348596
the gun is at 65%, is a single shot, and that shot has already been fired. catch it before you break it more.

>>348459
I think you killed him.

Welcome to the wasteland!

>I just Kill a hum...
Actually it looks like you just killed 2. In self defense, they were crazy cannibals.
Don't think of it as murder, think of it as saving the lives of all their future victims, starting with yourself. In fact it would be morally reprehensible to NOT kill them, as they will go around murdering more innocents. You basically put down a rabid dog, well, rabid human.

>>348459
Well that is a torso without any of the other parts that go with it in front of you, so yes, you killed one of them and he's very dead. The other one might still be alive though, so you're going to need to grab your grenade launcher and reload it before he can clear his head and start charging at you again. Or sneak off, if he gets away then he will probably fetch his raider buddies and then the entire vault is dead. So you know, have to kill him as well.

Yes, you killed him. This is not a bad thing. Take a look at the karma meter if you don't believe me.

│││ 2011/09/14(Wed)20:03 No. 348884 ID: 4bc7e6
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>│││ flops to the ground

Aahhh! Ahhh...

>She craws away from the mutilated corps, shocked she tries to breath and gather her thoughts...

It's okay │││... I'm her for you, I've got you...

>She quickly finds her lover and anchors herself to him.

*Pant~pant*... Ok I think I'm calming down now... Please I didn't hear you just now...

>>348466
>>348600
>>348708
>She glances over to the other raider before quickly smothering her head in Honey's chest

He's dead! Very dead... I think I saw his brain...

>>348461
I'm not picking them up... Even if they were scouts...

>>348462
>>348610
I'm sorry the gun fell... I hope its not to damaged from the fall...

>>348694
>>348536
I understand that... But... But I... I hope I never have to kill again...

>>348460
>>348463
>>348465
>Tears run down │││'s face and slide down Honey's chest...

loot them...

What was that?

Please... I can't do it... loot the bodies... They might have things we need...

*Sigh*... I understand... I love you dear, be right back

>~Raider BlastArmor [cond.21%]~
>~BaseBall Batt [cond.34%]~
>~MfC X3~
>~Psycho X1~
>~Fiend battleHelm [Cond.13%]~
>~HockeyMask [cond.17%]~
>~BottleCaps X21~

looks good. can you salvage the armor and combine it with yours?

also, the first time is the hardest.

Bottlecaps? Score!

Bottlecaps are used as a currency in the wastes, and you can sell the armor.

WELCOME TO THE ARIZONA WASTELAND! I HOPE YOU LIKE GORE! But yeah, you ought to get used to that. The way these whole "leaving the vault to save it" deals go, you'll be waist-deep in corpses in about an hour or two.

Oh, yeah, and you know what would really drive an irony nail home? If you eat his spleen. It'd be hilarious!

Also, I hear that using Psycho is fun as all hell. Why don't you give it a try?

Don't use the Psycho. What's MfC?

>>348884
Never have to kill again? Baby, this the wasteland. If you're going to roam it then you're going to have to kill many more times or you're going to wind up dead. That's just life out here.

Anyway, grab the bat, the chems and the bottlecaps. Then possibly arrange the corpses in an amusing fashion before walking on in search of your goal.

I think MfC = Microfusion Cell (laser rifle and plasma rifle ammo).

>>348884
There will be a lot more killing if you want to survive out here, A LOT! So get used to it or go hide in a hole while your vault slowly die from thirst.

>>348884
You did what you had to. Keep moving, try to keep your focus on other things.

Right now, let's take the drugs, the ammo and the bottlecaps. The fact that he's carrying the bottlecaps suggests that they're valuable to the locals, and the other things are light and valuable if we ever need to buy supplies out here.

│││ 2011/09/15(Thu)14:03 No. 349212 ID: 4bc7e6
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>As soon as Honey returns, │││ Squeezes him tight against her self...
I'm glad you came... I'd be so lost without you...

Companionship is important... Maybe the wastes would be a better place if peoples hugged more...

>>348886
He was wearing a tire... What am I supposed to do, strap it on my vaultSuit? Well I guess I could, not that it would do much against bullets or explosions or hits to anything but my shoulder, and it would be heavy...

