>>58758
Try Option A, but keep Option B in mind if you see any navy blue uniformed aliens.

Why do you think all aliens are evil anyway? That doesn't really make sense.

>>58758

Remember to tie the flag around something so you can wave it around corners. You don't know if the paper is telling the truth.

Hm. Mirrors on a stick...

Osmen 2009/10/06(Tue)15:50 No. 58969 ID: f98e0b
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>>58871
You're kidding. If they're not huge blobs of violent, frankenstinian goo they're gaunt black things with blades for hands and electric blood. Cpl. Josef tried to stab one and fried from the inside out. It smelled like burnt bacon.
I've been briefed on them and apparently they've committed atrocities in the past, blowing up civilian ships and the like.
And I haven't met any former POWs. Do you really think I should just surrender?

>>58860
>repair?
Shit's ruined. Any repairs I attempt will take me well past the oxygen I have left.

Getting back to the alien ship shouldn't be hard. I'll just go in the way I did last time. Here we go...

>>58969
It would make sense that you haven't met any POWs. Why do you think they would've escaped? Blowing up civilians seems pretty bad though.

Has anyone tried to negotiate yet?

>>58973

POW's are fitted with head bombs that explode if they fight the alliance again and sent back to humans according to John. So they dissapear at some point before making it home. Bad idea to be a prisoner.

>>58976
SHH! Don't freak him out, he's obviously xenophobic and won't trust us if he thinks we're with them. Besides, they're sent back to Earth, and these guys are fleeing from Earth.

>>58969
that's like saying a bear is evil, just because it's an eight hundred pound monstrosity of teeth, fangs, and killing power.

Bears generally will leave you alone if you leave them alone, you know.

unless you're between them and a cub, or are soaked in salmon juice or something, but that's a different story.

Osmen 2009/10/06(Tue)17:48 No. 59083 ID: f98e0b
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I suppose you're right. I'm being sort of racist, huh? It's true that my people weren't any strangers to it before Neotis. Sorry.

Are you aliens' voices? Just wondering.

I move through the breach into the enemy ship. Here, let me put up a map for you on my HUD. I'm the diamond.

Lighting in the next room is very low and is provided by one emergency light. Not bulletproof. I can put it out if you like. The aliens generally have worse eyesight than we do, by the way.

I look into the next room, and see one goo alien. No navy blue on it. I'm marking it as an X on the map and considering it hostile. It's got an antimatter rifle on it. One shot kill.
It's watching the door. Is it waiting for something, perhaps?

I could shoot it from here easily, and if I aim for the head it will die. That would make noise, though. Not a loud one, but it could still attract attention.

I have five clips of six shots each, and I'm a pretty good shot, so ammo is no problem unless I'm trying to lay down cover fire or something stupid like that.

I could sneak up on it and perform a silent takedown. A stab to the back of the head will puncture its diamond eye and kill it. If it sees me or if I'm unlucky though, it could overpower me. The goo things are quite strong. Some of them also for some reason have thicker hides than others. I haven't come across one I couldn't stab yet though.

Of course, I could also hide and wait and watch and see what happens, but I've only got around an hour of air left, and I would of course risk detection.
Please advise.

>>59083

Human. I think, anyway. Is anyone in here an alien?

It might be waiting for you to come out that door. Interestingly, it might not have gotten around that you managed to escape through the hull; they might still be trying to bust their way through the blocks you put up. Which gives you a measure of surprise.

I suggest you stab in the back of the head, and get ready to drag the body off to an unseen corner. If you can manage it after take out the light in the same quiet manner (without the gun). After all... their vision is worse. The less lights, the better.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)03:39 No. 59398 ID: f98e0b
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Executing.

>[animated]

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)11:25 No. 59438 ID: f98e0b
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Salaam, alien.

Yeeesh. That one had a lot of blood in it. I hope I didn't get too much on my scarf.

One enemy down. Where to now? Shall I continue to the fighters or move the body first?

Move the body.
We might get delayed on the way to the fighters and the corpse would alert everyone.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)11:59 No. 59454 ID: f98e0b
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Sleep tight, alien.

Let's move on.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)12:39 No. 59472 ID: f98e0b
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I look through the next door.

This room is where we lost our first, Cpl Ridley I think. His blood's still on the wall. Wonder where they put the body.

One alien, stickthing. Doing the alien equivalent of texting. Chattering under its breath.

It's got a laser rifle on its back but is otherwise unarmed. I could kill it fairly easily, but I'd want to do it from a distance. The blood in one of those things could fry me.

Wait why am I thinking that it's in navy uniform. These are the ones I surrender to, if the captain told the truth.

...But should I? The flight bay is right in the next room.

>>59472
You really don't want to fight this one. Just hope that it can see well enough to notice the flag before you.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)13:13 No. 59497 ID: f98e0b
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>>59485
Well, I guess it's time to give in.

"Don't shoot. Blue flag, Blue flag."
I say. I wave it around a little for emphasis.

The alien looks up with a surprised chirrup.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)13:15 No. 59499 ID: f98e0b
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"Someone comes," it says to me quietly but urgently, in a voice that sounds like a herd of cicadas. "Hide. HIDE."

[animated (a little)]

>>59472
Surrender, make sure the flag is exceptionally visible, and attempt to attract attention.

>>59499
Do what it says.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)13:32 No. 59508 ID: f98e0b
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Hiding. Observing.

I can feel the adrenaline from my last kill starting to cool. That's good. It was making my aim shaky.

A tripod lopes in from another hallway and strikes up a conversation with the stickfigure in its low foghorn voice. The conversation seems tense. The tripod gestures toward the door with its weapon and the stick man shakes its head.