>>348901
Ok... So I have money now. I've read about money in some holodisks... Lots of bad things came from it. But I guess it can have it's uses... So how much is this worth?

>>348910
I really hope your wrong... And no I will not eat his spleen... It's probably sick or something...

>>348977
Ok, but what does it do?

>>349167
I know... I know... We have to do this. It's for our family.

>>349171
Yes lets keep moving... But where? We have no directions... I guess we'll just pick a direction and stick with it till we find some... So left, right or straight ahead?
Oh wait the sun's going down? I thought it was morning! Hmm... Should we travel the night or rest and go during the day?

it's a military-developed drug that makes you dumber but also makes you hit harder and shoot straighter. it's also addictive and makes you permanently dumber if you use it regularly for a long time.

if you're able to sleep, do it. mantises are diurnal; Honey will operate better at night and so will you.

>>349212
You should travel whenever you're not sleepy. And lets go west. Since that's like the magnetic left. Oh, and psycho is a military combat drug. The name kind of implies what it does, you enter into a psychotic frenzy and attack with way more ferocity and speed than normal. It's also highly addictive.

>>349212
Psycho is a powerful drug, similar to cocaine. It supposedly makes you much stronger for a short time, but it's extremely addictive, has a strong crash after use and can cause brain damage. It's really not something you should ever be touching. It is, however, worth quite a bit to traders.

>>349214

Sleep better at night, you mean.

You have to watch the sunset! It's beautiful enough to die for! Not even kidding. You are in for an awesome experience that you can't get down in the vault.

>>349234
>>348977
You guys are no fun :(
Camp first. Can we get a view of your surroundings? Are there any apparent landmarks?

│││ 2011/09/15(Thu)18:38 No. 349279 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>349234
>>349214
Sounds bad. Poor guy, must of gone the way he did because of these... Almost makes me wanna break it. But It's much more useful to me if I sell it.

I think we could sleep, or at least rest until dawn.

>>349258
None that I can see...

>The couple wonder off to the west for a little while before setting up near some rocks...

>>349252
Watch the sunset? That sounds like a dumb idea to me, besides shouldn't we not look at the su... Wow... The sky turns pink at night?!

>The two lovers sit and stare skywards as the heavens turn pink to red... The whole wasteland is covered in a warm orange glow as the sun slowly creeps away...

That really is something.

I'm glad we came out here.

│││ 2011/09/15(Thu)18:38 No. 349280 ID: 4bc7e6
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>Moments later, darkness fills the land and a chill breeze rolls in... │││ Look's at her Honey with a devious smile...

I love you babe... Always have, alw!..

>They lock lips [or what ever mantises have...] as they're knocked to the ground. Their bodies pressed together, they kiss into the night...

Our adventure starts now... ~Teehee

PipBoy3000 2011/09/15(Thu)18:38 No. 349281 ID: 4bc7e6
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>SleepMode: Active
>Estimate Time of Reactivation: 7:30...

You know, most people's first instinct upon killing someone in self-defense and then having to deal with their dismembered corpse isn't to go and have sex with the closest living thing. You might want to get that head of yours checked out.

actually that is a fairly typical reaction to life and death violence. a combination of seeking comfort with a loved one and some genetic imperative to start making more people in response to danger.

WHY!? WHY DON'T WE HAVE A CAMERA!?
I WANT PROOF THAT THIS JUST HAPPENED!

>>349307
>QUEST ADDED:
>Worth a Thousand Words
>*Install a camera upgrade for your PipBoy.

now that I think about it how does that even work?...oh god...

>>349280
>[or what ever mantises have...]
Mandibles, palp and paraglossa.
I'm guessing your at his paraglossas.

Elephant Guy 2011/09/16(Fri)12:03 No. 349542 ID: ffd2b2
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>>349460

Wikipedia to the rescue!

"Sexual cannibalism is common among mantises in captivity, and under some circumstances may also be observed in the field. The female may start feeding by biting off the male’s head (as they do with regular prey), and if mating had begun, the male’s movements may become even more vigorous in its delivery of sperm."

Huh. That must be why ||| makes such a good mate for him.

"The mating season in temperate climates typically begins in autumn. To mate following courtship, the male usually leaps onto the female’s back, and clasps her thorax and wing bases with his forelegs. He then arches his abdomen to deposit and store sperm in a special chamber near the tip of the female’s abdomen. The female then lays between 10 and 400 eggs, depending on the species. Eggs are typically deposited in a frothy mass that is produced by glands in the abdomen. This froth then hardens, creating a protective yadda yadda yadda"

Apparently, european manti, from which the giant manti in Fallout have evolved, can take several hours to mate. Good for her.

Suggestion 2011/09/16(Fri)12:24 No. 349548 ID: 0d7a83
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>>349542

>>349281
That's too late to get up. You should be up by 5:30 at the latest. Preferably 5:00 so you're ready to head out at 5:30.

Beep beep beep beep beep...Beep Beep Beep Beep...BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP HOOOONNNNKKKK!

Its monday!!! Gooood Morrrniiing!
Now, tell us about your night
and we'll be off. westward, am I correct?

│││ 2011/09/19(Mon)14:30 No. 350457 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>349552
>>350411
>5:00Am [Activate radio Alarm/Vol.80%]
>*TZzzz... SHhhhhh... Ood Morrrniiing Wastelanders, It's monday and how is every one doing?! I'm your host ThreeDog! Bow~wow, from all the way out in the Dc Hellhole. Do you know what day it is? That's right, it's D.K.A. Day! It's a great day, it's a sad day... Today, we honor how one year ago, the blue paladin from vault 101 per*Click*

*yawn!..* Good morning guys...

>│││ stretches her left arm high until it sounds a small hollow pop, followed by a trail of cracks up her spine as she twists her body sideways...
hmm... well sleeping on a rock sucks. But the night its self was fun.
Okay so were headed west some more? Sure a thing, let me just get dressed and wake up Honey. Might take a while, he's hard to wake.

Better clean yourself up, you've got mantis sperm in your hair.

turn the radio back on goddammit, I wanna hear about this blue paladin from vault 101. sigh, I miss Three Dog's voice.

... Wait. How are we receiving something from D.C.?

>>350467
Ummm.... FM radio or some bullshit. Satellites. Atomic reactors. Space Ghouls. A weather balloon.

Well, nay one spake that uncle Mark III knew what be abroadside.

Anyway, wake up yer Honey wi' kisses an' look around. Try t' get t' some hight t' be seein' what`s around ye.

>>350467
Maybe he just kept expanding his signal?

>>350457
>Might take a while, he's hard to wake.
That's because he's probably cold-blooded. Some sort of garment may be vital for survival rather than just useful aesthetically.

│││ 2011/09/19(Mon)16:53 No. 350477 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>350463
What really? Ah dang, that stuff's a pissoff to get out.
>│││ Strokes and scratches at her hair trying to get it out.

>>350469
What?

>>350471
Hmm... Your right, well need to look into that. For now I'd rather keep what little clothes I have.

>>350465
>*Click*quence on her own and purified the whole water supply. So in her honor, I'd like to offer a moments silence..... This one's out to you 101
>I don't want to set the worrlld on firrreee... I just want to start a flame in your heaarrt~♫...

Purified the water? Wow!

wow, wherever they are they must have plenty of left over water chips if they have that much pure water.

I think they used something entirely different for project purity. besides its way to far to walk. oh one more thing and this is important, I don't think the bugs in the wastes are sentient. keep that in mind if you come across any. also keep in mind the natives see them as dangerous pests, so stay close to honey so no one shoots him out of hand.

>>350477
Man, he's talking like the Lone Wanderer was dead or something. Didn't he hear about her blowing up the enclave mobile platform about the week after she activated project purity?

>>350484
(could be unexpanded version)

>>350484
After the MQ ends, most people are content to just fuck around with side quests and exploration for a few game months before getting off their asses and doing Broken Steel. Also, this is getting a bit too meta for the main thread.

>>350477
Well lets get moving. While it might be useful to get some news over the radio it's something that could reveal your location. You're going to look mighty stupid trying to sneak up on someone with it on, so atleast turn down the volume of it. And scan for something more local. You need more immediate info.

>>350477
Yar, ya make me sad, lass. I be says ya best get to the crow's nest, or whatever bes the highest point of land about ye and survey the area 'ta find a place that you be finding chips of water at.