>>59508
Don't move, make as little noise as you can, but be ready to defend yourself from the newcomer if necessary.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)13:45 No. 59521 ID: f98e0b
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Seems like Tripod didn't buy it. It's coming.

Stick makes a quick thoatcutting gesture to me from behind it.

>>59521
Well, he is either telling us to die, or to kill the newcomer.

Since you don't want to die, I say kill the newcomer, careful to not hit the one in blue, and then start waving the flag again.

>>59524
I think he means play dead, actually.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)14:05 No. 59534 ID: f98e0b
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>>59524
Best way I know for a fast kill is to dive...

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)14:05 No. 59535 ID: f98e0b
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...and shoot.

Ow.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)14:14 No. 59539 ID: f98e0b
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I banged my elbow.

I gave a little more than I got, I think.
I get to my feet, dust myself off, move my arm a little. I'm fine.

"Effective kill, pinko." says the stickman. "Ready to turn yourself in?"

>>59539
Its a blue one! Raise your flag and pray.

>>59539
Say yes, ask what'll happen to you.

What the hell? You make me fight to surrender and offer compliments after. Am I expected to kill everything on the path to the POW camp now? And if I'm to do that why not just fight my way out of here?

>>59539
Say yes. Ask questions if you like, but definitely say yes. Maybe make a snide comment about them calling you "pinko".

Be as sarcastic as you'd like about having to defend your captor, but it might have just saved you with that warning.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)18:19 No. 60045 ID: f98e0b
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"Yes." I say. "But first, what exactly is the fucking idea with me fighting in order to surrender and saving your ass? Am I going to have to kill my way into the POW camp next?"

There's a note of humor in its reply. "If you'd like, pinko. If you'd like. I'll let the captain explain, if you'll let me take you to him. I'll want that pistol, first. And your knife."

>>60045

See that lack of fear of death? That's because they live in post-humanist.. (alienist?) society where the mind isin't bound to die with the body. Suffice it to say that violence and death are not viewed as badly in their society as yours. After all who's really dead?

Let's just go with him out of curiosity.

>>60045

Ask him if you can keep the knife; you can't hurt him with out hurting yourself with it, after all.

>>60103

And it's a nice way to off yourself if everything seems to go to hell. Salaam.

>>60045
Give the weapons to him. He seems trustworthy.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)18:53 No. 60144 ID: f98e0b
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I throw him the pistol. "Can I keep the knife? It's not like I'm going to be able to do anything to you without killing myself."
He nods.

He leads me through the fighter bay toward the control room. While we're walking, I ask, "What's going to happen to me?"

"We're going to take you to the nearest Alliance planet, which I think is Spirant. It's an ocean planet. Great water parks. You'll like it." I study his face to see if he's serious. His expression is, of course, glowy and unchanging.

"We'll hand you over to the Foreign Authority there and they'll decide what to do with you. Normally when we bring in entire crews they just stick bombs in their heads in case they try to fight us again and send them home. You are the only survivor, in this case. I'm not sure what the protocol for that is. There was another, but they weren't found by the right people and were executed after they revealed the location of your ship."

>>60144
Ask him what he means by 'home'. Earth? Maybe you should tell him what a horrible place it is.

Osmen 2009/10/07(Wed)19:00 No. 60156 ID: f98e0b
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>>60146
"Home?" I ask. "You mean Earth? I don't want to go home, especially not with a bomb in my skull. We sort of went through an apocalypse."

"Where else could you go?" asks the stickman. It strikes me that I haven't asked its name yet. "What, you want to stay stuck in the Alliance?"

>>60156
Consider this idea. You might be able to serve as a diplomat. A representative of the human race. You do like water parks, right?

Might as well ask his name. Or is it a female? Also quit lagging behind and staring at that ship. You can't jump that far anyway. You'd break your legs.

>>60156
Staying in the Alliance can't be as bad as home is nowadays, why not?

>>60156
The Alliance doesn't sound so bad when compared to Earth.

Are there any Humans in the Alliance or would you be the first?

>>60156

...What's wrong with Earth exactly right now?

Osmen 2009/10/08(Thu)03:41 No. 60394 ID: f98e0b
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"Yes. Yes I do."

It looks surprised.
So am I. Because as I say it, I suddenly realize it's true. I want to know more about these aliens. I want to see a world where you go on living. I'm sick and tired of death.

>>60394

Well, don't cheer now. It's not like it's announced in the mecca yet.

>>60394
"Look... I've been fighting and killing for so long I've forgotten how to do anything else. There's nothing left for me but death, but I'm not quite ready to die yet. If you have an alternative, I'll listen. And I doubt I'm the only 'pinko' who feels this way."

Osmen 2009/10/08(Thu)15:23 No. 60753 ID: f98e0b
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"I...wasn't actually being serious," says the alien. "You actually want to join the Alliance? You're an enemy soldier."

"Look... I've been fighting and killing for so long I've forgotten how to do anything else. There's nothing left for me but death, but I'm not quite ready to die yet. If you have an alternative, I'll listen. And I doubt I'm the only 'pinko' who feels this way."

"Well you're the only one who's said something about it, anyway." says stick. "It occurs to me I don't know your name. I'm Bszzzt Hszzt Hs, but you can call me June. If you like."

"Osmen. Osmen Sahir."

"Okay, Osmen Osmen Sahir." she says, and I like to think if she had a face she'd smile.

Osmen 2009/10/08(Thu)15:23 No. 60755 ID: f98e0b
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"Let's go see the captain."