Also, I be sayings that there dunna be a way 'ta be telling if 'ye uncle-bot be fully aware of wither 'ya be, seeings as it has been so long since ye all were placed within the briny dirt. Very well coulds be that 'ya in the DC wasteland rather than the Arizona

wait hold the phone. dc is about 2000 miles away from you. how are you picking up its radio broadcasts?

...Dude, I just said that.

>>350528
that you did, sorry didn't notice your post.

man, he's still playing the same old songs, the poor bastard. if we find some decent records on the way, we should send 'em over to him.

>>350650
He could just be playing the Lone Wanderer's favorite song. But that's a good idea, if we find any records, we should send them to our local DJ.

│││ 2011/09/20(Tue)15:41 No. 350785 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>350496
Yeah that makes sense
>Turns off radio

>>350502
Mark's knowledge on the outside comes from scouts they sent back before the civil war. I'm sure lots changed in 16 years but hey, it's the best info we've got. and yeah this is Arizona, says so on my Pipboy's map.
High places... okay euh... There's a plateau.
>She climbs the ridge and peers out to the horizon.
Hey there's a town out there. it's kinda far... And some ruins over there. Look's mostly intact. So, where we headed?

the town. good chance more raiders are in the ruins. also, can honey carry you on his back? if so then you can appease the townfolk by riding him. would make it apparent to them that he is no threat. also if you could wrap something around his claws.

>>350785
Hey, is that your tool-box? If not, open it up, and checks what's inside. And yeah, City. Best to find out the lay of the land, physically and socially, then walking into an ambush in the ruins.

And I don't think pipboys can be wrong, but how the hell is a DC signal getting this far west? Well, I don't think you can look into that, but we might have to.
Speaking of Pipboys, any locations tagged yet, or not?

you need to loot those ruins if you are to get anything in that town- even info's valuable. arm up and approach it quietly.

│││ 2011/09/20(Tue)18:41 No. 350834 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>350786
Great idea, not only piratical but I could get back at him for cumming in my hair.

>>350788
You haven't Marked anything important other than home. We'll have to mark that town as soon as we get there.
Tool Box? Oh hey this thing. Didn't notice it. Okay well lets loot.

>~Mentats X1~
>~NukaCola Quantum X1~
>~.50 caliber round X2~
>~BottleCaps X12~

A Quantum? I've read about theses. I've always wanted to try one...

>>350789
So we're headed for town, but first we need to get sleeping beauty up. Any fun suggestions? or should we just shake him?

Mmmm, condensed radiation. Go ahead and give it a swig.

give HIM the swig. should pick him right up.

Isn't Quantum addictive? (I never actually used the stuff in the game because I was trying to save up for that one side quest where you have to get a crap ton of the stuff for that person who appears addicted to the stuff.)

>>350865
hmmm...

(checking databanks)
yes there is a small chance of addiction, but seeing as they are super rare the ability to get more before the withdraw effects run there course is slim.

but still, better hold off on drinking it unless you get ina fight, it's effects seem to be geared towards short bursts of super speed. or for making high explosives.

>>350834
Nor I, I just wanted to savor the sweet, Swet Quantum.

Anyway, if you have water, put his claw in that. If not, just shake him and kiss a him and what not. I would also suggest that he sneak and not to come into town unless you make sure its safe.

It could be a town of insects. If so then you should hide while Honey checks if it's safe.

>>350834
Well lets try one. Oh, and if your pee starts to glow then that's just a natural side effect.

Anyway, to the town! Then more specifically to the bar. Bars are usually great places to get some information.

a quantum won't kill you- go ahead if you wanna try it.

we're not the one who have experience in waking him up for all those yers- just do what you usually do.

│││ 2011/09/21(Wed)16:40 No. 351209 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>350836
A little radiation's not so bad. I'm sure it's perfectly safe to drink.

>>350870
Hmm... Yah your right, I'll save it for when I'll need the energy.

>>350974
Hmm... Yeah I've read that it does that. Maybe we could use it as a tracking system? I'd be a little gross though...

>>351054
>>350876
>>350786
I don't really have the water to spare, but I guess it would be funny. Next time...

>The girl return briskly to her mantis and sits on his back, She hoists him up by the head and shakes him about a little...

Wake up sleepy head...

mmrrrr... what?

You came in my hair you know...

DON'T KILL ME!

Hihi HAHA! I'm not gonna kill you... But seriously, Not cool. Just for that you have to carry me to the next town...

What? Euh ok...

>And with that they left townwards...

│││ 2011/09/21(Wed)17:04 No. 351213 ID: 4bc7e6
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>│││ just barely notices them out the corner of her eye and jumps off Honey, dashing for cover.

*Huff~puff* ... Natives...

>She peers over the cover and slides back down.

I don't think they noticed me... They might be useful. But I think we might be able to sneak past them ... hmmm... What to do?

>>351213
Grenade in the centre of them. Pretty much anything you encounter in the wasteland is hostile and out to kill and eat you or just kill you.

what? no don't do that. grenades are expensive. also III is good with bugs. she might be able to talk to them. this would be a good time to see if the outside bugs are sentient or not.

lizard things, wouldn't they attack bugs normally? they may not be completely hostile. have honey yell over to them. if they start charging then lob a grenade.

>>351213
What? No! There are insects out there! Go and talk to them. There language shouldn't have changed that much inside the vault.

But yeah, fuck the big ones, I think they might be some kinda reptile.

>>351213
Those lizards will kill you if they see you; they're far deadlier than raiders and marginally more aggressive.

This is vitally important: What color are they?

Grey means they're hostile

Gold means they're VERY hostile

Red means they're EXTREMELY hostile

Dark Purple means you are already dead.

Aren't those geckos ADORABLE? Don't hurt them!

>>351213
You should be extremely careful. Especially with Honey. Lizards like that frequently eat Insects.

you're kidding me, right? geckos are huge dicks. every last of them. kill them, Three. kill them all.

>>351405
Now thats just racist. saying that is like saying that all mexicans are... Yeah kill them all! No but seriously if it worries you just sneek past em. But I say go for it, if they didnt atack the bloatflys that means theyre chillin. See if you can hear them?

>>351416

saying "all geckos are assholes" is about as racist as saying "all male lions grow manes".

│││ 2011/09/22(Thu)10:51 No. 351440 ID: 4bc7e6
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Aahhhh... Your all so confusing! I don't know what to do.

>>351214
>>351405
I already told you guys yesterday. I don't want to kill anybody. If I can find ways around confrontation I will.

Half of you are telling me that they're dangerous and the other half is telling me that they're not... I really don't know what to think.

>>351416

Okay I'll try

>│││ Sneaks in closer and closer, until she's just a little ways off. She lends an ear and listens to them...

So I'm like, girl I'm as healthy as can be. Look at mah tail.

And the chico? She dig you now?

Nah she ran off with that fire gecko. phss Chicks love the bad boys...

Heh! Got that right bro, your to prissy for that kind of girl.

They seem to just be talking...

>>351219
>>351222

Talking to them may help social relations with the wild life... I'd at least like to have that if the humes turn on me... But it might be dangerous... If you guys are scared of them, it may be for good reason.

>>351440
You put like three ranks in the Animal Friend perk, didn't you?
Call out to them asking if they know of any clean water sources around here.

>>351440
They don't seem like terrible sorts. Might as well go introduce yourself and be friendly. If everything goes south, you've got more grenades, right?

>>351440
Make sure that you're far enough away from them if you call out to them. Have to have the necessary distance to blow them away if they charge without hitting yourself.

I'd advise Honey to introduce himself. Uh... you they might react violently to.

>>351440
Quietly call over Honey and go out, holding his hand and saying 'Hi' to these strange insects. And those icky reptiles.

see? do you hear what they're saying? total douchebags.

if you don't kill these guys, they'll kill the next few people passing by. killing one gecko is saving five lives. I still say you blow 'em up.

... goddamn fev how the hell dos a bloat fly even have enough of a brain to be self aware? if you can talk to them if might be worth trying. we mostly have info from the dc area loaded up, so for all we know the wildlife around here is less hostile. thinking on it there has to be a large regional difference. the animals up around dc are non sentient, and its fairly hard to miss something being sentient. if nothing else because you'd start running into organized resistance and ambushes when on pest control duty.

~ 2011/09/22(Thu)18:30 No. 351571 ID: 4bc7e6
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│││ 2011/09/26(Mon)15:15 No. 352896 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>351470
But humans eat animals to. Killing these guys is as bad as humans to me...

>>351458
Icky? Well to everyone their taste. I think they're cute.

>│││ Grabs Honey's claw and pulls him out of her hiding, calling as she goes...

Hi My name's │││, I'm friendly are you?

friendly? Yeah I guess... Can we help you?

Well this is going well. Maybe I'm safer amongst the wilds than with humans...

>>351447
>>351444
I think I'm close enough... I hope.

>>351442
That's what my pipboy say's...

Say? Do you know of any potable water sources near by? Streams, lakes or rivers?

Yah chico! Try great lakes a few days north of here. Fresh water no rad. But watch it, lots of humans this time of year. Oh and chica you looking good...

Hey you, watch your mouth.

[small]Oh don't mind him, he does that to every girl he sees...[small]

I like these folks. Anything else we can ask them?

ask if they have seen any other vaults. you want chips not just the water.

>>352896
Yea, ask if there's anything around here to worry about besides humans. Supermutants, feral ghouls, high-rad spots, that kinda stuff.

cool. thank them. with a primed grenade.

>>352907
aside from being unethical attacking friendly's after your done talking to them is a very bad long term strategy not to mention grenades are not cheap if your going to try and turn her into a monster at least make unethical suggestions that are beneficial to her.

>>352896
See if they want to trade, they seem nice!

>>352907
No!

>>352907
Stop encouraging her to waste ammo. That is a deadly sin.

>>352896
You should get their names, learn what they've been up to recently, generally ask after the lay of the land, that sort of thing. You can afford to spend some time chatting with them before starting on a trip several days long.

1. it's not unethical if it's rotten bloatflies and gecko asshats you're killing and
2. ammo is not wasted if it's been converted into XP.

>>352949
||| does not deal with gore well, and geckos are super cute. Also, a frag grenade is highly valuable and we have a very limited supply.

│││ 2011/09/27(Tue)16:01 No. 353380 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>352943
Would you be interested in trading some items by chance?

Well I'd take some weight off your hands if that's what yah mean, but I ain't got much to offer so sorry.

That's alright thanks anyways.

>>352938
>>352995
>>352944
Not cheap... Wasted? What ever happened to not killing because it's wrong?! Is wealth all you think about? You humans are all alike...

Do you guys have names? Where you all from?

Yah chico, this is Buzza and I'm Fizz. Them gekos are Nuka and teil. We're from tha caracsses around tha bend, but we travel.

Nuka and I live in a den with some other geks over there. Swing by some time, we have plenty of living space.

Thanks

>>352899
Oh before I leave, Got any advice about dangers around here?

Well first thing is never eat from cans. They may look full of food, but most just have radiated sludge in em. and in the sewers there's zombies. Also There's a pack of humans living in towns way over there. humans are very dangerous who kill with out reason.

Oh which reminds me. Don't lizards usually eat bugs?

I'm well feed.

Yeah me to. No need to hunt, may as well have a chat

I see. Well I've best be on my way.
That was informative. So next stop: that town!

when arguing with someone who would suggest randomly murdering people pointing out that its unethical rather than impractical really works.

hey do you think you could teach the local human how to talk to the wildlife? they probably don't know the local animals are sapient, and are just treating them like dangerous pests. we really should do something about that.

>>353380
>Not cheap... Wasted? What ever happened to not killing because it's wrong?! Is wealth all you think about? You humans are all alike...
When communicating with someone who favors coming up with moral reasons to do or not do things, moral logic is more likely to be convincing. When communicating with someone who does not favor morals, it's best to attempt to find more immediate rational reasons because they'll respond better to that sort of logic. As long as the conclusion is the same, what does it matter which is used?

>That was informative. So next stop: that town!
Seeing as they just warned you against the humans, I would be wary of them. In particular, I'd be concerned that they might not take to Honey terribly well; he strikes me as looking like something they might decide to shoot. It might be more prudent to have him conceal himself outside of town while you approach alone, unless you're confident that you can talk your way into keeping him safe. If you do try to bring him into town, make sure he is close to you at all times.

>>353386
is why we are using him as a mount. they seem someone riding him and it makes it plausable he is not a threat.

│││ 2011/09/27(Tue)17:01 No. 353392 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>353385
I don't think so. We don't actually talk you see... We see and feel what others are telling us. Sure we make a bit of noise but it's mostly body language. Kinda like psychic but it's in no way psychic.

>>353386
I guess that makes sense... I'm sorry for thinking you're all the same. But I just... I don't know what to think...

>>353388
I'm sure it'll work ,humans are suppose to me smart right?

You okay │││? You look pensive.

I'm fine... I just feel a little... I don't know...

Well you've been like that since yesterday. You sure you're okay?

I don't know how to say it... I feel... I feel like I'm not welcome in my skin... You understand?

Not really... You sure you're okay?

Yeah yeah... I'll be fine...

Don't worry. As long as you have guns and caps, you can survive in this wartorn future. Trust us.

We may just be a bunch of voices in a box on your wrist, but we sure get around.

Also, look into gettin' Honey some tattoos, make him more obviously not-homicidal unlike his chitinous brethren.

man, these geckos are weird. it's like someone fed them FEV or something.

When we're saying not cheap, we say that as something to remember for survival. It's best to hold on to them until really needed. Yes, morality does matter to us(Though on which side is debatable, especially for me.), we just want to help you. On an unrelated note, I need to grab my brain bleach. Thanks.

>>353380

>> you humans

I see what you did there.

>>353392
I am sorry some of us are disturbing you |||. Let Honey give you a nice big hug and ask him if you can ride him - Not like that! - into town. If not, ask him if he can hide and say that you're sorry.

│││ 2011/09/28(Wed)10:09 No. 353601 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>353414
Well I can't compare, first time I ever meet any. What's Fev?

>>353457
I'm sure you all just mean the best for me and I trust you.(Well most of you.) But why do you need to bleach your brain?

>>353478
You're right. It's wrong of me to generalize peoples.

>>353587
It's fine. We'll be arriving soon...
>*Hug*

>│││ and Honey ride into town from the south side. It's calm but people are about.

well here we are. No body's shot at us yet so I guess we're safe. I'll keep Honey close by just in case. That being said, where to first?

Okay, nobody is reacting. That's a little odd, you think someone would at least say hello.

Say hi.

People are not staring. That is probably a good sign.

see someone over there is riding a two headed cow. so riding strange critters is probably normal around here.

>>353601
It's an expression, basically meaning I had seen something so disturbing and wrong that it feels like I need to wash my brain. Don't worry though, you didn't cause it. I hope.

│││ 2011/09/28(Wed)16:24 No. 353691 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>353618
I guess that makes... D-Does that thing have two heads?!

>>353650
Sounds bad. Maybe I should keep to myself...

>>353606
It's odd. I would of thought I'd be exited to be in a town... But now I just feel shy.

>She waves her hand about and yells greetings to the town's folk...

Hello! My name's... It's... Dang, how do I pronounce that with my mouth?..

Why hello there. You're new around here aren't you?

>A grey hared woman walks over pulling a two headed cow. She waves and expresses for a handshake.

I am a cow!

I'm are cow!

Euh... Yeah! My name's... 111! How are you?

Teehee~ Funny name. Mine's Tanya. I'm fine... But I couldn't help but notice your pet. Did you tame him your self?

Tame? euh... Not exactly... You see...
Guys how do I answer? I don't know how to deal with that kind of question

>>353691
Tell her he started following you around on his own. You didn't tame him so much as he adopted you, like a cat.

yeah that sounds good.

>>353692
Thirded.

tell him you didn't have to, because he's already a tame guy.

│││ 2011/09/28(Wed)18:59 No. 353730 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>353692
>>353710
I euh... Didn't tame him. He's already a tame kind of guy. And well he just started following me around one day. I guess you could say he adopted me... Heheh...

How sweet. Union with nature is important, don't suppose you'd mind if I had a little chat with him right?

ehwhat?!

*Sigh* Sorry about my wife...

>a man followed miss Tanya

She thinks she can talk to bugs. Just humor her for a moment will yah?

Heh. For a second there I thought she actually could Speak like me...

~Why hello there... My names Tanya. You're a pretty thing aren't you?

Holy crap you can talk!

She can talk?!

Why of course I can. I used to be Queen~

T-t-this is amazing! I... I don't know what to say.

me nether! just stand there flabbergasted. tell honey to make an audible happy sound. should make the husband at least confused.

>>353733
It may make for a good laugh later. What the beck? Sure!

Speak to her. In bug language.

"What? I thought only I could do that. Are you from Vault 111?"

when she says queen does she mean from your old vault? but then why did she leave.... i mean unless they kick the old queen out ever few years or something she must have a very good reason for being out in the wastes.

>>353730
Queen of what?

│││ 2011/09/28(Wed)20:31 No. 353752 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>353733
Ha! good idea.
Honey sound happy okay. Let's see how her man reacts.

Okay?.. *Squee!*

Hehe well he seems happy

hmm... not quite as confused as I had hopped.

>>353735
What? I thought only I could do that. Are you from Vault 111?

Hmm? no I'm a wastelander. I see you can speak to... You sure he just followed you around one day?

eum well no actually... Sorry for lying. I was... well, I was raised by bugs you see. In vault 111...

>A odd silence rolls in as the girl stares at │││ and smiles... A tear runs down her cheek as she wipes it off on her sleeve.

You to?

>>353740
You said you were a queen?

I lead a small colony of ants back in Dc. Heheh... Man I had some adventures back then... Well, a year ago I quit my title as Queen and married Scott here, became Miss Wollinski and traveled all the way out here as a merchant... Yup that pretty much sums up my life.

Wow... That's... That's something.

oh
oh my god i just realized who this is

tell me someone else just realized this

but it can't be her, she was up by the dc ruins, that's thousands of miles. even in a year that's to far to go on foot.

... ITS THE ANTAGONIZER! (I think that is how you spell it.)

Also, new guy she just said she is from DC.

>>353756
Well, assuming the Wanderer got to her early enough...
And there's working cars in the Fallout world, you just need MF cells to power them.

Hey, 111, I have a random question. What model of Pipboy are we? This is important because am pretty most Pipboys don't have AIs, let alone multiple personalities.

Also, We seem to have alot of memories about this Lone Wander from DC, the various things they did, and the people they met. Its really weird.

>>353759
that she did, I really seem to be having trouble following everything. that said how did she get all the way out here? if we can find a fast way to get to dc we could ask the people at project purity for help.

By the way, might we not be closer to DC than we were originally told. I mean VaultTec had some crazy experiments. Vault 111 might have been to test the sentient bug thing AND to somehow move a Vault without anyone noticing.

ASK FOR HER AUTOGRAPH
ASK FOR IT SO HARD!

>>353752
Ooh! Did she...have relations with any ants? And giggle girlishly as you talk! Gosh, another girl who knows how to talk like a civilized person!

travel from dc to arizona in one year.
1- merchants are renound for crossong dc and back four times a day. A few states in a year is a sinch.

2- they are super heros!

Conclusion: entirely possible.

>>353766
Who's to say it's a normal Pipboy? It might not be.

>>353908
I think we are using quantum computing or something, cause we don't know exactly what happened with the lone wander, but we know the most likely ways it could have happened.

Nah, we're yet another Stasis Vault experiment, and they're leveraging the processing power to run this Pip Boy.

A little over complicated, but a comfy set up.

│││ 2011/09/29(Thu)13:26 No. 353932 ID: 4bc7e6
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>>353753
>>353757
>>353852
Is she someone special or famous? I wouldn't know, I've lived in a vault all my life. Guess I'll just Pretend to know about her.

Wait! Y-you're the antagonist?! Ohmygod can I have an autograph?

An autograph? I'm not used to giving those away, usually Scott does all the penwork... What should I sign?

Euh... This okay?

Yeah that's fine... To my adoring fan... 111 you say?

just put three lines.

one two and three ~The AntAgonizer. There you go

>And with that she returns your now signed gun.

>>353766
It's a PipBoy3000 LeftHander. As for you guys... I have no clue where you come from or why you're here.

>>353867
I am not asking her that!

You wouldn't be interested in buying or selling anything now would you?

>>353932
Obviously, we're here for some ominous reason that is related to the p- No! Not breaking the fourth wall again! Anyways, yes, we should see here goods. Even if we don't have money, it would be nice to know what she has in stock.

>>353932
"I have some junk I could sell, but not caps. I'm scouting out a VaultTec water chip though, so I'll be in the area killing raiders and fiends for awhile."